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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Dublin Energy Solution Roman Shades
Units: About 364,000
Importer: Louis Hornick & Co. Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Retailer: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., of Union, N.J.
Hazard: Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck.
Incidents/Injuries: There have been two reports of children becoming entangled in the exposed inner cord on the back of the shade. In July 2008, while in his crib, a 20-month-old boy became entangled in the inner cord from a roman shade. His grandfather responded to the child's cries and removed the cord that left a red mark on the right side of his neck. In April 2009, the mother of a 3-year-old boy found her crying son with a cord mark that ran ear to ear on the front of his neck. The boy was able to free himself after becoming entangled in the inner cord. No permanent injuries were sustained in these incidents.
Description: This recall includes all sizes and colors of Dublin Energy Solution Roman Shades sold by Bed Bath & Beyond with exposed inner cords on the back. Colors include navy, chocolate, khaki and cream. On the backside of the head rail, a small orange, black and white warning label sticker in English and Spanish which read in part, "Cords and bead chains can loop around child's neck and STRANGLE. Always keep cords …to get to cords."
Sold at: Bed Bath & Beyond stores nationwide and on-line at www.bedbathandbeyond.com from August 2007 through September 2009 for between $40 and $130.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Roman shades and contact Louis Hornick & Company to receive a free repair kit. The repair kit will be available by the end of November.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Louis Hornick & Company toll-free at (877) 756-5102 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET daily, or visit the firm's Web site at www.hornickindustries.com
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Distinguished cellist Katie Schlaikjer joins Penderecki String Quartet at Laurier
Feb 14/13
Glen Carruthers, Dean Laurier Faculty of Music 519-884-0710 ext. 2151 or email@example.com
Kevin Crowley, Director
Waterloo - Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Faculty of Music is pleased to welcome Katie Schlaikjer as the new cellist of the Penderecki String Quartet. Schlaikjer will join fellow members Jeremy Bell, Jerzy Kaplanek, and Christine Vlajk as the Quartet celebrates its 26th season with a series of festival performances and guest teaching appearances in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Katie has travelled the globe since 2009 as a member of the Avalon Quartet and Colorado Quartet. While a member of the Avalon Quartet, The New York Times recognized the group as altogether a superb team. This team mentality was recognized in the Penderecki String Quartet when Schlaikjer performed at a concert of Beethovens music this past December in Waterloo. The Waterloo Record cited the group as never sounding better, their ensemble playing was vital and alive with expression and emotion.
Schlaikjer has been recognized for her incredible talents earning top prizes from the Concert Artist Guild, the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.
It is such an honour for me to be joining the Penderecki String Quartet said Schlaikjer In the few months that I have worked and performed with its three exceptional players, I have been deeply impressed with their integrity, skill and intelligence. They have already made me feel profoundly welcomed both professionally and personally, by encouraging me to share my interpretive ideas and offering me their friendship. Playing quartets has been a passion of mine since my teenage years and in many ways I believe my life has led me directly to this position.
Although performance is a clear strength, she is extremely involved in lending her talents to aspiring performers, having taught chamber music and cello in a variety of venues, including the University of Delaware and the New England Conservatorys Extension Division. On top of these commitments she has maintained a private teaching studio for seven years in Stony Brook, NY. She has furthered her own learning by participating in residencies at Ravinia's Steans Institute and Aspen's Center for Advanced Quartet Studies, studying with the Vermeer and Emerson String Quartets.
We are overjoyed to welcome Katie into our quartet said Quartet member Jerzy Kaplanek. She has had amazing training from some of the best music schools in the world and comes to Laurier with expertise as a teacher and musician. We are looking forward to continuing to share our passion of quartet playing and teaching at Laurier and abroad with her.
Schlaikjer received both her Doctoral and Masters degrees from Stony Brook University and her Bachelors degree from the New England Conservatory. Her primary teaching influences were Timothy Eddy, Laurence Lesser and Andrew Diaz.
The Penderecki String Quartet has been Lauriers Quartet in Residence since 1991 and has premiered more than 100 new works. The Globe and Mail has applauded the Quartets remarkable range of technical excellence and emotional sweep.
A string quartet is all about balance, give and take, action and reaction, on many different levels, not just musically, but personally too said Glen Carruthers, dean of the Faculty of Music. Adding a new member to the mix is a huge step, which is why we undertook an extensive international search. I am confident that, in Katie Schlaikjer, we've found the ideal cellist for the PSQ. Her playing is brilliant, her chamber music skills are outstanding and she is a giving and generous person. She will be a tremendous asset, not just to the Quartet and to the Faculty of Music, but to Laurier and the wider community.
The Penderecki String Quartet, with Katie in her new role, will be performing a tribute to composer R. Murray Schafer on Thursday, March 28th in the Maureen Forester Recital Hall at 12:00pm. The Faculty of Music encourages Wilfrid Laurier University students, faculty, and staff, and the wider community, to attend this free event. The PSQs full tour schedule can be accessed through their website. (http://ps4.ca )
Please join us in welcoming Katie Schlaikjer to Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Faculty of Music.


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Unnatural selectionJune 21,2013
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Recently, printed on a black T-shirt, I saw the symbol of a fish with four eyes and four legs labeled Monsatan and the words Genetically Modified Foods Doing Gods work for Mother Nature. It stopped me cold.
GMOs, an example of mans ignorance and disrespect toward nature for money. Our very lives depend on the complex interactive workings of nature; we human animals are part of nature. And yet companies like Monsanto are allowed to seriously mess with nature possibly past redeeming. Get this: Taking an animal gene and inserting it into a plant for a protein. Or genetically modifying a seed so that an herbicide can only kill what surrounds a GMO corn, not the corn. What about the soil receiving the herbicide?
Moving DNA from one species to another is very unnatural selection. We dont know its long-term effects. Labeling may help phase GMOs toward oblivion. Many countries have sense enough not to import them. But what can be done? We need the kind of care indigenous people gave their environment for thousands of years.
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By Sean Greene 12:01am, March 20, 2013
VIDEO: Blue Hens on West Virginia (PICTURE: Coaches looking at WVU Stats during Selection Monday)The last time Delaware stepped on the court with a Big XII Conference opponent, they walked off disappointed as their 2012 NCAA Tournament run ended in the 2nd round.
