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Today's recipe is submitted by a friend of mine who has supported me throughout my weight loss journey.
It's an ideal recipe for those of you on the go, as you can make it at the beginning of the week, store it in 8 individual containers and heat them up when required.
Nutritional Info per serving:
Calories: 300; Fat: 12g; Carbs: 37g; Protein: 12g
You'll need:
300 g prawns
3 leeks
1 kg baby new potatoes
1 whole cabbage
2 cubes of chicken stock
1.5 litres of water
Water to cover pan
300 ml creme fraiche
1 bunch of fresh dill
1 lemon
100 g pearl barley
Salt to taste
1. Boil the water and add the chicken stock. Put in large stock pan and leave to simmer with pearl barley for 12 minutes. Cut potatoes into halves. Zest and juice the lemon and set to one side.
2. Add the potatoes to the pan and add salt to taste (or none), and leave for 15 mins. Chop leeks and cabbage into small pieces, and remove stalks from bunch of fresh dill and chop.
3. Add creme fraiche and lemon zest and juice and stir until mixed. Add cabbage and leeks, and add water until in line with the top of the vegetables. Leave for 5 minutes.
4. Add dill and prawns and heat until prawns are piping hot, then bring off heat. Serve or portion out into 8 containers for the fridge.

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Harvard U. Begins Museum Renovations—With No Plan for Stirling's Sackler Building
Harvard University's plan to close its main art-museum building for a five-year renovation by the architect Renzo Piano is sure to fever armchair architecture critics. Fans of the existing Fogg Museum, with its Georgian facade and columned courtyard, will want to have their say, as will people eager to praise or disparage Mr. Piano's alterations—which The Boston Globe says will be unveiled Sunday. Mr. Piano's work has come under fire lately because he has developed—at least according to Bloomberg's architecture writer, James S. Russell—a habit of recycling his early masterpieces.
What Harvard's plan downplays, though, is the uncertain fate of the wonderful 1985 building that currently houses the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, which has collections of ancient, Islamic, Asian, and Indian art. The building, a masterpiece of the Postmodern movement, was designed by the British architect James Stirling, who died in 1992. Its exterior is subdued, to say the least—alternating bands of tan and dark-gray brick decorate a long wall overlooking Quincy Street, and bold blocks create a cyclopean window over the entrance, on Broadway. The doorway itself takes its shape from ancient architectural forms. (You can see a larger photograph here.)
What makes the Sackler building so memorable, though, is a spectacular stairway that organizes the interior for visitors, carrying them down from the ancient-art galleries on the third floor and the Asian galleries on the second floor to the entrance at street level. Pierced by interior windows and interrupted by landings, it also serves as the building's main aesthetic statement and chief pleasure—it's the big wow. A picture wouldn't begin to do it justice—it's architecture that has to be experienced to be appreciated.
The columns on either side of the Sackler building's doorway were originally intended to hold up a bridge that was to connect the Sackler to the main museum complex on Quincy Street. There the Fogg is housed in a 1925 building by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott, and the Busch-Reisinger occupies an adjoining structure. But the bridge plan is long since forgotten. When the Fogg and the Busch-Reisinger close this summer, the Sackler building will be converted to a home for changing exhibitions of items from all of the university's art collections. It will be interesting to see how creatively the building serves different exhibitions over the next five years.
But after the Piano renovation is complete, the Sackler's collections will be housed in the main complex. What Harvard says about Stirling's delightful building is not exactly encouraging: "The long-term use of the building at 485 Broadway is currently under review by the University." That could mean anything—either "Two deans are fighting over who gets this gem" or "We need that lot for something else." With any kind of luck, it will be the former.Return to Top


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada's economic growth has disappointed so far, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Friday, and he acknowledged his upbeat-sounding speech last month had caused some market confusion over the bank's outlook that needed correcting.
"It's fair to say that growth has disappointed us to this stage. We are behind where we thought we would be, say a year ago or for that matter six months ago," Poloz said at a news conference following a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations.
"But still the signs continue to encourage, almost teasing you because it's a little bit better but not as much better as you were hoping," he said.
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In the "Appearance" tab in the dashboard, the "Kingsize" option doesn't show up in the "Appearance" drop down box. Did I download properly, or did they change the format? I used Filezilla to upload files to wordpress. Thanks.
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In the "Appearance" tab in the dashboard, the "Kingsize" option doesn't show up in the "Appearance" drop down box. Did I download properly, or did they change the format? I used Filezilla to upload files to wordpress. Thanks.
did you extract the first download from themeforest? the files needed to install themes is located inside of the original zip
if you did upload the right files are you sure its the WordPress version? getting any errors? does it display "broken themes" at the bottom of the appearance tab
Hi allaboutfaces1, please follow the steps below, or watch the screencast here.
- Download the final zip file from your downloads page.
- Unzip the final zip file; you should now have a final download folder.
- Do NOT upload the final download folder. Open up the final download folder.
- Browse the contents and find the actual theme folder. If you look inside the theme folder, you will see a "style.css" file. This is how you know you have found the theme folder.
- Upload ONLY the theme folder to your "wp-content/themes" folder.
- Login to your WordPress admin panel and activate the theme.
Let us know if that solves the issue. Good luck.
Edit: Thanks Chris!
Thanks…Boy, I sure have been frustrated for the last four days. Now, I'm trying to upload my slider images, but they don't show up on my website. I'm trying everything. I spoke to my hosting company today and they offered uploading help. I'll try to go back and see if I need to upload another file. I did my own website on PageMill years ago – a simple one…but photographers need a more graphics oriented site. I've watched so many tutorials. Thanks…I'll keep you posted.
For future reference, the appropriate support forum for this theme can be found here.
Or, you can interact directly with the author here. The link takes you to the item's Comments section, where you can also browse previous posts for troubleshooting.
Do keep us posted, and good luck with the website!
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C. Setting Folder Permissions
IMPORTANT: Do not overlook this step! It is important you setup the Folder Permissions / CHMOD!
What's "CHMOD"
Once you have unpacked the "kingsize.zip" into the ".../wp-content/themes/" folder, you want to assign some Permission / CHMOD settings. The purpose of doing this is to enable scripts such as "Timthumb" and those related, the ability to "Read, Write and Execute" various functions. In this case, these folders are used when uploading your images used by Galleries, Portfolios and the Blogs featured images. Not completing this step will result in your thumbnails and images not appearing on your website.
If you're not still inside FTP, open up your FTP program and log into your server.
Navigate to the directory of your WordPrses installation.
Once there, locate the ".../wp-content/" folder and here is where we'll begin the setting changes.
Find: .../wp-content/uploads
Right click on this and edit the "Permissions / CHMOD" to reflect "777".
Find: .../wp-content/themes/kingsize/cache
Right click on this and edit the "Permissions / CHMOD" to reflect "777".
Find: .../wp-content/themes/kingsize/images/upload
Right click on this and edit the "Permissions / CHMOD" to reflect "777".
It is important that you do NOT change the permissions of any other folders inside your WordPress installation.
Is there anyone who can take over my computer and delete King Size and try to upload properly? Thanks.
Important Reminder: Set the following folder permissions to 777: /wp-content/themes/kingsize/cache /wp-content/themes/kingsize/images/upload /wp-content/uploads
Where do you "set" the folder permission to 777? It's says to do it, but doesn't tell you where to go. Thanks…the neophyte.
Thanks for your help Dzinc. But, I can't find that file to see those boxes. It's German to me and I don't speak German…but thanks for trying. What's "coldfusion?"
