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There weren't any hills covered in edible flowers at Wilbur's of Maine Chocolate Confections in Freeport. There were no Everlasting Gobstoppers, there were no golden geese. And no one took a sweet-tasting nosedive into a river of chocolate. But that didn't stop me from diving into my own finally realized Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory fantasy on Saturday.
(There were some small candy makers – possibly Oompa Loompas, most likely kids.)
Wilbur's of Maine, on Route 1 not far from LL Bean and the outlet shops, frequently invites the wannabe candy maker to step inside the small on-site factory for DIY confectioning. On Saturday, it was chocolate-covered pretzels.
Sure, these events might generally be geared for kids. But I say we're never too young to watch pretzels pass by conveyor belts and into small waterfalls of milk chocolate.
And now that we're older, we know not to stick our faces into aforementioned waterfalls of chocolate, even though we still really, really want to.
The pretzels get a thick insulating layer of the good stuff, then a sprinkling of something colorful.
And after they arrive out from the cooling contraption, which hardens the chocolate for packaging, we can toss them into a bag for later consumption. Except for the few we eat right away.
Fantasy fulfilled.
For those whose fantasies are still unrealized, mark your calendar for the Valentine Love Bug on Feb 9 from 11 am-2 pm. Cost to put one of these adorably edible insects together is $6.
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The Hoosiers end the regular season tonight in Champaign.
Illinois seems down this year but they are a team we've struggled with mightily over the years. We'll need a fast start and then a sustained effort to get a win on the road. It's a shame they're eliminated from this year's conference tournament. I was hoping we'd be playing in a hostile environment for the first time this season. Perhaps their fans will still be present.
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To contribute to a healthy appetite selection can include buying groceries from the local farmer market or local grocery store in El Paso, TX.
There it is offered a select and different variety of foods for a healthy appetite selection.
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Don't leave home without these quick fixes for a fool-proof Prom night! --Angel
Safety Pins or Double-Sided Tape
Because you don't want any, um...wardrobe malfunctions! I like Hollywood Fashion Tape ($7.50).
It's Prom night -- you never know what could come up! Late-night pancakes anyone?
Mini Stain Remover
And speaking of late-night dining, you'll want to keep something on hand in case a little spillage occurs. Try Tide To Go Instant Stain Remover Pens ($8.99), they can slip right into your handbag.
Hair Pins
Use these to keep your coif in control, or to sweep your hair up at the end of the night.
Breath Mints or Strips
You'll be getting close to your date during the slow songs and laughing with your pals in between dances...keep it fresh!
Blotting Papers
After hours of dancing you're bound to be shining like a light bulb! Handle the situation with oil-absorbing papers, such as H20 Plus Oil Control Blotting Papers ($6).


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The Peugeot 208 GTi has a lot to live up to. Ever since the 205 GTi of the eighties, the company has continually fallen short of the GTi name.
But on paper, the ingredients for this new, hot 208 are positive. It gets 197bhp from a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine. Matched to a six-speed manual gearbox, the GTi sprints from 0-62mph in less than seven seconds.
Add that to a wider track, plus tuned suspension and steering components, and the 208 GTi looks destined to succeed.
The car will arrive early next year with a price tag of around £18,000 – putting it within reach of the capable Renaultsport Clio 200.
We're yet to drive it, but watch the video to hear our thoughts on what could be the most interesting Peugeot in over two decades.


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Hi. I've recently make a new effect plugin "WaveStorm" which performs some "tricks" with sound in live mode. It's features:
- 4-voice delay
- Tape-Stop with adjustable sensitivity
- Shuffle (now need to be fixed somehow - it produces not quite perfect shuffles)
- Retrigger with speed/pitch adjustment
- Gate with rate & with adjustment and flexible stereo gate effect
- Quantizer - makes sound sounds like 8-bit and less old video games
- Virtual Vinyl Scratcher - you can adjust how much sample is taken, the way of comming back to default position and sensitivity of device
I'm attaching plugin here but there is an alternative link: http://www.easy-share.com/1913469103/komorra_wavestorm.zip
1. Check that you have required .NET Framework 3.5 (It's high probability that you have)
2. Unzip contents of ZIP package to your VST folder on directly to [Your FL Studio Path]\Plugins\VST\
3. Add plugin in FL Studio like usually BUT: fl detect 2 files, you must check only that one without "net" postfix before dll extension
4. Have fun
Let me know if you find bugs or trouble using this plugin.
I will be glad if someone find this is useful.


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Every state has rules for family child care homes and child care centers. These rules are set and monitored by state agencies. Licensing rules may help parents judge the quality of local child care. To find out your state's rules, visit our State by State Resource Map (click on your state and find the "Child Care" category).
National accreditation is another way to judge the quality of a child care program. Family child care homes and child care centers can choose to get accredited by a child care accrediting organization. If they do so, they have to meet higher standards than licensing rules. The program must offer the kind of care, attention, and educational activities parents look for in quality child care programs. It must offer activities and experiences that will aid in a child's growth and development and that will help them prepare for school.
To get accredited, program staff rate the program's strengths and weaknesses. Then, a professional child care expert observes the program, and finally, the program is reviewed to see if it meets the standards of the national accreditation organization. Input from parents is often included. Some of the items reviewed are: relationships between staff and parents, curriculum offered, staff training, health and safety standards followed, and the environment of the program. After review of these items, the child care program gets feedback on how they match up to the accrediting organization's expectations and standards.
Caregivers in many of these programs take part in ongoing child development trainings. These trainings help caregivers understand children's needs at different ages. Trained providers are likely to plan the right activities and care for children in warm and educational ways. These caregivers are also more likely to provide positive guidance for children rather than harsh discipline.
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Family Activities in Denver, CO
Butterfly Pavilion
Bugs, bugs everywhere! Just 15 minutes from Denver, the Butterfly Pavilion will keep curious kids busy with a variety of displays, educational workshops and rotating exhibits. The highlight is a mini-rainforest with countless butterflies fluttering freely around you. Watch your kids navigate the lush paths as they try to follow the flights of the colorful butterflies. Be sure to bring your camera!
Mount Falcon Park
You won't believe how close you are to Denver when you're enjoying this kid-friendly hiking spot. Mount Falcon Park offers nine trails of varying degrees of difficulty. With kids in tow, your best bet is to start at the Castle Trail and head for the Eagle Eye shelter. It's a relatively quick hike with easy terrain. When you get to Eagle Eye, unpack a picnic lunch and take in the truly breathtaking panoramic views. This spot does get busy on weekends and holidays but the crowds sometimes make rookie hikers feel at ease in a new environment.
United States Mint
Sooner or later, your kids will ask you where money comes from. Your wallet? The bank? These answers are correct, but to really see where coins are born, take a free tour of the Denver Mint. You'll learn the history of coins, how they are designed, sculpted and actually see them made. The Denver facility is one of only two in the country that produces coins currently in use: between 50 million a day! It started making coins in 1906 in its historic building, one of Colorado's oldest institutions. Reservations are required, and not recommended for kids younger than 7.
