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"You back! Long time to see!" shouts the woman. It's been a while since we last picked the pushcarts clean at Star Kitchen, and the tiny owner with the one-inch waist won't let us forget it. "It's been long time," she repeats, shoving metal-rimmed steamers full of siu mai dumplings under our noses. "You love these!" she enthuses. She's right, of course. We do love the siu mai dumplings. We love the thin-skinned scallop dumplings, too, as well as the shrimp dumplings and lobster dumplings. It's easy to spend the day in this boxy dining room, swelling our gullets with spongy turnip cakes, soy-soaked jiggly rice crepes stuffed with minced pork, steamed barbecue buns plump with sweet roasted pork, head-on shrimp crusted with salt and pepper. How much do we love the dim sum at Star Kitchen? So much that if today were our birthday, this is where we'd celebrate.
Rise and Shine Biscuit Kitchen and Cafe, a pioneering little enterprise that shares the same Crestmoor quarters as Basil Doc's Pizza, buzzes with a heavy trade of moms toting toddlers in state-of-the-art strollers, java guzzlers and bread heads who show up bright and early for the flaky, fresh-baked buttermilk biscuits — pudgy, warm in the center and delicious on their own or slathered with butter, jam or honey. Naked, they're just $1.25; add jam or honey for another two bits. Owner and master biscuit-maker Seth Rubin always offers a biscuit of the day — bacon cheddar, Nutella, smoked Gouda and rosemary olive oil have all been recent offerings — and on Fridays, he bakes batches of beer biscuits with brews from Great Divide Brewing Company.
The champagne just keeps flowing at the Dom Perignon Sunday Brunch, offered from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. every week in Ellyngton's, the elegant corner dining room at the Brown Palace. And the brunch buffet spread is just as sumptuous as the surroundings: There are stations that make waffles and omelets to order; stations that carve up huge haunches of meat and dish up fresh fish; salad and sushi stations; pastry stations overflowing with incredible confections. The buffet alone will run you $46.95, but since this is food fit for a king, you might as well treat yourself royally and fork over the $186.95 that will let you brunch with Dom.
Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe marked its 25th anniversary this year — 25 years of serving up some of the city's best Mexican food in a northwest Denver neighborhood that was beyond sketchy when Rosa Linda's first opened and is now the hottest restaurant neighborhood in the city. To celebrate this big birthday, the Aguirre family decided to give the entire city a present: weekly specials that roll prices back to 1985. In honor of the restaurant's very first Best of Denver win, through April 7 the special is the Best of Denver Combo: one shredded beef or chicken burrito, one chile relleno, both smothered in green with a side of rice and beans, for just $5.95. But even ordering off Rosa Linda's regular menu, you can get a big dinner for under ten bucks — and the incredible hospitality from this friendly family is all free.
Put this in your pipe and smoke it: If you like your coffee strong and the atmosphere in which you drink it just as pungent, head for Gypsy House Cafe. The specialty here is Turkish coffee, which is a leap for the Starbucks connoisseur, but it's well worth the plunge. The food is good, the wi-fi is free — and they'll hook you up with just the right tobacco for your hookah.
Happy has made a number of adjustments since it opened in early 2009 as Happy Noodle House, most of them very smart (and earning this Big Red F venture a nod from Forbes in its "America's Best New Restaurants" lists). But none of the developments have been as happy as the evolution of the Bitter Bar, Happy's "late-night alter ego," where mixologist and partner James Lee (named one of the country's top ten mixologists by Playboy Magazine) has turned the handcrafted cocktail into a contemporary art form. At the Bitter Bar, what's old is brand-spanking-new again, as the staff gives an original twist to traditional cocktails, using local, organic, fresh ingredients — and very fresh thinking. Lee shares that thinking at regular cocktail classes that have become one of the hottest tickets in town.


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BBM Music launches for BlackBerry phones
Research in Motion is launching its new social music service, BBM Music for BlackBerry. Like competing services from Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, or MOG, BBM Music charges customers a monthly fee for the ability to stream music on demand. But there's a huge twist with RIM's model. First, the service costs just $5 per month, which is about half the price of competing services. Second — you only… Read more »
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There's a new beta version of the official Twitter app for BlackBerry, and it adds support for multiple Twitter accounts. Now if you have a personal account and one for work, you can login to both from your BlackBerry smartphone using Twitter 2.1 beta. The app is available as a free download from the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Twitter 2.1 beta supports up to 4 Twitter accounts at… Read more »
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Samsung has unveiled its answer to BlackBerry Messenger, iMessage, and pretty much every other messaging service for mobile devices. It's called ChatON, and the app will be available soon for Samsung phones running Bada OS or Android, as well as for devices running iOS, or BlackBerry OS. In fact, ChatON won't even require a smartphone, a simpler version will also be available for feature phones…. Read more »
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Kokujin's Challenge was a message was delivered to Dragon Clan Champion Togashi Satsu from the mad Ise Zumi Kokujin in 1159. Kokujin had issued a challenge to the Dragon Clan, claiming to want to face seven of their finest warriors to ultimately resolve the conflict between the maddened monk and the Clan.[1]
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"I grow bored of waiting.