Ok…I've deleted every single inkling of King Size from my hard drive. I will try to upload again. I wish there were instructions step by step, with explanations that a 6 year old can understand, because that's how I feel. I'm not computer illiterate by all means, but, am struggling to upload properly this King Size theme. I pretty confident that once uploaded properly I can make all the necessary uploads to my website. The instructions on the tutorials are not the clearest in my mind. An example would be: 1. Go to King size button and hit downloard 2 Go to where the file is saved. 3 Extract files by these exact steps using exact file and explain verbiage that non-computer geeks wouldn't know right off the bat… 4. Go to filezilla and do the precise 10 steps…etc… 5. Then do this in the precise order… 6. Then go to word press and do this in the precise order. I'm smart on many other things, but not this very hard download. As mentioned, the King Size button is not on the dashboard on previous attempts. Thanks again.


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All male clients entering Harmony's men's addiction treatment center in Colorado are assigned to a gender specific group of their peers. Clients are also assigned a primary counselor for individual sessions, treatment planning, and assignment review.
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The clients attend 12-Step meetings while at Harmony and are recommended for psychological evaluation based on individual need. They meet with the men's spiritual advisor for a spiritual assessment and presentation of their 5th step near the conclusion of the men's residential treatment program.
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I have to agree 100% on ALL OF THIS. I just had a 2013 328i coupe as a loaner while our 2012 328i sedan had to have the software updated. I'm sorry to all the 328i E90 owners, but that car is not in the same league as the F30. Our 2012 is the first BMW I've owned or even driven. Its a pure joy, great car and extremely fast for what it is. Its my wife's DD, mine is a modified 2011 Mustang GT. Driving the 328i coupe was way closer to driving my mustang than driving her sedan, except it was slower than both. That car has no get up and is a lot louder and harsher. The coupe had the M sport package which came with 18's, but I doubt that's the problem because my mustang has 20's. Of course the BMW has a better interior and no inside rattles (unlike my mustang), but was still a big let down.
I found this thread because I was trying to figure out why the coupe was such a let down. That 20% difference (mainly engine & transmission) puts the F30 FAR ahead of the E90. Ridiculously far.
Yes, I had an E90 335 and now an F30 335. I loved my E90, don't get me wrong, but seriously, I love my F30 335 much much more. I already wrote a lot of reviews on my new car, so I'm not going to go into a lot of details...
First of all, DHP is really nice. Love the different modes in DHP. Never had that on my E90. I think the performance is much better. Not really talking about 0-60, but I'm talking about performance across the entire band 20 to 50, 10 to 40, 30 to 60, etc. It's just much better; especially when in Sport Mode. iDrive is better. HK sound system is much better than the HK in the E90, handling is just as good, rear view camera is a big plus, instrumentation is better. Just about everything is. Most of all, the new 8 speed sport transmission is WAY BETTER than the old 6 speed Steptronic
However, there are 2 things I noticed...
1) Sport Seats. I am getting used to them, but I think I like the regular seats I had in my e90 better. I know. I'm the exception to the rule, and besides, this has nothing to do with the F30 vs the E90 anyway... It's just a matter of seat preference.
2) Steering. After 2 weeks, I think I discovered a scenario in which the steering feels a little vague like some have suggested. It's on straight-aways. If you make a subtle turn to the left or right, you can notice it, but on most roads, I don't notice it that much at all. Overall, I would say the steering is still very good, but maybe not as good as the E90. In addition, I would say that the steering in no way negates the F30 relative to the E90.
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ACIDEMIC Journal of Film and Media
Reverse Oedipus: Village of the Damned
Erich Kuersten
1960: British
kids in school uniforms with glowing eyes, driving the fearful conservative locals insane with the power of their minds! No,
it ain't the Who, it's one of they key horror moments of our modern age. Based on the book The Midwich Cuckoo by John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids), Village of the Damned tells the story of generational conflict between the local populace of a small English hamlet
called Midwich and a rash of weird children born to all the women after a "consciousness outage." Gordon Zellaby (George Sanders) sees it all happen.
The local psychiatric
big wig, Gordon's on the phone with his high-ranking brother in law, Major Allen Berner (Michael Gwynn), as his wife
Anthea (Barbara Shelley) flits around in the other room fixing lunch. Suddenly the town is hit by a force that renders every
living thing within an invisible perimeter around the town unconscious.
After the consciousness
is restored everyone seems unharmed, but the local women are all pregnant (including Anthea), and a few years later groups
of incredibly composed schoolchildren are walking around together, driving any adult or bully who gets in their way to suicide
with their powers of mind control. Gordon and Anthea's own son is their leader, and uses Gordon to try and help them
escape once the town's meddling proves to difficult to ignore, and the British governmentdebates dropping an
atom bomb on the town to get rid of the youngsters.
Interestingly, Wyndham—a
British author—set the original novel in the United States, but the film's American producers relocated the shoot
to England for tax purposes. It's hard to imagine the tale being as chilling in the U.S.A, a land where everyone is
used to passing out, waking up pregnant, and giving birth to blonde-eyed monsters that drive them insane. For the Brits such
an event must be an especially difficult challenge to their stiff-upper-lipped reserve. In fact, the Midwich residents can
hardly even discuss these things even amongst themselves. This is still the era when fathers-to-be pace the waiting room,
furiously smoking cigars, rather than shouting "Breathe, Honey, breathe" in a surgical gown and mask. Whereas
Americans would be swarming around the freak blonde kids like a tourist attraction ("Do that glowing eye thing again!") ,
or burning the virgin moms at the stake in puritanical hysteria, the stalwart Midwichers merely "think of England"
and carry on as if it didn't happen.
In fact, this
sense of British propriety is what creates the problem in the first place. By contrast we learn that a similarly-inflicted
Inuit tribe in Northern Alaska has killed all their batch of blonde kids at birth, as per
tribal custom. In Outer Mongolia, an outbreak resulted in not just the children, but the
mothers being killed. In Midwich these sort of barbaric bud-nippings don't happen—this is England, Jack! As a colonizing nation they scoff at primitive superstitions which
view the unborn as vampiric--neither alive nor dead—prior to their initiation into the social order. One look at these
weird kids and the primitives knew they could never be initiated and so they were pulled like weeds from the group garden.
Alas, even without this genetic "early warning system" our modern society has no initiation ceremony, no
equivalent to the traumatic, transformative, primitive rite that makes a child bonded to the tribe body and soul. The casting
of the modern child out of the house and into public school is probably the closest we offer, and it usually has the reverse
effect, turning the child even further inwards as a defense against bullies, gym class, and condescending teachers. Whereas
in primitive societies the initiation creates an individual member of the tribe, to be respected and acknowledged, out of
the raw manifestation of ambivalent nature, in civilized society the reverse holds true: British children are taken from
their privileged place in the household, put into identical school uniforms, and sent off into cold, gray world en masse. Not only are they thus depersonalized, the fetishistic
school uniforms they are made to keep them trapped in a "separate" status, as objects of sexual desire and power.
Their school uniforms are models of pedophilic kinkiness; the militaristic top half (suit and tie) and the sexualized nakedness
of the bottom (shorts) mirrors the cabaret outfits of Weimar-era Berlin, placing these Aryan-looking children into a position
of objectified other a priori to any revelation of advanced intelligence.
In 1960 Britain
still was only fifteen years from the end of World War Two. In the post-9/11 world of today we may suffer a certain amount
of anxiety, but can such anxiety compare with that of a typical Londoner during the blitz of 1939-45? The destruction of the World Trade Center is, after all, not a nightly occurrence.
The Aryan blonde, emotionless coldness of the Midwich children certainly echoes trauma still buried in the fear centers of
many an Englishman (an equivalent might be if a town full of American white women started giving birth to Muslims).
One must remember
too, that the colonizing British must harbor some suppressed well of collective suspicion that a good ass-kicking still coming
their way from the Third World they've been exploiting all this time. He who conquers by the sword will be conquered by the
rocket, so to speak. Unlike Britain however, Americans are proud to be without a class structure, racially
defined or otherwise. In Britain a chimney
sweep will still supplicate before a doctor, thus the fear and hostility accorded the children by the uneducated locals makes
more sense than it would in an American town. If the intellectual leaders of Midwich are to be made lower class citizens—if
the doctor is to become the new chimney sweep—then what will happen to the chimney sweep? He will be bumped one peg
lower… bumped off, in fact, and he knows it well in advance of the paradigm shift. Like the humans they walk among,
the Midwich children are class conscious, treating the upper class, i.e. the Major and George Sanders with some respect (The
kids hurt the major at one point, but don't kill him) while the local yokels are treated the way German soldiers might
treat the peasants in an occupied town, with punishments that vastly outweigh the infractions.