Westlands Park
Just south of Denver in the manicured suburb of Greenwood Village, you'll find one of the most elaborate and beautifully designed public parks in Colorado. Westlands Park offers tremendous mountain views, three age-appropriate play areas, a huge tree house, gigantic slides, climbing walls, soccer fields, picnic tables, a splash pad, in-line hockey rink and bike trails. It has been featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine and is a frequent winner of local "favorite park" honors.
SkyVenture Colorado
If you dare, take the kids sky diving—indoors! You don't fall from the sky; a column of air circulated by strong fans in a wind tunnel keeps you floating just a few feet above the ground. Engineers from NASA designed the wind tunnels, so your kiddos can feel like astronauts. Trained instructors show you how to freefall, just like sky divers. First-time flyers follow basic steps with one-on-one instruction; then you can advance your skills and learn how to do tricks. The cost goes down with repeat visits. For any age older than 3.


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Comic Chris Farley Reborn as a Play
By day, Alan Pagano makes a living running the reels as a projectionist at his neighborhood New Jersey megaplex.
But by night, he's spent the better part of the last few months transforming himself into the second incarnation of the late and lovably roly-poly "Saturday Night Live" star Chris Farley.
Call his story "The Fatman Cometh."
That's the title that the 26-year-old Pagano and his collaborators, actor-writer Carlo Rivieccio and writer-director Charles Messina, have given to a sad-meets-silly 70-minute play they recently unveiled at a Greenwich Village theater for a one-night reading. The ambitious goal for the trio of relative unknowns? Take the work to Off Broadway or Broadway within the coming months and let the world see the larger side – literally and metaphorically – to the Farley tale.
But it's a goal that's arguably within reach for two reasons. First, there's indeed a lot to mine when it comes to the story of Farley, a good Catholic boy from Madison, Wis., who played the part of a modern-day Pagliacci for most of his 33 years on the planet – the clown who made them laugh while he was tormented by demons, drugs and a never-ending weight problem.
And second? Pagano's take on Farley aims to go beyond mere impersonation. He strives to inhabit Farley down to the last detail – the surprising physical grace that went hand in hand with his oversized gut (the show opens with a re-creation of Farley's bit as a Chippendales dancer), the hint of the Midwest that always flavored the comedian's accent and attitude and the sheer vulnerability of both man and entertainer. Even though Farley worshipped at the throne of his SNL predecessor John Belushi – a fact made abundantly clear throughout "The Fatman Cometh" – he was a much different performer. Belushi's outrageousness came from a much more cynical and sarcastic place. Farley, on the other hand, just wanted to be loved.
For Pagano, who packs a few extra pounds on his broad frame but doesn't fully measure up girth-wise to Farley, it's very much about going beyond the physical.
"I'm never going to look exactly like Chris Farley," he says. "But that's okay. It doesn't have to look perfect. It's better to just live in his world and go from there."
"The Fatman Cometh," which is subtitled "The Life and Death of Chris Farley," traces the arc of the comedian's brief career, all told through a series of scenes backstage at SNL (Rivieccio plays Farley's manager, but his character is billed as "an amalgamation of all of the authority figures in Farley's unsettled life"). Along the way, we learn of Farley's shame at his own size, his deep love for his family and church, and his dream to do something more dramatic as an actor (he was forever considering a movie based on the life of the silent-screen legend-turned-accused rapist Fatty Arbuckle).
While Pagano says he and his colleagues haven't had access yet to some of Farley's closest friends – most notably, David Spade and Tom Arnold – they were able to piece together Farley's story from published accounts and clips of him on talk shows. A bittersweet portrait soon emerged: For all his success, Farley couldn't come to terms with his fame. He died of a drug overdose at 33 – the same age as when Belushi passed away under similar circumstances.
The origins of "The Fatman Cometh" date back to when Pagano and Rivieccio were theater students at Staten Island's Wagner College. "People would say, 'You know who you remind me of? Chris Farley,'" Pagano recalls. So, he talked to his classmate Rivieccio, who was "a huge SNL fan." Eventually, they decided to develop a show with a mutual contact, Charles Messina, who's the most accomplished of the trio (his previous playwriting credits include Off Broadway shows about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Freddie Mercury).
Now that the trio has spent the past several months working on "The Fatman Cometh" in earnest, there's hope they will find investors and producers willing to take it to the next stage — a few such theatrical insiders attended the recent reading. If a commercial production does come about, the team plans to work out rights with the Farley estate, they say. So far, Tom Farley, one of Farley's siblings and the co-author of "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts", says he's generally supportive of the project, but would like to learn more.
"Chris on Broadway? I'm as curious as anyone else," says Tom Farley, who once considered turning his own book into a play. (These days, Farley is running for city council in Madison, Wisc.) Farley adds that his brother is a natural subject for the stage. "He's a good character," he says.
As for Pagano, whose previous credits include appearances in plays and musicals at regional theaters everywhere from Staten Island to Canada, he's hoping Chris Farley may be his true ticket out of the projectionist's booth.
But how can one live in Farley's skin day in and day out and not feel physically overwhelmed? Pagano says the greatest challenge may be learning to live life on the heavy side again: He was always an overweight child, but he lost some 60 pounds after college – and he's slowly gaining a little back for the role. But either way, he says, he knows what Farley went through. "I understand what it's like to be the fat kid," he concludes.


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Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
The Church is the handmaid of tyranny and the steady enemy of liberty.
She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favoured and cherished.
Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle.
With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher.
The doctrine which, from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by bigots of all sects, when condensed into a few words and stripped of rhetorical disguise, is simply this: I am in the right, and you are in the wrong. When you are the stronger, you ought to tolerate me; for it is your duty to tolerate truth. But when I am the stronger I shall persecute you; for it is my duty to persecute error.
The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with which its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of every human intellect, in the consolation which it bears to the house of mourning, in the light with which it brightens the great mystery of the grave.
To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed a crime, is not persecution. To punish a man, because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.
Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water until he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
We are as great as our belief in human liberty -- no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves.
If God is God He is not good, if God is good He is not God; take the even, take the odd.
The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority....
Piety's hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. A rich man's piety stinks. It's insufferable.
The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life -- to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity.
It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be.
That peculiar disease of intellectuals, that infatuation with ideas at the expense of experience, that compels experience to conform to bookish expectations.
We have learned the answers, all the answers: It is the question that we do not know.
To see the earth as we now see it, small and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the unending night -- brothers who see now they are truly brothers.
John Madge (b. 1914)
The danger with the scholars conceptual theory is that it suffers a constant tendency to abstraction, to remoteness from real life ... the inherent logic of internal consistency is liable to become more important than correspondence with facts.
Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.
[I]t is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties.
I have ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect.
Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises a principle and a precedent for the appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment."
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?
During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. Enquire of the Teachers of Christianity for the ages in which it appeared in its greatest lustre; those of every sect, point to the ages prior to its incorporation with Civil policy.
Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption, all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.
The purpose of separation ... &c.
Torrents of blood have been spilt in the world in vain attempts of the secular arm to extinguish religious discord, by proscribing all differences in religious opinions.
Religion flourishes in greater purity without than with the aid of government.
Count Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (1862-1949)
Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
The decent moderation of today will be the least of human things tomorrow. At the time of the Spanish Inquisition, the opinion of good sense and of the good medium was certainly that people ought not to burn too large a number of heretics; extreme and unreasonable opinion obviously demanded that they should burn none at all.
