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1) Fly in to Kansai airport -> Kyoto, plan to stay either 2/3 nights
2) Kyoto -> Tokyo, plan to stay either 2/3 nights
3) Tokyo -> Sapporo, plan to stay either 4/5 nights
4) Day trip to Otaru and then back to Sapporo
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While you are planning your trip you can look up precise train timetables and costs at the Hyperdia travel planning website and learn how to use Hyperdia through our video blog.
Here are some thoughts for you on your trip:
You can take the JR Haruka direct to Kyoto or the JR Kansai Airport Rapid Service Here is a sample itnerary from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto. This line is fully covered by the JR Pas and will take around 75mins on the Haruka.
You can take the Hikari Shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo. It takes 164 minutes and is fully covered by the JR Pass. Here is a sample itinerary.
From Tokyo to Sapporo you'll need to take a variety of trains in addition to the Tohoku shinkansen. Here is a sample itinerary which will take about 9 hours.
Not sure about Tokyo and Sapporo, but Kyoto has a good/cheap hotel at the back of the station called Hotel Vista that you may find useful. Maybe others can help here!
DisneySea is the more modern, marine focused Disney Themepark in Tokyo. You can find out more on both Disneyland and DisneySea online.
Hope this helps!
Thanks Mari.
Another question, if I would like to take the train from Tokyo to Sapporo and spend a night in the train, how much do I need to top up? Understand that the JR pass does not include the bed right?
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It very much depends on the type of sleeper train and berth you decide. Actually, the Akebono sleeper does even have free "berths" (carpeted areas) for you to rest in if you are on a very tight budget.
There are 4 sleeper trains that you should investigate:
Cassiopea and Hokutosei will take you directly to Hokkaido from Tokyo, but will require you to pay for a couchette or room. In these train cases the JR Pass will cover most of the base train fare (except for travel on a stretch of non-JR track near Aomori).
Akebono has goron-to-shito couchettes that are free for Japan Rail Pass holders to use, but will only take you as far as Aomori, where you will have to change train to go into Hokkaido. Hamanasu is a sleeper service that runs from Aomori to Sapporo that has carpeted areas (nobi-nobi seat) free for use for Japan Rail Pass holders.
A common trip I have heard Japan Rail Pass users do is to use the Hayabusa/Hayate shinkansen up to Aomori in the morning and then hop on the Hamanasu in the evening for the trip up into Sapporo.
Please remember that it is very important to reserve your place on the Sleeper trains, so try to reserve your place as soon as you arrive in Japan and exchange your Rail Pass.
Hope this helps!
Hi Mari,
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Hi there!
Here are some answers for you - I'll leave the route costs and so on as an exercise in using Hyperdia ;)
This depends on the type of room you choose and the train you take. The private rooms are private, so you will not have to share. Here is more information on the Hokutosei rooms and prices and on the Cassiopeia rooms and prices.
In Japan, fares are often itemised by use of the line, the type of train (express or normal), and the seat type. JRPass holders will not have to pay for the use of the line (basic fare), but will have to pay the other fares for Cassiopeia/Hokutosei.
For these sleepers it's a stretch of railway between Morioka and Aomori that is not valid JR track and will be an extra charge of between ¥3000-¥5000 each way.
From station to station the journey is approximately 16.5 hours.
Technically yes, however you will have to pay for the express fare and also a room, as there is no standard seating on these trains.
You certainly need to reserve, and can only do so once you are in Japan and can present your JR Pass (unless you have friends in Japan who can make the reservation for you). The actual reservation will be free (as is normal for all JR Pass holders, and if you are a JR Pass holder, the Goron to Shito seats/beds are free. Couchettes (shared compartments) and private compartments will cost extra.
Yes, this shinkansen is 100% covered by the JR Pass. The journey time will be between 190 mins (Hayabusa) and 217 (slowest Hayate)
This journey is approx 8 hours.
Here's a sample itinerary. Basic rules apply (you can use any JR bullet train except for Nozomi and Mizuho shinkansen bullets).
Totally depends on the route. Please check specific routes with Hyperdia.
There are lots of trains from Osaka to Kyoto taking around 45mins. Please check specific routes with Hyperdia.
Hope this helps!
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Florida cancels Cuban gigs
Concerts by Cuban musicians in Florida have been cancelled after Cuban exile groups threatened to protest.
Venues around the state pulled the gigs after receiving threats of demonstrations in letters, e-mails and phone calls.
The cancellations follow the decision to relocate the 11 September Latin Grammy Awards ceremony from Miami to Los Angeles because of potential protests by anti-Castro groups.
Organisers said they received threats from Cuban exile groups demanding the dance band's concert be scrapped.
And in West Palm Beach, 65 miles north of Miami, a concert by the popular Cuban jazz band Irakere has been pulled.
John Stoll, owner of the Carefree Theater, said local protesters planned to gather outside the theatre along with exile groups bused in from Miami.
"I have no reason to expose my patrons and my employees to a crowd of people marching up and down the street protesting," said Mr Stoll.
"We planned a concert, not a political issue. But it became a political issue."
The cancellations of the concerts are seen a strong victory for the Cuban exile groups who claim Cuban musicians are supporters of Fidel Castro.
"We don't want to provide the government of Cuba with money to oppress the country."
In 1999 Cuban artists Los Van Van defied protest threats to play a gig in Miami.
Riot police were drafted in to escort concert-goers to the venue as protestors pelted them with eggs and bottles.
The Latin Grammys were switched after organisers learned around 100 groups had been given permission to demonstrate outside the venue at the inclusion of the likes of Chucho Valdez and Francisco Cespedes on the bill.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree says repealing a preventive health care program will result in more deaths from chronic disease and higher health care costs.
"This program invests in prevention and good health, and it reduces chronic disease," Pingree said on the floor of the House today. "Spending just $10 per person in preventive programs will save this country $16 billion a year in health care costs."
In Maine treating preventable chronic diseases cost $1.4 billion in health care costs last year, and the economic impact in lost productivity was over $5 billion.
The Prevention and Public Health Fund, which was passed as part of health care reform legislation last year, provides funding for a variety of preventive health care programs, including smoking cessation and programs to reduce obesity in children. The bill on the floor of the House today would end the program.
"It is inconceivable to me why every one of us in this Congress talks about reducing health care costs, but today we are considering ending a proven program that does just that," Pingree said.
The American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Cancer Action Network, and the American Cancer Society opposed repeal, saying "By providing a reliable new source of funding to implement effective prevention and public health programs like tobacco control, the Prevention Fund will avert future illness, save lives, and restrain the rate of growth of health care costs. Efforts to repeal the Prevention Fund are short-sighted and should be opposed."
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WASHINGTON -- The pace of new DRAM generations suddenly is expected to slow down in the next 15 years, according to new 1999 international technology roadmap, which was unveiled this week by the Semiconductor Industry Association.
The surprising forecast, contained in the tables of the new document, is a sharp reversal from the DRAM forecast in the 1998 update of the SIA roadmap. The 1999 revision pushes out each new DRAM generation by one-to-three years until 2014.
Thus, the 1-gigabit DRAM, which was slated in the previous roadmap to enter production in 2002, is now expected to ramp up in 2003. The 4-Gbit DRAM was supposed to go into production in 2005, but now the new roadmap calls for only a 2-Gbit memory to ramp up in wafer fabs that year.
Similarly, the 1998 updated roadmap predicted that the 16-Gbit generation would start up in 2008, but the new schedule now places initial production of that memory density in 2011. Moreover, production ramps of 64-Gbit, 256-Gigabit and 1-terabit DRAMs--which were spelled out in the 1998 update--are not included in the 1999 document.
During Monday's press briefing, SIA officials said international participation in the 1999 roadmap contributed greatly to better understanding about how DRAMs are expected to evolve in the next 14 years. In particular, contributions from Japanese and South Korean chip makers influenced the DRAM technology milestones contained in the 1999 roadmap.
