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#31 Mon 22 Mar 10 5:23pm
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We all have to do our share to make the food revolution a global movement. Being aware of what we eat and what our families and friends eat every day is a big step. It's a difficult process--changing the cafeteria system and the fast food culture. But every successful campaign begins with people spreading the word and acting collectively.
Also, it's not just being aware of how bad or unhealthy the food some of us are eating, but ultimately knowing that there are places where hunger is real.
#32 Mon 22 Mar 10 6:47pm
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I watched Jamie's show last night and was so incredibly saddened, moved, angered, and otherwise frustrated by the state of our Country's health. The resistence to (and often outright hostility toward) Jamie's efforts, is nothing more than a cry for help! I've read some comments from folks who watched the show and argued that offering chicken along side pizza was the core problem, e.g. "what kid wouldn't choose pizza over chicken?" My question is "why do kids choose pizza over chicken?" The first question doesn't get us past this national crisis; rather, it supports it. Injecting Jamie and his knowledge, experience and skills into America's schools and kitchens provides the opportunity for our entire nation to radically move toward a culture of health. Who can't see that we are killing ourselves and, worse, our kids? Jamie, thank you, thank you, thank you!
#33 Tue 23 Mar 10 3:03am
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Congratulations Jamie, you have done it again. My kids and I just watched your new show in the USA. Why has no American chef never thought of doing this? You truly are an inspiation! Your show prompted much discussion in our family, how can people be so unaware that this way of eating is killing their kids? Our family eats dinner every evening together with a meal that I have cooked made from fresh ingredients not ready made. Our children are our future and if they don't eat well, how will they grow up to care about themselves and others. Information on nutrition is all around us and fresh produce is readily available everywhere. Here in Canada we benefit from being close to many markets and have access to great fruit and vegetables all year even though we have hard winters. Keep up the good work and spreading the word of good nutrition and cooking for your children is the greatest gift you can give them.
#34 Tue 23 Mar 10 4:25pm
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Congratulations to a successful launch of Food Revolution! Here in Cincinnati, OH your show was rudely interrupted by a special news report about the socialized health care vote. We have been loyal fans of Jamie's since his Naked Chef days (we hated the name, too, Jamie). I've signed the petition and have made a post on my Facebook account to help spread the word.
I remember reading about what Jamie Oliver did for the school lunch program in the UK and saying we need someone to do that here. It figures Jamie himself is starting a grass roots movement here. Thank you, everyone, for being involved in this project! I am sure it wasn't easy or pleasant for Jamie and his crew to leave their homes and families for this daunting mission. We applaud and truly appreciate all of your efforts.
#35 Tue 23 Mar 10 4:46pm
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I loved the show, I loved it, I loved it.
So many true facts, food service industry take note. government agencies take note. You got to respect those lunch ladies, its hard to watch them get so upset. We all know they are trying there best, with what they have. Jamie, right on with so many comments. Gloves, bacteria's home of choice. What did happen to washing your hands ? Why aren't we teaching people old school sanitation. I have been in the food industry my whole life. I was jumping out of my seat with all your comments on the show. How did we get to processed frozen crap for food. I come from a poverty school district so they tell us. So our food in our school is frozen processed What ? I ask myself is it because we have been labeled poverty school ? I have been trying for many years to change the minds of school officials. Its hard to do. I hear from parents "we will pay more if the food is good". How lazy are we getting in this society. Come to Wisconsin we need help too. The home of Beer and Cheese,
where we should be able to do more. Augusta, WI
#36 Tue 23 Mar 10 5:35pm
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Hurray for Jamie! To expose school lunches and their "dirty little secrets" is MAJOR. I always pack my children's lunches because I know what a joke school lunches are, but so many people don't. And while I understand the defensive attitude of the cafateria cooks, I also wish they could be more receptive to someone who is trying to help (i.e., the mother who wants to learn how to feed her family healthy food). It seems to me their attitude is only reinforcing preconceived notions. As a healthy eater and cook, I know the frustrations of trying to convince others about healthy eating. Some are receptive and other will never be. I'll be tuning in to see how it turns out! THANKS JAMIE -- keep up the good works!!
#37 Tue 23 Mar 10 7:01pm
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Jamie thank you for bringing the revolution of food to America. We have followed you religiously throughout your career and what you did in England.
I moved my mother in with me 5 1/2 years ago when I bought a home. We have fully transformed the yard with water wise flowers and shrubs, huge vegetable garden, and sustanible blueberry, raspberry, strawberries, rhubarb, and a cherry tree. We can and freeze everything that cannot be eaten fresh so that we can sustain ourselves without running to the grocery store constantly. The home is on less than a 1/4 acre lot and we can a lot of our own procude and supplement what we cannot produce enough of by going to the St Paul Farmer's Market that only allows food to be sold from a 50-75 mile radius from that market. The fresh vegetables, fruits and meats made available that are properly grown are giving me more hope for our society.