They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past. Let us have no fear lest the fair towers of former days be sufficiently defended. The least that the most timid among us can do is not to add to the immense dead weight which nature drags along.
Ferdinand Magellan [Fernão de Magalhães] (1480?-1521)
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.
Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942)
I, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.
William H Mallock
Whatever may be God's future, we cannot forget His past.
The Catholic Church has access to a major section of the American public. Our impact on the public will be directly proportionate to the persuasiveness of our positions. We seek no special status and we should not be accorded one.
Karl Manheim (1893-1947?)
The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the immediate precursor to the notion of ideology.
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skepsis, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.
Dean Mansel
The whole system of Christian belief with its evidences..., all Christianity in short, so far as it has any title to that name, so far as it has any special relation to the person or the teaching of Christ, is overthrown.
Marilyn Manson [Brian Warner]
Nowhere in the Gospels is intelligence praised as a virtue.
We will no longer be oppressed by the fascism called Christianity. We will no longer be oppressed by the mentality of the police state.
But I'm not a slave to a god
Pseudo morals work real well
I am truly amazed that after all this time, religious groups still need to attack entertainment and use these tragedies as a pitiful excuse for their own self-serving publicity. In response to their protests, I will provide a show where I balance my songs with a wholesome Bible reading. This way, fans will not only hear my so-called, violent point of view, but we can also examine the virtues of wonderful 'Christian' stories of disease, murder, adultery, suicide and child sacrifice. Now that seems like 'entertainment' to me.
Whether you interpret the Bible as literature or as the final word of whatever God may be, Christianity has given us an image of death and sexuality that we have based our culture around. A half-naked dead man hangs in most homes and around our necks, and we have just taken that for granted all of our lives.
I chose not to jump into the media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the first real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves in eternal fandom.
Dear god if you were alive
Mao Tse-tung [Zedong] (1893-1976)
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land.
The Subtle Fulmination of the Encircled Sea
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If we don't go all out for Oktoberfest with our actual attire, we'll have to indulge ourselves with the extremely kitschy Lederhosen & Dirndl Mugs ($30). Both mugs are sculpted into traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest outfits, front and back (love the pronounced cleavage). Amusing our friends and choosing our beer vessel just got that much easier!
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DENVER -- Hunter Pence hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth and, more than three months after he homered in the early innings, led the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday in a game resumed after being suspended May 22 because of rain.
The game restarted tied at 2 with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and a runner on first. Jeremy Affeldt struck out pinch hitter Josh Rutledge to end the inning.
Affeldt (4-2) earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings. Before Affeldt took over, David Huff was the pitcher of record for the Giants -- he was traded to the New York Yankees on June 11.
Pence, who homered in the fourth inning May 22, doubled home Andrew Susac. Pinch hitter Travis Ishikawa added an RBI single.
Santiago Casilla -- on the disabled list when this game initially began -- got his 14th save in 18 chances.
Christian Friedrich (0-4) took the loss.
Righty Tim Hudson will pitch in the game scheduled for Monday. Hudson was the starter May 22, going three innings before exiting because of the lengthy weather delay. The Rockies will throw lefty Franklin Morales.
There were several oddities in this game because of the long layoff.
Susac's single in the eighth will now show up as his first hit in the majors, at least in the chronology of this season's box scores. Until Monday, his first hit was listed as July 30, a few days after he was promoted from Triple-A.
Tyler Colvin and Brandon Hicks, who both started that game in May for the Giants, were later designated for assignment.
The Rockies have four players appearing in the final box now on the DL -- shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, outfielder Michael Cuddyer, catcher Wilin Rosario and righty Tommy Kahnle.
On May 22, a run scored when Rosario grounded into a double play in the fifth, making it 5-all. An inning later, the umpires suspended the game after a second rain delay.


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Revisiting the Reilly debate: how writing for free can lead to pay day
Jason Fry | June 6, 2011 6:28 a.m.
I thought that was bad advice, and said so in a column here. My objection was that journalism's supply glut has drastically reduced compensation, effectively creating unpaid apprenticeships that are displacing the cheap freelance assignments that once let writers start climbing the ladder to better-paid work. Reilly, I felt, was ignoring this unfortunate state of affairs, giving advice that was both absolutist and obsolete.
While I didn't recommend that young writers refuse to write for free — something I think would be career suicide — I did warn that they should look skeptically at such offers and be rigorous about asking what's in it for them. Not all free work is created equal. It can be simple exploitation, in which case it's not worth doing. Or it can come with a byline, association with a solid brand and access to the right audience — as well as valuable connections and the possibility of mentoring and good editing. If that's the case, free might not be a bad short-term answer.
Anyway, I got cuffed around for that on Poynter's site and by Slate's Tom Scocca, who's since become the managing editor of Deadspin. (Craig Calcaterra, another writer who took issue with Reilly, also took some fire.) It was an interesting discussion with some good points made — points that seem worth reviewing.
Someone asked if I'd ever written for free. The answer is yes — I don't do it very often these days, but that's because I now have enough experience that people who want to hire me generally don't ask. But I will write for free in the right situation — in fact, I'm actively trying to in a couple of areas where I'd like to expand my portfolio (travel, writing about kids) but don't have a name or a platform that's a good fit for those audiences. Would I like to get paid for that stuff? Of course I would. But if I can find some good combination of exposure, credit, an audience I want to reach and future possibilities, that would be valuable enough to make up for not getting paid — at least at first.
Those who took issue with writing for free also brought up Huffington Post's bloggers — particularly Mayhill Fowler, who stepped aside with a demand to get paid. Frankly, I thought Fowler's case was better evidence for my position than it was for Reilly's. Fowler's reached a level where she's proven herself and people know her — nowhere in the Poynter conversation did anybody need to remind folks of who she was. She wants to get paid, she should get paid, and I have no doubt she will. But how did she get to that level? She wrote for free.
People bashed the idea that there were writing outlets with the desired combination of good audience, a valuable name and solid editors. I cited two counterexamples off the top of my head.
One is from my own odd little world of Mets blogs. One of my favorite Mets blogs is Amazin' Avenue, which is part of SB Nation. AA has readers who write "fan posts" for free, the best of which get promoted to the site's front page. AA uses fan posts as a way to find new regular contributors. If I were starting out as a Mets blogger, I'd absolutely write AA fan posts for free, because of the audience, the halo effect of a good brand, and the possibilities it could unlock. (Come to think of it, I've written two pieces for AA anthologies, for free — both because I like the AA guys and because I wanted their readers to read my stuff. Not to mention I co-write a Mets blog — for free — that's led to paid gigs for me and a book deal for my co-writer Greg Prince.)
Another such site is The Awl, which has no shortage of folks who'd love to get paid nothing for writing for them. I'm definitely one of them, and Scocca noted he writes for The Awl, for nothing.
I asked a friend of mine about his (extensive) writing for The Awl, and thought he made the case rather better than I had: "those words are ones I'm really proud of, lots of people read them, and they've already gotten me opportunities elsewhere. Writing for free at a place you respect, for editors you like and respect, and for an audience that you want to reach is so manifestly wise that I would've been stunned if Rick Reilly HAD NOT recommended against it. If you do it right, you will get yourself seen by people who can pay you."
