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Future anthropologists chronicling the evolution of America's consumer culture will remember April 1, 1999, as the end of an era. For on that day, in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks, the Galleria closed forever. This mall not only starred in the movies Valley Girl and Fast Times at Ridgemont High and in the lyrics of Moon Unit Zappa, it also typified the appearance and culture of hundreds of other malls nationwide. When teenagers from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Maine, told their parents, "I'm going to the mall," the said shopping center, for some 20 years, looked a lot like the Galleria.
No more. The developers of the Galleria have cut off the juice to the Orange Julius and unstuck the Hot Dog on a Stick. They're replacing the Galleria with an office building; upscale shops; national-chain, sit-down restaurants such as the Cheesecake Factory; and a 16-screen movie theater.
In other words they're making it more like CocoWalk and its replicas in Broward, BeachPlace and Las Olas Riverfront.
Miami's CocoWalk mall debuted in 1990 as a great experiment in shopping. Instead of a Galleria-style closed box anchored by established department stores, CocoWalk is an open-air mix of boutiques and restaurants, all orbiting around a multiplex movie theater. At its launch developer Yaromir Steiner predicted that the future of Coconut Grove hinged on the success of the mall's untested concept.
Well, it's been a success. Big time. For better or worse, CocoWalk has become what it advertises itself to be: the heart and beat of the Grove. A village that was once known as a laid-back artists' colony and hippie hangout is now a crowded and thriving commercial center. The groovy Grove that was flattened to build the mall is but a faint memory, paved over in pink stucco and trampled by an endless parade of tourists.
CocoWalk wasn't the first mall to mix entertainment with shopping, but it was the first to institutionalize it. Its once-unique melange of Mediterranean Revival architecture, Banana Republics, and tacky chain restaurants has been exported quicker than you can say "Hooters!" In South Florida alone, we now have six CocoWalk copycats up and running, with many more on the way.
Look for future duplicates in northwest Broward and West Palm Beach. Town Plaza in Homestead is touted as a "CocoWalk on the Redland." In Miami Beach the familiar horseshoe façade is rising at the north end of Ocean Drive. Even Lincoln Road is moving toward the CocoWalk model, now that a multiplex and a Gap are set to open. In Miami, BrickellWalk is in the design stages, heralded by its developer as "the next generation of CocoWalk."
CocoCritics decry the cookie-cutter sameness of these malls and publicly doubt that the community can support so many similar developments. Muddying the dialogue are pundits like the Miami Herald's Fort Lauderdale-based columnist Fred Grimm, who recognizes the benefits: "Consider the rocket boost to my home's real estate value -- location, location, location -- now that I'm at the very geographic midpoint between two Hooters: the BeachPlace Hooters, in a CocoWalk clone on Fort Lauderdale beach, and barely three miles away, the new Las Olas Riverfront Hooters, in a CocoWalk clone on the New River."
Before New Times weighs in on the debate, we figure it's best first to see just how exportable the CocoWalk concept really is. They are cloning the thing faster than Scottish sheep, but are they really replicating the authentic CocoWalk experience? Are they booking flamenco guitar players? Hare Krishnas? Guys with parrots on their shoulders? Is parking a pain in the neck? Do gangs of young kids loiter for hours? We endeavored to find out. On a not-insignificant side note, we also wanted to see if it is possible to shop at all six malls in one day and survive.
And so we assembled a crack focus group, which in this case consisted of a trio of young female mall enthusiasts: Vania Diaz, age 12, a shy and perceptive seventh-grader at Miami Christian Middle School, teamed up with Gabriella Fernandez, also age 12, and Gabriella's friend and classmate at Hammocks Middle, Michelle Saenz, age 14. Incredibly Gabriella had never been to CocoWalk.
Michelle's two-year age advantage over her colleagues pretty much made her the alpha female. And even though she'd booked a birthday party later in the evening -- for which she could not be late -- she was pumped for a day of manic malling. "Oh my God, I couldn't sleep at all last night I was so excited," she said. "I kept looking over at my chicken -- my alarm clock is a chicken -- but it wouldn't make a sound. I was up and dressed by 8:30."
We picked up her and the other two at noon in a rented minivan stocked with junk food and copies of YM magazine, Teen Beat, and People en Espanol, the one with Ricky Martin on the cover. Gabriella and Michelle both sported tan capri pants. Vania opted to wear wide-leg blue jeans. "I like to go to the mall," she said of her normal Saturday routine.
We loaded them in the minivan, christened them the I-Team, and proceeded to investigate, starting in Broward.
Oasis at Sawgrass Mills
Just ten years after opening, Sawgrass Mills mall bills itself as the second-most-popular tourist attraction in Florida, behind only a new Super Kmart outside Kissimmee. More than 24 million people visit the alligator-shape outlet mall each year to troll for bargains at popular retailers such as Ann Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. The phenomenal success of Sawgrass Mills has transformed Sunrise from a sleepy bedroom community out by the Everglades into a congested bedroom community out by the Everglades that has a major shopping mall.
And a major new sports arena, too, now that the Florida Panthers hockey team has constructed a car rental drop-off facility adjacent to the mall. The arrival of the National Car Rental Center prompted mall officials to speed up their long-established plans to add an "entertainment" component to the complex. The $50 million result, the Oasis at Sawgrass Mills, opened this past April.
We arrive at the Oasis a few minutes before 1 p.m. Parking is free, which is nice, but the mall on a Saturday is always very crowded, so it's hard to find a spot. We are tempted to use the three-dollar valet, if we ever did that sort of thing. After a few laps of frustration, we roll down the window to ask a worker in a golf cart for a little help. He points us to a lot approximately seven miles away.
On the half-hour drive up I-75, it had taken the girls only a few minutes to overcome their shyness and partake of the cookies, chips, and Gatorade provided for their comfort. Not only has this feast raised their blood sugar levels higher than medically advisable, it has also topped off their bladders. As soon as the van's wheels stop, the I-Team slides open the side doors and darts toward the bathrooms. "Hey, it's the Cheesecake Factory!" says Vania, speed walking past a CocoWalk institution.
"This is just like Coconut Grove," Michelle adds.
The Oasis is a pastel candyland of a shoppertainment center. Yellow and pink paints shade the walls. Whimsically tiled spiral fountains are great for little kids to play on, though security guards chase off those who do. On a wall near the Burlington Coat Factory entrance, the Oasis mascot, a fanciful bird (the rare Yellow-Bellied Purple-Plumed Shill) totes a banner that carries the Oasis slogan: "The most fun under the sun. The most fun under the stars."
"It looks like Disney World," chirps Gabriella, emerging from the restrooms, which she reports are modern and clean.
The Oasis is geared toward family entertainment, so no Hooters, thank you. Instead alongside the mandatory multiplex theater sits a Hard Rock Cafe and Steven Spielberg's GameWorks arcade. A Polo outlet store sells $50 loose-fit jeans for only $35. Most of the stores are unknowns. Adventura? Time Factory? At the latter, Barbie wristwatches loiter in the windows.
Mostly we got restaurants, lots of them, every last one a chain. Joining the Hard Rock are a Los Ranchos steak house, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Shop, and Cafe Tu Tu Tango, another CocoWalk success story. Internationally known chef Wolfgang Puck invites us to "Eat, Live, and Love" at his cafe, but it isn't open yet. Come to mention it, neither is almost every other restaurant, nor most of the stores. It's one week after the mall's highly publicized grand opening, yet the movie theater is closed. Construction workers scurry around the Hard Rock. The GameWorks arcade is silent, as is a giant Ron Jon Surf Shop. It's encouraging that the Legal Sea Foods restaurant serves $4.25 bowls of clam chowder, but so far only at dinnertime.
"We won't be coming back here until this place opens up for real," says a mother to her young son, who is toting a yellow balloon.