Although I am disheartened when I see the slop that my nieces are being feed at their school in Savage MN. This pre-packaged and re-warmed food from some other school that is dropped off for these lunches is disgusting. The amount of carbs that the kids are feed is ridiculous. Why can't these schools utilize some of the fresh grown and raised food from the area and stop using mass produced food and prepackaged with all of the ingredients that no one has any idea what they are!?
I grew up on a dairy farm and my parents taught us from little on how to raise animals, butcher, and grow our own vegetables. I have cooked in restaurants while in college and continue to enjoy cooking and sharing the joy of cooking with family and friends and sharing canned/frozen goods that we have put up for the season.
I have been talking with everyone where I work which is a huge mtg company about the changes that you are trying to make and hoping that people sign up and help support this change that you are trying to make.
I do hope that some of the small steps that my small homestead is trying to make with my nieces will be lasting life long memories as at least one of them is very interested in the growing of fruits and vegetables and cooking/baking. Understanding where the food comes from and making food with grandma and auntie. We are also home bread bakers so that interest is being shared as well and the kids love to get in the kitchen and help.
Keep up the great work!!!!
Your Jamie at Home Series on the food network and that book - OUTSTANDING!!!!!
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#38 Tue 23 Mar 10 7:19pm
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Hi Jamie -
I am so excited about your new show! Many parents in our school district have complained for years about the junk that's fed to our children, but I have to admit, I've never done anything except grumble about it.
I would love to be part of the solution instead of contributing to the problem. Besides donating, what can I do to facilitate changes in our school's lunch program?
Also... have you considered visiting any schools in Hawaii? My husband and I are very concerned about friends and family members there.
Many, many Mahalos!!
Kalei and Shelly Andrade
Byron Center, Michigan
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#39 Wed 24 Mar 10 12:10am
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I actually awoke at 4am and could not go back to sleep thinking about my 7yr old daughters school lunches. I think it gets down to educating our kids, i told her what goes into a chicken nugget and she was totally grossed out. She said she would definitely eat the chicken if she had a choice because she knows its good for her. I agree with an earlier post, kids like apples cut up, heck so do i, give the kids sliced apples, they'll eat them. Overall its sad what is happening at school with lunch, we both vowed last night that we will be shopping this weekend for a lunch box, ice packs and ideas for healthy take to school lunches. I hope some of you super mums will start a new forum topic for us single dads on ideas for a good cold lunches. get rid of the strawberry and chocolate milk, as well as the capri sun.
our schools healthy-e living march menu.
just a few, these are all packaged food items
capri sun
corn dogs
bagel dog
double dogs
chile cheese dog
pancake and sausage for early days
french bread pizza
cheese pizza
#40 Wed 24 Mar 10 3:30am
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I absolutely love what Jamie is trying to accomplish for the USA and the UK. I grew up in New York and I remember the school lunches, horrible!! Change is so very hard for so many of us Americans to accept let alone embrace. I was angry for Jamie when I watched the premier of this show and that narrow minded radio host started to just brow beat him for trying to change things. Jamie, you are a hero to healthier eating, not just for schools but for us all. Because of watching your Jamie at home series, I started growing my own veggies in my back yard successfully. I'm so excited for this up and coming growing season and the return of the farmers markets with all the fresh produce! Food tastes so much better when it's fresh and not processed. I even started making my own breads (tastes way better, I recommend everyone try). I have join your revolution and I plan on spreading the word. Keep up the fantastic work, you have definitely inspired this American to eat and live better!!


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Option running threat=short NFL career. RG3 had 84 yards passing on 19 atts, Cousins had 31 yards passing. Think you're going to win with #'S LIKE that?
RG3 tear that ACL baby. just like the redskins owner making more bad decisions, greedy *******!!
Perry Fewell needs to be replaced. From super bowl to this lackluster defense. Whats yer prob Perry. Get yer s h i t together!!!! Our offense used to be conservative now its the defense. Secondary still gets burnt and no pass rush. cant rely on the madman everytime. Tuck has gone missing and injured allll the time Osi needs to go, you know when no other team will have him its time to retire him to some nearby nursing home. ashamed!!! didnt even make the playoffs. we did have the hardest schedule in the NFL but we were the best team. Patriots go every year and they had their chance twice with the gmen. they cant do it. We are the best team, defense needs to pick it up!!!!!
Back to the game in hand. I say the Falcons are shaking n their feet with Seattle coming to town. That defense is crazy. And of course Lynch is a beast. Nice to see Russell out infront a couple of times throwing blocks.
