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We really love toasters and this one steams as well as it toasts. We've yet to try out a steam oven but we think it's going to make some mad ribs.
The Magimix Colored Vision Toaster let's you watch your toast while it browns up. Four quartz heating elements produce crisp, uniformly browned toast, and there's even four preprogrammed heat settings that include Toast, Bagel, Reheat and Defrost. The extra-wide slots accommodate the thickest bagels and toast. And if you're wondering about spending $200 bucks for a toaster - this one is built to last for 30,000 uses.
This nifty toaster combines your kitchen radio and toaster into one dynamic unit. The two slot two slice black toaster with integrated FM/ AM radio, has variable browning control and variable width slots for thick and thin bread slices. Features include reheat, defrost, mid-cycle cancel and extra-high lift for easy toast removal. It's also fitted with a removable crumb tray for easy cleaning, non-slip base and cord storage. The blue illuminated buttons for easy use are also really cool.
At Breville VTT296 Black 2 Slice Radio Toaster
Sure Americans love their pop-up toaster, but if you go out to breakfast somewhere a bit more upscale you know the wonders of buttered toast off the grill. With the Bodum Flat Toaster you'll be able to make this amazing buttered toasted grilled bread at home, and because of the grilling surface size - every piece of toast you make will fit and get an even buttering.
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The Magimix Colored Vision Toaster allows you to watch your toast standing up in a see-through toaster extravaganza. It has four modes of use (toast, bagel, reheat, and defrost) and four quartz heating elements. The Magimix Colored Vision Toaster can be had for a little under $200 from Williams-Sonoma. It comes in black, cream, and red.
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Picking the best toaster or toaster oven can be and is a very personal thing, and for us here at Kitchen Contraptions highly based on what you want to toast and cook. If you really just want toast - then a pop-up toaster may work for you, but if you want to use the toaster for an oven as well - then using a toaster oven combo will be a great bet. We also recognize that using a toaster to simply make breakfast sandwiches with eggs in them is also very desirable for those on the go.
We've compiled a list of best toasters and toaster ovens we think will meet these toasting needs and others.
It's been about 3 years since our last toaster oven upgrade, and we think it's about time we upgrade our toaster again. The Cuisinart Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler has 1800 Watts to toast, bagel, bake and broil with a full size interior holds that can hold an 11 inch pizza and 6 slices of toast. We're not sure it can hold an entire 3-4lb chicken but we have a rotisserie for that now.
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At Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler
The Oster Digital Large Capacity Toaster Oven has been recognized as one of the best products of 2011 in a leading consumer research magazine, and we think we know why. When you combine a 6-slice toaster oven with convection technology for faster, more even cooking and pair that with digital controls with interior light for easy viewing - you get toaster oven perfection. The extra-large interior holds 13 by 9 pan, whole chickens, casseroles, roasts and hams. We think you could probably park your car in there too. There's even aremovable external crumb tray, and two rack positions. We love the shape of the oven as well, and think this may be our next toaster oven purchase.
We love a good toaster grill, and this one from Jata is pretty killer looking. It features 4 quartz elements which are positioned evenly under a large toasting surface to deliver perfect toasted breads and rolls. There's even a crumb tray, along with just an off/on switch to get things started. Price is around € 25 at Jata, and we think we want one now.
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Our current toast and convection oven is getting a little long in the tooth, so recently we've been on the lookout for another toaster and convection oven we could replace it with. The Breville BOV800XL The Smart Oven 1800-Watt Convection Toaster Oven with Element IQ 1800-watt convection toaster oven with 4/5-cubic-foot nonstick interior is about the same size as our Cuisinart, and it features element IQ technology for smarter control over the heat. It also has 9 pre-set functions, and the 5 quartz heating elements allow things to cook evenly. It also has a auto-eject wire rack, removable crumb tray, pizza pan, baking pan, and a broil rack. We use our broil rack all the time and you can see below you can even cook ribs. YUM!
At Breville BOV800XL The Smart Oven 1800-Watt Convection Toaster Oven with Element IQ
This unique toaster and USB coffee cup warmer set features an all-in-one table top toaster which burns"Bite Me" and "Ugh..." into your toast. Perfect. The easily removable templates for when Mom comes to visit make using the adjustable thermostat control the thing to do when you can't burn things into your toast.
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We really like dual purpose kitchen gadgets, and this toaster meets tune box is pretty amazing. With stylish retro looks, and a classic 2 slice capacity the Breville Radio Toaster even has variable browning control. It even has variable width bread slots for thick and thin slices of bread. The radio side has both the standard radio features, but also has an input for your MP3 player too.
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This extra-large countertop oven with broil, convection, bake, and rotisserie functions can also make mid size pizzas with ease. It features a 10- to 120-minute timer or "stay on" option for extra long cooking times. It's adjustable temperature up to 500 degrees F allows you to cook and sear, and the spacious interior can fit a 5-pound chicken or 2 12-inch pizzas. Includes two cooking racks, two baking pans, broiler rack, rotisserie skewer, and rotisserie lifter.
At Hamilton Beach 31197 Countertop Oven with Convection and Rotisserie
Oh toast we love you in the morning. We love you in the day. We love you just about any way but not with burnt finger tips. This compact 2-slice toaster with LED indicator lights and 9 browning levels offerst touchpad controls offer cancel, reheat, defrost, and bagel settings. You won't burn your fingers when you realize the 1-1/2-inch-wide slots automatically adjust to accommodate bagels and muffins so you don't need to worry about them getting stuck down in the molten core.
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'The Missing Picture,' by Rithy Panh, review: a memoir
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The Missing Picture
Documentary. Directed by Rithy Panh. (Not rated. 92 minutes.)
Rarely has there been a film about an event that affected millions that seems so intensely personal. "The Missing Picture" is technically a documentary, but it is also a tone poem, a memoir, an act of healing.
In 1975, Rithy Panh and his family were forced to relocate from Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, to the rural farmlands as part of a Mao-styled "re-education" (read: purge) of intellectuals by the despotic ruler Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge. Instead of re-education, there was starvation and death - about 2 million (25 percent of Cambodia) died between 1975-79, including Panh's parents, brother, sister and cousins.
Panh, now a filmmaker based in Paris, has made a career of making documentaries about this terrible period in Cambodia's history. But "The Missing Picture" is something else - an attempt to re-create his family's plight through a mixture of archival footage and clay figures.
Yes, clay figures. Because there is no surviving photographs of his family, Panh has to re-create them. His narration is sad, reflective and moving. The figures are anguished, expressive.
It's no surprise this original work was nominated for an Academy Award in the Foreign Language Film category. "The Missing Picture" is a tribute to a mother who walked two hours each day to get clean water; to a schoolteacher father who taught the family "free will" by refusing to eat until he starved to death.
And finally the film is a work of conscience, not only of making sure the horrors of the Khmer Rouge are not forgotten, but of a man, now living a life of privilege as an award-winning filmmaker, who feels the guilt of a survivor and wonders, "Could I have done more?"
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First responders honored in tribute in St. Louis
First responders honored in tribute in St. Louis
The club honored emergency first responders of all stripes, including police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians. The "We Shall Never Forget" logo, which baseball debuted in September 2001, was displayed on the field behind home plate.
Among those recognized on the field during the ceremony were St. Louis County police chief Col. Tim Fitch, St. Louis City police chief Col. Daniel Isom and St. Louis Fire Department Chief Dennis Jenkerson.
For many in attendance, though, the most resonant moment came before any of those people took the field. The Cardinals showed a video of the late Jack Buck reading his poem, "For America," which he first read at the previous Busch Stadium prior to the Cardinals' first game back on the field after the attacks.
"It is important that baseball and our country remember what happened on [this] day," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "There are days during the baseball season that bring real emotion. Fourth of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day. Now, this is one of those days."
