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Pomp and pageantry for Trump in Beijing before tough talks
BEIJING (AP) — China rolled out the red carpet for President Donald Trump on Thursday, treating him to an elaborate welcome ceremony on the plaza outside the Great Hall of the People before the leaders turned to their private talks.
Trump looked on approvingly as a Chinese honour guard played the national anthems of both countries, cannons boomed and soldiers marched. He clapped and smiled as children waving U.S. and Chinese flags and flowers screamed and jumped wildly.
But thorny issues await Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping behind closed doors, including potential tensions over trade and China's willingness to put the squeeze on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
Before arriving, Trump delivered a stern message to Beijing, using an address to the National Assembly in South Korea to call on nations to confront the North.
"All responsible nations must join forces to isolate the brutal regime of North Korea," Trump said. "You cannot support, you cannot supply, you cannot accept."
Authorities review video of small-town Texas church attack
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Authorities have reviewed video from inside the small-town Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen people, including footage that shows the assailant shooting victims in the head during Sunday services, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
The official's account of the video is consistent with statements made by survivors of the attack. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The same U.S. official confirmed that the attacker's cellphone was an iPhone and that the FBI had not yet asked Apple for help obtaining data from the device.
The church regularly recorded its services, and the footage investigators have seen shows several minutes of the attack because there was "no one to turn it off," according to a law enforcement official who has seen the video. The official also spoke on condition of anonymity because that person was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation.
The law enforcement official was among those who went inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs after the attack and said several of the pews were overturned, although it was unclear if that was from the attack or from rescue efforts. Bullets had splintered the walls and pews, leaving shards of wood all over the floors.
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
The party faithful say their victories in Virginia and New Jersey — their first of the young Trump era — mark the beginning of an anti-Trump wave that could re-shape the balance of power in Congress in 2018.
Trump's two-day visit to China opens with diplomatic niceties, but thorny issues including trade and North Korea await behind closed doors.
Democrats get boost from election wins around the country
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats woke up to a big dose of good news Wednesday as they dissected election results from around the country. One year after the surprise election of President Donald Trump, there were plenty of encouraging signs for Democrats trying to travel the road to recovery. Some key election takeaways:
After a series of losses in red-state special elections, Democrats finally had the night they needed to prove the much-discussed "Trump resistance" movement can be an electoral force. They notched a showy win in the Virginia governor's race, where Ralph Northam won by nearly nine points. The New Jersey governor's race was a Democratic blowout. Maine voters approved a Medicaid expansion that was seen as a referendum on former President Barack Obama's health care law. And Manchester, New Hampshire, elected its first Democratic mayor in a decade. Activists emboldened by Trump's victory have long claimed they had the power to change elections. They finally proved it at the ballot box.
Just before Election Day, former Trump strategist and Breitbart boss Steve Bannon credited Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie of Virginia with rallying behind the president's agenda, saying a perceived boost in the polls was an indication that "Trumpism without Trump can show the way forward." But the opposite may be true. Gillespie may not have fully embraced the president, but he did his part to court Trump voters — including embracing the president's rhetoric on Confederate monuments and kneeling by NFL players during the national anthem. He even received an Election Day boost from Trump himself in the form of robocalls that declared Gillespie "tough on crime and on the border." But it was all for naught, as the lobbyist and former official in President George W. Bush's administration was trounced by Northam.
Christopher Plummer to replace Kevin Spacey in Getty film
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a wholly unprecedented move, Kevin Spacey is being cut from Ridley Scott's finished film "All the Money in the World" and replaced by Christopher Plummer just over one month before it's supposed to hit theatres.
People close to the production who were not authorized to speak publicly said Wednesday that Plummer is commencing reshoots immediately in the role of J. Paul Getty. All of Spacey's scenes will be reshot, the people told The Associated Press. Co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams are expected to participate.
Scott, who is known to be an efficient director, is intending to keep the film's Dec. 22 release date.
The director's publicist Simon Halls confirmed the switch late Wednesday.
The film was originally set to have its world premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Nov. 16 but was pulled earlier this week amid the sexual harassment reports surrounding Spacey, who has also been fired from "House of Cards" and dropped by his talent agency and publicist.
Trump isolationism allows China to fill Southeast Asia void
BEIJING (AP) — When Chinese leader Xi Jinping said last month that "no country can afford to retreat into self-isolation," he might as well have been talking about Donald Trump as the U.S. president makes his first official visit to Southeast Asia.
As Trump steers his administration's focus inward, China has stepped into what many see as a U.S.-sized void left behind in the region, boosting co-operation on infrastructure, security and trade, flooding eager countries with tourists and offering itself up as a model for developing nations with sometimes dodgy rights records.
China's rise in influence, and the perceived decline of the United States by some in the region, is all the more extraordinary because Beijing has often been seen as an arrogant bully in Southeast Asia, where it is mired in disputes over competing claims in the South China Sea.
Throughout the region, countries have looked at Xi and Trump and found more stability and reassurance from the Chinese president, said Richard Heydarian, a Manila-based Asia specialist and author.
"America is clearly on a downward trajectory in terms of its influence in the region," Heydarian said. "Donald Trump comes in and he sounds even more protectionist than China. So you have a strange, in fact surreal, situation whereby China is now presenting itself as the guardian of the global economic order."
Carnage at small-town Texas church claimed 8 children
LA VERNIA, Texas (AP) — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to have been hit more than once.
Two of the first four patients the burly volunteer medic loaded into ambulances were children.
"Our inclination is to protect children. The thing is, that wasn't his inclination," Brunner said, referring to the gunman. "He wasn't separating going, 'I'm not going to hurt the kids. I'm going to go after whatever adults wronged me."'
When gunfire tore through the church in tiny Sutherland Springs, killing more than two dozen people, the bullets claimed eight children and teenagers who were sitting through Sunday services with their families. It was the largest number of children killed in a mass shooting since 20 died at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
Like that massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, the fact that the assailant slaughtered defenceless children compounded the anguish. Nearby schools quickly added grief counsellors.
US tightens travel rules to Cuba, blacklists many businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans seeking to visit Cuba must navigate a complicated maze of travel, commerce and financial restrictions unveiled Wednesday by the Trump administration, part of a new policy to further isolate the island's communist government.
Now off-limits to U.S. citizens are dozens of Cuban hotels, shops, tour companies and other businesses included on a lengthy American blacklist of entities that have links to Cuba's military, intelligence or security services. And most Americans will once again be required to travel as part of heavily regulated, organized tour groups run by U.S. companies, rather than voyaging to Cuba on their own.
The stricter rules mark a return to the tougher U.S. stance toward Cuba that existed before former President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro restored diplomatic relations in 2015. They come as President Donald Trump tries to show he's taking action to prevent U.S. dollars from helping prop up the Cuban government.
"These measures confirm there is a serious reversal in bilateral relations which has occurred as a result of the decisions taken by the government of President Donald Trump," said Josefina Vidal, the top Cuban diplomat for North America.
Still, the policy is only a partial rollback of Obama's changes. Cruise ship visits and direct commercial flights between the countries will still be permitted. Embassies in Washington and Havana stay open.
Glen Campbell, Troy Gentry honoured at CMA Awards
Glen Campbell, who died in August, was honoured at the Country Music Association Awards during a touching performance of "Wichita Lineman" by Little Big Town and Jimmy Webb, who wrote the song.
The Grammy-winning country foursome sang the tune, while Webb played piano, at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee.
Campbell also won an award: He posthumously won musical event of the year for "Funny How Time Slips Away" with Willie Nelson.
The CMA Awards, airing live on ABC, featured a number of emotional moments. Rascal Flatts and Dierks Bentley also paid homage to Troy Gentry, one-half of the popular country duo Montgomery Gentry, who died in a helicopter crash in September. Eddie Montgomery later joined in for the performance of "My Town," as some audience members sang along with tears in their eyes.
Filmmaker Tyler Perry also brought a serious vibe to the show, paying tribute to Charley Pride and said telling the audience now is the time we have to all "find some common ground" before presenting the album of the year award to Chris Stapleton.
AP source: Jones threatens Goodell deal after Elliott ban
NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to sue the NFL over a proposed contract extension for Commissioner Roger Goodell, a dispute apparently sparked by star running back Ezekiel Elliott's six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Jones told the six owners on the compensation committee he had hired high-profile attorney David Boies and was prepared to sue if the group voted to extend Goodell's deal, the person told the AP. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one has been authorized to reveal details.
Jones also has expressed disapproval with the structure and compensation in the contract extension, another person familiar with the proposed lawsuit says. That person also spoke on condition of anonymity for the same reason.
The actions of Jones were first reported by The New York Times.
All 32 owners voted in May to extend Goodell's contract and authorized the compensation committee to work out the details. Goodell suspended Elliott in August after a yearlong NFL investigation. Prosecutors in Ohio declined to pursue the domestic violence case.