Only bad thing Seattle can take from this game is that Clemons ( I believe it was) went down with an ACL in the 4th. Their best past rusher this season with 11sacks. But the rest of their Dline know how to out pressure on the QB. Some lovely blitzes last night
Well worst fears of Redskins Fans since RG3 has gotten to Washington and what many giants fans on this forums have been saying could happen due to his style of play was confirmed this morning. RG3 underwent total reconstruction of his ACL and LCL and has a 6-8 month window providing there is no set backs. It's the same knee from 09 and they had already used the grafts from other knee. Nowmi know he has youth on his side but This kid may never be the same physically or Mentally. Also Peterson is the exception to the rule and not the norm. Blame the coaches, the doctors or RG himself but this is not good
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
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Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Zachary Ryan Droddy, 25, and Michele Ruth Elliot, 19, were arrested Sunday at their home at 4200 Maplewood Drive, Apt. 309.
"Deputies were dispatched after receiving a complaint regarding the welfare of a child due to possible drug activity," Myers said Wednesday in a news release. "Deputies located three plastic containers containing crystal methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia inside the home."
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Elliot and Droddy were charged with drug possession, drug use in presence of juveniles, child endangerment and possession of drug paraphernalia. Elliot, who was also charged with obstruction of justice, was released Tuesday after posting a $3,000 bond. Droddy remained in jail Wednesday on a $2,500 bond.
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I was just listening to an NPR show discussing Ron Paul supporters who cheered at the idea of letting people without health insurance die.
One of the points that came up on the NPR show is that the Democrats do not have a coherent message on the proper role of government.
Republicans do have a coherent message. They want the law of karma to function: you should reap what you sow. You should not reap what other people sow. They love Aesop's fable of the ant and the grasshopper. The ant works hard, the grasshopper does not. Then winter comes and the grasshopper starves to death. Republicans want the grasshopper to starve, and that's why Ron Paul supporters cheered at the idea of letting someone die. They do not want the ant to be forced to share with the grasshopper, ever.
So government's role, in the Republican view, should be pretty much limited to protection of individual property -- but there is a very important and always unspoken addendum: no matter how that property was acquired.
The very rich absolutely love this idea of never having to share no matter how they got their money, and so rich Republicans generously fund campaigns which appeal to poor and racist Republicans who fear having to share with minorities.
Democrats, in contrast, want to "promote the general welfare" of the country, as is explicitly written into the constitution. Their assumption is that we are all in the same boat, and we have responsibilities to each other. But then it gets very hazy. Exactly what are these responsibilities to each other, and who is going to pay for them?
Democrats, just like Republicans, always and everywhere fail to distinguish between productive work and non-productive extraction of economic rents.
Rent does not just mean rent paid to a landlord. Interest is also the rent paid on borrowed money. The point is that "rent" here means money you get merely by being the owner of something, not from doing productive work. It means money that you could "earn" even if you were in a coma, taking it by law from people who actually did the work.
The difference is not always obvious. When you literally pay rent to a landlord, which is it? Is it reward for the landlord's productive work, or is the landlord just leeching off the tenant?
The answer is both. The construction and maintenance of the building is productive work, and should be rewarded with a certain amount of rent. But the payment of the rest of the rent for the use of the land is completely non-productive. No one created the land. The landlord merely uses his ownership title, without work, to extract money from productive people.
So back to the proper role of government. Should the ant have to feed the grasshopper in the winter?
To answer that, you need to ask one more question: Did the ant get his money from his own work, or from rents?
Money from his own work should belong to the ant. But money from rents should be heavily taxed and used to benefit the society the rent was extracted from. This is the idea behind Georgism.
Finally, back to health insurance. Should the person who refuses to buy health insurance be allowed to die? The answer is that non-productive rent income should be heavily taxed and used to fund universal critical care coverage for every citizen, like other countries already have. So there would be no people without critical-care coverage and the issue would not arise.
The ants would have no basis for complaint, because the health insurance money would not come from any productive work which they did themselves, and they themselves would be entitled to the same coverage.
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We can't know for sure until all the senators and representatives have been forced to submit to breath tests. But based on their recent behavior ("Touch the tip of your nose with your index finger — no, that's not your nose and that's certainly not your finger"), it seems likely the average member will register a blood-alcohol level well over 0.08 percent, the legal limit for legislating. Some members of the Appropriations Committee could be expected to blow more than 0.20.
I assume those committee members' test results showing they're more pie-eyed than the average lawmaker are the result of binge drinking before unanimously approving a new two-year state budget that contains a gimmick so outrageous, it couldn't have won votes from anyone who wasn't blotto.
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Or a weasel.
Or, come to think of it, all three.
I base this assessment on the Legislature's support for a provision drafted by Republican state Representative Patrick ("Hiccup") Flood of Winthrop, the committee co-chairman. It fills a $20 million gap in the spending plan by assuming the state will soon receive that sum or more from Maine Beverage Co., the operation that holds a 10-year monopoly on wholesaling liquor in Maine. In return for the cash, Maine Beverage would get a contract extension worth many times the paltry amount it paid to get everybody loaded.