The DRAM generation stretchout has almost no relation to any delays in technology nodes since the 1999 roadmap calls for DRAM design rules to continue on the same pace as the previous forecast. Both the 1998 update document and new international roadmap said the 180-nanometer (0.18-micron) feature size, set in 1999, will shrink to 130 nm (0.13 micron) in 2002. DRAM pitch is expected to go to 100 nm (0.l0 micron) in 2005 and then down to 70 nm (0.07 micron) in 2008. Both the 1998 update and 1999 roadmap predict that DRAM pitch will reach 50 nm (0.05 micron) in 2011.
By contrast microprocessors continue on an accelerated technology pace with transistor gate lengths shrinking at a faster rate than previously set (see Nov. 22 story from Monday's press briefing).
The 1999 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) confirmed earlier reports that device shrinks will result in chip sizes to remain the same at about 800 mm2 for both DRAMs and microprocessors categories over the next 14 years. Previous roadmaps had projected the ever increasing functions and transistor density on chips would require bigger die sizes, said Paolo Gargini, Intel Corp. fellow and technology strategist who was the chairman of the roadmap's coordinating committee.
"We have identified some practical die sizes," he said during Monday's press briefing. "In the past, the trend used to be 1.4 times increase in die size for a generation and that lead to projections of gigantic die sizes." He said these projections caused semiconductor equipment suppliers to build tools for larger chip sizes, hinting that this belief might have caused the 300-mm wafer movement to be prematurely launched.
Gargini said the new international roadmap identifies die sizes that the industry can live with, and "this will represent a cost reduction for suppliers of fab equipment."
The 1999 roadmap also estimated that the cost/performance ratio for memory and various logic chips would continue on nearly the same 25% annual curve as in the last two decades. Thus, the cost per bit of production DRAMs was set at 15 microcents per transistor in 1999, dropping to 7.8 microcents in 2001, to 3.8 microcents in 2003 and to 1.9 microcents in 2005.


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The Pistons didn't draw a very good card in the NBA's draft lottery. They will pick eighth overall. Considering this is perhaps the weakest draft in memory, it appears highly unlikely the Pistons will land a true difference maker at No.8.


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We know, we know, Halo fans: the idea of a Halo movie has had plenty of false, fraught starts, with Peter Jackson, Neill Blomkamp, et al., failing to deliver. But after watching the second installment now of the new Halo 4 web series, it's hard not to hanker for more of this universe—whether that's a feature-length film or a full-fledged series.
The third installment of the Halo 4 web series comes out tomorrow (on Machinima's YouTube channel and Halo Waypoint)—and for what's basically an extended commercial for a video game, this series is surprisingly... competent. And even better: it's good. Especially the second episode.
This is the most money that Microsoft has ever spent on live action and it shows, with BSG-level production values and vibe, and a small-bore story from some workmen TV writers (a duo that worked on Smallville and Spartacus, after climbing the ladder on shows like Entourage and Carnivàle).
We're crossing our fingers it doesn't descend into weird Master Chief hagiography (John-117 will apparently make an appearance), but so far so good. Worth checking out, SF fans—or sci-fi, or SyFy, or whatever the hell it's called now. (Wow, first Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and now this. Is web-only video getting better before our eyes?)
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The next in a series of winter storms was expected to hit the South Coast today, bringing with it rain, snow in higher elevations and 70-mph winds at the headlands, weather officials said.
?It?s going to be a wild one,? said Chuck Glaser, a spokesman for the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Medford.
The arrival of today?s storm couldn?t have been worse for crab fishermen, some of whom may be heading out to sea to set their crab pots in anticipation of crab season, which officially begins Saturday. Oregon law allows crabbers to put their pots in the ocean 64 hours before the season opens.
The crews of many commercial fishing vessels took advantage of Monday and Tuesday?s fair weather to ready their gear.
However, word on the docks at the Port of Brookings Harbor Monday had it that crabbers and processors hadn?t yet agreed on a price for the product, which may mean a delay in boats heading out to sea and collecting their bounty.
The National Weather Service posted a high wind warning for Tuesday night through today, with the worst of the storm hit by mid-day, Glaser said.
A red flag with a black square, one of the highest storm warning signals, hung listlessly from a flag pole at the U.S. Coast Guard Chetco River station Tuesday.
?We?re always ready for anything, especially this time of year,? said Coast Guard Executive Officer Mike Lewis. ?The conditions can be sloppy up and down the coast.?
The Coast Guard can restrict the bar, should it become too rough, to recreational vessels, but not commercial vessels, Lewis said. It?s up to each captain to determine whether it?s worth the risk, he said.
The National Weather Service said the wind would be from the south at 45-55 mph along the coast with gusts up to 70 mph at the headlands.
The NWS was predicting up to 1 to 3 inches of rain today and tapering off on Thursday. The highs along the coast would range from 50 to 50 degrees with lows in the mid-40s.
Travelers heading east on Highway 199 today may encounter snow, Glaser said.
The snow level was expected to drop to 2,000 Tuesday night and as low as 1,500 in some valleys, he said.
The snow, however, won?t last long because the snow level is expected to go back up to 6,000 feet late today.
?Any rain on Wednesday will likely wash away the snow,? Glaser said.
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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1 is an extremely practical, stylish and affordable camera. We got ours a year and a half ago as a present and have been very pleased with it ever since.
The camera is fairly compact and is easy to carry around in a hard case that is supplied with the camera. It can fit into the pocket of your jeans which is practical for those holiday day trips. The style of the camera is nice and simple. The screen on the back is big enough to clearly see all your pictures.
The menu system is very simple to navigate although there are two snags. Firstly, there are two separate menus and the settings seem to be evenly split between these two making it difficult to know where to look when you are trying to adjust something. Moreover, the settings can sometimes seem oversimplified as you cannot manually adjust lighting parameters. All you're given is a set of 'modes' like "party".
The quality of the photos is very good and at its maximum resolution, the focus is impeccable as the photos look sharp when blown up several times on the computer. The camera comes with a special adapter which allows you to view photos from its MS Pro Duo card if you have the appropriate reading hardware. If not, a simple USB converter can be bought for very little extra.


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Confession of the Lordship of Jesus Christ
We confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ over every aspect of our lives and our nation. Help us, as individuals and as a nation, to accept and live according to Your will in all things. Amen.
A Healing Prayer for America
Heavenly Father, thank you for Your enduring love. A love so great that You sent Your only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jesus died a violent death to pay the penalty for our sins, to free us from the powers of darkness. On the third day, He rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sits at Your right hand.
As individuals, we are all sinners. As a people, as a nation, we also have sinned and turned away from You. As a nation, we have replaced the authority and perfection of Your Word with the whim of our own opinions for our standards of right and wrong. We no longer keep Your commandments, or follow Your teachings.
We come before You now to place all our sins upon the cross of Jesus, and ask to be washed clean by His precious blood. Forgive us, and help us to turn back to You as our Lord, our Standard, our Authority. We confess Your lordship over every aspect of our lives and our nation. Help us to turn back to You, and follow Your ways once again.
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(Continuing in the book of Genesis this week.)
Sunday: Genesis 26 (Isaac and Abimelech)
Monday: Genesis 27:1-29 (Isaac Blesses Jacob)
Tuesday: Genesis 27:30 - 28:9 (Jacob and Esau)
Wednesday: Genesis 28:10-22 (Jacob's Vow at Bethel)
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When politics get involved in an issue, the result can be like a car stuck on ice - the tires spin but there's no forward progress.
That's exactly what's happening at the Packerton Yards, a former railroad repair facility that straddles the Lehighton and Mahoning boundary along Route 209. Carbon County purchased the sprawling, flat tract of land and is hoping to eventually turn it into and industrial park - which if it comes to fruition would produce jobs and add to the local tax base.
Some municipal leaders won't bend on certain zoning or ordinance requirements, even if it means the county could lose a lot of grant money if approvals aren't granted soon.
