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Chasty Ballesteros appears in Final Destination 5.
Chasty Ballesteros appears in 'Final Destination 5.'
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood runs from Death in 'Final Destination 5.'
We're assuming they also get killed by the bell.
In this one, they cheat death in a tragic accident, so death haunts them individually. Yeah, I know, I know.
You can't escape your fate.
That goes for you too, 'Final Destination 5′.
Warner Bros. is taking the holiday as an opportunity to give you a glimpse of what they've got planned for 2011. Here we have first looks at The Hangover 2, Sherlock Holmes 2, Horrible Bosses, Something Borrowed, Final Destination 5, and The Apparition (featuring Ashley Greene in her nightie).
Emma Bell has been cast as the protagonist that pisses off Death in 5nal Destination or Final Destination 5 or Final De5tination or whatever they decide to call it. Which begs the question, who is Emma Bell? Well, she's best known as the girl who gets stuck in the chairlift in Frozen, and is also a castmember in Frank Darabont's highly-anticipated "The Walking Dead." For Destination, she'll be the one suffering from dizzy spells that show her oblique clues about which grisly death will befall David Koechner. That and she'll be the one who points her thumb at Tony Todd's returning mortician character and asks the audience, "What's that guy's deal? Cuckoo!!" (JoBlo)
Earlier this year, when the producers of Final Destination 5 supposedly changed the film's title to 5nal Destination, the Internet was quick to rebuke the decision. After all, how could anyone pick such a stupid title (unless, of course, they were looking for a week's worth of free publicity provided by easily outraged Internet dorks like myself).
But time heals all wounds, and the producers have gone a long way toward reconciling with the Internet crowd thanks to the addition of David Koechner to the cast.
Best known for his comedic roles, Koechner was featured in Anchorman, "The Office," and is currently involved with Adult Swim's hilarious live-action comedy, "Children's Hospital." He has also provided comic relief in a previous horror film, Snakes on a Plane. That being said, he better be channeling the ghost of Richard Pryor if he's going to save this film from the Grim Reaper. (Bloody Disgusting via Empire Online)
"Derp! Why did I drive into this log?"Still no word on what totally retarded plot contrivances will make their way into Final Destination 5, but today we have news that a director has been hired. Avatar's 2nd HMFIC, Steven Quale, will be in charge of impaling sexy teens for the fifth go-round. Really though, who builds a javelin manufactory next to batting cages? That's an accident waiting to happen.Quale has a lot of experience with 3D, having co-directed the underwater documentary Aliens of the Abyss with James Cameron as well as serving as 2nd Unit Director on Avatar, so perhaps this movie won't be a complete wash-out. No details from Eric Heisserer's script have been released, so we don't know what narrowly-avoided cataclysmic event will serve as a catalyst for the plot. The fourth entry was based around a NASCAR race gone horribly awry, and seeing how these movies get progressively dumber, I'm going to say this one opens with an Insane Clown Posse concert fire. R.I.P. Juggalos. C U in Shangri-La. (THR)
Last summer's The Final Destination was intended to be the last film in the franchise until someone realized they forgot to include laser-eye surgery. And thus, The Final Destination 5 in 3D will breeze into theaters next year, knock over some paint thinner and cause a huge fire in the process.Eric Heisserer (Elm Street remake, The Thing prequel) has been hired to write the script. Plot specifics are not known at this time but it is said that New Line is looking to break out of the repetition of the previous entries. I'll keep you posted when the entirely new, totally retarded plot contrivances are announced. (THR)


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Does that mean it damages them or "claims" them?
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This unit shuts down all enemy Metal Extracting/Making units by forcing them off - at great expense.
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Coverage is map-wide so no place is safe!
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Ed Skoog's poetry has appeared in many magazines, including American Poetry Review, The New Republic, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and NO: a journal of the arts. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Skoog graduated from Kansas State University, and holds his MFA from the University of Montana. Currently, Skoog is the Jennie McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington Fellow at George Washington University, and splits his time between D.C. and Seattle. Previous to that, he was the writer-in-residence at Richard Hugo House. The following five poems are from his first full-length collection, Mister Skylight © 2009, Copper Canyon Press, and appear here with his and the press' permission.
The telephone is no longer upstairs.
Cut fruit in a cold cup will never be whole.
Nothing is where it was. The plate
is beside the bowl. My mind's all fucked up,
distorted, pale light reflected on stainless steel
of the walk-in-cooler. It is not where it was.
Here's the spike to build a body of receipt.
Sweat collects on the waterpitcher lip
like the goodbye of a woman I loved.
The clerk bends his body to pray the miracle
of the handwashing station, turns knife to loaf.
The present pours into the pepper shaker.
It settles on the silk ivy of the now. Odds fade
in the sports section fallen between the counter,
where paying my bill I orphan a dime
for a silver mint, and the window snows sun
brilliant on Fairfax, demanding the commute.
They are not letting me drive anymore
and turning onto Melrose on the bus,
the driver, I overhear, has another job,
one he doesn't know the name for.
Up in the haze some undiscovered animal
watches us, its plan mapped out, fire
swinging up the canyons, unfolding
until flame may flicker tip of sabertooth fang
in the museum where rare finds are hidden.
I, too, am a dinosaur. Rawr. My little claws.
I'm the dredge flopping for tar from the pits.
Click. I am a kind of David Bowie
in the Amoeba everything's-a-dollar-bin.
I have four fingers and a thumb on my right hand,
equal representation on the left, and fourteen
billion toes. I'm a windup rooster. Who I am
and what I feel are irrelevant enough to be central
to the project of contemporary American poetry.
Or perhaps any art. Poetry's just the form
of unimportance I teach teenagers above L.A.
under slanted windows that kill, by surprise,
the birds we then write about, gathering bonfire
around the small corpses, because it's cold here.
in scarf and boot turn
around our neighbor's pine,
spill grog into snow,
approaching our porch with
"O Come All Ye Faithful."
A few stumble or sing wrong,
open the door, Jim for
come let us adore him.
Annual Christian, pipered
by their pied joy, I lean
to follow when they go.
A hand holds me back.
The lead caroler, encountering
our Ford glazed with ice,
undeterred, opens the door
and crawls right through,
knees on the seat, gloves
on the dash and headrest.
The rest follow, pulling
"I Saw Three Ships"
through the car like a rope.
Soon I am falling asleep
in vast winter bedroom silence,
and I am singing with them
through local traffic
houses towns lives
exile and years of night.
Silly now, when she visits
dreams, or I visit her, my mother,
in new condos at brief's edge
where the neon restaurant's lawn
shallows with winter. She laughs
in the expanse, wordless, collapsing
into snow to wave arms and legs,
craft a figure. I do the same,
like an infant learning its body.
Dusting off, I rise and she's gone
every time. I see our shapes
then, mine a mimicry of myself,
hers a rectangular silence,
inhuman, without room
for rage shame guilt or scold,
the curves that let us recognize
each other in the air, O,
in our dynamic world today.
My last look around the house
took so long that the vine
climbing the rosebush climbed
into my eyes, and a lizard
climbed, too, mouthfirst from grass,
its skin changing color
from grass green to a green
almost without green,
the color of dust on feather.
How changed from last winter's
midnight when I let the dog out
and rats ran from the mimosa
to the fence while shingles
sparkled on the lawnmower shed
and in the grass, a cold lizard
raised a claw. How changed
from next week's water
writing its black line across plaster
I cannot read in California,
where I hold the cellphone hot
while Lofstead, early returner,
kicks the back door in
to tell me of the damage.
