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The Power Lung Kid
At 8:30 a.m., the Power Lung Kid knocks at my trailer door. I'm eating Lucky Charms, staring out the window at the low-slung volcanic rock and aspens that rise into the ponderosa, spruce and fir of south-central Oregon.
"You know why I'm called the Power Lung Kid?" he asks, leaning back in his chair.
"No," I say, doubting it's because he's a cross-country runner.
"It's because I can take a hit so big it can fill up the entire room," he says.
I take another bite of Lucky Charms.
"From a big ol' snake bong," he adds, "with a snake running all up the side, with three different chambers that hold water, and you take the hit through the snake's mouth. And yesterday –– yesterday my buddies, Wolf and Bud, decided they would take me with them to make a sale, since it's always a little bit safer to have a kid along. …"
As he talks, I think about getting out of here, not away from the Power Lung Kid, just out. Out of the trailer. Out on top of something big and steep with a wide-ranging view. A place where people don't have their heads immersed in clouds of pot smoke, far above drug deals, guns and the kind of buddies I never want to meet.
"I'm going to go climb a peak today," I say when the Kid pauses for breath. "I'm leaving in 15 minutes. Grab your stuff if you want to go."
I don't know what I expect, but soon he's back with roast beef, a pipe and baggie.
"You going to hike in jeans?" I ask.
"Yeah, why?"
I give him another look. This is the only chance I'll get. "Let's go," I say.
I've come to Chiloquin, Ore., for the past two years as the Sprague/Williamson writer-in-residence, not to wander its spring-creeked and many-wooded ranchlands, or to investigate its small-town, tough-as-bricks, economically depressed methamphetamine reputation, but to teach writing.
When I arrived last year, the Power Lung Kid plopped down against the wall of my trailer, drunk and high and ready to welcome me. What was I doing here, he wondered? After all, Chiloquin has a painful history -- the 1954 termination of the Klamath Tribes' reservation, the stripping of 1.8 million acres of land, and then the restoration of federal tribal recognition in 1986 – and confronting that history feels like a kick in the guts.
"I'm a writer," I told him. He grinned at me.
"That's weird, man." He laughed. "So you, like, write?"
"Yeah, I write an outdoor column for a local newspaper and some stuff for fly-fishing magazines. I'm a fly-fishing guide, too." I paused for a few seconds. "But mostly I write poetry."
"Poetry," he mumbled. "Poetry?"
"I'm going to be teaching at Chiloquin Jr./Sr. High School," I added.
"I got kicked outta there, man." He was tall. Lanky. Hard-edged. And young: 12 or 13. I handed him a box and began unpacking my truck.
The high school students turn out to be hungry, wily and tough. They push against their teachers like doors. I watch a teacher lose an entire class in 10 minutes and send them all to the vice principal's office. The vast majority are on free and reduced lunch. They have purple hair, blue hair, pink hair. They are unexpectedly generous and courageous. And they write.
Sometimes, when I urge them to think about the natural world, they write about snowstorms and eagles, but environmental writing is the least of their concerns. They don't write about the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, or about ranching or salmon or logging. Instead, they write about hunting and riding their quads and horses; they write about love, lost love, werewolf love, beasts and maidens and evil shadows; they write about Emo and Dubstep. Mostly they write what they need to, processing abuse, loss, poverty, drug use, family, wanting to fit in, wanting to be loved.
And of course they write because they are in school and I show up eight hours a week with generative writing exercises. I hope they write, in the end, for themselves.
The Power Lung Kid and I huff through the last half mile of our hike, a half mile that rises sharply from the ridge in a series of short switchbacks and steep drops.
"I'm going to die, man, I don't want to die."
"You aren't going to die," I deadpan, urging him on.
At the top, clouds swirl around us. The Power Lung Kid reclines against a boulder and slams six slices of roast beef into his mouth at once.
"That was crazy," he says.
He offers me a slice of roast beef.
"Thanks," I say.
In that moment, I don't think about drug busts, expulsions, field trips or homecoming games. I don't think about how much I want the kids in Chiloquin to find their voices. I don't even worry about what's going to happen to the Power Lung Kid. It occurs to me later that most of the difference I make is through simple acts like this one: I show up, listen, and respond to each student's landscape of words and ideas. And I try to open my world to them in ways that I hope will help them see their world more clearly.
"Yeah, man," the Power Lung Kid says. "This is like really having your head in the clouds."
Yeah, I think. It is.
The Sprague/Williamson Writer-in-Residence Program was created when Doug Frank, a co-founder of the Oregon Extension program, brought Chiloquin to the attention of Fishtrap, a literary nonprofit, in 2007.


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This image from the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite shows the alpine upland from the lower reaches of the Inn valley through Rosenheim as far as Wasserburg am Inn. The River Inn, snaking across the image, is easy to recognise. The Simssee lake lies in the middle and to the east, part of the Chiemsee lake can be seen. This colour image, taken on Christmas Eve 2008, particularly highlights towns, forests, fields and areas of water. The snow on the Chiemgau alps and in their valleys shows as black areas. In the image, north is to the right and west to the top. The image covers an area of 50 kilometres by 30 kilometres.
Black snow
The X-band radar beams are reflected particularly strongly and multiple times by building facades. That is why towns and buildings mostly appear light, but the darker streets, open areas and shadows also give them a particular contrast, making them light red to magenta coloured in this image. The imaging qualities of TerraSAR-X also make forests and groups of trees appear structured. Some of the radar reflections are returned from individual tree trunks, for others the signal returns diffusely, having been scattered multiple times by treetops. Because of this mix, the forests are shown as yellow-green in the image. In contrast, open areas and agricultural land appear relatively light and uniform to the 'radar eye' of TerraSAR-X (green-blue). Still water surfaces scatter the radar waves 'away' like a mirror from the transmitter, which is looking side-on, and thus appear in the image as black.
Dry snow is not normally directly visible in a radar image, but at the time that this image was taken it had already started to thaw and was wet in the middle regions and therefore was also 'smooth' for the X-band radar and reflected the waves away. Since the radar system shows distances and the mountain tops are closer to TerraSAR-X, which was passing to the west, they appear to be upright here.
The operational processing chain automatically generates statistically prepared images like this one. From 2010 they will be included with each TerraSAR-X picture product as an interpretation aid and for overview purposes. Differences in resolution and radiometric properties of different images are equalised as far as possible; however, there is no precise classification of the image content in this simple presentation method. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is developing significantly more complex algorithms for this purpose, which can be used to gain detailed information about urbanisation and land use and coverage from TerraSAR-X images. Radar data are also used to determine the global biomass and the way it is changing. With the aid of such methods it is possible to track the evidence left by human activities on Earth.
The TerraSAR-X mission
TerraSAR-X is the first German satellite that has been manufactured under what is known as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between DLR and Astrium GmbH in Friedrichshafen. The satellite travels around Earth in a polar orbit and records unique, high-quality X-band radar data about the entire planet using its active antenna. TerraSAR-X works regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover or the absence of daylight and is able to provide radar data with a resolution of down to one metre.
DLR is responsible for using TerraSAR-X data for scientific purposes. It is also responsible for planning and implementing the mission as well as controlling the satellite. Astrium built the satellite and shares the costs of developing and using it. Infoterra GmbH, a subsidiary company founded specifically for this purpose by Astrium, is responsible for marketing the data commercially.

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Saoirse Ronan & Gabriella Wilde To Play 'Cinderella'?
We've seen Snow White come to life, Sleeping Beauty is on it's way and now Cinderella is up to bat.
Via Variety, Disney is eying three young actresses to play the title character in their live action version of a new film — Saoirse Ronan, The Three Musketeer's Gabriella Wilde and Anna Karenina's Alicia Vikander.
The three are expected to test for the role for director Mark Romanek's still untitled project soon. Universal Pictures also has a Cinderella project in the works.
WHO WOULD YOU cast as Cinderella?