The elected leaders can't resolve the matter. It likely is going to take a judge to make their decision for them. Grant money is in jeopardy with the impasse. But the elected leaders feel that instead of coming to a compromise, they will spend a lot of taxpayer money by taking the matter to court.
Let's look back 25 years at Packerton Yards; back in 1986 when ownership was in private hands. A disaster almost occurred.
A firm had proposed erecting a tire pyrolysis - or tire burning -plant on the site. At least one Mahoning Township supervisor at the time had given his blessing to the project. Even the Pa. Department of Environmental Resources (now the DEP) wasn't totally opposed, with a spokesman for the state agency stating that tires fall under a "gray area" of DER regulation. The DER at the time didn't consider tires as solid waste unless they were buried. Just like junk cars, said the DER spokesman, tires are considered recoverable.
Without even approval, tires started getting piled in the Yard. Nearly a thousand of them.
A visit to another site that the firm operated gave disclosure on what local folks might eventually have been enduring.
The firm had a facility in Chester County on which millions of tires - no exaggeration - were stored. Employees said they hadn't been paid by the company for weeks.
The zoning officer in the Chester County township said he initially pushed for the firm's presence in his community, hoping it would help to eliminate an existent tire dump and create employment. Instead, it made the tire pile larger.
Neighbors told of the stench from the operations.
Graffiti was written on the buildings at the site, some of the writing threatening the owners of the firm.
After the TIMES NEWS had an article exposing the phoniness of the proposal, the company backed out from locating in the Packerton Yards.
What a mess it would have been had the tire pyrolysis firm put its plant here. It would have been located next to the Lehigh River, where rafters and hikers would have had to endure the smell and possibly the rodents which might have bred in the tire pile - not to mention the West Nile virus risk.
So while politicians are bickering over the site, hopefully they will remember there was a time when something very bad almost located here.
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Rome's Fiumicino airport was jammed with pilgrims last week. Some were Roman Catholics arriving to observe the Holy Year paschal ceremonies in the Eternal City. More secular-minded visitors included Communist delegations from 70 countries, who flew in for the 14th National Congress of the Italian Communist Party. It promised to be the most important such meeting in years. Principal topic on the six-day agenda was the compromesso storico the "historic compromise" under which for the first time the Communists seek partnership in an Italian government. As a result of economic disorder and disenchantment over an inept succession of center-left coalition governments...
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With current industry trends pointing towards the rapid decline of album sales and a steady incline in ring tones and digital downloads, it is nearly impossible for a label to green light a project for release that aims to be somewhat politically driven and doesn't feature but one swear word. Politics in Hip-Hop are usually found in the backpacking underground scene (where no real money is made) and only Will Smith previously took an oath not to swear in his music (check record sales on his last album Lost & Found). So where does that leave us? With Houston's Chamillionaire and his upcoming sophomore album, "Ultimate Victory," which features clean radio-friendly lyrics and conscientious material. During an interview with DJBooth.net' DJ "Z," Chamillionaire explains why he decided to go clean on the new album, how he expects the industry to react toward his stance on foul language and why he flipped the script in his video for "Hip-Hop Police."
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DJ Booth: What's goin' on ya'll? It's your boy "Z," doin' it real big, and joining me inside the DJ Booth is a man who is preparing for the Ultimate Victory. Set to drop his sophomore set on September the 18th, please welcome Chamillionare. How you doin'?
Chamillionare: Cha-military man! Feelin' good, man. Feelin' good.
DJ Booth: Still the mix tape messiah, doin' it real big. You've got to be excited about this new album…
Chamillionare: Oh yeah, yeah, man. I'm excited to just even have a second chance. Some people don't even get that, you know, and I'm back at it, got a huge push ahead of me, and a lot of exciting material, man, just ready to get out here, and just goin' around like I did last time.
DJ Booth: Certainly. After winning a Grammy and an MTV VMA, sellin' more than a million copies of, "The Sound of Revenge," and an additional four million plus ring tones, did you surpass your own expectations going into your debut offering?
Chamillionare: Yeah, definitely, man. 'Cause I didn't even really set no real serious expectations. I just went out there knowing that I was gonna push it as hard as I could, so when you finally look back at it and see everything that you've accomplished, you're like, "Wow!" You know, like a Grammy and all these VMAs, BET awards, and 1.5 [million records] sold, four million ring tones, 5.5 [million] digital sales worldwide – it's like, "Wow," you know, it's crazy.
DJ Booth: Definitely. You just released for free download the third addition of your Mixtape Messiah Street Album series. Were there any album verses that you decided to throw on the mix tape or, vice versa, material that was intended for the mix tape that you decided was just too good and you had to keep it for the album?
Chamillionare: You know what? My whole career, I've never really done that, man. Some people kinda keep raps. They might do a rap for somebody and they think it's too good, and they save it for a song. I think that's a part of my success, especially in the mix tape world, is I've always just given up my high-caliber lyrics when it comes to that and I waste a lot of stuff that people would be like, "Man, you should have made that a song." But that's what makes people interested in your mix tapes so much, and that's what makes people interested in you, so they're not really a waste to me. Naw, whatever comes out I just put it there; I don't really think about it. When it's time to do an album, I just do whatever comes naturally, you know?
DJ Booth: I had scripted out a question about 50 Cent's comment regarding your status as an artist who does big numbers, then I listened to the first track off of Mix Tape Messiah Part 3, where you state that his comments don't bother you and reporters "shouldn't go there." But then the next cut on the mix tape is a freestyle over his beat, "I Get Money." Please explain…
Chamillionare: Ah, you're very perceptive, man. [laughter] Naw man – you know, to me it's not really a big issue. I really don't mind you asking me about it, but people are making it out like it's a real real big issue like – you know when it's a real beef or something like that. 50 Cent just made some comments; he was frustrated a little bit. Somebody said my name in an interview, and then they kept saying my name to him and then he was just like, "You know, tell Chamillionare to go sell gospel records," or whatever. I know the character of 50 Cent, he's the type of person that will give you a very raw answer, you know what I mean? It's kinda like, you put Kanye West on TV he might just keep it all the way real and do something unexpected. You gotta know the nature of the person, so that's why I'm not really trippin' off of that. And the fact it that he sold so many more records and he has a braggin' right, you know what I mean? He sold 20 million plus records, and, I sold 1.5 [million] which is good, but just compared to what he's done, I can't even sit here and go back to something like that.
DJ Booth: No, understandable. A lot of people think that 50 Cent decides to start fake beef with artists before his album drops as a marketing tool, and I know that you have come out and told everybody that your new album is going be explicit content-less. Is that how you really feel the industry should go, or is that also a marketing tool?
Chamillionare: No, I definitely don't – I'm not wanting people to feel like the industry should be that way. I probably wouldn't even be in hip hop if it was all clean like that. Like someone who grew up in hip hop, you know, from the Dr. Dre "Chronic," and all this stuff that I used to be into was kinda raw material, and it was the rebelliousness and the element of danger and the hip hop thing that made me love it. I definitely am not like that, but I just do me man, you know? I never really been a person that curses a lot anyways. You know, I got brothers and sisters, and I never been that person – it wasn't the type of language that I could use to my mom or to my parents. I never really been a cursing type of person, but I did say the n-word a lot and this time I just decided not to do it. Going to shows and seeing a lot of white kids, who really purchase all the music, they're the one's like lip-syncing to what I'm rapping. I wasn't really feeling that, so I just tried to, this time, switch it up.
DJ Booth: It's gonna help you sell a lot more records. Good move. I've read that you consider the new album to be conceptual, and that you truly pushed your creative boundaries. Who, what, or where did you look to for such inspiration?
