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Colin Trevorrow Will Follow Jurassic World With Spielberg-Produced Alien Love Story
- By Christopher Campbell
- @thefilmcynic
- March 6, 2015
Jurassic World producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall are on board the sci-fi project, which is a reworking of an earlier idea...
The First 'Jurassic World' Trailer!
- By Neil Miller
- @rejects
- November 25, 2014
They promised us a Thanksgiving debut, then they opened the park a few days early. This doesn't bode well for the ultimate fate of the Jurassic World theme park — an early opening of sorts is what got the original Jurassic Park into a lot of trouble — but it's great for the rest...
From 'Park' to 'World': 65 Million Years (Not Really) of 'Jurassic' Posters
- By Adam Bellotto
- @Eat_Sleep_TV
- October 15, 2014
What would Jurassic Park be without that iconic poster design? It seems so simple: take a circle, slap a rectangle over the top and let a dinosaur skeleton chill in the open space that remains. But somehow, circle + rectangle + dino skeleton = instant iconicism. There's power in that...
Like All Good Theme Parks, 'Jurassic World' Will Have a Starbucks and a Petting Zoo
- By Kate Erbland
- @katerbland
- July 14, 2014
If you were concerned that Jurassic World (the fictional place, not Jurassic World, the real movie) wouldn't be kitted out with the very best amenities that the theme park world has to offer, rest your pretty little heads. This place is going to be sweet, even if it's packed with murderous dinosaurs...
'Jurassic World' Details Remind Us of the Worst Toy Line in 'Jurassic Park' History
- By Adam Bellotto
- @Eat_Sleep_TV
- May 29, 2014
It's not every day that a baseless, completely insane internet rumor is proven to be in fact 100% based and sane. But yesterday was one such day. You see, a week and a half ago, JoBlo.com unleashed a torrent of supposed Jurassic World rumors on the world, and they were...
This Might Be the Visitor's Center Dinosaurs Will Trash in 'Jurassic World'
- By Scott Beggs
- @scottmbeggs
- March 25, 2014
Is this the new visitor's center on Isla Nubar for Jurassic World? Potentially. These images have been floating around over the weekend, but their origin is unclear. Almost every site showing them off as genuine concept art attribute them to Nathan Schroeder, and a few even link to his site, but...
Nick Robinson Latest Actor to Be Gnawed at By Dinosaurs in 'Jurassic World'
- By Adam Bellotto
- @Eat_Sleep_TV
- October 15, 2013
Like a herd of startled brachiosaurus, casting announcements for Jurassic World continue to stampede in, and the latest actor to hitch a ride to this dinosaur train is Nick Robinson. The star of this year's The Kings of Summer and the ABC Family sitcom Melissa and Joey, Robinson will be...
'Jurassic World' Gains a Lead in Ty Simpkins, Dinosaur Roles Remain Uncast
- By Adam Bellotto
- @Eat_Sleep_TV
- October 14, 2013
The world needs more dinosaur movies. But in order to have more dinosaur movies, we need actors to be chased around and occasionally eaten by dinosaurs. So let us all give heartfelt thanks to Ty Simpkins, the young thespian who has graciously (according to Deadline) volunteered to put himself in...
Life Finds a 'Jurassic Park 4′ Director
- By Neil Miller
- @rejects
- March 14, 2013
For some time, the very thought of another entry into the Jurassic Park franchise has seemed like a minor joke being played upon fans. At one point, there was a notion that it would be about weaponizing dinosaurs with lasers. Or something along those lines. In recent years the project has been everything...
Apparently 'Flight of the Navigator' Was the Beloved Movie Remake Colin Trevorrow Was Talking About
- By Scott Beggs
- @scottmbeggs
- November 28, 2012
We recently found an interview with Safety Not Guaranteed director Colin Trevorrow where he proclaimed to be prepping a movie in a universe we all knew and loved while promising not to make it suck. Which was nice of him. Of course, snagging that in the middle of Episode 7...
UPDATED: Colin Trevorrow on Directing 'Star Wars'? – "I Promise You… I Will Make It Not Suck"
- By Christopher Campbell
- @thefilmcynic
- November 18, 2012
Update: Apparently in response to our find, Trevorrow tweeted the following this evening: "To clarify, there is another film we all love that I'm currently trying not to mess up. Odds I will direct Episode VII: 3720 to 1." Also, when asked if he's officially stating that he's out of the...
The 'Star Wars' Rumor Mill Rolls On; Is Colin Trevorrow In the Mix for Director's Chair?
- By Kate Erbland
- @katerbland
- November 7, 2012
The upside to all of these already-flowing Star Wars VII rumors (to wit – we're getting a new Star Wars in 2015! it will be part of a new trilogy! Matthew Vaughn could direct! Harrison Ford could come back!) is that, with Disney aiming for a summer 2015 release date,...
Now Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly Are Going to Take Their 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Styled Charms to Space
- By Kate Erbland
- @katerbland
- June 20, 2012
If the lo-fi charms of Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly's Safety Not Guaranteed are set to herald in a new boom of sweet, smart, funny, and original sci-fi romances, than we're all lucky. And if Trevorrow and Connolly are going to continue in that wheelhouse forat leastone more feature, we're...
Review: 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Is as Warm, Witty and Wonderful a Comedy as You Could Hope to Find
- By Rob Hunter
- @FakeRobHunter
- June 8, 2012
Editor's note: With Safety Not Guaranteed beginning its limited release roll-out today, we thought to share our SXSW review again. This review was originally posted on March 14, 2012, and it's much safer to read than anything you might find on Craigs List. The want ad is simple. A partner...
'Safety Not Guaranteed' Trailer: This Is Not A Joke
- By Kate Erbland
- @katerbland
- March 28, 2012
Here's how it is (and how I suspect it's going to be) – we love Colin Treverrow's Safety Not Guaranteed 'round these parts, and we think you might love it, too. The film debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and while I was not as effusive in my praise...
Sundance 2012 Review: 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Is a Low-Fi Charmer, With Bonus Time Travel
- By Kate Erbland
- @katerbland
- January 25, 2012
A man places an ad in a local paper looking for a partner to go on a journey with him – but this particular man is not looking to make a love connection, he is in need of a companion to travel through time with him. He's done it once...


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God this for 69.99, and boy does it have some room in it, my cable management sucks right now, and I need to thoroughly work on that, but I need to buy some zip ties and customer wiring supplies then I will be doing that. Otherwise awesome case, I like the white LED fans in the front, does have one fan in the back that keeps the case flowing well and has plenty of airflow, would recommend.
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Surely there can be reasons as to why he left port and sailed into a hurricane other than just going on some reckless, adrenaline-junkie mission. Could he have been asked to leave New London by harbor officials and turned down in New Bedford and everywhere else? You just don't pull into a harbor with a 190' ship and expect to find hurricane-proof dock space. Did the ship have adequate ground tackle to even attempt an anchorage up inside Narragansett? I doubt anyone had a mooring adequate to handle him. Could he have been pressured by the ship's owners at the risk of his job? No one knows and we may never know. What would any of us do if we were faced with no good place to use for a hurricane hole? Would we maybe try to put out to sea as a last resort? Let's hear the facts first before we hang this guy in effigy.
The fact is that he did put out to sea. That was his very bad decision. "Unfathomable" is Jon's appropriate adjective for this decision. He could have, instead, run her aground as a last resort rather than risk the crew. I just wonder why anyone with his experience would risk sailing into a hurricane in this apparently less than fully sound ship.
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Phaedra: "I don't talk like that."
Everybody knows Phaedra Parks knows how to throw a party, and she spared no expense for her baby Ayden, who just reached his terrible twos.