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Finnair will launch a new service from Helsinki to Xian in the summer next year, consolidating its reach in Asia.
From June 14, 2013, the airline will fly to the ancient Chinese capital from its hub in Helsinki using an A330-300 three times a week, until October 26 when the summer schedule ends.
The flights will be on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, departing the Finnish capital at 17.40 to arrive in Xian at 06.30 after a seven hours and 50 minutes journey. Return flights will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, leaving at 10.35 for the 14.15 scheduled arrival time, with the journey lasting eight hours and 40 minutes.
The airline hopes to attract passengers looking to use Helsinki as their transit hub to other parts of Europe.
Xian will be the fifth Chinese destination the airline serves. Finnair first flew to China in 1988 with flights to Beijing.
The northwestern Chinese metropolis of some eight million people has been developing fast, particularly in high-tech industries. In September, Samsung kicked off construction of a US$7 billion factory in Xi'an Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, with completion date set for the end of 2013.
But the city is also a popular tourist destination for its history (and most notably the Terracotta Army), having been the imperial capital in four ancient Chinese dynasties.
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text: Hello all, I've recently returned from EuroPython where I got a chance to work with Thomas Hervé on Twisted. In the giddy rush of success I thought, "Wouldn't it be great if we could get a whole week to do this?". I propose that: - we arrange a week long sprint in Boston this year. - we ask the PSF & the TSF to assist with travel expenses for some of the more distant community members - the Boston folk arrange a venue - individuals figure out how to get the time to attend. - we determine a date asap. In the absence of any better ideas, I suggest that the theme of the sprint be "fix as many bugs as possible". As for the date, it should be no sooner than September 7. As a starting point, let's say Sep 28-Oct 2. Because we'll be asking external entities for money, it's important that we get the details sorted out as soon as possible: when is it going to be, who is flying in, how much do we need. And, of course, the most important detail -- do you think we should do this? psyched, jml


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This is a follow up to the article on the question, "What about those who have never heard?"
While this is surely an intriguing question, it is important to understand that a more pertinent question is, "How can I make sure that they will hear?"
Paul said this best in Romans 10:14-15:
"How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!"
While it is reasonable to suggest that God does not leave any man without a witness, it is not unreasonable to suggest that the amount of that witness varies from person to person. For example, an individual who lives in a southern and conservative state in the United States is likely to be saturated with the Gospel and have ample opportunity to believe. God's witness would be strong and powerful in that individual's life. Many of the southern states have a church on every corner, libraries full of Bibles, and people have the opportunity to freely believe in Christ without persecution. For an individual who lives in a remote place in the world, however, it may be the case that God's revelation isn't as prevalent or favored as it is in the "Bible Belt."
This is why Jesus' final command to His disciples--those who had the powerful testimony and revelation of God through His Son--was to "go" (Matt. 28:18-20). This is also why Paul said, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good tidings" (Romans 10:15). Instead of wondering about those who may never hear, an even better question is, "What can I do to make sure that they will hear?"


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Venezuela's Chavez goes to Cuba for cancer treatment
Dec. 10 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez departs for Cuba for cancer treatment, vows ''I'll be back''. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba early on Monday (December 10) for cancer surgery that he has recognized may end his tumultuous 14-year rule of the South American OPEC nation. Aides said the 58-year-old socialist leader was optimistic, however, as he left for his fourth operation since mid-2011 for an undisclosed form of cancer in the pelvic area. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Chavez's Havana-bound plane had left Caracas at about 1:30 a.m. (0600 GMT). Chavez stunned Venezuela over the weekend with his announcement that more malignant cells had been found, despite declaring himself completely cured earlier in the year and going on to win a presidential election in October. In a speech to the nation on Saturday night, he named Vice President and Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro to take over, should he become incapacitated. He also urged supporters to vote for Maduro if there is a new election.


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Name: Hrundel Bálfrost
Title: Blazefrozen Jarl of Seething Rimefire
Appearance: Hrundel's appearance is largely hidden by the bulky bronze armour that covers most of his body. However, between segments of his armour can be seen painfully thin limbs with little more than a veneer of charred and frostbitten flesh on them. A literal skeleton grin is visible from underneath his horned helm. His crown hangs at his hip on his belt, and he carries an overlarge metallic torch, its brazier filled with an orb of cold or fire, depending on his current aspect.
Personality: Either a coldly logical intellectual individual, or a sociopathic pyromaniac intent on mass destruction, depending on which aspect he is manifesting.
Frozen Heart
Hrundel adopts his cold, intellectual persona, gaining access to this personality's contracts with cold and the north wind.
Major Contract of Elemental Cold: Hrundel has complete mastery over cold, and is able to summon and enhance it. Using this contract, he can use the following abilities:
Frost Nova: Creates a nova of energy that literally freezes those caught in it for several valuable seconds.
Rain of Ice: Calls down a rain of razor sharp ice that freezes the soul as well as the flesh, temporarily slowing the reiatsu of those struck and delaying a kido's appearance after the incantation has been uttered.
Deep Freeze: Calls forth a blast of ice that chills the one struck to the very core. Their current kido is interrupted by the sudden stab of cold in their lungs, and creates a delay before the target can use kido again. Also consumes the kido delaying affect of Rain of Ice to create a burst of cold capable of inflicting frostbite deep within the target.
Major Contract of the North Wind: A strong North Wind descends on Hrundel, and carries him through the air or speeds him along the ground at his desire.
Relive the Immolation
Hrundel relives the immolation his father subjected him to, becoming more violent and hateful, and gaining a mastery over fire.
Major Contract of Elemental Fire: In this aspect, Hrundel has complete mastery over fire, and uses it in the following ways:
Fireball: It's a big bolt of homing fire that is as damaging as one would expect.
Fire Nova: It's a big blast of fire centred on Hrundel. The fire is not as damaging as Fireball, but the superheated air that comes behind it is more than enough to knock most creatures flying several feet.
Circle of Fire: A circle of heat around Hrundel so hot that is sets the ground on fire. If the ground isn't flammable, then it melts and bubbles away. The result is the same – the ground is too hot to stand on, and anyone standing on it will soon lose their footwear and a lot of the flesh on their feet.
Inspirational Flame: Hrundel's talent for fiery destruction, along with a passive pulse of beneficial reiatsu, inspires his allies to greater deeds. Their Wyrd quickens, and they find it easier to use "magical" abilities.
Rising Flame: The air around Hrundel grows so hot that a thermal large enough to bear him rises forth from the ground. The thermal moves as Hrundel wills it, allowing him to pass where he wishes on a pillar of superheated air.
Regardless of Aspect
Minor Contract of Stone: This simple pledge grants superhuman strength to Hrundel.
Adequate Contract of Celerity: This oath with Speed Itself allows Hrundel to move at speeds comparable to shunpo or sonido.
Average Contract of Mirror: This pledge with that which informs us of our own appearance allows Hrundel to alter his appearance to any humanoid shape he desires.