Chamillionare: Um, really it's just the nature of the industry now, you know? Just lookin' at TV and just watchin' all these songs come on– everybody's kind of doin' the same thing, you know, bein' in the club, and VIP, and I was just like, "Man, I gotta find a different lane." So that was why I was thinkin' of how I could do this album and the meaning, and – you know I just don't do stuff for no reason. I'm not gonna call the album something just because. I don't call myself Chamillionare just because – there's a meaning with everything. But the album I wanted to be like a motion picture with skits and everything, and to me the challenge of pullin' that off makes me interested in the project. It's kinda like – an easy project, if you're doin' it, if it's just real easy, you just kinda breeze through it, but if it's something that kinda takes a little bit more work, then you're more detailed with what you're doing, and that's how I treated this album.
DJ Booth: I've already gotten the chance to see the videos: "Hip Hop Police," and, "Evening News," and they have you playing multiple roles as both an officer and an in-studio television reporter, in addition to yourself. Did you call up Eddie Murphy before you started shooting?
Chamillionare: Naw, you know, it was crazy, because, when I rapped the whole songs I kinda had the imagery in my head; I was just rappin' as other people. So then I was thinkin' about it, even [unintelligible] a single, thinkin like, "Man, how am I gonna do this video?" I could have somebody else rap it, but the best way to pull it off is for me to do it. The only part that is different in my head is I never really considered the newscaster to be a white guy. And then when it was time to do the video, I was talkin' to director Marc Klasfield, and he was like, "Man, that's what's gonna make it big, man, you just gotta be a white guy when you do this." And I was like, "Naw," 'cause I didn't want to make it cheesy. I didn't want to make it corny, and I was talkin' about real stuff, and I wanted to send a message, and not to go too far over their heads, and then I thought about it for a while and then I just did it. I'm glad I did it; it came out real good.
DJ Booth: How do you think the makeup artists and stylists did, because you had a nicer head of hair than most CNN reporters…
Chamillionare: Naw, they did real good! I was surprised! Like even when I came out and I just looked at myself in the mirror, I was like, "Wow!" It's just so weird; you know what I'm sayin'? But then I was walkin' around, and some people – they knew something was goin' on, but they didn't really who was in the mask, or if somebody was playin' around. It was real dope, but it took me like four hours to get in that costume and I had to keep comin' out of it too.
DJ Booth: It's probably gonna be worth it, 'cause that right there is probably going to win you another VMA, so cross those fingers.
Chamillionare: Man, that'd be a blessing if that happens, man.
DJ Booth: With so much to look forward to and so much success behind you, do you ever wake up in the morning and ask yourself, "Why me?"
Chamillionare: I don't, man, I really don't question it. Everything happens for a reason, but I ain't gonna lie, it's just like, "Wow, I must be doin' something right," you know what I'm sayin'? For all this stuff to be happening, that's kinda how I be feeling. I kinda just think of my whole little thing I've been doin', 'cause the way I've been doin' it has kinda worked out. I just trust my gut, man. That works, you know?
DJ Booth: Yeah. If it isn't broke, don't fix it.
Chamillionare: Exactly, exactly!
DJ Booth: Due to the glitz and glamour of TV and Internet coverage, the lives of most rap artists appear to be nothing but a breeze. So on a scale of 1 to 10, over the course of the last few months you've been wrapping up the album, you released a mix tape, you're doing promotions for the new album. How stressful is an average day for you? Is it anything like what people see in the media?
Chamillionare: Aw man, it's very, man. It's like an 8 man, to me, out of 10. I can't say 9 out of 10 because there's people that probably got real real problems in life, crazy stuff where their houses are gone, like imagine somebody that went through Katrina. My problems ain't nothing compared to theirs, you know what I mean? But at the same time, yeah, it can be real stressful, because if you're doin' so much every day – especially if you want to be successful, you gotta work so hard and push yourself to the limit – you know, sometimes you don't even eat. Sometimes I eat like one time a day. Or even by the end of the day I realize I haven't even eaten yet. I'm just doin' so much. It's a little time for a lot of stuff that you really want to do, and its a little time for the stuff that you have to do. So it's still kind of crazy.
DJ Booth: No, I understand completely, but don't let me hear again that you're not eating. I saw you on the video – you're lookin' a little slim. You need to put some more weight on, so don't skip those meals!
Chamillionare: Hey, my mom said the same thing! But I can't help it, man. It's the price of fame. I'm gonna try to go eat, I'll get a million people come and ask me for an autograph. The food's good, but I don't get to eat it!
DJ Booth: Chamillionare, the album drops September 18th, when all is said and done, what has to happen for this to be the ultimate victory?
Chamillionare: Man, it's already the ultimate victory. It's already a success. The album is really just about appreciating what's important in life. It ain't about the accolades, gettin' revenge, or none of that. It's just about loving life, man. You know, its people that have millions of dollars, and do all this stuff, and they just miserable, man. I just refuse to be one of those people. I live life how I want to live it.
DJ Booth: Definitely. I couldn't agree more. Go ahead, give everybody your website and Myspace address, so that my readers and your fans can find out more about the, "Ultimate Victory."
Chamillionare: You can check out chamillionare.com and especially myspace.com/chamillionare, you know there's a lot of information up there. I do weekly blogs and stuff, and I'm real active on that so a lot of people hit me on there. Also, we put the videos up there, so anybody that hasn't checked out the videos can check it out, and it's definitely a conversation piece, you'll probably love it.
DJ Booth: I wish you nothing but the best of luck on this brand new album you have droppin', and continued success in the industry. You're doin' something different, being both political and promotional, and I love it.
Chamillionare: Man, thanks a lot. Good interview!


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FDA invokes "jelly bean rule" against confectionery calcium claim
Goetze's Caramel Creams Double Chocolate packaging bore the nutrient claim, "Fortified With Calcium", something the FDA took umbrage with due to the product's high-sugar content.
"Because the product is candy, it does not comply with the policy on fortification of foods," FDA said, citing Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 101 (21 CFR 101). It was also misbranded under section 403(r)(1)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).
"The policy on fortification in 21 CFR 104.20(a) states that the FDA does not consider it appropriate to fortify snack foods, such as candy," FDA wrote in its March 4 letter to Maryland-based Goetze's Candy Company.
"Therefore, the 'fortified' claim on the product label does not meet the requirements of 21 CFR 101.54(e)(1)."
The jelly bean rule
Food attorneys said the action was consistent with the FDA stance on fortifying "junk foods" with healthy ingredients.
"This should mainly serve as a reminder of FDA's so-called 'Jelly Bean Rule'," said Washington DC-based labelling attorney, Ivan Wasserman.
"FDA has historically been concerned about adverse health effects of over-fortification of foods, and as one protection against that has prohibited fortification of things like candy and soft drinks."
Other violations
FDA also pointed out the suggested serving sizes on the product were not in alignment with the Reference Amount Customarily Consumed (RACC) for candies which is 40g. Goetze's product suggested 34g - the weight of three of its cream candies.
"We calculate that four caramel creams would weigh 45 grams," FDA said. "The weight of four caramel creams appears to be closer to the 40g RACC than the weight of three caramel creams. As a result, the nutrition information on your package of Goetz's Double Chocolate Caramel Creams should be based on four caramel creams."
The stated 7.5 servings per container should have been rounded to the nearest whole number, FDA said, because it contained more than five servings.
The fact the product was labelled with "Double Chocolate" and "chocolate" needed to be qualified with "flavored" because cocoa was in fact the sole source of the chocolate flavor in the product.


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WASHINGTON: A woman has an affair with a commander of the realm, finds another female presence near him and tries to scare her away. The other woman goes to the custodians of the realm and it ultimately brings down the commander.
"O beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on," says Iago to Othello.
Yes, it indeed is the plot of a Shakespearian play except that it is not a play. It is real, as real as it can be.
The affair that brought an end to David Petraeus' tenure as CIA chief came to light during an FBI investigation into a complaint that his biographer Paula Broadwell was sending harassing e-mails to another woman close to him.
But the woman, who received threatening e-mails from Broadwell, a married mother of two, apparently also spoke to a lawmaker, House majority leader Eric Cantor.
