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Updated at 4:34 p.m. on December 8.
A top economic adviser to President Obama warns that failure to ratify the tax compromise forged with congressional Republicans could cause a double-dip recession.
Lawrence Summers, the chair of the National Economic Council and former Treasury Secretary, will leave his post later this month. The White House and most economic forecasters have suggested that it's unlikely for the economy to fall back into recession, but Summers' comments seemed to raise the stakes in the debate as the White House works hard to rally Democrats angered that tax rates for wealthier Americans will be allowed to continue for two more years under the accord.
Summers warned today that if Congress fails to approve the tax deal the president struck with Republicans in the next two weeks, it "would materially increase the risk that the economy would stall out" and the country would suffer what he called "a double-dip" recession.
Stressing the point, he repeated that the failure to pass the package "would significantly increase the risk" to the economy.
Summers' comments came in a White House briefing along with senior adviser David Axelrod and press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Gibbs added, "We want to get this done quickly."
Summers stressed the fact that economists have revised their forecasts for jobs and the economy based on the deal reached by the president. Failure in Congress, he said, would force economists to project more joblessness and a weaker economy. "It is important to understand that if this process were to hypothetically break down," he said, not only would those upper revisions be reversed "but a set of downward revisions would commence." He added, "I don't think at the end of the day, the Congress will take a step that materially increases the risk that this economy would stall out."
Economic forecasters did say the fallout from a failure to pass a tax compromise of some sort would be substantial, though just how substantial remained unclear. PNC chief economist Stuart Hoffman said he didn't think a breakdown in tax talks alone would be sufficient to cause a double-dip, but in tandem with an outside shock from Europe, for instance, he said it could occur.
Hoffman added that fear of a technical recession aside, failure to strike a deal could kill hopes of a nascent job market recovery. "Call it a double-dip or just call it purgatory," he said. "A tax hike now would be a terrible way to usher in 2011."
Economist Zach Pandl of Nomura Securities went further, calling a second recession "extremely plausible" if the tax cuts failed. But Pandl added that he didn't find that outcome likely.
"From our seat, there are only two ways this will play out," he said. "One is they'll pass it with no problem. Or two, they won't pass it, the market is going to tank, and then they'll pass it -- sort of like with TARP."
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It's the end of the Ice Age (one of them, anyway), and global warming is front and center. Not that the tots will notice: they'll be much too busy wondering if Manny (voiced drearily by Ray Romano), the woolly mammoth who lost his family in the first movie, will hook up with a cute mammoth who's convinced that she's a possum. This sequel's most visible issue is creative exhaustion. The animation is uninspired (with so much ice, the creatures need to be twice as good-looking), and the story is humdrum. (The saber-toothed tiger learns to swim!) Scrat, the squirrel-rat hybrid featured prominently in the trailers, is given an extended shtick with his still-elusive acorn — an irritating device that serves only to chop the film into tidy, bite-size sections. Science also takes a hit this time, as two massive, coelacanthlike fish are unfrozen and turn out to be twice as lively as the rest of the cast. Next time, they should have their own movie. — Jeannette Catsoulis


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Top 5 Anime of 2011
2011 turned out to be an interesting year. It seems the moe craze is starting to dimmish a bit with a few notable failures; Yuru Yuri I'm looking in your direction; but overall 2011 turned into a pretty good, especially for Funimation with them pushing out two of the titles on this list on top of their exceptionally successful FLCL rerelease.
The titles on my list paint 2011 as a year where Japan returned to attempt reaching a western audience, where an auteur director came of age, where artistic exploration reached a new pinnacle, where sweet and simple narratives play with our emotions, and where Japan proves they are still capable of creating some of the finest Science Fiction in the world.
Each of the titles on the list represent different reasons why I'm an anime fan. The chief reason among them being how much depth the medium has to offer. The qualifying rules are simple, a series had to have finished airing in 2011 and a film has to have been released on DVD or screened in the United States at some point in 2011. Now, on to the list!
5. Tiger & Bunny
Tiger & Bunny stands apart from other Japanese attempts at superhero stories because it relies so much on the characters. They are beautifully drawn and full of life, so much that I desperately await more stories set in the universe. Tiger & Bunny has the potential to be the new gateway drug for the next generation of Anime fans just as Cowboy Bebop was for my generation. It has themes that appeal to a western audience but enough anime tropes to prepare an unsuspecting audience before jumping into the vast world of the medium.
Above all else Tiger & Bunny could keep me on the edge of my seat with excitement though the majority of the final arc and allow me to build a strong enough emotional connection with the characters to have me break down in tears. For an action show to do both of those things elevates it above the majority in its genre.
4. Summer Wars
Mamoru Hosoda made a huge affect the industry with his film "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time." Summer Wars represents the first time Hosoda directs an original script and it definitely shows off the level of creativity of which he is capable. The imagery is stunning from the rich and full virtual world of OZ to the subtle beauty of rural Japan. The narrative pits old world family values against the need to be connected through a digital world and the stark difference between how the two worlds look aids the theme in profound ways.
The greatest achievement of Summer Wars is Hosoda's handling of characters. The family depicted in the film easily contains two dozen members and yet with a few short scenes the audience feels as if they understand the make up of the family, and the character of even the most minor players. This is done by relating universal experiences and allowing the audience to fill in gaps with their own experiences. Truly, a magnificent style to immerse the audience in your world.
3. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
In an attempt to describe Madoka Magica I called it "The Dark Knight of magical girl shows" and indeed I believe that it took a genre that had been traditionally for young girls and transformed it with gritty realism and dark characters that left the idea of escapism normally associated with Magical Girl shows far behind, instead turning the idea of "Magical Girl" into a fate I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. This isn't the first show to turn Magical Girl tropes upside down but it certainly did it in a lasting and profound way.
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2. Usagi Drop
I can't stop talking about how much I love this show. Compared to all the other shows on the list it might seem like nothing special. The animation is simple and the story is almost nonexistent, being a slice of life drama. So how can it compete with shows that have innovative animation and narrative techniques? With pure heart. The show is the sweetest thing I've ever seen and it handles it's subject, a single guy taking in a little girl, with sincere realism. The characters are so beautifully and realistically constructed that one cannot help falling in love with all of them, even the annoying bratty kid who befriends Rin.
Usagi Drop is a beautiful, universal narrative which succeeds because of how honest and true it is executed. It transcends the medium and is a product that shows a universal human experience no matter what age or disposition from which the viewer approaches.
1. Evangelion 2.22
Evangelion 2.22 took the number one spot late and pretty much by default. It wasn't until I was compiling the list and went over my rules that I realized that Evangelion 2.22 qualified, and that's why it wasn't on last year's list even though the first time I saw it was in 2010.
Evangelion 2.22 is an amazing accomplishment chiefly because it takes it's source material, the Evangelion television series, and improves on it. There are few anime series that come close to the complexity of narrative and depth of character development that the television series accomplishes and this film comes to much the same place using much tighter and complete character arcs. Not only is the structure of the narrative better but the visuals and action are perhaps some of the greatest ever seen in Japanese Animation. The style of the opening fight with Evangelion Unit 2 accomplishes what took the television series needed twenty minutes for in seconds. The intensity of the final battle with Zeruel seeds doubt into the audience as to what the outcome will be, and this is a remake of a much loved series! Hideaki Anno has improved on his own masterpiece and there is no question that Evangelion 2.22 takes the top spot for Anime released in 2011.
As always, I look forward to what next year will bring. Another year, another fantastic list of shows to represent the medium. I hope you enjoy.
Correction: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was not Hosoda's first film. I know Digimon exists, I just temporarily forgot about it.


