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Serial killer Joe Carroll is a complex character to play, James Purefoy tells Lydia Jenkin
On set in New York, halfway through filming episode 12 of thrilling new drama series The Following, actor James Purefoy gets a break to chat with TimeOut about inhabiting the mind of charming serial killer Joe Carroll.
The most immediate question seems to be: what would convince a successful actor to commit to a potentially long-running television role as a serial killer, especially one as chilling as Carroll?
Laughs Purefoy: "I'm not so sure if I wanted to play a serial killer specifically, but there were a few reasons why I wanted this job. One was [show creator] Kevin Williamson, another was [co-star] Kevin Bacon, but the script, which I thought was a really interesting, gripping page-turner, was a big one. You just never knew what was going to happen next and still I don't know - we're 12 episodes in!
"The character is an enormously complex, multi-faceted man, and if you're signing up for a job for a long period of time, you want to make sure that character has a lot of places to go. Joe Carroll certainly does."
Having risen through the ranks of British acting, on stage and screen, Purefoy made an international name for himself playing supporting characters in A Knight's Tale and Vanity Fair, before landing the part of Mark Antony in TV series Rome.
Now he's a charismatic English literature professor, who worships Edgar Allen Poe; the author's work has influenced Carroll's killing of 14 women.
He's not the usual creepy weirdo one might think of as a serial killer; he's clever, with a strong grasp on human nature and how to manipulate it, and that's what draws the audience in.
"Carroll is a white-collar serial killer, like Ted Bundy was - he was very charming, and nobody for a second believed that he did the things he did until it was way too late.
"Carroll is fascinating because his sanity and insanity sit very precariously on a knife-edge."
Bacon has been drawn to the small screen to take on the co-starring role of FBI agent Ryan Hardy - the hardened lawman who finally managed to catch Carroll.
The pair have an intense relationship, with Hardy both drawn to and repulsed by Carroll, and Carroll determined to keep Hardy's attention.
The extra angle to the plot is that while Carroll has been locked away, he's still been gathering "followers" via the internet, creating a web of people willing to do his bidding, and becoming a sort of cult leader.
"It is very scary, because none of them are forced to do anything. He offers them a safe place ... to explore their desires and fantasies, albeit that those desires and fantasies are to the rest of us, appallingly wrong. And that's what makes him such a dangerous person."
Also making him diabolical is his Edgar Allen Poe fixation - Carroll takes Poe's notion that the most beautiful thing in the world is the death of a beautiful woman, and acts it out, with verses from Poe and a few other gothic poets used as clues and directives.
"The whole Poe thing is quite interesting - some serial killers are very good at building an alternate reality around themselves that they 100 per cent believe in, and Joe kind of justifies his psychotic behaviour through this gothic writer, and hangs his behaviour on what he believes Poe was addressing.
"We can't blame Poe, of course, but however absurd and mad that might seem to us, to Joe it seems perfectly sane and perfectly rational."
Who we can blame for Carroll's behaviour is a rather more difficult question, especially as the show's writers are keen to release details of Carroll's past only a smidgen at a time.
"We do get little glimpses, but they want to keep the audience guessing as to why he does it. I have written a very long and very involved back-story for him, which is obviously incredibly dark, and actually frankly much darker than I can afford to tell journalists about, because it's very, very bleak, and I'm not sure if I want people to realise how dark my mind can go," Purefoy explains with a laugh.
Given that he sat in a dark room, watching interviews and reading about serial killers for a week in preparation for the show, you might expect Purefoy's mind to have discovered some rather darker corners than usual, but that doesn't mean he's become any less affected, or numb to the violence his character wreaks.
"I never become blase about it, that's for sure. To me, violence is sickening and nasty and deeply unpleasant, and I've always felt to show it in a flip or ironic way does a disservice to the victims of violence. I think if you are going to show it, be real about it, because it's horrible.
"And I think, actually, perhaps it's not such a bad thing that we show it for what it is, and show the effects and the aftermath. Maybe we've become too used to a diet of ironic violence, or cool violence, or stuff that makes actors look sexy, and I'm not particularly interested in that, I'm much more interested in the honesty of it."
Who: James Purefoy
What: New TV show The Following
When and where: Starts Monday, February 11, 9.30pm, TV One
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> Hi to all,
> Does geocode work for everyone? Please give me some advice. Thank you!
> (1) The command "geocode" returns in "610" (over the limit) for all
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> "c:\temp\tmpgm`i'.txt", replace
> }
> but then stata errors with code "672" for "server refused to send file".
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In order to protect our country, the government gathers information about people or countries that could threaten the United States. But how much information should the government have access to? That is a question many people have been asking since last week, when two newspapers revealed that the U.S. government has been secretly collecting phone records and Internet data.
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On Wednesday, The Guardian, a British newspaper, revealed that the U.S. government ordered Verizon to hand over millions of Americans' phone records to the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA, which is part of the Defense Department, looks at foreign communications in an effort to help protect the country. In this case, Verizon had to hand over records of every call made to, from or within the U.S. The records show when people called one another and how long their conversations lasted, but not what was said.
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that the NSA and the FBI have also been tapping into the servers of nine major U.S. Internet companies to collect emails. This top-secret program is known as PRISM.
Are these programs legal? The 2001 Patriot Act gives the government the power to demand records from companies as long as the records are related to a national security investigation. But many people are concerned that the NSA and FBI have gone too far. Some experts say there has been an invasion of privacy that violates Fourth Amendment rights.
President Obama has defended the security programs, saying they are necessary to protect Americans. "You can't have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience," Obama said. "You know, we're going to have to make some choices as a society."
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At first, no one knew who shared the secret information with newspaper reporters. But on Sunday, The Guardian revealed that the whistleblower was Edward Snowden. Snowden, 29, has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and, more recently, for the NSA.
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Areas of Specialization: Early Christian Origins, Narrative Theology and New Testament Studies. Particular interest in method and content in the study of the Gospels.
Education: B.A., Southern California College; M.T.S., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston University.
Dr. Camery-Hoggatt teaches courses in Research Methods, New Testament and Narrative Theology to both our graduate and undergraduate programs. He is the author of a variety of works in a range of genres, including Irony in Mark's Gospel: Text and Subtext (Cambridge University Press), Speaking of God: Reading and Preaching the Word of God (Wipf & Stock), Grapevine: The Spirituality of Gossip (Herald Press) and Reading the Good Book Well: A Guide to Biblical Interpretation (Abingdon). Several of his publications are Christmas stories: When Mother Was Eleven-Foot-Four: A Christmas Memory (Revell), Giver of Gifts: Three Stories of Christmas Grace (Revell), and My Mother's Wish: An American Christmas Carol (WaterBrooke). His first illustrated children's book was published in November of 2007.
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Thanks Nick for providing the likely reference of the article.
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This request seems to have been overlooked. Some detective work identifies
Govind S. Mudholkar; Deo Kumar Srivastava; Georgia D. Kollia.
A Generalization of the Weibull Distribution with Application to
the Analysis of Survival Data.
Journal of the American Statistical Association
91: 1575--1583.
as the likely reference.
Carlo Lazzaro
> KHAN,ALI wrote:
> For the same data set,the estimated parameters(two
> parametrs,alpha and beta(slope)) by weibull and
> loglogistic models narrate a different story(having
> different signs).How do the parameters of two
> distribiutions can be compared?
> The generalized weibull of Mudholkar,et al.(1996)
> provides much greater flexibilty at the expense of an
> additional shape parameter(having two shape parameters
> and in total three parameters).How do we can estimate
> this three parameter weibull distribution.
> I have two suggestions concerning your question:
> - please take a thorough look at Stata manual Survival analysis and
> epidemiological table, section streg - Fit parametric
> survival model (a
> possible answer to your question stays in page 238 of the
> Release n 9 of the
> abovementioned Stata manual - Table 2);
> - in order to be more likely to get an appropriated answer, it is
> appreciated to give the full reference of the article you quote
> (Mudholkar,et al.(1996)).
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I am completely aware of that scandal and I am also aware of the huge problem with rape on campuses across the nation.
But, ND has never been accused of "covering up" any rape and in fact no charges were ever brought forth in either case you are referring to. Most of the criticism in these stories has been surrounding the media for choosing to report the te'o Hoax story over the alleged rape cases. However, as I said, neither case was ever substantiated in any way and in fact both investigations were dropped because of substantial differences between the evidence, the witness reports, and the victim reports.
In light of that, I choose to believe people are innocent until proven guilty. I do not believe allegations should be a reason to punish a player.
As to the matter at hand, which is Gholston:
I do not see how ND asking Gholston to leave for some Violation of School rules, after leading his team to the National Championship game as a freshman, can be described as anything other than sticking to their principles.
No matter what else happened in the past, this is an example of discipline and principles. It is something ALL major College Football programs(including ND) need more of.


