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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
289 mistakes
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies, Miranda Otto, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, Bernard Hill, David Wenham, John Noble, Liv Tyler
Continuity mistake: When Gollum accuses Sam of eating the lembas bread, the crumbs on his shoulder don't appear until the shot when Gollum brushes them away.
Continuity mistake: Legolas sends an arrow directly to Grima atop Orthanc, and as Grima starts to fall back the arrow is quite visibly well below the coat's fur. However, when Grima actually hits the ground, the arrow is now higher up, protruding from the fur. (Extended Edition.)
Continuity mistake: In the second half of the film, Frodo has a scar on his lower right cheek, close to his chin. Many times throughout the rest of the film the scar changes position and size on his right cheek. It also appears on his left cheek in flipped shots (most obviously on the slopes of Mount Doom when Sam is cradling his head).
Continuity mistake: As Sam lay sleeping, Gollum sprinkles lembas crumbs on Sam's right side. 1st shot, the grey blanket completely covers Sam as Gollum begins to sprinkle it. 2nd shot, the blanket is at Sam's shoulder with a just a bit of cloak and sleeve showing. 3rd shot, the blanket is completely covering Sam's shoulders as the lembas is shown only on the blanket. Then Sam stands and the blanket is now on the ground (as mentioned in another mistake, there are no crumbs at all when he stands). Later, when Gollum accuses Sam in the 'framing' shot, the lembas crumbs are shown on Sam's cloak even though it was the grey blanket Gollum sprinkled it on earlier.
Visible crew/equipment: At the Black Gate, Sauron's forces march towards Aragorn and his army, there are close-ups of Pippin drawing his sword and of Merry taking a deep breath. The next shot is of Orcs running to the right of the screen. As that shot opens, click five-six frames in and TWO crew members are seen between the Orcs on the right of the screen, click a few more times and more crew members, one with a hat, are visible in the middle, between the Orcs.
Revealing mistake: After the Witch King destroys Gandalf's staff, the wizard and Pippin fall to the ground in the wideshot. In the next close-up, as Pippin (who is behind Gandalf) raises his right leg while he gets up, the white/black sneaker he wears is visible on Billy Boyd's Hobbit foot.
Visible crew/equipment: In Shelob's lair, when Frodo is caught in the web, in the first close-up while hanging there the camera pans down to his feet. Both ankles are wrapped and have foot supports and the wire cables attached to his ankle straps are visible, especially his left. In the next back shot, as Frodo turns around the wrist/arm support at his right arm, while he holds Sting, is seen too.
Continuity mistake: When Frodo is stabbed by Shelob (the giant spider) and wrapped in her web, Sam thinks he's dead because he's not moving at all. From Sam's point of view Frodo's eyes are fixed wide open. A cut to a side view of Sam lifting Frodo shows Frodo's eyes shut. The next cut back to the original point of view shows Frodo's eyes back fixed open.
Visible crew/equipment: When Sauron's forces start to surround Aragorn et al. at the Black Gate, there is a close-up of Éomer glancing towards the right of the screen. The next shot is of Orcs advancing to left of the screen. Fourth frame in, a dark haired crew member is visible behind the Orcs near the center, click some more and again he and others are visible in the background.
Continuity mistake: After Frodo wakes up in Minis Tirith, Merry and Pippin stand in the doorway. Their height reaches the middle of the ornate carving on the door in the close-up, but in their next wide shot running in, they are considerably lower. When Legolas and Aragorn walk in, also in a close-up, their height is just a bit higher on that ornate carving than the two Hobbits' heights were. Then when Sam stands in the doorway his height also reaches the center of the carving.
Continuity mistake: After Gollum says, "Clever Hobbits, to climb so high!" he jumps onto Frodo and Sam. Gollum then attacks Frodo and when he turns Frodo onto his back, Frodo's shirt is wide open at his neck/chest and the necklace and ring are gone. In the next close-up as Gollum chokes Frodo, and the following shots, the necklace is back.
Visible crew/equipment: As Sam carries Frodo on his shoulders, Gollum jumps onto them. When Gollum and Frodo fall down the stairs and then Frodo lies on his back, the black body protector that Frodo wears is first visible at the neck and then under Frodo's front shirt flap that is untucked.
Continuity mistake: When Theoden is dying, the Witch King says, "Feast on his flesh," and there is no Mumak behind Theoden. As soon as Eowyn appears there is a giant Mumak carcass lying behind Theoden. The beast is seen in a few shots, but in quite a few shots, even the birds-eye views, no Mumak is anywhere near Theoden.
Continuity mistake: In the opening shot as Gandalf stands on the balcony at Minas Tirith the many buildings beside the balcony are shown. When Gandalf says, "If the garrison at Osgiliath falls, the last..." as he continues, "...defense of this city will be gone," the buildings beside the balcony are once again visible. To say that the buildings are completely different in the two shots would be a vast understatement! (This has absolutely nothing to do with camera angles. Extended Edition.)
Continuity mistake: At the end, when the four Hobbits are entering Grey Havens, Sam is wearing a yellow vest with brown buttons over a white shirt. The vest can still be seen when Sam and Frodo hug. But when Frodo makes his way onto the ship and turns back to smile at his friends, Sam is no longer wearing the yellow vest. The vest is still not there when the three Hobbits turn to leave Grey Havens. But, when Sam returns home to the Shire and is holding his daughter, he is once again wearing the yellow vest.
Visible crew/equipment: While Frodo is tied up in the Tower of Cirith Ungol, Gorbag says, "It's going...along with everything else." In the next shot of Frodo, behind his right shoulder a crew member is moving around in the background. It is not Shagrat or Gorbag. Also, when Gorbag says, "and I'll stick this blade in your gut," in the close-up of Frodo as he moves his tied wrists, between his right elbow and waistline of his pants a crew member's face is visible at the top left of the screen. It is not Shagrat or Gorbag.
Continuity mistake: Gollum says, "Clever Hobbits, to climb so high!" and leaps onto Frodo and Sam. When he rolls down the steps with Frodo, while Frodo is lying face down, one of Frodo's back suspenders pops off and the button can be seen flying off his back towards the ground. Of course the suspenders are fine in the following shots.
Continuity mistake: In one of the final scenes of the movie, Frodo is writing in the book "There and Back Again," adding his own story. As he is finishing, he clutches the wound he received from one of the Nazgul in "The Fellowship of the Ring." Frodo does put the quill down, but that happens before he gets the pain in his chest. Frodo has the quill in his hand when he starts to write again. Frodo is not shown putting the quill down between these next consecutive shots. In the first close-up, Frodo has the quill in his hand as he clutches his chest, because of the pain. Next shot, Sam enters the room. In the next consecutive shot, Frodo, who is still clutching the pain in his chest, does not have the quill in his hand.
Continuity mistake: There are trebuchets atop the walls of Minas Tirith; however, in the front wideshot (not side shots), as Faramir and the rest of the Gondorian soldiers ride towards Osgiliath, with Minas Tirith directly behind them, ALL the trebuchets are gone!!
Deliberate mistake: In the Extended Edition, the location of the Tomb of the Stewards is shown to be behind the city of Minis Tirith, at the cemetery on the mountainside, accessible via a long bridge. Flaming Denethor later runs to the far prow of the city, leaps off and plummets. The distance between the two areas makes it is obviously entirely impossible for someone, even adrenaline charged Denethor, to run this distance while his oiled flesh burns. Admitted on the commentary that it's poetic license, due to director Peter Jackson's long awaited vision for this dramatic shot.


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REDMOND, Wash. -- Target has enlisted the services of Microsoft to help run business-critical workloads for all its retail stores on 15,000 virtual machines using Microsoft virtualization and management technologies, giving its IT department greater agility and economies of scale, Microsoft announced. According to Microsoft, Target is using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center to virtualize inventory, point-of-sale, supply-chain management, asset protection, in-store digital media and more.
"Target's investment in Hyper-V is a result of the strong technology partnership between our two companies," said Jeff Mader, VP Target technology services. "With Hyper-V, Target can reduce our stores' server footprints without sacrificing the mission-critical application performance that contributes to a superior retail experience for our guests."
Target joins other Microsoft customers and partners at the Microsoft Management Summit 2011, which runs today through March 25. More details on Target's use of Microsoft virtualization and management are available at http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies.
Click here to see what Brad Thompson and Fritz DeBrine from Target have to say about the Microsoft arrangement.

