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I've been having a blast cooking on the Mini since purchasing it last year. I've taken it camping and to the beach a coupla times. But mostly use it in the backyard. It's amazing how long I can get the baby egg to cook on just, literally, a handful of coal. The grate size on the mini BGE is only 10 inches, but with a couple of accessories, it's easy to fit large cuts of meat on there. It handles like a little beast, and it produces some awesome results. Here are some examples of what I've been able to cook on it:
Whole Rack of Baby Back Ribs
Some various camping meals:
Probably not the best idea for using the soda can...but it's all I had at the time for the beans. There was no lining inside the can, but I imagine the dye on the outside of the can is unhealthy somehow. I dunno, but I'm still living.
A healthier option for chicken wings...some sauced chicken tenders. One was buffalo style and the other was a honey mustard w/ jalapeno sauce that I whipped up.
A mess of MOINKS
Then took the Mini to the beach in Ocean City, MD for vacation. Made a variety of personal sized pizzas and some other stuff
Found that my favorite pizza was the Cheeseburger Pizza! It had ketchup and mustard as the base, along with hamburger meat, raw onions, pickles and ample amounts of cheese! Yum!
Used some of the leftover smoked chorizos for some Smoked Chorizo Pizza. Another winner!
And finally an injected 3.5 lb whole chicken with some fresh herbs tucked under the skin.
There's been other cooks on it as well, but that'll do for now. It's a fun little grill to have, and it's very portable and versatile. And it's super cool that you can grill on just a handful of coal for several hours.

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I am new to python. I have created a code in Python 3 and want to convert it to python 2. I have installed 3to2 through easy-install but when I run '3to2' , I am getting following error:
'2t0o3' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
and running 'python 3to2'
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What I should do? I just need any way to convert 3 to 2. Any way is good for me. Any help is appreciated.


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FURIOUS residents in Wallisdown said a meeting with the council to discuss congested parking on their street, which they claim has delayed ambulances and made crossing the road dangerous, turned into a 'shambles'.
The meeting was called by Cllr Susan Phillips after people living in Riggs Gardens became unhappy that employees from businesses in the area were parking outside their homes en masse in the narrow cul-de-sac.
The residents want a parking permit scheme and between 30 and 40 turned up to the meeting with the councillor, but were left irate that the highways officer scheduled to appear failed to show up.
Annelies Palmer, who has lived in the road for seven years, said the meeting was 'chaotic', with people shouting over each other, and was left disappointed the issue remains unresolved.
"I cross the road every day with my nine-year-old daughter and the parked cars have made it so dangerous. Something has to be done. We have had problems with our rubbish collections and buses on Canford Avenue struggle to get by," she added.
The residents said the problem has become significantly worse in the last 18 months since Wireless Data Solutions (WDS), which is based in nearby Discovery Court on Wallisdown Road, increased their staffing levels and think their employees have been advised to park in their road.
Diane Saunders, 69, who has lived on the road for 37 years and requires the use of a wheelchair, said: "I often need an ambulance and it can be difficult for them to get down the road."
John Dyer, a resident on the road for 30 years, said: "These people parking on our road have no consideration and just don't seem to care."
Cllr Phillips insisted the meeting was not chaotic and is eager to help the residents affected by the parking situation by scheduling another meeting with the police, council officers and representatives of WDS.
She added: "I was happy to pick this issue up and called the meeting in order to hear from the residents directly. About 30 to 40 residents attended and everybody had a chance to air their views."
A spokesman for WDS, said: "We encourage our employees to park legally and considerately and we are always happy to work with the local council to understand local community concerns."


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Whatisrealityanyway.com, the fashion blog of model, musician, and perennial globe-trotter Krystal Simpson, is beloved by readers for its low-fi vibe and California-cool take on personal style. As the majority of Simpson's wardrobe is inspired by rock icons of the '60s and '70s, ELLE.com turned to the 29-year-old tastemaker for ideas on dressing for this season's outdoor concerts and music festivals.
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The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest level since 2008, the Department of Labor reports.
The economy generated 146,000 new jobs last month. Many economists expected only about 85,000 new jobs because they believed Superstorm Sandy and the looming "fiscal cliff" would weigh on hiring in November.
But the Labor Department says Sandy did not "substantially impact" the employment estimates for November.
The report is not as positive as the headlines may suggest, says IHS Global Insight economist Patrick Newport. That's partly because the department revised down previously released employment numbers for October and September. In October, the economy gained 138,000 jobs, not 171,000 as the department previously reported. In September, the economy added 132,000 jobs, not 148,000.
It's likely the department may revise down the November figures, too, once it gets more data from regions affected by Sandy, says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
Zandi says the lower unemployment rate was a surprise, but it may have been affected by Sandy.
Sandy likely caused people to stop looking for work," he says. "Therefore, they fell out of the labor force. The survey was done early this month and when Sandy's impact on the job market was at its peak."
Still, the numbers can be taken as a sign that the job market is holding firm, despite concerns over the fiscal cliff, Zandi says.
What do the job numbers mean for borrowers?
That's good news for the economy and for workers. For mortgage borrowers, it could mean slightly higher interest rates. Normally, when investors feel the economy is doing well, they pull money out of safer investments such as U.S. and Treasury bonds to invest and choose riskier investments.
Also, remember the Federal Reserve is holding rates down to help the economy. If unemployment continues to drop, the Fed may decide the economy is finally ready to walk on its own. When that happens, mortgage rates will likely rise.
But that's not going to happen so soon, economists say.
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Pulse-Eight USB CEC Adapter Reviewby Ganesh T S on 1/24/2012 7:45 PM EST
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NickB. - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - linkReally appreciate the love and attention for the HTPC and XBMC world. Reply
shadowarachh - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - linkit's mini USB.
just sayin... Reply
ganeshts - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - linkoops! sorry, corrected now Reply
r3loaded - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - linkWhy is this tech not integrated into any graphics cards (whether that be Intel/AMD/Nvidia)? It's so useful, a box like this shouldn't have been necessary in the first place. Reply
Malard - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - linklots of various reasons, mainly support, there are so many variants of the CEC implementation that it is not financially viable for all the vendors to re-roll the CEC library required each time, on top of that, then needing to expose it at the driver level.
If they advertise that their GFX card supports CEC and it doesnt work with that particular TV as expected then the customer will return it, despite the graphics card being fine. Resulting in an expensive lost sale Reply
mckirkus - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - linkHence "This is an unsupported beta feature" Reply
Malard - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - linkWell, its not unsupported in our adapter, but GFX card vendors stay clear etc Reply
MobiusStrip - Saturday, April 07, 2012 - linkWhat percentage of TVs support CEC? And how is that distributed across models from the last few years? How new does a TV have to be for there to be a reasonable chance of it supporting CEC? Reply
Jsw98765 - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - linkIm really hoping ivy bridge motherboards start including the htpc header. Ivy bridge sounds like a htpc wet dream. I'd love to get rid of the extra wires that my harmony rf extender brings into the picture.
Growing up I was promised a future of flying cars and hover boards, but I'll settle out of court right now for the removal of wires. Induction power, and everything else communicating wireless. Maybe someday, but the cec stuff does sound pretty awesome until then. Reply
nubie - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkIf I read this correctly, all one needs to do is solder a single wire on the HDMI port to enable this on any motherboard or graphics card?
Sign me up, I have plenty of re-work style wrapping wire. I don't need a lousy "htpc" header.
If the internal style would plug directly into the usb header and then I solder 1 wire, I would be completely set.
I don't own an HDMI TV unfortunately, but the day will come, and I will be ready. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkYou need to get the wire out and also get the logic to read stuff on the wire / write onto it (this is where the Atmel microcontroller in the box comes into the picture). What is read and written is transferred through the USB port and controlled by libCEC / XBMC Eden built-in code. Reply
Malard - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkYou are correct you could use our Internal Adapter (when it's released) and tap the CEC wire straight onto it, but the internal adapter relies on 3.3v constant power, which those mainboards supply, again, with enough soldiering you can rig any board to support CEC with the internal adapter, but its time vs reward, and you would be faster to just use the external adapter Reply
zilexa - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkWich case is being used in this setup? I can only see the back in the picture. I am looking for a new case for my new HTPC and this one seems interesting. I am looking for a small one but they have a limited power supply (60-75 watt). Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkzilexa, Please look up the specs of the Vision 3D 252B. It is ASRock's custom case and doesn't come with inbuilt PSU (there is a laptop power adapter sized unit delivering the power). Also, the case is pretty small, and I won't advise putting in CPUs of more than 45W TDP in there. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkI would love to be able to remote control my receiver. But there aint no way I'm paying those kinds of prices. lol. What is wrong with a simple RS232 serial port? It only costs a few bucks for USB to RS232 converter so you are covered even if your pc has no serial port. It is ubiquitous and pretty easy to program. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkThat is a DIY solution :) and good luck getting it integrated all into XBMC. This is a OOTB answer to the home theater control issue. Reply
Monkeysweat - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - linkI got a question you might be able to answer,, at home I have a LG TV and a Samsung HTIB that has no HDMI inputs,,,both units are CEC capable but don't work with each other as missmatched brands
,, however I can only plug my PC into the TV and the TV is connected to the HTIB by HDMI (receiver output to TV) and by optical cable (output from TV to receiver) - I have anything I play on my TV passthrough by optical output to the stereo as luck would have it, the TV allows DTS passthrough on HDMI
If i use the CEC adapter from the PC to TV,, would it be able to control the hometheater in a box connected on a different hdmi line? Reply
Malard - Friday, January 27, 2012 - linkYes, they are a unified bus, so long as all the hdmi wires connect via some device or other, be in the receiver or the TV then you will be fine.
There is also no restriction as to where in the chain you connect the CEC Adapter Reply
Monkeysweat - Friday, January 27, 2012 - linksweeeeeeeeet
will this be made to work with raspberry pi as well? Kinda funny to buy an adapter that'll cost more than the device running it, but c'est la vie Reply
Googer - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - linkI suspect, It's not going to be long until nVIDIA and AMD both start implementing CEC in to their hardware and drivers. So devices like these may possibly become short lived. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, March 01, 2012 - linkThere is quite a bit of software driver work involved in supporting this. I am not sure whether NVIDIA and AMD want to devote resources to handling this. Probably, they will just need to license the stuff from Pulse-Eight. Reply
Maverik11 - Saturday, December 08, 2012 - linkWill this also turn on the tv, when i turn on the tv, like it works with the playstation? Does the pc get turned off when i turn the tv off? And van i start the pc by selecting it from the hdmi device menu of the tv? Reply


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No, I did skip the SSD as they are to much right now and went with the 3tb. I have a fusion in my Pro now and it works great. I will wait till the SSD's come down in price before I go that route. I also opted to skip the Apple ram and ordered my own. I got it for half the cost of the Apple ram. Other than that I upgraded the rest.
like hear in the uk if I buy my own ram it's only £115
I thought the SSD wood be more like £400 for the SSD I'm shocked the price at over a grand
I can't wait to get one eventually I'm still rocking my white 13" MacBook. So need an upgrade. 21" will do just fine. 27" is way too damn big for me.
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Ive had my inexpensive Kamodo ($300) for six months & have cooked a lot of meals on it.
The cooker is an insulated steel kamodo.
It has an interior fire sleeve that protects the wall of the cooker from direct heat & the sleeve & the interior wall of the cooker are porceloin coated.
It's built onto a cart with wheels & 2 side shelves.
It has a 20 inch cast iron main grate & a 14 in upper grate.
It will cook a lot, 40 lbs of butt, or 5 whole chickens , a whole brisket & a butt, or 8 racks BB ribs.
It's a good smoker , will run 15 hours without refueling..
It " likes " to run about 250 - 290 F , their is a fine line trying to run 225F between keeping the temp there & the fire going out. The insulated cookers require so little fire torun 200-225Fthat the fire may not be self sustaining.
It's a good grill gets plenty hot to sear & cook quickly.
You can smoke then sear on it ( my favorite way of cooking steaks, burgers & chops) but takes a little gymnastics , not as easy as my Horizonal cooker.
I took the insides out to clean & inspect the firebox sleeve & interior & no signs rust, chipping of porceloin etc. only problems I've had we're a couple bolts loosing & replaced with locking nuts & burned up a gasket with a grease fire, took 2 minutes to replace & they sent me one free.
I like this cooker & I'll probably use a lot in cold weather.
I could easily use as my only cooker if space or other considerations kept me from having specialized cookers.


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don't use a grip pad, youll look cooler when you shred
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don't use a grip pad, youll look cooler when you shred
Gorilla Glue (http://www.gorillaglue.com/glues/gorillaglue/index.aspx) is incredible for traction pad repairs/re-applications. The only downside is that it is permanent - you'll be taking off fiberglass if you make a mistake and the glue sets. Cheers.
were should i put it close to the leash or a little further up than next to the leash?
i put mine as far back as possible....
don't be the goober who was thier tail pad 2 feet from the tail:rolleyes:
would it be okay if its like an inch cause thats where it feels good for me to have it but i also dont want the leash to rip it up if i put it to close.
Kommunity makes a good trac top, Ive had terrible luck with dakine and OAM. just make sure its super clean, linseed oil works well also to clean it:D
Gorrilla Grip hands down the best trak i've ever used. They are great quality and will never come off. As for putting one on, they key is to heat your board and the bottom of the pad before you apply it, and make sure the surface of your board is clean and wax free. Take a hair dryer and get the board and sticky side of the trak super hot then apply it. make sure you really push the corners and sides down and that **** will never come off.
Gorrilla Grip all the way
Hey man,
I use Blacklines and they always seem to work well. They will probably all work about the same-just make sure to clean the area where it will go really well. Make sure not to leave any cleaner residue or it will not adhere properly. Hope this helps.
thanks guys i got a blackline since they looked really cool and put it on last night and gonna let it sit for a long time so i know it will stay on.


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BTW, Mike Daniels and the Brasington Bros don't need my help selling their boards. They do just fine without me or anybody making suggestions on public forums. Their reputation speaks for itself and the hundreds of riders who have reported on them is what really sells them.
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Chrysler has signed up actor Will Ferrell to make an advertising pitch for the new Dodge Durango SUV.
Ferrell plays fictional television anchorman Ron Burgundy in a number of Chrysler TV ads that will run through the end of the year.
Chrysler's marketing chief says it's another example of the company making the most of an ad budget that's far smaller than its Detroit competitors.
Ferrell is the star of the 2004 movie "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." He'll play Burgundy again in a sequel that's due out in December.
Chrysler says Paramount Pictures traded Ferrell's work for promotion of the new movie in the ads.
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At the conclusion of the 2011 Cup Series Season, Carl Edwards was tied with Tony Stewart for the point Championship. Stewart, of course, won the title based on the number of wins that he had in the Chase. With five races left before the 2012 Chase begins, Edwards is outside the post season list and eager to get back into contention.
"Last season, we performed in that Chase almost flawlessly," said Edwards recently during a break in testing at Martinsville Speedway. "We made the very most of everything we could get. If we can just win a race and make this Chase, I feel like we can be as good as anyone."
Edwards is in the Top 12 in points but does not have a win to his credit. If the season ends today,Jeff Gordon, who is in 13th place, would replace him in the Chase based on Gordon's one victory, which came last week.
"We are going to every race with one purpose and that is to win that particular race," continued Edwards. "I got a front-row seat to watch Jeff Gordon pull it off and do what's needed to be done and that's a motivator right there. We just have to go out and race these next five races like they're the most important races in the world."
Recently, Edwards' team has been providing fast race cars but the breaks have not fallen their way. The absence of a win has put pressure on the young star.
"I think most of the pressure for me comes from within," said Edwards. "I don't think anyone could add any pressure to me. I get a lot of pressure that I put on myself every day."
Edwards and his No. 99 team head to Watkins Glen this weekend where their record has not been very impressive. However, that doesn't mean that they are going to try hard.
"Hopefully, we can just go out here and have some fun and win a race or two," implied Edwards on his chances in the last few races. "It would be a huge comeback for us and it would mean a lot."
Knowing the competitive spirit of last year's runner-up, I'm sure that the No. 99 team will come each week looking to outrun the competition. It should make for a wild month of racing.
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Back in February, when things were cold and snowy, this season's raptor watch began. Boulder County Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) organize closures and monitoring for a number for nesting species, and when I volunteered I was lucky enough to get Peregrines. I hardly knew that Peregrines were in Colorado, and now I get to watch them. Closely.
Last year I watched a pair preen, feast on prey, mate, and ultimately fledge two chicks. Last week I heard a stoop (loud above my head.) This week I watched an unsuccessful stoop. I feel so privileged to be able to write those words. Peregrines are amazing creatures, and I am lucky to be able to get to know this species. The 'scream' of a Peregrine is now in my blood for life.
This week's hike up to the birds was quiet. A belted kingfisher greeted me at the trail head. A few spotted towhee are back to claim the airwaves with their song. A small group of Scrub Jay were a nice bonus for the hike, as were the rafter of Turkey at the top.
Last week the millipedes were out in force on the trails, and this week they were joined by grasshoppers, wasps, butterflies and caterpillars. Luckily for them, the bluebirds have been, flocked, staged and moved on up into the mountains, but with these staples of the food chain here, the other birds will soon be back. Not here, not quite yet, but the Meadowlark are back in town. Bugs beware.
Here is to a nice long season, welcoming in both spring and summer, and to lots of Peregrines.
This summer (after the Peregrine chicks have fledged) I've signed up for the Bat Monitor program, and I'm excited at that opportunity. Volunteering is a great way to regularly get outdoors. Give it a try where you are.
Note: OSMP have granted permissions for me to write about my Falcon Watch experiences. I do NOT post locations nor timing details in an effort to preserve critter privacy.


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I received an email from local musician Sonya Jevette that she was about to embark on her first tour outside of Texas with two other musicians. She along with SuZanne Kimbrell and Rocio Aranda, AKA Immigrant Punk, announced their tour to Los Angeles earlier this month and they are doing it on the DIY. It was an easy decision for Jevette, once Kimbrell suggested it.
"My whole attitude for this year is go big or go home," Jevette says, "so when SuZanne said 'Let's go to L.A.,' I said 'When?'"
And they're doing it. You can see all their upcoming dates here.
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Anna Piaggi, the embodiment of the fashion editor-as-eccentric, has died it was announced yesterday. She was 81. Ms Piaggi, who created famous double page spreads for Italian Vogue that were as idiosyncratic as she was, remained most famous outside her country and industry for her own personal style: closely cropped hair with a swiggle of locks, often dyed blue or pink, in the front; wild hats; lipstick; and a colourful mish-mash of cuts, designers, and vintages. Her eye-catching looks made her the original Street Style star — long before the term even existed. Read more
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Creating content for multiple screens sizes and various mobile OSs (think Android, BlackBerry, and IOS) just got a whole lot easier. Today Adobe announced the CS5.5 family of products and with it a slew of great tools that will help you keep up with today's fast-changing developer/designer demands. Here are a few resources to help you learn more about the CS5.5 release.
- What is CS5.5 Creative Suite
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OK, so I lied in my initial description of this list. This is just gross and creepy -- but definitely different. And if you're looking for something unusual for some creepy person, this could do it. Geez, what am I doing making this list? I'm a hearts and flowers person! Oh well, that list will be next.


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It's abundantly clear that San Juan Yachts has found a look and a style to stay with. Each model, from the 30-foot Express to the 48-foot Fly Bridge, retains the distinctive air of the original San Juan 38. So it's no surprise that the new 40-foot Fly Bridge adheres to the same proven concept: handsome lobsterboat styling with gently sweeping sheerline, modest deckhouse, and a spacious, open cockpit. What is a bit surprising is the flying bridge perched atop the deckhouse. To blend with the yacht's overall proportions, the bridge is compact. Just big enough for Stidd helm and companion seats, with a benchseat behind for two or three guests. In truth, it's bigger than it appears because it's rimmed by stainless steel rails rather than by full fiberglass panels, but sunbathers looking to stretch out should stick to the roomy sunpads atop the engine boxes down in the cockpit.
While the 40 FB retains the familiar San Juan look, she also incorporates a host of changes. For starters, the pilothouse is a bit longer (to accommodate the bridge), so the side windows are bigger, offering better visibility from the lower helm. More important, thanks to glass panels and a glass door to the cockpit, the pilothouse is now enclosed rather than open at the aft end, making it a fully climate-controlled space. This, in turn, eliminates the need for a companionway door and allows for a portion of the overhead in the galley to be left open, creating an atrium effect on the lower deck. Last but not least, the San Juan 40 abandons the two-stateroom layout of the 38 in favor of just one stateroom with a centerline, walkaround queen berth in the bow, and a roomy head with separate shower enclosure on the starboard side.
Like other San Juan models, the 40 FB is powered by twin Yanmar diesels, chosen for the favorable power-to-weight ratio they offer. Placement of the engines under the forward end of the cockpit should give her good fore and aft balance, and long prop tunnels at the stern reduce draft while improving efficiency. With standard 380-hp engines, the 40 FB should cruise at about 30 knots. Optional 480-hp Yanmars should boost that to a 33-knot cruise with a top speed around 36 knots.
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This article originally appeared in the October 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Donna Reichman, who took over as executive director of the Baton Rouge Film Commission just over a year ago, announced Thursday she is stepping away from the job.
In an email sent to colleagues and friends, Reichman said she is leaving the job Feb. 15.
Liza Kelso, assistant executive director, will act as executive director.
"It is with mixed emotions that I depart as I have thoroughly enjoyed working with each of you," Reichman said in her email.
"It is my intention to continue to contribute to filmmaking in Baton Rouge."
Repeated attempts by phone and email to contact Reichman were unsuccessful.
During Reichman's time with the film commission, several big-budget productions were shot in the city, including the Tom Cruise science fiction action movie "Oblivion" and "The Host," another sci-fi action feature, based on a novel written by "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer. Both movies are set for release in the spring.
"I am pleased to share that a number of projects that I have been working on for many months are about to emerge on the slate for 2013, and hopefully beyond," Reichman said in the email.
The commission also introduced an app, By Baton Rouge, that allows movie production crews to search for goods and services through a database of local vendors.
The goal was to get more local businesses to list themselves with the film commission, in the hopes of getting some movie business.
Reichman, 62, became executive director of the film commission in late 2011 after working for more than two decades in the production division with HBO Films. She served as a liaison between the production teams and HBO executives, working on more than 150 movies for the premium cable network.


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Being a member of the Ethics Panel if asked is an important responsibility. Situations that may endanger the safety and well being of our children do arise, albeit infrequently. When they do, they must be dealt with promptly and fairly. Our Club has a complaint processing procedure which is detailed in Section 13 of "Club Philosophy and Policies Governing Professional Coaching Conduct and the Conduct of all Athletes, Employees and Volunteers." You should familiarize yourself with this document.


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I just doused my beater in lighter fluid and threw a match at it... but it's so waterlogged it refused to burn.
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I just doused my beater in lighter fluid and threw a match at it... but it's so waterlogged it refused to burn.
Dear deluded surfers in Southeastern NC: I will ride your ****ty board, and trade you a ****ty board of my own that you may do with what you wish.
Call me
Historically, it won't work unless you sacrifice your favorite board.
i just put my best fins in the microwave, on high, for ten minutes. they popped and sparked and caught fire. definitely a good sacrifice
2nd, find another hobby.
3rd, be friendly to OUR environment and if u r a REAL surfer, that means stop burning **** that doesnt have to be? Seriously, ur a kook?
Last, get a GF.
Flat spells allows us people from planet earth some time to get chores done and book a ticket south. Do you have your ticket?
Enough of your witch craft weirdo activities...
at least you guys can surf when theres waves. im out of commission for at least 4 months after having knee surgery.
Real surfers are about leaving the biggest carbon footprint possible. Screw the environment, burn the globe with jet fuel!!!


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Quote:Lets say you manage to pull off a submission on the street. Would you go all the way and choke him out, break his arm or even kill the guy? One problem I see is when the guy taps out and you instinctively let him go, you might be in for some trouble. Another problem is say your opponent is begging to let go, "I give up", or "okay you win", assume that you feel sorry for the guy and trust him, so you let him go and your opponent still wants to attack you. So would you just go all the way with the submission on the street?
Quote:Not sure who said it either, but i dont think anyones going to fight back after they've had their arm snapped.. come on
Quote:yeh sure, your pretty right. But i dont think if i was in the middle of a fight where my life is in danger i would think to myself, " gee i better not hurt him to bad incase he gets angry and comes back another day for revenge"....
Quote:Take life day at a time and roll with the punches.. seriously, in any situation take what you can get.. but ofcourse the last place you want to be in a fight is on the ground, give everything while standing and if your gonna hold back because you dont want to hurt them to much incase they get angry well.. hahaha... that just sounds funny saying that! oh.. im not trying to take a stab at you either JKogas im sorry, i just disagree with your opinion on this.
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text: Computer enthusiasts and environmental friendlies will be happy to hear that Century Japan has just released the first 80-Plus Platinum 500W Power Supply, called the SF-500P14FG.80 PLUS Platinum is the highest rating that a power supply can get, demonstrated true energy efficiency. The new power supply will be shipped late this month with the first batch only deliver 50 power supplies. We're not sure what's up with the limited quantity in the first batch, but hopefully there is a good reason behind it.


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This has been a source of a lot of grumbling over the years. I've heard all kinds of silly theories as to why this is so — including one that Adobe does this on purpose to "force" you to upgrade. Conspiracy theories are exciting and everything, but there's really no conspiracies related to InDesign…
This issue will be brought to the forefront once again with the release of InDesign CS5.5. InDesign CS5 will not be able to open InDesign CS5.5 files. Here's an explanation as to why:
The InDesign file format is in reality one of a database, and InDesign is a (very complex) transactional database application. Every action in InDesign is a database transaction and all these transactions are saved as a database file for InDesign to be able to read. The fact that InDesign works this way allows for many of its advanced features such as unlimited undo and its almost flawless file recovery. (Interestingly enough a lot of "fluff" is saved in the file resulting from previous transactions which get cleared out by doing a "save-as".)
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It's a delight to see OpenPCR already on so many desktops! Josh and I spent the past year staring at mostly-disassembled prototypes, with wires all over the place. It makes it all worthwhile to see everyone assembling their kits, posting pictures of them, and having a blast doing so. At the end of this post, there are several pictures that I thought you'd enjoy — OpenPCR around the world!
Here are a couple of examples of what's going on with OpenPCR just two weeks after shipping:
- A high school in Hawaii is testing for genetically-modified foods, with plans to upgrade to identifying and tracking non-native species.
- A college professor in Missouri is booting up her biotech class + gel electrophoresis and has successfully amplified DNA
- A biotech company in Utah has amplified DNA to successfully test OpenPCR
- OpenPCR assembled by Singularity University students in Mountainview, California
How you can help
Over the past year, we've designed, engineered, and shipped our first product. We're now seeking seed funding to take our company to the next level (and build some more awesome stuff). If you know someone who would be interested in investing in OpenPCR, we'd love an introduction. Email me ([email protected]) or send your friends to AngelList.
Also, note that we've raised the price of OpenPCR from $512 to $599. This allows us to get OpenPCR out to distributors around the world — if you've got a shop, give us a holler ([email protected]).
Join the OpenPCR Google group to chat. We've got some great conversations brewing and we'd love to hear from you.
From the OpenPCR Blog
Bio: MAKE citizen science author Tito Jankowski works on making biotech easier to do, including developing open source tools for gel electrophoresis and a thermal cycler. Got other citizen science or garage biotech projects you want to hear more about? Comment on this article in comments or email him at tito at openpcr.org


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Seeing how I had never done this before, one of my greatest concerns heading into this venture was finding enough to write about over the long-grind of an 82 game-season. Here is at least one area where the Rangers haven't disappointed.
This season has been a lot of things — promising to start, painfully uneven the rest of the way. But it certainly has never been boring, and "yesterday's finale before the All Star Break was yet another example":http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/SPORTS01/701210370/1034/SPORTS.
Whether he was conscious of it or not at the time, "Brendan Shanahan's words":http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/20/shanahan-lets-tear-it-up-and-start-anew/ after a 3-1 loss to Atlanta hinted at a much larger issue than a team not getting enough shots on the power play. It was about the way the team plays the game a whole. It was about the disconnect between one part of the dressing room and another. And, of course, it at least suggested that one player in particular casts too large a shadow over everyone else.
You may recall "a few days ago":http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/17/jagr-on-jagr/ I referred to the coexistence between Shanahan and "Jaromir Jagr":http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/17/jagr-on-jagr/, saying that despite outward appearances, it's a partnership that works. Now I'm not so sure. Shanahan clearly wants to play one way. Jagr wants to play another. I still think the two superstars each have the same result in mind. But that's not to say this isn't a problem, and potentially a big one.
And that brings me to my next point: on the power play and elsewhere, the Rangers obviously have to decide whether they want to continue to embrace the East-West style favored by their strong European contingent, or whether it needs more of the "gritty, dirty" (read: North American) influence Shanahan called for yesterday. This is hardly a small matter.
But a much bigger matter for the Rangers is exactly *HOW* they arrive at these decisions. If Tom Renney has any hope of salvaging this season, he needs these two players to get on the same page. It's no longer just about developing a chemistry on the ice. It's now about avoiding friction everywhere else.


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MOTH numbers are crashing at an alarming rate in South Lakeland, reflecting what has happened nationally over the past 40 years.
Once common species such as the lempkay's gold-spot and the large yellow-underwing are becoming less frequent in South Lakeland and north Lancashire.
Reasons include the poor weather over the past few years and a loss of habitat.
According to The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2013, a report by the charity Butterfly Conservation, three species of butterfly have become extinct in the last decade, including the orange upperwing and bordered gothic.
That follow the extinctions of 62 species during the 20th Century, with two-thirds of common and widespread larger species also known to have declined.
Some once common garden species such as the Garden Tiger and the Spinach have decreased by more than 90 per cent from 1968 to 2007 and now face extinction.
Although the report says the losses were much greater in the south, Rob Petley-Jones, a Natural England reserves manager and moth enthusiast, says it is a similar story in the Bay area.
"I've been trapping moths for years to monitor them and it's clear that there has been a decline in the more common species," said Mr Petley-Jones, of New Hutton. "Whether that decline is permanent or not remains to be seen but last year was appalling for a lot of butterflies and moth numbers probably due to the bad weather.
"My general impression is that very common species are now less common."
Mr Petley-Jones added that there could be a knock-on effect on animals higher up the food chain because moths were a great source of bat food.
"This decline is probably happening across the invertebrates because everything is interlinked," said Mr Petley-Jones. "It is very worrying."
Mr Petley-Jones wants gardeners, farmers and land managers to create small corners in fields or gardens as habitats for moths – not just as a place to live but so they can hide from predators.
Temperatures in the North have seen spe-cies once foreign to the area, such as Blair's Shoulder-Knot leautieri, seen in traps more frequently.
The report reveals that more than 100 species have been recorded for the first time in Britain this century.
Climate change is seen as a major driver for the colonisers as conditions heat up.
Butterfly Conservation surveys manager and lead author of the report Richard Fox said: "Much has been made of the decline of butterflies and honey bees but the declines of once common garden moths and overall decrease in moth abundance are a damning indictment of how human activity has devastated wildlife."


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Topic: Anyone have info about IVC and tumor involvement?
When I had my unsuccessful resection attempt, I was told that it was aborted due to the tumor being wrapped around my inferior vena cava.
Does anyone have any information about a situation like that?
I suddenly have this feeling that I could drop dead at any moment. Is that a legitimate worry? Or would the tumor gradually choke off the vein?
My doctors are not too helpful about this, and I'm afraid it is because they don't want to worry me. But I'm the kind of person who will worry more if I don't have a complete and honest picture of the situation.


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Who Says You Can't Walk -- or Run -- on Water?
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Walking on/in oobleck.
January 15, 2011—
Kids of all ages will never forget the Einstein Project Science Expo in Green Bay, held on January 15, 2011. That's when they had a chance to dash or dance over the surface of a non-Newtonian liquid called oobleck, a sticky white substance that grabbed their feet and held them fast if they dared to slow down.
Oobleck is just one of the exciting hands-on science experiences that a high-energy band of students and staff from Michigan Technological University used to demonstrate what a blast science can be. The Michigan Tech MIND TREKKERS brought one of nearly 60 do-it-yourself science exhibits to the annual expo this year.
Visitors to the MIND TREKKERS' booth also had a chance to taste liquid nitrogen ice cream and to make their hair stand on end by touching a Van de Graaff generator. They chewed up graham crackers frozen in liquid nitrogen and blew "dragon's breath" at each other.
The Expo also featured stage shows on the Omnova Main Stage, including Professor Gizmo's Feats of Science and Discovery World's Fire and Ice Show.
Projects entered in the Ameriprise Science Fair also were on display. Michigan Tech is providing full- ride 2011 Summer Youth Programs scholarships to the winners of the Science Fair.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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• allegory •
Pronunciation: æl-ê-go-ree • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The representation of abstract ideas as real people and events.
Notes: Today's Good Word is a member of a large, happy family. Don't forget to replace the Y with an I when you write them, though. The adjective is allegorical and the adverb, allegorically. A person who writes allegories is an allegorist who allegorizes. The same Y > I rule applies to the plural of this word: allegories.
In Play: Let us begin with one of the classic allegories of American literature: "Melville's Moby Dick is an allegory about a man's quest for his dream." This means that all the frustrations, joys, failures, and successes of Captain Ahab can be seen as symbolically representing the struggle of any person to achieve a monumental goal in life. We can see allegories in ordinary life, too: "Growing up with my mother was an allegory of the struggle between good and evil, with every aspect of her life representing either one or the other."
Word History: Today's Good Word originated in ancient Greek allegoria from the verb allegorein "to imply something other than what you are saying". This verb is made up of allos "other" + agoreuein "to speak publicly". Agoreuein comes from the name of our discussion room, the Agora. Agora is the Greek word for "market, public space". It comes from the same original root as the greg "flock, herd" in congregate, aggressive, and egregious. (We want to imply nothing but our sincere gratitude to Loren Baldwin, who suggested today's Good Word.)


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Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art
John Wilmerding
Tom Wesselmann: Pop Artist, or Not
October 22, 2008, 7 p.m.
John Wilmerding is emeritus professor of American art at Princeton University and adjunct curator in the Princeton University Art Museum. A noted scholar of American art and cultural studies, he is the author of monographs on Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins. Most recently, he has written on Richard Estes and Robert Indiana. His monograph on Tom Wesselmann is forthcoming in 2008. He is chairman of the board of trustees of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, a trustee of the Guggenheim Museum, and a commissioner of the National Portrait Gallery. Formerly, he was a visiting curator in the department of American art at the Metropolitan Museum, and has also served as senior curator and deputy director of the National Gallery. Wilmerding holds a presidential appointment to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.
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A village trust has gone into partnership with businesses in an effort to boost its work supporting community facilities and events.
Burley-in-Wharfedale Community Trust has launched an innovative village discount scheme in partnership with local businesses in a bid to to increase membership.
Membership helps to maintain village assets and events such as the Round House, the Scalebor Pavilion and pitches, Corn Mill Pond, hanging baskets, the Pudding Tree Garden, the Christmas lights and the annual village duck race.
Individuals and families can join the Community Trust for a small annual charge.
In 2014, new and renewing members will also benefit from discounts at many Burley businesses.
Members will receive a sheet of vouchers which can be used for exclusive discounts in several village shops, pubs, restaurants, cafes and takeaways when they present their Community Trust membership scheme.
The Community Trust hopes the discount-voucher scheme will help support village businesses and will also make membership of the Trust more attractive.
The Trust eventually hopes to boost membership to more than 1,000 local residents, which will help to provide an increased sustainable income to support more projects which benefit the community.
Chairman of the Community Trust, Duncan Ault, said: "It's fantastic that so many Burley businesses are supporting the work of the Community Trust by offering our members exclusive discounts and I want to thank them for participating.
"The village discounts, combined with the launch of our new online membership, will help make it even more attractive and easier for individuals and families to join the Trust and support our work in the village."
Chris Walker, of Burley Fisheries, hopes the scheme will also make it more attractive for Burley people to shop in the village and support local businesses.
"We're delighted to be part of the Community Trust voucher scheme and support the valuable work of the Trust," he said.


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Jayde Nicole/Joe Francis video doesn't look good for Francis
RadarOnline has obtained a copy of the surveillance footage from the night Joe Francis allegedly attacked Jayde Nicole, and it looks way worse than he tried to play it off.
If you watch the video, Jayde pours a shot on Joe's shoulder from behind and walks away. She even has time to sit down at the bar before he decides to lunge at her, so it wasn't like she was flipping out on him and he needed to defend himself. Of course, Joe admitted to pulling Jayde's hair, but he neglected the tiny detail where he also dragged her by said hair five feet into the crowd then threw her to the ground to get trampled. But then again, I'm sure he believes he was well within his rights according to the Small Cock article of the Tough Guy code.
NOTE: Included a YouTube clip after the jump for a quick reference, but definitely scope out the full Radar version which gives a wider shot of the fracas.
EDIT: YouTube video is down.


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Conservative Media Run With Wash. Post's Fuzzy Math
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Conservative media outlets are trumpeting a front page story in today's Washington Post which claims that "Obama's efforts to create green jobs are lagging behind expectations." But the article relies on questionable math regarding the jobs impact of the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program.
The Post wrote that the "$38.6 billion loan guarantee program" has directly created "3,545 new, permanent jobs after giving out almost half the allocated amount." (DOE also estimates that the program has saved 33,000 jobs and added 7,391 temporary construction jobs) The article goes on to say that if DOE's target of 60,000 jobs "is reached, it would work out to about $640,000 in loan guarantees for every job created or saved."
But former White House economist Jared Bernstein called out the Post for its "bad math," saying that "their emphasis on this $640K/job number assumes every loan defaults, which is implausible."
Bernstein said that "the correct numerator" is not $38.6 billion, but the "credit subsidy" and "that's likely to be well under $5 billion, which gets you into a much more reasonable neighborhood re bang-for-buck." The "credit subsidy" is the amount of money set aside to cover "defaults and delinquencies, interest subsidies, or other payments" resulting from the loan guarantees. The stimulus provided $2.5 billion for the cost of the loan guarantees for renewable energy projects.
The Post did note that "If the companies do well, they won't need to draw on the guarantees and won't cost the government anything."
Nevertheless, Fox News' Stuart Varney seized on the article, falsely claiming that "if the program were completely successful" then each job would "cost" $640,000. Varney cited this "terrible number" as evidence that President Obama's "green job program ... is really not going well at all":
Conservative blogger Jim Hoft also showed that he doesn't understand the difference between loan guarantees and direct spending, claiming that "the Obama Administration spent nearly half of the $38.6 billion ($17.2 billion) set aside for his green energy programs and was only able to create 3,545 permanent green jobs. This comes out to a staggering $4,853,000 per job."
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NAPLES, Maine — When the Songo Lock at Sebago Lake State Park in Naples opened for business on June 1, 1830, it catered to 65-foot canal boats laden with lumber, apples and stoves bound from Portland to Harrison. Now, 184 years later, it's mostly party boats hauling lotion-slathered sunbathers, fishermen and tourists. Songo Lock is the last vestige of the 50-mile Cumberland and Oxford Canal system, which once boasted 28 locks used to level out the 260-foot difference in elevation between Portland Harbor and Long Lake.
But one thing hasn't changed. The lock's massive wooden doors and cast-iron sluice gears are still operated by hand.
"It's fun, being part of how it all works," Tim Smith said as he leaned his back against the squared timber attached to the creosoted door and pushed with his legs. Smith is a volunteer with the Lakes Environmental Association. He checks boats for invasive plants as they pass through. He doesn't need to help lock operator and park Ranger Lauren Hillard, but he does anyway.
Hillard greets every boat that enters the lock. Through 12-hour shifts, she directs them and collects $6 if they're coming downstream — there's no charge for going up. Once in a while, she admonishes a jet-powered personal watercraft to slow down boaters. "Sorry," they shout.
She has a gaff pole, which she offers to boaters who can't quite get into position. She hauls them to the side and tells them to hold onto the ropes along the edge. Some do. Then the wooden gates are closed. Water is either let into the lock if the boats are traveling up the Songo River to Brandy Pond or Long Lake or let out of the lock if the boats are traveling downriver to Sebago Lake.
"We average about 3,800 boats a season," Sebago Lake State Park Manager Matt McGuire said. The season runs from May to October.
The old Cumberland and Oxford Canal system connected Portland to the interior. Horses and oxen towed the boats through the first leg, 20 miles and 27 locks of hand-dug canal, from Portland to Sebago Lake. Then the long, narrow boats would sail 12 miles up Sebago Lake. From there, the canal men used poles — some 100-feet long — to leverage the boats 4 miles up the Songo River. Once through the final lock, they poled 2 more miles through Brandy Pond to Long Lake. Once again under sail, it was 12 miles up Long Lake to Harrison.
The Cumberland and Oxford Canal's heyday only lasted about 17 years. It cost $206,000 to build, but it sold for just $40,000 in 1857. Then it went out of business in 1872 because of competition with railroads.
The canal men are gone, but their pleasure-boat echos still ply the river and lake waters on either side of the Songo Lock, which never closed down. The gates still swing wide, water rises and falls, and boats pass upstream and downstream, just like they have for nearly 200 years.


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AFTERNOON peak-hour travel on Sydney's major roads is getting even slower, according to the latest snapshot of the state's transport system.
But there has been a mild improvement in travel times in the city's notorious morning peak hour, says the report, which highlights a host of long-standing problems in the management and performance of the system.
The Auditor-General's performance report into transport and ports, released on Wednesday, reveals that almost half the major transport projects in the state are over-budget or delayed.
Paying still … the T-Card interest bill is $300,000 a month. Photo: Ben Rushton
And it shows NSW continues to suffer from Sydney's first ill-fated T-Card ticketing project.
After borrowing more than $100 million for the project, eventually cancelled by the previous government in 2008, the state pays more than $300,000 a month in interest on the debt. A new public transport ticketing contract, to deliver what will be known as the Opal card, was signed in 2010.
The report from the Auditor-General, Peter Achterstraat, nevertheless reveals behind-the-scenes improvements.
Mr Achterstraat said transport departments had reduced their reliance on contractors, and had cut the amount of overtime paid.
He also praised RailCorp for reducing the amount it spent on the removal of graffiti, down from $55 million two years ago to $26 million, though it is unclear if trains have been made to look any better in that time.
But for the main, the report pinpoints the causes of daily frustration for Sydney residents trying to move around.
In the past five years, the average afternoon speed on seven major roads in Sydney dropped from 43km/h to 40km/h.
The average morning speed increased from 29km/h to 30km/h in the past year, but had been around that mark for the past five years.
Victoria Road, where the crawl for motorists is about 23km/h in the morning peak, is the city's slowest major corridor.
The other roads measured are the F3, M2, M4, M5, Pittwater and Military roads and the Princes Highway.
On the train system, CityRail continues to struggle to meet benchmarks for running on time.
CityRail achieved 93.4 per cent peak hour on-time running in 2011-12 year, but that was its worst result for five years.
And there were more than 40 occasions last year when fewer than 80 per cent of peak-hour trains ran on time.
Mr Achterstraat's report also shows that among 10 major projects under management by RailCorp and Transport for NSW, not including the north-west rail link, estimated costs have increased from about $6.1 billion to $8.4 billion.
But the report does not detail which projects these are, claiming some details are commercial in confidence.


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How Small the World Is
I'd like to share one of my favorite photographs with you. First, follow this link to see it. Take a good look; let your eyes and mind wander over it. Then meet me back here.
So what'd you think? Was it jaw-dropping? Or, shoulder-shrugging? If you experienced the latter, you're not alone. Manual Alvarez Bravo is most well known for photographs with a surreal bent and those that speak to issues of social justice or Mexican culture. By contrast, this image is nonchalant and unapologetic in its ordinariness: two people passing each other on the sidewalk. Hardly a Kodak moment.
But for over ten years, this fleeting blink of life—captured indefinitely in Bravo's image—has captivated my mind and has made me return to it time and again.
Take a look again at those two people in the image. The man has a purposeful, long-stridden walk, newspaper in hand. The woman might be carrying a parcel of food to an unknown destination. The two appear to be strangers to one another. If they gave a passing greeting or even made eye contact, it was so brief that no trace remains of it in the photograph.
Yet, their lives cross paths here—an inconsequential occurrence that is, at the same time, extraordinary. Imagine for a moment the entire lifespans of the man and the woman, stretching all the way to their births, through childhood and adolescence, and into adulthood. The entire trajectories of their unique lives has been leading right up to this very moment, the one in the photo, of passing each other on a sidewalk.
The same can be said for me at this moment. The arc of my life experience has led up to right now as I write these words. And yours too, as you read them. Consider this the next time you meet a new person. Or, the next time you pass someone on the street. The circumstances that intersected your lives might indeed be ordinary, but the intersection itself is nothing short of incredible.


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by Luo Guanzhong
circa 1300-1400
Online fifth edition - 13000+ reader notes
Online fifth edition - 13000+ reader notes
Edited by
Snow N. Snow
Commentary by
Dr Rafe de Crespigny
ROTK, aka Three Kingdoms, is the most popular novel in Asia. Written 600 years ago, it tells the epic of Han Dynasty in China during the 2nd and 3rd century. Sometimes I look at this old story and marvel to see it glow as the time goes by. In video games alone, I know 5 titles related to ROTK.
In paper book, I have read 3 full English translations of ROTK, of which one translation has been lost many years ago. But the other two are much more popular among readers. One is by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor, and another by Moss Roberts. I own 5 editions of Brewitt-Taylor (1925, 1929, 1959, 1985, 1995), and 3 Roberts' editions (1976, 1991, 1999). Since ROTK fans often want to purchase paper books, they email me quite frequently to ask about the info of these editions. So, I will write here the info I know about the books, hoping that it would help you select the suitable ones.
Abridge vs. Full: Regardless of edition, don't buy abridged versions of ROTK. Moss Roberts has a full version and an abridged version, and they may confuse you. When you read the cover of the book, pay attention to whether the word "abridged" is present in the cover or the publisher reviews. If it is, don't go for it. The full version is much more enjoyable.
Size of the Book: ROTK is a huge book of 120 chapters and from 1,100 to 1,700 pages (depending on paper and font sizes). So, it is published in several volumes (from 2 to 4 volumes). When you purchase the books, try to buy a complete set. ROTK is often sold in complete set, but somehow one of Brewitt-Taylor's versions is sold in separate volumes.
Moss Roberts (Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel): The English translation of ROTK by Moss Roberts is the best translation I have ever seen. It is more enjoyable than the original Chinese text, I truly agree. Here is the one reason: Professor Roberts provides us 250 extra pages of notes, which come from various sources, from both history and traditions. I have read a few original texts, and the editions I read do not give as much information. Beside notes, Professor Roberts also supplies several useful maps of battles. One advantage of this translation is that it is new, and therefore, it uses the modern Pinyin name system (names like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan---those names are used in games, too). Below are the covers of different editions -- but the texts are the same. The links point to the full translation, which I recommend, and you can purchase it online. Sold in a complete set of either 2 volumes or 3 volumes or 4 volumes (depending on the size of paper):
C.H. Brewitt-Taylor (Romance of Three Kingdoms): The English translation of ROTK by Brewitt-Taylor is very old. Therefore, it uses the Yale name system (names like Tsao Tsao, Liu Pei, and Sun Chuan), which is less popular today. A disadvantage of this translation is that it does not provide background information like Roberts' version. This translation is like a pure novel, from page 1 to ending page---no maps, no notes. Furthermore, it has many errors that haven't got corrected since the first edition. With so many flaws, why should the readers be interested? Well, if you collect ROTK books like I do, you may want to buy several of them. But one important thing is that the translation of Brewitt-Taylor is very beautiful in literature style. The language in this version is fluid and suitable to ROTK, perhaps partly due to its old English. Here are some of its covers (be careful, the books are sold separately in 2 volumes):
Volume 1
Volume 2
Non-English translations: Since ROTK is well-known in East Asia, it's easy to find a copy in Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, etc. in your local bookstore. Some readers ask if there are translations in French, German, Spanish, or Russian. My answer is "Maybe there are." I have seen a French translation published by Flammarion (7 volumes). Since I don't know French, I cannot tell if it is a good translation or not. A reader (Diego Rodriguez) also told me there's a Spanish translation in Beijing (cost about US $300). Another reader (Bas Suverkropp) says there's an "abridged" German translation by Franz Kuhn. If you come across these versions or any other versions, please email me your review. Amazingly, a reader (AJ) sent me a link to an online Russian translation of ROTK History Records here.
About this web site: ThreeKingdoms.com publishes the full translation of ROTK by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor on the web free for all internet readers. We incorporate the literature style of Brewitt-Taylor, and at the same time we use the modern Pinyin name system. Moreover, we have corrected the many mistakes the paper book has. And the best thing of all, we include many notes, backgrounds, as well as maps with more details than in any ROTK book. The readers can also post their notes online! Fans often praise the Commentary of Dr. Rafe de Crespigny as the best online writing about ROTK. So, we hope you enjoy this web site. Khang Nguyen.
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The Missing Gospels (2 of 3)
Mr. Mark Yarbrough: Welcome to DTS Dialogue: Issues of God in Culture. I am your host, Mark Yarbrough, Executive Director of Communications at Dallas Theological Seminary. Today our discussion topic is "The Missing Gospels."
Dr. Hall Harris: One of the important things that you also need to remember in this regard is the idea of the formation of the canon of the New Testament, that is which books belong in our Bible are related to this process. Many people have the idea that the early church decided what was in the canon or wasn't, but there is a very significant, different way to look at what constitutes canon or the books that should be in the Bible. That is that the early church didn't really decide. The early church simply recognized the books that they already felt belonged, so they didn't create it, they rather just acknowledged it. But that's a key difference in this discussion.
Dr. Darrell Bock: And it is important to recognize that in this recognition process that we are talking about, we're talking about a process that took time because it was engaged in very carefully, very thoughtfully.
There were some books in some lists that didn't end up being in the final listing, that kind of thing. And there was this concern to be sure that texts were old, that they had this "rootage" that we talked about, this traditional "rootage," and that they reflected the theology, the core theology of the church, which these Gnostic texts and missing gospels really don't reflect, even a text like the Gospel of Thomas, which is probably the most well-publicized of these missing gospels. It is an interesting text. It is 114 sayings supposedly coming from Jesus, and if you read through the Gospel of Thomas for your devotions or just on the side you will find that about 25 percent of it sounds very familiar because it is very much like Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. Another 25 percent of it is sort of like Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And another 50 percent of it you read and you think, "I've never seen or heard that before!" because it is not at all like Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.
Dr. Daniel Wallace: And that 50% you think, "What in the world did he just say?"
Darrell: That's exactly right in some cases. So it really is a mixed bag. Well Thomas is a gospel that clearly has some of its origin in the traditions of the church, some of which showed up in our gospels. It is also clear that some of it doesn't come from there. I think in the end that's one of the reasons why it didn't make it. In fact, we have statements from Origen in the early third century. He talks about what gospels we don't read in the churches because they are not recognized. Interestingly enough, he mentions Thomas by name.
Mark: Don't you think that's an important piece of this discussion? Because if we all have friends and neighbors and family members who join this discussion, missing gospels, the very implication is that something has been lost, that there is an incomplete set. That's why, Hall, I am glad you brought that up. It is a discussion of canonicity: why we have what we have. The gospels that we do have are complete, and there is nothing missing. In other words, what you are arguing for, if I can phrase it this way, is that the early church knew exactly what it was. They assessed it. They looked at it, and they put it aside. Is that fair?
Darrell: Yeah, I think so. I think that very much is the sense you get. There were some works that ended up in the collection known as the Apostolic Fathers: Shepherd of Hermas, Didache, First Clement, that they read and they said, "This is Orthodox. There is no doubt about that. This is a reflection of our theology." But its "rootage" wasn't such that it was close enough to this emerging period of the origins of Christianity that it was included.
So you had some works like that. Then you had other works that clearly didn't even fit theologically. You go to plug it in, and it's like using a Phillips screwdriver on a normal screw. It isn't going to turn anything.
Mark: And what you are saying about a lot of these books, a lot of these writings, is that there are pieces that do fit that sound very familiar to us. Then there are other extremes that it's way out there. It's not even close.
Dan: If I could add, I think basically what we are looking at here for the ancient tests of canonicity are three things. First was "antiquity". Was it something that was written by the Apostles or associates of the Apostles? It had to be a first century document.
Mark: Right.
Dan: And so when you said these other gospels were set aside, well that could only be true after these other gospels were written.
Mark: Right.
Dan: And that would mean, once we are getting into the second century, some of them were not written until the ninth century, so some of them were really late on the scene. But that is the first test of canonicity: apostolicity or antiquity.
The second is catholicity. Was it something accepted widely by the churches? This is where these Gnostic gospels simply fail the test abysmally.
Thirdly is orthodoxy. Does it comport with the orthodoxy that we already read in the Scriptures. So when you have got the Muratorian Canon, which is the second-earliest canon list we have in the second century, it talks about the Shepherd of Hermas, and it says, "Hey, this thing's orthodox. Go ahead and read it. Just don't read it in church because it is of recent vintage, so it doesn't pass the test of antiquity, even though it passed the test of orthodoxy and even catholicity."
Darrell: In catholicity, it is important to explain comes from a word that means the idea of something being universal. We are not talking about Roman Catholicism or something like that.
Mark: Right, right.
Darrell: It is something completely different. So this standard is the idea that it was universal because it reflects the theology of the entirety of the church.
Hall: I think another point, though, that is also worth throwing in here as a comment. That is, why all the interest in these missing gospels suddenly? Especially in the fact that they have been known for quite a few years in some cases, but suddenly they are becoming very popular in the media. I think you have to deal with the darker side of this whole picture. That is that a lot of people love a good conspiracy theory. So the idea that somehow the church - through its history in some form or other; whether it's the eastern church or the Roman church or whoever, suppressed or hid or kept under cover some of these documents so that they wouldn't interfere with official doctrine - intrigues a lot of people. It's like, it's very difficult for some people to get around the fact that they just believe that somebody has been in work to monkey with this in order to distort doctrine or preserve tradition or to serve the interest of some group or other.
Darrell: In fact, I think it is important to realize that a lot of what goes on here is that there are half truths about the history of this that get played on in a very significant way. It is true that once we get to the fourth century and we begin to move toward the solidification of the canon, because really it was a process that we can trace its emergence from the end of the second century until the point where the canon starts to be solidified in the middle of the fourth century with Athanasius. Anyway, what sometimes is said is, "Well the church suppressed these works. They used their power to put them out of circulation." And that, actually, for the fourth century is completely true. They did do that. If they found them, these texts were burned. The reason we have Nag Hammadi is, someone took these text, put them in a jar, hide them away so that they would not be found. The person who got them will know where they were and they can get access to them.
There is some element of partial truth in some of what you hear. Another, what you hear is, history is written by the winners. That is, certainly, often the case. Although, every known then you get a loser who manages to get their writing out there and good circulation. But, sometimes winners win because they deserve to win historically. That is historical features such not that is a fortuitous combination that leads them in the power or something like that but because there is a momentum that is gerund generated sociologically by a movement that means that it reflects the origins of what this movement was and is.
And that is the case with the Christian materials. Yes, the winners win but the replies; winners write the history but replies sometimes those winners deserve to win, by the way, sociology and history actually developed.
Dan: I think, you can see that when you look at our New Testament Gospels compared to Gnostic gospels. There is continuity with all testaments and how they view God as creator and how they view God interacting with the world where you do not have that in the Gnostic gospels. And so, if Gnosticism had one, you have a really different kind of religion today. It does not have continuity with the Old Testament. It does not really view God as the same God at all.
Darrell: Right. There is a sense which Gnosticism is really anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic in the sense. In the Jewish conception of God which Christianity inherited there is one creator God, there is one supreme God that God is the God of Israel. But in these Gnostic texts, as we already alluded to, the creation is the project of an underling god. And some versions like the Gospel of Judas, about which received so much attention earlier in the year, you are really down to the third level God.
I mean, we are talking about, if I can use a sports analogy, it is a god that comes out of the double-A minor league.
Dan: I knew you would.
Darrell: That is right [laughter]. It is a minor league god who botches the job and then, God has to go about the works, the process of recovering what has been done. In the way he does it Gnosticism is he puts this divine sparker spirit in the people and the only thing that lives in the redemption process is this divine sparker spirit that is inside the people. There is no real discussion of sin or human responsibility, very different picture from both the Old Testament and what we see in orthodox Christianity.
The point is that when you look at the theology of this material and compared to what we have in the New Testament, it is so distinct, often the question is in fact, my son likes do this. He likes reproduce discussions that he is going to have and the discussion goes like this: "Have you heart about Jesus?" You know about the Jesus of gospels in someone will say, "No, I do not. Will you really take a look at it?
The next response is "Yeah, but have you heart about all those gospels that did not make it in to the Bible. What is going on with them? Do you know they are not in the Bible?" that often becomes the conversations stopper.
Well, simple answer is, if we look at these gospels and see what they say, we can understand why they did not make it in. They did not fit. They did not fit it all theologically. They fit in their view of God, not just their view of Jesus. They did not fit in their view man, not just their view of Jesus. There was a disconnect at several levels which meant that when they were produced, they really never had a chance to be considered orthodox. They really were a reconfiguration or a revision of what Christianity was in effort to reformulate what Christianity was. They did get some momentum in the second century but eventually was recognized as being very fringe.
Mark: What would you say would be the greatest thing that the Gnostic writings teach us about Christianity? I mean, is it just the opposite? That is what we can see, in other words, we can see what is counter fit, if you will? What good is there that we can gleam from reading this material?
Dan: Let me suggest something first. We probably all have five different opinions among the three of us. I think one of the things that they teach us, they have a high view of Christ in terms of his divinity in many respects. They do not have much in views of humanity but what interesting is when you read Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code it speaks about these eighty gospels I am not sure where he got that number from that Constantine rejected. He says he got rid of the ones that emphasized the humanity of Christ and kept the ones that emphasized the deity. That is just the opposite of what we really have.
New Testament Gospels really put a strong emphasis on the humanity of Christ. You just do not see that in this Gnostic books. You see some of them say two of them, in fact say I saw Jesus walk in this feet did not touch to ground. He left no footprint. You know, you got this kind of thing one of them have some what this head in the clouds, literally in the clouds. He is not a human Jesus but they do put emphasis on his spirit or in the sense on his divinity, which shows that the early church had an appreciation of the deity of Christ early on. Gnosticism just went in one direction but not the other.
Darrell: The Apocalypse of Peter has an interesting text because in it Peter has a vision of the crucifixion scene and sees a figure laughing in heaven while the crucifixion is going on. So he asks Jesus about this. Jesus' response is, well, what is going on is the spirit that occupied Jesus' body departed before the crucifixion. It was actually the substitute that was crucified. Meanwhile, Jesus was laughing in heaven because again if I can use another sports metaphor he's faked them out.
They think they are crucifying him but, in fact, they aren't. He's in heaven watching this pseudo-crucifixion going on. Well, it's a real crucifixion for the substitute but it's not a crucifixion for Jesus. And in that process we see this very different expression of what the death of Jesus is all about and the point is that the spirit occupies a body but we don't have a true incarnation, we don't have real human Jesus.
And in that sense this material has Jesus be more divine than even, or more exclusively divine a better way to say it more exclusively divine than the way the gospels portray it. Another interesting text is in the Gospel of Thomas set of texts. In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus says in one text, "I am the all. Split a piece of wood on there, lift up a stone and I am there." That's a quality of deity at the expense of his humanity.
So, again, Dan Brown's claim these texts were excluded because they presented a human Jesus missed it.
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Mean Betty: Why Did Emma Watson Dye Her Puppy Pink?!
Oh Emma Watson, what did that poor puppy ever do to you?
-Mean Betty
Pity poor little Darcy, Emma Watson's one-year-old Bichon Frise. Little Darcy's gone from soft white to bubblegum pink! Can you imagine what's going to happen to her when she places her teeny paws in the local dog park? Woofs and arfs of derisive laughter will greet that poor pooch the moment she's sighted in there!
Why, just the thought of it had Meanie's head twirling so badly, that she had the butler immediately and not one second later quickly mix up a healthy alcohol-tinged "health tonic!" Truly, Meanie's just fanning herself with sympathetic embarrassment for poor Darcy.
Reportedly, Emma paid £90 pounds, that's $140.17 in U.S. dollars to have Darcy dipped in beetroot. Beetroot! She had the treatment done at London's Groom Dog City. Apparently, this isn't the first time Emma's gotten dye-happy with Darcy. Groom Dog City owner, Stuart Simons told the Daily Mail, "Emma has dyed Darcy twice. Pink is our biggest colour, but I do look after another bichon (sic) called Casper who comes in for a blue Mohican (sic)."
How does Meanie know that Darcy was dipped in beetroot? Simon also revealed his secrets, "All the dyes I use are completely animal-friendly. They are made from vegetable dye."
Read Mean Betty on Madonna's Unapologetic Peep Show: Rebellious or Predictable?
The only thing nice that Meanie can say about the photo of Emma and Darcy is that Emma's wearing a cute dog-themed scarf.
That makes Meanie wonder about playing with veggies. Could she dye her dog or cat using, oh say, green beans, squash or perhaps a Casaba melon? Meanie's never tried a Casaba melon, so this might be a good excuse to have the butler pick one up the next time he's at the market.
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will once again be spending less on football operations than most of the CFL.
A fear concerning the Bombers getting in over their heads with debt resulting in a negative effect on the football product could prove accurate in the short term.
The Bombers, one might argue, are going to be house-poor for a while. They're an underfunded organization now on the hook for close to $100 million and they haven't begun to enjoy the fruits of the predicted new revenue streams.
Something has to give and it appears it will continue to be football operations.
As of Friday, the Bombers had hired just seven coaches including head man Tim Burke. By contrast, the Montreal Alouettes have a coaching staff of 12.
Rumour has it, the Bombers will add one more coach prior to training camp, but at eight, they would still be alone at the bottom of the league.
Every other team in the league already has at least nine coaches.
Last season, the Bombers admitted to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars less than the rest of the CFL on football operations.
"We spend $300,000 less, on average, than the rest of the league on football operations," Bombers CEO Garth Buchko told the Free Press late in the 2012 season. "Still, $300,000 is a lot of money. It's never been about the Winnipeg Football Club being cheap. It's not that.
"We were in the Grey Cup (in 2011) with the same number of coaches that we started with. We were successful with eight coaches. But in saying that, we're here to win championships and build a first-class organization. How much money do we need to spend to do that? Because we want to build an identity; we want to be seen in the CFL like the Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, B.C. Lions and Montreal Alouettes."
The Bombers spent $10 million on upgrades to the new stadium in the last year in an effort to enhance fan experience.
"These are additions that would have been made in future years," Buchko said in a late-December press release, adding the upgrades will provide "better cost certainty, improves the stadium function, and will generate additional revenue."
The entire purpose of the new stadium, from a business perspective, is to generate new revenues that will allow the football club to operate as a modern entity and spend on the same level as its competitors.
Money doesn't always equate to championships, but if the Bombers are going to operate on the cheap it makes things more difficult for GM Joe Mack and Burke.
The Bombers let go veteran personnel man Ross Hodgkinson in the off-season and replaced him by promoting Kyle Walters to the assistant GM's chair. Winnipeg replaced defensive co-ordinator Chip Garber with Casey Creehan and brought in Craig Dickenson to take over from Walters as special teams coach.
Other than that, it has been status quo in terms of football-operations spending.
Lots of folks buy a new house and then take some time to add the furnishings. It's life under a budget.
In time, a household's income increases and the vacations and restaurant dinners resume. One can hope that's what will take place for the Bombers. A year or two of scrimping and then a push to be on the level with the rest of the league in football spending.
The Bombers have taken on an ambitious debt load to build a state-of-the-art stadium. Hopefully that debt doesn't crush the football team playing in it.
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I noticed that this evening as well, as we were a bit without direction. It would help if we had a set list of people with squad certs and that generally would like leading.
I like leading, but I prefer to be a squad leader rather then leader of the whole thing, as I'm not too strategically inclined. I like tactics in a smaller space (say a base) and can do that quite well, so I'd love to sign up for squad leader duty.
Can we get a list going with people certing for leadership and that are willing to lead, so these people could have some rank in-game so it's a bit easier to organize on the fly? Basically a rank for platoon leader and one for squad leader. With that it would be easy to tell if there's a leader type person online, and you have an organized group at any time.
I'd also like to propose some more organization on the mumble. Like squads are in squad rooms and there's ACL linked channels for platoon leader and squad leaders. Can get a bit messy when you're like two people in a lib trying to communicate and the entire platoon is shouting.