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Amid the green wheat fields, oak groves and ancient olive trees of Andalusia, a giant solar energy farm shimmers like a silver sea. Even under cloudy skies, the arrays of mirrors and massive towers sprawling over three square miles are an arresting sight.
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Twenty miles west of Seville, the Solúcar solar farm, built by the company Abengoa, is part of Spain's push to produce more energy from renewable sources. The nation currently produces up to 3.65 gigawatts of power from the sun, second in the world after Germany. Those gigawatts make up about 3 percent of the country's power, the highest percentage in the world. (The United States generates less than 1 percent of its energy from the sun.) Spain's solar output is expected to rise in the next three years to seven gigawatts, enough to supply about ten million people—the combined population of Madrid and Barcelona—with electricity during the day.
The Solúcar farm is pioneering technologies that are being replicated in the United States, including concentrated solar power, or CSP. While traditional solar panels use photovoltaic cells to convert the sun's rays directly into electricity, CSP deploys huge banks of mirrors to focus solar radiation; the intense heat drives steam turbines, producing electricity in a process similar to the one used in coal-or oil-fired plants, but without the greenhouse gas emissions.
At the Solúcar site, two concrete towers—one about 50 stories tall, the other 35—collect light reflected by 1,879 enormous glass mirrors, each one 33 feet high and 40 feet wide. The mirrors, called heliostats, cover some 345 acres. They face south and are turned to follow the sun as it crosses the sky.
The smaller CSP tower began providing power in 2007, the larger one in May 2009. Together, they produce 31 megawatts. By 2013, when Solúcar is finished adding another tower plant and other installations, Abengoa expects the CSP facility to generate 300 megawatts, enough energy to power 220,000 households, or all of metropolitan Seville.
"These commercial tower plants are unique in the world," Valerio Fernández, Solúcar's operations manager, told me in his office overlooking the mirrored fields. (He was not counting a small, five-megawatt power tower operated in Lancaster, California, by the American company eSolar, or a demonstration tower the Spanish government runs in Almería.) "Today, however, they're on vacation," he added, with a shrug.
When it's raining or overcast—like the cool gray March day I visited—the solar installation shuts down. But photographs of the CSP site at its best are otherworldly: towers glowing with shafts of light, an effect caused by reflected sunlight passing through water vapor and dust in the air. Though you might think the south of Spain is an ideal solar energy site, Fernández said the company expects bad weather to reduce or halt energy production around 80 days a year, generally between November and March.
"If we are seeking to make solar power more efficient, there are better places than Seville," Fernández told me. He gestured to a wall map of the world with shaded bands representing solar energy potential: Andalusia was tan, the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada brown, and the Sahara darker still.
"The Mojave has about 30 percent higher solar radiation than we have here, so installing the same plants there will reduce the cost of electricity by 30 percent," he said. Efficiency is even higher for the scorching Sahara, where Abengoa and Desertec, a European consortium, aim to build solar facilities that will deliver power to Europe through cables beneath the Mediterranean.
Fernández hefted a three-inch-wide piece of steel pipe off a bookshelf and handed it to me. It was from a tube in which water is converted to steam atop a CSP tower, and it had been painted black. "The blacker they are," he explained, "the better they absorb radiation."