Delaware was 31-1 going into the battle with No. 11 seed Kansas in the game in Little Rock, Arkansas. The No. 3 seeds were ranked 7th in the country, and went into the break ahead 37-13. The game changed in the opening minutes of the second half, as the major-conference tested Jayhawks started the half on a 20-6 run before holding on for the 70-64 upset.
Images of guard Angel Goodrich, one of the best players in the country, going for an opponent-season-high 27 points against a usually stern Delaware defense were common.
West Virginia appears to have similar puzzle pieces to the Jayhawks, including junior guard Christal
Caldwell, the 2009 North Carolina Ms. Basketball. She transferred to Morgantown after starting her career at Florida, a similar path that Trumae Lucas took in coming to Delaware from the Gators.
Caldwell does a little bit of everything. She leads the Mountaineers at 13.6 points per game, while also adding over 4 rebounds and a steal and a half per contest. She's one of four WVU players who grab over 2 offensive rebounds a game, a stat that could be concerning for a Delaware team that in the home game against James Madison this season gave up 9 straight offensive rebounds in one possession.
Five different Mountaineers average over 4 rebounds a game, paced by Ayana Dunning's 6.1 average. Dunning, a 6'3" senior from Columbus, Ohio, has run into foul trouble, fouling out of 7 of her team's 30 games this season.
6'0" sophomore forward Averee Fields also is a dual threat with 8 points, 5 rebounds, and a steal per game.
West Virginia shouldn't be intimidated by 5,000 Blue Hen fans at the sold-out Bob Carpenter Center after a challenging schedule that took them to national powers Kansas, Oklahoma, and No. 1 Baylor. WVU averaged 4,982 fans in their 11 road games, including playing in front of over 10,000 fans at Baylor and Iowa State.
Delaware coach Tina Martin and her team have already said they need to stop the slashing guards and do a nice job on the glass, two things they didn't do against Kansas. Whether they can do that Sunday at 12:15 in Newark will determine whether they will "Survive and Advance" at the Bob.
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Good Afternoon. This has been an extraordinarily busy week with the regular State Board meeting and State Board presentations before four legislative committees. In addition to updating you on those events, todays message includes two important administrative alerts, brief comments on several other topics and, at the end, a fairly lengthy description of the recent federal guidance on Constitutionally protected prayer.
Administrative Alerts
Legislative presentations
Chairman Gidwitz and I had an opportunity this week to make formal remarks to the Senate Executive Committee, the Senate Education Committee, and I also appeared before the House Elementary and Secondary Appropriations Committee. Those remarks can be accessed on the State Board home page (http://www.isbe.net/) and I urge you to read them to understand the positions we are taking on school finance and related issues.
In summary, we advised committee
members that the precarious financial condition of
In addition, we spoke in support of a number of specific programs and positions as well as several of the EFAB recommendations. This included SB 1 which would reinstate the continuing appropriation for education funding. Again, I encourage you to review those comments for their specific recommendations.
On Thursday, I met with the House
Education Committee to discuss the No Child Left Behind
Act and its implications for
All of our discussions with members of the General Assembly are enhanced when we are able to give specific examples of challenges faced by local districts. Therefore, we would appreciate your sharing with us any circumstances in your district that we could in turn share with the legislators. We also hope that you will take every opportunity to support our call for education as the priority in this difficult budget year.
Reminder: the House Appropriations Committee will hold another in its series of hearings on school finance issues next Wednesday at The focus of this discussion will be categorical funding.
State Board decisions on NCLB accountability issues
On Wednesday, the State Board approved the recommendations of the Assessment and Accountability Task Force regarding NCLB accountability. The decisions included the following:
For additional information about these decisions and the approved recommendations regarding the IMAGE assessment, see the press release at http:/www.isbe.net/news/2003/feb19-03.htm.
State Board officers and committees
The State Board Bylaws require
election of the Board Vice-Chair and Secretary every two years. The elections held yesterday resulted in
the selection of Bev Turkal
of Robinson as Vice-Chair and Dick Sandsmark of
Chairman Gidwitz appointed the following Board members as committee chairs:
Board Operations Committee Janet Steiner
Education Policy/Planning Committee Marjorie Branch
Finance and Audit Committee Dick Sandsmark
Governmental Relations Bev Turkal
Janet Steiner will join Chairman Gidwitz as State Board members on the Joint Education Committee. Greg Kazarian will serve as the alternate to that committee.
Appointment of Interim Certification Board Secretary
In response to the imminent retirement of Rob Sampson, Secretary to the State Teacher Certification Board since 1997, the State Board appointed Dennis Williams to serve as Interim Secretary. Dennis is the Division Administrator for Certificate Renewal and Leadership.
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The new education plate will cost
$118 for the initial purchase ($40 plus the standard $78 registration fee), $25
of which will be deposited in the Education Fund. License plate production will begin once
To sign up for the plate with the Secretary of States office, go online at www.cyberdriveillinois.com or call 217/558-6148.
Three good citizens have accepted my
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Constitutionally protected prayer
Guidance was issued last week by the U.S. Department of Education regarding constitutionally protected prayer in public elementary and secondary schools. It is located on the agency web site at: http://www.ed.gov/inits/religionandschools/prayer_guidance.html.
I suggest you read the guidance for several reasons. One reason is that you and your district need to know about these parameters. The second reason is that for 2002-03 and 2003-04 and thereafter you will need to sign assurances that this process is in place in your school district.
Section 9524 of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires that, as a condition of receiving ESEA funds, a district must certify in writing to its State educational agency ("SEA") that it has no policy that prevents, or otherwise denies participation in, constitutionally protected prayer in public schools as set forth in this guidance.
The purpose of the federal guidance is to provide SEAs, districts, and the public with information on the current state of the law concerning constitutionally protected prayer in the public schools, and to clarify the extent to which prayer in public schools is legally protected. This guidance also sets forth responsibilities with respect to Section 9524 of the ESEA. The guidance will be updated on a biennial basis, beginning in September 2004.
