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Jedworld! Jedward's exclusive Irish Daily Star column
8 July, 2012
Check out Jedward's exclusive column every Saturday in the Irish Daily Star
Everyone wants to do our show but its a case of finding a spare day in everyones schedule
Irish and one Mel of a singer
Remember Dublin singer Melanie McCabe on The X Factor last year?
She was sent home after the judges' homes part of the show by Kelly Rowland and me and John were like: "Woah, that shouldn't have happened."
So we're delighted she's back on The X Factor and will be battling it out in bootcamp on the show in Liverpool on July 16.
Nicole Scherzinger is the new judge and we know she is so smart and so cool that she'll pick Melanie if she has the chance. We were thrilled when Nicole was named the new judge because she's not only fabulous but she came from one of the first ever American reality TV show bands, Eden's Crush.
She knows exactly what it's like. We'll be back on the after-show Xtra Factor working with Caroline Flack. We recorded a whole show with her at the Manchester auditions and it went so well that Olly Murs is really worried about his job. We totally rocked the show guys, so now Xtra Factor is ours if we want it. We're thinking we'd prefer Dermot O'Leary's job now though.
We're dreaming of a Jedtastic Christmas
Guys, we've opened our little black book full of stars' telephone numbers and we're calling them all to join us for our new Christmas series of OMG!
Jedward's Dream Factory
on RTE. We've called the guys from JLS and we talked to Jessie J and Leona Lewis and One Direction and Tinie Tempah and loads of others.
We have to have one star for every show so we need seven big music acts in total. Everyone wants to do our show but it's a case of finding a spare day in everyone's schedule to come to Ireland. We're already shooting some dreams and one of our dreamers met Olly Murs in Cork on Thursday night for the show. The new series starts on RTE Two from St Stephen's Day so we've got out the tinsel and the Santa hats and we're getting into the Christmas spirit in July! Merry Christmas everyone!
She Jess' wasn't Jeddy to perform
We had a Jepic night at Live at the Marquee in Cork last weekend! But
Jessie J
didn't have such a great time the next night when she had to postpone her show on Sunday due to a "trucking problem". Her truck driver thought he had the day off so her equipment wasn't delivered to the venue on time.
That would never happen on a Jedward show because we have the best tour manager on the planet in
Liam McKenna
! And it turns out our mom is a huge Jessie J fan! She likes her so much that she drove all the way to Cork on her own to see Jessie's second show last Tuesday night — and it was amazing!
If you didn't see us in Cork, maybe you saw us driving through Donegal on Thursday? We saw a lot of Donegal that day when we got lost going to our shows in Letterkenny. John wondered at one stage if we'd secretly been kidnapped and were really on our way to Albania or somewhere far way, but we got there in the end!
We're back on Big Brother!
Hey everyone — we're going back into the
Big Brother
house on July 20! We're going to be setting the housemates a task and Big Brother is letting us dream up our own task which is really cool. We've already dreamt up a few great ideas — but Channel 5 have told us they won't let us use fire or explosives or a crane or a hot air balloon, so we're back to the drawing board again. You can watch us on the live eviction show that night with Brian Dowling too!
Our mag will be Jedly
Watch this space for more news about our new Jedward fan magazine. We have lots and lots of really cool shots we took in Japan for the magazine. We met this really cool fashion photographer Ryan Chan and he's made Jedtastic photo magazines called Super Jedward.
Meanwhile we're doing lots of fan research to discover just what you all want to see in an official Jedward magazine. We need 50,000 fans to fill out a quiz about what they'd like to see in it. See
for a link to the quiz and tell us what you want!
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Heart Failure
Lifestyle & Management
If you have heart failure, you can be physically active and take positive steps to help manage your symptoms and keep your condition from becoming more serious.
Making Changes to Your Diet
You may need to reduce the salt (sodium) in your diet and lose weight, if you are overweight.
Eat a Low-Salt Diet
Your body needs some salt to function properly, but most of us consume much more salt than we need. Because salt attracts and holds water, a low-salt diet helps to reduce the amount of fluid that builds up in your blood, heart, lungs, legs, and feet.
Your healthcare professional may recommend that you meet with a nutritionist to plan a low-salt diet.
Here are a few low-salt diet tips:
- Avoid salty snack foods such as chips, pretzels, and salted nuts.
- Avoid prepared, canned, and fast foods, as well as bakery and deli items, which are all high in salt.
- Read the labels to see how much salt prepared foods contain, and buy "low sodium" products.
- Try to cook your own meals as much as possible, so you can control the amount of salt in your food.
- Take the salt shaker off your table and choose low-sodium ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and other condiments. Since sodium content varies widely, read the labels before you buy.
- Spice up your food with pepper and other spices, herbs, and lemon or orange juice or zest.
- When you eat out, order salads, steamed vegetables, grilled poultry or fish, and avoid dressings and sauces.
- Use unsalted, soft margarine (harder margarines are higher in saturated fat).
Watch Your Weight
If you have heart failure, weigh yourself daily and record your weight every day. Call your healthcare professional if you gain more than two pounds in one day. Such quick weight gain is usually a sign of fluid buildup, and you may need to adjust your medications to rid your body of extra fluid.
If you're overweight, you can also improve your heart failure by losing weight. A nutritionist can help you plan a weight loss program that works for you.
Hint: Many of the suggestions for following a low-salt diet apply to weight loss, too.
These tips can also help you shed a few pounds:
- Make small changes to your diet, and don't try to lose weight too quickly—small changes are easier to stick with. Set reasonable weight loss goals (not more than 1 to 2 pounds per week).
- Avoid high calorie snack foods and fast foods.
