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With theaters dishing out its tastiest morsels of the year, we thought it essential to cook up a Thankgiving Movie Guide culled from key staff and wire reviews. To get into the spirit of the foodie season, we even broke the movies into meal-specific categories. They include:
The Main Course: The substantive star attraction.
The Side Dishes: Yummy treats that leave you hankering for more.
The Dessert: Delicious delicacies devoid of some nutrients.
The Scraps:Leftovers that should be immediately placed in Fido's bowl.
So dig in, and please pass the showtimes.
The Main Course:
"The Fantastic Mr. Fox": Picking a movie everyone in the family will want to see after polishing off a huge meal is a thankless task. Not this year. Director Wes Anderson's ("The Royal Tanenbuams") sly animated take on Roald Dahl's book appeals to kids, hipsters, parents and even crazy Aunt Sally. And who's better suited to play a fox than Mr. Foxy himself George Clooney? We're all so there. Review.
"An Education": Take a break from all the mind-numbing mall madness by seeking out this intelligentt adult drama about a teen (amazing newcomer Carey Mulligan) being charmed and seduced by a thirtysomething guy (Peter Sarsgaard).
"Good Hair": Wash those holiday blues right outta your hair by watching funnyman's Chris Rock insightful documentary, which roots out how hair stylists influence the black community. Washington Post's Ann Hornaday found the doc to be a rollicking good time. Perfect for holiday viewing. Read her review here.
"A Serious Man": After the forgettable froth of "Burn After Reading," the Coen Brothers return to potential Oscar form with a slapstick drama that tackles weighty issues about faith, among other things. If your family prefers brains over brawn in their entertainment, look no further. Colin Covert of the Minneapolis Star Tribune found the box-officer underachivever to be flawless. Review.
"Precious": What better way to give thanks to the power of moviemaking than seeing this gem about the resiliency of the human spirit? Do expect your emotions to get a workout from director Lee Daniels Oscar-ready film starring magnificient newcomer Gabourey Sidibe as an obese, illiterate Harlem schoolgirl. Yes, it's tough, but it's also immensely rewarding -- just what we really need this holiday season. Review.
"The Messenger": Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson (who's on a roll) and Samantha Morton are terrific and tortured in this moving and timely exploration of the costs of war. Well-suited for the serious filmgoer looking for deeper meaning around the holidays. Review.
The Side Dishes:
"Michael Jackson's This Is It": Director Kenny Ortega winnigly uses footage shot during Michael Jackson's rehearsals for this rare glimpse of the star at work on his planned mega-tour. Bay Area News Group's Charlie McCollum found the film "raw, unvarnished, oft-fascinating." Review.
"Disney's A Christmas Carol": An animated Tiny Tim creeped us out, but Jim Carrey as Scrooge and those swirling 3-D snowflakes make for a technically stunning Dickens rehash, especially should you be struggling to get into that Christmas spirit. But, Bay Area News Group's Randy Myers warns, it might be too scary for the young ones. Review.
The Dessert:
"2012": As overstuffed as that Thanksgiving bird you just devoured, director Roland Emmerich's E-ticket ride aboard the Armageddon Express is as idotic as it is thrilling. Oh, don't sweat the details -- just buckle up and enjoy, says Bay Area News Group's Randy Myers. Review.
"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans": Director Werner Herzog conjures up the spirit of "Bad Lieutenant" in this New Orleans-set crime drama with Nicolas Cage who -- after a long drought -- delivers a good performance. Honestly! Let us give thanks he's not in his "Ghost Rider" mode. Review.
"The Blind Side": Sandra Bullock is left holding the ball in this inspirational football-themed flick that adheres to the Hallmark telepic rulebook. Not heavy, but it does score some points, and that might just be what you're looking for during this break from work. Review.
"Where the Wild Things Are": Critics and audiences found no middle ground over director Spike Jonze's existential take on the Maurice Sendak classic. McClatchy's Rick Bentley calls it a literary diamond. Review. The Fort-Worth Star Telegram's Christopher Kelly found the film much too grim. Review. Likely, your family will feel just as divided.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon": Oh Bella. What's a lovelorn 18-year-old to do? Your pale hottie vampire crush fled to Italy leaving you to flirt with that hecka buff wolf-boy dealing with anger management issues. Heavy sigh. Should there be a tween sitting at that Thanksgiving table, rest assured there will be a way you will be seeing this movie over the four-day holiday. Randy Myers found the love triangle long-winded, but worth a look thanks to the visual flair of director Chris Weitz and sly screenplay. Review.
"Red Cliff": Director John Woo ("Broken Arrow") fails to get his groove back with this 3rd century A.D. epic starring one of his old-school regulars Tony Leung. Handsome and filled with some nice touches, it serves as a reminder that Woo can return to form if he strikes an emotional chord, according to David Germain of Associated Press. Review.
The Scraps:
"Ninja Assassin": If staring at that beheaded bird on the table wasn't enough gore for ya, then let us suggest watching the countless heads rolling about in this bloody awful martial arts hoedown. Despite a charismatic turn from super-stud Rain ("Speed Racer"), "Assassin" wields one dull blade for a sword-and-splatter picture, Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel says. Review.
"The Road": Want to be bummed out from now till Christmas? Then follow this terrible "Road," a candidate for worst of the year. Relentlessly grim and deadly serious, director John Hillcoat ("The Proposition") ruins Cormac McCarthy's thought-provoking post-Apocalyptic novel, turning it into a zombie freak show, according to McClatchy's Christopher Kelly. Shame on him! Review.
"The Box": Quick! Return this supernatural bore starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden to sender; and make it COD while you're at it! You're permanently off our holiday shopping list, director Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko). Review.
"Planet 51": ETs, get your act together and phone Pixar. Sony's perky animated sci-fi flick is not even in the same universe as what the Emeryville studio produces. With solid family fare -- "Fox" and "Carol" -- vying for your family's attention, it's no competition. Review.
"The Fourth Kind": Milla Jovovich sees alien while engaged in close encounters with bad actors and a stupid script. Good , maybe, for late-night cable; bad for a Thanksgiving movie treat. Review.
"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Missed opportunities abound in this painfully unfunny satire about the CIA. The normally reliable George Clooney, along with Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges, are wasted, as is a wickedly promising premise. One of the season's biggest disappointments. Review.
"Pirate Radio": This homage to the period in the '60s when pirate rock radio stations broadcast from ships off the coast of Britain should have been the holiday movie that music lovers would be flocking to over the holidays. But Bay Area News Group's Charlie McCollum found the film to be a disjointed mess despite great music and a top-notch cast. Review.
"Law Abiding Citizen": Preposterous, vile thriller with Jamie Foxx as a prosecutor and Gerard Butler as a sociopath. A whole lotta boom -- and violence -- going on, and nothing more. Review.
"Old Dogs": Drumstick, er drumroll, please! We have a winner in the Thanskgiving movie turkey contest. This John Travolta-Robin Williams comedy finds this sorry duo playing sports marketing business partners on the verge of a big deal; their world goes topsy-turvy when kids enter the picture, says Roger Moore. There are tons of cameos, if you happen to be awake to watch them all. Terribly bland.Review.

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Dogfish Head Teams with The Dead
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Grateful Dead, who built their respective grassroots followings by connecting directly with beer lovers and music lovers, are collaborating on the newest beer in Dogfish's line of off-centered ales.
The brewery and the Dead have been trading ideas for a beer they're calling "American Beauty." They've settled on a strong pale ale with all-American hops and barley, and now they're asking their loyal fans to suggest a special ingredient—and the Dead-inspired story behind it.
