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Not in the mood for champagne? Try a port! Believe it or not, but not everyone's crazy about Christmas, or the festive season, or whatever you wish to call it. I have a friend who's all breezy during the year but when Christmas time approaches, he begins to grow steadily more morose.
My friend explained he has a phobia about the cracker-cracking season, with its paper hats and there are some Christmas tunes he finds loathsome, especially when played by a succession of tiny bells (on that point I am with him!). My friend pointedly refuses to buy bubbly, but instead consoles himself with a first class port wine from the Doura region which he carefully nurses while waiting for the season of good cheer to pass.
The point I really want to make is, that bubbly is really not the only drink to enjoy this festive season. For those who prefer a calm atmosphere, there is the most neglected of all wines, Port.
What else can warm the cockles of the heart and soothe the soul like a glass of tawny port?
I'll never forget my first Portuguese port which hailed from, of course, the Douro region – although the name 'Douro' meant nothing to me at the time. The taste of this tawny port was unforgettable though and the reason, I discovered later, is because our sense of taste and smell, but more-so our sense of smell, are closely linked to memory. That's why, years later smelling a perfume a loved one wore, we are instantly able to recall her, or certain foods and wines we enjoyed in the past. But that's just an aside.
In the Douro region the grapes come from terraces built into the precipitous, rocky hillsides where the grapes bake in the intense heat of summer. Douro's tradition of making port is centuries old and the best grapes are still crushed the traditional way – trod by feet in open granite lagares or treading tanks . After fermentation brandy is added, followed by the maturation period in wood during which time the wood imparts its tawny colour to the wine, and its distinctive nutty taste. (eds note: The 'Brandy' added to make port is a clear, neutral grape spirit quite unlike the brandy one might drink)
Berry Bros & Rudd is one of the finest wine merchants in London. They stock a very good selection of port wines (as well as just about everything else.) They tend to be bit pricy, so if price is a factor (and when is it not?), then try Oddbins who has some good deals on port wines.
Taylors 10 Year Old Tawny
Price: £11.99 (If you buy 6 you pay only £8.99 which means you save 25%.)
Where: Oddbins
The wine: A superb tawny in a convenient half-bottle size.
Tasting notes: Deep brick colour with amber rim. Rich and elegant nose combining aromas of ripe berry fruit with a delicate nuttiness and subtle mellow notes of chocolate, butterscotch and fine oak wood. Smooth and silky on the palate and full of ripe figgy, jammy flavours which persist on the long finish
Oddbins suggest you serve it slightly chilled but they must be joking! Brrrr.
Food choice: Strong blue cheese
Essentia Ruby Port
Price: £8.99
Where: Oddbins
The Wine: Full-bodied, young.
Tasting notes: A young port, showing freshness and vigour, plummy, with good length, robust, rich and harmonious.
Food choice: Ripe blue cheeses
Churchills Finest Reserve Port
Price: £13.99
Where: Oddbins
The Wine: This Finest Reserve Port is a house blend of premium wines produced from the same top grade A vineyards.
Tasting Notes: A full mature brick red colour, a complex and intense nose, with notes of rich dried fruits combined with hints of green pepper and tea. Rich and focused fruit flavours on the palate combine concentration with structure, finishing with lingering acidity and excellent balance.
Food Choice: A delicious Port served on its own but also excellent with fruit or chocolate desserts and soft cheeses.
Jonathan Ray of the Daily Telegraph recently chose his five best vintage Fizzes. I fully concur and have included two of the five below.
2004 Taste the Difference Vintage Champagne
Price: £19.99
Where: Sainsbury's
The Wine: A stylish supermarket fizz from Duval Leroy
Tasting Notes: Concentrated chardonnay flavours, elegant.
Food Choice: Nothing too heavy. Stick to fish or crayfish or chicken dishes that are not heavily spiced. Otherwise the lovely delicate flavours will be lost in a furnace of spicy flames.
2004 Tesco Finest Vintage Champagne
Price: £20.98
Where: Tesco
The Wine: 100% chardonnay.
Tasting Notes: Zesty yet soft with a toasty finish
Food Choice: Light dishes, preferably seafood.
But why stick to champagne? Other wine-producing countries such as Spain and South Africa, to name but two, follow the same méthode champenoise as do the French in making their sparkling wines. Only they are prohibited from calling their wines champagne. In South Africa, this method is called Cap Classique.
This Festive Season, the sparkling wine of choice is from Spain. And, interestingly enough, they make their sparkling wine not from the traditional champagne grapes, pinot noir and chardonnay, so you are about to taste a sparkling wine with a difference. And unlike the majority of good champagnes, the price won't make your eyes water!
Cava Torre Oria Brut Reserve, Spain.
Price: £9.99 (Buy 6 for only £7.49 Save 25%)
Where: Oddbins
The Wine: The Reserve from Torre Oria, delicious and amazing value for money.
Grape Macebeo 90% and Parellada 10%. Straw yellow colour with golden highlights.
Tasting Notes: " … finesse and depth of flavour — biscuity nose, caramel notes — that you rarely see in Cavas on sale here…. Plenty of small bubbles forming uniform vertical streams creating a good head. Powerful, clean and persistent aromas. Fresh on the palate with a magnificent presence."
Andrew Neather – Evening Standard – 01/12/2010
Food Choice: Ideal served with Mediterranean dishes, fish and seafood. Also great as an aperitif.
Of course you cannot drink champagne for weeks on end, (or can you?), here is an easy-drinking wine from Chile. And excellent value for money!
Errazuriz Estate Merlot 2009 Chile
Price: £4.99 (reduced from £7.99 until 4 January)
Where: Tesco
The Wine: Merlot, a small fraction of which is matured in French and American vats, creating a good balance between oak and fruit.
Tasting Notes: "So saturated with ripe fruit that it reminds me of standing in a tropical rainstorm and being instantly drenched by the huge drops of water." Victoria Moore in The Daily Telegraph
Food Choice: An easy drinking wine that's great for any get-together, cottage pie, chilli con carne (not too heavily spiced) and cold hams or salamis and, of course, pasta!
Five Choice Whiskies to Impress this Festive Season
What to take to parties this festive season to really impress the host and guests!
Bunnahabhain 18-year old. It's just been voted among the top 4% of Scotch whiskies in the world although very few in the world can actually pronounce its name. Practise the name and then say it as nonchalantly as possible upon arrival.
Yoichi 20 years old. Most people don't know they make whisky in Japan, let alone that Whisky Magazine voted it the best whisky in the world in 2008. You'll show yourself to be markedly different from the rest.
Karuizawa 1971 Cask No 6878. Your host and guests will be impressed, especially if you are able to pronounce the name. They will be even more impressed after you remain standing after the first three glasses. It is 64.10% proof and carries a warning that it must be sipped in small quantities by adults.
Ardbeg Corryvreckan. It's just been voted the world's best single malt whisky. Guests will look at you in a new light. Don't even try to pronounce the name!
Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare. Don't let the price put you off – it's only $75,000 (£47,879.87). If that fails to impress your host and guests, go to another party, go home or change your friends. (Also find a good therapist).
And for something a little different…
Amarula Cream Definitely a universal favourite. Made from the amarula fruit in southern Africa.
Brandy and Babycham. Hmmm … brings back memories up to the fourth round …
Advocaat as a chaser.
Champers …with a frozen strawberry floating in among the bubbles.
Brandy & Coke will be a hit once more among some expats.


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James Blake gave a great performance, as always, of "Retrograde" on the Late Show with David Letterman.
"Backed by a drummer and bassist (of sorts), Blake crooned in a supple voice on the torchy song over atmospheric keyboards and steady electronic claps, all of which fascinated Letterman," Rolling Stone noted. And StereoGum snarkily points out: "James Blake is a marvel for his alchemical ability to make dour and skeletal, glum-electro music telegenic, though the real reason to watch any Letterman performance is for David's response at the end."
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WPIAL executive director Tim O'Malley isn't happy about extending the baseball regular season and delaying the start of the playoffs, but he had no choice when so many teams failed to conclude their regular-season games before Friday. Writing on the league's website, O'Malley called some unnamed school officials "irresponsible" for not rescheduling rainouts in a more timely manner.