I have heard your challenge, and I am prepared to meet it.
Pick seven of your best, and send them to me.
Send two from the Togashi, the family whose name I once carried.
Send two from the Hitomi, the family that I helped to create and that understands me best.
Send one from the order of Hoshi, the children who have dedicated themselves to my death.
Send one from the Mirumoto; let him test his swords against mine.
And send one from the Tamori. Why not?
Send any less and I will kill them.
Send any more and I will not appear.
I am waiting, and I promise enlightenment to those who would face me.Find me in the Twilight Mountains."
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Kokujin revealed to Togashi Satsu the reason there was no request for a Kitsuki in the challenge. Kokujin believed they would have warned Satsu not to play his games.[2]
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The seven travelled to the Twilight Mountains where they were met by dozens of tattooed bakemono and dark ise zumi led by Kokujin Kobai.[1] Four of them (Satsu, Chieko, Hogai and Akuai) were captured following the initial fight, and taken to Kokujin's lair in the ruins of Shiro Heichi where Kokujin used Akuai to create a new shamesword.[3] Once Akuai was dead and the wakizashi complete, Kokujin made Satsu choose between Hogai and Chieko for who would be next.[2]
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"She hit the ball well. She pulled a couple balls and I was excited to see that. Usually she hits it hard, but she hits it late, hitting it to right field. She pulled the ball hard a couple times."
"Out of those hits, I think every ball was hit hard. Even the outs that we made, those balls were hit hard. We came out focused ready to play."
"He's hitting around .400 this year. He hits the ball hard every time. We are looking for big things from Scott."
"Those were two big hits. We had more chances and did not hit the ball hard. It is really difficult [with pitchers that wild]. It's tough because when you get anything close, you want to swing. You have to be even more patient."
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GERMANY'S Sebastian Vettel won the formula one championship for a second successive year yesterday as Jenson Button won the Japanese Grand Prix.
The 24-year-old Red Bull driver made sure of the title by finishing third at Suzuka behind McLaren's Button and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Red Bull's Mark Webber was fourth.
Vettel has won the title with four races remaining this season to become the youngest two-time world champion in F1 history.
''We took nothing for granted and we did it,'' said an emotional Vettel over team radio.
Pole-sitter Vettel needed just a point going into the race, or for Button to fail to win. The Briton, who regards Japan as his second home, impressively did his part to keep the championship open, but Vettel took no chances to get the finish he needed.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished fifth ahead of Michael Schumacher in a Mercedes.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Sauber's Sergio Perez, Renault's Vitaly Petrov and Schumacher's teammate Nico Rosberg brought up the remaining top-10 places.
Vettel escaped a penalty after edging Button on to the grass from the start when the McLaren driver also fell behind teammate Hamilton.
Button told his team over the radio he felt Vettel should have been penalised, but the stewards took no action.
A slow puncture forced Hamilton to pit early and Button was able to take the race lead when he emerged in front of Vettel after a second change of tyres on the 21st lap, a lap after the German.
Button appeared able to conserve his tyres better than his rivals and set a series of fastest laps following a safety car phase to remove debris from the track around the half-way mark.
The debris had included part of Felipe Massa's front wing after a slight collision with Hamilton, which led to an investigation - but no further action - by the stewards. Vettel emerged behind Alonso after a third round of pits stops, while Button looked comfortable in front.
Alonso briefly cut a lead of more than five seconds down to under two but Button was conserving his tyres and set a fastest lap on the penultimate lap to keep the Spaniard in check.
He took the chequered flag 1.160 seconds ahead of Alonso, with a jubilant Vettel crossing the line 2.006 seconds behind Button, who captured his third grand prix win of the season.
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not something I would do. In fact, if you DO decide, please have someone who can update us regularily, b/c I know that personally, I'll be scared out of my mind for you. not b/c of uc, not b/c of breech, not b/c of your history that you've shared, but b/c of the combo of all 3 in a 1st birth.
believe me when I say you're in my thoughts.
|I could take the "easy" way out and have her born pretty much whenever.
|Part of my panicking, more than the 50/50 odds (flip a coin and have that decide if you see 2010), is that the hospital route, whether it's as natural as a hospital birth can be or c/s, feels beyond wrong. Beyond the birth being out of my control by walking in the doors, my body's been screaming that that isn't the way to go. I'm the type who has Tylenol just to have it on hand, and have taken in twice in the past four years. Going and getting filled with drugs when I'm not convinced it's necessary feels wrong on the most instinctive level for me.
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Grace - wife to Jeff and mama to Nigella (11/08) and Orrin (01/10)- expecting a new addition (05/12)! Life is a whirlwind, but I'm learning to enjoy the ride!