For an honorary first pitch, the Cardinals had St. Louisan Angela Brock-Bokern, who survived the attack on the World Trade Center. She threw to Albert Pujols, the only Cardinals player who was also on the team in 2001.
Players on both sides were fully cognizant of the magnitude of Sunday's events.
"I flew out of Newark Sept. 10 after the [2001] season ended," said Cardinals infielder Skip Schumaker. "There's a lot of emotion. I'm sure everybody has a story, they knew somebody or something. This day is about more than just a game. This is completely different than [singer] 'El Torito' throwing out a first pitch. This is a historic day that affected everybody in America."
Braves pitcher Tim Hudson was with Oakland in 2001 as a young Major Leaguer. On Sunday, he was the Braves' starter.
"It was a time that changed this country forever," Hudson said. "None of us will ever forget those involved. They are still our heroes."
As part of their commemoration, the Cardinals issued free game tickets to approximately 5,500 emergency first responders in the area. The St. Louis City First Responders Color Guard presented the nation's colors.
And then, of course, the clubs had to get back to work.
"You're going to be rightfully distracted by the significance of what it was, then you have to turn that button back to compete," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. "But it's the same for both teams. But it's not anything that happens easily. You have to make a point to put everything in its place."
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Obviously, You're Not a Golfer and follow him on Twitter at @MatthewHLeach. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hi All! New here.
I'm very pro-european and think that with the rise of continental sized countries like China and India economically the need for a United Europe has never been greater!
Do you agree?
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NO!A United States of Europe- is that possible? Would you like to see it happen?
Hi All! New here.
I'm very pro-european and think that with the rise of continental sized countries like China and India economically the need for a United Europe has never been greater!
Do you agree?
Europe sucks. As long as the English and Americans are spoiling our party, and we let it happen over and over again.
Europe should work on a common market like it was meant to be, and refrain from imperial stupid ideas!
And what you are saying about China and India.. It's our own bloody capitalist scum that's investing hard cash in those pirate states! China and India are both exploiting humans!!!
Capitalist always talk about free trade! My ass!
What we need is fair trade!
They will be great countries when they will have:China and India are both exploiting humans!!!
-Free health care system
-Social rights and egalities
-Right to strike
My point is, we can make a living in Europe if we work in and for our own market.
It's idiot to buy things of of poor quality from China, and fly them in by air.
Airplanes can only fly cheap because there is no tax on the fuel!
It's criminal to do so, but big companies have their (bought) friends between high ranking politicians.
as a belgians point of view, yes maybe. as long we can keep our states cultural background, kings, queens etc they are part of how a country is , even if only it was nostalgia.
belgians seem to be strong without a gouverment of their own, im sure others can aswell, and replacing all gouverments with 1 president might work
As one can read by the comments on this discussion, plus others in this forum, definately NO!A United States of Europe- is that possible?
Only if it was possible, see point one!Would you like to see it happen?
Definitely no way. The US share a common culture and one language. The cultural diversity found in Europe makes it unlikely to happen ever. Thank God for that, as I want to be able to travel to one place on the continent and not feel like in London...
Where I believe in is the opposite of a European empire.
What we need is a Europe of the regions.
That is.. A centrally ruled bill of rights, based on the universal rights of humans.
And also a common social law. Wages should be the same everywhere in Europe, for the same jobs.
In the same time, we also need to improve the possibility for people to build an own home and working place.
In a region we can bring the work closer to where people live, by building new compounds.
The magic word is "communalism" a political idea between communism and capitalism, that last systems both fail!
Be proud to be European, we have better food than the MacDonalds of the USA can offer.
We can make a better banking system than what the pirate banks like Goldman Sachs and others do.
Yes, I think that divided we are simply not competitive, we are like a preistoric creature with not future. I know that Europe is very complicated politically speaking, but finally we must learn to stay united.
The new state would be something innovative and never seen before, where every region has its own language but with an overnational language like English (which is also the easiest Indo-European language) to unite us.
No thank you from Serbia. I would rather we be like those Gauls who refuse to sacrifice their village to some behemoth. We do not possesss these submissive traits many other peoples seem to have.
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Even in 2 thousand years if there is a country name Serbia, Serbian language will evolve to something else that you won't be able to understand. The culture will be different, most likely religion too, even look of people will change. What will you do now? Defend and die for things that will pass and be forgotten?!
Linear pottery anyone? Anyone?
Have to agree with Lebrok there. The old adage of united we stand, divided we fall has been historically proven time and again.
European Union was founded in The principals of each culture keeps its ID,
Today we see that some ones are Building European empire,
Wanted or Not for will support that, some will be slained for that, and will find way to survive and revenge it.
Europe is about to turn to a what? and that helps who?
It would be a very boring place if Europe was to become one country. One president for Europe with many countries would create a civil war.
Europe has always been many countries and it should stay that way.
I can see the good point of the EU,trying to stop wars from happening in Europe but the EU had committed bad non-white migration policy into Europe. EU has done more bad then good.
IMPH,EU should be dismantled.
Diversity kills!
LeBrok, there is a sort of self deprecating prophetic statement that Serbs sometimes refer to. It's that one day there will be enough of us to fit under a single plum tree. It certainly feels relevant in recent times the way Team America has seen us essentially ethnically cleansed from Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. So, yes you can point out that in 2000 years we could be something else but it's like we already are more aware of that then anyone. The thing is though, we easily could have disappeared by now long ago had our ancestors not been so strong. With that attitude we could have just given in, converted to Islam and been loyal Ottomans. Thankfully our ancestors did not give in and left us with a legacy that gives us pride and strength and that's what we should do for our future generations.
On Europe specifically, we have always had a strong sense of European identity steaming largely from our battle against the Turks. We even formed a border line against them for centuries to protect Europe. It was known as the Vojna Krajina. We have always known about the problems Islam will bring to a European society. We are almost smug now in seeing the problems western Europe is experiencing with them. So we have always had a strong sense of European identity as part of our own though today's secular Europe doesn't mean jack shit in that regard. This would only be worth it for economic reasons... Actually Reinaerts ideas appeal to me a lot though I don't see them as very likely.
I am all pro United States of Europe , so we could get out of USA "protectorate " and start making our own politic without any foreign " advices" , Europe loosed its own power in iner strugle in two world wars ,and Europe after II WW was divided betwen two outerEuropean lands SSSR and USA . I believe Europe deserve to regain its #1 in world . You are mistaking if you think China will show any mercy( and I dont blame them for that ) if we dont stand united before they get lot more powerfool then we are , and they will .
About Serbian languague I believe it is Slavic languague that Sarmatians took as they own so I wouldnt mind if my childs would speack English , but I would realy mind ifthey would be Chineses , and not Serbs .
Ofcours Union with high authonomy for each region . And who said that England would have to live mother quen , in my oppinion real European political sistem is monarchy and there should be monarchy in every European country
For interest, in his prophetic view of the future world H.G.Wells (died 1946) included the idea of an 'United States of Europe'.
There will never be something such a "United States of Europe". There is no common language and no common patriotic sentiment. A Frenchman will always think of himself as being a Frenchman before an European , the same can be applied to a British, etc. It's nice being a dreamer, but being honest I think Europe will never be like USA. Europe will always remain at most as a Confederation, that is pretty much like USA was before 1860, or like Switzerland nowadays. That's not bad per se, because if Europa was like USA we would end up being a superpower that cares of world hegemony more than well being of the citizens.