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Here are some useful hints for soldering your modchip.
General Tips
- Tweezers are useful for picking up dropped screws.
- Download all the diagrams you'll need and print them or arrange them on your screen.
- Never work over the board. In fact, it is a good idea to cover the area you are not working on with a cardboard.
- Too much solder is often the cause of botched installs.
- Rosin flux is the secret when you have a spot where the solder refuses to fuse. You only need to apply a toothpick tip's worth to most locations.
- Lay out the wires before beginning. Start with the right side if you are left-handed, the left side if you are right-handed.
- Always heat the wire, not the chip or the board. One half-second is necessary for most connections.
- Test each connection by tugging on the wire gently using your fingertips.
- Route the wires carefully so they do not pass over any chips and tape them to the board before reassembling.
- If you need solder, add it to the iron, transfer it to the wire, then clean the iron. Don't add it directly to the board.
- Point the wire down on the contact or against the side, then heat the wire.
Equipment Needed
- 15 watt (at most; 11 watt is better) soldering iron with fine tip
- 0.10 mm solder tip (this is very thin, but 0.5 mm is okay too)
- 30 or 35 awg kynar or similar wire
- Thicker stranded wire for 3.3v, 5v and GROUND: 22 awg or similar
- flux paste to help soldering
- De-solder braid
- A safety razor blade & Blue Tack to hold the blade in place
- toothbrush
- Thin double-sided tape to stick the wires on the motherboard and chips, or use hot glue (it can be removed with rubbing alcohol on a cotton bud)
Preparation Steps
Before soldering, it is useful to follow these preperatory instructions.
- Clean all of the solder points with alcohol and an old toothbrush.
The soldering process is easier if you pre-solder the strip portion of the wire, as follows:
- Melt some solder on the tip of the soldering iron
- Dab some flux paste onto the end of the wire
- Put the end of the wire over the tip of the iron, you'll see the end of the wire shine, and the wire will be coated (won't work with all the various kind of wires though)
It is also useful to pre-solder the copper pads on the board chip on the board, as follows:
- Dab some flux paste on the copper pads on the motherboard using a toothpick (or something thin); do not use a metal point.
- Touch the solder core and the iron to the pad to deposit some solder on the pad
- Don't leave the iron over the pad for more than 1 or 2 seconds; the excesive heat could damage your board.
- When you finish the installation, clean the points again with the toothbrush and solvent, it will remove the excess flux paste, and any extra solder.
During soldering
- Solder using a two-hands method: put a small drop of lead on the wire, so you don't have to bring any more lead when soldering the wire onto the pins.
- When soldering onto any find-pitched chip, put a thin razor blade between the pins so that you:
* mark and recognize the pin you are soldering to (it is often difficult to count the pins, so using that, you don't solder to the wrong pin) * safen the previous solder, and you won't bridge the pins.
- If you are soldering on the pins of a chip, put double-sided tape on the chip, solder the wire vertically, and when the solder is done, gently bend and stick the wire on the tape so it won't move afterward. Put another tape on all the wires when all the solders of the chip are done.
If you feel you are ready to become a "Fearless Soldering God", then go check:
Numbnut's guide to soldering Surface Mount devices (mirror 2005-03-13)


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We handle legal matters of special concern to the aviation community across Canada and internationally. Our worldwide client base includes:
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Monday, May 20 th, 2019 at 00:05 am
Undefeated is kind of a real life Rocky, We Are the Titans, all sorts of things. It's really a terrific movie, and I don't want to tell you too much about it because I want you to be able to discover it the same way I did, which is just having a really great time enjoying this movie and an extraordinary coach, whose name is Bill Courtney, who as a volunteer starts coaching the Memphis Manassas Tigers who haven't won a game in years. The fact that he's a white dude with four kids and the high school is poor African American kids only adds to the poignancy. It's really fun. You will enormously care about these kids and make you wish that there were more people like the coach. Four and a half stars.


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Two young air cadets from Warwick have been presented with awards for achieving Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards at St James' Palace in London.
Jack Savage and Johnathon Brown achieved their awards with 1368 (Warwick and Leamington) Air Training Corp Squadron.
Both young men worked tirelessly through the five sections of their Duke of Edinburgh programme over 14 months, taking part in activities including an expedition in Snowdonia, where they took part in canoeing, rock climbing, scrambling, sailing, swimming and horse riding. Their volunteering included supporting Napton Horse Show, Warwick Carnival, the British Legion poppy appeal and numerous parades.
Jack and Johnathon are also members of Leamington Cycling and Athletics Club. Both Jack - who is studying towards a level 3 engineering extended diploma - and Johnathon - who is studying a degree in degree in sports and exercise science - represent the Wing and Region in cross country, and Jack is Corp cross country champion.
They were presented with their awards by HRH the Earl of Wessex and their certificates by Carol Vorderman.