Images come fast to the small,
impersonal screen,
linoleum sandy and streaked,
walls dice-dotted with mold,
and through a broken window,
the rosebush ash-gray, the yard
ash-gray and without lizard.
MISTER SKYLIGHT (excerpt)
When you enter the city of riots, confess
what turns your life has taken,
what is hard-on and what is mineral. Confess
until the wind catches itself by the tail.
Or find some solace. Mr. Skylight captains
a houseboat downstream like a vitamin.
I can only just begin to bear the chain-link fence.
Reflected in a puddle, the image trembles
as I tremble. The image freezes, I shiver.
It is like the enormity Gregor Samsa
is hoping to sleep through, but, well, can't.
The woman playing Atari in public has, has…
Everything's hauled away. In buckets.
These peaches, for example. I have heard
of you, yes, the monkey says. The moon
offers its offensive and ridiculous bulge.
Out in the salvage yard the snowy drifts
are not snow. White paint on frames,
they lean against front doors that won't open in.
Mr. Skylight, stumbling through, asks
"Didn't we just finish painting this wall?
Aren't the brushes still drying on the sill?"
When the moment opens again,
remember to feel the immense province
pulling in, a hand here and here,
remember to smell what first was sweet,
apricots just sliced, one half-globe still rolling.
His wife ran upstairs to call police
as the "assailant took the victim's own
paring knife from the counter."
We show this on the snowy channels
most sets veil, between the black and white:
how they dragged Mr. Skylight inside and made
demands, then went deeper into his building,
and the iron gate lifted off its spindle.
Hill of stubble in moonlight, the hog
bristles across the lawn,
eats whole bouquets, eats bouquets whole,
plowing tusk through silk rose, a fresh lily.
Our headstones surrender their salt.
Wilder animals would not perturb us.
Worse hogs will cross and sand
down names. This one, at least, grunts life.
He would eat hog, could he make one die.
If there is a man inside the hog costume,
wanting to feel unchanged, so there is a hog
wearing an inferior fake man.
Read a review of MISTER SKYLIGHT here.
Tags: Copper Canyon Press, Ed Skoog poetry, poems by Ed Skoog, Richard Hugo House, Seattle poetry


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Posted: January 15, 2013|
HANLEY Town needed every bit of their resolve to keep their Staffs FA Vase dream alive.
The Abbey Lane outfit had to dig deep before coming through a tough test against Lichfield City.
Town were taken into extra-time, having failed to break the deadlock during the 90 minutes.
But they came through in the end as goals from Michael Moreton and Theo Stair earned a place in round four.
Wolstanton United enjoyed a more comfortable progress at the expense of Premier Division rivals Keele University.
Mark Grice scored twice in the first half to put the home side on course for victory and Rob Fairbanks added another after the break.
But Audley bowed out after losing to Stafford Town.
Danny Meek put the Premier side ahead after only five minutes, but Roger Johns levelled for Stafford before half-time and then added a second on the hour mark.
Redgate Clayton mounted a late fight-back to go top of the Premier Division table.
They came from two goals down to clinch a thrilling victory at the death.
An own goal put visiting Kidsgrove ahead and Rob Nicklin doubled the advantage after 25 minutes.
That's how it stayed until the closing stages when Redgate suddenly woke from their slumber.
Curtis Eaton pulled one back after 85 minutes, Wayne Glover grabbed an equaliser two minutes later and Chris Hardy wrapped it up with the winner in the last minute.
Redgate jumped above Cheadle Town, who were thumped 4-1 at home by unbeaten Abbey Hulton United.
Goals from Michael Wright, Shaun Rhodes, Chris Baker and Rob Kent kept Abbey's own title aspirations alive, despite a consolation from Andy Elks.
United are now fourth in a congested title race, five points behind the leaders, but with two games in hand.
Andy Teague, Will Bown and Greg Johnstone were on target as Ball Haye Green came out on top in a five-goal thriller against Newcastle Town.
Tom Kenyon and Jordan Cole scored for the home side.
Shaun Mountford netted twice and there were also goals for Lee Greatbach and Josh Graham as Biddulph Town saw off Stone Dominoes 4-1, while Sammy Miah grabbed a hat-trick to fire Eccleshall to a 3-0 win at home to Norton.
Florence had to settle for a point despite scoring three times in the first half at Stretton.
Richie Houlton (2) and Rich Parkes looked to have given their side the points, but Stretton battled back thanks to Sam Cartwright, Carl Chadfield and Andrew Hoderian.
Uttoxeter Town march on at the top of Division One after a 2-0 success at mid-table Vodafone Stoke.
Matt Redshaw found the net in the first half and an own goal after the break sealed victory.
MMU remain second, although they were pushed all the way before winning 3-2 at Bradwell.
Felix Murray, Mark France and Adam Yates put them 3-0 up, but Tim Bowyer pulled one back from the spot and Richard Jarvis was also on target to make it a tight finish.
Foley won by a similar scoreline at Abbey Hulton United Reserves, with goals from Jordan Aitkin, Matt Wooliscroft and Dan Wilshaw.
Hall Heath remain out in front in Division Two, despite a 6-3 defeat at Norton, while there were seven goals at Betley where visitors Biddulph Town Reserves just edged the victory.


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advances vs. system integration issues). The last section of the chapter reviews trends in academic IT research, which receives much of the government and industrial support.
A credible discussion of research resources presupposes the existence of data: unfortunately, the present discussion is limited by the nature and quality of available statistics on IT research expenditures, as well as by lags between the time conditions are measured and the time they are reported. Despite extensive efforts by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Bureau of the Census, federal statistics on industrial and federally funded research remain difficult to track over time because some individual firms have been reclassified into different industry sectors and survey methodologies have been revised. Private sources of information, whether corporate reports or statistics from industry associations, typically do not distinguish expenditures on basic research from those on technology development (or applied research). Further complicating matters, neither federal nor private statistics speak to IT as a whole. Rather, they refer to academic disciplines (e.g., computer science and electrical engineering) or industry classifications (e.g., office and computing equipment and computing and data processing services). Some of the categories are being updated, but it is too soon to assess the impact of those changes. As computing and communications technologies converge and IT is infused into a growing number of products and services, assessing the size and needs of IT research will become even more difficult.
Because of the limitations in the available data sets, this chapter does not attempt a definitive assessment. Instead, it presents and analyzes a mosaic of available statistics to elucidate the dominant themes in support for research. In some cases, funding for combined expenditures on research and development (R&D) is used as a proxy for research; in others, the distinctions in federal data between basic and applied research are used to gain some insight, however limited, into the overall investments in these areas.
The payoff of any research, especially fundamental research, is inherently uncertain. Research managers cannot predict which projects will prove successful or produce the greatest benefit to their organizations, industry, or society as a whole. Accordingly, savvy research managers seek to invest in a range of diverse research programs as a strategy for ensuring that at least a fraction of the overall portfolio will pay off—preferably enough to justify the entire investment. The concept of preparing for the unpredictable by investing in diverse activities that pursue a


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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Poofiest Yorkshire
And we're back. From holiday, that is.
Here's where we were:
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Actually, we stayed in a lodge on the edge of Carlton Miniott, just outside Thirsk (scroll left on the map along the A170 and A61). The GoogleMap shows where most of the photos were taken. It centres on Low Town Bank Road, but we actually drove along the A170, up Sutton Bank and parked at the top before walking along a footpath that ran alongside a glider launch facility.