- Reduce the amount of sugar you consume by cutting down on desserts. Avoid all sugary drinks, such as soda and fruity beverages.
- Do you eat when you're bored? If so, try enjoyable activities to keep you engaged, such as knitting, drawing, gardening, or other hobbies.
- If you are a fast eater, slow down. It takes about 20 minutes for the message to get to your brain that you've had enough to eat.
- Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Reduce the amount of fat in your diet.
- Use an unsalted soft margarine made of vegetable fat, instead of butter.
- Moderate your alcohol intake.
- Match your food and calorie intake with your level of activity.
Heart failure doesn't mean you should stop exercising, even if you do tire more easily or become short-of-breath. In fact, it's important for people with heart failure to remain as fit as they can. Your healthcare provider will help you plan an exercise program that's safe for you and that will help strengthen your heart and regulate your heart rate. This will help keep your heart failure from becoming more serious.
People with more serious heart failure can exercise in a cardiac rehabilitation center under the supervision of a trained exercise therapist.
Quit Smoking and Drink Cautiously
Smoking damages your blood vessels. If you have heart failure and still smoke, try to quit as soon as possible. There are many helpful programs to help you break the habit.
Drinking alcohol can have a direct toxic effect on the heart. Heavy drinking over time damages the heart and leads to high blood pressure, heart failure, and stroke. If you drink, talk with your healthcare provider about cutting down or stopping.
Avoid Certain Non-prescription Drugs and Herbal Remedies
Medications that you can buy without a prescription can cause fluid buildup and can make your heart failure worse. Avoid the following over-the-counter medicines and herbal remedies:
- Sodium-based antacids such as sodium bicarbonate
- High doses of aspirin
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), such as ibuprofen (eg, Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (eg, Aleve, Naprosyn)
- Decongestants
- Ginseng (may aggravate high blood pressure)
- Ginkgo biloba (may contribute to bleeding).
Updated: March 2012
Posted: March 2012

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Re: Mathematica 8 and Alpha integration....
On Nov 20, 12:14 pm, John Fultz <jfu... at wolfram.com> wrote:
> Understanding some of the internal divisions of the feature implementation
> would, I think, be instructive. The == feature, in the big picture, is capable
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> * Parse your input, return a matching W|A result. We might call this an
> informational query.
> * Parse your input, return a matching Mathematica input. I'll refer to this as
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> * Parse your input and your Mathematica session information, return a matching
> Mathematica input. This could be a contextually aware programming query.
I'm wondering: is the Mathematica/W|A integration also used to improve
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linguistic parser? If a Mathematica user types a free form query and
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In celebration of the 30 year anniversary since the release of the Oscar-winning film, Out of Africa, we've designed a special trip that visits many of the sights featured in the movie, and indeed the autobiographical book on which the film was based. Full of passion, drama and sorrow, this incredible movie, featuring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, took the world by storm when it was released on December 18th 1985. The film went on to win 28 awards, including seven Academy Awards, but more importantly it inspired a desire to experience Africa in a whole generation of people. Walk in the footsteps of the stars as you take a tour through historic Nairobi, before exploring three of Kenya's most renowned wildlife conservancies in Tsavo, Lewa Downs and the Masai Mara.
- Visit the Karen Blixen museum in a vintage car
- Enjoy a picnic lunch on the site where Out of Africa was filmed
- Have your photograph taken with a replica Gipsy Moth biplane
- Visit Denys Finch Hatton's grave in the Ngong Hills
- Stay at the brand-new camp, Angama Mara, set above the Masai Mara
Welcome to Kenya. You'll be met on arrival by one of our 'guardian angels', who will be on hand to take you through the airport. You'll be driven to a boutique hotel in Nairobi, Hemingways, for your first two nights. Its plantation-style design and location 16km out of the city centre brings a welcoming respite from the bustle of Nairobi.
Day 2 Nairobi
Your first full day in Kenya is packed with adventures, such as a visit to the Giraffe Centre, where you can feed the giraffe from a wooden platform. For your first taste of Out of Africa you'll be collected from your hotel in a vintage car, similar to the one used in the film, for a visit to the Karen Blixen Museum. Famous for its starring role in Out of Africa, the museum plays a significant role in the history of Kenya, and a tour of the house is an intimate experience; the infamous lantern that Blixen once hung on her veranda remains, as do the monogrammed books of her ill-fated lover which still line the bookshelves. Denys Finch Hatton's grave is a short distance from the Museum, and you'll be taken here by the museum's caretaker to see the site in the beautiful Ngong Hills. Here you can listen to stories about the fascinating life of the big game hunter and enjoy the spectacular views. A late lunch at Talisman, consistently rated the top restaurant in Kenya, affords the chance to taste innovative local cuisine before a visit to the Kazuri bead factory and the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage.
A member of the A&K team will drive you to Wilson Airport for your short flight to Tsavo, Kenya's largest wildlife stronghold. The beauty of Tsavo is its diversity: an incredible richness of alternating savannah and semi-desert, with thick belts of lush vegetation, fuelled by the local rivers, in between. You'll be met at the airport for your short transfer to Finch Hatton's Camp - an appropriate setting. An afternoon game drive is your first chance to spot Kenya's famous Big Five.
Days 4 Tsavo
Your time at Finch Hatton's Camp could be straight from Out of Africa. Finch Hatton himself was famous for going on safari with a bathtub, gramophone and the finest French wines, and his namesake camp is a perfect tribute, with its glinting chandeliers, crystal glasses and luxurious bathrooms. Here you'll experience one of his favourite areas in Kenya, where he ultimately met his early end in May 1931 in the plane crash that killed him and his employee, Hamisi. Game drives will help you to spot the elusive elephants, crocodile and hippos that call this area home, as well as buffalo, lion, leopard and oryx.