Fields throughout western Pennsylvania remain wet to the point that Bishop Canevin athletic director Bob Jacoby has scheduled a doubleheader Friday for Pullman Park in Butler where his team will play Brentwood and Seton-La Salle. It's 29 miles from Pittsburgh to Butler, but Pullman Park's synthetic surface ensures that the teams will play. (If it doesn't rain again.)
It's an important doubleheader because Bishop Canevin and Seton-La Salle are tied for third place in 6-AA and playoff berths are on the line.
The WPIAL's baseball committee wanted to meet Friday to set up the pairings for the playoffs, but now it won't do so until Monday.
The softball committee met Thursday and those playoffs begin Monday. The top seeds are:
Class AAAA: 1. North Allegheny (15-3), Mt. Lebanon (15-1), Latrobe (13-5) and Connellsville (13-3).
Class AAA: 1. Franklin Regional (17-0), Yough (13-2), Elizabeth Forward (13-2) and Belle Vernon (14-3).
Class AA: 1. Riverside (14-1), 2. Mohawk (14-1), 3. McGuffey (13-2) and 4. Bishop Canevin (13-2).
Class A: 1. Vincentian (17-2), 2. Serra Catholic (12-2), 3. Leechburg (13-3) and Fort Cherry (14-2).
Class AA looks wide open, with Riverside and Mohawk splitting their two games in Section 5-AA and tying for first place. It's tough to predict an overall AA champion, however, because each team played only one game outside its section. Comparisons against the rest of the WPIAL are nearly impossible.
Riverside got the No. 1 seed after beating Vincentian, 2-1. Mohawk's only non-section game was a victory against Class AAA Blackhawk (6-9).
Elsewhere, keep an eye on the playoff-tested teams from North Allegheny and Belle Vernon and pitching-rich Vincentian. Franklin Regional has the burden of a perfect record, but it didn't matter late in the season when it allowed only run in its last seven regular-season games.
It looks like the 2009 high school football season will showcase several high-profile stars.
Six WPIAL players have been nominated for consideration to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Jan. 9 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. They are Canon-McMillan linebacker Mike Hull, Sto-Rox quarterback Paul Jones, Penn Hills defensive back Christian Cullen and wide receiver Brandon Ifill, Fox Chapel offensive lineman Miles Dieffenbach and Woodland Hills defensive lineman Rich Gray.
That doesn't mean they made the final cut, however. The original list of 400 nominees from throughout the nation will be trimmed to 90 who will play in the game.
The game is the most prestigious of the high school all-star football games, claiming alumni such as Reggie Bush, Adrian Peterson, Tim Tebow, Vince Young and Terrelle Pryor.
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Gary Williams is an awarding winning writer, and radio and television host, "A working psychic and a working astrologer", as well as the leading authority on the paranormal, having spent 40 years researching ghosts, mediums, life after death, flying saucers, conspiracy theories, and cover-ups. Widely traveled, Gary has consulted and tested hundreds of psychics, mediums, healers, and other individuals who claim to possess paranormal abilities.
Interested in psychical research all his life, he is the author of three books on the paranormal - A LIFE BEYOND DEATH, THE FORESEEBALE FUTURE and DEATH'S AFTERSHOCK: THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH. He has worked as a radio talk show host on paranormal subjects both at WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina and on BBC Radio 4 in London, UK.
"My book, Death's Aftershock, which is a reprint of my 1989 book A Life Beyond Death is now published on Amazon. The book was published in London in 1989 and was too controversial to be published in the United States.
Actual transcripts of conversations with persons who have died are printed in toto! These are from the mediumship of Leslie Flint. www.leslieflint.com. For the first time in two centuries we now know what happens when we die. We can discard the traditional beliefs of Heaven and Hell which were created by the Christian Church to control people. The Church as always ruled through fear. Men who desired power and position. It is an old, old story in the history of the world. The ridiculous idea of a Judgment Day and Heaven if you've been awfully good and Hell if you haven't followed certain precepts that they thought were right. The Church has spent two centuries making money off people! This book calls out the clergy to prove their claims and uses psychical research and parapsychology to destroy the idea of the Christian Heaven. Thank God somebody had enough nerve to come out! And make it plain that enough is enough!
Everybody is going to be ok when they die. But the Church doesn't want you to know that. They would rather have you believe in savior gods and all sorts of foolishness. Nobody can save you but yourself. Others might point the way. But in the end it is up to you. It is time to cut the crap and get down to business. It is a short step to quantum physics and proof of multiple dimensions. We are on the way. But crop circle expert Michael Glickman points out that everybody wants it to be the way it was yesterday. Nobody wants change! Glickman says "Would you want to have to be the one to proclaim finally "Earth is not flat, it's round". Much the same can be said about proclamations about life after death.
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Design and features
The 60D marks the biggest shift in design from the previous xxD models in Canon's prosumer SLR range, sharing more in common with the 7D than any other model. It's there in the textured plastic that flanks the outside of the body, the more streamlined back panel that eschews the flat surface favoured on the 50D, and the repositioning of the power switch.
The mode dial too has been tweaked so it now has a button that needs to be pressed in order to make the dial rotate -- a feature that Canon assures us was a result of user feedback about the mode dial slipping too freely. In use though, we feel it is a bit counter-intuitive, either requiring two hands to coordinate the unlocking motion or moving the camera down to see which menu option to choose.
New features from the 50D include high-definition video recording (of course), at 1080p with selectable frame rates. There's also an articulating, flip-out LCD screen that can be positioned facing in to the camera body for optical viewfinder-only shooting, or out facing the photographer for conventional LCD screen use. In use, it's the best LCD screen on a digital SLR we've seen yet; at 1.04 million dots, everything is bright and sharp. The APS-C-sized sensor now has 18 megapixels and the native ISO range sits at 100-6400, with the option to extend it to 12,800.
One thing the 60D does lose from previous versions is its magnesium alloy body. Instead, that's reserved for the higher-end 7D, whereas the 60D has to make do with a plastic construction, more like an upscale 550D. There's also now SD card support as opposed to the larger Compact Flash cards used on the 50D.
The 60D also inherits the same exposure value compensation as the 550D before it, +/-5EV, but loses the control joystick found on the 50D and 5D Mark II. Instead, the control wheel is flanked by the standard dial and an inlaid directional pad to shift between menu options.
Creative filters, first popularised by Olympus under the Art Filter guise, appear on the 60D in four styles: toy camera, miniature effect, soft focus and grainy black-and-white. They can only be applied in post-processing on the camera, rather than being displayed in real time using Live View.
The original image (left), toy camera (middle) and grainy black-and-white (right).(Credit: CBSi)
Compared to
The 60D's closest direct competitor is Nikon's D7000. While we haven't tested that camera yet, here is how the two stack up in terms of specifications.
|Canon 60D
|Nikon D7000
|18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor (22x14mm)
|16.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor (23x15mm)
|3-inch, 1.04 million-dot articulating LCD screen
|3-inch, 921,000-dot fixed LCD screen
|Full HD video (1080p, 30/25/24fps)
|Full HD video (1080p, 25/24fps)
|AU$1699 body only
In terms of other cameras in the Canon range, many will be tossing up between the 60D and the 550D, or the 60D and the 7D. If price is a big consideration and you need the cheapest kit possible, the 550D is the option to go for. It's also lighter and offers most of the features of the 60D, apart from the flip-out screen and fast shooting speed. Bear in mind the 550D doesn't have selectable RAW sizes (the 60D does).
The 7D, given its magnesium alloy body, is a lot more resistant to the elements, delivers faster performance than the 60D, an improved AF system (19-point rather than 9-point) and a different shooting experience for Live View users given the screen is fixed at the rear of the camera.
General shooting metrics (in seconds)
- Time to first shot
- JPEG shot-to-shot time
- RAW shot-to-shot time
- Shutter lag
- Canon 60D
- Canon 550D
Continuous shooting speed (longer bars indicate better performance)
- Canon 60D
- Canon 550D
The 60D wasn't the most spectacular camera we've used in terms of quick autofocus during Live View or video mode; though this is as much to do with the specific lens as the body itself. Canon has indicated it is working towards video-friendly lenses, and we can't wait.
Image quality
As with most other Canon SLRs we've tested, the 60D produces good JPEGs straight out of the box. Colours are accurate, without any real tendency to oversaturate, though tweakers are catered for with the accompanying picture styles and creative filters.
The Digic 4 processor did an excellent job of keeping noise to a minimum at high ISO levels (the 60D can hit 12,800 through the Hi settings, or 6400 native). Automatic white balance was generally on the money, and again given the similarities between this camera and both the 550D/7D, there were no real surprises here.


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Ganso-Shabuway Philippines.
History of the Franchise
Shabu-shabu was first introduced in Osaka, Japan in the 20th Century. Shabu-shabu is a Japanese style of hotpot. Similar to a sukiyaki, shabu-shabu uses thinly sliced meat and vegetables cooked in broth and served with several dipping sauces. Directly translated, Shabu-shabu means to swish-swish referring to the swishing action when you cook a thin slice of meat in the hot broth.
Shabu-shabu is known to be the best way to eat high-quality beef. The art of eating Japanese shabu-shabu was usually a long process and it was only recently when restaurants began to modernize shabu-shabu. On August 2004, two Japanese entrepreneurs—Eiichi Mochizuki and Koji Kikura opened the first Shabuway Japanese Hot Pot Restaurant in San Mateo, California.
A year after their first branch, they opened Shabuway Mountain View, California on December 2005. With a bigger space, they were able to serve bigger parties, satisfying over 400 customers daily at each location. Their third location opened January 2011 in San Jose California and currently three more new locations are slated to open in the Bay Area this year alone.
The Philippines was fortunate enough to be one of the first to inquire about franchising and our company was able to secure Master Franchise rights for the Philippines and on June 23, 2011 Ganso-Shabuway opened their doors in Manila for the first time.
The Shabuway Experience
With young blood managing Ganso-Shabuway Philippines, we have conceptualized a business model that focuses on superior product development, concept execution and business development. We plan to streamline a menu and operation, that quite simply put—focuses on doing one thing better than anybody else. With the simplicity of the menu and the overall concept, we leverage the business with high efficiency, premium quality and excellent service.
Location, Location, Location
Ganso-Shabuway Philippines is the first franchise of the Shabuway USA group and last June 23, 2011 the first Philippine branch opened their doors to the public. Located at Greenbelt 5, Ganso-Shabuway was well received and easily became the new addiction. On December 2011, Ganso-Shabuway opened their second branch at the Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, on March 22, 2012 the third location opened at Ayala Alabang Town Center and our newest branch opened on April 20 2013 at the East Wing Shangri-la Plaza.


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NFL, Refs Reach Tentative Agreement
The NFL and and the NFL Referees Association have agreed to a contract that will send referees back to the field this weekend, according to NFL.com.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement that the the refs will be back on the field starting with Thursday night's game between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens. The referees will receive their game assignments for the rest of the weekend's action on Friday, according NFL.com.


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Dressed to Kill
Special Edition
review by Greg Suarez of
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: C-
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): B+/A-/A
Specs and Features
105 mins, R & NR versions via seamless branching, letterboxed widescreen (2.35:1), 16x9 enhanced, single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (layer switch at 54:01, in chapter 8), Amaray keep case packaging,
The Making of Dressed to Kill
A Film Comparison: The 3 Versions of Dressed to Kill
Slashing Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith Gordon
featurette, animated photo gallery, advertising gallery (including ad slicks, international posters, poster concepts, and lobby cards), theatrical trailer, animated film-themed menu screens with sound effects and music, scene access (16 chapters), languages: English (DD 5.1 and mono), French (DD mono), subtitles: French and Spanish, Closed Captioned
Dressed to Kill
is Brian De Palma's erotic psychological thriller that caused quite a stir with audiences, censors and critics for its graphic mixture of sex and violence. When the film was released in 1980, De Palma was criticized as being a woman-hating misogynist by some, a Hitchcock plagiarizer by others and a visual filmmaking genius by those who admired the film. I can't share the opinions of the former two groups, but I feel that De Palma crafted a beautiful symphonic film, while his creative use of the camera also allowed him to simultaneously construct some truly terrifying and disturbing imagery. But when it comes to storytelling,
Dressed to Kill
left me feeling naked.
Before we get into the synopsis of
Dressed to Kill
, note that for this DVD, MGM provides both the R-rated theatrical cut and the slightly more explicit unrated extended cut of the film via seamless branching. Kudos are in order for MGM for making the effort to include both versions. That said, the uncut version, while the more effective of the two, is only approximately 30 seconds longer than the R-rated version. And if you're the type of person that would be offended by the unrated version, the R-rated version is not so different that it would suddenly make the film palatable. What you get with the unrated version is a bit more nudity in the opening shower scene (below the waist), and a few more explicit slashes with the killer's straight razor. Each added shot lasts for a matter of seconds.
Dressed to Kill
is cut into two distinct (yet still interrelated) parts, with the first part segueing into the second with a brutal murder, and only then thrusting the film into the realm of suspense/thriller. The first 30-40 minutes of the film focuses on the sexual frustration and curiosity of Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson). Kate suffers a miserable sex life with her husband and reveals to her psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), that she would like to break free from her sexual repression. After propositioning Dr. Elliott unsuccessfully, Kate ventures into the streets of New York looking for someone who can serve as a quick one night stand to satiate her sexual frustration. Following a lengthy game of cat and mouse with a mysterious stranger in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kate and the stranger hook up back at his place for an afternoon of unbridled mattress spring testing. After leaving her mysterious mate, Kate is brutally murdered in the building's elevator by a strange blonde woman with a straight razor. Witnessing the crime, and catching a quick glimpse of the killer, is high priced call girl Liz Blake (Nancy Allen). We soon learn that the murder could potentially be pinned on Liz by Detective Marino (Dennis Franz, playing another in a long series of New York cops), and that the blonde murderess is out to kill Liz, the only witness to Kate's murder. So begins the suspense. Liz must not only elude this blonde menace that is actively pursuing her, but also discover her identity so Liz can clear her own name, proving that she didn't murder Kate. Both Liz and Marino suspect that the blonde killer is a patient of Dr. Elliott's, and that the key to solving the mystery lies in Elliott's office. Can Liz discover the truth before it's too late?
Dressed to Kill
is a film that is best viewed without the dialog. If MGM had offered an isolated audio track for Pino Donaggio's brilliant musical score, that would have been the best way to experience this film. Brian De Palma's visual style, and the way the story is told through the camera's eye and characters' actions, is far more interesting than how the story is told through the characters' dialog. This film could have been executed just as well as a silent film, and would probably have been a more eerie and enthralling experience. Unfortunately, the acting in this movie isn't great, and the script doesn't help matters either. Most of the performances are somewhat over-the-top and silly, and the dialog is delivered with too much melodrama. And as interesting as De Palma's camera work and style is in
Dressed to Kill
, the depth to which he explores and carefully follows the character of Kate around during the first third of the film seems largely unnecessary in the long run, and her scenes drag on too long. There are certain aspects of her character that are important to the film, but too much time is spent dwelling on a character that will disappear fairly quickly in the story. And finally, we have the killer. I imagine that De Palma had a dilemma when it came to disguising the identity of the killer. There are so few characters in this film, that when De Palma is trying very hard to physically hide or obscure the killer's face, the effort inadvertently makes it perfectly clear who the killer really is. And when there are shots of the killer's face that are largely unobstructed, the killer's true identity becomes even clearer. This really hurt the film as a suspense/thriller, because two seconds after seeing the killer, I knew immediately who it was. When all is said and done, I get much more enjoyment from
Dressed to Kill
viewing it as a beautiful, yet disturbing piece of visual art, rather than a psychological thriller film.
