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Each year, I feel like television tries to out-do itself. There's always some way that shows try to be all crazy and leave you on the edge of your seat. With reality television and live television, we have moments that are completely spur of the moment.
This year, there was no shortage, so for the end of the year, I compiled my top five TV moments. As hard as it was to narrow it down to just five, these are the ones that stuck out in my mind the most.
No. 5 - Clint Eastwood versus the chair.
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This Aug. 30 file photo shows actor Clint Eastwood looking toward an empty chair as he addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
At the National Republican Convention, Clint Eastwood went coo-coo. Or did he? A nation watched one of the most badass men in film history ... talk to a chair. A CHAIR. With NO ONE sitting in it. Well, Mr. Eastwood made you think that he was speaking to President Obama, but still, some audiences couldn't help but think Eastwood went off the deep end.
In interviews afterward, Eastwood stood by his speech, saying he wasn't crazy. In an interview with CNN, Eastwood said, "One advantage of being my age is that, you know, what can they do to ya?"
And that's true. How could you make fun of Clint Eastwood, even though he's talking to a chair. HE'S CLINT EASTWOOD. And that's why he made my list.
No. 4 - The end of "Jersey Shore."
As if MTV didn't know they were playing Russian Roulette by having drunk hooligans run around Seaside Heights, N.J., for six seasons, they dared to get sentimental with the last season.
Crying and slobbering their way through the last episode ever, the "Jersey Shore" castmates will pump their fists no more on the show that inspired a strong a opinion from everyone. New Jersey was mad, Italians were mad, they even gave us 20-somethings something to be ashamed of.
I feel like the cast should be kissing the feet of MTV. Without this show, the guidos and guidettes we watched take shots, fist-pump and spread STDs like pollen would still be doing all that, but without the camera. So, there also would be no sunglasses, jewelry and slipper lines from Snooki. JWoww wouldn't have her own bronzer line and no one would care what these kids did with their nightlife.
Snooki being pregnant only added a "how is this entertaining?" factor to the final season. All the faces of the cast members had aged, they couldn't party like they used to, and to top it off, the two most popular cast- mates didn't even drink and lose their judgment anymore. (The Situation was clean and sober after a stint in rehab.) It had to come to an end.
No. 3 - Everybody finally realizing how awesome "The Walking Dead" is.
So, yes, it took three seasons, but EVERYONE is talking about AMC's "The Walking Dead." And why not? It's a great mix of horror, shock and storyline that leaves you wanting more.
I admit, I jumped on the bandwagon late. And there were haters, as with every show. But this just stands out as an example of good television.
It's cool enough for hipsters to watch, manly enough for dudes and bros to watch, and has just enough sex appeal for girls to be like, "Hey, he's hot!"
Although the show is based on a comic book series, the creators have already stated they were not strictly following the storyline. They are making the show for the audience, not for awards, not for street cred.
This was my favorite show of 2012. The cliff-hanging mid-season is still ringing in my mind, keeping me on the edge of my seat until February.
As far as I'm concerned, everyone in the entire world can start getting into "Walking Dead," because this show is going to be everywhere in 2013.
No. 2 - "Gossip Girl" is ... Gossip Guy?
OK. So I don't like to admit that I watch this show from time to time and follow the storylines, no matter how stupid they seem.
This entire show, to me, was fashion, drama, cute boys and, who the heck is "Gossip Girl" and how does she know everything?
Nobody would ever suspect Dan Humphrey, who on the show in season one was Serena's outcast boyfriend from the poor family and just not what "Gossip Girl" was all about.
After a six-season run, this kind-of-disappointing, kind-of-weird, kind-of-awesome, end let the snotty brats of the Upper East Side rest peacefully in television history.
No. 1 - "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!"
You've got to be living under a rock if you haven't heard of Honey Boo-Boo and her family.
This family of rough and tumble, pick-my-nose-and-I-don't-care, burp-and-fart-as-loud-as-I-can, redneck clan was seriously the highlight of my television watching this year.
Although I fear for the mental stability of Alana, Honey Boo Boo, when she becomes of age to realize just how much America hated, loved and was grossed-out by her family, this show was great.
I can still laugh whenever someone makes a Honey Boo Boo joke.
That says a lot for something that has been in the media since August.
And now, NOW, they have announced a second season? I couldn't be happier. You know you are, too.
Having a bad day? At least you don't look like Honey Boo Boo's mom.
Feeling down about yourself? At least you have all your teeth.
How could I not make Honey Boo Boo No. 1? We need America to "Redneckognize!"
And there you have it. My top 5 of 2012. I can't wait for 2013 to see what outrageous, earth shattering, heartbreaking twists the shows I watch have in store for the future.


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Depends on how much you eat now. If that's a massive change, you'll probably feel pretty awful. If it isn't, you won't be too bad.
I am planning to cut down carbs to under 30g/day. Above this, I don't seem to loose, and have little self control. I am very "all or nothing".
So, how should I expect to feel the next few days? I'm hoping to prepare myself, so I don't talk myself out of eating this way if I start to feel not so good.
Any advice, words of encouragement, info are much appreciated!
Depends on how much you eat now. If that's a massive change, you'll probably feel pretty awful. If it isn't, you won't be too bad.
I mostly just felt foggy for awhile... hard to concentrate. The other thing I dealt with is leg cramps. I would suggest taking magnesium, using sea salt, and drinking plenty of water.
When you first cut carbs, you might feel sleepy, you may get a headache, and even a little sick. This is the time when you'll also crave sugary or starchy foods the most. You'll be most likely to talk yourself out of it. This can be expected to last for a few days or a week. They call it "carb flu" and it SUCKS. Some folks report it being worse or lasting longer, depending on how damaged your metabolism is. I had a carb flu for about 4 days once, but when I more recently had to go off Paleo and start it up again I had no carb flu at all.
After the carb flu is over, your body starts getting used to burning fat for energy and you'll start feeling more like yourself again. It WILL get better.
I actually prefer staying in "Ketosis" (fat burning) mode because it reduces my migraines and gives me much greater mental clarity and focus. I noticed it also makes me a little more assertive and 'edgy', personality-wise, maybe because carbs, for some people, have a "tranquilizing" effect similar to heroin. I'm more likely to get things done and not take shit from people when I'm not on a blood sugar "roller coaster".
Some doctors actually recommend low-carb "ketogenic" diets for their patients. Low-carb diets can be very healthy. The brains and endocrine systems of many people tend to function much better while on low-carb diets, especially those suffering from conditions like diabetes or epilepsy. Anyone can benefit by eating plenty of protein and healthy fats, but not going over 50g carbs/day - and be sure that those 50g come from healthy, whole, natural foods such as non-starchy vegetables (like broccoli) and low-sugar fruits (like blueberries).
Just to speak for the other side,you don't necessarily need to drastically cut carbs like that unless they cause you health problems.Honestly,chances are if you go from a lot of carbs to almost none then you're probably gonna feel like garbage for a while,it happened to me and I just increased the amount of carbs I was getting from healthy sources and immediately felt better.I honestly think it's more important to cut out things like grains,processed sugar,and trans-fat then it is to just paint all carbs as bad and try to keep them to a minimum.Basically what I'm saying is that if you feel like crap then have a potato or a little fruit,which may slow weight loss down a bit but will make it a much smoother,if somewhat longer journey.
I'm with spubba - I feel better staying around 50g of carbs a day at most. I've had carb flu a couple of times when I've fallen off the wagon & gone back to very low carb again. For me it kicked in on day 3/4 and literally felt like a flu for a couple of days. But good advice is found in the new Atkins book - most carb-flu is due to lack of minerals. Google the advice on drinking bouillon/broth & I bet you'll handle it better than me. A caveat obviously is the more carbs that are currently in your diet the bigger the change will be. I can swing happily between 20 and 50 or 60 a day with no ill effects.
For me, I cut out flour/grains entirely and all sugar except my coffee and whatever is in dark chocolate. I just felt better immediately. I'm generally around 80 carbs a day. On days when I drop below 50, I often wake up the next morning really craving something cold and fresh. I find I feel better between 50-80 and it doesn't set off sugar binges. I find grains and alcohol trigger more cravings that fruit or just plain sugar for me. If I get a sugar craving, a piece of very fatty food like a raw cheese will stop the craving immediately.
If you plan on doing any type of strength training, that low amount of carbs will affect performance after awhile.
If going low carb is new for you, you might feel a little weak doing things like going up stairs. You might feel a little dizzy standing up fast. You might feel mentally slow. Make some bone broth to have on hand and take potassium and magnesium supplements and put lots of salt in your food. Once you get through it, you will feel like a completely different animal. Strong, mentally sharp, even-keeled. It's a great feeling.
Female, 5'3", 50, Max squat: 202.5lbs. Max deadlift: 225 x 3.
If you have not been so low carb before, how do you know this is your set point for weight loss? Focus on a high protien breakfast and no snacking between meals. Move slowly often and reduce your stress. I felt great when I cut out grains and other high carb foods because they were causing insulin to spike and then my sugar would crash and I would have to eat again - even if just 1/2 hr after a meal. Focus on the quality of your food and avoid fake sweeteners and other crap additives. Reducing your carbs slowly will allow your body time to adjust and you may just find your body changing without extreme measures.


