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Sharon Osbourne "Rock of Love Charm School" beatdown
By Tony Hicks
Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 2:38 pm in Uncategorized.
We finally have some video available of Sharon Osbourne beating down Megan Hauserman last month on VH1's "Rock of Love: Charm School" reunion show, which aired Sunday night.
It's really too bad security got in the way before we could see Sharon yank out Megan's hair for insulting Ozzy. This woman obviously isn't very bright. Sharon Osbourne is one tough lady. I seem to remember a story about an angry Osbourne pushing one of the guys from Insane Clown Posse down some stairs.
Her father was Don Arden, the notorious British music promoter/manager who was known to occasionally pull a Suge Knight and hang someone upside down from a balcony to make a point.
I watched the video three times. I couldn't help it. I feel so dirty.
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Simply fill those orders for the 787s, and with each plane that is delivered, place on top, but inside the shrink-wrapped User's Guide, clearly visible, as a kind of cover letter, this note:
Batteries Not Included.
Simple, and elegant. Why didn't anyone else think of that?
Well, why did it take two centuries, and millions of miles of quite unnecessary misery for travellers, for someone to figure out that wheels could be attached to luggage? Why did it take a Christopher Columbus to figure out how to make an egg stand up? People say that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Are they wrong. In this case, it was 100% inspiration.
I trust a check from Boeing is in the mail.


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33 1/3 N C S + Cuba
2015 March: Went down in Colombia last Friday 6th stayed for a week hunting for a way into VZ but all a bust as I must head back to Houston to get one of the new Tourist Visas, missed it by 48hrs:baldy Rented a bike out of Cali and made the most of it heading up to Bogota where I flew home defeated after only being able to deliver much needed parts and supplies to Venezuela. Now for a visa...
Update: I left out of Caracas on July, 2012 with a bunch of metal in my leg and headed back home to rest up for the next go around. Bike is still in Venezuela with my good friend SS. Thinking I will be heading back to VZ to get all this metal pulled out at some point. Hopefully will get this ride report back up to date one of these days:1drink
My time has come.
Some short history: I started riding dual sport bikes in 2006 and turned out to be such a great compliment to traveling solo that I just knew it would be the best way to get around and have good adventures and meet great people almost any place you go. I would have enjoyed going practically anywhere but the most accessible place for me on a big trip would be going to North, Central, and South America (maybe a rough 33.333 of the world) because they are all connected and I would not have to get the pricey carnet to go to those other places I was also really interested in, those will have to wait for now. I have no official limit on time the only limiting factors being health, money, or my family's health so I'm sure its going to be one wild ride:1drink
The plan became to travel and experience as many countries as I could all around the Americas. It was hatched by this site and I thank all the people who took their time to post of their trips which would be the valuable information that I used to help me with my journey.
Thankyou ADVrider and all those who make it what it is:clap
This thread and site are two of my primary resources for researching and learning from others as I do this ride so please feel free to offer any hints/suggestions/spots as this goes along. I look forward to meeting many of you ADVers down the road and sharing rides and beers (or water if you like).
Procrastinator that I am I could not even get the bike that I wanted to take ready to go in time. Ive found that it is almost easier to keep working in the same grind than to stop it and go crazy as it sounds. Fortunately I have a good ole brother who bought a bike right after I bought my first six fidy and he had the foresight to by a big boxer that I have grown to love and that will God willing carry me through the first part of this trip. Once I finish the trip North I will come back home and rig my poor little Dakar that has been resting in pieces over the last couple of years.
This trip has been unlike any other trip that I have ever taken in that I have never so much time to think about and gather up so much stuff that I may or may not ever use for this trip.
I kind of over whelmed myself somewhat with all the work that was needed to add all the stuff and make ready the little Dakar bike so I took the easy out and did a little less work to the big mule (aka 1150Adv) to make ready the first part of the trip.
My brother has been so busy with his business that he cant make the time to ride like I do so Ive been running his gs quite a bit over the last few years and taken it under my wing per say and have maintained it, although not cosmetically as those who have seen it know well. It may not look pretty but I love the bike and its been very good to me for what weve been through together.
I have planned to try and keep an updated near realtime RR as I go but being a camper Ill just have to see how the wifi stuff works out for me on the first part of the trip, thinking it will be easier as I get south. So now here I sit in the first hotel (for some wifi) of my trip at Tom Bodetts pride here in Pueblo, CO at 3 am in the morning (I slept a large part of the afternoon away) working on this adventure.
It really began on Aug 6 when I had to do a little rewire work on the mule to get it ready take to CO to start off with the Second Annual Latin America Adventure Rally outside Carbondale that was on the second weekend of Aug +/- few extra days. Had to wire in a centech unit to help control my hunger for power and keep it distributed. My brother was nice enough to get a good sonic burger dinner and get me some much needed zip ties before the trip began.
My good brother Thomas and the bikes, burgers and stuff:
The new unit installed mostly:
And some much needed shark, it was a long night getting some stuff caught up and anyway I never slept well the night before getting ready for a big one:
And yours truely in action:
Had to ride the scooter a little that day getting more stuff, great little machine, saw a guy out at St. Francis, KS lives near Little Rock touring on his, this was my first two wheels and how I learned to ride:
Got every thing pretty much buttoned up on the sixth and looking forward to leaving on the 7th hopefully early to head to Colorado for the Latin Rally.
Getting long so I'll post tommorrow in another...lots more coming from here
Aug the 7th the takeoff
Had a late night finnishing up the big GS and got up pretty early to load some clothes and other stuff for the trip up to CO. As usual I didn't get gone early enough and as Aug weather goes for OK and the middle states I just hauled up the big roads to get there as fast as I could. I orginally hope to make WF but it was out and I was leaving behind schedule to make very much of the second latin rally.
Carrying a laptop for the first time:
Was feeling pretty good on the bike until I got up to Salina, KS and ran through the heavy winds and warm temps out to Hays. I think the winds where so high they couldn't even let the big windfarms turn due to fear of overspeed, I saw more stop than spinning:huh needless to say it was windy and I was wanting to run a lot quicker than I could. DQ was needed about every 100 miles but only one would be allowed, tasty little brezze:
* This what happens when I travel solo all the time, the mule is the real star of the show
I made it out to western KS that afternoon before I decided to try and find a swimming hole to cool off and clean up a bit. I went North off I70 to St. Francis to get some drinks and pretzels for the evening and then head over to Bonny Res. to see what I could find.
Not much like could be had their, the water situation in eastern CO is very sad, and was show in the res. Water lines where dramatic like out at Mead.
Water normally here leading up to spill way:
The other side that hasn't seen water in years:
Did some hot laps up on the dam having a look around before coming to the park to inquire, yelp $14 bucks for primative is BS and the lake was so low swimming would be difficult for $6 bucks along to get wet so I passed and inquired about the free mosquito pond that I settled for, I went to bed dirty but not thirsty here on my private bad + free mosquitos and red marks to prove it, Slept well watching the stars sans tent.