Another unmistakably
English element is the suburban/rural environment. The locals are trapped there in a way that is unimaginable in the national
highway crossed America of the same
age. Remember the big American horror of the same year was Psycho, which involves
a roadside motel where "the highway was moved." Being merely a mile or two away from it is enough to
cause anxiety, to get a feeling of being cut-off. Midwich isn't even near any highway; it's connected
only to the next hamlet via a winding country lane populated by parsons on bicycles and farmers in their quaint pick-ups.
It's provincial in a way Yankees can't even understand as connected by thoroughfares and televisions as they are.
The government representatives travel by car into town to figure out what to do, and if necessary they will drop an atom bomb
without anyone ever knowing. The town is never "connected" to the rest of the country or world in any clear way.
We can see
how less effective the story is when moved to America
in John Carpenter's 1995 remake. The only way Carpenter can even begin to duplicate the sense of being "cut off"
is by moving the town deep in the New Mexico desert, then establishing a sense of community via scenes involving the residents
all getting ready for a big town picnic, which he bathes in golden hues and sets to acoustic guitar music. It doesn't
work as well as the gloom of the English countryside, where the towns seem always deserted and unnaturally quiet, but the
sense of community is still genuinely thick, at least at the pub.
the original, Gordon's "Britishness" is also an important facet of the film, as his ability to repress emotion
helps when it subtly becomes apparent to him that he's responsible for the presence of these children. As a resident
'intellectual leader' of the town, he is (due the class construct) an authority figure; he "creates the
symbolic order." So when Anthea announces her pregnancy, his joy indicates they have been hoping to have a child well
past the point they could expect to conceive, and now his prayers have been answered as if via telegram from the British government.
As viewers who have already seen the movie poster or know the gist of the plot, we can't help but feel in on some dark
joke due to the unironic, swelling, happiness of Ron Goodwin's clever score. It's an interesting choice in cues,
as usually music seems to "know" the future. In this way, Gordon's perceptions of reality set the standard
for the film. When he's happy, the music is happy; when he's scared, the music is scary. When he suspects the
children are his own dark Monkeys Paw-style wish come true, he hides it even from the composer... Brits are masters of poker-faced
But happy
as the music might make Gordon out to be, the rash of mysterious pregnancies aren't all so well received in the rest
of Midwich, especially with the unmarried "good" girls: Janet Fall attempts suicide over the news, and the other,
less wealthy or unmarried ones get the short end of the system's stick. They're considered sullied in reputation
(even though they are technically still virgins) as it's easier for a patriarchy to accept a woman's guilt over
its own failure (as in the tendency to assume "she was asking for it" in rape cases).
is yet another region in which the film's British-ness works to its fear-factoring advantage, as the realm of medicine
is socialized, linking the child birth process of the poor with the evil epistemological eye of Big Brother. We see this in
a key scene where a mobile medical unit has been set up in the town to monitor the moms-to-be (the poor ones, who unlike Anthea
can't afford private care). The camera POV is from above, looking down on the women coming in and out of the truck,
their heads hung in shame, as if inviting us to see them as test subjects under the microscope. The shot seems to link the
government, aliens the world of medicine the way the TV show The X-Files would
later do, drawing sinister conclusions about who really owns and controls a woman's
When the babies
are finally born, there is again a sense in the suddenly optimistic musical cue that things may go all right for Gordon. But
it doesn't last long. The dog is the first to suspect things are not all right, by growling nonstop at the baby, christened
David. Then Gordon begins to get jealous too. "Handsome, isn't he?" he says of the child, but beneath that
British reserve one can sense the faint hint of a reverse Oedipal complex – with the son already having more power over
the mother than the father does. David will later employ this power to force Anthea to scald herself when the water in his
bottle is too hot, and one can only imagine what other infantile urges the child forces his mother to gratify.
When there is an
invasion of otherworldly evil it is common for the main character to have some sub-Freudian link with it, some barely tangible
connection that only the weird old, cackling old woman at the bar can see. It was the boiling over sexuality of 1950's
teenagers that caused the giant insects in all those old bug movies, not the A-Bomb, though what's the difference? Each
is a metaphor for the other. Gordon cannot reconcile the reverse-Oedipal urge to kill his kid with the buried suspicion that
his wishing brought the stork of Satan down upon them all. So rather than admitting he made a mistake, he wants to find some
good therein. He starts arguing that the Midwich spawn are not inherently evil, but just at that pre-empathic stage of all
infants; there is good to be found in them, and fun things to study and learn about the human mind. A parallel in the 21st
century would be the childless couple who wind up with deformed quintuplets after signing up with an insane fertility doctor,
and yet manage to convince themselves their lives are somehow changed for the better.
Thus Gordon becomes
an unwitting traitor to himself and the town. He uses his position as a leader to admonish the military and government officials
to allow him to study the intelligence of the children on his own, arguing that they should be allowed to live together in
a schoolroom: "Children are not good or evil!" Gordon's brother-in-law the Major is concerned: "What
if we can't put the moral breaks on them?" This is a legitimate worry—if they know you can never spank them,
why should they ever listen? And Gordon's wunwillingness to condone their extermination distinctly sets the
field of science/eugenics up against humanity's own survival. The sense of taboo that resulted in the Intuit and Mongolian
children being killed at birth doesn't exist for the civilized man, who has to wait until the children have grown so
big powerful only nuclear strikes will do the trick (which becomes the fate of two other damned "civilized" villages).
In this context, Gordon becomes his own bad guy, like Dr. Carrington in The Thing
(1951) shouting: "You're wiser than we are, you must understand!" as James Arness gets ready to clobber
him with a chunk of wood.
That the Major and
others give into Gordon's ill-advised wish is again due to their Britishness (Kenneth Tobey would have just shoved him
aside) and the fact that these are their children too, and rebellion and "difference"
is not all that unusual (the major's parents may have wanted to kill him
when he was a kid, too). The comic book/movie series X-Men follows a similar tack,
with the mutants finding refuge at a school helmed by a master of mind control. It's a misunderstood teen fantasy of
letting all the freaks go live together since the adults hate them so much. Like some pint-sized biker gang, the Hitler Youth
or a rock band, they "all want to dress alike," and walk around the streets like they own the place. They are
part of a new movement, the dawn of the eugenic-counterculture. Parents are yesterday's papers. At one point Gordon
even asks them; "What do you kids want?" The kids reply: "We want you to leave us alone!"
This request
which would later become immortalized in Pink Floyd's The Wall, a 1982 rock
film chronicling a fascistic rock star's childhood in post-war England. And as in that film, the adults simply cannot
leave their little Nazi progeny alone. When faced with a higher or different intellect than themselves, the parents must try
to understand, meddle and control and failing that, destroy them rather than be made irrelevant. "If you didn't
suffer from emotions, you would be as strong as we are," David says to Gordon at one point, indicating that what the
adults see as their "humanity" is something the Midwich children have transcended, and in short: "if you
want to find out what's behind these blue eyes/ you'll have to claw you're way through this disguise"
It has long
been a source of fascination with UFO theorists that if humans could access our entire DNA, we would be able to recognize
and harness powers which we now think of as "alien." Some go so far as to speculate that alien "DNA dampers"
are what keep that other 90% of our minds inactive. We could be as strong as the
Midwich kids if our minds weren't mostly shut off as a result of some higher being's neutering of our genes: When David's "real" extra-dimensional father last pulled his "induce
sleep and artificially inseminate" business it may have been with apes at the dawn of time. He made sure to lower the
wattage of our alien chromosomes, but for this next go-round, he's turning the dimmer switch up to "bright."