What surprised me about the whole back-and-forth is how people who agreed with Reilly seemed to cast the argument in terms of labor dogma, rather than seeing it as a question of practical advice. Scocca, for instance, seemed to think I was suggesting writing for free was an awesome new paradigm or should be celebrated. To the contrary, I think writing for free is an unfortunate byproduct of ruthless economic changes. But I also think it's the reality for a lot of new writers, and they need realistic advice for navigating that as they figure out the route to paid work.
At the end of May, Reilly himself weighed in, sans links: "The truth is, if you're writing your own blog for free just to get practice and a little exposure, that's fine. If you're in college and you're taking an unpaid internship at a website or newspaper, that's fine, as long as you're getting college credit. But if you're writing constantly for a website or magazine that is selling ads and making money and you're getting nothing? You're a fool. Demand to be paid. If you can't find anybody willing to pay you to write, maybe it's time to try something else."
On one level, Reilly and I aren't really so far apart here. On another, there's a chasm dividing us.
I wouldn't write "constantly" for a website or magazine that was healthy and not get paid either. But once again, I think Reilly's not confronting the realities facing young writers who want to be him. There's no longer a stark divide between college and internships and professional work — the supply glut and falling wages have pushed that divide out a few years, into the professional ranks, with independent blogs the same wild card they are in everything else. Good young writers may indeed find no one is willing to pay them to write — not because they don't have what it takes, but because the sites that will take their work don't have to pay them. Rather than be told to try something else, they need advice for making this unpaid period valuable in other ways, and as short as possible.
Jason Fry is a freelance writer and media consultant in Brooklyn, N.Y. He spent more than 12 years at The Wall Street Journal Online, serving as a writer, columnist, editor and projects guy. While at WSJ.com he edited and co-wrote The Daily Fix, a daily roundup of the best sportswriting online. He blogs about the Mets at Faith and Fear in Flushing, and about the newspaper industry at Reinventing the Newsroom. Write to him at firstname.lastname@example.com, visit him on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter.


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JWC TO MARY RUSSELL ; 7 March 1850; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18500307-JWC-MR-01; CL 25: 41-42
Thursday [7 March 1850]
I must write a line, my dear Mrs Russell, to thank you for your quick compliance with my request, and for sending me so much more than I asked for. It was wonderful to see those snow drops, when planted in my little garden here, holding up their heads as freshh1 as if they had never left Templand!— It makes me dreadfully sad sometimes to think of the prodigious rapidity and facility of communication now betwixt there and here— Now when I can get next to no good of it!— She2 used often to say "how delightful it will be to breakfast here and dine with you in London when the Railroad is made." I remembered when I read in a newspaper of that railroad being opened,3 I could do nothing but cry— It has brought me these flowers of hers very fresh however, and I am sure it will not be your fault if all the slips and roots dont grow—you had taken such pains in the packing of them!—she could not have done my commission more prettily herself, and that is much to say!
We have cruel cold weather now again—just when one was blooming out into summer gowns and bonnets—but I go out for exercise with my dog nevertheless— Today I must go and call for an old Eastlothian friend4 who has turned up for me lately in an almost unrecognisable shape— When I had last seen her she was driving off in bridal finery, with white knots fluttering, a handsome, highspirited, almost insolently proud girl—alongside of an awkward red haired artillery-officer—more than thirty years ago,— now I found her in a dreary looking shabby-genteel house, with not a tooth in her head that I could see her face all in puckers, her manner soft and subdued almost to fawning— nothing of her old self left but the long chesnut ringlets—still chesnut— tho' become rather toosy—and these she still sports hanging down to near her waist!! She is a widow now but had separated from her husband long ago for "incompatibility of temper"— You must have seen her younger sister Mrs Charles Menteath5— This one was much the best of the two, had a warm heart tho a rather violent temper— and I fancy time and trouble have made a great improvement on her inner woman— She tells me Mrs Menteath grows always the longer the more disagreeable—that nothing can take the pride out of her— she must be a wonderful woman to have managed to live so long in London without getting herself brought to reason on the matter of her own insignificance— Here is a caller come in— So goodby dear Mrs Russell I send you my Husbands last pamphlet which I think very good—
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Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: March 9, 1939 in Jonesboro, LA
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College: Grambling St.
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One of my roles is to be a Social-preneur and Counselor. I love to follow the teachings of many Social-Spiritual Leaders, Masters, Mentors, Teachers, Advisers, Net-workers, (…), and also to be a sort of Messenger.
February is called the Black History Month. Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month. It is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people, leaders, and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in October.
A few days ago I watched, on BOUNCE TV, the movie, "A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis", and I wondered what Napoleon Hill, author of the book Think and Grow Rich, would point out about This leader LEADER as he does with other Leaders. Whom am I taking about? About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MLK.
I googled this MLK saying, "We Must Planetize the Movement for Social Justice", and during this searching I found this inspirational article by Occupy Love visionary, Drew Dellinger. I broaden and share it with due respect for copyright in order to understand What We Can Learn from leaders LEADERS.
Drew points out,
Five Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
1. If you want to change the world, change the worldview.
To get to the root of our current ecological and social crises, we have to look at the structures of consciousness — the stories, myths, narratives, and paradigms — that shape the modern world and inhabit our minds. Racism, patriarchy, oppression and ecological destruction can be seen as dysfunctional "stories" made tragically real. To heal the culture, we need to heal our cosmology, our worldview or cultural story. Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement transformed the country by dreaming and embodying a new cultural narrative.
2. To build a movement, use the power of dream, story, and Action.
As Dr. King showed the world on August 28, 1963, few things are as powerful as a compelling dream. When we dream, we access creativity and wisdom larger than ourselves. Our dream-visions of the future act as magnetic attractors. King and the movement also used the power of story to dramatic effect. King's oratory worked toward dismantling the narratives of white supremacy, wove the freedom struggle into the nation's sacred history, and used the multidimensional role of the preacher to re-story our society.
While dream and story are foundational, the genius of the movement was its emphasis on action. As King said, "Nonviolent direct action will continue to be a significant source of power until it is made irrelevant by the presence of justice."
3. Everyone can be a Leader.
The civil rights revolution is the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Students and sharecroppers, seamstresses and senior citizens, preachers, workers, and countless others courageously led the country toward democracy. To build a mass movement, activate the leadership inherent in everyone.
4. Connect the issues.
In the last years of his life, which I call his mountaintop period, King expanded his prophetic vision, articulating the connections between racism, war, and poverty. At great cost to himself and his organization, he bridged the concerns of the Civil Rights Movement and the peace movement, and excoriated the madness and brutality of the Vietnam War. To those who harshly criticized him for mixing peace and civil rights, King responded that he was "deeply saddened," because it meant that they had "never really known me, my commitment, or my calling." After visiting Joan Baez, who was in jail for draft-resistance activities, King told her supporters, "I see these two struggles as one struggle."
5. Widen the circle.
In his final months King called for all of us to "planetize the movement" and "develop a world perspective." In his majestic "Christmas Eve Sermon on Peace," King said, "It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated." On the last day of his life King told a trusted aide, "In the next campaign," their nonviolent movement would "take it international."