Cantor's office said that the congressman talked to an FBI official in late October about Petraeus' involvement in an affair.
His spokesman Doug Heye told CNN Sunday that Cantor had a conversation with the whistleblower about the affair and the national security concerns involved in the matter.
But The New York Times reported that Cantor learned of the whistleblower from another Congressman, Dave Reichert, a Republican from Washington State.
When FBI sleuths discovered that the head of the world's most powerful spy network was now paying more attention to the affairs of his heart than those of the state, they warned him.
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These and other details of the Petraeus-Broadwell affair dominated Sunday talk shows and newspapers in the United States. Media reports said that during the investigation, FBI discovered other communications between Petraeus and Broadwell and concluded that they were having an affair.
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The FBI interviewed Mr Petraeus in the course of its inquiry but it was not clear if they also spoke to Broadwell.
In one of the talk shows, Congressman Peter King, a New York Republican, said he was confused as to why the FBI didn't alert President Barack Obama to the affair until just last week.
"The FBI should have had an obligation to tell the president," King said on CNN's State of the Union. "It just doesn't add up."
The Obama administration first learned of the affair in a phone call from the FBI to Director of National Security James Clapper at 5 p.m. on Election Day.
Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, however, said everything about the FBI's handling of the revelations appears proper: "I don't see a conspiracy behind every curtain as some of my colleagues do."
Still, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee wants to know why the FBI didn't tell her that agents were investigating an extramarital affair of the CIA chief.
US media reports claimed that the House and Senate intelligence committees weren't informed that there was an FBI investigation into Mr Petraeus until Friday.
Senator Diane Feinstein told ''Fox News Sunday'' that she first learned about the matter from the media late last week.
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The resignation also comes days before Petraeus was slated to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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"The Div"-Pac Div
Damn, this jawn really upset me. I mean, I freakin' loved "Church League Champions", and at least "Mania!" was half-way decent. However, Pac Div dropped a dud that was just as unexciting and bland at the album's title. Borderline hipster 'ish, Pac Div and The Cool Kids will always get play on my Ipod, however, it's safe to say that the Chi's Cool Kids eclipsed "The Div" by a landslide with "When Fish Ride Bicycles".
"The Wonder Years"-9th Wonder
Was there any doubt that 9th Wonder's oft-delayed, "The Wonder Years" would succumb to age. Trust me, you thought the production on 'Te's "Charity.." came off dated, take one listen to "The Wonder Years". It's amazing to me how 9th went from my favorite producer in '05-'06, to one of the most drab, boring beatmakers in Hip Hop. I guess when you finally realize the simplicity of his production, it makes a huuuge impact.
I'm quite certain I'll get ribbed for this selection, please keep in mind, this is my "biggest disappointments". While CunninLynguists have remained as one of my favorite groups ever, "Oneirology" lacked the grittiness of "A Piece of Strange" and the playfulness and wit of "Dirty Acres". Perhaps I had extremely lofty expectations for this follow-up, but honestly, aside from "Darkness", "Oneirology" held absolutely zero playback value for me in 2011.
"Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang"
The Wu-Tang clan and it's affiliates have one of the most die-hard, true fan bases in Hip Hop, which can be the gift and the curse. Of course, the aforementioned "group" will state that "Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang" is an instant classic, however, much like Wu's seemingly "thrown together", "Legendary Weapons", "Shaolin.." truly lacked direction and cohesiveness. This LP couldn't even hold a match to "O.B.4.C.L II", no way….
"Charity Starts At Home" – Phonte
Make no mistake, "Life Of Kings" is prolly one of my top 5 tracks of 2011, but you're kiddin' yourself if you're stating that "Charity.." is one of the year's best. No doubt, I give 'Te his props, lyrically, dude drops some gems and is one of the most clever and charismatic emcees in recent memory. However, the production on this LP sounds maaaaad dated. Phonte's lyricism just couldn't carry this LP alone.
"Goblin" – Tyler The Creator
Tell me "Yonkers" didn't have you amped denna' MoFo!? I mean, that was the closest 'ish I heard to some good 'ole Wu-ness in a minute! I remember Tyler boasting on Twitter that he may have created the first "sample-less" Hip Hop LP ever. Ah hem….maybe he should try actually sampling next outing?
"Lasers" – Lupe Fiasco
It's arguable that Lupe's debut, "Food & Liquor" is a modern day classic. Although, I actually prefer the advance/bootleg version. However, while I admit that "Words I Never Said" was catchy as hell, "Lasers" had me truly wondering with direction Lupe is goin' in with this and his future output.
"Reggie" – Redman
I love Redman, his first 3, 4 if you wanna' push it, LPs are mandatory listening. "Reggie", downright laughable and really uncomfortable. C'mon Red, we need somethin' more than this with "Muddy Waters 2″.
"Watch The Throne" – Kanye West & Jay-Z
Good..but not great. I expected great, received decent. Confused? Me too, bumped "Watch The Throne" for a few weeks upon it's initial decent, haven't played it since…straight up.
"Cole World"-J. Cole
Wasn't expecting much from the over-hyped emcee, received even less. This album was as fluffy as a pillow and hard to imagine it was intended for anyone over the age of 19.


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Aeneon is another of the companies trying to keep DDR2 competitive, having just introduced the XTune DDR2-1142 2GB kit. With timings of 5-5-5-12 and that extra bit of speed, these modules can compete with some of the other top name brands. Unfortunately, they are not for sale yet but you can see how they perform at Tweaktown.
"XTune is Aeneon's brand of enthusiast level memory modules. While our first encounter with the XTune was less than fantastic,
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Varsity Theater
1308 4th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55414
Doors 5:30 PM / Show 6:00 PM
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The Summer Set is a pop rock/powerpop band from Scottsdale, Arizona that formed in 2007. TSS is signed on the Militia Group and released their first EP on September 30th, 2008 titled "…In Color".
In December of 2008 The Summer Set realeased their EP "Meet Me On The Left Coast" which inculded their Christmas single, "Love By Our Side", a b-side titled "Can You Find Me" and an Usher cover, "Love In This Club" as a bonus track.
The Summer Set announced in April 2009 that they were heading into the studio to record their debut album, due out in the fall of 2009.
They are currently on the "What Happens in Vegas Tour" with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, A Rocket to the Moon, Eye Alaska, My Favorite Highway, and Anarbor.
Band Members:
Brian Dales (vocals)
John Gomez (guitar)
Josh Montgomery (guitar)
Stephen Gomez (bass)
Jess Bowen (drums)
Armed with an enviable combination of musical prowess and an impressive collection of honest, melodic songs, Tallahassee's Go Radio is one of the most exciting new bands to emerge from Florida's hotbed of rock n' roll talent. Second EP Do Overs And Second Chances is a perfect showcase of the band's abilities, evoking the excitement of discovering something fresh, something exciting. Something real.
Singer/guitarist Jason Lancaster formed Go Radio in 2008, recruiting Matt Burns on bass, Alex Reed on guitar and Steven Kopacz on drums. The quartet released first EP, Welcome To Life, in August 2008, and after sensing that they had created something truly special, decided to test the new songs out on the road. "At first Go Radio was just an outlet to write and make music, but after a week or two, it all just started coming together," notes Lancaster. "It became so much fun to start touring and playing for people, getting the responses from them. After we started touring more and decided to record the first EP, we knew this had the potential to grow and get bigger than we thought it could be." The band spent the following two years captivating audiences with their refreshing take on pop-rock, signing to Fearless Records in January 2010.
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Robert Taylor was so impressed with the core processing system at the smaller credit union his Idaho State University Federal Credit Union was merging that the CEO is not only keeping that platform around, he's buying a piece of the company.
The $34 million Media City Community Credit Union in Burbank, Calif., said it plans to convert to the CU*BASE core processing system in late June.
eDOC Innovations traveled across the country to host a users group meeting in Middlebury, Vt., and said it has signed a 52nd credit union as a user of its branch capture and electronic image forward collection processing system.