To understand why this is a terrible deal for taxpayers, we'll have to travel back in time to the primitive era known as 2003. In that benighted year, Democrat John Baldacci was the newly sworn-in governor, and he faced a billion-dollar budget shortfall. Baldacci's troubles were further complicated by his campaign promise not to follow the standard Dem response to red ink, which is to raise taxes. So, he decided to cover the debt by selling the state's wholesale liquor biz.
Baldacci promised legislators, many of them allegedly sober, that the plan would be "a wash," with the $125 million upfront payment plus annual cash from a revenue-sharing arrangement equaling what the state would have made if it continued to wholesale booze on its own. That this assertion was ridiculous never seemed to occur to anyone, so when it turned out to be a fabrication, there was all kinds of righteous indignation from members of the GOP who claimed they were conned into voting for it.
"They fooled the Legislature," then-House Minority Leader Joe Bruno told the Bangor Daily News in 2004. "They ramrodded that budget through, false assumptions were made, and we didn't have a proper amount of time to review it. I think Maine is suffering for that."
Peter Mills, then a Republican state senator, was quoted in the Bangor paper as saying, "I thought the whole thing made no common sense." A year later, Mills, then harboring gubernatorial ambitions of his own, told the Portland Phoenix, "If I had to pick one reason why this guy [Baldacci] should not be re-elected, that would be it." (See "How Much Will Baldacci's Privatization of the Wholesale Liquor Monopoly Really Cost the Public?" by Lance Tapley, October 7, 2005.)
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We have begun the election march of the trolls. They have crawled out of the sewers of public relations firms, polling organizations, the commercial media, the two corporate political parties and elected office to fill the airwaves with inanities and absurdities until the final inanity—the 2012 presidential election. Journalists, whose role has been reduced to purveyors of court gossip, whether on Fox or MSNBC, descend in swarms to report pseudo-events such as the Ames straw poll, where it costs $30 to cast a ballot. And then, almost immediately, they blithely inform us that the Iowa poll is meaningless now that Rick Perry has entered the race. The liberal trolls, as they do in every election cycle, are beating their little chests about the perfidiousness of the Democratic Party and Barack Obama. It is a gesture performed not to effect change but to burnish their credentials as moralists. They know, as do we, that they will trot obediently into the voting booth in 2012 to do as they are told. And everywhere the pulse of the nation is being assiduously monitored through polls and focus groups, not because our opinions matter, but because our troll candidates understand that by parroting back to us our own viewpoints they can continue to spend their days lapping up corporate money with other trolls in the two houses of Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court and television studios where they chat with troll celebrity journalists.
The only commodity the troll state offers is fear. The corporate trolls, such as the Koch brothers, terrify the birthers, creationists, militia lovers, tea party militants, right-to-life advocates, Christian fascists and God-fearing red-white-and-blue patriots by proclaiming that unless they vote for Perry or Mitt Romney or Michele Bachmann or some other product of the lunatic fringe of our political establishment, the American family will be destroyed, our children will be corrupted and the country will turn socialist. Barack Obama, who they whisper is a closet Muslim, will take away their guns, raise their taxes and bring homosexual couples into kindergartens.
For those, usually liberals, still rooted in a reality-based world, one that believes in evolutionary science, the corporate trolls offer a more refined, fear-based message of impending doom: If you abandon the Democrats we will be governed by Bible-thumping idiots who will make us chant the Pledge of Allegiance in mass rallies and teach the account of Genesis as historical and biological fact in our nation's schools.
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The key is for Hosley to have his coming out party.
He'll be matched up with BY FAR Rodgers' receiver of choice and a matchup nightmare--Randall Cobb. He's a special player, AR's first read, and whenever he's flushed out of the pocket, that's the guy he's looking for down the field.
The Key To BEATING the Pack is simple. Every single person that belongs to the Giants organization need to step it up from 1st to Overdrive
Actually its even more simple then this - based on outrageously complex math involving integrals/ vectors and the laws of probability its has become quite clear that scoring more points after 60 minutes will get you a win 100 percent of the time. You are welcome.
Poor frank probably said the same last year and then had to watch the giants dismantle the pack in GB - sad. Oh oh sorry i mean they beat themselves despite the beat down.
We need to get State Farm Insurance to bribe the Packers enough to have Rodgers do another discount doublecheck commercial instead of playing the game. "Trophies are for people with self-esteem issues."
In my opinion the whole team must get better, from the players to the coaching staff! They are all to blame for the recent downslide. Better playing calling better execution.