Certification Process
In order to
receive funds under the ESEA, a district must certify in writing to its
SEA that no policy of the LEA prevents, or otherwise denies participation
in, constitutionally protected prayer in public elementary and secondary
schools as set forth in this guidance. While the original date for
submitting this certification was
Districts are required to file the certification as a condition of receiving funds under the ESEA. If a district fails to file the required certification, or files it in bad faith, ISBE is to ensure compliance in accordance with its regular enforcement procedures. The Secretary considers a district to have filed a certification in bad faith if the district files the certification even though it has a policy that prevents, or otherwise denies participation in, constitutionally protected prayer in public elementary and secondary schools as set forth in this guidance. The required certification/assurance document will be sent to you early next week. I would ask that you complete it and send it back through the ROEs/ISCs by the date stated. They in turn will aggregate data and return it to ISBE.
Detailed Guidance
The guidance on the web site lists the full information. Here are a few chosen excerpts for your consideration until such time as you read the full document.
Prayer During Non-instructional Time
Students may pray when not engaged in school activities or instruction, subject to the same rules designed to prevent material disruption of the educational program that are applied to other privately initiated expressive activities. Among other things, students may read their Bibles or other scriptures, say grace before meals, and pray or study religious materials with fellow students during recess, the lunch hour, or other non-instructional time to the same extent that they may engage in nonreligious activities. While school authorities may impose rules of order and pedagogical restrictions on student activities, they may not discriminate against student prayer or religious speech in applying such rules and restrictions.
Organized Prayer Groups and Activities
Students may organize prayer groups, religious clubs, and "see you at the pole" gatherings before school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other non-curricular student activities groups. Such groups must be given the same access to school facilities for assembling as is given to other non-curricular groups, without discrimination because of the religious content of their expression. School authorities possess substantial discretion concerning whether to permit the use of school media for student advertising or announcements regarding non-curricular activities. However, where student groups that meet for nonreligious activities are permitted to advertise or announce their meetingsfor example, by advertising in a student newspaper, making announcements on a student activities bulletin board or public address system, or handing out leafletsschool authorities may not discriminate against groups who meet to pray. School authorities may disclaim sponsorship of non-curricular groups and events, provided they administer such disclaimers in a manner that neither favors nor disfavors groups that meet to engage in prayer or religious speech.
Teachers, Administrators, and other School Employees
When acting in their official capacities as representatives of the state, teachers, school administrators, and other school employees are prohibited by the Establishment Clause from encouraging or discouraging prayer, and from actively participating in such activity with students. Teachers may, however, take part in religious activities where the overall context makes clear that they are not participating in their official capacities. Before school or during lunch, for example, teachers may meet with other teachers for prayer or Bible study to the same extent that they may engage in other conversation or nonreligious activities. Similarly, teachers may participate in their personal capacities in privately sponsored baccalaureate ceremonies.
Moments of Silence
If a school has a "minute of silence" or other quiet periods during the school day, students are free to pray silently, or not to pray, during these periods of time. Teachers and other school employees may neither encourage nor discourage students from praying during such time periods.
Accommodation of Prayer During Instructional Time
It has long been established that schools have the discretion to dismiss students to off-premises religious instruction, provided that schools do not encourage or discourage participation in such instruction or penalize students for attending or not attending. Similarly, schools may excuse students from class to remove a significant burden on their religious exercise, where doing so would not impose material burdens on other students. For example, it would be lawful for schools to excuse Muslim students briefly from class to enable them to fulfill their religious obligations to pray during Ramadan.
Where school officials have a practice of excusing students from class on the basis of parents' requests for accommodation of nonreligious needs, religiously motivated requests for excusal may not be accorded less favorable treatment. In addition, in some circumstances, based on federal or state constitutional law or pursuant to state statutes, schools may be required to make accommodations that relieve substantial burdens on students' religious exercise. Schools officials are therefore encouraged to consult with their attorneys regarding such obligations.
Religious Expression and Prayer in Class Assignments
Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Such home and classroom work should be judged by ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the school. Thus, if a teacher's assignment involves writing a poem, the work of a student who submits a poem in the form of a prayer (for example, a psalm) should be judged on the basis of academic standards (such as literary quality) and neither penalized nor rewarded on account of its religious content.
Student Assemblies and Extracurricular Events
Student speakers at student assemblies and extracurricular activities such as sporting events may not be selected on a basis that either favors or disfavors religious speech. Where student speakers are selected on the basis of genuinely neutral, evenhanded criteria and retain primary control over the content of their expression, that expression is not attributable to the school and therefore may not be restricted because of its religious (or anti-religious) content. By contrast, where school officials determine or substantially control the content of what is expressed, such speech is attributable to the school and may not include prayer or other specifically religious (or anti-religious) content. To avoid any mistaken perception that a school endorses student speech that is not in fact attributable to the school, school officials may make appropriate, neutral disclaimers to clarify that such speech (whether religious or nonreligious) is the speaker's and not the school's.
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MOVIE BLOG - Favorite movies of all time
Hunt For The Red October
National Treasure - first one
In Honor of my nephew serving our country out of Baumholder Army Base in Germany.
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thorman52 wrote:The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!
smokieonefour wrote:thorman52 wrote:The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!
hee hee hee Who else remembers this very funny movie?
When ever I think of this movie - I always am reminded of "Cold Turkey" - - "It's a Wild, Wild, Wild World" "The Incredible Mr. Limpid" and "Scavenger Hunt"
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The neighbor kids yelling and screaming I can take. It's their moms and dads with power tools I have a problem with.
These power tools are lawn mowers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and to a lesser extent, snowblowers. They shatter the silence of weekend mornings, afternoons and evenings – until the onset of Central Standard Time robbed us of evenings. We now go directly from afternoon to night. Ugh.
All summer long, there is the constant roar of gasoline-powered lawn mowers, and the sound simply does not stop. It moves from one corner of the neighborhood to another to another. On and on.
As if people organized to take a number to mow so that silence was always broken by someone. North, south, east and west – the noise continues unabated. Every once in a while, all of the mowers will stop, and the silence will be golden. Just the sounds of kids playing.
If people could just organize to mow within a four-hour time frame on one day that would solve everything. Rip at it for four hours, then the balance of time would be quiet. That's why we have government.