And what better way to accentuate a beautiful piece of filmmaking than with a brand new anamorphic widescreen transfer? MGM presents
Dressed to Kill
on DVD in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio (16x9 enhanced), and the effort is largely pleasing. For a 20-year-old film, the visuals are clean, with a nice level of detail. The overall picture seems a touch soft and dated, but looks much better than many other films its age that are currently available on DVD. Darker scenes exhibit a bit of murkiness, but still retain acceptable detail. Colors appear mostly accurate, and compression artifacting is never a problem. Fans of this film will definitely be pleased with this transfer.
The brand new Dolby Digital 5.1 audio is marvelous. The audio's age is only given away with some dated-sounding dialog recording, but for the most part, this is an effective and enthralling soundtrack. Donaggio's score is full and smooth, and is distributed throughout the listening environment. Rear channels are used frequently for directional effects and ambiance, such as rainfall and other effects. The film's original mono soundtrack is also accessible on this disc.
MGM has given
Dressed to Kill
the full-on special edition treatment on DVD, and has packed the disc with some interesting supplements. First is the 45-minute, Laurent Bouzereau-produced documentary,
The Making of Dressed to Kill
. Most of the cast members, De Palma and producer George Litto speak at length as to how the project came into existence, how it was shot and what it was like to act in such a controversial film. This documentary is very enjoyable and, more importantly, very informative. There are also several shorter featurettes, starting with
A Film Comparison: The 3 Versions of Dressed to Kill
, which, using split screens, highlights the content differences between the R-rated, unrated and network television versions of the film. This is interesting stuff, especially for those of us who are anti-censorship. Next is a short subject titled
Slashing Dressed to Kill
, which picks up where the previous featurette left off with interviews with De Palma and members of the cast discussing what was cut, why it was cut and what effect it had on the final film. The last featurette is called
Dressed to Kill: An Appreciation by Keith Gordon
. Gordon played Kate's son Peter in the film, and he spends a few minutes discussing why he thinks De Palma is such a wonderful filmmaker. I was afraid it was going to be five minutes of flowery admiration, but Gordon not only gives his opinions about De Palma, but also backs them up with good arguments and examples from the film. An animated photo gallery, an advertising gallery (including ad slicks, international posters, poster concepts, and lobby cards) and the film's theatrical trailer conclude the disc's supplements.
Dressed to Kill
is visually both exciting and creative, I found its story, acting and predictability to be a drawback to the film's overall effectiveness as a thriller. Still, long-time fans of this film will be more than pleased with MGM's work with this DVD. The audio and video presentations on this disc are exceptional given the film's age, and the volume and quality of the supplements make the disc even more attractive. This DVD is highly recommended to fans of the film and is definitely worth a rent for the curious.
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Twenty-five-year-old Sean Collin is one of only ten Americans competing in the 2013 Freeride World Tour. The Truckee, CA, native grew up skiing at Squaw Valley. A former freestyle skier, Collin used to compete in halfpipe competitions including the U.S. Open and the Dew Tour, but he also qualified for the 2013 FWT by taking 2nd place in the 2012 tour stop at Kirkwood.
Last year was his first in big mountain competitions, this year he's been mixing it up in freeskiing's main event with the up-and-comers and legends of the sport. Prior to the Kirkwood event this year, Collin's best performance was in Chamonix where he placed 14th. He took 6th place on the Cirque at Kirkwood, and moved himself up to 15th place in the overall standings. On March 9th, Collin will compete in Fieberbrunn, Austria with the hopes of earning himself a spot in the FWT's grand finale in Verbier, Switzerland.
We caught up with Collin to find out what he's learned as a rookie on the FWT.
How has this season gone for you prior to the Kirkwood event?
Not as well as I'd hoped… I had a fall in Revy, a punch-front on a fat to flat cliff, and in Courmayeur I fell again. Needless to say, I was a bit of a head case going into Chamonix, I really needed to land one and get my momentum back. I chose a line I knew wouldn't be a problem, skied it fast and confidently. I was a little disappointed by how I scored, but I probably just chose too simple of a line.
What are some of the biggest challenges competing on the FWT?
Line choice is hard for me. I am pretty quick at spotting and picking out a line, but then I talk to other people and start second guessing myself, thinking that the line is too easy or too many other people are going to try and ski it.
On competition days, do you guys look at lines together and talk through it, or keep secrets?
I think it is a pretty even mix. A lot of people aren't really concerned with sharing, but there are some people that try and ask where you are skiing but won't tell you their plan, it's all just different competitive tactics. When you spot something really cool that you don't think others know it's hard to keep it a secret, but there's a big part that wants to keep it on the hush-hush.
Any fellow competitors that you really look up to?
I don't try to ski like anyone else, I think I've got a pretty unique style that works in my favor. I really admire Drew Tabke's skiing though. I think he brings the best of both worlds. He doesn't sacrifice line choice to do tricks.
Has anyone on the tour really helped you out, or been a mentor for you?
I think we all help each other out, sharing ideas, lines, what we're thinking. I haven't really bonded with any senior competitors for them to take me under their wing. It's really been a group of us rookies that have hooked up and try to figure it out together.
You're currently ranked 15th overall, how do you feel about your chances of making it to Verbier?
It'll be hard. My finish at Kirkwood helped a lot, but I know there are a lot of people hungry to get into the top 12.
You just had your best performance of the season at Kirkwood, anything you did differently there?
Something was off the first part of the tour, I kept thinking about how the judges will score that, or if the run was too easy. At Kirkwood I knew I just needed to get back to my original game plan that I'd been neglecting, ski a fun line, and throw some tricks. I did it and it paid off.
How do you like competing so close to home?
I'm so happy the only U.S. comp is so close to home. It was so easy to pack up the car, not have to worry about a plane ride, and just drive two hours to the resort. Having friends and family at the event was a huge bonus too, the hometown crowd pumps me up to ski my best.
Any major lessons you've learned throughout the course of the season competing on the FWT?
I've learned to pick a line that suits your skiing, not to try and ski for the judges. We've gotten to ski in four of the greatest places in the world. If you're just happy to be there and ski a run that makes you smile ear to ear when you get to the bottom, you'll be stoked and the score will reflect that.
Any predictions for the overall podium?
Tabke 1st all the way. I got a feeling Charlie Lyons is about to make moves, he's been so consistent all season, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up 2nd. Fabio 3rd, Fieberbrunn suits his style and if he can put another one together like in Cham, he could take home the win.
Fieberbrunn is only nine days away, are you stoked to head back to Europe?
Hell yeah. A little stressed though. I hope I don't get fired from my job. A lot of people don't know this but I'm an accountant.


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Sam Kelley, author of the critically acclaimed Pill Hill, announces the publication of "Faith, Hope and Charity: Mary McLeod Bethune." It is the last of four plays that Kelley is currently publishing as part of a sabbatical project. The plays were produced at the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., and at other theatres around the country.
"Faith, Hope and Charity: Mary McLeod Bethune" captures Bethune's trials and triumphs in her meteoric rise from her birth in 1885 through her impoverished childhood in the cotton fields of South Carolina to her ascendancy as Black America's most influential leader. With a dollar and fifty cents, Bethune starts a school for black girls in Daytona Beach, Florida, now a reputable coed university. An educator, leader of black women, social activist, and the first black woman to hold a federal appointment as Director of the Division of Negro Affairs in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Youth Administration, Bethune used her position and status as a bully pulpit to elevate the status of black women, promote racial and social justice, build opportunities for black youth, and to become an international voice for peace and racial harmony.
Bethune had utter confidence in her mission, propelled forward by her unyielding faith. Said Bethune, "Faith is the first factor devoted to a life of service. Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. Faith in God is the greatest power, but great too is faith in oneself." Journalist Ida Tarbell listed Bethune as tenth on her list of "Fifty Great Ones" in 1930 in Woman's Journal, making her a household name. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People bestowed upon her the Spingarn Medal in 1935, the highest honor given by a black organization. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro women in 1935 and served as its president until 1949. A statue stands in her honor Washington, D.C. and her D.C. home there is now a National historic site operated by the National Park Service.
Bethune's struggle would not be in vain. The same year of her death, 1955, Rosa Parks, in Montgomery, Ala. refused to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus, sparking the civil rights movement that would eviscerate Jim Crow America.