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"The manufacturers discontinued the materials, so we're out, but even if we could order more, we couldn't meet the demand," says recent Maine College of Art graduate Kris Johnsen about the sales of Gocco screen-printing systems. The simple retro aesthetic of the increasingly rare kits have made it the Polaroid film of the printing world. Johnsen has turned to printmaking himself, even though his degree focused on other media, and, as an employee of the Art Mart next to the college, Johnsen can see the cash register activity as proof that people in Portland are screen-printing more than ever.
Institutions are moving to meet this rekindled interest. MECA introduced an beginning printmaking course that filled up immediately. When Joel Seah joined the faculty at the University of Southern Maine, his dedication to printmaking lit up the art department, and an enthusiastic response saw student work pouring out into the hallways of the campus.
Outside academy borders, a small but dedicated group of artists has come of age as professional printers. Dominic D'Alessio founded Evolve2Advance several years ago as a collective corralling Portland designers working primarily with paper and textile printing. The organization continues, but D'Alessio has turned his attention to the communal aspects of his work to develop the Arm Factory, a new print cooperative he runs with MECA graduate Darrell Tapley and Bob Smith, the designer behind the hypnotic RATIO line of prints. The trio joined forces to lower their overhead and advance their personal work, while sharing their knowledge with the community.
"The medium itself, the mass communication, means you don't have to have to go to a gallery to see the work and the mass accessibility means you can step over the artist/viewer line and create a poster yourself," says D'Alessio as he weaves between the industrial machines peppering the Arm Factory. Now that he does a have a space, First Fridays are a time to bring in an audience. Derek Jackson is currently showing and the March 6 opening of Pat Palmer's "Flow" will continue the Factory's trajectory of live artmaking and demonstrations.
Portlanders are exposed to the fruits of printers' labor every day in the resurgence of concert posters popping up on city streets. Many of the printers in town lead double lives as musicians. "It's often musicians who are drawn to this," muses D'Alessio. "I'm thinking of Zack Howard, who plays in [Portland rock band] Conifer. That's how he makes a poster — he plays music with the different elements."
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Arsène Wenger says he's "an Arsenal man" but insists it's too soon to think about his long-term future.
The Frenchman has been Arsenal's manager for nearly 16 years and his current deal expires in the summer of 2014. Reports on Friday suggested that he will be offered a new contract but Wenger is not looking beyond this weekend's Premier League game.
"I have two years to go," he said. "What is important for me is Southampton [on Saturday] and I think I've shown my commitment to this club in the past.
"I'm an Arsenal man and I think I've always shown that. I have to consider if I do well or not. If I don't do well, I have to consider my future.
"I've been at the club long enough to have confidence in the people I work with. But I will assess my own performances and then make a decision. At the moment we are not there.
"Two years is a long time in my job. I just want to do well for the club as long as I can and accept all the rest.
"At the moment I am not in the mood to think about the long-term future. We want to do well this season, that's all."
Wenger will be 63 next month but he has not thought about how long he expects to be managing at the top level.
"I don't know," he said. "I have to consider that at my age, you always have to assess if you have the fitness, the desire, the commitment that this job demands. Then of course you have to make your decisions.
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Yes! I want new vanilla models immediately!
No! We can wait a bit longer. I'd prefer 2 new races instead.
You're right except for 2 things.
1. My name is spelt "God" not "Loucious-sama".
2. I'm not a man, because man is inherently flawed. I am in fact a being so far beyond your comprehension that archaic constraints like flesh, blood, time and consequently, gender, have no meaning to me.
I used to think Draenei looked awesomely detailed compared to the classic races. It's why I picked Draenei for the majority of my characters as soon as they were available to me. The animations were more fluent, everything was more pleasing to the eye than e.g. your standard human model.
Now, every time I look at Pandaren, the Draenei model doesn't look so amazing anymore. Heck, not even Worgen who aren't all that old yet can hold a candle to the fluidity of movement and posture of a Pandaren model.
I can't wait for them to brush over the old models, and I'm really really excited for when they're done.
We don't need new races. Rather make the ones that we already have evolve to a standard that matches with the surroundings. It's a huge difference to see an old character model jump around in the likes of Duskwood or to see them run through the likes of the Vale or even the Dread Wastes. Old models in old settings blend in well; but old models in new setting just don't quite fit so well.
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New models will be short lived enjoyment?
Are you all BONKERS?
I LOVE the pandaren models! If I'm on mine, and have to wait for anything, I love watching it look around and move! There is SO much more character to these models than anything else in the game. Seriously, I've never enjoyed the little details like spinning my camera around and giggling as one of them sniffs and makes a face as if he's detected something unsavory with his nose.
Also, aside from the male pandaren dance being hilariously awesome, I love watching them SIT! Other models just kinda sit down with nothing interesting to add, (Hell, the female worgen look like they're about to snap off their own knees!), but the pandaren male kinda leans back and PLOPS down with a jiggle that emphasizes his...well...size!
I could go on, but you all would probably get bored.