Gordon notes that the children's' power has no limit, any more "than there is a limit to the power of the
human mind." Emotions and feeling may just be what we have instead, the filler, the last few remnants of our shouting,
ass-grabbing monkey ancestors.
But we are still
bound by our own compassion as human viewers, and any compassion we had for these "different" kids is compromised
when they start killing more and more innocent people. When the drunken crowd at the pub decides to go burn down the schoolhouse,
the scene in its way links the Universal 1940's "torch wielding villagers" with the drunken posse of Sam
Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971). Like Dustin Hoffman in that film, Gordon stands
between the villagers and their prey, guided by his sense of superiority as an intellectual. Not that he is really needed,
as the kids make the leader of the mob self-immolate with their own torch. The horror of this scene also further estranges
us from whatever sympathy we harbor for the misunderstood "cool" kids. Our own sense of superiority to the lower
class townspeople is called into question when our identification with the kids is continually turned back in our faces. They
in fact become the new adults. They are too powerful and amoral even for us, the infantile viewers. Thus when Gordon brings
his satchel full of dynamite and brain full of brick walls into the schoolroom, he
is now the child. He is the rock and roll rebel who is going to blow up the school as a symbol of rebellion against of his
social rulers. As the audience we have become anti- our own hierarchal constructs.
We may as well be singing "we don't need no education / we don't need no thought control" as we hammer
the brick walls of the classroom down around us, while our grandchildren watch and sadly shake their heads in disaproval.
(Note: Excerpted
from Van Helsing's Journal #2, 2002)
c. 2001, 2009 - Erich Kuersten
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A day after signing a couple of veterans to deepen their wide receiver corps, the Browns have released one of their youngest wideouts. The team cut Greg Little on Friday.
Little hasn't lived up to expectations since being drafted in the second round in 2011. He caught 61 passes for 709 yards as a rookie and saw each of those numbers fall in each of the next two seasons. He started 13 games in 2013.
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I know Greg Little has frustrated all of us with his inconsistent play, unfulfilled potential and butterfingers, but I can't believe the Browns would do this. That is, unless they really believe in Miles Austin's ability to stay healthy and that Earl Bennett is something more than a low-ceiling possession receiver. Little turns only 25 later this month. For all of his mistakes on the field, he still has coveted size and speed that I suppose many teams are looking for. Little will look even more attractive on the open market since he is entering the final year of a cheap rookie contract.
Assuming Josh Gordon is suspended, the Browns WR group now consists of Austin, Bennett, Andrew Hawkins , an injured Nate Burleson , a rehabbing Travis Benjamin , Josh Cooper, Tori Gurley, Charles Johnson, and Chandler Jones.
Cue the Lucille Ball "ewwwwwww" sound bite.
There must have been something else other than Little's play that turned head coach Mike Pettine off with him. The Browns have tried to prepare themselves for Gordon's looming suspension by adding wide receivers. By cutting this one, they have negated some of their progress.


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AMCC boosts integration of Fibre Channel ICs
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SAN DIEGO -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. today announced two Fibre Channel ICs that integrate multiple port bypass circuits on a single chip. Aimed primarily at the storage area network (SAN) market, these chips can reduce part counts, circuit size, and cost of designing Fibre Channel storage peripherals, Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) and redundant array of independent disks (RAID) applications.
The new 1.0625-gigabits-per-second port bypass circuits (PBC) will be unveiled at Comdex next week.
The S2074 hex PBC with repeater and the S2071 quad PBC feature a higher integration of port bypass circuits, which means designers can more quickly and inexpensively develop storage arrays with more drives and integrated hub ports. Each device allows 'mixing and matching' of parts together to achieve different combinations of disk drives.
"The S2071 and S2074 enable designers to maximize port and drive density and maintain a high-gigabit signal quality using fewer components," said Jon Siann, AMCC's marketing director for datacom products.
Both parts exceed ANSI X3T11 FC-AL Direct Attach Disk Drive specifications for greater resiliency and low jitter accumulation, are suitable for both coaxial and optical links, and utilize a 3.3-V power supply.
The S2074 architecture saves substantial real-estate and typically consumes just 1 watt of power -- 23% less than existing solutions, AMCC claimed. The S2074 does not require thermal management and operates over the commercial temperature range of 0 to 70 Celsius.
Samples of the S2074 and S2071 will be available this month. Packaged in a 64-pin PQFP and 44-pin PQFP respectively, the S2074 is priced at $19.75 and the S2071 is priced at $7.50 each in quantities of 1,000.


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Hollywood. People come here from all over the world in search of fame and fortune. Some find both. Most find neither. But scrape off the Tinseltown stardust and there's a plain old biz beneath the show: a film industry that in recent years has experienced both feast and famine. Paramount's 1997 Titanic raked in $600 million at the box office and put director James Cameron on top of the world. In 1998, Universal's Babe: Pig in the City took in $18 million, cost a porky $85 million to make and (along with a few other underperforming titles) cost Universal Chairman Casey Silver his job. In Hollywood, the technical term for that kind of ROI is bomb.
How to avoid the flops and make only the hits -- that's the holy grail in Hollywood. Technology hasn't yet provided the formula for a guaranteed box office smash; most people think it never will. In fact, Hollywood regards technology with a certain ambivalence. The dream factories worship creativity, not technology -- people, not machines. The movie business is traditionally based on intuition, inspiration, negotiation and the handshake.
None of those things automate easily. So even as more and more technology shows up on the screen, sometimes to great effect (1999's The Matrix), and sometimes not (1999's The Mummy and Wild Wild West), studio CIOs every day confront an acute version of the standard IT conundrum: when to push against corporate culture and tradition, and when to go with the flow as they strive to provide competitive advantage with their information systems.
"It's a very old business, very non-process-oriented, and we've had to work around that at times," says Justin Yaros, CIO of 20th Century Fox. "But it's hard to argue with some of the efficiencies IT can bring."
A film passes through many stages and many decision points before it arrives at the local 24-screen megaplex. Those decision points provide a showcase for Hollywood IT, its efficiencies and its influence on the creative process.
"Scene 1 - A Film is Born"
ACQUISITION A movie starts with a concept; the concept becomes a pitch; the pitch becomes a screenplay. Let's call our script Indiana Bob and the Mayan Enterprise Architecture Mystery.
20th Century Fox brings in 40 to 60 new screenplays every week, and that's where IT first steps into the picture. Indiana Bob gets scanned into a system Fox calls S-Files, a play on The X-Files, Fox's popularly paranoid network TV show. S-Files is a 3-year-old Notes-based document management system. Indiana Bob is assigned to a reader who writes a synopsis of the story, classifying it by genre, author and so on. Every Fox employee involved in story development, up to the corporate chairman, works out of S-Files. Users query the system to find particular writers or all the scripts in a given genre. So if Tom Sherak, the chairman of the 20th Century Fox Domestic FilmGroup, decides audiences are ripe for an action-adventure thriller about a vanished South American empire and its infrastructure standardization challenges, up pops Indiana Bob.
After Bob gets green lighted, the project goes from S-Files into Deal Maker, a custom Fox application that the legal and business affairs departments use to structure and track contracts with directors, writers (known in Tinseltown parlance as "above-the-line talent") and actors. Again, Fox can query the data in Deal Maker, allowing the studio to comppare potential new deals with the old. Yaros calls it "sort of a competitive tool vis-à-vis the talent," rather than against other studios. For example, if the man behind the Darth Vader mask wants a 50 percent raise to appear in the next George Lucas prequel, Deal Maker will give Fox execs the going rate for performers whose faces are never seen and whose voices are dubbed.