"Grateful Dead Productions is extremely pleased to be partnering with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery on the American Beauty pale ale. We've looked for a long while for the perfect brewery to team up with for a Grateful Dead-inspired brew, and feel we've finally found the right fit. Aside from Dogfish's history with music-themed brews, we love their beer, and think it's the best around. Plus, these are really good people and are the type of folks we want to work with," says David Lemieux, legacy manager for Grateful Dead.
"The feedback the band got from Dead Heads was always an important factor in their shows," says Dogfish Founder and President Sam Calagione. "And at Dogfish, we've always thought of our pub regulars and brewery tour guests as an informal focus group, so we're sending a shout out to all those Dead Heads and Dogfish Heads by making them a driving force behind this beer."
The brewery and the band are asking fans to jog their memories, tell their stories and suggest the ingredient at the heart of that story.
Suggestions for American Beauty's final ingredient will be taken online in December. A panel from the Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead teams will pick the ingredient they feel works best in the context of a strong pale ale recipe. The brewery and band hope to invite the fan who suggested the ingredient to Dogfish's coastal Delaware brewpub in the spring of 2013 to help brew a test batch.
"My wife, Mariah, and I went to our first Dead show together in the summer of '91," says Calagione, "and I've been listening to Workingman's Dead and Shakedown Street, two of the earliest albums I ever owned, on my morning kayak trips. It's amazing how timeless those albums are."
American Beauty is expected to hit taps and shelves throughout Dogfish's 27-state distribution network in October 2013.


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While the frequency of extreme winter weather events is relatively small in the ArkLaMiss region, we do see our fair share of winter events every year. Winter weather can cause significant property damage, injury, and even death. With the start of each new season, preparation is the key to lessening the dangers and hazards associated with winter weather.
What are the differences between freezing rain, sleet, and snow???
The challenges of winter weather forecasting go beyond predicting when it will snow or how much snow will fall. At times, determining the type of precipitation is an even bigger forecast challenge, especially in the South where warmer air can reside further up in the atmosphere! Precipitation type with winter weather is largely related to the temperature profile in the atmosphere (basically between the ground and ~ 20K feet up). Typically, it gets colder as you go up in elevation but sometimes there can be a "warm layer" of air that gets wedged between the ground and the clouds. This will have an effect on the melting/freezing processes of precipitation. Refer to the graphic below that explains how you can get freezing rain versus sleet versus snow or just all rain.
What is Wind Chill?
Wind chill is the the air temperature the skin feels when it is exposed to the wind. The wind chill temperature is always lower than the actual air temperature. The wind chill is dependant on air temperature and wind speeds with the colder the air temperature and the higher the wind speed, the colder the wind chill. Exposure to very low wind chills will allow for frostbite to take effect in a much shorter amount of time than higher wind chills.
Local Winter Weather Products and Criteria
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|Winter Weather Advisory
|1" to 2" of snow and/or sleet in less than 12 hours or accumulation of freezing rain(ice) less than 1/4".
|Freezing Rain Advisory
Ice accumulations up to 1/4".
|Wind Chill Advisory
|Wind chill readings between -14°F and 9°F
|Winter Storm Warning
|2" or greater of snow in 12 hours, accumulation of freezing rain(ice) greater than 1/4", or greater than 1/2" of sleet accumulation.
|Ice Storm Warning
|Ice accumulations of 1/4" or greater or 1/2" or greater of sleet accumulation.
|Wind Chill Warning
|Wind chill readings at or below -15°F
|Freeze Warning
|Temperatures at or below 32°F for at least 1 to 2 hours during a climatalogically significant time of the year (first freeze of the fall, a freeze soon after vegetation has budded/bloomed in the spring, a freeze during the growing season)
Winter Weather Safety Tips
Vehicle Preparedness and Safety
Plan your travel and check the latest forecasts. Avoid winter storms whenever possible.
Fully check and winterize your vehicle before starting your travel. Make sure your car battery has enough power, and your car is filled with antifreeze.
Let someone know your timetable and your primary and alternate travel routes.
Keep your gas tank near full to prevent ice from forming in the fuel lines.
If you encounter sleet or freezing rain, drive extremely cautiously. Even 4-wheel drive vehicles will have difficulty on icy roads. Try to avoid overpasses and bridges if at all possible.
If you are planning travel into an area which experiences significant winter storms, carry a winter storm survival kit including blankets, flashlight, high-calorie snack foods, sand or cat litter, tow rope, booster cables, and a water container. Make sure your cell phone is fully charged.
Dressing for the Weather
Wear loose-fitting, lightweight clothing in several layers.
Outer garments should be tightly-woven and water-repellant.
Wear a hat. Nearly half of your body heat loss is from the top of your head.
Wear gloves or mittens (mittens which are snug at the wrist are better than gloves).
Try to stay dry. Remove layers of clothing to prevent perspiration and subsequent chill.
Preparing Your Home
The primary concerns are the potential loss of power and telephone service. If winter weather conditions last for more than a day, then a shortage of supplies may also be a concern.
Have extra food and water. Have high energy food, such as dried fruit, nuts and granola bars, and food requiring no cooking or refrigeration.
Have a flashlight and extra batteries available. Don't use candles if the electricity goes out, since these can become a fire hazard.
Use a battery-powered NOAA Weather Radio and a portable radio to receive emergency information.
If you have a fireplace or wood stove, make sure you have a good supply of firewood. Learn to use any emergency heating sources properly, to prevent a fire.
Keep extra medicine, baby items, and first-aid supplies on hand.
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By ASHLEY HELMS
On his New Year's Day 2014 inauguration ceremony, County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, took his oath of office in a much more intimate setting than the first time he was elected to the seat in 2009.
Only family and staff members witnessed the official start to the county executive's second term; a far cry from the crowd of Westchester residents that filled the seats of SUNY Purchase's Performing Arts Center four years ago.
A small gathering inside the county executive's office in the Michaelian Building on Martine Avenue in White Plains was precisely what Astorino wanted and he emphasized that the promises he made to residents during his first election in 2009 still hold true in his second term.
"[The inauguration] was a continuation of what we already accomplished and governed on and to be mindful that there are a lot of people struggling in this county that need help," Astorino told the Review in an interview this week. "Especially…the homeowners because of the high property costs."
Astorino faced what some considered to be a tough election season up until November. Astorino held onto the county's highest elected office on Election Day, defeating his Democratic opponent, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, with 56 percent of the vote.
Following the inauguration, about 400 Westchester residents attended an open house at the Michaelian Building to meet the county executive. Astorino said he was pleasantly surprised that hundreds of people came to the open house, especially on a holiday. Some of the attendees, he said, were meeting him for the first time.
Astorino also touched on the county's agreement with Sustainable Playland Inc., the non-profit company selected to ta-ke over operation of the iconic county-owned Playland amusement park in Rye. An asset management agreement with Sustainable Playland Inc., along with a lease to usher in the development of the Westchester Children's Museum, was approved in April 2013 and signed by the county executive in July 2013. The agreement was intended to allow the Rye-based non-profit to preserve and update the park. The agreement with SPI is now awaiting a final approval by the Westchester Board of Legislators before improvement plans can begin.
On Monday, Board of Leg-islators Chairman Ken Jen-kins, a Yonkers Democrat, was replaced as board chairman by Legislator Mike Kaplowitz, a Yorktown Democrat, after a bipartisan coalition was formed to wrestle control away from Jenkins and board Democrats in late December. Jenkins and Astorino have had a contentious relationship since the Republican county executive took office in 2010, battling on numerous policy issues.
