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We Almost Lost Leo!
Leonardo DiCaprio avoided a plane crash over the weekend.
-Carolyn French
It was an incident you would expect to see in one of his high-powered action flicks, but there was nothing entertaining about Sunday's Delta flight which could have cost loveable Leonardo DiCaprio his life.
The Inception star was one of 193 passengers aboard the commercial jetliner bound for Moscow, Russia that lost one of its engines just after takeoff, forcing the pilot to return to JFK International Airport.
Once the plane had burned off enough fuel to make a safe landing, Leo's rep issued a statement that read like a giant thank you card to the brilliant pilot and flight crew.
DiCaprio, 36, was headed to an important four-day meeting in Moscow called the Tiger Summit, which focuses on ways to prevent the extinction of tigers.
Read 10 Things You Didn't Know about Leonardo DiCaprio
If his commitment to saving the earth and the creatures that inhabit it isn't enough to make you want to give him a giant kiss, Leo stuck around after Sunday's terrifying ordeal to sign autographs for the crew members.
We love you, Leo, and we're so thankful that you're OK! (Us Weekly, Fox News)
Carolyn French is an assistant editor at BettyConfidential.


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And the scam emails just keep coming! This one is from an Olivia Ethan:
From: Olivia Ethan [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:27 PM
To: email@example.com
Subject: USA INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR INVITATION
Dear Sir/Madam,
It gives me a great pleasure to invite you to the forth coming international seminar which the American Institute for Human Right (AIHR) is excited to be hosting in August 18th to 20th 2011 first Phase at Elm Croft Manor New York City USA, And then from August 22nd to 26th 2011, Second phase at Lagasca Madrid Spain.
The theme of the forth coming seminar is; Racism and Human Right. Delegates who are interested in making a paper presentation are advice to make a summary presentation on the above subject.
Registration is open now! Contact the organizing secretary Mrs Grace J. Nicholas for more information. Email: email@example.com See you in the Seminar.
Miss Olivia Ethan
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The poor use of grammar and punctuation should be a giveaway. Also, why would you as a genealogist or a genealogy speaker be receiving an invite for such a conference? These losers keep coming up with scams to steal your personal information and they play upon the gullibility of people who might receive these emails.
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Love my 5.1.1 iPhone with JB and Google Maps, as long as there are no great games or apps from the AppStore that require me being on iOS 6 I can wait for a loooong time :-)
Did anyone really expect a jailbreak to be released?
As always, iphone 5 is not world wide available yet, they wont release till every single part of the world had great sale of iphone 5 so they the jailbreaker can had more donation unlike last time when theres Geohot! really not abt $$$$$$$$$$$$$ & he dare accept challenge even apple release new firmware. Geohot is greatly Missed!!! this is the reason y more are switching to Android, Android dev dont keep their Jailbreak, they release like no body business 100% not for $$$$$$$$.
Last time? Young Mr. Hotz left a long time ago...
I'm not disappointed. I follow various people on twitter and know where we are at. These things usually take time especially of late. I'm staying on 5.1.1 until 6.0 is jailbroken. For me 6.0 is a lousy upgrade anyway with no new features except panorama that I'm interested in. If I hadn't been spending the last 5 years writing tutorials I wouldn't upgrade to 6 at all.
No one with any common sense was expecting a jailbreak yesterday.
They said the same thing for iOS 4 and 5 - just a matter of time until it's figured out. There is always a way,just gotta wait it out.
And isn't there a tether jb available for most devices? A more appropriate title would be "No jailbreak for A5/A6 device"
Patience is a virtue. The Jailbreak community always comes through for us. I can see why there are complaints. Are you personally helping the effort? Are you donating to the cause? Do you personally take you time and try to figure out how to jailbreak? In most cases we can all say no to all of these questions. In some cases you can say you donate. The jailbreak WILL come as it always does..when it is ready and not a minute sooner.
This is disappointing as I upgraded my iPad 3 thinking it could be tethered jailbroken but when I tried it said it cant.
And the window to downgrade has closed so I'm stuck without a jailbreak or downgrade.
Even a tethered jailbreak would be great. Or a way to downgrade would be even better.
oh wooowww, pod2g said there won't be a jailbreak for ios6, my now what are we to do, this is just like with ios 5.1.1 when he said there won't be a jailbreak, oh wait, there was a jailbreak but it was released by someone other than pod2g. I'm sorry but i don't really see why this guy has to be the final voice in jailbreaking, he might be the best, but certainly not the only one.


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OT Eric Fisher, Central Michigan (North Team)
After two days of practice, it's clear that Eric Fisher has separated himself as the best prospect in Mobile this week. He hasn't been perfect, but has won more battles than he's lost, displaying the coordination and feet to hold up in space. Although he will get too tall at times, Fisher has shown better base strength than expected to absorb contact and hold his ground to control blockers, flashing a nasty demeanor as well. He has cemented himself as a top-12 pick and it isn't a stretch to consider him one of this year's top prospects.
TE Vance McDonald, Rice (South Team)
With Travis Kelce pulling out of the Senior Bowl due to injury, the distinction of top tight end in Mobile is wide open, but Vance McDonald is making a strong case for the spot. He looks the part with broad shoulders, long arms (34.5") and big hands (10") to extend and pluck the ball out of the air. McDonald also looked aggressive during blocking drills, staying balanced through contact and flashing a finishing attitude. He did have some drops on Tuesday when trying to run before securing the grab, but for the most part, McDonald has been impressive this week and is making a strong case to be a top-100 pick in April.
WR Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech (South Team)
Although this year's senior wide receiver group doesn't have a lock first round talent, Quinton Patton is making a strong case to be considered among the top-32 picks. Thus far at practice, he has looked more impressive than Baylor's Terrance Williams and others with his controlled athleticism to separate and change gears. Patton doesn't have elite size (6-0, 202) or speed, but he plays fast and balanced with the hands to be a reliable go-to target. He likely won't get out of the top-60 selections.
OT Lane Johnson, Oklahoma (South Team)
There is no question that Eric Fisher has been spectacular thus far, but Lane Johnson has also been impressive and isn't far behind Fisher in the tackle rankings. Lining up at both left and right tackle, he has looked very natural in his kickslide off the snap with a very wide base to cover a lot of ground, not lumbering or struggling to adjust to edge rushers. Johnson has only two years of experience on the offensive line and it shows at times, but his combination of length (35" arms), hand strength and movement skills should guarantee him a spot in the top-20 picks, possibly in the top-15.
DE Datone Jones, UCLA (North Team)
After an impressive practice on Monday, Datone Jones kept the momentum going on Tuesday, standing out as one of the best defensive stars on the North squad. He is very strong from head to toe and does a nice job using his powerful arms and hands to rip past blockers. He wasn't overly productive as a pass rusher at UCLA, largely due to the fact that he was moved all over the Bruins' hybrd 3-4 scheme, but he did record 19 tackles for loss as a senior with his impressive blend of burst and power to dispose of blockers at the point of attack. Jones is a name that will start to appear in first round mock drafts moving forward.
C Braxston Cave, Notre Dame (North Team)
This year's crop of centers leaves much to be desired and the group in Mobile hasn't done much to change that opinion. Braxston Cave was the anchor of Notre Dame's offensive line this past season, but he has struggled to sustain blocks during practice this week, playing tight and lacking the athleticism to recover. He needs to be more aggressive with his hands and stay balanced in his stance to control defenders and not overextend himself.
CB Will Davis, Utah State (North Team)
After a strong senior season, Will Davis created some buzz as a possible early round draft choice, but so far through two practices, he hasn't lived up to those expectations. He has struggled on an island in man coverage, playing undisciplined and often getting turned around by receivers. Davis has the athleticism and ability to potentially start at the next level, but he needs to do a better job staying balanced to anticipate routes and gain accurate position.
- Syracuse offensive tackle Justin Pugh is an intriguing prospect, but thus far through two practices, it has become more evident that his best position is probably inside at guard. He has the mobility and body control to protect the edge, but he has suspect core strength and struggles to properly use his hands to control rushers at the point of attack. Pugh also lacks the length (31.5" arms) and growth potential to convince NFL teams he can stay at left tackle.
- While tight end Vance McDonald has impressed on the South squad, Colorado tight end Nick Kasa has stood out on the North team. A former defensive end, he didn't make the move to offense until late last season, entering the 2012 campaign with just one career catch on his resume. Kasa plays a bit tight and bulky, but he is an intriguing athlete and has really impressed as a blocker this week. He obviously needs some more seasoning, but the tools are there for Kasa to be an interesting developmental draft choice early on the third day.
- The South team has been mixing and matching their offensive linemen through the first two practices with players like Lane Johnson and Oday Aboushi seeing reps on both the left and right sides. Florida tackle Xavier Nixon has also moved around the offensive line this week, seeing extensive time at left tackle, where he lined up mostly in Gainesville, but also taking reps inside at left guard on Tuesday. He flashed the hand strength to deliver a jolt off the snap and hold his ground, but his best attribute is his feet and athleticism, which makes him a better fit on the outside.
- Oregon offensive lineman Kyle Long was absent from the South practice on Tuesday due to dehydration, according to his twitter account. He needed an IV for over an hour and had a tough time keeping food or liquids down, however, is expected to be back on the practice field on Wednesday.
Dane Brugler is a Draft Analyst for NFLDraftScout.com, distributed by The Sports Xchange.