Aug 8th The morning after:
Loaded my gear on up and head West on smaller roads back to HW36 where I rode till Starsburg where I showed up little bit early for their hometown parade where I was offered a spot but declined having to make time to the West. Got some oj and breakfast burrito and was off before they where all lined up for the start of the parade, looked like it would be a good small town parade with great weather to boot. Gotta get to Carbondale.
What I like so much about the big mule is the tank and the road manners, this bike can chop some open road miles in a hurry, if I had much off a bigger motor I would be in real trouble, sometimes I want more right hand but legally should not be allowed any more at all. Needless to say we blasted on throuh Denver and started our way up into the moutains and the crazy weekend traffic that we had to gut.
Typically I'm not a fan of interstate system of the US but in the case of I70 it has got some awesome engineering feats and I mean great riding in the canyon section and some cool tunnels to add, and nothing needed to be said about the perfect weather.
Made it out to Carbondale and easily found the Latin Rally thanks to Rick's great little signs, good to see all those people again plus many more that I hope to meet again.
Big mountain right outside of the rally entrance, this was a good place for this:
Didn't take many picture on the 8th but there was a long fest something like a four hour feed that keep your tounge watering the hole time even if it was cooked on old t-posts, good stuff.
B-man's pig, only went in the fire once or twice, me and redone had side bet on it, we took the same side thou so no many changed hands
Early pig along with the obvious chicken and beef ribs not well seen
now late pig, less consumed chicken ribs and piles of corn that worked well with nothing:
Looks kinda like he's burning in hell but it was just Al foil with hot coals on top, yep he was tasty- I could never be a Jew, only just saying, there where many other non-Jews there by the looks of it.
Had some evening entertainment, little fire dancing and singing, only had minor burns from fire dancer, I hope that coonass does alright, I felt bad for the guy. Many good stories where told around the fire. Ross (Redone), Jason (the goodguy cohost/owner of the spread), and myself shut the festivites down around 3:30 the next morning and I threw my bag out on the ground and stay somewhat reasonable until the sun really came out next morning. It was to be a short stay for myself as I have many places to and little time to stay in CO. The rally site morning I left.
The Danish riders (M&M riders I think) where a cool lot, gotta love girls that give er hell.
My little paradise:
Log chopping station:
Mt Elbert became out of the question, will be leaving that for a later undetermined date but a nice soak in a hot springs was more logical so that's was the start for the early afternoon. Thanks for Rick hooking be up 7 miles down the rode from the Latin Rally.
Was some nice scenery for a while, BS with a few from Denver and another who hooked my up with some routes down to the south. Nice little soak hole good flow coming in a cool flow coming down the river, Crystal maybe??
No head shots this time, only toes:
Two pots, one kinda warm the only much nicer. Note to take foldable shovel to make better next time. I'm still living good thou for now.
The newly accuried routes from my one of my soaking buddies was continue south on up McClure and then break off to Kebler pass and make way into Crested Butte which was exactley where I should be. It was fine ride going that way, nice and easy.
My pictures can't do it justice, here's me trying although it was much more fun riding in it.
Came on down into CB and got a big bite of pizza to eat. Also found Izzy's other place out in CO, (I just bought some stuff from the Izzy AR):
Mule looking good in downtown CB:
That previously mentioned pizza, pineapples and CB in CB, OC was tasty stuff:
I'd went back out to the bike and this fellow was checking it out and then we started talking routes and since the man's a rider he hooked me up with some. Good guy named Clark N. from CB who does lots of mountain biking and some restored motorbikes too.
Gave me a nice hand drawn map and sent me on my way for a wonderful afternoon back up to Ohio pass then almost down to Gunnison before bypassing on 8 mile road to Almont then up to Taylor Res. for a nice senic ride to finnish up the afternoon.
Taylor neat alpine lake I guess you would say, cool damn with a cracked open gate valve.
Rest of the big wall damn:
Cottonwood Pass is neat, Tincup will be for next time around. I heard some from dudes up at creats that an older 3 series BMW holes the oil pan going on Tincup and was trying to get a wrecker, would have been fuuny to get that picture. Scenic riding in the area to be found, Taylor lake at speed:
From higher up above now
Up at the crest I left the mule to continue on up to look at the two halves, my proof, standing in a hole that I had been resting in-haven't got the lungs yet for the high climbing yet:
The mule left down below with a pair of rented stroms:
One other picture from up top Cottonwood of a lesser known pond:
After sweating so heavily I was cooled and ready to get down low fast where I headed to Salida for the night to look for Hayduke or some other place to crash.
I dropped out in Buena Vista off Cottonwood and needed a Slurpee after warming back up and went to gamble a little and it paid off, thought it was 200x2 before I could read the lines but still got $4 out of the deal and a cold slurpee. I'm really a lucky bastard:
Went on down into Salida after getting some local advice about a McAkees or something or other that I found and it was packed so I pull up to the Vic down by the river right as two Bandidos come in front of me with Beaumont banners and I starting to wonder a bit.
Turns out they are cool as hell and when I tell them I'm riding to SA they say "Hell I buy you a beer then" and it was on. It was TugBoat and TomTom and they'd been at the National in Pueblo and where headed up to Washington for a run with another chapter out there because of 10 year member ceremony. Turns out TubBoat has a house down in Belize where we're going to try and met up in Oct a have a little fun.
Met Kurt (or possible Kirk) who tended the bar and BSed about Rainbow trail and XR400 and he loaned me the bar net to search for Hayduke cause I was looking for a place to crash that night.
After a few more rounds the three of us headed to the Tenderfoot bar for some pizza and cold drinks before calling it a night.
The coolest thing about Salida it the big floating 'S' up on the hill overlooking the town, looks like they are calling for superman to show up. At night it looked totally suspended not being able to see the mountain behind it, sorry no picture of that one, just believe.
Kurt had mentioned and I'd seen early before going into the Vic that I could squeeze between the posts across the river and ride the tracks and find me a spot to lay for the night, again just little cool for my little sleeping bag that I was running sans tent. I had to sleep until the sun warmed me up enough. Here's my spot the morning of the tenth.
The floating S is on the mountain with the little white shack on top in the background.
More of 10th in next post
:cry Just hit the back button and wiped out few hours worth of work here, more after I sleep for a bit. Damnit
Off to a great start!
Ride safe.
Sweeet!!!! Love the report John. Will definitely stay tuned.
One thing you can do to get away from the back button woes, is write it up in wordpad first, then add pictures once you post it to the website. Might save a few hours work sometime in the future. Just an idea. :beer
Silver- I was using the MS Word and when I started cutting and pasting the report from Word and then changing the font it ended up leaving all kinds of parathesis in my report preview so I went free had and lost my work.