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Color it!! I love this drawing so much it's soo cute.
Cute draw!~ Love the eyes!~
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this is awesome, i'd color it, if i were good at coloring something so extravagant...lol
I would color it if I did not hate coloring haha. But it looks so lovely nevertheless hehe. A very pretty drawing for Drawing Day. Happy drawing day by the way. :) I am in love with her eyes and short hairstyle. She is beautiful. Nice bg. 5/5 hearts.
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Look who we spotted? Bollywood diva Mallika Sherawat has been missing from the limelight for a while now. The sultry actress walked the Cannes red carpet on the first day and we love her looks! Mallika's sequinned Georges Hobelka mermaid gown is no fail at all! She is super fit and the dress perfectly suits her gorgeous hot bod!
Mallika is promoting her movie Time Raiders and is loving her trip to France. The actress posted pictures of Paris and we think she's having fun in her beau's country. Mallika is dating Cyrille Auxenfans, a French businessman. We quite like seeing her doing well in life!
Though she looked great on her first appearance, it wasn't her best!!! Let's see how Aishwarya Rai and Sonam Kapoor turn out tomorrow!!! Can't wait!


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Greg Evans, the San Marcos-based creator of the "Luann" comic strip and musical, will present the world premiere of his new musical, "Wrinkles: The New OLD Musical!" in April at Vista's Broadway Theater. While the "Luann" musical was written for young actors, "Wrinkles" will feature roles for adults (the cast will feature roles for actors up to age 70).
Evans described "Wrinkles" as a musical about the golden stage of life.
"It's a funny, bittersweet look at aging through the lives of six couples at a senior center with songs about many challenges and advantages of old age," Evans said.
Some of the numbers he's written for the musical include "Cranky Old Man," "I Forgot" and "Seventy's the New Fifty."
Evans wrote the musical last summer and has since been reshaping and revising it for production. "Wrinkles" will be directed by Eliane Weidauer and produced by Broadway Theater producer Randall Hickman.
" I'm excited, and nervous, about this premiere production at Broadway Theatre because this will be the first time I'll see the show," Evans said. "I think it's really good, but you can never be sure about these things until you see them on their feet. But they do excellent quality work there and I have complete faith in Randall and Eliane.
The production dates are April 16-26.
Tim Lee, the Scripps researcher-turned-comedian who performed one of his scientically themed PowerPoint comedy shows last March at the Carlsbad Village Theatre, returns this weekend for another show. He says a lot has changed in the year since his last local appearance.
The former North County resident (who earned a Ph.D. at UC San Diego and working at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, developing simulation and analytical models) decided to give up science for the lure of the stage. He's been drawing increasingly larger crowds at venues all over the country, thanks in part to an article in The New York Times and Youtube.com, where his videos have earned more than a million hits combined.
"It's amazing how much better the jokes do with an audience at the show," he joked in an interview via e-mail. "YouTube is the comedian's holy grail. People used to have to pay to watch comedians perform. Now they can sit at work and watch while they're getting paid. That's helped improve morale in the workplace while simultaneously causing my popularity to skyrocket. The people who see me on YouTube really get it. They were some of the earliest fans, and now they come out in droves. YouTube has made it possible for independent artists like myself to have a career."
Lee said it's still a challenge to get across his unique niche of scientific comedy.
"I used to give talks in front of smart people who'd try to pick apart my logic. Now I give talks in front of drunk people who try to pick apart my jokes. The drunken audience is easier to please, but more violent when disappointed," he said.
Lee said that he'll be performing with two fellow comedians, Mike Pace and Mal Hall, and he's also planning to revisit all his old haunts.
"I'll be taking a tour of my alma mater UCSD, surfing in Leucadia, performing at the Carlsbad Village Theatre, then heading to the Belly Up for a drink. That's pretty much a perfect day for me."
Tim Lee performs at 8 p.m. Saturday at 2822 State St. in Carlsbad. Tickets are $22. Call 760-720-2460.
MiraCosta College will join in a Global Day of Commedia dell'arte next week with a free educational program for the public.
Theater companies, scholars, students and audiences worldwide will join Thursday to celebrate the Commedia art form, a type of stylized theater developed in Italy during the mid-16th century. Commedia is known for its stock comic characters, such as the servant, master, young lovers and harlequin (clown), and were often performed in masks. Commedia influenced the works of Shakespeare, Moliere and modern slapstick comedians.
From 6 to 8 p.m. this evening, MiraCosta will host an educational presentation on the Commedia form, followed by an improvisational, audience participation program led by faculty member Sherri Allen. The evening concludes with a commedia performance by members of Carlsbad's Chronos Theatre Group. The event will take place at MiraCosta's Community Learning Center, 1831 Mission Ave. in Oceanside. Call 760-795-8710.
Two Patio Playhouse veterans have teamed up to create a new Escondido dinner theater company.
Peggy Schneider and Susan Guffy have formed Peggy Sue Productions, which will debut March 19 with a murder mystery production called "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To" at Mikki's Restaurant in Escondido.
Guffy and Schneider are longtime friends who worked together on more than two dozen productions at Patio and elsewhere over the past 25 years. Guffy moved to Sun City five years ago and was working with a dinner theater company in Temecula, but she recently moved back to Escondido and the pals decided to team up on their own theater project.
At "It's My Party," diners will help solve the clues to a murder while enjoying a three-course dinner served by the actors. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through July and tickets cost $32.50. Call 760-743-4050.
Interested in a career in the music business? MiraCosta College's music department will host a pair of Music Industry Roundtable discussions Feb. 26.
Sponsored by the college's Career and Technical Education Program, the sessions (from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m.) will include Southern California music industry professionals in the fields of performance, consulting, design, manufacturing, technical support, venue staff and administration. Admission is free, and if you can't make it, the sessions will be videotaped for later broadcast on the Internet.
The panelists will be invited to take part in a jam session that evening, to which the public is also invited ($5 admission). All events take place in the college's new concert hall in Building 2400 at 1 Barnard Drive in Oceanside. Call 760-795-6815.
Look for it to rain a little harder in May. Broadway/San Diego has expanded the engagement for "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles," which was booked to return to San Diego this May after a sold-out engagement last year at the Balboa Theatre.
Ticket demand is so high for this year's shows that the engagement has been expanded to five shows at 8 p.m. May 14, 2 and 8 p.m. May 15 and 1 and 6 p.m. May 16. For tickets, call 619-570-1100 or visit broadwaysd.com.
Joseph and Mary Villela are moving their Oceanside Art Gallery to Carlsbad this week so they can expand the business.
The gallery will reopen today in the Vista Village Center, Suite 103, at 300 Carlsbad Village Drive. The public is invited to come check out the new space from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today.
Regular hours will be from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Call 760-845-9017.
Welk Resorts Theatre in Escondido announced last week that a planned September engagement by the Smothers Brothers has been canceled because the sibling stage duo have decided to take a break from touring at the end of May.
Artistic director Joshua Carr has replaced the show with a solo show by entertainer Mitzi Gaynor titled "Razzle Dazzle --- My Life Behind the Sequins." The multimedia show features Gaynor's recollections and personal stories from her long career in show business, which includes 17 films and a 9-year run on television. The show will run Sept. 2-5. For tickets, call 760-749-3000 or welktheatre.com.
"The Norman Conquests" and "Cabaret" highlight Cygnet Theatre's just-announced 2010-2011 season.
The company, now headquartered in Old Town San Diego, will open its season bit with Alan Ayckbourn's epic trilogy "The Norman Conquests," a trio of plays ("Table Manners," "Round and Round the Garden" and "Living Together") focused on charming librarian Norman and a wild weekend in the country marred by his oddball in-laws. The three plays tell the same story from three different perspectives in the home (the dining room, the sitting room and the garden). The three plays will run in rotating repertory, featuring the same six actors, July 28-Nov. 2.
Back for its fifth year will be "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," running Nov. 26-Dec. 31.
Stephen Metcalfe's "The Commons," a suburban drama about a retired La Jolla school teacher, will run Jan. 20 through Feb. 20, 2011.
Kander and Ebb's musical "Cabaret" will run March 17 through May 15, 2011.
And the season will close with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Our Town," running June 9-July 10, 2011.
San Diego Repertory Theatre and the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts will collaborate this summer on the Southern California regional theater premiere of the musical "Hairspray," marking the first such collaboration between a local professional theater and high school.
The production, which will run July 17-Aug. 15 at the Lyceum Theatre, will feature a cast of both professional actors and SCPA students. Rep artistic director Sam Woodhouse said he's wanted to go back to producing "big splashy summer entertainment" for years, and "Hairspray" provided the perfect vehicle.
Pam Kragen is the arts editor of the North County Times.


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Japanese raw steel demand to meet steel products shipment will decrease by 4.3% to 26.82 million tonnes in July-September from April-June, which decreases for the first time in 2 quarters, announced by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Tuesday. The demand will decrease by 0.6% to 23.83 million tonnes for steel products, which decreases for 2 quarters in a row. METI expects the domestic demand will increase while the export decreases with adjustment in Chinese market and higher yen rate. METI warns Japanese steel industry should be cautious for potential downside risk and increasing inventory when the demand is uncertain for automobile and Chinese market in the second half of fiscal 2010 ending March 2011 while East Asian steel supply could increase with higher output capacity in the area.Japanese steel demand will increase by 2.4% for domestic market in July-September from April-June, which increases for the first time in 2 quarters, due to firm production activity by automakers and construction machinery makers. However, the steel export will decrease by 5.4%, which hits first drop in 6 quarters. The offshore demand slows recently when Chinese automobile output decreased for 2 months in a row through May. METI expects Japanese steel export will decrease under higher steel inventory and decreasing market price in China along with higher yen rate. METI estimates Japanese steel demand increases by 2.2% to 23.96 million tonnes in April-June compared with original outlook due to higher demand for automobile and construction machinery. However, domestic steel stock increases. METI emphasizes it is time to reduce steel stock for Japanese steel industry when inventory for steel products made by electric furnace steel makers increases under decreasing ferrous scrap market while sheet steel stock also increases. METI expects the demand will increase for all applications except for shipbuilding for July-September from April-June. The demand will increase for automobile, industrial machinery and civil works and buildings. METI expects the steel consumption by automobile industry will increase only by 0.2% when stimulus package for environmental friendly vehicle will expire by end of September while domestic automakers revised the production plan upward. METI expects Japanese steel makers will adjust the production and sales volume with potential downside risk for offshore demand when construction machinery demand could decrease for China and emerging countries. METI expects special steel demand in hot rolled products will increase by 1.6% to 4.85 million tonnes in July-September from April-June, which increases for the first time in 2 quarters. The demand will increase for major applications of automobile and construction machinery while the export demand increases for many items. The special steel demand will increase for all items except for tool steel in July-September from April-June when the demand increases by 3.3% for carbon steel for machine structural use and by 2.5% for alloy steel for machine structural use. The export increases by 4.7% for high tensile steel while the stainless flat steel export decreases under lower market price with adjustment of nickel ingot price at London Metal Exchange. The special steel total export will increase by 0.6%.
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The never-before-told tale of the German American who spearheaded a covert mission to infiltrate New York's Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II - the most successful counterespionage operation in US history.
From the time Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933, German spies were active in New York. In 1937, a German national living in Queens stole the blueprints for the country's most precious secret, the Norden Bombsight, delivering them to the German military two years before World War II started in Europe and four years before the US joined the fight. When the FBI uncovered a ring of Nazi spies in the city, President Franklin Roosevelt formally declared J. Edgar Hoover as America's spymaster with responsibility for overseeing all investigations. As war began in Europe in 1939, a naturalized German- merican was recruited by the Nazis to set up a radio transmitter and collect messages from spies active in the city to send back to Nazi spymasters in Hamburg. This German American, William G. Sebold, approached the FBI and became the first double agent in the Bureau's history, the center of a 16-month investigation that led to the arrest of a colorful cast of 33 enemy agents, among them a South African adventurer with an exotic accent and a monocle and a Jewish femme fatale, Lilly Stein, who escaped Nazi Vienna by offering to seduce US military men into whispering secrets into her ear.
A riveting, meticulously researched, and fast-moving story, Double Agent details the largest and most important espionage bust in American history.
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"Nazi Spies in America 3 STARS~ not bad............"
PLOT: the real stories about Nazi Spies in America.
the Germans prepared for WAR with the United States well before it was declared. in the late 1930s Nazi Germany was busy recruiting American Germans to spy for them. They used a combo of blackmail, national loyalty to the "father land" (GERMANY) and bribery. People in aircraft factories and munitions plants forked over the plans for many guns and even the legendary Norden Bomb Sight.... This is their story. William G. Sebold was born in Germany became a naturalized American Citizen. He became the means to capture many Nazis in America. We also see the growth of the FBI through Hoover. This is interesting and though a bit overly long it is full of the many "groups" of Spies located all over the USA. It tells HOW the Nazis recruited and gathered information. Much of this info was used to BASE the movies Confessions of a Nazi Spy and The House on 92nd Street. the ONLY thing that is a total shame is Sebold was not helped by the FBI after he was done spying and died in poverty and having mental illness with it. all very sad. Still a good way to view the many spies and how they functioned inside the USA before and during World War 2. 3 STARS...
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The St. Johns County Festival of Trees Kickoff event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 23 on the lawn between the World Golf Hall of Fame and the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort.
The annual event will benefit United Way of St. Johns County and The St. Augustine Record's Empty Stocking Fund.
The festivities will begin at 9 a.m. with a brunch at the newly renovated Slammer and Squire Golf Course clubhouse.
At 11 a.m., the free outdoor festival begins. There will be holiday games and face painting, along with food from the Renaissance and a raffle for a World Golf Village prize package.
Guests also are invited to participate in a family putting tournament at the Hall of Fame's 18-hole, natural grass putting course, with the proceeds going to the Festival of Trees.
Throughout the day, guests will be able to go inside the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort Convention Center and view all the entries in the Festival of Trees, join in holiday cookie decorating, and have their photo taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Admission is free. For details, go to WorldGolfHallofFame.org.
In addition to The Festival of Trees, guests can watch the thrilling documentary, "To the Arctic 3D" and one of this year's most anticipated movies, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire An IMAX Experience," at the World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater.
The Festival of Trees will run daily through Dec. 5. Guests can view the trees and vote on their favorites.
For more information, visit the Events Calendar at www.WorldGolfHallofFame.org.