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Clinic employee gains access to Boone Hospital Center patient records
COLUMBIA, Mo. - An employee at a medical practice gained access to dozens of Boone Hospital Center patient records.
According to the Boone Hospital Center, a patient called Sept. 16 to report that his private records had been "inappropriately accessed."
Hospital officials investigated and determined a staff member at Nephrology & Hypertension Associates, LLP accessed 126 patient records.
Those records contained patients' dates of birth, social security numbers, addresses and full names.
The records also included the patients' medical record numbers and treatment-related records, including hospital care, diagnoses and prescribed treatment.
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For those of us continually pining and praying for more early '90s indie-rock reunions (Archers of Loaf, the Promise Ring, and the Afghan Whigs all on tap this year!), we just scored a big one on the local front: a triple-dip revival with Providence indie-pop heroes Small Factory, Honeybunch (with ex-Velvet Crush guitarist Jeffrey Borchardt), and Flower Gang (give a yell for "Junkdrawer") (Dave Kendall, Lewis Largent, and Matt Pinfield nod with approval). Expect a packed room come Saturday night at the Met, so grab your tix now.
Small Factory guitarist/singer Dave Auchenbach is highly-regarded as a Providence music community lifer, dating to his days in What Now in the '80s. Auchenbach, with singer/bassist Alex Kemp and drummer Phoebe Summersquash (who added plenty of harmonies) formed in 1991 and kicked out two beloved albums before splitting in 1995 (a collection of rarities, Industrial Evolution, was released in '96). Reading from the SF bio: "With their artfully tuneless vocals, primitive but indelible melodies, and singular combination of innocence and abandon, the group captured the sound and spirit of their moment to perfection."
I caught up with Dave Auchenbach just prior to deadline.
HOW DID THE REUNION INITIALLY COME ABOUT, AND WHY NOW? Gail O'Hara of Chickfactor fanzine organized three nights of shows [April 10-12] in NYC around their 20th anniversary and a lot of our old friends and touring mates are playing so it seemed like a good time to get everyone back together.
ANY CHANCE WE'LL GET MORE SMALL FACTORY SHOWS THIS SPRING/SUMMER? Yes, but probably not right away
WHERE DO PHOEBE AND ALEX LIVE THESE DAYS? AND DO YOU GET OUT TO LOCAL SHOWS OFTEN? Phoebe is living in NYC where she has been for awhile, Alex resides in LA. I have been active in seeing live shows here for a long time and I think we should take pride in all the great stuff that Providence has spawned.
DID ENGINEERING THE LIGHTNING BOLT ALBUMS INSPIRE YOU OR RE-DEVELOP THE ITCH TO PLAY OUT AND/OR RECORD AGAIN? Well, they are always an inspiring and creative challenge to work with. The spirit of getting something to happen is an undercurrent of both things, though my ears ring less after Small Factory.
THAT SAID, MIGHT WE SEE NEW (OR MORE UNEARTHED) MATERIAL FROM SF DOWN THE ROAD? It's not impossible, though we haven't made any plans. We are at least getting a couple of the records up on the web so people can find them.
REHEARSING A SPECIFIC SET OF SONGS FOR THESE SHOWS OR MIXING UP SETLISTS? We had fans make suggestions and narrowed ourselves down to the ones we all felt we could do justice too . . . Though at the Met we may be forced to bring back some unrehearsed gems for the fun of it . . . I suppose we were never above a bit of embarrassment.
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Tipline Investigation: PedEcab Inc. Nightmare
One man's frustration with a Chinese-made vehicle
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - You've probably seen pedicabs on your local downtown street. Some people use them to get around on their own, like the man you're about to meet.
Stan Haley was hoping a motorized three-wheeler from a company called Ped-E-Cab Inc. would give him independence. In our investigation, we found major problems with the one he bought and a lack of oversight on safety for these types of rigs on our roadways.
Haley has Parkinson's Disease. Earlier this year, he had to give up driving and sell his car.
"I like to do things my way, on my time schedule," said Haley as he sat in his Santa Barbara apartment with a group of friends.
He took $2,400 from the sale of his car and bought the electric three-wheeler to get around town. Almost immediately, Haley noticed the bolts and screws started falling off and the brakes never worked well. Three months after he bought it, the entire front wheel fell off.
"It went sideways. It was with enough force that it bent the forks out of place." said Haley.
Luckily, he was not hurt. He immediately called Gina Garcia, the owner of Ped-E-Cab Inc, the company that sold him the three-wheeler. He told NewsChannel 3 that Garcia has refused to repair it, refused to refund his money and now refuses to even return his calls.
"It's the most frustrated I've ever been probably, yes," said Haley holding back tears.
The broken down Pedecab just sits outside his apartment now, yet another reminder of his lost independence.
With no where else to turn, he called the NewsChannel 3 Tipline. We tried calling Garcia, but phone call after phone call, at least six in all, went unanswered. I checked out the company and found other complaints online.
Garcia imports these pedecabs from China and sells them for at least $2,000 less than American-made pedecabs.
"You can see that bolt, looks like it's working its way outta there. Some on this side too." said Vincent Posner as he inspected Haley's broken down pedecab. Posner is a mechanical engineer with almost nine years experience. He said the metal is so poorly made, he wouldn't use it to support the weight of a child.
"I would definitely say the brakes are not safe enough based on that material that was used there. you can see the pot metal has broken off," said Posner as he pointed to the front wheel.
How does something, that appears to be so dangerous, make it onto our roads?
NewsChannel 3 called the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration looking for answers. They didn't seem to know anything about these imported Chinese-made pedecabs. When we asked which agency would regulate or inspect the pedecabs for safety, there was a lot of finger pointing, but no answers.
Since Garcia didn't return our calls, we drove to the Reseda address for Ped-E-Cab Inc. It's the same address that appears on Haley's receipt. We found an empty, rundown building that at one point in time rented out post office boxes.
After months of not answering my calls, Garcia finally called me back just hours before our story aired late Thursday afternoon. She claims her business is shutdown.
But, we discovered the website is still up and the company's phone, with a greeting is still connected.
Garcia also says Stan Halley hit something with the pedecab and that's why it's broken. Haley stands-by his account and said the front wheel just fell off. He wants other people to know that even if he doesn't get his money back from Garcia, he wants to warn others about Ped-E-Cab Inc.