The spirit of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement continues in today's global movements for ecology and social justice. The transformation that is underway requires courage, compassion, discernment, and creativity. These lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement can offer guidance to the next generation through the perilous present and into a just and sustainable future.
Conclusion: Each of us must be a Messenger, a Prophet of our points of view, our truth, our opinions, our dreams, our vision, our ideals, etc. ~ Amendment I of The Constitution of The United States of America, and related.
Martin Luther King Jr
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is The Truth." ~ M. K. Gandhi.
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As a dancer, it's tempting to feel like the work you do in the studio should be enough to keep you not only in shape, but at your technical best. After all, you spend five or six days a week in a dance studio, often for hours at a time. But, making time for other forms of exercise can help prevent injuries, boost technique and improve your stamina. Here are five reasons to hit the gym (or the mat):
• Core Strength. Having strong abdominal muscles is key to almost everything in dance. Your balance, alignment and extensions are all tied to how strong your center is and whether you use that strength. Try Pilates to target your core.
• Better endurance. Yes, dance can be intense, especially during rehearsals. But, you rarely keep your heart rate up long enough for optimal cardiovascular benefits. Adding in some cardio (especially lower-impact forms like the elliptical machine) can help you get through long pieces without feeling winded.
• Fewer Injuries. Dance tends to work the same muscles over and over, which can lead to tendon issues, pain, and overuse problems. Cross-training works different muscle groups to help balance that out. For example, working turned in when you cross train helps strengthen muscles in your hips that are under-developed if you work turned out, as in classical ballet.
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Los Angeles - UCLA women's soccer players Nandi Pryce and Whitney Jones have both been selected to participate in a training camp with the Under-21 U.S. National Team, April 21-27 in Chula Vista, Calif.
Pryce, a sophomore defender out of Casselberry, Fla., just completed her first full season with the Bruins after missing the majority of her freshman year at UCLA due to injury. Prior to her injury she was a regular on many youth national teams and was an alternate on the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team. She made her debut with the Full U.S. squad in January of that same year.
Jones, a sophomore midfielder out of San Clemente, Calif., started all 23 matches for the Bruins in 2001, helping UCLA reach the NCAA Quarterfinals. In addition to soccer, she recently completed her second season as a member of the UCLA women's basketball team. This will be her second stint with the U21s after attending a previous camp in Chula Vista in March.


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These whitening strips, paint-on products, and gels have a small amount of peroxide. They have limited results if you use them before you have a professional remove stains, but they can help prolong the results if you get this treatment earlier. You can brighten your teeth by about two shades for up to six months. None of the gel and tray treatments are accepted by the ADA.
Whitening toothpastes.
All toothpastes help remove surface staining of your teeth through their mild abrasives. "Whitening" toothpastes with the ADA seal have special polishing agents that remove even more stains. Unlike bleaches, these products do not change the actual color of your teeth. They help with slight surface stains only. You get temporary brightening of perhaps one to two shades.
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I'm mainly asking from a private network perspective (assuming that they are affected by the firewall as well). That is, all of my apps that are in use in China are on our internal network.
I got to thinking about this after reading Mr Denny's recent answer on SQL replication. Now I'm wondering how much of a hit my app is taking in China because of the firewall.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Baseball America calls the University of Iowa baseball team's freshmen class one of the best in the Upper Midwest/Great Plains region and in the Big Ten Conference.
The Hawkeyes have nine freshmen and a junior college transfer on the 2013 roster in Quinten Conrad (C/RHP), Jimmy Frankos (C/UTIL), Blake Hickman (C), Josh Martsching (SS/RHP), Calvin Mathews (RHP), Devin Pickett (IF), Jackson Raimo (RHP), Jack Richmond (LHP), Nick Roscetti (IF) and Trevor Kenyon (C).
Baseball America calls Hickman, a 6-foot-5 catcher/first baseman/right-handed pitcher "a physical specimen with a power arm and power bat."
The publication also says Mathews and Martsching could be impact players.
"Mathews has an 89-92 mile per hour fastball with a good feel for his breaking ball," Baseball America wrote. "Martsching could make a difference in the infield and off the mound."
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Following other non-native firms that have recently opened offices in Wilmington, Del., New York litigation juggernaut Paul Weiss has announced it too will set up shop in the First State. Stephen Lamb, a judge on the Delaware Court of Chancery, will join the firm and help it open the office. Click here for the WSJ story.
Over the years, firms have made the move to Delaware in order to be close to the action at the Delaware Court of Chancery, one of the leading courts in the nation on corporate and business law, as well as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, a forum of choice for a lot of corporate Chapter 11 filers.
With Lamb, Paul Weiss is getting a well-respected jurist from the high-profile court. A vice chancellor on the Delaware court since 1997, the 60-year-old Mr. Lamb, a registered Republican, presided over many closely watched cases. Observers say he sometimes took a more conservative tack that favored corporate management in their defense of lawsuits by shareholders.
"He's conservative, yes," says Elizabeth Nowicki, a corporate law professor at Tulane University Law School. "But I'm pro-investor and I've always been impressed with how careful he is to independently approach each case without being attached to a certain dogma."
Lamb made a bit of a splash last year when he ruled that Hexion, a chemical company owned by private-equity firm Apollo Management LP, intentionally breached a $6.5 billion merger agreement with a rival, Huntsman Corp., to escape closing the deal, and that it should honor its obligations under the deal. Click here for a LB post on Lamb's decision.
The ruling led to a settlement in which Apollo Management, after nixing the merger, agreed to pay about $1 billion to Huntsman.


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Want to be part of the action but can't make it to New Orleans? No worries. Pick up some authentic Louisiana fare at your local market and whip up your own celebration at home.
Top 10 New Orleans Ingredients
1. Red beans (for red beans and rice)
2. Rice (for jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee's, red beans and rice, etc.)
3. The Holy trinity (onions, celery and bell pepper. Every dish starts with these three ingredients)
4. Hot sauce (the condiment of choice)
5. Oysters (po-boys, stew, gumbo, etc.)
6. Shrimp (po-boys, shrimp and grits, gumbo, etc.)
7. Andouille sausage (jambalaya, etouffee's, gumbo, gravy, etc.)
8. Fish fry (time saving)
9. Cajun spices (pre-made or make your own blackening spice)
10. Okra (fresh or frozen for gumbo, stews, stuffings)
Other ingredients that will bring a little New Orleans into your home are: redfish; eggplant; shredded lettuce-mayo-bread and butter pickles (this combo on all sandwiches is called "dressed"); Zapp's potato chips; Barq's root beer soda; Abita or Dixie beer.
Zapp's Crawtators
The quintessential chip of New Orleans, Zapp's will have you licking your lips and finger tips. Fairly spicy, but in a good way, these chips are addicting!
Andouille Sausage
B & G butter pickle chips
In New Orleans, when you order a po-boy or sandwich, it will inevitably come "dressed" as in mayo, hot sauce, pickles and shredded lettuce. If you don't care for any of the items, you need to speak up!
Hot Sauce
There is no restaurant, no home, no sandwich in New Orleans that is not dressed with a dab or two or three of hot sauce. Our favorite is Crystal. It is "hot" and spicy, but in a good way, with tons of flavor not just heat.