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Scientists are really excited by the find because it could uncover some secrets about these rarely-seen deep sea creatures.
At 8m long and weighing in at 250kg, the squid is one of the largest ever found. It was discovered by a walker on the western coast of Tasmania.
Giant squid usually live 200 to 700 metres beneath the sea.
They get about thanks to their volleyball-sized eyes - the largest in the animal kingdom.
The creature's tentacles had been damaged, so scientists don't know how big it might have been, although the species can grow to more than 10 metres.
Officials moved the squid's remains from the water and scientists will now carry out tests to try to find out more about the beast.


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My team is working on a notification framework for AIR. It provides a cross platform API for managing notification windows, changing the dock or system tray icon, attaching menus to the dock or system tray icon, and bouncing the dock or flashing the task bar icon. It's open source and free, and available now on Google Code if you're interested in an early preview.
One of the challenges we ran into was getting the notification text to fade along with the notifications. My first reaction was that we were going to have to embed a font which is how I have gotten text to fade in Flex applications in the past. However, I didn't want to have to include a font in an open source project for both technical and legal reasons. Fortunately, one of the engineers on the AIR team (Stan Switzer) pointed me to one of the first AIR applications ever written called ApolloClock in which he had partially transparent dynamic text.
It turns out the answer is to apply a filter to the text. Applying a filter to a TextField results in the runtime generating a bitmap out of the device font which means you can change its alpha, rotation, etc. This was a huge help, and resulted in a very cool and smooth fade effect. It also allows the notification library to remain very small since it's written in 100% ActionScript (no Flex), and now does not contain an embedded font. (It might also be possible to use cacheAsBitmap to make this work, but I was happy enough with the filter approach that I didn't investigate further.)
I'll post more about the notification framework as we add features. I'll also post more about the application we're working on that we wrote the notification framework for. It, too, will be be free and open source, and will make Mac users who have to use Exchange calendaring very happy.


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Mechanical Engineering students learn to use math, science and communications to solve real life problems in climate control systems, manufacturing, and improving energy efficiency. Students develop drafting skills by using computer-aided drafting software (AutoCAD) and learn to work in teams to solve problems. PCC's small classes and support systems help you succeed.
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Chemical Engineers discover and manufacture a wide variety of products: better plastics, paints, fuels, fibers, medicines, fertilizers, semiconductors, paper, and other kinds of chemicals, by carrying out chemical reactions and purifications. They have an important role in protecting the environment. Chemical engineers invent cleaner technologies, calculate the impacts on the environment, and study what happens to chemicals in the environment. Their findings in recycling helps turn used materials into useful products.
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Environmental engineers study ways to protect the environment from: air pollution, radiation, hazardous waste, and toxic materials. They work in industry to ensure that pollutants are removed from streams released to air and water. They design and develop equipment that creates a cleaner, healthier, environment.
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Industrial Engineers work on the application of the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. Two industrial engineers, Frank Gilbreth and Frederick Taylor developed today's operating room procedures in an efficiency study of medical operations. The next time you see a surgeon extend an opened hand and a nurse place an instrument into it, think of Industrial Engineering. Before the change in method, doctors wasted too much time hunting for the right tool while the patient bled. Industrial engineers work as consultants to simplify work, create computer simulations, design facilities layout, and do economic feasibility studies. They work in virtually all of the industries and are the most versatile of the engineering profession.
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It seems like choosing which high school to send your children to has become second only to real estate prices as a topic of conversation around Sydney's cafes, dinner tables and playgrounds. What was once determined mainly by an arbitrary line drawn on a map that ensured that each school got roughly the same number of students allocated to it, has morphed into an all consuming monster of research, choice, rumour and seemingly endless discussion.
My wife was educated at a private school and I went to the local state school so we each brought our own prejudices and attitudes to the debate when we were considering where to send our three boys to high school. We faced a lot of unspoken pressure in our social circles about where our children should go with the majority view being that somehow we would be failing our children if we didn't make the "sacrifices" required to place them in a private school. We did the tours, found out about the fees and spoke to as many parents as we could.
However, our experiences in the local infants and primary schools had been such positive ones we were left wondering why things would be so different at secondary school. This sense of community and shared experience had widened our circle of friends and formed a solid and lasting part of who we are as a family.
There was more to our decision though than just our experiences of the local primary schools. I had become increasingly suspicious of a growing and unnerving selfishness permeating many aspects of Australian society. I could see it in many things but most clearly in the explosive growth in private school enrolments and the way in which education was funded. The belief that I should ensure our children got every possible advantage and opportunity that are not afforded to everyone, simply on the basis that I have a choice and ability to pay for this, didn't fit well with me, or I believe with the Australian ethos of a "fair go" for all.
My wife agreed and so we put our cheque books firmly back in our pockets and it was off to the local comprehensive for sons one and two with number three to follow next year.
It still rubs me when I visit private schools and I see the facilities that they have, but I have to admit not as much as it used to. I now know that quality education depends not so much on shiny new buildings and manicured lawns, but on dedicated and passionate teaching. The private schools all promised us this too, but our local high school already has this in spades. And just as importantly, it promotes its values as academic achievement in an environment of understanding, tolerance and inclusion regardless of wealth or religion. As such, we couldn't ask for a better education for our children.
Andrew Sweeney is a Sydney architect.


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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO By Henry Howe, LL.D.
THE MIDDLEBURY HYDRAULIC COMPANY was organized and authorized by the
Legislature "to raise the natural surface of Springfield lake, in which the
Little Cuyahoga had its rise, six feet, and lower it four feet below the
natural surface. This gave to the water-power of the village a permanency
and sufficiency that could be relied on at all times." In 1872 Middlebury
was annexed to Akron as the sixth ward of that city.
MIDDLEBURY is now a part of Akron. It our old edition it was thus
described as in the township of Tallmadge: "Two miles east of Akron and on
both sides of the Little Cuyahoga is the village of Middlebury. As early as
1807 a grist mill was built on the site of the town by Amos Norton and
Joseph Hart. The town was laid out in 1818 by them, and soon became the
most thriving village in this whole region until the canal was cut through
to Cleveland, when Akron took away most of its trade. It has two churches
and about 1,000 people." -Old Edition.
Within Akron's beautiful and well-kept Glendale cemetery stands the AKRON
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL CHAPEL, dedicated Decoration Day, 1876. At the time of
its erection it was the only building of the kind in the country. Its
erection is due to the Buckley Post of the G.A.R., aided by outside
subscriptions. The chapel is a handsome stone structure, its cost $25,000.
Built into its interior walls are fourteen marble slabs, engraved with the
names of the fallen brave of Akron and Portage township.
A striking feature of the chapel are three beautiful memorial windows -one
by the surviving members of the 29th O.V.I., in honor of the regiment and
the late Col. Lewis P. Buckley, from whom the Post is named; a second,
representing woman's work in the war; and the third, commemorative of three
epochs in national history -Washington, Perry and Lincoln.
There are also eight small memorial windows, individual contributions.
The admirable AKRON SCHOOL SYSTEM (see Vol. I., page 143) is the result of
the efforts of Rev. I. Jennings, a young man, pastor of the Congregational
church at Akron, who, in 1846, set himself to work to reorganize the common
schools of Akron. Previous to this the schools of Akron were poor affairs,
giving only the most rudimentary education, and even that was accorded to
only about two-thirds of the children of school age.
In May, 1846, Mr. Jennings called a public meeting to secure better
education, at which he was appointed chairman of a committee to submit a
plan for improvement. At an adjourned meeting of citizens, held Nov. 21,
1846, the following plan received the unanimous approval and adoption of
those assembled:
1. Let the whole village be incorporated into one school district.
2. Let there be established six primary schools in different parts of the
village, so as best to accommodate the whole.
3. Let there be one grammar-school, centrally located, where instructions may
be given in the various studies and parts of studies not
provided for in the
primary schools, and yet requisite to a respectable English
4. Let there be gratuitous admission to each school in the system for the
children of residents, with the following restrictions, viz.:
No pupil shall
be admitted to the grammar-school who fails to sustain a thorough
examination in the studies of the primary school and the
teacher shall
have power, with the advice and direction of the
superintendent, to
exclude for misconduct in extreme cases, and to classify the
as the best good of the schools may seem to require.