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Isabella...who is only four (AND A HALF!!!) didn't go to sleep until 23:30...due to the excitement...we minded but didn't press her because she might sleep on the plane...and she has us wrapped around her little finger (but don't tell her).
We woke up at 04:30 and 05:00 to take a shower...since we weren't out listening to police scanners and knocking down buildings... because we don't know when will be the next time the Empire will allow us to bath.
Care to guess who got up first?
Some last minute packing and before you know it our friend was at the door to take us to the airport
Is she such a good friend or is she trying to get rid of us?
She could simply build a KONOS robot.
To make a short story longer, we finally managed to get to the airport after a dramatic drive in the non-existent New Jersey early morning traffic. Isabella is still very excited and doesn't show any signs of fatigue…unlike her parents who just want to close their eyes regardless of the villainy which is sure to ensue in the next few hours.
The flight was uneventful; even though both kids were excited…we thank the benevolent Buddy…who probably invented the portable DVD and swore our eternal gratitude to him.
Since we consider every flight a wonderful experience if we land safely, this one was no exception.
Once we got off the plane we went to pick up our luggage…ooops…we are honored guests of the Empire and not only have our luggage taken care of, but also a complementary ride to the Lodge itself
It remains to be seen whether said ride will be a happy-go-lucky bus, a supermobile or a pumpkin coach. Isabella is hoping for the pumpkin coach…Jakey for a supermobile...we're not…because it's not air-conditioned…but it would be thrill if it were a pumpkin or a supermobile.
The transportation happens to be a happy-go-luck bus with the Empire's propaganda plastered all over the ceiling. To keep you from escaping the Empire produced a first rate movie of what is "supposedly" expected of you while you are in their grasp.
We don't believe the propaganda which shows happy children playing in the sun while being guarded by large and menacing sentries dressed as rodents and dogs.
While this propaganda took the mind of the kids of the ensuing horrors which I'm sure are to come, I keep my eyes and ears open for super powered domestic beings wearing red tights … and keep praying for the merciful Bomb Voyage to come save us using Buddy's incredible brain power and wonderful gadgets
Alas – no such luck and we arrived safely at the Animal Kingdom Lodge where we were greeted with a "welcome home" cheer from every Imperial guard. Since we checked in on-line before we arrived, our package was safely waiting for us and we were quickly ushered to our slave quarters – or as the Empire refers to them "guest rooms".
I must admit that the Empire's slave quarters are not bad…for slave quarters that is. The d�cor is nice, even though simple with an African theme…I can only imagine that the quarters which belong to the Empire's elite must be gilded with gold.
Since our Imperial guard left us alone, we decided to take a quick dip in the Imperial slaves' watering hole…or as the Empire refers to it – "pool". We were smart enough to pack our swimsuits in our carry-on bags…because we plan…unless we don't…and because the Empire will have possession our luggage for the next several hours.
We changed quickly and modestly…because the Empire has cameras outside our balcony (supposedly to protect the animals – but we know the real reason, don't we?)…and because we had a feeling that some super heroine teenager with an attitude and the uncanny ability to become invisible might be spying on us
We ate some lunch at the Mara, a restaurant near the Imperial slaves' watering hole and wandered to the watering hole itself. As far as watering holes go…OK, I'll use the Imperial term just once…pool…it was one of the best ones we've been to.
We also bought the official Imperial mugs…to show our allegiance. Those mugs are carried by all Imperial slaves and can be refilled with the Empire's drinks of choice (soda, water, tea or coffee) as many times as possible.
Now we felt as official Imperial slaves – we nodded to other Imperial cup holders…they nodded back…we sipped…they sipped back…you get the picture.
The Empire is very careful not to lose any of its slaves and supplies several Imperial sentries (cleverly disguised as "lifeguards") to watch over their property…making sure no-one drowns or jumps the fence to Sunset Savannah and mixes impure blood with flamingos, impalas, or wildebeest. The Empire also dishes out complimentary life vests for future Imperial slaves, and also supplies them with much needed exercise by making them climb a deceivingly beautiful trail to the top of the water slide
Jakey fell in the Empire's trap immediately and began sliding, however it took Isabella 5 tries..or was it 4 (AND A HALF!!!)... of going up the trail before daring to go down the Imperial slide. This slide must have been designed by the famed Imperial fashionista Edna "E" Mode and its alluring aura has taken many young'uns in her grasp.
After about 50 turns on the Imperial "E" slide we finally noticed something amiss and put an end to the foolishness. Hoping the Empire has delivered our luggage we went up to our slave quarters. Our luggage were waiting for us in our room, with no sign of "breaking and entering" – however upon feeling the lock I felt a cold chill going through my spine.
That could only means one thing – Frozone!
We quickly changed and went to eat at Boma restaurant where slave and non-slave alike share meals – a great honor for the like of our ilk. The food was delicious and we ate hearty because tomorrow we dine in HELL!!!…OK, not hell...just the Florida hot and humid weather.
Isabella has already informed us that she loves Disney!
She hasn't been to Disney yet…the Evil Empire at work again!