Barq's Root Beer
Found Nationwide, Barq's root beer is a New Orleans favorite for soft drinks. At Domilisi's on Annunciation Street, where the best po-boys are found, ask for a Barq's and they will serve you up one in an original glass bottle!
Zatarain's Fish Fry
Fish fry is essentially flour, spices, sometimes corn meal and a few leavening agents. Sure, you can pull together your own, which will certainly not contain the added preservatives in this product, but sometimes this is just easier. And boy, is it good!
Okra is a main staple readily found in the produce aisles in New Orleans. Used in all sorts of recipes, such as fried with remoulade sauce (recipe below), pickled, or as a vegetable in gumbos, okra can be slimy once cooked. When okra is cooked, the pods release a sticky substance which creates a thickening property that is very desirable.
Okra can also be eaten raw, in salads or crudite. They are mild in flavor with a toothsome bite.
Okra tip: Okra may be stored in the refrigerator in a paper bag or wrapped in a paper towel in a perforated plastic bag for 2 to 3 days, or it may be frozen for up to 12 months after blanching whole for 2 minutes. Cooked okra can be stored (tightly covered) in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
Remoulade Sauce
Blend the following ingredients together
- 1/4 Cup Hellmann's Real Mayo
- 1/4 Cup Flat Leaf Parsley, Chopped
- 2 Tbs. Whole Grain Mustard
- 1/4 Cup Capers, Chopped
- 1/4 Cup Butter Pickles, Chopped
- Squeeze of 1/2 Lemon
- Pinch of Celery Salt
- Grind of Black Pepper
- Hot Sauce, to taste (We like Crystal)
Holy Trinity vegetable medley
The three main vegetables that are used in New Orleans cookery are celery, bell pepper and onions, also called The Holy Trinity. Sometimes, garlic, parsley or shallots are substituted (or added) for one of the vegetables.
Cajun Spices
Some people think New Orleans food is "spicy", when usually the recipes are just heavily spiced, or seasoned. Find a bunch of really good varieties in your local, Long Island grocery store, or blend together your own blackened spices.
Blackening Spices
- 4 tbsp. paprika
- 1 tbsp. onion powder
- 1 tbsp. garlic powder
- 1 tbsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp. white pepper
- 1 tbsp. black pepper
- 1 tbsp. ground oregano
- 1 tbsp. ground thyme
- 1 tbs. celery salt
- 1 tbsp. table salt
Place all spices in bowl and mix to blend evenly. Store in tight container.
Red Beans
Danielle Cox, the New Orlean's One-Pot Meal Examiner states "red beans and rice is a staple in almost every New Orleans kitchen". Here is her delicious recipe for Red Beans and Rice. While Long Islander's might have a hard time finding Camelia Dried Red Beans outside of New Orleans, I think they will forgive us for using a local brand....
Danielle Cox's Red Beans and Rice
What you will need:
- 1lb. dry red beans
- 1lb. cooked smoked sausage
- 1lb. cooked pickle meat
- 1 medium yellow onion (cut into slices)
- 1 large green pepper (cut into thick strips)
- 2 bay leaves
- salt and pepper (cajun seasoning if you have it)
Soak red beans over night in cold water. Drain beans and remove any bad ones. Put beans in crock pot and cover with cold water. Add everything except for the green pepper. (They will disolve into nothing if cooked too long). When adding salt and pepper do not over do it in the very beginning. More can be added as the beans cook. Cook on low for 8-10 hours, adding the green pepper an hour or two before serving.
Some other options for meat are andouille, ham or bacon. Remember to render all fat after cooking the meat. To add more of a creaminess to the beans, mash a couple of spoonfuls of the beans on the side of your crock pot. Another option is to take some of the liquid in a small bowl and add a lttle bit of flour. Mix completely (kind of like making a roux) and add back to the pot.
Serve red beans over white or brown rice. Fresh french bread or plain bread and butter are also great on the side for dipping.
River Rice- Brown or White
River Rice is easily found in many Long Island grocery stores. It is a converted long grain rice that is used in many New Orleans recipes such as gumbo, jambalaya, etouffee and many other dishes.
River® Natural Long Grain, popular among America's health-conscious consumers, has the nutty flavor and chewy texture of brown rice offer consumers a change of pace from the traditional health-food fare.
Brown rice is a good source of whole grain fiber, is naturally sodium-free, high in complex carbohydrates, and high in vitamins and nutrients.


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On Omar: Senior receiver who missed spring football with surgery, but expected to be full strength in camp ... Will push for playing time as a third or fourth wideout ... A great route runner with good speed ... Tough player who was part of a junior college national championship team.
As a junior in 2006: In 11 games this year, had seven catches for 140 yards (20.0 per catch) ... Played in first four games and had five catches for 103 yards, but suffered an injury limiting him later in the season ... Caught one ball for four yards at #2 Montana (12/8) ... Had first catch ¬-- for 33-yard touchdown catch -- since Villanova (9/16), in NCAA First Round vs. Lafayette (11/25) ... Saw limited action in three games (Nov. 4-18) as he recovered from injury ... Had surgery to repair a knee injury on Oct. 7 and out until Oct. 28 ... Grabbed three balls for 79 yards at Villanova (9/16) including 43-yard bomb from Coen -- longest UMass play of year ... First UMass start at Navy (9/9) and had one catch for 11 yards ... In his UMass debut had a catch for 13 yards vs. Colgate (9/2).
As a freshman and sophomore in 2004-05 (at Grossmont College): Helped Grossmont College in EL Cajon, Calif., to the National Junior College Championship, as named by GridWire ... Led Griffins to the California State Community College Football Championship ... Named Second Team All-League ... As a sophomore had 44 receptions for 785 yards and four touchdowns.
Before College: Graduated from Deer Valley High School in Antioch, Calif. ... Served as team captain as a senior ...Earned team's "Tough As Nails Award" as a senior.
Personal: Michael A. Omar ... Born April 2, 1986 ... Son of Carla and Fahmi Omar ... Majoring in Communication.
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On June 7 Entertainment Weekly reported that director Peyton Reed has been chosen to direct Marvel's "Ant-Man," an action film about a scientist who develops a way to shrink to the size of an insect. Reed was chosen by Marvel after Edgar Wright left the project two weeks ago amid creative differences. The film is still expected to go into production this summer in Atlanta and will be released theatrically on July 17, 2015.
Adam McKay, who was previously in discussions with Marvel to direct the film, will now serve as a contributor to the film script. The previous script, written by Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish has been in the works for nearly a decade, and McKay will adapt the script with a different vision. The script will have to be completed before filming can begin, which is scheduled to start at the end of July. McKay is the producing partner of Will Ferrell, and has co-written and directed the "Anchorman" films.
Peyton Reed has directed several feature films in the past, all of which were comedies. He is most known for helming the popular teen comedy "Bring It On,"as well as the 2006 relationship comedy "The Break-Up," which starred Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. His last feature was the 2008 romantic comedy "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey, although he was in talks to direct the 2002 reboot of "The Fantastic Four" film. Reed also have dozens of television show credits and has been involved in many different television movies and comedy ventures.
Comingsoon.net revealed on June 7 that all of the actors originally signed on for the film will return, including Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Evangeline Lilly, Patrick Wilson, Corey Stoll, and Michael Pena. Reed will inherit much of the production design set up by Wright, since the film was been in pre-production for several months in preparation for filming. The film is still on schedule for a summer 2015 release and will also film in Los Angeles.