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Convert ext2 to ext3
From ArchWiki
- If you have installed Arch to an ext2 filesystem, it is a good idea to enable the journal and turn it into an ext3 filesystem. Journaling provides a range of benefits.
1. Identify the partition(s) for conversion by inspecting
/etc/fstab and the output of the mount command
2. Add a journal to the partition(s):
# tune2fs -j partition
Where partition is
/dev/discs/disc0/part1, etc.
3. Edit
/etc/fstab and change ext2 to ext3 for the partition.
For example:
/dev/sda3 / ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
4. Add the ext3 module to
5. Rebuild the initrd image (for a standard kernel):
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Michael Krause is excited about a 70-year-old two-story brick building with a tall smokestack. It is on a tiny plot of land between the Soldiers and Pioneers Cemetery and a roofing contractor, just west of Hiawatha Avenue.
"There's a tip floor, there's a boiler room, there's a stack -- all of the basic elements you'd think of with an energy facility. And I'm thinking, I wonder if we could put new modern energy equipment in here."
Krause started thinking that six years ago, when the city was trying to find a new use for this Depression-era incinerator. Back then, he was running the Green Institute, just across the street. The group did some research, and came up with the idea of burning biomass to produce electricity.
Biomass in the form of wood chips is considered carbon-neutral -- it doesn't contribute to global warming.
"Because the plants, as they grow, sequester as much carbon dioxide as is released during combustion. So, because that loop is relatively short, and it occurs within a 10 or 15 year period, that's said to be carbon-neutral."
The plant would not only produce electricity; it would also put to use hot water, a byproduct of cooling the turbine. The hot water would create steam heat for the Midtown Global Exchange and two hospitals in the neighborhood.
That's an efficient approach, especially if it uses waste wood as fuel, Krause says.
"There are a million trees just in the city of Minneapolis alone, and there's a fair amount of waste generated: natural growth, natural mortality, diseased trees, storm damage, trimming around buildings and power lines, that's generated every year. Most is being hauled out of city."
And Krause says that'll be more than enough to fuel the power plant.
Not everyone agrees with him. Over in downtown St. Paul, District Energy operates a combined heat and power plant a lot like the one planned for Midtown Minneapolis.
Mike Burns, vice president of operations at District Energy, says at times he's had trouble getting enough wood chips close by. He's had to import material from the northern part of the state.
It's easy to get the idea there's plenty of wood around, until you realize his power plant burns 200,000 to 300,000 tons of wood chips a year, Burns says.
"I think everyone would conclude that there aren't 10,000 to 15,000 tractor-trailer loads of harvested urban wood residues sitting around anywhere in the Twin Cities area. I can assure you that's not the case, because being as deep into the market as we are, we know that's not the case."
District Energy is starting to look at importing agricultural waste like corn stalks. But the farther you have to go for fuel, the less efficient and environmentally-friendly the project becomes.
Another criticism for the Minneapolis project is coming from the Michael Krause's former employer, the Green Institute, the group that did the original research. The institute is pushing for a more thorough environmental study.
Plans call for 25 truck loads of wood chips to be delivered each day. There is already a lot of truck traffic in the area. Presently, the site is used as a garbage transfer station, which would be eliminated if the power plant goes through. The area is zoned industrial, but there are houses within a couple of blocks of the plant.
The state is poised to issue a permit for the project. The permit says the plant could emit as much as 160 tons per year of smog-causing nitrogen oxides, and various other pollutants.
There would be some environmental impact from the plant, Michael Krause admits, but he says on balance it would be much cleaner than the coal that is currently supplying much of the electricity used in the metro area.
"The electrical power in this neighborhood is going to come from somewhere. When we look at how much we're saving by generating this electricity from biomass versus coal, 240 million pounds a year of greenhouse gas emissions that we're saving compared to if we were just generating the same amount of electricity from coal."
Krause says small, local power plants like his are the way of the future. Most of the time the energy it produces will stay in the neighborhood, providing electricity for about 18,000 homes.
Thurday's meeting is being run by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and will explain the permit. It starts at 6:00 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on East 31st Street in Minneapolis.


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The book is so beautifully written, photographed and presented. The recipes are mouthwatering. How about souffle pancakes, custard chiffon cake, pickled brisket, peach marscapone and raspberry trifle, perogen and betty's fish pie.
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Mish Lilley
Many of the coveted recipes are generations old that might have been lost or forgotten. This is not just a cookbook it's a book of memories and history, which has become a permanent record to be cherished and loved by generations of cooks to come.
Lisa – Taste.com.au
The Monday Morning Cooking Club is definitely a keeper. I've already bought another three copies for friends. This is one of those recipe books that brings smiles, fabulous flavours and full tummies wherever it goes.
Nigella Lawson
I am offering up (with thanks) a recipe from a book I'm very fond of and have mentioned before, The Monday Morning Cooking Club
Corrie – Weekly Review
Like Cooking From the Heart, these recipes reflect treasured memories and happy times in the kitchen.
Sneh – Cook Republic
Now I know that there have been cooking clubs but what these gutsy gals have done is truly commendable. They have taken a local meet and cook to a whole new level.
Damien Pignolet
Cooking and sharing delicious food is an intrinsic part of Jewish life, one might say the very soul of the family and community. Recipes pass from mother to daughter enriched with the tales associated with the ceremonies of everyday life and festivities. Tradition demands the cooking of specific dishes to celebrate the union of the family in both joyous and mournful times. The Jewish community has arguably the richest tapestry of culinary culture and the passion to share it for perpetuity.
Lisa Wolff
There is a beautiful poignancy about this recipe book. Sure, it's still all about the food. But the stories and photography (by renowned food photographer Alan Benson) that accompany each recipe took me on an insightful (and delicious) journey into the kitchens of more than 60 cooks. … Monday Morning Cooking Club is definitely a keeper. I've already bought another three copies for friends. This is one of those recipe books that brings smiles, fabulous flavours and full tummies wherever it goes
Sean Moran
These recipes are not only a valuable cultural heirloom that unveils everything nurturing about the Jewish table, they are secrets to the most exquisite 'apple strudel' or astonishingly light 'angel cake' I've ever tasted. To see them handed down like this with such spirited generosity, is real food for the soul. Congratulations to you all. I can't wait!
Congratulations to all you girls on a truely beautiful book. I feel really humble when I read how these recipes have been passed down through the generations and the stories that go with them. Thank you so much for sharing all this history with everyone. I have seen quite a lot of recipes I am going to make. Thank you girls and thank you to your Mothers and Grandmothers and all the wonderful women before who have made these recipes accessible to me.
Thank you so much, love the book.
Hi there, I was given a copy of your book last week and I wanted to let you know what a masterpiece I think it is. I have had an absolute bake-a-thon and my husband and children are thrilled with me -always a good feeling! I am leaving for a holiday tomorrow and now can't wait to get home to keep using it. Thank you ladies for all your hard work!
Your book is a triumph, not only for hopes and dreams, but for traditional, seductive cooking. I'm off to nab a Chiffon tin & can't wait to make those Pelushki!! Congratulations all round!
Hi ladies, I purchased your book earlier this year as I eagerly devour any cookbook that appears to have soul. However your book has become my obsession as I cannot get enough of it! I have already made many of the dishes and can't wait to try them all. Thankyou for a wonderful book and I can't wait for the next one ! !
Hi Ladies, just thought I'd drop you a line letting you know that this is the Best cook book I have ever purchased, I have just come back from a week away in the Blue Mountains with 3 of my girlfriends and brought your book in Leura, read it cover to cover and I hope and pray another is on the way! Well done, cant wait to start cooking.
From the moment I finished reading "The Monday Cooking Club," I have very much wanted to put "pen to paper" to let you know how it affected me. It is so much more than a cook book. It is a history, a journey and the most wonderful legacy.