Of course, Phaedra turned to no other than Dwight Eubanks to help her plan Ayden's party at the aquarium, complete with an indoor train, drum line and a dolphin show that nearly put everybody—including the tiny tike—to sleep.
"At some points it feels like it's never going to end," said Kandi.
Phaedra likely felt that same way during her lunch with Cynthia. The model confronted Phaedra about the damning audio in which Phaedra stated she didn't give a f@ck if Cynthia attended Ayden's birthday party.
"I did not say that, and I think you know I don't talk like that," said Phaedra who insisted that she doesn't "engage in gossip."
While it's believable that Phaedra might not have remembered her exact words in regard to Cynthia being unable to attend Ayden's party, she knows whether or not the sentiment was valid. Also, after hearing Cynthia quote her word for word, it should have jogged Phaedra's memory.
However, the southern belle, who deflected Cynthia's offer to play the recording for her (by overemphasizing a bug bite on her chest), never admitted to the comments.
Cynthia: "I don't trust Phaedra."
Needless to say after hearing Phaedra Parks comment that she didn't give a "f@ck" about whether Cynthia Bailey attended her event and then denying that she ever spoke the words, the ladies' friendship is on the rocks.
Just a few episodes ago, they were working out side by side in the gym seemingly willing to merge the Team Smalls and Team Talls of season 4.
How quickly things change.
"Instead of being a big girl about it, she just changed the subject and giggled her way out of it. After this incident, I don't trust Phaedra."
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Dr. Ted Rothstein Brooklyn Orthodontist Heralds the Holiday Season with Good News–OJW® for Weight Control at a Special Seasonal Discount
Dr. Rothstein takes pleasure in announcing that the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted him registered trademark status for his invention of OJW–Orthodontic Jaw Wiring, and his office is now celebrating that fact with an offer patients will find appealing.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has approved Dr. Rothstein's application to trademark the term "OJW", the acronym for Orthodontic Jaw Wiring–a method for weight control. His office is now celebrating that fact with an offer that is most appealing.
In celebration of trademark status for OJW®, Dr. Rothstein is now offering this special service with a $500 discount until January 30.
It's official–the USPTO posted "OJW" to their trademark gazette making it official that the term OJW may be presented like so: OJW®. It may come as a surprise that the ® actually has a name. It's called a "Rabol."
See the certificate the USPTO sent to him when they accepted his application to trademark the term OJW representing his method of weight control. It's got a bit of a "wow" factor in it.
He has produced a documentary aimed at encouraging dental professionals to provide these services to help the obese regain control of their excessive eating habits using the OJW system.
OJW documentary film for weight loss is a behavior modification method of treatment for a serious, social, psychological, and physiological problem that can help carefully selected, overweight, or obese persons to begin regaining a measure of control over their excessive, sometimes compulsive, eating habits. Dr. Rothstein has provided this service for more than 10 years, and has compiled much information about it on one handy reference page.
Best wishes for a Healthier and Happy Holiday. And remember: "A beautiful smile is a priceless asset."
Dr. Rothstein has been practicing Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in Brooklyn Heights since 1976. A member of the American Association of Orthodontists, he has treated more than 6000 patients. Read Dr. Rothstein's resume to appreciate his expertise and capabilities which assures that his patients are choosing a seasoned professional who will provide the best care possible. His website is an informative and educational tour de force–enjoy.
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By handling 45 lakh passengers this summer, which is 15.4 per cent more than last year
MADURAI: The Madurai Division of the Southern Railway has recorded a significant growth in passenger traffic by handling 45 lakh passengers this summer, which is 15.4 per cent more compared to previous year.
The division stood second in the zone next to Palghat that recorded the highest of 16.9 per cent growth in passenger traffic.
The comparative statistics of April-May (2005-06 and 2006-07) on passenger earnings and traffic front reveal that Thiruvananthapuram Division topped others by earning Rs. 65.27 crore, thanks to the introduction of new trains. Among the five divisions, Tiruchi was placed last both on the passenger earnings and traffic front with a growth of 4 per cent and 8.2 per cent respectively.
Telescopic contribution
According to senior railway officials, the withdrawal of telescopic benefit that came into effect from April 1 this year had contributed to the earnings.
"The withdrawal of telescopic benefit led to a fare hike of more than 35 per cent on many routes. The extra reservation charge of Rs. 10 on tickets with originating station other than the place of booking also enhanced the revenue. However, the telescopic benefit is being restored from June 15," an official said.
Passenger growth in Madurai division was more compared to Chennai, Tiruchi and Thiruvananthapuram divisions. A major chunk of the bookings was in the Nagercoil-Madurai-Chennai Egmore section that had emerged the busiest corridor in the southern broad gauge stream.
Despite the ongoing gauge conversion works, Madurai earned well on the passenger and freight earnings.
According to the Divisional Railway Manager, B.N. Rajasekhar, the freight revenue increased by Rs. 6.23 crore this year, owing to enhanced loading of gypsum and coal from Tuticorin Port.
"There is a steady growth in this corridor. We operated 166 special trains during April-May in 2006," he told The Hindu on Wednesday.
Mr. Rajasekhar said passenger amenities were being developed at important stations in the division. Retiring rooms in Madurai would be modernised with facilities such as colour television, room service, state-of-the-art interiors etc, he added.


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Great Location!!! Close to Disney (4.5 miles), Universal, Seaworld and Convention Center!
* Beautiful Lake View
* Newly Wood flooring in entire townhouse (old photos still show carpet)
* King Size Master room upstairs with inside bathroom
* Queen Bedroom downstairs with full bathroom
* Girls' room and boys' room with 4 twin beds upstairs to share one bathroom
* Bunk bed, foosball and TV as #5 bedroom with closet
* Wii provided with basic sport games. Please bring your own games!
* Sleeper sofa in Living room
* Private, screen-enclosed patios with hot tub
* 4 TVs in living room, bunk-bed room and two master rooms
* Kids friendly with high chair, pack n play(2) and strollers, stairs fence for little kids
* Fully equipped kitchen with all-you-need cookware and dinnerware
* Free internet, cable TV and phone free call to US & Canada
* Washer and dryer; iron and iron board
* All new and high quality liens and bedding stuffs with back-up comforter and blanket
* 1 -2 minutes walking to clubhouse to enjoy the pool, spa, movie-theater, pool table
Gated Community
* Lake view, pool, spa and kiddie splash pool
* Two playgrounds
* Walking and jogging paths
* WiFi Internet access in the clubhouse and by the pool
* Large Kitchen to have a party, Pool table
* Gated access
* Clubhouse with theater. Large flat-screen to show your own movie
* Just minutes from the best Orlando Fl dining and shopping
* Next to the plaza which has Nike, Converse, Tommy clearance Outlet and Dollar Tree
* 3 minutes to Walmart, Samsclub and target
Keywords: Close to Disney, Seaworld, Universal, Convention Center, Lake-view, 5 Bedroom, Hot Tub, pool, movie theater, Wii, WiFi, free calls to North America locations
We are very responsible property owner. We are trying our best to make this townhouse comfortable for guests by providing what we can think of such as kids toys, games and equipments. All liens and bedding stuffs are new and wil be kept clean. You will find everything you need here. Welcome to our vacation home!!!
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Lucia purchased this townhome in 2010
I am a realtor and I know this location is the best for tourists to go anywhere.
Very kids friendly to have a lot of toys and games to play during vacation. We love kids and hope they enjoy and are happy outside home as well. And also we provide high chair, pack n play and stroller and many toys
We had a pleasant stay at this vacation home. It is close to Disney (aprox. 10 minutes) and that is why it is perfect with Kids to start your Disney Marathon:-) Everything was clean, the interior is nice and you feel invited to relax after your exhausting days. When we come back to Orlando, we will choose this rental again.