We have added to the roar of the neighborhood this year by buying a gasoline-powered lawn mower to replace the electric models that just weren't holding up to the use and abuse of mowing. The electric model was too expensive for how long it lasted. But it was relatively quiet; it had that going for it.
The first time the gas-powered mower was fired up, our windows very nearly rattled, and you couldn't hear yourself think. And I am sure people could hear our lawn being mowed blocks away, adding to the din of noise at odd hours.
I've seen the alternative to the noise – the push reel mower. No gasoline. No electricity. Just the brute force of pushing to power it. We were watching a TV show that is set in the 1960s, and one of the characters was pushing the mower with all his might, swimming in sweat. I don't want anything to do with such a machine, and I am not recommending it for my extended neighbors, regardless of the noise.
The benefit would be the quietness, but the physical toll it would exact would be too great. I like quiet, maybe more than the next guy, but I'm not a sadist who would recommend old-fashioned push reel mowers for my neighbors.
But now we are in that time of year when our lawns may need one more good mowing before winter, and we are switching to raking leaves. The key word is raking.
Worse than the drone of a battalion of lawn mowers is the whining shriek of leaf blowers. They have been slowly catching on; more and more people are using them. They strap gasoline-powered packs to their backs, let them rip, and the sound they make is devastatingly shrill. And they can blow leaves for hours.
It used to be that we would burn our leaves in the fall, but the amount of air pollution generated by piles of burning leaves led that to be outlawed in most places. A choking pall would hang over cities as people burned their damp piles of leaves. It would be one thing if they were flash fires, but with the rain and dampness of fall, the piles of leaves smoldered. Government appropriately stepped in to stop it.
People had rakes, and families would make quick work of the leaves, raking them to the curb to be sucked up by leaf vacuums or bagging them for organized composting.
But apparently raking is too much work, and people are switching to leaf blowers. And it is amazing how much noise they generate; they're worse than lawn mowers. They are the Jet Skis of lawn care.
Anyone who has spent time beside a lake over the past 30 years has heard the advance of the dreaded sound of the single personal watercraft piercing the silence with all its might. Motorboats make noise, but it is a deep, passing sound. The Jet Ski circles for hours in the same radius, annoying one and all except the rider. They are the worst man-made addition to lakes.
The same can be said of leaf blowers. Their shrill sound is deafening, and I can't see how the person with the pack strapped to his back can feel any better as he slowly loses his hearing. But the possibility of blisters on your hands from raking must trump the blasting of the blower.
I'll wear gloves and settle for blisters when I rake. The maple and birch trees lost their leaves this week. But I am not about to break the sounds of silence to get the leaves to the street's edge. But no doubt there will be a sadistic symphony of blowers accompanying me as fall winds into winter.
• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental-health advocate. He is a freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Serving Size ¼ of recipe
Calories 196
Total Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 991 mg
Total Carbohydrate 29 g
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 12 g
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Servings 4
Tip: Refrigerate dumplings and soup in separate containers and save for lunch.
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Olive oil 2 teaspoons
Small white onion, chopped 1
Carrots, peeled and sliced 2
Garlic clove, minced 1
Dried thyme ½ teaspoon
Chicken broth 14 ounces (eg, a 14.5-ounce can)
Water 14 ounces
Low-fat cream of celery soup 1 10.75-ounce can
Chicken breast tenders, cut into 1" squares ¾ pound
Low-fat milk 1/3 cup
Egg 1
All-purpose flour ¾ cup
Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons
Cornmeal 1 ½ teaspoons
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, garlic, and thyme, and sauté for 4-6 minutes, until onions are tender.
- Add chicken broth, water, and cream of celery soup to vegetables and bring to a boil. Add chicken, stir, and boil for 10 minutes. Reduce to a simmer.
- While soup is boiling, prepare dumpling batter by whisking milk and egg together in a medium bowl. In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, cornmeal, and salt. Add flour mixture to milk mixture and stir until moistened.
- Drop half of batter, in tablespoons, into simmering soup. Cover and cook for 3-5 minutes, until dumplings are done (they will be puffy and will float on top of soup). Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon and set aside. Repeat with second half of batter. (Makes about 12 dumplings.)
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Thoughts are mental cognitions—our ideas, opinions, and beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. They include the perspectives we bring to any situation or experience, which color our point of view (for better, worse, or neutral). An example of a long-lived thought is an attitude, which develops as thoughts are repeated over and over and reinforced. While thoughts are shaped by life experiences, genetics, and education, they are generally under conscious control. In other words, if you are aware of your thoughts and attitudes, you can choose to change them.
It may be useful to think of emotions as the flow and experience of feelings. These can include (but are not limited to) joy, sadness, anger, or fear and can be triggered by something external (from seeing a friend suffer to watching a movie) or something internal (an upsetting memory). While emotions are universal, each person may experience them and respond to them in a different way. Some people may struggle with understanding what emotion they are experiencing.
Emotions serve to connect us with others and help cultivate strong social bonds [2]. This may be the evolutionary purpose of emotions—people who were able to form strong bonds and emotional ties become a part of a community [3] and were more likely to find the support and protection necessary for survival. Researchers such as Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, authors of Connected, have also found that emotions are "contagious." We have a tendency to mimic each other's outward states (for example, by smiling when someone smiles at us), and our outward states can affect our internal ones (smiling can actually make you feel happy!).
Emotions can also be influenced by other factors:
Thoughts and emotions have a profound effect on one another. Thoughts can trigger emotions (worrying about an upcoming job interview may cause fear) and also serve as an appraisal of that emotion ("this isn't a realistic fear"). In addition, how we attend to and appraise our lives has an effect on how we feel. For example, a person with a fear of dogs is likely hyperattentive of the dog across the street and appraises the approach of the dog as threatening, which leads to emotional distress. Another person who appraises the dog's approach as friendly will have a very different emotional response to the same situation.
According to Christakis and Fowler, "People the world over have different ideas, beliefs, and opinions—different thoughts—but they have very similar, if not identical, feelings."