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Keysight Announces High-Bandwidth Oscilloscope Technology
Santa Rosa, Calif.—Keysight Technologies today announced chipset technology that will bring real-time oscilloscope bandwidth to higher than 100 GHz. Calling it a "technological breakthrough" but not giving any specifics, Keysight is clearly looking to take the lead in the never-ending bandwidth race.Such high bandwidths are needed to keep up with serial data streams as the industry moves to 56 Gbps per lane with some engineers looking to 112 Gbps. At 56 Gbps running NRZ (non-return-to-zero) modulation, such bandwidth is needed because 56 G NRZ has clock rates of over 28 GHz (more like 32 GHz given overhead). Thus, 100 GHz barely captures the third harmonic.
Keysight's current bandwidth leader, the DSAZ634A Infiniium Oscilloscope, is currently in third place in the bandwidth race behind rivals Teledyne LeCroy at 100 GHz and Tektronix at 70 GHz.
Keysight is banking on its Indium Phosphide process to bring about the bandwidth leap that could put the company in to bandwidth lead. Although no products are expected on the market until 2017, we can always hope for a demonstration at DesignCon 2017. Given this announcement, I'm already looking forward to next year's conference.The announcement coincides with the start of Keysight's Scope Month, where the company is giving away a 3000T X-Series oscilloscope every day and a 4000 X-Series oscilloscope each week.
—Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor
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Up for bid........ a vintage Hummel figurine. The numbers stamped on the bottom are very light and I can't make out the first number, could be a 1, 2 or 7, the others are ?76/0, and 45 on it's side and the number 2 painted, not in pic., to the right of W. Germany. Sorry I don't know the exact age. ......... A pictures worth a thousand words, please have a look ............ As you can see, it has no chips, cracks or scratches, but both the girls heads have been snapped off and glued back on and it does have some crazing. I have had this piece for a couple of years and did not notice it was broken till I photograghed it. Still, it would make a nice addition to a collection........ It measures 5 3/8" tall X 3 3/8" wide X 2 3/8" deep, and wieghs 6.3 oz. unpacked, 1 to 2 lbs. packed ......... A handling charge of $1.00 for international buyers will be added to shipping costs for this listing, (included when you calculate)....... This item will be double boxed............ We make every attempt to describe all items to the best of our abilities. Measurments are approximate and not always exact. We strive to sell items that are in excellent, like new, gently used condition unless otherwise noted. If t is a problem that we may have overlooked, or did not note in the description, please contact us within 3 days of receipt to discuss resolution, ... read more


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The last of some high-security special nuclear weapons materials has been removed from the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, the National Nuclear Security Administration announced Friday.
The lab will still work to ensure the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, the government says, but will do so with a smaller amount of nuclear material requiring less security. The move saves taxpayers about $40 million.
"We're always looking for ways to improve the way we do business," NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino said in a news release. "Consolidating this nuclear material will help save critical taxpayer dollars, help improve the safety and security posture at the site, and help align our enterprise for the coming decades. The team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory deserves a lot of credit for doing this efficiently and safely."
The administration in 2006 began developing a plan to make over the nation's nuclear weapons research, and to consolidate special nuclear materials in as few places as possible. The materials were removed from Lawrence Livermore's Plutonium Facility, located in an area known as the "Superblock."


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Picture: Marilyn Manson and Isani Griffith arrive back at their hotel after Marilyn performed live in concert Toronto, Canada - 16.09.09
The keyboardist who sued Marilyn Manson for more than $20 million (£14 million) is walking away with $380,000 (£237,500) after the feuding rockers settled their legal battle in court.
The rocker reached a settlement with Stephen Bier - also known by stage names Madonna Wayne Gacy and Pogo - on 11 December (09) following a two-year court battle.
The $20 million (£14 million) suit, which Bier filed in 2007, accused Manson of breach of contract, alleging the star used money from their former band partnership to buy personal goods including gifts for his ex-wife Dita Von Teese.
Manson claimed the band's partnership was dissolved in 1996, but Bier - who left the group in 2007 - was adamant he should still be entitled to a share of revenue.
The pair came to a stalemate, and Manson promptly took to the internet to dismiss rumours he gave in to Bier's demands.
According to the Associated Press, Bier is still receiving a substantial $380,000 (£237,500) payout - but it won't be paid by Manson directly.
Manson's insurance company will hand over $175,000 (£109,000), while Bier's former business managers will pay the remainder.
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28 Years Ago: Kiss Break out the Synths on 'Crazy Nights'
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On Sept. 18, 1987, Kiss reached for pop-rock super-stardom by releasing the keyboard-heavy album Crazy Nights. To hear them tell it, they probably wouldn't make the same choice again.
The group had packed stadiums and been one of the biggest rock acts of the '70s with their blend of well-written melodic hard rock and over-the-top theatrics, but had seen their career decline after several ill-advised attempts to conform to the changing trends of disco and pop. Add to that the loss of two original members and a seemingly desperate attempt to regain relevance by removing their trademark makeup, and the group had a lot to prove in the early-to-mid-'80s.
Kiss returned to the charts with the success of Lick It Up in 1983, followed it up with the platinum Animalize in 1984, and again with Asylum in 1985, but the band were still frustrated by their inability to break out of their core rock audience and attain the mainstream Top 40 success of glossy "hair metal" acts like Bon Jovi and Def Leppard, both of which had grown up on Kiss.
They shot for that breakthrough on Crazy Nights, which became a worldwide hit for Kiss and a platinum album in the United States. Although the record heralded a crossover of sorts, it just wasn't really very good, as even some of the band members admit. "I'd give it three stars," Paul Stanley said in the band's official biography, Kiss: Behind the Mask. "I think it's a better album than it wound up sounding. I think it's a bit plastic-sounding."
Part of the reason for that was Gene Simmons' limited participation. The bassist was more actively involved in pursuing a number of outside interests (such as acting and producing other groups) than he was in Kiss, so the bulk of the work on Crazy Nights fell to Stanley, whose pop instincts dominated the record. Stanley brought in producer Ron Nevison, who had lately demonstrated a penchant for rejuvenating the careers of aging rock acts like Heart and Ozzy Osbourne by getting them to work with outside pop writers on crossover material. He employed that approach with Crazy Nights, and while it yielded commercial singles like "Crazy Crazy Nights" and the power ballad "Reason to Live," it also resulted in a synth-drenched record that sounded like Kiss was unsuccessfully chasing the styles of much younger bands.
Gene Simmons especially disliked the album. "Crazy Nights was one of my least favorite records of any of the ones we've done," he stated. "It's much too happy […] I think the playing is okay and some of the songwriting is okay, but it's much too pop."
Not everyone in the band was down on the record. Guitarist Bruce Kulick was relatively new to the band, having joined up for the previous record Asylum, and he was pleased with his contributions to Crazy Nights. "I had four co-writes on the album, so I was very happy," he recalled. "That was clearly a rock-pop album for 1987. I think Crazy Nights is a very, very well-done pop album for us."
The lead single, "Crazy Crazy Nights," became a No. 4 hit in the U.K., making it Kiss' highest-charting career single in England. "Reason to Live" and "Turn on the Night" followed, and the band toured extensively, but despite the album's commercial success, it received primarily poor reviews from both critics and the fans who had followed the band through so many changes. Crazy Nights remains an album that hardcore Kiss fans mostly find a puzzling detour in the band's career. In an Ultimate Classic Rock reader's poll, "Crazy Crazy Nights" scored far and away as the fans' favorite track from the record, with the power ballad "Reason to Live" a distant second, while the rest of the tracks scored a pittance of the votes. (We voted for "Thief in the Night," not that anybody asked…)
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They have such beautiful healthy shiny coats and wonderful bright eyes. Yes, they do look innocent, and yes I can believe they can be little monkeys! I think most cats can!
Lovely photo Trudy. Such bright eyes.
And they look so innocent, Ank, but they can be little devils!
Hey sweeties, you look lovely. Thanks Trudy.
Thank you for all your comments, Rozzie, smllpkg, petsmom and PamCal! I am assuming you have (or have had) cats of your own. PamCal, do you have others than Lucy?
What sweethearts! Your 'tuxedo' cat looks like my Sooty from many years ago, you tiger looks like my Lucy girl who I have with me now.
They're beautiful. Great close-up. Thanks, Trudy.
You are a lucky woman to have two such beautiful cats!
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Rangers hoping Murphy will be OK for Game 3
Rangers hoping Murphy will be OK for Game 3
ST. PETERSBURG -- Manager Ron Washington said the plan is for David Murphy to start in left field on Saturday against the Rays and right-hander Matt Garza. However, Murphy is recovering from a strained left groin muscle and is still not 100 percent. Washington wants to see how Murphy comes through a workout on Friday at the Ballpark in Arlington before committing to starting him in left field. "If we feel like he can go out there and finish the game, we'll put him out there," Washington said. "But if we have to make a change in the fifth or sixth inning, he's not going out there. Hopefully by Saturday he'll be ready to go, but I'm not putting Murphy out there if he can't play."
Murphy hit .291 with 12 home runs and 65 RBIs in 138 games and 419 at-bats during the regular season but has not played since Sept. 29, when he injured the muscle while running the bases in a game against the Mariners. If Murphy can't go, Julio Borbon will most likely be back in the outfield.