Star Wars looms large in Fox's corporate legend. Visitors to Fox's gated lot in Century City are quickly reminded of the 1977 blockbuster that effectively saved the studio. The gargantuan sound stage facing the entrance bears the five-story painted likenesses of Vader and other Star Wars characters. Yaros, whose modest office building is tucked into the shadow of said sound stage, proudly notes that Fox has released half of the top 10 blockbusters of all time.
PRODUCTION So the deal gets done. The director and stars have signed on, and the film is really going to happen. Next, a series of systems come into play that Yaros puts under a "proximity and story tracker" umbrella. The film production process is a project-management challenge that IS professionals can appreciate.
The producer and director are responsible for figuring and refiguring budgets. Financing comes next, as the studio looks for partners to share the risk. The production company assembles props and rounds up costumes. Location scouts scout locations. Producers schedule and reserve sound stages. If the movie is being made in another city, Fox needs to apply for permits and negotiate with local trade unions. Special effects are outsourced. The producers assemble a team of accountants, cinematographers, electricians, gaffers, publicists, script girls, first and second unit directors, and on and on into the hundreds.
Many tasks under way, many contractors to pay, aggressive completion dates targeted with no guarantees. If you've got Brando contracted for seven shooting days in Manhattan, the sets had better be ready on time and the caterer had better be there because Brando is headed back to his Pacific island after those seven days are up whether or not you've shot all his scenes. Fox applications keep tabs on the various components and automatically generate appropriate payments as production managers check off steps along the way to the film's completion.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION It is a sad thing to make a good movie and then release it at the wrong time. The aforementioned talking-pig sequel Babe, among other problems, got roasted in the afterburners of Disney's A Bug's Life and Paramount's Rugrats children's movies. MGM/UA played it smarter with The Thomas Crown Affair last summer. The film's original June release date was moved to late summer to avoid going up against Paramount's The General's Daughter, starring John Travolta, and Fox's Entrapment, a Sean Connery flick "with the same plot as Thomas Crown -- James Bond stars as art thief," according to Gitesh Pandya, editor of movie site Boxofficeguru.com. By dodging direct competition, Thomas Crown pulled in a solid $14 million its first weekend.
There are plenty of complicating factors, some more obvious than others, in choosing a release date. World Series weekends are not great for anything. Ditto Super Bowl Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Scary flicks do better around Halloween, and Santa gets a frosty reception in July.
Choosing the right theaters is also a challenge. Movies directed at teens score better at mall theater locations than at art houses. Action flicks are not optimally positioned in houses with an older audience demographic. Fox uses two key applications in the scheduling and distribution stage. One is 8-Ball, a theatrical data warehouse Fox developed internally (with the assistance of US Web/CKS). Fox distribution reps access 8-Ball over the corporate intranet to help determine which thheaters in their territory are most appropriate for a given film. 8-Ball's data, for instance, will show which local cinema draws a particular audience. That science doesn't take away all the art -- after all, what if Indiana Bob's Meso-American subtitles give it a better shot with arty theatergoers than with the testosterone crowd? That's a call Fox's people still have to make on their own.
Once the preferred time of release and favored exhibition sites are chosen, the actual booking, scheduling and accounting is handled through another application, developed in conjunction with Hollywood Software, dubbed Falcon (after Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, "the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy"). Settling on the split -- how much money is kicked back to the studio and how much stays with the exhibitor -- is another negotiation. And, like other studios, Fox often asks for a guaranteed minimum onscreen stay for each of its films. (For last summer's Star Wars prequel, Episode One: The Phantom Menace, Lucas demanded an unheard-of six-week commitment from exhibitors. Lucas also negotiated an unbelievable 80-20 split; that is, 80 cents on every box office dollar went to Lucas.)
Terms can grow quite complex. Falcon keeps track of the deals and also keeps tabs on the copies of the film being distributed. Each film's weekend performance is updated immediately in Falcon, which means Fox executives have current numbers to look at every Monday.
"A lot of decisions get made Monday morning," Yaros says: whether to pull a poor performer, pump in more marketing money, extend a sleeper's run or put a smaller film in wider distribution. Yaros describes Falcon and 8-Ball as "the mainstay of the distribution process" for Fox.
MARKETING The biggest splash right now in movie marketing comes not from a studio's internal system, but a very external one, the internet. Last year's The Blair Witch Project opened eyes industrywide to the power of internet marketing. Hollywood executives snickered when Artisan Entertainment, a small ($400 million) company, paid a million dollars for the right to distribute the low-budget film. But Artisan had the last laugh. Blair Witch generated over $150 million in ticket sales, thanks largely to a low-cost net-based marketing campaign, notably including a site that intentionally left visitors wondering whether the story was fact or fiction, and an infectious word-of-mouth effort aided by e-mail. Web movie discussion boards hummed with Blair Witch anticipation long before the movie hit theaters. "Blair Witch was pivotal. It proved that the internet can drive lots of business to the theater. That's going to have a great impact over the next few years," says Boxofficeguru.com's Pandya.
Yaros says Fox -- like the other studios -- hasn't yet figured out all the ramifications of the internet for the movie business; he has more questions than answers about the future of the web as it applies to the industry. But the effort Yaros is spearheading to define Fox's internet strategy has received plenty of attention from the top of the corporation. "Senior management has become very receptive to these ideas," says Yaros. "They saw what happened to the music industry [with the net threatening the very existence of today's record labels] when that industry was myopic about it." That's a nice turnaround in attitude toward technology for a company that Yaros describes as being "an IT wasteland" prior to a mid-'90s management change.
Applications like S-Files, Deal Maker and 8-Ball clearly make the movie-making process more efficient. And the internet may open new possibilities for creative marketing. What these technologies don't do is guarantee that the script is great, the director right or the performances Oscar-worthy. "You can take the best script S-Files churns out and still make it into a flop," Yaros says. On the other hand, Yaros iisn't content to limit technology's role to the back office. "Bringing IT into the creative process -- that's the ultimate IT-business alignment in this industry," he says.
"Scene 2 - Stars Rocked by Digital Divas"
The sexiest technology in Hollywood has long been the stuff that shows up on the screen -- from 1933's stop-motion animated King Kong to Ray Harryhausen's work in the Argonaut and Sinbad movies in the '60s to Industrial Light and Magic's Star Wars special effects in 1977. More recently, computer-generated (CG) characters have defined the cutting edge. Roger Rabbit made the scene in 1988 with humans and animated characters sharing the screen. Then in 1993, Silicon Graphics-created dinosaurs in Universal's Jurassic Park took CG characters another step forward. Pixar Studios went all the way in 1995 with the Buena Vista-distributed Toy Story, the first all-computer-generated feature film.
The next frontier: CG humans.
Toys and dinosaurs, impressive though they may be, are child's play next to creating a convincing CG human being. Audiences are extremely adept at spotting a fake, says Ivan Gulas, cofounder of PacTitle/Mirage Studios (PTM) in Los "After dinosaurs and toys, the next frontier for PacTitle/Mirage Studios cofounder Ivan Gulas is computer-generated performers."Angeles. (Gulas has recently terminated all of his involvement with PTM. He has founded a new company, MirageQuest.com in L.A.) Historically, the mainstay of PacTitle's business has been the titles and credits that roll at the beginning and end of a film -- by Gulas' estimate, PTM provides that service for 80 percent of all Hollywood's feature films. But the company's hot project now is a software toolset called LifeF/x, which generates convincing animated humans.
Moviegoers in late 1997 saw some of PTM's handiwork strolling around the deck of the Titanic during long shots.


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Tough enough that prior to its home opener earlier this month against Real Salt Lake radio promotional spots referred to "Reel" Salt Lake. Worse were mentions of the team itself pronounced "Shhivas USA" as in the famous Scotch whiskey, Chivas Regal, which is one of the team's sponsors.
Both mistakes are understandable, as the pronunciations aren't inherently incorrect except in the context of MLS. Yet any team seeking to stamp its identity can't afford to confuse the audience it is trying to cultivate.