We tend to believe that emotions are just "part of us" and can't be changed. Research, however, has established that emotions are malleable. They can be changed by altering an external situation (divorcing an abusive spouse), shifting our attention (choosing to focus on a more positive aspect of a situation), and by re-appraising a situation (the upcoming test is an opportunity for learning, not an assessment of my personal worth).
How we choose to live our lives has tremendous power over the way we feel every day. Certain types of mental training, such as meditation [5]or positive thinking, can affect our perceptions of the world and make us feel calmer, more resilient, and happier. Other researchers have identified many other helpful attitudes—such as forgiveness, gratitude, and kindness—that can be cultivated with practice.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/sites/default/files/images/thumbnails/What%20are%20Thoughts%20and%20Emotions_0.jpg
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/relationships
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/community
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/diabetes
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/meditation
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/karen-lawson-md
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/archelle-georgiou-md
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/kate-hathaway-phd
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/sue-towey-rn-cns-ms-lp
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/determinants-happiness
[11] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/expressing-emotions-exercise
[12] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/what-mindfulness


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An experiment in cultural exchange and sampling, respective music collectives Astro Nautico and INNIT/Day Tripper Records have collaborated on a transpacific project which finds 7 members of Astro Nautico sampling Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" to create a track and conversely, 7 members of Japan-based INNIT flipping sounds found in the westernized version of the same film, "The Magnificent Seven". – Astronautico.com


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- Title
- Measurement of the star formation rate from H alpha in field galaxies at z=1
- Author(s)
- Glazebrook, Karl; Blake, Chris; Economou, Frossie; Lilly, Simon J.; Colless, Matthew
- Abstract
- We report the results of J-band infrared spectroscopy of a sample of 13 z = 1 field galaxies drawn from the Canada-France Redshift Survey, targeting galaxies with redshifts that place the rest-frame Hα line emission from H II regions in between the bright night sky OH lines. As a result we detect emission down to a flux limit of ≃ 10-16 erg cm-2 s-1, corresponding to a luminosity limit of ≃1041 erg at this redshift for an H0 = 50 km s-1 Mpc-1, q0 = 0.5 cosmology. From these luminosities we derive estimates of the star formation rates in these galaxies that are independent of previous estimates based upon their rest-frame ultraviolet (2800 Å) luminosity. The mean star formation rate at z = 1, from this sample, is found to be at least three times as high as the ultraviolet estimates. The dust extinction in these galaxies is inferred to be moderate, for standard extinction laws, with a typical AV = 0.5-1.0 mag, comparable to that of local field galaxies. This suggests that the bulk of star formation is not heavily obscured, unless one uses greyer extinction laws. Star-forming galaxies have the bluest colours and a preponderance of disturbed/interacting morphologies. We also investigate the effects of particular star formation histories, in particular the role of bursts versus continuous star formation in changing the detailed distribution of ultraviolet to Hα emission. Generally we find that models dominated by short, overlapping, bursts at typically 0.2 Gyr intervals provide a better fit for the data than a constant rate of star formation. The star formation history of the Universe from Balmer lines is compiled and found to be typically 2-3 times higher than that inferred from the ultraviolet waveband at all redshifts. It cannot yet be clearly established whether the star formation rate falls off or remains constant at high redshift.
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 306, no. 4 (Jul 1999), pp. 843-856
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- 1999
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- Cosmology; Disk; Evolution; Formation; Formation history; Forming galaxies; Galaxies; High-redshift galaxies; Hubble deep field; Luminosity function; Observations; Starburst; Starburst galaxies; Stars; Surveys; Telescope; Ultraviolet
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- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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The doc said at DS apointment that by his 12 month visit we should be off bottle and onto sippy and no more paci. He has the paci 90% of the time at naps and night time sleep. I don't think he would have to have it to go to sleep I'm not sure, it makes ir easier and so far easier is good, but he does wake during night sleep and if I don't pop it back in he will wake and stand if he can't find it. Do I have to just try to lay him back down or rock him. When He takes naps or goes to bed for the night 75% of the time I just lay him down with a blanket and paci and he goes to sleep. There is not much rocking needed. I just quit pumping and was excited that I might get more sleep now. Of course that is not really happening do to the paci problem. I think he has alergies and get stuffed up so this is frustrating for him as well.
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When I'm not dressing up in a cute kitty sweater with a cute pair of kitty stockings, I'm typically in more a retro get-up because I love looking like a lady (sometimes I end up looking like an old lady, but whatevz).
Ok but seriously though, sometimes you don't care about looking super fabulous and you just want to relax and wear a t-shirt and baseball cap to cover your oily hair that you haven't washed in weeks–while representing the video games (and YouTube channel) you love.
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In 1919 the Tucson Chamber of Commerce aviation committee established the nation's first municipally owned airfield at the current site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds. The rapid increase in aviation activities meant a move in 1927 to what is now Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The combination of civil and military operations worked well until the early 1940s when military requirements began to require the relocation of civil aviation activities.
In 1941, the City had purchased the current site of Tucson International Airport (TUS) but by 1947 they were unprepared to take over the operation of an airport. Once again, the Chamber of Commerce provided a solution. Led by Monte Mansfield, the group brought together 15 municipal leaders as incorporators of a nonprofit corporation called the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA). The Authority was established on April 12, 1948, as a civic, non profit corporation as provided for under Arizona law to develop, promote, operate and maintain airports and air transportation facilities adjacent to the City of Tucson and in Pima County.
Fifteen business leaders each put up a $1,000 bond for initial capital. Within three years the bonds were all redeemed.
It is not only the broad representation found in the Authority that makes it unique. Although the TAA leases land from the City and is located in the County, it is an independent, nonpolitical entity. Since its beginning it has been run as a business, utilizing the fiscal acumen of its membership to find innovative ways to fund airport operations.
Committed community volunteers take the responsibility of managing the airport seriously. In 1956 the Authority pioneered the sale of airport revenue bonds for capital improvements. An Airport Use Agreement between TAA and the airlines, completed in 1977, reflects the attitude that an airport and its tenants must share the responsibility and benefits on an airport operation. For the community this means no local tax dollars are used to operate the airport.
In addition to TUS, the Authority is also responsible for managing general aviation reliever Ryan Airfield, located 12 miles west of TUS.