Jenkins filed a lawsuit in May 2013 against the Astorino administration, challenging the cou-nty executive's authority to sign an asset management agreement with Sustainable Playland Inc. The state Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit in December and Jenkins is planning to ask Supreme Court Judge Barbara Zambelli to review her decision.
Britta Vander Linden, Astor-ino's communications director, said the county executive is looking forward to continuing to protect and serve the citizens of Westchester.
"[Astorino] was anxious to keep working and keep the celebration to a minimum," Van-der Linden said. "I think it fit the mood to continue the work that he has promised that he would do."
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Here we go again, Santa Cruz.
Four months after James Durbin punctuated his wild ride on "American Idol" with a memorable live concert on the beach, another remarkably talented Santa Cruz young man is poised to launch a TV-fueled ride to stardom.
Chris Rene, 28, appeared at the end of the debut of Fox's "The X Factor" Wednesday and, for his audition, performed a midtempo R&B/rap song he had written called "Young Homey." As the song faded, the audience gave him a standing ovation, and the show's four judges unanimously voted him onto the show.
"It's always my favorite feeling in the world when I sit in this chair and I meet a star for the first time," said judge Simon Cowell to Rene.
Cowell, the famously acerbic former "Idol" judge, left the top-rated show to establish "The X Factor."
"You are the Truth," said fellow judge L.A. Reid.
"I can't even describe your talent," said another of the show's judges, Nicole Scherzinger.
Rene told the judges and the live audience that he had been struggling with addiction to alcohol, cocaine and methamphetamines since he was a teenager and he had just emerged from rehab.
"I have this disease called addiction," said Rene, who added he'd been clean and sober for 70 days.
His song, an uplifting ode to hope and faith, was clearly autobiographical. One of its lines was: "It's been two months now, I haven't had a drink, and I'm startin' to see clear now."
Rene came to the audition with his brother Mike. Rene's introduction touched lightly on his Santa Cruz birth family, but it didn't mention the family's strong connection to music.
Rene's sister, for instance, is Gina Rene, an accomplished soul/hip-hop singer in her own right from San Francisco who contributed to the soundtrack of the Hollywood film "Mean Girls." Gina has recorded as a solo artist, but also serves as the vocalist in the electronica soul band Soulstice, founded by a third Rene brother, Gabriel.
According to Gina Rene's official bio, the Rene siblings are the children of the late Googie Rene, a soul/jazz singer and songwriter who led the Googie Rene Combo ("Wham Bam") in the 1950s and '60s and recorded on the Class label, which was established by Googie's father - and the Rene siblings' grandfather - Leon Rene.
Leon Rene was a prolific songwriter of the 1950s, who wrote, among other things, "Rockin' Robin" and "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus."
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Feel Good Friday (for homeowners) as prices soar in April
Published by Anonymous for 24dash.com in Housing
Eighty-five councils face £750 million losses in Icelandic banking crisis - full list
Average house prices climbed £1,200 in April to reach a peak of £263,113, an astonishing £54,000 above the recession's low point in April 2009.
LSL Property Services plc said official figures showed that house sales were up 40% year-on-year, with 72,000 transactions in April, and that East Anglia had joined London and the South East with prices exceeding pre-recession highs.
April saw a 0.5% monthly rise, and 7.3% jump annually.
David Newnes, director of Reeds Rains and Your Move estate agents, owned by LSL, said: "As the floods and bad weather at the start of the year become a distant memory, sales in April have returned to more normal levels. Total house sales stand 40% higher than at the same point last year, totalling 72,000 in April. Activity is largely being fuelled by increasing numbers of purchases by first-time buyers and buy-to-let landlords, as consumer confidence sweeps the country.
"Considering the regional picture, while London may be forging the way with 13.2% annual house price growth, the rest of the country is definitely following the trail. Growth is emanating out from the capital, and prices and activity are progressing steadily across all regions."
He added: "In a key indicator of the vigour of the recovery, over the last 12 months prices have risen in 89% of the unitary authorities across the country. But supply levels need to keep pace, thus allowing the wheels of the housing market to continue turning...More housebuilding is imperative to keep the momentum going, and to ensure that price rises are sustainable, in particular for first-time buyers."
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Issue No.01 - January-February (2007 vol.24)
pp: 83-93
Andrew Kahng , University of California, San Diego
Ira Chayut , nVidia
John Cohn , IBM
Toshihiro Hattori , Renesas Technology
Jeong-Taek Kong , Samsung
Pierre Paulin , STMicroelectronics
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MDT.2007.24
Multimedia, game, and entertainment devices have pushed the leading edge of performance, complexity, power, form factor, design cycle time, and other key aspects of ASIC design for the past several technology nodes. This roundtable brings together experts who are defining the next generation of gaming, mobile-TV, digital-home, display, and multimedia-processing platforms. The discussion spans the underlying chip architectures and roadmaps, as well as the key design, technology, and market challenges for next-generation products.
CAD, multimedia design, platform, design verification, manufacturing interface, power, flexibility
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My backlog is rather massive at this point. It has only grown, actually, since I got married because my wife is an avid gamer too. And I've had less time than ever to play games in the last year, though I still manage to get through some. Just this week, for instance, I finished Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (I hope to have some thoughts on that up at some point) and I'm so close to finally finishing Ghost Trick and Kid Icarus: Uprising. After those I know I wanna play through Super Mario 3D Land (something my wife picked up) but otherwise I'm not sure. So many excellent choices...
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Sammi & Dave's Love for Oakland
Name:Sammi & Dave
Location:Oakland, California
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What I Love About My Home
We really love the natural light on three sides in our home from the large double-hung windows from when this four-storied brick building was built in 1915. The vintage built-ins in the living room and the kitchen cupboards, along with a former Murphy bed space and a bedroom walk-in closet provide us with tons of storage space - which comes in handy for all our outdoor gear. But the best part of our home is our neighborhood - subway down the street, edge of Oakland's Chinatown, a few blocks from a lake, growing restaurant/bar scene and a mix of folks of all classes, ages, families, and ethnicities. We hella love Oakland.
Biggest Challenge in Furnishing My Home
The single biggest challenge was organizing everything around all of the nook and crannies. The various built-ins are fantastic, but they did mean a large part of our layout was fixed, leaving us to arrange all our furnishings around them. The living room is also far longer than deep, and cut into by three doorways. Subdividing it with a double-sided bookshelf we built allowed us to create separate spaces and some flow (and avoid the bowling alley problem - yep, we've taken our Apartment Therapy - The Book, to heart!)
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I am so curious about the circle-y bit on the floorplan between the bedroom and closet. What is that?
Is it me or are these getting better every day?
Where to begin... OK, here's what I like about this smalll cool home:
1. Divisions that make for separate spaces but don't chop up the space or interrupt air/light flow.
2. Nice choice of paint colors throughout.
3. That little white table in that tiny nook.
4. THE KITCHEN. An eat-in kitchen?!? I die.
5. The tall curtains that showcase your wonderfully tall ceilings.
Just lovely.
I love this house. I love the way the furniture is laid out, I love the placement of art, and the kitchen is wonderful. I also love that it's in Oakland, where my daughter was born and where I lived for 20 years. I've lived in some great places, but I think Oakland is my favorite.
Thx Mr. Modtomic - one thing I have found with the McCobb pieces though is that the veneer is rather soft and thin. I swear a sneeze would leave a nick on it. Even with multiple layers of added varnish on the desk, it still peppered with marks since I acquired it.