The townhome was very nice and well equipped. It's nicely decorated. It's situated on the lake so A nice view. The neighborhood itself appeared to be mostly vacation rentals as we saw many other families checking in And out. It's about a 15-20 minute drive to Disney depending on traffic. Overall good value for the money. Perfect for my family.
We stayed at this condo at Coral Cay..the owners are beautiful people, they drove 1 hour to come and meet with us and the place was beautiful, they made our stay in Kissimmee excellent!!The owners were extremely helpful. I am already talking about going back and telling my familyand friends about this beautiful condo! Everything is very close, lots of restaurants, Disneys is minutes away, Walmart, outlets, groceries..minutes away..Excellent condo..thanks to the owners! (its home-away from home..and better)
Originally requested another property held by the owners. It was unavailable, and they suggested this house for the same price--this place has 2 extra bedrooms, so that was very generous! The unit is 15-20 minutes to Disney/Lake Buena Vista area and a bit closer to Universal. It wasn't convenient for coming at home for lunch and naps, but was great for us as we spent most of our day at the parks anwyay.
There is some wear and the owner acknowledged they'll be doing some repairs in the future. However, the house is nice overall, and comfortably fit our party of 6 (which included a baby). The only real down side, in my opinion: the floors were VERY dirty when we arrived, which was only a problem for us because we had a crawling baby on the loose. The owner was extremely accomodating to us and we will keep this house on our list for the next trip to Disney!
This home was great! My family stayed during Thanksgiving 2012. We found the accomodations to be very clean and nicely decorated. The owners were very easy to contact and the home is very close to Disney and Universal. The home is also very close to outlet stores and stores like Wal-Mart and Target. The photos are very accurate and the deposit was returned immediately. We will definitely stay here in the future!
I was a little nervous renting from an individual ,but we were very pleased with the townhome the home was clean and the pictures did it justice.. With nine of us staying everyone that needed their own bed had one, 3 bathrooms was great ! There were even beach towels, games if you had time to play them. Everything went smoothly and they were very prompt about returning our deposit! Would not hesitate to use them again!!!
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After Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh objected to Karnataka's decision to allow mining in reserved forest areas and asked the State to get prior approval from it on any proposal in this regard, Karanataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa has said it was not his State's intention to bypass the Centre.
"Mr. Yeddyurappa has written to me, saying it was not his intention to bypass the central government," Mr. Ramesh told reporters here on the sidelines of a State-level meet on climate change.
"Within 48 hours of the Karnataka cabinet taking the decision, I had written to that government after all party MPs approached me," he said.
The decision was not taken in consultation with the Environment Ministry, which is the final authority for allowing diversion of forest land for non-forestry purposes.
A number of MPs from different parties in Karnataka had met Mr. Ramesh in Parliament recently and expressed concern over the decision of the State government to allow mining in reserved areas.
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South Wales, and Beyond the Infinite
What I wrote was unquestionably fiction — was fantasy. Among Others has magic and fairies. But I was writing fantasy about a science fiction reader who had a lot of the same things happen to her that happened to me. It's set at the end of 1979 and the beginning of 1980, and it's about a fifteen year old just when I was fifteen, and from a family like mine and in the time and place and context where I was. I was using a lot of my own experience and memories. But this is Mori, not me, and she lives in a world where magic is real. Jo Walton, who as editor for tor.com revisisted the Hugos 1953-2000, now has one of her own, taking home the 2012 Best Novel Award for Among Others. Other winners include Kij Johnson for her Novella The Man who Bridged the Mist (excerpt) and io9 regular Charlie Jane Anders for her novellete Six Months, Three Days. The Best Graphic Story award went to the webcomic Digger by Ursula Vernon. E Lily Yu took home the Bets New Writer award (technically not a Hugo) and was also nominated for her short story The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees. A couple of TV shows you have heard of also got awards. Links to many of the nominated stories here.
2012 Hugo Award Nominees announced
The nominees for the 2012 Hugo Award were announced over the weekend. Nominees include Metafilter's own jscalzi (who will also be the host for this year's Hugo Awards ceremony) for the beginning of his
epic fantasy trilogy April Fool's joke The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City (Prologue). One record being set this year is Mira Grant's - aka Seanan McGuire's - nominations: she is the first woman to have four Hugo nominations in a single year. [more inside]
The Island
The Island by Peter Watts (previously), winner of this years Hugo Award for Best Novelette. An audio version is available over at StarShipSofa (previously), itself a Hugo recipient.
Starships, sofas, Hugo awards, podcasts, gambles and wind-ups
Due to a rewording of the rules Science Fiction podcast StarShipSofa (previously, previously, previously) could be eligible for a Hugo award. Meanwhile the current episode features The Gambler (text version here), a story by Paolo Bacigalupi - best known as the author of The Windup Girl, one of TIME Magazine's ten books of the year ("Not just science fiction, mind, but fiction, generally") and almost certainly a favorite for the Hugo's best novel category.
The Gernsback Continuum
The 2009 Hugo awards have been announced at Worldcon. Winners include Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book for best novel, Ted Chiang getting best short story and Elizabeth Bear getting best novelette. Best Related Book was snagged by MeFi's own jscalzi. The award for best semiprozine, which was to be scrapped, has been saved, this year being won by Weird Tales - a surprise upsets as it's main problem was that it had essentially become the Locus magazine award for best Locus Magazine. As well as the Hugos other awards such as the Prix Aurora award for best Canadian SF and the Chesley Awards for SF art have been announced, and Cory Doctorow accepted the Prometheus award for Libertarian SF. Convention reporter provides continuing coverage (the convention still has another day to run) and Starshipsofa spin-off Sofanauts has an excellent series of podcasts with regular Amy H. Sturgis and others reporting from the con.
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Jolly Ole Dear Santa PawsDecember 15th 2012 3:19 pm
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I wrote a letter to Santa Paws this morning as my Maumi seemed sad over the events that took place yesterday at a Connecticut Elementary school. You see dear furrends, Maumi is an educator and this hit Maumi terribly. So coming from a furmaly of singers, me and the rest of G-CATZ 4 want to sing this for everyone.
A Great IdeaNovember 11th 2012 3:21 pm
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Natalie at C&D had a great idea of a Christmas card exchange. Several years ago we exchanged cards and had a fun time doing so. We met so many nice furmalies, human and furs. Maumi had a place in our living room where she put them in a Christmas Wreath. We received cards from Colorado, Oklahoma, New Jersey and some here in Virginia.
Sandy, You've Warn Out Your WelcomeOctober 29th 2012 3:28 pm
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What a day we have had today. Maumi has been home with us all day, doing school work. It has poured rain all day and I sneaked out on my deck and wished I hadn't. It was dry in the middle of the deck, so I thought it was dry elsewhere. What a shockwhen I got my feet wet when I pounced on the railing. The wind nearly blew me off and my fur got very wet. I dashed back inside before Maumi could catch me. Because of the high winds, Maumi is concerned about all the trees in our woods. We can hear a constant hum in the tree tops that surround the house and we have seen the tall pines twist and bend in the wind. There is a tree that leans toward the house that is on the west side of the house, and it is way too close. There is no flooding at the time at our house, and so far we still have power. Everytime there is a high wind gust, Menes runs around the basement apartment like a crazy cat, PRetty Girl hides and Baby 'meows' loudly. The rain is falling harder and harder now, which is causing Dad to pace around looking for leaks. He thinks he has found one on the north west corner of the house. We hope everyone weathers the storm with little damage. Our lights are flickering now so I will stop writing. We may be losing power. Purrss and huggs to everyone in her path. Sandy, you have worn out your welcome.