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The New Visual Artists are Print's annual picks of the best 20 young designers in the world, as nominated by a small and discerning group of judges. This year's crop—technically 21, since Team Thursday is a duo—hail from Brooklyn, Iran, South Korea, Portugal, Palo Alto, Rotterdam, and Minneapolis. They make illustrations and graphics, websites and jokes. Behold, the class of 2013!
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Aperture redesigned, a new magazine for urban thinkers, and roaring new scarves by Pinar&Viola
Steven Heller considers the long history (and uncertain future) of the university seal.
Ask Jennifer
Print's new advice columnist, Jennifer Daniel, answers readers' most vexing questions.
An elegy for the text box, by Paul Ford
Paul Shaw and Stephen Coles pick seven recent typefaces worth embracing.
Steven Heller explores the next dimension with the digital-media pioneer Erik Adigard.
Rick Poynor on the unwritten relationship between graphic design and photography
Commencement Addresses
What to tell designers just beginning their careers: Two visual essays by Matt Dorfman and Astrid Stavro.
The New Visual Artists
- Team Thursday
- Walter Green
- Márcia Novais
- Benjamin Critton
- Larissa Kasper
- Lisa Hanawalt
- Kambiz Shafei
- James T. Edmondson
- Sabine Dowek
- Elana Schlenker
- Javier Jaén
- Kenton Powell
- Ana Domínguez
- Eric Price
- Rami Moghadam
- Monica Kim
- Jordy van den Nieuwendijk
- Dokho Shin
- Tim Lahan
- Bianca Chang
A visual essay by Scott Stowell
Back Issue
Martin Fox rediscovers a remarkable magazine designed by high schoolers.
Colin McSwiggen and Mariah Nielson's mimetic take on Michael Rock's Multiple Signatures; plus, Kokoro & Moi's new Nordic identity
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Seymour Chwast intercepts Amelia Earhart's final radio transmission.


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Along with the library, the Routt County Youth Services Coalition presents an interactive evening for parents of middle and high school students focusing on the realities of cyber sexuality in today's world and talking with your kids about them.
Additional live webcasts will be broadcast at the Hayden Public Library and Integrated Community (interpreted into Spanish).
About the cyber sexuality talk
This is the first generation of parents to have had kids plugged-in to the cyber world since they were very young. A lot has changed about parenting these plugged-in teens. There are many new possibilities…some great, some overwhelming. There are skills and rules and truths that haven't yet been written, especially around sexuality. This evening is designed to talk about them and help our kids navigate this amazing world with wisdom and strength.
About the speaker
Elizabeth Clark has been a therapist for teens for the past 25 years. She has written two books about teen sexuality: "Molly Top's Teen Guide to Love, Sex and No Regrets: Changing the World One Kiss at a Time" and "Parenting Plugged-In Teens: Becoming their GPS in a Cyber-Sexual World."
About the Series: Parent Empowerment Routt County
Parent Empowerment Routt County is presented by the Routt County Youth Services Coalition. This series is focused around getting parents of tweens and teens the information and support they need in their everyday lives to help raise children that are healthy, caring and responsible. The series brings in speakers from OUR community to better relate to our parents and what they deal with daily. The goal is to give parents confidence and make them more aware of how they can be the best parent for their children. Topics include: social networking safety; setting rules and consequences; teen sexual health; alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention; parental monitoring; and healthy teen development. Special thanks to task force agencies: Boys & Girls Club of Steamboat Springs, Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation, Grand Futures Prevention Coalition, Michelle Raz Coaching, Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, Partners in Routt County, Routt County Department of Human Services.
Funding for this program provided to the Routt County Youth Services Coalition by the Colorado Office of Behavorial Health and a generous grant from the Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation.


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The Blair House Inn invites everyone to the Texas Hill Country for fun summer events. Many of the surrounding towns take advantage of summer weather by hosting amazing events for travelers hoping to have some fun. Here in Wimberley is three days of festivities for Fourth of July. There's something for everyone. Check out what's going on in the hill country and plan your visit to see us at the Blair House Inn.
Wimberley's July Jubilee Summer Events Calendar July 3-6
Gates open Wednesday, July 3, at the VFW Rodeo Grounds. Mini Bull-riding and live music will highlight the evening. Festivities culminate with early fireworks over the Wimberley Valley skies. This inaugural night of the Jubilee will also feature arts and crafts vendors, food and beverage booths, and carnival games. July 4's Jubilee activities will begin with the down-home charm of the Wimberley Parade winding through downtown Wimberley. At night, the action returns to VFW Rodeo Grounds for opening night of Wimberley's popular VFW Rodeo. A CPRA sanctioned event, the rodeo attracts an average of 3,000 fans per evening. On July 5, activities continue with the second night of bronco riding, team-roping, barrel-racing, and bull-riding. After the rodeo, fans will be treated to live music from the Ranch Rock Band and a boot-scootin' cowboy dance. July 6 events begin at Lions Field, with one of the most popular market days in the state. Wimberley Market Day attracts shoppers, bargain hunters, and treasure seekers from around the state. That evening, the VFW Rodeo will conclude with another night of livestock action.
San Marcos BigFest June 28-30
Big fest is a fundraising music festival for the Cheatham Street Warehouse Music Foundation, and a celebration of Big John Mills' birthday. This year's festival will be held June 28-30 in the historic Cheatham Street Warehouse. The place musicians such as George Strait, Todd Snider, and Randy Rogers got their start. Radio Free Texas will be broadcasting the event live. Don't forget to check out the silent auction. Find a perfect gift for the music fan in your life.
Bandera Riverfest June 29
Come join the fun as Bandera Business Association holds its 16th annual RIVERFEST, June 29, on the banks of the beautiful Medina River. Mosey on over to the food booths where you will find the best picnic fare on the river! Plenty to choose from and lots of entertainment while you eat too! One of the featured events is our search for the best singer in the hill country. Get your vocal cords ready and select your music, competition will be fun! The winner will get to do some special singing appearances in and around Bandera! Browse through our excellent selection of Arts and Craft Booths, each selected from a juried show for their skill and craftsmanship, or venture into the information and exhibit area. Stroll through our Open Car Show and Swap meet. Teams of cookers will be doing their best riverside bar-b-cueing to win the coveted prize of Best Brisket Cooker. If all this isn't enough, get ready for the "GREAT HILL COUNTRY ANYTHING THAT FLOATS REGATTA"! Don't miss this infamous parade that will keep you laughing as the creative entries make their way down the Medina River.
New Braunfels Peddler Show August 9-11
The Peddler Show rolls into town August 9-11 featuring a brand new show custom built just for New Braunfels! Be inspired as you shop from an exclusive selection of talented designers, artisans, creators, and craftsmen from all over the country. Find unique merchandise for your home, health, wardrobe, and family all at the New Braunfels Civic Center! Come experience THE Perfect Street of Shops created just for New Braunfels!
San Marcos Summer Concerts in the Park Summer Events Calendar July 6 – August 8
Head out to San Marcos for the annual concert series. Their summer events calendar features live music every Thursday evening at San Marcos Plaza Park, June 6 through August 8 from 7:30 pm to 9:30pm. The 2013 concert series lineup includes: Terri Hendrix June 20; Those Nights June 27; San Marcos Summerfest July4; Soul Track Mind July 11; Brave Combo July 18; Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros July 25; Graybone August 1; and Two Tons of Steel August 8.
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In China, the way to vibrant health does not lead to the doctor's office; it is as close as the air we breathe. In Qigong: Traditional Chinese Exercises for Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit, you will learn ancient techniques for harnessing the massive power of qi — literally, the "vital breath" or energy of the universe.
Thousands of years before the establishment of Western medicine, Chinese masters perfected a system of gentle movements and meditative postures that can channel qi into the body for detoxifying, energizing, and healing. Ken Cohen, preeminent qigong master in the West, presents authentic practices on qigong. Using easy-to-follow language and dozens of demonstrations, Cohen shares a complete four-part workout you can practice any time you have a few minutes and enough room to stand and stretch.
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- Review for Qigong Review by Nadiya G
I have found this video being very useful for beginners. There is a clear and easy to follow explanation how to do each exercise. There are basic exercises, however, you can stick to them for good. I would recommend this video for everyone who is on their way to a healthy lifestyle and looking for a way to develop their body, mind, and spirit.
(Posted on 1/28/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by sapher
very good teacher, great video
(Posted on 1/15/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by Lisa W
I am very satisfied. My natural inclination isn't using meditation. I am using the DVD almost every morning, as soon as it warms up enough to move inside. I am taking yoga classes so have learned the breathing taught in those classes. Following these directions makes me feel as if my body has had a good airing out and that it can move easily. I think what I like most is the feelings I get of peace and everything is right with my world. I also love the surroundings shown. Thank you.
(Posted on 1/9/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by sandra m u
Easy to follow Ken's instruction and movements. I really needed this basic information as I tried to take a local Qigong class and didn't understand the basic concepts of the teachings so thank you for helping us beginners!
(Posted on 1/6/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by Susan H
Good clear explanations and demonstrations. An excellent intro to a powerful practice.
(Posted on 1/3/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by Bette Z
I enjoy Cohen's presentation of qigon. His step by step approach is very helpful in moving through the learning process.
(Posted on 1/2/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by Bette Z
I enjoy Cohen's presentation of qigon. His step by step approach helped me to "get it>"
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- Review for Qigong Review by Kimball S. E
Cohen has given us a gift with this DVD. His explanations are great and lead me in to the qigong energy awareness of the movements.
(Posted on 1/1/2014)
- Review for Qigong Review by Brenda S
I am always very happy with anything I get by Ken Cohen. He is knowledgeable, interesting, and enjoyable to listen to.
(Posted on 12/27/2013)
- Review for Qigong Review by Kathleen B
This is a wonderful introduction into qigong. Ken's directions are clear and easy to follow.
(Posted on 8/23/2013)
- Review for Qigong Review by Caddie T
There is a disjoint between how Ken Cohen explains the moves related to what he actually does himself when he performs them. I am not sure if that is the open space where each practitioner interprets for him or herself, or whether I should do what he does or try to do what he says. A bit confusing.
(Posted on 6/2/2013)
- Review for Qigong Review by Kunzang
I highly recommend this video. Ken Cohen is an excellent teacher that shares his knowledge in a clear and easy to understand way. A great foundation for anyone interested in qigong.
(Posted on 12/18/2012)
- Review for Qigong Review by Deb Barringer
I found his instructions clear and easy to follow. I am pleased with this download
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- Review for Qigong Review by Don Ely
informative and energy filled
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- Review for Qigong Review by norbert aubrey
Great DVD - well organized, well presented
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- Review for Qigong Review by Linda Boulter
To be honest, I have only viewed this video all the way through once. But I just got it yesterday. My initial feeling and gut reaction to this video offering is... Yes. Yes to the simple, concise instructions of Mr Cohen. From this offering, he embodies the practice he is teaching. I intend to make this a daily practice. In the nineties, I purchased and practiced Mr Cohen's Taoist Healing Imagery. It, too is fantastic.
(Posted on 12/19/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Lana Leiner
Very informative and intense. Takes some practice to master the moves and at the same time do the abdominal breathing.
(Posted on 12/15/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Carol Hendricks
A bit wordy. Clear instructions & pleasant to view. Explains it well.
(Posted on 8/30/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Valentina May
Ken Cohen's Traditional Chinese Exercises for Healing Body, Mind and Spirit is an excellent introduction to QIGONG. The program starts with a background history of the tradition which I found helpful The reasons and meaning behind the exercises are explained in a cohesive manner. Ken Cohen treats the subject matter with reverence, respect and humbleness.
(Posted on 8/23/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by kat Chalfant
Pretty good; I am seeking beginning forms for qi gong and tai chi.
(Posted on 8/8/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Olive Longfellow
Great introduction to qigong. Easy to learn from.
(Posted on 8/3/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Donald Fong
pretty good teaching. On a few exercises, though, I thought he went too fast. As a result, I had to back it up a few times. Overall, I learned quite a bit. I hope to healthfully benefit from these practices over time.
(Posted on 7/30/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by arthur miller
lots of good help for doing and understanding qi qong
(Posted on 7/25/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by John Platt
I enjoyed this video, as it was clear, informative, and easy to follow. I suspect I will purchase additional material by Ken Cohen in the future.
(Posted on 7/20/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Timothy C Nunan
This is a keeper! Ken Cohen is brilliant and very clear! I highly recommend it!
(Posted on 4/22/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Timothy C Nunan
version and is is no good - I cannot acces a menu and the iphone version starts from the beginning each time! Do not recomend this - I have had to buy the DVD instead - so save the money and only buy the dvd version which works - nice video bad service- sorry - no stars to Sounds True
(Posted on 4/22/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by W Terry Beck
Mr. Cohen's Qigong series of DVD's are clear, concise, beautifully produced and very helpful as well as inspirational. As an acupuncture practitioner, I have recommended Mr. Cohen's work to many of my clients and they have always been greatly appreciated.
(Posted on 2/25/2011)
- Review for Qigong Review by Jay Dancing Bear
This is the single best qigong video i have seen. I recommend it to all my friends.
Doing Ken's 20 minute session each day has greatly improved my health and well being.
I have videos by Garri Garripoli, David Dorian Ross, John Milton, Terry Dunn, and others. They're all good, even very good, and have some very healthful techniques and excellent teaching on them, but what i really love about Ken Cohen's work is:
1) The 4 part structure; Warmup, expel old chi, bring in fresh chi, balance the chi. No one else gave me such a clear understanding of how the process worked. Whatever pieces i learn from others, i now file in one of these cabinets
2) in addition to this, i find the selection of movements to be excellent. Everything fits together well, there is an underlying unity of purpose
3) Meticulous, detailed explanation. It is slow going for someone looking for instant gratification, but it's clear and leaves little room for error.
I also own his 100 day Training course, which i can also highly recommend.
In my opinion, the price of this video (with practice) can save one a fortune in doctor bills.
Buy it.
(Posted on 7/18/2010)
- Review for Qigong Review by Richard Tabnik
This DVD is a fantastic and complete introduction to QiGong that could help heal and energize you. You will not regret getting this DVD! It could help you live a long and happy life...
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Microsoft has opened up So.cl, its attempt at a social search app, to the public but the app is still in its beta testing phase.
While So.cl, at first glance, looks a lot like your average social network, the folks at Microsoft's FUSE Labs, want to steer clear of this association. While the platform's social features are are expected – users can comment, like (which So.cl calls "This makes me smile"), and use tagging features – So.cl is supposed to be Microsoft's reimagining of how users search.
Microsoft has aggressively promoted Bing as a social search engine. If you've ever used Bing before, you've seen its social side bar reserved for recommending content shared by your friends and influencers to follow. The main difference with So.cl is that it focuses on image-based searches. It's possible that the platforms doubles as an experiment to test out new types of content discovery – which isn't terrible surprising given that FUSE Labs is Microsoft's research division.
Each image on the platform has been curated by users, so clicking on these images takes you directly back to the source. Users can collectively curate all images into "Posts" that tie into an overarching theme. These themes could be anything, from food-focused to the latest tech news to updates on a music group.
Overall there's an undeniable similarity to Pinterest's design and format. But according to the blog post published on FUSE Labs, researchers were giving its users what they wanted – and that just so happens to resemble Pinterest. Of course, the tile trend is an overarching theme of the Web right now.
If you were a So.cl user before, which means that you were either a student or a Microsoft employee, the following updates were made to the platform:
Posts – Viewing the rapid feed on Socl is faster and, well, just better. The home screen is all about the beautiful posts you create (often in just seconds, using the new post creator!). You can choose to see the posts two-columned or three, so it's less likely you'll miss out on anything. And now you can see the posts even if you are not signed in or are new to Socl.
Interests – The crowd-sourced interest gallery is more discoverable, helping you socialize with like-minded people over topics you care about.
People/Me – People finding and following can be done via posts, the new people gallery, or from a person's page. Everyone on Socl has an updated page where profile information, posts, interests, people and parties can be viewed together in one place. Check out your "me page" today, or if you're new to Socl, sign in and we'll create a page for you.
Parties – Create a playlist and watch videos with others in Socl, and chat together as you watch.


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Then you can leave room for DEL-MON-TEL's green dome.
Cherchez la grande croix verte!
Well, with your recent ailments, I'm glad you know where they are and what to look for, Carol! I've never seen the green cross before. Tres interessant!ReplyDelete
I am green with envy if what you say is true and you can find CHIC reading glasses!!!! I own at least a half dozen pair and not a one is chic!ReplyDelete
How wonderful to write a vert/green blog just as we are thinking about St. Patrick's Day coming up!
I love your blog, Carol. You always make me smile.
Tres important if you should stub your toe in Paris Bill!ReplyDelete
It's obvious that the French health insurance participates to inecrese the number of pharmacies! It seems however that times are getting tougher also for the pharmacies ... and some will disappear. Anyhow, when I compare to may native country where there is about one pharmacy for every 250 000 inhabitants ... and colour-less!ReplyDelete
Its interesting how a gray city can be so colorful if you only look. You do find lots of interesting theme colors.ReplyDelete
I can't say I even noticed the pharmacy greens when I was in Paris, but this post did bring back a memory for me: a very nice pharmacist helped my companion discern what was bothering her eye. It turned out to be her contact, which she had thought lost. It hadn't fallen out but had rolled toward the back of her eye. We were grateful for Parisian pharmacies that day.ReplyDelete
MELISSA: I am sure if you were desperate for some medication that green light would be very soothing indeed.ReplyDelete
You are so right! I didn't even remember that..You, in the USA, don't have these green crosses!ReplyDelete


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AMAZON DINOSAUR intrigues scientists, as reported in BBC news 15 Jan 2004. Researchers from Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have found a 10 metre (32feet) long fossilised sauropod believed to be 100 million years old. Many scientists have believed looking for fossils in Amazon rainforest would be a waste of time because the hot steamy conditions cause rapid decay of fossils. The fossil dinosaur was not alone. It was buried with fossil turtles, crocodiles, molluscs and fish.
BBC: http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3400265.stm
ED. COM. Scientists are right about rapid decay in the current Amazon environment anything that dies there today has no chance of becoming a fossil. A mass of fossils that includes a 10 metre dinosaur is proof that they were so rapidly and deeply buried so that the normal decay processes could not get to them. Furthermore, the fossils were a mixture of land and sea creatures, so this is not a buried environment. It is far more likely these creatures were all swept up by a massive flood and then dumped where they were found. This Flood dinosaur dump is a world wide pattern in dinsoaur beds. (Ref. Amazon, dinosaur, flood)


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December 30. 2012 10:36PM
Weather forecasters: 2013 will get off to a frigid start
By PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
There was plenty of snow falling across New Hampshire in the final days of 2012, but as 2013 opens it will be the temperature that drops instead of flakes.
Much of the state is snow covered as the year comes to a close, and the New Year will bring with it the coldest temperatures thus far this season.
"We are looking at very frigid conditions mid-week," said Tom Hawley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine. "It could go below zero in Concord Tuesday night and into the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, then struggle to get out of the teens. It will be a jolt to the system."
Hawley said that to date, Concord has received 14.4 inches of snowfall. Compare that to the 13.8 inches the city received over a three-month span, from December through February, last winter, and it looks like the total accumulation figures are headed much higher in the winter of 2013.
"It's looking like we'll have much more snow this winter, at least right now," said Hawley. "The temperatures, the storm pattern, they are all pointing to higher snow totals than last year."
While the snowfall figures for official winter last year were low, technically Concord is currently 2.2 inches behind where it typically is on December 31 - and 26.3 inches behind where it was for the overall snowfall season at this time a year ago, thanks to the October Surprise storm that dumped more than 22 inches in the region.
While the probability of more snowfall in the state is low over the next 10 days (with partly to mostly sunny skies and a 10 percent chance of snow on just one day, Tuesday), residents should be prepared to bundle up.
The Manchester area is forecast to see the mercury struggle to top 22 degrees Fahrenheit both Wednesday and Thursday, with a low of 3 degrees.
"There will be a brief warm-up into the 30s on Friday, but then things look to turn colder again next weekend," said Hawley.
Those readings are well below what Granite Stater residents experienced last winter. With an average temperature of 31.3 degrees, the winter of 2011-2012 was the third warmest winter (December through February) since 1896 in the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
The state's ski areas have welcomed the snow and colder temperatures.
"It's nice to see snow and not more rain," said Alice Pearce, president of Ski New Hampshire, the state's industry trade association. "The ski areas are off to a much better start this year in terms of colder temperatures and snow-making operations, so the amount of terrain open this year is ahead of where many were last year."
As commuters head back to work this week after holiday vacations and two snowstorms, New Hampshire State Police are reminding drivers and truckers of the dangers of not removing snow and ice from the tops of vehicles, especially oversized trucks.
Snow and ice falling from a moving truck creates hazardous driving conditions for other vehicles around them, and can result in fines and/or civil liability penalties for failing to make reasonable efforts to remove the snow or ice accumulations.
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Amherst Students Named Truman, Beineke Scholars
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Two Amherst students intent on spreading justice at home and abroad will soon be putting those plans into action, thanks to the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. A third student has been awarded a Beineke Scholarship to pursue graduate study in environmental history.
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The University has named two faculty members/administrators to newly established vice provost positions, with Sebastián Royo serving as vice provost for student success and Jeffrey Pokorak as vice provost for faculty and curriculum.
Pokorak and Royo are working together to implement the University's new Strategic Plan as it relates to student success and the teacher-scholar model.
Encouraging a culture of excellence
As an institution, Suffolk University is actively focusing on enhancing the intellectual life and academic success of each of our students while encouraging a culture of excellence and innovation in faculty teaching and scholarship. These vice provost positions are designed not only to provide critical support and structure in these areas, but they also will connect faculty success to student success, strengthening our culture of learning at Suffolk University and maximizing the difference we can make in the lives of our students and our faculty.
Vice provost for faculty and curriculum
As vice provost for faculty and curriculum, Pokorak will provide strategic leadership and oversight for academic program review, graduate and undergraduate curriculum efficiency and effectiveness, and faculty development in the areas of research, scholarship, and teaching excellence.
While serving as director of Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning at the Law School, he has integrated practical learning experiences for students with the intellectual life of the Law School. His success in building a nationally recognized clinical program has demonstrated his talent for working with various stakeholders in the University--such as the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs--for the benefit of students and faculty. He also has been successful in raising funds to support the clinical programs and manages more than $1 million in grants.
He holds a BA from the State University of New York-Binghamton and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law. His leadership in supporting undergraduate and graduate curricula and faculty development will be key as we move forward with implementation of the University's Strategic Plan.
Vice provost for student success
As vice provost for student success, Royo will be engaged in developing appropriate programs aimed at sustaining and increasing student achievement and will oversee undergraduate advising and transition programs, experiential learning programs, career services and cooperative education, and academic support services. He will oversee international educational experiences, international partnerships, and second-language learning services and work with the deans and the Office of Institutional Research to provide oversight and management of the assessment of student learning outcomes.
Royo has served as director of the Madrid campus, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and faculty member in the Government Department. His philosophy of teaching embodies the same principles as the University's, emphasizing a student-centered experience geared to success. He sets high standards in the classroom and stresses the use of critical thinking skills in addressing the subject matter. At the same time, he takes an encouraging approach and makes himself available to help any student who struggles to meet his expectations.
Royo, a scholar of comparative political economy, is a prolific writer in both English and Spanish, not only publishing seven books, several book chapters and more than 24 articles in academic journals, but also contributing to newspapers and blogs.
As an associate dean, he has been responsible for academic assessment in a wide range of areas and for curriculum. He has been heavily involved in the introduction of online courses in the College. In his leadership of the Madrid campus, he has brought improved academic standards and integration of Madrid and Boston operations and administration.
Royo has immersed himself in University service, serving on committees that addressed technology, the honors program, curriculum reform, study abroad, and interdisciplinary programs. Perhaps most significantly, he is leading the University's NEASC reaccreditation efforts. He has a passion for student success and a clear vision for integrating services, coordinating programs, and adding structure to improve student outcomes.
He holds a PhD in Political Science, an MBA, and an MA in International Relations from Boston University and a five-year law degree from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.


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Vander Blue scored 18 points and Junior Cadougan added 17 as No. 24 Marquette held off DePaul 89-78 on Saturday, the Blue Demons' eighth straight loss.
With the win, Marquette (17-5, 8-2 Big East) moved one-half game ahead of No. 9 Syracuse for first place in the Big East. Syracuse plays at home Sunday against St. Johns.
Davante Gardner added 13 points for Marquette, which won for the 22nd straight time at home, the fifth-longest streak in the nation.
Worrel Clahar led a DePaul comeback midway through the second half as he scored eight points, including two long 3-pointers, to cut Marquette's lead to 77-73 with 4:43 remaining.
Marquette went inside to Gardner, who scored on a short jumper and was fouled. He hit the free throw to give Marquette an 80-73 lead with 4:28 remaining.
Trent Lockett then blocked Jamee Crockett's short jumper and Blue hit two free throws and Jamil Wilson nailed a 3-pointer with 2:31 remaining to give Marquette an 85-73 lead.
Brandon Young had 21 points and six assists for DePaul (10-13, 1-9), while Clahar and Donnavan Kirk added 16 points each.


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I am disappointed, sad, curious, and shocked as I read about this week's grid failure in India which has caused the biggest power outage ever recorded in the world. Twenty states and 620 million people (nearly twice the U.S. population) were left without power on Tuesday, far exceeding the previous outage record in Indonesia in 2005 when 100 million people lost electricity for a couple of hours.
It all started in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, around 2:30 am on Monday, July 30, with a interconnect line failure in Agra that caused the near immediate collapse of the entire northern grid. The northern grid was restored on Monday after about 6 hours, but on Tuesday the northern, eastern, and northeastern grids all went out.
The current prevailing theory is that the outage started with an internal failure in a power line in Agra, removing significant generating capacity from the grid. This event should have triggered an immediate order to all states on the grid to shed load, or intentionally reduce power delivery to their consumers. By the time this order was given, however, most other generators on the grid had already dropped frequency due to the load demand being greater than what they could generate. This happened as no regions shed load and the rest of the generators were struggling to cover for the lost power on the failed Agra line. Before anyone could react, the whole northern grid had collapsed. The power deficit was worsened by a weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric generation and kept temperatures higher, further increasing electricity usage from fans and air conditioners.
The effects of this massive outage were far-reaching. People were trapped in metros and coal mines as cities lost power. Hospitals and transport systems were hit hard as traffic signals went out, causing massive traffic jams in New Delhi. Water supplies to cities and farmers were adversely affected as there was no power to run the water pumps and irrigation canals. The effect on farming was worsened by the weak monsoon in agricultural states such as wheat-belt Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in the Ganges plain, which together have a larger population than Brazil. With less rain to irrigate crops, more farmers resort to electric pumps to draw water from wells.
The grid is now being brought back in phases and my friends in New Delhi and Noida, Uttar Pradesh, got power back after 8 hours of complete blackout.
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde blamed the crisis on states taking more than their allotted share of electricity. "Everyone overdraws from the grid. Just this morning I held a meeting with power officials from the states and I gave directions that states that overdraw should be punished. We have given instructions that their power supply could be cut," he told reporters. Minister Shinde also announced the formation of a three-member committee to investigate what happened and submit a report within 15 days.
As a citizen of India, I am left with many questions. Did I see this coming? Was our energy sector bubble bound to burst some day? Is this a wakeup call for the issues facing our power sector, or is this just another day gone bad and unlucky? Could this outage have been avoided with a timely warning and load shedding? Is the government right in blaming states like Delhi and Punjab for consuming more power than what has been allocated to them (after the daily scheduled load shedding), or does the problem run deeper? Most of the transmission and distribution (T&D) in India is state-controlled; would privatizing the T&D sector make it more efficient? India faces a grave electricity theft issue, which directly translates into excess unaccounted load; is it time to take action and have strict enforcement of laws against power theft?
The problem we are dealing with is more complex than a two-day power cut or inefficient old coal plants or the need for a smart grid and renewables or corruption in the power sector – it's everything put together. It's time for a change. Hopefully the committee report will move India toward comprehensive power sector reforms. Until then we can just hope that the grid restoration doesn't fail again.


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Host Oak Hall knocked off St. Francis 62-28 Tuesday in the district's second semifinal game. It was the Eagles' seventh consecutive win.
A second quarter that showed depth followed by a dominant third quarter got the Oak Hall Eagles girls basketball squad a date in Friday's District 3-3A championship game.
Host Oak Hall (17-7) knocked off St. Francis 62-28 Tuesday in the district's second semifinal game. It was the Eagles' seventh consecutive win and their third over the Wolves this season, and it guarantees the Eagles a state playoff berth for the third time in four years.
After jumping out to a 20-11 first-quarter lead, seven Eagles scored in the second quarter. By doubling the Wolves output in the quarter, 18-9, Oak Hall went into the locker room with a 38-20 lead. Ten of the team's 38 points first-half points came from Madison O'Leary.
"She loves to distribute the ball," Oak Hall coach Eric Ringdahl said of O'Leary. "But we have gotten her to take the ball to the hole strong. It has taken us all year long to do it. When she does, you see what happens."
Ringdahl wasn't happy with the first half though with St. Francis (6-14) still in striking distance.
"We started slow in the beginning," said O'Leary. "Coach talked us up at halftime. He told us that we needed to play stronger in the second half."
It started with the Eagles point guard Ashley Cohrs.
"She was pushing too hard in the second quarter," said Ringdahl. "I told her in the third quarter to just relax."
Cohrs and the rest of the Eagles responded. The junior knocked down two 3-pointers, and Oak Hall delivered the knockout punch, outscoring St. Francis 20-2 in the decisive third quarter.
O'Leary led all scorers with 16 points while Cohrs had 11. Freshman Emily Herrington led St. Francis with 10 points while Ann Lorrayne Bzoch chipped in seven.
St. Francis sorely missed senior Katrina Lagos, the Wolves' leading scorer and rebounder, who was sidelined with an ankle injury.
Oak Hall will face P.K. Yonge in the championship game 7 p.m. Friday night. P.K. Yonge knocked off St. Joseph's 60-15 in the other district semifinal game Tuesday. The Blue Wave were led by Brooksie McGraw with 12 points and Courtney Dollison with 10.


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Early school dismissals
Teachers, administrator discuss value of 1:30 p.m.dismissal.
Elementary students may dash out the door early on certain Wednesdays to go to the park or play with friends.
Their older counterparts may drive downtown for a refreshment before returning to Gothenburg Public School for extracurricular activities.
However monthly early outs—when classes are dismissed at 1:30 p.m.—don't mean teachers and administrators leave the building.
For Jonathan Meyer, the two-hour time slot gives him the opportunity to work in his Dudley Elementary sixth-grade classroom, prepare lessons with others who teach the grade or attend staff meetings.
Without planning periods, several teachers said the time gives them a needed chance to communicate with each other, especially since many are involved coaching extracurricular activities after school.
Second-grade teacher Justin Dowdy said early outs allow him to work on special units with other teachers.
For example, second-grade teachers planned activities they did around Thanksgiving.
"Sometimes it's just sitting down and making sure we're on the same page," Dowdy said.
Dudley physical education teacher Dan Yilk said he and other physical education teachers planned a new curriculum during early outs that was recently approved by the District 20 school board.
During an early dismissal on Dec. 8, science teachers met to discuss curriculum at a meeting led by junior high principal Ryan Groene, who is also curriculum director.
Students are gearing up to take a statewide NsEA science test in the spring. As a result, science curriculum is being realigned and a new class added.
Junior high science teacher Cindy Moore said teachers use early dismissal time to insure they teach the same concepts so lessons aren't repeated or material left out.
"They're very valuable," Moore said. "It's a break from having students, but not from work, because we don't leave any earlier."
Moore pointed out that the time is helpful because of more state requirements that teachers must meet.
Because not all children learn the same way, high school biology teacher Maggie Tiller said teachers must develop lessons that are taught in multiple ways so all students understand.
Learning new technology also takes time.
"I am always trying to develop new labs and activities for students to be able to experience concepts first hand," Tiller explained. "Developing those labs, testing those labs, and then organizing those labs also takes time."
Tiller has also collaborated with other teachers , like English teacher Roxanne Whiting, on a project students completed for both classes.
First-grade teacher Michelle Stienike said special education teachers sometimes use early-out time to meet with classroom teachers and plan what is needed for students.
"It allows us to enhance our teaching strategies and share ideas," Stienike said.
Although arranging places for students to go after school on early-out days is sometimes inconvenient for parents who work outside the home, Stienike said it helps teachers to be better and more prepared.
Kindergarten teacher April Graham described early dismissal as a time teachers "can feed off of each other."
Where Graham used to teach, at Bow Valley East Catholic in Hartington, teachers had a full day monthly to plan curriculum and have in-services.
Christy Lecher, who teaches science and math to fifth and sixth graders, said the time is especially important for her to meet with other teachers.
"That's because I'm a share teacher between two grades," Lecher said. "Otherwise, it's hard for me to meet with teachers."
Some people may think early dismissals encourage students to roam around town but in the long run, Tiller said the learning environment is improved.
"Students then benefit," she said.
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In an average six-hour day, she said that's more than four decisions every minute.
With 15-25 students cycling into and out of her classroom every 48 minutes, Tiller said there's not much
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American mutual funds are scouring Europe for bargains, snapping up Dutch oil drillers, French drugmakers and Swiss food producers on speculation the region's rally is just beginning as the U.S. bull market ages.
Oliver Pursche, a Suffern, New York-based manager beating 97% of rivals in 2013, bought Total SA and Royal Dutch Shell Plc for their relatively high dividends and low valuations relative to peers. Sanofi in Paris is among about 25 new stocks added by Timothy Ghriskey's Solaris Asset Management LLC in Bedford Hills, New York. Overseas companies that get most of their sales from within the U.S. are favorites of Paul Zemsky, the head of asset allocation at ING Investment Management.
The allure of European stocks is drawing managers with almost $5 trillion under management after $13 trillion was added to U.S. equity prices since March 2009 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index capped its best stretch of gains since 2004. While investors speculate the Federal Reserve will cut stimulus in March, they are betting the European Central Bank will keep economic measures for longer. Europe's economy is forecast to return to growth next year.
Trimming Back
"This is a good time to be trimming back now and increasing the international allocation," Russ Koesterich, the San Francisco-based chief investment strategist at BlackRock Inc., said in a Dec. 3 phone interview. BlackRock is the world's largest money manager with $4.1 trillion as of Sept. 30. "Parts of Europe are under-owned by investors. These are places where there's still a lot of pessimism, so any good news can produce some run-ups in these stocks."
Equities around the world fell last week as investors speculated when the Fed will reduce stimulus. The S&P 500 declined less than 0.1% to 1,805.09, the first weekly drop since Oct. 4, curbing the 2013 gain to 27%. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index lost 2.7%, bringing the year to 13%. The 1.8% drop in the Topix Index trimmed this year's rally in Japanese stocks to 44%. The S&P 500 gained 0.2% to a record 1,808.50 at 9:46 a.m. in New York today.
The S&P 500 has risen 167% since March 2009 and surpassed the record high set in October 2007 by as much as 15%. The bull market has lasted 57 months, about nine more than the average since World War II, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and Birinyi Associates Inc. With this year's 27% gain on track for the best annual return in 15 years and pushing valuations to the highest in almost four years, some investors are going outside the U.S. to pick stocks.
Looking Overseas
"Companies in Europe that are exposed to Germany or the United States are going to do better because they are still trucking along," Zemsky, whose firm oversees $190 billion, said in a Dec. 4 phone interview. "There's definitely a globally synchronized recovery going on and at the same time, you have a situation where central banks aren't trying to stop it. They're actually trying to encourage it."
Pioneer Investments is recommending that investors prune their holdings of U.S. equities, saying that the improving economy has reduced the scope for Fed stimulus to propel further gains in stocks. Chief Investment Officer Giordano Lombardo, who oversees about $228 billion of investments globally, said in Paris last week that he recommends having an underweight position in U.S. equities and an overweight position in European, Japanese and Chinese shares.
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Turkey is shocked by a brazen crime spree perpetrated by the villainous Spider-Man. The Turkish government calls in the assistance of North America's greatest champion, Captain America, and Mexico's patron saint of wrestling, El Santo! The (commonly unmasked) super-heroes get to work quickly, kicking ass and taking names all across the city. But the crafty Spider-Man has a plan, what this plan entails is really anyone's guess, but rest assured, it's devious.
Oh. My. God. You can prepare yourself for a film going experience for days, reading reviews, re-checking the box art, but at the end of the day all you can do is drop your jaw. I don't even know why I'm bothering with writing a review here; all this film requires is a synopsis and a series of screen caps. Anyone wondering whether this is a DVD for them need only judge for themselves. I could talk about Spider-Man's giant eyebrows and bright blue eye shadow, his dime-store, children's pyjama set costume, or his physique, which seems to reveal a few too many trips to the Spider-fridge, but a picture really is worth a thousand words.
But hey, I've got time to tell you all about the Turkish assumptions of Mexican fashion. Santo wears a deliciously garish half poncho/half jacket with a stitched profile of an American Indian on the back. I've also got some time to tell you about Captain America's refusal to tuck in the frayed edges of his cowl, of Spider-Man's Spider Mobile (I'm not too good with cars, but it appears to be a Plymouth Valiant to me), and the scene-setting opening where a woman is buried up to her neck in beach sand and decapitated with a speedboat engine, still attached to the boat. Oh, and note to the filmmakers: guinea pigs are not large mice.
To the flick's credit, the brawls are supremely entertaining. Santo and the Cap'n have an amusing habit of partial-suplexing opponents and using their flailing limbs as weapons against other attackers. This was obviously the one part of the filmmaking process that inspired a thoughtful analysis from the filmmakers; lord knows no one stopped to think about the plot. I stopped trying to figure out what was going on once I figured out that the director was simply biding his time till the next fight sequence, which seemed to take place every four to seven minutes. Is the audience getting bored yet? Well toss in some fisticuffs!
I said in my Starcrash review (a bad film I liked a bit more than this one simply because of its ambition) that there really is a hair-thin line between those movies that are so bad that they're good, and those that are simply bad. 3 Dev Adam (Three Mighty Men) remains entertaining because of its breakneck pacing. I could never claim boredom while watching this film. I'll go on record and say that I find most of these 'Cheese Classics' boring, and though ineptitude is amusing, I cannot see myself recommending ninety percent of the really awful films I've seen. I am recommending this one, but only to those who know what they're getting themselves into.
The Onar website has this warning of 3 Dev Adam:
CONDITION OF TRANSFER: All original materials-NEGATIVES etc- of this film were destroyed in a fire years ago. So, this transfer comes from the ONLY surviving elements and the quality is FAR FROM PERFECT but BETTER THAN ANY EXISTING BOOTLEG.
Rarely have truer words been spoken. If you've heard of a digital video aliment you can find it here. Edge enhancement? Got you covered. Digital Blocking? You bet. Low level noise, halos, colour blooming, bleeding, artefacts bigger than your head? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. But wait, there's also a decent collection of original film element problems. Over-exposures, low lighting, splicing issues, this is a virtual depository of deficiency. It adds to the charm I suppose. I should also note that quite a bit of footage appears to have been lost, and continuity can start to suffer. Not that it matters at all.
The disc's audio pretty much follows the suit of the disc's video. This isn't the worst DVD release I've ever heard, but it rounds out the bottom twenty to be sure. Hissing, distorted vocals, a music track that swings wildly from to loud to near silence, and a few nice, loud 'pops' are all present and accounted for. If it wasn't for the subtitles I don't think even a Turk could discern the majority of the dialogue on the disc, but just like the video, the audio track is good enough for a film of this calibre.
If ever there was a film that cried out for a Joel Hodgson or Joe Bob Briggs style commentary track, it had to be this one. Or better yet, a dead serious cast a crew commentary, one that never acknowledges the stupidity of the film. Those are always fun. Alas, the closest we can get, it seems, is a trio of interviews with an uncomfortable director and two equally uncomfortable actors. I didn't really learn too much from these sit downs, but they're amusing to watch in their own little way. Be warned that these chats can really drag.
The disc also houses an assortment of Turkish trash flick trailers, all titles seemingly available on DVD from Onar releasing. Sometimes bad films are best in small doses, as any owner of any of the various trash trailer compilations on the market will attest too. I was especially fond of the Klink film's still frame trailers. And for you scholars out there we've also got a few filmographies and biographies of the main contributors, along with a swinging art gallery.
How do I score this? I hate the scoring system sometimes. The film is horrible, video quality is sub Super-8, the sound isn't exactly digital quality, and for the most part, there aren't any meaty special features. So it's rubbish, right? Well, it depends on your point of view. I know I enjoyed myself, and I know others will revel in the artless, awkward, bumbling, gauche, ham-handed, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inexpert, maladroitic, undexterous, unfacile, ungraceful, unhandy, and unproficient work of our Turkish friend's finest comic book adaptations. Thank you Turkey, and thank you Thesaurus.com. Now if we could only get the Turkish Spider-Man and Italy's Diabolik to duke it out...
PS: This limited edition has a hand-written number stamp on the back. How's that for the Midas touch?
You can purchase this, and many other euro imports from my friends at Xploitedcinema.com, and check out their new DVD page graphics designed by yours truly.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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and I thought the Italians were the kings of Z grade...
eek. This sounds funny and too bad the gang at MST3K aren't around to make fun of it.
Did you just skip the last four posts?
what is that in the first picture?? is it what I think it is?
Well, on screen, moving, it's pretty obvious, but I can see noe that it indeed appears to be a giant metal schlong.
Gabe Powers wrote: That's a spinning speed boat blade...still attached to the boat!!!
Gee, if you'd seen the movie, you might be able to tell that. Otherwise is looks some sort or mechanised chubby...
Gee, if you'd seen the movie, you might be able to tell that. Otherwise is looks some sort or mechanised chubby...
That's a spinning speed boat blade...still attached to the boat!!!
What the f*ck is that woman chomping at in the first screenshot?
Sounds hilarious! May have to give in and buy it.
Quote: You can purchase this, and many other euro imports from my friends at Xploitedcinema.com,
No thanks...I think I'll pass.
No thanks...I think I'll pass.
Disc Details
Release Date: 25th May 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1 Full Frame
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono Turkish
Subtitles: English, Greek
Extras: Interviews, Biographies, Filmographies, Photogallery, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: T. Fikret Uçak
Cast: Aytekin Akkaya, Deniz Erkanat, Yavuz Selekman
Genre: Action
Length: 81 minutes
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Judging by the number of coconut products in supermarkets these days — beyond the flaked coconut your granny used in macaroons and ambrosia — we've gone a bit nuts for this fruit.
That's right: The hairy brown ovoid is not a true nut but the stone of a drupe, which makes it related to peaches and plums.
Just check supermarket refrigerator cases, where cartons of coconut milks, creamers and spreads share space with cultured coconut products (think yogurts and kefirs). Or shelves, where cans of coconut milk, jars of coconut oil and coconut spray-oils nudge bags of shredded and flaked coconut. Or in freezers, where coconut milk desserts sit next to ice creams.
And depending on your coconut crush, there's coconut tequila, vodka and beer, plus plain and flavored coconut waters based on the thin opaque juice found inside the fruit.
Of course, cooks in Asia, West Africa and the Caribbean have long used coconut milk (made by simmering coconut meat with water, then straining) and coconut oil (pressed from the meat) to enrich dishes in the same way cooks elsewhere might use cream or butter. Some newer products are coconut creatures of a different sort. Canned coconut milk used in a Thai curry, for example, is not the same as coconut milks found in grocery refrigerated cases.
Which means it's important to know what you're buying (check ingredient and nutrition labels carefully), then don't assume coconut products will work like similar dairy products in cooking.
Consider the refrigerated cartons of coconut milk. "The coconut milk in the can is the one that tastes so delicious," says registered dietitian Andrea Giancoli, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "You're not going to get that deep coconutty flavor, taste and texture with refrigerated coconut milks."
A look at the ingredient label will tell you why. "If you've never tried these coconut milks that are in the dairy case, it is not the same natural coconut milk that you … extract from the (meat of) the coconut, which is super high in fat, super high in calories — 550 calories for 1 cup — and it's very thick," Giancoli says. "So what they've done with some of these coconut milks that are in the dairy section is they've watered them down a lot. So they have a lot fewer calories and a lot less fat."
Still, Giancoli says the refrigerated milks work for smoothies and in cereals, and in "mashed sweet potatoes it would be divine." And when she uses canned coconut milk in vegetable, meat and many traditional Asian dishes, she opts for the lower-calorie light version.
She's a fan of coconut oil, spreading it on such fish as salmon or whitefish, so "as it cooks, it makes fish even moister."
Solid at room temperature, coconut oil has a high smoking point that makes it good for frying and sauteing. "With coconut oil, you're adding a really nice coconut flavor to your food," adds the Los Angeles-based nutrition and health writer.
Those cultured coconut milk products similar to yogurts will add a "hint of coconut" layered with fruit into a parfait, she says. But don't expect their nutrition to equal dairy products.
"Coconut, itself, is all fat with very, very little protein. So you're not going to be getting naturally occurring carbohydrates or naturally occurring protein, or maybe a tiny, tiny bit of protein," Giancoli says. "If you're going to be drinking a coconut milk or eating one of these coconut yogurts, you're not going to be getting the protein you would if you were to have regular milk or soy milk or a regular yogurt."
And "you also want to keep in mind that many of them have added sugars," she says. Even versions labeled "plain" may have added sugar. "So you want to look for the unsweetened."
Special diets, food allergies and a search for healthier fats have helped fuel interest in many of the coconut products in supermarkets these days. But it's important to know what nutrition you're getting and what you're not.
"When you're using these coconut products as substitutes for dairy products, you're not going to get the same nutritional profile," especially in the amounts of protein and calcium, says registered dietitian Andrea Giancoli, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
"Some of these coconut milks only have 10 percent of the daily value for calcium, whereas a glass of (dairy) milk is going to have 30 percent," Giancoli says. "Choose a coconut milk or yogurt or whatever it is that has an excellent source of calcium — that is 20 percent or more."
And keep tabs on added sugars, checking the ingredient labels on products like creamers and frozen desserts. "The frozen desserts, they have a lot of calories per half cup. Treat them as you would regular ice cream," she says. "It's not a license to go overboard on your frozen desserts."
As for fat realities, when you eat coconut oil or a dairy-based butter or olive oil, "you're basically getting the same amount of fat. And that means you're getting a lot of calories," she says. On the saturated fats in coconut itself and in coconut oil, "the jury's really still out on whether it has any kind of definite health benefit," she says.
"There are always foods that develop this health halo around them. And people tend to think that because it does have that health halo, that there are no calories or not any particular consequence from consuming loads and loads of that food," Giancoli says. "We're always looking for that one food that is going to let us eat to our hearts content and not have any consequences. Unfortunately, it doesn't exist."
Here are just a few coconut products that might find their way into your kitchen:
Coconut milk, canned: Thick product, in regular and reduced-fat (light) versions.
Coconut milk, refrigerated: Coconut cream plus water. May be fortified with calcium and vitamins; available sweetened, unsweetened, flavored.
Coconut, cultured: Similar in style to yogurts, kefir.
Coconut, dried: Can be sweetened or unsweetened. In flakes, shreds or chunks. Dessicated is a form of dried coconut.
