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The .htaccess rules for transforming uppercase to lowercase (shared hosting) below works perfectly fine for the root but doesn't work at all for pages (subdirectories). I'd greatly appreciate some direction on how to make this function properly. Thank you.
# For security reasons, Option followsymlinks cannot be overridden.
RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /# If there are caps, set HASCAPS to true and skip next ruleRewriteRule [A-Z] - [E=HASCAPS:TRUE,S=1]# Skip this entire section if no uppercase letters in requested URLRewriteRule ![A-Z] - [S=28]# Replace single occurance of CAP with cap, then process next Rule.RewriteRule ^([^A]*)A(.*)$ $1a$2RewriteRule ^([^B]*)B(.*)$ $1b$2RewriteRule ^([^C]*)C(.*)$ $1c$2RewriteRule ^([^D]*)D(.*)$ $1d$2RewriteRule ^([^E]*)E(.*)$ $1e$2RewriteRule ^([^F]*)F(.*)$ $1f$2RewriteRule ^([^G]*)G(.*)$ $1g$2RewriteRule ^([^H]*)H(.*)$ $1h$2RewriteRule ^([^I]*)I(.*)$ $1i$2RewriteRule ^([^J]*)J(.*)$ $1j$2RewriteRule ^([^K]*)K(.*)$ $1k$2RewriteRule ^([^L]*)L(.*)$ $1l$2RewriteRule ^([^M]*)M(.*)$ $1m$2RewriteRule ^([^N]*)N(.*)$ $1n$2RewriteRule ^([^O]*)O(.*)$ $1o$2RewriteRule ^([^P]*)P(.*)$ $1p$2RewriteRule ^([^Q]*)Q(.*)$ $1q$2RewriteRule ^([^R]*)R(.*)$ $1r$2RewriteRule ^([^S]*)S(.*)$ $1s$2RewriteRule ^([^T]*)T(.*)$ $1t$2RewriteRule ^([^U]*)U(.*)$ $1u$2RewriteRule ^([^V]*)V(.*)$ $1v$2RewriteRule ^([^W]*)W(.*)$ $1w$2RewriteRule ^([^X]*)X(.*)$ $1x$2RewriteRule ^([^Y]*)Y(.*)$ $1y$2RewriteRule ^([^Z]*)Z(.*)$ $1z$2# If there are any uppercase letters, restart at very first RewriteRule in file.RewriteRule [A-Z] - [N]RewriteCond %{ENV:HASCAPS} TRUE
I'm writing a login page for a mobile version of my webapp and I have a simple HTML name field like so:
<input id="name" type="name" type="text" />
I want the data in the Android browser to be case-sensitive. How do I enter large characters by default?
The above code makes the first character small. Is there the opposite?
I want capitalize first character of string in angularjs
As i used
{{ uppercase_expression | uppercase}} it convert whole string to upper case.
I have a name as a string, in this example "markus johansson".
I'm trying to code a program that makes 'm' and 'j' uppercase:
name = "markus johansson"for i in range(1, len(name)): if name[0] == 'm': name[0] = "M" if name[i] == " ": count = name[i] + 1 if count == 'j': name[count] = 'J'
I'm pretty sure this should work, but it gives me this error:
File "main.py", line 5 in <module> name[0] = "M" TypeError: 'str' object does support item assignment
I know there is a library function called .title(), but I want to do "real programming".
How do I fix this?
Is there a way to use
.title() to get the correct output from a title with apostrophes? For example:
"john's school".title() --> "John'S School"
How would I get the correct title here,
"John's School" ?
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Vyew Feedback
Welcome to the official Vyew feedback submission forum. Do you have an idea? Do you recognize a good idea when you see one? We want to hear from you!
Combine VOIP with Telephone conference
I want people on VOIP to hear people on the telephone conference, and vice versa. Right now they are two separate systems, either everyone has to be on VOIP (the Audio/Video pod), or everyone has to be in the telephone conference.166 votesunder review · Admindavidr (Admin, Vyew) responded
I think we would only be able to provide this as a paid, not a free service. Are all the people who want this feature willing to pay a reasonable fee to use it? We would price it very competitively compared to other teleconferencing solutions.
Add Remote Control to Desktop Sharing
Be able to remotely control someone else's computer through the desktop sharing, but only if they give permission of course. This can be used for remote support.162 votes
We have no immediate plans for this. We feel it doesn't fit into Vyew's "vision", and in addition, it is not possible to easily implement using our current technology. However, please vote for it / leave comments if you still wish to show that it is important to you.
Support large numbers of users
I want to host large webinars with several hundred users, right now Vyew can't really go over 100 users.77 votes
Record Meetings
A feature that will record an entire meeting in a VyewBook, including all activity, and allow anybody with access to that VyewBook the ability to play back the meeting71 votesunder review · AdminTim (Admin, Vyew) responded
We have no immediate plans for this at tihs time.
have a web browser bar just to instantly plug in a website url so everyone can view it..
I don't like the desktop view or the website snapshot. I want to be able to browse the web with my clients/colleagues in real time view.
Also somewhere where I can get into password protected sites so everyone can see my account... for example showing clients how to navigate Facebook...55 votes
Why not use Desktop Sharing to browse the web in real time? What features do you need that it does not provide? All you told me is that "you don't like it". Thanks.
Sync viewable area
Restore the sync viewable area button for moderator only. I found it very useful to scroll/zoom/resize documents without telling all the participants to do the same, and it also saves a lot of time.52 votes
Support Apple's iPad
Support running Vyew on Apple's iPad, either from within the browser, or as an App downloaded from the App Store
Original feedback:
I was just on a conference where I wanted to use my iPad and data plan since I was on the other side of my city visiting a client. it took me 2 hours to drive to my office since your meeting SaaS is Flash enabled. Personally I'm very upset since I practically missed the entire meeting as your service lags in this area.51 votesunder review · Admindavidr (Admin, Vyew) responded
We are considering porting Vyew to Apple's iPad, unfortunately Apple refused to allow Flash on the iPad, so it will take more work from us to make it work. No official timeline for iPad support, but it is definitely under consideration.
Be able to edit files online like Google Docs
I'd like to be able to edit existing spreadsheets / documents without having to download them, edit them, and then re-upload them.38 votes
25 votes
Delete multiple pages at once
I'd like to delete a range of pages from my book, say pages 10-30, without having to click delete one at a time.22 votes
Breakout Rooms - Easy way to push and pull users into "sub-meetings"
This would allow moderators and owners to group people into smaller groups, and push them into a meeting which is possibly a duplicate meeting room of the main room. Then you could pull them back into the main room.20 votes
view other user's mouse on desktop share
I would like to see my guest's mouse pointer (with their user name beside it) when I am sharing my desktop. That way they can point to the items on my screen they are talking about.19 votes
Plugin to allow upload, sharing and download of ANY file.
I fthe file cannot be displayed it could stil lbe stored and downloaded by participants. I would like to see a plugin that allowed file upload, would list files already uploaded, and allowed file download.
This would be useful where the file type was not supported and where the document was too big for practical viewing in Vyew eg 100 pages.
This feature is available in adobe connect standard/pro18 votes
18 votes
Remove pausing privileges for viewers of YouTube videos
Right now, for the YouTube player plugin, if viewers pause the video, it is paused for everybody. Viewers and reviewers should be able to pause it for themselves only, while moderators and owners should be able to pause it for everyone or themselves only.17 votes
A graphing paper background option instead of white background
I am a student and interact with many especially in mathematical things. I think a lot of students use this website and would love to see some graphing paper background to draw graphs on,15 votes
You should be able to simulate this by simply creating an image with a grid on that, upload that to your website, and give the URL to whoever you want, and they can upload it onto new pages when they need to. Make sure to lock the image after uploading, so it isn't accidentally deleted or moved. Maybe at some point we will build this in as an option.
Expanding/Minimizing Tabs of pages
You know how web browsers have tabs? Why can't vyew have tabs so its easy to flip from one page to another without typing it up on top? I mean you dont need to have all 100 pages on a tab but maybe an option of up to 10 pages on 10 tabs then an arrow to have the next 10 pages on tabs up on top, while still having the page navigation buttons(classic)13 votes
Copy Pages to different Books
Be able to open two books at the same time, see all of the pages in each one, and copy pages between them12 votes
Offer a high security hosted version of Vyew where I host my own data
This offering would not cost as much as the Vyew Enterprise Appliance, but offers similar security as it. Don't vote for this unless you would actually pay for something like this.12 votes
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How to slap a "Bum Bitch"
So we all know those mutts, strawberry shortcakes, and broke disgruntle bum bitches who always has something to say, who push our buttons, who sometimes make comments that piss us off. Basically people who have no "Life". Well I'm going to show you how to slap the FUCK out of that person. 1. Wet your hand with some water. Preferably cold water. This will cause a stinging sensation to the...


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Vista refund/trade in for XP
I have currently been using Vista 64bit home edition for about 4 months now. I am getting to the the point where i feel that the money that i spent for the OS was a complete waste, as i should have purchased a standard 32 bit version of XP. I built this computer my self, its a 2.8 ghz 64 bit X2 processor 2 gigs of ram 8600GTS video card, with supporting hardware.
this computer should be blazing fast, it meets and exeedes all of vistas requirements. The problem is that its a terrible os, no matter what i do none of my most used programs work, or barely work, game fps is terrible. Id rather have windows 3.11 again, thats how bad this os sucks. I have run tests on the harddrive, ram, and video card, and have no problems. everything runs cool, yet i still have a slow and poorly running machine.
the only thing that would pacify me would be a copy of windows XP home, pro, doesnt matter, as I feel ripped off by purchasing a infeirer product, that is marketed to be remakably beter than XP.
you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
thanks for any input, consideration, and even your time. but not for your sorry operating system.