I Was Tagged!!!August 26th 2012 3:56 pm
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I was tagged by my friend ♥ Paris Dreamette #27b. Here are my answers and I am so sorry I didn't post sooner, but Maumi has been back to school for several weeks and has been working hard getting her room ready and planning for students.
From my Sweet Baba BoyAugust 14th 2012 9:34 am
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This was sent to me From my sweet Baba Boy on our second anniversary:
Our second anniversaryAugust 14th 2012 9:24 am
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This marks our second anniversry of the wedding of mt sweet Baba Boy and I. It was such a grand wedding, a double wedding which included my good furrend Kisser and brofur Menes. It was a beautiful wedding, but within a few weeks time, my precious husband, the love of my live, my true endless love, was struck down by a dog, who chased my beloved into a lake, went after him as he was running for his life, and killed him. My sweet Baba, this is for your.
Oh, the Noise......August 8th 2012 5:52 am
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As you all know me, I am a kitty who absolutely hates noise and didn't care fur strangers around either. However, this summer I have had to get used to the strangers. Every day since Maumi got off from school on her summer break, I have had to contend with strangers outside the house putting in patios. AND NOW....Oh my cat, the noise!!!!! Maumi tried to tell me and my sisfurs Pretty Girl and Baby, not to be afurrraid because it was only giant squirrels. Giant squirrels, my whiskers. If that noise is a giant squirrel, then I am a pig and I shall fly. OMC, I just saw a human on a ladder climb past my window. I'm gone. Bye...
Let's Rock and RollAugust 24th 2011 4:26 am
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We were sure rocking and rolling yesterday around 1 PM but all is safe and sound with minimal damage for a 5.8 earthquake. We live about 30-40 minutes north and east from the epicenter and about 20-30 miles north dn east from the nuclear plant close to the epicenter.
'Coons' on the LooseJune 22nd 2011 9:49 am
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What an experience I had last evening, one Maumi wished she was able to photograph, but it was too dark. For the first time in my life, I saw a racoon. Not one, but two. Maumi, Dad and I were lounging on the deck just before dark and I spied them sneaking verrryy stealthily up one of our woodland paths. I sat like a lion and did my little 'hum' which alerted Maumi that something was up. She asked Dad what was behind her in the yard. Dad said it looked like a cat. But when Maumi turned around, she saw 2 'coons'. She grabbed my leash as I started to dart off the deck. You know, if Miss Kitty were alive she would have gotten those 'coons.' But Maumi stopped me before I could do just that. Dad said, "It's about time we went inside." So we did. But I stayed alert. And do you know a few minutes later those brasen 'coons' were on MY lounge chair eating out of our bird feeder. Standing as tall as my short self could, I kept looking out the door, to show those 'coons' they better get off MY lounge or I was coming to get them. When Maumi kneeled beside me, one turned and looked us straight in our faces.
Hearing From Joplin, MO.June 6th 2011 2:55 pm
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Has anyone heard from any of our Catster Furmaly in Joplin? Is there a group here on Catster who is sending anything to our Catsters in the devastated area?
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14th November 2013
Video: Russian officials spy on LGBT activist meeting to portray Western 'homosexualist infiltration' 9
5:08 PM — Russian officials bugged a private strategy meeting of LGBT activists recently, and used the recording as part of a public television exposé on the "threat to Russia" posed by the "homosexualists who attempt to infiltrate our country."
13th November 2013
Uganda: Gay British banker 'terrified' ahead of porn trial 3
11:15 AM — A gay retired British banker, charged over possession of a video depicting a sexual act, is due to reappear in a Ugandan court next week.
11th November 2013
Lady Gaga: 'I never said I was a gay icon' 6
2:05 PM — Bisexual singer Lady Gaga has insisted she is not a "gay icon" despite being an advocate and supporter of LGBT equality, instead calling herself a "gay supporter."
Russia: Activist campaigning against 'police state' arrested after stapling testicles to cobblestone 21
1:26 PM — A man in Moscow was arrested and hospitalised recently after he stripped naked and stapled his testicles to a cobblestone pavement, in protest of what he called Russia's recent descent into a "police state" which follows the passage of anti-gay laws.
Dutch foreign minister: Russia does not prosecute against gay people – there is 'no ground for asylum' 15
11:59 AM — The Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans has said he was "misquoted" in an earlier report claiming LGBT Russians facing discrimination may apply for asylum in his country, now saying gay people are not "prosecuted" in Russia, so there is no ground for asylum in the Netherlands.
10th November 2013
Video: 'Former classmate' of Obama claims he was a gay teen who had sex for cocaine 24
12:19 PM — Someone calling herself the "former classmate" of Barack Obama has recently claimed the US President was once a gay teenager called Barry, who had sex with "older white guys" so he could afford to buy cocaine.
8th November 2013
Rugby star Gareth Thomas says 'nothing should hold back' gay athletes wanting to compete in Sochi 2014 7
5:07 PM — Former rugby player Gareth Thomas has said that "nothing should hold back" gay athletes who want to compete in the Sochi 2014 winter olympics, despite laws in Russia prohibiting the promotion of gay "propaganda."
Host of Moscow Miss Universe slams Russia's anti-gay 'propaganda' laws 10
11:59 AM — An openly gay US television host due to present the Miss Universe contest in Moscow has recently condemned Russia's notorious anti-gay "propaganda" legislation, calling it a "dark time" for the country.
7th November 2013
United Nations calls for international truce during Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics 10
2:19 PM — The General Assembly of the United Nations has called for an international truce during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
6th November 2013
Russia: Arkhangelsk is the first region to repeal local anti-gay 'propaganda' law 13
1:38 PM — The north Russian region Arkhangelsk has become the first to repeal its local ban on "homosexual propaganda" to minors following two years of enforcement.
Russia: Lawmaker who compared being gay to having sex with a dog 'welcomes all' to Moscow 2016 Dog Show 7
12:34 PM — Vitaly Milonov, city councillor and author of St Petersburg's homophobic censorship law, has said all people are "welcome" to the annual World Dog Show regardless of their sexual orientation, which is set to be held in Moscow in 2016.
5th November 2013
Russia: Norwegian journalists detained, and threatened with imprisonment for criticising Sochi Olympics 12
7:51 PM — A Norwegian news crew say they were detained, harassed and threatened with imprisonment whilst reporting on the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
Dutch foreign minister offers asylum to Russians discriminated against under anti-gay law 8
4:55 PM — The Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans, has said Russians discriminated against under a law banning gay "propaganda", may apply for asylum in his country.
30th October 2013
Stephen Fry shows solidarity with British gay man facing possible jail in Uganda 5
7:11 PM — Stephen Fry has expressed his dismay and anger over the plight of a British gay man living in Uganda who could be jailed after his sexuality was made public by a Ugandan newspaper.
29th October 2013
Russia: Group plans to hold gay-inclusive 'open games' just after Sochi Winter Olympics 5
2:03 PM — A group in Russia has announced plans to hold a "gay games" in Moscow just days after the Winter Olympics take place in Sochi in February 2014.
28th October 2013
Putin: Olympic athletes will feel 'comfortable regardless of sexual orientation' 19
3:34 PM — President Vladimir Putin has once again moved to dismiss concerns about LGBT athletes attending the Winter Olympics in light of Russia's anti-gay laws.
26th October 2013
Gay former figure skater Johnny Weir on Russia's anti-gay laws: 'You have to respect the culture' 48
12:35 PM — Former figure skater Johnny Weir will be heading to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi as a sports commentator after he failed to register for the national championships, but said he will not be campaigning Russia's anti-gay laws in any way as "you have to respect the culture of a country you are visiting."