Day 5 Tsavo to Lewa Downs
A member of the A&K team will drive you to the airport, where you'll fly to Lewa Downs via a connection in Nairobi. A vast region of open savannah grasslands at the foot of Mount Kenya that's renowned for its commitment to wildlife conservation and community engagement, Lewa is one of the best safari territories in Kenya, and can get you almost within touching distance of elephants, rhinos and other spectacular beasts. Here you'll be staying at Lewa Wilderness, one of Kenya's most successful private conservation areas.
Days 6-7 Lewa Downs
Lewa is yours to explore: perhaps start your day with a horse ride through the plains, a novel way to enjoy safari minus the sound of car engines and getting close to fabulous game. Perhaps enjoy lunch with Will and Emma Craig, owners of the Lodge, who will regale you with stories of the bush. Later you'll enjoy a photo session with a replica of the yellow Gipsy Moth biplane, whose scenic flight helped garner some of those seven Academy Awards (Robert Redford sadly not included). There's a chance to take a ride in the biplane, should you wish. Alternatively, game drive, walking safaris, camel rides or cultural visits can be arranged to suit your tastes.
Day 8 Lewa to Masai Mara
A member of the A&K team will drive you to the airport for your short flight to the Masai Mara. On arrival you'll be met by a member of staff and driven to Angama Mara. Perched on the Olololoo escarpment with breath taking views of the Mara Triangle below, this new camp offers some of the most spectacular views we've encountered in Africa.
Days 9 - 10 Masai Mara
Here you could take a walking safari on the escarpment, visit the site where Denys Finch Hatton's grave was filmed in the movie or take an optional balloon flight over the Mara with a champagne breakfast on landing. We've also organised a very special picnic lunch on the same spot the movie was shot, with a chequered blanket, a hamper and a delicious spread for the ultimate reconstruction.
Day 11 Kenya / UK
Farewell, Kenya. You'll be driven to the airport for your short flight to Wilson. A member of the A&K team will meet you at Wilson airport and take you to the Eka Hotel in Nairobi where you can relax in a dayroom before being driven to Nairobi Airport for your return flight back to the UK.
This 11-day A&K itinerary to Kenya is based on two people sharing a twin/double and is priced from £6640 per person including accommodation, transfers, bed and breakfast board at Hemingway's in Nairobi and full board safari at Finch Hatton's, Lewa Downs and Angama Mara. Includes international flights. Subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.
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Flying time
8 hours 30 minutes non-stop
Time difference
GMT +3 hours
Required for UK passport holders
Health requirements
Yellow fever certificate required if arriving from an endemic area
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The most famous iOS hacker, and the brains behind the JailBreakMe.com website, has joined Apple as an intern. Known as Comex (real name Nicholas Allegra), the 19 year old announced via Twitter he was taking a position with Apple.
[Hackers gone mild: 6 rebels turned insiders and RankMyHack.com is more resume builder and prosecution aide than it is HotOrNot.com]
Details of employment remain unclear, so speculation about the "intern" status bloomed quickly. Not a full time employee? Not well paid? Of course, tech company internships for talented young programmers are often paid, and a way to become the employer of choice when the time comes. Nothing keeps Apple for showering young Comex with big bucks, or just free Apple gear. They can make any deal they want.
Apple fans and jailbreak fans made their feelings known. Sometimes the sentiment is jailbreaking pushes Apple to be better, sometimes the slant is jailbreakers should be put in jail. Join the fun.
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I suppose Apple will pay him to repeatedly jailbreak IOS 5 so they can fix every hole he discovers. But brilliant kids are born every day and they will find new holes that he never spotted.jd_in_sb on appleinsider.com
this explains why the updates have been coming a little slower in the jailbreaking community. i guess apple has realize the one true way to silence all those jailbreaking geniuses out there.hewsthat on appleinsider.com
and apple just stopped [read: paid] jailbreak from happening on iphone5.Spikesoldier on dailytech.com
If this guy is so good, and it looks like he is, hire him full time, or at least give him a contractor status with some decent salary. Anyway, I hope he gets paid well.fleshconsumed on dailytech.com
Apple is buying patents and jailbreakers. No surprise. They probably call it only an "internship" because they don't want to tell the whole story ($...), and protect both Apple's and comex's reputation...Toni on appdevice.com
He'll probably have to sign an NDA, and that'll effectively take him out of the jailbreaking game.xder345 on appdevice.com
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Clever kid. The number of unique exploits made into a single user-friendly jailbreak is an astounding effort. I hope Apple puts him on Apple security and hope they are paying him.solipsism on appleinsider.com
What is this? Apple is hiring iOS's most well known hacker after Samsung hired Android's most well known hacker? Hey maybe Samsung can sue Apple for doing something similar.Staxx on slashgear.com
I smell a sellout
Yesterday's snarling revolutionary is today's smiling bourgeois capitalist.rbryanh on appleinsider.com
Dude, don't sell out to these evil corporate assholes...you should stay open source. There's more to life than money! You clearly have the ability, why don't you create something great for the world to use? Instead of helping these people make MORE money.Daniel Kay on slashgear.com
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The U.S. put together another dominant performance in a 21-8 win over England to advance to a ninth straight gold medal game. Lindsay Munday and Danielle Etrasco each scored four goals with Munday adding two assists and Etrasco contributing one.
"I thought we played hard," coach Ricky Fried said. "We did what we wanted to do. We played fast. England pushed us to our limit at times."
England hung with the U.S. through most of the first half by winning draws and using their speed to score some quick transition goals. Led by Laura Merrifield and Emily Gray, who each scored two goals, England trailed by two with eight minutes remaining in the half.