Here, look. I've snipped the map to show you:
Here're the pictures:
This is me and Moom. For continuity purposes I'm wearing the infamous striped top. Do your worst, MJ!
Between the trees is the aforementioned big cliff at the end of our walk.
This is our lodge. Actually, this is the one opposite ours - I never got around to taking a picture of ours. However, ours is the same as the one on the right, here.
Ah. Here's me in the hot tub outside our lodge. And, no, I hadn't been eating beans!
10 comments:
- Tim said...
Wow, that lodge actually looks really nice.
Things I did not need to see #27: you in a hot tub.
- 26/9/09 22:39
- Inexplicable DeVice said...
I know you didn't need to see it, what with you already having that photo of me in your wallet, but I thought others might like to.
- 26/9/09 22:42
- Tim said...
At what point did you let Moom come up for air?
- 26/9/09 22:48
- Inexplicable DeVice said...
* huff *
As if I'd subject Moom to the perils of a hot tub. Why the chlorine alone would be punishment enough!
- 26/9/09 23:03
- eroswings said...
The pics look amazing! Fantastic views! I really like the rolling hills and beautiful clouds--great eye for amazing shots.
I see you've mapped out all the places you two explored along the way. Perhaps if you weren't too busy getting on, you might have seen the horse.
- 27/9/09 00:36
- MJ said...
Temporarily rendered speechless.
Nevertheless, I have questions.
See my Sunday post.
- 27/9/09 03:24
- Dinah said...
Love it! Great pictures, I'm so glad you had a great time. I never get tired of seeing the striped shirt.
- 27/9/09 06:53
- CyberPete said...
It looks really nice and I'm glad you had a good time.
Were you naked in the tub?
- 27/9/09 08:14
- Tim said...
The striped shirt must smell rough by now. Did you use it to render Moom unconscious?
- 27/9/09 12:24
- BEAST said...
The scenery looks fantastic and I want to live in one of those lodges.Yorkshire doesnt look very poofy tho
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The written quote on the blog doesn't match what Dantonio said in the video. "You look at the film, and they will have the right PLAY, and he makes people miss" led me to believe that Dantonio was saying that Michigan will have the right play called against the defense, but that's not what he said. He said that the teams that Michigan has played thus far have the right defense called. That's a big difference.
I agree with spartyno. No, I wasn't there, but neither was I at the signing of the Declaration of Independence or a thousand other significant events that took place. Not being there doesn't change the truth and the facts. That's what witnesses are for and this case has just that. According to them this was an attack, not a fight, and yes, they wore ski masks.
This event just helps to highlight the stark difference between the University of Michigan and MSU. Michigan stands for winning with integrity and turning young kids into men while providing them with one of the finest educations in the country. Michigan State settles for less and puts up with a lot more . As long as Sparty continues to close an eye to such blatant acts of thuggery they will continue to play second fiddle to the Michigan Wolverines both in academics and athletics.
The person posing as taterrific is going under the alias "tatteriffic2". She doesn't have the guts to stand by her own name and voice her opinion. Probably because she knows it's garbage. People like her are just out to ruin other people's lives because they haven't a life to speak of. They are truly pathetic.
Angrymichman posted:
"Our Dline starters rotate out and are being given a breather by walkons..I just dont understand how is this possible at michigan... we had a walk-on playing safety and D tackle and both got more then 10 snaps..while will cambell and justin turner ride the pine...anyone have any clue why this is happening?"
One, Rodriguez wants his defensive line to be fresh. Rotating and keeping those guys rested is not a bad idea. As far as why Will Campbell and Justin Turner are not playing every down, you have to keep in mind that these guys are only freshmen. They still have a lot to learn. Chill. Rodriguez knows what he's doing. I guarantee you the best 11 will play.
Go Blue!
Kick the ball.
Go Blue!
Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Why all the hatred for Martin. He hired the man you have faith in the restore Michigan to national prominence. Comparing Bill Martin to WTF is not fair at all. Bill Martin hasn't done anything wrong. Take your sad song and make it better.
"A lot was said about how communication on the line is improving and that could have an adverse effect on the offense."
How can improved communication along the offensive front have a negative impact on the offense? That doesn't make any sense to me.
Long time no see. Gearing up for the 2009 Michigan football season? I know I am. Good to see you back and look forward to reading your future posts.
Go Blue!
I don't think you're on the same page as The Sporting News either, literally. I just looked through that entire article twice and was not able to find the phrase "a lack of talent," anywhere.
That post made me smile. I can hardly wait for November 21st.
Let's Go Blue!
That was the 1997 home opener against Colorado. Great game by Woodson and really all of the Wolverines. Really set the tone for the season.
Go Blue!
We are over it. We don't miss him. He will pay on the football field.
Go Blue!
That's awesome, Warrior820. Thanks for sharing. Wish I had been there.
By the way, Ryan, I'm away from home and can't reference the game film, but I don't remember that call qualifying as "freak". I'm sure I checked it a few times after the game was over, as well. I just thought it was a bonehead move by Braylon to not go for the ball. He had caught the ball and was looking to make a move with it. If that's not possession, I don't know what is. Again, I would like to see the game film, again.
I am really eager for this 2009 Michigan football season to start. It'll be nice to see what a difference it will make having someone who was designed for this offense taking the snaps. We shall see.
Go Blue!
Michigan Agricultural College is MSU, hence the phrase "Moo U."
The Pigskin Classic of Michigan vs. Virginia is tough to beat as far as excitement. At the time it was Michigan's greatest comeback in school history--another reason to make it best home opener. However, I'm gonna go with one a little more personal to me. I was at the 1999 Michigan-Notre Dame game. Notre Dame had reneged on the agreement that neither team would schedule a game ahead of this one. It was to be each school's season opener that year. Notre Dame went ahead, though, and scheduled Kansas a week ahead of us just prior to the beginning of the season.
It was a special year for me because my dad had decided that for a high school graduation present he would make it possible for me to attend every Michigan regular season game, including road games. There was only one game I missed that year and that was the home game against Illinois in which we were way up and ended up losing to Rocky Harvey and Kurt Kitner in a fiasco.
Dad couldn't make it to the Notre Dame game with me but sent me along with two friends of the family and one of their friends. Michigan beat Notre Dame in comeback fashion 26-22 behind Tom Brady, Anthony Thomas, and some brilliant, gutty play by Tommy Hendricks. It was a thrilling game and one I'll remember for a long time. The only thing bad about it was that as soon as the game had ended the guys I had went with wanted to leave the Stadium and try to beat some of the traffic. I couldn't believe it. That was a victory where you stay in the Stadium and bask in such a victory and soak it all in, and then go back and tailgate until dusk. These guys were ready to go as soon as the game was over. Unbelievable. No emotion; no soul.
Oh well. I had a great time and can't thank my dad enough for such a tremendous gift.
Go Blue, and let's get ready for September 5th.
Thank you for bringing some sanity to this forum. There's nobody that is a better fit for this job than Rich Rodriguez. We will be more than fine.
Go Blue!
I do apologize for the multiple posting of the same message. Everytime I attempted to post it said that it didn't take. I apologize to the forum, but what I say still stands.
Now I remember why I have participated less and less on this forum: it has been overrun by trolls and naysayers. It's very similar (it's sad to say) to what's happening in our country. You guys (or gals) are pathetic. May intelligence and truth win out in the end.