Will try the wordpad instead and see how that goes:thumb
Working on the 10th some more.
Back to my screw up earlier this morning. Before leaving Salida I wanted to drop by and meet Hayduke and Bonnie who I attempted to find the night before while I was at the Vic. Stopped by the shop little before opening and got me a little Safety Third sticker for the mule and had early lunch across the street.
Here's Duke's tee shop and the previous floating 'S' off to the left:
Loaded up on some fuel and then hooked up with 175 out near the new hosptial and headed somewhat NE out of town and into some beautiful country with wide open spaces looking like something straight out of Lonesome Dove.
Eventually got onto County Road 53 I think and it dumped me out right south of Hartsel. At Hartsel I went looking for and asking around for the hotsprings that the Garmn said where near by. Found out that they where full of sludge and no longer used. Damn shame those people don't get out there with a trachoe and fix the place back to its former glory, could be a real money maker.
From there went down to Spinney and 11 mile lake area and then crossed over to Florissant where I ran into a hellasish traffic jam that made me break many laws riding the left lane until I saw a trooper and then jumped back right side and creeped along the edge to the first turn to the right that brought me down to Cripple Creek, not intending but it turned out.
Saw a nice tribute to the forces made from some sand:
And saw a rare motorbike for this country, I think it was a Honda Varadero that had been kitted out extra fuel and bags on the crash bars, looked to be from GB if those are the right plates, anyone one here??
Never did see the riders
Downtown CC on the move here:
After milling through down I head on to Victor where I ended up on the best part of my day today. Hooked up with the Goldbelt Tour through Phantom Canyon here: http://www.goldbeltbyway.com/phantom.htm and it turned out a nice easy way to spend part of the day. TomTom, one of the Bandidos that I met at the Vic in Salida was the one that actually told me about the road and I happen to fall right onto it right outside of Victor.
Very nice views all over the place, hard to believe the narrow guage RR once plowed through here:
They had some nice p facilities along the route for your needs:
with some more history and cool old photos of what once was:
Some of the neater parts to me where the newer wood topped curved bridge looked straight out of Alaska to me:
Then nearer the end two of these which I really dug:
After this it led me out HW50 near Canon City where I hung a left and head to Peublo because I needed to get my super tracker startraxx updated for my trip. I'd screwed off to much during the day and showed up near 5pm in town and started looking for some free wifi, thought I found it at a McD and then also found you got to pay to play.
At this point I thought it was just best to find a cheap hotel with fast internet and I ended up with the motel 6 in the late afternoon, took a nice quick cool swim and then went in for a siesta.
The mule even got a decent spot to avoid the rain that I didn't know was coming:
I wanted to get the RR kicked off so I got back up around 11:30pm and decided to hoof it down the street for a little late night Taco Bell where I could practice some spanish. Turns out the goofy devils won't let you walk up to the window and order and since the bike was so far away I thought I'd be a tricky little bastard and flag down the next person coming through the line and ask a favor.
Sure enough shortly later a guy happened by on a S. Intruder and I offered to buy his meal to help me and we where good to go, me just feeling smug getting my order handed over- big freaking deal. Really feel sorry for the poor homeless person who scored a few bucks and was hoping for a late night taco because he is just screwed unless he pulls my trick.
The guy's name was Thomas I think and he was partially disabled guy, back trouble, who enjoyed riding in the evenings around Pueblo becasue of the nicer temperatures. He'd laid out on an earlier thunder shower that rolled through and now while we where enjoying our food on the front patio the rain return. We quickly finnished and then he offered to haul me back to the 6 up the road, I think because I let him have the rest of the Jackson. Kinda weird riding on back after always being up front, but it sure beat walking in the light rain.
Got back to 136 in time for the local mexican mafia wannabes to start circling the local hotel parking lots dropping m80s off in selected sites. I stayed up most of the night uploading pictures and starting this report and getting to realtime just now, after screwing my earlier post with a back arrow screw up and now have taken the advice and used wordpad for most of this go around, never seems the same each time you write something up, I guess we'll never know will we.
As my favorite saying goes "It's always something and it never quits"
Today I will be in Pueblo fooling with this Satellite tracker to see if I can get it set up for the rest of the trip. Would like to blast back to T-town in OK to have a cold beer with the boys from OK at the Colony this evening if at all possible. I'm going to go consult mapquest and check the possibilities.
More to come when I get back home for the next go up to the northeast, ferry from Sydney to Argentia is coming fast, I thought I got away from time scheudules when I quit my job...like a say it never quits.
Looking forward to more fun on the road:deal
I love Salida and the Vic. Here is a pic of the big S.
Maybe I can buy you a beer sometime. We're practically neighbors.
What have you got for a camera? I forgot to ask. I also forgot to show you the elkskin ropers. They were pretty gross after grabing the pig and the meat, but they cleaned up fine with some soap and water.
To keep from losing work, try smaller posts. What happened to you- losing all your work- ...if I had a dollar...
What I usually did, from the road, is make a post, then add to it by using the "edit" feature.
Once you get into Latin America, you might have to use a public computer again. Make sure to write-protect your memory card before uploading photos.
All the way home yesterday and today I was wishing I was headed up to Nova Scotia with you!
This is going to be an awesome report.
Looking good man. :thumb buen viaje.
Just made it back in after stopping over at the Colony for uno Blue Moon cervasa to celebrate the trip to CO.
Was little unsuccessful with getting the tracker going and didn't accomplish anything there while in Pubelo, oh well.
Had a time of a ride out in the pan handle and western OK where I'm planning on keeping two county coffers in the red.
Had a nice time at the latin rally and had little over 2000 miles on the long weekend.
Ordered some fresh shoes for the mule for the trip North that's coming up quickly, first ferry is one week and ~8hrs from now:eek1
I needed a warmer bag instead of my little one that I had with me and my CO trip would have been perfect + sans tickets from the OK troopers out west. Guess I will be camping even more to recover the cost of those two:wink:
This keeps on coming at me. Tomorrow some pictures of the way home.
If you remember my gloves smell like chicken and pig, mum good. I will be stopping at the stich house at some undetermined point to shop.
Check on memory cards
going to play more posting, it sucks to loose it. I thought I might have woken the whole of motel six about 4am yesterday morning.
One of the new tires won't be here until Friday sometime so that's when I'll take off for the ferry up in Nova Scotia at Sydney on Wed evening. Going to use the TKCs for the most part but put on a anakee for the mostly road ride North and carry it for a spare once I put on the fresh TKC before the boat ride.
One of the few good things about riding long stretches of interstate is the unusual things people haul down the road and how they go about it all. Proof here looks to be headed to Mexico best I can see:
His paint job almost makes him camo'd for driving the interstate and he will have to pay attention at the drive through for sure and maybe some low underpasses.