Me and DH ...lovin' DD (6/08) and DS (11/09) Plus NEW BABY!! DD (UC-5/12) We Water Birth/Homebirth/No Vax or Circ/BF/BW/Country Livin'!
All that being said....if I were in your exact shoes and had to choose between a c/s that I had a 50/50 chance of MAKING IT through...and a UC breech birth, even with everything else taken into consideration...you can bet your britches I'd be UCing.
I would never, ever consent to a procedure which left me with a 50% chance of DEATH if there were an option out there with better odds...and as much as you UCing with some of the factors involved makes me slightly "eh"....you UCing this baby, you have better than 50/50 odds of surviving.
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The Art of Separation is the third episode of the first season of Army Wives.
Guest Stars: Kim Allen (Amanda Holden), Luke Bartelme (T.J.), Richard Bryant (Jeremy), Jeremy Davidson (Chase Moran), Rhoda Griffis (Lenore Baker), Katie Kneeland (Marilyn), Amy Lutz (Reporter #1), Antwan Mills (Dr. Carter), Noelle Monteleone (Dr. Miller), Robert Peterson (Jesse), Melissa Ponzio (Angie), Ben Pooser (Officer Radley), Terry Serpico (Frank Sherwood), Chloe J. Taylor (Katie), David Temple (Newscaster), Johnny Wactor (Soldier), John White, Jr. (Finn), Jason Wiles (Sergeant Peter Belgrad)
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Denise confronts her son about his abusive behavior. Trevor wants to adopt Roxy's sons, but Toby's father refuses to sign the paperwork relinquishing his parental rights. Pamela comes clean about her pregnancy in a very public announcement. Joan deals with a soldier under her command who has a mental breakdown.


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(Regarding my "Gardens of the Year Award" in Eva Ditler's article "On key", in San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, September 2013. Photography by Martin Mann, Patricia Bean/Expressive Architectural Photography and Christiane Holmquist Finding the beautiful photos of my award winning design in the San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine and reading Eva Ditler's melodic description of the garden gave me a jolt of pride and delight. It's with amazement that I realize how many talents … [Read more...]
Looking for new landscape design ideas for your backyard? What about a pond?
One of my very first backyard landscape design projects was a small urban backyard renovation where the homeowners were tired of lawn and old shrubs. Ryan and Jill were dreaming of a much more peaceful, enchanting scene and asked me to design a pond that they could view from their deck. The sound of water running in a small creek from a small rocky "outcropping" and mound in a far corner of the garden into the pond, and a dense leafy screen surrounding the garden would make the backyard very … [Read more...]
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Good things come in small packages! I invite you to my upcoming class at the Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon next Saturday. Learn how to create a sparkling jewel of a landscape for your condominium, cottage, side yard, or smaller front or backyard. I will share important principles of design to consider before beginning your project, show you inspiring visual examples of completed projects, and answer your questions about how to make the most of your small space garden. This … [Read more...]
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(Cont'd from http://www.cholmquistgardens.com/2010/12/not-your-everyday-fountain/ ) What excitement when the fountain was delivered, after a few weeks of anticipation and faith that the fabricator would "get it" this time. It's all we had imagined: Gracefully curving, it echoes the lines of the house and is of a material that complements its modern character: Cor-ten steel that is formulated to rust naturally and to provide a garden sculpture that works well in this landscape. Water … [Read more...]
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Aspiring entrepreneurs - listen up! Don't forget to mark down two important dates that promise to transform your vision into a business reality!
Firstly, the Cyberport Guangdong-Hong Kong Young Entrepreneur Programme 2016 is now open for application with the deadline closing on November 4. Now in its fifth year, this unique entrepreneurial programme aims to foster cross-border business ideas exchange through a range of business and entrepreneurial skills and workshops.
Applicants will be invited to attend an interactive Entrepreneurship Boot Camp to form teams on December 2-4. In the Boot camp, they will learn about entrepreneurship and business models generation, get to know technology trends like FinTech, AR/VR technologies and applications, Big Data analytics, EduTech, E-commerce, etc.
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TOWN HALLS: Area's congressmen hesitate on face-to-face forums.
Karen Brewster of Sherman Oaks wants to tell her congressman in person how strongly she dislikes President Obama's health care proposal.
The problem is, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Van Nuys, hasn't held a town hall meeting on the issue.
"I want to go to a town hall and tell my congressman what I think," Brewster said.
"There are no words to describe how opposed I am," she added. "I don't want any government control of my health care."
Even as angry protesters disrupt town hall meetings on health care held by elected officials across the country this summer, few Los Angeles-area congressmen have opted to hold their own local forums.
One San Fernando Valley congressman held an event by Internet and telephone only, while Berman's office said he is considering having one by telephone only to avoid "distractions."
On Friday, though, several hundred supporters of health care reform took their own town hall to Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, upstaging a climate change forum at UCLA.
While Waxman was inside Korn Hall talking about environmental issues, a crowd heavily in support of the president's measure held a demonstration outside to focus attention on health care.
