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Recipe from Malouf by Greg Malouf, Lucy Malouf (Hardie Grant Books, 2012)
A bit of fancy presentation turns this perfumed salad into an elegant starter. It is also a lovely light accompaniment to a many earthy vegetable dishes and risottos. Serves 6
HALVE THE PEARS (OR QUARTER them if they are quite large), and cut out the cores. In a small pot, warm the honey, cardamom seeds, orange-flower water and sherry. In a heavy frying pan, melt together the butter and 2 tablespoons of the extra-virgin olive oil until bubbling, then sear the pears for 1 minute on each side. Add the honey mixture and sauté for a further 2 minutes until it is a warm caramel co lour.
To roast the walnuts, place them in a very hot oven for 5 minutes. Rub away some of the papery brown skin in a tea towel and cut them into quarters. To grill the haloumi, dust the slices in flour. Heat the 60 ml olive oil in a frying pan over a high heat and cook the cheese slices until they are golden brown. Turn them and cook the other side until colored. Pour half the lemon juice over the cheese and sprinkle with the thyme leaves.
Rinse the onion slices under cold running water for 5 minutes to reduce their sharpness. In a large bowl gently mix the pears and haloumi with the watercress leaves, frisée lettuce, basil, onion and two-thirds of the walnuts. In a separate bowl, gently whisk together the remaining olive oil and lemon juice and season with the salt and pepper. Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to combine.
To serve as a starter, divide the salad into 6 portions. Set a 5 cm x 5 cm length of PVC tubing on a plate and carefully layer in a portion of salad. Carefully lift away the tubing and repeat with the remaining 5 serves. Garnish with the remaining walnuts and Serve straight away.
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Access to education: based on the ability to learn
Stewart Maxwell MSP has welcomed comments from the National Union of Students Scotland president, who praised the Scottish Government for their efforts to widen access to Scottish higher education.
Robin Parker, NUS Scotland President, said:
"The Scottish Government has done a lot in this area in recent years by abolishing fees, protecting places and pledging to increase student support."
Mr Maxwell, Convener of the Education and Culture Committee, said that he would be working to help make universities an option for all people in Scotland, regardless of their economic background.
He said:
"The Scottish Government has delivered on the SNP's 2011 Scottish election manifesto pledge to keep higher education free as well as protecting places for Scottish students in further and higher education.
"We have delivered on our cast iron promise that education should be based on the ability to learn, not the ability to pay."
Mr Maxwell cited the number of people in Scotland applying to English universities which has fallen by 15.7 per cent since last year, compared to a small reduction in applications from this group to Scottish universities of just 1.7%.
He said:
"The latest figures on university applications show the impact that tuition fees south of the border are having on prospective students from Scotland.
"The number of people in Scotland applying to English universities has fallen by 15.7 per cent since last year, compared to a small reduction in applications from this group to Scottish universities of just 1.7%."
The MSP for West Scotland added that if Labour had their way then free higher education would become a thing of the past.
"The Labour Party in Scotland can hang their heads in shame over their betrayal on this matter.
"Labour voters will be aghast at their abandonment and blatant disregard for free education – one of its core principles. This just highlights how Labour in Scotland is turning ever increasingly Tory."

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MCAS Yuma opened up its flight line to special needs youth for them to get a taste of the annual Yuma Air Show during the Children's Expo, March 16.
Approximately 60 children from four local schools were all smiles as they got to interact with Marines and view aerial demonstrations and many of the air show's static displays.
"This is something we try to do every year," said Col. Robert Kuckuk, station commanding officer. "We are lucky to be able to do this."
The expo, like the air show itself, is an annual mainstay of station events in the week leading up to the air show. This year's expo was especially important as the Marines were able to give the kids a chance to do things they might never have done.
"This provided them a more comfortable environment to interact with civilian performers, Marines, learn a bit about aviation and enjoy what MCAS Yuma has to offer," added Elena McShane, station school liaison.
Several Marines from around station also let the kids glimpse some of the more exciting aspects of military life by having weapons and tactical gear on display.
Station Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting dressed up the kids in their heat-resistant suits and let them in on the fire trucks. The Air Force Thunderbirds pilots even came out to say hello to the kids, passing out stickers and pamphlets.
Students also partook in activities such as face painting and coloring in pictures of military aircraft.
"The kids are having a lot of fun," said Jyetta McCoy, a first-grade and kindergarten teacher at Gwyneth Ham Elementary School in an interview with the Yuma Sun, of the activities. "It will be a good memory for them later.
It was toward the end of the event that the smiles grew widest.
Members of the Military Freefall School team floated gracefully toward the crowd of children, previewing what would be happening on Saturday's air show.
"Every year we invite different schools to enjoy the children's expo and next year we look forward to inviting more schools who have not had the opportunity to come out to MCAS Yuma to enjoy the event," said McShane.
Public displays of affection in uniform aren't becoming of a Marine, but many made an exception for the hugs of gratitude given to them by the kids before they boarded the bus.


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Hedonistic breakdowns and riffs similar to Thin Lizzy? Check. Songwriting and vocal delivery reminiscent of Guided by Voices and Weezer? Double check. These traits (along with a few other things) are what make for the musical genetic makeup of Tony Molina's bedroom pop solo project.Read more »
It's no question that Bleached has come into success within the past year with the release of its debut album, Ride Your Heart, on record label Dead Oceans. But how does the band gauge its success? By a younger man sneaking into their green room, which apparently didn't happen the last time Bleached played San Francisco.Read more »
So this New Jersey-based band called Real Estate came to San Francisco this weekend to play two sold-out shows for Noise Pop at the Independent. The lighting and stage design was spectacular. The opening bands were superb. The venue was excellent.Read more »
On Saturday, the first annual Bay Area Record Label Fair (BARF) was born. As a labor of love between Father/Daughter Records and local promoters, Professional Fans, the event set out to be an ode to the ingenuity and entrepreneurial efforts of record labels in the Bay. Read more »
After 15 years, Aquarius Records co-owner Andee Connors revives classic math rock band A Minor Forest
MUSIC To locals, Andee Connors is perhaps best known as the longtime co-owner of Aquarius Records, an independent record shop in the Mission. Aquarius, which specializes in obscure underground releases, is a landmark vinyl provider in SF that first opened its doors in 1970 to a group of stoners in the Castro, as the story goes.
Connors began working at aQ in 1994 (the shop by then long settled in the Mission), and became co-owner a decade ago. These days, he can still be seen behind the counter.Read more »
Garage rock pioneers the Sonics return on a wave of Total Trash
MUSIC It's entirely debatable what year this current wave of the garage rock revival broke out.Read more »
Once (three years ago) I broke my wrist at a Thee Oh Sees show, and despite the gnawing pain from my misshapen wrist, I stayed to watch the rest of the set.
You see, you just don't leave a Thee Oh Sees show early. It is a band you experience, because it's not that often that you get the chance to see a band that enjoys what it's doing quite so much, and may just want to pull you into the hectic fun.
My most recent encounter with Thee Oh Sees was last Thursday at the Chapel; the band was kicking off its sold-out, three-night residency with spooky electronic act Fryborg, proto-punk worshippers OBN III's and precise psych-rock band the Blind Shake. Read more »
The band Negative Standards is essentially a crust art project.
While maintaining d-beat chords and sludge-like breakdowns, the Oakland-based group makes use of non-instrumental noise and videos created by the band's bassist, Will, during shows.
And as a quartet that blends elements of crust, doom metal, and noise; Negative Standards sticks out like a sore thumb in the endless sea of fellow crusty brethren and fuzzy lo-fi that exists in the East Bay. Read more »
It's hard to believe that Sunday Streets -- San Francisco's version of the ciclovia, or temporary closure of streets to cars as a way of opening up more urban space for pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, performers, and loungers -- is five years old. It's even harder to believe that this family-friendly event was once controversial, especially feared by the businesses that now clamor to hold them in their neighborhoods.Read more »
The Urinals started off as artists, and ended up musicians
MUSIC As Urinals folklore goes, the band was formed in 1978 by a group of five UCLA students looking to have a spot in their dorm talent show. Guitarist and vocalist John Talley-Jones recalls the band's earnest beginnings as an experiment that evolved into something much more. "We were in film school, not approaching it as musicians, but as conceptual artists," Talley-Jones says. "It was an experiment to see if you put five people with limited music in a room and see what they can do with one quasi guitarist. Read more »


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Tu revista de Slot
Más Slot 160, Octubre de 2015
Ya está disponible la revista Más Slot 160 (Octubre
En este número puedes encontrar reportajes de los
siguientes modelos:
• WOS de Scalextric
• Lola T600 Laguna Seca 1981 de SRC
• McLaren MP4-29 de Superslot
Y además:
Una supercomparativa de los GT de NSR
Probamos el mando PM V2 de DS
Directorio de chasis de Rallyslot
Ganadores del sorteo MS #158 (Agosto)
La 8ª parte de los Porsches que hay que tener (hasta
1973) en slot. Diccionario para principiantes en el slot.
Las Secciones habituales: Novedades, Debate de
Opinión, Adjudicado, Técnica, Vuestros Trabajos,
En Más Slot Competición visitamos el Club Slot Palau.
Más Slot DIGITAL IN ENGLISH
Más Slot magazine was started in 2002 to fill a gap in the slot car print media market. At that time
the digital media was still in its infancy. The idea was to produce a magazine by slot car fans for
slot car fans. We knew what articles our readers wanted to read because it was the same that we
would like to read. Perhaps it is this philosophy that has made us survive eleven years.
In 2003 we published Mas Slot International, the English version of the same magazine. We only
managed to publish 5 issues as the cost of translation, printing and transportation, (mainly to the
United States) was huge and made the project unfeasible. To make it feasible the price of the
magazine had to be more than a book! Now, thanks to advances in technology, we are once
again going to try to reach slot fans in other parts of the world: United States, England, Australia,
South Africa, as well as other countries where English is not the main language such as
Germany, France and Italy, where they probably understand English better than Spanish. This is
because English has become the standard means of communication on the Internet and in most
of the world For the time being Mas Slot will be able to be read digitally through the Apple Ipad
tablet, and soon through tablets that use the Android language.
This #0 issue is a translation of articles from some of the magazine's issues published in Spanish
though it is not a complete translation of the publications.
We have selected articles from two of the issues published up-to now so that you may become
familiar with the magazine. The layout as well does correspond exactly to the Spanish print
version, since larger typesetting is used for easier reading on a tablet. The digital format also
allows us more possibilities, unlike the paper media; for example the ability to include videos and
direct links to web pages.
For the forthcoming issues we would prefer not having an exact literal translation of the Spanish
version, for the simple reason that in other countries where this magazine may be read, there
may be a different preference of slot cars. For example "Raid" cars are very popular in Spain but
they are not popular outside Spain. And on the contrary, 1/24 scale cars are quite popular in
Germany but not so popular in Spain. For this reason we will try to publish a different version in
English compared to the Spanish version. And the Mas Slot English version will contain more
relevant articles to its readership market.


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Information and announcements from Program Managers, Product Managers, Developers and Testers in the Microsoft Virtualization team.
Green, Sustainability, and Environment – what does this have to do with virtualization? Quite simply virtualization technologies can help you reduce your carbon footprint, reduce energy, reduce cooling, and of course save some money as well.
Today we're announcing the release of a set of tools available at www.hyper-green.com designed to help you and your organization quantify the environmental and cost savings benefits available through some of Microsoft's virtualization technologies. At the site you will be able to build a simple environmental savings report for server virtualization projects you are considering and access a set of tools, including a deeper scenario-based ROI analysis and infrastructure assessment that can help you get started on realizing that value.
Check it out now: http://www.hyper-green.com/
Many of our customers have already been able to translate their implementation of virtualization technologies into the reduction of their CO2 emissions by cutting down on energy and cooling usage. We are showcasing a number of case studies for customers that have done this such as Banque de Luxembourg and Kentucky Department of Education at www.hyper-green.com and we will continue to update this library with new examples from various industries.
If you've already used virtualization technologies to drive "green" benefits in IT, please visit www.hyper-green.com and share your own virtualization story. This is a great opportunity for you to help others understand "what is possible" and contribute to the benefits of virtualization in reducing environmental footprints.
Thank you
Adam Bogobowicz
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I wanted to share with you our recently launched tool at www.hyper-green.com. The tool creates a report
This post was contributed by Nate Solloway, a new guest blogger to our team. Nate has been supporting the infrastructure needs of Community IT Innovators (CITI) clients since 1998. Community IT Innovators (CITI) is an employee-owned company committed
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Sometime this week the good people of Sweden will be listening to me discussing the Oklahoma City bombing on their equivalent of National Public Radio.
Steve Lackmeyer: A heart-to-heart talk with the people of Sweden
I'm not sure how many of them will actually understand what I'm saying, since the Swedish language is very different tongue than English. Nor am I quite certain how this interview about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing will play out in a world so far away from Oklahoma.
I'm still unsure why I even agreed to the interview. It was requested in the wake of the weekend rampage in Oslo, Norway, in which what appears to be a lone attacker bombed the capital and then shot up a youth camp. The echoes of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building popped up pretty quick — and it's difficult not to draw comparisons between the alleged killer in Norway and mass murderer Timothy McVeigh.
I reported on that 1995 attack. I've covered the recovery of downtown ever since. But I've always been a bit skittish about the whole thing. A week into the tragedy I fled Oklahoma City, naively thinking I could escape the story. On the second anniversary of the bombing I literally lost control of my emotional well being — I just couldn't bear to watch the procession of victims' relatives and survivors marching down Robinson Avenue.
I've avoided getting involved in bombing coverage ever since. I've visited the Oklahoma City National Memorial only once, and that was with the kind accommodation of director Kari Watkins allowing me to visit after hours.
My 9-year-old son knows the bombing occurred. He asks questions about it. To date I've yet to answer those questions or take him to the memorial.
But 16 years after McVeigh took the lives of 168 people. I agreed to talk about it with people halfway around the world. I'm not sure why. But the questions asked by Agneta Furvik with the Swedish Broadcasting Corp. left me remembering why Oklahoma City's response that dreadful day was so incredible, and why the memorial is such sacred ground.
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Born in Illinois as George Robert Bob, he is from a German Irish descent. In 1952, he graduated from the Loyola University with a Business Management degree. Soon after graduation, he became a victim of the Korean War, however he was respectfully discharged by the US Army in 1954. Prior to his comedy career, Bob had switched various jobs from a typewriter to an office boy and then a delivery man. He didn't like any of the jobs he had been involved in. By the end of fifties, he started working with the TV film producer Fred A. Niles. During his free time, Bob would record monologues along with one of his colleagues and they would send it to radio. Through this medium, Bob grabbed the attention of the officials at Warner Bros Records, who signed a contract with him the very next year. Bob chose his stage name himself and started to perform stand-up comedy at the local clubs. His hidden talent was unveiled to larger audience and Bob Newhart emerged as the Best New Artist after releasing his initial albums.
One of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, Bob Newhart has established a distinct style of speaking, which includes stammering. He is a huge fan of boxing and loves to watch other sports as well. According to Bob, Fred Allen, Jack Benny and Robert Benchley were his idols during early years. He used to watch 'The Milton Berle Show' and 'I Love Lucy' regularly. During the early seventies, Newhart was exposed to worldwide audience with his most popular TV series named as 'The Bob Newhart Show'. His role as Dr. Robert Bob in this hit series made him a popular actor. Gradually he started to make appearances on other TV shows as well- he hosted more than 85 episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; appeared dozens of times on The Dean Martin Comedy Hour and The Ed Sullivan Show.
Newhart hosted his self titled shows during the eighties and nineties, named as 'Newhart', 'Bob' and 'George and Leo'. Even after completing 45 years of his prolific career, Bob competes with today's top notch comedians; he earned the most recent Grammy nomination in 2007 for the Best Spoken Word Album 'I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!'. The Hollywood Walk of Famer, Newhart has acted in various hit movies. His most recent films include the 2011 films 'Horrible Bosses', and 'Happy Feet 2'. His stand-up comedy usually revolves around American politics and American culture. Bob claims that he has been highly influenced by Michael Gough, Donald Pleasence and James Thurber during his early age.
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Nicki Minaj – Rogue
Nicki matches well with the invulnerable chick from X- Men. Rogue is known for her super-strength and flying ability. But she was actually born with the power to absorb other people's personalities and gifts. That's to say the multiple personalities she's garnered are as artificial as Minaj's hind parts. Many don't know exactly how Rogue got her powers, although it's widely held they were gained during a fight with Ms. Marvel. An inexperienced Rogue went up against the formidable foe and permanently drained Ms. Marvel's powers and memories. Interestingly enough, Lil Kim is claiming Minaj stole her identity and ran with it. It makes for an interesting comparison whether you believe Kim or not.


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David Bouchard and Zhong-Yang Huang, The
Mermaid's Muse: the Legend of the Dragon Boats (Raincoast, 2000)
David Bouchard and Zhong-Yang Huang, Dragon of Heaven: The Memoirs of the Last Empress of China (Raincoast, 2002)
David Bouchard and Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart (Raincoast, 2002)
I love childrens' picture books. There are few other places these days where you can find so many different artists showcased so beautifully without a steep price tag. I collect those painted by Laurel Long and Kinuko Craft for their lush elegant detailing, those by Paul Morin for his use of painterly strokes and carefully applied textures, those illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman for the strength of personality in her characters. And that's without taking into account the writers: Neil Gaiman, Virginia Hamilton, and Jane Yolen have all poured their immense talents into this field, among others. And of course, I have reams of Dr. Seuss, painstakingly re-collected after I foolishly decided to get rid of the childish things when I was in my early teens. I still haven't done the same for Maurice Sendak, but I keep thinking I ought to.
These three books most definitely make a lovely contribution, the more because, in spite of a common writer, and in two of the three, a common artist, they could hardly be more different.
The Mermaid's Muse is a Chinese folk tale. In the framing story, a modern grandmother is telling the story to her grandchild, to explain why, in the midst of modern name-brand toys, she has given him a wooden model of a dragon boat. Thankfully, this hint of "tradition is important even in the modern world" is left a hint, slyly noted in the illustration, and does not take over from the central story, of an exiled court poet who falls in love with the sea dragon, disguised as the titular mermaid. This is not a quiet love story, however, but a story of action, and passion, and deep misunderstanding. The setting is nicely realised in a few words, the characters are startling in their solidity.
The story is well told, but it was the illustrations that first caught my notice. The images by Zhong-Yang Huang are painterly, the figures well-realised, and the backgrounds stunningly impressionistic and full of life. The still blue of a moonlit evening on one page paints the exile's sorrow and the mermaid's attention. Herons and gulls fill the sky and the shore in one dawn scenario, as the poet proclaims his love. In later pages, waves thrash, villagers with spears are in dreadful motion, or sit stunned and grieved in their boats, all in blurred powerful brushstrokes, while in the foreground clearly etched men and dragons mingle with fiery skies. It's sheer beauty, and this may be the prettiest of the three books.
Yet in Dragon of Heaven, Zhong-Yang Huang paints near photorealistic images. He's no longer telling his part of the story by impression, but by sharp symbols, crisp records of historic people, and places, and items.
That approach works very well indeed. Dragon of Heaven is not a folktale, of a time and place slightly vague, or unhistorical. This is the story of a real figure from Chinese history, and a real time, the second half of the Nineteenth Century, and the start of the Twentieth.
The Mermaid's Muse is mostly told distantly, objectively, as most folk tales are told. Dragon of Heaven is told very personally from Empress Cixi's own point of view. This is not history through an objective eye, nor is it meant to be. This is a fictionalised record of a woman's life, the more vivid because it is in her voice, with her opinions, and her highly partisan attitudes towards those around her. Like a real autobiography, this woman may not always say what historians would want, but it's the more interesting for all that. Of course, there are essential touches for the reader, too; Bouchard alternates descriptions of events with descriptions of the life and culture in which she lives. The passage explaining eunuchs, and how they are made, is certainly an interesting, if somewhat gruesome example. (There is no specification on this book for what age the readers are assumed to be, but it is not for the youngest children.)
The objective details are given in the afterword, and they are rather more dry.
The paintings make an interesting counterpoint, because they do not always show scenes directly from the text. Sometimes they borrow a single line and make a symbolic image, sometimes they are based on an anecdote about the Empress that is only explained in the artist's notes afterwards. In some ways, this gives the whole a more historic feel; these are not the illustrations that go with a folk tale, but more like photographs borrowed form a private collection, catching the historic figure at leisure as well as in the midst of events.
Of course, they can be appreciated all on their own for their visual beauty (I've seen one for sale in a high-quality print gallery!). Yet the necessity to lock them down to solid places and people does make some of them less sparkling than the illustrations in The Mermaid's Muse. More, Mr Huang's artist notes at the end of the book are sometimes necessary to fully understand the connection to history, or even to the text. Other times, of course, the notes are just remarks about the details in the paintings, the real locations, or other minor trivia, and are more fun than necessary. Taken as a whole, with a main text, paintings, painting notes, and a historic overview, the book gives several facets of the life of the Empress Cixi, instead of one, and even several opinions of her. That, to me, is much the way history should be presented; and besides, it's well written, and very lovely to look upon.
The Song Within My Heart departs entirely in culture, style, and mood from either of the previous books, moving from China to North America, and the culture of the plains Cree. Like The Mermaid's Muse, there is a grandmother (nokum), talking to her grandson about their history and heritage; but where in The Mermaid's Muse that was a side detail and would have ruined the story to emphasize, here it is the core of the story, and thus it works.
The text of The Song Within My Heart is a poem, sometimes rhyming, sometimes just matching a steady rhythm, based on the illustrator, Allan Sapp, and his memories of his grandmother and of many pow-wows. On most pages, either a drumbeat or a chant is printed in paler text following the main words in a couple of places, it becomes the main text for that page. When reading, I found after the first repetitions, I did not read the chants directly so much, but the eye was aware of them; this has the effect of a subliminal beat in places, and does colour the rest of the text. Probably the only way to read this aloud and have the impact of the visual rhythm is with two readers, one drumming and chanting behind the other.
The paintings, like those in Dragon of Heaven, show less the words in the text, alternating between scenes of the pow-wows, and scenes of the nokum's home, and other scraps of daily life. There is a strong sense of light here. Many of the images focus on the general shapes of things, on near-solid blocks of colour, drummers transformed into the shape of a cowboy hat and a shirt. Others, however, mark each seam in an aged face, shade cloth, pattern the walls with texture as well as the natural shadows. The figures, even the dancers, tend to be frozen, the sense of motion less in their shape and more in the paint-strokes surrounding them. Some scenes seem realistically composed, with proper perspective, others are skewed, with tiny children next to gargantuan drummers. All however, capture the feel of the scene, the way it would have looked and felt when remembered, more vividly than adherence to the rules of realistic art.
All three books, then, gained my appreciation in different ways for their use of artistic styles and effects, and different ways of combining with the text. David Bouchard impressed me with the range of styles in which he could write, and the elegant brevity of his words. Of course, the other consideration for children's picture books would children like them?
Without any children, my own childhood is the only example close to hand. Of The Mermaid's Muse, I would say yes without much hesitation. I always liked folk stories, and endings that were almost tragic, and the ending of this one pulls joy out of tragedy. I'm less sure about The Song Within My Heart, but with the right storyteller, the book could be compelling; in the end, it is a lesson more than a story, and it's that much harder to make a child pause for a lesson. Still, the rhythm catches hold.
Dragon of Heaven is a strange book for children. The text seems like it would be best appreciated by those children almost too old for picture books. I know that I would probably have read it through in fascination. However, there's maturity in the writing, including Cixi's all too honest opinion of Westerners, and non-sexual part-nudity in a few of the pictures, that could turn away some parents, and some children not ready for it. So get it for yourself, and decide about the children later. It's a beautiful treat.
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NORMAN — The Cowboys were good in a lot of aspects, running the ball and responding to adversity being prime among them. But in a 51-48 overtime loss, shortcomings — especially the ones on defense — were magnified.
Oklahoma State football: Cowboys defensive shortcomings were magnified
The Cowboys got to Landry Jones a couple times, notching one sack and two hurries. But there wasn't nearly enough pressure to throw off the Sooner quarterback. A sign of what turning up the pressure might've done to Jones — his one interception came when he was under duress. More pressure might've meant more mistakes from Jones and more success for the Cowboys. Everyone knew pressuring Jones would be key coming into the game, and the Cowboys just didn't do it often enough.
Success came from a likely source and an unlikely one. Joseph Randle had another big Bedlam game, rushing for four touchdowns and 113 yards. But the surprise was the Clint Chelf's running. The Cowboy quarterback had 63 yards rushing on 12 attempts, besting his career total by 10 yards. Five of OSU's six touchdowns came on the ground as it rolled up 201 yards rushing.
Hard to find much to fault in the Cowboy quarterback's first career start on the road. He was 19 of 37 for 253 yards and one touchdown. He also ran for 63 yards. He would've earned a solid A grade if not for his interception and the Cowboys' stalled drive in overtime. Chelf threw two incompletions in overtime, and in a close game like this, that made a huge difference.
The Cowboys went with the all-white look — white helmets, jerseys and pants. A sharp look.
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The finale of Oprah Winfrey's talk show, taped Tuesday and aired Wednesday, was all about the one thing that made her a billion-dollar success: the unique connection she made with millions of viewers for 25 years. In what she called her "love letter" to fans, she made clear that to her, all those TV friendships went both ways.
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Two Dreadful Children finds two more voices
Two Dreadful Children, the still-developing animated series for FOX from Kitchen Confidential creator and former Family Guy and American Dad writer Dave Hermingson has just added to new actors to its voice cast. The series, about a redneck family who discover their disobedient twin boys are geniuses, has already recruited French Stewart, Chris Kattan and Meredith Roberts. Kattan and Stewart will play the neighbors, and Roberts will voice one of the boys. Sam Huntington was recently added as the voice of the other twin, and Caroline Rhea will play their mother.
It's an interesting idea for a primetime cartoon, though Hermingson's TV past doesn't impress me all that much, and I think American Dad proved that Family Guy's comedy style is one that can't be stretched into another show without breaking. Then again, maybe Hermingson has something up his sleeve for this new series he could never work into his past projects, so I'm staying optimistic until the show hits the air, whenever that might be.


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Beginner of Rhino. Need Pointers
By Rush5 on Mar 31, 2004 04:04 AM
I am a beginner of 3d art and I want to start learning. I have rhino, and have unsuccessfully played very little with it. I also have blender and haven't used it at all. Could someone point me to a site that has a complete beginners tutorial for either or?
start with rhino - stick to rhino
By groonkyboy on Dec 07, 2004 05:52 PM
hey there - I've been using 3D software since SGI and Videotex in the early 80's and I think I know wherefrom I speak. So to a rank beginner I would say, first forget Blender for now. It's incredibly elegant but you will need about 40 hours of hands-on help sitting next to someone who knows it to be able to produce a ball with a color without going postal on your entire neighborhood!. Ok - I exaggerate for effect, hehe! But really, Blender was developed by sophisicated game designers FOR sophisticated game designers and has a very unique approach. Don't get me wrong - I love Blender - I bought the manual. It's the most beautiful manual I ever saw - pages of gold leaf, drop dead graphics, etc. And totally useless as a learning tool hehe.!
If you just want to start playing with 3D objects then just get down to business and fool around with Rhino. In no time at all you'll figure it out. Why? Becasue it was designed to work the way that designers work. It's inuitive and your knowledge base can start anywhere and go in any direction. Not so with Blender, 3DMax, Maya LightWave, etc.
Rhino rox! Go get em
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the rhino forum is sooo dead !!!
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The Great White North has yielded many impressive exports, but none more impressive than Candice LeRae. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Candice hails from a country where wrestling is a national past-time. Great names like the Hart Family, Chris Jericho, and Lance Storm all called Canada home. Candice joins those fellow greats in preserving the Canadian heritage of phenomenal wrestling technicians (Courtesy of Women of Wrestling). Candice LeRae has wrestled for several major Indy Wrestling Organization such as Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling and famously Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Candice LeRae is also known as the first female wrestler to be booked by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and currently the only female wrestler competing for the organization. Candice LeRae spent the majority of her 11 years competing in Inter-Gender Matches taking on incredible opponents such as Human Tornado, The Young Bucks, Peter Avalon, Christina Von Eerie, Adam Cole and current tag team partner/best friend Joey Ryan.
I had the privileged of doing an exclusive interview with Candice LeRae to discuss her wrestling background, ongoing success in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and opinion of the growing popularity of Inter Gender Wrestling in the Indy Wrestling Circuit.
1). Candice what inspired you to get involved in the wrestling industry? Where did you go to receive your training to become a professional wrestler?
Candice LeRae: "I was 6 years old when I saw my first professional wrestling match on television. I walked passed my cousin's room and asked my cousin and my two brothers what they we're watching on television. It was a professional wrestling match. I don't quite remember what match it was or whom was involved, but my brothers tell me it's was a Battle Royal; Bad News Brown/Bret "The Hitman" Hart were the last two competitors in the ring. Bad News Brown betrayed Bret Hart, tossed him over the tope rope to win the Battle Royal. Bret Hart re-enter the ring and kicked the crap out of Bad News Brown and destroyed his Battle Royal Trophy". I told my cousin and my brothers that's exactly what I want to do when I get older. So when I was in high school, my brother took me to Indy Wrestling Event, after the event I spoke with a few guys. I told them I want to be a professional wrestler. So I took the Release Wavier Form to my father but he refused to sign the form. It did was a real downer, but it did not suppress my ambitions of becoming a professional wrestler".
"I really admire Macho Man Randy Savage, he just simply stood out above the rest. He really had something special, which ultimately inspired me to become a professional wrestler. I found a School in California which was run by Jesse Hernandez. Jesse Hernandez did not have too many female students because the majority of inspiring female wrestlers trained on the East Coast, and finding female wrestlers on the West Cast basically was very slim. Jesse Hernandez was full aware of that realization, so he was very surprise and supportive throughout my training. Jesse Hernandez was a tremendous influence over earlier stages of my career".
2). Candice, which Canadian Wrestler did you admire growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada?
Candice LeRae: "I really admire Chris Jericho. I have every DVD/VHS dating back to his days in Smokey Mountain Wrestling teaming up with Lance Storm as the Thrill Seekers. I feel like I'm totally obese with Chris Jericho".
3). Candice you made your professional wrestling debut in 2002, describe your emotions heading into your debut professional wrestling match?
Candice LeRae: "I was very nervous, I doubt I slept the night before. I just wanted to get the match over with and head home. The match itself lasted only 5 minutes and it was over. After the match I picked up a flier with my name on it and ran around showing it to my friends and family, I was extremely excited".
"I actually went to my first Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Event in 2005 Anniversary Show. I wanted to wrestle for the organization. I was told no, they do not book female wrestlers, during this same time The Human Tornado was betrayed by his manager. So he was in need of a new valet. I approached The Human Tornado and acquired about being his new valet, and I got my first opportunity with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as The Human Tornado's Valet".
4). Candice you competed for various organization such as PWG, Chikara, CZW, etc. Describe your most memorable moment so far in your professional wrestling career?
Candice LeRae: "I have so many memorable moments as a professional wrestler. I would have to say probably the people of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla finally booking me in a wrestling match. I'm pretty sure it's been very well documented my fallout with The Human Tornado, were he assaulted me after a match. Chris Hero made the save which stated a rival between the two. I had my first Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Match against The Human Tornado, Chris Hero accompanied me to the ring to basically make sure nothing funny accrue. The match itself went extremely well. The match ended prematurely because, The Human Tornado was expected to pull some sort of shenanigans, and so Chris Hero interfered and kicked the crap out of him. I returned to the backstage and gained a lot of respect for everyone".
5). Candice, who's the toughest opponent you ever face in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla?
Candice LeRae: "The toughest opponent(s) right know Mt. Rushmore (The Young Bucks, Adam Cole, and Kevin Steen). I competed against The Young Bucks of course with Joey Ryan, and I will face off against Kevin Steen on Dec 21st, 2013 as part of 6 person tag team match. Mt. Rushmore are truly truth and they freakin' beat you down after every match so hopefully this coming December, we can get the upper hand on Mt. Rushmore".
6). Candice you have competed in numerous inter-gender matches in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Do you prefer inter gender matches over strictly women matches?
Candice LeRae: "I prefer Inter-Gender matches. I wish there were more women in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, I remember when we book Christina Von Eerie, and it was great. She receive a good reaction fro the crowd competed against men and women. I had the honor of facing Christina Von Eerie and it was an incredible experience, booking her was great for business. I really hope someday Pro Wrestling Guerrilla book more women, and currently right now I'm the only woman competing in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla".
7). Candice why do you think competing in inter-gender matches, makes a woman wrestlers more marketable?
Candice LeRae: "Yes competing in Inter-Gender matches does make women wrestlers more marketable. "Who don't like seeing a girl stand up against guy". People want to support a underdog and love seeing a person stand up for themselves. Joey Ryan and I are extremely marketable, and we receive a tremendous reaction from the crowd whenever we compete inside the ring. We're a big draw whenever Pro Wrestling Guerrilla decide to book us for a major event".
8). Candice, why do you think more Indy Wrestling Promotions are leaning more towards inter-gender matches?
Candice LeRae: "I have been seeing more Indy Wrestling Promotions, leaning towards Inter Gender matches over the last year. I been a professional wrestler for 11 years now and the level of excitement for Inter Gender matches have increase because it becoming more entertaining and it's a huge draw for promoters".
9). Candice, describe your relationship with your Tag Team Partner Joey Ryan? Candice do you think Joey and yourself would eventually capture The PWG Tag Team Titles and defeat The Young Bucks?
Candice LeRae: "Joey Ryan and I are good friends, really best friends. People honestly think we're dating, so I'm enjoying keeping people guest about our relationship. True story, Joey and I went to a bar a while back and these drunk guys stated "you two should be together". They keep going with it the entire night it was funny. Joey and I are a great team inside the ring. We continue to improve ourselves individually and as a tag team. Someday we will take the PWG Tag Team Titles away from The Young Bucks'. A couple weeks ago I campaigned via twitter on the possibility of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla booking myself against Adam Cole, but unfortunately they booked Chris Hero vs. Adam Cole for PWG World Heavyweight Champion at PWG All Star Weekend Night 1. Chris Hero is a tremendous friend, and I'm glad to see him back at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla".
10). Candice on December 20th, 2013 PWG All Star Weekend X Night One, you and Joey Ryan will face RockNES Monsters. What will be your guys strategy heading into the match. Candice, you, Joey Ryan, and Drake Younger will face Matt Rushmore (The Young Bucks and Kevin Steen) on ASW Night 2 will you guys defeat Matt Rushmore?
Candice LeRae: "We wrestle the RockNES Monster before, but it was during the early stages of Joey and I tag partnership. We were getting a feel of each other, but we been watching film, improving our strategy and style heading into the match. As far as my 6 person tag team match against Mt. Rushmore (The Young Bucks and Kevin Steen), I'm hoping everything goes well, and after the match we don't get jump or beat down. I mention earlier in the interview I wrestled The Young Bucks before, but this will be my first time wrestling Kevin Steen, so I'm pretty excited".
11). Candice you will be competing at the Beyond Wrestling Tournament for Tomorrow, have you ever competed in inter gender tournament before? What are your chances of winning and who do you look forward to facing at the tournament?
Candice LeRae: "No I never had participated in an Inter-Gender Tournament before, as stated earlier theirs definitely more of a demand now than ever before as it's relates to Inter Gender Wrestling. As far as whom I'm looking forward to facing at the tournament. I wish I could face everybody. I love facing someone new because you'll learn a different style and approach everytime, it makes you a better competitor overall".
12). Candice, do you have any aspirations of competing for either the WWE or TNA?
Candice LeRae: "Probably, I don't blame the WWE for going PG and not allowing too many Inter Gender matches, because young mothers don't want their young boys having the perception that it's okay to hit a young girl. Also with my style of wrestling probably won't be accepted in the WWE".
13). Finally Candice, whats your opinion on the Chris Hero situation being release by WWE?
Candice LeRae:" I personally feel the WWE dropped the ball, really they drop the ball with a lot of people. I know Chris Hero huge talent and great competitor. I really hope good intentions were made before the decision was made to release from his contract". Support Joey Ryan/Candice LeRae buy their merchandise www.prowrestlingtees.com/joeyryan
Special Note: If you want to read more articles from Pro Wrestling Smark Talk please go to our blog page www.prowrestlingsmarktalk.blogspot.com. Pro Wrestling Smark Talk currently has five feature articles posted: The Santino Bros Wrestling School, Dragon Gate USA COO Sal Hamaoui, CZW Wrestling Academy (DJ Hyde/Shane Strickland), Cedric Alexander of C & C Wrestle Factory Interview and Beyond Wrestling Tournament for Tomorrow 2 Preview. Pro Wrestling Smark Talk can be reach via social media: www.facebook.com/prowrestlingsmarktalk and www.twitter.com/pwsmarktalk.
The Heel Turn Podcast on December 9th, 2013 will preview Ring of Honor's Final Battle 2013 with one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions reDRagons Bobby Fish and C & C Wrestle Factory Cedric Alexander; also preview Combat Zone Wrestling's Cage by Death XV with Shane Strickland. Please go to www.theheelturnpodcast.blogspot.com, www.facebook.com/theheelturnpodcast, and www.twitter.com/heelturnpodcast for more information.


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Facebook Debuts Antivirus Marketplace Promising Better Security for Users
As the concern over security issues continues to go higher, Facebook today announced Antivirus Marketplace for its users. Regardless all the negative buzz around the Facebook security system, one must admit that Facebook has taken numerous defensive actions against spam, viruses, phishing attacks to protect its users. However, as the new and tricky way emerges nearly every day, It is pretty hard to say that Facebook is entirely free from all the possible threats.
Facebook Security team has confirmed the launch of Antivirus Marketplace today on their note. For the very first time this security team has partnered with some of the leading online security firms like Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos and Symantec . Through the Antivirus Marketplace app, Facebook will let its users to download any fully functional Antivirus software on their computer for free which will be valid for six consecutive months. It is being expected that this program will keep Facebook users computer free from possible security threats and ultimately it will help them to share virus free files (audio, video, images etc.) through Facebook system.
This popular social networking site has already implemented URL Blacklist system which checks every single link that is being shared on Facebook. From now on, Facebook will use the database of malicious links from all of these online security firms to enhance their security system. Once the system gets implemented user will find less spam and phishing links. However, even if you click on any suspicious link mistakenly, Facebook's internal system will warn you on possible threats. The security team assured it's users stating, "Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the people who use Facebook, and the security of their data."
Along with providing the resources of these companies, they will educated Facebook users on various security issues through the Facebook security blog. Facebook Security homepage also provides various tips on how to protect your computer and remain safe within Facebook system.
If you are following our blog regularly, you would know that earlier on January 24th we reported on the possible release of well over 100k Facebook user's login information which had been compromised because of a hack attack.
So we strongly recommend you to visit the page, follow their instructions and read their blog posts on security issues to keep yourself up to date. Remember, it's better to be safe than sorry later on.
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The dismantling of one of the last Occupy encampments in New York ended with pepper spray and arrests on Thursday, as Albany city workers moved in and took down tents at the Occupy Albany encampment.
Occupy Albany's camping permit expired at 7:00 a.m. Thursday, and by mid afternoon city workers moved in and began dismantling the tents. When workers tried to take down the last tent, protesters seized it and began marching up and down the city streets in the midst of the evening rush hour. They chanted "Occupy Albany all day, all week", and "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out".
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Earlier this week, while previewing President Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes called Colombia "a tremendous success story in the Americas…It's one of our really model partnerships, not just in the Americas but in the world. We'll be able to discuss our continued security cooperation, which has supported the Colombians as they've made historic gains in their efforts against the FARC."
Those security gains, while real, are little comfort to Maria, who was displaced from her hometown of San Onofre in northern Colombia. She now lives in Arjona, a municipality 46 miles from Cartagena which has become a haven for displaced people from across northern Colombia.
Maria told me that back in the 1990s, it was common for paramilitary units (paras) to raid her hometown after dark, dragging people from their homes before disappearing into the night. After a few years of nighttime terror, things got even worse. The paras became more brazen—occupying houses, killing animals, and demanding food and provisions. Community members were killed in broad daylight while women were raped and abused in public. For Maria, the only options were to submit or leave. She fled in 1999.
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Though displacement in Colombia has fallen considerably from the high-water mark of 400,000 people in 2002, an estimated 100,000 people were displaced in 2010 alone. And just yesterday, the UN High Commission for Refugees reported a rise in the number of Colombians fleeing into Ecuador due to "the deteriorating conditions" in Colombia's southern state of Nariño. In a single week, UNHCR estimated 600 new arrivals to Ecuador. In any other country, numbers like this would be a cause for panic, not triumphalism.
Still, hope remains for Maria and people like her. Successfully implementing Colombia's new land restitution and victim's reparations law could mitigate both displacement and the poverty that comes with it. Success is not assured: since the passage of the law, more than a dozen land restitution leaders have been assassinated. Nevertheless, the US must start providing as much assistance for peacebuilding in Colombia as it does for war-making. Failure to lock in peace now could push Colombia into another violent, downward spiral.
Three areas in particular require strong U.S. support. First, the U.S. must increase its support to UNHCR in Colombia. Second, it should help Colombia's municipal governments assist those victims who want to return to their land, coupling aid with clear guidance and accountability measures. Lastly, and perhaps most important, USAID and the State Department must invest in educating lawyers and getting victims the legal help they will need to pursue their rightful claims. After all, getting people like Maria back home safely should be the real measure of Colombia's success.April 26, 2012 | Tagged as: Colombia, Americas, Humanitarian Response, Protection & Security


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This was a huge waste of money. I'm throwing it out. I've never been complimented on it, most women I ask don't like it because it isn't masculine smelling at all and most people can't even smell anything on me at all because it fades so fast. The only lingering smell is a very weird smelling vanilla and as a grown man why would I want that? Cologne should make me smell like a man, not a teenage girl. The main point though is that this stuff doesn't do what I want it to do, make me smell good! It either fades and can't be smelled at all which is most often, or takes away my masculinity.
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I see some people in my neighborhood and they look suspicious. What should I do?Dial 911 and report the problem to the police dispatch officer.
There is a peddler at my door and he is asking to come inside?The Peoria Police Department recommends that you NEVER let door-to-door solicitors inside your home. If you're interested, get the company name and phone number and then you can call them to make an appointment. This will give you a chance to do some research on them with organizations such as the Better Business Bureau and the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Businesses leave flyers and cards on my yard. What can I do?Businesses have the right to advertise and there is no regulation prohibiting them from placing flyers on your property. If you live in a community with a homeowner's association (HOA), try contacting your management company to see if they can help. If you are not interested in the advertised services, simply toss the flyers/cards into your Peoria Recycling container. The city will turn them into cash which is used to help offset the cost of your solid waste service.
City of Peoria8401 W. Monroe StreetPeoria, Arizona 85345