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New Faculty Orientation
At the beginning of each academic year new faculty are provided with an orientation to the university. Key university staff meet with new faculty to introduce them to a variety of important programs, offices, and services. Depending on the number of new faculty, the orientation is accomplished either in groups or individually.
Mentor Program
The Director sends an invitation to the new faculty for this. If one wants to participate, he or she is put in touch with a faculty member from another department to whom they ask questions, talk, whatever. The Director's job is to solicit volunteers from the faculty to be mentors.
Reading Group
CELT now leads a discussion group that focuses on teaching-related books and/or articles. Any WCSU faculty or staff may join. Fall 2013 read: Edmundson's "Why Teach: In Defense of a Real Education." Spring 2013 read: Finkel's "Teaching with Your Mouth Shut." Contact the Director for more information.
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There is no apple shortage, but apples are short.
It is semantics and splitting hairs to delineate between the two, perhaps, but the lack of local apple in some parts of the East and Midwest is drawing increasing media coverage. The subplot, however, is that Washington's already ample apple crop is getting under cover with bigger than expected yields.
On the Today Show website, this story insisted "Apple 'shortage' unlikely despite damage to nation's crop." Other coverage said apple cider is "like the caviar of the produce department."
From the story from Today:
Local apples may be hard, or impossible, to find in the more heavily dinged geographies, but overall you should see full bins of apples at the supermarket throughout the year. The most commonly produced apple in America, the Red Delicious, is actually seeing slightly lower prices this year from last, down .025 dollars from a year ago. Otherwise prices for early varietals are running about a dime more per pound than a year ago.
Later in the story:
"Right now, we are expecting no shortage and should be able to keep the apple supply steady," the U.S. Apple Association's Mark Gedris told NBC News. "We don't expect people to be paying more for apple pies this Thanksgiving." It's not until the spring that shoppers might notice changes at the supermarket level, although by then imports from Chile and New Zealand can start to pick up some of the slack.
A quick look at USDA reported apple shipments so far this season indicate that season to date apple shipments through the end of September were up strongly for Washington shippers but way off for Michigan, as we would expect. Washington apple shipments through Sept. 29 totaled 4,896 (40,000 pound) truckloads, up 38% from the 3,549 truckloads shipped through the same time a year ago.
Meanwhile, Michigan apple shipments through the end of September totaled only 291 (40,000 pound) truckloads, off 74% from the 1,106 truckloads shipped through the same time a year ago. New York apple shipments so far this year are not too far off last year's mark, with 889 truckloads shipped so far, down 9% from the 979 truckloads shipped the same period a year ago.
Promotions of apples by retailers are also off this year, according to the latest national fruit and vegetable retail report. In the Oct. 5 report, apples accounted for 29% of fruit ads, compared with 18% for grapes and 10% for pears. For the same week last year, apples accounted for 30% of fruit ads, followed by grapes with 17% and pears 11%.
Ad promotions for honeycrisp apples were active in 5,469 stores in the Oct. 5 report, with an average price of $2.43 per pound. Last year at the same time, honeycrisp apples were being promoted in 6,067 stores at an average of $2.11 per pound.
In the Midwest, the USDA reports retailer were promoting three-pound bags of red delicious apples in a range form $2.50 to $3.99 per bag, up from $1.69 to $2.99 per pound at the same time a year ago.
Prices are substantially up from a year ago; USDA reported the f.o.b. price for size 80s golden delicious in Washington were $28 to $30 per carton Oct. 9, up from $22 per carton at the same time a year ago.
The USDA reported average grower prices for U.S. apples in September this year totaled 61.2 cents per pound, up from 53.9 cents per pound in August and up from 42 cents per pound last September. Check out the USDA fruit outlook report here.
The good news for apple consumers is the big crop in Washington, which appears destined to set a record.
Tim Smith, Wenatchee-based Washington State University extension plant pathologist and tree fruit specialist, told me Oct. 9 that every grower he has talked to has picked over their estimate, primarily gales, goldens and reds so far.
"It will easily be a record (crop)," Smith said.
After initial estimates called for a crop less than 110 million cartons, one shipper told me he now expects the fresh crop in Washington to be closer to 115 million to 117 million cartons, thanks largely to better than expected fruit size and condition.
The only downside is that apple pickers are in short supply, perhaps 20% to 30% shy of need, Smith said.
Washington's big supply of apples should ease the overall U.S. short supply and set up a memorable "perfect storm" for the apple sellers in the state.


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MORE lives have been put at risk as a result of Herefordshire Council's decision to reduce grass-cutting, it has been claimed.
Last week, the Hereford Times reported how 18-year-old Rhys Evans overturned his car after missing a sign warning of a sharp bend due to overgrown vegetation.
It followed Herefordshire Council's decision to reduce grass-cutting from seven to three times a year in a bid to save £670,000.
And councillor Chris Chappell believes long grass, which is obscuring lifebuoys near the River Wye, pose further safety concerns.
"It's a very dangerous situation. If someone goes into the river you can't see them from the bank," he said.
"People do go in the river and unfortunately that stretch is notorious for taking lives."
The vegetation surrounding the lifebuoys near Hinton Road would make it difficult for anyone to locate the device in an emergency, added cllr Chappell.
He also claimed that he has received a number of complaints regarding the reduced trimming, with some people even threatening to withhold council tax.
"I know there is a shortage of money but there needs to be a complete re-think," he said.
"It's essential that along the river banks or at road junctions that the grass is kept down and when visitors drive into Hereford it is always nice for them to see it's being trimmed."
But visitors travelling into the city on the A4103 would have barely been able to catch sight of where they were heading.
The "Welcome to Hereford" sign, photographed by Allan Hooper, is almost covered by the surrounding grass.
More than 2,000 people have now signed an online petition calling for Herefordshire Council to reverse its decision.
And a Facebook group entitled "Hereford Council are a pain in the grass" has also been "liked" by more than 2,000 people.
Chris Draper, from Lower Bullingham, is a resident who has taken grass-cutting into his own hands after safety concerns.
After complaining to Herefordshire Council about a blind spot on Bullingham Lane, near to the railway bridge, he went out with a neighbour to tackle the issue.
"It's not on to just say 'we will cut the grass three times a year'," he said.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ( TheStreet) -- Vivus ( VVUS) can't convince enough fat Americans to try its weight-loss pill Qsymia despite spending a ton of cash on marketing and free drug giveaways. At its current burn rate, Vivus will need to raise more money no later than the second half of the year. Shares of Vivus were down 12% to $10.96 in Tuesday trading. The dismal $2 million in Qsymia sales reported by Vivus in the fourth quarter is a harbinger of doom for Arena Pharmaceuticals ( ARNA), which along with partner Eisai is expected to launch its weight-loss pill Belviq next month. Belviq barely manages to help patients lose any meaningful weight, but will cost significantly more than Qsymia. Let's first tackle Vivus because the company turned in an ugly quarter Monday night. The $2 million in Qsymia sales was $1 million short of downgraded analyst consensus for the fourth quarter. How downgraded? Last fall, analysts on average were looking for more than $24 million in Qsymia sales during the December quarter. Vivus spent more than $50 million in SG&A to generate those $2 million in Qsymia sales in the fourth quarter. Add in R&D costs and Vivus' total operating expenses topped $58 million. Cash and marketable securities fell by $61 million sequentially. Vivus ended last year with $213 million in the piggy bank and refused to offer any spending guidance for 2013 except to acknowledge that marketing expenses for Qsymia will remain high. Even if Qsymia sales pick up, Vivus' current and expected rate of spending means there's less than a year's cash remaining. For the four-week period ending on Feb. 15, Vivus shipped 17,383 Qsymia prescriptions, a 34% increase over the previous four-week period ended on Jan. 18. That sounds like encouraging script growth, except it's down from 68% growth in the four-week period between November and December last year. Vivus deserves a pass for the December holiday month -- no one wants to lose weight during Christmas -- and sure enough, the number of Qsymia scripts shipped was flat. Bottom line: The rate of Qsymia script growth is falling despite the company offering freebies and other marketing inducements. Vivus continues to blame Qsymia's poor performance on the hassle of mail-order pharmacy requirements and believes sales will take off once patients can buy the drug at their neighborhood pharmacy.
FDA's decision on liberalizing the drug's distribution restriction is expected in April. There's certainly some truth in this spin but Qsymia has a tremendously long way to go before sales reach a meaningful level. The idea that Qsymia might one day achieve blockbuster status or help Vivus generate a profit seems more fantasy than an achievable goal.
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Branson Attempts Longest SHINDIG SHUFFLE Today
As the first annual Ozark Mountain Shindig - A Springtastic Celebration winds down; the final event planned is an attempt to set the world's longest Shindig line dance. Branson stars, area employees, residents, family, friends, and visitors will join together tonight, May 31 at 10:30 PM to dance the "Shindig Shuffle".
Lena Hughes, co-owner of the Hughes Brothers Theatre and the visionary behind the "Shindig Shuffle" line dance says, "Anyone wishing to participate on the night of May 31 is invited to lineup on the sidewalks alongHwy 76 from Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theatre to the corner of Hwy 76 & Shepherd of the Hills Expressway. If you're representing a particular business or organization or just yourself we encourage you to bring banners, signs, and to wear-t-shirts." Sue Braun from the Vacation Channel says, "Turn your car radio and outside speakers to radio station My 100.1 Radio and the song will first play at 10:30 PM, and play again at 10:35 PM and at 10:40 PM."
As part of the Ozark Mountain Shindig - A Springtastic Celebration the original song "Shindig Shuffle" was written, performed, and produced by the Hughes Brothers & Family (stars of "it" and the Hughes Brothers Christmas Show) as well as the Cole Family (from the show Ayo starring Voices of Glory). Along with the song, they created a special dance number that includes moves called the shindig, the jig, and more. A music video for the Shindig Shuffle debuts on YouTube this Thursday, May 22 at the Ozark Mountain Shindig YouTube channel http://youtu.be/qqO09KvFvog. Various shows, individuals, and businesses participated in the making of the video which was sponsored by the Vacation Channel and produced and co-directed by Jason Hughes. "This isn't just any old song and dance," says Cindy Merry, marketing chair for the Branson Show League, "it's something fun for all ages with a unique combination of musical genres that really reflects the dynamic and diverse nature of Branson's musical scene while still paying homage to the musical roots of the Ozarks."
Those interested in being a part of the attempt to set the world's record are invited to learn the dance by visiting OzarkMountainShindig.com to view an instructional video. They may also attend lessons at 1:00 PM at the Hughes Brothers Theatre on Tuesdays and Thursdays prior to May 31 as well as a special 6:00 PM lesson on Friday, May 30. Timothy Dutton of The Dutton's show says, "We want you to be a part of this fun event and get Shindiggity with us!" Carla Wright of Kayak Branson adds, "Being a part of the Shindig Nation has been great fun this spring and we've had fun with the Shindig Shuffle and our Kayakers. Be sure to check out the music video to see how anybody, even somebody on beautiful Lake Taneycomo can get shindiggity!"
Go to OzarkMountainShindig.com for more information or to ask for further information.
About Ozark Mountain Shindig - A Springtastic Celebration.
We're throwing an Ozark Mountain Shindig in Branson Missouri! You're invited to join us for all the fun during Springtastic Showtime in April and May. Kick up your heels, clap your hands, and sing-along, as the hills come alive with the sounds of music from over 100 unique live shows and events. Take a trip with us as we get back to our roots and dish up some traditional Ozark foods, culture, and entertainment along with our world famous Ozark hospitality. For two months, the Live Music Show Capital of the World is putting on one big area-wide celebration and we want you to come Shindig with us!
About The League of Branson Theatre Owners & Show Producers
The Ozark Mountain Shindig is being supported by area businesses in Southwest Missouri and sponsored by the Branson League of Theatre Owners and Show Producers. The Branson Show League works to increase the success and well-being of the theatrical industry in the "Live Music Show Capital of the World" - Branson, Missouri. With over 100 live shows featuring music, comedy, magic, dancing, acrobats, theatrical plays, and more, the diversity and variety of choices of live shows make Branson a unique and fun-filled family vacation destination. The League strives to increase interest in Branson shows and show attendance, increase profitability for the Branson show community, and to promote communications between the shows and theaters as well as throughout the Branson community.