Here's some shots from the way back to northeast OK. Was a hot ride going across the panhandle and I looked forward to the setting sun at my back.
Got one last pass in CO bagged as I dropped South out of the state:
It was like riding with the AC on the weather was so nice but that would change as soon as I near the panhandle of OK.
The Cap. Volcano is interesting to see how far you can see it riding towards and away from it.
Here's one at speed from some distance:
Had a nice burger burger at the local burger shop in Guymon, OK after getting the first ticket of the day, those where some tasty o-rings:
And some miles down the road getting another ticket didn't make me feel any better but at least I'm still riding. I missed the usual adv crowd at the Colony in Tulsa but I had one to celebrate a successful return.
Its a nice place with a good spot outside in the evening air, still don't know how this camera works. Gonna have to call this the No Camera Skills ride instead of North Central South. I will get lots of practice.
Good ride back home.
Up to date for now. Next go around starts sometime Friday.
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Justin Williams impeccable Game 7 numbers — especially 6-0 — a daunting challenge for Blackhawks tonight
If the '90s Bulls were in this situation, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen would be arm-wrestling to see who got to cover Justin Williams.
Containing Williams in a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs might be the ultimate challenge for the Blackhawks on Sunday night at the United Center — exceeded only by stopping Williams' team. Williams is 6-0 in Game 7s in his NHL career, with six goals and six assists. Already this season, Williams had an assist on the tie-breaking goal in Game 7 against San Jose in the first round and the first goal of the game against Anaheim in the second round. The Kings beat the Sharks 5-1 and the Ducks 6-2 to advance.
"You treat Game 7s — I think most guys do on our team — as an opportunity to do something special," Williams said, "an opportunity to improve yourself, an opportunity to advance and get the better of a team that you've battled with for six games.
"It's going to be no different [in Game 7 vs. the Hawks]. We have a huge bone to pick with them and we'll leave it all out there, because there's no more after this."
Williams has 21 goals and 57 points in 103 other playoff games in his career, so it's not like he's totally dormant prior to Game 7s. He has a goal and five points and is a plus-2 in the first six games of this series.
But his Game 7 record is so stark, there is great anticipation of what he might do against the Hawks.
"He's just a big-game player," teammate Willie Mitchell said. "I think good players that have success in these situations are quite comfortable in it. He's one of those players and we're lucky to have him."
Williams, 32, a 13-year NHL veteran, said he is humbled the attention his Game 7 performances have brought him.
"As I've reiterated quite a few times, I'm proud of my individual stats, but the one I'm most proud of is the 6-0 i Game 7s," he said, "and I'm going to do everything in my power — and I know everyone else on the team is — to make it 7.
"We've had a lot of guys with success in Game 7s, not just me It's very humbling that everyone seems to want an interview on a Game 7. But at the end of the day I just feel that if I didn't get the points, someone else on our team would and we would've won those games regardless."
As Williams noted, the Kings as a team have an imposing record in Game 7s. They're 3-0 under Darryl Sutter — they also beat the Sharks in seven games in the conference semifinals last season. Marian Gaborik and Mike Richards also are 6-0 in Game 7s in their NHL career. Jeff Carter is 4-0.
It's a daunting challenge for the Hawks, but one they're accustomed to dealing with. Last year the Kings had won 15 consecutive home games before the Hawks won 3-2 in Game 4 at Staples Center to take a 3-1 lead in the series.
Prior to Game 5, Jonathan Quick had a 1.66 goals-against average in games in which his team could clinch — the second-best of all time behind the great Jacques Plante, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. But in two elimination games against the Hawks, Quick's goals-against average is 3.84 and his save percentage a very pedestrian .871 after allowing five goals in Game 5 and four in Game 4.
Then again, the Hawks were 7-0 at home in the playoffs heading into Game 2, and the Kings swamped them 6-2. No trend is safe with two tested-tough, championship teams battling for a spot in the Stanley Cup Final.
"I think Game 7s [are] what hockey's all about as a player," Mitchell said. "That's what you want to play in is a Game 7 with everything on the line. It's kind of the essence of the game.
"We've had some success in that and we look to continue that and we feel if we do the things we're capable of doing, and the style of play that we need to get against the Blackhawks, we're going to get the result we want."


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The difference between good and bad tempura is the batterthe goal is a light, crisp coating that doesn't absorb oil when fried. There are several important steps for achieving this texture:
1). Don't overmix the batter. When you stir in the water, mix very gently just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Don't attempt to work out the lumps, or the batter will become heavy.
2). Be sure the water you mix in is very cold. This will make a cold batter that will remain light when fried.
3). Mix the batter just before frying. Making it ahead will produce a heavy coating.
4). Dry the shrimp and veggies well before dipping them in the batter. This will help the batter adhere.
5). Be sure the oil is the proper temperature. If it's not hot enough, the batter will absorb oil before it cooks and the result will be greasy tempura.
Tempura is traditionally served with boiled soba noodles and shredded carrots or daikon radish.
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In small saucepan over moderate heat, stir together all ingredients. Bring to simmer, then remove from heat and keep warm. (DO AHEAD: Sauce can be made ahead, refrigerated in covered container up to 2 days, and rewarmed over moderate heat before serving.)
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Bring medium pot water to boil over high heat. Have large bowl ice water ready. Add green beans to boiling water and blanch just until crisp-tender, about 30 seconds. Using slotted spoon, immediately transfer to ice water to stop cooking, then drain well and dry on paper towels.
Make several shallow cuts across inside curve of each shrimp and gently press shrimp flat on cutting board (to help prevent curling during cooking). Sprinkle shrimp with salt and pepper.
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Help with making the fire
We moved into a house that has a large pizza oven in the backyard. We've made several attempts at baking our pizza's in it, but can't keep the fire going... It just gets really smokey (the fire dept has been over :s)
Some info:
The chimney is in the front (there's no ventilation in the back of the oven)
We are using oak wood
The previous owners say it needs to heat for 3 hours
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Re: Help with making the fire
Build a small fire near the door. After it has burned for a while and started developing a draft,
move it a little further back in the oven, and repeat until it is where you want it.
Then feed it slowly, keeping it going until you achive the operating temperature you want.
Re: Help with making the fire
Well seasoned wood is the key. The wood should also be split down to a size about 3 inches in diameter or so.
Oak can take a while to season, up to 2 years from the time it is cut.
Re: Help with making the fire
Thanks Neil, How do you create a draft? Is it normal that the chimney is in the front and there is no vent in the back? Maybe I should leave the fire in the middle instead of pushing it all the way back...
Re: Help with making the fire
Start it in the front and then push it to the middle. These ovens will smoke a lot initially until they start to get up to temperature.