Coconut, cream of: Sweetened coconut product mainly used in mixed drinks.
Coconut oil: Coconut meat is pressed to produce the fat. Good for frying, sauteing.
Coconut spreads: Coconut oil is the primary ingredient; may contain other oils.
Nutrition comparisons:
How fats stack up
Per tablespoon:
Coconut oil: 117 calories, 13.6 g fat, 11.7 g sat fat
Butter: 102 calories, 11.5 g fat, 7.3 g sat fat
Olive oil: 119 calories, 13.5 g fat, 1.9 g sat fat
… and the protein
Per cup:
Coconut milk: 0 to 1 g
Dairy milk: 8 g
Soy milk: 8 g
Rice milk: 1 g
Sources: USDA nutrient database, food labels
Caribbean seafood stew on rice
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Note: Recipe developed by the Tribune test kitchen's Corrine Kozlak.
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 pound orange roughy or tilapia, in 1-inch cubes
1 cup each, chopped: onion, green bell pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 jalapeno, seeded, finely chopped
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
3/4 cup unsweetened canned coconut milk
8 ounces medium raw shrimp, peeled, deveined
1/2 cup chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
2 cups hot cooked rice
1. Stir together 1 tablespoon olive oil, the lime juice, salt and pepper in a bowl. Add fish; toss to coat. Set aside.
2. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, green pepper, garlic and jalapeno. Cook and stir until onion is tender but not brown, 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and their juices and coconut milk; heat to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
3. Stir in shrimp, the fish mixture and cilantro; return to boiling over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered until fish just flakes easily with fork and shrimp turns opaque, 5 minutes. Stir gently. Season to taste. Serve over hot cooked rice. Sprinkle with more cilantro.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 474 calories, 19 g fat, 9 g saturated fat, 142 mg cholesterol, 35 g carbohydrates, 41 g protein, 642 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.
Brazilian coconut-rice pudding
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Servings: 8
Note: Adapted from "Steven Raichlen's Healthy Latin Cooking" (Rodale Press).
1/2 cup golden or dark raisins
1/4 cup light rum or 1 teaspoon rum extract plus 1/4 cup water
3 cups water
1 cup arborio rice, rinsed until water runs clear
1 stick cinnamon, 3-inches long
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup sweetened condensed skim milk
1 cup light coconut milk
2 to 4 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 teaspoon each: grated orange zest, grated lemon zest
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup toasted shredded unsweetened dried coconut
1. Combine raisins and rum (or rum extract and water) in a small bowl; let soak, 15 minutes. In a large saucepan over high heat, combine water, rice, cinnamon stick and vanilla. Heat to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low; simmer, covered, until rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed, 20 minutes.
2. Stir in condensed and coconut milks. Add raisins and their liquid. Simmer, covered, until rice is very soft, 10 minutes. Stir in brown sugar, citrus zests and salt. Cook, 5 minutes. Add more sugar if desired. Cool pudding to room temperature. Discard cinnamon stick. Spoon into serving bowls or martini glasses. Refrigerate until cold. To serve, garnish with toasted coconut.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 309 calories, 6 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 5 mg cholesterol, 58 g carbohydrates, 6 g protein, 68 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.


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The Schoepf family farm near Lorenzo, Texas, primarily a cotton operation, added a little milo to the mix in 2007 on some dryland acreage. The price was up and it seemed a good opportunity to diversify a bit, add organic matter back to the soil, and give the land a short respite from cotton.
"We made about 3,000 pounds per acre," says Mark Schoepf, who farms in partnership with his father Marvin and brother Bryan.
Milo acreage will be back in cotton in 2008, in better shape because of the rotation, Mark Schoepf says. They may plant milo on irrigated fields next year. "We could try grain sorghum under pivots with marginal water."
They like the rotation option. "We don't have enough water to grow corn," he says.
They are convinced that cotton yields behind milo will improve. They're also pleased that they have a rotation crop that does more than break even. Demand for grain, spurred by ethanol production, makes grain sorghum a valuable part of the crop mix.
"Other than adding milo, we'll probably stay with what we're doing in 2008," Mark Schoepf says.
What they did in 2007 seemed to work well. "We have a good crop. Early harvested fields were pushing three bales per acre.
"We had a tough start and a hard time getting planted, but after we got it going and past the wet spring, we had good growing conditions. We were worried about getting planted but we got it in," describes Mark Schoepf.
That wet spring turned out to be fortuitous in some respects, even though they lost some early May cotton and had to replant. "We irrigated a lot less than we did in 2006. After spring rains we had timely rainfall during the season. We couldn't have asked for better growing conditions."
The Schoepfs used 20 percent to 25 percent less irrigation water than normal in 2007. "It was mid-July before we started irrigating," Bryan Schoepf says. "Irrigation was a lot less expensive but energy costs and fertilizer prices were up and we spent a lot more on weed control. It took a lot of Roundup."
They plant all Flex cotton. "We use a yellow herbicide on most irrigated cotton. We'll use some Staple where we have morningglory problems," Mark Schoepf says. They may use Direx under hooded sprayers for morningglory.
"Flex was a lifesaver this year." The wet spring promoted weed growth and added pressure to weed control strategies. "Even with spring and summer rains, weeds were relatively easy to manage with the longer application window with Roundup Ready Flex. We applied Roundup with Pix and aphid control materials," Mark Schoepf says.
"We made one aphid application over most fields and had to treat one pivot twice," Bryan Schoepf says. They used some Orthene on early pests and with the first Roundup application for thrips control.
The Schoepfs also applied Pix to irrigated acreage, from 8 to 20 ounces per acre, "depending on the variety and the field it was on," Mark Schoepf says. "We usually applied it with Roundup."
They use Bollgard cotton on their better-irrigated land. "Bollgard pays," Mark Schoepf says, even without a lot of worm pressure. "We had a few worms this year, for about three weeks, but not in Bollgard fields."
A successful Boll Weevil Eradication Program has eliminated the weevil as a threat. "It has been a good program. We were fixing to have major problems and would not be making the yields we're making today without Boll Weevil Eradication," Mark Schoepf says.
Marvin Schoepf says the eradication program adds significantly to yield potential. He's been raising cotton in the area since 1962 and attributes current yield potential to success of the boll weevil program and other factors. "Varieties make a big difference. Technology is not cheap, but it has kept us in business."
In 2007 they used Deltapine, FiberMax, Americot and Stoneville varieties. "We never plant just one variety," Mark Schoepf says. "We have a lot of acres and we use several varieties. All our seed companies have good cotton and we use different ones to spread the risk a little."
They're reducing risk with cover crops as well. Much of their land is prone to blowing sand and winter cover crops help prevent damage to seedling cotton. "We plant a lot of cotton into oat and rye cover, planted in every other row. We also plant into wheat that we terminate in April."
Mark Schoepf says a cover crop will take some moisture out of the soil. "It worked well this year with spring rains," he says. "Wheat residue is as good as furrow dikes to hold water on the land."
"Cover crops save soil and save us sand fighting trips," Bryan Schoepf says.
Marvin Schoepf says cotton yields the past five years have been good. "One bale per acre used to be a good crop," he says. "Now, a bale per acre seems like a failure."
In addition to varieties and the boll weevil program, Marvin Schoepf says better irrigation technology has helped boost yields. Most of their irrigated acreage is under center pivots with just a few still in furrow irrigation. "We were already irrigating some fields when I started in 1962 and folks had been irrigating in the area since the 1950s. We still have pretty good water here but not as good as in the 50s."
Next year they'll do a bit more conservation tillage farming, add a bit more milo and stay with Flex cotton.
They may adjust nitrogen on some fields. "We typically apply 100 units per acre on irrigated land," Mark Schoepf says. "On dryland acreage, it depends on the crop the field made the previous year. If we take off a good crop, we'll put nitrogen back. In 2006, dryland cotton did not make so we didn't need to add nitrogen. We'll have to fertilize dryland acres in 2008."
They don't know what to expect in 2008 but are determined to stick with what has worked. "I hope we have another cotton year like 2007," Marvin Schoepf says.


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