Tradition is passed on through story telling, and the stronger the story, the greater the resonance. With each page turned, the story grew louder, and tears of belonging and identity appeared unexpectedly.
It is a book filled with joy, wonder and pride. Equally it is a book of great sensitivity and restraint. You should feel so proud in what you have achieved. It is abundantly well deserved.
I love the look of it: the heavy, tri-folded cover, the warm, beautifully composed photographs, and of course, the fantastic recipes. Most of all, though, it was the love of family, friends and cooking that sang through in the women's stories and recipes.


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If ad-block plus add-on goes to opera along with xmarks and few other FF add-ons then i have no other choice than to switch.
One weird thing... I had Opera Mobile on my phone, and have updated it, and installed Opera Mini... Huh? Seems odd... I'm not sure what the difference is, but I'll look into it.
Don't know if that happens to you, but until recently, i'd get not just those "lame bookmarks" that MilesAhead spoke of, but also a whole slew of duplicates (sync online process). With latest versions, the sync process seems to have improved.Wonder why Opera installs those "lame bookmarks"?Are they getting money for this publicity?
@MilesAhead - pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is this "auto-wrapping" of bookmarks?
One thing that bugs me is every time I update I have to clean off those lame bookmarks I don't want. It should only stick bookmarks in if install detectd zero bookmarks or first install.
Plus every damn time I update Opera it sets itself as my default browser. Don't like that.
Quote from: J-Mac on July 02, 2011, 09:52 PMPlus every damn time I update Opera it sets itself as my default browser. Don't like that.That's odd--I don't recall it doing that on my computers.
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Harmonica Dunn Presents An Improvised & Jam Session With:
Quantum Entanglement
Mon, August 14, 2017
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pmTonic Room
This event is 21 and overhttps://tonicroom.ticketfly.com/event/1526442/
Quantum Entanglement
Quantum Entanglement occurs when groups of particles interact in a way such that the state of each particle cannot be described independently. This is free music. No plans, no preconceptions, no qualifications, no judgment. Creation at its most raw and spontaneous. Expression at its most free and genuine. Much like quantum particles, the lineup can only be expressed as probabilities, but QE is most likely to be: Steven Florian – Drums |Justin Canavan – Guitar |Parker Grogan – Bass |Kyle Liss - Keys
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Tonic Room
2447 N. Halsted
Chicago, IL, 60614
Tonic Room
2447 N. Halsted
Chicago, IL, 60614


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The Theme for Day 12 is Giving Back
Here's a portion of the email I sent to teams J and K:
One way to experience a breakthrough is by contributing to the success of others. And I don't mean helping others so that you can gain. When we sincerely open up our time, minds, and hearts, we gain and grow.
I know it is Sunday, but I want you to think of a few ways in which you can give back:
How could you make a difference for others?
What could you offer that would mean a lot to someone else?
How might you volunteer?
What could you do that is a nice surprise?
Construct 2-3 emails or make phone calls offering to contribute to others. It will be most meaningful if you offer to assist business acquaintances or nonprofit organizations. You can help out your friends, too, but this is something you likely already do. I would like you to contribute in new ways.
Make someone else's day!


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Norberto finds success by adding changeup
By Jane Lee / MLB.com
The left-handed reliever forced more than a few whispers last season, when his walks outnumbered his innings total, 7 to 6 2/3. This spring, not so much. In fact, he's compiled more strikeouts (10) than innings pitched (7 2/3), while allowing just two walks along the way.
The transformation is no accident. Norberto is now equipped with a changeup, which in turn has allowed him to throw his fastball and slider for strikes. He was afforded the opportunity to work on all three pitches this winter in 16 appearances for the champion Los Leones del Escogido of the Dominican League.
Norberto made six starts, each one lending him time to repeat his release point more often.
"When you're repeating your pitches and have another pitch you can throw for strikes, it makes it easier on you," he said. "Before I couldn't throw my fastball for a strike, now I can do that. I feel ready, mentally and physically.
The 25-year-old lefty, acquired from Arizona at the Trade Deadline last year, took just two weeks off following his winter ball stint and headed straight to Miami to begin work with his physical trainer, the results of which were found on the scale. Norberto entered camp 10 pounds lighter.
"I worked really hard to get better," he said. "Having to face a lot of right-handers, I knew I needed an extra pitch, because before I had just two. I have that. I like what I'm doing, and I think I've done everything I can do."
His spring numbers suggest he has a good shot at breaking camp with the club, particularly with an extra bullpen spot now open in the injured Joey Devine's absence. Manager Bob Melvin, who has been impressed repeatedly with Norberto, has four bullpen slots to fill.
"He's been real good," Melvin sad. "He's throwing all of his pitches for strikes and, really, has done nothing to hurt his chances."
Timmons, Recker making trip to Japan
PHOENIX -- Wes Timmons has played in 998 Minor League games. Anthony Recker has played in 667. For those not counting, that's 1,665 games played in the Minors between the two.
It's not known when No. 1,666 will come, but manager Bob Melvin is making sure it won't happen before the pair venture to Japan with the big league club for the A's regular-season opener against the Mariners.
Melvin has picked both to be among the 30 players allowed to make the trip -- a number designed by Major League Baseball to give both Oakland and Seattle flexibility for the two exhibition contests that precede the two regular-season games.
Recker is likely guaranteed a spot on the 25-man roster for the latter contests as the backup catcher, while Timmons may be restricted to the exhibition games, considering the A's also have Eric Sogard and Adam Rosales in tow as extra infielders. Oakland will be allowed to again expand its roster once back in the States for another round of exhibition games, lending Timmons more time to state his case for the April 6 Opening Day roster.
Weeks played with both Recker, 28, and Timmons, 33, at Triple-A last year. The 25-year-old second baseman said it's nice to see the gritty pair rewarded for the time and work they've put in.
"That's a great deal for those guys," he said. "It's a great baseball story. Usually, by the age of 33 like Timmons is, you're out of the game because you haven't made it or you're still going because there's an automatic spot for you. That hasn't been the case for either one of those guys. For them to come back and get rewarded with this trip, it makes me feel special, and I think that speaks on behalf of everybody else."
Melvin also said Monday that relievers Travis Schlichting and Evan Scribner, both non-roster invitees, will venture to Japan with the A's to give them some length in the bullpen.
Worth noting
The A's optioned catcher Derek Norris to Triple-A and also reassigned three non-roster invitees to Minor League camp: outfielders Brandon Moss and Jeff Fiorentino and catcher Ryan Ortiz. Moss compiled 10 hits in 19 at-bats this spring for a .526 average, making Melvin's conversation with him a difficult one.
"I was trying to tell Moss a reason why he was sent down today, and I couldn't come up with one, based on the fact he was hitting .500," he said. "It is what it is, and he understood. He could count the number of guys we signed after the time we signed him. It got a little more crowded."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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For academic purposes, 12 credit hours are considered a full-time load, 9 to 11 credit hours are considered three-quarters time and 6 to 8 credit hours are considered a half-time load. To complete a degree program within two years, you should average 15 credit hours per quarter. The college limits quarterly enrollment to 21 credits or less. To enroll in more than 21 credit hours per quarter, you must have a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) and must submit a request online or at Student Central. You may not take over 21 credits during the summer quarter, even if your GPA is a 3.0 or higher.
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Colbert shreds Fox News for complaining that Obama embraces knowledge over witchcraft
On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert attacked conservatives at Fox News and Fox Business News for attacking President Barack Obama and his apparent embrace of Enlightenment culture.
"I don't mean to sound like a broken MP3 file," Colbert began, "but Barack Obama doesn't have the right stuff to be president — and I'm beginning to think that he agrees."
"He's beginning to do something far worse than destroying America," he continued, "he's slacking off at destroying America."
Colbert then cut to a clip of Fox News' Greta Van Susteren saying that "this week, President Obama refused to go to the Mexican border — but guess where the president is going? On vacation."