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Fram (which means "forward") is perhaps the most famous ship in Norway's long seafaring history, and an icon of polar exploration. Nothing about this fat-bellied ark would begin to suggest the grueling odysseys it has endured. The story of the Fram is a modern Norse saga, a story of unimaginable hardship and intelligent striving that is closely tied to Norwegian national identity. The boat itself is an engineering marvel—its reinforced hull having withstood three years gripped by Arctic ice. True to its assertive, full-frontal name, Fram bored farther into the frozen latitudes than any vessel had before.
The prime mover behind the Fram, the brilliant and moody scientist-explorer who commissioned its construction and led its insanely dangerous maiden voyage into the polar mists, remains a national patriarch. His name is Fridtjof Nansen, and although today he is not as well-known outside Norway as other marquee polar adventurers—Peary, Scott, and Amundsen—he should be. For Nansen was quite simply the father of modern polar exploration; all others were, in a very real sense, his acolytes.
Nansen was a strapping blond man, fair complected, with a frosty stare and a truculent face that seemed slightly at odds with the refinements of his intellect. Nansen stood apart from the quixotic glory hounds who characterized much of polar exploration's golden age. Call him a Renaissance Viking: He was a gifted writer, a sought-after lecturer, a first-rate zoologist, and a prominent statesman. Fluent in at least five languages, adroit with a camera, he made beautiful maps and illustrations, kept up a voluminous scientific correspondence, and brought an element of cerebral precision to all his explorations. A contemporary German scientist said of Nansen that he "knew how to handle the microscope as well as the ice axe and skis," and his scientific achievements were notable, including a groundbreaking paper on the nature of the central nervous system.
In 1888 Nansen led the first traverse of Greenland—with typical understatement, he called it a "ski tour"—but he missed the last boat home, forcing him to stay the winter hunting seals, learning to kayak, and living with Greenlanders. This experience formed the basis for his acclaimed account, The First Crossing of Greenland, published in 1890, and a lively ethnology, Eskimo Life. Following his Greenland adventures, he became a leading proselytizer for the sport of skiing. At Oslo's Holmenkollen Ski Museum, Nansen is depicted as a twin-planked deity in furs, a founding father of Norway's national sport.
For all of Nansen's protean accomplishments, it was the harrowing journey of the Fram between 1893 and 1896 that gave his life story real drama. The expedition was predicated on an idea so outlandish that the leading polar authorities of the day, including the Royal Geographical Society, considered it suicidal. Nansen deliberately set out to become locked in the Arctic—or, as he put it, to "give ourselves up to the ice."


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Three things to watch for in Thursday's matchup with the Timberwolves:
1. Centers of attention: With Dwight Howard's left ankle and Nikola Pekovic's right potentially keeping both out (Pekovic is listed as questionable, though Rick Adelman said he did not expect him to play), Omer Asik would start inside against rookie Gorgui Dieng. Dieng got the second start of his career against the Mavericks on Tuesday, coming off a solid showing in Sacramento where he had his first career double-double (or game in double figures in anything) with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Asik had his first double-double of the season, also with 12 points, 11 rebounds.
2. Love story: Rockets forward Terrence Jones struggled with perimeter shooting big men for much of the season, but has done better in recent weeks at defending against pick-and-pop range-shooting forwards. Few are better than Kevin Love, who averages 26.4 points and 12.9 rebounds. The Timberwolves, however, have been weak defensively in the paint where Jones dominated on Monday, scoring 30 points on 11 of 15 shooting. He has made 65 percent of his shots in his past 12 games. The Timberwolves allow the fourth-most points in the paint in the NBA. The Rockets have scored the second most per game, averaging 51 per game in the lane.
3. Home run: The Rockets have a season-best nine-game home winning streak, moving to within one win of the ninth home winning streak of at least 10 games in franchise history. They already have their longest since a 12-game home winning streak in 2008-09. With 27-7 record in Toyota Center, the Rockets have a chance to surpass the franchise record of 33 home wins. The Rockets will be facing a second-consecutive team playing the second half of a back-to-back. The Timberwolves, who were in Dallas on Wednesday, are 4-11 when playing the second game in as many nights; 1-9 on the road.


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There's a movie called "The Big Year" starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black that follows the surprisingly dramatic lives of bird enthusiasts.
While you probably won't meet Hollywood actors at this weekend's Bird Festival, you will find hundreds of birders looking to spot some of the area's many species. The 17th annual festival takes birders on various adventures over four days: along the border, to the San Diego Zoo, into the Anza-Borrego Desert and throughout Mission Bay. There are also workshops, mixers and other activities leading to Sunday's Family Day.
Details: Thursday through Sunday, various times and locations. Registration is $20, plus fees for individual excursions. For details and a complete schedule, go to sandiegoaudubon.org or call (858) 273-7800.


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Three Metro Police officers shot and killed a man Monday morning inside a P.T.'s Pub in the eastern valley as the man was holding a bartender at knifepoint during a robbery attempt, police said.
Officers responded to reports of a robbery in progress about 10:30 a.m. at P.T.'s Pub, 2280 S. Nellis Blvd., near the intersection with Sahara Avenue. Police Capt. Patrick Neville, with Metro's homicide bureau, said officers arrived to find a 23-year-old man holding a female bartender at knifepoint.
The man wasn't complying with officers' demands, police said.
Three officers fired at the man, who was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
A male customer at P.T.'s was injured during the robbery attempt, but police didn't know the extent of his injuries or what caused the injury. He also was taken to the hospital.
Investigators are reviewing surveillance video. Police also are interviewing at least five patrons who were inside the business at the time of the shooting.
Neville called the shooting an "extremely dynamic situation" in which the officers were forced to make a split-second decision about entering the bar, knowing that someone was being held hostage inside.
David Lewis, 20, said he heard an unusual popping sound as he entered the Super 99¢ Center in the same plaza to pick up a job application.
"I was walking into the store and I heard a 'pop,' and I came out and there were cops everywhere," he said.
Police cordoned off a large section of the Winterwood Pavilion shopping center parking lot, which includes P.T.'s Pub, but nearby streets weren't affected.
The incident was the second fatal shooting involving a Metro Police officer in a span of five hours and marks the department's 25th officer-involved shooting this year. An officer fatally shot a man about 6 a.m. Monday less than four miles away outside a convenience store near Desert Inn Road and Pecos-McLeod Drive.


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I've been a big Fan of Colangelo for as long as he's been around. I've really wanted him to do well. But I've been a bigger fan of the Raptors for a lot longer than his term. Its become apparent that if Colangelo is let go than we need a top top tier GM who Knows how to build a team the RIGHT WAY. Rather than just saying that he need to be fired here's a List of potential GM's who after this year are realistically either Avaliable or Semi-Avaliable for the Head job in T.O
1) Joe Dumars - Current president of opperations of Detroit Pistons
I Have to Admit I'm biased here since I've been a Joe D fan since the Bad Boy days (And i wasn't even alive then ). But What Dumars offers is a wealth of experience both from a managerial and player position that hasn't been seen in toronto. He's won championships as a member of the Pistons and as an Exec for the team. He trades well (most of the time DAMN YOU AI) and has a decent sence for the draft (GOOD: Prince, Jerebko, Monroe, BAD: Darko). Most importantly his Detroit Experinece makes him a Defensive oriented person, both in his playing days and his 6 year run where the Pistons were the Best Defensive team in the league. One problem is that Joe D is very loyal to the city of Detroit and the Pistons Organization. It would be hard to convince him to leave especially since he has one year left on his contract. But with the status of the Pistons (Headach), the ownership Debacle happenning here in the motor city where the owner is in flux and the GM hand's are tied untill the team is sold, and the Uncertanty of the new CBA + the raptors favorable Cap and payroll for the future, I could See him comming here if we tried really Reaaaaaaly hard.
2) Danny Ferry - Current Vice President of Basketball Operations SPURS -
Danny as you know was the architect of the former Juggernaut Cavaliers. Danny works for the Spurs and would most likely win a championship there in his career. He's a former spur and won a title with them in 03, so loyalty to San antonio may be an issue. However he's the VP of the team and not the president, and being behind R. C. Buford (since 02) it's not likely that he takes over the head job any time soon. TO Can offer him the head job position and full reign, which is something the spurs can't. One thing I like is that he's a very tough GM and doesn't deal with Ownership BS. When Dan Gilbert fired Mike Brown in order to help Court LBJ back to Cleveland Ferry Quit on the spot because of an overintursive ownership. (Won't See that Here Danny). Ferry got cleveland out of the bottom and into the top of the league in 5 years. While having a Lebron James takes away from his credibility, I for one believe very strongly in Ferry if we had him moving forward.
Plus He's a Dukie, Can't go wrong there (just won't see many UNC picks in the future. Sorry Ed)
3) Mark Warkentien - Former Denver Nuggets GM, now consultant for the NY Knicks-
THe man responsible for the Melo-Drama. He has lots of history and lots of experience building a team that actually contends. He would be the easiest to get because GM trumps consultant any Day regardless of the team.
Anyone else you think. Tell me if you think I'm wrong.


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Rumors of 'Planet Hulk' Movie in Marvel's Phase Three Get Smashed
by Ethan Anderton
February 28, 2013
Source: AICN
First of all, let's just all agree that any information about this story should be considered hearsay. Having said that, we're pretty disappointed with this recent rumor control update. Earlier this month, Latino Review had a big scoop about the plans for The Incredible Hulk in the wake of The Avengers 2. After all, Phase Two is already planned, but talk of another standalone Hulk movie would fit perfectly in Phase Three. The rumor was that at the conclusion of The Avengers 2, the superhero ensemble would send Hulk to space, thinking him too dangerous to keep around, and that would lead into Planet Hulk. More below!
What made this all the more enticing is what would follow the standalone Hulk story. Planet Hulk (available to watch in animated form on Netflix Instant) finds the green machine on a distant planet called Sakaar where he ends up being sold into slavery, but he soon joins forces with his fellow slaves to fight for his freedom and a chance for revenge. This would serve as a set up for The Avengers 3 where Hulk would return to Earth, pissed off, and bring his alien friends with him to teach The Avengers a lesson. However, it sounds like this story isn't in the works at Marvel, or some good misinformation is being tossed around.
AICN has word from an inside source of their own that this Planet Hulk story idea is absolutely false. Their reasoning is that the response to Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner was so positive that they wouldn't just want to keep him in a motion capture suit as Hulk for an entire film. And since Planet Hulk deals with the character almost exclusively as the giant green monster, that leaves human Mark Ruffalo out in the wind. As of now, giving Ruffalo something to do as Banner and the Hulk is a priority for a standalone Hulk film, but it's not clear what that story will be. It makes sense to not hide Ruffalo, but the Planet Hulk idea and the tie-in to The Avengers sounds really fun. Hopefully, Marvel just has something better in the works.
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|Director Pantheon: Hideaki Anno▲▼
|Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (movie)
1) If you were the angels would you send your troops in one-at-a-time to be cleaned up by NERV? A basic military premise is to apply overwhelming force on an enemy's weak point. Clearly the angels aren't dumb, so what on earth are they trying to achieve? If it were me I'd wait until all sixteen (or was it seventeen?) were ready and give Tokyo a real good shellacking.
2) I have a theory that the only people who think Evangelion is brilliant are or were about 15 years of age when they first saw it. Sadly for me, I lucked out and didn't have the privilege until much older. The teenage pilots may well be justified in feeling set upon but do we have to be trawled through all their wretchedness. And then some. I get the picture. More finesse with the exposition, please.
3) Evangelion suffers severely from rabbit-out-of-the-hat syndrome. It goes like this. Heroes must fight monster. To be exciting the monster must push the heroes to the very limit of their capabilities. To continue the excitement the next monster must be stronger than the previous one.
Warning. Warning. This will exceed the abilities of the heroes.Heroes pull a rabbit out of the hat to win. Problem escalates. Credibility suffers. Evangelion is the worst example of this I have ever seen.
4) They had the nerve to go and saturate all the water in red. It's not as if the franchise wasn't already pretentiously overblown.
5) Oh, and did I mention the infantile fanservice?
I don't know why I have persevered with the franchise. It all rapidly becomes very tiresome.
|Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie)
|Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (movie)
|Not really good
|His and Her Circumstances (TV)
Yukino and Arima are both given extensive family back-stories, enhancing their depth as characters. Both situations reveal how Yukino and Arima developed their dishonest personalities. Arima's history is darker while Yukino has been blessed with a happier domestic environment, though not without its own trials. Yukino's wise-for-their-age younger sisters, Tsukino and Kano, frequently steal the show while their voice actors provide hyperactive next episode previews. Indeed, when Anno is at the helm, each episode ends on a high – with those over-the-top previews and the simple but captivating roving camera live action EDs.Unhappily, everything changes after episode 18, with new director Kazuya Tsurumaki: the irony vanishes; the best characters (Yukino and Arima) become insignificant; the ramped-up attempts at comedy almost entirely fall flat; the scattergun visuals continue but their impact is lost; the various plots and introduced characters are boring; and there is no longer any strong connection between the viewer and the characters. Worst of all, Yukino, who had been one of the rare anime females whose character is enriched by love, becomes yet another simpering addendum to the male romantic figure. To put it simply, the last eight episodes are animated tedium. Where Anno's craft had me engaged with the characters; Tsurumaki's lack of craft left me detached from them. Really, other than an impulse for completion, there is no need to continue beyond episode 18.
I would rate the episodes directed by Hideaki Anno (1-18) as excellent.
|Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)
|Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie)
|Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie)


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Shola and Sammy Ameobi set to make Newcastle history
History will be made at St James' Park tonight with Shola and Sammy Ameobi set to become the first brothers to start in a major game for Newcastle in 60 years.
The pair, with Shola 11 years the senior, are likely to line up in Newcastle's Europa League Group D tie with Club Bruges, matching the feat of Ted and George Robledo, who played together for the club at the start of the Fifties.
"My parents have mentioned it and I'm sure seeing both of us on the pitch at the same time will bring them tremendous pleasure, it's no different for me," said Shola.
"We're much closer now than we used to be with being in and around the first team together. There's nearly 11 years between us so when we were growing up, I think he was maybe a little bit intimidated by me, which is normal. He's trying to go through what I've been through.
"I feel that, as a big brother, I have to make sure he's on the right track. I know my parents expect that of me.
"I'm sure he's well aware of how hard it's going to be, and what he has to put in to make it to the very top. But I want to see him surpass anything I've ever done in this game, and I know he has the ability to do that."
The Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew, has criticised fans at Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby for abusive songs aimed at Newcastle's Steven Taylor and Sunderland's Lee Cattermole. "They were not acceptable," he said. "We don't want that in the game, no type of abuse is right. I hope they are brought to task, if they are found."
Europa League: Probable teams
Tottenham Hotspur (at Maribor, 6pm kick-off):
(4-2-3-1) Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Vertonghen; Huddlestone, Sandro; Lennon, Sigurdsson, Dempsey; Defoe.
Referee S Karasev (Rus).
Liverpool (v Anzhi Makhachkala, 8.05pm kick-off):
(4-4-1-1) Jones; Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Robinson; Henderson, Allen, Shelvey, Downing; Cole; Suarez.
Referee B Nijhuis (Neth).
Newcastle United (v Bruges, 8.05pm kick-off):
(4-4-2) Krul; Anita, S Taylor, Perch, Ferguson; Obertan, Bigirimana, Tioté, Sammy Ameobi; Shola Ameobi, Cissé.
Referee M Hansson (Swe).
Belfast Telegraph


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Down Royal in festival form
The great Kauto Star set the Down Royal Festival alight last year, producing a sparkling performance to win the big race, the JNwine.com Champion Chase.
And the 2011 Festival, which starts in a fortnight and boasts €413,000 in prize money, has its own sprinkling of stardust, including Sir Alex Ferguson's What A Friend, trained by Paul Nicholls.
The champion trainer's charge will face stiff competition in the €140,000 feature race from two Cheltenham Festival champions — Queen Mother Chase winner Sizing Europe and Arkle Trophy victor Boston's Angel.
Midnight Chase, trained in Devon by Ulsterman Neil Mulholland, must also come into the reckoning.
And the Glenavy native, particularly given his background, would dearly love to win the |JNwine.com Champion Chase.
"Down Royal is close to my heart as I had my first winner there as a jockey," said Mulholland who, at 31, is one of the sport's rising stars.
"I grew up just eight miles from Down Royal so I've always followed the big race and I am keen to come over for it.
"English owners tend to think we have enough racing as it is in England but I will be doing my best to bring the horse over.
"We're looking at Down Royal very seriously as it's a front runners track.
"Midnight Chase would be going there as one of the main contenders," said Mulholland, who also took the opportunity to enter the on-going debate about the whip, stating that it must remain a part of racing.
"I think the whip is still needed for guidance and safety," he said, stressing that horses must never be abused through over-use of the whip.
The Down Royal Festival organisers have resisted the temptation to extend their showpiece — which takes place on Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5 — to a third day.
Other festivals — notably Cheltenham, which has switched from three days to four in recent years — have extended, but to mixed reviews.
JNwine.com Champion Chase sponsor Jim Nicholson, the Down Royal Festival chairman, explained: "We had thought about going to three days but I am more convinced than ever that increasing the quality over the two days is the way to go.
"People are fine with Friday and Saturday racing but the dynamics have changed now and they are not so willing to miss work earlier in the week."
Down Royal manager Mike Todd expressed his delight that so many quality horses have raced at the Festival in recent years.
"Boston's Angel won a beginners chase at last year's Festival before going on to win the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival, while Sizing Europe was runner-up to Kauto Star in our feature and then won the Queen Mother Chase at Cheltenham," he said.
"I'm very excited about the quality of horses we have over the two days. The JNwine.com Champion Chase is regarded as the Gold Cup trial, consistently attracting the highest profile horses."
And Todd pointed out that the track has managed to thrive despite the economic downturn.
"Down Royal has invested close to £5m on facilities in the last four years, upping the stakes in terms of choice for race goers.
"Building on the success of last year's event, we are completely sold out of hospitality packages for the Saturday and close to capacity for the Friday, all pointing towards an amazing atmosphere at the Festival," he said.
Special guests at yesterday's Down Royal Festival launch at the track included leading Irish National Hunt trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon — who revealed that one of his stable stars, Luska Lad, had suffered a heavy fall that morning on the gallops — and double Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer Noel Chance.
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And sexual intimacy? Don't even get me started. I love romance, kissing, and sexual tension, but I'm not into details. They bore me utterly, slowing the plot until I skip ahead. (Yes, I write romance, but it's plot-based, not sex-based.)
Violence I don't mind so much unless it's very graphic or involves child sacrifice (which I can't tolerate at all).
Yet invariably, I run into such content. No warning, just slam!
Of course everyone is different and has different preferences, which is perfectly fine with me, but there should be a way to have some inkling of what's in the book before I buy.
Movies are rated, so why not books? If I'm going to fork out my hard-earned money, I deserve to have some idea of what I'm in for, right?
Well, a year ago some other authors, programmers, and I decided to do something about it: the creation of My Book Cave. If you are interested in finding great books that meet your expectations, I hope you'll jump in and support this site!
At My Book Cave, subscribers sign up to hear about free and discounted books that match their content ratings. So if you don't mind violence but don't want swearing or sex? You can choose that. Don't mind kissing, but don't want to see intimate sexual details? Then that's what you choose. No more guessing!
My Book Cave Rates Books for Content
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4. Every book is also content rated with movie-like ratings that tell you exactly what is in the book and why it's rated that way.
5. Just for subscribing, you'll get three bestselling, content-rated ebooks for free that aren't discounted anywhere else (the books will change on January first, so if you don't see ones you want now, you can wait for then).
So far this has been a labor of love, lol, but hopefully someday we'll be able to pay staff to help out by charging authors a small sum to promote their books. (We have thousands of subscribers and some authors are already reporting significant downloads—authors can submit their deals here.) We are also are working on a sister site (My Book Ratings) that will provide a free permanent listing for all the content-rated books. Readers, authors, and publishers will be able to submit their books and the content ratings for each. I think it's going to be a fabulous resource for readers.
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Spring weather is finally starting to touch MA and I had my first successful trip of the season this weekend at a local pond.
The bass were all still pretty small but I brought in about 8 or 9 of them plus one small bluegill.
The MVP fly by far was one of my own creation, accounting for about 5 of the bass. I posted some picture of it below (sorry for how poor quality they are, hard to get a good shot of it considering its shape and size). This fly is also the best I've ever used on bream. It is a simple creation, comprised of brown chenille (with specks of flash) and hard plastic (from hook bags) as wings). The beauty of this fly is that it covers the whole water column. If you let it sink and strip it with long pauses, it will bounce off the bottom. If you strip it normal speed, it will cruise along in the middle of the water column. Because of the wings, and the fact that the water goes under them and pushes it up when it moves, a fast strip will have it skimming the surface.
It's been a LONG winter here I'm happy to announce that the fishing is officially on in eastern MA.
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If you want to bail out of a date that's heading toward Disasterville or Dullsville, and you don't want to mention that nasty rash you can't get rid of, the best approach is to raise the baby subject. According to antiquated, yet persistent, dating etiquette, nothing says 'Bill please!' faster than the talk of the pitter-patter of tiny feet.
That is, unless you met your date on Danish dating site www.babyklaw.ne (baby-ready-dot-now).
The site's creator, French actor, playwright and engineer Emmanuel Limal, came up with the idea after seeing a woman on another dating site apologise for writing that she wanted to have a baby in her profile.
'I think much of it is due to the fact that we're always having to sell ourselves,' Limal said. 'They think: "If I don't mention that I want children, I'll attract more people." But the truth is you attract the wrong types.'
On a sidenote, I suspect that Limal, who is planning to launch the dating site in other countries, has no problem finding women with whom to make babies. The man is after all an actor, playwright, engineer and now an entrepreneur. And he's French! Talk about an overachiever.
Since launching last week, Baby-Ready has received around 50 new members per hour.
If the site achieves nothing else, it has succeeded in dispelling the myth that only women suffer from baby hunger. Just over half of the members are men.
Men are rarely accused of 'shopping for ovaries' the way women are slammed for 'shopping for sperm', but as these statistics — and Dom Knight— attest, men want babies too.
'One man wrote to me saying he thought it was fantastic that I'd had this idea.
He said it was such a relief to be able to see who wants to have children,' said Limal.
The one drawback with a site like Baby Ready is that it may bring together people who have baby hunger in common — and nothing else. That might not be much of a problem normally, but throw the deafening effect of ticking biological clocks into the mix, and it could be a recipe for disaster.
Then again, with so many people joining the site, there's a good chance that people will find a match who is compatible for both parenthood and life.
The site is also a breath of fresh air to the crippling dating rituals where people feel they have to lie to each other and then strategise with their friends as to when and how to raise the baby subject. After all, subterfuge and manipulation aren't exactly good foundations for a relationship with someone you hope to raise a family with.
While other dating websites, such as RSVP, have check boxes to indicate preferences for children, there is still an underlying perception that being forthright about the baby subject will limit your options of potential suitors.
Internet dating, which in some respects has revolutionised the dating process, has, up till now, failed to challenge the antiquated taboo about full and open disclosure about people's baby desires.
Online profiles of both men and women are filled with claims about fun-loving, care-free, spontaneous personality traits. But the make-or-break subject of breeding intentions is conspicuously absent from profiles or at best mentioned in the vaguest of terms.
Dancing naked in the rain (as if nobody's watching, of course) while sipping red wine as the sun sets during a long walk on a beach is arguably a less solid foundation for a long-term relationship than being on the same page about kids.
Being coy about children is a bizarre and counter-productive custom. After all, having kids is not something that you can compromise on. We've all heard the stories of long-term relationships ending in heartbreak because one wanted children and the other didn't.
The baby subject should be a mandatory agenda item on every first date. What's the point of having date number two if there is a fundamental disagreement on if and when the condoms should come off?
But until it becomes more socially acceptable to speak openly about baby desires on dates, dating sites like Baby Now are a great way to allow both men and women to be honest with each other.
Kasey Edwards is the best-selling author of 4 books 30-Something and Over It, 30-Something and The Clock is Ticking, OMG! That's Not My Husband, and OMG! That's Not My Child. www.kaseyedwards.com


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BOSTON (CBS) – Winter's last gasp? Perhaps.
The last three years we have received our last measureable snowfall on March 1st, March 9th, and March 1st respectively.
Check: Current Conditions | Weather Map Center | Interactive Radar
Might we continue that trend this year?
Boston received 5.3 inches on Sunday morning and the weather models are not indicating any snowfall over the next week to 10 days.
So with March starting on Tuesday, it is possible that we may look back at Sunday as the last gasp of snow in 2011.
Freezing rain was a real issue this morning.
Freezing rain occurs when the atmosphere is warm enough for rain from the top down, but below freezing at the very bottom layer, ground level.
That lowest layer of cold air is now being scoured out and temperatures are steadily rising to near or above freezing in all of southern New England.
Not only that, but the steadiest and heaviest rain will be exiting our region early this afternoon, and just some scattered showers will persist through this evening.
Watch Melissa Mack's forecast:
You'll need to be a bit careful early tomorrow morning.
Temperatures will cool into the 20's late tonight as skies clear, so some ice will redevelop on untreated surfaces.
The rest of the week looks very quiet with mainly sunny skies each day, just a rather dry cold front slipping through later on Wednesday which will usher in somewhat colder air for midweek.
Looking farther ahead, we could be in for a bit of a warm up this weekend. Temperatures could climb into the 50's by Sunday with some more rain on the way early next week.


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Legal Question in Family Law in Kenya
child support kenya
I have a kenyan friend who has two twins with an american citizen. they are not married. she lives in kenya with the children and he lives in the us. is she legally entitled to receive child support from him? can he be forced to perform a paternity test? are there any international child support agreements between the US and Kenya?
Asked on 1/13/09, 3:36 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law
Re: child support kenya
There some agreements for international child support orders. Kenya may or may not be a part of that agreement. There is a high probability that he would be ordered to take the paternity test and pay support for his children.
Answered on 1/13/09, 10:41 pm


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A hefty order announced Thursday by Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific extends Boeing's run of huge wins over Airbus in the wide-body...
A hefty order announced Thursday by Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific extends Boeing's run of huge wins over Airbus in the wide-body market.
Cathay ordered a dozen 777-300ERs from Boeing with options to buy 20 more, a deal with a list-price total value of up to $8 billion. The airline will also lease four more of the 777s from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC).
That makes the 777, Boeing's premier in-service jet, almost as hot a seller as the smaller new wide body under development, the 787.
The Cathay 777 win is strategically significant, too, as the first of three highly anticipated wide-body jet orders from Asia. Singapore Airlines and Qantas of Australia are also weighing large wide-body orders, including 777s, 787s and the new 747-8 jumbo-jet derivatives. Industry sources think Boeing is favored in those cases too.
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With the 777 outselling the Airbus A340 and the 787 two years ahead of the A350, the European plane-maker has only the A380 superjumbo as a clear category leader among the wide-body jets. But that's selling slowly.
Meanwhile, Boeing is capitalizing on its advantages in the slightly smaller categories.
Boeing has booked 185 firm orders this year for the 787, versus 25 that Airbus has booked for its 787's proposed rival, the A350.
Even before the Cathay win, Boeing had booked 109 firm new orders for 777s this year, compared with 14 orders for A340s. This tally excludes previously announced but not yet finalized 777 orders from Air India for 23 of the jets and from Qatar Airways for 20.
Cathay is a premier Asian carrier, and it's a safe bet the options in Thursday's deal will be exercised over time.
"This is a long-term commitment to the continued profitable growth of the airline," Cathay's Chief Executive Philip Chen said in a statement.
Top-of-the-line 777-300ERs are listed for sale at $250 million, although at least a 30 percent discount is likely from the list prices.
Last week, Middle East airline Emirates also went for Boeing rather than Airbus, ordering 42 long-range 777s, a deal worth up to $10 billion at list prices.
The Boeing 777 is a fuel-efficient twin-jet, while the Airbus A340 is a four-engine jet. With fuel prices so high, that difference is tipping airlines toward Boeing.
This week's Flight International, an industry trade magazine, reported that Airbus is studying a revamp of the A340 — with new engines and a lighter aluminum/lithium alloy fuselage that would compete better against the 777.
Such a new derivative would be a major undertaking, similar to the revamp of the 747 recently announced by Boeing. It would further tax the European plane-maker's resources as it strives to get the A380 superjumbo into service while at the same time developing the new A350.
In addition to the big 777 order, Cathay said Thursday it will acquire three Airbus A330-300s to operate regional routes.
Cathay now flies 95 aircraft and the fleet will increase to 100 aircraft by next September, its 60th anniversary.
Overall, its fleet is almost evenly divided between Boeing and Airbus models.
Cathay's long-haul fleet comprises 22 Boeing 747-400s, 15 Airbus A340-300s and three Airbus A340-600s. There are 16 Boeing 777-200/300 and 26 Airbus A330-300 aircraft in its regional fleet. The airline also operates 13 Boeing 747 freighters.
Later this month, the airline will take delivery of the world's first 747-400BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter), converted from one of its own 747-400 passenger jets. The conversion is a Boeing design, with modifications done by Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering in Xiamen, China. Cathay has firm orders to convert six such 747s and options for a further six.
Dominic Gates: 206-464-2963 or email@example.com
|Head to head in the widebody market
|Midsize widebody
|787, 185 orders
|Proposed A350, 25 orders
|A330, 42 orders
|Large widebody
|777, 109 orders
|A340, 14 orders
|747, 43 orders
|A380, 10 orders
Figures as of Oct. 31 for Airbus, Nov. 30 for Boeing
Source: Boeing, Airbus


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YOUNGSTOWN -- The Garden Forum of the Greater Youngstown Area held its April flower show April 9 and 10 at Fellows Riverside Gardens, in Mill Creek MetroParks.
Chairwoman was Pearl Marlos, and judges were Dorothy Haddox, Laura Miller and Betsy Myers.
Blue ribbons in design were won by Bev Patrick, Ikebana; Marlos, Rose Marie Roth and Millie Campean, all of Gleaners; and Regina Webb, Bev Italiano, Esther Bertch and Dianna Mullins, all of Nature Lovers.
Blue ribbons in horticulture were won by Dianna Mullins, Anne Ellis and Mary Hartman, Nature Lovers; Rose Marie Roth, Daphne; Patrick, Ikebana; Martha Murphy, St. Edward; Carol Estok and Stephanie Sheely, Lowellville; Haddox, Our Lady of Fatima; Charlene Flesch, Immaculate Heart; Marlos, Gleaners. Hartman also won the Gold Seal in this division.
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I can't resist writing another note on this. The last one was on a small sample I had and I liked it so much that when the site got more in stock I ordered a couple of hundred grammes. This is my first mug of that order.
I used a well-heaped teaspoon. This is difficult to judge as it's very light and long and straggly (I doubt I could get a 100gms of it in one of my 200gms caddies) and difficult to spoon out; but I put in what looked like a good spoonful and added a little more to be on the safe side. I steeped with boiling water for three minutes.
It's an intense but clear brown-orange in the mug with quite a difficult-to-pin-down aroma. I think I get warm butter (as on your hot toast), cooked cauliflower, a metallic tinge and, possibly, nettles.
The flavour has good basic tea in it. It has a warm, round element which has touches of rum, liquorice and the smell of loose tobacco to it – something in the middle of those three, say – and the buttery element again, giving a pleasant 'smoothness'. All this warmth and smoothness is balance by a slight, invigorating 'bite', something like the smell of nettles but more fruity – perhaps half-way between the smell of nettles and the taste of oranges.
I know everyone's taste is different, but I really can't praise this highly enough – it's really captivated me.


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Seems I couldn't stay away from Dark Souls for too long, and went back into it. It's kind of like having something on the back of your mind, mocking you that you couldn't finish that particular fight. And I reached the Undead Parish and just can't finish off the Channeler priest who buffs his army of zombies and then sends them all against me. And they just butcher me. They gang-up on me, and they stun-lock me to death. The moment I let my block down to hit anything, I'm dead. And I checked some walkthroughs online, but most are playing as ranged characters and they take out the priest from afar. Dammit.
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'Microsoft Takes Aim at Google's Ad Supremacy,' reads a NYT headline which explains how Microsoft is taking on Google Inc in what the latter does best: Advertising.
Brian McAndrews, CEO aQuantive (now part of Microsoft) may be new in Microsoft but 'he does know the Internet ad business, having run aQuantive'.
"AQuantive's main competitor in technology is DoubleClick, the ad company that Google announced it would buy for $3.1 billion in April, so the competition will be face to face. Google, the dominant force in Internet advertising, has a running start, but Microsoft has a leg up: its deal for aQuantive is done, while Google's bid for DoubleClick still faces scrutiny from the Federal Trade
Commission and the European Commission. Microsoft and others call the deal anticompetitive. Mr. McAndrews's proposed system, called "conversion attribution," would track all of the online places where consumers see ads and give advertisers a fuller picture of the various ways that consumers reach them. Tracking is important, because the site that gets credit for prompting a user's visit is the one that gets paid for it."
"Google gets all the credit, and in fact, you might have just gone to Google to type in the U.R.L.," says McAndrews. Brian McAndrews is also a Senior VP of a new advertising unit, the advertiser and publisher solutions group. On a humble note, Steve Ballmer, Micosoft CEO said,
"We are hell-bent and determined to allocate the talent, the resources, the money, the innovation, to absolutely become a powerhouse in the ad business. We're emerging, but we're also looking to redefine the way online advertising gets done, because we have so much smaller a footprint than the two market leaders (referring to Google and Yahoo). This is a chance to invest in, or to reinvent and rethink the whole business model of online advertising."
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