The Authority continues today with 115 members who represent a full range of civic, business and professional interests.
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More than 3,500 feet in diameter with a 760-foot summit, Diamond Head in Waikiki is one of the world's most recognized volcanic craters. It is a remainder of a volcanic explosion about 500,000 years ago.
The 0.7-mile hike up Diamond Head is a moderate climb that will take you about an hour to reach the summit, and half that time for the return. You will be rewarded with some of the finest panoramic views on Oahu. Park hours are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and there are no facilities at the summit.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Graco®-branded drop side cribs made by LaJobi
Units: About 217,000
Manufacturer: LaJobi Inc., of Cranbury, N.J.
Hazard: The drop side hardware can break or fail, allowing the drop side to detach from the crib. When the drop side detaches, a hazardous gap is created between the drop side and the crib mattress in which infants and toddlers can become wedged or entrapped, posing a risk of suffocation and strangulation. In addition, children can fall from the cribs when the drop side detaches or fails to lock.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and LaJobi have received a total of 99 reports of drop side incidents, including hardware breakage and drop side detachment. There were two incidents in which children became entrapped in the gap created by the detached drop side. Both children were freed by their caregivers. There were six reports of children falling due to drop side failure, including one report of a mild concussion.
Description: This recall involves LaJobi-manufactured Graco® wood cribs. The full size cribs were sold in cherry, espresso, natural and white finishes. The production date, item number, purchase order number and finish name is printed on a label affixed to the footboard or headboard. "LaJobi" and the crib model name are printed on a product sticker located on the stabilizer bar or bottom rail of the crib. Affected models are listed below.
Sold at: Children's product stores and other retailers nationwide from February 2007 to March 2010 for between $140 and $200.
Manufactured in: China and Vietnam
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs and contact LaJobi to receive a free hardware retrofit kit that will immobilize the drop side. CPSC urges parents and caregivers to find an alternative, safe sleeping environment for their baby.
For more information on Crib Safety, visit CPSC's Crib Information Center.
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Is the weight they are the day they shouldve been born the weight they would have been if they carried fullterm?
Does anyone have any tricks for getting them to latch?Is giving the bottle right after they try counterproductive?
Is the weight they are the day they shouldve been born the weight they would have been if they carried fullterm?
Does anyone have any tricks for getting them to latch?Is giving the bottle right after they try counterproductive?
Good question about the weight thing. I wondered that myself and unfortunately I don't know the answer. My DD was premature and I don't think she was nearly as big on her due date as she would have been had I been able to carry her full term. She was 4 lbs at birth, and about 6 lbs at her due date. I think she would have been a bigger baby if born full term, but I guess there's no way to know. As for the latching and the bottle, I was very worried about nipple confusion, but we had no issues at all. My DD was fed with the tube for the first few weeks and then we started nursing and bottle feeding about 2-3 weeks after birth. She never had a problem going from one to the other and the nurses in my NICU assured me that they saw that happen with all their babies. I didn't believe them at first but they were right. I know none of this is exact science....I just wanted to tell you of my experiences. We started with the tube (EBM) and then bottles (EBM) and breast and nursed exclusively until she was old enough for some solids and cow's milk (no formula). Giving her the bottle in the NICU had no adverse effects on us being able to develop a great breastfeeding relationship! Good luck!
i dont know about your first question, but im going to say most likely no.
and number 2: I cant really answer because with my daughter i had to pump and then wait and use a stupid nipple shield
but hey if you get any ideas on how to get a preemie to latch, id love to hear em.
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I really dont know on the latching thing but I would think that a baby born early would have weighed more than they weighed on their due date if they would have been carried to term simply because they always lose some weight to start with and THEN start to gain but who know! My first son was born at 36 weeks and was 6 pounds 5 ounces and by the time his due date rolled around he was almost ten pounds!! but at the same time my dd was also 36 weeks and was 4 15 at birth and she was only like 6 pounds by her due date so who knows!!
My third was born at 37 weeks (I would sooo love to just carry ONE to its due date!!) and he was 5 10 and at his due date which was last monday he was 7 pounds 10 ounces. I would "think" they would atleast weigh a bit more if they would have stayed in!
not sure about the weight...Mason was 5 lbs 14 oz at birth 5 weeks early and I am not sure he would have been much bigger because my OB had me freaking out about my weight gain and I was eating 1 hard boiled egg for breakfast, a salad for lunch and a chicken breast for dinner (so stupid for letting her get to me).
As far as latching, we used the nipple shield for 2 1/2 months and kept trying to nurse without it when one day he latched, came off. Little by little he would stay on longer and one day he latched for 15 minutes at which point I stopped using the shield.
Hi. I had a premie in December at 34 weeks. One of the NICU nurses there told us that usually premie babies grow better outside of the womb and thus, they would probably weigh more on their due date than if they were carried full-term. She said that if a baby came early there was probably a reason to do so (like the mother's womb wasn't adequate enough for the baby), so they usually will gain more outside than if they were inside. I don't know if I fully agree with her ideology, but I do think that the baby would have weighed less if he carried to term than what he was on his actual due date because of the strict feeding schedule in the NICU. So the answer to your question would be, not necessarily.
As for tips and tricks for latching. I had major latching issues with my baby for 4 months. It was a nightmare. I had consultations with lactation specialists and nothing seemed to solve the problem. Finally, after weeks and weeks of sleepless nights, another breastfeeding Mom told me to squeeze my breast a little above the areola to flatten it out a little so it will be easier to fit in the baby's mouth and for the baby to grasp. This worked like a charm. It especially works if you have oversupply (which I think I had from all the pumping in the first couple of months) and the breasts are too full for the baby to latch. Another tip that my lactation consultant gave me was to put your nipple under the baby's nose so he could smell it... this will open up the baby's mouth wide for a good latch (I find this technique works better than tickling the chin or cheek).
I would stay away from nipple shields unless you really have to use them, because once a baby gets used to them, it's hard to wean them off. It's a pain having to wash them and sterilize them all the time (especially in the middle of the night), and it's supposedly harder for the baby to adequately empty the breast when a nipple shield is used. The NiCU nurses made me think I had to use the nipple shield with a premie baby (even though the first time I breastfed him, he breastfed fine without it). After using the nipple shield once he wouldn't have it any other way for at least 2 months after that. I really hated using nipple shields! I wouldn't recommend them unless you're really having a hard time getting your baby to latch.
Good luck and keep us posted. This difficult time will pass before you know it!


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Leonard A. ErffFebruary 16,2013
Leonard A. Erff
Leonard A. Erff
WILLIAMSTOWN Leonard Arnold Erff, 79, of Williamstown, passed away peacefully at his home, Wednesday evening, Feb. 13, 2013, with his family at his bedside.
Born June 24, 1933, in Wallingford, Conn., he was the son of Frederick and Marion (Zottoli) Erff.
He attended Holy Trinity Elementary School in Wallingford, Conn., graduated from Wilcox Trade School in Meriden, Conn., and Suffield Academy in Suffield, Conn.
On Nov. 9, 1957, he married Kay Sample in Wallingford, Conn. The couple first made their home in Wallingford, then moved to their current residence in Williamstown in 1969.
He worked as a finish carpenter for many years, employed by various contractors, both in Vermont and Connecticut.
Lenny loved the sport of golf. He was a member of the Northfield Country Club for many years. His two favorite sports teams were the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. He enjoyed the outdoors, remodeling homes, building numerous wood-crafted items for his grandchildren, and watching western movies. In his earlier years, he spent many hours in his garden harvesting food for his family and provided food from his garden to the elderly every weekend. Also when he was younger, he had a love for training horses and worked on a friends horse farm, preparing them and attending horse shows on a weekly basis. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Besides his wife Kay and his beloved dog Daisy, who was always at Lennys side, he is survived by two daughters: Linda Beaudet and her husband, Mark, of Williamstown, Vt., and granddaughter Taylor Beaudet; Lori Gardner, and her husband, Scott, of Mount Airy, Md., and two grandsons Graham and Kyle Gardner. Also surviving are two brothers, Richard Erff and his wife, Jean, and Francis Erff, along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his parents.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Williamstown.
Friends and family may call at the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre, on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Burial will take place in the spring at St. Sylvesters Cemetery in Barre Town.
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Pinnacle Trail lives up to its nameAugust 19,2013
By KATHRYN EDDY
STOWE — If you're looking for a family (and dog!) friendly hike give the Stowe Pinnacle Trail a try. This popular spot is well maintained and several stone and wood staircases give the hike a certain charm.
A large portion of this just over one-and-a-half-mile (one-way) hike is shady, with the typical dots of sunshine sneaking through the canopy. The climb is a steady one and many guides say that it short and steep — the Green Mountain Club lists it as moderate — but really only insofar as a trail up a mountain typically is; what makes it seem steeper is there very few leveling out spots than other trails, but there are plenty of great places to stop and rest or have a snack.
The hike starts briefly through a level-ish swamp, then begins it's consistent climbing. For a slightly different start, you can begin at Pinnacle Meadows trailhead, which shortens the hike by not quite half-a-mile. From this approach there is an old road that leads to a meadow, which is very joggable. From there it is very similar though may be more suited to kids as there are a couple spots that are level and even descend.
Close to the top of Pinnacle there are some boulders to scramble up, but lots of hand and footholds and not as hairy as some of the other mountains in the area. The views are excellent, and for a relatively short expenditure of energy it's very rewarding.
From the rocky summit if you look east you'll see Camel's Hump, the Bolton Range, Nebraska Notch, Mount Mansfield, the Sterling Mountain Range as well as the Worcester Range. Turn to the southeast and there's a clear view of Hogback Mountain. There are also good views of Stowe. A great view of Mount Mansfield can be seen from the from a spur vista part way up.
What's nice about this trail is there are a couple of alternatives to extend or shorten your hike. Close to the summit of Pinnacle there is a junction which is labeled Skyline Trail, go left and there's a challenging hike ascending Hogback Mountain through to the ridgeline of the Worcester Range; from the summit of Hogback the Skyline Trail takes you three miles to the southern top of Mount
Hunger or six miles the opposite direction to Mount Worcester.
Whatever permutation of the trail, it will be busy, as it's well known. Arriving early or late or going mid-week will make the hike seem a bit more private. As always, proper footwear and layers should be worn, sunscreen, bug spray and snacks and water should be brought along — and leave everything as you found it.
Coming from the Montpelier area take I-89 north to exit 10 Waterbury/Stowe, turn right and travel on Vermont route 100 about eight miles, take a right onto Gold Brook Road. At the first fork turn left to stay on Gold Brook, continue and take a right onto Upper Hollow road. (Prior to the parking area there will be signage for Pinnacle Meadows, take a left onto Pinnacle Road to go to that trailhead, follow the little green signs to the parking area.) Just past Pinnacle Road the parking area will be on the left, there are not a lot of spaces so there will often be cars parked alongside the road.
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In the days leading up to my interview with writer-director Christopher Nolan for the epic conclusion of his Batman trilogy with "The Dark Knight Rises," I stumbled onto an interesting split photo online. In one half, there was Christian Bale's Batman, captioned with the words, "I never said thank you," and in the other, there's a picture of Nolan that read, "And you'll never have to."
Of course, anybody who's followed Nolan's Batman films, which kicked off in 2005 with "Batman Begins," knows those are the words that concluded the movie -- words that almost seem prophetic today given the enormity of the Batman legend -- and the honor it's been for the revered filmmaker to have had the opportunity to tell his stories in the first place.
"Taking on a great pop icon like Batman -- and there are not many of them who've been around as long as he has -- it's a huge privilege and a massive responsibility," Nolan told me, humbly. "You've got all kinds of people all over the world hugely invested in who that character is, so you have to be true to the essence of that."
Of course, with the responsibility, Nolan said he had to respect that huge core of fans' feelings about the character. Ultimately, though, his job is to do what he feels right as a filmmaker to tell the story in "The Dark Knight Rises."
"We went into the film knowing, yes, the fans have a lot of passionate feelings about these characters, and that's the reason we're doing it. So that's a great driving force. But we also went into it with the spirit of what I think the fans want more than anything -- a sincere attempt to make a great movie. That's what does the character justice," Nolan explained. "It might not have been the film somebody else would have made, but Batman's sustained all kinds of interpretations over the years. It's one of the things that contributes to his history as a great character. This is our telling of the story, and 'The Dark Knight Rises' is our conclusion of it."
"The Dark Knight Rises" picks up eight years after the conclusion of "The Dark Knight," where Batman (Christian Bale) was branded a fugitive after he assumed the blame for the death of Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent. Within that time frame, at least, the lie had worked. With the truth about what really happened kept under wraps by Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), the city rallied to thwart criminals under the anti-crime Dent Act.
But the peace in Gotham for nearly the past decade is about to turn into chaos: There's a slick cat burglar, Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), whose intricate identity-theft scheme draws Wayne out of his self-imposed exile from the public eye; and an ominous, masked strongman Bane (Tom Hardy) -- whose brute-force reign of terror over Gotham convinces Wayne he must bring Batman out of the shadows.
Opening in theaters and on IMAX screens Friday, "The Dark Knight Rises" also features the return of Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman as Alfred Pennyworth and Lucius Fox, respectively; and new to the ensemble are Joseph Gordon-Levitt as intuitive young cop John Blake, and Marion Cotillard as Wayne Enterprises board member Miranda Tate.
On the whole, Nolan said his Batman arc was in some sense conceptualized as a trilogy, yet he made each film like it was going to be his last. Even when Nolan included The Joker's calling card at the conclusion of "Batman Begins" -- an open invitation of sorts to a sequel -- no follow-up film, or films, for that matter, were set in stone.
"You can never take for granted that you'll get to make another film or that people would want to see another film from you. Maybe that's just my superstitious nature," Nolan said. "So certainly, we tried to put everything we had into 'Batman Begins' and tried make the best film that we could."
Nolan said it was only after "Batman Begins" came out that he decided explore to what the Joker would mean to the story, and ultimately, the Batman legend even further.
"Having made 'The Dark Knight' with Heath Ledger in his seminal performance as The Joker -- once again putting everything we had into it -- after the dust settled and after the film had done its thing, myself, David Goyer and my brother, Jonah, wanted to see where Bruce Wayne goes," Nolan said. "We wanted to see what he was going to become of after that and where the story is going to go."
After Ledger's haunting, posthumous Oscar-winning performance, Nolan knew for "The Dark Knight Rises" that he had to find villain in the Batman lore that would provide something different than the psychological terror The Joker imposed upon the Caped Crusader and the citizens of Gotham.
"What we knew after the end of the second film was that we had an ending for the third. We knew where Bruce Wayne's story was going, but then we had to construct the tale that would get us there. We needed to find an antagonist for Batman who would primarily be a physical adversary," Nolan recalled. "We didn't want to tread on anything Heath had done with The Joker. We wanted to do something that we hadn't done before, which was to put Batman opposite an adversary who could trade blows with him. We wanted to create a very palpable tension in the audience of not knowing who's going to win that fight. Bane gave us a really great opportunity to do that."
Fortunately, Nolan didn't have to look far for the right person to portray Batman's new nemesis. Having worked with Hardy on "Inception," Nolan knew the actor was the perfect choice to embody the ruthless, rock-solid villain filled with rage and terror.
"I think that Tom Hardy has done with the character is going to be frightening and unsettling to people in a way they really haven't experienced before," Nolan said.
The great thing is, Nolan added, Hardy doesn't only bring menace to the role with his physical presence, but through his expressive eyes. More than half of Bane's face is covered with a menacing apparatus, so communication through his eyes was tantamount to make Bane an effective character. They are the windows to Bane's soul, after all, and that soul is severely damaged.
"This is a tormented soul, and he's taking that torment and making sure everybody else on the planet feels that, too," Nolan said. "When you work with a talent like Tom Hardy, you know you have a really unique thing going, so I was very, very keen in convincing him to take on this role. What I knew he'd respond to, and he did, was the good news and bad news of it all."
Nolan recalled saying to Hardy, "The good news being, 'We've got a great character for you to take on,' and the bad news is, 'You're going to have to cover your face, and you're only going to have your eyes, eyebrows and voice to work with. You you're going to have to terrify people with that. You're going to have to find an intent of malevolence that really makes people quake in their seats.' Tom saw the fun of that and just went for it."
On the flip side, Nolan said he saw in Hathaway a pair skills of that would result in the performance he needed from her.
"She can project a very minutely-observed psychological characterization. She can build a character from the ground up in a very realistic way the best film acting requires," Nolan remarked. "Yet, she can also go on a stage and entertain 1,000 people, and fill a room with her energy and her vibrancy."
The combination of those sensibilities, Nolan said, is exactly what's needed for the dual role of Selina Kyle and her alter-ego, also known as -- but not referred to in the film as -- Catwoman.
"She's playing a real character in a grounded universe that we're trying to create, yet she's taking on an iconic status, so you need those two things, to play both sides," Nolan said. "It's very rare that you can find actors who can do both things."
As audience members prime themselves to find out Batman/Bruce Wayne's end game in "The Dark Knight Rises," Nolan said he's thrilled that audiences are seeing the story told the way he wants to tell it. A traditionalist filmmaker, Nolan shot "The Dark Knight Rises" on film as opposed to digital, and more than 70 minutes of it in IMAX to present it the grandest format possible. In addition, he's shot as many visual effects as possible in-camera with real sets and vehicles, and used CGI sparingly.
Perhaps Nolan's greatest ode to the film school of old, though, comes with his admiration of the silent movie era, which was his inspiration for the breathtaking visual scale of the film. Starting as a boy who shot 8 mm films on his dad's movie camera, Nolan knows better than anybody that, if you don't respect the past, there is no future. And "The Dark Knight Rises" is his ultimate gesture of respect to the medium of film as a whole.
"I love movies and love the history of movies. With it -- just as you have the history of the Batman comics to draw on with all their great writers and artists -- you have this great history of experimentation and innovation of the past masters of moviemaking," enthused Nolan, who turns 42 at the end of the month. "You'd be crazy not to study that and avail yourself to that, and look beyond the trends of today to see the moments of what's been done in the past. They may surprise you and surprise the audiences of today when they're represented again."