5. The expense of establishing and sustaining this system of schools
shall be thus provided for: First, by appropriating what
public school
money the inhabitants of the village are entitled to, and
what other funds
or property may be at the disposal of the board for this
purpose; and
secondly, a tax be levied by the Common Council upon the taxable
property of this village for the balance.
6. Let six superintendents be chosen by the Common Council, who shall be
charged with perfecting the system thus generally defined,
the bringing
of it into operation, and the control of it when brought into
operation. Let
the six superintendents be so chosen that the term of office
of two of them
shall expire each year.
This plan was embodied in an act passed by the Legislature, Feb. 8, 1847,
excepting that the name of officers and mode of election of the sixth
paragraph were changed.
From a historical sketch of the schools of Akron, by Judge C. Bryan, we
quote the following: "The interval between the meetings, in May and
November, 1846, was improved by Mr. Jennings in collecting information,
maturing the plan and elaborating the report. The idea originated with Mr.
Jennings, and the labor of visiting every home in the village, to ascertain
what children went to school and who did not go, and who went to public
schools and who went to private, and how much was paid for school
instruction, was performed by him. He went to Cleveland and Sandusky city
in the same interest, to see the operation of graded schools there. He
procured estimates by competent mechanics of the cost of erecting a
grammar-school building to accommodate 500 pupils, and omitted no detail of
the plan that was necessary to show it in organic completeness; and
whatever credit and distinction Akron may have enjoyed for the principle of
free graded schools in Ohio is due to Mr. Jennings."
BUCHTEL COLLEGE stands on a beautiful and commanding eminence overlooking
the city. It was founded in 1870 through the action of the State Convention
of Universalists, and named in honor of John R. Buchtel, of Akron, who
contributed $25,000 for the building and $6,000 for the endowment fund.
After the completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal, it was determined to make
water connection between Cleveland and Pittsburg, and in 1841 the
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO CANAL was completed from Akron to Beaver, Pa. For a
time the canal flourished, but the completion of and later the control
acquired by the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad Company, let to its gradual
disuse and dilapidation, until it became a menace to the health of those
residing in its neighborhood. One night, in the spring of 1868, the banks
were cut in three places, at and near Cuyahoga Falls, and its waters flowed
out until the bottom appeared. The State threatened prosecution, but none
was ever commenced and the breaks never repaired. Again, in the spring of
1874, the canal was cut by night in Akron by disguised men, but no one was
punished, although the supposed guilty parties were arrested.
In 1838 a party of capitalists, largely Eastern men, undertook to build a
great manufacturing city at a point between Cuyahoga Falls and Akron, to be
called SUMMIT CITY. A joint stock company, with a capital of $500,000, was
organized. the city was to be supplied with inexhaustible water-power, by
means of a dam and canal diverting the waters of the Cuyahoga river. Work
was begun and in 1839 water turned into the canal, but at this point the
money gave out, and matters were at a standstill until in 1843 Horace
Greeley, while on a visit to Akron, was so impressed by the scheme that, on
his return to New York, he published in the Tribune an enthusiastic
article, predicting that "Summit City" would become the "Lowell of the
West." Nevertheless, no more money could be raised for the future "Lowell,"
and it "died a 'bornin'." The lands of the company, called the "Chuckery,"
are now in the suburbs of Akron.
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Keith Freeman, chairman of the Hampton Roads Tea Party, said he thought the state party was using "a double standard."
The capturing vessel was a steamer, which took the prize into Hampton Roads.
In December he reviewed the fleet, and saw it off from Hampton Roads.
The Hialdo pushed her nose through the waters of Hampton Roads in the early morning.
Or an English vessel has come to Hampton Roads to wood and water.
Judging from press reports you may have thought you met a fair type of the girls of America at Hampton Roads.
The ships now stood into those waters which we call Hampton Roads.
She was steaming round Hampton Roads, waiting to sink any of the boats that were maintaining that blockade.
He was ordered to Norfolk, and took the ship to Hampton Roads.
A storm cloud was sweeping down the bay and off across Hampton Roads.


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I found that this works really well: http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:1880#comment_1236478
I was looking at some new products and this strange login request popup appeared on this page: http://activeden.net/item/as2-xml-team-viewer/63400
It says: The server www.flashgalaxy.net at Restricted Area requires a username and password. Then it asks you to type it in.
I did some searching for flashgalaxy.net and it appears that it was referenced by a banned member called FlashBlue:
Anyone else experiencing this? Is this guy hacking our site?
You need to define #000000 as the background color of your SWF with your Object/Embed code within your HTML .
loader.unloadAndStop() ;
If you're using free fonts, be sure to let the reviewer know where you got it from or they'll assume it's not free. It's also important to include the licensing agreement (if any) that came with the font package you were using to redistribute it. If that isn't available, provide a link to the font's location.
WTF is this? All of the sudden my files went from 5 stars to 4 stars? What gives?
It's valuable to other buyers and potential buyers to see solutions to other peoples problems and inquiries. As an author you just have to deal with a large volume of file comments/questions and emails. Ignore them at your own peril.
It's a difficult thing to keep up with for sure. It's easy to spend 1-2 hours just responding to everyone. Making an FAQ would certainly help – as long as you aren't defaulting your responses to RTFM
Which file on here are you referring to?
There are several templates dubbed XML Website v3.
That's something I had a hard time figuring out – was the balance of design. As an author you need to make your files appeal to as many people as possible. So it takes a good blend of minimalistic interface design and high customization. Letting the buyers have load their own background images and custom colors, etc is best so they can customize the template to their liking.
It's a matter of time when the black xml template idea gets oversaturated with a lot of people doing the same thing. This alone should be enough for authors to begin more creative stuff.
You deserve it. That design is kick-ass.


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(6/23/2013) The Bali Post reports that thief struck the Hotel Balisani on Jalan Padma Utara in Kuta on Friday, June 21, 2013 breaking open a number of safe deposit boxes holding the valuables of guests.
Millions of rupiahs in cash, passports, credits cards, airline tickets and other valuable belonging to at least six foreign visitors were carried away by the thief who somehow managed to rifle open locked safety boxes left by the guests in the Hotel's care.
The theft was reported by Hotel Balisani's manager, Gede Suamba, to local police who continue to investigate the incident.


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Crispy Baked Kale with Gruyère Cheese
Chef Sam Hayward usually tops these lush onion-sweetened greens with an excellent aged raw-milk cheese from Vermont called Tarentaise. He says Gruyère or any other Alpine-style cheese is a great substitute but if you want to try Tarentaise you can order it from thistlehillfarm.com.
Slideshow: Delicious, Quick Side Dishes
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- One 4-ounce piece of sourdough bread, crusts removed, bread torn into 1/2-inch pieces (2 cups)
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium shallot, minced
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 pounds kale, large stems discarded, leaves chopped
- 1 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/4 cups shredded Tarentaise or Gruyè cheese (3 1/2 ounces)
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°. Spread the bread on a baking sheet and toss with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Bake for 8 minutes, or until lightly toasted. Let the croutons cool on the baking sheet.
In a large, deep skillet, heat the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil. Add the shallot, onion and garlic and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 7 minutes. Add the kale, cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the thyme and season with salt and pepper.
Transfer the kale to an 8-by-10-inch glass baking dish. Scatter the cheese over the kale and top with the croutons. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbling and the croutons are golden. Let stand for 5 minutes, then serve.
Make Ahead
The recipe can be made through Step 2. Store the croutons in an airtight container and the kale in the refrigerator overnight.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It's a big week for major college football's winningest coach. Bobby Bowden observes his 78th birthday Thursday and two days later he seeks his 373rd career win and 300th at Florida State when the Seminoles visit No. 11 Virginia Tech.
"I'm kind of anxious to get back up there because it's a great place to play and will bring back a lot of memories," Bowden said.
Florida State (6-3, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) has won the last 12 in the series, including a 46-29 win in the 1999 national championship game in New Orleans. In their last meeting, Florida State defeated the Hokies 27-22 in the 2005 ACC championship game.