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Day Six of the Australian Open 2014 witnessed a lot of games across various singles and doubles competitions, including an upset in the women's singles with Garbine Muguruza managing to beat Caroline Wozniacki at the Rod Laver Arena.
Day Seven will see many players getting some respite but with only 12 matches scheduled for Sunday. David Ferrer, Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych will be flexing their muscles in the Melbourne sun along with top seed Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Na Li in the fourth round of the men's and women's singles respectively. There are also some mixed doubles clashes lined up.
Where to Watch Live
The tournament starts at 12am GMT. Live coverage in the UK is on British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2. Regular updates and live scores are also available on the Australian Open official website.
Men's Singles
Round Four
Defending Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic is prepared to take on Fabio Fognini. The Serbian beat off competition from Denis Istomin in the third round, while the Italian outplayed American Sam Querrey.
Stanislas Wawrinka is up against Spain's Tommy Robredo who was eliminated in the first round of this tournament last year. The eighth seed qualified into the fourth round without having to sweat it out as his opponent Vasek Pospisil withdrew from the tournament due to a lingering back injury.
However, Robredo had to crack the whip against ninth seeded Richard Gasquet and needed four sets to emerge victorious.
Third seed David Ferrer eliminated Jeremy Chardy in round three and will face Florian Mayer. The German overwhelmed Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets to book his place.
The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych beat Damir Dzumhur in straight sets in the third round and is drawn against Kevin Anderson. The Russian beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin in a hard fought five set battle after going down in the first two sets.
Women's Singles
Round Four
Germany's Angelique Kerber will clash against Flavia Pennetta in the fourth round at the Rod Laver Arena. The ninth seed defeated Alison Riske in the third round while Pannetta managed to beat Mona Barthel.
Top seed Serena Williams had no trouble against Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in the last round and is now pitted against Ana Ivanovic. The Serbian lost her first set against Samantha Stosur but bounced back to achieve victory in the third round.
Fourth-seeded Na Li progressed into the fourth round after a hard fought victory against Lucie Safarova. Li will now go head-to-head against Russian Ekaterina Makarova who dispatched Romanian Monica Niculescu in straight sets.
Australian Casey Dellacqua, who defeated Jie Zheng in the previous round, will take on Eugenie Bouchard, who got the better of Lauren Davis.
Men's Doubles
Round Three
Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot will take on Rohan Bopanna and Alsam-Ul-Haq Quereshi.
Huey and Inglot needed three sets to emerge victorious against the Italian duo of Andreas Seppi and Potito Starace and so did Bopanna and Quershi who saw off contest from Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins.
The French pair of Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut take on Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares.
The Frenchmen had to go the extra mile to beat Philip Oswald and Simon Stadler in straight sets, while Paya and Soares outshone Mahesh Bhupathi and Rajeev Ram in their third round matches.
Radek Stepanek and Leander Paes are set to play against Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus.
Stepanek and Paes subdued Daniele Bracciali and Alexandr Dolgopolov while Bhabri and Venus excelled against 10th seeded Jean-Juilien Rojer and Horia Tecau in their respective third round clashes.
The Australian combo of Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington will take on Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
The Australians beat another set of Spaniards, David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco, in the third round while Carreno Busta and Garcia-Lopez were victorious against Oliver Marach and Florin Mergea.
Women's Doubles
Top seeds, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, defeated Kaia Kanepi and Renata Voracova in the second round while their third round opponents Monique Adamczak and Olivia Rogowska beat Julia Georges and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in round two.
Jarmila Gajdosova and Ajla Tomljanovic will play Timea Babos and Petra Martic. Gajdosova and Tomljanovic beat German pair of Annika Beck and Andrea Petkovic while Babos and Martic beat the Australian pair of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua in their round two matches.
Lucie Hradecka and Michaella Krajicek take on Shahar Peer and Silvia Soler-Espinosa. Hradecka and Krajicek emerged victorious against Vania King and Galina Voskoboeva while Peer and Soler-Espinosa needed three sets to win against Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng.
Fourth seeds Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik are ready to tackle Hao-Ching Chan and Liezel Huber. The 13th seeds managed to beat Varvara Lepchenko and Raluca Olaru while Peschke and Srebotnik moved into the third round eliminating Polish duo Katarzyna Piter and Alicja Rosolska.
Mixed Doubles
Round One
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nenad Zimonjic will take on Anastasia Rodionova and Colin Fleming.
Ajla Tomljanovic and James Duckworth are pitted against Daniela Hantuchova and Leander Paes.
Third seeds Liezel Huber and Marcelo Melo go against Lisa Raymond and Mariusz Fyrstenberg.
Arantxa Parra Santonja and David Marrero's opponents will be Elena Vesnina and Mahesh Bhupathi.
Italians Flavia Pennetta and Fabio Fognini take on Abigail Spears and Dominic Inglot.


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Burger King Is Bringing Back Cini Minis
The 90's are back in so many ways and Burger King has just proven that fact more with the news that they will be bringing back a 90's menu item - Cini Minis! These miniature cinnamon rolls were introduced back in 1998 but later discontinued in the early 2000's.
But now, the tasty mini sweet cinnamon rolls will be back for a limited time beginning November 29th! The bite-sized cinnamon rolls are baked daily at stores and made with a "signature cinnamon sugar and creamy sweet icing for dipping."
The rolls will come in a 4-pack for $1.49 - what a bargain! Great news! You can get a pack for free if you order Burger King delivery through Grubhub. They will add the sweet treat for free on top of your already placed order - yum!


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( Anchorage, Alaska) — The health benefits from eating fish far outweigh any potential risk from the small amounts of contaminants found in most Alaska fish, according to guidelines released today by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Public health scientists reaffirmed that fish continues to be an important part of a healthy diet for everyone, including pregnant and nursing women, and young children.
Recent data from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation's Fish Monitoring Program, which has tested over 2,300 fish, reveal a wide variation of mercury content among the 23 species of fish sampled from Alaska waters between 2001 and 2006. Although all fish contain some level of mercury, levels in all species of Alaska wild salmon are very low. Further evidence that Alaska fish are healthy to eat comes from the state's ongoing free program that monitors mercury levels in the hair of Alaska women. State health officials have not received any reports of unsafe mercury levels in Alaskans who have eaten fish from local waters.
"Fish is an excellent source of lean protein, healthy omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and vitamins," said Dr. Lori Verbrugge, toxicologist with Public Health and lead author of the new report. "Although we recommend that everyone eat fish at least twice a week, our new guidelines offer specific advice on how to minimize mercury exposure for sensitive groups — namely women who are or can become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children age 12 and under."
Too much mercury, a toxic metal found in the environment, can harm the developing nervous system of unborn babies and growing children.
Only five species of sport-caught Alaska fish had high enough mercury levels to warrant limiting consumption to two meals or less per week for these sensitive groups. Yelloweye rockfish, large lingcod (40-45 inches) and large halibut (50-90 pounds) can be eaten as often as twice a week, while salmon shark, spiny dogfish, very large lingcod (over 45 inches) and very large halibut (over 90 pounds) can be consumed as often as once a week. Because commercially caught halibut weigh an average of about 33 pounds, halibut purchased from stores or restaurants is safe for this group to eat up to four times a week.
All other groups, including adult men, teenage boys, and women who cannot become pregnant, have no restrictions and are encouraged to consume as much fish from Alaska waters as they want. Those who are concerned about the mercury levels in certain fish species can minimize their risk by choosing fish lower in mercury, like smaller halibut and wild Alaska salmon.
The ADEC's Fish Monitoring Program will continue to collect and test fish for environmental contaminants, and the consumption guidelines will be updated as needed. Begun in 2001, the program is an ongoing collaborative effort to collect and test Alaska fish for certain environmental contaminants. Partners include the Alaska Departments of Health and Social Services and Fish and Game, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the International Pacific Halibut Commission, and Alaska subsistence users and commercial fishermen.
Information on both the fish monitoring and human hair biomonitoring programs, as well as more comprehensive information for people who routinely eat more than two fish meals per week , is available online at
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Lately, I have failed to live up to my sterling reputation as a confirmed curmudgeon. I've wondered, time to time if my unnaturally peppy state of mind might have been just a little annoying. Awright, awready with the peace and love to all mankind. You're giving me a headache.
But I haven't lied to you. I know. It's a pretty strange reaction to cancer and cancer treatment, all things considered, but I've been lucky and I'm so grateful for it.
Just to be clear, treatment is not exactly the party I've made it out to be. Well, maybe a surprise party – with the surprises coming daily, sometimes hourly. I wake up wondering what mischief my body has in store for me each day. There's always something.
Thursday – I'm putting on makeup and suddenly notice peach fuzz growing down the side of my right jaw. Just my right jaw. Huh. That wasn't there before. The regrowth of hair on my head is falling out at a very rapid pace; I shave my legs every 2 months & now (are you kidding me?) I'm growing a beard?! On my face…which looks distinctly like someone has pumped helium into it and plans to use it as balloon.
Also, just for fun…my tongue looks like I glued cottage cheese to it and it burns like hell. My throat is sore. My taste buds are at about 30%. Is that jam or ketchup I just ate?
Steroids, The Dave tells me. Oh those lovely steroids…the sleepless nights, the swelling, the weight gain, the 30 second psychotic breaks when I'm overtired. He assures me that the hair growth will stop, my face will eventually show evidence of bone structure and he gives me a prescription to treat Thrush Mouth. And I'm off…..
…To Friday, when I wake up with zero vertigo. Zero!! Of course, the nerve damage in my feet and ankles now makes it feel like I have jelly beans glued to the bottoms of my feet in random places – but the room is not doing its' merry-go-round motion. I've woken in the night with sharp pain in my knees and down my shin bones & it lasts until morning. But hell, I'm not dizzy and I feel good. When Heather goes out, I do the dishes, sweep the floors, and clean the bathroom. Look at me go, I'm thinking – I could pass for normal!
It's a day of phone calls and a visit from a friend who comes bearing lovely yellow flowers and a huge box of European cookies. A really enjoyable afternoon but 10 minutes after we say goodbye,I am barely able to keep my eyes open and I can feel 'roid rage surfacing. Steroid rage is a very scary thing. It comes at you like a sucker punch. You push to keep going that one last minute, you put off resting for 30 seconds too long and you think you're doing fine. And suddenly it's as if any noise, any movement, the very room itself is closing in to attack. It doesn't last but a minute, but it's terrifying. That night, I sleep 7 hours for the first time in months.
And hello Saturday. Hello no vertigo again. I turn in a circle – a move that would have toppled me a few days ago. The room stays still. I get dressed and sit down to put my slippers on and observe that I am wearing someone else's ankles. My ankles are bony and thin. The ones I have on today are puffy and fat and don't like to bend. 'Roids, 'roids – do you ever stop giving?
Since September, I've been scared to try beading. I have nerve damage in my fingertips. My hands sometimes shake slightly. And heaven knows, my eyesight seems to change hourly. But I steel myself. It's a simple embroidery piece and I'm doing textured fill-in. Should be easy. I put on my new reading glasses and find myself moving the piece nearer and then farther away to focus. Finally, I cover my left lens and my vision sharpens. I cover the right lens and it blurs. My NEW prescription glasses, mind you. I stick it out, damn it, finally managing not to stab myself or punch the needle into the wrong spot, but it's damned alarming to think I spend $900 on three new pair of glasses and my eyesight has changed already. An hour later I try the same lens covering test on my distance glasses. Same result.
Insert small sigh here.
That's how it goes – really, it's annoying. It's inconvenient. Sometimes it's plain infuriating. But somehow, it doesn't resurrect my inner curmudgeon. I'm still not unhappy. It's the price of the treatment and it's not like you don't have to pay. Many others with cancer are in real agony and believe me, my side-effects are practically a bouquet of roses in comparison and I know that.
And this evening? I can see perfectly through the left lens of all my glasses. Surprise!


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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Helen Hayes & Myrna Loy in Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971)
Four bored Pasadena matrons (Hayes, Loy, Sylvia Sidney & Mildred Natwick) decide to amuse themselves by creating a fictitious woman on the rolls of a computer dating service. Their dalliance in the world of computer dating turns up three responses, a dull accountant, a smart-alec and a stalker. Mal Weston (Vince Edwards in a particularly creepy performance with a constant internal running dialog) becomes obsessed with their avatar Rebeca Mead and won't take no for an answer after he stakes out their home and scams their phone number out of an operator. He insists on meeting her at a cocktail lounge and the ladies go along to spy on him. They see him leave with a girl he thinks is Rebeca and the next day see her photo in the paper after she has been murdered. They (led by Hayes) decide to investigate! This made-for-TV movie resulted in a series of mystery movies of the week in rotation with the likes of McMillin & Wife called The Snoop Sisters starring Hayes and Natwick.
While The Snoop Sisters have made it to DVD, this film has yet to. It is, however available in full on YouTube, thanks to an upload by CDeanWatcher.
Obscurity factor: 9 (not on DVD, available on YouTube, largely forgotten)
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- AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 7:43 AM
I remember when this was first shown on TV, "TV Guide" had a feature article that showed photos of the four ladies at the time along with photos of them 30 or 40 years earlier. However, I never have seen the movie. I will check it out on YouTube. I just looked for "The Snoop Sisters" on Netflix, but did not find it. It was released just a couple weeks ago, and maybe they will add it soon.ReplyDelete
It would be fun to see that TV Guide article now...ReplyDelete
Another favorite! The husband and I particularly love Vince's performance, especially "Maybe I'll make some soup! No, no soup! Gotta think!"ReplyDelete
Yeah, the internal dialog is really bizarre. Adds a whole other level to the show...ReplyDelete
Hayes. Helen Hayes, please. Love your blog. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Thank you! I'll fix that right now.ReplyDelete


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Ambulance volunteers plan shelved
The ambulance service and the union representing them will discuss alternatives to using volunteers on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
The service had plans to use volunteers to aid single officer crews in five rural towns including Gloucester, Bulahdelah and Stroud.
Jim Arneman from the Health Services Union has met ambulance service management and says it has agreed in principle to put the plan to one side and consider other options.
"The sorts of alternatives we would like to look at are utilising some staff who actually live in these areas but don't actually work within those regions and using them for for the odd night on call to cover some of the gaps in the rosters that are there at the present," he said.
"Also, to use these positions as a staff development opportunity for junior staff who might want to experience rural work.
"We've put our position back to the service in writing. We've certainly said to them that we want the volunteer proposal to be parked to the side.
"We're waiting to get a confirmation that that is the case so that we can take this whole issue forward. We are very hopeful within the next fortnight that we will have a serious meeting to discuss a range of options that have already been put together."
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A listing of Tinley Park, Illinois clinical trials actively recruiting patient volunteers.
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A Dose Escalation Study of RO7082859 as a Single Agent and in Combination With Obinutuzumab Administered After a Fixed Single Pre-Treatment Dose of Obinutuzumab in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
This is a Phase I, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation study designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of a novel T-Cell bispecific (TCB), RO7082859, administered by intravenous (IV) infusion as a single agent and in combination with obinutuzumab, following the pre-treatment with a one-time, fixed dose of obinutuzumab. ...
A Study of the Safety and Tolerability of ABBV-621 in Participants With Previously Treated Solid Tumors and Hematologic Malignancies
This is an open-label, Phase I, dose-escalation study to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended phase two dose (RPTD), and evaluate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of ABBV-621 for participants with previously treated solid tumors or hematologic malignancies.
A Trial to Find and Investigate a Safe Dose of a New Substance (BI 754091) for Patients With Solid Tumours
The main objective of the dose-escalation part of the trial is to determine the safety and tolerability, and to determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose and/or the Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of BI 754091 on the basis of patients with dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) in patients with selected advanced solid malignancies. ...
A Study of Escalating Doses of ASG-22CE Given as Monotherapy in Subjects With Metastatic Urothelial Cancer and Other Malignant Solid Tumors That Express Nectin-4
All subjects will receive a single 30 minute IV infusion of enfortumab vedotin once weekly for the first 3 weeks of every 4 weeks (i.e., on Days 1, 8, and 15). A cycle is 4 weeks. This is a 3 part study. Part A will evaluate enfortumab vedotin in subjects ...
A Study Evaluating the Safety Pharmacokinetics (PK) and Preliminary Efficacy of ABBV-399 in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors.
This is a Phase 1/1b open-label study evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary efficacy of ABBV-399 in subjects with advanced solid tumors.
A Study of TAK-659 in Combination With Venetoclax for Adult Participants With Previously Treated Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
The drugs being tested in this study are called TAK-659 and venetoclax. TAK-659 in combination with venetoclax is being tested to treat people who have advanced NHL after at least 1 prior line of therapy. This study will look at the safety data, pharmacokinetic (PK) data and any early anti-tumor ...
A Study of RO7082859 in Combination With Rituximab or Obinutuzumab Plus Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine and Prednisone (CHOP) in Participants With Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
This is a phase 1B, multi-center, dose-finding study of RO7082859 administered in combination with obinutuzumab (Gazyva; [G]), rituximab (R) and standard doses of CHOP (G/R-CHOP or R-CHOP) in participants with r/r NHL and untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Evaluating the safety, preliminary activity, pharmacokinetic (PK), and pharmacodynamic effects of ...


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Guillermo del Toro Would Direct 'Maleficent' If Disney Asked and Time Allowed | /Film
Hurm, does this mean that the Haunted Mansion is dead? Should get a GDT update come SDCC time, hopefully.This is something that will likely go down as a bit of what if? trivia. Despite the fact that scheduling and other factors caused the death of Guillermo del Toros Disney Double Dare You deal, it looks like hes still interested in working for the Mouse. Or, more to the point, it sounds like the fact of not being able to make The Hobbit has left the writer/director with the desire to film a dragon, and doing so through Disney might be one way to scratch that particular itch.
Disney is developing Maleficent, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the films fan-favorite evil witch. And when asked by the LA Times about the idea of directing the film, Guillermo del Toro said,
Let me put it this way, if they ask Ill take the meeting I think Maleficents dragon is the only design with the wings separate from the front legs, the only time that design has ever worked. And let me tell you how much of a fan I am Its one of my three favorite Disney films. I would love to. But I dont want to put too many hopes on it. Theyre probably on a fast track and I cannot take any more projects on a fast track.


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Cincy's Whaley leaves team
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) – University of Cincinnati center Robert
Whaley's first season with the Bearcats appears to be over after he left the
team Monday.
Whaley, one of the top junior college players last year, had a turbulent year
with Cincinnati. He came in with high hopes and large expectations, but has
failed to live up to the billing. The 6-foot-10 center averaged 6.2 points and
2.7 rebounds in 20 games this season, spending most of the campaign in coach
Bob Huggins' doghouse.
"I just need a break right now," Whaley explained. "I need to get my head
cleared and think about some things," he said. "I wish the team the best and
hope they have a great season."
The former Barton County Community College star missed one game due to some
torn cartilage in his knee back in December. He has apparently struggled to
Cincinnati, No. 15 in the current Associated Press poll, is coming off an
overtime win over Louisville on Saturday, a game where Whaley played just 10
minutes and did not score.


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Country: US
Director: Max Ophüls
David Thomson calls Letter from an Unknown Woman "a perfect film." I wouldn't go that far myself, but it is a very good one, not quite of the same caliber as La Ronde, Lola Montès, or the sublime Madame de, but in quality still close to those masterpieces. The film follows the lifelong infatuation of a woman, Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine), with a concert pianist, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). She first encounters him as a teenager when he moves into the apartment building in 19th-century Vienna where she lives with her widowed mother. She is separated from Stefan, on whom she has developed a girlish crush, when her mother remarries and the family moves to Linz. As a young woman, Lisa cannot free herself from her romantic obsession with Stefan and refusing offers of marriage, moves back to Vienna to become a salon model. She sets about stalking Stefan and after he finally notices her following him one night, he seduces her and has a brief affair with her before abandoning her and leaving Vienna.
Pregnant by Stefan, Lisa has her baby and decides to keep him. Several years later she marries a wealthy older man and lives a comfortable but passionless life with him until one night she encounters Stefan at the opera. Seeing him again revives her feelings for him, and she arranges a rendezvous at the very apartment house where as a girl she first met him (a detail that gives the movie a wonderful circularity, in a way a foretaste of La Ronde). When she arrives, she realizes that he doesn't even remember her from any of their past encounters, that the passion she has nursed all those years has been completely on her part.
As this brief synopsis makes clear, Letter from an Unknown Woman has much in common with the later work of Ophüls. It deals with sexual liaisons, marital infidelity, and the emotional damage that can result from fervent romantic passion. It is as fatalistic—its tragic outcome as inescapable—as Madame de and even ends the same way, in a duel that Stefan, like Vittorio de Sica's Baron in that film, is fated to lose but refuses to evade. It uses the device of a letter from Lisa to Stefan (the letter of the title) to provide the framework for the film's episodic narrative structure in the same way as Peter Ustinov's ringmaster's spiel in Lola Montès or Anton Walbrook's direct-to-camera narration as the storyteller in La Ronde or even the diamond earrings as they pass from one person to the next in Madame de.
Letter from an Unknown Woman has none of the detached irony and wit of those later films, though, going instead for the straight-ahead romantic approach of the Hollywood "women's picture." Even though it contains many elements of the conventional Hollywood soap opera—unrequited love, self-destructive romantic passion, illegitimate child, separated lovers, tragic ends for practically everyone involved—the movie seems far above the sentimental tearjerkers that were a staple of the studio years. For one thing, the emotions seem wholly genuine, not the synthetic passion of the standard tearjerker. The reason for this is the way Ophüls treats the story. The subject and the plot may be super-romantic, but the way he tells the story is realistic—restrained where most movies of this type are exaggerated, matter-of-fact where they bludgeon the audience with contrived and highly manipulative sentimentality.
The real impact of the movie comes not from ersatz sentiment, but from the authenticity of the emotional situation it depicts. Lisa has completely invested herself in an almost religious devotion to her intense feelings for Stefan. At the end of the movie, just when she believes that her most cherished desire is about to be realized, she suddenly sees that her entire emotional life has been based on a vain and pathetic self-delusion. The person she has made the center of her world literally doesn't even know she exists; her feelings for him not only have never been returned, but haven't even been recognized. The result of this epiphany is nothing less than emotional devastation. Anyone who has experienced anything resembling Lisa's situation will understand the power of her response and will also recognize that the authenticity of Ophüls's vision comes not from genre conventions, but from acute observation and personal memory.
The greatest practical obstacle Ophüls must overcome to get the viewer to accept the movie's premise is to make plausible Fontaine's portrayal of Lisa at three distinct periods of her life: as a teenager, a young woman in her mid-twenties, and a mature woman in her mid-thirties. Admittedly, making Fontaine, who was in her early thirties when the film was made, believable as Lisa requires a huge stretch of credibility, but he and Fontaine just manage to bring this off. Together, they convey these three different ages of the character through subtle adjustments in her appearance, through changes in her hair and costume that reflect her advancing age and social station: the lank, shoulder-length hair and the shapeless clothing that emphasizes her slender, undeveloped figure as a teenager; the middle-class shopgirl attire and pinned-up hair of her twenties; and finally the elegant, low-cut formal gowns, brilliant jewelry, and stylish coiffure as a chic socialite in her thirties. Ophüls also has Fontaine subtly modulate the timbre of her voice and the increasing self-assurance conveyed by her physical bearing as she matures. We see the continuity of the person over the years, but these subtle outer changes make it just believable that a compulsive Lothario like Stefan, who looks upon women more as objects than as individuals, might not. The lovely Fontaine was hardly a great actress, but with the help of Ophüls she gives one of her most accomplished performances, one that ranks right up there with those she gave for Hitchcock in Rebecca and Suspicion, in a part similar to those two but more demanding.
Viewers who prize directorial prowess will find much to admire. There are, of course, the customary extended takes and elegant, gliding camera moves of Ophüls. Then there is the vivid way that, confined to the studio and working on what was clearly a limited budget, he captures the look and atmosphere—and at the same time suggests the pervasive class divisions—of late 19th-century Austria. (The cinematography, by Franz Planer, is especially gorgeous in the pristine print recently premiered on TCM.) The cobbled streets, bourgeois beer gardens and exclusive restaurants, opera houses, modest apartments with their shared courtyards and opulent townhouses, and the clothing the people wear, from everyday street clothes to elaborate military uniforms and the formal evening wear of the rich—all these details relay the movie's setting as graphically as in the later films. We are always aware that the events in the movie occur in a distinct place and time, a place and time quite different from our own and forever locked in the past. The film is as much an elegy for a vanished way of life as it is a tragic love story, and it is this melancholy mood of the transience and the often illusory nature of both love and life that, as in much of Ophüls's work, lingers after the movie has ended.


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On Left: Pillow cover, made a couple of months ago on Mother's Day, with thrifted fabrics, a gingham, a paisley, and a piece of linen embroidered with a fawn in the woods, all from the same bag sale, almost just as they presented themselves here (as Amanda implied, sometimes it's easier to just grab what's on top rather than digging into the piles of fabric.)
On Right: Triangle pillow someone made for me when I was little. (A close up of this print also seen here as one of Lisa's fabric all-stars.) and pink gingham pillow cover someone embroidered with my first and middle names. I'm not quite sure who made these but I think my mom told me that at least one of them was made by a babysitter/neighbor, maybe projects they made in girl scouts or home ec. classes?
In mid June, when the grass is at it's tallest and therefore provides the best cover, the deer give birth to their fawns. Last year, as an incentive, I promised the boys a chocolate bar, to be shared by all of us, after seeing the first fawn of the year. Unintentionally, it became an instant tradition.
This year, we saved a bar of good Norwegian chocolate, bought at the scandinavian grocer in Ballard while we were in Seattle. Two nights ago, on the way home from the movie theater, we finally spotted our first fawn. It didn't stick around long enough to get much of a picture:


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Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday of over-dramatising the army's discovery of Hezbollah tunnels infiltrating its territory from Lebanon for political gain.
Livni told public radio that while she and the rest of the opposition welcomed the army's discovery of the tunnels and their eventual demolition, "the incident must be kept in proportion".
"We are not now in a situation where our soldiers are behind enemy lines," said Livni, who served as foreign minister during Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah.
"We are talking about engineering activity within the sovereign territory of the state of Israel," she added, accusing Netanyahu of "blowing the incident out of proportion".
Israel announced on Tuesday that it had discovered Hezbollah tunnels infiltrating its territory from Lebanon and launched an operation to destroy them.
Army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said the "attack tunnels" dug by the Shiite militant group backed by Iran, Israel's main enemy, were not yet operational.
He declined to say how many had been detected or how they would be destroyed, but stressed all activities would take place within Israeli territory.
Netanyahu, whose electoral appeal rests to a large extent on his image as the Jewish state's "Mr Security", went on television on Tuesday evening to explain the tunnel threat, with armed forces chief of staff Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot at his side.
On Wednesday he told UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the phone that "he expects the UN to strongly condemn the violation of Israel's sovereignty," according to his office's Twitter account.
- Seeking to 'sow panic' -
Netanyahu also demanded the international community join in demands to "impose increased sanctions on Hezbollah", it added.
The Israeli leader is seeking to hold his governing coalition together after last month's resignation of defence minister Avigdor Lieberman over a controversial Gaza ceasefire, which left him clinging to a one-seat majority in parliament.
The prime minister took over the defence portfolio after Lieberman's resignation.
He has also faced mounting legal woes, with police on Sunday recommending that he and his wife Sara be indicted for bribery, the third such decision against the premier in recent months.
The army has dismissed any suggestion of political influence in the operation, but some in the opposition, while supporting the army's actions, have pointed to how Netanyahu handled the announcement.
Livni alleged that part of Netanyahu's thinking was to deflect criticism from residents of southern Israel who say he has failed to quash the threat of cross-border rocket fire from militants in the Gaza Strip.
"Therefore he made a defensive engineering event into a dramatic military operation," she said, giving two possible reasons for such a move.
"Either the prime minister is himself panicking or he wants to sow panic to justify his actions both in delaying elections and abandoning the residents of southern Israel."
Livni later told foreign journalists in a phone briefing that the international community should bring greater pressure on Lebanon over Hezbollah's activities.


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|Developer: Squaresoft
|Platform: SNES (1995)
Playstation (2001)
|Participation: 2004 Games Contest,
2009 Games Contest,
2015 Games Contest
|Record: 10-3
|Notable Matches: vs. Link to the Past,
Super Mario 64 > Chrono Trigger,
Chrono Trigger vs Super Smash Bros. Melee 2015
Chrono Trigger is an SNES RPG by Square which was later ported to the Playstation and Nintendo DS. Many consider CT to be of the best games of all-time.
After Crono's impressive runs in the previous two Character Battles, Chrono Trigger entered the 2004 Game Contest with high expectations, especially after it earned the #1 seed in the highly competitive 16-bit division. As it turned out, CT meet expectations and then some by crushing Mario RPG and Super Mario World to earn some measure of revenge on Crono's archrival, Mario. CT then narrowly defeated A Link to the Past in an epic clash that some B8ers still consider the greatest match of all time, setting up yet another Crono vs Mario showdown in the Final Four against Mario 3. A fifth victory earned the game a spot in the Championship, where a massive surge of anti-Final Fantasy VII sentiment on Board 8 actually managed to keep CT on top for the first 90 minutes, before FF7's huge day vote turned the final into a runaway win.
The following year, Chrono Trigger continued its streak of good performances by earning a solid third place on the GameFAQs Top 10 Games list, behind only Final Fantasy VII and Ocarina of Time and ahead of its SNES rival A Link to the Past.
Heading into the 2009 Games Contest, Chrono Trigger was considered one of the most interesting wildcards - while its characters had taken a major tumble in Contests since their 2004 heyday, it had also recently received a DS remake. It came out strong in its first match, scoring over 50% against EarthBound, Lufia II and Super Mario World 2. Once again facing Mario in the games contest, Crono was unable to repeat his earlier success, with the game losing narrowly to Super Mario 64. Its run was ended short in the third round, as the combination of Mario 64 and Final Fantasy VII were enough to eliminate it.
In the following character battle, all three of its participating characters ended up losing in the first round, including Crono, who lost to Missingno and ended the Noble Nine's streak. It has been suggested that Chrono Trigger's rampant cheating in contests past made up a siginificant part of its strength, and stricter methods to prevent stuffing have weakened it.
In the Summer 2013 Contest, Crono lost in Round 2 to Pikachu with Magus present as well, likely succumbing because of LFF. Frog also reached Round 2 before being eliminated by Cloud Strife, but edging ahead of Lugia.
In the following contest, Chrono Trigger made a gigantic comeback, cruising past the likes of Final Fantasy X only to be snuffed out by a rally-boosted Super Smash Bros. Melee in a close match during the Division 1 Finals, much to the dismay of Board 8.
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Since the first summer contest, Chrono Trigger has sent a total of five characters to the character contests:


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Hiring an auto accident attorney can be very expensive, depending on where you turn. Some lawyers charge very large retainer fees and then bill by the hour. However, there are also attorneys who will charge a contingency fee, meaning that they only get paid if you do, and only a percentage of whatever you receive. It is called a contingency fee because it is contingent on you winning your case. If you do not win, your attorney does not get paid. Depending on the lawyer, you may still be responsible for the expenses related to your case, such as court fees and witness testimony.


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Paris is a wonder - Neymar representative teases over Barca-PSG switch
Wagner Ribeiro, the football agent and member of Neymar's entourage, is in Paris as the Barcelona superstar's world-record move to PSG edges closer.
Barcelona confirmed head coach Ernesto Valverde gave Neymar permission to miss training on Wednesday morning after the player announced his desire to leave the club.
Neymar was photographed leaving Barca's Ciutat Esportiva base having bid farewell to his team-mates before making a blockbusting switch, with PSG ready to meet his EUR222million release clause.
Meanwhile, Ribeiro tweeted a picture of the Paris skyline, extolling the virtues of the city.
"Paris is a wonder," he posted. "The Eiffel Tower, wine, food and FOOTBALL."
Paris maravilhosa , da Torre Eifel, do vinho, da gastronomia e do FUTEBOL. pic.twitter.com/iuWuRM6moW-- Wagner Ribeiro (@wagneribeiro_) August 2, 2017
This was the second Twitter tease from Ribeiro on the transfer sensation, with his previous post one of an airport departures board that read: "Green light. Let's work!!!!"
LaLiga president Javier Tebas insists Spain's top flight is prepared to launch a legal challenge against the deal, accusing PSG of "financial doping".
Sinal verde. Borá trabalhar !!!! pic.twitter.com/gOXz0Paabx-- Wagner Ribeiro (@wagneribeiro_) August 1, 2017


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Holden is currently studying about American Indians and colonial settlements, so I was excited to be able to review If You Were Me and Lived In…Colonial America (An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time) (Volume 4) and If You Were Me and Lived In…the American West (Volume 7), brought to you by Carole P. Roman and Awaywegomedia.com.
The "If You Were Me and Lived In…" book series teaches children about what it was actually like to live in various time periods in history from a child's perspective. There are a variety of stories to choose from, covering so many historic periods that they truly make a wonderful supplement to your child's history studies.
The two books that I requested to review were If You Were Me and Lived In…Colonial America (An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time) (Volume 4) and If You Were Me and Lived in the American West (Volume 7), which I selected because these match up with the time period that my 8-year old son, Holden, is currently studying in our homeschool.
I also had the pleasure of receiving two additional books: If You Were Me and Lived In…Renaissance Italy (An Introduction to Civilizations Through Time) (Volume 2) and If You Were Me and Lived In…Ancient China: The Han Dynasty.
All of these books and many more in the series are available for purchase through Amazon in the price range of approximately $13-$20 each.
Holden definitely has some attention difficulties, and he tends to do other things while I read to him. So to make sure he got to enjoy the truly rich and enticing illustrations in these beautiful books, I chose to use them as bedtime stories. When he is tired, he'll cuddle up with me at night to read a book together, and he's able to be more still than at other times, so that was the perfect way to ensure he got the full appreciation of these lovely books.
We began with Colonial America story, since that one lines up perfectly with what we've studied in our homeschool most recently. We had already covered all of the material in this book, so it was a wonderful summary of things we've studied so far this school year and was far more interesting and engaging that how we'd studied it before!
Holden absolutely loved the large, full-page, full-color illustrations that were paired with every reading page, and it kept his attention as I read aloud the accompanying text. It started off showing what London looks like in modern times vs. the 1600's. Then it talks about what kinds of names boys and girls might have been given and asks the reader to think about how those names reflect the society of that time. Then it moves into the various religious movements of that time and how that spurred the development of colonies in the New World. It discusses the journey to America and how the settlers had to find ways to satisfy their immediate needs for shelter, food, and a way to govern themselves. The book gives a good overview of the challenges the settlers faced and what a transition it was from the life they'd known before. It also gives a good impression of the daily life of the colony and how much work was involved in day-to-day survival. It also discusses how the settlers came to develop contact and relationships with the Native Americans, and how what they learned improved their chances of survival. It relays how the children were educated, what kinds of chores they did, and how they entertained themselves. Then at the end of the story, it gave a brief summary of some notable people who lived at that time and what made them significant.
The next book we read was the American West story. Holden hasn't gotten that far into American history just yet, but it will be coming, so that was a great story to choose to read next. The story started out by showing Oregon in modern times, followed by Oregon in the 1800's at the time that settlers began to travel on the Oregon Trail. It explained why the settlers began to make the move and why they chose to travel en masse. It also told of the draws that existed in the west and then began to describe the physical aspects of the journey itself and the many challenges the settlers faced on that treacherous trek. It detailed their food, their clothing, their chores, and their encounters with Native Americans. I felt like the illustrations really did a great job of conveying the conditions and difficulties along the way and the perseverance involved in making a new home for themselves once they reached their destination. A whole new set of chores were required as they created new homesteads, and it was easy to grasp how the settlers began to create a new society for themselves and get back to regular daily life with schools and stores and growing up in a community. And at the end of the story, it again detailed quick summaries of famous people of the American West, complete with portraits.
The other two books cover completely different time periods and geographic locations than these first two, so I chose not to read those to Holden just yet. I want to save them for when we eventually cover those areas in our studies. I have every confidence that they will be a wonderful complement to our history lessons when the time comes.
I looked through both books, though, and they are just as interesting as the first two we read! The Renaissance Italy story talks about the emergence from the dark times of the Middle Ages and how people became more interested in art, architecture, and literature. The copies the ways of Ancient Greece, and they enjoyed the finer things in life. The end of the book offers a summary of famous artists who transformed art for a lifetime to come.
The Ancient China story has significantly longer text than the other stories because it has so much more information to convey. It talks about the culture of the people, the significance of their class system, and the lack of respect for women in their society (they were not allowed to get an education, and men felt that women's opinions didn't matter). It discusses the use of slaves, the different types of homes, and how the foods of rich and poor members of society differed mainly in whether or not spices and sauces were used to improve flavor. It also discussed the importance placed on learning the arts like dancing, music, and writing. Like the other books, it ended with a summary of significant people of the time, as well as a glossary of relevant terms, which was present in all of the other books, as well.
Overall, I'm very impressed with these books! They do a wonderful job of communicating a good bit of historical culture and information while relaying it all on a child's level. The enticing nature of the large and colorful illustrations really helps keep a child's interest while learning all the while. They do a good job of helping the reader to visualize the experience about which they are reading. We enjoyed them very much!
I would hope to collect all of the books in this series to supplement our studies going forward. They certainly cover a lot of useful historic information in a concise and easy-to-understand manner that's just right for kids. I hope you'll give them a try, too!
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"@Sheets24K: I been thinking a lot lately that I need to make a comeback this year still unfinished business north of the border. What yall think?"
As of Tuesday evening, the Tweet garnered 37 Retweets and 218 Likes.
However it remains to be seen if the ploy will generate a look-see from any CFL teams.
Sheets spent three years in the NFL (2009-2011) with San Francisco, Miami and Carolina before finding his way northward and becoming a star with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2012 and 2013.
In 2013 the Purdue product tied a Rider franchise record for most 100-yard rushing games in a season and set a Grey Cup rushing record with 197 yards in the Riders' 45-23 victory over Hamilton at Mosaic Stadium. He was ultimately named the game's MVP.
In 2014 Sheets signed a free agent deal with the Oakland Raiders but ruptured his Achilles tendon in a nationally-televised preseason game against Green Bay and hasn't played since.
|Sheets (left) with the Alouettes
He participated (as evidenced by the photo on the right), but reportedly wasn't offered a contract.
The Roughriders passed on Sheets' availablity last year and it's unlikely they'll give him a look one year later.
I like Kory Sheets - a lot - and his contributions to the /=S=/ are undeniable, but it's time he faces the fact his pro football career is over.
I hope I'm wrong.
- The B.C. Lions announced they've granted early free agent status to kicker/punter Richie Leone in order for him to pursue an NFL opportunity.
"We thank Richie for his contributions to our team over the past two years. He brought excitement to our kicking game and we wish him the very best in his future football endeavors," said GM and head coach Wally Buono.
TSN reports Leone is poised to sign with the Arizona Cardinals.
- And the Edmonton Eskimos granted early free agent status to star linebacker Deon Lacey. It's been reported Lacey is set to join the Miami Dolphins.