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John Travolta is one of four newly announced stars who will present at the Oscars on Monday (New Zealand time).
The Grease actor and fellow Hollywood A-listers Liam Neeson, Melissa McCarthy and Salma Hayek Pinault have been added to the roster.
All four stars have been nominated for Oscars in the past, with Travolta receiving nods for his performance in 1977's Saturday Night Fever and the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction.
McCarthy's nomination came from her performance as a loveable wedding party member in the 2011 hit comedy Bridesmaids, while Neeson received a mention in 1994 for his role as the unlikely hero in Schindler's List.
Hayek was in the running for the best actress award in 2003 for her work in the film Frida.
These four newcomers join the previously announced list of Academy Awards participants, which reads like a who's who of acting talent in Hollywood.
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One, usually a young girl, who is kind and cute but has a mean side and evil streak. Thus, when somebody so potentially cute acts maliciously, they are excused as being a little "sweet heart in training" or a little "S.H.I.T."
Please forgive my Sweet Heart In Training for drowning your cat. We are working on her manners, the little S.H.I.T.
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The Sacramento Kings NBA franchise is set to be re-located to Seattle according to reports.
Seattle has been without a team since the SuperSonics were moved to Oklahoma City, to become the Thunder, in 2008.
According to Yahoo.com's NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, a deal has been struck which will see the Kings make the 1,211km move up the west coast.
"The deal will sell the Kings for approximately $US500 million, with the Seattle group seeking relocation to Key Arena for the 2013-'14 season," Wojnarowski tweeted.
The Kings have been based Sacramento since 1985 and reached the Western Conference finals in 2002 but have failed to play in the NBA finals.
In recent seasons they have struggled, having last made the playoffs in 2005. They have a 13-22 record so far this season and sit in 13th place out of 15 teams in the Western Conference.
As the SuperSonics, Seattle won the 1979 NBA title. Since re-locating to Oklahoma City, the Thunder have thrived making last season's NBA finals before going down to the Miami Heat in five games.
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This hardback, slipcased edition is signed by Yann Martel and illustrator Tomislav Torjanac "Life of Pi" needs little introduction. Since it was first published in 2002 it has entered mainstream consciousness and remains one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years. In October 2005 Canongate launched a competition with "The Times" to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martel's international bestseller. Soon the competition expanded as the "Globe and Mail" and "The Age" newspapers also launched a search in Canada and Australia. From thousands of entries, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for this new edition of "Life of Pi". 'My vision of the illustrated edition of "Life of Pi" is based on paintings from a first person's perspective - Pi's perspective. The interpretation of what Pi sees is intermeshed with what he feels and it is shown through use of colours, perspective, symbols, hand gestures, etc.' The idea behind this approach is a kind of an extension of Mr. Martel's idea as expressed in this quote: "It seemed natural that Mr. Patel's story should be told mostly in the first person - in his voice and through his eyes. But any inaccuracies or mistakes are mine". (Tomislav Torjanac).
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The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.
The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."
An award winner in Canada (and winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize), Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time." It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book. --Brad Thomas Parsons
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Mendocino County sheriff's deputies arrested Carlos James Rabano, 41, of Covelo, on suspicion of domestic violence on January 12, following an investigation. He was released the next day after posting bond. No charges have yet been filed by the district attorney's office.
Rabano has been the Round Valley Tribal Police Chief since 2010. Tribal Administrator Charles Betts' office was contacted by TWN regarding this matter but he did not return the call by press time.
Typically following a domestic violence dispute the victim requests and receives a temporary restraining order. This order typically requires the restrained person to turn over all firearms to police pending resolution of the incident. Law enforcement officers are typically placed on administrative leave during any investigation. Whether this was the action taken by the tribal administration could not be verified.
Sheriff's deputies received a tip about a case of domestic violence which occurred on January 9 at Rabano's home. In the days following the incident in Covelo, Rabano was allegedly stalking the victim who had relocated to Ukiah.
The original incident occurred during an argument in the couple's home in Covelo. Rabano became angry and kicked the victim several times in the shin, according to deputies. When she tried to leave the residence, taking her 10-year-old son with her, Rabano allegedly grabbed the victim's hair and "dragged her around." The victim escaped and left. She did not seek medical attention.