"I have to give them credit for executing what they were doing," Fried said. "They like to play fast. They like to play North-South. They were doing that extremely well. Our advantage is our depth and athleticism and teams that play that way are going to get goals and opportunities out of that, but I don't think they can sustain it for 60 minutes. It might be a little stressful on the sidelines, but we're willing to give up those things in order for them to expend energy."
The U.S. offense exploded for four goals in the last 3:04 to take an 11-5 lead at halftime and continued that momentum into the second half. Katrina Dowd, who was being faceguarded periodically throughout the game, put up three goals and an assist.
"I think our philosophy is to play more sin-on-six," Dowd said of the defensive attention being paid to her in the championship bracket. "It created a little more space for us, so if they faceguard me, I take a little bit of a back seat and let our motion get a little more space for dodging and for cuts."
Defensively, the U.S. tightened up in the second half, allowing England just four shots.
"The second half we played a little bit calmer," Fried said. "They play so fast that I think we got a little overaggressive at times. We were a little more on the body and trying a little too hard instead of containing. We did a better job in the second half of forcing them to make mistakes."
Gina Oliver was named the Player of the Game with four ground balls and three caused turnovers.
"A lot of people question some of the decisions we make in selections," Fried said. "But the coaches know a lot about the players that we pick and what they're capable of, especially in big moments. You can't underestimate experience in big moments. Gina brought out her best when it needed to be brought out."
The U.S. played possibly its most complete game against Canada in pool play, and will look for a similar outcome when they take the field against the World Cup hosts in the gold medal game Saturday at 3 p.m.
Australia's Quest for Gold Comes up Short
Australia was unable to find the offensive dominance it showed against Scotland in Thursday's quarterfinals, coming up short in an 11-7 loss to Canada.
Australia didn't look as polished and clean as it typically does on the international stage, shooting just 25 percent and turning the ball over seven times in the first half.
"I'm sad for the girls, but it is what it is," Australian coach Max Madonia said. "I can't do anything now but try to win a bronze medal tomorrow."
While the Australian roster is full of talented and skilled players who can score, certainly the absence of Jen Adams was felt.
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By rights, Nicola Charles shouldn't even be here. In Australia, that is. As a
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Located in Grand Island, Boarders Inn & Suites and Conference Center is convenient to Fonner Park and Heartland Events Center. This hotel is within close proximity of Island Oasis Water Park and Nebraska State Fair Grounds.
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Popular Seattle surf-pop quartet La Luz is fairly sick of talking about the accident. But singer-guitarist Shana Cleveland politely obliges, phoned during a windy tour stop in Arizona last week.
Cleveland had vividly chronicled the incident on her band's Tumblr page. She and her bandmates were headed home last November after being on the road with popular indie-rock band Of Montreal. Their tour van hit a patch of black ice, and the women swerved out of control before plowing into a concrete barricade.
They caught their breath, dialed AAA and waited in the dark, thinking the worst was over. Then came drummer Marian Li Pino's ominous declaration. "Oh no, it's coming," she said, gazing into the rear view mirror.
Helpless and horrified, the women watched as a semi-truck plowed into their vehicle, turning it into a gnarled heap of metal and destroying most of their gear. Miraculously, they suffered only minor injuries. "We are beaten up but grateful and amazed to be alive today," Cleveland wrote after the incident.
Against the odds, the band will wrap up its latest West Coast tour on Saturday, Feb. 8, playing shimmery cuts from their new album "It's Alive" at Bob's Java Jive. Seattle label Hardly Art issued the disc just weeks before the wreck, and its title is sure to add to Cleveland's growing penchant for seeing premonitions in her music.
Tacoma Weekly: You had the scary incident just a little while ago. I was wondering how you're doing after that.
Cleveland: We're doin' OK. We still have some health issues related to the accident but, for the most part, everybody's doin' a lot better, and we were able to kind of rebuild and re-buy some of the gear that we lost with the help of a lot of people that donated to us.
TW: It's good to see you guys are OK. I've seen a picture of the car.
Cleveland: Yeah, it was a really bad hit.
TW: Now that you're back on the tour what have been some of the highlights so far?
Cleveland: Most of the dates are with the band Pure Bathing Culture, from Portland; and about a third of them we're playing by ourselves. It's been really awesome. Almost every show has been really well attended. It's been really encouraging.
TW: I was reading a story in Seattle Weekly that traced the beginning of this band back to an open mic five years ago.
Cleveland: I think I was mostly just talking about … how I first started playing music in Seattle, and a lot of the songwriting - as far as the songs on the EP ("Damp Face"), and some of the songs from the album - came out of a time when I was dealing with the aftermath and a weird premonition of the mass shooting that happened at Cafe Racer. (Six people lost their lives at the Seattle venue in 2012.)
I started going there ... and was truly taken in by the community of people. So that event was sort of this creepy, heavy time that put things into perspective in a way that made me more creative. It was one of those dark times from which inspiration can arise, I guess.
TW: I can only imagine with something like that. And, from the new album, "Call Me In the Day" is one of those earlier songs.
Cleveland: Mm hmm.
TW: Is that what you mean when you said you had a premonition?
Cleveland: I was freaked out by that song after the shooting because it's sort of about this character with this ominous feeling that something's coming that you can't stop. After the shooting I was sort of thinking about these lyrics that I was writing that made a lot of sense into that.
That song now is one I'm having kind of a weird time singing since the accident because we knew that semi-truck was coming for us a moment before it hit us. Every time I sing that line now, I think about that semi-truck coming down the hill towards us.
TW: Is that a song you still sing? Or do you skip that one?
Cleveland: No, we still do it. Yeah, I don't know. (She pauses to consider.) I'm just kind of like, 'Wow, that's really interesting. I should pay attention to the fact that that happened.' But I'm not so creeped out that I can't sing it or anything.
TW: How did you come up with the sound we hear on the new record?
Cleveland: I was listening to a lot of old soul music and old country music - a lot of different music from the '50s and '60s I would hear on Mississippi Records compilations. (The Portland label specializes in hard-to-find music.)
It seemed like everything I liked from that time period had a lot of background vocals. So I just really wanted to hear more of that in newer bands. I also felt a lot of bands were claiming to have a surf influence, but it would sound more like newer indie-rock … than a vintage sound.
TW: I wouldn't have guessed vintage soul and country.
Cleveland: Yeah, everybody kind of listens to some old girl group music and early stuff from that era, too. I think I was the only one that was into the surf stuff, but we all liked old Buddy Holly and stuff like that.
TW: How did you all come together? I think some of you come from your previous band (the Curious Mystery.)
Cleveland: Yeah, me and Marian were in that group before. Then Marian and Alice (Sandahl) were in a band together, called the Pica Beats. They already knew each other, so she was kind of the obvious choice for our keyboard player.
Abbey (bassist Blackwell) I met at Cafe Racer. There's a jazz improv session that happens there every Sunday that some of her friends put on, and I used to go watch it. So I met her through that.
TW: So when did you know you really clicked?
Cleveland: I don't know. It just felt right right away. After our first few shows, the response was really amazing. So that was exciting. None of us really had any other main projects we were doing at the time, so we just put all of our energy towards this.
But Abby is actually pretty involved in orchestra music and our show at the Java Jive will be her last with us.
TW: So she's just busy with her other stuff and has to drop out?
Cleveland: She's not that into touring, which is the most rational way to be. (She laughs) It's not really that fun a lot of the time, and it's really hard. You can't really have another job when you're touring as much as we are.
TW: So are you going to do something special during the show to commemorate her leaving?
Cleveland: I hadn't thought about it, but we should. (laughs.) We're open to ideas.


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Would you say Lucy Liu plays a certain type? How about Will Arnett?
I bet you'd say hers is frosty and fierce – Ling Woo, her un-PC attorney character who shook up the 1990s TV series Ally McBeal (one of the first Asian leads in prime time), or Liu's self-possessed, kick-ass roles in three Charlie's Angels and two Kill Bill films. His would be wiseacre and way out: Arrested Development's Gob (pronounced Job) Bluth, as insecure as he is insincere, or Arnett's scheming network executive on 30 Rock and smarmy ice skater in the movie Blades of Glory.
These days, both actors find themselves in a similar place: He's 43, she's 44. Both are back on TV, on the same night and networks, Thursdays on CBS and Global. Both star in series that appear to have staying power: Hers, Elementary, is attracting around 10 million viewers an episode in its second season; his, The Millers, was among the most-watched shows in its recent debut. (Cable dramas may win the awards, but hit network shows still post higher numbers.)
Most interestingly, both actors are happy to be playing against type. They're moving in from the outré fringes that made them famous, and taking a turn as the straight man – more or less.
In The Millers, created by Greg Garcia (Raising Hope, My Name Is Earl), Arnett plays Nathan Miller, a local TV newsman whose life is upended when his parent split up and his mother moves in with him while his father bunks with his sister. In both premise and execution, it's a type of sitcom rarely seen anymore: three cameras, live audience, set-up punchline. The draw is, the parents are played by two great character actors, Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges. And the pilot was directed by James Burrows, whose work has shaped network sitcoms since the 1970s, including Cheers, Friends and Will & Grace.
"I like that Nathan is much more of a straight man than people are used to seeing me play," Arnett said in a recent phone interview, in his deep, tumbling-rocks voice, often heard in commercials. "I came close to that in Up All Night, but I wanted to move even closer to the centre" – a sitcom in which he played a new father opposite Christina Applegate. "A lot of my characters were damaged in absurd ways, not tethered to the world. Nathan's problems are more grounded in reality. It's exciting to me to explore that."
Elementary, created by Robert Doherty (Medium), is also a classic network type, a police procedural where the crimes are solved at the end of every hour. It's a present-day take on Sherlock Holmes, with Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller, who co-starred in Trainspotting and is an ex of Angelina Jolie's) as a brilliant British loner who's moved to Manhattan and consults for the NYPD. In season one, he kicked a heroin habit with the help of Joan Watson (Liu), an ex-surgeon turned sober companion; by season two, Watson had become his protégé and partner in crime-solving.
"We took a long time making Watson's transition, so there were many colours to play, many layers to her character," Liu said in a separate phone interview. "It's nice for me to play someone who's quieter, not as overt as some of my earlier characters, who had no qualms throwing their opinions in."
She knows the appeal of her type: "Strong women who can fight, who are smart, who can take care of themselves, who are kind of quirky and strange," Liu says. "People find it attractive. And I think for good reason. People want to get outside their own lives and latch onto those qualities, or work toward them. But I'm enjoying playing someone who does it in a more pensive, less broad way."
Types don't spring from nowhere, though; the seeds of each actor's seem to have been in their personalities from the start. Liu grew up a tomboy in Jackson Heights, Queens, playing handball and spud in alleyways with her older brother and sister. Her immigrant parents (from Beijing and Shanghai) worked several jobs apiece. "They weren't around a lot; we were latchkey kids," Liu says. "We'd get to school on our own, do our homework on our own, eat TV dinners, whatever was there."
Her parents did not understand or support her decision to pursue acting, Liu says. "It's a hard thing to grasp when you come to America from another country; you hope to bring better things for your family than you had, and then one of your kids goes off to do something there's nothing tangible about." She laughs. "They were happy when they realized I had a roof over my head, I could feed myself."
Arnett, it should come as no surprise, was "a major smartass" growing up in Toronto. "I was always interested in degrees of getting away with stuff," he says. His friends were all funny – "We knew how to move the comedy along, though we never consciously thought of it like that" – and he recalls a key conversation with his father, a corporate lawyer who was president of Molson Breweries for three years. "I can't remember the particulars," Arnett says, "but I remember making my argument in such a smartass but well-formulated, well-thought-out way that my dad had to give me props for the way I constructed my smartassness. He was like: 'You're being a dick, but I have to recognize that it's in a way that's quite clever.' It was a seminal moment for me."
He was kicked out of the Lakefield College School and dropped out of Concordia; then Arnett discovered his talent at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He began acting in pilots and hasn't stopped. "On Twitter people say: 'This is like your 50th show, why do people keep giving you shows?'" he says. "I'm like: 'Thank you for sharing from your mom's basement.' But I think [audiences] understand there are situations where it's important to have a dry take. It's not too overstated; it's buried under a bunch of different layers, so you can't really be held accountable for it. People like seeing people get away with that."
Arnett thinks there's a Canadian point of view in comedy, and that he possesses it: "I think Canadians take themselves very seriously in pointing out that they don't take themselves seriously. We have a bit of a chip on our shoulder about that."
And Liu, who plans to direct her first episode of Elementary this year, thinks her parents finally understand her career. "Even with Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill, they didn't really get it. But now that I'm on a show that my mother can understand – something is solved every week – it's something she can relate to. It's funny: Now that I'm on a show that's more in the vein of Columbo, it's something she feels safer with and loves."Report Typo/Error
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Rockford First Assembly
Assemblies of God
5950 Spring Creek Road
Rockford, IL 61114
Rockford First Assembly is a mega church located in Rockford, IL. Our church is associated with the Assemblies of God (AG).
What to Expect at Rockford First Assembly
Rockford First Assembly offers 3 weekend worship services.
Jeremy DeWeerdt, Lead Pastor
Dan Valentine, Senior Associate Pastor
Service Times:
Sunday Worship 8:30am
Sunday Worship 10:00am
Sunday Worship 11:30am
Service Details
- Informal or casual attire most common
- Contemporary worship style
- Communion
- Altar call or invitation
- Location: Winnebago County
- Parking: Private lot
- Wheelchair accessible: Yes
- Saturday evening service: No
- Multi-site church: No
- Primary language used: English
Ministries and Programs
- Nursery
- Children's ministry
- Youth or teen ministry
- Weekly small groups
- Christian school
- Missions
- Young adult ministry
- Men/women's ministry
- Weekday preschool
- Singles ministry
- Senior adult ministry
- TV ministry
Additional Info About Our Church
At Rockford First, we are committed to the pursuit of God, authentic relationships, and a life of purpose.
5950 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford IL 61114
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And I am now going into an era when the capital has been paid and I don't make many calls or use away from wifi. So I could be looking forward to cheap phoning.
Are the later versions that much better? What am I missing out on? Who knows?


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Obama Would Be Crazy to Drop Biden From Ticket: Margaret CarlsonMargaret Carlson
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Vice presidents are a vestigial limb of politics. The position persists even though a vice presidential candidate rarely carries a state, leads a constituency or even commands a portfolio beyond whatever he negotiates ad hoc with the principal.
Research suggests that veep candidates don't bring many votes to a presidential ticket, although an especially bad one can do damage at the margins (see Sarah Palin) or worse (Thomas Eagleton).
Once in office, a few vice presidents have been notably troublesome. Dan Quayle was just too lightweight to pass muster, which is why an added "e" on "potato" caused such a stir; there was little substance to counterbalance the gaffe. Spiro Agnew was corrupt. Dick Cheney was sufficiently toxic after having led the cheer for war in Iraq, and for torture in black sites around the world, that he volunteered to resign, telling President George W. Bush that he would bow out for "medical reasons" should Bush request it.
On the other hand, Joe Biden is about as good as vice presidents get. Born into a working-class family in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he has the bouncing personality of a Saint Bernard; he's lovable enough to cast a warm glow even on Barack Obama's cool restraint. A bearhugging veteran of 36 years in the Senate, he knows how to reach across the aisle, and he passed a raft of legislation during his career.
As a former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, he can't see Russia from his house, but he can tell you an awful lot about it -- and about Iraq and Afghanistan, too. His natural exuberance survived the death of his young wife and 1-year-old daughter when a truck hit their car in 1972; and it helped him through his own eight-month ordeal recovering from a near-fatal brain aneurysm in 1988.
Penchant for Gaffes
Biden has a penchant for gaffes, hyperbole and the politically incorrect utterance, slightly muffing crime statistics, for example, on a recent trip to Flint, Michigan. The Republican posse, led by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, has been up in arms over Biden's comment that rapes and murders will increase if President Obama's jobs bill isn't passed.
It's not clear just how impolitic the remark really was. Biden's been surrounding himself with firefighters and police officers as he goes around talking up the president's jobs bill, which would provide roughly $30 billion to state and local governments to help retain some 400,000 teachers, and an additional $5 billion to help keep 18,000 police officers and 7,000 firefighters on the job.
At an event in Philadelphia, he responded to complaints that the additional funding would provide only a "temporary" fix.
"Let me tell you, it's not temporary when that 911 call comes in and a woman's being raped," Biden said, "if a cop shows up in time to prevent the rape. It's not temporary to that woman. It's not temporary to the guy whose store is being held up and a gun is being pointed to his head, if a cop shows up and he's not killed. That's not temporary to that store owner. Give me a break -- temporary."
Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, said the vice president was using "fear tactics," and Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, said Biden was "over the top."
After six terms in the Senate, Biden can remember plenty of times when the parties worked together. Two of his signature pieces of legislation, the Violence Against Women Act and the COPS bill, which put 88,000 more police officers on the street, both passed in 1994 with help from Republicans. Now, he recognizes that Republicans are practicing political cryonics. They intend to immerse the economy in liquid nitrogen, then revive it only after they have captured the White House in 2012.
Rumor of Switch
The minor furor over Biden's remarks, meanwhile, plays into the game of whether Obama will dump his vice president in an act of political expediency. One rumor has Obama switching out the garrulous Biden for his disciplined secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, in an effort to shore up his standing with working class white women and men.
This makes no sense. Biden's blue-collar roots and gift of gab may provide fodder to late-night comedians, but they are genuine political assets. In flying off-script in Philadelphia, he exposed Republican hypocrisy. Are Republicans so twisted by their hunger for the White House that they don't hear themselves arguing that more police on the beat won't reduce crime? When Biden put officers on the street with the COPS bill, Republicans joined him in making the same argument he makes now.
How would dumping Biden improve Obama's standing? Moving Biden to the State Department in a switch with Clinton would introduce risk into Obama's electoral equation without any promise of reward. Biden's no Quayle, and he's no Cheney. He's done everything he's been asked to do and done it well. This veep's a keeper.
(Margaret Carlson is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.)
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This workshop provides participants with vital knowledge and skills to build a child safe organisation and environment through the development and implementation of child protection policies, codes of conduct, child safe recruitment and selection practices, and managing complaints and concerns of abuse. This workshop contributes to any organisations aims to meet their duty of care obligations to provide a child safe environment.
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Managers, HR staff or anyone in a position of creating policies and recruiting staff. e.g.: residential care, foster care recruitment, mentoring programs, volunteer programs. This one day training is extremely popular with organisations, schools and governments working with children and young people.This training program can be delivered on-site or off-site and can be tailored to meet individual needs. For more information, please call Child Wise on (03) 9826 6344 or email .


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On Sunday 25th June, we will meet at Chapel Allerton Primary School, at 10.30am, and start a new mini-series on the New Testament book, the letter to the Philippians. It's also GnG (Get near God), so all our kids & young people will be out together & doing their own thing from the start.
Originally a congregation planted from Moortown Baptist Church, we have met at Chapel Allerton Primary School since 1994, and in 2002 we became an independent church. In 2008 Hannah Dey joined the church as our cross-church youth worker, and as of 2013, Chapel A has two ministers: Simon Hall & Robin Thomson.
Sundays at 10.30am in Chapel Allerton Primary School are a mix of band-led worship, teaching and ministry with a coffee break part-way through. There is a range of excellent Sunday Club groups for children and young people, and a relaxed style which seeks to take account of modern living and expresses the truth and challenge of the Christian message.
Occasionally we change the format of our Sunday meeting - especially in the summer holidays - and have brunch or go out for part of the day together, instead of having a central meeting at the School.
We work with the other churches in the area to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to this community. Jesus came to demonstrate and share God's love: we are here to continue to discover, live out, and participate in that work.
We welcome everyone to our church.
Chapel A is a member church of the Yorkshire Baptist Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain.


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Let me Finish my Meal with a Donut…February 24th, 2009
A few months ago, Danielle (our Marketing Coordinator) and I went to Dave & Buster's for some delicious fried appetizers. When time for dessert came, the "oh no, I couldn't eat another bite" quickly turned to "we'll have those!" when we caught site of the donut holes on the dessert menu. Sugar and chocolatey goodness, with chocolate and raspberry dipping sauces.
It's Fat Tuesday today, and I've got donuts on the brain (and in the stomach). Did you know, that Canadian chain Tim Horton's compliments their sandwich value meals with donuts? So, instead of, "would you like fries with that," yummy breakfast time sweetness rounds out your lunch.
Bear with me and my indulgences, I swear there's a trend here.
Last week, the New York Times noted a growing trend in offering sweet breakfast items for dessert. Donuts are a casual chain restaurant staple right now, but that's just the beginning.
The New York Times article notes Panna Cotta from Momofuku restaurants, flavored with milk from the bottom of the cereal bowl. (A concept we've tried ourselves in RTD flavored milk.) Then there's toast flavored ice cream at Tailor. And at Chicago's Moto restaurant, guests can sample hot doughnut soup with coffee-flavored whipped cream.
Restaurants & Institutions senior editor Allison Perlik also commented on last week's article, noting the French toast and maple-bacon flavored ice cream with carmelized apple at Lola in Cleveland.
Speaking of bacon ice cream, you may have noticed a bit of bacon love in this blog. The funny thing is, that I wouldn't consider myself over-obsessed with the stuff, but I'm just loving all of the ingenious ways that restaurants, chocolatiers and bakers are reinventing it. And while the New York Times article notes that bacon flavored sweets are "trendy to a fault," you have to admit there is something there. Yes, I'm sure the bacon craze will reveal itself as fad, but how could a staple completely fade away? I'm sure we haven't seen the last of sweet bacon!
But I digress, breakfast for dessert is such a logical move…why have we not thought of this sooner? I know I'm not alone here when I say that pancakes, French toast and beignets, while completely delightful, are a little too sugary for the morning hours. Why not save them for that "I just need something sweet" feeling after a savory meal. Years ago, a friend of a friend would bring his homemade coffee and donuts ice cream to every party he was invited to – in fact, it was so good that I don't believe he was allowed to attend without it!
With consumers increasingly looking for something just a little bit different, but still approachable, and restaurants and manufacturers looking to set themselves apart in a very competitive market, breakfast for dessert sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Now bring on the blueberry pancake parfait (with maple syrup flavored ice cream, of course)!


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Forget "Glitter Gulch" or "Sin City," Vegas needs a new nickname—one that takes into account all the award-winning food lining the Strip (and we're not talking about the buffets). It's been a well-documented renaissance with everyone from Masa Takayama (of NYC's astronomical Masa) to Jean Georges Vongerichten opening up in the city's enormous, air-conditioned resorts. And there's no end in sight to the desert's foodie craze.
Where else in the world can you bite into chef Estiatoria Milos' famed deep-fried and paper-thin zucchini, Mesa Grill's lobster and octopus ceviche and Payard Patisserie's macarons all within a short (albeit sweltering) walk? Add Gordon Ramsay's just-opened steakhouse and Nobu Matsuhisa's upcoming Nobu Restaurant & Lounge, and you've got a foodie haven befitting a new handle. "Gourmet gateway?" (We're working on it.)
Estiatoria Milos
Chef Costas Spiliadis, of Estiatoria Milos in New York, Montreal, and Athens has most recently added an outpost at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas to his trio of chic Greek restaurants. The Greek Isles transplant brings a bit of the island life's fish-to-table cuisine into the Nevada desert. Chef Spiliadis prides himself on simple cooking techniques and market-fresh products, following the ancient Greek saying "If you think bigger than the tomato (you're cooking), you've sinned."
Insider Tip: As a fish aficionado, Spiliadis recommends these steps for selecting the freshest fish to cook at home: look at the eyes for clarity, take a whiff to ensure its aroma isn't fishy, and forge a close relationship with your fish vendor.
Both a sketch artist and a chef, Masa Takayama started in the family business as fish delivery boy and after a stint as dishwasher in Japan, took to the kitchen to combine his love for art and cuisine. Conquering and delighting foodies from LA to NYC, Chef Takayama's cultured and multi-award-winning techniques are now display in BARMASA at the Aria Las Vegas. Lauded by Sin City food critic John Curtas as "drop-your-chopsticks delicious," Chef Takayama is firmly planted in Vegas's food revolution with his unique sushi artistry.
Insider Tip: Before you arrive, decide if you want a casual or intimate modern Japanese dining experience. Chef Takayama has crafted two separate spaces. BARMASA is open, airy, and a la carte, while Tetsu, the chef's newest venture is a teppan Japanese grilling restaurant-within-a-restaurant, set to open in August.
Gordon Ramsay Steak
After two years of planning, Gordon Ramsay just introduced his first steakhouse in North America, self-titled Gordon Ramsay Steak, at the Paris Las Vegas. "I felt scrutinized for years because I didn't have a restaurant in Vegas" said Chef Ramsay at the May 11th opening. Now the pressure's on, and in his words "The deeper the pressure, the better the perfection", which is a win-win for steak savants.
Sparing no expense, iPads replace menus, a steak trolley swings by every table to assist in selecting the perfect cut, and the entry mimics the Chunnel transporting you from Paris to London. And since we're talking about Vegas, cocktail servers sport skin-tight black sequined dresses cinched with a thin red belt.
Insider Tip: Book in advance to carve into the restaurant's beef, dry-aged for 28 days in a Himalayan salt room. Pair it with a red from the restaurant's list of 400 wines, or order Gordon's favorite beer, Innocent Gun, to whet your palate.
Payard Patisserie & Bistro
What would a gastro-indulgent soiree be without a sweet ending? As long as your waistband has a little give, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas at Francois Payard's decadent Patisserie & Bistro at Caesars Palace. There's always room left for a made-to-order crepe, or a joie raspberry mousse with champagne ganache, non? The wafting scent alone will send your senses into a French frenzy.
Insider Tip: Choose between the chocolate shop (note: Chef Payard has penned cookbooks entitled "Chocolate Epiphany"), pastry shop, and traditional dining room serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
And the New Nobu
Last but not least, Nobu Matsuhisa's biggest project yet is a restaurant, lounge, and hotel in partnership with Caesars Palace. Set to open in the fall, it will be the Michelin-awarded chef's first restaurant on the Strip (he has another just off the Strip in the Hard Rock Hotel)—a far cry from his inaugural restaurant in Alaska that burned down within 50 days of its opening.
With a plate full of almost 30 restaurants worldwide, the 327-seat Nobu Restaurant at Caesars will be a staggering 11,200 square feet complete with teppan-yaki tables, a sushi bar, private dining area, and lounge-bar. Not one to let his age or early misfortunes stop him, at 63 years old, Nobu is showing no sign of slowing, with an empire that posts year-over-year growth spurts.
Insider Tip: Nobu Restaurant & Lounge is expected to open in October, and his first hotel one month later in November, 2012.
If Gordon Ramsay remarks that the restaurant competition in Vegas is "fierce," then its official, Vegas's insane culinary scene just got foodier. Dig in to the "gourmet gateway" and enjoy the show. (It kind of works, right?)
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Photo credits: Estiatoria Milos courtesy of The Cosmopolitan; BARMASA courtesy of ARIA Las Vegas Resort & Casino; Gordon Ramsay Steak courtesy of Paris Las Vegas; Payard Patisserie courtesy of Caesars Palace.


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Wine Spectator
Each of the hotel´s 50 rooms has extra touches and services to ensure the utmost in comfort. Decorated in neutral tones, they are a refuge for the senses in a pleasant, intimate setting. There are 45 doubles, 3 Junior Suites and 2 Master Suites.