How big is your oven ? My 40 inch diameter needs about 1 to 1 1/2 cubic foot of wood to get up to 800 F. This is a big armful of wood.
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BOULDER, Colo. - Boulder police are looking for two men who stole a backpack from outside a Target store when the owner of the backpack left it briefly.
The theft occurred on July 12 at the Target store at 28th and Pearl streets.
The victim told police he was waiting outside the store for a friend. When the friend arrived, he walked away from his backpack for a few minutes, forgetting that he had left it behind.
When he ran back to retrieve it, it was gone. Inside the backpack were his personal items and a Samsung laptop computer, he said.
Surveillance video from Target shows two men leaving the store.
The one who stole the backpack is pictured in the front, carrying a blue backpack on his back and the stolen backpack in his arms, Boulder police said. He was described as a white man with brown hair. He was wearing a green windbreaker, shorts, and a white bicycle helmet.
The second man was described as a white man wearing blue jeans, light shirt and red hat. He was wearing a dark backpack and walking two bicycles from the scene.
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The Bank of Industry (BOI), said on Friday it had provided funds for entrepreneurs in the movie industry in order to develop the entertainment sector of the economy.
The Funds Manager of the bank, Mr Ibrahim Kagara, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Kagara said that the bank was prepared to consider the proposals of businessmen and women in the creative industry generally with a view to providing the funding required to promote such works.
"The Bank of Industry is there to assist any entrepreneur in the movie industry, in the creative industry in general, for any kind of financial assistance.
"We will look at his proposal and we will look at the viability of the proposal and look at all other credit considerations.
"If it is found to be suitable, we'll go ahead. It has no limit, it has no gender, it has no form of barrier.
"The Bank of Industry on its own is using its own autonomous fund in financing movie production, distribution outlets like the DVD replication production businesses.
"The digital distribution network and, of course cinemas, and then of course even the production of musical instruments.
"The Bank of Industry is willing, we have started, we are doing it and we will continue to do it to all qualified applicants."
The manager said BOI was not in custody of the funds released by Federal Government for the development of the entertainment industry.
"The Nollywood Fund, under the project Act, is a direct intervention of the Federal Government.
"It has three components: the distribution component, the capacity building component, and the film production component.
"The fund, amounting to N3 billion, is being managed by the Federal Ministry of Finance, but BOI is a member of the board of the fund.
"We get feedback on how the project is faring when we attend periodic meetings with other stakeholders," he said.
He urged entrepreneurs interested in obtaining loans for movie production and any other creative business from the bank, to meet the bank's requirement.
He emphasised that the bank would assist any genuine creative business outfit, interested in obtaining loan from the bank to finance creative works.
"We have some guidelines ranging from the business plan and then of course you have to operate under an umbrella.
"You have to register with the relevant government authorities; you cannot come as an individual, and you have to register a business line - a limited liability company - in whatever form of entity that you want to operate on," he said. (NAN)


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From the article: U.S. Federal Budget Breakdown
Most people agree the current income tax plan is so complicated that it's no longer fair. What do you think is the best plan: the Flat Tax, the Fair Tax or just make the existing tax code simpler? Or, do you know of an even better tax plan? Share your thoughts here.
Stop spending
- maybe some one posted this , No Tax, on labor like in the begining and stop spending get the rev needed , from land and admission fee to parks. abolish the fed go back to gold standard or silver or some other standard. the fuel tax should cover roads. enlist alll doctors in service of the State like ATC controlers . did I mention stop spending! we need to go back to the old modle that left room for growth . you vote everyday with your dollar and there are many many programs that should just go away now! looking at the youth , I can understand a bit why they are the way they are inferior schooling and little if any hope of making it in this system. It will change .... I do not think for the better?
- —Guest Lee
No Income Tax
- One flat tax that might include a payroll deduction only on those earning more than $80,000 a year. Without income taxation and loopholes... a business tax of 9% and a flat sales tax of 9% could possibly be changed overtime to one flat sales tax. to affect change requires understanding first of the FairTax... then realizing that inorder to pass it... we need to take a fiscal conservative activist approach. Change does not come easy... jobs and a seeking economy might wake us up enough to make tax reform a major issue for our elected representatives...
- —onetaxme
We need to wise up
- I think we all have to start wising up and realize that "WE THE PEOPLE" hold all the power. Taxes are nothing more than a transfer of power. If we were to repeal the 16th amendment and make them tax the states instead of our incomes directly we would reduce the fed gov'ts power dramtically. We would also have 50 states that could fight back against unjust taxes. After all most the services we all enjoy are provided by the states; Police, Fire, schools, water, sewer, ect. At our founding the states were an important part of the checks and balances of our gov't. The House represented the people and the Senate the state governments. So, the best tax plan is the original tax plan.
- —Guest TexasMortgagePro
Tax reform that has best record.
- Look at how successful countries and economys support their governments. What works, what dosen't. Get a think tank of indivuals, business owners, bankers, realters, students and military families (damn sure not elected politicians or their pay pals) and work up a number of plans. Put the choices on the next national election and vote on it. Then go with what the American people are ready to accept. Get the political issues and politics out of it.
- —Guest Walt Barden
A tax idea
- A two-tiered flat tax: 1) 4% tax on all income, everybody pays -then- 2) 16% tax on all income over the low income threshold, i.e. over $42K for a family of 4. Dividends and cap. gains are treated as ordinary income. Phase out all deductions and credits. Businesses are taxed at 20%.
- —Guest Ray
Best tax plan
- Anyway the best tax plan is that,which creates less economic pressure on citizens. Technical aspects of low tax rate is, it yield higher tax income for the Govt. Low tax rate increases the purchasing power of mass people increasing the Aggregate demand and generate employment. Higher consumption leads to generate greater indirect tax.But if more tax is needed for funding defense budget for invading other countries to establish democracy at the cost of low living standard and hardship of the common people than it a question, to be answered by the citizens of USA. So far we understand USA is such a resourceful country where there is no need to face any kind of economic hardship for its people provided their economy is designed towards that direction. So a country thinks about greater productivity and peoples welfare become their first choice than they have to go for low tax rate. I think there is no shortage of competent people who are able to design a better tax system if allowed to do
- —Guest Syed Ejaz Ahsan
The one who wrote this article
- The one who wrote this is obviously a democrat. His answer is to raise tax and increase the burden on Americans who empty their wallets paying for gas and food. That's his answer to boosting the economy. I say to you all who read this, use your common sense. Democrats will ruin this nation. They will!! Lower taxes and you will have more money to spend and put into the economy. Tell the democrats to stop spending so much!! If it weren't for the republicans in congress we would have much more debt. Obama is leading us to the path of destruction.
- —Guest TheOne
What is the best tax plan
- Mitt is wrong in thinking he can make all these decisions by himself. Why would a trillionaire want such a low paying job other than to declare himself some kind of messiah?