I love the vibe. But most of all, I love the layout! The closet space is huge! Storage is definitely the biggest issue in our place, and this seems like it would be super fun to work with! (But we have only one closet, and it's pretty small for two people)
@mekleiber @cvgmiami - Thx for the props on the color. The space is a rental, so we are grateful that the landlord was open to us repainting the "Landlord White" walls.
@Julia MN - the circle-y bit is a wall-sized rotating door. From what we can tell, it used to be a Murphy bed. The bed is gone and now its a closet.


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Wynonna Shows at "Secret" Foo Fighters Concert
Reporter notes Wy's "cramazing Ariel hair."
Wynonna proudly told folks at the Nashville airport Friday that she was heading to rock festival Lollapalooza, in Chicago.
And doncha know she made a stir when she got there. Wynonna made her way into an unannounced aftershow, and that's where an Entertainment Weekly reporter saw her.
"This is how the second day of Lollapalooza 2011 ended," the reporter posted. "With Wynonna Judd swinging her cramazing Ariel hair (she did not, alas, whip it back and forth) in the balcony during an epic two-and-half-hour 'secret' Foo Fighters show at Chicago's 1100-capacity Metro club."
"Cramazing", the Urban Dictionary tells us, is a combination of "crazy" and "amazing," in case you were wondering. A synonym for "fierce."
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JACKSON – The state Board of Education has approved a state takeover of the Aberdeen school district and named a conservator to run it.
The move is subject to Gov. Phil Bryant's approval of a "state of emergency" the board declared for the district.
The board named Bob Strebeck, who has been a conservator in five Mississippi districts, to the Aberdeen position at a salary of $170,000 a year. Strebeck, a Decatur resident, most recently has been conservator in the Sunflower County district.
The board acted today after hearing on Thursday a recommendation from the Commission on School Accreditation to declare an emergency in Aberdeen, paving the way for a state takeover. A commission report said the district failed 31 of 37 accreditation criteria.


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N04264 SLEEP c. 1898
Inscr. 'P W Steer' b.l.
Canvas, 35 1/4×52 (89·5×132).
Presented by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill 1927.
Coll: Purchased by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill from the Goupil Gallery 1924.
Exh: N.E.A.C., April–May 1898 (84); Goupil Gallery, March–April 1924 (62); Tate Gallery, April–July 1929 (186); Birkenhead, 1951 (17).
Lit: MacColl, 1945, pp.107, 198.
Repr: Ironside, 1943, pl.33.
Possibly painted at The Avenue, Fulham Road studio, which the artist left some time in 1898 to move to Cheyne Walk. This work belongs to a series of 'rococo' nude subjects such as 'The Toilet of Venus' (N04272) and 'The Mirror' (1901, repr. Ironside, op. cit., pl.34), all of which were painted from professional models.
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Mediastream :: The Wait Is Over !
Posted 08 August 2008 - 12:47 PM
So people...here we are. We've been working since October 2007, have utilsed a raft of talent, available through the community...all who have come together to provide a skin for the community to use.
There is an overwhelming desire to give you lots and lots of information and statistics about the skin...what it does, what it can do...what it cant do, etc. However, we think that you've probably been overloaded with info already, and probably just want to get your hands on it.
So then....Team Razorfish are very proud to be able to present you MediaStream...please hit the link to continue:
Posted 08 August 2008 - 01:35 PM
Posted 08 August 2008 - 02:10 PM
Superb look and feel, really, really awesome job guys...
unfortunate I dont have HD TV so I cant enjoy in its all glory...
I just want to ask you when will you making adaptations for 4:3 format...(please do it ASAP)
as I believe there are many users out there using SD TV sets...
Once again AWESOME skin Team Razorfish!!!!!
Posted 08 August 2008 - 04:39 PM
Posted 08 August 2008 - 05:27 PM
I'm having a problem though, everywhere I look, the names/titles for sections like My Music, My Movies, etc. just say the word "UPPERCASE".
I'm running 16:9, SD tv. Should there be this problem?
Maybe I should try a newer version of xbmc?
Great work all!
Posted 08 August 2008 - 06:34 PM
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Posted 08 August 2008 - 07:38 PM
I wonder whether it is possible to bring to the french skins
because when I change the file strings.xml I get errors
thank you
Posted 08 August 2008 - 09:27 PM
Posted 08 August 2008 - 10:20 PM
yes I create a folder French in language folder but not always
thank you
Posted 09 August 2008 - 03:10 AM
I am using a very recent XBMC
Posted 10 August 2008 - 01:26 AM
I looked at some of the .xml's and found several "[UPPERCASE]&localize32231[/UPPERCASE]" with differing numbers of course. Why isn't the skin finding these?
Edited by dizturbd, 10 August 2008 - 01:33 AM.
Posted 10 August 2008 - 05:10 AM
it sounds that the skin is not fully loaded so I would try it all again.
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looking forward to a 4:3 version of the skin
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I spoke too soon. I must have subconsciously known that I was jinxing myself.
"Here's hoping that this is the end of the breakages….well, apart from that crank spider that snapped, the destroyed freehub and axle on my race wheels, the pedal that died, damaged Thomson seatpost, dinged rims, torn tyre, catastrophic BB bearing death…………………………..
They already think of me as 'the bloke that breaks stuff' at work….."
And I did a good job of it.
On the commute in on Wednesday 22nd, I smack into a root or stump at full speed and slam into the ground with such force that I don't just bend the bars, I ripple then, crush them laterally then snap them.
I did what anyone would do in the situation – got back up, dusted myself off then rode the remaining 8 miles to work one handed.
However, there was a tiny issue to contend with once I had gotten to work. The adrenalin had died down by the time I got there and I was hit by a not-insignificant slab of pain. Well, three slabs of pain. I had slammed down pretty hard, so my left quad, shoulder and ribs took significant hits. The sort of hits that take days for the bruising to appear.
So, some sympathy from the team when they realized that I had done myself an injury or three, a shower, serious difficulty getting dressed again thanks to my leg, then a full days work.
The weekend brought the post mortem….
Some spare bars were fitted, which should hopefully do until I decide what to replace the snapped ones with. The swelling in my quad has died down, the bruised shoulder has relaxed but my ribs still hurt like hell. I might have damaged myself a tad….
On the bright side, I've increased my notoriety from within the Online Team to company wide and ended up as a story on the company facebook page…..


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Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape
by John Ashbery
Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a Landscape Man and the Natural World Quotes
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Quote #4
No more shall pleasant
Rays of the sun refresh your sense of growing old, nor the scratched
Tree-trunks and mossy foliage, only immaculate darkness and thunder." (25-27)
Olive's description of being "refreshed" by natural beauty comes as a surprise. As far as we can tell, these characters spend most of their time lounging around and eating spinach. For some reason, Popeye's thunder has crowded out those parts of nature that once gave them pleasure. "Scratched tree-trunks and mossy foliage" sounds like an image out of a landscape painting.
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Minute at first, the thunder
Soon filled the apartment. It was domestic thunder,
The color of spinach. Popeye chuckled and scratched
His balls: it sure was pleasant to spend a day in the country. (36-39)
Thunder and lightning are one of the most spectacular displays that nature has to offer. And green, spinach-colored lightning sounds especially awesome. But the lightning that fills the apartment is tamed and brought down to human scale. The image shows how humans have the power to alter their own perception of nature.


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A sporting institution, Peter Baxter was the organising brain behind BBC Radio's Test Match Special for 34 years and Henry Blofeld is one of Britain's most loved broadcasters. He has commentated on the show since 1972.
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By By Capt. Chayah Saahene, U.S. Army Africa, Office of the Staff Judge AdvocateOctober 15, 2010
Judge Advocates Lt. Col. Stephen Salerno and Lt. Col. Timothy Tuckey of U.S. Army Africa's Office of the Staff Judge Advocate (OSJA) recently returned from two weeks in Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo, respectively, where they conducted legal education courses for a program hosted by the Defense Institute for International Legal Studies.
Salerno is a civilian attorney adviser in Army Africa's OSJA, and a lieutenant colonel in the 91st Legal Support Office. Tuckey works in the international law section of Army Africa OSJA. The courses provided legal education and resources to military and related civilian personnel in two of Army Africa's partner nations.
When DIILS, a leading defense security cooperation resource for professional legal education, training, and rule of law programs, requested two experienced attorneys to travel to Africa for two weeks to teach law courses, U.S. Africa Command answered the call and U.S. Army Africa provided Salerno and Tuckey as the manpower.
Salerno's Chad DIILS class, which took place in the warm and slightly rainy capital city, N'Djamena, focused on mentoring forces to combat corruption. Salerno taught courses that specifically addressed corruption in post-conflict societies, procurement corruption, transparency and accountability.
Salerno's students consisted of approximately 90 high-level members of the Chadian military, law enforcement, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and the media. With two Togolese interpreters at hand, Salerno communicated via simultaneous interpretation into French. Lectures were augmented by practical exercises of group problem solving. Students wore everything from vibrantly colored tribal dress to three-piece suits and artistically designed henna tattoos, Salerno said.
"In an animated discussion about the importance of transparency and accountability, one student replied that it is up to us, the people in this room, to effect change and fight corruption in Chad," said Salerno. "Seeing education evolve into empowerment is extremely rewarding."
Tuckey's program in the Democratic Republic of Congo focused on mentoring Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) forces to maintain good order and discipline through the development of a professional military. Class topics included command responsibility, the law of armed conflict, humanitarian law, sexual violence, ethics and corruption, he said.
Tuckey spent the first week training 39 officers of 1st Region FARDC staff in Bandundu, in a makeshift classroom crafted from a room inside a restaurant. and the second week working with 44 field-grade officers at the general headquarters of Ituri's Operational Zone in Bunia.
His interpreter spoke mostly French, but also incorporated Lingala, the universal language of the Congolese military, into the presentation, Tuckey said.
"Some of these students have been in the military for a long period of time and some are former rebels who have only recently been incorporated into the military force," he said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has had an ongoing internal armed conflict, Tuckey said.
"It is really a testament of their professionalism to see such a mixture of students sitting side-by-side in a classroom learning together," he said.


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by George Eliot
Middlemarch Book 5, Chapter 43 Summary
- Dorothea has decided to go to Middlemarch on her own to visit Mr. Lydgate and ask if Casaubon's symptoms had changed.
- She feels bad asking for information behind his back, but she's afraid that he's gotten sicker and is hiding it from her.
- Lydgate isn't home, but Mrs. Lydgate is.
- Dorothea has never met Rosamond, but asks to come in and wait for Lydgate.
- Rosamond is happy to have "Mrs. Casaubon" come to visit. She's proud of her new house, and proud of the fact that she was welcomed with honor by Mr. Lydgate's rich uncles.
- Dorothea goes into the house and shakes hands with Rosamond, apologizing for the intrusion and asking if she might wait for Lydgate if she thinks he'll be home soon.
- Will Ladislaw steps out of the background and offers to fetch Lydgate from the hospital.
- Dorothea doesn't want to spend any more time with Will than she has to, knowing that it would make her husband unhappy if he found out, so she says she'll go herself.
- On her way to the hospital, she reflects that it's odd that Will is hanging out with Lydgate's pretty wife in his absence, and then remembers that he'd hung out with her in Casaubon's absence, too.
- She wonders whether she'd been wrong about Will, somehow.
- Will, meanwhile, sees that she's upset about something, and is angry – he thinks that Casaubon has been persuading her that he's below her, now that he works for a newspaper.
- Will says goodbye to Rosamond rather grouchily, and leaves.
- Lydgate comes home. Rosamond asks him about Mrs. Casaubon, and he says that she only wanted to ask about her husband's health.
- He adds that Dorothea has promised to give a big sum of money to the new fever hospital.


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SANTA CRUZ -- It's been said that getting education leaders in this county to agree on anything is like herding cats.
For a county contained within 445 square miles, there are 10 separate school districts and a county Office of Education, whose trustees, supporters and critics have vastly different educational philosophies, live wildly divergent lifestyles and belong to numerous socio-economic classes.
Sorting out those differences has slowed, if only temporarily, the momentum behind the formation of a countywide school boards association designed to advocate for the county's 38,000 students with a collective voice. Organizers say the association will be established anyway, even if a few key players are sitting it out for now.
Though the group is meant to bring the disparate voices of elected board members together to advocate and study ways to economize, the debate about whether to join the association has exposed anew the factional politics that have long defined local education circles.
Big districts versus small. Progressive educators versus conservative. Traditional schools versus charter schools.
"They will always exist -- the same kind of issues always come up," said Dana M. Sales, president of the county Board of Education, which has financial authority over all 10 districts. "Those are things that are the nature of what we have to deal with."
Although the county board declined to join the association right away, Sales said he hopes it eventually will and that all districts become members. He believes the association has the potential to massage away some of the cultural and geographical differences that have kept districts from collaborating.
Before that happens, however, the association will have to tackle numerous questions, including whether there should be proportional representation for districts based on size and whether charter schools will have direct membership. Some area educators also have suggested the county education board shouldn't be allowed to join.
So far, organizers have welcomed the county's participation but are dismayed by its hesitation. Organizers have further argued that, based on how the Santa Clara County School Board Association and similar organizations are designed, each school district should have only one vote.
Charter schools, while welcome to participate, should be represented by their oversight agencies, the organizers say. That stance has been perceived as a slight by Pacific Collegiate School's leaders, who have been lobbying for a voting seat.
The existence of the association -- not just who joins and who doesn't -- is important because similar groups have forged strong political profiles in Sacramento by lobbying as a team. The Santa Clara County's School Boards Association regularly hosts politicians and is a clearinghouse for debates on hot topics.
All agree the association presents a good opportunity for trustees to learn from each other at a time of seemingly endless cuts from Sacramento, while also speaking in one voice about ballot measures and parcel tax proposals affecting education. Members also plan to study ways to combine some services, such as transportation and food services, to save money.
Where things stand
So far, five of the county's districts have joined the fledgling association: Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Soquel Union, Bonny Doon and Happy Valley. Four others are considering it, but two big players have put on the brakes.
On Sept. 9, trustees for Pajaro Valley Unified, which educates half of the county's students, voted unanimously -- a rarity for that board -- not to join the association right now. Their vote was followed by the county Board of Education's 5-2 decision Thursday to table the matter until next month over concerns about the legality of its role and whether charter schools would have membership.
"It was pretty clear that all the school districts hadn't had a chance to chew on it and give their input yet," said county Trustee Vic Marani, who championed the effort to table the vote.
Scotts Valley schools Trustee Allison Niday, a lead organizer of the association along with Santa Cruz schools trustee Cynthia Hawthorne, said she was "disturbed and disappointed" by the county board's delay.
"The association is moving forward," Niday said.
Hawthorne agreed, telling county trustees she had advocated for their participation in the face of criticism from districts who thought they could act more independently if the county stayed away. But some county trustees also wanted to investigate whether it would be appropriate to join.
"We have oversight responsibility -- quasi-judicial powers over them -- and it was viewed by some that, if some districts are participating and some aren't, would that somehow limit the ability of what we're supposed to do," Marani said.