Go Blue!
Now I know why I have participated less and less on this forum: it is completely overrun with trolls and nay-sayers. It's very similar (it's sad to say) to what's happening in our country. You guys (or gals) are pathetic. May intelligence and truth win out in the end.
Go Blue!
Now I know why I have participated less and less in these public forums: they are entirely overrun with trolls and nay-sayers. It's very similar (it's sad to say) to our situation in our country. You guys (or gals) are pathetic. May intelligence and the truth win out in the end.
Go Blue!
Now I know why I have participated less and less in these public forums: they are entirely overrun with trolls and nay-sayers. It's very similar (it's sad to say) to our situation in our country. You guys (or gals) are pathetic. May intelligence and the truth win out in the end.
Go Blue!


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It began as a tale of two Twitter accounts, but now Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Aimee Mann and hardcore-punk veteran Ted Leo (of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) are putting the final touches on their EP as the new duo #BOTH.
The EP will feature roughly six original, rock-oriented songs written by both Mann and Leo and made for a three-piece band. The release is slated for the end of August, "before either of our own individual albums come out," Leo added (hint, hint). #BOTH will be playing Los Angeles-area shows in March.
Leo spoke with Consequence of Sound about how Twitter inspired the fine, albeit odd, pair of musicians to collaborate and how shockingly smooth the songwriting process was. He also put to rest any rumors about being the Horse_ebooks account.
I really had no idea how close you and Aimee were until I started following you "both" on Twitter. What role did Twitter play in the creation of #BOTH?
The whole thing with the hashtag really started as a joke between us. We'd spent a couple years only communicating over Twitter, and we've been friends for a long time. Previous to this fall, we'd run into each other a couple times a year if she was in New York or I was in L.A. So when we toured together in the fall, and we were kinda on the same bus and stupidly tweeting each other from like 5 feet away, the whole thing became a joke that amused us. Now that we're working together, we see each other a lot.
Is collaborating with Aimee similar to what they say about moving in with a best friend? You know, you find out all this personal stuff, ticks, and things you didn't know?
I've got to say, it's been a pretty amazing process so far. The idea of actually collaborating with someone as opposed to playing a piece of music they have written is daunting, and there are a billion variables that you can't predict. But I think as Aimee and I have gotten closer, we have realized how much in common we have and how much respect we have for what the other person does and what they're bringing to the table. The writing process has largely been long distance, but it's been line by line, verse by verse, part by part; we'll send each other something and go back and forth until it's finished.
In terms of your own aesthetics, are there certain songs that feel like "Aimee songs" versus "Ted songs," and how did the collaboration process affect your personal style?
That's a good question. I wouldn't say that I'm ever trying to mimic Aimee's tone. I'm much grittier than Aimee and can be a bit more convoluted in my phrasing—sometimes it's the kind of thing where it just isn't going to work for her to necessarily sing something the way that I've written it. Whereas I can go deep into myself, in my own turgid, mortifying way [laughs]. So, we really combined our styles. If I write a line that says something I want to say, but it's hard for her vocally, then she can express that. Ego is pretty checked at the door. We go through [the music] together, and we both feel good about it — not just satisfied — that mitigates the needle moving in one direction or the other in terms of our styles.
That being said, I'll certainly write something, and I'll go, "I'm gonna think about what Aimee would say; whether it rhymes enough" or what she would want to do. By the same token – and, one of the first things she ever said to me about my music was "Yeah … Lotta chords … You use a lot of chords" – and she's right! One of the first songs we wrote together, she was like: "How about we put a couple more chords?"
Aimee's last album, Charmer, went in a distinct pop direction. The faster tempos, the simpler structures reminded me a lot of The Tyranny of the Distance, and I know I'm not the only one who would love a return to that sound.
It's interesting you bring up Tyranny, because that was one of my first "solo" records. I hadn't really settled into a personal aesthetic with my own songwriting, which is what the road and constant touring started to codify for me later on. Another songwriting friend of mine called that record "an awesome mixtape," and it does kind of bring in a lot of those elements. That is similar to what the batch of songs that we [#BOTH] have together – or what it's closest to in my own catalog. That being said, it's going to be a rock record – we're doing it as a three-piece band – but the songwriting goes from everywhere from slow, Aimee Mann-style power-waltzing to shuffling and Thin Lizzy-esque.
Switching gears a bit, do you generally welcome new technology and social media? Or do you begrudge it until you finally give in?
I think I'm largely a "welcomer" of technology with a certain amount of begrudgement [laughs]. The bulk of my identity forming music was spent appreciating life before the Internet and before even CDs. I do cling to an appreciation of older analog formats, and I do sometimes long for a simpler life when one wasn't constantly plugged into everything – that creates its own responsibilities. On the other hand, I've always kind of embraced new technology and the good things about it. I've had a band website since the mid-90s, which was kind of early for bands back then. I used to blog ferociously before things like Twitter.
Twitter is your preferred social outlet?
As far as social networking goes, I love Twitter in opposition to broadly encompassing things like Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook. Each of those things I ran screaming from in succession. I really found them to be too demanding of one's time and energy and — this is not a judgment — but my life is such that I don't spend much of my day in front of a computer, and people who do expect you to be able to interact with them in the same way they respond. Whereas with Twitter, there is much less pressure on each interaction. You can put links and respond, and if something gets deeper, you can send an e-mail.
Do you correspond frequently with people who you don't know in real life?
Oh, yeah. Oh, all the time. Absolutely, I have a number of friends in real life who I met via Twitter. But back in the day, I used to answer every e-mail I got. I used to take one night every week and just respond to e-mails until I passed out. And a lot of those turned into deep friendships I've had for years and years.
Ever thought of communicating under a fake name? If you're Horse_ebooks, please come forward.
[Laughs.] I've thought about starting an account to try out humorously parodic stuff. But then I think about my online identity as it meshes with my actual identity, and I feel like if it's something I wouldn't feel comfortable saying under my own name, I probably shouldn't put in out there anyway…


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Mervyn Napier Waller
1894 - 1972
Some works of Napier Waller to be found around Melbourne include:
- The Leckie Window (stained glass) at the Ian Potter Museum of Art
- A small fresco above the entrance to the T&G Building
- The large mosaic Prometheus (1967) in the foyer of a city corporate building
- The glass mosaic on Newspaper House in Collins Street proclaiming "I'll put a girdle round the earth".
- Frescoes in Queens Hall at the State Library
- Females through the Ages in the Myer Mural Hall
You can find reference to Napier Waller in in our short article on the 7 Bridges of Melbourne as well as our 7 Murals of Melbourne.
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Japan's Tokugawa, or Edo, shogunate (1603–1868) began a pronounced period of pacification. The samurai lost possession of their land and became either peasants or they moved into the cities where they were transformed over a few generations from relative illiteracy into a highly educated class. Many became poorly paid civil servants while, due to the lack of a Japanese university system, some went into teaching in private schools, the juku, to supplement their meager incomes. The beginnings of wasan, or traditional Japanese mathematics, can be traced to 1627 with the publication of the Jinkō-ki and the widespread use of the abacus, or soroban. But while traditional wasan had immediate use in practical applications, a class of samurai mathematicians who had earned their "Master of Mathematics" certificates began more formal abstract forms of study. Of course, much of this was or could be applied, but there was also progressive development of more pure form of mathematical problems for their own sake.