- —Guest Hulahoop
business owner
- Please leave Newt alone, he'll self destruct. On TV promote your business plan for recovery. Your opposition to federally funding abortion. Promote our strengths!!! Obama has sapped the individual . with regulations, EPA balony, back door control, TOOO much government. Make allies know we are their back, and stand by it. The world sees us as wimps. not the troops, the policies, I see us wishy washy no direction, and make believe friend, i.e. Isreal. People will work if gov. doesn't tie their hands. We want to be successful, in whatever business we choose. That Obama is so far out line , but has done what he promised, even though I may be the only one that predicted him to be the worst president in history. he has enough faults for you to address, please be the one to point out his many faults. BE ON OUR SIDE. BE FOR US. ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO PROSPER. PUT THE PEOPLE BACK IN GOVERNMENT. I'm afraid of the America I live in today, 66yrs, veteran, small business owner 35yrs, family of 4
- —Guest mass voter
- A. Fed fund election–6 months-3 primary 3 general- free equal tv time–debate a week=12=adequate to evlauate candidates No $$ NO pac$ No $$. Stop the 1-2 years of blarney blabbering. B. Members of Congress and White House can accept nothing with a financial value. O=nothing=offer=felony=accept=felony bye bye K street They work to better our society. C. Progressive Flat(by group) Tax D. BURN THAT XXXXX TAX BOOK–FAST SINCE 1980, IT HAS BEEN RICH-BIG CORP CHRISTMAS TREE LOADED WITH GOODIES FOR THEM. They get est 2500B in exemptions. That balances budget with some to pay on debt We can pay off Debt in less than a decade. Took 30 years to get it. clarence swinney olduglymeanhonestpoliticalhistorianlifeaholics of america author– Lifeaholic-Success by working for a Life(family-health-work-finances) not Just for a Living ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) Top of best seller list haw river nc population 200 and growing fast fact-number comments appreciated not vile opinions
- —Guest CLARENCE SWINNEY
Should than Republicans.
- Itr was the Republicans along with newt that brought the success to the clinton W.H.
- —Guest Not swinney
Facts Speak
- Statements in this article can be easily documented. Such data are preferable to hyperbole.
- —D.Dawson
Romney is on the right track
- First of all, Romney is on the right track ti getting America to what it used to instead what it is now with Obama's socialist reforms. We should all remember the roaring 20s in america when it got the closest to laissez faire economics and that is what we should be aiming for where we were once a booming nation, not 15 trillion dollars in debt like today
- —amber17881789
Modified FairTax Plan
- I support certain aspects of the FairTax plan, such as the federal sales tax of 23% that replaces all income taxes, but the portion about the prebates could be modified to an extent. I don't support the entitlement program based on household size because this would provide an incentive for poorer families to have more children, so they could receive more money from the government. An increased child burden will cause severe financial difficulties for the poor family and often will lead to substandard treatment of their kids. I say we replace that portion with monthly prebate payments based not on household size, but on the market value of the house in which the family resides. This would provide a progressive system that doesn't increase disparate treatment of kids, yet provides poor families with supplemental income.
- —Guest Amikaro
- Sorry folks, in economic talking the US is totally messed up.No body knows where country is heading.This is very, very low status of US considering its standard of living and there is no way to find solution and it is too much damaged beyond repair.Even if the US grows by 6% GDP they cannot meet the loss occurred and the country cannot sustain any more.Every body living in America (US) has to blame himself/herself for the present going in economy of US.The system is totally corrupt.
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Ottawa is our nation's capital and with nearly a million people is the second largest city in Ontario. It is a city of neighbourhoods, each with unique attractions and features. One great area for rental apartments is the Castle Heights neighbourhood, located east of Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Vanier, the large residential area east of the Rideau River. Several parks are located in this neighbourhood, including the large Ken Steele Park, and shoppers enjoy easy access to the Saint-Laurent Centre, Ottawa's largest retail indoor shopping mall. Shoppers also have available the many large retail and commercial businesses located along Saint-Laurent Boulevard including Zellers, Winners, and Food Basics and Metro supermarkets. There are six schools and one college within a kilometer of this neighbourhood, plus a variety of apartments for rent, two churches and one mosque. The Trans-Canada Highway borders the south side of this neighbourhood and city streets, which allows residents to reach Ottawa's core easily.
Ottawa is growing at a rate of roughly 5%, strong for a city of this size in Ontario. Economically, the federal government dominates the city and provides work directly and indirectly for tens of thousands of residents. The city centre contains a large array of public buildings including Parliament Hill and government office buildings, the Fairmont Château Laurier, and numerous monuments. Other major employers include the high-technology companies located in Kanata, a suburb of the city. Ottawa has two universities, Carleton University and University of Ottawa, plus Algonquin College. High schools and elementary schools are located throughout the city and public parks offer recreational opportunities, particularly the large green spaces, which run along both sides of the Ottawa River and Rideau River. Ottawa has an international airport and is connected to the rest of Ontario by Highway 416, which connects southward to Highway 401. Public transit buses are provided by the city connecting all neighbourhoods.


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Does e-reading affect our memory of what we read?
March 18, 2012 | 9:56 pm
By Chris Meadows
Do we remember less when we read e-books? Some neuroscientists think we do, because e-books don't provide the same sorts of spatial queues that printed books do. Apparently location cues are a very powerful aid to remembering things—and just the fact that we know about how far through a book those particular things are helps us fix them in our memory.
Jakob Nielsen, a Web "usability" expert and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, believes e-reading does lead to a different type of recall. "I really do think we remember less" from e-books, he says. "This is not something I have formally measured, but just based on both studies we've done looking at reading behavior on tablets and books and reading from regular computers."
And searching by scrolling or typing is more distracting than flipping through pages to scan, Nielsen says.
They may have something there—I'm certainly not qualified to dispute the neurology. But they also note that e-books do have other advantages that can balance out the cognitive disadvantages, and there is undoubtedly a place for both forms of media—especially in education.
I also want to point out, as Nick Bilton did in his book I Live in the Future and Here's How It Works, that just because our brains didn't "evolve" to do something doesn't necessarily mean that it's bad. Our brains didn't evolve to read, either, or drive automobiles, or do any of the other things we've invented. Our brains did evolve to be adaptable, however—and that includes adapting to new technology.
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My experience is that some written books it does depend on where you are in the book physically to understand where in the story you are, some knowledge of "how many pages left" is part of the experience, it is less so in fiction than in non-fiction for me. I think the same idea would apply to books in a series, how many volumes are in the series or is the series still being written both change the readers expectations.
I read a ton of fiction and a good amount of non-fiction. With both of those, I am finding that retention is BETTER reading an e-book. Is this because I have been doing it since 2008 with the first Kindle? I don't remember experiencing any problems whatsoever when I switched. Now e-books are much easier for me than those in paper format.