Chivas USA is seeking to establish a balance between the rich heritage of its parent club in Guadalajara, and the realities of marketing the game in Los Angeles with a far more glamorous co-tenant, sort of like the guy who roomed with George Clooney in college.
"Their 100 percent Mexican roster makes them unique and that obviously will never happen in Major League Soccer," says Chivas USA president Shawn Hunter of CD Guadalajara, which for the first season at least dictated personnel and philosophical procedures. "You'll always see us want to have a couple of Mexicans or Mexican-Americans, but also a diverse roster that helps us win a cup.
"The fact we can have a passionate fan base and also celebrate diversity and have evolved into a team that has guys from 12 or 13 different countries, that's what the Chivas USA brand will stand for."
Chivas USA lead investor Antonio Cue has come to the conclusion his team has to be more USA than Chivas to succeed in
America's soccer league. What started out as a branch office for the main headquarters in Guadalajara has morphed into something quite different.
Last September, Cue hired former Anschutz Entertainment Group executive Hunter to run the show as president, and in January Stephen Hamilton, brother and co-employee of the late Galaxy general manager Doug Hamilton, came aboard as vice president of soccer operations.
The arrival of David Beckham last year didn't appreciably improve L.A. on the field, but the much brighter spotlight on him and his new team cast an even deeper shadow over Chivas USA. The teams play Saturday at Home Depot Center in a Galaxy home match, their first of three meetings this season.
Despite a first-place finish in the Western Conference and a record (15-7-8) that was 19 points better than that of the Galaxy (9-14-7), Chivas USA placed 12th -- of 13 teams -- in MLS attendance with 14,305 fans per game, less than the league average (16,770). Only Kansas City drew fewer fans.
"We're in competition with other sports teams in this area as well as the Galaxy," points out Hunter as something just as important as appealing to large audience of Guadalajara supporters in Southern California. "Our work is cut out for us."
It will keep the red-and-white stripes, the in-stadium diversion of ChivaTown, and the glamorous ChivaGirls, but it has changed tack once again as it attempts to promote and sell its brand in the fiercely competitive Southern California market. Hunter takes the responsibilities previously held by Javier Leon, a Mexico City-born, Wall Street-honed executive who has since taken a position with the Chicago Fire. CEO Leon had replaced another former Galaxy executive, Whit Haskel, as general manager.
A year ago, Leon said, "No one yet has discovered the right formula. We're kind of like a research laboratory right now, and we're trying different things. I'm very positive that we'll find the right solution or solutions."
That Leon is now in Chicago, where Cuauthemoc Blanco has increased the team's exposure and attendances through enormous appeal to Hispanic audiences, indicates how the Chivas USA approach has changed.
It is losing millions of dollars a year, despite getting off strongly in its first seasons by setting a league record with local sponsorship sales of more than $4 million. AEG - in addition to collecting more than $1 million per year for the use of Home Depot Center - also takes a cut of Chivas USA sponsorships.
"What I remind our staff of is, 'Just when we're sick of our message, everybody else is hearing it for the first time,'" says Hunter. "Now that the team is competitive and is perceived as one of the better in the league, it's our job to make sure every soccer fan knows it. There is a global approach. We are working in different communities.
"It's going to be a long-term effort, but I think we're going in the right direction. It's going to take a few years."
During those few years, operator-investor Jorge Vergara will evaluate further the possibility of building his own stadium, perhaps in the San Bernardino area east of Los Angeles. That area is not heavily Hispanic and it might be, far from the bright lights of HDC, an element that proves to be essential in the Chivas USA quest for success.
As a member of the MLS Board of Directors representing AEG, Hunter helped formulate the Designated Player rule, and Mexican stars like Adolfo Bautista have been linked to the team. But Hunter implies that unless said Mexico star has the appeal of Blanco, another approach might be preferable.
"There are players out there - Beckham is probably a rare example - who cut across all cultures," he says, also mindful that Chivas USA traded its DP slot. "I think we'd always be open to a player who could take us to the next level, not just a Mexican player, not just a player whose had success in the Mexican league.
"Blanco is that kind of player; he not only got the Mexican-American audience in Chicago excited, they got the general market excited. That's something we're studying closely."


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Video: Parachute Covers 'The Other Side' by Jason Derulo
Parachute will be in town for a show at Mill City Nights with Matt Hires this Friday (9/6) and last we checked, it wasn't sold out, so grab a few friends and hit up this great double bill! Parachute been sharing their setlists on Facebook and while we haven't spotted this cover in the mix yet, they did throw down Springsteen's 'Dancing in the Dark' in Columbus the other night!
If you're feeling particularily lucky, you could always try your hand at winning tickets from Oake + Keri every morning this week at 8:40am...
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***PHOTO1*** Last Thanksgiving, the New York Jets gave the Cincinnati Bengals a thrashing in New York 26-10. Much has changed on both sidelines as the two teams prepare to meet again this Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. For the Bengals, the core of their offense has changed. Gone are Carson Palmer,...


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This is the greatest gadget - it turns plain yogurt into a thick, wonderful treat. I love greek yogurt but don't like paying the high price of imports - this gadget turns thin american yogurt into a thicker style yogurt or yogurt cheese, depending on how long you leave it. A little tip.. coffee filter added to the liner before the yogurt makes cleanup easier. Here's what the website says: Product Description Amazon.com Review Consisting of a plastic container and a stainless-steel, fine-mesh strainer, this simple unit converts 3 cups of yogurt into 1 cup of thick, creamy yogurt cheese in about 24 hours of refrigeration. (Thickening continues for 24 hours, though a thinner yogurt cheese results in as little as 2 hours.) The yogurt cheese then becomes a healthful, calcium-rich, low-fat alternative to cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, and even whipping cream. It can be used as a spread, in salad dressings, to top baked potatoes, mixed with fruit, and to make cheesecake. The unit works by allowing the whey (liquid) in yogurt to drain away, leaving the curds behind. The container is dishwasher-safe and seals to prevent odor transfer while it's in the refrigerator. Simple instructions and recipes for using yogurt cheese are included. --Fred Brack Product Description The Donvier Wave Yogurt Strainer turns 1 cup of yogurt into yogurt cheese, which you can put in a variety of delicious recipes that are low in fat, calories, sodium, cholesterol and lactose. Container seals for storage, as well as during the cheese-making process. Permanent stainless steel mesh strainer. Dishwasher-safe on the top shelf. Includes recipes and instructions.
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What does Venisha mean?
Venisha [ven-isha] as a name for girls has its root in Greek, and the name Venisha means "butterfly". Venisha is a version of Vanessa (Greek).
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VARIANTS Vinisha, Vinesha, Venishia, Venesha, Vaneshia, Vanesha
RELATIONS VIA VANESSA Jenessa, Vanassa, Vanesa▼, Vanesia, Vania, Vaniessa, Vanija, Vanisa, Vanissa, Vanita, Venesa, Venessa, Venesse, Venessea, Venetta, Veniesa, Venna, Vennesa, Vennessa, Vennisa, Vinessa, VonessaCREATIVE FORMS
(female) Vensia, Verisha, ..
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Venisha Isabel (V.I.), ..
How popular is Venisha?
Venisha is an unusual given name for females. Venisha is an equally uncommon surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?with its source form and related girl names. Jenessa, Vanesa, Vanessa (#185 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Vania, Vanita and Venessa are the prominent varying forms of Venisha (OUTSIDE TOP 2000). These forms of Venisha were popular 4 decades ago (USAGE OF 0.48%) and have become much less widespread since (USAGE 0.12%, ▼75.4%), with forms such as Vanessa becoming less in vogue. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2015)
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Venisha is alike in pronunciation to Venecia, Venetia, Venicia, Venitia and Vonitia. Other suggested similar names are Aeisha, Anisha, Arnisha, Bernisha, Danisha, Delisha, Deneisha, Denesha, Denisa, Denisha▼, Denissa, Dinisha, Donisha, Felisha, Genisa, Genisia, Genista, Gwenisha, Janisha, Jenista, Kanisha, Keisha▼, Kenisha, Kinisha, Lanisha, Leisha, Lekisha, Letisha, Melisha, Monisha, Raenisha, Ranisha, Reneisha, Renisa, Renisha, Ronisha, Tanisha▼, Teisha, Telisha, Tenesha, Tenisha, Tinisha, Tonisha, Tynisha, Venezia, Venia, Venice, Venise, Venita, Venize, Venizia, Venus, Venusa, Verasha, Vernisha, Vinica and Vonizia (see Venetia). These names tend to be more frequently used than Venisha.See names in meaning and etymology.


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A hat tip to Threadneedles (one of our readers) for pointing out that Lord Mandelson has been made "First Secretary of State" – which means he is the new deputy prime minister.
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Family-pleasing Chicken Tostadas give leftover chicken a flavorful boost. To vary the taste, substitute plain Jack cheese for less spice. Or, if you'd prefer more flavor, sprinkle chopped pickled jalapeños on top.
- 8 6-inch flour or corn tortillas
- 2 avocados, pitted, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup fat-free refried beans
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
- 1 1/2 cups shredded pepper Jack (about 4 oz.)
- 2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 1 cup tomato salsa
Nutrition Information
- calories 553
- fat 26 g
- satfat 9 g
- protein 37 g
- carbohydrate 45 g
- fiber 14 g
- cholesterol 85 mg
- sodium 1323 mg
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with heavy-duty foil. Mist both sides of tortillas with cooking spray. Place on sheet and bake until crisp, about 8 minutes.
Toss avocados with lime juice; season with salt. Spread some beans on each tortilla, top with chicken and avocado. Sprinkle with cheese. Return to oven and bake until warmed through, 7 to 10 minutes. Top with lettuce and salsa and serve immediately.


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Sometimes it feels like my life has become nothing more than work, running and headin' out to church on Saturday. Thankfully, that there 'running' is still on the list, though! I stepped up the commitment and managed to pull out a solid 75 miles this month, which surpasses all but my 2 longest months last year.
It would've been closer to 80, but when I started back in with my real running efforts this year, I started too long and got some serious shin splints... those cut one week's distance in half as I recovered, but these past few weeks have successfully started the new cycle with a bang! I'm excited to see what's to come of it.
Also, did y'all see the article on polarized training? You can find it here: http://www.runnersworld.com/wo...-for-veteran-runners
Basically, it says long, slow distance for 75% of your mileage, 25% hard and you'll receive some awesome benefits. No need to fire off the tempo work or HIIT - it's all about 'making the distance' and pushing the envelope. That should provide hope for all of us amateurs - just plan your week to get-er-done and on the weekend, finish off your miles and rock the speed. Should be a great year!!


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Valley beats Deer Lakes on late TD to end 22-game losing streak
Looking for the nearest dumpster to pitch roughly three years of losing into, Valley wasn't about to try a field goal or play for overtime in the final minutes on Friday night in New Kensington.
Facing a fourth-and-11 from Deer Lakes' 11-yard line with just over a minute to play, Valley went for it all. Chaz Cheatham hauled in the go-ahead touchdown pass from quarterback Ty Matthews, and Valley held on for a 14-7 victory to snap a 22-game losing streak and give new head coach Chad Walsh his first victory.
"The expression on our kids' faces, that's what's it's all about," Walsh said. "The stands were packed, the community was here to watch. It was a great night for everybody. The monkey is finally off our backs."
Valley was making its return to Class AA. Its last win before last night was Oct. 3, 2009, against Summit Academy.
Valley's defense posted four sacks and held Deer Lakes to 14 yards rushing. Valley's Demetrious Houser, meantime, ran for 68 yards on 19 carries. He had a key, 12-yard run on the winning drive.
"We said a prayer, and I gave a speech before the game," Houser said. "We had to come together as a team if we wanted to end the streak."
Matthews also did damage with his legs, rushing for 47 yards and a 1-yard touchdown, which tied it 7-all late in the third.
"We're a family; we wanted this win so badly," Matthews said. "Feels great to start the season this way."
Matthews ripped off runs of 15 and 8 yards on the final possession before zipping the game-winner to Cheatham, his stepbrother.
"That was a great play," Walsh said. "That was a choice route between those two, and Chaz broke to the back."
Cheatham finished with four catches for 33 yards.
Deer Lakes quarterback Josh Plocki threw a 26-yard pass to Tyler Seitz in the closing seconds of the first half for a 7-0 lead. Valley began its drive for the winning points with 7:09 to go in the fourth.
Deer Lakes players looked as if they'd just lost a playoff game as they exited the locker room.
"It's natural emotion," Deer Lakes coach Todd Hazlett said. "They put so much effort in, and they're so physically and emotionally drained. I am very proud of the way we played, and I'm also proud of Valley."
Deer Lakes played without one of its top linemen, Mike McGraw, who was out with a concussion.
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Meet the Phoenix: Paul Swanson
Editor's Note: Throughout the 2010-11 school year, junior women's tennis player Morgan Weuve will introduce Phoenix fans to some of her peers and fellow student-athletes. The Green Bay native will conduct interviews with various student-athletes and share her findings with feature stories on GreenBayPhoenix.com.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Junior men's tennis player Paul Swanson (Coon Rapids, Minn.) is currently competing in his third year as a Green Bay student-athlete.
"Green Bay has been a great experience so far, " said Swanson. "The coaching staff is very helpful on and off the court and my teammates have become like family to me."
Swanson has played a key role on the team since day one of his career at Green Bay under head coach Mark Thomas.
"I feel very fortunate to have started my coaching career with Paul Swanson as an incoming freshman," Thomas said. "He was the first piece of the puzzle in our goal to build a Horizon League championship team. Paul is one of the best competitors I've known. If the match is tied 3-3, I like our chances if Paul is on the court."
During the 2009-2010 season, Swanson achieved singles records at the top three positions of 14-7 overall and 3-4 in the Horizon League and earned second team All-Horizon League honors. Swanson was also the sole winner for the Phoenix in the duel matches against Wisconsin and Marquette, defeating his nationally ranked opponents in three sets.
Swanson continues to find success during this spring season with singles records at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions of 10-4 overall and 3-1 in the Horizon League. As the Horizon League Championships grow nearer, Swanson has high hopes for his team.
"I am excited for the conference tournament, since that's really what we build our season around," said Swanson. "Hopefully, we are able to reach our goal and win the conference and be able to continue on to the NCAA tournament."
In addition to Swanson's many achievements on the court, he has also excelled in the classroom. Swanson is pursing a major in business administration with an emphasis in finance and a minor in economics.
Getting to know Paul Swanson
On the court:
I first started playing tennis when I was...seven years old and then started playing competitively at the age of 12.
One part of my game that I would like to improve this season is...my second serve.
If I had to choose to play singles or doubles, I would choose...singles, without question.
My goal for myself this season is...to achieve first team All-Horizon League honors.
My goal for the team this season is...to win the Horizon League Championship.
Off the court:
The music that I listen to the most is...a little bit of everything. My favorites are Yellowcard, Blink-182, Relient K, Explosions in the Sky and Angels and Airwaves.
I have visited...Harry Potter World at Universal Studios.
For fun I...like to do the versa-climber.
When I have free time I...work on my Snake high score.
My favorite sport to play besides tennis is...volleyball.
My favorite TV show is...The Simpsons.
My favorite movie is...Braveheart.
My favorite indulgence food is....anything and everything at Cold Stone.
On my perfect day...I would water-ski and tube all day at my cabin and then go to a Twins game at night.
The person I most admire is...Rafael Nadal.
If I could learn to do anything, it would be...to play tennis left-handed (like Nadal).
One thing that makes me laugh the hardest is...Marko Skoric's Facebook statuses.
To learn more about Swanson, watch his video bio.


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What is the foul odor from were my pets are most
I have 1 male cat,1 female cat& 1 female dog.All are 12 years old& fixed.There is a really bad odor in the room they spend most of their time.If you smell their fur it does not smell.Sometimes when in the room you can get a sudden strong smell of it.What possibilities are there?
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maybe someone is peeing or wiping anal glands?? Not sure, I would get a black light and look around. If there is anything there it should show up and then you can hopefully clean it up.
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If it smells in the room when they aren't in it, then I'd say the black light/clean-up idea is great. However, since your cats and dog are 84 in human years, it's possible they have digestive issues and it announces itself with--well--tooting if you know what I mean. I'd check their diet and make sure they aren't getting into human food and that they are are "senior" pet food. Make sure the dog isn't getting into the cat boxes. Also, check their teeth. They (or even just one) may have dental issues and you're smelling bad breath or an infected tooth or gum. If your cats like to hunt critters, make sure they didn't bring one inside without you knowing and leave it somplace in that room. In the end, if the smell remains and it's REALLY objectionable, you may have to completely clean the room, the rugs, whatever else is in there and take all 3 to the vet's to rule out health issues. Infections often manifest themselves by causing bad odors.
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Okay - I am relatively new AP and NP in general (1 year approx).. I had never even HEARD of EC when DD was born! CD had never even crossed my mind. But thanks to MDC I am learning all kinds of awesome stuff during DD's infancy (she is 15 weeks). After reading on here about EC/infant pottying, I started trying "catches" with her at 6 weeks. After 2 weeks of great success I was encouraged (and DD was a happy baby!) so I went full time. This was going fantastically until I had to return to work at 12 weeks. For the last 3 weeks I use EC whenever I am home but have not asked MIL to do this with her while I'm gone (since she still sort of thinks I'm bonkers ). I always catch her poops (I actually can't remember the last time I changed a dirty diaper. Wish I knew about EC when DS was little!), but her pees seem hit or miss. I always catch the upon-waking pees and after nursing pees, but the others seem completely random, and the times I DO catch the in-betweens it's because she gives the same cue to pee that she does for poop? Guess we're still working out the kinks.... anyway, I have switched to cloth diapering her with the gDiaper system. DH got a new job, we are moving & in 2 weeks I will officially be a SAHM .
I am going to use EC full time with DD, and continue cloth diapering as our back up... and stop wasting $$$$ on disposables to send to caretakers. I only have 6 inserts & 8 snap-in liners, & 2 covers. So far this has been enough, & I just wash the diapers at the end of the day (our new place has washer/dryer & the water is fixed at $50/month). Since she doesn't poop in her diaper, she never actually gets the cover dirty? I just use one cover during the day, wash it, and use the other one overnight. It does seem like I'm wasting water to wash them each day though. But if I don't, I know THAT will be the day she goes through all 6 liners. I am working 3 days/week right now, but on the 4 days I am home she typically goes through 3-4 diapers, though sometimes less or more. If you EC full time, what do you use as your back up (if you use a back up...)? If you CD, how many do you keep on hand, and how often do you typically wash? TIA!
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In "Mayors tell UTA to focus on quick, simple commuter solutions" (Tribune, May 1), it appeared that the Wasatch Front's mayors totally missed the point that convenient, low-cost public transit is going to be a key element in future growth by cutting down both congestion and pollution.
Low-cost public transit will probably be just as important as safety and adequate water in attracting and supporting new businesses. No public transit system anywhere pays for itself with user revenues, but when the costs of congestion and pollution are considered, a heavily subsidized public transit system becomes much more desirable.
The mayors should give that some thought.
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Over the latest week, the NDP and Conservatives are in a statistical tie. In this period, the NDP stands at 33%, the Conservatives 30%, the Liberals 20%, the Greens 8% and the BQ 7%.
Each week, Harris/Decima interviews just over 1000 Canadians through teleVox, the company's national telephone omnibus survey. The most recent data were gathered between April 26 and April 30, 2012 for 1,006 completes. A sample of the same size has a margin of error of 3.1% 19 times out of 20. With the exception of the most recent wave, the data points on the graphs represent two week waves, with roughly 2,000 completes per wave, and a margin of error of +/-2.2% 19 times out of 20.


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Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the N0.6 Cargill Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing won tonight's American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Nationwide Series. Stenhouse beat out Kevin Harvick with 4 laps to go on the final restart of the race to win his fourth race of the 2012 season. Stenhouse credited the late push by Keselowski for him winning the race. He said that Keselowski will be a great Ford team mate next season when Stenhouse moves up to the Cup level. After the race Harvick had words with Keselowski. Harvick blamed Keselowski for throwing a water bottle to bring out a debris caution on lap 182. NASCAR says that the caution was not thrown for a water bottle. Harvick disagreed with that assessment saying that they throw cautions "when they want to." This was the eighth consecutive Nationwide race in a row in which Harvick led the most laps and failed to win. Elliott Sadler maintains a 12 point lead over Stenhouse in the overall Nationwide standings, Sam Hornis...
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"The hernia has been fixed now and I don't want to break it again, so it would be pointless playing on Sunday if it puts me back again and I'd be out even longer,"
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Storm season underway, with more thunderstorms likely for NSW
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of thunderstorms for large areas of New South Wales, with severe thunderstorms possible, as a deep low pressure trough moves through the state.
Bureau of Meteorology Acting New South Wales Regional Director, Mr Stephen Lellyett, said there was a high likelihood of severe thunderstorms in far western NSW today (Wednesday), and western slopes and plains tomorrow (Thursday) with storms also possible in surrounding areas.
"The main impacts are likely to be damaging wind gusts, large hail and localised heavy rainfall. We're closely monitoring the system and will issue warnings as the situation develops," said Mr Lellyett.
"Storm season is already well underway, and storms have been quite widespread over the past week in New South Wales, with more storm activity was expected over the coming days and months.
"The majority of storms in NSW occur between November and March, and despite strong El Niño conditions, this year will be no exception for severe thunderstorms affecting the state," he said.
NSW SES Commission Adam Dent reminded communities to be prepared.
"This spring has already seen severe storms cause damage in a number of communities across the state. With timely and appropriate preparation, some of this damage could have been prevented. As severe storms are likely in many parts of the state tomorrow, it is important people prepare their homes and businesses now to minimise damage and keep themselves, and their families, safer.
"Cleaning gutters and downpipes, securing or putting away loose items, checking your roof is in good repair and keeping out of flash floodwater are simple measures that can make a big difference when storms strike," said Mr Dent.
The public are urged to closely monitor the Bureau's website, tune into the media and local radio, and listen to the advice of emergency services. For storm and flood assistance, contact the NSW SES on 132 500, and for life threatening situations, call Triple Zero (000).
See the Bureau's website for the latest warnings: www.bom.gov.au/warnings
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On my way to school today I had a 98/99 Eclipse GS-T that was stock ride my ass for about 1.5miles. I continually ignored him and when he got the chance to pass he did so at WOT. He then slows down and gets next to me lunging back and forth while looking at me with some sort of intense stare
I just looked at him, laughed, and pointed.
This kid is probably about 17 y/o and gets in front of me and then slows down to about 10mph under the speed limit hoping I would go around him. I didn't bite because of other cars.
A bit later we catch a light and an open road. He kept lurching forward at the light, and I didn't bother to launch and embarrass him. He jumps ahead and slows down when he sees me going about my business. Then he gets even with me as I slow down to about 30mph in 2nd gear. I point ahead and give the "go-ahead" and he downshifts and punches it. I let him get about 2 car lenths on me and then I hit the throttle.
Took me about 3sec to catch him, and by 55-60mph I was passing him hard. I shut down before speeds got excessive and had a good 4+ cars on him. He then proceeded to give the flyby.
I surprised my self that I even bothered, but I thought I could teach this punk about being over-confident. Why he was messing with a modded wrx in his stock eclipse is beyond me. He probably heard they cannot go frumaroll, lol.
I am stage2 + protune.