Bowden, who is three coaching wins ahead of Penn State's Joe Paterno, is 15-0 lifetime against the Hokies, (7-2, 4-1 ACC).
"There's some series, for some reason, it goes your way," said Bowden, who had three wins over Virginia Tech when he was head coach at West Virginia. "That's strictly a year-to-year thing."
Noting unranked Florida State's 27-17 win at then second-ranked Boston College last week, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer is thinking he might've preferred catching the Seminoles earlier in the season.
"When you look at this Florida State crowd, I'd say we're getting them at the wrong time," Beamer said. "They were hitting on all cylinders the other night."
Beamer ranks third among active major college coaches with 205 wins, but none against Bowden.
ACC parity
In the two years the Atlantic Coast Conference has had a postseason championship, four different schools have made it to the title game.
And should Virginia win the Coastal Division and Boston College or Clemson take the Atlantic, the number would become six.
Although No. 8 Boston College (8-1, 5-1 ACC) holds a one-game lead in the Atlantic Division, Clemson can win the division outright with a win Saturday over defending league champion Wake Forest and another Nov. 17 over the Eagles. Both games are at Clemson.
The Coastal Division outcome could come down to the winner of the Virginia-Virginia Tech game, Nov. 24.
Florida State defeated Virginia Tech in the 2005 championship game while Wake Forest defeated Georgia Tech in last year's game. It's possible for Wake Forest to repeat in the Atlantic, but it would have to win out and BC lose twice.
With the schedule winding down, only Duke (1-8, 0-6 ACC) has no chance to become bowl eligible.
Clemson coach Tommy Bowden is a longtime admirer of Wake Forest's Jim Grobe.
When some complained about the Demon Deacon's blocking technique, Bowden tried to emulate it. "I got (film) cut ups and tried to coach like that," Bowden said. "I tried to get my guys to play like his."
Bowden remembers their 2003 game when Wake Forest led Clemson 35-0 on its way to a 45-17 victory and recalls that Grobe could've rung up more points.
"That's when I knew he was a Christian," Bowden says with a smile.
Bowden says Grobe brings a humble and professional approach to his program, which won an Atlantic Coast Conference title a season ago.
"I don't think they've been rated in the top 50 in recruiting in 50 years, and to do what he's done," Bowden said. "I know he's well respected."
Wake Forest (6-3, 4-2 ACC) is still alive to repeat as the Atlantic winner, but first needs a win Saturday and then some help since it has already lost to Boston College.
Saturday's game at Clemson (7-2, 4-2) marks the first time Wake Forest will play before a sellout crowd at Death Valley.
Go Seminoles?
A sign of the apocalypse, perhaps?
Miami enters the week in an awkward position. For the Hurricanes to have any chance of reaching the conference championship game, they need to win their final three regular-season games against Virginia, Virginia Tech and Boston College.
But that's not all.
Miami (5 -4, 2-3 ACC) also needs help from its vaunted archrival — Florida State.
The Seminoles play Virginia Tech this weekend, and a Florida State victory could help the Hurricanes down the road in some tiebreakers in the unlikely event that there's a multi-team tie for the Coastal Division title.
So yes, around the Hurricane camp this week, there's a definite sense of "Go Seminoles."
"It's bad that we have to do that," offensive lineman Derrick Morse said. "But that's the way it has to happen."
Rich's switch
Not often in Butch Davis' coaching career has a player flourished so quickly after moving from one side of the ball to the other.
That's happening now at North Carolina, where Richie Rich started the season in the mix at running back but switched to cornerback and made a key play that helped the Tar Heels seal their win against Maryland.
"A lot of times, you move a guy and a lot of times he just plays (as a) scout-team player, maybe he's a second- or third-team guy and maybe he gets to kind of grandfather himself in by springtime," Davis said.
But not Rich, who made three of his five career tackles against the Terrapins. With North Carolina protecting a three-point lead and Maryland driving, Rich's coverage on LaQuan Williams on a critical third-down play in Tar Heel territory forced an incompletion that led to a game-clinching stop on fourth down.
The Tar Heels (3-6, 2-3 ACC) visit N.C. State (4-5, 2-3) Saturday.
Walk (on) this way
A rash of injuries to Maryland's offensive line led coach Ralph Friedgen to take a chance on using walk-on Paul Pinegar, a redshirt freshman who participated in 39 plays over the past two games.
"Just because he's a walk-on, doesn't mean he's not good. I told our staff, 'We may have found an offensive lineman,"' Friedgen said. "The thing that Paul's dealing with right now is maturity. Not from an emotional standpoint, but from a physical standpoint."
The 6-foot-3, 277-pound Pinegar could start Saturday for Maryland (4-5, 1-4 ACC), against No. 8 Boston College (8-1, 5-1) in an 8 p.m. game to be shown by ABC.
"He's going to get more confidence, and as he gets bigger and stronger, he's going to turn into a pretty good football player," Friedgen said.
Cavalier kharma
Virginia defensive end Chris Long joked after Virginia held on to beat Wake Forest on a missed field goal by All-ACC kicker Sam Swank that the Cavaliers not only believed in kharma, but were doing things to keep it on their side.
"I think we've got guys that let people cross the street and help old ladies cross the street," he said with a laugh after Virginia's third one-point win in a row.
The Cavaliers (8-2, 5-1 ACC) visit Miami (5-4, 2-3) Saturday.
Toe boys
Six of the 20 finalists for the Lou Groza Award as the nation's top placekicker are from ACC schools. They are Connor Barth, North Carolina; Travis Bell, Georgia Tech; Gary Cismesia, Florida State, Jud Dunlevy, Virginia Tech, Steven Hauschka, North Carolina State and Wake Forest's Sam Swank.
Cismesia leads the league in scoring with 78 points and with 19 field goals while Hauschka has made 14 of 15 field goal tries and Barth 13 of 14. Bell is 18 of 21 on field goal attempts and perfect on 23 extra points.
Special Jackets
Georgia Tech is disappointed to be 5-4 overall and 2-4 in the ACC one year after playing in the conference championship game, but it can't blame its kicking game.
Durant Brooks' current career punting average of 45.27 is the best in conference history. Wake Forest's Ryan Plackemeier averaged 45.26 from 2002-05. Brooks is one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award given each year to the nation's best punter and Travis Bell is a semifinalist for the Lou Groza award.
The Yellow Jackets visit Duke (1-8, 0-6) Saturday.
Seminole streaks
Florida State quarterback Drew Weatherford has thrown 156 passes without an interception — his lone pick of the season coming Sept. 8 in a 34-24 win over UAB. And not to be left out, Seminole teammate Patrick Robinson has interceptions in five straight games, tying a Florida State record held by Terrell Buckley.


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Sub-Sensitivity to Long-Acting Bronchodilators (LABA)
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|Drug: fluticasone propionate and salmeterol Drug: budesonide and formoterol
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: No masking
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Sub-Sensitivity to Long-Acting Bronchodilators (LABA)
- Improvement in PC20 [ Time Frame: Study Completion ]Improvements in PC20 as measured by methacholine challenge between the two treatment groups at the end of the first 4 week period to determine efficacy between low dose Advair and Symbicort.
- Changes in FEV1 [ Time Frame: Study Completion ]Changes in peak pre-bronchodilator FEV1 [measured at hours 10, 11, 12 post evening dose] over the four week treatment periods and over each 12 hour dosing period (pre evening dose FEV1).
|Study Start Date:
|March 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: fluticasone propionate and salmeterol
Drug: fluticasone propionate and salmeterol
45/4.5 two puffs twice daily
Other Name: AdvairDrug: budesonide and formoterol
80/4.5 two puffs twice daily
Other Name: Symbicort
|Active Comparator: budesonide and formoterol
Drug: fluticasone propionate and salmeterol
45/4.5 two puffs twice daily
Other Name: AdvairDrug: budesonide and formoterol
80/4.5 two puffs twice daily
Other Name: Symbicort
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 20 subjects males or females 18-65 years of age with physician diagnosed asthma Diagnosis of asthma > 12 months Currently on 2 puffs SABA bid. Baseline percent FEV1 of greater than 60% and less than or equal to 100% 12% reversibility in the previous 12 months 12% reversibility at Screening Visit Positive MTC (≤ 8mg/ml) at the end of 2 week Run-In Currently symptomatic with ACT score less than 19 at the end of run in on ICS ≥ 200 and ≤ 400 ug/day Non-smoker or ex-smoker with < 10 pk year who stopped > 1 year ago
Exclusion Criteria:
- Asthma exacerbation, significant airflow obstruction, or respiratory infection between Visits 0 and 2. Patients who fail screening because of one of these events may be re-screened once (at least 4 weeks after recovery from the event).