"The bottom line," adds Pembroke Pines resident Diedre Thornhill, "is it's open, but most of the things that I want to go to are not open. So, sorry."
The I-Team shares the frustration. "Nothing is open yet," grumbles Michelle.
"It doesn't have good stores," Gabriella adds. "It has good restaurants, but not good stores."
All three praise the mall's colorful design, especially the fountains. And the bathrooms are nice. What don't they like? "Everything else!" shouts Vania, and the I-Team breaks into giggles.
We run through the checklist:
Cafe Tu Tu Tango? Check!
Cheesecake Factory? Check!
Hooters? No.
Guy with a parrot on his shoulder? No.
Gap? No.
Flamenco guitarist? No.
Are you having the most fun you've ever had under the sun? No.
Do you think you would be having more fun if you were under the stars? No.
Is this place the heart and beat of Sunrise? The question provokes quizzical looks, indicating it's time to move on. We trek back to the van. Downtown Fort Lauderdale awaits.
Las Olas Riverfront
Fort Lauderdale lost its first downtown to fire in 1912. A replacement main street rose alongside Henry Flagler's railroad tracks on the north bank of the New River. Local farmers traveled to the attractive new downtown to ship their crops north, to shop at the city's first dry goods store, or to make a run on the first city bank. By the '60s, though, the neighborhood had gone to seed. Not that the largely abandoned buildings didn't retain their good looks, especially in relation to the soulless structures rising along Broward Boulevard. To save old downtown, city officials in 1975 designated the area an historic district. Nine of eleven buildings in that area were destroyed in the construction of Las Olas Riverfront.
Ah, but it's progress. Like CocoWalk, Riverfront can truly claim to be the heart and beat of its neighborhood. Located midway between popular Las Olas Boulevard and the Broward Center For the Performing Arts, Riverfront unites an emerging circuit of clubs, restaurants, and museums into a mile-long waterfront strip intersected only by railroad tracks.
We park in an indoor garage two blocks from the mall. Again parking is free -- at least during a weekend day -- though we have to wind our way up three levels before we can find a space. At the bend of Brickell Avenue sits the mall, a three-tier birthday cake of tile, brick, and stucco in a style that is called "Boca Mediterranean." If it's not an exact clone of CocoWalk, it is at least a fraternal twin. Brickell's few remaining original buildings slump opposite the mall. It may be an argument for urban renewal that the Riverfront mall is mostly occupied while the historic structures, all of which have been attractively refurbished, sit empty.
Kind of like the mall itself, peoplewise. Maybe it's the early afternoon hour or the roasting heat, but almost nobody is here, even with many of the stores open, unlike at the Oasis at Sawgrass Mills. A frozen-custard stand waits next to a Sunglass Hut. A lonely kiosk displays baseball caps. Visually anchoring everything, just like it does at CocoWalk, is a bar selling pina coladas. At the moment only one rump rests on a barstool. The cashier from the General Nutrition Center, a mall staple, stands outside her store's front door, counting change in her hand.
The place is dead.
"We were just noticing that," says Miamian Vanina Goldinger, who is visiting the mall with her friend Stacy Blum and Stacy's mom Shelly. "It's always crowded at CocoWalk." The trio is headed to Big Pink, an offshoot of the Miami Beach restaurant. They've decided to bypass Hooters, which in this mall is right out in the open on the second level, not sequestered upstairs as at CocoWalk. The owners of this Hooters say they sold 60,000 chicken wings last June, in the first month the mall opened.
Riverfront cost $52 million to build. It is immediately evident that the money was spent following a recipe that included as many CocoWalk ingredients as possible. In addition to the Spanish tile and the frozen drinks and the Hooters, a cartoonish mural by an artist named Lebo decorates a wall, just like at the Grove's sister mall, Mayfair. Live music is booked every day, though no one is playing right now. A poster near the front entrance notes that CocoWalk's flamenco fixture Arturo Fuerte will be playing six times this month. Out by the water sits a dude with two parrots perched on his shoulders.
However faithful the reproduction, the I-Team is underwhelmed. "The boats are pretty," says Gabriella as a gigantic fiberglass yacht sputters up the New River.
"It is more of a mall," Vania offers halfheartedly, comparing the Riverfront with the Oasis. "It has a little bit of everything."
Only when we climb to the third level do opinions change. There we discover a menacingly large and fear-inducing movie-theater-and-video-games complex called the Escape. Outside the complex's front doors loiter packs of kids weathering the heat in bulky Adidas sweat suits and stocking caps. Inside are 23 theaters with all the character and charm of a crowded South American airport terminal. The girls sprint up an escalator to a game area bathed in a canopy of black light. A cacophony of bleeps and crashes emanates from the bumper cars, the virtual-reality golf courses, and six truncated bowling lanes. It's hard to envision a less soothing or less pleasurable place to see a film. The Escape. It's a call to action.
"This is great!" yelps Michelle as she leans her hips into a pinball machine. "Much better than at Sawgrass Mills." Vania and Gabriella vigorously nod their heads in agreement.
"The bathrooms at Oasis are still better," adds Gabriella, trying to be helpful. They would stay all day if they could, but we have a schedule to keep. As quickly as we can, we pull them out of the darkness and back toward the sunshine of BeachPlace, only three miles away.
First the checklist:
Historic buildings destroyed in the construction? Check!
Tacky souvenir T-shirts? Check!
Cafe Tu Tu Tango? No.
Guy spray-painting psychedelic moonscapes? No.
Hooters? Check!
Packs of kids up to no good? Check!
Frozen daiquiris? Check!
Fort Lauderdale owes its fame to spring break, though city leaders would prefer to deny it. As the inspiration for the movie Where the Boys Are, as well as the underappreciated Revenge of the Nerds II, Fort Lauderdale is the home of the International Drunken Belly Flop Hall of Fame.
Yet earnest civil servants have spent the past decade washing the beer-bong vomit off their city's image, and to a large degree they've succeeded. Las Olas Boulevard has become a haven for European tourists and their cell phones. The beach is most notable now for its neon-lit sea wall and inline-skater-friendly sidewalk. Popular spring break institutions are crumbling, especially when hit by wrecking balls. The Jolly Roger became a smooth black parking lot. The Marlin Beach Hotel, once the spring break epicenter, was knocked down to make room for BeachPlace.
Don't try to drive there on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Traffic is a mess. Not only are dozens of cars all trying to turn north from Las Olas on to State Road A1A, a never-ending supply of sunbathers and skaters prevents the passage of even one vehicle. The New Times minivan idles for what seems like an hour, watching shirtless boys check out their physiques in the reflective window of a T-shirt shop. While this delay murders our tight schedule, it's no problem for the I-Team, which presses its collective nose against the minivan window to ogle at the passing parade of, to use their vernacular, "cute guys."
It costs a flat fee of six dollars to park at BeachPlace, ending our string of free rides. Parking at the mall is a well-publicized problem, but we find a space in no time. "Look!" shrieks Gabriella when we step off the garage elevator. "An Express!" The I-Team sprints inside the clothing store, which is advertising a 30 percent-off special.
While Riverfront is reminiscent of CocoWalk, BeachPlace is damn near an exact replica. The stucco looks the same. The bars shoot up three levels, à la the Grove. The dearth of Coco Gelato stands is troubling, but the dominant architectural feature, just like CocoWalk, is a centrally located staircase. No movie theater, unfortunately, but who needs a theater when there is a beach right across the street? Steady customers are guaranteed in part by a Marriott time-share resort built into the complex. Most of the steady customers we see have their fingers wrapped around the long necks of Bud Light bottles.