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Graduates of the bachelor of science in nursing program at The University of Texas-Pan American have a 97.4 percent pass rate on the exam they are required to pass to become registered nurses.
Of 44 graduates of the program last December, five were already registered nurses. The remainder, 39 students, took the National Council Licensure Examination between January and March. All but one graduate passed.
"In order to be considered an accredited program by the State Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas, you must maintain at least a 75 percent pass rate (on their first attempt)," said Dr. Carolina Huerta, chair of the Department of Nursing. "I don't know what the national average is at this time.
"The students have three chances (to pass the test), but the first attempt is the only thing that counts in terms of accreditation. The board doesn't care one bit that it took them three tries; it only wants to know if you really prepared them for their first attempt."
The students are graduates of the generic bachelor of science in nursing program the university began in 1992.
"We usually admit about 70 students every spring for the bachelor's program, and that includes about 10 registered nurses who are associate's-degree prepared who are wanting to come back," Huerta said.
"Students have to have at least a 2.5 GPA to even be considered for admission, but most of our students have a 3.0 or above. That's one of the reasons our students have done so well. In addition to the fact that they're getting a good education from us, they have a lot of history in terms of doing well in school."
Pass rates on the certification exam have been high for the last four years, Huerta said.
"In the past four years, the bachelor of science in nursing graduates' NCLEx pass rates have ranged from 88 to 97 percent," she said.
The department also offers a master of science in nursing program for students with bachelor's degrees who are interested in continuing their education. The MSN has two options, a well established adult health nursing track and a new family nurse practitioner track that will enroll its first students this fall.
The university also offers an associate's degree in nursing, which will be phased out in the year 2000.
"The ADNs are getting ready to go take the boards now," Huerta said. "They did very well last year. The students who graduated in May 1997 had a 94 percent pass rate. Those are the latest board results we have on the ADNs."
In addition to accreditation by the State Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas, the university's bachelor's and master's nursing programs are also fully accredited by the National League for Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.


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If all the faces of a tetrahedron have the same perimeter then show that they are all congruent.
A group of 20 people pay a total of £20 to see an exhibition. The admission price is £3 for men, £2 for women and 50p for children. How many men, women and children are there in the group?
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It is convenient and close (still 8 minutes walk) to EuroStar. Not a fantastic place, a bit old and small; but it is of value.
The breakfast is OK - basic not fancy. The neighborhood can be noisy because of weekend parties in other apartments.
They do not provide lots of towel. Bed is small. Also there are several steps before you can get to the lift.
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Finding an inexpensive hotel room in Paris is pretty difficult, but we got a good price for this decent hotel. The rooms were small, but can't complain for the price. The hotel is near the gare du nord, but next time I'd like to find a hotel closer to the city center, even if I need to pay a little more.
Great location for Eurostar travellers, good value for money!
We booked via Eurostar a 3 day package that included the trip from Waterloo station to Paris and 2 nights accommodation in the Prelude Hotel Gare du Nord (also known as the Relais Gare du Nord). The hotel is a convenient 7 min walk from the station. We arrived at Gare du Nord, walk to the hotel, left our luggage at the hotel and was on our way to see Paris in 30 minutes!!!! We only returned to the hotel around 21h00 that night and our luggage was safe, our room was very neat, clean and had everything we needed (even a tv, coffee and tea, kettle and even a hairdryer!). The furniture in the reception and lounge area was rather old and old fasioned. We rented a safety deposit box for 4 euros a day.
This hotel is near the Sacre Ceour and fantastic Place du Tertre (artists and musicians!!!!), easy walk with nice little shops on the way. The street was very quite at night, no problem getting a good nights rest!! We did not have breakfast at the hotel. I will definitely stay there again, especially when travelling via Eurostar - no need to pay hectic taxi fees or drag all your luaggage through Paris on the metro when you can just get off the Eurostar and be at your hotel within 10 minutes. From the Gare du Nord station you can be any where in paris within no time. I'll be back!
Perfect little Hotel for the First time in Paris!
The rooms were clean and nice, super comfy bed and they doubled up the pillows so we weren't stuck with flimsy pillows. The bathroom was small, but clean and private. I couldn't possibly think of more.
The staff was exceptional! Helpful and kind and very very patient.
The breakfast was always good, but always the same - cereal, croissants, cheese, bread and juice/coffee/hot chocolate.
I was really happy with the location. 2-minutes got you to the Metro Station, there was a corner market and grocery store within a minute, great little restaurants near by, two internet shops, a bank and Sacre Couer was just moments away. The neighborhood quieted down at night and I never felt unsafe wandering around.
If you're an American traveling to Europe for the first time, the size of the rooms might be a bit small compared to bargin-hotels in the U.S., but I thought there was plenty of room for two people. The lift was never in service, but I never saw an elevator in Paris.
Our second-floor room had access to the balacony and it was nice to use in the evening hours just to watch the Parisans go about their lives.
I thought it was an excellent deal for the price and will return to this hotel. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
I have booked this hotel via Expedia already in January. As I arrived in March they told me that the hotel is over booked. They wanted us to stay in another hotel, which should be the same category, but it was terrible!
So we discussed with the boss of the hotel more than one hour. Then we got a very very small room in the sixt floor. The room was very small but clean. It was Ok for three days, but we had to pay the full rate.
I think that they take reservations and they do not care about the rooms they can offer.
The hotel itself is OK and nice for the price.
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Great Value
This hotel is good value for money. The rooms are only small but very comfortable and clean. The hotel is in a great location to explore paris, its only a 5 minute walk to the Gare du Nord and the nearest metro station is at the top of the road. Its also very close to the Sacre Coeur. The only problem is that the walls are thin and you can hear the neighbours getting up in the morning. But other than that it is good hotel.
Not great
Stayed here in August 2002.Booked on the internet for a double room & two children but when we got there they said they had no such room after i phoned to confirm this. The girl i spoke to had left so they eventually got us a room with an extra single which was cramped to say the least . would not use this sweat box again.
Goog enough for me!
i took my boyfriend to paris as a surprise 21st birthday present, and we both loved it, despite the unwelcoming reviews i read a day before.
After reading them, i was a bit wery at what to expect but the staff were nice and helpful, the rooms clean and the food was a brillant french start to the day.
we were on a budget and found this to be a nice place to sleep, and if you are to be out exploring paris by night, when its at its best, like us, you won't hear through the 'thin walls' as it was reported, as everyone will be alseep!
so don't listen to those bad reviews, in all, its a nice little hotel, which is a good place to sleep, before venturing off into the city again.
You get what you pay for
My boyfriend and i stayed here 11-15 May 2004 through Hotels. We paid �50 per night. We arrived at 12 noon and although we weren't able to check in before 2pm, the staff were happy to store our luggage. The hotel is situated in a quiet street, however there is a small supermarket next door & a lovely little boulangerie across the road. While waiting to check in we went for a short stroll and were surprised to see the Sacre Couer at the top of a hill, only minutes from the hotel. There is also Anvers Metro stop, which is on the same line as Pigalle and Moulin Rouge, only 2 minutes from the hotel, making travelling around Paris easy.
The hotel room itself was very basic. It was small but clean. The room had a TV showing French TV channels only & a tiny balcony, overlooking the street. The walls were paper thin but as we were out until late at night it wasnt a problem. The bathroom was also very basic but clean. It had a hairdryer and bodywash was provided. Clean towels were provided every day.
There was a tiny lift at the end of our corridor which you could reach via a small staircase.
We were happy just to use the hotel as a base for exploring Paris on a budget. However, if we were to visit Paris again, we would definately spend a little extra on our accommodation. Overall, you get what you pay for.
Never Again
Made a reservation at this hotel through the Utell Hotel reservations website. Booked a higher rate that included breakfast and a welcome gift. These were denyed upon check - even though I had brought a copy of the e-mail reservation spelling it out the clerk quickly took this and somehow lost it by the next moring. A dishonest practice. The room, small but clean. Walls paper thin and you could hear your neighbor quite clearly. You get what you pay for. Next time I'll spend 10 euros more and stay at a more reputable hotel that is closer to the Gare du Nord station.
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Vetell will be given the fourth seed and will be matched up against Ben Rothwell in the opening round of the tournament.
Andy was forced to pull out of his scheduled bout against Rothwell after aggravating lingering leg and hand injuries during a recent training session.
The IFL held a conference call earlier today to announce that the first round of the IFL Grand Prix will be televised live on broadcast television as well to reveal the implementation of the inaugural IFL Draft. IFL President Kurt Otto was featured on the call.
Otto began the call by discussing details of the first round of the IFL Grand Prix that will be televised live on November 3rd at 8 PM EST on MyNetworkTV. The show will be one hour long and will show a few of the fights that will be taking place that night. Matchups between lightweights Chris Horodecki and Bart Palaszewski as well as heavyweights Ben Rothwell and Roy Nelson are expected to be televised. Otto said that the final round of the Grand Prix that is scheduled to take place on December 29th may also be possibly televised live as well.
Otto also announced that light heavyweight Mike Ciesnolevicz has been forced to pull out of the Grand Prix after suffering a broken nose in his recent fight against Andre Gusmao at the IFL Championship. Replacing Ciesnolevicz will be Gusmao himself. Gusmao will take on top seeded Vladimir Matyushenko while Mike Whitehead will face off against Alex Schoenauer in the first round.
The IFL will conduct it's first ever draft during the month of October. The draft will consist of three separate tryout sessions set to take place in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago on October 13th, October 20th, and October 27th respectively. Fighters looking to try out must be at least 18 years of age and must have one professional MMA fight under their belt.
Otto discussed newly named President and COO Jay Larkin and the impact that he will have on the company coming over from Showtime.
Other things of note that Otto discussed were:
- The fact that Otto prefers the new Saturday night time slot compared to Monday nights. He said that the IFL is instead featured in a prime time TV slot and that they don't have to compete with Monday Night Football any longer.
- Otto stated that some of the teams will be relocating to new cities or countries for next season. He also said that there will be a few coaching changes as well. When asked if he already found a replacement for departing Los Angeles head coach Shawn Tompkins, Otto said "maybe".
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez will replace an injured Tim Sauer for the New York Pitbulls and will take on Ben Rothwell in the IFL World Team Championships this Thursday night.
Rothwell is undefeated in 8 fights so far in the IFL. During that span he has racked up wins over Krzysztof Soszynski, Bryan Vetell, Devin Cole, Wojtek Kaszowski, Matt Thompson, Roy Nelson, and Travis Fulton.
Rodriguez has won 12 out of his last 14 fights since his departure from the UFC, his two losses coming at the hands of Ron Waterman and Robert Beraun. Rodriguez avenged the loss to Waterman at WFA: King of the Streets last summer. Rodriguez owns victories over former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski, Paul Buentello, Jeff Monson, and current UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture.
Rodriguez will certainly be Rothwell's biggest test yet in the IFL.
News and Notes
- Rory Markham will not be participating in the Quad Cities Silverbacks's IFL season opener because of him recovering from laser eye surgery…
"What I had in my eye is what they call a 3% retinal hole," said Rory. "[They call it 3%] because that's how big the hole was. It's impact induced, so it's from getting hit in the eye over the course of the last couple of months.
It can lead to a retinal detachment eventually, which is a very serious injury that sometimes leads to blindness," exclaimed Rory. "Luckily I caught it early enough in stage one, that's the earliest you can catch it."
Markham continued, "I went in, they welded it up, and the IFL paid for it. They [the IFL] made good on their promise to insure us as fighters, which I can do nothing but thank them for that."
- Krzysztof Soszynski has pulled out of his matchup against Ben Rothwell next weekend because of an injury he suffered while training last week.
- Kid Yamamoto suffered an arm injury during his 2007 Emperor's Cup semi-final match and will not be able to compete to make Japan's Olympic wrestling team…