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April 11, 2010
Site: Columbus, Ohio (Stickney Tennis Center)
Score: #2 Ohio State 6, Michigan 1
Records: Michigan (10-8, 6-1 Big Ten), Ohio State (24-1, 6-0 Big Ten)
Next Event: Sunday, April 18 -- vs. Purdue (Varsity Tennis Center), Noon
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Facing its highest-ranked opponent this season, the University of Michigan men's tennis team dropped its first Big Ten match of the campaign to archrival and No. 2-ranked Ohio State on Sunday (April 11), 6-1, at the Stickney Tennis Center. The loss snapped Michigan's five-match winning streak and moved the Wolverines to 10-8 on the season (6-1 in Big Ten).
Senior George Navas (Tampa, Fla./Tampa Preparatory) was Michigan's only victor of the afternoon, upsetting No. 113 Shuhei Uzawa (OSU), 6-2, 6-4, at No. 4 singles.
Ohio State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after taking the doubles point. The No. 2 team of junior Jason Jung (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance) and freshman Evan King (Chicago, Ill./Kaplan) dispatched of Matt Allare and Uzawa (OSU), 8-3, to give Michigan an early push for the point. Ohio State quickly responded, winning at No. 3 over freshman Chris Cha (Eureka, Mo./University of Missouri H.S.) and junior Chris Madden (Lotus, Calif./Ponderosa) by the same score (8-3) to even things up. In the final doubles bout, U-M's No. 1 team and No. 33-ranked senior duo of Navas and Mike Sroczynski (Chatham, N.J./Laurel Springs Prep) could not overcome No. 33 Chase Buchanon and Dino Marcan (OSU), losing 9-7 to give Ohio State the edge heading into singles play.
Michigan attempted to regroup and push momentum back to its side in singles, but Ohio State was too strong, winning at Nos. 2, 3, and 6, to begin the singles slate. Allare defeated Cha at No. 6 (6-2, 6-3), No. 36 Justin Kronauge (OSU) fended off a spirited effort from King (6-3, 6-3) and No. 88 Marcan beat Sroczynski (6-4, 6-2). With those three wins, Ohio State moved the score to 4-0 and clinched the match.
Despite the match result decided, Michigan had opportunities at the remaining three courts. Navas picked up his win over Uzawa at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-4, to put Michigan on the board. At No. 1, Jung attempted to go 2-0 on the season against Buchanon but lost in a second-set tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6 (7). The final match played was at No. 5, where Balazs Novak (OSU) ended Madden's seven-match singles win streak, making the final tally 6-1.
Michigan returns to the Varsity Tennis Center for the final time this season next Sunday (April 18), when it hosts Purdue. The match is designated 'Senior Day' and will honor the four-year careers of Navas and Sroczynski. The match will begin at noon.
The following are match-by-match results:
No. 1 -- No. 12 Chase Buchanon (OSU) d. No. 41 Jason Jung (U-M), 6-2, 7-6 (7)
No. 2 -- No. 36 Justin Kronauge (OSU) d. No. 97 Evan King (U-M), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- No. 88 Dino Marcan (OSU) d. Mike Sroczynski (U-M), 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- George Navas (U-M) d. No. 113 Shuhei Uzawa (OSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Balazs Novak (OSU) d. Chris Madden (U-M), 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 -- Matt Allare (OSU) d. Chris Cha (U-M), 6-2, 6-3
No. 1 -- No. 34 Buchanon/Marcan (OSU) d. No. 33 Navas/Sroczynski (U-M), 9-7
No. 2 -- No. 43 Jung/King (U-M) d. Allare/Uzawa (OSU), 8-3
No. 3 -- Kronauge/Novak (OSU) d. Cha/Madden (U-M), 8-3
Order of Completion: Doubles: 2-3-1, Singles: 6-2-3*-4-1-5
* Clinched match
It was Michigan's first conference loss of the season. Prior to Sunday, Michigan had won its first six conference matches.
Michigan falls to 72-27-2 all-time against Ohio State. The Buckeyes have won the series' last 14 meetings (last Michigan win on April 8, 2001).
Ohio State has now won 104 consecutive home matches and 58 straight Big Ten matches (including postseason).
At the ITA Midwest Regional in October, Jung defeated Buchanon, 6-1, 6-2.
Every singles match went straight sets.
Michigan Head Coach Bruce Berque
On Sunday's match against Ohio State ... "I think the doubles point would have been very important for us. We weren't conceding after we lost it, but it would have helped. Our guys came out played hard on all three courts. We just needed to play a little better. We competed well. I think our guys came into the match really wanting to step onto that court this morning and fight for the win, and I think we did that. We had our best start and our best level of play, so I was pleased with that, but just being competitive isn't good enough. We need to find ways to win those matches."
On Ohio State ... "It's hard to argue with their record. They are relentless competitors. To beat Ohio State on the road, you need to be at your best and give them credit, they were tough. In the end, they were a little too consistent for us today. We've played a lot of good teams this season, and Ohio State ranks up there with the best of them. Our guys would love to have another chance to play a team like Ohio State again this season in tournament play. We need to play well to have that opportunity."
On the upcoming week's preparation ... "We'll take an advantage of that. I don't think we'll have any trouble bouncing back. We are feeling good about ourselves even though we lost. I think everyone is more confident now than we were at the beginning. We are 6-1 in the Big Ten right now and are motivated to have a strong finish. We feel like we are getting closer, but we have work to do."
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- An electronic Intake Questionnaire that patients complete in privacy while preparing for an exam can be reviewed simultaneously with images by the radiologist or technologist.
- A Patient Portal that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows patients to view physician reports, scheduled appointments and medications prescribed, eliminating the need for patients to phone in requests and reducing staff legwork.
- A Meaningful Use Dashboard allows the practice to gauge progress on MU measures at a glance and delivers condensed summaries that otherwise would require preparation of 20-page reports.


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Small, budget-friendly cars with miserly engines and mid-sized sedans are hot. So are hybrids, minivans and traditional, mid-size SUVs.
But big SUVs - luxurious or not - aren't so must-have these days when petrol prices are volatile.
And sporty luxury roadsters such as the BMW Z4 and Porsche Boxster seem to be falling out of favour with US consumers, with sales in the segment down 3 per cent this year, despite strong demand for the restyled Mercedes-Benz SLK.
A US light-vehicle market that climbed 15 per cent in the first six months of this year - defying a string of mostly disappointing economic reports - is producing winners and losers among key product segments.
Market segments that have outpaced or matched the industry's sales growth this year include alternative-powered vehicles, minivans, small crossovers and traditional SUVs such as the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ford Explorer and Nissan Pathfinder.
Small pickups, mid-size crossovers and large, traditional SUVs have slowed the industry's growth this year.
Overall, cars have gained ground, with sales up 17 per cent, while light trucks have lost share with a sales gain of 13 per cent.
The mid-size car market has grown 21 per cent this year, Automotive News Data figures show, helped by revamped models such as the Toyota Camry, Chrysler 200 and Volkswagen Passat.
The small, value-priced car segment - including the Toyota Yaris, Kia Rio and Chevrolet Sonic - has surged nearly 80 per cent, helped by the spring rise in petrol prices.
Despite indications that the US economy is slowing, the healthy increase in sales of full-size vans and full-size pickup trucks shows the economy is indeed slowly recovering, analysts say.
Sales of full-size vans increased 15 per cent through the first half of the year, while demand for full-size pickup trucks rose 13 per cent.
Sales of vehicles featuring alternative power sources also jumped during the first six months of the year as petrol prices rose.
The segment, which includes traditional hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles, posted sales growth of 71 per cent through June.
The Toyota Prius led the segment with 126,654 unit sales, a 90 per cent increase over last year.
With 37 hybrids for sale in the United States, Toyota's division general manager, Bob Carter, says the segment is heating up.
"Prius is the market," he says. "Prius is doing exceptionally well and is ahead of track. We're enjoying that positioning, and more competition helps expand the market."
The Chevrolet Volt also sold well, with a 221 per cent increase in sales through June.
With 8817 units sold during the first half of the year, GM has sold more than it did all of last year.
The minivan (known in New Zealand as the MPV) segment - abandoned by some auto manufacturers in recent years - may be beginning to benefit from a shift in drivers' perception of the historically unhip vehicle with an increase of 16 per cent.
Ed Kim, an industry analyst at AutoPacific in California, says the increase in volume may signal the beginning of a shift in the decline of the minivan's share of the market.
While the minivan thrived among baby boomers, Gen X drivers rejected the vehicle when they started raising families because "that's what their parents drove", Kim says.
But the oldest of the Gen Y's have begun to rear children, he says, and they care more about utility than image.
"Gen Y doesn't really care about vehicles in general; they're far more excited about other things, like technology, smartphones and all that other stuff."
- Autonews


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text: On my way back to the cabin this morning I smelt an ungodly stench comin from front. Arrived at cabin, and smoke started rollin from the passenger wheel well so I grabbed the hose and started soakin her down. it was the front passenger wheel. Almost like a stuck brake or ?. I just put new hubs on both sides 1 year ago/brakes 4 months ago, and being retired I don't drive her alot. I was gonna pull the wheel off, but what am I looking for?


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Blogging will be a little light this week as I'm focused on keeping a cabin of nine 8 & 9 year old boys from being carried into the deep woods by some of the fattest raccoons known to man.
This weekend one of the neighborhood boys started posting pictures from his new camera on Facebook. With each picture was a caption underneath with CB#5551234567.
These new electronic devices whether for work or play are fantastic and loaded with a lot of features. Unfortunately some of them have the features on by default so without knowing you can be sharing personal information without knowing.
With my focus on family this week I want to suggest that you take a quick look through the manuals for all of your electronic toys and tools. And those for your family as well.
And as you acquire additional weapons in your electronic arsenal make sure you continue to look into the extra features for security and privacy settings.
It is one thing to knowingly share location or phone numbers. It is something else entirely to not even know you are sharing with the world.
By the way this is one of the topics we'll be discussing at our Social Media Security lunch and learn on August 8th. Want to learn about the Dangers of Social Media and How to Keep Yourself Out of Trouble? Register soon, we'll have lunch, learning and networking with other busy professionals.
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say that the BFGTech GeForce 7800 GT OC cannot be overclocked, but in doing that you will void your warrant
I don't know in all honesty - possibly because ATI are 'late' with all three? R520 was expected in April and CrossFire was expected in July - they're still not here. :)Originally Posted by TMM
I don't get it - why are Nvidia promoting SM3, HDR and SLI when all of them have been around since the 6-series was released?
any idea as to the existence of the other 4 pipes waiting to be unlocked?
unable?Originally Posted by page 8
When we enabled SLI, we were enable to turn HDR rendering on,
Originally Posted by bigz
I think the mounting holes are the same...
Originally Posted by Hamish
are you going to re-run the FEAR benches with 2gig of ram?
Originally Posted by bigz
if/when it arrives, we'll start benching with 2GB of memory in high-end systems. ;)
Old tech, not demanding enough. :)Originally Posted by The_Pope
Anyone run GTA: San Andreas pushed to the max?
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If you're wondering what the real soundtrack of a restaurant with "buzz" sounds like, drop in on an otherwise mundane Wednesday night at Dallas' Del Frisco's Grille. We are talking LOUD -- somewhere between the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and a Jay-Z show at American Airlines Center. But in a good way.
It's the sound of clinking wineglasses or bottles of beer, and folks nattering away into a cellphone. It's the cacophony of indecipherable conversations emanating from nearly every one of the 200 or so seats spread over the 9,500-square-foot social cauldron.
The 4-month-old Del Frisco's Grille is bursting at its brushed-metal seams with life.
A first cousin to DFW's esteemed steakhouse Del Frisco's, with its well-known thrones in Dallas and Fort Worth, Del Frisco's Grille first opened in New York last year before returning to its Dallas roots in November. And what a prominent spot the Grille has secured, smack on McKinney Avenue, aka the right ventricle of Dallas' uptown heart.
Designed by Wilson Associates (which also did the neighboring Private|Social), Del Frisco's Grille sparkles like a holiday bauble. It's full of sleek, if almost uniformly hard, surfaces of stained concrete, slate, teak, walnut and brass, all cocooning banquettes and booths done up in leather.
It's an indulgent playground where you might spot a Dallas Star or two walking through the glass doors to enjoy the generally stellar menu offerings from executive chef Aaron Henschen.
The senior Del Frisco's always showed us the beef, but the upstart Grille has no prejudice toward the other proteins. A dazzling starter of ahi tacos ($14) features tuna tartare is so fresh it glistens. It presents a tantalizing contrast of taste and texture, with the luxuriant raw tuna and smooth avocado cream sandwiched in a crackling taco envelope.
The fowl role is ably fulfilled by the Asian chicken dumplings ($10), each one improved immeasurably by a sesame seed-studded ponzu sauce full of fresh-ginger-powered sweet-and-sour notes.
While the selection of four steak cuts (from filet mignon to prime rib-eye) are exactly the same as at any main Del Frisco's, the prime Delmonico ($32) is a Grille specialty. Cooked to a perfect medium, with its rosy middle gently radiating pink to its outer edges, this 12-ounce slab of steak is a juicy wonder whose interior is only outdone by its exterior, blackened by a lusty spice rub and rendered even more moist by a swab of a barbecue butter.
Pork makes a bold cameo at the Grille. At first, the double-bone-in, 3-inch-thick, mesquite-smoked pork chop ($24) is an intimidating sight -- a Flintstonian hunk of meat lacquered in a glaze of bourbon-apple butter. Cut into it, and the pink interior sparkles with juiciness. This serious piece of pork could give any steak a real run for its tenderness money.
A vertical haystack of chicken-fried shrimp ($27) is expertly battered and greaselessly fried, but they are more marvels of execution than taste.
Since the Grille's sides -- like grits with Cajun lobster gravy ($8) and the Del Frisco's classic, spinach supreme ($10) -- are served family-style, a fair bit of an appetite can be sated with one order of the jalapeño bacon mac-and-cheese ($9), whose creamy pasta is shot through with three cheeses, smoked applewood bacon and the ever-reliable pepper.
Del Frisco's Grille wouldn't dare not offer its standard-bearer, the lemon Doberge cake ($10), but don't be a prisoner of tradition. Try the warm chocolate cake ($9). Its sinfully rich lava flow of chocolate, offset by its puckery raspberry sauce, is so seductive you might forget just how 1998 this dessert really is.
Though it's not quite as retro as the coconut cream pie ($9), which was overpowered by an overgrown forest of white chocolate shavings that, when finally cleared, did reveal a pleasingly intense coconut-cake interior.
With only about seven items on the menu overlapping with the original Del Frisco's, consider the Grille to be Del Frisco's 2.0: the brash, always boisterous, socially electric next generation of what had been your daddy's steakhouse.


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Charlie and Janet depicts the everyday lives of an eccentric elderly Palestinian couple living in an impoverished corner of Beirut. This candid film follows them as they come to terms with life alone together having lost their children to the streets. From marriage in Bethlehem to exile in Lebanon, from fatherhood to failed dreams, from potted plants to pigeons. Charlie and Janet have managed to find happiness amidst tragedy.
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Two narrators, one speaking Arabic and the other Mandarin, mix original commentary with cited philosophical statements on the political and theatrical senses of the word "camp."
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After the fall of the Islamic Caliphate in Andalusia and successive resolutions of the expulsion of the Moriscos, the inhabitants of the Spanish City "Hornachos" will take the road in 1609 to "Rabat" in Morocco. They founded there an independent maritime city-state, an active commercial centre that became a beam for other Andalusia refugees, all kinds of European, Jewish and Christian merchants.
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Every afternoon, Ahmed Al Jaber leaves his majlis to drive one of his breathtakingly designed vehicles, adorned with flags, golden ornaments and lights on the Corniche in Doha. What motivates him to put on this spectacle on the streets of Qatar?
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I need basic set-up help!
I'm re-entering the hobby after a 14 year absence, older and wiser (I hope).
This regards a 90 gal all-glass (plastic framed) tank purchased new in 1996, with a manufactured for aquarium use wood (pine) stand, also circa '96.
Set in it's place on my carpeted (thin commercial grade with no pad) basement floor, checked for level and was a little off (1/4 in per 4 ft). No surprise - no biggie, level it later.
So, I started filling it with water as a leak teast. Filled it up about 25% and let it rest for a day-no leaks. Up to 50% next day, and again waited 24 hrs and no leaks. 3rd day filled it to the top and waited again 24 hrs -no leaks!
Thanks for reading through my leak test procedure:sleep:, but bear with me please!
So, now that I'm confident the old girl won't leak, I started to drain the water. While it was doing it's thing, I did a "walkaround"; kinda like a fighter pilot does with his aircraft before flying a sordie, and noticed a sliver of light coming from between the tank and stand.
When it finished draining, I accessed that the tank does not firmly rest on it's stand in two (diagonal) corners, and along the front at a span of 3-7 inches from a corner. The gaps are at most the thickness of two sheets of standard printer paper, though.
I've googled far and wide, and there's all kinds of conflicting info on this. Very confused.:help:... I want to get my aquarium up and running. What do I need to do???
If the gap is that small, I think the standard practice of putting a piece of foam under the tank should work well enough.
-I also do this as a precautionary measure, even with stands that appear to be perfectly smooth and level. If it's a stand I'm building, I usually build in a lip/edge to cover the foam and the bottom trim of the tank. Otherwise, I try and find some black foam or something similar.
I've heard of people using cork (bulletin board type), laminate floor underlayment, yoga mats, and the old ugly standby of expanded polystyrene insulation sheets.
right now I'm using some sheets of craft foam ('Foamies' - I picked them up at a Michael's/Jo-anne's) for a 20XT, but they are too small to use with a bigger tank.
when empty some of my 40B tanks kind of wobbled like they were resting moreso on two opposing corners. probably off by the thickness of a sheet or two of paper as well. But with water in they straighted out and sit flat. Youd be suprised how much glass flexes.
So if it sits flat when completely full then It will be fine. if not then I would shim it. foam is good like the person above said because it will fit the space easier.
Just for fun, try putting a square or a 4' level against the front piece of glass when it full!
I use Styrofoam because it is cheap, easy to cut and easy to find (Home Depot).
But that white edge showing between tank and stand is not pretty.
Another material that caught my eye was some sort of soft mat sold at a truckbox store. They sell all sorts of accessories for trucks. I have no idea what this mat was really for, but maybe it would work for this use.
Thanks for the responces.:smile:
My stand in an open top, designed to support the tank only on the outer rim on all sides. The tanks bottom is approx 3/4" above the outer supporting rim of the stand, so I don't know how useful a "sheet of anything would be.
I was thinking of trying the stuff below. It's a dense, 3/8" thick closed cell foam rubber self adhesive strip. It's the same width as the supporting frame of the tank, so I thought I would stick it to the bottom rim of the tank, then set the tank on the stand and level the stand. Should work?
I think so, as long as you are careful that there isn't any overlap or large gaps, though I think I would want to use something a bit wider then the frame edges, just to prevent it turning/buckling or something (may not be an issue, I don't know).
As to the sheet of styrofoam bit, yeah, in a typical glass tank, most of the sheet isn't used at all, I just don't like dealing with trying to piece together an outline, even though that is all that's really supporting the tank.
I've also heard of people recommending various foams for their insulating properties, but I think it's rather negligible unless you have the rest of the tank covered in foam as well.
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The Baltimore Ravens weren't the only winners on Super Bowl Sunday.
Niagara University also performed well on the world's biggest sporting stage, with current students and recent graduates involved in three different projects associated with Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
Eleven students enrolled in NU's College of Hospitality and Tourism Management were selected for the five-day trip to The Big Easy, where they greeted visitors, worked on Super Bowl Boulevard and took a few shifts at the NFL Experience, the league's interactive theme park, among the several other activities requested by organizers.
On Super Bowl Sunday, the hospitality, tourism and sport management majors offered hospitality services during the sold-out NFL On Location pregame party, before attending the game and coordinating the postgame hoopla on the field at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
"Being able to work with NFL On Location at Super Bowl XLVII was a true once-in-a-lifetime experience," exclaimed senior Dan Pearson. "There were also so many events that not only went on at the Superdome, but throughout the city of New Orleans. Having the opportunity to work at pregame and postgame parties and ensure every fan had a memorable experience wherever I could time was very humbling. I know this trip will only help me in my future sports career."
On the Monday morning following the game, the students woke up early to volunteer in a soup kitchen at the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Baton Rouge.
"While volunteering at the Super Bowl was an experience in itself, being able to give back to the people of the Baton Rouge community was also a rewarding experience," stated senior Alexis Wayne. "Considering Niagara is a Vincentian university, it only felt fitting that we had the opportunity to volunteer for the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Louisiana. It felt good being able to relate the values we've learned at Niagara to a completely different community."
This is the fifth time in seven years that Niagara University students have participated in the NFL's showcase event. And this time, the group was assisted by a pair of Niagara University alumni: Cameron Kovach, '11, a volunteer coordinator with the New Orleans host committee who attended Super Bowl XLV as an NU student; and Ashley Blossom, '11, who worked in the NFL Accreditation Center.
Similar service-learning experiences are offered regularly by the College of Hospitality and Tourism Management. This spring, for example, several sport management students will volunteer during Major League Baseball's spring training.
After graduating last May with a degree in communication studies, Derek Zeller hooked up with www.proplayerinsiders.com, a professional football website that's affiliated with the NFL Players Association. Zeller photographed seven Buffalo Bills games from the sidelines this year (including preseason) and then, in January, got the call to capture images of the numerous events in New Orleans leading up to the Super Bowl – as well as The Big Game.
"It has been such a surreal experience – a dream come true," said Zeller a few hours after snapping more than 3,000 pictures during Baltimore's 34-31 win over San Francisco. "Between the events to Radio Row to the game itself, you're used to seeing all these people on TV and now you're standing right next to them, shaking hands with guys like Jerry Rice and Andre Reed."
Meanwhile, Carmen Ruby Floyd, a 2000 Niagara University alumna, is used to rubbing elbows with A-list celebrities. The successful Broadway actress has performed for Ruby Dee, August Wilson and Bette Milder, and her work has given her the opportunity to meet former President Bill Clinton, Diana Ross Tom Hanks and Sarah Jessica Parker.
On Sunday, Floyd was featured prominently in Tide's "Miracle Stain" advertisement, a 60-second spot that was rated among the evening's top commercials by The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and several others. Floyd played the role of the Baltimore Ravens fan who "mistakenly" washed her husband's 49ers jersey after it had incurred a stain in the shape of former San Francisco great Joe Montana.
It was Tide's first Super Bowl commercial since 2008.
Coincidentally, Floyd discovered that she would be working with the same director who coordinated a Sprint commercial she appeared in four years ago.
"It was quite wonderful and all we did was laugh on set," Floyd told WIVB Channel 4. "It was one of the easiest, best jobs. It's a wonderful blessing, it's really, really great and I'm so fortunate to do this."
In 2000, Floyd, then a student, appeared in a commercial for Niagara University. Interviewed by The Buffalo News on Tuesday, Floyd credited her time at Niagara for providing her with the well-rounded tools necessary to succeed in the profession.
"There is obviously dance, vocal and acting, but they have you do stage management, costumes, lighting and sound," she said.
"It's a very well-rounded theater school, and my training has definitely paid off."
For more information on Niagara University, please visit www.niagara.edu or call 716.286.8700.


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Looks like Daft Punk is doing a few things they swore they'd never do (and we're reaping the benefits!). First on the list of firsts, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter have officially stated they will be releasing remixes of Random Access Memories. Maybe it's them giving into a whim or maybe they just want to be sure to claim what's theirs with all the amateur remixes being uploaded to Youtube since the album dropped. Either way, This Is Fake DIY points out that Daft Punk's 10 minute and 31 second remix of "Get Lucky" is all set for a July 15 release. Looks like Amazon already has your vinyl preorders covered.
And speaking of having things covered, have you seen this photo yet? Yep, the cat's out of the bag. Under the helmets the guys look like two middle-aged French men. Now you can say "I knew it" with confidence and do a double-take at the fact that in the photo they're playing champagne beer pong.
And if you just can't wait for that 10-minute remix, here's a 10 hour loop of "Get Lucky" on Youtube. You can listen for almost half a day to what might be the first song you ever wouldn't mind listening to for almost half a day.


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GAINESVILLE- An operating air permit may be on the way for GREC the owners of the biomass plant according to an announcement this week from the department of environmental protection.
Alachua County Manager Betty Baker sent a letter to GREC CEO James Gordon last month requesting GREC pay the cost of one year's testing to determine how effective GREC's quick fixes are at getting rid of offensive smells and dust.
Months after these changes baker says she is still receiving complaints about noises and smells.
She suggests that GREC install a buffer zone or tree line to help contain the problem.
Assistant City Manager Michael Fay says it's a hard thing to do, "Very subjective and what might be offensive to me might not be offensive to somebody that grew up on a farm, some people might think that's the sweet smell of hay or something like that."
County residents have until June 2nd to file complaints about the plant, during this same time period people can file a petition against the air permit with the Department of Environmental Protection.
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More importantly, the "K" build of Android is supposed to help relieve the fragmentation problem that has been a problem for Android since all the way back to Android 2.2. There are so many older models of Android floating around with just 512MB of RAM (compared to the 2GB on high-end models) that Google wants the new build to allow older Android phones to have some of the same features found on devices running Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. This will allow Android developers to optimize their apps for fewer versions of the OS.
In addition, according to those with inside knowledge, Google is said to be developing low cost Android models apart from their mid to high end Motorola handsets. These phones are going to be aimed at developing countries to help Google tack on points to Android's market share and will compete with an oft-rumored low-cost version of the Apple iPhone that has been rumored for months.
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EZchip Surges as Juniper Drop Offset by Cisco: Israel Overnight
EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (EZCH) rose the most in two years after the Israeli maker of network processors said a drop in revenue from Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR) will be countered by sales to Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
EZchip gained 16 percent to $33.89 on the Nasdaq Stock Market in New York, the biggest increase since November 2008. The Yokneam-based company's shares in Tel Aviv advanced 5.3 percent to 108.10 shekels, or the equivalent of $31.22. The $2.67 premium for the New York shares was the biggest spread for the largest Israeli companies that trade in the U.S.
Shares of the Israeli chipmaker lost 15 percent in the week after Sunnyvale, California-based Juniper reported on July 27 quarterly sales and profit that fell short of analysts' estimates as some customers postponed buying gear. EZchip reported record second-quarter sales of $17.3 million yesterday, exceeding the average estimate of $16.9 million among eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
"Other customers such as Cisco are piling up, offsetting any kind of drop that Juniper had," said Jay Srivatsa, an analyst at Chardan Capital Markets LLC in New York, who has a "buy" rating on the shares. "Their overall business is pretty strong and new products begin to ramp up."
The Bloomberg Israel-US 25 Index of the largest Israeli companies traded in New York rose 0.8 percent yesterday to 92.46. The measure has dropped 11 percent this year. Israel's benchmark TA-25 Index fell for a sixth day, the longest stretch of declines since May, dropping 0.8 percent to 1,178.21. The Tel Aviv measure has lost 11.2 percent this year, or 9.4 percent in dollar terms, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Record Sales
EZchip, whose products allow for quicker data delivery, reported adjusted second-quarter earnings of 33 cents per share, beating the 28-cent average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The company said net income more than doubled to $4.77 million from $2.25 million a year earlier.
Sales to San Jose, California-based Cisco grew 35 percent in the period to $5.3 million, reaching 31 percent of revenue, while sales to ZTE Corp., a Guangdong-based maker of video conferencing systems, jumped 48 percent to $2.2 million, or 12 percent of revenue, Chief Executive Officer Eli Fruchter said yesterday on a conference call with analysts. Revenue from Juniper fell 35 percent to $3.4 million.
"We do expect the full year 2011 sales decline to Juniper versus 2010," Fruchter said. Still, the drop will be "more than offset" by revenue stemming from next generation network processors sold to other customers, he said.
EZchip was the biggest gainer among companies in the Bloomberg Israel-US 25 Index today and is up 52 percent over the past year.
Technology Investment
Israel, whose population of 7.7 million is similar to Switzerland's, has 57 companies traded on the Nasdaq, the most of any country outside the U.S. after China. It is also home to the largest number of startup companies per capita in the world.
Israeli technology companies raised $569 million in capital during the second quarter of 2011, the most in two years and up from $343 million in the same period last year, according to the Israel Venture Capital-KPMG Quarterly Survey released July 13.
The nation's stock market was upgraded to developed market status by MSCI Inc. in May 2010, the same month the 63-year-old country was accepted to the Organization for Economic Cooperation.
The Bank of Israel cut on Aug. 2 its forecasts for economic growth to 4.8 percent in 2011 from a previous forecast of 5.2 percent and to 3.9 percent in 2012 from a previous projection of 4.2 percent, saying debt reduction plans in developed countries may lead to a global slowdown.
Shekel Weakens
The shekel fell to the weakest level since May 27, dropping 0.1 percent to 3.4641 per U.S. dollar as of 4:30 p.m. in New York yesterday. The currency has increased 7.1 percent versus the dollar over the past six months, the second-best performer among 10 emerging markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa tracked by Bloomberg.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA), the world's largest maker of generic drugs, rose for the first time in three days, increasing 0.7 percent to $42.37. The Tel Aviv-traded shares declined 3.4 percent to 146.50 shekels, or the equivalent of $42.30.
Investors should sell Teva's December $40 puts and buy March $45 calls to position themselves for a positive resolution of the litigation involving the company's multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone, UBS AG analysts, led by Marc Goodman, wrote in an e-mailed report yesterday.
Magic, Retalix
Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (MGIC) gained the most in almost a month, rising 4 percent to $5.52. The Tel Aviv shares surged 10 percent, the most since March 24, to 20 shekels, or the equivalent of $5.77.
The Israeli software developer said second-quarter net income soared 84 percent to $3.55 million.
Retalix Ltd. (RTLX) gained for the first time in three sessions, increasing 0.4 percent to $14.30. The Tel Aviv shares added 0.9 percent to 49.86 shekels, or the equivalent of $14.40.
The maker of software used by supermarkets said second- quarter net income rose 81 percent and that 2011 revenue was tracking to the "high end" of its outlook.
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ABN Amro makes loan appointments
Lara Galliers has assumed the role of head of European corporate, syndicate and sales. Galliers has been with ABN for nine years, initially in relationship management and for the past six years in loan syndication. She will be based in London and will to report to Mark Vincent, head of loan syndicate sales and trading.
Also in London, Matthew Leventhal has been appointed to the loan trading desk as a junior trader. He will report to Louise Lomax, head of European loan trading. He started at ABN in 2006 and most recently was a member of the leveraged finance team.
In Amsterdam, Rafael Gomez-Nunez has joined the leveraged syndicate and sales team. He fills the position vacated by Gertjan van Toorn and will report to Arjan van Rijn, head of loan syndicate and sales for leveraged finance. Gomez-Nunez has worked in several positions at ABN, having spent three years in credit and five years in syndicated loan origination. Most recently, he worked in leveraged finance origination.
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8 genius ways to arrange your kitchen appliances
by Amy Cutmore • February 5, 2016 • Buying Advice • 2 Comments
Planning a new kitchen? When it comes to positioning your appliances, there are plenty of potential pitfalls. Luckily, I've got some clever ideas to help maximise your space. You're welcome!
1. GET THEM OFF THE FLOOR So your dishwasher will sit under your worktops, right? Not necessarily. Consider raising it a bit higher, and you'll find loading and unloading it so much easier.The height of your oven is also crucial – site it too low or too high and you might struggle to retrieve heavy casserole dishes, or pull out a tray of meat for basting.
2. BUILD THE ULTIMATE 'WALL OF TECHNOLOGY'…This is a favourite approach of kitchen designer Michael Wright: 'It adds wow factor,' he says, 'and because the wiring is concentrated in one area, it's an easier job for your electrician and delivers a cleaner, smarter looking room.
'You can incorporate everything from a fridge freezer to a wine cooler, oven, grill, microwave, coffee machine, steam oven and warmer drawer – and yes, some kitchens will have all of those!'
3. …OR CREATE A BANK OF OVENS Obviously, having ALL your appliances in one bank relies on you having a space large enough. If you don't, cluster them by type – putting 'hot' appliances, such as your oven, hob and microwave, together.
If you do this, stick with one brand of appliance. Manufactures like Whirlpool, Miele and Baumatic invest heavily in making sure that the control panels, control knobs, badges, handles, displays and doors all align, so that they look symmetrical and elegant in any configuration.
Baumatic's Premium Line appliances cost from around £350 for a warming darwer and £650 for a multifunction single oven
'Just remember that they'll all have digital displays with clocks,' says Michael Wright. 'Synchronising them will be a labour of love, but if you don't, that minute's difference can prove very distracting!'
4. HAVE A WET ZONE'Ideally, position your dishwasher and washing machine either side of your sink,' says Chris Mossop, kitchen designer at Harvey Jones.
Having your plumbing in one place will make life easier both when you're having your kitchen fitted and if any issues develop down the line.
5. MAKE THE COOKER A FOCAL POINT'Make the cooker the central focus of the room, if possible,' advises Harvey Jones' Matthew Payne. 'The primary function of the kitchen is to cook; the other appliances are all there to support this.'
Another trick used by Michael Wright, this involves setting your extractor into a wall panel, possibly in a contrasting colour or timber to rest of your units. 'This is an easy way to hide away any wiring, and the panel doubles as a giant splashback,' he explains.
Floating or not, the extractor needs to be positioned directly above the hob and ideally should be wider than the hob for the best efficiency.
Speaking of efficiency, a ducted extractor that vents directly outside will perform far better than a recirculation one, therefore try to position it on an external wall of your house, as you'll need less ugly ducting.
If space is tight in the kitchen, take a tip from the Europeans and site your washing machine in the bathroom. There are tough rules on this, however, so we asked Steve Corbett, marketing manager at CDA, for advice.
'To comply with British Standard regulations, the washing machine has to be at least 3m away from the bath or shower,' he says. 'You'll also need an electrician to check that its plug socket is properly RCD protected.'
In other words – you'll need a BIG bathroom.
Alternatively, Steve suggests that if you have a separate toilet, you could move the loo into the bathroom and turn the space into a mini utility room. Or put the washing machine into a garage, spare bedroom or hall (see above).
8. YOUR FRIDGE AND OVENS CAN BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINKTraditionally, designers advised against putting the fridge next to the oven as it would have to work extra hard to hold its temperature, wasting energy. But things are changing, which is good news if you have a very awkward space.
'I'd say this is now only an issue if you're into Feng Shui,' says Matthew Payne. 'Technology has improved and today, all good appliances tend to be self-contained and well insulated, and shouldn't omit much heat or coolness.
'However, if you position your fridge next to an oven stack, I'd ensure you include a small 50mm filler just to be safe,' Matthew adds. Also, I'd still be wary if you're installing low-budget appliances, where such technology is limited. AmyTweet


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There's a special place for Australia's musical icons - and, no, it's not the local RSL, writes Bernard Zuel.
Who would you have to offend to not make it into the Australian music industry's Hall Of Fame?
The Australian Football League tied itself in knots for five years over whether to induct one of the greatest names in the code, Gary Ablett, into its Hall of Fame. The problem was the so-called "character test". Arguments raged between those who believed his off-field behaviour barred him from admission and those who said his on-field behaviour was all that mattered. He finally got the nod this year.
If Ablett had played music instead of footy, he'd have been an immortal already. Next week the Australian Recording Industry Association, the music industry's peak body, will list six more household names in its Hall of Fame: the Easybeats, Normie Rowe, Smoky Dawson, Renee Geyer, Hunters and Collectors and Split Enz.
For the first time in the hall's 17-year existence, the induction ceremony will be a stand-alone event with its own glitter, instead of being a small part of the annual ARIA Awards night. ARIA hopes this will foster a tradition of respecting and remembering the past.
You won't hear anyone talking about character tests at this ceremony. "I think rock'n'roll halls of fame tend to be quite forgiving in that respect," says Ed St John, chairman of the ARIA awards and president and chief executive of Warner Music Australia. "I don't think there's too much behaviour that disqualifies you."
So what behaviour could rule someone out? "Looking at the people who have already been inducted, not much," he chuckles. "Dame Joan Sutherland, she was a wild one. Percy Grainger another."
Percy Grainger's fondness for a spanking aside, there isn't anyone who would prompt shock-horror headlines in the list of 38 artists or groups who have been inducted since 1988. Alongside Sutherland and Grainger are the likes of Slim Dusty, the Seekers, Little River Band, Peter Allen and Olivia Newton-John. Even once reprobate rockers such as Cold Chisel, Billy Thorpe and AC/DC are now upstanding members of the music community.
If you didn't know better, you could assume that Australian music, and its rock/pop end in particular, was a polite, white and middle-of-the-road community. Is that a coincidence or a deliberate choice to avoid trouble during the awards broadcasts?
"We're always caught between the honest desire to honour the really deserving acts but also to give people who are watching the ARIAs on television a kind of a good, easily grasped, family TV moment," St John explains. "If we're choosing people to be the one highlight of a young awards show, there is a tendency to choose pretty safe, widely known, widely recognised artists. There's a whole lot of young fresh acts winning awards and it's quite a nice change of pace to have Olivia [Newton-John] or LRB or [John] Farnham inducted."
To have a chance of entering the mythical hall for rock/pop, jazz, country and classical recording artists, you need to have begun your career at least 20 years earlier, "be responsible for a significant body of recorded work" and be considered to have had "either a cultural impact within Australia and/or recognition within the world marketplace".
The decision is made by the eight-member ARIA board, comprising representatives from the major record companies. Each year they are given a list of potential candidates by ARIA's events producer, Mark Pope. According to St John, self-interest doesn't figure much. Unlike decisions over which artists will perform at the high-profile ARIA awards - when there are "robust discussions" among record companies - the Hall of Fame isn't seen as having any significant sales value, merely a warm inner glow.
Of course, that warm glow can be palpable to the nominees. Renee Geyer says she assumed she'd never be included, the obstacles being gender (sopranos Joan Sutherland and Nellie Melba and Newton-John and Judith Durham of the Seekers are the only female singers in the Hall of Fame) and being a Melbourne artist in a Sydney-dominated industry. A very chuffed Smoky Dawson joked recently that where once he thought he was on the scrap heap, he now knows he's on the recycling pile. Dawson began his career before that other country music icon - Slim Dusty - but has had to wait 17 years to make it to the Hall of Fame.
There's still plenty of robust discussion outside the ARIA boardroom about who hasn't been admitted to the hall. For example, how is it that Australia's first significant rock band, the Easybeats, have had to wait 17 years to enter the Hall of Fame? And how does Nick Cave, an artist who has been one of Australia's most visible and influential exports for 25 years, miss out while fellow Melburnians Hunters & Collectors make the grade?
St John is keen to stress there is no blackballing of particular artists.
"I know we had talked about theBirthday Party more than once but in that particular situation when feelers have been put out, Nick puts feelers back along the lines of not really believing in awards shows and not being inclined to turn up," St John says.
It would be silly to expect the ARIA Hall of Fame to be radically different from the ARIA awards themselves, which primarily recognise the most mainstream and popular acts. It's "the nature of the beast", St John says. Maybe there should be consideration of an annex to the hall for the less famous but deserving; perhaps the ARIA Garden Shed of Fame (see below). The hall and shed could fill pretty quickly if newcomers include "Australian" bands such as Split Enz, who were all New Zealanders, apart from their drummer for one year, Melbourne's Paul Hester.
One of the criteria for an ARIA award nominee of any sort is being either an Australian citizen or someone who has lived in Australia for six months during the eligibility period. "The reality is, with Split Enz, they were all living in Melbourne and owned houses for four or five years while they were making records," St John says.
So does ARIA check residential status and property ownership?
"Funnily enough, we have asked to see people's passports on a few occasions. You don't want to penalise successful Australians who have been living overseas for some time." That wouldn't be fair to Australians. Or to the 1997 inductees, the Bee Gees, the British-born brothers who spent only four years of their 42-year recording career in Australia.
"What you're commenting on," St John says, "is a larger issue than the ARIAs and the Hall of Fame - Australia's fascinating ability to claim even the slightest connection if it suits them." Is there an international hall of fame for that?
The ARIA Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on July 14 and broadcast on VH1 on July 17.
ARIA Garden Shed of Fame
Some of the artists who should have been admitted to the hall:
Brian Cadd Influential songwriter here and in the US through the '70s.
Joy McKean More than Slim Dusty's wife, she is a songwriter, singer and managerial powerhouse.
Lobby Lloyd Guitarist and producer who helped define the pub rock sound.
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I was encoding Numbers but I had to go to the province and I was not here for 12 days. I arrived May 10 and got back to the computer and internet. Unfortunately after 5 days my monitor blacked out and the problem was my Windows XP Pro. The computer went back online May 24 pm but all records were deleted. The hard disk was like formatted and so ... headaches.
While I was on vacation, I was able to translate Deuteronomy. And during the time when the computer was down, I was able to translate the book of Joshua. In the Septuagint, it appears that the name Joshua is Iesous. He was the servant of God after Mouses who led the Israelites to the promised land as God did not allow Mouses to enter therein because he with Aaron sinned.


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Avg.Rate: BRL 180.00 - 440.00
Rating: 3 stars
Situated in the heart of Rio Branco City, Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco offers an outdoor pool and a fitness centre. Also ideally set 4 km from Via Verde Shopping Mall, the hotel boasts free WiFi access throughout. Each guestroom features modern décor, a flat-screen TV, air conditioning and a minibar. For guests' convenience, there is also an electric kettle. The private bathrooms come ideally equipped with a hairdryer and toiletries. At Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco , guests can request airport shuttle for a surcharge at the 24-hour front desk, which is available for assistance. Other facilities offered include luggage storage. The hotel is 400 metres from Joaquim Macedo Footbridge and 400 metres from Nazaré Cathedral. Presidente Medici Airport is 15 km away. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 154.00 - 221.00
Rating: 4 stars
Modern and practical, Amazônia Palace Hotel is 2 km from downtown Rio Branco and offers Wi-Fi connection for free. This 4-star hotel provides luggage storage and a business centre for guests convenience. Guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast in the mornings and it includes a variety of fresh fruits, breads and cold meats, as well as a selection of beverages. Air-conditioned rooms at Amazônia Hotel feature a flat screen TV, wardrobe, a work station and private bathroom. Plácido de Castro International Airport is 17 Km away. Amazônia Palace is 7 km from both Rio Branco Bus Station and Via Verde Shopping Centre. Chico Mendes Park and Horto Florestal Park are 2 km from the property. Free private parking is provided. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 200.00 - 272.00
Rating: 4 stars
Offering an outdoor pool and a restaurant, Nobile Suites Gran Lumni is located in Rio Branco. Free WiFi access is available throughout. Each guestroom comes with air conditioning and a minibar. Featuring a shower, private bathroom also comes with a hairdryer and free toiletries. Extras include a desk, bed linen and ironing facilities. At Nobile Suites Gran Lumni , there is a fitness centre for guests to work out. Other facilities offered at the property include meeting facilities and laundry facilities. The property offers free parking. The hotel is 400 metres from Nazare Cathedral, 700 metres from Parque da Maternidade and 3.6 km from Horto Florestal. Placido de Castro Airport is 19 km away. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 115.00 - 315.00
Rating: 3 stars
Located 2 km from Parque da Maternidade Handicraft Market, Hotel Gupindaia Bosque offers free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk for assistance. A tour desk and a shared TV area are also provided. Each guestroom features clean décor and is equipped with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV and shelves for storage. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout. Guests can reach a variety of shops, bars and restaurants within 2 km, in Rio Branco City Centre. Hotel Gupindaia Bosque is 18 km from Plácido de Castro International Airport and 8 km from Rio Branco Bus Station. On-site parking is free. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 115.00 - 315.00
Rating: 3 stars
Located in the centre of Rio Branco, Hotel Guapindaia Centro offers comfortable rooms with free Wi-Fi. The Government Palace is a 5-minute walk away. The bright classic-style rooms feature air conditioning and satellite TV. The private bathrooms are equipped with a shower. Cafes are a 10-minute walk from Hotel Guapindaia Centro . The 24-hour front desk offers luggage storage. Laundry and ironing services are available. Rio Branco Bus Station is 8 km from the property, and Placido de Castro Airport is 18 km away. Free private parking is available اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 147.00 - 370.00
Rating: 3 stars
Centrally located in Rio Branco, Hotel Guapindaia Praça features a 24-hour front desk, laundry service and luggage storage facilities. The hotel is 2 km from the city centre and 700 metres from the river. The air-conditioned rooms at Hotel Guapindaia will provide you with satellite TV and a minibar. Each room also includes an en suite bathroom with shower. A rich breakfast buffet is provided each morning at the hotel and guests are also offered room service for an additional fee. A range of restaurants and cafés can be found within a 15-minute walk. Other facilities offered include a tour desk, meeting rooms and facilities for disabled guests. Parque da Maternidade is 800 metres away, Nazare Cathedral is 500 metres away and the Parque Capitao Ciríaco is a 5-minute drive away. Presidente Medici Airport is 18 km away, while the Rio Brancro Bus Station is 8 km away from the hotel. Joaquim Macedo Footbridge is just 700 metres from the property. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 107.00 - 210.00
Rating: 3 stars
Inácio Palace offers practical accommodation in downtown Rio Branco, 400 metres from Acre state´s riverside. Accommodation features air conditioning and TV, plus free Wi-Fi and free parking. Rooms at Inácio Palace Hotel feature a light-coloured décor, offering en suite bathroom, telephone and minibar. Some also provide cable TV. Services at the hotel include 24-hour front desk and laundry. Inácio Palace provides a tour desk as well, along with car rental and airport shuttle services. A daily buffet breakfast is served at a location nearby. It includes regional delicacies, fresh fruit, bread rolls and cakes. Hotel Inácio is located next to the State Government centre and 100 meters from the city´s administrative and financial centre. Rio Branco International Airport - Plácido Castro is 20 km away. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 158.00 - 525.00
Rating: 3 stars
Pinheiro Palace Hotel is ideally situated in central Rio Branco, 400 metres from Acre Riverside. It offers an outdoor pool and 2 restaurants, as well as free WiFi. The modern rooms at the Pinheiro Palace Hotel have honey-wood floors and walls. All are equipped with air conditioning, SKY TV and balconies with scenic city views. Guests can dine at Inacio´s restaurant, which serves regional á la carte specialities, or at Diego´s convenient fast food restaurant. A breakfast buffet with fruits, juices and cold cuts is served daily. Pinheiro Palace offers a variety of handy facilities. These include an airport shuttle and car rental service, as well as complimentary guest parking. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 50.00 - 70.00
Rating: 0 stars
Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, Amazônia Hostel offers accommodation in Rio Branco. There is a 24-hour front desk at the property. Horto Florestal is 5 km from Amazônia Hostel , while Nazare Cathedral is 8 km away. Presidente Medici Airport is 9 km from the property. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 270.00
Rating: 0 stars
Set in Rio Branco, this air-conditioned apartment features a patio. The apartment is 600 metres from Nazare Cathedral. The kitchen is fitted with an oven. A flat-screen TV is available. Parque da Maternidade is 900 metres from Apartamento Mobiliado para Temporada no Centro de Rio Branco/AC , while Horto Florestal is 3.4 km from the property. The nearest airport is Presidente Medici Airport, 14 km from Apartemtno Temporada Rio Branco. اقرأ المزيد
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Located 3.4 km from Horto Florestal, Casa APA Irineu Serra offers accommodation in Rio Branco. The air-conditioned unit is 7 km from Nazare Cathedral. Free WiFi is offered throughout the property and free private parking is available on site. The kitchen is equipped with a fridge. Towels and bed linen are provided in this self-catering accommodation. Parque da Maternidade is 7 km from Casa APA Irineu Serra , while Joaquim Macedo Footbridge is 8 km away. Presidente Medici Airport is 8 km from the property. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 65.00
Rating: 0 stars
Featuring free WiFi, Hostel Vivacre offers accommodation in Rio Branco. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Each room has a private bathroom fitted with a bath or shower. You will find a 24-hour front desk at the property. You can engage in various activities, such as cycling and fishing. Nazare Cathedral is 1.2 km from Hostel Vivacre , while Parque da Maternidade is 1.7 km away. Presidente Medici Airport is 16 km from the property. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 90.00 - 120.00
Rating: 0 stars
João Paulo Hotel is located in Rio Branco, just 700 metres from Museu da Borracha and Nazare Cathedral. It offers air-conditioned rooms with free Wi-Fi. The comfortable rooms here come with a TV with cable channels. Private bathrooms feature a shower. Hotel João Paulo offers a 24-hour front desk. Luggage storage and laundry services are also provided. Palácio Rio Branco is 1 km away. Rio Branco bus Terminal is 5 km away, while Presidente Médici Airport is 18 km away. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 110.00 - 260.00
Rating: 0 stars
Situated in Rio Branco, 800 metres from Nazare Cathedral, Villa Rio Branco Concept Hotel features an outdoor pool, year-round outdoor pool and sun terrace. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Free private parking is available on site. Rooms have a flat-screen TV. Each room comes with a private bathroom equipped with a bath or shower. For your comfort, you will find bathrobes and a hairdryer. Villa Rio Branco Concept Hotel features free WiFi throughout the property. There is a 24-hour front desk at the property. Parque da Maternidade is 1.3 km from Villa Rio Branco Concept Hotel , while Horto Florestal is 5 km away. Presidente Medici Airport is 16 km from the property. اقرأ المزيد
Avg.Rate: BRL 124.00 - 156.00
Rating: 0 stars
ibis Rio Branco is located in Rio Branco, 3.5 km from Horto Florestal. Nazare Cathedral is 5 km from ibis Rio Branco , while Parque da Maternidade is 6 km from the property. The nearest airport is Presidente Medici Airport, 11 km from ibis Rio Branco . اقرأ المزيد


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You may remember from an earlier post I talked about Chris Fillmore, my friend who brews his own craft beers. After another fun photo shoot with him while he made two more home brews, I also chatted with him about his craft.
- Intro to Chris Fillmore -
One of the most common questions I get asked about my brewing of beer is, "How and when did you get started?" I have been brewing for a few years, and it all started on my 22nd birthday. My Dad got me a Mr. Beer Kit (the little 2 gallon jug with syrup and a dried yeast packet). Well technically it didn't start there since I left the gift to sit at my Moms house, in the basement, while I was off being a post-high school kid, drinking the cheapest thing I could working s***ty jobs and trying to play music. But then I moved back home and decided to move to St. Paul, MN to try my hand at College, not a normal college I might add but a music school. While living in this vibrant and culturally diverse city (or Twin Cities), my roommates opened my eyes to drinking beers more than "Beast" or "Natty." I was invited to try some New Belgum, Bells, and Leinenkugel among others. It blew my mind to see that beer's actual function was to taste good, not just get you drunk!!!
But still brewing was the farthest thing in my mind until I was walking down a street in St. Paul and walking into a Brewing Store, now I know as Northern Brewer. But back then it was just a store that seemed to fall into my lap. A store where I can make beer. What a novel concept, something I can create and craft, put my heart and sweat into. This was for me!!! Since I was a poor college kid who had just graduated and with no job I was forced to move back home, so with my Mr. Beer kit in hand I gave brewing a try. I remember getting out the instructions and thinking, "Wow this is really easy!" Just add water, syrup, boil for a bit, put in jug and add yeast. At that moment I was hooked, the next day I went to a local Homebrew store and bought books, a boil kettle, a 5 gallon bucket, and a beer recipe kit and made my second batch in my friend's apartment while they were asleep. From there it has just spiralled into what it is today, a whole bookcase of Beer books, DVDs, a room full of equipment, and a Great Girlfriend and Mother who have put up with all this stuff and my crazy rants about beer and brewing.
John-Paul: For those who don't have a clue behind the magical mysteries, what is the process you go through for making beer.
First is to Mash In (basically steep the grains in hot water to convert the starch into the sugar). Next is to separate the Wort (water with the sugar from steeping the grains) and put it into the Boil Kettle. Then you boil the Wort and add Hops and/or other things like spices to give it different tastes.
Chris: I agree. To this day the process is very magical, even though we can control much of the process like what type of yeast we use or even understand how the yeast works. It is still a living organism that takes control and does what it wants to. I think there is still a good bit of magic and luck in Brewing.
I usually get ideas from talking with friends or reading something or seeing something in the grocery store and wonder if or how I can put that in a beer, so I try it and hope it comes out tasting good.
Chris: The first one would be WoodenBlu, the Blueberry Cream Ale that was done fermenting and I was adding the 14 pounds of blueberries. The second one is Lagalieba (named thanks to Dan Craddock), the one that we brewed together and that was actually my first true Lager. Though WoodenBlu has Lager yeast in it, but Ale yeast also. The best part is trying the beer in the different stages, like when we tried the fermented WoodenBlue before the blueberries, and then once we added them it tasted totally different.
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Chapter 11
"A GENTLEMAN of large fortune and of polished manners, had lately visited very
frequently at our house, and treated me, if possible, with more respect than Mr.
Venables paid him; my pregnancy was not yet visible, his society was a great
relief to me, as I had for some time past, to avoid expence, confined myself very
much at home. I ever disdained unnecessary, perhaps even prudent
concealments; and my husband, with great ease, discovered the amount of my
uncle's parting present. A copy of a writ was the stale pretext to extort it from me;
and I had soon reason to believe that it was fabricated for the purpose. I
acknowledge my folly in thus suffering myself to be continually imposed on. I had
adhered to my resolution not to apply to my uncle, on the part of my husband,
any more; yet, when I had received a sum sufficient to supply my own wants, and
to enable me to pursue a plan I had in view, to settle my younger brother in a
respectable employment, I allowed myself to be duped by Mr. Venables' shallow
pretences, and hypocritical professions.
"Thus did he pillage me and my family, thus frustrate all my plans of
usefulness. Yet this was the man I was bound to respect and esteem: as if
respect and esteem depended on an arbitrary will of our own! But a wife being as
much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her
own. He may use any means to get at what the law considers as his, the moment
his wife is in possession of it, even to the forcing of a lock, as Mr. Venables did,
to search for notes in my writing-desk--and all this is done with a show of equity,
because, forsooth, he is responsible for her maintenance.
"The tender mother cannot _lawfully_ snatch from the gripe of the gambling
spendthrift, or beastly drunkard, unmindful of his offspring, the fortune which falls
to her by chance; or (so flagrant is the injustice) what she earns by her own
exertions. No; he can rob her with impunity, even to waste publicly on a
courtezan; and the laws of her country--if women have a country--afford her no
protection or redress from the oppressor, unless she have the plea of bodily fear;
yet how many ways are there of goading the soul almost to madness, equally
unmanly, though not so mean? When such laws were framed, should not
impartial lawgivers have first decreed, in the style of a great assembly, who
recognized the existence of an _etre_ _supreme_, to fix the national belief, that
the husband should always be wiser and more virtuous than his wife, in order to
entitle him, with a show of justice, to keep this idiot, or perpetual minor, for ever
in bondage. But I must have done-- on this subject, my indignation continually
runs away with me.
"The company of the gentleman I have already mentioned, who had a general
acquaintance with literature and subjects of taste, was grateful to me; my
countenance brightened up as he approached, and I unaffectedly expressed the
pleasure I felt. The amusement his conversation afforded me, made it easy to
comply with my husband's request, to endeavour to render our house agreeable
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DI Butler has hand-picked the best comedies, dramas and documentaries appearing on Aussie television this week.
Tuesday 30 October
Soho, Foxtel, 9.30pm (8.30pm Qld)
Rating: 4/5
JOE hits a possum and almost has a breakdown over it. He eats goji berries. He's that guy. He and his two friends have known each other since uni, and they're now horribly gripped by middle age. Owen (Andre Braugher) has diabetes and sleep apnoea and works in a car dealership. Terry (Scott Bakula, pictured) is a flake, a part-time everything. Ray Romano is Joe, and he also wrote this. I like him much more here than in Everybody Loves Raymond. He does about 99 per cent less show-boating. This is a pretty funny show, much funnier than I'd expected. I hope it holds up because I'm in.
Channel 7, 8.40pm
Rating: 4/5
THEY'RE already putting cream on the chocolate mousse at the Grosses, which I don't think is wise given the naming day for the babies isn't until tomorrow. At least there'll be doctors they can call when the vomiting starts. And who's this Glenn that Jen's invited to dinner? With a daughter in tow? A daughter who is Jen's age? Or dresses her age. Jen was crying over Callum's photo last time I checked.
ABC1, 8.30pm
Rating: 3.5/5
TRY to get past the name - a nod to an ancient Monty Python gag - and sit back with a goon and enjoy this homage to the Australian wine industry. Could that sentence make this sound more tedious? It's not, but you probably need to be into wine, or to be able to recall a time when, as Bruce Tyrrell puts it, "if you drank table wine you were queer, eccentric or both".
Wednesday 31 October
ABC1, 8.30pm
Rating: 4.5/5
I DON'T know what kind of long-term trauma a child would sustain seeing two Santas on a ride-on lawn mower plough down the reindeer on the nature strip next to them as they played cricket on Christmas Day, but you'd imagine it wouldn't be minor. But that's Christmas, isn't it, a series of traumas big and small. Dan Moody (Ian Meadows) experiences both during a day that starts in England where he has a girlfriend and ends in arrest in Australia, minus the girlfriend. A sensational cast includes Phil Lloyd (a genius), who also wrote this with Trent O'Donnell (ditto).
Lifestyle You, 8.30pm (7.30pm Qld)
Rating: 3/5
I AM wondering if an hour is enough time to fully investigate what is an important list of TV weddings, celebrities and ceremonies where people were naked, culminating in the No.1 most shocking wedding in the world. My own list includes Liza Minnelli and David Gest, Katy Perry and Russell Brand and the elephant, and at No.1, if it's shocking they want, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
Channel 7, 8.30pm
Rating: 3.5/5
SO much of a successful bank job is in the masks the robbers use. I don't think you can go past those ones that look like old US presidents. The crew tonight use cards. As in the Queen of Diamonds. It's not a typical heist, naturally, being Criminal Minds. Rossi gets busted coming out of a hotel at 9am (with a woman somewhat behind him) by Garcia and Reid who - unrelated - are wearing elaborate sci-fi outfits.
Thursday 1 November
ABC1, 8.30pm
Rating: 3.5/5
I FULLY expected the family holiday to Bali to be cancelled because Wesley (Alec Domadgee) couldn't get the bags into the boot of the cab, but it's the phone call from Grace's (Leah Purcell) sister's boy that's the problem. Tyler's ringing because his mother is off the rails again. And then begins the ordeal of Grace suddenly having to deal with all that, while Wesley, not the most understanding husband, cools his heels with their two kids at home while the meter runs. A promising start is somewhat squandered as this lurches from a powerful drama on to softer ground, but no fault lies with the acting.
Channel 7, 8pm
Rating: 3.5/5
IT opens on Barney's wedding day and ends with the Big Reveal: The Bride. In between is Robyn's battle to get a photo of Lily and Marshall with Marvin, their baby; Ted's reunion with old girlfriend Victoria; and Barney's spectacular magic trick, performed at gunpoint. But this wedding takes place at some point in the Future, like that "how I met your mother" story everyone's lost interest in.
Lifestyle Channel, 8.30pm (7.30pm Qld)
Rating: 3/5
BUY four flat hectares on the Mornington Peninsula, build a house. Pretty simple one tonight. You'd think. Especially with a budget of $1 million. But the soil is clay, good for growing roses, bad for excavation. Then there's the weather: rain. But it does alert the owners to their leaky cellar (on their list of must-haves, along with a large pool, which is made larger shortly after work started.)
Friday 2 November
46th CMA AWARDS,
CMC, Foxtel, 11am (10am Qld)
Rating: 3/5
THEY call it country music's biggest night, and in fact those words are somehow trade-marked, but have these people never been to the Gympie Muster? Another mystery we'll never get to the bottom of: Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's four-month marriage in 2005. He's performing with Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton there's going to be an all-star tribute to Willie Nelson, as if he's dead. Lovely Keith Urban is again nominated for best male singer, and Snoop Dogg and Lionel Richie are up against each other in the Musical Event category.
SBS One, 9.35pm
Rating: 4/5
WWII is a gift that keeps on giving - this is the oddly gripping story of a group of factory workers (who weren't factory workers to begin with) who built a Wellington bomber in North Wales one weekend in 1942, just to see how fast they could do it. And to beat the world record, held by the Americans. Six of the men and women (you'll love the women) from that weekend were found for this documentary.
Channel 7, 9pm
Rating: 3.5/5
THE Laconia was a Cunard cruise ship being used as a troop carrier during WWII and then, half an hour in and 644 nautical miles off the coast of West Africa, a German U-boat lookout sees the Laconia's smoke on the horizon. Following the subsequent torpedoing, the U-boat captain finds the Laconia was carrying British women and children and Italian POWs, and decides he should rescue them.
Saturday 3 November
SBS One, 8.30pm
Rating: 3.5/5
DANIEL is a serious drunk. He's on the Manchester council and up to something dodgy involving tenders with a developer (David Hay - Mike Walker from Trial & Retribution) and having sex with a dangerous woman who isn't Dervla Kirwan, who plays his purse-lipped wife Alex. His behaviour causes him to miss his teenage daughter's dance recital. But then something happens. Or two things. One involves a major alcoholic blackout. The other is a public act of immense courage and suddenly Daniel (Christopher Eccleston) looks like a rock star.
SBS One, 9.30pm
Rating: 4.5/5
BIT of a dramatic end to the first season tonight ... I hope you're prepared. Of course, it's nothing like the shock of season two's finale, but plenty of time for that yet. You'll be wanting answers to these questions: will Angela seriously move to Paris? What if Nucky loses the election? Is it our imagination or is Margaret trouble? And how unhinged is Van Alden? That last one's rhetorical.
ABC3, 5pm
Rating: 4/5
OH dear. It looks like this might be Kayne Tremills's last episode. Of anything. He's not going quietly either. He and Brandon Walters are in the middle of the NT (Kayne puts the temperature between "30 and 40C") and they're trying to gather bush tucker for the "feast" Brandon's promised the Elders Kayne's going to make them, culminating in an elusive honey ant dessert. Another brilliant episode. I love this show.
Sunday 4 November
Channel 7, 9.40pm
Rating: 4.5/5
ENTER Alan Bond. Andrew Fraser (David Wenham) thinks he's going to be his ticket to the high life, which he's already living, just without the support of a
$20,000 weekly retainer. When he shows his wife Denise (Diana Glenn) the bit of paper on which Bond (John Wood) writes down his offer, she points out Bond spelt thousand without the U. Fraser, giddy, packs up and relocates to Perth, where he also picks up Jimmy Krakouer as a client, while still trying to help Lewis Moran (Colin Friels) with his sons Mark and Jason, who will soon be gunned down as he watches his kids play football.
Channel 10, 8.30pm
Rating: 4.5/5
THE red-headed menace. This is what the CIA, or these parts of it, are calling Brody now that Saul's busted out the suicide video. So all that's left to do is put a hood over his head and ship him off to Guantanamo, and for Estes to make a grovelling apology to Carrie (Claire Danes). Or they could just leave Brody where he is and watch him at all times. It would make the series last longer.
Channel 9, 8.30pm
Rating: 3/5
CLEARLY Lewis's (Gary Sweet) squeamishness last week over his wife and daughter's shopping trip for large, beige maternity bras was the clue - surely he's going to be the amateur obstetrician who tonight delivers the season-ending baby. Will Justin (Firass Dirani) be an attending midwife, or will he be in jail for kidnapping his own children? Or will it be a murder charge, for finally beating smarmy lying Rodney?
Monday 5 November
ONE, 9.30pm
Rating: 4/5
AND here we were thinking consultants were remote scum who took people's jobs off them with little cause. And that may well be true. But the firm here, Galweather, is about to be swallowed by something much worse - an enormous bank, whose slimy number two suddenly realised how much they were spending on consultancy fees. In the meantime, Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle) takes the team (including Aussie actor Josh Lawson) to Indiana to look at a beverage company (its CEO: Alan Dale, reliably shifty.) A dirty, funny show, which would be on Ten if it wasn't so naughty.
Channel 7, 8.45pm
Rating: 3/5
OBVIOUSLY it's always a tragedy when a weather girl dies, but it's doubly sad when it's one with such big bosoms. Poor Mandy Michaels. And poor Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), who has to keep his new relationship with Beckett (Stana Katic) hidden, even though technically they don't work together, since he's an author who turns up at the NYPD every day to just hang around for 8-10 hours on no pay.
ABC3, 4pm
Rating: 4/5
THIS episode's about Figaro's fish phobia. Of all his fears, this one isn't unreasonable. I'm not afraid of fish per se, but I am afraid of the office microwave which has had fish in it. Figaro's fish arrives in the mail. The problems really start, perversely, when Figaro is kind to it. Then it's on, an epic battle, where Figaro becomes Ahab and the fish his white whale. Only he doesn't lose a leg. Spoiler alert.
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You can simply ignore purchasing your controlled hunt tag and pick up a general tag when they become available on August 2. Or you can fill out an affidavit at any Idaho Fish and Game office to cancel your controlled hunt now. The usual reason to hurry on this is because tags may sell out soon in elk hunting zones that are capped, meaning that only a set number of tags will be issued in those zones. Residents may purchase general season tags now, unless they have drawn a controlled hunt, in which case they cannot purchase the general season tag for the species they have drawn before August 2.
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Guess what ?
My van recently started with a similar problem. Steering wheel shaking - upto an inch of movement - at speeds upto about 35mph, after that it calms down until barely noticable.
Suspecting a wheel bearing or driveshaft, and having 3 inches of solid ice on my driveway, I took it to a friends vehicle testing station.
Put it up on the hoist, wheels off the ground, and he inspected everything but found nothing at all wrong mechanically.
Then he started spinning the wheels. Even with 5mm of tread on it, the left side front tyre is history !
There is no visible damage at all, but when he placed a bar across the tread and spun the wheel you could see that the tyre is no longer round !
Tomorrow I get 2 new tyres for the front.
P.S. If you think a driveshaft is worn, drive down a quiet piece of road and slip the transmission in to neutral. If the van is still shaking, it's unlikely to be the driveshaft.