The I-Team is in love. "There are more stores!" squeals Michelle, pointing her arm like a weathervane to identify a Banana Republic and a Gap -- the day's first! Other stores keep time with the CocoWalk vibe, including the White House, a clothing boutique that was a charter occupant in the Grove. The Blue Water Gallery features the art of T-shirt hero Guy Harvey. The I-Team buys red licorice twists from a small candy shop.
BeachPlace is mostly one giant bar. From the first floor to the third lie seven separate places to buy a frozen daiquiri -- Adobe Gilas, Hooters, Cafe Iguana, and others [see sidebar story, page 15], with more bars opening soon. Sloppy Joe's advertises an upcoming bikini contest, which is a refreshing sign, actually, a triumph of local culture. This mall may look exactly like CocoWalk, but it feels just like Fort Lauderdale beach always has: It's a little edgy, a bit buzzed, and proudly raunchy. It's a great place to have a frat party. If Arturo Fuerte ever performed here, his sidekick flamenco dancing girls would probably have their frilly shirts sprayed down in an involuntary wet T-shirt contest.
Not exactly the place to leave our intrepid investigators. We quickly run through the checklist:
Howl at the Moon Saloon? Check!
Gap? Check!
Hare Krishnas? No.
Pina coladas? Check!
Faux Mediterranean architecture? Check!
Destruction of historic property? Check!
Cute guys? Check!
Bathroom quality? "Really small and dirty," Gabriella says.
Northport Marketplace
By now it's after 4:30 p.m., and the I-Team is wailing with hunger, no matter how much licorice they've just consumed. We decide to eat at the CocoWalkish Planet Hollywood at Northport Marketplace, a mall connected to the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Our initial research indicates that Northport is a CocoWalk clone, too. It's not. It features a few restaurants and a few bars, along with some boutiques, but there is no movie theater, no Hooters, and no place for a flamenco guitarist to play even if he wanted to. Our disappointment manifests itself in a surly impoliteness. We're barely past the cement handprint of Luke Perry when Michelle starts to complain.
"Do we get to watch a movie while we eat?" she quizzes Phil, the waiter. Phil points to an active TV screen. "What?!?" Michelle snaps caustically. "We get to watch commercials?"
Despite the earlier complaints of starvation, Vania barely eats her hamburger. Gabriella only nibbles on her turkey sandwich. On the wall hang the leg braces Tom Cruise wore in the film Born on the Fourth of July. We get out of there as quickly as we can.
The Shops at Sunset Place
What's the main impediment to visiting six different shopping malls in one day? Traffic. As we get back on I-95 for the drive down to Miami-Dade County, we run into a traffic jam that makes the backup in Fort Lauderdale look like a day at the beach, which it sort of was.
Some kind of merging issue stops us dead on the freeway and further imperils the likelihood of us seeing all the malls before we return Michelle for her birthday party. The driver of the minivan is a laid-back sort of fellow, but even his irritation grows as he is continually asked to "Please change the station to 99 Jamz!" followed seconds later by, "No, turn it back to Power 96!" The supply of potato chips is exhausted, and no one wants to touch the Oreos, for which good money was paid. The oft-repeated complaint, "We're sweating back here!" is followed inevitably by, "Now we're too cold!"
In a way the traffic is appropriate, for we are headed to the Shops at Sunset Place, a mall in South Miami plagued by traffic problems from the day it opened. At its January debut, visitors quickly filled the mall's 1800-space garage, prompting agonizing backups on Red Road. It reportedly took 45 minutes for most people to park and nearly as long to get out of the garage. Homeowners on nearby streets complained that their front lawns were unacceptable alternatives for overflow parking, while city officials fretted that visitors were afraid to use the Metrorail parking lot located across six busy lanes of South Dixie Highway.
The other malls we visited are designed to complement existing complexes or attractions. Sunset Place stands alone, a destination unto itself. Like the other malls, though, history was destroyed to build the Shops, albeit in an indirect way. The Shops sits on the site of the historic Holsum Bakery, an architectural classic built in 1926. For the next 60 years, the bakery helped soothe road rage by pumping the aroma of fresh-baked bread onto South Dixie Highway. In 1986 the landmark fell in the construction of the Bakery Center mall, a stupendously inappropriate development that not only failed as a shopping center but also sucked the life out of South Miami's quaint downtown. Two years ago the Bakery Center was demolished. In its stead stands Sunset Place.
Inspired by CocoWalk, the Shops at Sunset Place dwarfs its mentor in size, weighing in five times larger than the Grove mall. Instead of a 16-screen multiplex, it boasts 24 screens, plus a giant IMAX. The record store is a Virgin Megastore, the shoe store a NikeTown. The Barnes & Noble bookstore is larger than many public libraries. The mall cost $150 million to build, more than $6 million of which went toward special effects, such as fake lightning and rain at the enormous Wilderness Grill.
Outside that same theme restaurant stands the mall's signature, a giant, shady banyan tree, completely artificial -- just like everything else here. The center of the mall is a CocoWalky staircase accented by a waterfall. Sheets of water cascade over painted cement rocks decorated with plastic ivy. One colleague calls Sunset Place the Heart of Shopping Mall Darkness. Another dubs it the Death Star.
To the I-Team, however, it is nirvana. Whatever good feelings they had for BeachPlace have evaporated like so many fake raindrops. They run into the GameWorks, an arcade that transcends the puny equivalent at Riverfront. And it's open, unlike the GameWorks at Sawgrass Mills. From there they rocket over to Esprit clothing. Gabriella loves the Virgin Megastore. Vania is asked what stores she likes the best. "All of them!" she exclaims.
This is the best mall they have ever been to. They can't envision a better place to be anywhere on the planet. "I like everything," Michelle says. "The stairs, the architecture, the way it looks. Um, the shops. It has bigger stores," she continues, her eyes catching a pack of young scrubs hanging outside the movie theater. "And better guys!"
The I-Team decides it could easily spend an entire day here. Unfortunately the clock on the wall says it's 6:15 p.m., which is 15 minutes after we promised to have the girls home. Although we did secure an extension to 7 o'clock, we need to hurry if we're going to make CocoWalk. Without time even to check out the bathrooms, and against their will, the I-Team is herded up the stairs to the sixth floor of the parking garage. The minivan waits, its engine still warm.
As we drive to the Grove (after paying our $6 parking for 30 minutes), we run through the checklist:
Johnny Rockets? Check!
Guy with parrot? No.
Guy with snakes? No.
Could you see yourself spending four or five hours here on a Friday night aimlessly walking around? Check!
Outrageously expensive parking? Check!
Is this the heart and beat of South Miami? Check!
Is it the most fun under the sun, the most fun under the stars? Check!
The Mothership
Parking at CocoWalk has never been a picnic either, but we find a meter with 17 minutes still on it, which is all we have time for anyway. The girls are told to get out, to check out the mall, and to be back before we get a ticket.
It's a tall order. The dinner-and-a-movie crowd has arrived, and CocoWalk is bustling. All the restaurants, from Cafe Tu Tu Tango on the second floor to the faceless Italian restaurant in the courtyard, are full. Packs of suntanned students cruise past a scruffy gent carrying a parrot on his shoulder. A man tries to sell sweet-smelling roasted almonds to basketball player Latrell Sprewell, who is strolling through the mall with his New York Knicks teammate Marcus Camby.
The fragrance of the almonds, the trill of the cell phones, the cheesy Mediterranean architecture: It is all somehow comforting. All the components we've been searching for are here. A Cheesecake Factory? Check! A Coco Gelato? Check! A Gap, a Banana Republic, and a Hooters? Check, check, and check again! Yet more praise for the live music; it's a pan-flute duo instead of flamenco guitar, but we won't quibble. Compared with the other fake CocoWalks, the fake town center that is CocoWalk actually appears to be an authentic town center. As ersatz as it may be, CocoWalk is an original.
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"The crowd here is older," says Michelle dismissively. "I might like it if I were older and could go to bars, though the guys are cute."
"It does look a lot like BeachPlace, but with a lot more people," Vania offers.
Gabriella has seen so many malls today she can't remember one from the other. "All I know is that the first mall had the best bathrooms," she says.
They do not appreciate CocoWalk, that is clear. For them the Shops at Sunset Place sets the standard and is where they plan to further their investigative research. For now, though, Michelle just wants to get back to her house in time for her birthday party. The same goes for Gabriella. Vania is struggling to stay awake, an effort aided by her rumbling stomach, which is filled with more than the recommended daily allowance of Gatorade and Baked Lays barbecue potato chips. The radio is set to Power 96, no, make that 99 Jamz. And we are all sweating back here.


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I make my own seasoning blend and use it in the majority of my recipes. I do different things each time depending on what is on sale, what someone gives us, what we pick up at the local market, etc. This time (when I was actually taking pictures) I used:
- Purple Onion
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I have also used the above and added any of the following:
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It is actually a pretty simple process that I have perfected over the years. I also need to tell you the story of seasoning blend and our Exchange Student from back in 2006! So, be sure to scroll on down to see that! 🙂
How to make homemade seasoning blend!
Step One: Gather the fresh ingredients that you want in your seasoning blend.
Step Two: Chop everything up and put it in a big bowl, then mix well
Step Three: Put scoops full of mix into lightly sprayed muffin pans, fill each "muffin" 3/4 of the way with water, and stick in the freezer for a couple hour **see picture at the top of this post**
Step Four: Pop the muffin shaped things out and stick them in a freezer bag to use the next time you need some flavor in your cooking!
Now the funny seasoning blend story:
I had chopped everything and put it in the fridge because I was also cooking supper. I planned to get it separated that night, but was tired by the time supper, baths, etc were done. So, I just set the bowl in the fridge and decided to separate it all out the next day. Our exchange student got up in the middle of the night and wanted a snack. He saw that bowl of "salad" in the firdge and fixed himself a full bowl of it! Poor thing, he got really sick from it! HA HA! It cured him, though! He never ate in the middle of the night again. 🙂

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EVANSTON, Ill. -- No. 16 Northwestern's upset bid fell just short at Ryan Field, as No. 4 Ohio State came from behind in the second half to escape with a 40-30 win in a game that was much closer than the final score indicated. Here is how it went down:
It was over when: Northwestern was facing a fourth-and-1 from the Ohio State 34-yard line with less than three minutes to go, but the Wildcats had trouble with the snap exchange, forcing quarterback Kain Colter to fall on top of it and come up short. Coach Pat Fitzgerald challenged the spot of the ball, but the ruling on the field was upheld. The Buckeyes punted it back to Northwestern with 21 seconds left, and Joey Bosa then recovered a fumble in the end zone on the game's final play after a failed lateral attempt by the Wildcats.
Gameball goes to: Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde had his way with the Northwestern defense throughout the night. Hyde churned out all the big, tough yards, scoring three second-half touchdowns and finishing the night with 168 rushing yards on 26 carries. He added 38 receiving yards on four catches as well.
Stat of the game: Much of this is again a credit to Hyde, but Ohio State out-rushed Northwestern 248 yards to 94 yards. The Buckeyes controlled the game inside the trenches. And while Braxton Miller had his fair share of mistakes -- including two lost fumbles and an interception -- the signal-caller still made some play with his feet, rushing for 68 yards on 17 carries.


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Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results.
In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users.
SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news search and industry-specific vertical search engines.
When search engineers fight spam they do not like to flag too many false positives, but they do want to flag as many of the manipulative behaviors as they can to minimize the manipulative editorial influence of external parties. In SEO many things are good only in moderation.
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Still very much a newbie and still writing my .chm help file....
I have found that links to a page which has an image plus text resulting in a page greater than 1 screen height (ie target page has a vertical slider bar) does not target correctly.
Consider 3 example page states. Target of each is the top line (empty space)
1. text only, greater than 1 screen height.
2. image and text, less than 1 screen height.
3. image and text, greater than 1 screen height.
Image size is less than 1 screen height.
Examples 1 and 2 are targeted correctly. Example 3 scrolls down 1 line and makes the 'arrival' jump. It seems to target correctly (top line) before scrolling down.
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Predators of Press Freedom: Saudi Arabia - King Abdallah Ibn Al-Saud
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King Abdallah Ibn Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia
The country's sixth king, Abdallah ibn Abdulaziz Al-Saud, came to the throne in August 2005 and his regime has alternated between repression and openness. Political activists and journalists have been arrested but the country's first local elections have been hleld. The royal family's hold on the state and the supremacy of its Wahabi ideology is based on total control of news. No laws protect freedom of expression so journalists dare not criticise the regime and self-censorship is the rule. Stability-threatening regional unrest and the fight against terrorism continue to be used to justify curbing basic freedoms. Visiting foreign journalists are always accompanied by government officials who report back on what they do.
Since the start of the Middle East uprisings, including demonstrations in neighbouring Bahrain, the government has been very careful not to allow such protests to develop in Saudi Arabia. Access to Saudi websites that sprung up during the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions calling for reforms (http://dawlaty.info/ and http://www.saudireform.com/) were blocked, along with a Facebook page, "Revolutionary Nostalgia," which also urges reform. Foreign journalists were also banned from covering protests in the eastern part of the country and a BBC crew was stopped in March from reporting on unrest in Hofuf. The Reuters correspondent had his accreditation withdrawn on 15 March after he filed a report on a protest that the regime considered inaccurate. Saudi Arabia is one the world's most repressive countries towards the Internet. New restrictions came into force on 1 January 2011, adding to laws passed in 2007. More than 400,000 websites are currently blocked. Far from trying to hide what they are doing, the Saudi authorities defend their censorship as being necessary to maintain social order.


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The company said Wednesday there had not been any accidents or injuries stemming from the fault, which can cause the engine to idle unexpectedly.
The global recall will affect all of the company's left-hand drive cars made between late 2007 and the end of 2013. Right -hand drive cars made between May 2012 and December 2013 also will be recalled.
The new Vanquish model is not affected.
The company says molding from a Chinese supplier was found to be defective.
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Accreditation — all credible institutions of higher learning are accredited — regulated, monitored, reviewed — by one or more independent organizations called accreditors to make certain that educational standards are being met. There are regional, national, and subject-specific accrediting organizations. For most undergraduates, accreditation seems like an unimportant issue, but it's one that becomes important later — especially for graduate programs.ACT — one of two widely accepted college entrance exams (the other is the SAT), the ACT assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work in English, math, reading, and science. An optional writing test measures skill in planning and writing a short essay. Test questions are based on what is taught in the high school curriculum. Tends to be more popular in the West, South, and Midwest. According to ACT, Inc., the ACT is required by more four-year colleges than any other admission exam.Admissions Counselor — an admissions staff member whose goal is to recruit the best high school students in his or her territory, and who can become your advocate in the admission process, especially if you have borderline credentials. An admissions counselor is part salesperson (in getting you interested and then applying to the college) and part jury (in helping decide which applicants get accepted for admission).Advanced Classes — students in many high schools have some choices when it comes to choosing classes that are more challenging and taught at a higher level than standard high school classes. Advantages for enrolling in these courses include better preparation for college courses, offering distinction on your college application, and the opportunity to receive some college credit. The three main types of advanced courses — not available at all high schools — include Advanced Placement (AP) Courses, Honors Courses, and International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses.Advanced Placement (AP) Course — many high schools offers one or more advanced placement (AP) courses, which are designed to be taught at college-level thinking and analyzing, allowing students to broaden your knowledge, as well as potentially earning college credit (if you score high enough on the advanced placement subject test). If you are home-schooled — or if your high school does not offer AP classes, it still may be possible to take at least a few courses through independent study. Some students prefer choosing select AP courses as an alternative to enrolling in an International Baccalaureate program.Advanced Placement Test — a subject-specific standardized test administered by the College Board annually in May — now with 37 exams covering 22 subject areas ranging from math to foreign languages to art to music. Students who score a 4 or higher are generally seen as having college-level understanding of the material. AP test results can be used both as an admissions tool (showcasing your high level of thinking), as well as providing college credit to the college you attend.Application Essay — See College Essay.Application Fee — most colleges charge a non-refundable application fee for applying — averaging about $25, but some can go as high as $60, which is another reason why it makes sense to narrow your list of possible schools to a manageable size. Many colleges offer fee waivers for applicants from low-income families. If you need a fee waiver, contact the school's admission office for more information.Campus Visit — college-bound students should — whenever feasible — schedule visits to your top college choices. While Webcams and DVDs can show you a lot about the campus, nothing beats actually spending an afternoon or overnight and really soaking in the atmosphere and culture of the place (and maybe even attending a class or two). Be certain to contact each college and reserve your visit so you'll be sure to get a great tour, along with any other services they provide. It's also possible to schedule an interview (see college interview) with an admissions counselor for the same time. Read more.Class Rank — a mathematical formula based on your grades that compares where you stand academically compared to all your classmates. Based on your adjusted grade point average (GPA), thus the higher your GPA, the higher your class ranking. Some high schools have either done away with class rankings or have simply stopped reporting them, especially in competitive schools where many students excel — but can be downgraded based on rank. And many colleges and universities will still use rank as a criteria, but do not actually require it for admission.College Catalog — a book published annually (typically in print and online versions) that describes a college's background and history, requirements for admission, tuition and fees, financial aid, degrees and services offered, course descriptions of all current courses, student services provided, student organizations, academic calendar, general regulations, policies and procedures, and key personnel (faculty, officers, and board of trustees).College Choice Criteria — set of values that college-bound students determine is important for evaluating, ranking, and reducing list of potential colleges to a reasonable number. 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If you're too far away for an on-campus interview, try to arrange to meet with an admissions counselor when they are traveling to your area or with an alumnus in your community.College Major — a specific area of concentration of classes students take during their college career that leads to a degree. Majors can center around a subject (e.g. marketing, art history), theme (e.g. gender issues, ethics), or professional field (e.g. pre-med, pre-law). All students typically need to major in something; many change their majors multiple times throughout college; and some graduate with multiple majors. Majors often relate directly to career choice, but not always — and while it's best to settle on a major by sophomore year, many students put off the decision until later in college. Students can also combine majors with one or more minors. Read more.College Minor — similar to college majors, but with a smaller concentration and fewer classes. 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This form is distributed and processed by the United States Department of Education and should be completed as soon in possible in January of your senior year (and then in subsequent years) — once you have basic income and tax-related information for your family.Grade Point Average (GPA) — there are two types of GPAs. An unweighted version is simply the average grade you have earned in all your courses to date while a weighted average takes into account both the degree of difficulty of the courses (Advanced Placement, Honors, IB) and the grade earned in those courses.Grant — sum of money given to a student based on certain criteria for the purposes of paying at least part of the cost of college. 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May 9th, 2014 10:45 PM #6
I know nothing about the name so it doesn't bother me.. Does it mean the same thing as Tadhg? Because if it doesn't, you could think about that one.
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Taig/Teague is a word that carries a legacy of ethnic violence, and it evokes painful memories for those who remember "the Troubles". Friends and their parents have told us stories about Protestant men, some of them police officers, chasing young Catholic girls near Bogside chanting "any taig will do" as they swung baseball bats and sticks to taunt them and harass them. Conversely, I also know some old Loyalist who refuse to let go of their old ways and openly refer to Catholics as Taigs, and they are being less than kind while doing it. I can sense the venom in the way they pronounce the word, like I do with other racial slurs coming out of racist mouths.
When we came to America, my husband and I were shocked by how little otherwise proud Irish-Americans understood about Northern Ireland's recent past. The word apparently means nothing in America, but in Northern Ireland it would be unthinkable to say Taig outloud, much less use it as name. Or at least that was the case among the circles we met and the people who openly shared their experiences about growing up Catholic in the 60s and 70s in Northern Ireland.
Every place in the world has dark moments and certain words that reopen old wounds. This is why I believe this name is a no-can't-do. For your son, for your family, and for the people who were touched by this word, consider other names.
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I think it would be a bit of a bad choice to pick that name, there isn't a lot of people that would identify with it but you never know where your child might end up. Think about their future, it probably isn't too likely but what if they land a job in Northern Ireland or somehow manages to come in contact with anyone there, I think they'd consider it quite offensive and your child might end up in a really uncomfortable position.
If you're all about celtic related names, there's also the name Tegen which means pretty little thing in cornish. It is a far cry from the Northern Ireland connection your husband and you have but it still is part of the same group of languages and quite similar to the one you want.
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I know shamefully little about 'the Troubles' for a half Irish girl who spends a lot of time in Ireland. Until about 5 minutes ago I loved the name Tadhg but, after googling Taig, I would be hesitant to use it. On Wikipedia I saw it compared to the use of the n word, and you wouldn't name your child that. It's a shame, it's a lovely sounding name with a great meaning. However, I am not sure on the level of offense it causes nowadays, and it is in the Irish top 100 so you might be ok.
I dislike the anglicised Teague, is it even pronounced the same as Tadhg or is it rhyming with league?Just a 20 year old weirdly obsessed with names, no babies in the near future
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Gonzalez has been a favorite for years and San Diegans are sad to see him go.
"I think it is horrible, I think he is the greatest player we have ever had here in San Diego," said Chris Lynskey, a longtime Padres fan. "He is a local boy. It is going to be the greatest loss to the Padres organization in a long long time."
The Padres, who have a long history of dumping star players due to financial reasons, will receive three of Boston's top prospects, plus a player to be determined in exchange for Gonzalez.
San Diego's ability to keep star players has been stunted by the size of their wallet. Teams like the Red Sox have deeper pockets and the ability to pay for top talent. Many San Diego fans realize this and don't blame Gonzalez for leaving.
"It's not a done deal, they still have to sign him to a multi-year contract," said Bill Bow commented on NBC's Facebook page. "Hate to see him go, but he deserves the big bucks for his dedication and hard work. A real class act."
All-Star slugger Adrian Gonzalez was in Boston on Saturday to take a physical exam needed to complete a trade from the San Diego Padres to the Red Sox, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade hasn't been finalized.
Gonzalez had surgery to clean up the labrum in his non-throwing right shoulder on Oct. 20. The Padres said then that the three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award-winning first baseman was expected to be ready for spring training.
Besides passing the physical, Gonzalez and the Red Sox will have to agree to a renegotiated contract because of the caliber of prospects Boston is giving up, one of the people familiar with the deal said. That person said the teams hope to wrap up the trade before the winter meetings start Monday.
Boston plans to trade right-hander Casey Kelly, first baseman Anthony Rizzo and outfielder Reymond Fuentes for Gonzalez.
Rizzo is probably two years away from the big leagues, so the Padres will have to sign a free agent to play the position to begin the season. Kyle Blanks, a first baseman who had been switched to left field to give him playing time, had reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in late July and is expected to be sidelined until perhaps midseason.
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein did not respond to an e-mail seeking confirmation. Padres GM Jed Hoyer hasn't responded to requests for comment.
Hoyer worked under Epstein in Boston's front office before he was hired as Padres GM following the 2009 season. Additionally, Padres assistant GM Jason McLeod was Boston's scouting director for seven years before returning to San Diego last December. McLeod drafted Kelly, Rizzo and Fuentes.
The popular Gonzalez grew up in the San Diego area and was the No. 1 overall pick by Florida in the 2000 amateur draft. He was obtained in a trade with Texas before the 2006 season and has blossomed into one of the game's best first basemen. The left-hander hit .298 with 31 homers and 101 RBIs last season.
Boston was interested in Gonzalez last winter.
While many had expected Gonzalez to be traded before the deadline last summer, the Padres were surprise contenders in the NL West and had to keep the slugger.
The Padres went 90-72 despite opening the season with a payroll of $37.8 million, second-lowest in the majors. San Diego was in contention until the final day, when its loss at San Francisco, coupled with Atlanta's win over Philadelphia, eliminated the Padres from the NL West and wild-card races.
Hoyer has said for some time that the Padres wouldn't be able to afford the kind of big-money contract Gonzalez would command if he hit the free-agent market.
Hoyer also has said he anticipated Gonzalez being on the opening-day roster. But the allure of prospects is probably too much to pass up for a team that anticipates a player payroll of approximately $40 million.
The Padres recently exercised Gonzalez's $6.2 million option for 2011, the final year of a team-friendly $15 million, five-year contract he signed in 2007.
In five seasons with San Diego, Gonzalez has 161 homers -- two shy of Nate Colbert's club record -- and 501 RBIs. Including parts of two seasons with Texas, he has 168 homers and 525 RBIs.
He set a Padres record with his fourth 30-homer season. His third 100-RBI season tied Phil Nevin for the most in club history.
The Padres already have lost right-hander Jon Garland, shortstop Miguel Tejada and catcher Yorvit Torrealba to free agency, and won't re-sign outfielders Scott Hairston and Tony Gwynn Jr. They also declined to pick up right-hander Chris Young's $8.5 million option.
In a salary purge that lasted from September 1992 to July 1993, the Padres traded All-Stars Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield and Tony Fernandez, and let Randy Myers and All-Star Benito Santiago leave via free agency. They also traded Craig Lefferts, Bruce Hurst, Greg Harris and Darrin Jackson.
After being swept by the New York Yankees in the 1998 World Series, they let Kevin Brown, Ken Caminiti and Steve Finley leave as free agents and traded Greg Vaughn.
Less than two weeks after that World Series ended, voters overwhelmingly approved Petco Park, which was supposed to have provided the revenue to make the Padres consistent contenders. San Diego won the NL West in 2005-06, but has won only one postseason game since 1998.


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Autumn Season 2012: Scottish Ballet
From a glowing installation by a Glasgow award winning artist to the erotically charged passions of a fiery tango, Scottish Ballet presents its first triple bill season under the Artistic Directorship of Christopher Hampson.
"Run For It" - Choreography Martin Lawrance / Music John Adams
"5 Tangos" - Choreography Hans van Manen / Music Astor Piazzolla
"Workwithinwork" - Choreography William Forsythe / Music Luciano Berio
Fresh from its world premiere as part of the Cultural Olympiad this summer, Martin Lawrance's Run For It is a high energy work inspired by the power of Olympic athletes. This dynamic piece is set to the propulsive rhythms of John Adams' Son of Chamber Symphony and features a striking sculptural installation created by Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Boyce.
"I worked with the dancers on movement-base phrases that represent the discus, the pole vault to see how we could translate this into dance terms," comments choreographer Martin Lawrance, a former dancer and choreographer at the Richard Alston Dance Company. "The piece starts and ends with a real fast tracked energy but there is also a beautiful slow movement in the middle. I wanted to show the resistance and determination; the muscularity of an athlete."
Designer Martin Boyce first worked with Scottish Ballet in a session of choreographic workshops exploring the relationship between dance and visual art. It was at this time he began to consider the creation of his canopy of fractured light that would go on to feature in his award winning piece Beyond the Repetition of High Windows, Intersecting flight Paths and Opinions (A Silent Storm is Painted on Air). This is the first time Boyce has created work especially for a theatrical environment.
Classical discipline meets playfulness in William Forsythe's Workwithinwork, a study of the possibilities of motion.
As an American working internationally for the last thirty years, William Forsythe is recognised as one of the world's foremost choreographers. His work is celebrated for pushing the concepts of ballet into a dynamic 21st-century art form.
Forsythe's Workwithinwork begins in the clear, textured air of an open stage, surrounded by the haunting breaths of Berio's Duetti for two violins. Winding with a gorgeous, intricate grace through a series of jewel-like scenes, the dancers create an evolving, baroque body of time, which branches out in ever-increasing complexity as the piece moves, delicate, rolling toward its breathless end.
"We've been taught that there's never a right or wrong, but what feels best in your body," explains Scottish Ballet Principal Dancer Claire Robertson on the Forsythe learning process. "You have to dig deep, there are little bits you can fiddle with to make feel natural to you, and that's fantastically challenging in so many ways. You find out how the body can move differently, how to experiment with your own movements and where they initiate from."
Drawing the evening to a fiery close is Hans van Manen's 5 Tangos; a sizzling work that combines classical ballet with the passion and dramatic flourishes of the tango.
Van Manen, veteran of Dutch National Ballet is renowned for his elegant works each laced with their own erotic charge. Created originally for Het Nationale Ballet, 5 Tangos is a new addition to Scottish Ballet's repertoire and features music by Astor Piazzolla; and Argentine tango composer celebrated for revolutionising traditional tango by introducing the sensual sounds of jazz and classical music.
This is the first time 5 Tangos will have been performed in Inverness.
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Scotland's National Dance Company and the UK's fourth largest company, employing 36 professional dancers, 30 support staff and a part-time freelance orchestra of up to 70 musicians.
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Batman Begins
- When young Bruce falls down a well and breaks his arm, Thomas not only retrieves him, but he sets the bone himself.
- After meeting Falcone, Bruce Wayne gives his coat to a homeless guy in an alley. As Bruce walks away, the homeless guy muses, "Nice coat." Later, when Batman takes out Falcone's henchmen, he notices the same homeless guy, and this exchange happens:
Batman: Nice coat.
Homeless guy: Thanks.
- This exchange:
Alfred: Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Bruce: You still haven't given up on me?
Alfred: Never.
- Then this one:
Gordon: I never said "thank you".
Batman: And you'll never have to.
Gordon: ...Thank you.
- Echoed beautifully in The Dark Knight:
Batman: You don't have to thank me.
Gordon: Yes, I do.
Batman: Don't thank me. Not yet.
- And again in Rises:
Blake: I may not get another chance.
- While Batman scales the apartments, a boy goes out onto the balcony with the sound of loud fighting in the other room. This is in the middle of something rather important, but Batman not only pauses, he makes a sound to alert the boy to his presence. The kid is entirely unafraid, but when he resumes being crestfallen after realizing that no one would believe him, Batman tosses a gadget down to him, then resumes climbing.
- Gordon putting his coat around Bruce on the night his parents are murdered, reassuring him that everything will be okay.
The Dark Knight
- In the climax (that is to say, the second one), when both ferries choose to spare the other. After watching the Joker's nigh-unstoppable killing spree for the past two hours, seeing his Humans Are Bastards view proven wrong is a real thrill. Two kickers is first off, when even the businessman who tries to insist on killing the criminals finally realises he just can't do it himself and nobody else will either, and then the moment when the Scary Black Man took the detonator, saying "I'm gonna do what you should have done ten minutes ago," and then throws it out the window, then sits down again. And none of the other prisoners even protest.
- Made even better by the disappointment on The Joker's face when he realizes he was wrong.
- The Joker's view gets doubly proven wrong when Batman spares his life instead of letting him fall. The disappointed look on Joker's face at this is priceless.
- "What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone is as ugly as you? You're alone."
Son: Why's he running Dad?
- Jim Gordon reuniting with his wife after he was presumed dead.
- Also, at the end when Batman willingly decides to be the hero Gotham deserves, and the villain it needs.
- Plus the closing speech by Gordon.
Gordon: Because we have to chase him. ...Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A dark knight.
- A meta-fictional example is when Heath Ledger was awarded a posthumous Academy Award for "outstanding actor in a supporting role". His family, including his father Kim, went onstage to accept the statuette on his behalf. Kim said that Ledger's young daughter Mathilda would inherit the Oscar when she turns 18. Not a dry eye in the whole Kodak theatre.
- The Dark Knight Rises doing a silent treatment of The Joker. No recasts, no bus crashes, not even a throwaway line acknowledging Gotham's triumph over him - so as to not diminish Heath Ledger's memory.
- The scene before the press conference where Batman is supposed to turn himself in. Bruce is contemplating turning himself in and admits he can't handle the situation with the Joker to Alfred.
Bruce: Today you get to say I told you so.Alfred: Today... I don't want to.(As they walk away together)Alfred: But I did bloody tell you... I suppose they're gonna lock me up as well as your accomplice?Bruce: Accomplice? I'm gonna tell them the whole thing was your idea.
- Bruce Wayne's speech to Harvey Dent. At first it seemed like he was trying to humiliate the poor guy in a hazing manner, as expected from his Rich Idiot with No Day Job persona. However, it soon turns into a sincere speech expressing his faith in Harvey Dent being the symbol of hope Gotham needs, as if the little boy who lost his parents just dug himself out of that persona to give him personal thanks for restoring his faith in the justice system.
Rachel: Harvey may not know you well enough to know you're making fun of him, but I do.Bruce: No, I meant every word.
The Dark Knight Rises
- We've already got one from the second trailer, or what little we could from Alfred.
Alfred:: "Youre as precious to me as you were to your own mother and father. I swore to them that I would protect you, but I havent."
- Not much, but judging from the look on Bruce's face, it's shaping up to be an defining scene for whatever Bruce decides to do.
- The ending. All of it. From Bruce turning Wayne Manor into an orphanage to John finding the Bat Cave in the final shot and, most of all, Alfred's happy ending - seeing Bruce and Selina happy and safe in Florence. It was an ending worthy of Shakespeare - one where everybody got what they deserved. And most of all, Bruce - he got to see the people he loved most of all happy.
- Not to mention Jim finding the Batsignal on top of the MCU, repaired after all these years, and touching the bat symbol as if making sure its real because he knows who had to have repaired it.
- And the unveiling of the Batman statue. It doesn't matter that the citizens of Gotham don't know who Batman really was. They honor him all the same.
- This is made even more heartwarming when you remember The Joker's words to Batman: "They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out like a leper." Even though they no longer need him, they still choose to honor the man that he was and by doing so, once again, prove the Joker's philosophy of human nature wrong and Batman's correct.
- The look on Jim Gordon's face at this moment. Compare it with his obvious torment at the beginning of the movie when honouring Harvey Dent's memory. Seeing Batman finally get the recognition he deserves as a hero clearly provokes a lot of emotions within him, but at the same time for what might just be the first time in all three movies he looks almost at peace.
- Blake and Gordon's conversation at the end following Bruce Wayne's funeral. Blake bitterly comments that no one in the city will know who saved them. Gordon, clearly satisfied that wrongs have finally been righted, corrects him: "They know. It was the Batman."
- The Reveal of Talia Al Ghul manages to simultaneously make you say "Oh, Crap!" and "Awww!" Ra's Al Ghul's child, who escaped the inescapable prison, wasn't Bane but Talia. Bane was the one who helped her escape, sustaining the injuries that necessitated the mask as a result - she came back with the League of Shadows and rescued him, and he's been acting as her loyal servant ever since. The tender regard they show for one another as this is revealed is heartwrenching - which is amazing, given that they're simultaneously planning to string up Batman's corpse.
- This also puts a new spin on Bane appreciating the boy singing the national anthem at the football game.
- For all that happens later, Bruce's romance with Miranda/Talia is full of it. She helps bring him back into the world, and their Big Damn Kiss in Wayne Manor is pure heartwarming. When she suggests they run away together, and Bruce instead goes to fight Bane for the first time, it veers into Tear Jerker territory. Even knowing that he was responsible for her father's death, one can't help but feel that, for that moment, Talia honestly hoped Bruce would return her feelings, leave Gotham, and be the person her father wanted him to be.
- The Ominous Arabic Chanting featured in the trailers whenever Bane was shown was actually encouragement for Bruce, climbing out of the pit.
- The first set of inmates in the Pit were at the very least desperate and resentful, and refused to let even an innocent child escape, let alone help in the effort. The second set of inmates were still desperate and dejected, but they tried to help in the only ways they could. Even in desperate circumstances people can choose to be better; the second set of inmates already chose to defy Bane once and didn't completely surrender their ability to act nobly even in an even more desperate and bleak hellhole than the prison originally was.
- Just before flying off to detonate the bomb, when Batman hints who he is to Commissioner Gordon (slightly paraphrased):
Batman: A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders, to let him know the world hadn't ended.
Gordon: ...Bruce Wayne...?
- Can be even better, as it shows that both of them remember that small act of kindness from probably around 30 years prior.
- Another sweet way to look at it: the Batman considers Gordon to be his hero.
- On the meta side, there was speculation that Robin was too unrealistically bright, in all senses of the phrase, and would never make it into the grim, realistic Dark Knight Saga. Nolan and Bale themselves confirmed these rumors. But at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, John Blake is revealed to be a composite of Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Jason Todd. Not to mention his real first name is Robin. In the packed theater that this troper attended, everyone cheered.
- A small one that's easy to miss. Bruce, after climbing out of the prison, throws a thick rope down to the inmates.
- Also, the prison doctor, who'd befriended and supported Bruce, getting teary-eyed with happiness at Bruce's successful escape.
- When Bruce escapes, the inmates all cheer.
- And the fact that what they are chanting is simply, "Rise." Coupled with how they cheer, it shows just how much they wish for someone to leave the hell they lived in.
- Batman is carrying a bomb away from the city to his death. His last words? Telling both Gordon and Selina that they are just as good as he is, and he has faith in them.
- By showing up in the cafe with Selina, Bruce has not only forgiven Alfred for lying, but he has taken the advice to move on and be happy.


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I have a rooted HTC Wildfire S with a stock ROM and I have setup an 2nd partition formatted to EXT2, which I use for a really cool app called Link2SD.
Problem is I've underestimated an appropriate size for this 2nd partition and I'm come to the situation of having 10MB left. As I have a 32GB SD card I would like extend this partition, but without losing the data, is this possible?
I have ClockworkMOD as my recovery and this is what I used to initially partition the SD card. However, what I would like to know is if I will lose the data on both partitions of the card if I attempt to do this?
Much help appreciated,
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA Free mobile app


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Toshiba to write off $1 billion for allegedly defective PCs
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TOKYO -- Toshiba Corp. today took a special charge of $1 billion to reflect costs of settling a U.S. class action lawsuit that had alleged defective PCs were sold by the world's largest notebook maker.
The suit, filed in federal district court in Beaumont, Tex., had claimed that floppy disk drive controllers in the PCs caused loss of data. Without admitting the charges in the suit, Toshiba agreed to provide a $200 to $225 coupon to all PC owners under warranty as of March 5, 1999 and a $100 coupon to all owners of PCs out of warranty. The settlement applies only to U.S. buyers of Toshiba PCs.
The firm also agreed to make cash refunds for recent PC purchasers. Toshiba officials said the case was settled because "there was a serious risk that a substantial amount of compensation could be awarded through a jury verdict" if the case came to trial. Toshiba also said it wanted to protect its brand name. Not surprisingly, Toshiba said it has replaced the floppy disk drive controller in its PCs.
Toshiba subsequently revised its financial forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 to expect a $480 million (50 billion yen) net loss. The firm only days earlier had estimated a fiscal year net loss half this amount. Toshiba had also reported a net loss of $440 million for the first fiscal half ended Sept. 30 (see Oct. 26 story).


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This is a combo of 2 or 3 flies rolled into one and should be good for a number of species.
I had a request on Facebook for a materials list and step by step, which i posted on my blog and is copied here!
Hook: Dai Riki 730 size 10
Head Gold bead to fit the hook 7/64" in this case
Underbody - 0.20" lead wire to the mid point of the shank
Tail: Artic fox underfur with some guard hairs
Body: Senyo's Ice Dub Orange
Rib: Fine Silver wire
Hackle: Whiting Girzzly from Bugger pack
Thread White Danville Flymaster 6/0
1. Start your hook in the vise with a gold bead to fit.
2. Take 8-10 wraps of lead wire and push up snug behind the bead. Don't wrap further than half way down the hook shank
3. Start your thread behind the lead wire and wind into position just above the barb of the hook. Tie in your length of silver wire for the rib and wrap thread up and over the lead wire helping to secure it, then back do to the tail tie in point.
4. Take a clump of white arctic fox fur, including the under fur and guard hairs and tie it in up to the lead wire. This creates a nice even underbody for winding the dubbing later.
If the tail appears to long (as in this case) either retie it shorter, or trim the excess off when you are done. Ideally the tail should be about 1-1.5x the length of the shank
5. Select your grizzly hackle, pull back the fibers and measure that the longest are about 1.5x the hook gap
6. Prepare the hackle for tie in by stripping some fibers from the top size. This will help the hackle wind without trapping too many fibers the wrong direction
7. Tie in the hackle above the hook shank as pictured and trim off the excess. Doing this before the body is wound on makes for a neater and more secure tie in of the hackle
8. Create a dubbing noodle (or loop). Use some wax if necessary to help the ice dub grip the thread.
9. Take one wind of dubbing in front of the hackle, then wind down the body and back up again to the head. The body should have some taper towards the head.
10. Take the hackle in some hackle pliers and wind one or two wraps behind the bead, then palmer down the body to the tail. 5-6 wraps is fine. at the tail, take one complete wrap around the shank.
Then tightly wrap the wire twice around the hook at the tail to secure the hackle, snip the hackle off and palmer the wire up the body, weaving back and forth to reduce the number of trapped hackle fibers. Use the same amount of wraps of wire as you did for winding the hackle down the body.
11 Tie off the wire and secure it well in front of the hackle but behind the bead.
Whip finish and you're done. Add some head cement if you wish.
Simple tie, which I bet will work well with Peacock ice dub, olive tail and hackles too!


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Locations: England
Surname: Moore
Samson Phineas Morre- Black hair with kind green eyes. He has one muggle parent (his mother) and one magical parent (his father). Just like his father is was in Hufflepuff and is now a Hogwarts Professor teaching, Muggle Studies. His wand 10 inches, Walnut with a core of Veela hair. His Patornus takes the form of a male black panther.
Celeste Nova Moore- Wavy brown hair and bright blue eyes. She is muggle born and was surprised and excited to receive her letter from Hogwarts and to be placed in Hufflepuff. Just as her husband is she is a Hogwarts Professor, she teaches Astronomy. Her wand is 12 inches, pine with a core of Unicorn tail hair. Her Partonus takes the form of a female black panther.


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Notes: Harden has the full arsenal
Notes: Harden has the full arsenal
Nor is it his 88-mph changeup, which coming out of the left hand of Barry Zito would be a pretty good fastball.
The darting slider? Very good, but it's not what makes Harden, who blanked Texas with a two-hitter Thursday night, a threat to throw a no-hitter every time he takes the hill.
The pitch that gives opponents absolute fits is what Harden calls a "split," as in split-fingered fastball. And he might be the only one who has such a simple name for it.
A's catcher Jason Kendall calls it a forkball. Seattle Mariners slugger Richie Sexson recently called it a "ghost pitch." Adam Melhuse, Kendall's backup, has the most creative name of all: Spluckle.
"Because it's not just a splitter," Melhuse said Friday. "A splitter just drops straight down at the end. Rich's knuckles out of his hand and floats around and then drops. It's a splitter that knuckles. It's a spluckle."
And it doesn't always drop straight down at the end, either.
"That's from the knuckling action," Melhuse said. "It'll drop straight down sometimes, but it'll drop down and in sometimes, and it'll drop down and away sometimes. It makes it tough to catch. Half the time you're just trying to knock it down."
Harden shrugged and smiled when asked about the pitch, which he grips with the ball tucked much deeper between his fore and middle fingers than do most pitchers who throw splitters.
"I don't care what anyone calls it," he said, "as long as the umpires call it a strike."
Good crowd: A's manager Ken Macha went out of his way during his daily pregame press briefing to compliment the fans who cheered on Harden during his flirtation with history Thursday.
"I thought it was a tremendous atmosphere," Macha said. "The reaction to Rich's pitching performance was just outstanding."
Macha was particularly impressed with the standing ovation Harden received after bouncing back from his only three-ball count of the night to retire Mark Teixeira. He likened it to the "Zito!" chant Zito got while working his way out of an eighth-inning jam in his final home start of the first half.
"We've got a very solid group of core fans who come out and support us," Macha said.
Midland pitcher suspended: A's prospect Alex Santos, a right-handed reliever, was suspended Friday for 15 games, effective immediately, for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
It was the first offense for Santos, who was promoted from Class A Stockton to Double-A Midland in early May after posting a 0.58 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 16 innings over 12 outings for the Ports.
Through Thursday, Santos, 27, was 2-1 with 13 saves and a 2.20 ERA in 23 games with the RockHounds.
Dribblers: Macha remains vague about what the A's will do roster-wise when designated hitter/first baseman Erubiel Durazo comes off the disabled list. "That's a tough one," Macha said, noting that rookie first baseman Dan Johnson, who was called up when Durazo went down, leads the team in sacrifice flies despite being with the club for only six weeks. ... Durazo, who took batting practice with the A's on Friday, will work out at the team's complex in Arizona while the club is in Anaheim and Texas next week, and will likely start a rehab stint in the Minors when the A's return home. ... Outfielder Bobby Kielty will be signing autographs after Saturday's game at McGee's Bar & Grill in Alameda, courtesy of Miller Brewing Company.
Up next: A's righty Joe Blanton (5-7, 4.44 ERA) will take on Kenny Rogers (10-4, 2.54 ERA) -- whose start has been pushed back twice in this series -- in the third game on the series Saturday.
Mychael Urban is a national writer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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On 10/9/2011 3:57 PM, email@example.com wrote: > How do, > > A quick search thru the Hy-Gain catalog turns up a Low Temp grease for the > bearings in their rotors. It's rather spend-y though. On the other hand, I > got a 1oz container YEARS ago and still have some left. You don't need much. > AND as others have said, the TB-3 is NOT supposed to be lubricated. Besides, > unless you have it off the tower you can't lube it anyway. Not only off, you have to disassemble the darn thing which involves taking that setscrew out and then working all the bearings out of the hole so you can get the races apart. <:-)) I would think greasing the thrust bearing would be like lubing bolt threads. It takes much less torque to exert the sane linear pull. So in the case of a thrust bearing using steel balls running in an Aluminum race, I'd think a given side force (or vertical load for that matter) would present more contact load between the bearings and race. Maybe we have a mechanical engineer on here who could expand on that line of thought? 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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