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Personally I do not agree with what they 'do'. I can share a common ideal with them that information should be free, but I like to throw in a small caveat. I do not believe in sharing information with the public that could be detrimental to human life. Leaking information about the questionable practices of a large corporation is one thing, but messing with DoD and local law enforcement is crossing the line. I understand that 'they' argue that corrupt officials need to be ousted but what exactly did [insert random patrol cop's name here] do to you? Some of them may be jerks or even scumbags I know; however not all of them are. Couldn't punishing everyone and not just those responsible for wrong doings be compared to sending innocent people to jail?
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No Win?
Last night I was in a Team Favor match and it was close. We trailed the other team pretty much throughout the match, but then I acquired the Spear Of Olympus and you know the story (we started coming back). But it was still close, but we trailed pretty good. We had 7200 points and the other team had 7925 when I began executing Polyphemus. The executing of the cyclops means my team should have won since he's worth a 1000 points. I don't believe the other team opened a chest or got a kill because it didn't register in the final score like it usually does (ex. 8025 pts., etc.).
The cinematic began and it out of nowhere it said You Lose. I'm confused because I'm certain that we should have won the match. Anyone else had this happen to them?
Re: No Win?
Well I know that if you make execution wile your team is losing, the other team will win.
example: i made an execution when we had around 4000 and they had over 5000. Got "you lose" message rite after that
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No it's not lag. It's a glitch. You can't blame every problem someone incurs on lag. There are some legitimate bugs in this beta and this may be one of them.
That's unfortunate that happened to you and your team that early. I'm not sure why this is. Hopefully they fix for release day.
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Re: No Win?
Maybe it's like the snitch (Harry Potter reference). Once you kill the cyclops it ends the game. Whoever is in the lead wins. Or its possible that during the execution cutscene they made it to 8000 and won it before you were given the 1000 points.
Had a thread about this long long time ago, but still run...[ Edited ]
Had a thread about this long long time ago, but still run into that issue.
Its because while you are excuteing the titan the other team is still gathering points (from the capture points), so even though the cinematic kicks in the team has already decided who won before you get the kill.
Which I hope they fix, because like you just barely catching up feels great, then you're let down with the end result. The points should stop counting right when the cinematic starts up.
Re: Had a thread about this long long time ago, but still run...
"The points should stop counting when the cinematic starts up"
My point exactly. I believe that's how it's supposed to work.