23rd October 2013
US: Conservative activists say anti-gay violence in Russia is the fault of victims' 'public kissing' 32
2:01 PM — Two US conservatives have defended bouts of anti-gay violence in Russia by claiming that they are "the natural way people react to homosexuality."
22nd October 2013
Review: Stephen Fry – Out There 16
2:34 PM — Reviewing Stephen's Fry's BBC documentary on homophobia and transphobia for PinkNews.co.uk, James Evans says he was moved to tears on several occasions by the plight of those featured in the programme.
20th October 2013
Russian MP withdraws bill to deprive gay and lesbian couples of parenting rights 17
10:54 AM — The Russian lawmaker who last month introduced new anti-gay legislation to strip gay couples of parental rights has now withdrawn the bill from the Russian Duma, saying he plans to resubmit a revised version at a later date.


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Game Time Is Over, Now Do Some Work
Working on the PandoTicker gives me a unique perspective of the high-level stuff that's going on in the industry, affording me the chance not only to add a little bit of snark to the Ticker posts (who doesn't love snark?) but also to catch up on some of the latest trends, and either praise them or call bullshit.
Lately the product du jour appears to be a new method of gamification, turning the Web into a series of achievements and arbitrary goals. But the question I want to ask is: Do we really want the entire Web to be a game?
There are some instances where gamification really works. I recently downloaded Fitocracy on my iPhone, and once I have access to a gym, the gamed approach to exercising will likely motivate me to get off of my growing behind. Being a slightly overweight tech writer who sits in front of the computer for ten hours a day, for me Fitocracy has taken something that seems about as appealing as swallowing razor blades, and added daily goals and fun achievements. Good stuff.
There are also times where gamification makes me want to punch the nearest wall or go work in a steel mill, so I can feel like I'm doing some "big boy" work.
Case in point: WordPress. I had never noticed this before beginning at PandoDaily, but WordPress doesn't seem to recognize the difference between someone that doesn't know how to use a blogging system and someone using their VIP, this-is-serious-business to do some actual writing. The first time I posted to PandoDaily I was greeted with a little sidebar that screamed "Congratulations, you've made your first post! Next goal: Make five posts!" with a little star next to it, which made me feel like I had just learned the alphabet and impressed my kindergarten teacher.
Why does something like Fitocracy work, when something like WordPress' hand-holding doesn't? Two reasons.
One, because I knew that Fitocracy was turning exercise into a game, when I downloaded the app. I knew what I was in for, and I made an informed decision to change from the typical "calories consumed versus muscles worked" routine. In short: I chose to play a game.
Two, exercising isn't my job. It may feel like it, as I'm sweating bullets at a whopping 2.5 MPH walk, but it doesn't put money on the table and food in the bank. (I think I might have that backwards.) Posting to PandoDaily is my job, and I don't need WordPress to hold my hand and make me feel like a Big Boy Writer. The weight of the activity influences how I react to it being turned into a game.
I understand the motivations behind gamification, from the desire to turn advertising into an engagement-based, active model to the realization that people don't enjoy doing shitty, boring things. In some instances, as with CampusLive's model or that of Fitocracy, I'm actually glad that gamification is occuring.
Please, though: don't make everything a game. Sometimes it's time to step away from the GI Joes and the sandbox and get to work, and it's time that we accept that.
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'Hobbit' director aims for magical film experience
Air New Zealand
This photo released by Air New Zealand shows cast and crew, including director Peter Jackson (front center) posing for a photo in front of a Boeing 777-300 aircraft decorated with scenes and characters from the soon to be released, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," in Wellington, New Zealand, on Tuesday. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first movie in the planned $500 million trilogy, is scheduled to launch with a red-carpet premiere Wednesday in Wellington. It will open at theaters in the U.S. in December.
Speaking at a news conference in Wellington hours before the Wednesday premiere of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Jackson said the films were shot at 48 frames per second instead of the traditional 24 to give them greater clarity. He likened the technology to the leap from vinyl records to CDs.
He said we live in an age when many younger people are happy to watch movies on their iPads.
"We just have to make the cinema-going experience more magical and more spectacular to get people coming back to the movies again," he said.
At the Cinema Con theater owner's convention in April, Jackson got a mixed reception for preview footage of "The Hobbit" shown at 48 frames per second. Some observers thought the images were too clear and the result so realistic that it took away from the magic of the film medium.
Jackson said Wednesday that when the movie opens worldwide next month in 25,000 theaters that only about 1,000 of them will be equipped to show the movie in 48 frames, so most people will see it in the more traditional format. The movie has also been shot in 3D.
"You are dipping your toe in the water, and it's this new way of shooting and projecting a film," Jackson said.
Jackson and most of the stars of the trilogy, including lead actor Martin Freeman, who plays hobbit Bilbo Baggins, held a relaxed, joking news conference at the museum Te Papa. Nearby, sunny weather was encouraging thousands of locals to gather around the 500-yard red carpet leading to the Embassy Theatre hosting the premiere.
Jackson turned serious, however, in addressing claims that animals depicted on screen had been mistreated.
The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is planning protests at "The Hobbit" premieres in New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. after several animal wranglers said three horses and up to two dozen other animals had died during the making of the movies because they were housed at an unsafe farm.
Jackson's spokesman earlier acknowledged two horses had died preventable deaths at the farms but said the production company worked quickly to improve stables and other facilities and that claims of mistreatment were unfounded.
"No mistreatment, no abuse. Absolutely none," Jackson said on Wednesday. "You've got a very radical political organization which has jumped on this," he added, referring to PETA.
He said the allegations were an insult to everyone who worked on the films and that PETA's attempts to get publicity at the premiere were "pretty pathetic."
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It would appear that Sam Worthington and F. Gary Gray have been canned in favor of an unknown. As Deadline reports, The Last Days of American Crime — a big screen take on Radical Publishing's comic — is soon to be under the control of commercial and music video director Anthony Mandler.
The aforementioned acting and directing duo were pegged as the creative team in May and tasked to take on Karl Gajdusek's script which, like the Rick Remender-penned comic, "takes place in the future, as America responds to a second major terrorism attack by developing technology that eliminates the impulse to commit crimes of any kind." Our lead, Graham Bricke, is a career criminal who "plans to pull off a final job five days before the signal rubs out the criminal instinct." The only actor mentioned in the story is Noomi Rapace; her participation is completely up in the air, though.
Reasons behind this switch haven't been cited anywhere — I'll assume it's something simple, like busy schedules or high salaries — so we just have to take the news as is. In the meantime, I won't take it as bad, either; we all know that the music video-to-filmmaker path can turn end badly (where do you even begin?), but that would be to ignore the ones which turned out beautifully (Fincher, Jonze, and Gondry being the obvious bright spots). Being unfamiliar with his work makes Mandler a true wild card, sure, but I'll take some promising upstart over F. Gary Gray at every turn.
Have you read the comic, and if so, does this news concern you? Are you familiar with any of Mandler's work?