"If they're not going to talk about health care reform in (Korn Hall), we're going to talk about it out here," said Roberta Lewis, of Woodland Hills, a retired art gallery operator.
Lewis and many others at the rally carried signs, most of them supporting the president's health care proposal, including many demanding a government insurance alternative to private health insurance.
Lewis' own homemade poster read, "Public Option is on the Table."
Waxman, who represents a portion of the Valley, did not address the demonstrators but said in an interview afterward that he was glad to learn supporters of health care overhaul had come out in large numbers.
Waxman also does not plan to hold a town hall on the issue but instead is meeting personally with constituents who have asked to discuss the issue.
"I didn't see a reason to call a public forum on health care," he said. "People already know that I'm very involved in this and that I support the effort of President Obama to get affordable and good quality health care for all Americans."
Waxman and several other local congressmen denied that they were intimidated in any way by the disruptions and booing that marked the other town halls held across the country this summer.
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Although he has not held any town halls dedicated solely to health care, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, said he has been open to discussing the issue at other public events he has held in the district during the congressional recess.
"I've not had a YouTube moment," Sherman said, alluding to some of the town hall confrontations that have wound up on the Internet.
Monday night, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, chose to hold his health care town hall on his Web site and by phone, with more than 2,400 people participating.
McKeon drew the ire of Democrats - whose own leadership has been on the defensive in many of their town halls - for not conducting the event face to face.
"This telephone conference is hokey," Bruce McFarland, member of the local Democratic Alliance for Action, told the Santa Clarita Signal newspaper. "A hands-on experience is much better."
Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers who have faced protesters at town halls say these strident opponents of health care reform were rounded up by right wing groups that arm people with aggressive tactics and talking points.
But not all outspoken opponents fit that mold. Brewster, 53, for example, is a grandmother of six and a registered Republican, and hardly a member of any right-wing groups.
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Unless you count the Encino Republican Women's Organization, whose 150 members Monday decided to start sending out letters to their respective congressmen demanding they hold town hall meetings where they can voice their opinions on health care.
"There is legitimate, honest opposition to health care (reform)," she said. "And we just want to be heard."
A spokeswoman for Berman said the lawmaker plans to hold a health care town hall in the near future but it will be by phone. No date has yet been set.
"We want to ensure that his constituents have the opportunity to ask questions and get information without any distractions," the spokeswoman said.
The only Valley area congressman who has held a live town hall on health care this summer is Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat whose 29th Congressional District extends as far west as Burbank.
Schiff's town hall Aug. 11 in Alhambra drew several hundred people representing both sides of the debate, with an emotional atmosphere typical of other meetings across the country.
People at the town hall both jeered and applauded as Schiff introduced a panel of health care experts.
One woman shouted out at the congressman, "Liar, liar! Pants on fire!" Others waved signs that said: "No Nazi Health Care," "Reform Now" and "Insure People, Not Profits."
Like many Democratic lawmakers in Washington, those who represent parts or all of the Valley - Schiff, Berman, Sherman and Waxman - have lined up behind the Democratic-sponsored health care legislation making its way through Congress.
Republicans McKeon and Elton Gallegly oppose the legislation. Gallegly has no health care town halls scheduled at this time.
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Friday's UCLA forum on state and federal energy and climate policy was hosted by the university for attendees who had been ticketed for the event in advance. Signs like those carried by the health care demonstrators on the campus outside were not permitted inside Korn Hall.
Most of the health care supporters chanting and carrying poster board signs were backed by Organizing for America, the group that sprouted from the Obama presidential campaign and which now advocates for the administration's programs.
Mike Petzold of Organizing for America said the heavy turnout of supporters of the president's proposal was typical of many town halls nationwide, but the news media's attention has focused on opponents because of their anger and outrage.
"The national story has been how many folks are angry," said Petzold. "But we've been routinely turning out much more larger crowds in support of health care than the opposition has. But that story hasn't really played out."
Among the opponents of health care at the UCLA forum were members of the recently formed San Fernando Valley Patriots, self-styled civil libertarians.
Patriots' member Greg Mamishian, of Topanga Canyon, seemed to symbolize the group's positions. In one hand he carried the red, white and blue Old Glory on top of a Gadsden Flag with the "Don't Tread on Me" logo over a coiled snake. In the other hand he waved a photograph of Obama made up to look like the Joker from "The Dark Knight" with the word "socialism" underneath.
"If the government continues to push on people," said Mamishian, "there's going to be a blowback and push back."
Waxman said he is disappointed that the groups who have shown up at some town hall meetings have wildly misconstrued the president's health care proposal and misled the public.
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The one thing missing from all the analysis about Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas taking a year off from hockey was a comment from the goaltender himself.
That occurred Sunday as Thomas released the following statement on his Facebook page.
"From the earliest age I can remember, I've wanted to be a hockey player. I've been blessed in my life to not only be able to live that dream, but to achieve more than I ever thought possible.
"The singleminded focus that is necessary to accomplish a dream of this magnitude entails (by necessity) sacrifice in other areas and relationships in life.
"At the age of 38, I believe it is time to put my time and energies into those areas and relationships that I have neglected. That is why at this time I feel the most important thing I can do in my life is to reconnect with the three F's.
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"This is what I plan on doing over the course of the next year."
The release of a statement through Facebook isn't unusual for Thomas. He did the same to explain to his fans why he skipped a White House ceremony honoring the champion Bruins.
Thomas didn't land a full-time NHL No. 1 goalie job until he was 32, and that followed a journey through college hockey, the minor leagues and Europe.
Last season, he won the Vezina Trophy (outstanding goaltender), the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. This season, the Bruins lost in seven games to the Washington Capitals in the first round.
Bruins general Peter Chiarelli said last week Thomas had appeared tired.
"I think with all of the stuff that has gone on … and the fame that goes with it, he is worn down," Chiarelli said.
Chiarelli also said Thomas indicated he wanted to return in 2013-14 so he could be eligible for the U.S. Olympic team in 2014.
But Thomas, who said he would continue to train while out and would work with a company on developing protective equipment, gave no hint of his plans beyond the skipped 2012-13 season.
"What does this portend for the future?" he said in his statement. "We'll see ... God's will be done."
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With the weight of WA on her shoulders, Australia's most-loved TV commercial star, Rhonda, is heading for the Logies.
Known as Mandy McElhinney when she isn't begging for kisses from her Balinese dreamboat Ketut, she's nominated for Most Outstanding Actress for her role as Kerry Packer's secretary in Howzat! Kerry Packer's War.
McElhinney is the only WA actor nominated for a Logie and despite being in the promising position of already having won an AACTA Award for her Howzat! role, the unassuming McElhinney said she was just excited to have her first Logie nomination.
"The women I'm nominated with are extraordinary actresses so it's just an honour to be nominated," she said.
"I've been to a couple before but never been nominated and always at a table at the back."
Despite having already starred in All Saints, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Comedy Inc and various stage productions including Streetcar Named Desire alongside Cate Blanchett, McElhinney knows the AAMI ads - in which she starred as a doe-eyed Australian woman flirting with a Balinese waiter - are what have made her most recognisable.
She isn't haughty when asked about the campaign.
"I understand how it all works and I chose to do it and I can't begrudge something that's given people a lot of joy," she said.
"I'm just grateful that I'm continuing to work as an actor, if it was stopping me from getting other roles it might have been a problem but it hasn't affected my career [negatively] at all.
"It's been great ... It's always nice to play a role that people that love."
McElhinney said she and forklift driver Kadek Mahardika (ad costar Ketut) had been taken by surprise by the response to the on-screen love story, which spawned a Facebook group with 50,000 fans called "The sexual tension between Ketut and Rhonda" and has seen visitors to Bali bombarded with souvenir shirts reading "Kiss me Ketut", "You have a beautiful brake foot" and "Rhonda's mine".
"It was a bit overwhelming because it was so sudden and it was such an enormous impact it made on people," she said.
"I thought 'Oh my god will I be able to leave my house?', but actually I'm living a normal life and occasionally people I don't know talk to me about it."
The one occasion the attention became too much was during a trip home to WA, McElhinney said.
"I remember going to a pub in WA with my girlfriends because I got mobbed," she said.
"For Kadek it's probably been more of a surprise because he was not involved in the industry at all and I've been able to see that attention, I've worked with Cate Blanchett so I've observed that for a lot of years.
"But he's really enjoying it."
While she hasn't been back to Bali since the ads aired, McElhinney said some of the paraphernalia had found its way to her.
"I actually went with a few girlfriends before this all started and I've since had friends go and bring back T-shirts and stickers," she said.
"There's one that says 'Sorry Ketut, I'm with Rhonda' which is very funny.
"I think it would be an extraordinary experience going there."
Since the memoir Eat, Pray, Love became an international bestseller, the story of an overseas fling has become a popular one and McElhinney admitted it struck a chord with women her age.
"I think there is, in my age group, so many lovely wonderful women who are single and I think the ad really does tap into that," she said.
"People recognise those women and they recognise they are one or know once and they are nice good-hearted people who want to find love. I think it's perhaps it's why it's been so successful."
The AAMI campaigns even have become something of a family business for McElhinney, after her brother-in-law was cast in their upcoming ad.
"Gibson, my brother-in-law had just shot another AAMI ad, which was a complete coincidence," she said.
"It won't be a Rhonda ad.
"He auditioned for it and got it. To his delight, he was able to tell them he was related to Rhonda."
McElhinney will attend in a dress by Leah Da Gloria (Project Runway Australia 2012) and with Paper Giants: Magazine Wars up her sleeve - the second instalment of the Paper Giants miniseries' that that helped win Asher Keddie win a silver Logie - it's unlikely to be her last jaunt down the red carpet.