As solutions to these problems were found, many authors would produce a plaque, or sangaku, on which the problem, often along with its final answer; more rarely, the plaque would include its detailed solution. The sangaku would be hung in a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple, possibly as a praise to the divine inspiration for its discovery. The oldest surviving sangaku was found in the Tochigi prefecture and dates from 1683; the newest was found in the Ubara shrine, dating from about 1870. About 900 sangaku survive today, and it is known that at least 1,738 have been lost. Many of the sangaku are beautiful works of art. One, combining two high-school algebra problems, is on the cover of Sacred Mathematics.
This book was inspired by the efforts of Fukagawa Hidetoshi, the Japanese high-school teacher who, together with the late Daniel Pedoe, published Japanese Temple Geometry Problems, (Charles Babbage Research Centre, Winnipeg, 1989) from his large collection of sangaku. Some while ago Freeman Dyson, formerly one of Pedoe's students, had sought and briefly was allowed to meet the "lowly" Fukagawa on a trip to Japan (high-school teachers were evidently not highly esteemed by Dyson's particular academic Japanese hosts; because of the difference in stature between the renowned physicist and Fukagawa, they were only permitted an abbreviated meeting). More recently, Dyson introduced Rothman to Fukagawa and inspired the interesting collaboration that led to this book. In his preface, Rothman notes that the collaboration was quite unusual: he did not meet Fukagawa in person, does not speak Fukagawa's native Japanese. The collaboration was conducted completely through e-mail thanks to the universality of mathematics.
Sacred Mathematics allocates approximately a third of its chapters to a narrative history of Japanese mathematics and important individual mathematicians along with their contributions and societal memberships. Three additional chapters are devoted to sangaku problems, sorted by difficulty and required mathematical tools. Finally, there is a more technical discussion of sangaku Japanese mathematical methods and tools, along with a comparison with their Western mathematical counterparts. The book concludes with a good bibliography and a useful index.
The problems are presented separate from their solutions. The problems range from high-school algebra and elementary number theory (including applications of the Chinese Remainder Theorem) to plane and solid geometry and a few minimization/maximization problems we would solve using the calculus. When the traditional Japanese solution method is known, it is presented in each chapter's solution section. However, all too often the technique used by the problem's author was not on the plaque and is either hypothesized or a modern solution is presented.
Sangaku geometry problems are distantly removed from the class of geometry problems presented in Western geometry texts. A typical 'easier' problem, on page 97 of the book, is shown below. In an equilateral triangle, three grey circles of radius a, five dark circles of radius b, and six white circles of radius c touch each other as shown. If R is the radius of the outer circle, and r is the radius of the dashed circle, find c.
This book contains illustrations and color plates of several other sangaku plaques, of which Plate 9, reproduced below, displays seven problems and is my personal favorite. It dates from 1800 and was placed in the Mizuhoshrine in Shimotakaigun in Nagana prefecture. It measures 160 cm by 58 cm. In the second problem from the left, five squares are inscribed in a right triangle. The problem is to express the altitude of the triangle in terms of the sides of the topmost and rightmost inscribed squares.
Sacred Mathematics' seventh chapter consists of extracts from the diary of Yamaguchi Kanzan, who travelled for the six years from the spring of 1816 to the winter of 1821 visiting shrines and temples all over Japan. Yamaguchi writes about various mathematicians he visits as well as presenting sangaku problems and his solutions. This chapter drives home how widespread and sophisticated the sangaku tradition had become.
In the book's final chapters, one finds a discussion of inversion as a technique that leads to simpler solutions of many of the most difficult circle-related sangaku. There is also a good discussion of traditional knowledge of derivatives, unknown to sangaku mathematicians, and of enri, the Japanese form of integration that is quite reminiscent of the lower-sum definition of the Riemann integral. Interestingly, 17th and 18th century mathematicians estimated values of π by computing the circumference of inscribed polygons with 215 or even 217 sides (a 131,072-sided polygon!) yielding a value of π = 3.141592664 computed on a soroban. A disciple of Seki, Takabe Katahiro (1664-1739) obtained a value correct to 41 places!
I found this to be an exciting and enjoyable book. The treatment is fluid and consistently accessible. Most of the mathematical prerequisites are summarized early in the text, and a dimly-remembered knowledge of Euclidean geometry and trigonometry is sufficient for addressing most of the problems. But be warned, even the simplest of the geometry problems is far from trivial, and most will provide the reader with a rewarding challenge.
Sacred Mathematics is handsomely printed on high gloss paper with crisp, high contrast type and is durably bound in cloth with sewn signatures. The color plates are clear and bright. Though it has the appearance of a "coffee table" book, the content is anything but superficial and will offer the reader days or weeks of intensive problem solving. The improbable collaboration between Fukagawa and Rothman has produced a beautiful and technical introduction to Japanese mathematics. My only real complaint is that the reproductions of the wide sangaku plaques are too small to afford close study. Like all books of this complexity, the reader will encounter a few typographical errors, but none that cannot be readily corrected.
Marvin Schaefer (email@example.com) is a computer security expert and was chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center at the NSA, and at Arca Systems. He has been a member of the MAA for 40-plus years and now operates an antiquarian book store called Books With a Past.
Foreword by Freeman Dyson ix
Preface by Fukagawa Hidetoshi xiii
Preface by Tony Rothman xv
Acknowledg ments xix
What Do I Need to Know to Read This Book? xxi
Notation xxv
Chapter 1: Japan and Temple Geometry 1
Chapter 2: The Chinese Foundation of Japanese Mathematics 27
Chapter 3: Japa nese Mathematics and Mathematicians
of the Edo Period 59
Chapter 4: Easier Temple Geometry Problems 89
Chapter 5: Harder Temple Geometry Problems 145
Chapter 6: Still Harder Temple Geometry Problems 191
Chapter 7: The Travel Diary of Mathematician Yamaguchi Kanzan 243
Chapter 8: East and West 283
Chapter 9: The Mysterious Enri 301
Chapter 10: Introduction to Inversion 313
For Further Reading 337
Index 341


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The Commodore brand name was fairly big in the early 80s but isn't one that we hear to often these days unless we are talking about relics. However, the name will be making a comeback with the introduction of a new keyboard pc. The Commodore Invictus is a fully functional computer that has been fitted inside of a keyboard, something along the lines of the Asus EEE keyboard PC.
The keyboard computer will include an Intel Atom processor as well as nVidia ION graphics, a small touchscreen display, wireless HDMI and a battery rated for five hours of use. Right now, there are no further details on a launch date or pricing information.
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I'm sure by now you all have noticed the ongoing meltdown
in the mortgage industry. The cause of this whole mess is a
little bit complicated, rooted in both the structure of the
mortgage industry, and human nature. I'll try to explain
both factors here in layman's terms.
How does the mortgage industry work? Most of you have seen
the ever present ads for mortgages, promising low payments,
and low interest rates and no income checks required. Seems
a little fishy and too good to be true, right? Well, for the
most part it is. Let's go through the whole loan process,
from start to finish. In a perfect world, this is how it works.
a loan is originated. This is the part the consumer sees. You
deal with a loan officer and a bank or broker who takes your
application, and presents the loan programs available to you.
You pick the program you want, and then your file is submitted
to underwriting. The underwriter approves the loans subject
to a list of conditions and you will work with the processor
and the loan officer to get them. You need to get an appraisal,
document your income and credit history, and perhaps show some
assets. When all the conditions are met, you are allowed to
close, and you either get the house of your dreams, or are
able to refinance your previous mortgage.
This is as far as most people have ever seen, but it's
only the beginning of the fun. Where did the bank get the money
to lend you? Most mortgage banks work with something called
a warehouse line of credit. They actually borrow the money
they lend you. Then, the bank will take your loan, lump it
together with a bunch of other loans and sell it to investors.
This is called securitization. Your mortgage has now become
part of someone's investment portfolio somewhere. The
bank takes the money it got from selling your mortgage and
pays back the warehouse line of credit, and ideally has something
left over for profit. If a bank makes a $100,000 loan to you,
it would like to turn around and sell it to investors for $103,000
or more. This is why banks like to charge higher rates, because
an investor may decide that the $100,000 is worth $101,000
if it returns 6.5%, but is worth $105,000 if it returns 7%.
The higher the rate they charge you, the more the bank can
sell your loan for. There's a lot more to it then this,
but this is a good enough understanding for now.
How do investors
decide how much to pay? They analyze the risk of the loans
and require higher returns for riskier loans. They know there
will be defaults, but they will make up the difference on the
loans that do perform at higher rates. If you have an 800 credit
score and make a ton of money and have half a million in the
bank, an investor will consider you very safe and not require
a high rate of return. If you have a 510 credit score, can't
document your income and have a history of missing mortgage
payments, how will a bank get someone to by your mortgage?
Easy, they will charge you a rate so high that even though
it is risky, someone will be willing to take the risk. That
is called subprime lending. Most subprime loans started with
fixed rates for the first 2 or 3 years, and then adjust upwards
by 3 or more points. Payments can jump by hundreds of dollars.
what broke down? Simply put, things went too far. Borrowers
wanted more cash out or bigger homes, so took out loans that
they would not be able to afford later. Banks kept writing
these loans because they are very profitable and they pushed
the risk off onto the investors who bought the loans. This
was an unsustainable cycle.
Here's a typical story. A gentleman named Charlie I recently
talked to told me that he had been living in his home for about
20 years, but 2 years ago, he ran into some financial hardship
and decided to take out a mortgage to pay for all his unexpected
medical bills. His broker put him into a subprime mortgage,
explaining that since he needed to borrow 95% of the value
of his home, subprime would be best. I don't know if
that was true or not, since I didn't see his credit and
income 2 years ago, but it really doesn't matter for
this story. In order to get the value he needed, the broker
pressured the appraiser to inflate the value. Instead of the
home being valued at $170,000, the value was inflated to $190,000.
This allowed Charlie to take out a mortgage for $180,500, or
95% Loan to Value (LTV). He knew he was borrowing more then
his home was worth, but he figured that in 2 years, his home
would be worth enough to refinance again. On top of that, he
took an interest only mortgage to keep his payment lower. The
initial interest rate was 7.5%, which gave him a monthly payment
of about $1,128. Sounds good, right? Not so fast. Housing prices
in Charlie's area stagnated, so his home is not really
worth any more now then it was two years ago. On top of that,
the 2/28 adjustable rate mortgage he took out recently jumped
3 full points in rate, and the interest only period ended.
Now, Charlie is stuck in a mortgage where the payment jumped
from $1128, all the way up to almost $1,700. What can he do
now? He can't refinance because he owes more then his
home is worth. He is quickly going through his saving because
he can't afford the mortgage payments. How long before
he loses his home? This story is much more common then most
people realize.
Notice the jump in the foreclosure rate? That's what
happens when people are in mortgages they can't afford
that they should probably not have been offered in the first
Investors of course noticed this, and decided that the
subprime market was a bit too risky for them and won't
buy those mortgages anymore. A lot of banks were stuck with
loans that they made, owing the warehouse money, and were unable
to sell the loans they made for even face value. That $100,000
loan from a few paragraphs ago is now only worth $85,000 to
the investor. The bank has now LOST $15,000 on the loan. Multiple
this by several hundred loans, and now we are short one bankrupt
mortgage bank. Now, the warehouse lender takes a hit, and gets
more conservative. They may refuse to lend to other subprime
lenders to avoid taking more losses. This is part of the liquidity
issue we are hearing about, and has caused a number of lenders
to shut down. If a subprime lender can't borrower the
money from a warehouse line, they can't lend it to you.
I've actually seen a couple of loans be declined in the
last 2 weeks because of this issue. Major lenders like New
Century, Fremont, BNC, American Home Mortgage and many others
have now stopped originating new loans.
What happens to the
investors that own the defaulting mortgages? We are already
starting to see an increase in hedge funds collapsing, and
a large percentage of subprime mortgages have been repackaged
and sold to investors, including American, Chinese and Europeans.
With some fancy financial footwork, B grade securities were
repackaged, bundled and sold as A grade paper. Someone will
be left holding the bag, but I'm not sure who quite yet.
There are billions yet to be lost, maybe hundreds of billions.
is the net effect of this? Investors are running away from
the risky loans and rushing to the safe ones. Subprime loans
are almost non-existent now, and rates have shot up on jumbo
and Alt-A loans, which are for good credit people who can't
document their income. Meanwhile, rates on the least risky
loans, the so called prime or conventional loans, are dropping.
These are the loans made to people with good credit, who can
document their income to qualify, and are borrowing less the
80% of the value of their homes. Investors are rushing to safety.
The other sector of the mortgage industry that I know is doing
well is the FHA sector. These loans are insured by the Federal
Housing Authority (FHA) and are considered safer. FHA is replacing
subprime, since the loans are not dependant on credit score,
but on documentable income and payment history. I've
seen borrowers with credit scores well below 500 get mortgages
that are 30 year fixed rates and below 7% interest. And these
are the rule, not the exception.
I haven't gone into specifics here and I've glossed
over a lot of details. There are many more loan programs that
are risky that I haven't covered. There are intricacies
I felt would just bore most readers, and I wanted to keep this
short and readable.
If you are in an adjustable rate, I urge
you to look into getting into a fixed rate now. I really don't
know where things will be a year from now, and if housing prices
continue to drop, next year may be too late to refinance. If
you have any questions, please email me at email@example.com.
I will gladly answer any questions you may have and point you
in the right direction to get yourself on a better financial
footing going forward. Be proactive. Don't wait until
you are drowning to look for the shore.
If you want to keep up on what is going on inside the mortgage
industry, check out www.ML-implode.com. They post news articles
every day related to the ongoing mortgage industry trouble,
and they even have their implode-o-meter counting the number
of subprime lenders that have gone out of business. Dark humor,
sure, but very informative.
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Washington Students Visit Milwaukee Art Museum
The fifth graders from Washington School for Comprehensive Literacy were awed by the architecture of the art museum. The students were given a tour in small groups led by museum docents. They observed ancient as well as modern art.
After the initial tour they went on an art scavenger hunt. Each group was given a list of both artists and pieces of art. The goal of the scavenger hunt was to find and name pieces of artwork by specific artists. In addition they had to locate named pieces of art and find the artist who went with the piece of artwork.
Students in Samantha Seboe's room chose The Janitor, a life-like size sculpture of a janitor leaning against a wall, as their favorite piece of art. Duwane Hanson created The Janitor in 1973. They chose this artist because he does work that relates to middle and lower class people. Hanson implants their feelings, jobs, and thoughts into his pieces of art.
Judy Sizonen, art instructor at Washington, provided the search and thought questions for the children to answer.
Washington 5th graders listen to a docent point out the Lake Michigan breakwater in front of the art museum.
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One ingredient that is included in several of the Liz Earle Skin Care products is methylparaben. Methylparaben is a cosmetic preservative that is also a known allergen. Some studies also suggest that it is a potential carcinogen as well. Many higher-quality skin care products exclude methylparaben because of this. Not only do some of the Liz Earle products contain this ingredient but the company devotes an entire page to the benefits of methylparaben (and other parabens) along with an argument as to why the many negative paraben studies are invalid. Regardless of the controversial nature of this ingredient, it can trigger allergies in some users so those with skin allergies and sensitivities should exercise caution if using these products.
The Good
- Some products contain Vitamin E.
- Products are available directly from manufacturer's website.
The Bad
- All ingredients may not be listed for each product.
- Doesn't appear to include clinically-proven ingredients like hyaluronic acid.
- Some products contain known allergens.
The Bottom Line
There are hundreds of skin care products on the market today that claim to be effective and naturally-based. None of the stated ingredients in the Liz Earle Skin Care products lead us to conclude that there is something unique about this line. Those seeking products specifically targeted towards aging skin should look for effective ingredients in formulations backed up by clinical testing.


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We wonder if the producers of Lindsay Lohan's upcoming movie, The Other Side, are beginning to regret their decision to bring the drama queen on board. The redheaded trainwreck was caught on camera having a meltdown on the steps of girlfriend Samantha Ronson's house at 5AM this weekend. Linds had apparently been waiting there for hours crying, and can be heard swearing at Sam when she finally arrives and accusing her of lying about her whereabouts.
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Waitsfield has been fortunate to have Charlie as a select board member for 29 years. I'd love to see him continue. His knowledge, historical perspective and his vision for the future are invaluable to Waitsfield. Charlie gives of himself – totally – with his hands, his mind and his heart!
With his hands: I could fill pages with the number of individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits Charlie has helped out. He is always a willing volunteer, skilled and tireless. He does whatever is needed.
With his mind: Charlie thinks deeply about Waitsfield's complex issues: past, present and future. He works hard to gain multiple perspectives and collaboratively helps develop solutions.
With his heart: Charlie exudes passion for his work as a select board member. He cares about the well being of all Waitsfield citizens. He chooses to use his time, nearly all of his time, working on behalf of our community. I find that impressive.
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32 Pages. This little book is truly amazing. There are beautiful designs for purses and accessories all worked in Irish Crochet. There are Opera, Reticule and Handkerchief Bags, as well as several patterns for neckties, bowties, jabots, yokes, collars, belts and a lovely evening cap. This book is extremely rare!
32 Pages. Richardson's books are so difficult to find, and this book is a good indication of why. It is a wonderful collection of patterns in crochet, filet crochet, tatting and hairpin work from the WWI era. In addition to the numerous delicate edgings, there are also several collars and yokes, boudoir caps, insertions for items such as chair backs plus much more.
16 Pages. What a treasure trove of luxury this collection is! Richardson's books are very rare glimpses into the Gilded Age. The collection in this book is comprised of crocheted edgngs and insertions that were designed to add a touch of glamour to your garments.
16 Pages. A stunning collection of 16 lovely yokes, corset covers and collars worked in various methods of crochet. What is especially nice about this collection of yokes is the high quality of the original photos, and the very large images of the work.
32 Pages. This edition picks up where the #4 edition left off. It is filled with 32 unique and beautiful yokes, collars, corset covers and camisoles worked in many different methods of crochet. There is a bit on Irish Crochet in this collection.
32 Pages. Many of the works included in this book are pictured on the cover, but these is much more within these pages that you don't see. In addition to all of the clothing items that you see, there are also tatted and crochet doilies, lovely edgings, several infant's sets, a stunning purse, plus much more. This book is full of great things to make!
16 Pages. A lovely collection of charted Filet Crochet designs and patterns to make projects such as bedspreads, buffet cloth, corset bag, table runner with matching pillow, a purse and a beautiful Anitmacassar with parrots.
18 Pages. Richardson books were famous for their lovely designs of silk and cotton, and also their high quality images of the patterns. This collection iincludes 11 yokes worked in various methods of crochet including Irish Crochet. Plus there are two lovely boudoir caps, and a beautiful chic waist of organdie and filet inserts. One of the earliest forms of Celebrity Endorsement!
16 Pages. This collection is a "must-have" for lovers of Irish Crochet! It includes patterns to make Cluny Crochet edgings and insertions, a Cluny Scarf, tea cosy and yoke. For Irish Crochet, there are several medallions, lovely edgings, a yoke, boudoir cap and centerpiece. One of the earliest forms of Celebrity Endorsement!
32 Pages. This is a very nice edition which includes patterns worked in both knitting and crochet. There are several sweaters, yokes, hats, bag, table mat, a child's lovely coat and tray covers. There are also a few wartime patterns for WWI service men, such as head covering and ear patches. This is a fun collection of great patterns!
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In most instances there is no charge to apply for scholarships and no guarantee provided that you will receive a scholarship. In fact, we strongly recommend you avoid scholarships that require payment to apply. Be sure to carefully research the organization and be wary of scholarship scams. Each private scholarship has its own criteria and application process.
The Financial Aid Office receives information from private organizations offering scholarship opportunities. The amounts of these funds vary, and it is the student's responsibility to obtain the necessary materials. Completed applications are sent directly to the organization for review and fund distribution.
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"Always looking for a way to make green beans different, this one is such a winner. Green beans are sauteed with garlic, shallot and sesame seeds for a tasty side dish with Asian flair."
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1 pound
fresh green beans, trimmed
1 1/2 teaspoons
sesame oil
1 teaspoon
vegetable oil
2 cloves
garlic, minced
1 teaspoon
shallot, minced
kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup
sesame seeds, toasted
I loved these & so did my husband. I didn't change a thing except to add a couple more sprinkles of sesame oil because the shallots & garlic looked like they were cooking dry. Will have again & again. Served them w/ Sirloin Steaks & Garlic Butter (from this site) & fresh sliced pears. (I like to serve sliced pears or apples w/ garlicky foods because they act as a palate cleanser.)
Too many sesame seeds in this recipe. Tasted better after I added some hot chili oil. Sorry.
43 Ratings
What I liked most about this is the cooking method! Blanching the green beans before finishing them off in the skillet served to preserve their vibrant green color, and made them perfectly crisp-tender. I finished cooking the beans in the skillet together with the shallots and garlic as I didn't want to take a chance of overcooking them. I added some chopped red pepper for color and eye appeal, and finished them with a drizzle of toasted sesame oil. I forgot the sesame seeds, darn it, but these were so good we didn't even miss them. These weren't "spicy," as indicated in the title, but they sure were good, and truly stood apart from your everyday green beans!
Way too many sesame seeds, definitely not spicy, couldn't even taste any garlic, and I just wasn't impressed. I followed the recipe as directed. Other recipes found here for the same type dish are far better. They weren't bad, but the name implies a flavor that just wasn't there. Now call them sesame green beans, make some small adjustments and I give this a 4. Sorry :(
This has been my favorite Asian-style green beans yet. I've tried some higher-rated ones and wasn't impressed. This will be my new method, with the addition of Sriracha. For the record, I subbed (liberally) soy sauce for the salt in this recipe, and that probably made a big difference. Be sure to take a paper towel or clean kitchen towel to your freshly-drained green beans BEFORE adding them to your hot oil, or you'll throw grease splash-back onto yourself. Drying them also helps them to blister and brown like they're supposed to (instead of steam and mush, like they are not supposed to). I wish the instructions included that step, because it's a standard cautionary procedure (never add water to hot oil, etc.) but I don't fault the recipe for that. Thank you for sharing your recipe!
This was a great tasty way of making green beans! When we made it, however, we added red and yellow peppers to add some color and flavor and it was GREAT! Thanks!
there are definitely extra sesame seeds that end up staying the in pan... but I like sesame so its ok. It's definitely not spicy like the name says. I added oyster sauce for some more flavour and because I really like it. Good though!
Really quick and easy side dish! I would add some red peper flakes to this for an added kick. I can't really have sesame seeds but the sesame oil added the flavor so it was all good.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Garlicky, Spicy and Sesamey Green Beans
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 116
Calories from Fat: 68
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Slate will work on Sprint network across the pond.
The BlackBerry PlayBook still hasn't been pegged for release, but that's not stopped RIM from outing a spanking new version. Dubbed the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook, it's set to land on US network Sprint, using the company's 4G network to deliver speeds around 10 times faster than standard 3G.
Other than the speedy 4G skills, everything else is the same as the forthcoming BlackBerry PlayBook. There's a 1GHz processor, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Flash 10.1 support and 1GB of RAM.
RIM will only say that the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook is out this summer, meaning US gadgeteers could have a lengthy wait on their hands. A UK version is unlikely, with 4G networks still some way off on these shores.
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What are the aliens cheering about, and why are they carrying brooms?Oh! I get it! They think they're power brooms and they keep pulling the ropes to try to start them up!
And no reruns on TV and it doesn't matter if your partner repeats him/herself.
And, Brie, you can hide your own Easter eggs! This is hilarious, Oddio! Thanks.
And you only have to have one book.....
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Government data show there are more than 2 million job openings, but nearly five people competing for each opening.
That's up sharply from a ratio of less than 2-to-1 in December 2007, when the recession was just starting, and there were nearly 4 million openings.
Jobs are being added in education, health care and the federal government. The Labor Department says the government added 9,000 new jobs last month alone. Even some banks are hiring, but mainly for their technology teams.
Human resources executives say companies that are hiring are benefiting from a top-notch talent pool as applications pour in from a larger base of job seekers.
The number of unemployed Americans soared, to 12.5 million last month. That's up from 7 million when the recession began.
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By Captain Pyke | October 15, 2010 - 11:06 pm
Cryptic Studios has just released a brand new ship for all of you ship junkies out there. The Nebula class is available now in the C-store, and many of you will remember the Nebula class most notably from the battle of Wolf 359. Several Nebula Class ships were shown, and subsequently destroyed, in the battle on DS9's pilot episode "Emissary". Check out full details of the Nebula Class ship below.
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Three Law Faculty Members Receive University Merit Awards
June 01, 2009
The USF School of Law's Investor Justice Clinic is receiving national attention for its work on behalf of small investors.
The May 30 broadcast of NBC Nightly News included a segment on the clinic as part of the program's "Seeking Solutions" series about how Americans are helping eachother through difficult economic times. The piece includes interviews with Professor Robert Talbot, May Chang '09, and Cru Ulrich 3L, as well as several clinic clients.
Led by Talbot, students in the clinic represent individuals who have fallen victim to a host of costly investment and lending schemes. The individuals served by the clinic could not otherwise secure legal representation because their losses would be too small for a lawyer to take on. Cases are handled by USF law students who have special training in the field and work under the direct supervision of Talbot and several adjunct professors.
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My only complaint about this stick is a very minor one- The hot pink coloring does not match my playing stick made by the same company. Otherwise than that no complaints. This stick was a great purchase.
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MLS puts on this great tournament at Gillette Stadium - July 10th. We had 2 U10 girls teams play last year and it was a great experience. Games are played on the practice fields and inside the stadium. It's 4 v 4 and the maximum roster size is 7 players. Youth registration fee is $120 per team. Registration closes on July 5th. Happy to answer any questions based on our experience last year.
Below is the link to the site.
Supporters of Major League Soccer
MLS ¡Futbolito!™ is back! This exciting, small-sided 4 v 4 soccer tournament will be coming to a city near you; join teams from all across the United States area for this event hosted by Major League Soccer. Teams are welcome to register in any age group, from U8 to Adults, and we encourage players of all ages and abilities! The Adult Premier division will play for $3,000 in prizes.
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It's National Pancake Day!
And it's also "National Weatherperson Day".
That being said – the WGNT morning crew made pancake creations – and the theme is, "Weather Events".
Check out each team member's pancake creation in the photo gallery.
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About National Pancake Day
Participating IHOPs are giving away free pancakes to raise money for local charities.
Voluntary donations will benefit the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters at four IHOP locations in Hampton Roads; other locations are raising money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The fundraising goal this year is $3 million nationwide.
The following IHOP locations are benefitting CHKD:
Virginia Beach: General Booth Blvd.;First Colonial Road
Williamsburg: Richmond Road; and E. Rochambeau Drive
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March 9th, 2014:
To the UFRFC Alumni:
We've announced, we've listened to your feedback, we've made the plans, and now we can't wait for the date… the Spring '14 UFRFC Alumni Weekend is almost here!
We start off the weekend with a huge SEC match, as the (2-1) Florida Gators take on (1-1) Vanderbilt for our second home game of the season! The Gators know that they must win to keep their second place ranking, so we look forward to a big crowd to cheer on the UFRFC to an even bigger win.
Saturday night, we will have the annual Spring Gainesville Celebration that promises to be one of the best ones yet! Find the event page online or ask around, because it will be an event that you won't want to miss!
Finally, we get together on Sunday morning for the best tradition of them all: the UFRFC Alumni Match! After a long night of entertainment, we rise bright and early to play the very sport that brought all of us together. Come out as the UFRFC matches up against our favorite MasterGators!
Spring 2014 Alumni Weekend:
Date Time Event Location
03/15/14 1:30 PM UFRFC vs. Vanderbilt UVS Field
03/15/14 9:00 PM Annual Spring Celebration Announced at game or ask around
03/16/14 11:30 AM Alumni Game! UVS Field
All in all, we look forward to a full weekend of rugby and entertainment as we come together as one club. We can't wait to host our very own Alumni and celebrate everything that the UFRFC stands for! We hope you can all make it out!
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I installed the 32-bit version of the Datastax Community edition and after that all sorts of strange things started happening.
Turns out that during the install, it hijacked my Java and Python installs and redirected them to its own private versions, contaminated my JAVA_HOME and PYTHONPATH (referring them to its private installs of Java and Python) and prepended itself to the system PATH.
The PATH thing I can ALMOST forgive, as there are a gazillion other software packages that do the same and it has become an irritating modus operandi. What I DO object to, however, is hijacking my Python (version 3.x, instead of 2.whatever the Datastax CE uses) and Java installations (WTF is the point in keeping my Java up to date, allowing its stupid updater to run and pester me continuously when suddenly somebody comes along and voids all that "effort"?). Politely put, this is BS. The installer, of course, did not ASK nor WARN me of this. All that it was concerned about was, if I wanted to start the Datastax services on boot.
A similar topic was already at http://www.datastax.com/support-forums/topic/datastax-community-windows-installer-eclipse
Now, to end this rant in a constructive way: Is there a way to kindly request (or force) the Datastax CE (or its installer) to not contaminate my (development) system with its "business" or is the only workaround to install it in a separate (or virtual) machine which it can keep all for itself?