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The Return of the Giant NYC Dance Club
By Steve Weinstein
July 4, 1976 Was a Ramones-less Weekend in NYC
By Bryan Bierman
LIVE REVIEW: Karen O at McKittrick Hotel
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Remembering Dee Dee Ramone's Rap Album
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Meet Lady Casa, America's Most Famous Raver
By Ben Westhoff and Sarah Purkrabek
Ridiculous Kanye West-isms, In Illustrated Form
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Casting Martin Scorsese's New Ramones Movie
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A Tour Around Ace Frehley's Bronx
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Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra Ashcan Rantings | Clean Feed Like Mingus, Lane plays a mean bass, composes pieces that encapsulate the entire jazz tradition and then some, and runs a band that sounds even bigger than it is. His new group dispenses with guitar to deploy seven horns, doubling up on trumpet and trombone for cozy warmth as well as freewheeling action. Yet below all that brass, the bass dominates the tone and pulse, holding the power back so it's more implied than felt, except when the throttle opens. A
William Parker I Plan to Stay a Believer | AUM Fidelity Long awaited. Parker unveiled his inside take on Curtis Mayfield's political thoughts in 2001 and has shopped it around ever since, finally collecting slices from six concerts up through 2008 onto two discs. Leena Conquest sings, Amiri Baraka waxes eloquent, ad hoc choirs come and go, and the groove picks up some swing and a bunch of horns. "This Is My Country" could shut down a tea party, or launch another. A
Angles Epileptical West | Clean Feed Leader/alto-saxophonist Martin Küchen's other group is Exploding Customer. Trumpeter Magnus Broo's main group is Atomic. There seem to be scads of young Scandinavians who cut their teeth in rock bands, then switched to jazz when they found they could play wilder, and maybe even louder. A sextet, with trombone for extra dirt and vibes for extra sparkle, live and loose in Coimbra. A
Tommy Babin's Benzene Your Body Is Your Prison | Drip Audio Although the hype sheet suggests "improv/space rock," this is more dense than spacey, and doesn't rock so much as bring the noize. The bassist-leader introduces two Chads, his star MacQuarrie on guitar, and Makela beefing up the bottom on bari sax. The group name and title suggest art/music that's toxic and inflammable, and maybe we're too far gone not to indulge it. A MINUS
The Nels Cline Singers Initiate | Cryptogramophone No vocals, just a guitar trio that's been around a while, took a backseat while Cline pursued other projects (including a day job with Wilco), then decided they had something to prove. Two discs, a brainy one cut in the studio with lots of ideas and a few guests, and a brawny one recorded live that sounds like Cline learned something playing arenas, and that he's delighted not to be backing a vocalist. A MINUS
Anat Cohen Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard | Anzic A couple of songs beg comparison to Barney Bigard and don't flinch, and her "Body and Soul" is worthy of Gary Giddins's mixtape. It helps that the Peter Washington–Lewis Nash rhythm section is the best that mainstream has to offer, and that pianist Benny Green keeps pace. Helps even more that she answers any reservations I had about her poll-winning clarinet work. A MINUS
Freddy Cole Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B | HighNote Mr. B is '40s crooner Billy Eckstine, whose rich baritone and studly swagger have left him irretrievably passé. No such problem for Cole, whose soft touch pries these gems loose as surely as Houston Person's tenor sax shines them up. A MINUS
Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers | Savoy Jazz The Norman Rockwell of jazz guitarists, growing ever more comfortable framing his string-toned Americana, with Eyvind Kang's viola for flair and Rudy Royston's drums for emphasis. The signposts are as familiar as "Beautiful Dreamer" and "Goin' Out of My Head." The originals cast unexpected highlights. A MINUS
Fred Hersch Trio Whirl | Palmetto Returning from a two-month coma: They say near-death focuses the mind, but so does working with a superior bass-drums combo—John Hébert and Eric McPherson—and focusing on your own legacy instead of cranking out another songbook tribute. If he sounds like his idol, Bill Evans, he isn't bouncing back. He's just being true. A MINUS
Oleg Kireyev/Keith Javors Rhyme & Reason | Inarhyme A Russian saxophonist from deep in the Urals, Kireyev worked his way through Poland to the U.S., where he studied under Bud Shank. His recent Mandala tapped into diverse streams of world fusion, but here he teams up with pianist Javors for an album of insouciant mainstream, fresh enough to do his late mentor proud. A MINUS
Myra Melford's Be Bread The Whole Tree Gone | Firehouse 12 She's a dazzling piano player when she takes charge, but mostly she holds back, letting Brandon Ross's guitar, Ben Goldberg's clarinet, and Cuong Vu's trumpet shape and color her seductive compositions. When she does cut loose, the whole band lifts up. A MINUS
Sounds of Liberation Sounds of Liberation [1972] | Porter Before the dark age of conservatism descended upon us, before Reagan, just before Watergate, this is what the future that might have been sounded like: funky conga rhythms sprinkled with sparkling Khan Jamal vibes, topped with Byard Lancaster's avant-sax all but screaming freedom, justice, good times. A MINUS
The Stryker/Slagle Band Keeper | Panorama Dave Stryker's fleet guitar changes, warmed up with Steve Slagle's blues-inflected alto sax, with dependable bassist Jay Anderson and redoubtable drummer Victor Lewis keeping time: Postbop journeymen pull a minor masterpiece out of decades of earnest toil. A MINUS
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A few years ago, a good friend who has sadly moved away, was kind enough to take me to Restaurant Le Meurice for dinner. The first memory of walking into the done-up dining room was the way the waiters brought her an Hermès stool for her purse, which was an Hermès Kelly bag. The second memory I have, was shortly after when we sat down and they asked if we wanted apéritifs. I'd heard about the house apéritif they were serving back then, which was famous, so I ordered one.
Results tagged fromage from David Lebovitz
Five Books on French Cuisine
The Whole Fromage
Look, I like cheese a lot. But didn't think I could get into an entire book on the subject. And as I read the first few paragraphs of The Whole Fromage, my suspicions were almost confirmed and I was considering putting it down because, like cheese (which I'm surrounded by on a daily basis – and I'm not complaining!), a well-edited selection is usually my preferred way to enjoy it. Fortunately I kept going and found myself completely absorbed in the book on les fromage, the subject of Kathe Lison's obsession. And her book is a series of interesting essays as she traveled around France, visiting cheese producers, from the mountains of the Jura to the caves of Roquefort.
It's hard to write about cheese because the scents and flavors that come to mind, used to describe the taste and smell of les fromages, aren't often very appealing; barnyards, cattle pens, rotting milk, and the laundry bin in men's locker rooms after the big game, often come to mind. But Kathe Lison visited some of the most intriguing cheese regions in France – from Langres to Beaufort, and recounts her visits cheese caves, curd tastings, meetings with artisan cheese producers, and an occasional brush with a cranky character or two.
La Coop: Beaufort Cheese Cooperative in Paris
It amuses me to see outfits that promise to let folks "experience Paris like a local!" While there's lots too see and do here as a visitor, I wonder why so many people want to come and experience the more mundane aspects of life in a city, such as calling the gas company to find out why your bill is 300% over what it is supposed to be, or dealing with a forest's-worth of paperwork that would make the most anti-environmentalist weep, when they could be exploring world-class museums, dining in historic bistros, visiting amazing chocolate shops, and gorging themselves on sublime cheeses all day?
When I'm on vacation, I want to be on vacation, thanks. But every so often, I try being a tourist is my own city. Because I get to stroll around and discover wonderful new places, as I did when walking near the Jardin du Luxembourg and passed by La Coop.
Continue Reading La Coop: Beaufort Cheese Cooperative in Paris…
Cheese Tastings in Paris
A visit to France is, of course, a cheese-lovers dream. And for those who come and want to experience a variety of French cheeses in Paris, there are a number of places that offer dégustations (tastings) as well as tours and wine pairings with experts.
Most are in English and in the boutiques and fromageries (cheese shops) that offer cheese tasting plates, there is normally someone on hand who will happily explain all the different cheeses. Here's a list of places that offer a variety of experiences for anyone interesting in sampling les fromages:
Paris by Mouth: Cheese tours of Paris.
Madame Hisada: Specialty cheese shop with salon offering dégustation platters.
Fil'O'Fromage: Cheese shop and restaurant, with tasting plates.
Meeting the French: Wine and cheese tastings.
Paroles de Fromagers: Wine and cheese tastings.
Chez Virginie: Cheese shop with guided tastings.
Le Foodist: Wine and cheese pairings and tastings.
La Coop: Cheese cooperative from the Savoy region offers self-guided cheese tastings.
La Cuisine: Guided cheese tasting workshops.
Marie-Anne Cantin: Guided cheese tastings.
La Vache dans Les Vignes: Cheese tasting plates.
Paris by Mouth: Cheese tastings and walking tours.
La Vache dans les Vignes: Cheese shop and café.
Ô Chateau: Wine and cheese tasting lunches.
Cook'n with Class: Wine and cheese tasting, and pairing classes.
L'Affineur' Affiné: Fromagerie and restaurant.
Note: In addition to the organized cheese tastings listed above, you can generally go into a wine bar and order a selection of cheeses (and wine, of course) to sample. Although the tastings aren't guided, the staff will generally be able to tell you about the cheeses.
In and Near Chablis
For a variety of reasons, we decided to extend our twenty-four hour vacation by forty-eight hours. Actually, there were only two reasons: One was that there was a massive heat wave last week in Paris that was roasting us, and everyone else in the city. And two, a friend who lives outside of Paris – who has a pool – invited us to come.
So we drove out of the city, away from the unshaded pavements, the barren open-air markets, and the locked-up storefront, to breathe in some fresh air and float carelessly in a calming rectangle of cooling water. We were in the Yonne, part of Burgundy, which also meant Dijon mustard, gougères, and Chablis.
On arrival, we tumbled out of the sticky heat of the car and hopped into the pool right away to cool down, then our friend called us to the table with a vegetable tart she'd whipped together; a simple pastry dough with a smear of Dijon mustard, sautéed zucchini and onions, then topped with cheese and baked. Basta. Score one for simple French food, and the women who make it!
Mont d'Or
"Goopy" isn't a word used too often when writing about food. Am not sure why, but perhaps because there aren't a lot of things that are goopy, that you actually want to eat. Mont d'Or has been called the holy grail of French raw milk cheeses. It's goopy for sure, and if that bothers you, well, that's something you're going to have to work on for yourself. In the meanwhile, I've been lapping up this Mont d'Or I recently acquired, enjoying every single goopy mouthful.
Called "the holy grail of raw milk cheeses", Mont d'Or (also called Vacherin Mont d'Or, and Vacherin Haut-Doubs) is truly a spectacular cheese. And even though they're widely available in the winter in France, because of their richness, it's something I reserve for special occasions. For me, that special occasion was lunch yesterday.
Gouda Étuvé
The French are rightfully proud of their cheese, but one they can't take credit for is Gouda Étuvé – which is very popular in France nonetheless. And I don't blame them for going gaga over this Gouda. At my fromagerie, they keep the giant half-wheel right on the counter, in front of them, because perhaps fifty-percent of the customers order a wedge of it. Or in my case, 100%.
Foreign cheeses in France are either fully embraced, or ignored. Le cheddar is just now gaining some recognition and Stilton is pretty widely praised. Gouda is a non-offending cheese, and is one of the more popular imports in France. Like Emmenthal, it's a cheese for those who want something milder. Or wilder, as is in the case of the Gouda with stinging nettles at Pascal Beillevaire.
The name étuvé means "cooked", usually in a covered casserole or similar vessel. Since the milk for nearly every kind of cheese is cooked, I'm not sure why it's designated as "étuvé", because whenever I ask, the cheese-sellers are so busy slicing cheese for the long line of customers, they just say it's cooked à la vapeur, or with steam. And I keep my mouth shut, so as not to distract them from their very important duties.
Paris-Lausanne Tour 2012
I don't know why, but almost all the pictures from my Paris-Lausanne culinary tour came out kinda goofy. Out-of-focus, askew, grainy, or there's odd pictures of sidewalks, one of me lounging in a bathrobe, guests eating and drinking (no one looks great when putting a forkful of food in their mouths so those pictures I'll keep to myself…and I hope they do likewise), lots of chocolates rolling off conveyor belts, and even those scrumptious, insanely good Swiss meringues with double-cream Gruyère tasted (a lot) better than they look here.
The week passed by as a whirlwind of tastes – we moved from one chocolate shop to the next in Paris – Fouquet, Jacques Genin, Patrick Roger, and Jean-Charles Rochoux. Then, when we hit Lausanne, we switched gears, focusing our attention on cheese, air-dried beef, and white wine.


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Approval was given despite the negative findings of hundreds of scientists from across Canada and around the world who signed a letter to Prime Minister Harper in June. Indeed, Harper could hardly reject a pipeline in his own country when he had told the most powerful leader in the world in September 2013 that he "won't take no for an answer" on the Keystone XL pipeline.
According to the poll, conducted by Environics and commissioned by Environmental Defence, 41 per cent of Canadians believe the importance of the oilsands to the economy is six to 24 times higher than it actually is. And a full 57 per cent of Canadians overestimate the value of oilsands to the country's economy.
Harper and Abbott have to understand that we can no longer have economies that exist outside of the ecological limits of our planet. Our reliance and exploitation of fossil fuels is endangering our future as well as our present and it needs to end. We need to transition to green energy and we need to keep more fossil fuels, especially high-carbon fuels like the tar sands, in the ground.
We are mystified that with so much at stake, with the risks of this project being so high, the board would quibble over nine days. We would have expected the board to err on the side of good process and give Kinder Morgan the extra time to answer the questions that have been asked by municipalities, landowners, local businesses, First Nations and environmental organizations.
It makes you wonder how many other voices that complain about tar sands impacts are being ignored? Fort Chipewyan's calls for independent health inquiry, the cancer concerns in Fort Saskatchewan are just two, both recently echoed by the Edmonton Journal's editorial board; the fact that some doctors may not comfortable treating oil-symptom patients is another.


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Duke Energy has for several years been installing digital smart meters and other equipment to modernize the power grid to improve reliability, increase efficiency and to give customers more control over their energy usage and costs. And our customers are benefiting as the technology has helped reduce the number of estimated bills we send each year by more than a third; helped avoid nearly two million outage minutes; and helped our customers save money on their energy bills – up to $100 annually.
The digital technology at the heart of these improvements has been around for years. Everything from computers and cell phones to our TV remote controls has gone digital. Even local restaurants and coffee shops tout "free Wi-Fi" to get customers in their doors. The technology is widely accepted and used by most people every day.
Modernizing today's electric grid requires digital technology – from the power plants to the meters – in order to meet peoples' growing expectations, and ever-changing demands on the grid.
Upgrading our analog meters to new digital meters is an important part of our modernizing efforts in Ohio. And we believe maintaining a small number of mechanical meters for a few customers when we're updating our entire grid system to perform better is unnecessary, for several reasons.
First, managing two separate metering programs would require Duke Energy to maintain duplicative processes and staffs to do the same work, and this would increase costs for everyone. Duke Energy has received very few requests from customers who want to keep using the century-old technology, so we believe it would be unfair to penalize our nearly 700,000 Ohio customers with higher cost for work and equipment that is outdated and unnecessary.
Second, many of the requests we are receiving from customers to remove meters or not allow us to install them in the first place are being prompted by misinformation and propaganda spreading through social media channels. Here are the facts:
• Data Privacy/Security – Duke Energy considers your information confidential and does not share or sell it to other companies. The information coming from our meters is encrypted, and the meters themselves are protected with security passwords and security keys. Even if security was breached, the ONLY information someone would see is whole-house energy usage, which is the same information that's available today.