"President Obama spent three days avoiding a visit to the border," Fox Business' Lou Dobbs followed up. "Instead playing pool, sipping beers, and of course, raising lots of money."
"Yes," Colbert said, "while America burns, President Nero is fiddling on vacation. In Martha's Vineyard, shooting pool in Colorado, and down in Disneyworld, he's just hanging around giving the same damn speech all day," he said while cutting to a clip of the animatronic version of Obama in Disneyworld's Hall of Presidents.
"And you won't believe what he did on his latest trip to Europe," Colbert continued, tossing the segment to Fox News' Peter Johnson Jr., who was complaining about "the salon society of the 17th and 18th Century — of the Enlightenment — has now come to President Obama."
"We know that as soon as he stepped off the plane in Rome," Johnson Jr. said, "he's asked the ambassador, 'let's have a dinner party.' They discussed art, architecture — the Englightenment! Wonderful!"
"Yes, wonderful!" Colbert chimed in. "The Enlightenment! The 17th and 18th Century movement that believed that knowledge was worth acquiring and that the scientific method is superior to superstition and witchcraft!"
"Garçon!" he said, signalling to an imaginary waiter. "Please bring us pasteurized milk and vaccines so we can all live past age 30!"
Watch the entire July 15, 2014 episode of The Colbert Report via Hulu below.


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INDIAN CREEK, Wyoming - Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev decided to take advantage of a two day break in the filming of their new vampire epic The Attack of The Cucumber Vampires From Hell.
The film which is being directed by the famed Monteverdi Brothers Amaretto and Staccato was halted for two days while their co-star Brooklyn Decker gets over her bout of tonsillitis.
In the Lions Face Films and TouchRock Films production, Decker stars as Grandina, a sultry female vampire who has the unique distinction of being the sexiest vampire in the history of vampires.
Grandina is the cousin of Nina Dobrev's character Frothina. Both girls become very adept at getting pretty much what they want from the male vampires by merely wiggling what their mama's gave them.
After Brooklyn came down with tonsillitis the Monteverdi Brothers decided to shut down production for two days and give Miss Decker time to get over her throat problem.
Nina and Ian decided to take advantage of the break in the filming and traveled from Walla Walla, Washington, where the movie is being filmed, over to Indian Creek, Wyoming which is located right next to Yellowstone National Park.
The two stars of the hit cable show The Vampire Diaries have virtually been inseparable since they started dating back in February after they were spotted nuzzling below the Santa Monica Pier.
Margarita Mixx of The Tinsel Town Times Tribune reported that she talked to Yellowstone National Park Ranger Bisbee "Binoculars" Wisenmertz, 39, and he informed her that he had seen the two individuals down by Sheepeater Cliff on a blanket and the two appeared to be vo-di-oh-doe-ing, which is what the locals call the act of vavavooming.
Ranger Wisenmertz said that he talked to the couple and informed them that they really needed to be careful because he noticed that they had a Big Mac burger sitting on the blanket and Yellowstone National Park black bears love Big Mac's even better than they love Purina Bear Food.
Ian and Nina thanked the ranger for the information. They both signed his Smokey The Bear Hat, and they left Yellowstone driving back to their Motel 6 presidential suite in Indian Creek where they figured they would simply caress and snuggle in the privacy of their motel room.
Other Movies By Amaretto and Staccato Monteverdi -
- Revenge of The Vajazzled Vixens
- The Vampire Diet
- The Three Musketeers - A Gay Blade and Two Straight Ones
- Dictators Without Borders


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Good news, everyone! The NHL has told the Boston Bruins their season opener will also be their home opener. They'll face the NY Rangers on Saturday, January 19th, a likely 7pm start.
And according to Fluto, the Bruins could play a few games at the Garden to start the season:
It's possible the Bruins could begin the season with a multigame homestand. The Celtics will not play at home until Jan. 24. The Bruins were originally scheduled to play Toronto Jan. 21. That matchup could stay the same in the revised 48-game schedule.
And expect hockey season to run a lot deeper than usual (that's what she said). From the Globe & Mail:
The regular season is set to end at the beginning of May, and the last playoff game could be played on June 25th under the scheduling being considered by the league.
The rest of the 2013 schedule is expected to be released this weekend.
As a reminder, we're helping to throw a Hockey Resurrection party to celebrate the end of hockery and beginning of hockey. It's at the Harp on January 17th from 7-10pm. And it's FREE, suckas. Hope to see you all there. Register at Eventbrite.


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"Romeo and Juliet"
San Diego Ballet
When: 8 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 13
Where: Lyceum Theatre, Horton Plaza, downtown
Tickets: $20-$50
Phone: (619) 544-1000
Few physical disciplines are as unforgiving to an aging body as ballet. True, Dame Margot Fonteyn was in her 40s when she first partnered with Rudolf Nureyev, with whom she gave some of her greatest performances. However, Fonteyn was a rarity in a field that favors 20-somethings and even teens.
Maxim Tchernychev is about to mount his own challenge to ballet's age barrier. Tchernychev turned 40 last Monday, and next weekend he is dancing the role of Romeo in San Diego Ballet's "Romeo and Juliet." This will be his first major role in nearly a decade. In recent years, he focused on teaching, as a founder of the San Diego Academy of Ballet. But he's finding that age has some benefits.
"My body actually feels in many ways better than it used to," Tchernychev said. "Maybe it's just the knowledge of how to take care of my body better and how to execute some steps with the knowledge of a teacher, so I have a little bit different approach to my work."
Tchernychev also has the advantage of a rigorous grounding in ballet technique. From age 10, he attended a ballet academy in his native Russia, and he spent five years as a member of the Bolshoi Ballet.
Although he danced principal roles in major classical ballets — "Swan Lake," "Giselle," "Don Quixote," "The Nutcracker" — he'd never had the chance to do "Romeo and Juliet." And when Robin Sherertz-Morgan, San Diego Ballet's artistic director, asked if he could recommend anyone for the role of Romeo, "I said, 'Would you consider me?' "
His first several rehearsals were a challenge, Tchernychev said. But as he's gotten back into condition, "I've been able to completely let go and be in the moment and in the story."
It's helped, he said, to have an outstanding Juliet in Abby Avery. "When you have a partner you can connect with, it makes it much more real and much easier to bring the story to life."
San Diego Ballet, which celebrated its 20th birthday last fall, traditionally does a Valentine's Day weekend show. This is the third year in which associate director-choreographer Javier Velasco has staged his version of "Romeo and Juliet," which premiered in 2009.
For Velasco, having a seasoned dancer play Romeo creates a better dramatic balance between the two lovers. "The other Romeos we've had play more towards the youth of the character," he said. "A lot of times it ends up making the girl playing Juliet as if she's the more mature of the two. Max has this comfortable masculine thing going that allows Abby to relax into playing Juliet as a young girl."
Although Velasco set his "Romeo and Juliet" to the traditional Prokofiev score, he went for less bravura choreography than the best-known versions, like Sir Kenneth MacMillan's for the Royal Ballet (which premiered with Fonteyn and Nureyev in the title roles), John Cranko's for the Stuttgart Ballet, or Nureyev's for the Paris Opera Ballet.
"I remember looking at Nureyev's pas de deux and thinking they were the most incredibly difficult thing I'd ever seen in my life," he said. "As intricate and impressive as they were, they didn't really allow the dancers to feel themselves growing in these parts, or the audience to sympathize with them. So much time was spent thinking, 'Oh my God, are these people going to get through this?' "
"This ballet's not about winning a competition somewhere. It's about becoming Romeo and Juliet," Velasco said.
Although his pas de deux contain plenty of lifts, there's only one showy overhead lift; more often, in a recent rehearsal, Tchernychev held Avery as if in an embrace. And the production has a relatively small cast of 18, with a corps of just six women rather than the typical sumptuously populated court.
"I wanted 'Romeo and Juliet' to be a chamber ballet," said Velasco. "I wanted it to be a small romantic poem for people to come see."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune