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My 21-month-old daughter is on NovoRapid and Insulatard. She has developed urticaria over past four weeks and I wonder if she could be allergic to the preservatives in these insulins. Is this possible?
It is rather rare to have allergies to modern insulins, but not impossible. I would think you and your diabetes team should switch to an alternative manufacturer, i.e., Lilly, and see if the same thing happens or not, while using the same types of insulins. We usually treat with Humalog and NovoLog for prandial insulin boluses and Lantus or Levemir for basal insulins. This is another alternative that gets you away from NPH (Insulatard) altogether.
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Why I Marched in SlutWalk DC
Twice yesterday, I found myself engaging in a conversation with my friend about the name "Slutwalk."
It's the kind of name I wouldn't ever say to my grandmother, and even when taking the metro to get to the march, I had a hard time saying it to people who saw my sign and asked what protest I was attending. The day after the march, I showed my mom, an avowed feminist, a picture of myself from a fellow marcher's Facebook album, and she said, "I think I'm glad it is a picture from behind if it's in a march called Slutwalk."
I couldn't argue with her dislike of the name.
For those of you who don't know about the international Slutwalk movement, here's some background from the Slutwalk Toronto website, the march that started it all.
"On January 24th, 2011, a representative of the Toronto Police gave shocking insight into the Force's view of sexual assault by stating: "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized"… Historically, the term 'slut' has carried a predominantly negative connotation. Aimed at those who are sexually promiscuous, be it for work or pleasure, it has primarily been women who have suffered under the burden of this label. And whether dished out as a serious indictment of one's character or merely as a flippant insult, the intent behind the word is always to wound, so we're taking it back. "Slut" is being re-appropriated."
Since the Toronto march in May 2011, the SlutwalkToronto website has listed marches that have taken place (or will take place soon) in 30 cities in the US, and in countries such as India, France, Australia, Sweden, South Africa, Mexico, Germany, and Czechoslovakia (which is a miracle in and of itself because apparently they also travelled back in time to when Czechoslovakia was still a country…).
Perhaps it's the anthropologist in me that is wary of reclaiming my sluttishness because "reclaiming" the word slut gives weight to term in the first place. Still, I don't want to be the bully on the pulpit who tells people what they can and can't call themselves. But then again, do I really want people to think that I am marching for the right to let it all hang out? (I don't much care if you are a man or a woman, there are just some things I don't want to see. My friend who attended the rally with me noted that several male marchers provided us with a view of more junk than we had seen (or wanted to see) in a long time.)
But, maybe I am just arguing a matter of degree, not principle.
As a teacher of undergrads, I have noticed that the third generation of feminists (the very ones who reap the rewards of generations one and two) has gotten incredibly lazy about their desire to have equal rights as women. They sort of think it's too much work to bother with discussing the ways in which women still aren't equal. Generally, I get the impression that many of them think we're equal enough.
So, perhaps it does take several dozen ta-tas chillin' in the wind to remind people that women (and a whole slew of other groups and combinations therein) have hardly achieved equality. The proof of this is in the pudding of how we, as a society, treat rape victims (man or woman, gay or straight).
I want to help end the global rape culture that blames victims for their attacks (what were they wearing? how much did they drink?). There is no label sown into a pair of fishnets that says, "sexy stockings come with an implicit understanding that you are asking to be raped."
It's the same problem that I have with the "It gets better" campaign, even though I am a member of that too, because the message is, "we can't stop bullies, so just hang in their folks." Um No. Bullies, like rapists, are the problem (not the survivors of bullying and rape). I think that the campaign should be "It's going to get a whole lot worse—for bullies, that is."
But that hasn't happened, and so we live in a society where victims are labeled as the provocateur if they get raped, and kids who just couldn't take it anymore are judged for not having hung in there just a little bit longer….
So, I'm not wild about being called a slut, either "good" or "bad," but if that's what it takes to draw attention to the fact that rape survivors are still blamed and made to feel ashamed of something that's totally not their fault then I will be there with my shocking pink and purple glitter protest sign to step into the march.
You can find more information about Slutwalks in your area by clicking HERE.
For more information about the march in DC, click here.
I highly recommend the first part of Andrea Bredback's amazing keynote speech, which can be found here (though be aware of strong language, graphic descriptions of real-life rape situations, and references to sexuality). I have yet to see a posting of the entire keynote, but I will post it as it becomes available.

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Trading Tactics Or Forex Scams: "surfing Tactics" Part 2
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Now I will explain and specify each position:
The position is closed immediately when the signal, on which the position opened, was cancelled, or replaced with the opposite.
Certainly, we here understand various combinations of the schedule of the price and tools of the technical analysis as signals. About the concrete signals applied in given tactics, we will mention later, here I want to specify some characteristics of signals.
Let's use concepts incomplete – a complete signal, unconfirmed – the confirmed signal. In what is a difference? I will result a simple example: one of well-known signals to position opening is crossing by average. Thus it is considered that a signal finished when the time frame (bar) is closed after crossing above or below the price. However the passing on the schedule shows that such signal hopelessly lags behind, and to open the position it is already late. Therefore the trader is forced to act slightly earlier, before bar end and when there is a crossing by average. It is an incomplete signal. Whether it is necessary to use such signals? Yes it is, differently the trader will open late, inattentively more often.
Let's assume, the price has crossed average from below upwards, having given an incomplete signal on purchasing, and trader has opened a position. When the bar will be closed above the price – the signal will prove to be true. Now it is the confirmed signal.
Some signals are a combination of several tools, and they strengthen or weaken a signal. But it can appear that the bar has returned under average, and was closed there. Thus, the signal hasn't proved to be true, and in conformity to the above-stated rule, it is necessary to close a position immediately. Also incomplete signal is formed, if is used in a combination with other strong signals which have suddenly shown opposite result (for example MACD has moved downwards). (At once I will note – tactics "surfing" doesn't use these signals, it simple example).
The position is closed immediately at achievement of the levels which overcoming is a signal of a turn of movement. The position turn in the opposite direction is thus possible.
I am convinced that in any tactics, except specific signals, it follows to use significant levels. Levels of placing of mass stops are especially important. How them to learn? In the first, it is necessary to read news lines, there always these levels are specified, and is exact enough. The second, simply look at the schedule, and present, where you would put stops. I am assured, you will put them there where put the majority of traders. And so, at crossing of these levels occurs or a rebound of movement, especially correctional movement, or breakdown that occurs often at movement on a trend. Thus there is sharp enough change of the price. It is possible and it is necessary to use for profit earning, tactics working on are based on it "volatility breakdown". "Surfing" isn't such tactics, but at approach to such level it is necessary to be extremely careful and to act resolutely hardly before breakdown, and then it will be late.
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After Dwight Howard shook the basketball world on Thursday with the announcement he'd become a Laker, many have begun to wonder who the best team in the NBA is. Is it the that team from south beach, who managed to get the whole country to hate them in 2011, then miraculously came back in 2012 with a whole new attitude and became champions? The team that made beating the Thunder look easy in June, and followed it by signing Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis? Or is it that team in LA that has just added two future hall of famers to a team that already had a future hall of famer, and a legend at that. So they now have a big 3… Of future hall of famers.
Below is a debate about whether the Heat or the Lakers are the better team. Read both arguments and then decide who you agree with, because on the bottom there is a poll which will show which of these authors "won the debate". Whichever author gets the most votes will earn $5, as a reward for winning the debate. So vote wisely, because these votes do matter.
[one_half] Written by: Jake Dal Porto
These days, the successful NBA teams are predicated on having a "big three", or in some cases, a "big four". The Celtics started the new trend when they assembled a roster that heavily relied on Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce. Now, practically every general manager is trying to follow in the same suit. The Miami Heat were the latest team to find success with this tactic, but the Lakers have a vastly better core or "big three". Thanks to the additions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, the Lakers' front office has mustered a championship type roster.
First of all, some big three groups work, and some don't. The Heat's worked just fine— they won a championship predicated on three players. However, it's not the exact combination that the Lakers have cracked. The Lakers' big three consists of three variables that each contribute something different. Nash is a legendary passer, Bryant is a legendary scorer, and Howard will soon take over the role as a legendary rebounder/finisher at the rim. Miami's big three consists of two scores, and Chris Bosh, who rarely touches the ball now that Lebron James and Dwyane Wade have overtaken the scoring duties. The point is, each member of the big three on the Lakers fits in. A pick and roll combo of Nash and Howard is lethal. The Heat don't have that in their playbook. At least not with the caliber of players as Howard and Nash.
Yet, his tank is not empty. His numbers have dipped slightly over the past three or so seasons, but he's still an above average power forward. Howard should take some pressure off of him as well. Yes, Bynum essentially fit the same bill during his stint in Los Angeles, but Howard's reputation and all the baggage that comes along with it will draw much of the attention towards him. Maybe fans will forget about Gasol's playoff flop? He will practically be the fourth option in the Lakers' offense, a role that suits him well at this stage in his career.Plus, the Lakers boast more quality depth on the frontline. The loss of Andrew Bynum will hurt, but Howard will quickly wipe away Lakers' fans tears with his presence. A piece that shouldn't be forgotten in this equation, though, is Pau Gasol. Yes, the same Pau Gasol that flopped during the 2011-2012 playoffs, averaging just 12 points and about nine rebounds. He heard a decent amount of criticism from Kobe Bryant, fans, coaches, and pretty much any living Lakers object.
Aside from Bosh, the Heat have a mediocre front court at best. Rashard Lewis, Joel Anthony, and Udonis Haslem are considered the main backups, but that group can't touch the Lakers' back big men of Antawn Jamison, Jordan Hill, and Josh Mcroberts.
Right now, the Lakers have the edge. Say all you want about Lebron and Wade, but the Lakers are the better team now. The front office has already revitalized the Lakers without pressing the rebuild button. Most GM's generally just tear apart their entire roster in hopes to build around one player. Not Mitch Kupchak, Sure Nash and Bryant won't be around for much longer, but Howard looks to be the building block when they retire. The Miami Heat are solid, but the Lakers are officially the new team to beat. The team that's garnering all of the hype. And the team that's going to have a target on their backs from day one. That's just how they are. It's like good old days for the Lakers.[/one_half]
[one_half_last] Written by: Adam Lufrano
While the Lakers just went out and made the blockbuster trade of the season, getting Dwight Howard from the Magic, people shouldn't go out of their way to crown the Lakers over the Heat just yet.
First, getting the obvious out of the way, the Heat are the World Champions. They were arguably the best team in the NBA the past two seasons and they finally proved it last year. They won four straight over the Thunder to close out the NBA season, a team some people thought were better overall than the Heat. While the Thunder have more depth overall on their roster, the Heat's star power was simply too much for them to overcome last year.
Looking at the Lakers for a second, they gave up Andrew Bynum to get Dwight Howard. Obviously Howard is the best center in the NBA, but Bynum is definitely a top three center in the league. Does the jump from Bynum to Howard really make the Lakers better than the NBA champions?
Bynum averaged 18.7 ppg and 11.8 rpg last season. While Howard's numbers were higher, they are not that much better, especially when you consider Howard played 3 minutes more per game and Bynum had Pau Gasol as a front court mate. Also, when you consider that Howard is the best defender in the league, it is surprising to see that Bynum had only .3 less blocks per game. Bynum also had less turnovers per game than Howard and shot 20 percent better from the free throw line. I am not saying Bynum is better than Howard because he's not. However, Bynum is one of the best centers in the league, like Howard, so swapping them out in LA shouldn't push them over the best team in the league last year (the Heat).
The Lakers also got Steve Nash this offseason, and while he is a great point guard and can still do what he does best even at his increasing age, he still is a huge defensive liability (it shouldn't make a big difference with Howard in the paint, though) and he is unlikely to make the difference he can make on paper because Kobe will want to control the ball as well. Trading for Dwight Howard gives LA there own big three. Is it better than Miami's? Well, for one, all three Miami stars are great on offense and defense, while Steve Nash simply cannot play good defense. Also, even though they don't play the exact same position, Howard is better than Bosh, but LeBron and Wade are better Bryant and Nash, especially at this point in Bryant and Nash's careers. The Heat's big three are simply better than almost any big three combination you can think of in the NBA that's possible, and LeBron is the best player in the league, period.
Also, don't forget the Heat's big acquisition this offseason, Ray Allen. Allen can still shoot the three at a very high percentage, and he's also good on defense and he can pass the ball. Lack of depth has been a knock on Miami in the past two years, but with Allen coming off the bench now it makes the Heat a lot scarier, especially from a scoring perspective (like they needed to get tougher).
All in all, while the Lakers made two big moves this offseason in acquiring Nash and Howard, the Heat's big additions of James and Bosh two years ago still matter just as much. There's simply no way that Bryant, Nash, and Howard compare to Wade, LeBron, and Bosh, and while the Lakers have depth (don't forget Pau Gasol), they simply cannot be considered better than the champions just yet.[/one_half_last] [polldaddy poll=6459395]


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17-year-old rookie Charley Hull epitomises the European team's spirit with her respectful ruthlessness
In sealing the decisive 14th point for the Europeans, Caroline Hedwall, a Swede who starred at Oklahoma State, became the first player in Solheim Cup history to go 5-0-0
Charley Hull asks Paula Creamer to sign her ball after defeating the American 5 and 4 in their singles match. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
Before the first ball was struck in the Solheim Cup, Suzann Pettersen of Norway was asked what the Europeans could do to hand the United States its first loss on home soil. Pettersen, who had been a member of three vanquished visiting teams in the biennial competition, said: "We still don't know what it takes, because we have never done it before."
The answer, it turns out, was sitting demurely next to Pettersen in the interview room. At 17, Charley Hull was the youngest competitor since the Solheim Cup's 1990 inception, and one of six rookies on this year's European squad.
Hull made Pettersen laugh when she said she did not expect to feel any more nervous on the first tee at Colorado Golf Club than before a club match at Woburn in Massachusetts, where she was taught by the same swing instructor, Lee Scarborough, who worked with the Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter.
On a sultry Sunday, Hull, from England, coolly defeated Paula Creamer, the 2010 US Open champion, 5 and 4, to deliver to Europe the first of the 3½ points it needed to keep the Cup it won at Killeen Castle in 2011.
After Stacy Lewis halved her match against Anna Nordqvist, Carlota Ciganda of Spain defeated Morgan Pressel, 4 and 2, and Caroline Hedwall beat Michelle Wie with a birdie at the 18th hole for the Cup-retaining point. Europe's 18-10 victory was the most lopsided in the event's history.
In sealing the decisive 14th point for the Europeans, Hedwall, a Swede who starred at Oklahoma State, became the first player in Solheim Cup history to go 5-0-0. It was the 24-year-old Hedwall's second star turn in the event. In 2011, she earned a clutch half-point in the singles matches to cue Europe's celebration.
"She may call the course her home now, because she really played some spectacular golf," Meg Mallon, the US captain said, referring to Hedwall. "But what you're seeing is the future of the Solheim Cup."
Feeling ill
Hull woke up feeling ill and was feverish on the range. On the second tee, Annika Sorenstam, radioed for medicine, which Hull rejected, making do with a towel soaked in cold water that she wore like a scarf between shots. She missed three putts inside five feet on the front nine, but her ball striking remained so hale, it did not matter.
Hull was three up after nine and made five birdies (to Creamer's one) in 14 holes. If Creamer looked discombobulated – and her discomfort standing over putts was obvious – it may have been because Hull is reminiscent of Creamer's teenage self.


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Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has strengthened the X Mark I series of products today with the launch of two new desktop business accessories, the X Mark I Mouse Lite and the X Mark I Keypad. Designed with input from Canon's Camera design team, these sleek and stylish products are the ideal extension to a laptop's standard keyboard, helping to improve overall work efficiency for business professionals working remotely. "The addition of the X Mark I Keypad and X Mark I Mouse Lite marks Canon's entry into a new product category," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications Group, Canon U.S.A. "Canon recognizes that business professionals are always on the search for tools that help improve work efficiency and we feel these new products will certainly accomplish this task." The three-in-one Canon X Mark I Mouse Lite combines the functionality of a laser mouse in addition to a keypad and 10-digit calculator making it ideal for the traveling business professional along with anyone interested in minimizing the number of accessories in a workspace. Available in either black or white, the X Mark I Mouse Lite is compatible with Windows PC or Mac laptops, has three mouse buttons and Bluetooth 2.01 connectivity. In addition, this new mouse has a low battery indicator to avoid running out of power unexpectedly. Designed for the on-the-go business professional, the Canon X Mark I Keypad provides users with a two-in-one keypad in addition to a 10-digit Semi-Desktop Calculator that can be easily paired with either a Windows PC or Mac laptop through Bluetooth 2.01. Powered by solar and AAA batteries, the X Mark I Keypad is available in black or white. The Canon X Mark I Mouse Lite will have an estimated selling price of $59.99 and is expected to become available in August while the Canon X Mark I Keypad will have an estimated selling price of $59.99 and is expected to ship in September.
If by 'business professionals' they mean 'retards and comparably handicapped coffee lounge attention whores who have enough money to buy a calculator they do not need, but do want, because they are weak and undisciplined citizens who should be ashamed of themselves for not knowing how to use a computer's built-in calculator to 'write their book'', as it were.
It's not just a calculator, it's a bluetooth NUM pad. For notebooks and desktop keyboards that lack it.
But what about ergonomy? If you molest a mouse eight or nine hours a day, it better be damn comfortable. Doesn't say anything about that, nor does it look very comfortable.
Terrible idea. Those mice are going to get so nasty with sweat, dirt from hands, and dead skin...just gonna be gross. Not to mention that every OS comes with a calculator built in. Even phones. Now if you are going for the keypad approach for laptops without the pad, or Mac users, that works. But still...gonna turn nasty in time. The other keypad they have there is much more useful for that.
that's what baby wipes are for. would be cool for RTS players too i guess... all the group keys right there at your mouse hand.
LOL you don't like calculator or ppl using them? lol made my day wow its t he mouse week? lol trying to make a new revolution? TIPS: i ait gona be mouses!
I do (probably most people do unknowningly), unless I have to hold left mouse-down and click right-mouse. The mouse looks too flat and long. I doubt I'd like it at all.
"If you watch closely you can see the CaptainAbrecan in it's natural habitat. Curious critter. Pay attention now, as it becomes enraged at the progress of the other critters. Surely this creature has issues. Oh! There it goes! Quickly Nigel, pan the camera!"
i tried it for a sec, just felt weird. I always have my index finger on the left button and middle on the right button. My mousing skills have lower latency than yours!
that's just marketing, they couldn't have the lady cover up the all too important logo on the left click.
Hello Captain. I haven't noticed you on the forum before, so please accept my belated welcome albeit 9 months late. Healthy cynicism is welcome. This product is about as useful as a calculator-air-freshener accessory in a 4x4 pickup. Yes, it has function. No, it is a stupid accessory. Canon, fail. You have just diluted your brand franchise value. I was on the fence between buying a Canon printer and an HP printer. With this nonsense product you are marketing, it has helped me decide on the HP printer. I was also thinking about getting a Canon DSLR. But now I will go with a Nikon. I don't want a calculator on my DSLR just like I dont want a calculator on my 4x4 pickup or my mouse or my camera. Thank you.
Nah, doesn't work after awhile. My MX518 just gets worse due to the glossy top. For some reason it attracts stuff better than my older MX500. Even the sides of it where the thumb rest is, is now worn smooth by the fingers. My MX500 with the same basic feel doesn't have this either.
My MX518 has the worn areas around he thumb and pinky finger. All the black has worn off the Logitech emblem too. But then I have had this mouse for years. I also need to clean out the scroll wheel as it is hard to scroll in the mornings. As for the calcumouse, I'm sure it has it's market. The gimmick people. There are many consumers out there who will immediately buy something if it is looked at as cool by other gimmick people. It would be more useful if there is a calculator button lock somewhere on the mouse.
Faster and more convenient to use a real calculator, it is. Stop being ignorant retards, you should. Yeesssssss.


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Inside Llewyn Davis
"Inside Llewyn Davis" is the most satisfyingly diabolical cinematic structure that the Coens have ever contrived, and that's just one reason that I suspect it…
"Inside Llewyn Davis" is the most satisfyingly diabolical cinematic structure that the Coens have ever contrived, and that's just one reason that I suspect it…
This film charts the small humiliations a teen girls suffers as she navigates the world of sex, and how they start to accumulate.
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"Life Itself," the documentary about Roger's life inspired by his memoir, will play at the Sundance Film Festival.
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"Life Itself," the documentary about Roger's life inspired by his memoir, will play at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Apart from the detail that he was a heroin dealer, Frank Lucas' career would be an ideal case study for a business school. "American Gangster" tells his success story. Inheriting a crime empire from his famous boss Bumpy Johnson, he cornered the New York drug trade with admirable capitalist strategies. He personally flew to Southeast Asia to buy his product directly from the suppliers, used an ingenious importing scheme to get it into the United States, and sold it at higher purity and lower cost than anyone else was able to. At the end, he was worth more than $150 million, and got a reduced sentence by cutting a deal to expose three-quarters of the NYPD narcotics officers as corrupt. And he always took his mom to church on Sunday.
Lucas is played by Denzel Washington in another one of those performances where he is affable and smooth on the outside, yet ruthless enough to set an enemy on fire. Here's a detail: As the man goes up in flames, Frank shoots him to put him out of his agony. Now that's merciful. His stubborn antagonist in the picture is a police detective named Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), who gets a very bad reputation in the department. How does he do that? By finding $1 million in drug money -- and turning it in. What the hell kind of a thing is that to do, when the usual practice would be to share it with the boys?
There is something inside Roberts that will not bend, not even when his powerful colleague (Josh Brolin) threatens him. He vows to bring down Frank Lucas, and he does, although it isn't easy, and his most troubling opposition comes from within the police. Lucas, the student of the late Bumpy, has a simple credo: Treat people right, keep a low profile, adhere to sound business practices and hand out turkeys on Thanksgiving. He can trust the people who work for him because he pays them very well and many of them are his relatives.
In the movie, at least, Lucas is low-key and soft-spoken. No rings on his fingers, no gold around his neck, no spinners on his hubcaps, with a quiet marriage to a sweet wife and a Brooks Brothers image. It takes the authorities the longest time to figure out who he is, because they can't believe an African American could hijack the Harlem drug trade from the Mafia. The Mafia can't believe it, either, but Frank not only pulls it off, but is still alive at the end.
When it was first announced, Ridley Scott's film was inevitably called "The Black Godfather." Not really. For one thing, it tells two parallel stories, not one, and it really has to, because without Roberts, there would be no story to tell, and Lucas might still be in business.
But that doesn't save us from a stock female character who is becoming increasingly tiresome in the movies, the wife (Carla Gugino) who wants Roberts to choose between his job and his family. Their obligatory scenes together are recycled from a dozen or a hundred other plots, and although we sympathize with her (will they all be targeted for assassination?), we grow restless during her complaints. Roberts' domestic crisis is not what the movie is about.
It is about an extraordinary entrepreneur whose story was told in a New York magazine article by Mark Jacobson. As adapted into a (somewhat fictionalized) screenplay by Steve Zaillian ("Schindler's List"), Lucas is a loyal driver, bodyguard and coat holder for Bumpy Johnson (who has inspired characters in three other movies, including "The Cotton Club"). He listens carefully to Johnson's advice, cradles him when he is dying, then takes over and realizes the fatal flaw in the Harlem drug business: The goods come in through the Mafia, after having been stepped on all along the way.
So he flies to Thailand, goes upriver for a face to face with the general in charge of drugs, and is rewarded for this seemingly foolhardy risk with an exclusive contract. The drugs will come to the United States inside the coffins of American casualties, which is apparently based on fact. It's all arranged by one of his relatives.
In terms of his visible lifestyle, the story of Frank Lucas might as well be the story of J.C. Penney, except that he hands out turkeys instead of pennies. Everyone in his distribution chain is reasonably happy, because the product is high quality, the price is right, and there's money for everyone. Ironically, an epidemic of overdoses occurs when Lucas' high-grade stuff is treated by junkies as if it's the usual weaker street strength. Then Lucas starts practicing what marketing experts call branding: It becomes known that his "Blue Magic" offers twice the potency at half the price, and other suppliers are forced off the streets by the rules of the marketplace, not turf wars.
This is an engrossing story, told smoothly and well, and Russell Crowe's contribution is enormous (it's not his fault his wife complains). Looking like a care-worn bulldog, his Richie Roberts studies for a law degree, remains inviolate in his ethical standards and just keeps plugging away, building his case.
The film ends not with a "Scarface"-style shootout, but with Frank and Richie sitting down for a long, intelligent conversation, written by Zaillian to show two smart men who both know the score. As I hinted above: less "The Godfather" than "Wall Street," although for that matter a movie named "American Gangster" could have been made about Kenneth Lay.
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HaHaHa! Hey Trixi, I got my own thread too! Now if anybody sees ManChild, try not to stare at the load in his diaper/terrible towel and just act like everything is normal. Maybe even fill his bottle with rum. At the Haus of course!
Dude....ManChild has to respond quicker than 4 months.....evil doers will run rampant in the mean time....Boise and TCU and going CRAZY!!!!!!
But the raging hormones, no joke, I had my appt. at the VA on Friday and my PSA number rose more since when it was last checked only three weeks ago so they gave me a hormone shot to slow the PSA down. They assured me that it's routine and that I am in no grave danger.I told my son and wife at the celebration dinner that it's going to be like having TWO mommies now! So please, no worries if I don't show up for awhile, it will probably just mean that I found a new arts & crafts or cooking forum.
Glad to hear the good news buddy....keep it coming.
Food Network is always good and, sometimes, gets you by when your male friends come over...everyone watches that channel from time to time.
Now I'm not too sure about HGTV....might cause some talk...
HaHaHa! Hey Trixi, I got my own thread too! Now if anybody sees ManChild, try not to stare at the load in his diaper/terrible towel and just act like everything is normal. Maybe even fill his bottle with rum. At the Haus of course!
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No tennis shooooooeeeessss?
Dadgummit, those are the snazziest shoes I own...oh well, I guess it's just as well I don't wear'em on the short bus since the windows don't go down, and those shoes smell like ... well... old sweaty shoes.
Do our parents have to sign anything to get us enrolled?
;No tennis shooooooeeeessss?
Yes, but those Amish-looking blue jeans are great for concealing things like small bottles.
What abaout shorts and flip-flops?
What abaout shorts and flip-flops?
or "about"....take your pick
Definitely keeping an eye on you kids. Things have gotten a little too loose around here.
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What abaout shorts and flip-flops?
This is my Canadian accent.....
Definitely keeping an eye on you kids. Things have gotten a little too loose around here.
Hall Monitor???? Whoa. teachers should be notified. And I was not.
required is a black belt
I don't have any martial arts experience. However, I do have oppressive halitosis and I spit when I talk; this seems to work fine for self defense, as no one ever comes near me. Can I get a waiver?
Congratulations Default!(barnacles, Big Ten envy, liver spots) you easily qualify for free transportation. And yes, Fridays are dress down days!
Those aren't liver spots....I just tan unevenly....
Those aren't liver spots....I just tan unevenly....
Tan unevenly? Most of us refer to that as getting spanked!
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Product Type: Birds Eye Meat / Fish
Newest Review: ... nutritional chart stated as well as cooking instructions and contact details for Birds Eye are given. Nice enough and minimal packaging ... more
Well done captain!
Birds Eye Simply Cod Fillets
Member Name: Ghumphrey
Birds Eye Simply Cod Fillets
Date: 01/10/09
Advantages: Easy to cook and tates nice
Disadvantages: Cod is overfished
Birds Eye Simply Cod Fillets
Normally I am not really a fan of fish. When I worked at sea we had an arrangement. I would not eat them if they did not eat me. However not back living on dry land I have thrown that agreement out the window and have started to delve in to the murky world of battered fish. Probably my favourite is fish fingers but I have now moved onto other battered fish based products such as the birds eye simply cod range.
A bit about Birds Eye
Bird Eye is an international brand of frozen food stuff that include fish, chicken and meat. The fish side of the business is famously represented by Captain Birds Eye in the UK. The company was founded in 1929 and was made possible at the time by modern refrigeration techniques.
About the product
Birds Eye simply Cod fillets come in boxes of four. The box is predominately blue in colour with a picture of two fillets accompanied by two salad leaves and a slice of lemon. I am pleased to say that the frozen fillets do resemble the fillets pictured on the box.
I have notice the price of this product has reduced in the past six months. Currently a four pack in Tesco costs £3.54. Its also worthwhile checking Iceland as they often have this product on sale at the best price.
For each fillet you will receive 1030KJ, 245 Kcal, 15g of protein, 17 g of carbohydrates,13g of Fat of which 1.8 is saturates.
My opinion
I have to say that I am quite a fan of this product. I did read the other review about their being bone issues but thankfully I have not experienced this. This size of the fillets are normally always of a pretty good and uniform size and the breadcrumb coats the fish on all sides.
The fish itself tastes very good and is lovely with a drop of vinegar and some chips. The breadcrumbs probably make this fish not as healthy as it could be. That being said its still a lovely product and forms part of a very tasty meal. Plus its oven cooked in 30 minutes so it does not take too much effort to make.
Summary: Forms part of a very tatsy meal
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you guys and those dirt 2 shots. I want that game soo bad lol. anyone ever get an extra copy. Plz hit me up. I haven't raced for soo long lol. Nice shots there. are the cars customizable much at all?
o yea, dirt 3 is the last one. I meant I want dirt 3 lol. I'm lost right now lol. Still I want dirt 3
Car customizations, not really. Only car liveries, horns, dashboard toys In dirt3 you can select only car liveries. Imo Dirt3 looks worse, cars and "lightning" is better but that's about it; btw you can tweak Dirt2 car reflections, shadows to have Dirt3 look. And if you dont buy Dirt3 complete edition, you get a half game.. I found Dirt2 better, the only thing that stood out in Dirt3 was snow/rain and night levels, Gymkhana events were meh.. Also it feels a bit crippled even in compete edition, 3-4 rally maps - Finland, Michigan, Monaco and maybe Kenya. Its good game, but i feel they rushed it and its still missing some content.
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Plants Vs Zombies Zombies in Temple and Noodle Zombies I know this is a very low graphics game and unpopular but this is the best game i have played
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BLOSSOMS - Why the Honeycomb of Beehives Has a Hexagonal Shape (English Subtitles) Teacher: Fatma Al-Qatani
Presenter: Amjad Al Nour
Summary: Beavers are generally known as the engineers of the animal world. In fact the beaver is MIT's mascot! But honeybees might be better engineers than beavers! And in this lesson involving geometry in interesting ways, you'll see why! Honeybees, over time, have optimized the design of their beehives. Mathematicians can do no better.
Large Feathered Dinosaurs
Even though dinosaurs and birds are closely related, a large feathered carnivore is hard to imagine. Until now. Researchers in China have found a new species called Yutyrannis huali, which is 27 feet long and covered in long, filamentous feathers.
The Economics subject considered is Elasticity and how it functions within the Theory of Demand
Words In Action: OPENING REMARKS
Words In Action: OPENING REMARKS
Annamaria Bellezza, Words In Action Organizer
Words In Action - A MULTILINGUAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE CELEBRATING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AT UC BERKELEY
Chevron Auditorium -- International House Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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School of Law Commencement 2012 - Full Ceremony
The full ceremony of the Northeastern University School of Law Commencement on May 25, 2012.
Why Does the Civil War Era Have a Hold on American Historical?
The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119) Professor Blight offers an introduction to the course. He summarizes some of the course readings, and discusses the War in this 43 minute lecture with some slides. It is for advanced students.
Wind Vectors for Hurricane Erin (WMS)
This visualization shows wind vectors for Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. Wind direction and speed are represented by the direction and speed of moving arrows, respectively. This animation represents a single measurement taken by the SeaWinds instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite, taken at 14:27:00 UTC on September 10, 2001. The WMS version of this animation which is available through the SVS Image Server (http://aes.gsfc.nasa.gov) presents this animation with a different timestamp for each
Gesture Drawing with Chris Warner (Otis College)
Otis faculty Chris Warner teaches helpful techniques for Gesture Drawing used in Life Drawing class
A family farm.
Α family's desire to grow their own food gradually led to a full-on functioning farm. The owners of the farm describe how they feel about producing their own food.
Microbiology Factsheets for Schools
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Classroom Management Resource--Flipping for Assessment
Charity Preston, veteran teacher and owner of organized classroom blog, shows teachers how to create a quick and easy assessment tool to keep adequate running records for our students. You will need a clipboard, tape, and index cards. This tool can be used to jot down student notes, parent communication, behavior, etc. This is a great resource for the busy teacher. (7:50)
Classroom Management--"Cup" Management Tool for Group or Center Work
Charity Preston, veteran teacher and owner of organized classroom blog, shows us how to use 3 paper cups (green, yellow, red) to manage classroom group and center time. This is a visual reminder to students about their behavior. This is a quick and easy resource for the busy teacher. (5:10)
Turn of the Earth
This video demonstrates an experiment that proves the Earth is rotating on its axis. This is demonstrated by building a Foucault Pendulum. The video describes how to build the pendulum and how it works. (7:30)
Classroom Management--- Incentive Wristbands
This video shows how to use the editable incentive wristbands template from Twinkle and how to assemble them. Charity Preston, veteran teacher and owner of Organized Classroom Blog, shares how she uses them in the classroom. This is a quick and easy resource for the busy teacher. (4:19)
Nixon Reelected to Presidency
On November 7, 1972, incumbent President Richard Nixon won a second term in a landslide victory over Democrat George McGovern. In a brief statement from the Oval Office, President Nixon promises to bring "peace with honor" in Vietnam and to usher in a "new era of peace" with the Soviet Union. (1:03)
The Bounty (film) : Exercises Materiaal voor een vijftiental lessen met een verscheidenheid van kijk-, luister-, lees- en schrijfoefeningen met aandacht voor woordenschat en enkele spraakkunstitems plus links naar o.a. een online game gebaseerd op de lotgevallen van de Bounty. …
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Presidential Term
After Franklin D. Roosevelt was reelected in one of the greatest landslides in American history, he had a surprisingly shaky second term. In this video clip, learn some of the things Roosevelt struggled with in his second four years as President. (1:31)
Leavers Pack 2012 - wallet template w/ bleed
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Theologians in Conversation: Foundation Narratives
Prof. Tom O'Loughlin and Dr Holger Zellentin discuss how Jews and Christians look back on their origins. The discussion not only focuses on how people today look back on the period around 2000 years ago, but looks at how writers in the period before the third century, C.E., constructed their origin narratives to explain their religious situation.


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Archive for April, 2011
Detain two squatters for resistance to vacatea
by admin on Apr.17, 2011, under game online
Detain two squatters for resistance to vacate a building in Barcelona. Barcelona, aaApril 13 () .- The Police have arrested two people for resisting arrest during the evacuation today of an occupied building, located in the Sants neighborhood of Barcelona, aahas informed a spokesman of the body police.
Inside the building, called "L'Encoberta", were a total of 11 people who have refused to voluntarily evacuate when around 6:20 am the troops of the Autonomous been presented in the property,, everquest 2 platinum, located in the number 143 of the street Creu Coberta to remove him in pursuance of a warrant.
Squat collective sources have explained that people who reside in the area have "resisted" in the roof of the building as a joint concentration of about 40 people supported them from the street to protest the eviction.
Two B The Guadalajara walks in Vigod
by admin on Apr.12, 2011, under game online
Two B: The Guadalajara walks in Vigo and already is third
. Modlico party which offered yesterday to the Coruxo Deportivo Guadalajara in Vigo. For the hosts won 0-4 dwellings, a victory that can be placed in third position in the standings. Lugo is the leader pursued by Real Madrid Castilla, while Legans in fourth place, which forecloses the possibility of playing in the ascent phase II Divisin.
Nico scored very important for the group coached by, men's cycling jerseys, Carlos Terrazas as it was in minute 40. After reanudacin, Depor was ANBAL huracny with targets, Juan and Josie (pp), in minutes 68, 70 and 80, said the crash.
For its part, the Balompdica Conquense tie to a goal in the New Pasarn against Pontevedra in a game that debuted in the black and white bench technician canary Tino Luis Cabrera. About 3,500 spectators witnessed, cycling apparel, this dramtico match between two teams in the relegation zone located at Third Divisin.
Pontevedra: Orlando Quintana, Aitor, Alfonso, Claudio, Sergio Brown, Ruben Brown, Santi Amado (Ibn Swords), Adrin (Fran Amado) and Lord Douglas (Ruben Reyes).
Cuenca: Eduard, Jorge Campos, Bardal, Garrido, De la Plata, Cubillo, Berodia (Alba), Valverde (Aday), Cristian; Calvillo (Elas) and Belencoso.
Goals: 0-1: Valverde (minute 30), 1-1: Yahweh (minute 79).
Rree: Espieira Pello (Asturias). Expelled, cycling jerseys, Jorge Campos (Cuenca) by double admonition.
Rout at Puertollano
The Puertollano lost to Sevilla 5-0 in the team joint subsidiary of Seville. Sevilla's young players were favored by three expulsions experienced by the mining fleet: Nando, Olmo and Aridani, in minutes 42, 62 and 78, respectively. Sevilla targets were achieved by Jairo athletic (2), Luis Alberto and oo (2). Est industrial equipment in one area in the standings.
Lastly, the Puertollano has sent a press release that explains why it was not televised the first leg of the Federation Cup final against Lemona. According to seal it, the club 5,000 euros puertollanense Solicit Castilla-La Mancha Television to offer the game in the new city of Puertollano, but the agency understood that television was a high price and assists and three teams Castile-La Mancha to the amount paid to them by televising Segunda B matches yesterday in particular, Pontevedra-Cuenca.
First Prrence
In Group I, the athletic Ibas remains at the forefront of the classification sought by the Puertollano B and athletic Teresiano. In Group II, it is Talavera UD leader, followed by Madridejos and Gimnstico of Alczar.
In lesser evil wins Navalmoral
by admin on Apr.11, 2011, under game online
In lesser evil wins Navalmoral
Moral: Fanjul, Dani, Asiel, Arellano, Frank Mancha, Pulido, Piti (Pintado, m.27), Manu, Migueln (Toribio, m.69), Juanjo (Villa, m.59) and Tortu.
Coria: Tom, lex, Dani, Victor Herrera, Liberal, Luis Miguel, Pichi (Lolo Santos, m.46), vila (Gordo, m.84), David Bartholomew (Angel Rodriguez, 72) , Chema and Alvaro.
Goals: 0-1: David Bartholomew, m.44. David Bartholomew 0-2, m.58. 0-3: Chema, m.93.
Rree: Prez Ramos. Showed the local yellow Pulido and warn the visitor technician Javi Moreno.
Incidents: Some, Kneeling Archer, 300 spectators at the Municipal Navalmoral in morning warm. Uneven playing field.
Morales has decided to pull the season and not fighting for fourth place. Pobrsimo seen the encounter played in front of a worker and lucky Coria, only Navalmoral team is waiting for the final league desperately and that the development of the conference did not punish him too much to blur his, cycling clothing, excellent previous path. And it will have difficult because apatay surprising lack of pace and unforgiving game.
In the clash between morality and caurienses beat the least bad. AFTER a very weak first half, with no chances to score or to trouble shooting, good service by the middle of the dnse to David Bartholomew in the last moment permitted to raise the front visiting the score, Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, 0-1 after Fanjul exceed output.
The second period was the same course when a fast and well run the ball on the right of the area culminated in David Bartholomew again with a subtle touch to the squad for the 0-2. Ah finally and inexplicably the Moral baj arms and exclusive remedy and gave balls on the area of aaCoria awaiting the same fate. It was not as sure because Tom was able to cross the little work that came in the last half hour.
The inaccuracies and lack decisin to aspire to something more sank to a stranger and blurred faces a moral bearing Coria, with very little, won the points counted arrivals exploiting their local area.
Already in the far off a free kick taken on the portal Chema Fanjul served without oposicin to finish twice in small area, to mark the bulky 0-3 with his team gets stay in the pocket.
- You39ll never walk alone
by admin on Apr.06, 2011, under game online
- You'll never walk alone.
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Bankia bag will go with 275000 millions
by admin on Apr.05, 2011, under game online
Bankia bag will go with 275,000 million in assets
. Bankia bag will go with a net worth of 12,000 million and total assets of 275,000 million. The group segregate its assets into two entities. High finance, private banking tab of Caja Madrid, to be renamed Bankia financial business deals, and the Financial and Savings Bank, considered as a bad bank that occupy land or awarded FINANCING No soil in doubtful situation.
Had luck muchsima
by admin on Apr.01, 2011, under game online
Had luck muchsima
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Posts Tagged broadway
Ewan McGregor: Broadway Bound
Posted by Native NYker in ewan mcgregor on November 1, 2013
Trainspotting alum and all around hotness Ewan McGregor, 42, is set to make his Broadway stage debut in a revival of Tom Stoppards' "The Real Thing," reports BBC News. McGregor will play the role of a married playwright named Henry involved in an affair. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Stevens: Broadway Papi
Posted by Native NYker in bbc, broadway, dan stevens, downton abbey, jessica chastain, pbs, the heiress on January 5, 2013
We have been jonesing for our very own photo of Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens. But every time we have attempted a revisit of the The Heiress stage door we just barely miss him and are left bereft – it just doesn't seem to go as envisioned. That is until now.
Don't get us wrong… Sure, we are deeply grateful for his Heiress' costar Jessica Chastain's amenable disposition and beautiful smile but in the end gays' will be gay – and Dan Stevens' sparkling blue eyes is where our heart thaws. Sorry Jess…
Our thanks to Stevens for extending us the opportunity for some great shots.
Alas, a fellow pap-ster had to go and drop the bomb on a impending twist contained in the 3rd installment of our beloved Downton series. And after a little Googling, we happened upon further learning of its resounding truth.
We are crushed yet again.
But we will dutifully watch and mourn (again) when the time comes. Until such time we will regress to complete ignorance and deeply rooted denial.
Jessica Chastain: The Heiress Stage Door
Posted by Native NYker in broadway, james mcavoy, jessica chastain, the disappearance of eleanor rigby film set, the heiress, viola davis, zero dark thirty on January 4, 2013
There aren't too many people that we come across, on an daily basis, that we couldn't find something bad to say about. It's true – most folks are wretched, self-serving, duplicitous lot… Get into the entertainment field and, well, that number expands exponentially. Jessica Chastain, however, happens to be one of the exceptions. She is just so damn nice we'd likely sprain something attempting to procure some manifested grievance.
Sure she once surfaced a la Bewitched, seemingly out of thin air, across the street from the trailers mind you, while we were visiting the set of the forthcoming film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby which costars dream-boat James McAvoy and Viola Davis – during their Bronx set days – but we ultimately got a two shot after a brief sprint. And the shots were exclusive!
No harm – exercise greatly appreciated.
We watched Chastain greet awaiting fans outside The Heiress stage door, post a matinee performance, and she took the time to accommodate each and every fans request, all the while chatting about whatever topics they brought up – at times nothing to do with the stage production. And then she provided awaiting paps with a photo-op before saying her goodnight and disappearing.
And we have to say WOW.
That's some type of gift right there. To do so with an earnest interest in the stranger in front of you without that Halle Berry fake ass snarly smile creeping into the condescending 'why are you talking to me' facial expression creeping in. One that to Chastain's credit, well, she could bank a fortune extending a how-to to other celebrities lesser talented, but with bigger egos.
Case and point: A certain diva presently on The Great White Way goes thru immeasurable lengths to not only avoid photographers hoping to get a photo post her performance in a revival that she is getting horrible reviews for but also fans hoping to have her sign their programs.
Ain't that some shit?
Well, we won't dwell too much on the likes of ScarJo the wanna be serious actress' and further praise Ms. Chastain's humble disposition.
And don't you just love the shoes?
Katie Holmes: Last of The Dead Accounts Matinee
Posted by Native NYker in broadway, celebrities, celebrity baby, celebrity divorce, celebrity kids, dead accounts, great white way, katie holmes, music box theater, suri cruise, tom cruise on January 3, 2013
Katie Holmes is having a rough time of late – professionally speaking. Her return to the Broadway stage, in the Theresa Rebeck drama "Dead Accounts" was universally panned by critics – something that resulted in a kiss of death for the show – and will come to an abrupt end on January 6th. Way harsh given that it was slated to run for a limited engagement to start with. Its final curtain will drop on Sunday after only running a reported 27 previews and a total of 44 performances.
On a side note… You would think that the suits behind the the production would've stepped it up & persevered – if only to save face. Or have fired their PR team cuz lets be frank – Holmes may not be Maggie Smith but she sure as hell comes with a whirlwind of media attention all her own. Say nothing of the public's fascination with the now ex-wife of that Scientology action star who appropriated the one time Dawson's Creek child star.
Yet Homes keeps on keeping on. And one must admire her for it.
Her marriage ends with more media coverage than should be allowed – but she keeps on keeping on. Her returns to the big screen tank one after the other – yet she keeps on keeping on.
And so it goes.
One must also admire the way she goes about attempting to keep it real.
Girl has been spotted trawling the streets of NYC, at times daughter Suri Cruise in tow, and even hopping on the subway regularly That's brazen given that she has an army of paps on her tail…
This brings us to reflect on what we witnessed yesterday.
Holmes played out her very own Bring Your Daughter to What Remains of Your Work Days by bringing Suri to the Music Box Theater for her matinee performance on Wednesday and, of course, a whirlwind of attention pursued her.
This in and of itself is not of what we are about to gripe on – OH NO.
The young mommy-dearest's SUV stops some 100 feet from the stage door and proceeds to exit the car in full view of a swarm of people – photographers included – awaiting her arrival to her call time.
She then proceeds to make like she is still keeping it real by putting Suri down and walking the remainder of the way to the stage door.
Now, do y'all need us to tell you that this didn't fair well?
Between the series of Paps who followed her car and the Paps who ran to "get the shot" as she walked down the street, all hell broke out as "fans" scrambled to get a better look with their cellphones.
And what does Suri take to doing in the midst of mayhem?
Little drama queen let out a shrieking cry – all the while covering her face with her mitten-ed left hand – until Holmes stopped and picked her much-too old to be carried self and carried her the rest of the way – all the while she was still audibly crying.
This drama which played out rather quickly begs the question:
If you take your security packed SUV to work with your child, knowing you are being tailed and awaited by further Paps, why wouldn't you let your driver pull up to stage door entrance that has been set up by theater security for your very arrival to make your exit?
Why further fuel an already roaring fire?
It would be one thing if Holmes had been alone and done so – a rather smart move it would've been as it maximizes exposure, keeps it real and everybody gets something.
But having a child with you prone to dramatics at the mere surfacing of chaos start shrieking when the inevitable happens is just a bad decision and one documented for the folks at Child Protective Services.
Get your tickets to Dead Accounts while you still can!
Dan Stevens: The Heiress in NYC
Posted by Native NYker in broadway, dan stevens, downton abbey, jessica chastain, the heiress on November 15, 2012
Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens is the stuff of dirty minded dreams. This fact is undeniable. All one must do is look into those blue sparkly eyes of his and moistness surfaces faster than the tide on The Jersey Shore. And if you don't believe that statement you are welcomed to stop by & feel our unmentionables.
That Stevens has crossed the pond for a 16 week limited run starring in The Heiress alongside David Strathairn, Judith Ivey and Jessica Chastain, at the Walter Kerr Theater, made our desire to pull out the Sunday best a no-brainer. Cuz 16 weeks isn't a long time and lord knows when he may be back.
We were tickled to experience his prowess live. Bravo!
But however grand Stevens and his cast mates were there is always a missing link in the otherwise 18k chain.
The honors in this production go to – drum roll please:
Ms. Jessica Chastain.
Chastain, to put it bluntly, was lackluster in the role. So much so that our neighboring audience member a row behind quipped "she is playing the role as if she has Asperger syndrome," as the show went into intermission.
Well, that is a bit highbrow of a statement, albeit not without merit. But we don't like to rush to assign a disorder to Chastain's stage prowess.
She was flat in her delivery and appeared to have taken a role beyond her range is all to it really.
Just because you are playing a socially awkward, emotionally challenged character doesn't mean you have to deliver lines with no vocal intonation. And the wardrobe department might have tried a bit harder to dress down her elegant shape.
Steven's and the remainder of the cast more than make up for the lack of delivery by Chastain in our book and if you are an ardent fan of Abbey, as we are, then this should be a must see for you as well.
America Ferrera: Chicago Stage Bound
Posted by Native NYker in america ferrera, ugly betty on October 11, 2011
America Ferrera, most commonly associated with her Ugly Betty role as Betty Suarez, is heading for the West End stage, reports state. The Latina actress who wowed critics and the public with her breakout role in "Real Women Have Curves" is now looking to expand her GV with the role of Roxie Hart in the long running musical "Chicago," come November 7th.
Ferrera appears to be looking to shed her four-year small-screen stint altogether, along with a bevy of weight she has already left behind, by donning the skimpy costume of a scheming murderess wanna-be performer most notably played by Renee Zellweger in the big screen adaptation of the Fosse choreographed musical.
We don't know what this makes y'all think but we sure as hell didn't know Ms. Thing could dance and sing!
"Deep in rehearsals," Ferrera's Facebook page presently proclaims.
But if Ashley Simpson can give it a twirl why not Betty?
And that ain't where her stage ambitions end.
No sir.
She is presently slated to star on the Great White Way in the revival of "The Miss Firecracker Contest," presently scheduled for the 2012 season.
We wish the Emmy winning actress all the bestest. 'Break a leg girl!'
Will Swenson: Priscilla Queen of the Desert Curtain Call
Posted by Native NYker in broadway, nick adams, priscilla queen of the desert, tony sheldon on June 18, 2011
On our dear friend Elodie's last evening in NYC we dashed over post torrential rains to catch Will Swenson, Tony Sheldon & Nick Adams in "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert," at the the Palace Theater. And damn if the bodies aren't tight! We were on the verge of making a wild dash for a bathroom to attempt shedding a few lbs!
The staging is rather kitchy and the cast are talented. The story however is an exact replica of the famed inde-film of the same title.
This caused us some problems… We knew exactly where the story was heading and what the next lines were – albeit slightly worded differently.
We wondered why the creative folks behind the show didn't take more liberties and rather than streamlining directly to over the top camp direct this fabulous group of thespians toward something more natural & gay! (Yes gay can be natural – Dammit!)
But we ain't hating – not in the least, we got our cackles in and walked out with our keep-sake sippey cup.
Knowing full well that the folks at the theater will be peaved something terrible – we gladly share with y'all out clips of the curtain call. Note how close Swenson came to doing a Beyonce down the stilleto shoe… Fabulous recovery though…


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The Oak Island Money Pit
Is a pirate treasure buried in this mysterious pit in Nova Scotia?
Filed under Ancient Mysteries, Urban Legends
Skeptoid #129 November 25, 2008 Podcast transcript | Listen | Subscribe |
By Brian Dunning, Skeptoid Podcast
Episode 129, November 25, 2008
It began as every boy's dream adventure, like a chapter from Tom Sawyer. It was the year 1795 when young Daniel McGinnis, a lad of 16, rowed to Oak Island in Nova Scotia on a journey of exploration. On the eastern end of the wooded island he found something out of place: an old wooden tackle block suspended from a heavy branch, and on the ground below, a sunken depression.
It didn't take young Daniel long to bring in heavy equipment, in the persons of two friends armed with shovels and the knowledge of old stories that the pirate Captain Kidd may have buried treasure on this part of the coast. Two feet down they struck a layer of flagstones, and all the way down they found pick marks on the walls of the shaft. The three boys dug for days, and just when they were about to give up, they came to a solid platform of logs. There was nothing under the logs, but it fired the boys up: There was no longer any question of whether something had been buried here. Over the coming weeks they finally reached 30 feet — that's incredible for three teenagers — and along the way found two more log platforms. By then the difficulty and frustration won, and they gave up.
But the local newspapers had made the pit something of a phenomenon. A few random people came and tried to dig further, and around 1803 a mining group called the Onslow Company took over the island and made the first really serious effort. They found more regularly spaced log platforms, a few of which they found to have been apparently sealed using coconut fiber and putty. Their most important find was a stone tablet at 90 feet, inscribed with weird symbols, translated to mean "40 feet below, two millions pounds lie buried." Encouraged, they continued their dig, but got no further: Just below the tablet they struck a side tunnel, open to the sea, which immediately flooded the pit. It was a booby trap.
To make a very long story short, many companies and investor groups have taken over the island and launched major digging efforts, costing millions of dollars and the lives of six men killed in various accidents. An auger sent down the hole in 1849 past the flood tunnel went through what was said to be a sheet of iron, more oak, "broken bits of metal", and brought up three links of gold chain and a 1-centimeter scrap of parchment reading "vi" or "ri". Flooding and collapses marred many mining efforts over the decades. In 1965 a causeway was built to the island to deliver a great 70-ton digging crane which excavated the Money Pit to a depth of 134 feet and a width of 100 feet. In 1971, workers sunk a steel caisson all the way down, finally striking bedrock at 235 feet. They lowered a video camera down into a cavern at the bottom of the shaft, but whether it shows nothing interesting or a spectacular pirate's cave seems to depend on whose account you read. After more than 200 years of excavation, that entire part of Oak Island is now a wasteland of tailings and abandoned gear, and the location of the original Money Pit is no longer known.
What might have been buried at the Money Pit? Theories abound beyond the popular local notion of Captain Kidd. Other pirates said to have buried loot in the region include Henry Morgan and Edward Teach, as well as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Francis Bacon. Some suggest the Vikings. An interesting nomination is that of the British Army protecting payroll during the American Revolution, whose Royal Corps of Engineers were about the only folks at that time with the ability to construct such a system, with subterranean flood tunnels leading to the sea.
I've long been curious about a couple of elements from the Oak Island story. First, the coconut fiber. Coconuts are not found in Nova Scotia, nor anywhere in the vicinity. The closest place coconuts were found in the 18th century was Bermuda, about 835 miles due south of Oak Island. You might think this supports the pirate theory, since pirates certainly frequented Bermuda and the Caribbean. Some accounts of Oak Island have said that coconut fibers were found in large quantities buried beneath the beach, though this has never been evidenced. A 1970 analysis by the National Research Council of Canada did identify three of four samples submitted as being coconut fiber. Radiocarbon dating found that the coconut came from approximately the year 1200 — three centuries before the first European explorers visited the region, and two centuries after the only known Viking settlement more than 600 miles away. How would 300 year old coconuts get buried 50 feet underground when there was nobody around to do it, in a booby-trapped shaft that nobody had the technology to dig?
It's really those flood tunnels that put the Money Pit over the top of anything you could expect pirates or anyone else to be responsible for, especially during a century when no Europeans were within thousands of miles. Divers would have needed weeks or months to cut subterranean tunnels from the bay nearby to the 90-foot level of the Money Pit. Or would they?
The geology of Oak Island and its surrounding area gives us some more clues. The region is primarily limestone and anhydrite, the conditions in which natural caves are usually formed. In 1878, a farmer was plowing Oak Island just 120 yards away from the Money Pit when suddenly her oxen actually broke through the ground, into a 12 foot deep sinkhole above a small natural limestone cavern. 75 years later, just across the bay, workers digging a well encountered a layer of flagstone at two feet, and as they dug to a depth of 85 feet, they encountered occasional layers of spruce and oak logs. Excitement raged that a second Money Pit had been found, but experts concluded that it was merely a natural sinkhole. Over the centuries sinkholes occasionally open up, trees fall in, and storms fill them with debris like logs or coconuts traveling the ocean currents. These events, coupled with the underground cavern at the bottom of the Money Pit discovered in 1971 and the discoveries of numerous additional sinkholes in the surrounding area, tell us that Oak Island is naturally honeycombed with subterranean limestone caverns and tunnels. The geological fact is that no Royal Corps of Engineers is needed to explain how a tunnel open to the sea would flood a 90 foot deep shaft on Oak Island, booby trap style.
Obviously the story has plenty of elements not thoroughly explained by the theory that the Money Pit was simply a natural sinkhole consistent with others in the area. One such element is the stone tablet. There's a link to a drawing of it made by investigator Joe Nickell in the online transcript of this episode. No photographs exist of the stone, nor any documentation of where it might ever have physically been. The transcribed markings are in a simple substitution cipher using symbols borrowed from common Freemasonry, and they do indeed decode as "Forty feet below, two million pounds lie buried", in plain English. The stone tablet made its appearance in the Onslow Company's records, coincidentally, about the same time they were running out of money and their pit flooded. Most researchers have concluded that the stone tablet was probably a hoax by the Onslow Company to attract additional investment to continue their operation. The same can be said of the other two significant artifacts, the links of gold chain and the parchment. Accompanying his map, Joe Nickell said "The artifacts are not properly documented archaeologically, and most would appear to derive from historical activity on the island or from subsequent excavation or hoaxing by workmen."
And as with so many other subjects, the older the account you read, the less specific and impressive the details. The contemporary newspaper accounts of Daniel McGinnis and his two friends make no mention of a tackle block or of regularly spaced log platforms, only that logs were found in the pit, and that the tree branch showed evidence of a block and tackle having been used. Armed with proper skepticism and the willingness to look deeper than the modern sensationalized retellings, the Money Pit's intrigue and enchantment begin to fade.
I was probably no more than eight or nine when I first read about young Daniel McGinnis and his treasure tree, and at that very moment, Oak Island became a permanent part of me, as it has so many others. Oak Island's history is a patchwork of individual romances and adventures, a tapestry made from the reveries of skeptics and believers alike. Whether building causeways and sinking caissons, analyzing old newspapers, swinging a pick in the glare of a lantern, or even listening to a podcast about the mystery, all of us share the same ambition. No matter if we seek treasure or truth, we all long for the chance to turn just a few thrusts of the shovel, and we care not what we find.
© 2008 Skeptoid Media, Inc.
References & Further Reading
Driscoll, C. "The Oak Island Treasure." The North American Review. 1 Jun. 1929, Number 6: 685-698.
Joltes, R. "A Critical Analysis of the Oak Island Legend." History, Hoax, and Hype: The Oak Island Legend. Critical Enquiry, 19 Apr. 1996. Web. 14 Jan. 2010. <http://www.criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/analysis.shtml>
Lamb, L. Oak Island Obsession: The Restall Story. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2006. 196.
Nickell, J. "The Secrets of Oak Island." Skeptical Inquirer. 1 Mar. 2000, Volume 24, Number 2: 14-19.
O'Connor, D. The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt. Guilford: The Lyons Press, 2004.
Teale, E. "New clews aid search for Oak Island's gold." Popular Science. 1 Jun. 1939, Volume 134, Number 6: 106-109, 226, 228.
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I've been engaged in the Oak Island mystery for over a decade, twelve years to be precise, and I came to the conclusion a few years ago, the money pit is a fairy tale. The more theories and speculation I'd hear or read about, always afterwards I'd ask the dutiful question: Why? - I'd never be able to come up with a reasonable answer (that to me made any practical sense.) None of the theories make any real sense only speculation and conjecture. And the fact so many people walked away from the venture makes it more obvious. The sinkhole suggestion makes the most sense (that's what I subscribe to.) I can believe that. It's an uncool disappointment, but that's reality. I hope somebody someday though finally turns Oak Island inside out. This saga deserves that kind of conclusion. (Shakespeare would appreciate it as well.)
C-Bo, Bancrupt Pit, USA
December 14, 2012 2:42pm
Kinda reminds me of "The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine".
Did anyone ever find that yet?
Yeah, I wish.
I loved the movie 'MacKenna's Gold', which threw in a few "legends".
Maybe someday someone will make a movie about 'the money pit'.
Should be interesting.
Ron, Calgary Alberta Canada
March 12, 2013 1:51pm
One wonders how Macky missed this Skeptoid
Mud, Sin City, Oz
March 19, 2013 7:40pm
"Resonating? I'd throw that one over to our "CERN particle physicist expert!". Apparently he is a real expert on what physicists are and what they do and what they shouldn't do.
Just dont catch him on a bad night staring at dark door ways"
:-) :-) :-)
Macky, Auckland
May 31, 2013 12:42am
"Resonating? I'd throw that one over to our "CERN particle physicist expert!". Apparently he is a real expert on what physicists are and what they do and what they shouldn't do.
Just dont catch him on a bad night staring at dark door ways"
I should have used viewspert but that is not a word. We are in a forum where disorientate (a tautology) is a cultural term..
Sophistry is an ideal and quackery is acceptable.
I think the comment would be;
"lol, lol, lol and personal whetted SAO biscuits..".
Magnanamous Dinoflagellate, sin city, Oz
July 05, 2013 3:33am
Its full of bananas.
A truckload of bananas is so radioactive it reports as a false alarm on the sensors they use to monitor ports. So can kitty litter.
Maybe its full of a kitty litter?
Another Nick, Alexandria VA
July 05, 2013 7:20am
A Nick... many things send off alarms on monitors..
A truckload of bananas may send of a credible alarm to uncalibrated monitors or feckless staff..
Maybe the report you read should have been on lack of training.
As to bentonite loads, yup, kitty litter, pottery, and bathroom ware have their own unique and instantly recognisable "signatures",
This is all pretty old stuff in cargo monitoring.
Midrash Delinquent, Gerringong NSW Oz
July 26, 2013 7:32am
Just thought you'd like to know I'm sitting in the Oak Island Inn right now and my daughters and I just listened to your excellent podcast (that's at least the second time I've listened to that one). They were pretty excited that we're in a place that's so famous! There is a little museum right in the hotel, with a couple pretty cool replicas of the stones that were allegedly found in the pit. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we'll actually be able to get on the island on this trip. Tours are only held at certain times of the year.
Drew Arnold, Truro, N.S.
August 16, 2013 3:43pm
I remember reading about this in Boy's Life back in the 70's, and curiously, I was wondering what ever happened with it not long ago... Spooky coincidence?
...meh, not likely :)
Robert F, Buttcrack of the Universe, MI
October 30, 2013 11:19am
It's a MONEY PIT all right!
How many millions were sunk into it over the decades?
If I only had 1% of that amount, I'll bet I could retire and live on Easy Street.
Hey Ryan in Pittsburgh, trying to keep a "treasure" discovery to himself would be like trying to keep a tornado to himself.
I like the idea of milking the publicity, though.
Maybe that'll be the "treasure" some day.......?
Ron, Calgary Alberta Canada
October 30, 2013 3:59pm
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Murray - Roof policy is tricky
Briton has sympathy for officials over use of Centre Court roof
Last Updated: 01/07/12 8:55pm
Andy Murray: Finished late into the night on Centre Court against Marcos Baghdatis
Andy Murray believes Wimbledon's Centre Court roof policy is still very much a work in progress following his late-night victory on Saturday.
The world number four became the latest winner in Wimbledon history when he completed his 7-5 3-6 7-5 6-1 victory over Marcos Baghdatis at 11.02pm to move into the fourth round.
The roof has been a real feature of a dramatic first week at the All England Club, with Centre Court covered while Rafael Nadal lost to Lukas Rosol and when Roger Federer fought back from two sets down against Julien Benneteau.
It looked very much like Murray would have to return on Monday to finish the contest as the clock reached 11pm, Wimbledon's curfew, but, with the Scot poised to serve for the match, he was allowed to carry on and duly wrapped up victory in a raucous atmosphere.
Tomorrow Murray will face Croatia's Marin Cilic, who beat the clock himself on Court Two, completing a five-set win over Sam Querrey that went to 17-15 in the decider.
Wimbledon chiefs have come in for criticism for the way they have used the four-year-old roof, particularly on Friday when it was on for the whole day despite there being little rain.
But Murray insists he has some sympathy for officials, stating: "With the roof there's always going to be some difficult situations for the tournament director or the referee. Yesterday's match was a perfect example.
"Do we start the match with the roof on so there's no delays? On Friday I think they got criticised quite a lot because it didn't rain at all and the roof was shut the whole day, when it shouldn't have been, because it's obviously meant to be an outdoor event.
"I think that was probably one that they might have made a mistake on. Apart from that, people want to see tennis. If it does rain, having the roof is a huge benefit because there is always guaranteed matches going on.
Difficult situations
"There are always going to be difficult situations when you only have one court with the roof, because obviously for me now it's an advantage that I got the match finished.
"Other years I would have had to play three sets on Monday. Cilic played 17-15 in the fifth set. I'm sure he would have rather I was having to play three sets on Monday before playing against him."
Murray will face Cilic with the giant Croatian on an eight-match winning streak on grass after benefiting from David Nalbandian's moment of madness in the AEGON Championships final at Queen's Club.
Cilic also knows what it is like to beat Murray at a grand slam having ousted him in the fourth round of the US Open in 2009 - his only victory in six meetings with the British number one.
Murray got his own back the following year when he beat Cilic to reach his first Australian Open final, and he said of his next opponent: "It will be important for me to try to get off to a good start. If you are feeling a little bit tired and you go behind, it can be tough to come back."
The Scot slipped over a number of times during the Baghdatis match and emerged for the third set under the roof with strapping on his left knee, but he is confident there is no lasting damage.
"There's nothing I'm too worried about," he added. "I've got a few bumps and bruises. I fell quite a lot more than I normally do on the grass. I put a new pair of shoes on when the break came with the roof and I moved better after that."
Murray will practise later than usual on Sunday after his late finish and will then return to Wimbledon tomorrow for the Cilic clash, which is scheduled second on Court One, although rain could well disrupt play.


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TA, Please!!! Look around & take a look at a country on the brink of financial ruin. Quit Whining!...or go out, make millions in business & buy your own &^%$ing team!!!
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