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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a man was found dead in the burned ruins of his home after fire destroyed the one-story frame house in southwest Ohio.
The cause of the fire reported about 9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving morning has not been determined.
Hamilton Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Shaw said Thursday that the 37-year-old man's body was found in the living room of the home and he was the only occupant.
Shaw says a neighbor kicked in the back door of the house in an attempt to attack the blaze with a garden hose but was unsuccessful.
The man's name wasn't released pending autopsy results from the Butler County coroner's office.
Shaw estimated damage at about $50,000.


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You Can Find Me Almost AnywhereRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
You can find me almost anywhere,
from mansions to apartments.
I can be made of almost anything,
from silver to plastic.
Although you can live without me,
kings and servants alike use me,
although hot dogs and celery
do not require the use of me.
Depending on where you live
you may not ever see me,
but depending on the time of day,
in your hand I may be.
I could be used as a weapon
in a dire emergency,
but generally my many points
are only used to feed.
Now it should be apparent.
Can you finally see?
For if you paid attention
you are certain to succeed...
Who am I? Will you tell me?
HintI want you to get it,
so just one more clue.
Mealtimes are mainly
when I see you.
AnswerI'm a fork!
First and second stanzas:
Forks are found everywhere, used by everyone, and made out of everything. Hot dogs and celery are finger foods and do not require forks to eat.
Third stanza:
Many Asian countries use chopsticks instead of forks. Obviously at mealtimes, a fork would be in your hand.
Fourth stanza:
Forks can hurt if they are thrust with enough force! The points refer to the tines of a fork.
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See another brain teaser just like this one...
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If you become a registered user you can vote on this riddle, keep track of
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The one with the bow is 1ok with a nice red stone, I have 2 off these ones 6" long , What could this stone be?
The other has no words i can find but is built beautiful the pin is metal my magnet works on the pin only. If it came from Hong Kong would it has a gold name? Near the bottom is some gray solder, maybe when it was made. 8 " long, Any help?


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Hello DGR,
Found a disc today without a phone number and was not able to find its owner at the course. So first, if you are Josh G of San Antonio and recognize this as yours, let me know so I can get it back to you
Second, does anyone know what this disc is? I've never seen anything like it. It says Innova on the back and feels a lot like my champion Leo in my hand, but when I got home to inspect it more it says QJLS very faintly. I know Innova has made Millenium but I have certainly never seen a Millenium in champion plastic.. can anyone elaborate on what this is?
Edit: Oh and sorry for the crappy pic, tried to take a picture of the very faint QJLS part


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Speaking of Top Chef it looks like we don't have much longer to wait. Bravo TV has just announced that the next season will begin on June 13. Right now they don't have the finalized list of contestants available, but rather a list of 29 candidates who may end up as contestants. They're asking you to watch the videos and then decide if they "sizzle or fizzle." Pretty clever marketing ploy, but I'm not sure what it's for, didn't they start filming back in March? Maybe it's a new format this season, maybe it starts with a large group and narrows down quick. I guess we'll have to wait until June 13 to find out.
Out of the 29 possible contestants, 6 are from California (including 3 from the SF Bay Area), 9 are from New York, 5 from Florida, 4 from Texas, 2 from Las Vegas and one each from Chicago, Hawaii, and Ohio. I didn't watch all 29 videos, but the contestants look promising and rumors have it that producers were looking for more experience and professionalism this season. As much as I love ridiculous TV drama, I think this sounds like a great plan.
Oh and I couldn't help but notice that one of the hopefuls is Chef Ryan Scott from San Franciso's Myth Café - sister cafe to the top-rated Myth.