Marani and other county trustees also raised questions about why charter schools couldn't be voting members when 3,000 students attend local charter schools. Marani, whose twins attend Pacific Collegiate, has been a vocal supporter of giving charter schools their own representation.
Leaders of Pacific Collegiate, which is chartered by the county office, have repeatedly asked for a seat -- if not for themselves, then for all local charter schools.
"Forming an association is a good idea, but why not make it a great idea by taking the path of inclusion and accepting diversity of opinion," Pacific Collegiate's board president, Deepika Shrestha Ross, said.
"If people want to talk about charters having a vote, then let's do it," Niday said, encouraging county trustees that, "if they have an issue, they should join and have that discussion."
County Trustee Arnie Levine, who voted against tabling the vote, said differences should be worked out later.
"I thought it was important that we get on board to have our voices felt up in Sacramento," he said, adding that he felt his agency could adequately represent Pacific Collegiate on the association's board.
Politics at play
Pajaro Valley Unified's decision not to join the association was a blow. The district's size gives it considerable influence countywide.
Pajaro Valley Trustee Doug Keegan, who took part in planning the association, voted against joining out of respect for skeptical colleagues. He said the biggest sticking point is proportional representation -- why the county's largest district can't have more than one vote.
"There is some feeling that we don't want our voice to be shortchanged," Keegan said.
Still, he said he hopes his board will revisit the matter soon.
"I'm still committed to the idea of an association that Pajaro Valley can be a member of," he said. "I do see the benefits of having a unified voice for education."
Fellow trustees Libby Wilson and Sandra Wallace agreed, but said their district should have more than one vote and charter schools should be directly represented.
"There are some politics going on and I am a little concerned about them," Wilson said.
Rose Filicetti, executive director of the 33-member Santa Clara County School Boards Association, said her county's Office of Education has not had trouble balancing membership in the group with carrying out its fiscal oversight role. Her organization also has no proportional representation.
All districts have just one vote on the board except for those who also have a delegate to the California School Boards Association, Filicetti said. Those districts get two votes, but whether they have a delegate sent to the state association is not based on the size of the district.
In her association, charter schools are represented by their chartering agencies, as the Santa Cruz organizers have recommended. She said there isn't core tension in her county among the large districts, small districts, charter schools and the county education office.
"I haven't really seen any," said Filicetti, who's run the organization for 12 years. "We're all partners together."


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Jump straight to the Raw Taco Salad recipe
I've eaten this raw taco salad almost every day for the last two weeks.
And that's a big deal for me, because normally if eat the same thing more than four days in a row I never want to eat it again. Ever.
But not this delicious concoction.
I could eat it over and over and over and over and over and over again.
In fact, I have.
It's slightly different every time, but it's always delicious, and very satisfying. Even on cold autumn days.
Which is surprising, because it's full of "salad-y" ingredients, and HEAPS of greens.
But so long as I stick to the recipe, I never feel like I'm eating a salad. Cool. (Or in fact, warm, not cool.)
Once you've made the walnut taco meat and the cashew sour cream, it's so easy to throw together on the spot.
First, you get yourself a big bowl of greens.
I'm really enjoying my raw taco salad with salad rocket (aka roquette or arugula), but Paul really enjoys his with baby spinach, so it's really a very flexible recipe.
Then you chuck on a generous handful of raw walnut taco meat.
Throw on some chopped avocado and tomato.
Drizzle your creation with cashew sour cream, and garnish with spring onion, or whatever else you feel inspired to add.
And voila!
What a masterpiece.
I just grab myself a big forkful of greens, and snag some tasty toppings as I go.
One of the other things love about this recipe, is that you end up with a big pile of chunky, creamy toppings…
…to which you just add more greens!
You could eat them on their own, but I really think they taste better with an extra handful (or two) of greens.
I can't believe how much rocket I'm eating, and on really cold days too.
And I always feel full and satisfied afterwards, like I've eaten the heartiest winter meal.
Awesome stuff.
Raw Taco Salad recipe
Make sure to read the tips below the recipe to get the most out of this amazing Raw Taco Salad recipe.
- 1 cup (150g) walnuts
- ½ packed cup (50g) sun-dried tomatoes, soaked 2-8h and drained
- ½ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ⅛-1/4 tsp salt (adjust to taste)
- pinch chili (or more if you like it hot)
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 cup (140g) cashews, soaked 1-2h (soaking optional)
- scant ¼ cup (55g) lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup (85g) water
- ⅔ cup (95g) ice
- 2 cups rocket (arugula)
- ¼ cup Walnut Taco Meat (see above)
- ½ avocado
- 1 med tomato
- 1 tbsp Cashew Sour Cream (see above)
- 1 tbsp spring onion, sliced
- Cover the sun-dried tomatoes in water and leave to soak for 2 to 8 hours. Drain.
- Process all of the walnut taco meat ingredients in a food processor until well combined, but still chunky.
- Blend all of the cashew sour cream ingredients in a blender until smooth and creamy.
- Assemble salad ingredients in a large bowl (one per person), serve and eat.
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Make sure you've got everything you need to make this delicious "Raw Taco Salad" with my handy shopping list, including pictures and quantities.
- If your sun-dried tomatoes are in oil, you probably won't need to soak them, as they'll already be soft enough to process properly.
- If your sun-dried tomatoes are dry (my favourite way to buy them because of the lower oil content), you really need to soak them a minimum of 2 hours to get them soft enough to break up properly. But you can also soak them for longer and it certainly won't hurt. For instance, you could start them soaking before you leave for work, and then you're ready to make your taco meat as soon as you get home. And if you're concerned about leaving your tomatoes soaking on the bench for that long, you can always soak them in the fridge instead. They will still get just as soft.
- The combination of walnuts and sun-dried tomatoes really, truly creates a texture like minced (ground) meat.
- I found 1/4 tsp of salt in the walnut taco meat too much for my tastebuds, so I added less. Start with 1/8 tsp if you don't like things too salty, and then adjust it to suit your tastebuds.
- I seriously reduced the chili powder and cayenne from the original recipe because we don't like things too hot. Feel free to add more, especially chili, until it satisfies your tastebuds.
- The taco meat should keep in the fridge for about a week (although ours never lasts that long).
- The ice in the sour cream recipe helps to keep the sour cream cold while you blend it thoroughly. Without the ice, your sour cream may overheat before it is blended sufficiently, especially in a high-speed blender.
- If you don't pre-soak your cashews, the sour cream will thicken up quite a bit after a few hours in the fridge, so take this into account when adjusting the amount of water.
- The cashew sour cream should keep in the fridge for up to a week.
- This raw taco salad really should work with any greens you want to try. I love rocket, Paul loves spinach, and lettuce works well too. Try your favourite green and let me know how it goes.
- You could also top your salad with chopped red onion, sliced mushrooms, diced red capsicum, fresh salsa, flax crackers (or corn chips). The possibilities really are endless, but it doesn't need to be complicated or fiddly.
Take it further
- Soak the cashews for 2-4 hours before making the sour cream to make them blend more easily, and also to release extra nutrients. You'll need to add less water to keep the sour cream thick enough, and it won't thicken up as much after sitting in the fridge for a few hours.
- You could activate the walnuts before making the taco meat. Soak them for 8-12 hours, and then dehydrate them for 12-24 hours. This helps to release the nutrients in the nuts.
My inspiration
I was looking for raw dishes with added spice, to help get my digestion moving, and I happened across this Layered Raw Taco Salad from Oh She Glows.
And then I discovered this walnut taco meat recipe with added sun-dried tomatoes at The Naked Avocado and once I toned down the spices, I was all set. The soaked sun-dried tomatoes do add something very special to this recipe.
I tried both the raw macadamia sour cream and the raw cashew sour cream recipes, and although both were delicious, I settled on the cashew version in the interests of keeping my fat intake on the lower side.
I did make the quick guacamole once, but it's SO much faster (and still just as tasty in my opinion) just to chop up a whole avocado. And I just substituted a chopped fresh tomato for the salsa. And this dish would be even more delicious with fresh cherry tomatoes in summer.
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~ Nikki, Eating Vibrantly
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Hamburg: the draw
Roger is back on court in Hamburg - a clay-court tournament he hasn't participated in since 2008. He won the tournament four times in the past:
2002 (victory against Safin), 2004 (victory against Coria), 2005 (victory against Gasquet) and 2007 (victory against Nadal).
After a first round bye our champ will probably play against the winner of the match between Germany's Daniel Brands (ATP 53) or Italy's Paolo Lorenzi (ATP 70) on Wednesday.
In the second round, he could meet Latvia's Ernests Gulbis (ATP 36) before an encounter against Alexandr Dolgopolov (ATP 24) is possible. In the semifinals, Poland's Jerzy Janowicz (ATP 17) could be his opponent before a clash with Germany's Tommy Haas (ATP 11) in the final.
"At Wimbledon, it was strange to go out so early and I didn't know what to do," said Roger about his participation in Hamburg and Gstaad. "But I had a clear plan 48 hours later to play at Hamburg and Gstaad."
All the best for this tournament, use the good memories, center your strength and think about your success, draw confidence from the many positives throughout your career. Stay focus and fight. Just go for it.
Have massive self-esteem and self assurance. Use it all.
Roger you can conquer every goal you set for yourself to reach. You are an amazing player. You have all my support and I'll be cheering for you through the way.
I love you so much Roger…
:) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
No puedo expresar la alegría que me das con éste ejemplo..... Volver a jugar en torneos que hace tiempo no jugabas y demuestres que siempre se sigue aprendiendo, eso te hace cada vez mas GRANDE, por eso y mucho mas, te queremos siempre. Eres nuestro No. 1.
You are a true role model, maestro, we are so proud to be youRFan :)...
All best wishes Champ as you go through the rounds in Hamburg!
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Jury Selection Proceeding in SEC v. Mark Cuban
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's trial against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is officially underway in federal court in Dallas. Jury selection began at 9 a.m.
U.S. District Chief Judge Sidney Fitzwater has been questioning the 64 prospective jurors about their knowledge of the case, their opinions of Cuban and the SEC, their ability to participate in a trial that will span three weeks and if any of them have any biases that will prevent them from giving both sides a fair trial.
The SEC accuses Cuban of using insider information to sell his six percent ownership of Mamma.com in 2004.
Cuban counters that the information he received wasn't confidential and that he made no agreement to not sell his stock based on the information he received.
Jury selection is expected to take most of the day, as Judge Fitzwater is a very careful jurist and is trying to weed out any jurors who may adore or dislike Cuban so much that they would not be able to decide the case fairly. I invite you to check out this morning's article in The Dallas Morning News, which cites several legal experts, including Ron Breaux of Haynes and Boone, former prosecutor Kimberly Priest Johnson, Akin Gump partner Arnold Spencer and former SEC lawyer Jeff Ansley of Bell Nunnally, regarding the kinds of jurors each side is seeking in the case.
Opening statements will likely occur late this afternoon or tomorrow.
Texas Lawbook reporter Natalie Posgate is in the courtroom for every minute of the trial and will be providing us periodic updates.


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Munyurangabo, because other people have done a fine job of it themselves: Robin Wood and Roger Ebert stand out, though others have also noticed the film's power. But it's one of those movies that if you love it you really love it and you want to proselytize about it. I figure my first post of the new year ought to be a positive and proselytizing one, so here we are...
I went into Munyurangabo knowing nothing about it -- I had stuck it on my Netflix queue at some point and forgotten why. This may be the best way to watch it, not because there are lots of plot points to create suspense and surprise, but because it's the sort of film that, for some viewers, could be ruined by expectations. On the other hand, the story of how the film was made is compelling, and could aid in appreciating its wonders, and though there are a couple of moments that benefit from surprise, surprise is certainly not essential to enjoying the film. In other words, before you follow any of the links above or read the rest of this post, consider waiting till after you've seen the movie once. Or just plunge ahead as I try to explain why I think it is such an extraordinary work of art.
Munyurangabo was made by a Korean-American director, Lee Isaac Chung, who grew up in a small town in Arkansas. His wife had spent some summers volunteering in Rwanda, and he joined her after they were married. He wanted to teach people filmmaking, and to do so decided to give them the experience of making a real film. They shot Munyurangabo in eleven days on 16mm film from an outlined script. It is said to be the first narrative feature entirely in the Kinyarwanda language. It is a fictional story, but because the actors often improvised, much is based on their own experiences. (For more on the making of the film, see this BBC video.)
Chung would deserve accolades just for making the movie, regardless of the quality of the final product, but that it is so coherent and powerful is, given the conditions of its making, truly extraordinary. It is a profound story of friendship, families, and forgiveness.
There is a certain tendency in many of the reviews of the film to refer to it as, in some way or another, "small", but this seems to me to be a mistake. Yes, if "large" to you means Transformers or Avatar, this is a small movie, but its scope is greater than that of most everything released in any year. It is obviously a story of the Rwandan genocide and its lingering effects, which is certainly large enough, but there's more: this is a portrait of a particular place and people, but also a careful study of more archetypal subjects, and so it remains a powerfully emotional experience for any viewer attuned to the archetypes, regardless of that viewer's interest in or knowledge of Rwanda. The performances and situations speak with subtle authority about the risks and rewards and mysteries of adolescent friendship and of family loyalties and expectations. Beyond that lies the central force motivating the film's plot: the desire for revenge.
Despite what an obtuse and inattentive viewer might think, Munyurangabo is not a movie where "nothing happens" -- there is an awful lot going on within the film's narrative, but the viewer must be not only willing to allow the film its own pace, but to remain active, speculating about the characters' thoughts and motivations from the information given (and given as often visually as through the dialogue). This is a movie where the actors' faces and, especially, eyes tell entire stories. It is not a movie where characters are comfortable articulating their emotions and opinions to each other except at moments of crisis (and we all know how reliable and accurate our emotions are at such times).
Dance and poetry in Munyurangabo offer the expressiveness the main characters so often prove incapable of, and so the scene of the festival dance and the poem recited by Edouard B. Uwayo work as both emotional releases and as indications of what the characters could be striving toward if they can find a path toward lives less marred by anger, shame, and fear. It is no mistake for the last section of the film to shift toward the mystical, for this is the point where the story moves from a mostly straightforward realism into the realm of fable. The poem is the axis: it exhorts its listeners to move beyond the horrors of the real and toward ideals of forgiveness and unity that may help alleviate pain and animosity while also preventing future horrors. From this moment, Munyurangabo may think his quest is the same as it was when he stole the machete at the beginning of the film, but a spell has been cast on him.
Chung has said the ending is not so much a representation of how Rwandans are recovering from the genocide now as it is a dream of what might be possible. The dream's possibility is encapsulated in the rich ambiguity of the final shots. We do not really know if Munyurangabo and Sangwa have reconciled; we do not know if the image of Sangwa there is a dream (as we might assume Munyurangabo's father's visit was) or if the two friends really are together.
What we know is what we hope: that the act of decency Munyurangabo is performing for the dying man who, he thinks, killed his father may be reflected in the boys' reconciliation. But we also know it is just as likely that reconciliation is simply a yearning and that Sangwa is wandering the countryside alone and Munyurangabo has abandoned forever the only friend he had. The ambiguity is irresolveable, and it is that very irresolveability that produces the complex emotional effect of the final moments of a film that is ultimately both inspiring and devastating.
01 January 2010
posted by Matthew Cheney
1 comment:
- TheBrucolac1/25/2010 12:28 AM
Thanks, Matt. Your post reminded me to put Munyurangabo in my queue and, following your advice, I didn't actually read until just now, when I'd finished the film. Your notes on the final section are right on.ReplyDelete
I did feel a moment of satisfaction when Ngabo left his father's house for the first time-- I thought that letting the man live but declining to comfort him was a decent balance of justice and mercy. Ngabo's father knocked me out of complacency.
Thanks again.
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|I agree with Brian about the right start being the preferred start. As mentioned in the description a small run out at the semi-crack section of the right start is significantly decreased by clipping the bolt out to the left on a blank face (while standing in the crack). This is my favorite 10 at at the crag but is slightly tedious with the intermediate belay chains etc.


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We have Puppies! Gorgeous Utah English Bulldog PupsFive Beautiful English Bulldog Puppies born in Salt Lake City, Utah – Spring 2014 Lilly delivered the most beautiful Utah English Bulldog Puppies ever on Friday, March 31, 2014! Mom and pups are doing great!
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Hello all.
Where can i find personalization data,which users edit in portlets,when they click in menu "personize"?
Hello all.
Where can i find personalization data,which users edit in portlets,when they click in menu "personize"?
The portlet data which a user customizes the portlet is held in the portlet data per user if the portlet allows it.
- Matt
The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the positions, strategies, or opinions of IBM.
I understand it,but in which database websphere portal stored this personalization user's data.
This data is held in the customization domain:
To export this data, edit "ExportRelease.xml", change 'domain="rel"' to 'domain="cust"', and save as ExportCustomization.xml. Then run:
xmlaccess -url ... -in ExportCustomization.xml ...
ExportCustomization will look something like this (taken from 6.1):
Another approach would be to use Export.xml, but that will get everything (all domains, release, customization, etc.).
I need change or delete data for some users. May be you also know table where personalization data is stored?:)
Thanks for your help.
I used xmlaccess for getting personalization data, change data for some users and update it with xmlaccess.


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Cuomo Vetoes Special-Education Bill
Calling it an "overly broad and ambiguous mandate," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill on Tuesday he said would have significantly widened the criteria that qualified special-education students for taxpayer-funded tuition at private schools.
As the Journal reported earlier this month, the bill would have required schools officials to consider the "home environment and family background" when approving private-school placements for students with special needs. Critics said that could be interpreted to mean anything from religious beliefs to sexual orientation to race.
In the veto message, he said the bill ran contrary to his commitment to reducing the expensive mandates Albany places on local governments. School districts, which lobbied strongly against the bill, have been dealing with an increase in the number of students who win the right to go to private schools on the taxpayer's dime. Thousands of students receive tuition reimbursements each year after making the case that the public school can't serve their needs.
"This administration … is committed to providing the best education and assistance to every child in New York, including children with disabilities," Cuomo wrote in his veto message. "However, this bill unfairly places the burden on taxpayers to support the provision of private education."
The bill passed with bipartisan support in June, and its biggest backers were religious organizations such as Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish advocacy group. Leah Steinberg, the group's director of special education affairs, said the bill wasn't about religion but rather about providing appropriate special-education services for all children.
Jewish school teachers and leaders said some children with special needs would shut down and be unable to learn when in an environment so different from their home life.
Legislative supporters, such as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, and Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan, a Republican, previously said the bill could have saved districts the cost and trouble of fighting the cases. Moreover, they said, cost shouldn't be the driving concern when deciding how to best educate students.
But opponents said the bill crossed a line.
"Although we respect the personal choices that parents make to raise their children in accordance with their faith and culture, it would have been wrong to obligate taxpayers to pay for these private choices," New York State School Boards Association Executive Director Timothy Kremer said in a news release after the veto was delivered.
New York City, which spent more than $500 million from 2009 through 2012 on private-school tuition, strongly opposed the bill.


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Schoohouse is designed for students who need an easy, quick and powerful way to manage what they need to work on.
Great features like automatic grade calculation, smart criteria and file attachments make organizing your tasks simple.
Schoolhouse 3 builds on this by adding better customization, support for in-app websites, MobileMe syncing and more.
Required OS: 10.5
Tags: organization , school , homework , schoolwork , management , assigment , assignment
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Thanks so much for the Rosetta tip! As a college student, in terms of free software, Schoolhouse is in my top three, closely behind Firefox and VLC. It really is a wonderful program and I really felt quite lost without it. Can't wait for the next version!
It works under Leopard as long as you run it using Rosetta :)
Just ctrl-click Schoolhouse.app and click on 'Get info'. You can check 'Open using rosetta' there.
Ok guys, I posted on my blog that I'm trying to get a fix going fast for the Leopard problem that's come up. In the meantime, someone pointed out that you can run Schoolhouse in Rosetta (by Get Info in the Finder on the app and selecting Rosetta), and then it should work for now. I've been swamped by schoolwork lately but I'm trying to get as much done in Schoolhouse as possible.
Mr logan .. i wold like to thank you for this program .
even that I'm trying to use it disparately :( because it freezes when i create a new semester and i must force quit it . :(
i'm using OS X 10.5.2 . and i think compatibility with this version is the problem
(i may share the same problem as xtremepado !! )
( i tried to remove it and install it many times but i still face the same freezing problem)
looking forward for the new version :)
thanks and regards
I am running os x 10.5.2 and i can download the program, but when I click anything, the app crashes and I have to force quit. Is there anything that can fix this?
Please, please Logan, release a bug fix! There are heaps of extremely annoying oddities that need to be resolved. Bring on Schoolhouse 3!
I love this program so much I even sent the dev $
What I can't wait for is the ability to print!
I was lucky enough to find this program at the beginning of school, and couldn't have gotten by without it!
I used this program last night, as I have for many months. It worked great, as usual. This morning, upon waking up to check my homework, it would not load. The program kept on quitting on itself. I tried redownloading, but to no avail. Any suggestions? I'm lost without my SchoolHouse!
I lived by Schoolhouse last semester, but for some reason it isn't working at all anymore. I even tried re-downloading it. Perhaps there was an update for 10.4 that caused this, but it's more than unfortunate!
I am sorry to report that it is not usable in its state for me on iMac Alu 2.0Ghz running 10.5.1.
Too many bugs in ther interface make it unusable for me and the current version is flaky and unstable on my machine, so I don't want to trust it with all my data. Eagerly awaiting Schoolhouse 3 because the app shows promise. Can Logan chime in and give us a rough idea of release date?
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STOCKTON -- Third-graders from across the Stockton area will get up close and personal Wednesday with plants, animals and farm machinery.
For four hours (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.), more than 3,000 students will take part in AgVenture, a program at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, 1658 S. Airport Way, that provides them with first-hand agricultural experiences.
AgVenture is jointly sponsored by the county Board of Supervisors, the ag commissioner's office, the county Office of Education, the Farm Bureau, California Women in Agriculture, Food 4 Less, H.J. Heinz Co. and Rancho San Miguel Market.
The students come from Stockton Unified, Lincoln Unified and local private schools. More than 400 volunteers are involved.
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