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Installing Windows 7 Background I have been running Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 on my notebook computer for the past several months. When the RTM code was posted to Microsoft TechNet, I upgraded the notebook to the final release, then updated the desktop. The desktop is a fairly complex machine with 3 internal hard drives (partitioned as 4 logical drives), 2 external USB drives, and 2 optical disk devices. The 3rd internal hard drive is connected to an add-on PCI Express card. The sound card is an Audigy 2 ZS device that was not well supported under Vista. Overarching observations • This is the easiest Windows update ever. • There is no direct upgrade path from XP to 7, but Microsoft has tools that make the process easy. • Windows 7 is far faster than Vista and faster even than XP. • Disk-heavy applications (Carbonite backup, for example) can coexist (most of the time) with applications such as Itunes. • Networking and file sharing (via Homegroup) alone are worth the cost of the upgrade. All systems must run Windows 7. The short account: 1. Win XP to Win 7 – no need to format the drive. 2. If you use Microsoft's update tool, most of the settings for applications will be preserved. 3. Microsoft provides a list of apps that were installed previously. There is no way to print this list. Contemporaneous Notes – 5 September 2009 – 9:30 am The system is my primary production machine. It is a dual-boot system with Ubuntu Linux and the boot loader on drive D. I am not sure what the implications are of installing Windows on C now that the boot loader is on D. CMOS shows the primary boot device is ST3500630AS (D) with ST3250410AS (C) second. I switched the order to boot from C, which bypasses GRUB and will install Windows 7 this way. Initial preparations: • Deactivate Adobe CS4 apps. • Deactivate Adobe Lightroom (no deactivation available). • Deactivate Adobe Audition 3. • Deactivate OnOne Photo Tools. • Network Magic install count reset by NM. • Deactivate Alien Skin Snap Art 2. • Back up "Bill" and "Phyllis" from D&S on C: (Application Data, Desktop, My Documents). • Back up Firefox settings – Mozbackup. • Back up Filezilla settings. • Confirm availability of Ultimate Boot Disc and Ubuntu installer disc. • Turn off Carbonite. • Confirm serial numbers table is on notebook. • Install KeePass2 on notebook with current password file. • Screen shot of menu. • AllwaySync backup of settings? Found export profile option and export application option (XML). Phase 1 is complete at 10:30 am. The Installation • Boot to installer on DVD. • Installer directs me to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674%28WS.10%29.aspx, which explains how to perform the required clean installation and keep the existing files and settings. This requires restarting Windows and running a wizard from the Windows 7 installer disc. Microsoft's instructions: Browse to the DVD drive on your computer and click migsetup.exe in the Support\Migwiz directory. The Windows Easy Transfer window opens. Click Next. Select An external hard disk or USB flash drive. Click This is my old computer. Windows Easy Transfer scans the computer. Click Next. You can also determine which files should be migrated by selecting only the user profiles you want to transfer, or by clicking Customize. Enter a password to protect your Easy Transfer file, or leave the box blank, and then click Save. Browse to the external location on the network or to the removable media where you want to save your Easy Transfer file, and then click Save. • The wizard suggested 800MB of data for me, 90MB for Phyllis, and 607GB of shared items. I can see from reviewing the list that the wizard has remembered things I forgot or thought I couldn't easily obtain, but it also wanted to back up drives that won't be modified. After I eliminated the extra drives, the size dropped to 156MB of shared date. That's more like it! I stored the file to drive M. • Note: For the update to work, you must install Windows 7 on the same disk as Windows XP. • It's 11 am and I took a 20-minute lunch break while the backup ran. • 11:20 – Starting the installation. • 11:45 – System is requesting user name, computer name, password, and product key. Windows Update – I don't like the suggested answers, so selected Ask me later. Time zone, network (home network); set up Homegroup sharing (required setting up the password via Homegroup on the notebook computer because at least 2 machines must be set up to use this.) Desktop now belongs to a Homegroup. Preparing desktop. • The installation is complete and functional at 11:53. I restarted to confirm proper boot process, then changed the CMOS boot order to restore D as the first boot device. Booted through GRUB to Linux and used KBRUBEditor to change "Windows XP" to "Windows 7". The Rest of the Story • Creative Audigy 2 ZS does not work because the software isn't installed. It didn't work properly under Vista, so functions will probably be limited under Windows 7. • More troubling: The 1.5 GB drive partitioned as 2 drives is not visible. Windows partition manager does not see the drive. Linux does see the drives, both partitions. This suggests a missing driver. I don't need the 2 drives immediately, so this is a problem to be resolved later. Because I need the Windows update file, which is on one of the invisible drives, I booted to Linux and copied the file to a Windows-accessible drive. • More instructions from Microsoft: Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click Windows Easy Transfer. The Windows Easy Transfer window opens. Click Next. Click An external hard disk or USB flash drive. Click This is my new computer. Click Yes, open the file. Browse to the location where the Easy Transfer file was saved. Click the file name, and then click Open. Click Transfer to transfer all files and settings. You can also determine which files should be migrated by selecting only the user profiles you want to transfer, or by clicking Customize. Click Close after Windows Easy Transfer has completed moving your files. Start 12:33. The process transferred 2 user accounts, 2179 documents, and program settings for many programs. The process also provided a list (unfortunately, not one that can be printed, showing applications that will need to be resinstalled, if desired.) Restart required 12:38. • My login settings, desktop, and files on the desktop have been restored. When I installed Firefox, my existing settings and add-ons were present. • Creative claims to have an application for the sound card, so I downloaded and installed it. Restart requested. As of 12:52, I have sound again. • Install critical applications – 12:45 pm - UltraEdit - Windows reminds me that no antivirus program is running. Oops. Installed AVG. - The Bat (complete with all my settings) - Set Windows Update to download, but not install. It tells me that's a bad idea. - Office 2007 – adding all Excel add-ins and Office document imaging options. - Adobe CS4 – large application on 4 DVDs (previously copied to drive D) takes nearly an hour. - Photoshop Lightroom 2 – installed and updated to 2.4. - Adobe Audition 3. - Windows Update says it has 3 important items to install, 1 of which is a Silicon Image PCI Express SATA Link Controller. The drive I can't see is a SATA device that uses an add-on controller in a PCI Express slot because I was out of SATA ports when I added the drive. Might this be the solution to the problem? (Yes, in fact, it is and the missing drives are back even before the required restart.) - As of 2:20 pm, the most critical applications are installed. - Set the drive letters so they will be as they were previously. - Reinstalled and activated Carbonite. - Reinstall Timeslips. – 3:30pm • Those are the critical applications. Restoring the remaining applications, the ones that I use regularly but not every day (Examples: Google Earth, Forte Agent, and Nero), will take another day and I will probably continue to find occasional applications that I forgot to reinstall for the next month or so. Problems and notes • Installing Java failed, but allowing Windows 7 to manage the installation succeeded. • Logitech Setpoint 4.72 complained about not recognizing Windows 7. I allowed the installation to continue and the application worked properly. (It had worked under Vista, so I expected it to work under Win 7.) One day later, I was offered an update to version 4.80. • Nero 9's installation claims to succeed partially; in fact, it failed and the installed components cannot be uninstalled. (Nero AG will probably have a solution to this problem by the time the GA code is available to consumers.) • Corel Graphics Suite X4 installer fails. (Corel will probably have a solution to this problem by the time the GA code is available to consumers.) When in doubt, run as Administrator in XP compatibility mode. No joy. "Fatal error during installation." I hope they fix this by October 22. • 6 September 09: On startup, my account displayed a temporary desktop and an error message suggesting that I log out and then log on again. I did and the normal desktop appeared. • I downloaded and used Nero General-Clean Tool to remove defective installation, then downloaded the current (220.127.116.11d) trial version of the application and installed it using the full serial number instead of the trial serial number the installer offered. I performed a custom installation to eliminate unnecessary components. Result (after 40 minutes): "The installation process cannot be resumed. A rollback of the failed component will be performed. Some applications have been installed successfully and can be used. Do you want these applications to be uninstalled?" My response: Yes. The installation takes 40 minutes. The rollback takes even longer and just about kills the system with CPU activity. How much longer? I don't know. I killed the process after 2 hours, during which it consumed 50% of the processor and instead used the General-Clean Tool. This is not a Windows 7 problem; this is a Nero AG problem. • When I tried to install the Pantone Huey color monitor software, Windows told me there was a known problem and asked if I wanted to check for solutions. It then directed me to the Pantone website, where I downloaded the current version of the application and installed it without incident. • Installing a printer driver for the HP LaserJet 1020 printer was a bit more complicated than expected. The CD has an autorun file that eventually launches the true installer. Several attempts to install the drivers failed until I ran the actual setup file in Windows XP compatibility mode and as Administrator. I had tried to print several test pages during the failed installations and Homegroup had noticed the printer from the laptop and I had attempted to print from there. All previous test pages and the page from the notebook computer printed when I finally got the printer installed properly. • Overall: Far faster and easier than expected and with fewer problems.
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Anlters High School crowned their 2012 Homecoming King and Queen on Friday night (Oct. 5, 2012) before they faced off against the Pamana Razorbacks in a home game at Bearcat Stadium. The 2012 Homecoming Queen was Kelsee Schier, the Student Council candidate. Her escort, and Homecoming King, #67, was Dakota Taylor.


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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2003 They're intimately familiar with Iraqi language and culture, they wear distinctive uniforms, they serve with U.S. civil affairs troops in Iraq -- and they don't like Saddam Hussein.
Who are these guys?
They're members of the Free Iraqi Forces working with U.S. Army and Marine Corps civil affairs units across Iraq, noted Army Reserve Brig. Gen. John H. Kern, commander of the 352nd Civil Affairs Command, Riverdale, Md.
Kern, who's now serving in Umm Qasr, Iraq, is in charge of the 69-member FIF contingent. Today, Kern and two FIF members, Hamid and Ali, talked about FIF's mission in Iraq with Pentagon reporters via satellite teleconference.
"I've got [FIF] soldiers now that are stretched all throughout Iraq with the advancing forces there in Baghdad, Karbala, An Najaf, An Nasiriyah, Basra, and now here in Umm Qasr, where we started when we entered Iraq," Kern explained.
Many FIF members are Iraqi expatriates -- some are Iraqi-Americans -- who received U.S. military training in Hungary. In Iraq they act not only as interpreters, Kern pointed out, but also importantly as liaisons with local officials and the general populace.
For example, the general noted that FIF members are helping U.S. military civil affairs teams in assessing local humanitarian needs for water, food and electricity.
In Umm Qasr, FIF members are working with Iraqi town officials in restoring the water supply, dredging the port and re-establishing the local police and fire departments, Kern pointed out. Umm Qasr's police, he explained, had departed after coalition troops liberated the area. Umm Qasr's new police and fire departments, Kern added, will be staffed with local Iraqis.
FIF members are often sent to areas where they grew up, the general pointed out, which greatly assists communication with local Iraqis.
"If they're from the neighborhood, that certainly speeds everything we're doing in that neighborhood," Kern remarked, adding, "We get to meet the local leaders faster."
There's "an automatic trust built in" with local Iraqis when they see FIF members working alongside U.S. civil affairs units, he added.
And Kern noted that American civil affairs teams in Iraq also rely on FIF members' professional skills. For example, he cited the assistance rendered by a FIF attorney.
"My [civil affairs] lawyers think they've found a treasure trove by being able to sit down and talk to somebody who actually practiced law in Iraq," the general explained.
That sort of professional interaction has been "invaluable," he noted.
Iraqis like interacting with the FIF members, Kern remarked, recalling that in Safwan "the people are very supportive." FIF members, he pointed out, wear a different uniform from U.S. service members and display a distinctive, square "FIF" patch that's worn on the upper left sleeve.
The FIF members "know things about Iraq that you and I will never know just by studying it," Kern pointed out, emphasizing "they're real members of the team" that's liberating Iraq from Saddam's despotic regime.
Hamid and Ali, who have lived in the United States for eight and 12 years, respectively, are thankful that the United States and its coalition partners are liberating their country from the dictator's rule.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will grant a medal of knighthood to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his forthcoming visit to Britain, which is set to commence on Tuesday.
"The medal is called the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. It is said to be a recognition [of some sort], but I don't know exactly what [it'll be given to Yudhyono] for and will not make any guesses," Indonesian presidential spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said on Monday.
He added that there would be no special ceremony for the presentation of the medal, but the queen was expected to give it to Yudhoyono after a lunch banquet in London on Wednesday.
Past recipients of the order include former US president Ronald Reagan, former French president Jacques Chirac and current Turkish president Abdullah Gul.
The Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry, after The Most Noble Order of the Garter, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle and The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick.
The Knight Grand Cross is the highest of three classes within the Order of the Bath, which is awarded to military members or civilians who have made outstanding achievements.
Yudhoyono is slated to be in London for a three-day working visit. He will leave Jakarta for London on Tuesday and then fly to Laos on Nov. 3, Faizasyah said in a statement.
The president will be accompanied by his spouse, Ani Yudhoyono, and a retinue of officials, the spokesman added.
He said the visit to Britain was to honor an invitation by by Queen Elizabeth II, while the during working portion of the visit to Laos the president will attend the 9th summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) there.
Besides attending a number of state events attended by Queen Elizabeth II while in London, Yudhoyono will also hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prince of Wales, chairman of the Liberal Democrat Party Nick Clegg and opposition leader Ed Miliband.
"The state visit by the Indonesian president, at the request of Queen Elizabeth II, will hopefully enhance cooperation between the two countries, bilaterally or in the context of joint efforts in facing various global issues," Faizasyah said.
He said that during Cameron's visit to Jakarta in April, it was agreed that bilateral cooperation would focus on trade, investment, education, environment, democracy and interfaith cooperation.
The president will also deliver speeches at several forums, including the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indonesia, the Royal College for Defense Studies and Wilton Park.
He is also scheduled to co-chair the second high-level panel on post-millenium development goals. The first meeting was held on the margin of the 67th UN general assembly in New York in September. Cameron and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia, are the other co-chairmen.
Yudhoyono's visit to Laos will commence on Nov. 3 to honor the invitation of Laotian President Choummaly. Yudhoyono will hold a bilateral meeting with the host.
"The state visit of the president to Laos will feasibly enhance bilateral relations between Indonesia and Laos in various fields, and promote the joint interests of the region, especially through Asean," Faizasyah said.
On the margin of the ASEM summit, Yudhoyono is also scheduled to attend the 13th Asia-Europe Business Forum and also to participate in several meetings, including with French President Francois Hollande.
Faizasyah said that the summit will discuss joint efforts in overcoming various global issues, especially the global economic crisis.


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Here, we're taking a very liberal definition of "smartwatch" -- because the Ticka is essentially a spy camera packaged as a pocket watch. Still, it's one of the earliest examples of a timepiece incorporating additional functionality. In this case, that means the Expo sports a lens disguised as a "watch-winding stem," with a tab on the side to control exposure time. Invented by Swedish engineer Magnus Neill, the Ticka gained popularity on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 1900s, with variations made by Houghtons in England and the Expo Camera Company in the US.
Even by today's standards, the watch featured in the super-popular Dick Tracy comic strip has innovative specs. Everyone's favorite fictional detective used his two-way wrist radio to get out of trouble as early as 1946, and he eventually stepped up to a model with a built-in TV.
Back in reality, we're starting to see more companies incorporating cellular technology into their products, and some already let you make and answer calls when connected to your phone. The relevance of Dick Tracy's watch isn't lost on companies today; Samsung even referenced the gadget -- along with hardware from The Jetsons, Power Rangers and Star Trek -- in a commercial for its first Galaxy Gear in 2013.
With the Pulsar P1, released in 1972, watches moved into the digital age. This timepiece was the first LED version to hit the market, using an electronic mechanism rather than moving parts. It certainly didn't skimp on materials; the original version came in an 18k gold case and went for a cool $2,100 (comparable to the cost of a car at the time.) The watch's less lavish successor, the P2 (pictured here), was even featured in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.
A digital watch paired with a keyboard? Seiko's Data-2000 was as cool as it sounds -- just check out that awesome product packaging. The watch could store two memos with up to 1,000 characters each (hence the "2000" in the name), and the keyboard and timepiece communicated wirelessly. Seiko went on to sell additional watches with computing functionality, including the D409 with a mini on-screen keyboard and enough memory to store just 112 digits.
Sure, it came several years after Dick Tracy's wrist radio, but the device used by Penny on Inspector Gadget reflected the '80s-era love of the computer-wristwatch. Penny used the device to monitor her Uncle Gadget and communicate with Brain. Come to think of it, babysitting her uncle reminds us a bit of the functionality on LG's new KizON watch for keeping track of your children.
Germany's largest watch and clock maker, Junghans Uhren, released the world's first radio-controlled watch. The device was able to offer incredibly accurate time information by receiving signals via its built-in antenna system.
IBM first prototyped a watch running Linux in 2000, and quickly evolved into the WatchPad, made in collaboration with Japan's Citizen Watch Company. Though production for the device stopped short in 2002, the WatchPad sported some ahead-of-its-time features, including the ability to control a PC via Bluetooth and a fingerprint scanner for extra security.
We'll forgive you for failing to remember Microsoft's Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) initiative, but the company did present its own take on the smartwatch in the early aughts. Partnering with Fossil and Suunto, among other watchmakers, Redmond developed a timepiece that displayed information such as stock info, in addition to syncing with Outlook. There was also an annual $59 subscription fee to access all features except timekeeping -- and that might have had something to do with the SPOT's lack of staying power.
LG claims the GD910 was the first 3G watch-phone with video-calling capabilities to hit the market. The device never gained much traction, but it offered an early look at the smartwatch as we currently know it; it sported a touchscreen and a camera, and it included text-to-speech and voice-recognition features for making calls. Running on LG's proprietary Flash-based software, though, the GD910 didn't offer much in the way of apps.Like LG, Samsung released its first attempt at a watch-phone around this time -- with a similarly clumsy name to boot. The stainless-steel S9110 included a touchscreen and offered syncing with Outlook mail. Like the LG GD910, it also included voice recognition.
Credited with jump-starting the current obsession with smartwatches and other wearables, Pebble launched on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter in 2012. It became the most funded product in the site's history, and a thinner, more sophisticated version of the device, called Pebble Steel, followed in 2014.
In late 2013, Samsung debuted the Android-based Galaxy Gear smartwatch, with S Voice and a limited number of compatible apps. One of the biggest drawbacks, though, was that the Gear originally only worked with the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1. The device was widely regarded as a flop, and Samsung would release several more additions to its Gear lineup before joining forces with Google for the Gear Live running on Android Wear. We've even seen one watch from the company running the open-source platform Tizen.
Using Qualcomm's Mirasol low-power color display technology, the Toq watch was produced as a proof of concept, so the company could show manufacturers how Mirasol could be implemented with an attractive design. The device boasted a touchscreen with excellent outdoor readability and long battery life. Qualcomm's still selling the Toq in black or white through its website, with a price of $250.
By introducing its own software platform for smartwatches at its I/O event in 2014, Google addressed many of the shortcomings of previous wearable devices by bringing one user experience to products made by a number of different companies. At launch, popular apps including Evernote and Lyft offered compatibility, and at-a-glance, contextual information from Google Now promised to make lives easier. Currently, the Android Wear-powered LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live are available, with Motorola's circular Moto 360 slated for a release date in the coming months.
Oh, and let's not forget the Apple iWatch, which has been rumored since 2010. Cupertino just recruited an exec from high-end timepiece brand TAG Heuer, providing the latest piece of evidence that an Apple-branded smartwatch is in the works. Whenever that device should arrive, it will likely offer a slew of fitness features along with voice commands via Siri. In any case, Apple's certainly had time to learn from the mistakes of its competitors, so the expectation for the iWatch -- especially when it comes to an attractive design -- will be pretty darn high.
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MakerBot have unveiled an early prototype of the newest addition to their 3D enterprise - the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner
Four years ago, the founders of MakerBot presented their very first 3D Printer at SXSW. At this year's event they present the next stage in 3D printing to complement their products.
In an official blog post following the demo, MakerBot CEO, Bre Pettis announced, "now everyone will be able to scan a physical item, digitize it, and print it in 3D - with little or no design experience."
As the global leaders in the 3D industry with products such as the MakerBot Replicator 3D Printer the company's ecosystem will work alongside one another in the scanning and printing process.
The new product offers the opportunity to recreate objects without any design, CAD software or 3D modeling experience. Pettis went on to explain that it will be a "great tool for archiving, prototyping, replicating, and digitzing prototypes, models, parts, artifacts, atwork, sculptures, clay figures, jewelry, etc. If something gets broken, you can just scan it and print it again."
Using lasers and cameras this new piece of technology will replicate physical objects.
The demo at SXSW is just the beginning and MakerBot will spend time testing, scanning and 3D printing the items scanned with it.
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Posted by Anonymous on 09/06/2013
The food is great but if you call for a delivery and can't speak spanish the people who answer the phone, hang up on you in the middle of speaking to them. What is that?
Posted by Boricua Film Club on 09/06/2012
Castillo is a hidden gem in Loisaida that the Boricua Film Club has designated as our official restaurant because the food is so good and the prices are right. We meet at Castillo every other Friday for dinner t a friendly staff and a pleasant environment. It's not fancy but it's like a secoind home to us. The Boricua Film Club gives it five mangos, our highest rating!
Posted by Happy customer! on 07/08/2012
I usually just order dinner, but I was craving Dominican breakfast. I don't even know if they have it on the menu but order salami, fried cheese, egg, mangu,
Posted by Jen on 03/19/2011
The food is really good and the employess are very nice to the customers. It's not a fancy place but a nice little family type place to sit and grab a quick meal.
Posted by Located Around The Corner on 01/22/2011
I have to agree wit the others about the chuletas! They're great, but I'd advise you to try other menu items as well. My boyfriend swears by their chicharron de pollo, and I love the pollo frito. He gets his meals with tostones on the side, I get either fries or rice&beans. He also usually gets a couple patelitos (empanadas) which are cheap and great on the go. One time I was on the run and needed something I could take on the train that didn't require hands or forks, so I got the chicken cutlet sandwich so I could just eat it out of the foil. It wasn't spectacular, but it more than did the trick, especially for $5! Amazing deal. I've gotten the chicken cutlet meal before, and the cutlets needed ketchup to be flavorful, but I like that they didn't oversalt it and I don't like things to be too salty. It's easier to add something than to take away. I was going to give atmosphere a 3, but I don't want to drive down the reviews. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the atmosphere for a take-out place, I've never eaten in there, but it's not meant to be a fancy type of place. You either order take-out, or you sit for a quick casual meal. I live right around the corner and I'm glad to consider this one of the only 3 take-out places in the area that I order from. My boyfriend is Dominican and the fact that this place was a 10 second walk from our apartment was a major selling point.
Posted by Anthony from Sunset Park on 01/31/2010
The Best chops in the area if not all of Brooklyn... a little pricey, but a huge portion of food and tastes incredible! better than my mom's (shhhh) dont be fooled by the storefront.. kinda bland looking with the food behind a glass counter, but you will have a great meal.
Posted by Michael on 11/22/2009
I have never been to this place but have ordered delivery from them first time yesterday....and wow! It reminded me of the first time I tried my boyfriends grandmothers cooking...fresh and simple rib sticking ingredients that are the true definitive to comfort food. I ordered the pork chops (2 thick cuts of pork w rice and beans), tostones, and the bistec w onions. everything was just so good. Oh and the banana milk shake is a must have too! (you may want to order 2)


text: It's been a rough professional start for the No. 21 pick of the 2011 NBA Draft, thus far. The Portland Trail Blazers selected Nolan Smith, the four-year guard out of Duke, with hopes of him potentially being the long-term solution as their floor general. Fast forward to today, we all know that's not going to be the case. Smith's teammate, a rookie point guard by the name of Damian Lillard, has taken the NBA by storm on his way to two consecutive Rookie of the Month honors and has been crowned the team's franchise point guard.


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We were never too sure about the whole concept of reincarnation, but this video might have sold us on it. It comes from Turlock, Calififornia, where 17-year-old Brett Nichols absolutely tore it up at his high school talent show with spot-on Michael Jackson dance moves that would have made the King of Pop proud!
Nichols flawlessly mimicked the late entertainer's signature dance to 1983's "Billie Jean," nailing the leg pops, hip swivles, and -of COURSE- the famous Moonwalk. He even donned the single glove and fedora. Clearly, he was a crowd favorite, eliciting shrieks of delight from those in the audience.
The teen told local station News10 that he spent a great deal of time watching old clips of the superstar on YouTube, which lead him to develop his own smooth moves. "This is something that really inspires me, and then it was later I thought, 'Why isn't this something I can't do?'" Screw that hologram from the Billboard Awards, we gotta book this dude on a world tour!
If he isn't made Homecoming King (of Pop), we're going to demand some answers. Make sure to watch the clip above (his segment starts at 1:11). Enjoy!
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Documentary series about the goings-on behind the scenes at Orange County Choppers, a custom motorcycle fabrication company located in Montgomery, New York. The series is also a study of the interplay between the Teutels, Paul Sr. and Jr., and the stress that both experience when creating motorcycles as works of art.
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Jacksonville holds off Campbell to win 52-45
Kade Bell threw four touchdown passes as Jacksonville outlasted Campbell 52-45 in a Pioneer Football League contest on Saturday.
Following a 50-yard touchdown pass from Brian Hudson to Kurt Odom which brought Campbell within striking distance, Jacksonville (3-4, 2-2) recovered an onside kick with 2:00 left to play. Ulysses Bryant then rushed four times for 24 yards to bleed out the clock.
Bryant finished with a game-high 120 yards rushing, on 17 carries, as the Dolphins racked up 314 yards on the ground and averaged 6.8 yards per rush.
D'Andre Randle had three catches for 58 yards and a score and added an 84-yard touchdown run for Jacksonville.
Hudson completed 14 of 29 passes for 227 yards and a score and carried the ball 22 times for 110 yards and three more touchdowns.
Campbell (1-6, 0-4) allowed at least 300 yards rushing for the second time this season.
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SXSW 2014: Pop Preview
by Nick Murray | March 8, 2014
At the moment, the biggest news out of Austin is that during the week of South by Southwest, the Moody Theater (home to the Austin City Limits concert series) will host Apple's iTunes Festival, with performances by otherwise out-of-place pop stars like Pitbull, Coldplay, Zedd and Imagine Dragons. Of course, the larger festival had a scheduled filled with great pop acts even before Apple announced its arrival, featuring both chart heroes like Kelis, A Great Big World and Charli XCX, and talented up-and-comers like D.C. trio Misun and K-Pop's KyuNa. Here, we compile the best tunes from the most exciting pop acts slated to perform this year.


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Cross-platform MIDI software with a free 9GB Grand Orchestra sample pack.
Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 is a cross-platform MIDI and audio LAN solution that works universally on Macs and PCs, hosting Vienna Instruments as well as third-party 64-bit and 32-bit VSTi/AU plug-ins. Use it as a host on the same computer as your sequencer to integrate all your 64-bit and 32-bit instruments and effect plug-ins from third-party manufacturers (such as Spectrasonics, Native Instruments, Waves, you name it), or use it as a master-slave solution with multiple Macs and PCs, all connected with a standard Ethernet cable. You can easily route the audio streams of a whole arsenal of computers back to your main machine without the need of external hardware. The Preserve function keeps all of your templates and samples loaded while switching from one project to another. As a Pro Tools user you may integrate your favorite AU and VST plug-ins in your sessions!
Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 offers ITU surround support (up to 7.1) and full parameter automation. Control all plug-ins running on slave computers right from your master and even start/stop your sequencer or DAW with the space bar from within Vienna Ensemble PRO 5!
Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 comes with Epic Orchestra, a 9 GB free Grand Orchestra Sample Pack. You will receive 3 licenses for Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 (and 1 license for the included Epic Orchestra) so you can set up a network of up to 4 computers (one master and 3 slaves, provided there's no Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 Server or a stand-alone version of Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 running on your master computer). The Epic Orchestra sample pack is identical in both Vienna Ensemble PRO 4 and 5 versions, so you don't need to receive another Epic Orchestra license when you upgrade.


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Racism in football: With Euro 2012 approaching, current and former players look ahead to the possibility of stars leaving the […]
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Final Day of the Premier League- Podcast
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Aaron Milligan and Sean Mahoney discuss the final day of the premier league.
Contract negotiations: a professional's insight
By Aaron Milligan on May 14, 2012 in Football, Sport
Forest Green Rovers forward James Norwood explains the process of contract negotiations
Roy Hodgson- the right man for England?
By Aran Dorton on May 14, 2012 in Comment, Football, Sport
The great and the good of football give their tuppence worth on the appointment of Roy Hodgson as England manager.
Manchester City end 44 year wait for title with dramatic late winner
By Adam Woods on May 14, 2012 in Football, Sport
Possibly one the most dramatic turnarounds saw the blue half of Manchester victorious after looking as though they had thrown the title away with five minutes remaining.
With more teams facing administration is this the future of British football?
By James Board on May 14, 2012 in Football, Sport
Seven teams have gone into administration in the last two years; one of those teams going into it twice and […]


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Lynnea Benson (Director) is delighted to be back at work with such a valiant and gifted group of artists. Frog & Peach directing credits include Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Richard II(all starring Austin Pendleton), King John, As You Like It, and Macbeth. Special thanks to John Gulino for his wisdom and guidance, Deborah Wolfson for her calming presence and excellent advice, and to Jenna Lazar for her humor and patience; to Sean Ryan for his invaluable technical support, and to Marcos Sanchez and Andre David of The Church of St. Paul & St Andrew for making Frog & Peach feel so welcome. She'd especially like to thank her loving husband Ted Zurkowski, for being such a wonderful man.
Deborah Wolfson (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be working with Lynnea and Frog & Peach. Directing credits include: Williamsburg! The Musical (also choreographer), Drums in the Night (Bee Sting @ The Flea), Bum's Rush (Sticky/Blue Box), and three (and counting) plays by Josh McIlvain. Other credits include: Jersey Boys (Broadway, Chicago, Vegas), The Farnsworth Invention, and many shows at The Flea Theater. She is a not too recent graduate of the University of Chicago.
Jenna Lazar (Production/Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back working with the fabulous Frog and Peach family. Jenna is a recent graduate of Cornell University who has always had a love for theater and Shakespeare. She has been involved in various productions in the past, both onstage and off, including Frog and Peach's production of Hamlet last summer. Thanks to Lynnea and the cast for another wonderful experience. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Andy, and Chad for their constant love and support.
Kevin Allen (Set Design) is an Emmy Award-winning scenic designer whose work has been featured in TV commercials and news broadcasts, hit films, theater productions, and major corporate exhibitions. He has been profiled in such periodicals as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Scanlines, and the Star-Ledger, and his additional awards include the Broadcast Designer's Association Bronze Award, the PROMAX Gold Award, and the NJ Theatre "Perry" for Outstanding Scenic Design. He is a member of United Scenic Artists and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Mr. Allen is principal of Kevin Lee Allen Design, Inc., a full-service production design company whose work can be viewed at www.klad.com.
Jak Prince (Lighting Design) Jak has designed lights previously for Vital Theate Company, Playwrights and Actors Contemporary Theatre, Uncle Nicky (Theatre on 5) and numerous other productions in the metropolitan area. In addition, Jak is also an actor, director and teacher and currently is the Musical Director and Sound & Lighting advisor for the West Morris Central H.S. in Chester, NJ. Go Wolfpack!!


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October 14, 2013
Volume 8 | Issue 8 | October 14, 2013
Student-run campaign for consent makes national news
A new Whitman campus club called All Students for Consent was rated one of the top five student groups working to fight sexual assault by FORCE, an anti-rape activist group. The club was featured in several online articles, including this Huffington Post story.
ASC hosted an all-campus "Ask For It" event on Friday, Sept. 20 in order to spread their message about the importance of consent with all Whitman students. They chose the name "Ask For It," transforming a phrase with negative connotations into an encouragement to ask before engaging in sexual acts.
During the event, students chalked sidewalks, passed out temporary tattoos and asked students if they wanted chocolate kisses. At the end of the event, students shared their consent stories.
Registration open for arts and crafts fair
If you are an avid crafter or baker, consider selling your handcrafted items or homemade goodies at the fourth annual Whitman arts and crafts fair. All Whitman staff, students and faculty are invited to share their talents with the community by registering to be vendors. To sign up to sell crafts, please visit this website.
The fair will take place on Monday, Dec. 9 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Reid Ballroom.
Open Studio for Staff and Faculty Portraits
Campus photographer Matt Banderas will be taking staff and faculty portraits during two open studio sessions this week. If you would like a new portrait, or if you just want to update your existing one, swing by Reid 110 during one of the sessions listed below.
Follow, share Whitman College photos on Instagram
Follow Whitman College staff and student photography on Instagram by heading over to instagram.com/whitmancollege. You can also share images with us @whitmancollege, or tag us in your own images using the hashtag #whitmancollege.
Faculty news brief
Assistant Professor of Music Rachel Chacko recently published an article, titled "Unheard Complexities in Lou Harrison's 'Main Bersama-sama' and 'Bubaran Robert,' " in the Journal for the Society of American Music.
Her article focuses on two cross-cultural compositions by American composer Lou Harrison, a pioneer in creating East-West fusions. These pieces were composed for Javanese gamelan and other Western instruments, and they are typically regarded as examples of Harrison's post-modern musical sensibilities. However, analyzing their pitch structure reveals intricate compositional "games" similar to the pre-compositional strategies of composers more typically associated with algorithmic compositional methods. Chacko argues these "games" challenge the widely accepted depiction of Harrison as a mere "tunesmith" and West Coast musical dabbler.
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"i unno man im just a pawniard"
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VO Clan/VO Xat/VO Battle Spreadsheet
Whaddahell, I'm in. Not doing too good today though, so I'll probably lose.
I totally would but I really just popped in to make sure I wasn't missing anything and really have to get back to cramming for Math Paper 2 now. Especially considering how bad Paper 1 went. Good luck y'all, and hey Divine! You're here too now? Cool! I've run a team like that before, my answer to Breloom being CM Latias.
"Whether Castform the Weather Pokemon can weather the weather is dependent on whether the weather that it's weathering is the proper weather for it to weather. Whether the opponent can weather the weather is also subject to whether the weather that it's weathering is the right weather to weather. Whether Castform can weather the opponent is once again dictated by the weather and whether that weather is the favorable weather for weathering. But most importantly, you should know whether there will be weather to weather rather than what weather they will be weathering and whether they can weather that weather."
- Smogon's Castform analysis
You, Loco, and Draconic. ^.^
Just don't kill my family, bro.
Tourny's just randbats right?
i hate randbats :[
I already have submitted my registration, we should just use PS though since a lot of people don't have the game lol
^You ever have that moment you realize you forgot to give credit? Sorry Irra!!^
This also kind of opens up options for what can be used as well
^You ever have that moment you realize you forgot to give credit? Sorry Irra!!^
Username: Skarm™
Opponent's Username: Pwner
Notes: no pwning today
EDIT: dat 6-0 http://www.pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-18044104
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Lucky matchup in random battles haha :L -> http://www.pokemonshowdown.com/repla...attle-18074888
Pinsir's pretty great
I like close games like this -> http://www.pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-18078424
Even if I don't win
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this monday at the hideout
Robbie Gjersoe, Beau Sample, and I -- a/k/a "The Pussycat Trio," a name I like better with each passing second -- play swing, blues, ukulele ballads, bluegrass, and some of my originals. "While the nights away; the pussycats will play."
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Looking fwd to tonite on Racoon Lake @ the Roundhouse Winery....wine swilling downstaters..


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The next in our ongoing series of spawn.com online features is nearly complete and set to go live in the features section of the site on Friday, Oct. 1.
On the chopping block this month is the latest Movie Maniacs line -- Series 7 -- that is due to hit stores in early November.
In this new feature, you'll get a complete overview of each of the six figures in the regular line, plus the deluxe 12-inch boxed set.
The Movie Maniacs 7 feature will give fans figure specs (size, joints, accessories, etc.), additional photography (including packaging shots), QuickTime VR films, plus special downloads.
The feature will be activated in the features section of spawn.com on Friday, Oct. 1.


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The Future of Natural Gas MarketsAn RFF ForumNovember 21, 2003
Sharply different forecasts of the market for natural gas emerged at an RFF forum on Nov. 21, which compared two recent studies.
Natural gas prices have doubled over the past 20 months, generating widespread concern in government and among consumers, and raising questions regarding public policy.
The National Petroleum Council, an industry group that advises the federal government, has concluded that the higher prices mark a basic change in the market, reported Mark J. Finley, an economist with BP America, Inc. and a participant in the council's study. The market has become much tighter, he warned, raising the prospect of shortages and price spikes.
Current policy encourages gas consumption but discourages production by placing many sites off limits to exploration, Finley said.
In contrast, the Energy Modeling Forum at Stanford University has found no evidence of an underlying gas shortage, according to its executive director, Hillard G. Huntington. The recent market has been affected, he said, by a series of short-term events and opening the off-limit sites would have only a modest effect on prices.
Finley cited data showing that, in part because of increasingly efficient technology, wells are being depleted at an accelerating rate. Huntington replied that there is no sign of decline in gas reserves.
The two speakers agreed that price volatility does not impose any significant burden on the economy and public policy ought not attempt to suppress it. Price movements send valuable information to the market, Finley said.
That view suggests the difference between the perspective of economists and that of politicians, who hear from their constituents whenever prices swing up.
When wellhead prices jump, Finely said, regulators can soften the impact on consumers by encouraging utilities to use long-term contracts and hedging strategies that are prohibited in some jurisdictions.
Finley's figures showed a market growing more rigid because of a decline in the ability of industrial users and utilities to switch among fuels when prices change. But Huntington's model differed, finding that fuel competition continues to be an effective brake on gas prices.
Despite 30 years of experience with energy price swings, Huntington said, analysts still tend to underestimate the ability of the industry to respond to changes in the market.
Neither his model nor the National Petroleum Council study shows any reason to subsidize the energy industry, Huntington added, or to provide the multi-billion dollar tax breaks contained in the massive energy bill now nearing passage in Congress.
Natural gas provides nearly 25% of this country's basic energy. Coal provides a similar proportion, and petroleum about 40%. The remainder comes from nuclear reactors and renewable sources.
Robert W. Fri, a visiting scholar at RFF, moderated the discussion.
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Boston will finish as the 7th seed in the East. I expect to win 4 of 7 remaining while Philly loses 4 of 6 remaining, pushing them to 8th as Atlanta will be held off by a tough schedule. Montreal meanwhile has a favorable schedule and will hold onto 6th. This would mean that we get NJ, Pit or Buf in the first round- we can play with those teams if we are strong defensively.
Toronto finishes with the 2nd worst record in the league, assuring us of a top 3 pick. Sure, the Loafs have been hot lately, but they will be cooled off by tough opponents actually in the playoff race: ATL, BUF, BOS, PHI, @ NYR and @ MON.
Not what I had hoped for when we became STH, but I'll take it at this point.
PS- What rhymes with Dennis Wideman and stinks at hockey? Answer: Dennis Wideman.


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Avoiding Common ED Communication Pitfalls
Avoid common ED communication errors by recognizing – and redirecting – outsized patient expectations.
Dear Director,
Most of our patients may not know who Marcus Welby, MD was (some of my readers may not either), but that image of a caring, compassionate and warm physician who saves the day continues to form the basis for today's physician role model. I think as soon as we put on our white coats, we have the responsibility to be compassionate and caring. This means listening to our patients and addressing their needs, particularly their pain. But we also must be able to communicate with them the "what" and "why" of their evaluation, care and treatment plan.
There are some absolute basics to patient communication that will make your patient interactions smoother, will minimize complaints, and may have the added benefit of improving patient satisfaction scores. One strategy is the AIDET method, which stands for Acknowledge - Introduce - Duration - Explanation - Thank You." This simple yet effective mnemonic was developed by the Studor Group, a healthcare consulting firm, and has been used in many international corporations. To start your patient encounter, Acknowledge your patient by using their name, smiling at them, and offering a handshake. Then Introduce yourself by name and your role. You can even include the reason they're in the ED that you read off the triage note. Then tell the patient the Duration of time that you expect their ED visit to take, including your evaluation and then estimates for ancillary studies if appropriate. Be sure to provide an Explanation after your initial visit, and then, after the data are back, review all that was done, what the tests mean and what their treatment plan will be. Finally, Thank the patient for coming to your ED and trusting you to care for them and ask them if they have any questions for you or if there is anything else you could do for them today.
Whether it's the patient who has a positive suitcase sign but the diagnosis of the flu who you are about to discharge or the chronic kidney stone patient who may or may not really need Dilaudid, figuring out what the patient expects is part of our job. Sometimes, this can be as easy as directly asking the patient what you can do for them – for the flu patient, the answer might be
"I'm too sick to take care of myself and need admission." Or you might ask what the patient is hoping to accomplish with you. The answer might be "nothing since my doctor sent me here and I want to see him." Sometimes the answer will be obvious, other times it may require more effective questioning, and sometimes their answers will force you to reset expectations. Although we try to be all things to all patients, in today's busy ED, it often isn't realistic to order the ultrasound for the asymptomatic pregnant patient, the spine MRI for the chronic back pain patient, or the ENT consult for the patient with recurrent strep throat. Over the years I have learned some useful phrases that I use with the AIDET tool to reset the expectations of the patient or their family. I've included a few in the sidebar at left.
Many complaints from patients are legitimate and often preventable. While we can't be all things to all patients, we should try to establish what the patient's expectations are, meet them if we can, and reset them if we can't, explaining to the patient how and where they can get there needs cared for. Using a tool such as AIDET can keep us on track with all of the information we need to communicate to the patients in an effective, compassionate, and caring format.
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Justin Timberlake has beaten Brad Pitt to the top of a new list to find the star most women fantasize about.
The pop superstar landed 21 percent of the RomanceBeat.com/StarMagazine.com survey – just two percent more than movie hunk Pitt, who was three percent ahead of Oscar winner Jared Leto.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Ryan Reynolds round out the top five, while Ryan Gosling and Hugh Jackman also made the list.
Meanwhile, former "Mickey Mouse Club" stars Timberlake and Gosling have tied for first place in a related poll to find the celebrity women would most like to have a one-night stand with, and Timberlake is the guy most girls would most like to take home to meet mom.
Gosling, however, tops the list of celebrity men women would most like to marry.
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Justin Timberlake Bombshell: Michael Jackson Pushed Me to Go Solo
Justin Timberlake recently sat down for an intimate interview for OWN's Oprah Presents Master Class, and revealed that it was actually the King of Pop himself — Michael Jackson — who pushed him to go solo.
Timberlake recalls writing the 2001 'N Sync hit Gone for Michael, but when his team turned the slow jam down, 'N Sync cut the record instead.
Justin Timberlake recently sat down for an intimate interview for OWN's Oprah Presents Master Class, and revealed that it was actually the King of Pop himself — Michael Jackson — who pushed him to go solo.
Timberlake recalls writing the 2001 'N Sync hit Gone for Michael, but when his team turned the slow jam down, 'N Sync cut the record instead.
Video: Watch Justin Show Off His Acting Chops in 'Runner Runner' Deleted Scene
"It was one of those songs where, it felt a little more personal to me, because I had written it for the biggest artist of all time," he smiles. "I guess Michael did hear it, and called me on the phone and said that he wanted to cut the record, but he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I. And I said, 'Well, it's already out, we've already cut the song as an 'N Sync record … could we do, like, an 'N Sync featuring Michael Jackson, or Michael Jackson featuring 'N Sync?' And he was very absolute about the fact that he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I."
"I think it's the first idea that I ever got about doing something on my own because it was the first time I ever really felt the confidence to do it," he explained.
Timberlake went on to become a highly successful solo artist after leaving 'N Sync, producing chart-topping and Grammy award-winning albums Justified (2002), Future Sex/LoveSounds (2006) and The 20/20 Experience (2013).
Though according to 'N Sync member Lance Bass, it was actually P. Diddy who he thought broke the successful boy band up!
"I never heard that story, so I would not blame it on Michael Jackson," Bass said. "I always thought that it actually came from P.Diddy because P.Diddy was opening up for us at the very last concert and I remember that they were at the bar at one of our, you know, parties and I heard him say, 'Hey, you should go solo, you know, without the guys.' And I was like, wait a minute, I'm sitting right here."
Though he insists that there are no hard feelings.
"We're brothers," he said of his relationship with Timberlake now. "It was something we did as kids. We loved it so much but we all had to grow up. I could not be more proud of him."
Check out the video for the bombshell revelation.
Video: Hear Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson's New Duet
Timberlake kicks off the new season of Oprah's Master Class on May 11 at 10 p.m. on OWN.
Justin wins at the Radio Disney Music Awards
JT took home the "He's The One – Best Male Artist" award at the Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMAs), as voted on by kid and tween fans. While the event took place at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Justin was able to accept the award remotely – from Paris!
There was a video of his acceptance "performance" but it has since been taken down by YouTube. I'll post it when I find another one.
Justin Timberlake leaves massive tip at Germany bar
Germany seems to agree with Justin Timberlake.
The entertainer made the staff at a bar in Cologne, Germany, extremely happy recently by leaving a $3,920 tip after a night out.
Bitterness prevents me from calculating what percentage that is of my annual salary. Let's move on.
Timberlake was in Germany for his ongoing European tour. MSN.com reported he was partying with friends at the Crystal Cologne nightclub following a personal invitation from the owner.
The group stayed until the early morning hours, enjoying drinks on the house. Timberlake showed his gratitude to staff by leaving a generous $3,920 tip, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.
The venue's owner, Yunus Arslan, told the publication, "He was in a great mood, a real gentleman."
Justin is nominated for 11 Billboard Awards!
With that number, he's only behind Lorde and Imagine Dragons who has 12 nominations each. However, Justin can only win up to 10 awards because he has two nominations in the Top R&B Album category (one for each part of 20/20). Unless, of course, we count "Holy Grail" as a Justin nomination and it's back to 11.
Categories Justin's nominated in:
- Top Artist (Miley Cyrus, Imagine Dragons, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake)
- Top Billboard 200 Album (Beyoncé "Beyoncé", Luke Bryan "Crash My Party", Drake "Nothing Was The Same", Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2″, Justin Timberlake "The 20/20 Experience")
- Top Male Artist (Luke Bryan, Drake, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake)
- Top Hot 100 Artist (Miley Cyrus, Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake)
- Top Billboard 200 Artist (Beyoncé, Luke Bryan, Eminem, One Direction, Justin Timberlake)
- Top Radio Songs Artist (Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake)
- Top R&B Artist (Beyoncé, Pharrell, Rihanna, Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake)
- Top R&B Album (Beyoncé "Beyoncé", R. Kelly "Black Panties", Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines", Justin Timberlake "The 20/20 Experience", Justin Timberlake "The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2)")
- Top Radio Song (Avicii "Wake Me Up!", Lorde "Royals", Katy Perry "Roar", Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell "Blurred Lines", Justin Timberlake "Mirrors")
- Top R&B Song (Beyoncé feat. Jay Z "Drunk In Love", Drake feat. Majid Jordan "Hold On, We're Going Home", Pharrell "Happy", Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell "Blurred Lines", Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z "Suit & Tie")
- Top Rap Song (Eminem feat. Rihanna "The Monster", Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake "Holy Grail", Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton "Can't Hold Us", Pitbull feat. Ke$ha "Timber")
Not quite sure why he's not nominated in the category Top Touring Artist though.
NEWS/ Justin Timberlake Parties with His Band in Frigid Boston
Justin Timberlake may not love the New England weather, but the "Suit and Tie" singer sure knows how to party.
"It's cold as f— here. I apologize, but there really is no other word to describe how cold it is," JT told the crowd at his Thursday night show at Boston's TD Garden.
But the bitterly cold temperatures didn't keep him from hitting the town after the show. Timberlake and about 15 pals headed to J.J. Foley's, an Irish bar located in the South End neighborhood.
The group strolled in around 12:45 a.m. to celebrate the 40th birthday of one of his band members, trumpeter and vocalist Dontae Winslow.
And celebrate they did: Justin drank three tequilas and stayed about an hour before heading back to his hotel.
"They were just hanging out," said a bystander. "They were awesome. He's been here before."
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Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KOs) stunned the boxing world on Saturday night, when he easily stopped the heavily favored Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) in five rounds to capture the IBF super middleweight title in Nottingham.
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interesting. So they will rematch Froch now?
I guess , if for anything, the pay day is too tempting.
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No bute it should be ur second defeat u got knocked out by andrade
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Good attidude from Lucian.He doesnt seem too demoralised from reading that which is a suprise.
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Bute's saving face.
Ultimately, I think the last thing he needs is another demolishion at home in front of 18,000 of his fans.
If they trigger the rematch it won't be a big fight, after the manner Froch wrecked him in the first fight.
It would be like Jeff Lacy demanding a Calzaghe rematch.
He didn't lose because of tactics, he got ripped to pieces by a far superior fighter and that wont ever change.
I feel a Pavlik or George Groves fight should be his next one.
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Pavlik or Groves? Ouch!
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If Boxing was full of Amir Khan's, who wants nothing to do with his dad Breidis Prescott, I wouldn't be watching boxing.
One positive Bute has to look at is, yes he got badly beaten, but there's no doubt that Bute has an at least good chin with all the flush power shots he took. Bute took a lot of punches and he did get hurt, but he didn't really get hurt badly until the 5th. So if Bute work son his defense and boxes more, he can beat Froch. Obviously, two of the 3 fighters who beat Froch, Dirrell and Ward both boxed Froch and didn't exchange with him. Kessler just went to war with him because he could, Kessler's chin is A+, and his power is A+ so he was able to stun Froch a couple of times and stay with him toe to toe. Obviously Bute can't do that, his chin is a B.
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The Racket Squad: Bute Not Through By A Longshot
Andre Ward is a coat of another color.
Froch can't beat him.
Bute was overrated as the first Andrade contest proved.
But he came back from that brink of disaster in the second match.
He's not through as the arrogant Carl suggests.
Froch always talks tough but this time it is not good business to negate Lucien.
He will be welcomed back in Canada as Froch was in England.
Bute will regain his senses and devise a plan to out box a very beatable Froch.
Lucien hurt Carl during the bout but was not aggressive enough to capitalize.
This was a graet fight though, deserving of a rematch that fans should relish.
A second go at Ward will prove nothing and Kessler can beat anyone on any given night.
If I were Carl, I would wait for Lucien to get prepared and not chance a Kessler loss.
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These look delicious! Although my house is not a chocolate house - can anyone suggest how I would go about making these as blondies?
These look delicious! Although my house is not a chocolate house - can anyone suggest how I would go about making these as blondies?
Would the dish be substantially affected if you used boneless chicken thighs?
I really like this series! It's incredibly helpful to have these home cooking building block techniques for a cuisine I'm not familiar with.
I made these, and they were really, really good. The only thing is that my waffle maker is not a belgian waffle maker, so I had a little trouble fitting everything in. I wish I had spread my mac and cheese a little thinner.
When you say discard the chicken skin, you mean eat it as a cooks reward, right?
Any reason not to use soba noodles here?
I'm assuming the slow cooker is set to low?
edit: I've had the knife for almost 10 years.
Stupid fingers.
I have had an 8 inch Henckels chef's knife that's one model up from the one you have shown there, and I LOVE it. My mom bought it for me when I moved into my first university apartment, and it's been my main knife ever since. I use it at least once a day and it's like part of my hand now.
My roommate threw it in the sink once, and I almost cried. Then I got out my steel and gave her dirty looks while I put the edge back on.
I know I'm a bit late to the game, but I own that Emile Henry pot, and I really like it. People are right that it can fit longer objects, and I have cooked lots of batches of stock it in at the same time as my round le creuset and I have never noticed a difference.
I know I'm late to party here, but this recipe is very handy. Normally I'd just use bottled, but tonight we are out of hoisin sauce and are nowhere near a store. But I have all the ingredients, so I can just make my own. Which is great! Because it means I get hoisin glazed brussel sprouts tonight.
@FatBaztard are you suggesting just a couple of hours or just for the day?
Thanks for the answers everyone!
I second Plenty, but I'd also recommend the Rebar cookbook. Rebar is a vegetarian restaurant in Victorian, BC and the book has some great stuff that I've used for meat free meals and vegetable components. They have these strangely amazing sweet potato quesadillas that I really love.
You could do French Peas (cooked with bacon and lettuce in a buttery sauce) if you wanted to max out the richness factor.
Otherwise, I'm on board with asparagus, and I also like Amandarama's fennel suggestion. Maybe a fennel slaw with a honey based dressing?
How long should the chops be in the oven for? Approximately.
I really liked this. It was a bit sweet, so I added some extra Worcestershire and lemon juice, and it evened things out.
When I was in my last year of my undergrad, the Norwalk virus ran through our program like the plague. I have never been so sick. After three days, of nothing but water and gatorade, I was finally ready to eat something, so I made some Ichiban Ramon. It promptly came back up, and I've never been able to eat it again. I've tried! But I just can't face the smell.
Oh and everyone with your mandoline stories? Those things TERRIFY me.
@ onepercent99 It was a high school job, and I was the only girl in a group of high school boys. This was not an environment that encouraged good decision making. If I could go back, I would knock all their heads together (including my own) and say, "Wear the damn glove! Missing fingers = not cool!"
@Vinya the cutting off of the nail on my left hand happens to me all. the. time. I also burn myself frequently.
But my best cutting myself story was when I worked in the produce department of a grocery story in high school. We sold cut up fruit prepared in the back, and we were supposed to wear a mesh glove while we cut. No one ever did, because the glove was lame/for pussies/etc. I was cutting up watermelon one day with a dull knife and it slipped and cut a chunk off the tip of my index finger and went down into my ring finger through flesh and nail quite deep.
I was standing over an empty box checking to see the damage when the manager walked in. He turned white, then green, and did some dry heaving into the garbage after seeing all the blood running down the back of my hand and into the box.
My mom had to come and get me and drive me to the hospital for stitches.
I went to Vegas with my friend and her parents. I was looking forward to trying some of the restaurants down there, but I forgot about her family. Her father only potatoes and iceberg lettuce (under duress) and my friend thinks she's a pretty adventurous eater because she orders her steak medium instead of well done.
Anyway, I took them to Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. We all had burgers, and her father sent his back because there was 'too much stuff on it.'
When we left, my friend said to me, "Thanks for trying to expand our horizons. We didn't like it."
I say take the veggie platter and an extra dish (I second the jalopeno poppers) but don't stress out over it. Not everyone is into 'gourmet' food.
Mini quiches or frittatas ftw!
They're great if people are walking around, and you can gussy them up with gorgeous cheeses and herbs. Asparagus and mushrooms are my current favourite combo.
I'm tempted to try this with Clamato. Can anyone think of a reason not to?
Thank you everyone for the wonderful responses. And I really appreciate the support. I've been reading Serious Eats for a while, but I'm new to the community, and this is a lovely welcome. Please keep the suggestions coming. They're all extremely helpful.
I know he likes fish, so I'm certainly going to start making more of that. I don't think he'd be open to meatless meals, unfortunately. But I'm going to make sure there's always fresh fruit and vegetables available. Also, it's finally bbq season here, so we can make excellent use of that.
Has anyone ever tried cabbage rolls with brown rice? That's on my list of things to try.
@maom - he likes food like fried chicken, anything with gravy, and corned beef. Breaded things are also always welcome.
@dbcurrie - thanks for explaining about creamed corn. I had no idea that's how real creamed corn is made. It sounds delicious. And yes, canned creamed corn is loaded with salt.
@dbcurrie - I totally agree that eating not so healthy is better than not eating at all. He's going through a lot of change in his life, and I feel terrible taking all the food that he likes away from him and make that a stress too. Pureed soups are a great idea, especially ones that I can leave him to heat up while we're at work during the day. I also didn't think about his medications changing the way things taste.
@Sharona Zamboni - if you know of a creamed corn recipe that doesn't include any cream, could you please post it? When I made it for him, I simmered some corn in half cream, half milk with a touch of salt and a reasonable amount of pepper. Then I stuck my immersion blender in it for a few passes. Most of the corn stayed whole, but it had that smooth texture.
I'm planning on marinating a couple of pork tenderloins in molasses and spiced rum and then grilling them on a gas grill. Should I marinate these overnight (20-22 hours) or just for the day (9-11 hours)? I want the meat to be delicious, but I don't want it to get mushy or similar.
What do you guys think?
Hello Everyone!
I need some help. My father-in-law has been unwell and is coming to live with us for a while. He's had some liver trouble and can't have anything too fatty, and his salt intake is limited. I like cooking, and I make most things from scratch (i.e. chicken stock) so I'm not too worried about too much salt, but I'd like some ideas about what to feed him.
He's normally a reasonably adventurous eater, but since he's been sick, he's just been wanting comfort food. Think canned creamed corn. Unfortunately, that's not always the best for him. Last time we ate, I made creamed corn, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy and burgers (he ate his Salisbury Steak styles). He enjoyed it a lot, but said it gave him a stomach ache afterwards. I think it was too rich for him.
To complicate things, he's quit eating salad, although he will still eat fruit.
Any suggestions?
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