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Author - Elizabeth Fixmer
Elizabeth Fixmer, the author of Saint Training, a book about a young girl coming of age in 1967, will entertain you with a funny, touching presentation that speaks about how we can help kids to better express themselves. This is a charming read for both children and adults and touches on the decisions young people face as they grow older. Elizabeth Fixmer was a psychotherapist who worked with children and often used literature as a means to help kids express their own thoughts and needs. A book signing will follow the presentation.
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A video podcast on the Koshland Science Museum's interactive exhibit on Infectious Disease featuring interviews with Erica Shugart, Ph.D., deputy director and exhibit curator, Dr. Eliott Kieff, Harvard University, and Dr. David Relman, Stanford University. The Koshland Science Museum is located on 6th and E Sts., NW, D.C. and it is well worth the visit.
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OK - so I'm doing a little BBQing this Sunday (02/15/04) for the Daytona race! Whoo Hoo!! Go # 18!! Anyway- got a couple questions…
There's going to be apx. 8 people. What I'm planning is to do apx. 3 1/2 - 4 racks of baby back ribs, and about 15 sausages. Getting both of these meats from a great local butcher. I'm going to be using a rub for the baby backs, and thinking of a an injector marinade for the sausages.
I've got a Brinkmann Sportsman Charcoal Double-Grill Smoker & Grill. Here's my questions:
How much charcoal / wood do you use for the fire (I'm using hard wood lump charcoal)?
How long should I smoke these meats for? I've heard apx. 4 hrs. for the ribs - I'm using a rib rack, and apx. 2 hrs. for the sausages. What does everyone think? Does this sound about right?


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Grove City College student
Nathan Mancini '13 has co-written and directed a feature film titled, "Asleep
in a Storm." It will premiere at the Guthrie Theatre in Grove City, Pa., on
Saturday, April 13, at 11:30 a.m., followed by a red carpet post-premiere party
at Carnegie Alumni Center on campus.
Mancini is a marketing major
at the College and has been involved in videography since 2005. "I have always
wanted to direct a feature film, and my senior year of college was the perfect
time to make it happen," Mancini said.
This coming-of-age drama
stars Johnny Sikma '13 as Rob Connolly, a successful college senior who lives
his life like a game of poker, where everyone is hiding something. An insult to
Rob's pride sets him on a battle for intellectual superiority against Sam
Elmore (Sam Leuenberger), a seemingly insignificant fellow student. The
conflict draws in the seniors' friends and shakes the foundation of their
college lives. Ultimately, Rob and Sam must decide for themselves if anyone is
The entire cast is from Grove
City College, and there are several College faculty members in the film. "I can
honestly believe one thing that sets this film apart from other college films
is the quality of the acting. We recruited Grove City College's best actors and
actresses for this film, and it shows in the finished product," Mancini said.
Media may attend the premiere.
It is recommended that the media contact Nathan Mancini at email@example.com to ensure they are granted access.
For more information on the
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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The speculation around Apple ( AAPL) TV has passed the height of absurdity.In one corner, you have the well-respected Jean-Louis Gassée calling the notion of an actual television set from Apple an "enduring fantasy." In the other, there's Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicting an imminent release, as Gassée noted, for the umpteenth time and third year in a row (!). Gassée makes compelling points. First, he states the obvious: Consumers should be able to access a la carte television. Every program should be an on-demand app. Of course. But that's not going to happen. You'll have to go through the "trouble" of programming your DVR from your iPhone a while longer. Apple will never cut this deal with the cable/satellite companies and content owners. And there's really no reason why it should. Gassée asks "why bother" with a television anyway, noting that the revenue Apple would generate represents a tiny fraction of the whole. I don't agree, but, going with that for a second, you could say the same about Apple doing a full-fledged Pandora ( P) competitor. Big difference between the two: Apple can break a hell of a lot more ground in the living room than it can in streaming radio. I detail several reasons why in the above-linked and other recent articles. But here's what really baffles me: This hyper-focus on content. I cringe when I make this "accusation" in the same breath as a summary of a Gassée argument, but this hyper-focus shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what Apple is and why it's so successful. Turn on a television -- any one of them -- and, depending on what you subscribe to -- content is there. Theoretically, you can access "all of it." That's all Apple needs: A world full of viewable content. The real "why bother" is why bother getting involved in that whole mess? It's a war not worth fighting. In a perfect world, consumers download or stream content a la carte, but it's not really in Apple's best interest to fight for that "right." I don't see the upside. It's a money out, hustle way too hard to churn out enough product to make acceptable margins proposition.


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Open House - Adult Education, Accelerated Degree Programs
6:30 PM until 8:30 PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Talbot House
Come join us for an informative session about our Accelerated Degree Programs.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Meet with our Adult Education Specialist, Nereida Quiles and members from the academic staff
- Learn more about our academic offerings and how the accelerated degree program works
- Receive a transcript evaluation (you can also attend without a transcript)
- Schedule a personal follow-up appointment
- Hear more about financial aid opportunities
- Ask any questions you may have!
You can complete your associate or bachelor degree at Concordia, one course at time, one night a week, in our accelerated program.
Refreshments and snacks will be served. Please RSVP with Nereida Quiles at (914) 337-9300 ext. 2147 or register online.


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Built in 1876 by D.H. Morrison,
the bridge is listed in the Historic American Engineer Record as an
example of "Morrison's Patent Wrought Iron Arch Truss Bridge," based on a
patent granted David H. Morrison. Unique among bowstring arches, this
designed used vertically-oriented I-Beam flanges to form the bows.
Morrison, founder of the Columbus Bridge Works in Dayton, was one of the
most important bridge engineers and manufacturers in the 19th century
The United States Congress has set aside monies for
Transportation Enhancement projects through the State of Ohio Department
of Transportation. The commissioners are applying for money from this
fund. The total construction cost of the M6 bridge project is estimated
to be $386,000 of which the county would commit to pay at least 20
percent ($77,200 estimate) of the actual construction cost.
Putnam County Engineers office's Troy Recker said the application was
filed this week. He expects to hear if the county received it sometime
in August.
The county would also be responsible for 100 percent of
all other costs associated with the architectural/engineering plans,
environmental studies and documentation, right-of-way plans and
right-of-way acquisition, if necessary. The local portion would be
funded by the county using Emergency Bridge Fund money.
said the construction will include taking the bridge apart, cleaning and
galvanizing it and reassembling it to maintain the historical
significance of the arches and beams of the bridge. The county would
also do work on the approaches to the bridge.
Although not listed
on the National Register for Historic Places, the bridge, has been
considered eligible for this status. The bridge is approximately 16.1
feet wide and 86 feet long. The length of the largest span is 80.1 feet.
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Punchless Cards fall to Rockies in finale
Freese breaks up no-hitter in seventh, but offense, Garcia falter
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals found out what it's like to be on the other end of a pitching gem Sunday afternoon.
Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa allowed just two hits over seven shutout innings and Troy Tulowitzki ripped a three-run homer to lead the Rockies to an 8-2 win in front of 40,881 at Busch Stadium.
The Cardinals, who had a three-game winning streak snapped, won the first two games of the series by 3-0 scores on masterful shutouts by Adam Wainwright and Shelby Miller. Wainwright gave up two hits. Miller surrendered one and struck out a career-high 13 batters.
But Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia was not able to keep the eye-popping run going. He gave up a season-high five earned runs on eight hits over six innings.
"Those were definitely pretty tough acts to follow," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "But lately, we've been running up against guys that are throwing the ball well."
It was De La Rosa's turn to shine on the mound in the series finale. He did not allow a hit until David Freese singled with two outs in the seventh. The hot shot on the ground barely eluded a diving Jordan Pacheco at first. Jon Jay followed with a double down the left-field line, but Pete Kozma lined to first to end the threat.
De La Rosa struck out seven and walked three.
In addition to the homer by Tulowitzki, Garcia also gave up a two-run homer to Charlie Blackmon in the sixth that pushed the lead to 5-0. Tulowitzki, who was hitless in his first seven at-bats in the series, slammed a 394-foot homer in the third to get the Rockies' offense started.
"It was supposed to be a changeup down and away," Garcia said of the pitch to Tulowitzki. "But it stayed up."
St. Louis pitchers had held the opposition scoreless for 25 2/3 innings before the Tulowitzki homer.
"I made a couple mistakes and I paid the consequences," Garcia said. "They have a really good lineup.
Garcia, working on six days rest, fell to 0-3 with a 10.53 ERA lifetime against the Rockies. He was coming off one of his strongest efforts of the season. He allowed just one run over eight innings in a 10-1 win at Milwaukee on May 5.
The Cardinals drew three walks over the first five innings, but were unable to push a runner into scoring position. Matt Carpenter drew a leadoff pass in the first, but Carlos Beltran, Matt Holliday and Allen Craig all came up empty.
"They've got a very good lineup," De La Rosa said. "They swung at very good pitches."
Carpenter was impressed with De La Rosa's ability to change speeds.
"He had a real good changeup," Carpenter said. "He was tough, and when we did square up, we'd hit them right at somebody."
Catcher Yadier Molina had his 11-game hitting streak snapped. It was the longest run by a Cardinals player this season.
The Cardinals scored twice in the ninth to avoid their fourth shutout of the season. Matt Adams drove in Daniel Descalso with a one-out single. Pete Kozma followed with a sacrifice fly that brought in Ty Wigginton. Descalso began the inning with a broken-bat double to left. Wigginton followed with a pinch-hit single.
The Cardinals had few offensive highlights, although Freese went 1-for-3 and hit the ball hard. After an early-season 0-for-16 skid, he appears to be rounding back into form. He has four hits in his last 12 at-bats and improved to 3-for-9 on the current 10-game homestand.
"He's taking better swings, he's more patient," Matheny said. "He's getting some confidence up there too."
Jay's double in the seventh extended his hitting streak to nine games. He is 14-for-31 (.438) in that span. His career-best hitting streak is 12 games.
The Cardinals open a four-game series against the New York Mets Monday at Busch Stadium.
Garcia, Jay, Wigginton, Descalso and Shane Robinson used pink bats in the contest to raise breast cancer awareness and also as a tribute for Mother's Day.
Steve Overbey is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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By Joseph Milton, FT science intern
Simulations run by a team at the University of Bristol suggest that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet could be prevented by reflecting sunlight from the earth's surface, a geoengineering technique.
Geoengineering offers radical solutions to climate change, involving large-scale alterations to the environment, directly affecting the climate. Discussion of these potentially risky procedures is increasingly common as many scientists reach the conclusion that CO2 emission reduction targets are not being met, and are unlikely to be. The Royal Society recently invited a panel of scientists to look into the subject and produce a report: Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty.
The research at Bristol, led by Peter Irvine and published today in Environmental Research Letters, found that the temperature of the planet could be reduced to pre-industrial levels, saving the ice sheet, by reflecting 4.2 per cent of incident sunlight back into space.
But reflecting such a high percentage of sunlight, while doing nothing to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels, could reduce rainfall and change weather patterns, so the team also investigated reflecting 2.5 per cent of sunlight. They found this reduced the undesired side effects, but still cooled the planet enough to avoid the collapse of the ice sheet.
The Bristol team suggest sunlight could be deflected using geoengineering techniques known as solar radiation management. One option is the use of space reflectors – trillions of tiny reflective particles at the Lagrange point, the point in space at which the Earth and the Sun's gravitational fields cancel each other out.
Professor Peter Cox at the University of Reading, who worked on the Royal Society report, says it might work: "It would be like just turning the sun down a bit." But obviously there are technical considerations. As Professor Joanna Haigh of Imperial College, another of the report's authors, points out: "The costs and the timescales involved would be absolutely enormous." Neither thinks this technique is feasible in the near future.
Another option suggested by the Bristol team involves the addition of sulphate particles to the atmosphere, where they would reflect solar radiation. Prof. Cox says this is more difficult to rule out than he had imagined before the report was written, but Prof. Haigh is less convinced: "Who knows what the knock-on effects would be?" she says.
Solar radiation management is one of two broad categories of geoengineering techniques. The second is carbon dioxide removal, recently suggested as a possible complement to mitigation actions by Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere would be a better long-term solution to global warming, as it would tackle not just global temperatures but other problems associated with high levels of greenhouse gases too, such as ocean acidification. But it would be very slow to affect the climate. On the other hand, the effects of reflecting sunlight could be seen within a few years.
Peter Irvine stressed that geoengineering should only be regarded as an emergency response: "It is no substitute for reductions in the emission of CO2," he said.


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NWIFT Honors Vanessa Williams And Distinguished Women
The MUSE awards luncheon empowers all women!
-Sarah Polonsky
BettyConfidential was on hand at the New York Hilton last week to watch Vanessa Williams, Pat Swinney Kaufman (Executive Director of the New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture), Cindi Berger (CEO of PMK BNC Public Relations) and Abbe Raven (CEO of A&E Television Networks) accept their achievement awards from the New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) association.
The highlight of the inspiring occasion was when 95-year-old Marsha Hunt received The Loreen Arbus Award for those who take action and effect change. The gifted performer has been an activist for innumerable cases for nearly seven decades. As she asked the awestruck crowd to "slow down" and shared her pleasure at being able to come back to New York City for a final visit and the joy she felt at admiring the Rockefeller Center tree, the room of often cynical New Yorkers was at once brought to tears. Marsha, you are our new Betty heroine.
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It's almost comical that Vanessa Williams' two recent shows include the words "Desperate" and "Ugly." She is so spectacularly beautiful!
We all sang Happy Birthday to her mom. Vanessa in her speech credited her mom for a lot of Willhemina's (her Ugly Betty character) scary characteristics — including her "icy stare" and her "constant state of annoyance" and her "love of libation." We wonder if Vanessa got a spanking from mom after the show! At the end of her speech she thanked everyone for "allowing me to be me."
All of the women thanked the other women in their lives — how important to have strong friendships and female mentors.
Sarah Polonsky is a senior editor at BettyConfidential.


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"I'm in my underwear and my son says, 'Hey dad, there's police at the door,'" World Peace said in an interview with The Times after the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics on Wednesday evening. "So I jump out, I'm nervous. I see these police with rifles and scopes.
"I'm like, 'What happened?' I don't know what's going on at this point. 'What happened, what happened?' And then the police was like, 'The building is being taken over by guys downstairs.'"
Apparently the guys downstairs were three actors in a movie that World Peace's company, Artest Media Group, is producing about life on the streets.
Unbeknownst to World Peace, the actors, one of whom World Peace says is his nephew, had decided to rehearse a scene outside of his Westside condo complex the previous evening with a fake shotgun and two fake 9-millimeter guns as props. After the actors finished the scene, they then decided to play with the guns in front of the valet at World Peace's condo complex.
The cops were called around midnight, as TMZ first reported Tuesday.
When the police arrived, they handcuffed the actors and the director of the movie. World Peace's younger brother, Isaiah, heard the ruckus and went downstairs to investigate, but he apparently didn't have identification on him, and the police handcuffed him, too.
The men explained the situation to the police, who then knocked on World Peace's door to verify their story.
"At first when I seen the police, I was like, 'What the hell is going on?'' World Peace said. "I just got finished watching 'Zero Dark Thirty' or whatever that movie is. I'm like, 'I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming. Is there a terrorist in the building? Do y'all need my help?'"
After a brief conversation with the police, World Peace put on his Cookie Monster pajamas and accompanied them outside.
World Peace was shocked by what he saw.
"Like 20 cops' cars are outside, like 10 more police," he said. "My brother had his hands behind his back and [there were] helicopters. The whole Wilshire [Blvd.] was shut down. The street shut down. No cars nowhere."
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Bumper Stickers are great places to find humor in the form of quips and puns.
Let's try to keep this to ones that you've actually seen, not just some collected from a list somewhere.
One of my brothers had one back in the 70s that his print shop teacher at Archbishop Carrol High School had created; it was quickly picked up and copied before he was able to copyright it:
ILLITERATE? Write for free help!
One that I've seen several times over the years that I'll have to print for myself if I can't find it:
Driver carries no cash -- he's married
One that I saw in Washington DC a few weeks ago:
Terrorist Hunting License. License No. 0911. Open Season, No Limit.
And finally, one I saw on the Baltimore Beltway the other day:
Rehab is for Quitters


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I wasn't sure what Cause Papers were until I read about this new website. It seems that they are the papers relating to cases heard by the Church Courts, now I had heard about those and I was excited to find that thanks to funding from JISC they are now available online for the Diocese of York.
The website says …..
Documents detailing cases heard in the church courts of the diocese of York from 1300 to 1858 can now be explored online.
The Cause Papers Database, available at www.hrionline.ac.uk/causepapers, has been digitised thanks to a grant from funding body JISC and allows visitors to search and view more than 14,000 records held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York.
The set features details of a wide range of social and religious issues, from marriages and separations to subjects that are now regarded as more secular, including taxation and professional misconduct.
"The York Cause Papers Database is a wonderful resource for family and local historians," says archivist Paul Dryburgh. "More than 200,000 people, from places ranging from York parishes to as far afield as Russia and America, have now been catalogued. Such a rich variety of cases, including breach of faith, defamation, immorality and testamentary, gives exciting insights into the real life concerns and experiences of your ancestors."
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The now-invincible Mets, after three weeks of extreme vincibility, resume this evening with Chris Young on the mound. But I'd like to direct your attention instead to this piece of news: Brian Bannister has no plan to pitch this season, after fleeing Japan following the earthquake/tsunami.
Bannister, you will remember, was once a Met. He surprised everyone, especially the presumed fifth starter Aaron Heilman, by winning Heilman's job with a stellar spring training in 2006. But after a leg injury cost him most of the 2006 season, the Mets traded Bannister to the Royals that December for Ambiorix Burgos, a hard-throwing reliever.
Throughout 2007, Omar Minaya and the Mets took a lot of criticism for this deal, thanks to Bannister's 3.87 ERA as a starter, Burgos' arm injury, and the 2007 Mets seeming to need just one reliable starter to help them make the playoffs.
But that is the kind of deal you always want the Mets to make. Burgos didn't make it, but he struck out a ton of hitters. He was entering his age-23 season when the Mets got him, and pitchers who strike out a batter an inning in around 140 major league innings at age 21-22 don't grow on trees.
Unfortunately, Burgos will be remembered primarily for his ability to hit, not miss, and for making the Mets the only organization in MLB history with more than one Ambiorix (who can forget Ambiorix Concepcion?!?).
Bannister was already 26, didn't miss many bats, and his subsequent downfall was pretty predictable if you looked beyond his superficial 2007 numbers. For the record: a 5.58 ERA over three seasons from 2008-2010.
As strange as it sounds, I wonder to this day how the Mets would have fared with Aaron Heilman, starter. He'd been promised the starting gig, and it was clear it was what he wanted to do. Heilman is a bright guy, and naturally overthought his relief role. The Mets made strange choices, deciding Brian Lawrence and a month-rested Phil Humber were better choices to start games than simply stretching out Heilman. The Mets weren't exactly awash in pitching alternatives in 2008, either.
It is easy to say that Heilman was under contract to the Mets; if he wanted to relieve, too bad. But the Mets have a responsibility, as all teams do, to put their players in position to succeed. That responsibility isn't some obligation to the players; it is in the team's best interest, since more success comes of it.
It may not be a popular position, but I believe that handled differently, Aaron Heilman could still be in the Met rotation, pitching well. One thing's for sure: he was a better bet to have an extended major league career than Bannister or Burgos. And, like it or not, he is.


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Roberts can't corral popup in seventh; Capuano solid in club debut
NEW YORK -- A pair of defensive miscues by the Yankees in the seventh inning paved the way for a 6-4 victory by the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
The loss snapped the Yankees' 17-game home winning streak against the Jays, who earned their first win in the Bronx since 2012.
In a tie game with no outs and runners on second and third, Dioner Navarro hit a sharp ground ball toward Brian McCann, the Yankees regular catcher who is playing at first base in place of the injured Mark Teixeira.
McCann fielded the ball cleanly and saw the runner at third, Melky Cabrera, a couple steps off the base and charged toward Cabrera to force him back to third. No runs scored, but McCann, who was making his seventh career start at first (all this season) didn't get an out.
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The next batter, Steve Tolleson, struck out swinging, and the Yankees called on left-hander Matt Thornton to face Dan Johnson.
Thornton got Johnson to hit a shallow popup between the mound and second base, but Yankees second baseman Brian Roberts could not make the catch or field the ball cleanly after it fell to the ground. The Blue Jays took a 3-2 lead on that infield hit and never relinquished the lead.
It was one of those funky plays," Roberts said.
Johnson hit his first homer of the year in the ninth, a three-run shot off Jeff Francis that extended the Jays' lead to 6-2, and nulled the impact of Carlos Beltran's two-run homer in the bottom of the inning.
New York was not able to capitalize on a solid outing from its newest addition, left-hander Chris Capuano. He admitted to having some nerves at the start that played into a 25-pitch first inning. The Blue Jays loaded the bases in the inning, but Capuano escaped without allowing a run.
"That was huge; that was a situation that could have got out of control a little quickly," he said. "To make a pitch and get out of that situation kind of gave me a little lift going forward."
Capuano surrendered just two hits through the first four innings and the Yankees had a 2-0 lead, too, on McCann's two-run homer in the fourth.
But the Jays struck in the fifth when Cabrera laced a double into the left-field corner that plated Jose Reyes from first base. Cabrera scored a sacrifice fly from Tolleson to tie the game at 2.
That was all Toronto would muster against Capuano. He allowed two runs on five hits in six innings and although he walked four (one intentional), he also struck out four. The Yankees traded for Capuano on Thursday from the Rockies in exchange for cash considerations.
Earlier this season, he was a reliever for the Red Sox before being released and signed as a free agent with Colorado, where he was working in the Minor Leagues as a starter.
"Good job. He did a really good job, gave us six good innings," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I said we'd use him around 100 pitches and that's what he gave us and he did a nice job."
Blue Jays starter Drew Hutchison stifled the Yankees for much of the day, allowing two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings and earning his first win since July 1.
Both benches were warned in the first inning after Beltran and Jose Bautista were both hit with pitches, but the rest of the game was played without incident.
Tied for second in the American League East, the teams will conclude a three-game series with Sunday afternoon's rubber game.
"What's happened, everybody knows about it, we don't really need to talk about it," Hutchison said. "But it was nice to get a win today and have a chance to win the series here tomorrow."
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OWC Mercury Electra 3G MAX 960GB Review: 1TB of NAND in 2.5" Form Factorby Kristian Vättö on 10/18/2012 1:00 AM EST
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dishayu - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI see 2x Crucial m4 in the charts? Is it the same drive running sata 2 and sata 6gbps? Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkCorrect. The one line says "Crucial m4 256GB (6Gbps)" and the other is "Crucial m4 256GB"; there are a couple other drives tested on both 6Gbps and 3Gbps (Vertex 3 and Agility 3). Reply
jigglywiggly - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkyeah this is junk.
just get a 500gb vertex 4 Reply
Argyris - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI think there's one consideration that wasn't mentioned, and that's durability. I can't of course speak for this specific model (maybe the more complex internals could impact long-term durability, but most likely not), but for SSDs in general this is a major plus. I've been rather unlucky with HDDs and have lost two of them to physical impact damage. One of the main reasons I bought a SSD for my main laptop was so I don't have to worry about this happening again.
If you're dependent on your laptop for your work and you need a lot of storage space (more than 512GB), the peace of mind of knowing that your whole livelihood's worth of data is safer than if it were on a spinning disc has got to be worth a few bucks.
Still, though, you have to wonder how many of these people couldn't get by for the time being with a 512GB drive (or the 768GB one offered by Apple). Reply
Denithor - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkWell, first, if your data is so critical it should be backed up routinely on a very regular schedule. Offsite. Like every night, uploaded to a cloud drive somewhere.
Which would effectively address the need for more than 512GB/768GB of "hands-on" high-speed storage - as everything not needed routinely could be kept on external drive and/or cloud storage. Reply
Wolfpup - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI'd generally trust a mechanical hard drive more than an SSD for reliability. The ONLY brands I'd trust for SSDs are Micron/Crucial and Intel...no way in heck I'd get a sandforce drive from someone else, and even then they haven't been 100% perfect. Reply
ArKritz - Saturday, October 20, 2012 - linkGreat, more Samsung for the rest of us... Reply
yankeeDDL - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI love the novelty: I think raid0 is a great solution to keep costs low, use the current hardware/NANDs.
I also don't mind the performance. But the price?
There are already SSDs with costs below $1/GB. For 1TB, the cost of enclosure, assembly, boards ... should be proportionally lower. I think it would be fair in today's market to pay $750~$800 for this SSD, but no more.
I am still an SSD-skeptic at these costs: sorry but for me until I can get 1TB for less than $300, this is a no-no. Yes, I can install a mechanical HD for storing large files, but I dual-boot and ~100GB are always gone between Windows and Linux, so 256GB feel too tight and anything larger is still way too expensive. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkNote: editing to remove some referrals. Sorry, but if we leave those in we just encourage spammers and run the risk of more people doing this.
RE: Love the novelty, not the price by amdwilliam1985 on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Check out Samsung 830 from amazon, I got the email this morning, man these are lovely prices. I got my Samsung 128GB for more than $150 a while ago.
samsung 830 128gb = $69.99
samsung 830 256gb = $154.99
Not sure how long these prices will last.
If I don't already own an SSD in my windows 7 laptop, I'll be grabbing the 256gb for sure. Samsung and Intel has the best quality as far as I know in SSD. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkSamsung is launching the 840 series drives; the 830 sales will probably end when inventory is depleted. Reply
cyrusfox - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI sort of get it, this thing is kind of affordable but in a year, with next gen Nand available128Gb/16GB), all prices will continue to crash($/gb). And high storage nand in 2.5" form factor is not all that unique. OCZ has had a 1tb drive out since at least may (OCT1-25SAT3-1T), which can be found on newegg or amazon. When you are already spending more than a grand for a drive, might as well grab one that is at least 6 Gbps compatible.
Either drive will depreciate faster than is acceptable for me. I am still waiting for a $130 fire sale on an Vertez 4 256gb though, right now I have a poor mans raid 0 of a 128gb vertex 4 and a 120gb Agility 3, both of which I paid $140 plus for awhile ago. Its just as bad as when I spent $100 for 4gb of DDR3 3yrs ago. Buyers remorse, the cost of adopting tech early. Reply
SpaceRanger - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkIf this thing is for Audio and Video Professionals, then it's more than likely targeted for Mac users. Mac users are well known for overpaying for their hardware, so the price for this piece of steaming pile is fitting. Reply
ajp_anton - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkYou really need to fix your chart making when performance is very low.
If the performance number doesn't fit the bar, move it next to it instead of overlapping with the product name.
I commented on this years ago but nothing's happened. We don't often see the bars go so low, but sometimes they do. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkOur CMS makes the graphs automatically so I can't play with small details like where the actual number is placed. I'll pass a word to Anand and see if there is a way to fix it, because I find that irritating as well. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkActually, there is a way to do this Kristian: check the "outer labels" box at the top-right of the graph. I've fixed the two random write charts and regenerated. Reply
ajp_anton - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkThanks, hopefully all of you remember to do this when necessary (looks like it requires manual work).
For consistency between different charts, you should either make this the default, or change it so it only places them outside for too small values. Maybe even for all values below 50% of the largest. Reply
Juddog - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI don't buy that they couldn't afford to put a SATA6G connection on there. The price is already through the roof and newer SSD's hit way past the normal limits of SATA3G (some even bump up against the SATA6G limit). Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkOWC didn't exactly specify why they had to stick with SATA 3Gbps, they only said it was a combination of things including price, thermals and space. I wouldn't be surprised if there simply was no SATA 6Gbps controller as the market for such controllers is fairly small. I know Silicon Image doesn't have one, at least. Reply
dave_the_nerd - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI have a Macbook with an HDD + SSD in an optical bay adapter, but I'd sooner duct tape an external drive to the back of the lid that overspend on something like this.
Hell, I'd rather install a pair of WD Blacks and software RAID them.
Audio doesn't need as much sequential I/O as video, though, I guess.
Somebody will buy it though. Reply
JonBendtsen - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkWhat if they used JBOD or linear raid rather than raid0? Reply
kmmatney - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkFor most users, the "Light Workload" benchmark is probably the best indicator of real life performance, and here it performs close to a Crucial M4 running at 3Gbps. So not completely terrible (will feel much faster than any hard drive) but you really need to be using a 6Gbps controller to be competitive nowadays. Reply
ForeverAlone - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkBloody hell, they're fast!
To everyone who is moaning about £/GB or SSD storage, you are idiots for even considering using an SSD for storage. Reply
HKZ - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkMaybe for big projects and similar things it's pretty dumb for a regular user, but with games about 10GB or so even on a 256GB SSD you can stuff a lot of games on there! Reply
HKZ - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkI have an OWC 240GB SSD SATA 3, and it's pretty fast, but at 1TB of space at this price this performance is dismal. I'm saving up for a Samsung 830 (maybe an 840) for the extra space and speed. I only use about 60GB of that 240 for OS X, and the rest for Windows 7. With a 512GB I'd have all kinds of space for my games. Yes, I game on a MacBook and I know it's not the best but it's all I've got right now. Don't kill me in the comments! XD
I've got that SSD and a 1TB HDD taking the optical drive spot in my 2011 MBP and there's no way I'd pay a third of the price of my already very expensive machine for an SSD that slow. Someone will buy it, but I can't wait for an affordable 1TB SSD. Reply
Lord 666 - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkThink as an iSCSI target for VSA or DAS using an older but still relevant HP DL380 G6 or G7. The 3g connection will be fine and overall performance will be much faster than 1tb SATA not to mention much cheaper than 1tb SAS. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkBut will it be reliable long-term? That's someone no one really knows without extended testing in just such a scenario. Reply
poccsx - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkNot a criticism, just curious, why is the Samsung 840 not in the benchmarks? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Friday, October 19, 2012 - linkI made the graphs before we had the 840, that's why (but then this got pushed back due to the 840/Pro reviews). You can always use Bench to compare any SSD to another Reply
ciparis - Friday, October 19, 2012 - link- it's not affordable
- it's not remotely efficient
- it's quite slow
This seems like a company out of it's depth, producing a product it should have cancelled outright when the numbers became clear (it's no wonder they don't want to talk about them). Note that I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming these numbers weren't what they set out to create; if I'm wrong about that it's perhaps even more damning. Reply
melgross - Friday, October 19, 2012 - linkYou shouldn't assume, because you don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a fair amount of demand for this in a laptop despite the price, performance or power draw. Some laptops have a pretty good battery life around 7 hours or so that would still have decent battery life with one of these.
OWC is right that this is a good job for video editing on a laptop, and professional use for dailies in the field would be a perfect use for this.
As far as criticism of the performance goes, I remember plenty of guys here talking about how they were going to buy drives a year or two ago that had performance that was much worse for much smaller drives at a higher price per Gb. If you're loading or saving fairly large projects, a doubling of performance is very significant.
Of course, if you never have done any of that, you won't understand it either. Reply
geoffty - Saturday, October 20, 2012 - link"If we go a year back in time, you had to fork off around $1000 for a 512GB SSD"
It's "fork out", not "fork off". That just sounds rude. :-) Reply
Donkey2008 - Saturday, October 20, 2012 - linkSandForce/LSI (Milpitas, CA)
OWC (Woodstock, IL)
Micron (Boise, ID)
USA! USA! USA! Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - linkIt's made in the US. Reply
adriantrances - Sunday, October 21, 2012 - link250MB speeds + Sandforce + 1100$ + OWC = GG
Good luck selling that. Reply
Luscious - Monday, October 22, 2012 - linkHow can you talk 9 pages about a SSD and not mention the z-height? Many notebook/netbook drive caddies won't fit a 9.5mm device. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - linkIt's 9.5mm like most 2.5" drives are. Usually I don't mention the height unless it's thinner (or thicker) than the usual 9.5mm. Most laptops use 2.5" 9.5mm drives, although some thinner models have started to adopt 7mm drives (especially Ultrabooks and other SSD only laptops). Reply


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How "The Sopranos" Begins
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The cigar appears quickly. First, there's the pulsing beat of "Woke Up This Morning," the Alabama 3 song that will forever be known as the Sopranos' theme song. It's less than 25 seconds into the intro, as the car zooms past the slightly fuzzy images of New Jersey's most infamous landscapes—the highway tunnels, the brick warehouses, and the smokestacks of the industrial zones that seem to line the northern end of the New Jersey Turnpike. As the car pulls into a tollbooth, a thick, stubby fingered hand reaches out for a ticket, and there in the unmistakable mouth of Tony Soprano, there is a lit cigar.
The small theater filled quickly last week, the seats taken by New York's media elite, at least the ones with a shared fascination of HBO's breakout hit, "The Sopranos." The distinctive bold red letters spelled out the show's name against the black screen in the front of the sloping hall. Then, the hissing of HBO's snowy logo, a quick fade to black, and the pulsing sound of Woke Up This Morning pounded out from the wall speakers.
Like every one of the six seasons, the final episodes of The Sopranos begin with the same theme song, and the same scenes of New Jersey. And, like we have come to expect, the first two episodes that I saw last week have cigars being smoked by more than one character, whether its Tony himself, or one of the other players in the long-running television mega-hit. I won't ruin any of the story lines for you—suffice it to say that no one dies in the first two episodes that you care about, or at least that you should care about.
But hasn't this show been a showcase for cigar lovers? Nearly every major character has had a cigar in his mouth at one time or another. James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano is almost never without one. Steve Schirippa as Bobby Bacala. Frank Vincent as Phil Leotardo. There have been a few characters who've come and gone, too: Joey Pantoliano as Ralph. Vincent Pastore as Big Pussy. All cigar smokers at one point or another in the past seasons.
At least a couple of the cast members took their love of cigars out into the real world too. Vincent Pastore was the face in advertising for Player's Club by Don Diego. Frank Vincent has started his own cigar brand. And, CAO came out with a Sopranos cigar that they've showcased at Cigar Aficionado's Big Smoke events. Gandolfini and some other cast members joined us last year at our prostate cancer charity dinner and cigar event, the Night to Remember.
Cigars have been such symbols on the show that when we created an illustration for the May/June cover of Cigar Aficionado, it made perfect sense to put a cigar in Tony Soprano's hand.
So, get ready for the wild ride starting on April 8th. The first two episodes are every bit as bloody, and unpredictable, as anything that's come before. They are also as dark and dangerous as any previous season. If you've been a fan, you won't be disappointed. If you haven't watched before, check it out. Get ready to be entertained.
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Gordon,While I am somewhat saddened to see the series come to "a close" with the conclusion of the upcoming sixth season, I understand David Chase's decision to stick to the story's arc, and I respect that the series will run its course without ever "jumping the shark" (although I do admit some personal frustration with the extended Kevin Finnerty dream episodes, and the diversion into Vito's deviate lifestyle - but like Tony, "I make certain allowances"). As an American of Italian heritage, I am amused by those who have viewed this series (and other "mob genre" films, books, shows) as besmirching Italian Americans and our rich culture, tradition, and heritage. The Sopranos (and all of these other great movies, etc) are fictional dramas, presented for entertainment, to anyone who is "so inclined" as to be entertained by these stories. Of course, some stories are loosely based upon real life events. Real life can be ugly. And real people have, and can and do live in these lifestyles, and do these things. That said, it's all about personal choices and preferences, and anyone who contends that any of these great dramatic works (and let there be no confusion - The Sopranos is a great dramatic work) have in any way diminished the rich, vital heritage and place of Italian Americans in our society, well, I think these people just like the sound of their own cantata... As an avid cigar smoker of 15 years, I always found it very entertaining to see Tony and other cast members indulging in cigars, but then, the lifestyle they have portrayed has been one of indulgence, no?Someday, I can only hope to have the opportunity to enjoy the company of some or any of this wonderful cast and producers, to enjoy some great cigars and conversation together. This would be a great pleasure (sounds like a great fundraising opportunity,no?). BTW - in the illustration on this month's cover, the cigar Tony is holding looks alot like an El Cobre Churchill, or maybe the New Oliva line?
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Due to recent unrest laws on civilian arms and armour are being enforced more ruthlessly than usual, effectively you can get away with leather armour and a sword but if the watch catch you walking around with heavier armour/two handed weapons/fire arms you will be in trouble!
As a professional targeteer I will of course be carrying a bow. (And I was planning to get rid of the chainmail anyway, relying on 'shoot first, shoot often' as a better counter to ranged attacks than 'stand and get hit then hope the armour helps a bit'.)
Added a list of carnival events to the drop box, sorry for the dodgy quality but I had to cut GM stuff from it, there are other minor events going on but these are main listed ones, I will also be updating the Middenheim map with information on areas and major landmarks which Pieter would know and we can assume he has told you about them.
Wow, there's sure a lot to see. Culture! Fighting! Other stuff! Gonna be sweeeeeet
Okay the middenheim map has been updated with information on districts (blue), prominent locations (red) and locations of carnival events (green).
Oh my its an old fashioned AAR, someone was quite at work!
Quick catch up notes, the party are now in Middenheim, second city of the Empire and home of the Cult of Ulric (think big beards, short tempers), and are searching for the remaining member of the von Wittgensteins (his family having been brutally murdered), possibly for vengeance for the brave Wittgendorfers but probably because the scary man told them to.
Magnus apparently a servant but pretty damn handy with a spear Bauer has decided that this adventuring malarkey isnt all its cracked up to be and has retired, however the party have gained a new member, one Doktor Pieter Eberhardt.
Angestag, 32 Kaldezeit
Our heroes have just finished meeting the High Wizard of the Guild of Wizards and Alchemists, agreeing to look into a troubling tax and securing notes of permission so that they can remain terribly armed.
Its a couple of days before the official start of the Middenheim Carnival but the party head to the Bernaubau Stadium and Square of Martials to sign up for events. In short order the Egg has agreed to fight a minotaur one on one, Ludo has entered an archery competition (of course) and Christoph has blagged his way into a melee, fun times ahead.
While they wonder the town the party notice groups of children (with parents) parading and singing hymns to Ulric, Pieter notes that they are marching to the Temple of Ulric as part of the Childrens Parade, where they receive free food and entertainment, a recent Merchants Guild initiative to garner good will (and get a jump on the carnival).
The party then head to deliver the package they had agreed to deliver on behalf of Blucher Holdings, but unfortunately the address is a burnt down ruin and a notice from the Templars of the White Wolfs indicates that the previous residents were not the most pleasant sort. While they consider this development they are approached by a beggar who recognises Gottfried, it seems she is an agent of the Purple Hand, who have been dogging the parties steps for some time, and asks if Gottfried would be willing to meet with one of her superiors. The party eventually agree, figuring they may be able to get the drop on them once and for all.
The party then return to their inn for a deserved nights rest, apart from the Egg who goes searching for a dwarven inn, looking for information on the new Dwarf Tax.
Festag, 33 Kaldezeit
A new morning and its been snowing! The streets are thick with the stuff and the sweepers are out in force.
Over breakfast the party hear their inn keeper discussing some trouble with a member of the watch, it seems some children have gone missing, the watch seem less than interested in chasing it up (the children are from poor districts, they probably ran of with a gang etc), but on Ludos insistence agrees to let them investigate first stop, a mad father under house arrest, he probably did it right?
To cover as many bases as possible [annoy their GM] the party split up, Gottfried heads to the Temple of Verena to dig up any information on the von Wittgensteins, Pieter heads to the Guild of Physicians to catch up with his boss, the Egg goes to the Kommission of Elves, Dwarves and Halflings to investigate the Tax and Ludo/Christoph put on their deerstalkers for a bit of investigating.
Gottfried finds little and eventually gives up and instead goes drinking, the talk of the noble bars is the new Court Physician who surprisingly seems to have cured the Grafs [cities head honcho] son of his mental illness. Pieter hears similar at the guild, although much to his bosses dismay/disgust (the guys a foreigner!) and then generously purchases some tickets to the opera for the guys [lads night out!]. At the Kommission the Egg finds the dwarven liaison to be unhelpful (he of course blames the elves for the new tax, probably that Court Minstrel), the elven liaison is slightly more reasonable and feels it is much more likely that the tax came from the Chancellor, since its his job.
Our investigators arrive at the scene and the disinterested watchman on guard lets them in. The father is sitting at the kitchen table and seems pretty happy for a man whose son has gone missing, after some questioning (and a bit of a beating) it seems clearer that the man is insane, he keeps laughing about the Jolly Man while weeping. Ludo finds little in the way of clues bar a wreath of holly and bells, which were being handed out at the parade.
Pulling (fake) rank, the investigators bring the man for treatment at the Temple of Shallya and then head to the Guild of Wizards and Alchemists, figuring that this sounds like wizard shiz yooo. In short order they are met by Janna Eberhaur, deputy to the high wizard, who having studied the wreath for some time finds very fine arcane runes on the bells, they seem to indicate gate or passage. Ludo asks if she can operate it and she excitedly agrees.
Finding themselves in a secure cellar, Janna activates the wreath and in doing so summons the Jolly Man. Janna is overcome with joy from this vision but the boys are less swayed [this was unlucky, Janna has very high WP] and can see the true form of this creature a grossly obese monster, its red muscles and tendons on show and edged with sharp crystalline white growths, it is pleased to meet them.
When asked what it did with the children the daemon tells them they were naughty an as such he had put them in its sack [ ]. It then invites them to climb in, presenting a large flesh coloured bag to Ludo who bravely looks in and sees a vision of a coldhouse? Seeing them edge for their weapons the creature departs, climbing into the sack and leaving naught but the wreath and the jingle of bells behind.
And there we are, just another day in Middenheim. The group have made good headway, making allies in the Wizards guild and some good information on the tax, also Santa!
It's a pretty simple process:
1) identify baddies (possibly this step may involve investigating or having conversations with people, but sacrifices must be made). There are always baddies.
2) consult with party, confirm baddie status of baddies (often this involves saying "look, they're definitely baddies and they have to die" until enough evidence mounts up or the party get bored and agree - but at least theoretically the party could persuade Ludo that indiscriminate mayhem is not the answer; I think it happened once.)
3) kill all the baddies
4) cut heads off baddies (just to make sure).
5) make sure that's all the baddies, if not, locate remaining baddies and goto step 3
6) big dinner, bit of a nap
7) goto step 1
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Good summary, Lowkey. I, for one, am curious to see how the minotaur fight goes. Should you prevail, Egg, I expect you to take up the Giant/Troll Slayer profession at some point.
The main moral of the previous session: if the party splits, don't go and do the most boring of the things that need to be done by yourself, because exciting dramatic stuff is certain to happen elsewhere.
Fighting the Evil Santa vs. the CAMRA tour of Middenheim...
Yeah sorry about that, i should of got you in a duel or some sort of intrigue
No worries, at least I got to try a variety of fine nordland eisbocks and a delightful smokey porter *trails off wittering*
It was Gorm's idea to activate the bells by the way, it never occurred to me. It's so typically Christof Gorm as well.
Hey, if the recipients of this mysterious package are all killed or chased away, and anyway were officially baddies and no-goodniks, that means we still have the package and there's nobody to give it to. We should open it, just in case it's incriminating badness in parcel form.
Also in case it contains valuables; once again that merchant has screwed us over and we didn't get paid. Strictly speaking neither of these instances have been his fault, but this time he sent us to deliver things to cultist types. In Ludo's mind he's ending ever closer to the "someone I should kill" column - he better hope he gets the boat repaired, and looks after Magnus Xkot and Dumpling and the Troll properly while he does. Otherwise I'll do an assassination side quest.
We still on for stuff tonight?
I am hoping to be back in time to partake but do go on without me if i am not about
Hoi chummers!
It's a shame we won't get to track down Bad Santa this session, but there should be some cyberpunky goodness as an excellent alternative. Lowkey might even get to play!
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Yes!!! SiNTLUCAS has a deal with Mike Horsten @ Mimaki Europe, Amsterdam!
Our three students Robert van den Broek (Media Design, Boxtel), Marc van Buul (Digital Publishing, Eindhoven) and Esther van Helmont (Digital Publishing, Eindhoven) will show their Adobe skills for five days at FESPA 2013 in London. FESPA 2013 is the largest focused event for the wide format print industry; encompassing the very latest equipment and consumables in digital printing, screen printing, industrial and garment decoration at the award winning ExCel London Exhibition Centre.
At the Mimaki-stand they're going to surprise European public with designs for vinyl, acrylic, textile, Forex, Dibond and iPhone-covers. They're going to do this in their own space in the Mimaki-stand, the Aquarium, and will be followed with a webcam.
A fantastic opportunity for these students to show their skills to the whole of Europe and a great example of collaboration betweent he business community and education!


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Jonathan Joseph ("J.J.") Greenberg was a special human being who will be missed by many. This website, dedicated to the memory of J.J. Greenberg, is a creation of J.J.'s family and friends.
J.J. served as executive director of the New York-based Jewish Life Network since its inception in 1995, where he helped develop such landmark programs as Birthright Israel; the Makor center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan; the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education; Synagogue Transformation and Renewal (STAR); and the Jewish Early Childhood Education Partnership.
Please email any memories, stories, pictures, links or articles that would help us all remember J.J.
Please join us for an evening of friendship and memory to mark the 10th yahrzeit of our beloved JJ.
We will gather from 7:30-9:30 pm on Tuesday, October 2nd, at the home of Moshe and Abbie Greenberg, 8 Zerubavel, Baka, Jerusalem to reminisce about JJ, share some divrei Torah, and enjoy a musical interlude with Lenny Solomon. Refreshments will be served in the Sukkah.
Kindly rsvp to firstname.lastname@example.com or sms to 054-470-0925.
Please note that parking in the neighborhood is somewhat of a challenge, as such, we recommend carpooling or a taxi, if possible.
We greatly look forward to seeing you.
The Greenberg, David, and Weil Families
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Al Reuters: Iran identifies oil as its secret weapon! Er... Iran identifies oil as a non-weapon!
Had I written this into a script, no one would buy...Only in Hollywood!


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Exports account for a growing share of U.S. fruit and tree nut supplies. Increased overseas promotion of U.S. fruit and vegetables—through efforts such as the Market Access Program (USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service)—has likely helped boost foreign sales, particularly to Canada, the largest foreign buyer of U.S. fruits and vegetables.
During the 1990s and into the end of the first decade of the 2000s, 11-12 percent of U.S. fruit and tree nut supplies were exported, up from an average of 9 percent during the 1980s. This share varies substantially among commodities and major aggregate categories. In recent years, tree nut exports have been especially strong. Nearly 50 percent of domestic tree nuts are exported, followed by dried fruit (over 30 percent), and fresh fruit (over 15 percent).
|Average percent of domestic supplies exported
|Fresh fruits
|Processed fruits
|Canned sweet cherries
|Dried figs
|Canned tart cherries
|Macadamia nuts
|Source: USDA, Economic Research Service calculations.
Fresh fruit. U.S. exports of fresh-market fruit account for about 15 percent of available supplies. In value terms, fresh-market fruit exports (excluding melons) amounted to over $3 billion each year during 2008-10, capturing more than half of total fruit exports (excluding tree nuts). The leading fresh fruit exports are apples, grapes, and oranges (including tangerines), with combined sales averaging over $1.5 billion annually, or about half the value of fresh fruit exports. Apples and grapes averaged over $700 million and over $600 million, respectively, in annual export sales during 2008-10, and oranges, over $500 million. Export sales of fresh berries, led by strawberries, more than tripled between 2000 and 2010 for a combined value of over $500 million. Canada is the leading destination for U.S. fresh fruit, generally accounting for over one-third of all fresh fruit exports. Other major markets are Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea.
Frozen fruit. Exports have accounted for 2-4 percent of domestic frozen fruit supplies annually since the 1990s. Canada and Japan are the major destinations for U.S. frozen fruit exports, and together accounted for about four-fifths of total annual export volume during the 2000s. Berries are a major portion of frozen fruit supplies, with strawberries and blueberries accounting for nearly three-quarters of all frozen fruit exports. Overall, export demand for U.S. frozen fruit has declined slightly during the 2000s relative to the 1990s, with export volume averaging over 85 million pounds (product-weight equivalent), down from around 90 million pounds in the previous decade. Much of the decline reflects lower exports of frozen strawberries during the early-to-middle part of the first decade of the 2000s, especially to Japan where U.S. exports have been pressured by lower-priced imports of frozen strawberries from China and increased imports of ready-made jam products, also from China. Most of Japan's frozen strawberry imports are used for making jam products. More recently, frozen strawberry exports to Japan have improved along with increases to Canada and Mexico while frozen blueberry exports have remained fairly steady.
Canned fruit. Exports of canned fruit ranged from 1-3 percent of available canned fruit supplies during the 2000s, essentially unchanged from the 1990s. Canned fruits with the largest percentages of domestic supplies exported during the 2000s are sweet cherries (about two-thirds) and tart cherries (around one-fourth). Canned peaches claim the largest quantity shipped to foreign markets, although the volume exported often has been less than 5 percent of available supply since the 1980s. Increased foreign competition partly explains the lack of demand for U.S. canned peaches. During the 1970s, Europe was the most important export market for U.S. canned peaches. However, an expansion of peach canneries in Europe, aided by subsidies and high tariffs, contributed to a decline in exports to that region. Mexico and Canada remain as major destinations for U.S. canned peaches, but other markets such as Thailand, Guatemala, and China have grown in importance during the 2000s.
Dried fruit. Exports of dried fruit accounted for about one-third of U.S. dried fruit supplies were exported during the 2000s, up slightly from the mid-to-late 1990s. Of the total U.S. exported dried fruit, raisins compose about three-fourths, and prunes, close to one-fifth. Japan was the leading destination for U.S. dried fruit exports through most of the 2000s. Other major markets have included the United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany, while recent large-growth markets include South Korea, Mexico, Australia, China, and Russia.
Fruit juices. Less than 10 percent of domestic fruit juice supplies during the 2000s were exported, not much changed from the 1990s. About half of U.S. fruit juice exports is orange juice, although the United States is a net importer of orange juice. Canada, the European Union, and Japan (only for grapefruit juice) are leading markets for U.S. orange and grapefruit juices. Canada and Japan are also major markets for U.S. grape and apple juices.
Melons. The United States is among the top melon exporters in the world, ranked third in watermelon exports next to Mexico and Spain and fourth in cantaloupe and other melon exports after Spain, Guatemala, and Brazil. Melon exports increased slightly in share of U.S. melon supplies, from 3-4 percent in the 1970s and 1980s to an average 7 percent during the 2000s. Watermelons accounted for more than half of U.S. melon export volume in recent years, averaging over 300 million pounds, nearly one-tenth of the world's total. An overwhelming majority of watermelon export volume goes to Canada, but Mexico and Japan are also relatively important markets for the U.S. watermelon industry. Canada is also the primary destination for U.S. cantaloupe exports, with Mexico serving as a distant second.
Tree nuts. The United States is second to China in world production of tree nuts, producing more than one-tenth of the world's tree nuts. Tree nut exports averaged over 45 percent of U.S. tree nut supplies during the 2000s (up slightly from the 1990s) and more than 60 percent above the average share during the 1980s. Almonds formed nearly 70 percent U.S. tree nut export volume in recent years, averaging over 970 million pounds (shelled basis), or almost three-quarters of world almond exports. Following almonds are walnuts and pistachios with over 10 percent and about 7 percent, respectively, of total tree nut exports. The major export destinations for U.S. tree nuts are Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands, in the European Union; Canada and Mexico, in North America; and Hong Kong, Japan, India, China, South Korea, Vietnam, and Taiwan, in Asia.
Fruit. Although U.S. fruit exports have shown strong growth, the United States has remained a net fruit importer. U.S. fruit imports rose during the last three decades, partly owing to the growing minority ethnic populations in the United States and to an increased demand for new products. Not only have imports expanded for commodities already produced domestically and created competition for U.S. producers, but imports have also increased for nontraditional fruits, especially many tropical fruits.
The recent growth in imports was evident in each of the fruit categories (fresh, juice, canned, dried, and frozen). Frozen fruit imports posted the strongest growth during the second half of the 2000s. Led by berries, frozen fruit imports more than tripled in volume, and in terms of share of domestic consumption, they rose from over 10 percent in the 1990s to around 30 percent in recent years. More than half of the frozen fruit imports are from Mexico, Canada, and Chile.
Domestic fruit imports continue to rise, especially in the fresh, canned, and juice markets. U.S. markets for fresh and canned fruit, as well as fruit juice, are the most dependent on imports to meet domestic demand in recent years. Presently, nearly half of fresh fruit, two-fifths of canned fruit, and about one-third of fruit juice consumed in the United States are from imports.
Bananas claim over 50 percent of the volume of fresh fruit imports. Excluding bananas, fresh fruit imports rose from 12 percent of domestic consumption in 1990 to around 25 percent during 2005-10s. Sold year-round in the domestic market, bananas rank number one in U.S. per capita fresh fruit consumption, followed by apples and oranges. To meet U.S. demand, bananas are imported, primarily from Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Honduras. Excluding bananas, fruit imports rose an average 7 percent annually over the past two decades.
Mexico is the largest supplier of fresh and frozen fruit to the United States, accounting for over 30 percent the volume and over 30 percent of the value of fresh and frozen fruit imports (excluding bananas). Mexico ships mostly limes, tangerines, mangoes, grapes, pineapples, papayas, avocados, and strawberries. U.S. production of these commodities—except for tangerines, grapes, strawberries, and avocados—is minimal. Geographic proximity and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) give Mexico a competitive advantage over other exporting countries, with lower transportation costs and lower or no tariffs.
Chile is also a major supplier of fresh fruit, with a 20-percent share of the U.S. import market. Chile enjoys the advantage of having a counter-seasonal production schedule with the United States: its Southern Hemisphere location means that it can provide fresh fruit at times when the United States produces little, particularly from November through March. Expanded trade with Chile—beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s—extended the availability of certain fruits in the market without direct competition with domestic production, and gave U.S. consumers fruit choices beyond the traditional domestic winter fruits of citrus, apples, and pears.
Important fruit imports from Chile are grapes, stone fruit, avocados, and kiwifruit. Although small relative to the numbers of most of these major fruits, blueberry imports from Chile boomed in recent years, and Chile's share of total fresh blueberry imports to the United States rose to an average of over 40 percent during the mid-to-late 2000s, from less than 1 percent during the early 1990s. Through much of the past decade, Canada was the leading supplier of imported fresh blueberries to the United States, until 2007 when import volumes from Chile exceeded those from Canada. Lacking direct competition with U.S. fruit producers, Chilean fruits face relatively low tariffs.
Other fruit and fruit product suppliers to the United States include Brazil (the largest supplier of orange juice), as well as China, Argentina, and Chile (the leading suppliers of apple juice). Western Europe is a major supplier of processed fruit products, such as wine and fruit juices. Southeast Asia—specifically, Thailand and the Philippines, for canned pineapple—provides the largest share of canned fruit products.
Melons. U.S. melon imports have trended higher over the past few decades. From the 1990s to the mid-2000s, cantaloupe import volume far exceeded watermelon imports. Then, a surge in watermelon imports closed this gap. Presently, watermelon and cantaloupe imports each hold a 40-percent share of total import volume. The United States is the world's largest importer of watermelons, with around 20 percent of total import volume—followed by China, Germany, Canada, and Poland. Most U.S. watermelon imports come from Mexico, with Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua rounding out the top five sources. Together, these same countries also account for nearly all U.S. cantaloupe imports.
Tree nuts. Throughout the 1990s to the end of the 2000s, U.S. imports of tree nuts rose sharply, responding to increased demand. Cashew nuts composed almost 50 percent of the volume of tree nut imports (excluding coconut meat), followed by pecans (15 percent) and Brazil nuts (6 percent). Historically, India has been the largest supplier of tree nuts to the United States, accounting for nearly half of cashew nut imports each year through the early 2000s. In recent years, however, Vietnam has become a more visible player in the U.S. cashew market. Vietnam is now the top supplier of cashew nuts to the United States, accounting for around two-fifths of total import volume, up from less than 10 percent in the mid-to-late 1990s. Nearly all pecan imports come from Mexico, while around half of the Brazil nuts imported in recent years have come from Bolivia, which outranks Brazil as the number one supplier of this nut to the United States.


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I just started Python Programming as a hobby recently. I was learning how to make a text-based game called Dragon Realm.
Basically it is a game where there are 2 caves, one with a friendly dragon that gives you treasure, and another cave with a hungry dragon that eats you. The game allows the player to choose a cave and randomly decides whether the player gets the treasure or gets eaten.
Here's the source code:
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import random
import time
def displayIntro():
print('You are in a land full of dragons. In front of you,')
print('you see two caves. In one cave, the dragon is friendly')
print('and will share his treasure with you. The other dragon')
print('is greedy and hungry, and will eat you on sight.')
def chooseCave():
cave = ''
while cave != '1' and cave != '2':
print('Which cave will you go into? (1 or 2)')
cave = input()
return cave
def checkCave(chosenCave):
print('You approach the cave...')
print('It is dark and spooky...')
print('A large dragon jumps out in front of you! He opens his jaws and...')
friendlyCave = random.randint(1, 2)
if chosenCave == str(friendlyCave):
print('Gives you his treasure!')
print('Gobbles you down in one bite!')
playAgain = 'yes'
while playAgain == 'yes' or playAgain == 'y':
caveNumber = chooseCave()
print('Do you want to play again? (yes or no)')
playAgain = input()
So i've followed along with this and now I want to add more to this game by adding more options for the player, like more caves for example.
How would I be able to do this?
If you could show me the code to answer my question or show me a good tutorial that would be most helpful.
Thanks in advance!


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