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A suburban Kansas City dinner theater had to cancel its opening night of the play "Harvey" after a disgruntled Judge Reinhold resigned from the production.
New Theatre co-owner Richard Carrothers told The Kansas City Star that the "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Beverly Hills Cop" star had appeared increasingly unhappy with everything related to the production.
The Overland Park theater canceled its opening-night show on Wednesday after Reinhold's abrupt departure.
Kansas City-based actor Craig Benton was assuming the lead role in the whimsical 1944 comedy through Jan. 29, after which Los Angeles-based British actor Charles Shaughnessy takes over.
Reinhold said in an emailed statement that the theater provides "wonderful entertainment" and this production wouldn't be an exception, even without him.


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Will Israel attack Iran's nuclear facilities? That's the question some are asking in light of recent statements by Israeli leaders.
Israeli intelligence believes Iran is continuing its pursuit of nuclear weapons and Israeli leaders are talking more about what they need to do about it.
To some analysts, the rhetoric from Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicates Israel could be laying the rationale for a possible pre-emptive military strike against Iran's nuclear program. CBN News Senior Editor John Waage shed light on the situation between Iran and Israel on the CBN News Midday News, Nov. 3.
For example, in comments earlier this week, Netanyahu warned Iran posed a grave threat to the world, the Middle East and Israel.
"A security philosophy cannot rely on defense alone. It must also include offensive capabilities, which is the very foundation of deterrence. Our policy is guided by two main principles. The first is 'If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.' And the second is 'if anyone harms us, his blood is on his own hands,'" Netanyahu said.
The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are trying to convince a majority of the cabinet to support military action against Iran.
In addition, Israel's foreign ministry has instructed its ambassadors to tell other ambassadors and leaders the "window of opportunity" for imposing effective sanctions on Iran is closing.
The campaign is designed to convince the U.S., european nations and other western countries to impose their own sanctions against Iran. However, the U.S. has warned Israel about any independent military action.
In the meantime, the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected by some to announce in their report next week they have proof Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb.
One other item drew the attention of many observers. Israeli Air Force planes recently conducted a training exercise that simulated attacks against the Mediteranean island of Sardina. The exercise lasted several days.
Sardina is approximately the same distance from Israel as parts of Iran.
CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell talked about what other preparations Israel has made to strike Iran, the consequences if such a strike is accomplished and what other nations may also be preparing for military action against the Islamic Republic on The 700 Club. Click play to watch the interview.
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to make something useful out of a multitude of completely useless things.
origin: the early 90's TV series starring Richard Dean Anderson
origin: the early 90's TV series starring Richard Dean Anderson
I needed to blow up a dam, so I macgyvered up a bomb with some fertalizer and an old tin can.
de drska 13 octobre 2003
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To put something together using useless bits and pieces in the most far-fetched way
I've macguver'd myself some socks using a squirrel , a dohnut and a few paperclips
de Charles "Gushter" Pavlov 6 avril 2004
This applies to any situation which can be solved by the improbable application of:
1) a swiss army knife
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3) a match
4) Richard Dean Anderson (aka MacGuyver)
1) a swiss army knife
2) a roll of duct tape
3) a match
4) Richard Dean Anderson (aka MacGuyver)
MacGuyver i don't know how you did it! Making a nuclear bomb out of that empty can of catfood was shear genius...
de Grant McDonald 2 février 2004
to build something in a half assed way that seems impossible anyway
hey, this nuclear missile broke, but i mac guyver'd it with some scotch tape, a box of crayons and a bag of old fertilizer!
de mike 16 septembre 2003
To fix something so that it works for the time being because you're too lazy or broke to either fix it properly or buy a new one.
My car insurance deductible is $1000 so I mac guyver'd my bumper with duct tape.
de Melissa Moncrief 27 janvier 2005
something that is fake and impossible. or getting out a situation that seemed impossible.also 007
Man I made mac guyver'd away from those police. I almost got caught but i 007'd outta that bitch
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Just got a ps2 and devil may cry 1...good lord this game is hard. It took so many tries to beat the 1st boss. I've finally beaten that bastard and now i have to worry about that dam black knight and i don't even have any more continues -.- I can get him to about half health before i die then i have to restart from a save point. All i can say is i have alot of respect for people that have beaten this game on normal mode and even more respect for people that can beat it in hard mode.
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Keep trying manPosted: May 15, 2010 12:00AM PST by Gassy_Ocelot
Three's even harder
edit: if you didn't know, skip two, you'll thank me
Its a hard one!Posted: May 15, 2010 12:00AM PST by Andiezelda4theages
I never beat it but ya know .,..its hard. Thanks.
Play through it!!!
Excuse me...Posted: May 16, 2010 12:00AM PST by Eldritch_Eric
Could you please remove the contest tag from this blog, as it has nothing to do with it? It is clogging up the entry list unnecessarily. Thank you in advance, and I mean no disrespect. I understand tagging it was likely an accident.
On another note, I originally beat this on Easy, then Normal, but beyond that...I get slaughtered. Same problem with DMC 3. I'm trying to NOT go into Easy mode on that one and I'm stuck at the minotaur boss. About halfway through the game I think. UGH! lol Great game nontheless though.


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The 12-Day Best of the Dominican Republic
If you can swing it, 10–14 days in the Dominican Republic would give you sufficient time to dive into each of the various regions. With such biodiversity in one country, you may be surprised to discover just how wide the spectrum of activities ranges.
This itinerary is for someone who is active and excited to dig into the nature and culture of the Dominican Republic. It is meant only as a "highlights to hit" itinerary. If you're traveling along and happen to fall in love with the surf scene in Cabarete, for instance, simply stop and keep surfing.
Day 1
Arrive at Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas in Santo Domingo and settle into your hotel in the Ciudad Colonial. If you arrive during the day, set out on foot to explore the colonial sights and orient yourself. For dinner go to one of the restaurants on the Plaza de la Hispanidad.
Day 2
Spend the day exploring the Ciudad Colonial and all of its sights, including the New World's first street, Calle de las Damas, and ruins of the first hospital, Ruinas del Hospital San Nicolás de Barí. Leave time for the oldest cathedral in the western hemisphere, the Catedral Primada de América, and the Museo de las Casas Reales.
Have dinner along the water at Adrian Tropical for a wonderful view of the stars and the surf while enjoying typical Dominican favorites like mofongo (mashed plantains). Afterward, stroll along the Malecón to find a hot club and dance the night away.
Day 3
In Santo Domingo's Plaza de la Cultura, the Taíno artifact exhibit at the Museo del Hombre Dominicano is a first-rate way to learn about the pre-Columbian history of the nation. Catch a taxi to the peaceful Jardín Botánico Nacional to learn about the biodiversity of the Dominican Republic.
Grab dinner in the Ciudad Colonial and save all your energy for dancing at Guácara Taína, located in the belly of an enormous cave. Make sure your rental-car reservations are in place for your drive to Barahona the next day.
Day 4
On your way to Barahona, in the arid region southwest of Santo Domingo on the Península de Pedernales, detour to see the Reserva Antropológica El Pomier north of San Cristóbal and marvel at hundreds of ancient Taíno drawings. Check into the Hotel Costa Larimar before heading out to dinner and dancing at Los Robles.
Day 5
Get up very early for a day of beautiful scenery and a visit to a deserted beach. Drive to Las Cuevas, a small community of fishers who can also give you a boat ride to your ultimate destination, one of the last completely unspoiled and most remote beaches in the country, Bahía de las Águilas. If time permits, on your way back stop for a dip in the freshwater lagoons (balnearios) of San Rafael or Los Patos.
Day 6
Take Highway 46 toward Lago Enriquillo, making a quick stop at the Polo Magnético to witness first-hand the quirky phenomenon of your car rolling mysteriously uphill. Continue your drive around the Lago Enriquillo loop, stopping at the Parque Nacional Isla Cabritos to see crocodiles, flamingos, and iguanas lounging by the saltwater lake. Head back to Barahona by night and enjoy a more casual dinner at the locally popular Restaurante and Pizzería D'Lina.
Day 7
Return to Santo Domingo to return the rental car and catch a bus to the cooler mountainous village of Jarabacoa. Visit the waterfalls and swimming holes of the Saltos de Jimenoa and Salto de Baiguate. Stay at the Rancho Baiguate and make reservations with its excursion team to try an adventure sport such as canyoning or rafting on the Río Yaque del Norte. Rest up for your next day of adventure.
Day 8
While canyoning is indeed a thrilling and mind-boggling adventure, don't forget to enjoy the scenery as you navigate down waterfalls and across streams. Later go for a nice dinner on top of the hill at Jarabacoa's Jamaca de Dios just outside of town, overlooking the city lights.
Day 9
Catch an early bus north along Highway 5 and stop in Santiago to visit the Centro León cigar factory and art museum in the morning. Eat lunch in Puerto Plata at Aquaceros Bar & Grill, right along the Malecón, and then take a taxi to Fuerte San Felipe and the Museo del Ámbar Dominicano before heading to the snorkeler's favorite haunt, Sosúa (about 25 kilometers east of Puerto Plata) via bus or guagua.
Day 10
Dive or snorkel off the coast of Sosúa with a reputable outfitter like North Coast Diving. Have dinner at Sosúa's romantic La Puntilla de Piergiorgio for Italian food with an out-of-this-world view of the Atlantic.
Day 11
Early in the morning take off to the surfer-filled hot spot of Cabarete and settle in to your hotel. Explore the one main drag running parallel to the beach and then head over to Playa Cabarete and sign up with a windsurfing outfitter, like Vela, to teach you the ropes or rent you equipment. Cabarete's lively yet casual nightlife revolves around the bars along Playa Cabarete.
Day 12
Head over to Kite Beach to try out kitesurfing. Kite Club has lessons available, and you can join the club for weeks at a time. It's also a super-cool place to just chill by the surf and watch an international cast of surfers. Enjoy your last two days beach bumming in Cabarete before catching a guagua back to Santo Domingo for your flight out.
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A Progressive System of Mark-to-Market Taxation
David S. Miller
Proskauer Rose LLP
October 13, 2008
The Shelf Project
Tax Notes, Vol. 121, p. 213, October 13, 2008
Under this mark-to-market proposal, large companies and wealthy individuals would pay tax on publicly traded securities and derivatives on the securities as if they had sold the position at year-end. No actual sales would be required.
The proposal is made as a part of the Shelf Project, a collaboration by tax professionals to develop and perfect proposals to help Congress when it needs to raise revenue. Shelf Project proposals are intended to raise revenue, defend the tax base, follow the money, and improve the rationality and efficiency of the tax system. The tax community can propose, follow, or edit proposals at http://www.taxshelf.org. A longer description of the Shelf Project can be found at ''The Shelf Project: Revenue-Raising Projects That Defend the Tax Base,'' Tax Notes, Dec. 10, 2007, p. 1077, Doc 2007-22632, 2007 TNT 238-37.
Shelf Project proposals follow the format of a congressional tax committee report in explaining current law, what is wrong with it, and how to fix it.
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CREDIT COUNSELORS call them predatory lenders who feed off low-income workers trying to make it to their next paychecks.
Philadelphia's consumer advocate calls their business "legalized loan sharking" — basically out-of-state mobsters without the funny nicknames.
President George W. Bush signed a law in 2006 that kicked them off military bases. Seventeen states have outlawed them.
Even former state Sen. Vince Fumo, who's doing federal time in a Kentucky prison on corruption charges, called them a "scam."
But a posse of high-powered lobbyists is pushing legislation through Harrisburg — with the support of two Philadelphia Democrats — that would invite these short-term "payday" lenders into Pennsylvania, clearing the way for corner stores to dole out fast cash with interest and fees that are more than 15 times the state's current limits.


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University of Alabama freshman linebacker Juwan Garth was honored with a selection to the Sporting News 2003 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team, the national publication released Friday.
Garth recorded 62 tackles in 2003, including two sacks. He also added three pass break-ups, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.
Garth's 62 stops ranks seventh on the Crimson Tide squad and are the most for a freshman on the team. His tackle total also ranks third in the SEC among freshman.
The Decatur, Alabama native scored a touchdown against Georgia this season when he scooped up a fumble and ran ten yards on a Georgia punt attempt.


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I am confused as to who reference frame 'proper time' and 'proper length' is. I thought that proper time and proper length was the time/length measured by a stationary observer.
However in my notes I have an example where there is a man on a train moving relative to a man on the platform. The man moving on the train has a light clock and is taken as T nought. whereas the man on the platform is taken as 't', in the formula
This has really confused me as I thought the man on the platform should be taken as t nought as he should have the 'proper time' because he is stationary. On top of that, my teacher has given me a tip in calculations, she said that in a calculation you should always use either the proper time with the contracted length, or the proper length and the dilated time. ie. you should not find yourself using the dilated time, and the contracted length in the same reference frame.
But when I thought about it, it doesn't seem to make sense, if you are using the proper time, you should be stationary (supposedly), but if you are stationary you should be measuring the proper length, not the contracted length.
Can anyone help me out?
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Haha, this can be pretty confusing at first, but reaaly the only problem with understanding the concept is what how you deifne the word "Stationary."
I guess this is best explained by using your example above.
"Proper time" Is the time which the observer perceives. Ie the clock which is being used on the train is stationary with respect to the observer.
Think of it another way, consider that the train is staionary, and that the man on the platform is running (usain bolt style lol) instead? The relative velocity is much the same.
Overall really the man on the train can be considered stationary, and the world is moving with respect to it!
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Asus Kickoff: Eee Videophone with 7-Inch Display
The kickoff session at the CeBIT 2009 show in Munich included a presentation of the new Asus Eee Videophone with Skype certification.
The Asus Videophone connects over wireless or Ethernet and depends on it for its operation. So a Skype phone can now spare the PC. Its usage pattern is for home or corporate office, seeing that its large size (202x123x253 mm) and 1.6 kg weight certainly precludes it from transportable use. Any private caller on Skype can video or call anyone over a wireless or Ethernet connection, including analog SkypeOut calls.
The 0.3-MPixel webcam serves for videotelephony and saves bandwidth due to its lower resolution, and the display is at 800x480 pixels. Large icons should make the device easier to use. In the U.S. the Videophone is already available as the model AiGuru SV1 for about $300. Asus product manager at the show, Jörg Wissing, couldn't give details about availability in Europe, nor specifics about the OS, except that Asus worked closely with Skype on the firmware.
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As we stated in the Goalkeeper Tips for the forthcoming round of the Irish Times Fantasy Premier League there were clean sheets a plenty with no fewer than 8 in round 13 which meant it was a good week for defenders and with the same teams facing home fixtures on Wednesday and Thursday fantasy managers will be hopeful for more of the same in round 14. On the injury front as far as defenders go there is on two new injury worries for fantasy managers to contend with since the weekend, Sunderland's John O' Shea could only manage 45 minutes against West Brom and had to be withdrawn with a calf injury and is rated as 50/50 to play against QPR tomorrow night. Elsewhere Wigan's Ivan Ramis is also highly doubtful to recover in time to play on Wednesday as he was taken off on 48 minutes with a hamstring injury, Ron Vlaar was another who picked up an injury and looks set to sit out round 14.
So with the latest injury updates to hand here are our defender tips for Round 14 of the Irish Times Fantasy Premier League.
Jonny Evans (Manchester United) £4.9 million. Fixture: West Ham (Home)
The United defender made his return to the side after missing two weeks through injury and wasted no time in making an impact at the other end of the pitch as he popped up with United's first of the afternoon and his second of the season against QPR over the weekend and fantasy manager will be hoping for more of the same this coming Wednesday. West Ham go into this one on the back of a 3-1 defeat to Tottenham but with the Hammers having the fourth worst goal scoring record in the league away from home managing only 5 goals on the road so far this season,United and Evans will be hopeful of the clean sheet. The last time the sides met at Old Trafford back in 2010 it finished 3-0 to United in fact the Hammers have failed to score on the their last five visits to Old Trafford in the league, so all is not lost for those worried about the Hammers attacking threat it seems that they just can breach the United defense at the Theater of Dreams.
Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) £3.6 million. Fixture: Newcastle (Home)
The Potter central defender has been rock solid at the back for Stoke this season and has featured in all 6 of their clean sheets this season. As we stated in the Goalkeeper tips the Potters have the meanest home defensive record so far this season having conceded only one goal which is no mean feat in one of the most competitive leagues in the world.Newcastle are going through a rough patch at the moment having lost 3 on the trot and only managed to score once in the process. The Magpie's are of course going through somewhat of an injury crisis with manager Alan Pardew reporting that he has 11 first team players currently undergoing treatment, but what is bad news for one is good news for another and with Newcastle currently firing blanks infront of goal the clean sheet for Stoke and Shawcross looks increasingly likely.
Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) £3.4 million Fixture: Reading (Home)
The young Villa defender finds himself in our tips for the first time this season after an impressive display last time out as Villa kept the Gunner goalless over the weekend. Villa's form of late hasn't been anything to write home about but there are signs that things are looking up for Paul Lambert's side after they showed good spirit against Man United but came unstuck and the same can be said about their performance against Man City in the first half. This time out the face a reading side that have only managed one win in their last 6 and despite the fact that they have scored as many goals away from home this season as the aforementioned Man City (6) they have yet to win on the road, but if you consider that 2 of their 6 goals on the road came last time out against a weakened Wigan defense then there is hope for Villa and Clark of a second clean sheet in a row.
Aleksander Kolarov (Man City) £4.7 million Fixture: Wigan (Away)
City recored only their second clean sheet at the weekend as the faced Chelsea at the Bridge, Kolarov has been in and out of the City side od last but with an injury in Gael Clichy he looks set to continue at the back for this Wednesday's game against Roberto Martinez's Wigan at the DW Stadium. Wigan are no slouches at home this season and have netted 11 times in 7 games, but with City defence registering their second clean sheet on the bounce it seems that all is well at the back for Mancini's men. Kolarov does also posses an attacking threat down the wings and he will be keen to push on and expose that infamous Latic's back three and add to his 1 goal and 2 assists so far this season, so really the Serbian international is one for both defensive and attacking potential this week which isn't half bad for a mere £4.7 million.
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WATER and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa this week signed two memorandums of understanding with the Chinese government, she said on Wednesday evening.
A Chinese delegation travelled to South Africa for the Brics summit in Durban, where a number of agreements between the Brics nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — were concluded.
The two memorandums of understanding dealt with oceans and coastal management, and ecosystems and biodiversity protection, Ms Molewa told Business Day in an interview.
The memorandum of understanding dealing with biodiversity was similar to that signed with Vietnam last December, and encompassed a "list of actions that need to be taken" on the illegal trade in rhino horn, she said.
These included joint security and cross-border actions, capacity building, greater harmonisation of legislation, education and awareness of the negative effects of the black-market trade in rhino horn, and training for government officials.
South Africa is home to more than 90% of the global rhino population, and scientists have warned that if poaching increases at the same rate as it did between 2009 and 2011, when the tally jumped from 122 to 448, just more than a threefold increase, the species will be extinct by mid-century. It could go into decline by 2016.
Conservationists see Vietnam as key to curbing the poaching that feeds the illegal horn trade. The country, a known destination for much of the illegal rhino horn poached in South Africa, posted the highest wildlife crime score in the World Wide Fund for Nature's 2012 Wildlife Crime Scorecard report.
Do Quang Tung, the acting head of Vietnam's wildlife trade authority, reportedly told the Mail & Guardian newspaper that allegations that Vietnam was the primary destination and consumer country for rhino horn were "bullshit". Instead he pointed to China, saying it was responsible for "99% of the horn that goes through Vietnam".
However, research by wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic shows that while a decade ago rhino horn was "noticeably absent" from Vietnamese markets, that country is now the largest market for horns, with the young and newly affluent the biggest consumers.
Rhino horn, prized in Vietnam as a "pick-me-up", a cancer cure and even an aphrodisiac, fetches about $60,000/kg in the Southeast Asian country.
Ms Molewa said the biodiversity memorandum of understanding also covered wetlands, with South Africa keen to benefit from China's wetlands management expertise. "They have mechanisms and technology for that," she said.
It also covered species, from plants such as hoodia and cycads to animals and animal parts that are transported under Convention on Trade in Endangered Species rules.
The oceans and coastal management memorandum of understanding looked at developing the "blue economy" for both nations.
"Ninety-five percent of what's in the oceans is actually unknown. We can co-operate on that," the minister said.
Ms Molewa also said China was interested in working with South Africa on Antarctic research. South Africa is one of a handful of countries that has an Antarctic base.
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In Search of Quality
That day, I went to Sibley Hospital in the District to preregister for the hysterectomy. The young woman taking my information followed the usual questions and answers with, "At Sibley, you are not just a patient, you are a consumer, a customer. Let me explain what that means."
I laughed and said she did not have to explain. I was familiar with the concept of pleasing the customer, having worked for years with the late W. Edwards Deming, the legendary management analyst and statistician who developed the philosophy of customer-driven management and continual improvement. An NBC program I had produced in 1980, "If Japan Can, Why Can't We?" had introduced his ideas in the West. His work eventually reached corporate America and became adopted throughout the economy as Total Quality Management.
Deming had been a resident of Washington, too. Over 10 years, I had spent months interviewing him for a library of videos and two books about his ideas, including the concept of making decisions based on data.
Somehow deep in my subconscious, this encounter at Sibley must have triggered an important question, though I did not realize it at the time.
I returned home. Surgery was less than 24 hours away. In the late afternoon, I took a long walk with my husband and then did some stretching. As I started mourning that I was not going to be able to stretch in the coming weeks, a thought or a voice – I can't remember which – came to me.
"Would you really make a decision about something as important as this with a single data point – just one reading of one slide?" Dr. Deming seemed to be asking me.
I thought about it. Then, with trepidation, I walked downstairs to speak with my husband. "I don't think I can have surgery tomorrow," I said, "I just heard from Dr. Deming, and he wanted to know why I was making this major decision with information from just one data point."
I expected him to be annoyed. He had moved the beds around and been through all these weeks of discussion and preparation. Instead he said, "You're right. There is no such thing as a fact." He had worked with Deming, too.
But the second reading of the slide was still not available. I called the surgeon/gynecologist; she said if she couldn't get to the other doctor, she would just do a D&C – the minor, in-and-out surgery – the next day. By now, I imagined the second reading, if it got done at all, as being done on the fly. I assumed the doctor would just confirm the obvious and recommend the hysterectomy.
At that moment, I decided I would ignore whatever he said and have only a D&C.
I went out and returned home to find a message on my answering machine from the second doctor.
"Don't have a hysterectomy unless you want one," he said. "That slide was over-read."
He called back later and said to go ahead and have the D&C – but based on the slide as he saw it, he expected no problems to be discovered during the procedure.


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The Morning Read: Paul Thomas Anderson preps Pynchon's 'Vice' and Scientology screed
Welcome to The Morning Read.
Oh my god… a new Radiohead album this coming Saturday? I may buy it as a digital only version, but I'm tempted by the deluxe "Newspaper Album." I love the title. "The King Of Limbs." Oh, man, I'm an easy mark, and I… don't… care.
Sometimes, you just get a gift, and I think that's got to be how Paul Thomas Anderson is feeling these days. If you haven't read the Thomas Pynchon novel Inherent Vice, it's a loose, funny, shaggy detective story set in Los Angeles in the '60s, and it reminds me of both "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and Altman's riff on "The Long Goodbye." Knowing that PTA is the one adapting it, and that he's already got a first draft of the script that Pynchon actually read and approved, I am delighted. If Vulture is correct and Robert Downey Jr. is thinking about playing the lead role of Doc Sportello, then there is no other film in development I'm more excited about.
Except maybe "The Master". Or whatever it's going to finally be called. I've got a copy of this script which deals with the tensions within a pseudo religion called The Cause, but I don't want to read it. If it really is Anderson's take on Scientology, then I'd rather just see the movie. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is evidently interested in playing the leader of the movement, but the part of the disciple whose fall rattles the entire organization will no longer by played by Jeremy Renner, who was attached when the film almost got made at Universal.
The appearance of Megan Ellison, a 25-year-old billionaire whose dad Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle, must have felt like a total miracle to Anderson, who has had trouble making the films he wants to make while resisting the compromises built into the cost of some of the things he's interested in doing. Ellison is one of the producers of last year's "True Grit," and she also just rescued a John Hillcoat film from some financial speed bumps, so she's starting to become a very interesting and welcome presence in the film financing world.
I hope Lasse Hallstrom actually makes "The Danish Girl" with both Nicole Kidman and Rachel Weisz attached. It's adapted from a novel by David Ebershoff about the marriage of Einar Wegener and Gerda Wegener that evolved from artistic collaboration to the world's first sex-change operation. Kidman will be playing Einar as both a man and a woman, before and after the operation, and Weisz will be playing Gerda. It sounds like a great vehicle for both of them, and I'd like to see Hallstrom making films I'm interested in again.
I am pleased to see that there are other people in this world who can see through the nonsensical stance that "Die Hard 2" is anything but terrible. Because it is, to be clear, terrible.
How cool is this? All the way cool.
Also cool? Mr. Beaks interviewing Elton John.
Also also cool? Steve Johnson's recent decision to publish everything he's ever touched. He's a FX artist who is putting together these records of all the things he's worked on, and io9 just got a look at a DVD he's putting out that looks at the work he did on "The Abyss."
My wife just caught up with "Inception" for the first time, and it's amazing how the conversation on the film just seems to keep on going. Yes, I know it's Oscar season and they're campaigning, but there's still a real sense when I'm talking to people that they are chewing on this one, revisiting it, curious about it. If you're one of those people who can't get enough of the movie, this is for you:
Don't tell anybody, but it appears that the MPAA doesn't really understand how the Internet works. At all.
This entertains me. Enormously.
Unreal. I'd never read about the CIA's miniature robot insect surveillance program before, and looking at this, I'm amazed at what was possible 40 years ago.
First, look at this.
Now, I want you to read a truly clever film critic at work. Because the world needs more reviews of Bo Derek in "Bolero."
Very smart and balanced piece about the Singularity school of thought, and well worth a read. And if you don't know what the Singularity is by now, it really is worth reading up on, so you'll be ready when our robot computer overlords finally arrive.
If you want a good look at how frustrating it is to be a working film director even after critical success, just check out this piece about Miguel Arteta and the list of stuff he couldn't get over the finish line.
Five books about filmmaking that Darren Aronofsky recommends. That sounds like a good solid way to spend a few minutes, right?
True dat, BoingBoing.
God, I love VHS covers. Just like I love laserdisc covers. Just like I'm a sucker for fun film packaging of all sorts. I had a sort of epiphany in my theories about fanboy culture this weekend, and I'm seriously considering writing a book about what I realized. Part of what helped me reach that conclusion was realizing that Hulu now has the movie "The Rock-A-Fire Explosion" available to view, a documentary that I've been hoping to track down for a while. If you've got time for a feature film today, you could do a whole lot worse than checking out this look at a very particular subcorner of a subculture of a subculture, which has some larger points to make about fandom in general:
I read this entire thing and all I took from it was "Blah blah blah blah we screwed up the way we show pictures on Facebook and we don't feel like admitting it blah blah blahbety blah."
Come on, James Cameron. You know you wanna.
I have played this one several times over the weekend, and I almost played this wrong version for the boys when they asked me to see the preview again tonight:
I want a Moon Tree. Just saying.
The worst thing about the impermanence of distributors and production companies in the film industry is the way films sometimes vanish into legal limbo, completely unavailable for viewers for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the films.
I found some storyboards for Zack Snyder's "Superman," but don't tell anyone.
Interesting. I think the debate about how 3D works and whether it works at all is a very real and interesting conversation, and this piece highlights a number of things I've noticed about the difference between conventional 2D films and 3D films.
Look! Hobbitses and Dwarveseses, Precious!
"Party Down" was all sorts of awesome, and this oral history of the series compiled by Whitney Pastorek is just plain awesome as well.
I would have totally missed this if Scott Weinberg hadn't retweeted it a few times, and that would have been a damn shame.
Tim Sullivan is one of those guys you meet in Hollywood who knows everyone and who always turns up in the most interesting places. Tim's introduced me to KISS, the surviving Doors, and any number of other filmmakers over the years, and he always seems to be ground zero for all sorts of coolness. He just put up a great blog about the Masters Of Horror dinners that any genre fan should take the time to watch.
I haven't seen "Sanctum." Now I feel like I have to.
"The King's Speech" and "The Karate Kid"? Well, now that you mention it…
And finally today, I love this. I love the notion of taking a photograph from decades ago and restaging it with the same person in present day. It's just remarkable, but I'll warn that there's a wee bit of nudity in one or two of the photos. Nothing lewd, though. It's an interesting glimpse of time at work.
And speaking of time, I'm out of it. I had interviews to do this weekend, including one with Johnny Depp, and I've got more interviews to do this morning for the new Farrelly Brothers film "Hall Pass," and then I want to try to sneak over to Toshi's kindergarten class for their Valentine's Day party. I'll be back later today, though, and there's a number of things I was trying to get to last week that I'll have for you this week instead, including the return of the podcast with special guest David O. Russell, a new Film Nerd 2.0, and more.
Now if they just made more hours in the day…
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Branson to Bed Passengers
Flamboyant British entrepreneur Richard Branson announced that the new super-jumbo jets he's buying for his Virgin Airlines will have double beds so passengers can have, ahem, a high-flying time. According to business reports from England, Virgin's first 555-seater A3XXs will be delivered by 2006, and Branson expects to put them to use flying between London and destinations in the U.S. and Asia. Virgin planes, which already offer a wide range of music and video entertainment, currently offer private meeting rooms and in-flight beauty treatments, including massages. Branson has also said that casinos and showers are also under consideration. But with the extra space that will be afforded by the new A3XXs, said Branson, there will be plenty of room for double beds. "You have them on cruiseliners," Branson told Reuters, "so why shouldn't you be able to have relationships in the air?"


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Served with our house salad, fresh vegetables and a dinner roll. You may pre-select up to two entrees for your guests.
Charbroiled Marinated Chicken 11.35
Our award-winning boneless breast of chicken, marinated in our own special sauce and charbroiled to perfection
Chicken Almondine 12.95
A boneless breast of chicken marinated in Sherry Wine sauce, breaded with Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs, topped with toasted almonds and black olive
Honey Mustard Cashew-Encrusted Chicken 12.95
A boneless breast of chicken, marinated in a honey mustard citrus sauce, garnished with cashews and honey mustard sauce.
Chicken Lou Al 13.5
A boneless breast of chicken lightly deep-fried and served in a cream sauce with pepper jack cheese, sauteed onions and bell peppers, over angel hair pasta.
Country Fried Catfish 10.95
One of our house specialties
Prime Rib 19.95
12 oz. cut of choice meat, slow-cooked to medium rare (30 guest minimum)
Ribeye 19.95
12 oz. cut of choice meat, grilled to perfection
New York Strip 17.95
8 oz. cut of Black Angus beef, cooked to your satisfaction
Sliced Roast Beef 11.95
Served with a Port Wine and fresh mushroom sauce
Duxelle en Croute Chicken 13.95
Breast of chicken stuffed with mushrooms and herbs, encrusted in puff pastry
New Orleans Tilapia 14.95
Baked fish filet topped with a shrimp and crawfish stuffing
Pecan Crusted Salmon 14.95
Filets baked and breaded with pecans, breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese
Smoked Beef Tenderloin 14.95
6 oz of aged choice beef medallions with bourbon sauce
Grilled Salmon (Seasonal) 14.95
Fresh Scottish filets grilled to perfection
Soup, Salad & Potato Bar 9.5
12 homemade salads, 3 homemade soups, baked potatoes, includes crispies, & fresh fruit
Smoked Chicken Breast 11.95
Stuffed with jalapeños and special seasoning, topped with mango habanero sauce
Texas Cordon Bleu 12.95
6 oz. chicken breast stuffed with ham & Swiss cheese, finished in our smoker
Choose one dessert for entire party at the discounted price of $2.65 each. You may have more than one dessert choice for $3.50 each
Homemade Fruit Cobbler (30 guest minimum)
Turtle Fudge Cheesecake
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Tea $1.95
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Hiking Trails
Historic Quarry Trail
Nature Trail The 1.5-mile Nature Trail winds through sagebrush and a spring-fed aspen forest. Be sure to watch for wildlife as you hike this trail. Wayside exhibits interpret the wildlife, plants, and geology of this high desert oasis. The trail has an elevation gain of 90m (300'). Allow 45 minutes to 1 hour to hike the trail.
Road Hiking
Check out more outdoor activities in the national monument.


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January 21, 2013
The Peak Oil Distraction and Other Fallacies
John Kemp, Reuters
"The limit of production in this country (the United States) is being reached, and although new fields undoubtedly await discovery, the yearly (oil) output must inevitably decline, because the maintenance of output each year necessitates the drilling of an increasing number of wells. . .
TAGGED: Energy Outlook, Peak Oil, Oil, Reuters


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Featured next in our top-10 Dove Stone wildlife countdown to the BioBlitz it's the Noctule Bat ( Nyctalus noctula ).
We're hoping we'll record Noctules at Dove Stone on our Friday night bat talk and walk, they have been recorded previously at Dove Stone, alongside records of Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle, Whiskered Brandt and Daubenton's bat. So why are we featuring Noctule ? It was a bit of a throw-up with Daubenton's, Daubenton's Bat being characteristically a bat that flies and forages over water and they often use their feet to trawl for insects, hence the Dove Stone link - it's awesome to watch them fly low over Dove Stone reservoir. Whilst Daubentons's Bats are increasing in range the Noctule bat, although widespread, has declined in Britain as a result of habitat loss including loss of suitable roosting trees from woodland edges and hedgerows, being good sources of invertebrates. Bats are just one species which will benefit from habitat restoration work at Dove Stone such as the planting of hedgerow on field margins that we've undertaken over the last year.
Back to some Noctule bat facts. The Noctule Bat is one of the largest British species and is a bat that appears early in the evening, sometimes before sunset. They'll be foraging for food from around dusk for up to two hours. They've a characteristic powerful, direct flight and fly in the open, often well above tree-top level. One of the exciting things about Noctules is their steep dives when chasing insects. They'll catch most of their food on the wing and eat in flight but occasionally they'll take prey from the ground. This time of year Noctules will probably be feeding on beetles ( mainly chafer and dung ) and moths; earlier in the year it will be smaller insects like midges and winged ants.
There it is. The Noctule Bat. Look forwards to hopefully recording it on Friday evening's Bat Talk & Walk: 8.30pm, Dove Stone Sailing Club.
...And the next species in our top-10 Dove Stone wildlife countdown to nex Saturday's BioBlitz is Violet Ground Beetle (Carabus violaceus).
There's about 350 ground beetle ( Carabidae family ) species in Britain and the Violet Ground Beetle is a widespread, common beetle found throughout the UK but none-the-less spectacular for that because it's just a great looking beetle !
Violet Ground Beetles are about 30mm, black with a metallic purple sheen around the edges of their fused together wing cases (elytra). The fusion of their wing cases acts as a protective armour. Violet Ground Beetles are carnivorous, actively hunting slugs, worms and other insects, including aphids; makes them popular with gardeners ! The larvae, which are also carniverous, take ten months to mature and then they pupate in the soil. They then emerge as adult beetles in the autumn, but don't become active until the following spring, hibernating during the coldest winter months. As adults, they'll live for about nine months.
Many ground beetles are nocturnal and find shade and shelter during the day from log piles, leaf litter or just some large stones. At next Saturday's BioBlitz we'll be looking for ground beetles particularly around our 'Bug Zone', where we've lots of log piles that have purposefully been left from our woodland restoration work to create habitat for insects. We'll also have specialists with us here from the British Arachnological Society helping to identify any spiders we find. How great is that !
I'm constantly amazed by just how many different types of wildflowers we have at Dove Stone, especially in the meadows and along the edge of the main trail. It's an area of knowledge that I've been getting into more and more over the last few years, and there's always something new to learn, thanks to Kate telling me what to look out for! I think I've got my work cut out though - last year at BioBlitz we recorded over 170 species of plant at Dove Stone, and we're hoping to record even more a week on Saturday! But I just love learning about them, and some of the names are great - Viper's Bugloss, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ragged Robin, Bogbean...you couldn't make them up.
One of the first wildflowers that I saw and wanted to identify was a little white/pink thing that turned out to be called 'Cuckooflower', which made sense as I'd just heard a Cuckoo when I saw it! Apparently it flowers around the same time as the Cuckoo starts calling, hence its name. And I recently learned that this particular flower is the food plant of the Orange Tip butterfly, so it's great to know that we're contributing to our biodiversity by having this plant here.
In fact, the wide range of wildflowers here really does help - you only needed to see how many different types of bees there were around the other week when we had those few days of sun, busily going from flower to flower whilst they had the chance. I love bees. I could watch them for ages. Did you know that a bee can visit between 50-100 flowers in one trip? And that each trip can be 1-3 km? And that in one day a bee can travel a total of 15 km? Amazing. If you love bees too or just want to find out more about them, why not come along to Ashway Gap on Saturday July 7th when, as part of our BioBlitz, our Date With Nature Assistant will be running some great bee-related activities - and you never know, you might find one we didn't know we had! And whilst you're at it let us know what plants the bees are on and help us beat that 170 from last year! See you at BioBlitz, Saturday 7th July!


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According to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, the Milwaukee Bucks have reportedly hired Jason Kidd as their new head coach, sending two future second-round draft picks to the Brooklyn Nets as compensation.
We caught up with Gery Woelfel from the Racine Journal Times to get his thoughts on the hire. Check out what he has to say in the video above.


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Ryan Bell Gives Gift of Transformation
I have to admit, I was skeptical. When I wrote and blogged about the second of the two stories on Ryan Bell, I fully expected it to take much longer before he reached his goal of raising enough money for a $25,000 Gift of Transformation. But
Date: Dec 20, 2012


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Nov. 1, 2012 - Jennifer B. Kimble, an attorney with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, has received the"2012 Rising Star" award from the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), the premier international networking and professional growth organization for women in the restructuring and insolvency industry. The Rising Star award is bestowed upon an IWIRC member with eight or less years of experience in her respective field who has made considerable contributions to her professional success and displayed a high level of commitment to advancing IWIRC's mission of enhancing the professional status of women in the insolvency and restructuring profession at the local, national and/or international levels. The Rising Star award was received by Kimble at IWIRC's 19th Annual Fall International Conference in San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 24, 2012.
Jennifer Kimble represents creditors, debtors, unsecured creditors committees and other parties in bankruptcy and civil litigation matters, workouts and out-of-court restructurings. She has also represented creditors in preference and fraudulent transfer actions and financial institutions in litigation with borrowers and loan participants. Kimble's practice has also included the representation of automobile manufacturers and sole-source suppliers in bankruptcy and litigation-related matters and financial disputes. A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., Kimble graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi State University and magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she was Associate Articles Editor of the Mississippi Law Journal and served on the Moot Court Board. Before joining Haskell Slaughter, she practiced with a large Birmingham-based firm and with the Legal Department of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC. Kimble has been involved in bar activities at the local, state and national levels and is an active member of the Turnaround Management Association and Junior League of Birmingham. She was selected for inclusion in the 2011 and 2012 Alabama Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" category and also participated in the 2011 class of the Birmingham Bar Association's Future Leaders Forum.
IWIRC is committed to the connection, promotion and growth of women in insolvency and restructuring professions worldwide. Since 1994, IWIRC has been connecting women worldwide through a global membership of more than 1,200 attorneys, bankers, corporate-turnaround professionals, financial advisors and other restructuring practitioners. The organization provides its members with relationship-building, education, career enhancement and promotional opportunities. For more information, visit www.iwirc.com.
With offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, Atlanta, New York City and Washington, D.C., Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC provides a full range of professional legal services to local, regional and national clients. For almost 40 years, the firm has provided sophisticated advice and representation to clients in Alabama and across the country through its transactional and litigation practice groups.
For more information on Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, please visit www.hsy.com. To speak with Jennifer Kimble, please contact Ruwena Healy at 205.655.0783 or email@example.com.


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February 27, 2012
Mr. Pascal Binczak, President, Université Paris 8
2 Rue de la Liberté
93526 Saint-Denis
Dear Mr. Binczak:
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls on you to reverse your decision to cancel the conference titled "Israel, a State of Apartheid?" scheduled for today, February 27. Absent reinstatement, you have an obligation to compensate the organizers of the conference for their relocation expenses.
In your press release, you explain that this conference had been approved with several conditions regarding organizers' use of the University's logo, and even the content of the conference. In fact, you note that approval of the conference ensured freedom of expression. Yet, even with all the aforementioned conditions in place, you succumbed to pressure from the Representative Council of Jewish Organizations of France (CRIF).
Your position that the controversial nature of the conference may lead to disturbances of the public order is troublesome, if not disingenuous. This stance violates universally held principles of academic freedom. The University states that its "main objective . . . has always been to give students a better understanding of the modern world while enabling them, at the same time, to achieve a long-term integration into society." An understanding of the modern world, and a rich academic environment, are clearly not furthered by the kind of action taken here. Disagreement with the ideologies of conference participants is not an acceptable reason for cancelation. The University is a place for debate and disagreement, not for the silencing of unpopular opinions.
Furthermore, the way in which the conference was canceled leaves organizers in an untenable position. The University's decision to cancel this academic conference came less than two weeks before it was scheduled to occur. Although the University emphasizes that it attempted to help the organizers find another space, it is both unprofessional and highly abnormal to force organizers to change venue with virtually no notice. This is compounded by the fact that the University admits that its actions are due, in part, to outside reaction.
What the University does not acknowledge here is that this "reaction" came not from the general public but from highly-organized political lobbying organizations. After the announced cancelation, CRIF boasted that its pressure, including the threat of a boycott, drove the University's decision. CRIF argues that the conference was one-sided. What they fail to mention is that, while their viewpoint is regularly aired, the perspectives presented at the conference are routinely silenced. Organizations like CRIF have no place restricting the exchange of ideas inside the halls of learning.
Your capitulation to political pressure groups has meant a failure to provide a rich educational atmosphere for all your students. For these reasons, we call on you to immediately reinstate the conference, or compensate its organizers.
Sincerely, Heidi Boghosian Executive Director National Lawyers Guild


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From 2011-11-21 to 2011-11-24
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Summary:The overarching goal of IWA's Development Congress series is to identify, showcase and debate practical experiences and examples of service provision in developing countries that 'work', and critically, 'work at large scale'. The Congress is therefore explicitly solutions focused, rather than diagnosing the challenges and problems in the sector, which are already well documented.
•Urban water supply service provision
•Urban sanitation and wastewater service provision
•Managing, planning and financing urban water and sanitation services
•Social dimensions
Organizers: The International Water Association
Malaysian Water AssociationContact Name: Adrian PuigarnauE-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com: http://www.iwa2011kl.org/


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Siroccan domain to consolidate nation's websites
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