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Part of my portfolio(rather large dump/nudity alert) Concepts added!
Uh, well, these are some of the images I currently have in my arsenal. I have more besides this, specifically designs, but I did not want to include them at this time, because of an uncertainty of the properties and where I'm going with them.
I don't have a lot of coloured pics right now, as I am awaiting a tablet, but I was wondering if some people here could give me some hints as to which ones to not include in my portfolio. The main purpose of it is to send for concept art positions. I think most of these are self-explainatory, but if not just ask.
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I don't think i'll include these coloured pics when i send it out, will probably do up some better ones
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it looks like a lot of these are just done directly from photographs. i'd suggest working from life a lot more. your zombies are pretty awesome, though.
March 8th, 2007 #6
theyre all cool but I think you want to add a little bit more "concept" to your art, to actually make it conceptart. yes? I like your zombies allot though, definately include them! and the angel medic. good pics!
Im not sure reffed images will actually add to your folio. Its not what a gamestudio etc needs.
congrats on your tablet, youll fall in love with it in no time!
March 8th, 2007 #7
I think I get what you mean, but the company I'm looking at asked for life drawing/referenced type stuff. Not that that was the only thing they wanted, which is why I am including in fact already going to include actual concept art, it's just that it has to do with a comic property I have co-created and am not sure I should release it to this site quite yet. I mean, it's not even a finished product yet.
The semi-nude guy is actually a life drawing/portrait of myself, done from sketching different parts in the mirror. The girl in the first drawing was a life-drawing too, though the guy was just added in later. Also the environment was only roughly referenced from photos, mostly to get an idea of jewish relgious architecture, and then I went off on my own.
Thanks for the help so far. Crits are always appreciated.
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March 9th, 2007 #8
Ah, what the hell, here's my concept pics, these are only concepts, and not the final versions, but hopefully the same designs will be used. Does anyone know where I can get more reference for the second design's costume, I don't know how to do it well enough to be able to show it from al sides. Any information on that clothing would be helpful.
On the last picture, the sketch at the bottom is just an alternate older version that may or may not be used.
March 9th, 2007 #9
If you want a job as a concept designer/artist, you're going to need more finished conceptual pieces. You will need color pieces to show you are capable of creating characters, environments, vehicles, clothing ect with pallets that match your client's/company's needs. But aside from that, speaking of characters you'll probably need more pieces and a diverse range of different styles of people and cultures. Finding reference for your clothing isn't a bad idea, but always keep in mind that people want to see something new (even if based on old ideas).
Anyway that's just my .02 and I'm no professional. Good luck though.
March 10th, 2007 #10
Thx for the tip, been workin on an assload of designs since u said that. Hopefully have em up soon. Also still waitin on my tablet, so hopefully I can get some better colour stuff up. Kinda already knew what u said, but obviously not showin it so, stay tuned.
March 10th, 2007 #11
What everybody else said. Are there 12 stones in that breastplate?
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Yeah, you caught that did you? For anybody who doesn't know, it's a reference to the Jewish High priests of old.


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This is the first reshuffling since the emergence of Air Marshal Alex Badeh as the Chief of Air Staff in October after the departure of Air Marshal M.D. Umar.
According to a press statement issued and signed yesterday by the NAF Director of Information and Public Relations, Commodore Yusuf Anas, the reshuffling is in line with his efforts at transforming the NAF for greater operational efficiency. The action is with immediate effect.
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Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency Director Jim Britt said periodical review is mandatory for the county's basic emergency preparedness plan, and Tuesday's submission to the board meets all federal and state requirements. Specific information about the county's emergency plan was unavailable last week due to Britt's deployment to the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Isaac.
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Production - Johan Kobborg and Ethan Stiefel
Choreography - Johan Kobborg and Ethan Stiefel (after Marius Petipa)
Set Design - Howard Jones
Costume Design - Natalia Stewart
Lighting Design - Kendall Smith
Conductor - Michael Lloyd
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From 15 Nov 2012 to 17 Nov 2012
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Reviewed by Toby Behan, 16 Nov 2012
It was a very large audience that poured into the CBS Arena last night (the temporary home of large dance events in Christchurch) to attend Giselle, the latest interpretation of this quintessential ballet from choreographers Johan Kobborg and Ethan Stiefel. To sum the evening up in short (and to assist those who need to extract short quotes from critical reviews), the following is a pleasure to say:
Giselle is breathtaking - a harrowing tale of love that is lost; it is a tale of forgiveness that transcends the most horrific of wounds. This production of Giselle, through wonderful dancing and arrangement, propels these emotional weapons outward from the stage - holding the audience in a grasp that chills and burns.
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is changing before our eyes. With the 2011 appointment of Ethan Stiefel into the Artistic Director chair, no fewer than seven new dancers (five of whom appear to have followed Mr. Stiefel from North Carolina, where he was Dean of the School of Dance immediately prior to his appointment here) have recently joined the company, and we warmly welcome them to the country and to our stages. We also continue to cherish the other stars of this company (as well as those who are rightly headlined in the media), whom we have known for some years now and who continue to share their talent with this country.
Choreographers Kobborg and Stiefel have clearly thought through their approach to this production of Giselle, which is a mix of the new and the traditional.
A clever touch opens the ballet with the central character of Albrecht as an old man (whereas we would normally see him cheerfully entering the village as the opening scene). Evolutions such as this are brave, and the right direction for ballet. As audiences now (having witnessed cinema and film developments over the last 50 years, none of which were available to original audiences of this ballet) – we are ready to have this story told to us using different devices. It enriches our understanding of the story and our connection to it.
As this vision dissolves, we meet the hero (arguably villain) of the evening, as Albrecht arrives onstage, played on opening night by Denmark based New Zealand dancer Andrew Bowman – and the tragedy of events begins to unfold. We witness the beautiful, innocent and gentle Giselle (Antonia Hewitt) shyly receiving the advances of Albrecht, gradually becoming more involved and in love as they join in the village revelry of the first act. Hilarion, a local woodsman, also makes clear his rival affections for Giselle – and when in anger he reveals that Albrecht is actually a lord (engaged to be married to another), and not the single peasant he is pretending to be, the fair maiden dies from madness and grief.
Hewitt exudes the innocence and shyness required from the part, and is technically strong. She will grow further into the incredibly demanding scene where she descends into madness, but this is an accomplished debut in a very challenging role. Bowman himself, as the suitor and cause of her death, is an excellent technician and a joy to watch soaring through the air – although his expression needs work to enhance the believability of his part in this story. As Hilarion, Dimitri Kleioris positively shines – combining vigour, honest passion, and sharply honed dance technique to underline it all. For the ensemble dancers within the company, Yang Liu, Rory Fairweather-Neylan, Kohei Iwamoto and Bronte Kelly consistently draw the eye.
The first act has had some revisions and movements – there is no longer the traditional peasant pas-de-deux, and much of the group dance movement has been choreographed. There is mixed success here – the narrative certainly seems to hang together more smoothly and proceed in a logical way, but some of the ensemble choreography is perhaps over-simplistic and does not allow the dancers to display a fuller array of talents.
The second act however, is where this production truly excels. As Albrecht and Hilarion mourn at Giselle's graveside, they are tormented by the Willis – the spirits of young and vengeful women who exact horrific punishment on the men they capture. Although Hilarion meets his (undeserved?) fate in this way, Giselle herself, in an extraordinary and tender act of forgiveness, defends and pleads for the man who caused her ruin.
Hewitt and Bowman both seem to be more at home within this act and their partnership throughout the act is superb. As Myrtha, Queen of the Willis, Lucy Balfour gives the performance of a lifetime – not portraying evil, but instead portraying pure cold contempt and unflinching cruelty. The Willis themselves, danced by the female corps de ballet members, are simply superb – framing and anchoring the act with tremendous technique and discipline. The overall effect of the second act is simply stunning. Without giving too much away, surely this revised ending is how the ballet of Giselle should always have culminated.
Giselle is indeed a marvellous production and one that everyone who has the opportunity must see. This production is being lauded as a 'new' version of Giselle, although we need to bear this term in perspective. The majority of the choreography is traditional – sequences that we would see replicated in many companies who perform this work worldwide. The star of this ballet is surely the original synopsis and choreography itself – which the tweaks and revisions performed by Kobborg and Stiefel allow to shine through to great effect.
Although the device of the older Albrecht is welcome – it does not feel complete. He is there – and suddenly gone, and thereby his presence is nearly somewhat of an afterthought. His sequences could be extended more, crossing over with the onstage action perhaps (such as nearly happens at the beginning of Act II).
One final word – when is somebody (dancer or choreographer) going to answer the big question of Giselle, which is "Why Albrecht?". Particularly in a production like this, which so superbly extends the role of Hilarion to a passionate and principled young man, handsome and full of fire – what is the appeal of the somewhat insipid character of Albrecht, who seemingly offers nothing more than tall and handsome? We need to understand more, perhaps, as to why Giselle chooses as she does. We need to like Albrecht more to experience a fuller tragedy.
Bravo the Ballet.
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The only time this wasn't true was around the release of windows 95. Nobody knew how bad it would be and it had new features compared to 3.1 that were worth wanting at the time.
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The other AC here is likely right. This possibly isn't an issue with KDE but in fact some annoyance with NVIDIA's twinview which actually does assume you only ever have two monitors max.
It's usually because it requires the actual talking to the hardware to require a context change from userspace to kernel space on x86 based systems (I suspect the other major archs have similar issues but don't know for certain). This is because userspace is normally protected from touching hardware so that it can't cause side effects to other processes without the kernel knowing about it. A good microkernel should be able to give that access directly to userspace but I don't believe most CPUs play nicely with that idea currently, though if they did it could greatly reduce any performance hits to where it's negligable for most loads.
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Decade? I think you mean century. IBM for a long time has been one of the largest patent holders around. They've just been far less litigious (AFAIK) about it.
Well, i got a full sized tablet, and don't have a phone to tether it to, though I did get a mobile hotspot for it (found one that i can have a plan as low as free for 500mb, up to around 70 for 10gb a month i think it was and quite a few in between)
The US also has the ability to disable GPS for certain areas and has in the past degraded the quality of data for national security reasons ( http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/sa/ ). Though this has been changing (new satelites don't have it, though really it's just a software update), it puts pressure on other places to put up their own systems that are either compatible or at least non-interferring so that should the US ever do anything like that again, they cannot be impacted by it. It's a bit like MAD but instead of destruction, nobody can ever get degraded service (assuming enough players). This also raises the question of who should pay for it all, since with three systems now going that all work, it could let each place share only a part of the costs (eventually).
For example, take the recent Avengers movie. It's a typical run-of-the-mill superhero movie - several superheroes (including the Iron Man) band together to save the humanity from strange invaders from the outer space. Could we instead see a movie about the technology beyond the Iron Man's suit being duplicated and mass-produced? After all, the Iron Man is roughly equal in power with the other superheroes in that movie so a battalion of them would have easily kicked invaders' asses.
You missed Iron Man 2. That's roughly what was going on (but the originals still managed to take down the army, same basic plot just different villian).
Such a movie would inevitably have to deal with lots of interesting stuff: the effect on society, governmental structure, place of humanity in the universe, etc. There are superhero movies that attempt to do this, but they are few and far between ("Watchmen" being the only recent one).
Unfortunately they only touched very lightly on that in Iron Man 2, despite doing nearly entirely what you were talking about before. This I think is one of the big problems with these movies at least as far as them being much more than just action for the sake of action.
Another example - science. In most superhero movies scientists are immoral and/or evil. They mostly do experiments on people (usually without consent of the test subjects) that later backfire. Alternatively, scientists along with their backers work on evil world domination schemes. And if a scientist is not evil, then he or she is most likely going to be exposed to their own experiment resulting in them gaining some superpower by accident. Is it such a wonder that science loses popularity in the USA?
There's a few counter examples in this, most notably would be the scientists in the captain america movies, but in the long run a number of the story all of them end up dead (according to the comics, cartoons, etc.). So it's just a slightly different take on the same concept. I've got to agree with you there.
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Not yet, AMD hasn't opened up the specs of the hardware video decoder for fear of DRM and other problems with it. There is work being done to do the decoding with the shader processor and it sort of works for mpeg2 (at least for me anyway) but not for anything more advanced. For the nvidia open source drivers i believe it's the same situation.
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Country singer Blake Shelton is Patrick Connelly's favorite, so when he had the opportunity to see the music star at an outdoor concert, he was ecstatic. Connelly suffers from disabilities that cause him to be wheelchair-bound. His excitement quickly turned to deep disappointment when Connelly's wheelchair kept him from seeing Shelton on stage amidst the crowd.
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His heartbreak was apparent when he began to cry and despite efforts by his mom and sister to hoist him up, the blistering heat was almost too much to take. That's when two strangers offered to help and lifted Connelly up in his wheelchair,
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A Christmas Carol gets a celebrity makeover by Sid Lee for this year's Christmas campaign from Adidas. "The cautionary tale of Ebenezer Snoop" features the rapper Snoop Dogg and sport stars including the footballer David Beckham, the basketball player Derrick Rose and the tennis player Andy Murray. The work was written by Brad Getty, art directed by Jamie Gurnell and directed by Jake Szymanski through Jimmy Lee. It includes an online film, with illustrations by the Beavis And Butt-Head artist JJ Sedelmaier.
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