Point is, I don't think they will be a short lived enjoyment. MoP has been out for nearly a year and I have yet to get bored with the Pandaren models. I had hoped that SoO would take advantage of showing off some possible new models by updating a few of the racial leaders with some much needed improvement (i.e. Baine, Mekkatorque, Gallywix (more of a get him in the game stab there), rat head Jaina, etc), but unless Blizz is just hiding them until patch release, we probably won't see them anytime soon.
No, updating models shouldn't take away from the addition of new content. I'm very well aware of the kind of time that's required to put into making things like pandaren models look and move as well as they do, but Blizz is a multi-million dollar company, they have the capacity to do both!
I think we've reached a certain point in WoW lore where every race that has the intelligence, physical measures and distinction to be playable, has been made playable.
Ogres are an option imo, but they're kinda too stupid.
Nagas is just a big no-er for me physically.
Furbolgs could be, but they don't differ from Pandaren in appearance.
And we should look at affiliation of other races to the Horde/Alliance aswell.
Example: gimme one good reason why the Arrakoa would even consider joining the Alliance, who live on a world the Arrakoa
A. Can't reach themselves.
B. Aren't interested in conquering/visiting.
C. Have no use for in making a pact with.
I say update vanilla models.
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ABB supplied mechanical, electrical, and automation equipment for Yukon Energy Corp.'s Mayo B hydroelectric project, located on the Mayo River, in the Yukon, Canada. ABB is executing the project as part of a strategic alliance with Chongqing Yunhe Hydropower Group, one of the world's leading turbine suppliers in the small hydro market, and will be providing the turbines and generators. ABB will supply the excitation system, governor system, and various mechanical and electrical auxiliaries for this equipment. In addition, ABB will provide required site services to ensure the project is operational by the end of 2011
San Diego County for the first time approved a vertical axis wind turbine. The 3.4 kW Falcon turbine from WePOWER was installed on an 18' pole on private property by Joe Moore Construction, an authorized WePOWER dealer. Testing and certification organization TUV SUD America inspected and approved the job.
Abengoa Solar finalized a $1.45 billion financing to build Solana, the world's largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. This plant, with a total investment of approximately $2 billion, will generate 250 MW. Following the conditional commitment announced by President Obama last July, the Department of Energy issued a loan guarantee to support the project. The facility will sell power to Arizona Public Service under a 30-year agreement.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) moved to implement Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) solar PV program, which the CPUC adopted in April 2010. PG&E's five-year solar PV program will facilitate the development of 500 MW of solar PV facilities in the range of one to 20 MW in PG&E's service area. Under the program, PG&E is authorized to hold competitive solicitations for approximately 50 MW per year and to execute contracts with independent power producers for 250 MW during the course of the program.
SunPower signed three power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison (SCE) totaling 711 MW. SunPower will install its Oasis modular solar technology at sites in Rosamond and Los Banos, Calif. Engineered to optimize use of available land, each SunPower Oasis power block uses 425 watt solar panels and tracking systems.
The Department of Energy finalized a partial loan guarantee for $1.3 billion to support the world's largest wind project. The loan will finance the Caithness Shepherds Flat project, an 845 MW wind generation facility located in eastern Oregon sponsored by Caithness Energy and GE Energy Financial Services. The Caithness Shepherds Flat wind project will be the first in North America to use 338 GE 2.5xl wind turbines, which have been used in Europe and Asia. Once completed, the


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If you're opposed to casinos in Maine, there's one way to make certain the state won't be overrun with noxious gambling emporiums sucking up every dollar of disposable income we have left:
Vote in favor of every single one of them.
I know that seems sort of counterintuitive, but trust me. The surest method of preventing big-time gaming from becoming more of an economic and political force than it already is would be to authorize all the casinos the gambling industry is asking for. And some they aren't.
The Oxford County resort that's on the November ballot? Thumbs up.
The proposed racino in Biddeford that's going to a local vote this year and, possibly, a statewide one in 2011? No problem.
Converting an old mill in Lewiston into a posh club offering blackjack, roulette, craps, and every imaginable variation on the slot machine? If it makes it to referendum next year, put a checkmark in the "yes" box.
Expand Hollywood Slots in Bangor to include table games? That ought to come up aces.
Allow Maine's Indian tribes to open casinos and add slots at their high-stakes bingo parlors? Long overdue.
Legalize one-armed bandits in bars, hair salons, car-repair shops, supermarkets, and day-care centers? That's a go.
The sooner we remove the shackles of onerous government regulation from games of chance, the sooner we'll see most of the casino hucksters exceeding the posted speed limit in their haste to cross the Piscataqua River Bridge in the southbound lanes.
That's because the gambling business can succeed under almost any financial circumstances except one:
Free enterprise.