Meanwhile, as McElhinney works on an upcoming production of Forget Me Not, a play about the forced adoption of child migrants in Australia, fans of the sexual tension between Ketut and Rhonda will be pleased to know that she hasn't turned her back on her Balinese love.
"It seems to me that people seem want more," she said.
"I need to feel that the story is concluded in some way as well, I don't think I'll be satisfied until the story is put to bed."
The Logie Awards will air on Channel Nine on April 7.


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Entertainment Weekly reports that the latest "Bachelor" spin-off will be in the same vein as "Bachelor Pad", but will be filmed in a tropical destination. The show will bring "Bachelor" fan favorites and villains to an "isolated romantic paradise," where they will live together over the course of six episodes.
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Bowers, Clifford Russell (1991) Parahydrogen and synthesis allow dramatically enhanced nuclear alignment. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04172006-141634
The PASADENA effect is a method for transient high-sensitivity proton spin-labelling by molecular addition of dihydrogen. When the parahydrogen mole fraction differs from the high-temperature limit of 1/4, this population difference constitutes a form of spin order which can be converted to magnetization observable by NMR. Large NMR signals are observed, if subsequent to the hydrogen addition, the two protons experience magnetic inequivalence and spin-spin coupling and if observation is made before spin-lattice relaxation restores the equilibrium spin order. The analogous effect for D2 is also possible.
The kinetic mechanisms of the homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts which permit the realization of the PASADENA effect have been the target of the experimental applications. The enhancement of the NMR transitions has facilitated the determination of true molecular rate constants. Ordinarily, the activity of a catalyst is assessed by dividing the observed rate by the total catalyst concentration. However, the question as to whether most of the catalytic rate is due to a tiny fraction of active species or a large fraction with a relatively low molecular rate is not clearly addressed by such an analysis. This ambiguity is entirely avoided in the PASADENA studies, since only active catalyst molecules can contribute to the enhanced signals from which all kinetic inferences are made.
The sensitivity enhancement has also led to the identification of a novel intermediate in the mechanism for the Rh(DIPHOS)+ catalyzed hydrogenation of styrene. The rate of conversion of this species into product and starting material has been studied using two-dimensional NMR. The dramatically improved sensitivity should make it possible to observe key catalytic intermediates which do not build up in sufficient quantity to allow detection by conventional NMR arising from Curie-Law magnetization.
The study of surface sites which bind pairwise with H2 is also a potentially fruitful area for future experimental work. The ambient temperature NMR spectroscopy of surfaces is not often feasible due to sensitivity limitations. Simulations have been performed using typical shift and coupling parameters in an effort to characterize the enhanced lineshapes which can be expected.
The inverse of the PASADENA effect has also been proposed, whereby the spin order of a molecule containing hydrogen is probed by measuring the branching ratio to ortho and para dihydrogen. This RAYMOND phenomenon (radiowave application yields modulated ortho number desorbed) has the potential for measuring precursor NMR with extraordinary sensitivity, since it finesses the need for detection of radiowaves.
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This just in from an Unknowncountry reader: Today a Delta 4 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. I've seen hundreds of launches. Initially what I thought was a stage separation turned out to be something a little more bizarre. I've attached a picture of the rocket approximately 2 minutes after liftoff. I noticed these 3 distinct orbs. When a launch occurs, especially at night, more is visible. Debris is seen trailing away from the exhaust path. By the time I realized what I was seeing was not normal, the orbs did not move or fade away. I grabbed the closest camera I had (my phone) and snapped a single image. It shows the three orbs behind the rockets engine glare. After seeing that I had captured the orbs, all three shot off to the south and beyond the horizon in seconds. Very strange. I will be happy to post this narrative, but I will not identify myself.
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LNT wins $123 mil. in store auction; more to come
May 30, 2008,
Wilmington, Del. — Bankrupt retailerLinens 'n Things will receive $122.8 million for the liquidated inventory in the approximately 120 stores it is closing, following the auction last week to a joint venture of SB Capital and Tiger Capital. U.S. Bankruptcy Court
The bankruptcy court approved a bid of 95.96% — amounting to about $2.5 million more than the minimum stalking horse bid of 94% for the value of the inventory at cost—pegged at $128 million. That's about a $270 million retail valuation, said liquidation advisor Paul Traub, a principal in Asset Disposition Advisors
"Such a good result may help it in its other refinancing efforts," Traub said.
LNT is still evaluating its strategy for how it will deal with the leases of the closing stores, Traub indicated.
"It will likely look to sell the leasehold interest or negotiate their termination," he said, adding that might help obviate the claims for unpaid rents.
Funds from the auction will be used to pay down debt or fund continued operations.
LNT said it was pleased with the results of the auction. The company will also split a portion of the proceeds with the liquidators after expenses, during the Going Out of Business sales in the stores.
SB Capital and Tiger Capital won the auction over Gordon Brothers and Hilco, both retail liquidators. Interest from another potential joint venture bidder — Great American and Hudson — never materialized, according to a court transcript.
The Gordon Bros. group initially proposed a 75% payment, and the Great American group proposed about 85% of the inventory at cost, according to Traub's court testimony. The Tiger/SB group initially proposed about a 90% payment.
The Gordon bid was about $20 million less than the Tiger bid, and the Great American bid was about $7 million less, Traub told the court.
The result of the auction seems to obviate at least some reclamation claims made by suppliers seeking the return of unpaid goods in the closing stores. Additionally, the court swept aside many landlords' objections to the auction and GOB sales.
The stores closing sales are just the first step in a long process. It remains to be seen if the closing of the 120 stores will adequately address LNT's productivity and profitability concerns or whether additional stores will have to be shuttered.
Still to be decided, too, is LNT's plan to emerge from bankruptcy, how it will settle with secured creditors, which interests will emerge with control of the retailer, and what, if anything, unsecured and trade creditors will recover.
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Who will commit juvenile crime?: Florida purchases 'predictive' software to identify at-risk youth
Mike Clary, Sun Sentinel, May 16, 2010
Is it possible to identify young offenders most likely to commit a crime in the future, and then intervene to stop it?
Yes, answer officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice in touting a new system of "predictive analytics" that would steer at-risk juveniles to specific treatment programs designed to keep them from becoming adult criminals.
But the state's purchase of the $15,000 software package from IBM has alarmed some juvenile-justice experts who fear the program could unfairly label individuals and target minorities. (Read the full article)
Champions of youth march for future
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Black heritage camp offers strong artistic experience
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I guess I have to start protesting Arizona, née Mexico, which sucks because I'm totally not into marching, making colorful signs, or shouting rhymes in unison with a bunch of people. I suppose, then, that I have to resort to other means of expressing my disapproval. At first I thought I'd boycott U.S. Airways, an Arizona-based airline, but then I remembered that my ma's part-time job is with them. Besides, if I aim to show up at my sister's broom jumping events in North Carolina next month, I'm going to need Brenda's buddy pass hook-up. So then I thought I'd stop drinking Arizona iced tea, until I recalled that several years ago I wrote Arizona a letter about the plantation imagery on their sweet tea cans. Despite the eloquence of my letter they never sent me any free tea. I only drink water now, anyway, and a wiki search reveals that Arizona brand tea isn't even made in Arizona, née Mexico. (New York City!) Of course, I could root against Los Suns during the NBA Western Conference Finals, but doing so would mean that I would cheer for the Lakers. But frankly, who's willing to implicitly support Kobe Bean Bryant in an effort to express one's solidarity with a bunch of immigrants one doesn't even know? I know. What a totally crazy idea.
Sacramento, California alt-metal pioneers Deftones were all set to release their 5th album, Eros, last year; but then disaster struck. After a tragic accident left bassist and founding member Chi Cheng in a coma, the band chose to scrap that album out of respect for their fallen comrade, and began work on a brand new album. Their 6th album, entitled Diamond Eyes, is therefore a musical statement born out of tragedy and loss, and its near-perfect execution stands as a testament to the artistic excellence that has marked damn-near every Deftones release since their 1995 debut album, Adrenaline.
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For the last three weeks I've literally sat on pins and needles worried about my family/friends in Nashville. I've clicked channel after channel hoping for a news update about the widespread flooding in the city. Each time I went searching for news I was bombarded by corporate oil spills and possible terrorist attacks. For days ABC, CNN, NBC, CBS, and the like chose to feature news stories that provide epic material for future Hollywood blockbuster movies. But, the question is: what about the flooding in Nashville? What about the hundreds of people who have lost their homes and cherished photos? What about the people who have to start, yet again, building a life for themselves and their families? Do their stories matter?
Honestly, I do not mean to romanticize this tragedy, but I am utterly upset at the lack of sustained news coverage. You would think that the national media would actually do its job and report "national" news, but, of course, these stories are not sexy. They do not solicit a type of entertainment consumption that we have grown accustomed to consuming. They don't show naked brown and black bodies gyrating to the rhymes of hip hop. They don't show Steven King's gore. They are not about sex, conspiracy, espionage, lies, and betrayals. Simply, they involve everyday people who are casualties of Nature a force that does not discriminate in its wondrous and disastrous workings unless it's assisted by the Word Bank's debt loan program then it does specifically target individual countries like Haiti and Indonesia.
Hip-hop holds African-Americans back, author says
Angela Woodall, Oakland Tribune | May 12, 2010
A group of teenagers armed with little more than an attitude and some turntables created a rebellion 30 years ago in the Bronx. The fire spread across the globe, from Beirut to Beijing, where youths use hip-hop to rap about being denied freedom, power and a voice.
Back at home, the lingua franca of the counterculture has become the language of vapid commercialism and empty values, according to author Thomas Chatterton Williams.
The argument he makes in his book, "Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture," is not about high culture versus low culture. Neither is the book — Williams' first — a thinly disguised attempt to make money by offering lurid details about hip-hop's royalty.
The stakes are too high for that, especially for African-Americans, said Williams by telephone during a national book tour that touches down Friday at the Book Passage in Corte Madera.
The stakes are higher, he said, because racism and now hip-hop have limited what it means to be black by insisting on one measure: street culture as embodied by Biggie Smalls and Jay-Z. (Read the full article)
"If I'm in yo city, I'm signing them tig-o-bitties." –Nicki Minaj, 2010
When Kanye called for a sort of moratorium on gay-bashing he was simply talking about blatant disregard (i.e. calling a man a "bitch" or a "faggot.") What he wasn't doing is starting a revolution in hip hop to love thy neighbor as his faith (Christianity) and his Jesus piece would suggest. He was simply making room for pink polos, skinny jeans, and auto-tune. Besides, few people are swayed to love or defend homosexuals because of some deep inner calling to basic human rights. Instead, they are often, as was Kanye West, pulled by shame or after someone near and dear to them comes out–someone they find truly necessary to their lives. In Kanye's case, I would argue it was his stylist and not his cousin. Well guess what? MLK needed Bayard. What else is new? Which is why hip hop's brand of back door gays deserves no applause. Been there, done that.
I am a person who deals well with contradiction (black nationalists typically hate black people; feminists often love Biggie Smalls). But hip hop is not a vehicle for gay rights and never will be. If there is little room for an R&B fag (RIP Luther) then there is definitely no place for a mainstream homosexual artist (I'm talking top 40). No disrespect Deep Dick Collective. While we as an audience may be able to expand our minds to what a straight male rapper can talk about and look like (i.e. Kanye West) there will never be a gay male rapper spitting "give me that bobby" and certainly not an audience singing along. It. Will. Not. Happen. I say this because recently a very sexual Nicki Minaj proclaimed in a recent Details
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Review: IPads, smartphones in world-changing 'Mobile Wave'
The mobile wave is coming.
If you're not ready to ride it, you'll be swept away by a tsunami of change that will fundamentally alter the world.
That's the theme of The Mobile Wave by software entrepreneur Michael Saylor. The book explores how mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads will change jobs, healthcare, banking, politics, law enforcement, and much more.
Mobile computing, Saylor says, is a "tipping point technology" for the information revolution — a revolution that began with writing on clay tablets, and continued through the invention of the printing press and computers.
Mobile will be "the catalyst that brings society the most dramatic changes of the Information Revolution," he writes.
Readers may take issue with some of Saylor's views on the benefits of mobile technology, but the visionary picture he paints of the future is captivating, informative, and thought-provoking.
Consider what a trip to the doctor could mean. If you're feeling ill, Saylor says, you might be able to connect with a doctor in India via your mobile device. He or she could diagnose and treat you for a fraction of the cost of visiting a doctor in the U.S.— maybe only $5 to $10.
Public school systems could be revitalized, he suggests. Municipalities could cut costs by laying off ineffective teachers. Poor performers could be replaced with online instructors from anywhere in the world for free or at low cost.
Downward pressure on prices would increase competition and be good for consumers, he argues. But, if you're a doctor who loses a practice or a teacher who loses a job, the benefits may be harder to appreciate.
That fact is not lost on Saylor. He predicts that as many as 10% of U.S. service sector workers — roughly 12 million people — could be laid off in the next five years as a result of mobile efficiencies.
That could be "politically poisonous," he concedes. But he cites studies showing 2.6 jobs were created for every job eliminated by internet efficiencies. If mobile follows the same pattern, he reasons, "mobile computing will be far more of a benefit, than a problem."
An obvious benefit he sees is the shift in distribution of recorded music from physical CDs sold in stores to downloading music in digital form.
Turning physical goods into software "vapor" and distributing them on-demand to mobile devices is a good thing, he says, but again "good" is in the eye of the beholder.
Digital downloading has been great for Apple, which makes a fortune through its popular iTunes store. It's been great for consumers, who can buy only the songs they want.
But for the traditional music industry, the consequences have included losses in the billions and layoffs in the thousands.
On the plus side, digital downloads outpaced CD sales for the first time in 2011. While overall music industry revenue is still down compared with its peak in 1999, the rate of decline appears to be slowing.
The same process is affecting other industries. Saylor devotes chapters to book publishing, movies, board games, photography and financial services.
Saylor tells how mobile technology is already benefitting developing countries. In Kenya, a mobile payment system called M-Pesa enables commerce in remote areas that lack banks, ATMs, landline phones and internet connections.
"Currently there are forty eight million people in the world with cellular phones, but no electricity," he says.
In the Middle East, mobile technology and social media enabled the Arab Spring uprisings.
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Saylor is no disinterested observer. His company, Microstrategy, provides data analysis and management for business and government, including data gathered via mobile applications. Microstrategy also creates and sells social media mobile apps that allow consumers to manage and maximize their activities on Facebook.
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