The film follows Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, a scientist who discovers a serum that will change him into the size of an insect. He then begins to fight crime under the alias of Ant-Man, who wears a special helmet which allows him to communicate with ants. Both Hank Pym and Scott Lang at some point are both the pint-sized superhero, who was also a founding member of The Avengers in the comic books despite not making the cut for the film.
Originally described as a heist film, the story will be tweaked to please Marvel although it doesn't seem like the script will be completely redone. The story will also kick off Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will arrive in theaters just a month after "Avengers: Age of Ultron." Phase Three will involve some of the comic book characters that are lesser known of have never been explored previously in motion pictures.


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BALTIMORE -- The storybook ending for the New Orleans Saints got twisted around Sunday, as they came up a few plays short and lost to Ray Rice and the Baltimore Ravens 30-24 at M&T Bank Stadium.
In short, Baltimore (10-4) played better in its own building than the Saints did, and won before 71,432, the third-largest home crowd in Ravens history. Such things happen, Saints quarterback Drew Brees said.
"Regardless of what happens with those other teams, we still control our own destiny," Brees said, when asked about the Falcons, Eagles, Giants and Bears, whose exact playoff status remains uncertain. "Whether that's still a shot at an NFC South championship or a wild-card spot, the fact of the matter is we have a lot to play for, a lot to fight for. So you just keep grinding."
The Falcons clinched a playoff spot Sunday, but not the division title or the No. 1 NFC seed, and the wild-card race remains unsettled. The Saints can lock up a postseason berth with a win in either of their two remaining games.
"Yeah, absolutely," Brees said, when asked if Sunday's game was an example of the kind of battle on the road the Saints will have to win now to make it to Super Bowl XLV. But he then quickly dialed that back into the team's present focus.
"It's too early to look at the playoff picture, other than trying to get as high a seed as possible for us," he insisted. "So we'll keep plugging away."
Certainly the Saints knew they would have to grind Sunday against the Ravens, a team built around a formidable defense and competent offense. One statistic in particular encapsulates the Saints' shortcomings: they finished with 27 net rushing yards, compared to the Ravens' 208.
Rice accounted for the brunt of those yards, gashing the Saints for 153 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries and producing huge plays in the second half each time New Orleans had clawed its way back. Rice also caught five passes for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Saints defenders were effusive in their praise of Rice, while at the same time lamenting sloppy tackling. Particularly backbreaking was Rice's 32-yard gain on a pass from Joe Flacco in the third quarter that set up a 33-yard Billy Cundiff field goal to put the Ravens up 24-17, and a 50-yard run in the fourth quarter that set up another Cundiff field goal, this time a 32-yarder that gave Baltimore a 27-24 edge.
"We didn't stop the run at all," safety Darren Sharper said. "We haven't allowed a team to run the ball like that on us all year long."
On the other hand, the lopsided figures mask the fact that the Saints did fight their way back, and in some respects outplayed Baltimore in the second half.
It did not appear at the outset the Saints would need to come from behind. They seized a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a superb 18-yard touchdown catch by rookie tight end Jimmy Graham, who corralled a high pass with his left hand along the sideline and then dived into the end zone just inside the pylon.
The hole appeared particularly deep because Baltimore was converting on situations that should have favored New Orleans, such as Rice's 20-yard gain on fourth-and-1 near the end of the first quarter.
But the Saints responded as Brees engineered one of his textbook drives, a 92-yarder in the final three minutes of the first half that ended with Graham's second score, a 1-yard play-action throw. On that drive, Brees completed all nine passes, four to running back Reggie Bush.
Baltimore held a 21-14 lead at halftime.
"I thought we played with energy, I thought we competed," Coach Sean Payton said. "It's tough when you play a good team. It seemed like just as we climbed a little bit closer, they'd make a play."
Defensive end Will Smith echoed that view, saying that absent a half-dozen big plays, the defense played quite well, racking up tackles for losses and sacking Flacco three times.
"We fought hard," Smith said. "And we just can't dwell on it too long, because we've got Atlanta."
Garrett Hartley made a 47-yard field goal to cut the Ravens' lead to 21-17 with 6:24 remaining in the third quarter, and then the Saints tied the score at 24 with another sterling drive.
This was an 11-play, 80-yard performance that lasted nearly six minutes from the end of the third quarter into the fourth. It ended with a spectacular touchdown. On third-and-goal from the 15, after a failed draw play by Bush that lost 6 yards, Brees scrambled to his left and spotted wide receiver Marques Colston drifting toward the back of the end zone.
Brees lofted a pass that glanced off Colston's hands and got past Ravens safety Josh Wilson. There it fell into the outstretched hands of Saints wide receiver Lance Moore, who had sneaked in behind Colston and Wilson by tiptoeing along the end zone sideline. Moore's touchdown stood on appeal, and the score was tied at 24.
But Rice's 50-yard run sparked a 66-yard field-goal drive.
The Saints got the ball back on their own 4-yard line with 2:51 remaining. But after Colston dropped a pass on third-and-8 from the New Orleans 17, Brees' fourth-down pass was tipped by Ravens nose tackle Haloti Ngata and intercepted by defensive end Cory Redding.
Cundiff then kicked a 27-yard field goal with nine seconds left to make the final score 30-24.
Colston was nearly inconsolable in the locker room, despite the fact the Saints faced a very tough task even if he had caught the third-down pass.
"It's a game we've just got to finish," he said softly. "There's not much else you can say about it. It's not any one thing, it's just that we have to finish."
Afterward, Payton declined to criticize even the sloppy tackling, saying what often appeared to be an overemphasis on stripping the ball was the same style New Orleans has employed all season. Instead, the difference came down to Rice and plays like Flacco's 32-yard pass to Rice, or costly penalties (six for 68 yards).
And his attitude, which was mirrored by Brees, Smith, Sharper and most of the rest, seemed to underscore the team's generally healthy equilibrium despite the loss. Had some grotesque Saints' mistake given Baltimore a score, or had Baltimore not been a playoff-caliber team, the Saints seemed to imply, then a greater sense of unease would be warranted.
"I thought we did some good things today. We just didn't do enough of them," Brees said. "We continue to get better, continue to build on what we've slowly been kind of churning away on over these last two months especially. We've won six in a row against some good teams and some tough environments; found a way, stuck together. Today was just, we played a great team on the road, could have gone either way, we just happened to fall on the short end this time. But from our confidence standpoint it's unwavering for us. We're as confident as any team out there. We know how good we can be. How great we can be."
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Family Picture Outfit Ideas
One of the most important things to consider with family portraiture is the selection of outfit. Though still necessary for some purposes, but rarely these days when each member would want to wear a formal outfit for a family portrait.
The selection of coordinating or themed outfit is one of today's popular family picture ideas. Wearing a color coordinated outfit is actually a great idea. But this should be planned carefully as it might make or break the beautiful result of the portrait.
Here are a few of some portrait outfit ideas to enhance your portrait:
Color-coordinated outfits
Colors, when used appropriately, can give more life to your photos. Family portraits look better when clothing colors blend well, but it is vital not to overdo it. Make sure that colors do not distract from the people's faces by coordinating everyone's color from top to bottom. Choosing neutral light-colored clothing such as white, gray, khaki, brown and black usually provides a fresh, vivid look to photos that compliment well with a range of backgrounds.
Different styles of outfit
The style doesn't have to be the same for everyone in the picture. The selection of the style should best reflect the individuality of each family member. Let everyone show his own style with a color or combination of color that blends well with the rest of the colors in the portrait.
Variation of shades
The selection of color for your outfit doesn't have to be strictly limited to the same shade. The important thing is to focus on one base color and then have each member wear a variation shade of the chosen base color.
The tops
Choose a base tone for the tops then pick a variation shade for everyone. The style should not be the same, otherwise you'll look like a team rather than a family with different individuality. Polos, jackets, button-ups, sweaters, cardigans, tees, crew necks, v-necks and tunics are some of the myriad of style options for the tops. Never use a bold color for one family member so as not to make other members part of the background.
The bottoms
Neutral tones are perfect for your bottoms. Pants, skirts and shorts in shades of dark denim, brown, khaki and black won't distract from the faces of the subjects. Just make sure that no one wears something very different to avoid making it the focus in your portrait. If one or two members wear a denim pants, try to make a variation shade and style for the others, otherwise, what you'll see in your portrait would be a sea of denim pants, instead of faces. This tends to happen especially if you're a big family.


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This book takes you on a exciting journey from England 2 New England & Beyond......If you've been to Hawaii, Italy, France, Scotland,England, New England, LA, and India it might bring back special memories to you. Or if you never travelled beyond your own back yard, it might entice you to do so.
Our book can be a wonderful feature on anyone's coffee table, making it a great gift for family and friends. From house warming, birthdays, the book worm, holidays, co-workers, and even your boss. It's a must to any book collector! From our eyes to yours, Enjoy!
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Teaneck defeated Northern Highlands, 56-54, in high school girls' basketball.
Northern Highlands applied a full court zone press that earned them a few steals around the half-court line. Within the first four minutes of the game they led 8-2. Teaneck called time out and returned with more confidence. With 1:46 remaining in the firs quarter, they trailed, 12-7.
The end of first quarter score was 17-11.
Northern Highlands returned with their press in the second quarter and fell into a zone defense once Teaneck was able to cross the half-court. With 3:33 left in the half Northern Highlands had the lead, 28-18. The score was 32-20 with a few seconds to go in the first half when Teaneck broke to the basket and scored. The half-time score was 32-22.
Teaneck returned in the second half fired up. They broke through the Northern Highlands defense to score. When Northern Highlands packed in their zone, Teaneck hit an outside shot. At the end of the third quarter the score was tied, 43-43.
Northern Highlands has much speed and height. With 5:49 remaining they earned the lead back, 46-43.
Northern Highlands and Teaneck battled back and forth until it came down to a tie game, 54-54, in the final minutes of the game.
With less than 16 seconds on the clock, Teaneck set up a sideline inbounds play. They were able to get the ball to the open foul line. The shot went up, but Northern Highlands hustled to tip it. Kayla Gibbs secured the rebound and despite being trapped by three players, she faked inside and then did a drop step and scored, 2 seconds before the buzzer went off. Northern Highlands inbounded it quickly and threw a long shot from the far corner, but it was no good.
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Ok, I give up: questions about "Favorites" management
Although I have more than 250 tracks I'd like to put into Favorites, I guess I can live with 250. Of course what I really want is "playlists" of my own choosing and construction (ideally constructed on my PC and copied to the J3, but I'll take whatever I can get).
Anyway, I don't see any mention anywhere of support for playlists. So I assume this does not exist... hence just one 250 Favorites list.
So, if possible, how do I do the following basic tasks:
(1) How do I DELETE an entry once I've added it? I mean deleting a specific track in the 250-max Favorites list, because say I've changed my mind, or I'm maxed out and want to put some other tracks in instead.
(2) Can I move an entry UP or DOWN in the list, since otherwise the list seems fixed at precisely the order you added the tracks at? It would be nice if the list remained alphabetical, but I really don't care. In fact, I've pushed "random" for play order, because these are all really "favorites" and having them pop up in random order is great.
(3) When looking at a "list" (e.g. the tracks for an album) the bar at the bottom of the screen has a "+", which suggests you can use it to add a track to Favorites by using this button. However I don't see that it actually does anything. Plus, there's no way to "select" a track without causing it to play, so how could this "+" at the bottom of the screen apply to a single track? And that's not what it's for, then what is this "+" for and how do you use it?
(4) Is the Favorites list stored on primary storage (in one of the directories) in a text-form so that I could actually edit it myself?
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Lastly, a HUGE word of caution. I believe--and others please correct me if I'm wrong--whenever you update firmware, your favorite list and bookmarks are ERASED. I repeat, whenever you update firmware--e.g. going from 2.03 to 2.10--all your 250 tracks will be ERASED. I read that somewhere and I can confirm that it happened to me when I upgraded/downgraded from 2.10 to 1.20. All my music and video favorites and bookmarks are gone. So bare that in mind when manually putting together your 250 favorite list. It will be completely wiped-out if and when you upgrade your firmware.
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Actually, I pushed "X" on the confirmation dialog the first time I tried this (not remembering what you'd said here)... since that's what I was doing, namely "X'ing" that track. Obviously it did NOT work.
Then I tried it again, this time pushing "O" (where the OK button would normally be on a confirmation dialog) and it worked.
Fantastic! Many thanks.
What is the "ALL" (to the left of the "X") on the bottom, which appears (instead of "+" when you push the "X" to enter delete mode)? Is that to delete ALL 250 favorites in one fell swoop? Probably.
Without the Favorites list in alphabetical order, and without a way to rearrange things up/down, kind of challenging to find a track you're looking for if you want to delete it.
I happened to be on a plane yesterday and was passing the hours by going through my 521 "artists" and picking selected tracks to be considered "Favorites", before I finally reached T and had maxed out my 250. So for the moment, anyway, they're in "virtual" groups (not visible onscreen, since all you see is track titles) alphabetically by artist, and thus it's not yet impossible to locate the tracks of an artist by spotting one that's recognizable, remember that artist, and go up or down from there.
Nevertheless, this certainly could use some improvement. I think an "INFO" button on the bottom bar might be useful, which like the "X" button would put you into "info mode" such that each track you then select produces an INFO popup (maybe ALL ID3 data would show here, along with album cover)... but the track is NOT selected for playing. You then tap the popup and it goes away, but you're still in "info mode" and can still scroll to other tracks. Eventually you push the "INFO" button again, and now you're out of "info mode".
This would address a lot of needs where INFO functionality (but not selecting a track for playing) would fill in a big hole. Plus, it would be a likely place for showing ALL ID3 data (not just what shows when tapping the album art when playing a track).
Now I see the consistency of their approach. Even more reason why my proposed INFO button and feature description would be very appropriate, and let us actually see what an otherwise randomly placed FAVORITES track actually is... who sings it, etc., without having to play it to discover (thereby losing whatever you're currently playing).
So it looks like this FAVORITES stuff must be stored internally, in non-volatile RAM somewhere that is not in the area appearing as the "drive" accessible to the user but only to their software. Oh well.
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