Pre-existing lung disease other than asthma, including active infections Clinically significant medical disease that is uncontrolled despite treatment or is likely in the opinion of the investigator to require a change in therapy during the study Noncompliance or inability to participate in all assessments. Current smoker or former smoker with a lifetime smoking history of ≥ 10 pack-years. A current smoker is defined as someone who has smoked one or more cigarettes per day (or marijuana or a pipe or cigar) for >/= 30 days within the 24 months prior to Visit 1.
Any individual who smokes (cigarettes, marijuana, pipe, or cigar) occasionally, even if for < 30 days in the 24 months Prior to Visit 1, must agree to abstain from all smoking from the time of consent through completion.
History of substance abuse that may impair or risk the patient's full participation in the study, in the judgment of the investigator.
Participation in another interventional clinical trial (including a trial of an approved drug or an interventional study that does not include medication) within 30 days or 5 half-lives of the investigational agent, whichever is longer.
Women with a positive urine pregnancy test.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01117116
|United States, Colorado
|National Jewish Health
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80206
|Principal Investigator:
|Rohit K Katial, M.D.
|National Jewish Health
|Responsible Party:
|Jennifer Brandorff, Regulatory Manager, National Jewish Health
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01117116 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 3, 2010
|Last Updated:
|March 27, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Formoterol Fumarate
Salmeterol Xinafoate
Bronchodilator Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Dermatologic Agents
Anti-Allergic Agents
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
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The Forge 2.0
Miami Beach icon The Forge reopens today after a much-anticipated renovation. Here's a sneak peek – in numbers…
- 3.31.2010: The grand reopening
- 42: Age of the legendary restaurant
- 90: Percentage of the restaurant that's been gutted and renovated, per reports
- 30: Seats at the tree-trunk communal table
- 1: Back wall of bubbles outlining a sexy silhouette
- 100: Percentage of furniture custom-made for The Forge
- 80+: Number of bottles in the new state-of-the-art wine by the glass Enomatic System
- 1: Local celeb chef helming the kitchen: Dewey LoSasso (North One 10)
… and words.
By Elaine Walker
When The Forge closed its doors almost a year ago, many speculated that the Miami Beach landmark was yet another restaurant casualty of the recession.
The gossip made owner Shareef Malnik laugh because he knew better.
"I loved that talk," Malnik said. "Let them be surprised. It's a much more effective marketing tool. I knew that it was always going to play in my favor when I reopened."
That day arrives Wednesday, March 31 when Malnik will unveil the results of a more than $10 million renovation that completely transforms the more than 40-year-old restaurant. Everything has changed, from the menu and the chef to the decor and even the building's exterior.
Also gone are the nightclub and the famous Wednesday night parties that helped herald South Beach's revival.
You'll still find a few traces of The Forge's past, like the crystal chandeliers and stained-glass windows. Malnik has tried to blend the history with a new vision for the future.
"I built this for the next 40 years," said Malnik, whose father first purchased The Forge in 1969 and ran it until 1991 when the son took over. "I don't need to get all my money back this year. I built it for the long term."
While The Forge remains an upscale fine-dining restaurant, Malnik has lowered prices and broadened the menu. He wants The Forge to be a place where diners come for more than just a celebration dinner or a big expense account meal.
The hope is that customers will also choose The Forge to meet a friend for a glass of wine and a snack after work or a casual weeknight dinner.
The Forge is not alone. Locally, Chef Allen's has reinvented itself, as have countless other fine-dining restaurants across the country. Experts say it's critical in an economy where consumer spending is down and competition is keen — particularly in prime markets like Miami Beach.
"High-end restaurants are trying to reduce the cost of a visit to encourage more visits, so people don't trade down," said Richard Lackey, a Palm Beach Gardens-based restaurant broker and consultant. "People are eating out less, so incentives for return visits are key."
Malnik decided to take advantage of last year's slowdown in business and reinvest for the future. He originally planned to be open in time for the busy winter season, but later realized those were "unrealistic expectations."
The new environment is designed to be more comfortable for guests. The number of seats has been reduced by 40 percent, adding more couches and oversized wing chairs. Every piece of furniture was custom-made or designed, including tables made of trees from Indonesia and Murano glass chandeliers from Italy.
"We didn't design a restaurant; we designed a space," Malnik said. "Before it was all about excess. Now it's about access. It's much more familiar. That's the feeling we're trying to engender."
Gone is the tuxedo-clad staff, replaced by a uniform featuring black stand-up collar shirts with a prominent white F on the cuff. The menu no longer focuses on traditional fare such as steak and creamed spinach. While the steaks remain, chef Dewey LoSasso offers choices that are lighter and more eclectic.
There's a lobster peanut butter and jelly sandwich ($15), tomato and goat cheese brulee salad ($16) or a grilled Angus burger topped with boneless short ribs and lobster marmalade ($20). Entrees range from $15 to $55, including a grilled whole Branzino fish in wild mushroom miso broth ($39).
The average per-person check will be $80, down from $120, Malnik estimates.
Malnik also has integrated new technology throughout the restaurant. He can view the restaurant's lighting and music on his iPhone and adjust the levels from anywhere. Six different satellites can pipe in music from radio stations around the world.
The restaurant features 10 self-service wine machines and 80 wines, allowing customers to buy 1 ounce, 3 ounces or 5 ounces. They can use an iTouch to access information about each wine, post a toast on Facebook or Twitter and create a virtual wine locker to save their favorites on their own iPhone.
"For us, the bad economy gave me a new breath of life," Malnik said. "The brand has got so much goodwill, I would be foolish to not come back. But it had to be a business model that makes sense."


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The Foodstore sits bang in the middle of the prime restaurant and bar strip in Auckland's buzzy Viaduct Harbour. If you're after white tablecloths and a bar that doesn't show the rugby, this isn't for you. But with a sophisticated menu showcasing local produce complemented by an extensive New Zealand-centric wine list and personable but proficient service, any reservations you may have had about tablecloths can be thrown out the window. This is haute cuisine as an entertainment experience at wallet-friendly prices.
The style of food is smart casual and the point of difference is that all the ingredients are sourced and grown in New Zealand. The restaurant is a food entertainment centre, so the kitchen is open and chefs are on full display for all to see.
I started out cheffing at a one-Michelin-star restaurant just outside Manchester called Juniper, which was a bit of a shock straight out of college but I loved the challenge. I finished up my training over this side of the world at Vue de Monde in Oz then Wai Waterfront Restaurant in Queenstown and French Cafe in Auckland.
What is your signature dish?
Paua and cream is a classic Kiwi dish that everybody knows and remembers so people love it – and tourists as well, after they are talked into trying it.
I just saw an ad on the internet and asked some questions, then had a chat with them as they recorded it, which was strange. Anyway, they must have liked it because I was asked to come back and do a cooking screen test on camera. Then I was offered the job and the rest is history.
Above all the odds it works! The whole idea behind two head chefs is that the public can see us on TV and come to the restaurant and always see one of us there cooking in the kitchen, which people love.
I love to go to fine dining restaurants around the world, and on a recent trip back home we ate in five of the top 10 best restaurants in the world, so food is a passion and does not stop when I walk out of the kitchen.
I love watching and reading about Heston Blumenthal; he can make anything work and make some crazy ideas into food reality, so he inspires me to persist with my crazy concoctions. Ben Shewry at Attica in Melbourne is a great chef who is making amazing food; he has a unique style and ideas and it was my best meal in Australia.
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