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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - We've learned a young girl who was in the accident in Piney Flats involving debris in the road has died.
The accident occured late Thursday afternoon when high winds from a strong thunderstorm blew part of a nearby greenhouse roof into the road. Click here to read more.
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#1 Thu 06 Sep 12 2:49pm
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pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
dear j
please can u help me? im trying to pickle my veg but the word "pickling salt" keeps popping up but i can not find it in the shops here in bristol, i have bought lots of jars of "sarsons" pickling vinager, do i need the salt with this or not?
if so please can you tell me where i can puchase this salt as no-one in my local asda has ever heard of it.....
#2 Fri 07 Sep 12 8:26am
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Re: pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
Hello Rich, Ive done a fair bit of pickling and make up my own pickling spice using recipes off thr internet. I have to say Ive never heard of pickling salt so I wouldn' t bother using it.
#3 Fri 07 Sep 12 10:46am
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Re: pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
I don't do a lot of pickling but I will soon be pickling beans to a Romanian recipe...I'll post this later.
Pickling salt
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Not to be confused with curing salt.
Pickling salt is a salt that is used mainly for canning and manufacturing pickles. It is made without iodine or any anticaking products added.[1] If pickles are made with table salt, they will have dark and cloudy juice, due to the iodide in the salt, although the flavor should be about the same. Pickling salt is very fine-grained, to speed up dissolving in water to create a brine, so it is useful for solutions needing salt.
Basicall any iodine-free salt should do...the salt should be labelled as such on the pack.
From my recent Romanian pickle experience they just use regular salt and pass the pickle jar round the table so everyone can have a mouthful
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#4 Fri 07 Sep 12 10:08pm
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Re: pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
Local Asda, bout as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Good old Mr. Spice saves the day, yet again ,well done.
Good luck with the pickleing. I had spiced pickled pear once, gave it as a present, sell by date almost up, cheap. The gave it back, we kept it for a year, sell by date well over. We ate some, amazing! seriously amazing.
#5 Sat 08 Sep 12 10:45am
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Re: pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
I was going to suggest a sea salt , much for the same reasons that Mr Sice looked at on Wikipedia . I have always understood that when pickling you should use a pure salt without the iodine/ anticaking agents.
I don't buy table salt of salt with any aditives .
#6 Fri 21 Sep 12 6:07pm
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Re: pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
My Mother used to do a lot of salting down - beans mostly, she used a block salt which we had to chop up and grind down ( I doubt you can find it nowadays) I think the salt is used mainly to draw the water out of whatever you are pickling, some recipes reccomend soaking in alum solution.
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#8 Sat 22 Sep 12 5:16pm
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Re: pickling salt/ canning salt for pickling
I've just made another batch of preserved lemons (second x 6 jars in three weeks). I use rock salt. Cheap as chips. Same as I use in my salt grinder. I use sea salt flakes (pink Murray River by preference - Maldon etc for non-Australians) for sprinkling over food.
Hope this helps.
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Malian journalist Boukary Daou released on bail
New York, April 2, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today's decision by a judge in Mali to grant bail to a journalist who was jailed for 27 days in connection with his paper's publication of a letter critical of a military leader. CPJ calls on the public prosecutor to drop the charges against Boukary Daou, an editor of the daily Le Républicain.
Daou was released from the central prison in Bamako, the capital, at around 3 p.m. after the judge granted his application for bail pending trial, Assane Koné, editor-in-chief of the paper, told CPJ. Daou told CPJ he shared a cell with about 50 other inmates. Daou has been charged with incitement to mutiny and publishing false information and faces up to three years in prison and a maximum fine of 150 million CFA francs (US$293,000) if convicted, according to local journalists. His trial is scheduled to resume on April 16.


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CANON CITY, Colo. - Melting spring snow is filling up the Arkansas River, making for a promising outcome for whitewater rafting guides.
Even though southern Colorado is dealing with drought, there is plenty of water in the high country to fill up the Arkansas River.
"The spring's been amazing," said James Whiteside, owner of Royal Gorge Rafting. "It's brought us about three times the snow pack that we had last year."
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2013 testing season is here
As all good Minnesotans know, we have hunting, trapping and angling seasons.
Bows, snares, rods or rifles, we all know when the opener is scheduled and we're ready with licenses, permits, gear and equipment. We even celebrate and congratulate each other depending on the bounty.
Minnesota public schools participate in another state-designated "season." We call it testing season! And while the equipment and processes are far different — some would argue not as much fun — we still have multiple rules, guidelines and parameters.
We are fortunate here at Pine River-Backus to see results that show continued improvement.
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High stakes tests are tests our students have to pass at a certain level in order to graduate. MDE calls them GRAD Tests. These tests measure essential skills in writing, reading and math.
Students who don't pass on the first attempt can retest. (I've linked several parent fact sheets to the Pine River-Backus Schools website. If you'd like more information, go to www.prbschools.org.)
At Pine River-Backus, our accountability plan calls for other assessment opportunities. The accompanying chart shows the many opportunities available and indicates purposes.
We administer the MCAs from mid-April through mid-May, hence testing season. Teachers and support staff create testing environments that are comfortable, familiar and conducive to success.
At our elementary school, students will be "ROARING" to get the job done. Students know the importance of preparation and are Responsible, On-Task, Always Safe, and Respectful.
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i like big ben, but i also maintain that cities like chitcago, NYC (and the states ofNJ/NY) are the worse places for pro-sport athletes with soft skin or self-esteem trouble.

i like Eli and think he is a good fit for us. what sickened me was all the love Joe "Cool" Flacco was getting. he and Eli were comparitive in personality types, and Eli had to "cooly" win a SB BEFORE people gave him his props.

this rook comes in does reasonably well, has the personality of a mop handle and the media loves him.

oh, and then the ingrates, (read bandwagon fans), go back to dumping on Eli, because his best WR decided to bust a cap in himself, (I still want Plax backthough[:S]), and the Defense gave up crucial 3rd and downs and big TD plays in the end.

but yeah, Eli s*cks because he's returned to his "old ways".

yeah right.