• Control – You and you alone have control of your energy usage. The meters do not collect usage data for specific appliances inside your home, and we cannot turn off your appliances to reduce energy. Just like their older electro-mechanical predecessors, today's digital smart meters gather whole-house usage information. The only difference is that the information is available more frequently than once a month. You can use the information to change how you use energy OR you can choose to do nothing.
• Radio Frequency – Most all of Duke Energy's residential smart electric meters in Ohio transmit data over the power lines, so there is very low to no radio frequency associated with their operation. Duke Energy's gas meters and some of the electric meters installed for larger residential and small to medium business customers send information wirelessly, but the radio frequency levels are very low and well within limits established by the Federal Communications Commission.
The energy industry is one of the few, if not only, industries that still relies on century-old technology to meet 21st century consumer expectations. To move forward, we must leverage available technology to lower bills, increase efficiency, reduce power outages, respond quicker to outages, delay the need for new power plants and clean the air – improvements our customers have been telling us for years that they want, and we are now well-positioned to deliver.
For more information, visit www.duke-energy.com/smartgrid
NOTE: Duke Energy is currently installing digital smart meters in its Ohio service area as part of a broader grid modernization program. The company continues to refine modernization plans for its service areas in Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina.


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Meet Luke, The Most Important Character On "American Horror Story: Coven"
Shirtless guy next door = importance.
1. Meet Alexander Dreymon, a.k.a. "Luke Ramsey," a.k.a. the sheltered but super hot guy who lives next door to the bad bitches of American Horror Story: Coven.
2. Sure, Luke wears this dopey shirt tucked into his dopey pants and lives with his dopey mom.
3. But also, and more importantly, Luke licks cake off of his fingers…
4. Luke takes his shirt off like this…
5. And Luke wipes his face with that shirt like this.
8. As further proof, I present… this face and these eyes and this little face hair.
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9. I present this all-black red-carpet situation.
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10. I present this solid grey-shirt look.
11. And this beautiful rolled-up denim sleeves and spiky hair look.
12. Furthermore, I present Alexander Dreymon's former roles, including man with big arms who sits backwards in chair:
13. Hot dude who stands in tiny blue underwear by a lake:
14. Hot dude who blocks out the sun while wiping himself down with a towel:
15. Hot dude sitting on a pier in tiny speedos:
16. And, of course, hot German dude who makes out with Matt Smith:
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- Introduction
- General features
- Early development
- Organ formation
- Ectodermal derivatives
- Mesodermal derivatives
- Endodermal derivatives
- Postembryonic development
- Maturity and death
Organogenesis and histogenesis
The primary organ rudiments continue to give rise to the rudiments of the various organs of the fully developed animal in a process called organogenesis. The formation of organs, even those of diverse function, shares some common features, which are considered in this section. As the organs form, so do their component tissues, in a process termed histogenesis.
A germinal layer, as the name implies, is a sheet of cells. An organ rudiment may be formed and separated from such a sheet in several ways. A groove, or fold, may appear within the layer, become closed into a tube, and then separated from the original layer. A tube once formed may be subdivided into sections by constrictions and dilations of the tube at certain points. This is the way the nervous system rudiment is formed in vertebrates as already described.
Alternatively, the germinal layer may produce a round depression, or pocket. The pocket may then separate from the layer as a vesicle, or it may elongate and branch at the tip while still connected with the layer. The latter method is common in the development of various glands and also the lungs in vertebrates.
Still another method of rudiment formation in a germinal layer is by the development of local thickenings, elongated or round, and detachment from the epithelial sheet. If a lumen appears later within such a body, the result may be the same as that achieved by folding—that is, a tube or vesicle may be formed. Indeed, the same sort of organ may develop even in related animals in either of these ways. The epithelial layer may further be cut up into segments, with the layer losing continuity, as in the formation of somites in vertebrates or similar mesodermal blocks in segmented invertebrates (e.g., annelids and arthropods).
Lastly, the cells of a germinal layer may give up their connection to each other and become a mass of loose, freely moving cells called embryonic mesenchyme. This mass gives rise to various forms of connective tissue but may also condense into more solid structures, including parts of the skeleton and the muscles.
Many organs are comprised of all three germinal layers. It is very common for glands, for instance, to derive their lining from an ectodermal or endodermal epithelium and their connective tissue (sometimes in the form of a capsule) from mesenchyme of mesodermal origin. Parts of ectoderm and endoderm cooperate also in the development of the lining of the alimentary canal, and mesoderm provides the connective tissue and muscular sheath of the canal.
In this section the development of organs of the body are dealt with according to the germinal layer that contributes the most important part, and only the development of vertebrate organs is considered.
Ectodermal derivatives
The nervous system
The vertebrate nervous system develops from the neural plate—a thickened dorsal portion of the ectoderm—which forms a tube, as described earlier. From the very start the tube is wider anteriorly, the end that gives rise to the brain. The posterior part of the neural tube, which gives rise to the spinal cord, is narrower and stretches as the embryo lengthens. Stretching involves the head to only a very minor degree.


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The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says it is concerned about recent cuts to permanent staff numbers at mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin.
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The Mackay Hospital Health Service (MHHS) has defended a decision to axe five positions from the Bowen Hospital in north Queensland.
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A wage dispute is continuing at SunWater with Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members picketing the Bundaberg office in southern Queensland today.
Topics: industrial-relations, work, unions, bundaberg-4670, biloela-4715, collinsville-4804, emerald-4720, moranbah-4744, mackay-4740
Firefighters are protecting a number of properties threatened by a grassfire near Collinsville, south of Townsville in north Queensland.
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Three projects in central and north Queensland have been shortlisted for the first round of the State Government's royalties for regions program.
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The Whitsunday Mayor says she is confident the region can unite, despite a failed attempt to de-amalgamate.
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The small north Queensland town of Collinsville, south-west of Townsville, will stop to reflect at a special service tomorrow.
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A north Queensland businessman says he is still interested in buying the Collinsville power station and developing it into a base-load plant.
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Discontent over controversial council amalgamations in Queensland four years ago looks set to continue.
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The Member for Burdekin says the Federal Government must commit to a date to announce the fate of the Collinsville Power Station.
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The time frame for negotiations around the possible closure of the Collinsville Power Station has been extended.
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A north Queensland politician is questioning the motives behind the possible sale of the Collinsville power station.
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A closed meeting to discuss the future of a north Queensland coal-fired power station will be held in Collinsville today.
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Night-time mining operations have resumed at a north Queensland coal mine plagued by hazardous gas leaks.
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A north Queensland woman has been ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to stealing cattle.
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Poisonous gas eruptions have forced coal mining giant Thiess to suspend night-time operations at one of its Queensland mines.
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A worker at the Thiess-operated Collinsville open-cut mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon after being exposed to hazardous gases.
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The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says it has serious concerns for the health of workers at a north Queensland coal mine, after a series of incidents involving toxic gases.
Topics: mining-industry, unions, emergency-incidents, industrial-relations, collinsville-4804, mackay-4740
An investigation is underway into how 14 miners were overcome by fumes at a coal mine north-west of Mackay in north Queensland last night.
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Acting Premier Andrew Fraser says a new rail line linking central Queensland mines to the Abbot Point terminal near Bowen, north of Mackay, will provide a significant boost to the state's economy.
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Not every backpacker looking for work in north Queensland ends up picking fruit and vegetables.
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A north Queensland council says the Planning and Environment Court's approval of a self-contained mining community will set a dangerous precedent.
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A community advocacy group says it will continue to fight plans for a self-contained township for mine workers in north Queensland.
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Collinsville is the latest town in Queensland wanting to relocate its newest residents.
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Twenty-six mine workers will be remembered at a memorial service in north Queensland today.
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