The evidence is clear. If gaming for profit became illegal, anyone who was feeling lucky would have no trouble finding a friendly game or a "for recreational use only" slot in a social club, upstairs room over a tavern, or barber-shop basement.
Restrict the number of venues statewide to one or two? Those sites prosper, since their only competition is the unlicensed sites, which are also doing very well, thank you.
Allow a number of casinos, but maintain strict control by state agencies over payouts, staffing, and management to prevent fraud? That system works really well with Medicaid, food stamps, and stimulus checks.
But what happens when getting permission to operate a casino involves no more paperwork and licensing fees than does a convenience store or porno shop?
Then, the economic restrictions imposed by the marketplace kick in. With a vengeance.
There are only so many gamblers in Maine — even when we factor in all the tourists who come here from places that already have plenty of casinos of their own. These visitors have only a limited interest in wasting their precious vacation time and money on games they could play at home. That means the amount of cash available to be pumped into slots and used to buy chips to put down on double-zero is finite.
We know that sum is sufficient to make Hollywood Slots enormously profitable. We can speculate that it would do the same for one or two similar operations in the more populated southern part of the state. But beyond that?
Why would anyone bother to venture into the barren hinterlands of Oxford County if they could throw away their money at a ritzy club in Portland, Biddeford, or Lewiston? Wouldn't even the possibility of a major casino being built in or near the state's most populous metropolises make investing in competing ventures unacceptably risky?
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Which Salvatore will Elena end up with? And who will get the cure? EP Julie Plec spills major season finale secrets!
The Vampire Diaries' allegedly dormant love triangle between Elena (Nina Dobrev), Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) appeared to be rekindled during the show's April 18 prom episode — and according to executive producer Julie Plec, the rekindling has only just begun! The May 16 finale will introduce a new twist to the triangle, and Julie says it'll make things very interesting for the trio in season five.
"We will know, when the finale is over, where everyone stands in the context of the Stefan/Damon/Elena triangle," Julie tells HollywoodLife.com's sister site TVLine. "It will definitely set all three of them on a very different and interesting path when we move forward. … When all is said and done, it's got some pretty good romantic moments."
Of course, there's a good chance Elena's decision will be swayed by whomever ends up taking the vampire cure, which Julie promises will happen before the episode's final moments.
Who Will Get The Cure?
Julie teases that "the implications of [who takes the cure] will be a great story to tell next year."
The whole "next year" part of Julie's quote makes me think it isn't going to be anyone leaving Mystic Falls for The Originals — that's Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies) and Rebekah (Claire Holt) — which leaves the main trio, and Caroline (Candice Accola).
As for who might be dying on the finale, Julie says, "I cannot comment on permanent deaths, but I will say there will be lots of destruction."
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The mission of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is to help our customers operate their systems and networks securely. A major part of this mission involves evaluating reports of suspected vulnerabilities in Microsoft products and, when necessary, ensuring that updates and security bulletins that respond to bona fide reports are produced and disseminated. The MSRC issues a bulletin for any product vulnerability that could, in our judgment, result in multiple customers being affected, no matter how unlikely or limited the impact.
Not all vulnerabilities have equal impact. This document presents our security bulletin severity rating system. This system, which we revised in December 2011 based on customer feedback, is intended to help our customers decide which updates they should apply under their particular circumstances, and how rapidly they need to take action. Customers have encouraged us to include this information in our bulletins to help them assess their risk.
In industry experience, attacks that impact customers' systems rarely result from attackers' exploitation of previously unknown vulnerabilities. Attacks typically exploit vulnerabilities for which patches have long been available, but not applied. This is why we include deployment priorities with each severity rating.
The severity rating system provides a rating for each vulnerability per component or platform. This rating represents the worst theoretical outcome were a vulnerability to be exploited on a given component or platform. The severity rating does not indicate the likelihood of that outcome.
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Sakharov and the fight for a free press in Ethiopia
In 1968, Andrei Sakharov braved censorship and personal risk in the Soviet Union to give humanity an honest and timeless declaration of conscience. That same year, Ethiopia's most prominent dissenter, Eskinder Nega, was born. In January 1981, a year into Sakharov's exile in the closed city of Gorky, Reeyot Alemu, another fierce, Ethiopian free thinker, was born.


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Here's another nice freebie for the folks here who love getting free stuff, myself included. Cory Doctorow's book, For the Win, is available online in various formats through this site.
For those who haven't heard of it, I would recommend you take a look at Kotaku's review of the book, as the book is set against the backdrop of MMOs and gold farming. I've yet to read it myself, but at least I have my own copy now for reading purposes. 🙂
Anyway, let's all take the time to download this, and if we like the book, let's support it by picking up a copy in store shelves (which may take a year for me to get a physical copy, but whatever…). Cheers.
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CHATSWORTH, California, February 14, 2002 - Titus Software Corporation would like you to start your engines as Downforce is scheduled for release this May. Downforce disregards all of the bothersome rules and gives you pure adrenaline filled thrills and spills this summer.