Philthy-phillip rivers is a turd, i'd take Cutler over him any day. Thank God he didn't come to the Jints, we would have been marginally better than the cowturds....

LOL. Yeah, I didn't like that either. Now that you mention it... people didn't like Eli because he wasn't a firery enough leader... but Flacco is praised for it. Unreal

Ever since Draft Day 2004, the national media is on a mission to make Eli look as bad as possible, there's till a lot of people who still dislike him for sticking up the Chargers, including people on this board

boo hoo, i guess.

it's the fickle nature of people really. we forget easily the effort and work it took/takes to reach a goal, but if there's something negative to say, we magnify it.

you're right, next year will tell the tale. once opposing D's get that tape on Joe"cool", we'll see just how cool he is. same applies to Matt ryan down in the "A".

i am nervous for Coach Sheridan and hope he does well. i wonder what his defensive philosophy will be? like how will he adapt the Philthy-based blitz packages to his strategies.


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Just a thought...
VAT applies to most goods and services and we all just pay it because we have to.
Why, therefore, do quotes separate it out.. for example.. £500 + VAT. Why not just say its £600...?
Some people can claim the VAT back - if it's a business which is not the end user of the product, for example.
Also makes it sound less? Like saying something is £29.99 rather than £30?
I always thought there was a political nuance. I can do/sell you this for only £80 but the government want £16 tax so it will cost you £96 (so don't blame me!)
I thought it was a legal requirement for companies to display the VAT breakdown? We do because the government require us to.
atleast its not like america where you go to buy something....for example $10 then they wack the tax on at the till (silly me not knowing this i know)
Jason, unfortunatly some people do just that. I got a bill recently for £90 that turned out to be a lot more as they didn't tell me (or I didn't see) that the price was ex vat. It helps accountants to have the vat listed seperatly but I think that it is wrong when they only quote the ex vat price. In this particular cast I had budgeted for £90 so it messed me up to have to pay more.
But if someone happens to offer you a discount for cash, you're not going to say no, are you?
My point is... when I go to pay for my car repairs the bill might be, for example, £300 and will already include the VAT. The invoice will show the VAT but the guy doesn't say to me £XX + VAT, he'll just say £300. If you ask for a quote from a builder, for example, he'll say £10,000 + VAT, not the total figure.
Maybe it is just to make it sounds less...?
And VAT prices don't change that quickly because they have to give companies time to make the changes. Never less than a month's notice.
And as most quotes are only valid for a month, I can't see why all quotes can't include the ex and inc VAT prices.
Perhaps it is to make it sound less DV; the vat included in a £300 bill is only .£50 and your garage doesn't expect you to be claiming it back as a private motorist.
Your builder's vat will be a further £2,000 and might make his estimate look uncompetitive at £12,000 if the next guy's ex-vat price is, say, £11,000.
But aren't you VAT registered anyway in your line of work? Surely it would be to your advantage to reclaim VAT?
We do all pay it though, it is shocking that one-fifth of almost everything we spend is tax.
generally we show the price and vat for our wholesale/business customers who can claim the vat back and so don't really care about the vat, and the final price to our retail customers who want to know how much they are paying.
But even if you claim the VAT back, you still have to pay it in the first place. Big companies might have enough money that it doesn't matter, but small businesses with cash flow issues could come unstuck when they have to pay the inc vat price.
It seems dishonest to me not to put both prices on
no if we quote a price to a business we say its £100 plus VAT (which would be £120)
if you are purchasing from a shop the price iwould be £120. there is no dishonesty, it is an attempt to make it less confusing.
It would be dishonest to quote a price of £100, and then at the time of payment say ar yes, that is £100+VAT... businesses expect to be told what the VAT component is, or at least if I am quoting inc VAT or ex VAT (and 90% of my suppliers quote ex VAT).
The price doesn't change, we just give you the information you generally want... and if a retail customer wanted to know the ex VAT price we would give it to them.
However we then get into the how much for cash, which some people expect us to give them the ex VAT price, but is illegal and something we dont' do
if a business is registered for VAT, it must charge VAT at the appropriate rate for all goods and services, unless they are specifically exempt. Whenever they supply goods or services to someone else who is also registered for VAT they must give them a VAT invoice. The buyer may be able to reclaim the VAT paid on some goods and services, but only with a VAT invoice.
I thought (mat be incorrectly) that if you say that the price is xxx plus VAt then you have to say the what the rate of VAT is?


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