text: Great gifts for the gamers in your life By Nicholas Ransbottom, West Virginia State University December 10, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It's that time of year again. The holiday season is fast approaching, and you've got a gamer in your family who you don't know what to get. Or maybe you're a gamer unsure of which game to ask your family for. Regardless of your video game buying woes, here's a guide to help spark gift ideas.Xbox 360"Dust: An Elysian Tail" (Xbox Live Arcade)Part "Devil May Cry" and part "Castlevania," this gorgeous 2D side-scroller tasks players with helping the titular Dust as he tries to overcome his amnesia. While the platforming harks back to the 16-bit era of classic gaming, the lightning-paced combat keeps the game rooted in this generation. (Rated E10 )"Fez" (Xbox Live Arcade)Absolutely brilliant and bursting with charm, "Fez" is a unique platform game that utilizes a 2D/3D shift mechanic, ala "Super Paper Mario." Players are tasked with collecting 64 cubes, and finding them requires some serious critical thinking. (E)"Halo 4"This is the game almost all 360 owners have been waiting to get their hands on. The fourth of the numbered entries in the "Halo" franchise, this is set four years after the end of "Halo 3," with John-117 -- better known as Master Chief -- and his AI companion, Cortana, orbiting a Forerunner planet known as Requiem, which is being invaded by Covenant forces. Meanwhile, Cortana is slowly losing her sanity from her atypical lifespan for an AI program, and John promises to save her. Multiplayer returns and is bigger than ever. (M)"Dance Central 3" (Kinect required)The third entry in the hit series, "Dance Central 3" has players enlisting in Dance Central Intelligence as they travel back in time to stop dance crimes. There's a huge list of songs spanning from the '70s to today's current hits, and new multiplayer mode ensures party fun. Songs from "Dance Central" and "Dance Central 2" can be imported. (T) PlayStation 3"Journey" (PlayStation Network) This game by acclaimed developers thatgamecompany is video game poetry. "Journey" has players traveling across the land to reach a beacon of light, with no idea of what to do other than collect bits of fabric scattered across the land. There's multiplayer here, but no way to communicate with your partner besides a simple "blip" sound, and you'll never be able to see their PSN ID. It's a unique experiment in trust as strangers can either ignore each other or work together to complete their goal, with no idea who's playing on the other side of the controller. (E)"LittleBIGPlanet Karting" "LittleBIGPlanet" meets "Mario Kart" in this spin-off of the "LBP" series. Much like "Modnation Racers" (created by the same developers of this game), "LBP Karting" has players building and creating their own track to upload for other players to race, all while customizing their karts and characters to their heart's desire. (E)"PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale"This "Super Smash Bros." clone features wide variety of Sony characters from the company's past and present. Contenders range from Sir Daniel Fortesque (1998's "MediEvil") to Cole McGrath (2009''s "inFAMOUS"). Also included are third party characters, including Big Daddy (2007's "BioShock") and Dante (from the 2013 "Devil May Cry" reboot). (T) Nintendo 3DS"Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask" The fifth game in the "Layton" franchise uses the same formula as the others: puzzle solving that puts your brain to the test, with the answer to the riddle usually right in front of your face. Professor Layton and his apprentice, Luke, are asked to visit the town of Monte d'Or to meet an old friend of Layton's, but they quickly find themselves having to save the town from a man known as the Masked Gentleman who is terrorizing it. (E10 )"Paper Mario: Sticker Star"All "Paper Mario" games feature a unique mechanic, and the fourth installment is no different. Players will have to collect stickers for their scrapbook, which they can then use in battle at the cost of a one-time use. Thankfully, through searching, players should never run out of stickers. The papercraft art style looks gorgeous, and the game utilizes 3D beautifully. (E) Multi-platform (Available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC)"Borderlands 2"When I reviewed this game in the fall, I called it a memorable experience, and indeed it is. My bottom line summary from the review: "With 30-60 hours of content, two player split screen co-op, four player online co-op and four packs of downloadable content on the way, "Borderlands 2" is a game with great bang for your buck." (M)"Dishonored" Players take on the role of supernatural assassin Corvo, who's been framed for the murder of an empress. Utilizing a wide variety of powers, including possession and teleportation, players will find interesting ways to take down their targets in this gorgeous, steampunk-esque world. In my recent review of the game, I said, "The mechanics, the story, the setting, the art style -- they all work together smoothly and provide a gaming experience that nears perfection." (M)"XCOM: Enemy Unknown"A remake of the 1994 cult classic "UFO: Enemy Unknown," this turn-based strategy game will get players easily addicted. Manage your funding and development of XCOM (a group formed by the world after an alien invasion) wisely, and be extra careful when entering battle as character deaths are permanent. Wii U"ZombiU"Remember the days of the survival horror genre where survival was actually a gameplay mechanic? Ubisoft Montpellier remembers. "ZombiU" takes the gameplay mechanics of games like "Demon's Souls" and "Dark Souls" and places you in London after a zombie apocalypse. You've only got one life, and if you die, you lose all your items and restart with a new character. You'll have to backtrack and make your way to your previous, now zombie virus infected character and kill them in order to get your loot. Be warned that this game is extremely difficult, and most gamers (myself included) have died during the tutorial due to lack of attention. (M)"New Super Mario Bros. U"Another Nintendo console, another excellent Mario platformer. As always, Peach sets the feminist rights movement back another 50 years and is kidnapped by Bowser, which means she needs to be saved once more by Mario (and up to four friends). Excellent platforming is found here, and the new power-ups, such as the flying squirrel suit, make this a must buy for your Wii U system. (E) Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 3 WVU's Eli Wellman 'plays with an attitude' 4 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 5 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval Symphony Christmas concert a pleaser once again Previous Story Charleston Gay Men's Chorale finds it voice(s) Next Story


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To better serve our community, the Board of Directors expressed its with that Conference Programme Chairs (for Eurocrypt, Crypto, and Asiacrypt) to accept substancially more papers then used to be the case and to work with their General Chair for the logistics to make this possible (using extra slots, shorter talks, and parallel sessions).
The 19th annual Fast Software Encryption workshop (FSE 2012) was held at the Washington Marriott Hotel in Washington DC, USA, on March 19-21, 2012. The general chair was Bruce Schneier and the program chair was Anne Canteaut.
The conference attracted 143 delegates from 30 countries, including 27 students.
The technical program featured 24 papers selected from 90 submissions, along with two invited lectures, one on "Provable" security against differential and linear cryptanalysis" by Kaisa Nyberg (Aalto University and Nokia), and one on "The history of linear cryptanalysis" by Mitsuru Matsui (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation).
As last year, FSE 2012 did not have printed pre-proceedings, but instead made the papers available online, before and during the conference. Revised versions of the accepted papers are going to appear in the proceedings of the conference published by Springer. The presentation slides for the technical sessions and the rump session can be found on the conference website at: http://fse2012.inria.fr/index.php?page=program http://fse2012.inria.fr/index.php?page=rump
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execution of all expressible programs. We present an expressive
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Finally, the question is answered.
But it gets the Detroit Tigers no closer to answering the question.
The team's brain trust came to the consensus that rookie Bruce Rondon was not ready to close out games at the big-league level just yet, sending he and Luis Marte down to Toledo on Thursday morning.
"He (Rondon) showed me probably everything and more that I needed to see as far as being a top-notch potential closer. ... Everybody in there loved him and everybody thinks his ceiling is unbelievably high. The kid did not do anything wrong," Tigers manager Jim Leyland told reporters in Lakeland, Fla., including FOX Sports Detroit's Dana Wakiji, noting that the organization has a plan set up for him at Toledo. "The opinion was that we have something special that's not quite ready yet to close games at the major league level."
That means the Tigers will start the season with a closer by committee, much like -- in theory -- they used in the playoffs last season, after incumbent Jose Valverde's meltdown.
With the pitching staff set -- right-handed pitchers Joaquin Benoit, Octavio Dotel, Al Alburquerque, Brayan Villarreal make up the bullpen, along with lefties Phil Coke, Darin Downs and Drew Smyly -- that left just one decision remaining before Opening Day. Danny Worth was informed after Thursday's game that he was being sent to Toledo, giving the final job on the bench to reserve infielder Ramon Santiago.
Make no bones about it, though: The biggest decision has already been made.
It was the elephant in the room throughout spring training, the dilemma that alternately made manager Jim Leyland frustrated -- "You guys need to get off the closer kick," he said at one point during camp -- and exasperated.
He had no answers to the most glaring questions.
And he was completely unsurprised that there were so many, considering there were no other surprises that cropped up during camp.
"I guess it's like a broken record right now. The closer issue is not settled. But other than that, I feel totally comfortable with our team. We've got enough left fielders to be fine. We've got enough utility guys to be fine. We've got enough catchers to be fine. We got enough good arms in the bullpen to be fine," Leyland said earlier this month.
"The closer would be the one issue that's just not settled. But I don't think there's any sense in making a big deal about that right now."
And it's not like Thursday's decision completely settles the issue.
It leaves the Tigers --�considered by nearly everyone to be a favorite to return to the playoffs, if not the World Series -- without a definitive answer at the back end of games.
It leaves Leyland in the second-guesser's heaven (and manager's purgatory) of having to mix-and-match at closer, something he's done before, but would prefer not to do again.
"There's no question in my mind, we're going to get through this thing, no matter how it plays out. But in my mind, definitely a closer makes it a lot easier for the manager, and if that sounds selfish, it is. Because it takes all the guess-work out of it. When you have a closer -- if you have a (Mariano) Rivera, a (Jonathan) Papelbon, or a Valverde like we did the past few years, when he was good --�it just takes all the second-guess(ing) ... out of it, and any guess-work out of it, for the manager," he said on ESPN's "The Mike Lupica Show" recently.
"The other side of that coin, if you have good arms down there -- which we have -- then you're just under the microscope a little bit, with the fans and with the media. If you use this guy, and it didn't work, well why didn't you use that guy? So it's a bigger headache for the manager.
"Don't let anybody kid you. It is."
With two other lefties in the bullpen -- Downs won the last spot with a scintillating spring --�it gives Leyland the freedom to use Coke as often as he wants in the role he wound up in during last year's playoffs. It was a committee in name only in the postseason, as Coke pitched in every game of the American League Championship Series, finishing with two saves.
Coke might be the closest of the remaining options the Tigers have for the workhorse mentality needed for a closing role.
All of the others have drawbacks warning against overuse: The numbers for Benoit and Dotel declined the more frequently they were used last year, Alburquerque only pitched 13 regular-season innings last year, after returning from elbow surgery, and Villarreal is someone Leyland feels he has to watch, because of his slight frame and violent delivery.
"We definitely have guys that can close A game. Whether we have guys that can close games is a different story. I think whether they would hold up, physically, mentally, I'm not sure of that," Leyland told Lupica.
"We have some guys that could close a game at any time: Benoit, Coke, Dotel, Alburquerque. They could all close a game. It's just, would they withstand the wear and tear, and the mental pressure and physical pressure of doing it four, five times a week?
"That would remain to be seen. I'm not sure we have that."
In theory, only Rondon gave them that assurance. He's been a closer throughout his time in the minor leagues, as well as in winter ball.
But he struggled in this week's test of pitching on back-to-back days, with a lights-out inning on Tuesday, followed by a struggle on Wednesday.
Rondon finished the spring with a 5.84 ERA in 13 outings, with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 19-9. He allowed a batting average against of .327, and had a WHIP (walks-hits-to-innings-pitched ratio) of 2.11.
He's close, just not there.
"He's as close as you can be, without being there," catcher Alex Avila told reporters, including MLive's Chris Iott.
Thursday's demotion hardly means that Rondon isn't a candidate to fill the role later on in the season, either.
"It wouldn't surprise me if he comes up at some point in the season and gets some really big outs for us," Avila told reporters, including FOX Sports Detroit's Dana Wakiji. "He absorbs as much as you're going to give him. He just needs to continue to throw more, mature a little bit."
Matthew B. Mowery covers the Tigers for Journal Register Company. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @matthewbmowery.


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Sheriff: 'I will NOT violate my constitutional oath'
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. -- Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin has sent a letter to Vice President Biden declaring that his deputies will not enforce any regulations they deem unconstitutional.
The letter was posted to the Sheriff's office Facebook page and their Web site, just about an hour after the president announced his plan for tighter gun laws.
Hanlin becomes the third Oregon sheriff to write a similar letter to the vice president regarding gun control legislation.
Sheriff Tim Mueller wrote a letter on Monday that quickly went viral when it was shared on Facebook.
Sheriff Hanlin writes that he agrees with Mueller, and will not direct his deputies to enforce any "unconstitutional directives."
Hanlin wrote, "The United States Supreme Court has ruled that when a sheriff chooses to enforce an unconstitutional directive, he is violating his Constitutional Oath."
Crook County Sheriff Jim Hensley said Tuesday he sent the same letter to Biden that was sent Monday by Linn County Sheriff Mueller.
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The college football award season has begun, and LSU junior safety Eric Reid was named to the American Football Coaches Association All-America first team Wednesday.
Reid figured to be a strong awards candidate before the season, but when the all-Southeastern Conference teams are released next week, the Tigers' representation could be much different from what it was on the preseason teams.
Three of the Tigers' seven first-team picks are no longer on the team, and one of their three second-team picks missed most of the season because of injury. In addition, some of the most-decorated players coming into the season didn't match their statistics of a year ago, and another player — linebacker Kevin Minter — greatly exceeded expectations.
Minter, a junior who became a full-time starter for the first time this season, leads the team and is tied for third in the SEC with 111 total tackles. His team-leading 13.5 tackles for loss rank fourth in the conference.
A junior who also has three sacks, one interception, five pass breakups, four quarterback hurries and one forced fumble, Minter is one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker. That will be handed out next week as well.
"There's a guy that had plenty of natural ability, came on, worked up through the program, continued to improve and really became a confident, confident player really through the last two years," coach Les Miles said. "I think he is very worthy of any national award or any other award consideration."
Minter has strong competition for the Butkus Award. Half of his competitors are playing in the SEC Championship game Saturday — Jarvis Jones of Georgia and C.J. Mosley of Alabama. The other two finalists are Manti Te'o of No. 1 Notre Dame and Dion Jordan of Oregon.
A few of Minter's teammates have the advantage of preseason expectations. Defensive ends Sam Montgomery and Barkevious Mingo could add a postseason selection to their first-team preseason nods, but their statistics aren't as impressive as they were last season.
Montgomery, a first-team all-SEC pick a year ago, has 32 tackles, including 12 for loss (tied for eighth-most in the SEC) and seven sacks. Adjusting those numbers to account for LSU (10-2) playing 14 games a year ago, he still falls short of his numbers from 2011 (49 tackles, 13.5 for loss and nine sacks).
Mingo, a second-team all-SEC pick by The Associated Press last season, has 33 tackles, including 5.5 for loss, four sacks and 12 quarterback hurries. Last season, he had 46 tackles, including 15 for loss, eight sacks and 11 hurries.
Reid, another first-team preseason selection, exceeded last season's stats. He has 81 total tackles — five more than he had in 14 games last season. He matched his two interceptions from last season and doubled his breakups from three to six.
Linebacker Lamin Barrow, like Minter a full-time starter for the first time this season, is second on the team and tied for seventh in the conference with 92 total tackles.
Punter Brad Wing, a second-team all-league pick by the coaches as a freshman last season and a preseason first-team pick this year, hasn't been as consistent this season but has had a standout season nonetheless. He's fourth in the league with a net average of 44.8 yards.
Other Tigers who weren't recognized in the preseason but who are among the conference leaders include running back Michael Ford, who's third in kickoff return average (25.4 yards), and cornerback Tharold Simon, who's tied for third with four interceptions.
Kicker Drew Alleman was a preseason second-team selection, but his statistics don't measure up to last season, when he was 16-of-18 on field gaols. This season, he has made 20-of-28 but finished strong, making seven of his past eight, including a career-long 49-yarder in the regular-season finale against Arkansas.
Sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., like Alleman, is a preseason second-team pick who finished strong. Beckham returned a punt 89 yards for a game-turning touchdown against Ole Miss two weeks ago and had 112 yards on four catches in the finale.
Offensive tackle Chris Faulk was a second-team selection, but he was lost for the season with a knee injury in the second game. Running back Spencer Ware, a third-team preseason selection, is fourth on the team with 358 yards and a 3.9 average. He's fifth with 15 receptions and has one touchdown rushing and another receiving.
Tyrann Mathieu was selected as a first-team cornerback and return specialist shortly before he was kicked off the team Aug. 10. Tackle Alex Hurst also was a first-team pick, but he left the team at midseason for personal reasons.
Recruits reconsider
Two recruits have withdrawn their commitments to LSU: WR Chuck Baker (6-foot-1, 190 pounds) of Salmen High School in Slidell and FB Kennard Swanson (6-0, 250) of Lake Gibson High in Lakeland, Fla. The Tigers have 22 commitments for 2013.


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Coos County murder case set to go to trial
COQUILLE, Ore. -- A Coos County man accused of murdering another man in front of his home last fall is now headed for trial.
Andrew Davenport, 45, is accused of beating Randall Harless to death during an argument last August in his Empire area home.
Davenport and his attorney, who appeared in court through a phone call, say they are ready for trial.
Harless's family has attended all of Davenport's pre-trial hearings, and the district attorney says they were hoping for a plea deal instead of a trial. Paul Fraiser, the Coos County DA, told KCBY News the family was expecting the outcome. "I'm sure they would like to see Mr. Davenport accept responsibility here, but on the other hand, they've known from early on, or they've pretty much accepted from day one, that this case was probably headed for trial."
Fraiser would not release information about what kind of arguments he will be making against Davenport, but he does say he will not pursue the death penalty.
The trial is set to begin August 6, and could last for an entire week.


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In West Virginia and many other states, the minimum wage for workers is $7.25 an hour. But restaurant owners must pay their waiters and waitresses only $2.13 an hour, on the assumption that tips will bring their pay up to the minimum wage. Waiters must report their tips, and if their pay doesn't reach minimum wage, restaurant owners are required to make up the difference.
Over time, those tips can add up — as shown this week, when a company that owns two Morgantown restaurants was told to pay more than $200,000 in back wages to 105 workers.
The violations by Black Bear Burritos included "requiring servers to participate in an illegal tip pool, or tip sharing arrangement," according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor. The company violated the minimum wage and overtime regulations in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, according to an investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division's office in Charleston.
"Failure to pay legally required minimum wage and overtime poses a serious problem to workers who, in many cases, are already struggling to get by, and also undercuts those employers that choose to obey the law and pay their workers properly," John DuMont, director of the labor department's Pittsburgh district office, said in the news release. "Tipped workers rely on customers for the bulk of their income and are especially vulnerable to hardships caused by improper or illegal tip-sharing arrangements, which deprive them of their hard-earned pay."
"Under the FLSA, tips are the property of the employees who receive them; however, restaurant operators can benefit by claiming a credit, based on the tips, toward their obligation to pay those employees the full minimum wage," the department's news release explained.
Sometimes employers also take part of wait staff tips to pay other people working in the restaurant, like hostesses and bartenders, but "an employer may not take the employee's tips for an invalid tip pool, such as one that includes employees who do not customarily receive tips."
The new DOL release also stated recent investigations found some employers "unlawfully" used money from the tip pool to pay the salaries for restaurant managers.
Brooke Drake, a community organizer for the West Virginia Citizen Action Group, used to work as a waitress at local restaurants in Charleston.
"Servers never get every penny you give them as a tip. But if you don't tip your servers, you cost them money," she said.
Tips vary widely, Drake said. "Sometimes you can make $25 an hour if you have a lot of customers.
"But at the end of a shift, employees must often clean up the restaurant. For $2.13 an hour, that is not worth your time. If you have been there all day, and your tips have been bad, and you are at the point of the day when you don't get tips anymore, you want to leave," Drake said.
She said one local chain restaurant she worked at "wanted me to wear more makeup. Making $2.13 an hour and starting at 7 a.m., I said, 'No.' It was a very oppressive mentality.
Keeley and Jonathan Steele own the Bluegrass Kitchen, Tricky Fish and Frutcake — three restaurants in Charleston's East End. Together, their restaurants employ about 50 people.
Keeley Steele said employees at Bluegrass Kitchen make $2.50 an hour plus tips. At Tricky Fish, where tips are not as high, employees make a base wage of $5 an hour, she said.
"There is no one working for us who is making anywhere close to the minimum wage" once tips are factored in, she said. "I can't run my business with disgruntled employees. I am not in fast food. We don't have a lot of turnover. A lot of locally owned restaurants will tell you the same thing."
Drake said most waiters and waitresses face the same issues as other workers. "Many are students. Some may have just left a spouse. The job is just a stepping stone to help you afford to pay back your student loans or make car payments," she said. "You need consistency in your income that most other people have."
Robert Lagg, general manager of Mardi Gras Resort and Casino in Cross Lanes, said, "We run a proper business and follow the rules. We believe in keeping our employees happy. We don't want to be overbearing. We respect you to come into work. We are not taskmasters, and we understand that things come up. We are flexible and fair.
"Almost all service jobs are like that. Everybody makes sub-minimum wage. Usually, their tips far exceed that. I believe that if the tips don't, if employees are working below the minimum wage, the employer is responsible," Lagg said. "But our employees have not even approached working as low as the minimum wage."
Gordon Simmons, a field organizer in Charleston for UE Local 170, the West Virginia Public Workers Union, said, "I know it is pretty commonplace that restaurants don't pay minimum wages. People are told to sign off that they got it, when then did not necessarily get it. Sometimes they don't even see their tips. It is modern day slave labor."
Simmons said he was delighted to hear about federal enforcement of labor rules in the Black Bear Burritos decision.
"There are some decent, honest restaurant owners and managers," Simmons said. "But you have a whole group of workers who are plagued by not getting the minimum wage.
"As an industry, the food industry is woefully underorganized. Abuses are widespread because of that."
Simmons said unions tend to exist at big hotels, casinos and major food services. "But you don't see a lot of unionization in regular restaurants, where there is widespread abuse and violations of labor laws.
Lagg said waiters at the Mardi Gras Casino are not represented by a union, but that a lot of maintenance workers, hotel workers and other people on his staff are represented by the United Steelworkers of America.
"If you walk into a place and people are miserable, customers do not want to stay. Employees set the tone. Customer service is important," Lagg said.
Steve White, executive director of the Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation, said, "We commonly see, almost on a weekly basis, similar situations where workers are cheated out of their wages, overtime and vacation time.
"The chances of getting caught are very slim. Kudos to the Department of Labor for doing something. People don't know what their rights are. Every day, workers lose money that is rightfully theirs."
The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour was last increased in 2009. The federal tip credit's cash wage requirement of $2.13 has not been increased since 1991.
White said, "This all proves to me the need for unions is as strong as it ever was when workers, particularly in the lower wage sectors, are taken advantage of. It adds up to big money."
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Is there somebody doing similar practices? For example, since recently I've started to:
- eat only 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner), instead of eating whenever I feel hungry. This helps me to make craving for snacks lesser. Because I eat only 3 times a day now, I want every meal to give me enough energy for the 6 hours until the next meal, so its easy to avoid junkfood and snacks. By not eating outside those 3 meals its easy not to eat snacks (for example when watching television)
- drink only water (no tea, no coffee, no milk, etc) from monday to friday (of course I still eat 3 times a day). Since I started drinking only water 5 days a week, I noticed that most often I drink just because I want something that taste nice, or because of being bored (I used to drink a lot of tea and coffee because it taste nice, not because I was thirsty). By drinking only water 5 days a week, I notice that I now only drink to keep my body healthy, not for taste.
- no music, no television, no media from monday to friday. This really helps me to stay focussed more. Especially music (although I like it a lot) makes it difficult for me to focus during the day.
Anyone with similar practices? I would like to hear them...


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| Ex-employee: It had to be a bad mistake
Jose Melena's relatives gathered Monday to comfort each other at his Wilmington home, smiling as they recalled his life and his beloved garden, but trying desperately to avoid talking about the horrible way he died.
For his daughter, Sara Melena, the details were just too difficult to bear.
"It's tough," she said. "It's so hard to even think about it."
Jose Melena, a 62-year-old husband and father of six adult children, died Thursday when he became trapped inside an industrial-size pressure cooker he routinely loaded with tuna at Bumble Bee Seafoods in Santa Fe Springs. Workers discovered him about 7 a.m. They called for help, but it was too late.
A spokeswoman with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, which investigates industrial accidents, said Melena was cooked to death. Coroner's officials described the device as a "steamer machine."
"I saw the oven for the first time on the news," the daughter said. "I know he was shut in there."
So far, family members do not know how the accident occurred. They want answers, but suspect Melena's death was part of God's plan.
"I believe he is with God," the daughter said. "I can't say, `God, why us?' I just think everything has a purpose. God is not going to leave us alone."
Jose Melena and his wife, also named Sara, arrived in California in 1971 from Urequio, Michoacan, in Mexico, looking for a better life for their 1-year-old daughter, Emma. They settled in the predominately Latino community of Wilmington.
Melena took various jobs, all working labor for a variety of companies. In the years to come, he and his wife became parents to Antonio, 39; Alma, 36; Sara, 28; Cristina, 26; and Pedro, 21, who all attended Banning High School. They have eight grandchildren, who loved to listen to Melena sing his Mexican songs.
"He dedicated himself to providing for the family," the daughter said. "He was very loving."
Every penny went to his children, each of whom got jobs or went to college. Melena recently told his youngest son, Pedro, to worry only about his Harbor College classes. He was proud his son was going to school, taking criminal justice courses and planning to become a police officer.
"He said, `I came over here. It was tough to make a living. I did it so you can have a better life,"' the daughter said.
Melena awakened early every day, sometimes watering his garden at 2 a.m. And then he would leave for work an hour later. He started every shift at the cannery at 4 a.m., spending his days pushing baskets of tuna into the cooker. He returned home exhausted, telling his family, "I'm getting really tired. I'm happy I can do my job."
"He was a hard worker," his daughter said. "A very hard worker."
Besides his family, his passion was gardening. Melena rented a plot of land in San Pedro, where he grew tomatoes, chili peppers, avocados and other fruits and vegetables that he happily presented to his wife to use in her Mexican and other recipes.
"He loved my mom's cooking," the daughter said. "The whole year we had avocados."
Cal-OSHA investigators will take about six months to complete an investigation into what happened and how Melena became trapped in the oven.
Melena did not carry a cellphone. He did not think he needed one. But early last week, Melena surprised his family and announced he was ready to get a phone. A son planned to buy it soon.
At his house Monday, friends and relatives gathered from as far away as Texas and Mexico. They shared tears, food and laughs.
They said Melena's death has unified them and brought them even closer.
"It's hard to know he is not with us anymore," said his daughter, Cristina. "He is with God. There are a lot of memories we are going to keep in our hearts."
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"not for the intellectually challenged"
Renfrew covers many topics and references the important people in the field of archaeology. I only wish Audible would feature more books of this caliber. I am very frustrated that so few books are available on this topic. The content of this book is dense and I have listened to it several times. I was so delighted to see a serious non-fiction book offered on Audible and I don't agree with the other reviewers that this book was unsuitable for audio. Apparently the other listeners were expecting lite fare such as the Idiot's Guide to Archaeology or some pop fluff a la Graham Hancock. If you seriously interested in an overview of the field, this book is for you.
"Fascinating! Perfect for the college-educated laypersoon"
I don't understand why other commenters have criticized this book as "dry," "boring," and "too academic," or found the narration "droning" or soporific. Stonehenge boring? An up-to-date (well, 2009 anyway) analysis of how it was constructed, as well as its likely purpose and meaning to the Neolithic community that built it, presented by an expert in the field?
How about a re-evaluation of the stunning cave paintings at Lascaux, and elsewhere in France, Spain, Italy, and a narrow band eastward through the Balkans to Siberia as a "localized" event that doesn't mark a new stage in human cultural evolution because it wasn't universal enough (like the development of farming that's generally accepted as marking the shift from Paleolithic to Neolithic, and which took place on a near-global basis)? And the theory that archaeologists have attached more significance to these cave paintings than was warranted simply because they were discovered early and were rendered with artistic sophistication?
I thought the book was perfectly pitched for a college-educated layperson, and that if it would be "boring" for anyone, it would be for another archaeologist, or even a grad student or upperclassman majoring in archaeology. I appreciated having my memory refreshed on the details of carbon dating, but I'm sure anyone specializing in the field would've skipped over that part as too basic.
My only suggestions are (1) Renfrew should write an update in a new Foreword or Preface incorporating the current debate relating to whether DNA analysis shows (as asserted by Svante Paabo and his team) that all modern-day humans except for sub-Saharan Africans carry small percentages of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in their genomes, (2) Renfrew should reconsider the global breadth of the book, which I think stretches him and the material too thin, and focus instead on Europe, the Middle East and Mesoamerica (which appear to be his areas of greatest expertise), while leaving South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Far East for others, or a later companion book, and (3) audible should include a pdf booklet containing the tables, charts, maps and/or any other graphic information that audio narration fails to cover. Otherwise, it shouldn't call this an "unabridged" edition.
As for the narration, if was nicely modulated across both pitch and emotion. If you enjoyed listening to someone like Alistair Cooke introducing Masterpiece Theatre, and don't harbor any vague political objections to Brits speaking with Received Pronunciation, then I think you'll enjoy Robert Ian MacKenzie's narration as well. I found it pretty much transparent, which is how I like my narrations (translations, too, and for that matter writing itself). A good narrator lets the text speak for itself, and doesn't gum it up by over-dramaticizing or chewing the scenery, just as the best writers (fiction or nonfiction) communicate ideas as succinctly and simply as possible, without gumming up the works with florid prose, "style" or jargon.
Overall, as a layperson who wanted to research prehistoric Britain for a project I'm working on, I learned a lot of fascinating stuff in an extremely easy and pleasant manner. The book made an excellent traveling companion on long drives, making the time pass quickly -- same with doing everything from running to stuffing the dishwasher. I'll look for other books by Colin Renfrew, and would be pleased to read anything Robert Ian MacKenzie has narrated.
"NOT romantic historical fiction"
This is a well researched and well buttressed discussion of what a respected specialist in his field sees as current fact in the field of human past, before the advent of what we commonly refer to as "history" (written records). He spends some considerable effort documenting how we have come to know what we do, that is, the scientific basis for what we believe we know. To compare this work to many others on the same subject, for example Wade's "Dawn of Human History", makes the latter seem like an oversimplified introduction to the subject for an adolescent. The latter is a an entertaining listen, but it stimulates more questions than it provides answers, as it jumps from seemingly scientific premises to fanciful conclusions that are clearly based on modern biases or wishful thinking. Renfrew's work suffers from the expected occasional "dryness" any scholarly work can have for the nonspecialist. But for the enthusiast who wants to know more, without having to do the original research myself, the work of listening is worth it. I am a physician, not an archeologist; but if I can discover a bit about what and who we humans are, and how came to be us, maybe I can help my patients with some of the vast weight of medical problems that plague us today; most of which are 'lifestyle" diseases (with an underlayment of genetic predisposition). The seeds of these medical problems seem to have been sown in our distant past; and maybe some of the answers will come from the study. More power to any specialist in any field who tries to elucidate the science for the rest of us who are hungry for knowledge.
l'enfer c'est les autres
"Great topic dryly presented"
The author gives a very dry text book like presentation of the topic. The book is really mostly about the archeology of the mind. A topic I find exciting. The book is not for everyone except for those with an interest in early man out of Africa and his mental development. If your not bothered by statements like understanding symbols make us human and 'X signifies Y in the context of C', you'll probably find the book interesting too.
I didn't like the narration and would suggest to speed it up to 1.25. Also, I didn't like the dry presentation of the topic.
I did like the topic and feel comfortable giving it a higher overall rating than the weighted average of the sum of its parts. I would only recommend this book for people who really like the topic.
"Not great"
Basically just a long description of what prehistoric archeology is. No real insights. Well written though, and it provides a good history of archeology in the broadest sense.
Old & fat, but strong; American, Chinese, & Indian (sort of); Ph.D. in C.S.; strategy, economics & stability theory; trees & machining.
"Inside Baseball"
If you've ever listened to Dennis Miller tell a joke and realized that you had no idea what he was referencing, but fount the joke mildly funny anyway, because you sort of imagined your own facts in place of the obscure reference, that is exactly what reading this book feel like. For example he has a very insightful critique of Richard Dawkins' Meme theory, without ever, even superficially, explaining what Richard Dawkins wrote about Memes, or even what a Meme is. I happened to have read Richard Dawkins, so I got that one, but most of the references I didn't get.
Googling the author strongly suggests that he is a top researcher in the field, so the impression that he's talking to other top researchers in his field, about what they should do differently in the future, may be somewhat accurate.
I think his point is something like we have assumed too much determinism in our understanding of the evolution of culture. Because specific events caused specific changes in specific instances, doesn't imply that this specific course of evolution is necessary or even probable. He seems to be advocating the need for better causal models of the interactions between ideas and cultural changes. But I have no idea how to understand the cause and affect relationship between ideas and cultural evolution in a pre-historic context. It seems that you lack direct evidence of the ideas and large statistical samples that might be used to infer the influence of specific ideas. But I don't have a Ph.D. in pre-history; maybe it's obvious if you do.
I would have enjoyed examples of successes at understanding the influence of ideas on pre-historical evolution.
"Great academic literature"
I was very happy to find this a properly academic text, and not just a work of popular science. Having listened to The Great Courses on similar subjects this was the perfect deeper level I was looking for. I am going to get this book in print as well, and might even use it in my PhD dissertation.
"An overview of prehistoric cultural anthropology"
What is known about what happened before we had writing?
The sources and credibility that knowledge are well discussed in this book.
"Dense but concise"
Renfrew spells it out for the rest of us.
"Too detailed"
Colin Renfrew is highly respected and this book pulls together a wide variety of recent research in a comprehensive whole. However, it is too detailed for most listeners. "Before the Dawn" is much better.
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Today Eric Patterson finishes his series of posts on compatibility.
For my last post about compatibility, I would like to drill down into more detail on Excelâs PivotTable feature. In Excel 2007, we have invested a lot of our time improving PivotTables. If you are just joining, you can find a number of blog posts describing that work here.
With all of the changes to PivotTables in Excel 12, it is important to understand how files containing PivotTables can be shared between versions of Excel.
PivotTable Versioning
First a little background information. PivotTables have a version property separate from the Excel version number that controls certain behaviors for compatibility with previous versions of Excel. New Excel 12 PivotTables will have a version of 12 (xlPivotTableVersion12). PivotTables created in previous versions will have an earlier version number, such as 10 (xlPivotTableVersion10) for Excel 2002 and 2003.
Compatibility Mode and PivotTables
In Excel 12, the PivotTable version is associated with Compatibility Mode. If your current workbook is in compatibility mode, new PivotTables created in that workbook will be version 10 PivotTables.
When your current workbook is not in Compatibility Mode, new PivotTables that you create will be version 12 PivotTables.
PivotTable Upgrade
When you save a workbook in Compatibility Mode to one of the new file formats, the PivotTables in that workbook will be marked for upgrade. When each PivotTable is next refreshed, it will be upgraded to a version 12 PivotTable and new functionality will be enabled for that PivotTable.
Version Specific Functionality
The version property is used to determine which functionality is disabled for PivotTables. The following new features are disabled for version 10 PivotTables:
- Hiding intermediate levels of hierarchies in OLAP data sources
- Label Filtering â For example: Show only product names that contain âAbâ
- Value Filtering (except top 10 filters, which are supported) â For example: Show only products that sold more than $10,000
- Manual inclusive filtering â New items are not included in the filter
- Key Performance Indicators â See PivotTables 11: Key Performance Indicators, Actions, and Named Sets
- Format Persistence â Version 12 OLAP PivotTables track customizations of items even when those items are not visible temporarily in the PivotTable.
- Increased Limit Support â See PivotTable limit changes described here.
Backwards Compatibility
Version 12 PivotTables are not âdowngradedâ to a version 10 PivotTable during save to a previous version file format or at any other time. When a version 12 PivotTable is viewed in previous versions of Excel, the PivotTable will not be refreshable. The PivotTable will continue to be refreshable in Excel 2007.
Strategies for sharing PivotTables with other users
As noted above, version 12 PivotTables are not downgraded to version 10 PivotTables and will not be refreshable in previous versions of Excel. If you wish to share PivotTables with people using a previous version of Excel AND they have a need to refresh the PivotTables, you will need to ensure that these PivotTables were created as version 10 PivotTables.
How do I create a version 10 PivotTable in Excel 12?
The simplest way to do this is by using compatibility Mode. If you start with a new file, save it to the Excel 97-2003 file format and re-open the file, you will enter compatibility Mode. Any PivotTable that you create while in compatibility mode will be a version 10 PivotTable and will be refreshable when opened in previous versions of Excel.


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X-rays negative on Hunter's pitching hand
TORONTO -- Orioles reliever Tommy Hunter fielded a hard-hit ball from Toronto's Jose Bautista with his bare hand in the eighth inning of Sunday's 6-5 walk-off loss. He had an X-ray taken after the game that came back negative.
Hunter was tasked with facing Bautista with the bases loaded and the Orioles leading, 3-2. The hard-throwing righty peppered Bautista with three straight fastballs clocking at 98, 98, and 99 mph before Bautista drilled another 99-mph heater up the middle. Hunter's instincts kicked in and he reached out to field the scorcher with his throwing hand before jogging toward first base and tossing it to Chris Davis for the final out of the inning.
"It was crushed," said Hunter, who had his hand wrapped in a tensor bandage. "Sometimes you play a little shift on him, but on a ball up the middle. I just wasn't able to get my glove there fast enough."
Hunter was optimistic he wouldn't miss any time, but it's entirely too early to determine if that would be a reality. Manager Buck Showalter was already preparing for Hunter, who said he will be reevaluated Monday, to be out a couple days.
The 26-year-old Hunter said it felt exactly how it looked.
"It feels like it got hit by a baseball," Hunter said.
Blue Jays starter Chad Jenkins couldn't believe the play, and neither could many of Hunter's teammates, who were talking about it following the contest.
"If something is not broken, he might have the strongest hand ever," Jenkins said.
Hunter, who allowed one run on four hits over 1 1/3 innings, also worked out of a bases-loaded jam to end the seventh inning.
Chris Toman 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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BSO CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE TAMARAC SHOOTING Victim's Name Released
- BSO Case Number: TM13-01-00900 (Update)
- PIO Number: 13-1-8a
- Date: Jan. 9, 2013
- Time: 10:38 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 4714 N.W. 44th St., Tamarac
- Jurisdiction: Tamarac
- Jolene Shamburg, female, 75, 10/17/37, 4721 NW 44th Street, Tamarac (DECEASED)
- Linda Sue Davis, female, 60, 3/19/52, 4714 N.W. 44 St., Tamarac (DECEASED)
Description of Incident:
One elderly woman shot another Wednesday morning in a quiet Tamarac neighborhood and then refused to comply with a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy's orders to drop the weapon. The deputy fired at least one shot, fatally wounding 60-year-old Linda Sue Davis.
BSO homicide detectives are investigating the shootings to determine the victim's identity and what led Davis to kill her. They say the victim was shot inside the house shortly after 10:35 a.m. But when the deputy arrived, he found her face-down in the driveway with Davis still inside. Davis came out holding a handgun. The deputy ordered her to put it down, but she continued to advance toward him and raised the gun, forcing him to fire. Per BSO policy after a deputy-involved shooting, he was placed on administrative leave.
BSO's Tamarac district deputies are familiar with Davis. They responded to her home 79 times since March 2008 for various reasons categorized as suspicious incidents, a mentally ill person, medical calls, information, breaking and entering and disturbances, among other things.
INVESTIGATORS: Homicide Dets. Kogan, Curcio, Sgt. Feeley, Lt. Perez Crime Scene, Tamarac
THIS REPORT BY: Dani Moschella/PIO Jan. 11, 2013 1850
Posted At: 01/11/2013 06:54 PM
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Revolving doors: Sometimes restaurants open, close or rebrand so quickly, it's downright dizzying. Remember Kitchen 580, the high-end, 24-hour, small-plates, fusion place that opened in March in the Livermore Casino? (Yep, Livermore has a casino — with poker, blackjack and the very James Bond-esque game of baccarat.) It's now the Pacific Rim-inspired Bar Tatami. The eatery is open daily from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., with happy hours from 4 to 7 p.m. and again from 10 p.m. to midnight on weekdays. Details: 962 N. Canyons Parkway, Livermore; www.bartatami.com.
Meanwhile, over in Pleasant Hill, Wence's has taken over the Fig Tree spot. The restaurant looks similar to its predecessor, but chef Gerardo Wence's menu is a bit swankier. It's a neighborhood place, so you'll still find high-end burgers, salads and sandwiches, but also oysters, steaks and grilled seafood, including a swordfish dish ($18) with roasted eggplant, cremini mushrooms and citrus. Open 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, and until 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Details: 1922 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill; http://wencesrestaurant.com.
Such sweetness: We've already told you about Oakland's Sweet Bar Bakery, which is opening in that retro treasure, the old MacFarlanes Candy and Ice Cream place in Uptown. Now, as opening day nears, owner Mani Niall has posted the menu and, heavens, it's tempting. Think banana-chocolate "fauxnuts," bacon-gorgonzola scones, frittatas and orange-spelt muffins to complement espresso drinks in the morning, sandwiches and salads in the afternoon and plenty of baked sweets, too. Chocolate-dipped peanut butter cupcake, anyone? Sweet Bar will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends at 2355 Broadway; www.sweetbarbakery.com.
Send your Bay Area restaurant tips to food editor Jackie Burrell, email@example.com.


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People say I was born with sand in my shoes. I'd have to agree with that. But I'd go a step further and say that I was also born with quarters in my pockets! During the summer of 2011, I, with the help of my girlfriend Chris, compiled a total of over 600,000 points at Mariner's Arcade!
Having the great fortune of being able to live at the shore for the Summer, Mariner's Arcade was a MUST stop almost every night of the week. Poker and Skee Ball specials, Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right, it didn't matter. We played them all! With the kindest employees and best prizes in all of Wildwood, NJ, we were able to go home with everything from Nolan Ryan and Ryan Madson autographed baseballs to picture frames and even a waffle iron for those winter nights when waffles and ice cream on the Boardwalk seems so far out of reach.
Skee Ball Specials were where we won the most! A score of 450 or more can ring that bell for a bonus you say? No problem! There were nights where we would ring that bell 7, 8, 9 times even! There were nights where we were winning 30 coupons for 300 bonus points on Skee Ball! No summer night is complete without a trip in Mariner's Arcade.
Being school teachers in Philadelphia, Labor Day weekend was our last moment to play daily. It was also the last time we were able to chat in the arcade with the amazing staff that comes from overseas. As bittersweet as that weekend was, it also meant that we could cash our points for the best prizes on the boardwalk! It never ended! An autographed baseball, blankets, Pillow Pets, Portable DVD players, Bobble Heads and water bottles! One hour (and about 6 bags later) we were finished. Who would have thought that we would have to walk back to 21st and Surf to pick up my car so we could drive back to Schellenger Avenue to pick up our prizes!
An amazing summer has come to an end, but we still had all of September and October to enjoy in Mariner's Arcade thanks to Morey's Fears (which was an incredible event)!
People often ask why spend so much money in an arcade to redeem prizes when you can easily find the same items in stores. While that statement may be true, there are things that you can find in an arcade but not in a store. The laughing, joking, conversations, competition, and summer fun that is found in Mariner's Arcade is something that can not be found anywhere else! Thanks for a GREAT summer, Mariner's! See everyone in 2012!
Rick Conti is a full time music teacher at St. Martin of Tours School in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia, PA.
He's been visiting Wildwood, NJ his entire life, and will continue to visit forever! One day, he would like to be able to permanently move to the Wildwoods!