Downforce is an arcade racer complete with high-speed straightaways, hairpin turns and spectacular crashes. The complete racing experience, Downforce takes powerful supercarts and places them on average streets. Choose from one of 14 vehicles and compete in 21 different racing courses. Downforce embodies the pure essence of racing action as you battle opponents in an absolute duel for the top three spots. Finish in the top group to continue on, otherwise it is back to the little leagues where they race with training wheels! A brutally intense arcade experience, Downforce accelerates through the apex of the turn and blasts into overdrive down the home stretch.


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Save money by improving energy efficiency at home
Fall has arrived and winter is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to complete those home improvement projects that will make your home more energy efficient, yet comfortable during the winter months — ultimately reducing your utility bills.
Most homeowners don't know where to begin. One of the best starting points in reducing energy costs is through water conservation.
Install low-flow
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Most low-flow fixtures cost around $10 to $20 each and can provide a water savings of 25 percent to 60 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. It can cut your water consumption in half.
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Karin Anderson of Schroeder's Appliance Center in Baxter said purchasing an energy efficient washer can save most homeowners at least $145 a year on their energy costs. Most new appliances on the market, from dishwashers to refrigerators, are considered energy efficient and can save homeowners money.
Anderson said the new ozone laundry systems are selling well at Schroeder's this fall. The small machine cleans your laundry with only ozone and cold water — no laundry detergent.
The machine costs less than $400, hooks up to your existing washer and Anderson said it lasts about 10 to 12 years. She said ozone is 150 percent more effective than bleach at cleaning clothing and leaves nothing behind that is harmful to the environment.
The systems have been used commercially for years, but are now available to retail customers. The average family could save about $45 to $75 a year in hot water costs alone, according to the manufacturer.
"Everyone who buys them is thrilled. I'm getting one for my house," Anderson said with a laugh. "They're great because you don't have to buy detergent, you're saving on hot water and they work for either high efficiency or regular machines."
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A smart thermostat allows you to easily manage your heating and cooling systems and make temperature adjustments when no one is home. You can download reports on your energy usage and monitor your thermostat from anywhere, at any time, online.
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A great way to find out how you can make your home more energy efficient is by having an energy audit. Crow Wing Power has energy advisers who can visit a member's home or speak with them on the phone to help find ways to save both energy and money. Xcel Energy, Minnesota Power and other companies offer similar audits often at reduced rates for their customers.
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About half of your home's heat or cooled air ends up escaping through leaks around your windows, roof, floors and walls if they aren't properly insulated.
A spot thermometer or infrared gun will help you find those leaks where you need to add more insulation.
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Even when you aren't using your television, computer, DVD player or other electronic devices, those machines are still drawing power and costing you money each month.
Plugging everything on smart power strips can save electricity. For about $20, you can purchase a Kill A Watt energy monitoring device that will tell you how much energy your devices are consuming, especially when you're not using them.
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New iPad Arrives in the US & Nine Additional Countries on FridayCUPERTINO, California―March 14, 2012―Apple today announced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive at Apple's retail stores and the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com) on Friday, March 16 at 8:00 a.m. local time in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK; along with Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
The new iPad features a stunning new Retina display, Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G supports ultrafast 4G LTE networks in the US and Canada, and fast 3G networks around the world including those based on HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA.** Additionally, iPad 2 is available at a more affordable price starting at just INR 24,500 inc VAT.
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The new iPad Wi-Fi will be available in black or white in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models***. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for ultrafast 4G LTE networks in the US and Canada and fast 3G networks around the world including those based on HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA, will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models***. Additionally, the incredible iPad 2 is now offered at a more affordable price of INR 24,500 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just INR 32,900 for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model. iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6 are currently available as free software updates. iPhoto, iMovie 1.3 and GarageBand 1.2 are now available for $4.99 (US) each from the App Store (www.itunes.com/appstore). Keynote 1.6, Pages 1.6 and Numbers 1.6 are available for $9.99 (US) each from the App Store. Updates are available for free to existing customers.
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McCrory names new head for NC public safety agency
RALEIGH, WAKE COUNTY - Gov. Pat McCrory is promoting a former FBI agent to head North Carolina's public safety agency.
McCrory announced Wednesday that Frank Perry will become the new secretary of the state Department of Public Safety. Perry has been the agency's interim leader for about three weeks since the sudden resignation of Raleigh attorney Kieran Shanahan.
Perry is a North Carolina native and Wake Forest University graduate who spent 22 years as an FBI special agent, including as head of the FBI's Raleigh office. He then worked for the State Ethics Commission and later as former State Auditor Les Merritt's top investigator.
Shanahan resigned last month after about seven months running the state agency that oversees the state prison system, the Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies.