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Best Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Movie Awards Summary
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Best Kiss
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The Battle for Helms DeepClose
- Collision on Highway 23 - Final Destination 2
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- The Arena Conflict - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Best Fight
Yoda vs. Christopher LeeClose
- Jet Li vs. Ultimate Fighters - Cradle 2 the Grave
- Johnny Knoxville vs. Butterbean - Jackass: The Movie
- Fann Wong vs. The Palace Guards - Shanghai Knights
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2003 Highlights Justin Timberlake and Seann William Scott (yes, Stifler) host and 8 Mile and LOTR: Two Towers win. Watch for t.A.T.u.'s racy segment.


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Bob Badour wrote:
> Frank Hamersley wrote:
>> Bob Badour wrote: >>> Frank Hamersley wrote: >>>> Bob Badour wrote: >>>>> Frank Hamersley wrote: >>>>>> Bob Badour wrote: >>>>>>> Frank Hamersley wrote: >>>>>>>> Bob Badour wrote: >>>>>>>>> Frank Hamersley wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Bob Badour wrote: >>
>> >> Preempting some of your various replies below you seem to be getting >> fatigued of this topic. Regardless, for me the RM is the theory and >> SQL is the practice. Sure the latter "contains" some or all the >> former but using this distinction adequately provides terms or >> reference for me as "where we are" against "where we want to be". I >> don't think I can help you much more than that.
Very true - it was presumptuous - but I am not here to necessarily to change your thinking, more to enhance mine. From your previous reply I had developed a concern you were about to disengage and wanted to move on from the theory/practice hurdle if it were to be an impediment.
> SQL is rather
> flawed theory based on multisets or bags and 3-vl, sort of. Ignoring the
> principle of cautious design, those who first created SQL made arbitrary
> and unecessary decisions that altered the theory dramatically from where
> it started in the RM.
Perhaps that is the genesis ... however my interest lies more in the future state of affairs (80/20 of course).
> To say that SQL is not theory is just plain wrong. And to suggest that
> the impractical consequences of those arbitrary decisions makes SQL
> somehow practical is perverse.
Misinterp - I simply state SQL contains the "easy" parts of the theory and happily admit it has shortcomings as a result. The mention of this distinction is purely for establishing nomenclature - there is no debate to be had.
>> [..] >> >>> Missing information is messy and we have no theory at all for >>> addressing it. Adding it to the RM in no way reduces the elegance, >>> symmetry or compellingness of the RM. >> >> Rubbish - IMO the whole is less for the adding the messy bit without >> resolving it to meet the ES+C criteria. Sure the other parts are just >> as ES+C as they were before when taken in isolation. This is akin to >> the mess that existed in the prediction of planetary orbits prior to >> Newtons apple.
As I predicted - cu round like a rissole! Seeing this post I was going to retract (the luxury of offline replies) but it can stand!
>>> Either one can use the E,S&C to tackle the difficult problem, or one >>> can pretend the problem doesn't exist. >> >> This sounds overtly minimalist on your part. If I read it correctly >> on the one hand you state there is no theory to support missing info >> and then you propose to solve the issue solely with the theory at hand >> whilst dismissing all other possibilities - to toss in a barb that >> seem as ostrich like as it gets.
Did I say that? Take the blue one Bob, avoid the reds!
> Except that null only exacerbates the problem while creating myriad new
> problems. You have said nothing that addresses this fact--a fact well
> documented over the past 20 years.
What is there to say ... your sentence contains a tautology? As I have said before "ante up" - you want to call nulls bluff so do it! As for me I have no silver bullet but feel compelled to call a dud as it is viz my D+D D comments.
>>> It reduces the expressiveness of the language and hides people's >>> errors from them. Can you imagine a compiler that refused to reject >>> any program or issue any warning? >> >> Nup - unless the optimizer deduced the erroneous code was unreachable! >> That of course would be pointlessness^2.
FWIR eradicating redundant statements was one of the early HLL compiler optimisations. In respect of syntax errors it is fallacious however it was only meant to illustrate a counterpoint. BTW wheres the speeling mistake?
>>>>> Whether nulls exist in the RM today is a topic of some controversy. >>>> >>>> Sure is - in biological terms noting that the bastard child SQL >>>> inherits only half its genome from the known parent (RM) then the >>>> question is - is it a meiotic mutation or a pre-existing recessive >>>> allele now homozygous and perhaps deleterious? >>> >>> Nonsensical handwaving. >> >> Is this code for I don't understand or simply can't be bothered?
Bob - you don't have an alter ego called Eliza do you? She had no wit or expressiveness either!
>>>> Yep - although there probably no debate to be had once the various >>>> and varying starting points are determined. >>> >>> More nonsensical handwaving. You have succeeded in one thing with >>> your evasiveness: you have demonstrated your lack of intellectual >>> honesty and integrity. >> >> More fatigue?
Fair enough.
>>>> OK. Obviously useful for the theorist to explore stuff (apols to >>>> Alexi). >>> >>> Obviously useful for the practitioner to explore as well. If the >>> practitioner never considers where the pitfalls lie, he will only >>> discover them from the bottom of the pit. >> >> Sure - and these pits are often filled with tar! What I was alluding >> to is a practitioner accepting the theory can avoid exploring the pits >> by sticking to the provided map. Of course it is a worthy goal for >> all practitioners to understand as well as apply best practice.
Come in number 66 ... are you in trouble number 99? (A pointless waste of electrons but cheap at twice the price nonetheless).
>>>> So {1} and {1} are not distinct when conceptually imagined in an OO >>>> instance frame of mind? >>> >>> An OO instance is a variable. Thus the values of the two variables >>> are indistinct even if the variables themselves are distinct and >>> distinguishable by physical location. >> >> No drama here.
Que? Smells like trolling based on past experience in CDT.
>>> And since all of programming is about formalism, I suggest null has >>> no effective role to play in any aspect of programming. >> >> Very sloppy words! I would say intellectual honesty arises when you >> are prepared to say something like "since all of programming *theory* >> is about formalism, I suggest null has no effective role to play ..."
Too narrow for me but whatever turns your dial is OK with me.
> A program itself is a proof of some theory. Sadly, most programs written
> prove the wrong theory.
As market forces so often determine to be the case.
>> Of course I would be interested to see you ante up and describe a >> fundamental and complete solution rather than simply taking your bat >> and ball home.
Hmm I thought you said there is no theory for missing information. How then does the RM theory suffice?
> Null reduces expressibility, limits opportunities for query rewriting,
> yields incorrect results, is poorly understood by many experienced
> practitioners not to mention casual users, violates the information
> principle, and in the case of SQL is inconsistent. I reject it by any
> number of objective criteria.
This is not the debate - I want you to explain how to do it without null. If your explanation is ES+C you will have a most willing disciple in me.
> Illusions of power are just that: illusions. Handling missing
> information is not easy and requires careful thought in every instance.
> Sure it saves time to ignore the problem and pretend that some arbitrary
> feature took care of it. But when has sloth ever excused negligence or
> recklessness?
OK - case by case is always feasible. I am then left wondering why D+D expended any effort at all in promoting a general solution?
>>>>> Are you familiar with Date's various _Writings..._ books? He and >>>>> Darwen and others have demonstrated that null causes great damage. >>>> >>>> I don't need them to postulate it as I've seen it first hand. My >>>> opinion of Date mainly and Darwen to a much lesser extent (more by >>>> association than real research) is that whilst they have taken a pot >>>> shot at a low flying albatross, they haven't come up with anything >>>> even close to better. >>> >>> I disagree. They have correctly identified that missing information >>> as of yet has no theory to address it. >> >> That is a trivial conclusion! Where's the beef? You don't need to be >> a luminary to get this far - do you?
You raised it - Doh!
>>> While I disagree with some of their ad hoc attempts to address it >>> differently than null, I suggest the RM -- without any special >>> feature for missing information -- already handles it as well as we >>> can until someone establishes a valid theory addressing missing >>> information.
<Second proof reading>
Ah so - I think I now understand our disconnect. This being CDT I was looking for a general ES+C solution. You on the other hand state there is no theory but do not accept the polluting of the RM with null insisting that case by case treatment should be enforced by SQL until the gap in the theory is resolved.
Do you think this latter eventuality will ever arise as there does not seem any impetus for the mathematicians to pollute the archetypal theory of sets with the missing set?
The rest of the post is left for posterity - consider it jousting for sport. </Second proof reading>
>>> Null takes a bad situation and makes it worse. It does harm. Removing >>> it improves our lot. >> >> I'm all eyes! I'm happy to consign null to oblivion if you give me a >> _credible_ solution which means it must meet ES+C to accommodate my >> limited analytical abilities.
Please cite examples - then I can go read and get some work done to boot.
>>>> Given the lesser evil option I expect to rely on skilled >>>> practitioners to mitigate the risk of that damage arising. Sadly >>>> they don't grow on trees! >>> >>> All the more reason to make simple queries easier to express >>> correctly so casual users do not have to waste the time of skilled >>> practitioners for very common, mundane queries. >> >> I can relate to that - but I for one don't see your mundane queries as >> in the problem domain. Viable practitioners can design RM compliant >> systems using SQL if required. The real issue is solving the >> difficult queries - something which D+D skate glibly over as I pointed >> out.
Why do I need to do that? Darwen himself foreshadowed it in the footnote. BTW I thought the holy grail was for unskilled practitioners to become adepts.
>>>>> Nulls attempt to address missing information but do so with no >>>>> basis in theory. I suggest that the null elixir only offers the >>>>> illusion of power: >>>>> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD898.html >>>> >>>> I understand your view. For the record mine is that null is no >>>> elixir - more like Cod Liver Oil and there ain't no illusions when >>>> swallowing that stuff. >>> >>> If one takes the average age of a group of people where some of the >>> ages are unknown, then the average is unknown. With a relational >>> dbms, I can model the ages so that it returns the correct result, >>> unknown. >> >> I can cope with that - I would have no problem being forced to write >> >> "select avg(age) from table where age is not null" >> >> to get the crappy statistic that it is if the user demanded it. But I >> thought you wanted to eradicate the nulls period?
select case when count(*) = count(age)
then avg(age) else null end as avgage
PS that attribute name really irks! Anyone else feel the same way?
> Null reduces expressibility. It is an elixir that prevents one from
> expressing inconvenient truths, but those truths do not go away. Always
> getting a finite numeric answer is merely an illusion of power.
I may be drunk but you're certainly smoking something illicit!
>>> When the user gets the result, the user has to ponder what that means >>> and how to proceed. If the user discovers that back in the old days >>> nobody bothered to record birthdates, the meaning is different than >>> if the ages are unknown because some of the people are fetuses as of >>> yet unborn. >> >> You are taking on too much methinks - if a mug user wants to buy >> birthday presents for fetii why should the RM be saddled with saving >> him from his own stupidity. Better IMO to focus on those who want to >> be saved.
Worth a sigh or just being cute? Nah! Sigh.
> Your straw man is pointless;
They are your fetuses!
> stick to what I said. I have postulated two users issuing similar
> queries in very different circumstances where the correct answer to an
> average is unknown.
See above lesson on skinning cats.
> Using null, how does one express the query such that it gives the true
> and correct result that the average is unknown?
>>> Null is less expressible than the RM because it obviates the >>> possibility of returning the correct result. The result it returns is >>> incorrect and in the cases mentioned above is not even approximately >>> correct, but the user has no alert to the problem. >> >> Unskilled users yes
All true - bring on the general ES+C solution.
> Compile-time error messages are better than run-time error messages are
> better than no error messages with obviously incorrect results are
> better than no error messages with wrong but seemingly correct results.
> In the example given, null moves the error all the way down the list to
> "wrong but seemingly correct results".
True. BTW my penchant is for defense in depth and not to rely on only one of these canaries hence my direction on AVG().
>>> If that is not an illusion of power, I don't know what is. As a >>> solution for the problem of missing information, null is an elixir. >>> Since your earlier evasiveness has revealed your lack of intellectual >>> honesty, I will dismiss your denials as groundless. >> >> Ah well we all have crosses to bear - suffice to say there are no >> illusions on my part.
To yourself at least.
>>>> That is how I would characterise "D". On the theory side I am in a >>>> prolonged contemplation on the missing dimension in SQL (as compared >>>> to the RM) which is the temporal capability. I have made what I >>>> consider to be some progress but it is premature to discuss publicly >>>> lest I end up wearing lots of egg, suffice to say the null thang has >>>> a parallel in temporal matters. BTW I don't rate Date & Darwens >>>> offering on this either, nor FWIW much of the Snodgrass et al stuff >>>> that preceded them. >>> >>> Yes, well, get back to us when you have something substantive to >>> offer that won't leave egg on your face. >> >> No problem. In the meantime I am happy for you to advance something >> more than a simple change to the behaviour of avg().
OK - time to move on - nothing to see here folks (perhaps)!
Cheers, Frank. Received on Wed Apr 26 2006 - 22:38:22 CDT
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2012 is so two weeks ago, right? Well, forgive my tardiness, but I was doing my best to catch up with as much as possible before putting this list together, but even then some films missed out. "Once Upon A Time In Anatolia," "Compliance," "Sleepwalk With Me," "Nobody Walks," "No" and a handful more...I wish I could have seen them, but it just didn't happen.
And to be honest, I wish I had another month or two or three to reflect before writing this up. Not just to catch up on movies, but to simply allow a bit more time to digest the ones I've already seen. I know that when I look back on this list a year from now, my feelings on every movie will have adjusted, shifted and changed. Time plays a tremendously important role in one's relationship to a movie, and so many factors affect how a film will resonate with a viewer. Personal experienes, life changes and more can draw a movie closer to your heart, while in other cases, the in-the-moment enjoyment or even the positive feelings that linger a month or two later can dissipate.
So, it's tricky (and a bit silly) to rank movies, and the distinction that these are my "favorite" films of 2012 rather than the "best" is important. While these are numbered, it's not to say that one is particularly "better" than another, but they just feel right in this order. And after you read my list, be sure to check out the rist of The Playlist Best Movie Of 2012 lists. So with that preamble out of the way, let's get to it....
10. "Silver Linings Playbook" (dir. David O. Russell)
To be certain, I backflipped for this one when I saw it at TIFF. But for whatever reason, as the awards season heated up, my attention went elsewhere, and David O. Russell's film seemed to become an underdog. But earning eight Oscar nominations last week has reminded me just how well-crafted this movie really is. On a surface level, it can deceptively look like an your standard rom-com, with a helping of indie movie quirk on the side. But the material isn't easy. How do you take the story of a mentally unstable man and an emotionally damanged woman, and not only make it relatable, but a crowd-pleaser? Leave it in the hands of Russell, who with "The Fighter" and this film has really shown a deft ability to confront the hard difficulties that life can sometimes throw in your path, and make the journey to overcome them not just entertaining, but honest too. And never does he show himself contemptuous or above his characters, allowing both Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence to wholly embrace every rough, raw and real part of their roles, and deliver some great performances that rely on a highwire blend of pathos, humor and humanism.
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8. "Laurence Anyways" (dir. Xavier Dolan)
The conversation around filmmaker Xavier Dolan has mostly centered on his age (he turns 24 in March), the fact that his first three features have all been honored with premieres in Cannes and his boldy stylized approach. And living in Montreal as I do (where "Laurence Anyways" was released in 2012), there is an extra layer of media attention to the homegrown filmmaker that adds to the noise and hype, and making it easy for many to shrug off his work. And for all those who scoff at Dolan for his age and confidence, I suggest they move along and stick to the oats and vegetables cinema the rest of the industry provides. For me, this is nothing more exciting than a young director who takes a big swing for the fences. Can you tell me another other contemporary filmmaker who has put together a nearly three hour long, decade spanning movie about a transgender relationship? And not only that, but one as deeply moving and gorgeously realized as this? It's mind boggling to me that it took as long as it did for "Laurence Anyways" to land U.S. distribution, and even then, with the tiny indie Breaking Glass (and kudos to them for rolling the dice on this one). But I hope people put aside pre-conceived notions and go experience the film for themselves when it arrives next year, because since seeing it at the Cannes Film Festival the movie has continued percolate and stick with me in the way that few have.
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6. "The Master" (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
A movie that doesn't necessarily unpack easily, and certainly doesn't play by any conventions, Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" is at its core, an odd couple story. There's Freddie Quell, who's all animal, lunging at life, never ignoring the call of instinct, hunger or desire, and yet always coming up emotionally damaged or unsatisfied. And then there's Lancaster Dodd, who has taken all those cravings that make us human, and tries to contain them in The Cause, a way of life that becomes his own search for meaning. Essentially we're looking at what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, and the union between Freddie and Lancaster will heartbreakingly leave them as alone and empty as they were when they first met. Anderson is asking more questions than providing answers, which may have left many unsatisified, but watching Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix put each other through the paces (the auditing session is probably one of the best acting scenes of the year), you wonder how the rest of us manage to make it through each day so easily.


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On June 24th, 2011 at 11:15 p.m. New York State historically passed Same-Sex Marriage. At 11:16 p.m., roughly two minutes after the gavel struck, I quietly got down on one knee and asked my partner of nine years to be my husband. Isn't that romantic? It might be romantic. But it's actually a big fat lie. However, it is my way of attempting to rewrite history. The truth of the matter actually lies in the headlines of the Associated Press that ran the following day:
NEW YORK (AP) -- As the news flashed around the globe that New York state had legalized gay marriage, New York fashion designer Malcolm Harris didn't waste any time. He dashed off a Twitter message to his boyfriend of nine years: "Will you marry me?"
So there it is in a nutshell. On the historical evening that New York State proudly moved into the 21st Century, I sent my boyfriend, who was out celebrating a friend's birthday, what I thought was a private message over Twitter. As I am firmly Team Facebook, the world of Twitter at the time was pretty new to me. I had absolutely no idea the huge difference between sending a "tweet" and a "message". So there I was attempting to send a sweet, playful and most importantly, private message that had now been inadvertently broadcast throughout the twittersphere. For a brief moment, I could somehow sympathize with former NY Senator Anthony Weiner - minus the whole sordid/inappropriate messages and weiner shot thingy. But this misguided tweet had definitely opened a rainbow colored Pandora's Box of its own and it was too late for @mistergolightly and @mistereditor to turn back now.
Before we had a moment to process any of it, the proposal had already tripped us directly into the spotlight fantastic of the gay movement. Overnight we were being heralded as the de-facto poster boys for same-sex marriage. Our emails, telephones, text messages, etc. were all immediately flooded with interview requests from The New York Times, The Huffington Post, People magazine, Entertainment Tonight, NBC, ABC, LOGO - you name or abbreviate it and they were calling. We even received calls from Hollywood agents wanting to represent us. LOL... My partner, K. Tyson Perez, and I were both scratching our heads and thinking, "All of this because of a marriage proposal?"
But we quickly learned that, in the scheme of things, this was much more than just a simple proposal of marriage. For the gay community it was finally being able to put faces, flesh and bones to a long hard fought battle. And for the media it had all the elements of a perfect storm - romance, controversy, taboo and even technology. One reporter said to me, "Do you realize you guys are the first gay couple to go viral?" Even though I knew exactly what he meant, it still sounded as if he thought we were doing something terribly naughty.
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With all the well-wishers and media attention that literally began swarming around us, it wasn't until I looked down at my vibrating mobile and checked the caller identification did I realize I hadn't made one very important call - Mother Darling.
I must admit, at first I didnt know whether I should answer the phone or send the call straight to voicemail. But then I remembered my voicemail was full and Mother Darling wouldn't be able to leave a message. So I decided to answer it. I was sure she had no idea about "the proposal" and was perhaps only calling to give me her bi-weekly run down on deaths, scandals, convalescing friends and church gossip (in that order). I will share with you, that somewhere between my mother's piety and her vanity, therein lies the secret of my very existence. But that's a story for another column, Dr. Phil and/or session with my therapist.
From the second I heard Mother Darling's query filled - Hello? - I knew the jig was up. Before I could plead my case, she had already begun relaying to me, in dramatic detail, how she just happened to be driving home from the market where she purchased a dozen organic eggs at $5.89, a gallon of soy milk at the unbelievable price of $6.75 as well as some sort of honey and lemon infused green-tea, when there it was - my voice blaring through her car via 1010 WINS. I must admit I took a teeny-tiny bit of pleasure imagining her clutching her pearls and pulling off to the shoulder of the road as she listened intently to the news of her son's impending same-sex nuptials being reported in the automated/droning tone of 1010 WINS (over and over and over again). But to my disappointment as well as delight, her delivery wasn't as hyper-fatalistic as I had envisioned. Instead it was a bit dry, but not cold - shaken, but not stirred. And then it hit me - Mother Darling was still in the processing phase of her current "dilemma". But you must also understand that everything for my mother, from choosing what hat to wear to church or what route to take to the market - is a dilemma. However, the gay dilemma is one she still hasn't quite been able to fully accept or resolve.
You see my darling mother has had to put up with the gay "dilemma" since I was 16 years old. Just in case you were wondering, there was no big coming out at Thanksgiving or Christmas or any of that cliché nonsense for me. As a Southern-raised homosexual, Mister GoLightly has always prided himself on the subtleties of polite society. So early one random evening as I was heading out with friends, my mother asked me in a very inquisitive, yet slightly sarcastic tone, "So what time should I expect you home, young man?" To which I casually responded, "Don't worry, I'll be back before curfew. By the way, I'm totally gay ... And mustard is definitely not your color Mother Darling." In hindsight, I'm positive that wasn't the best way to spring the news, but at the time I figured we might as well get that bit out of the way before my teacher called to tell her I had been caught kissing a boy behind the stadium bleachers.
Luckily the call from the school never came but it was too late. You see Mother Darling had already raided the "psychology" and "how-to" sections of our local bookstore before I made it back late that night well past curfew. Not a word was said that evening, but the next morning it was apparent she was safely armed with all the proper reading material and technical terms to successfully deal with the gay dilemma as well as to remodel our kitchen. I never did figure out the correlation between homosexuality and cabinetry, but here we were once again, some 20-odd years later, at the same proverbial fork in the road.
I tried my very best to give her a quick report on all that had happened over the past 24 hours since the proposal, but she cut me off at every turn. She went on to fill me in on a married woman from her church that was allegedly having an affair with a deacon until his untimely demise. Apparently the old deacon had suffered a heart attack or stroke during their last tryst in a cheap motel room on the other side of town. Fortunately for me, just before she reached the climax of the story, as if it could get any more salacious, I received another call. When I looked down at the caller ID I realized it was the producer from a "major cable network." I quickly put my mother on hold, as I realized that our conversation had somehow helped me to make my decision, and clicked over to have a chat with the producer. When I returned to Mother Darling I informed her that I would have to call her later as the television producer on the other line needed some additional information about our upcoming wedding ceremony. The pause in our conversation was pregnant with panic, fear and dilemma. But before Mother Darling could get another word in, I said, "Oh yeah, Tyson said YES! I'm thinking about wearing white. And by the way, we're getting married on national television."
The moral of this story is that proposals, in my opinion, should be done in private. They shouldn't be blasted across jumbotrons, written in the sky, or tweeted across Twitter. If we are very lucky we only get to propose once and this should be a sacred moment shared between two people that want to spend their lives together in the union of marriage. Take it from Mister GoLightly - lesson learned.
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Startling testimony in Dimambro case
(WXYZ) - There was startling testimony today in the trial of the man accused of killing his girlfriend's son.
Ronald Dimambro Jr. is accused of First Degree Murder in the death of 2-year-old Damian Sutton.
A video confession was played in court where Dimambro admitted to shaking the child.
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Mario Lopez was out and about in NYC last night, and the Extra host was calling and texting up a storm on his blackberry. Hey, whatever keeps your hands warm!
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The San Antonio Spurs and the Brooklyn Nets have advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs with tense game-seven victories yesterday.
The top-seeded Spurs were pushed to the brink by Western Conference rivals the Dallas Mavericks, but, with their season on the line, responded with an emphatic 119-96 win to take out the series 4-3.
They next face the Portland Trail Blazers in the semifinals starting tomorrow after they beat Houston in six games.
Spurs star Tony Parker led the way with 32 points, while Manu Ginobili scored 20 and Australia's Patty Mills added seven in his 17 minutes on court.
The Spurs led by as many as 31 at one point on their way to the rout.
"We have a lot of respect for Dallas, they're a great team," Parker said.
"They made it very hard on us. The whole series it was a hard fight."
The game was the last of a record five game sevens in the opening round of the playoffs. The total already matches the NBA record for the most seventh games in all rounds in any playoff year.
In Toronto, with Brooklyn ahead 104-103, Toronto used a timeout and gave the ball to guard Kyle Lowry, whose driving shot was blocked by Paul Pierce as time expired. Lowry lay prone on the floor as the Nets surged on to the court in celebration.
"Lowry, we knew he was going to get to the hole," Pierce said. "There was a scramble for the ball. I saw him go up, I went up for the block.
"Clean block at the end, it was a great playoff series," he added of the drama-filled seven-game set. "They're a grind-it-out team. They have so many fourth-quarter comebacks.
"I just think we have to do a better job defending. This was a great, great series. I'm glad to be a part of it."
The Nets forced the deciding game seven with a 97-83 victory in Brooklyn on Saturday.
Yesterday they finished the job, advancing in the post-season for the first time since they beat the Raptors in 2007.
The Nets had led by 10 points with less than six seconds remaining, but the Raptors, cheered on by a manic home crowd, continued to press.
Joe Johnson scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Nets.
Marcus Thornton scored 17, Kevin Garnett had 12 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the series and Deron Williams scored 13 points.
Amir Johnson fouled out with 20 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto, who trailed by 10 points with just over six minutes remaining before storming back and having a chance to win it at the buzzer.
Lowry finished with 28 points and DeMar DeRozan 18 for the Raptors, who fell to 0-2 in franchise history when playing in a game seven. Toronto lost game seven of the conference semifinals to Philadelphia in 2001.
The Nets will next face two-time defending champions Miami in round two of the playoffs, with the Heat to host game one tomorrow.


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After marveling at the over-saturation of energy drinks on the market for years, I finally decided to taste a few and see how they might enhance my day. Energy drinks might be the product with the biggest supermarket shelf growth of the past 20 years (besides maybe condoms). With so many different options, I assumed each one had a different effect and taste.
They couldn't all just make you feel like you drank a large cup of coffee, right? And they couldn't all just be variations on the Red Bull, right?
After sampling over a dozen different drinks — all in cans with bright colors and "pumped up" names — it became pretty clear that differences in taste and effect are minimal at best. Almost every one had Red Bull's medicinal, Sweet Tarts taste, and the effect of the caffeine and sugar (plus a variety of "natural" additives) was equivalent to one big cup of coffee with six or seven sugar packs. They also all have tons of citric acid, making my heartburn go into overdrive.
The brash color schemes and "extreme" names show the target market for energy drinks: young people who want stay up and be more aware while studying, skateboarding or (perhaps most accurately) play World of Warcraft for days on end.
They're tired of Mountain Dew and think coffee is for old people. Supermarket selections are largely limited to the bigger brands — Monster, Rock Star, Amp, Full Throttle — though if you check gas stations and dollar stores you'll find such unusual selections as Steven Seagal's Lighting Bolt and rapper Nelly's Pimpjuice.
Most of the drink cans list the ingredients around the lip of the can. Well, you'll find the more enticing ingredients like taurine (an organic acid/antioxidant that, according to Wikipedia, is a "major constituent of bile"), B vitamins, ginseng and gaurana (a plant-derived energy booster some believe is an aphrodisiac). Not listed on the lip are less "extreme" additives like high fructose corn syrup, maltodextrin and chemicals that "protect flavor," like calcium disodium EDTA. Yum?
Among my samplings were Grape Nos (whose logo looks eerily like NoDoz's and whose taste is akin to Red Bull with a splash of grape soda), Amp Energy (Red Bull and Mountain Dew), Rockstar Recovery (one of many that promises "hydration" powers, meaning its meant as some sort of hangover cure) and Monster M-80, which is alleged to be inspired by pro surf tournaments in Hawaii but tastes like overly citric (say it with me now) Red Bull.
After debating how best to experience the drinks (sip or chug?), I decided downing them quickly would produce the best (or at least most noticeable) effect. Each time, there was a quick, almost instantaneous buzz that dropped off quickly. Within the hour, I'd inevitably crash. I imagine it's similar to snorting an entire package of Pixie Stix.
No Fear's Bloodshot Super Energy Supplement had a nice peach flavor. I could have just been excited to taste a flavor you'd actually find in the natural world, or maybe it just reminded me of my Peach Schnapps experimentation in high school. My favorite packaging was Monster Energy's Nitrous, which looks like a huff-ready spray paint can. Legal whip-its!
For an excellent energy drink rating Web site, check out www.screamingenergy.com.
For me, despite all of the "natural" declarations and promises, I can't imagine drinking these things steadily is remotely healthy. I'll stick to water and coffee and just watch X Games reruns with the volume cranked up when I feel the need to wake up … to the extreme!
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Charlie Sheen Wants to Take the Twins on Tour? Really?Sunny Chanel
It's been reported that Charlie Sheen wants to take his twins on his Torpedo of Truth tour, and we're not talking about some more goddesses. We're talking about his baby boys, his twins with Brooke Mueller.
On Tuesday, Charlie Sheen is expected to go to court to try to get custody of the twins after his ex, Brooke Mueller went off the wagon and checked back into rehab. His intention is …to take custody immediately and to take them along on the last two weeks of his "comedy" tour. Sheen's lawyer will reportedly try to convince the judge that Mueller is an unfit mother and can't care for them since she's relapsed, trying to prove that being with him would be a safer environment…gulp.
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Midday Roundup: Sequester chicken and horse meat meatballs
Stare down in D.C. Washington is buzzing with speculation about who will blink first in the second round of sequester chicken. The across-the-board spending cuts go into effect at midnight Thursday. On Sunday, the Obama administration tried to increase pressure on the Republicans by releasing state-by-state reports listing the effect the cuts will have on federal programs. But on Monday morning, GOP leaders said they would call the president's bluff. No blinking here. No yet, anyway. Lawmakers return from their recess tonight.
Day in court. Oil giant BP goes to court today in New Orleans to defend itself against charges of negligence in the 2010 oil spill that leaked millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will hear arguments in the case and determine whether BP, rig owner Transocean, and contractor Halliburton acted with willful or wanton misconduct or reckless indifference. BP faces up to $17.6 billion in Clean Water Act fines. It also could be forced to pay damages to claimants who didn't participate last year's $8.5 billion settlement.
More Catholic controversy. As if the Catholic Church didn't have enough to worry about, what with electing a new pope and all, the archbishop of Scotland announced his resignation today amid scandal. Three priests and a former priest have accused Cardinal Keith O'Brien of abusing them 30 years ago. O'Brien denies the abuse claims and says he submitted his resignation request to Pope Benedict XVI months ago. He cites his age and his health for his decision. Sound familiar?
Whoa! I did little more than cringe over the horse-meat-masquerading-as-beef story that has unfolded in Europe during the last few weeks. But today, we got the first hint that the suspect meat might not be confined to the Old World. Inspectors in the Czech Republic announced they found traces of horse meat in the frozen meatballs sold and served by Swedish furniture giant Ikea, which has stores all over the world. The company claims none of the meatballs shipped to the United States were tainted. But other food providers and several European countries made similar claims before admitting they had been duped as well. And we are talking about 99-cent meatballs here. The price alone makes them suspect.


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I left my bike outside (subjected to Michigan cold weather) for 2 weeks, and when I picked it up yesterday both tires were completely flat. Before that I noticed no leaks in the tires, and had rode it around town without problems. After I walked it home, I spent several hours trying to pump the tires again but the air would just leak through.
Now, is this typical? I'm about to pick up some tire levers and check on the tube, but how could a leak arise when the bike was sitting there locked to a rack? When I try to pump them I can feel the air immediately leaking through the part of the tire near the valve. I'm guessing there's a breach where the valve connects to the inner tube, but is that something I could actually repair or will I need to purchase new tubes?


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What's On TV Tonight? – 11/16/2012
Last Man Standing ("High Expectations") – A car in the neighborhood is egged; when Mike and Vanessa won't let Eve quit soccer, Eve acts out by getting drunk at a party. (ABC)
Undercover Boss ("Cinnabon Inc.") – Cinnabon Inc. President Kat Cole goes under cover. (CBS)
Kitchen Nightmares ("Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine") – Ramsay heads to Pennsylvania's Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine.
America's Next Top Model ("The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model") [SEASON FINALE] – Kelly mentors the contestants through their photo shoot; the eliminated contestants join the finalists for a runway show; the winner is chosen. (The CW)
Malibu Country ("Shell Games") – Reba is insulted when Mr. Bata wants Travie McCoy, a rapper, to record one of her songs; Lillie Mae realizes she has a secret admirer; Cash tries to hide his accent. (ABC)
Shark Tank ("Season 4, Episode 10") – An energy and nutritional supplement designed and tested by active members of the military; a new way to shop for bridal wear; a wine tasting cruise. (ABC)
CSI:NY ("Late Admissions") – A student from an elite prep school is murdered; Lindsay returns to Montana to visit her dad and face past issues. (CBS)
NICK'S PICK: Grimm ("Season of the Hexenbiest") – Adalind returns to wreak havoc as she avenges her mother's death; Capt. Renard's obsession escalates; Monroe receives a surprise visit. (NBC)
Fringe ("Five-Twenty-Ten") – The team orchestrates an event of its own. (FOX)
America's Next Top Model ("The Girl With the Best Top Model Freakout") – Behind the scenes of cycle 19. (The CW)
20/20 ("The Real Dish") – Misleading foods; secrets of restaurant kitchens; airplane food; testing different restaurant areas for germs; comparing pricey foods to less expensive versions. (ABC)
We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston – Celebrating the singer's life and career; performances by Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Yolanda Adams and CeCe Winans. (CBS)
Dateline NBC – Singer Christina Aguilera talks about her life, her career and her plans for the future; fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs discusses the accident that cost her her eye and hand; actress Kelly Rutherford opens up about her custody battle. (NBC)
Real Time with Bill Maher [SEASON FINALE] – The roundtable political comedy/talk show closes out its tenth year. (HBO)
Haven ("Sarah") – Duke gets taken back to 1955; Nathan tries to find a way to rescue Duke from the past and to set things right in the present. (SyFy)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes TV host Chris Matthews; actors Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele; The Mowgli's perform. (11:35 PM EST, NBC)
Late Show with David Letterman has Dr. Phil McGraw; comic Carmen Lynch; Divine Fits performs. (11:35 PM EST, CBS)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon welcomes Actress Helen Mirren; TV host Carson Daly; Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime; Miguel performs. (12:35 AM EST, NBC)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson features Actor James Spader; Variety editor Cynthia Littleton. (12:35 PM EST, CBS)


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Interview with Ben Folds and Darren Jessee
The Morning Show's Jill Riley sat down with piano man Ben Folds and drummer Darren Jessee to talk about making the first new album in over 12 years. The latest album, The Sound of the Life of the Mind, sees Ben Folds Five back together and excited to be making music again.
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Motorcyclist could face charges for wreck
A motorcyclist will face charges after being involved in an accident that injured himself and his passenger, Nanticoke police said.
Nanticoke police Officer Bryan Kata saw a motorcycle that was driving north on Kosciuszko Street, passing vehicles stopped at a red light at Kosciuszko and East Main streets just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
After illegally running the red light and passing the stopped cars, the motorcycle made a left turn, and Kata followed, activating the lights and sirens on his police cruiser.
The motorcycle, operated by a man identified as Zachary Hallas, 30, of Nanticoke, sped west on East Main Street, continuing to pass vehicles. Kata had to slow down because of the time of day and congestion on Main Street.
The motorcycle then turned left onto Fairchild Street and crashed into a parked car. Hallas and his passenger, an 18-year-old woman from Nanticoke, were ejected from the motorcycle and landed on the west side of the sidewalk on Fairchild Street. Both were wearing helmets.
Hallas and the woman were transported to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township by Nanticoke and Newport Township ambulances. Police did not specify their conditions. Police are continuing to investigate the crash, and expect to file criminal charges against Hallas.
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In my last blog, I said that paper prices are up because, "Consolidation and mill closures have brought supply and demand more into balance."
That statement elicited a Comment: "And it doesn't have anything to do with the administration's new duties on imported paper, eh? Nothing like curtailing competition then raising prices to whatever you like."
The duties only apply to coated paper. Prices are up for a number of paper grades, not just the coated papers that are the subject of the import duties. It's economics 101: prices are determined by supply and demand. Yes, duties are part of the story, but they are not the whole story.
Coated paper is more expensive to make than uncoated, and coated prices have historically been higher than uncoated prices. Based on the 25 year trend from 1980 to 2005, the differential between 50 lb. uncoated offset rolls and 60 lb. coated #3 rolls has been close to $200. Sheet prices have followed a similar pattern.
After 2005, coated paper prices were hammered by competition from imports, and the differential is now down to about $60 per ton, even with the duties in place, with uncoated offset prices slated to rise in April.
Duties are sometimes imposed when it is determined that foreign companies are engaged in unfair practice such as dumping, or are benefiting from illegal government subsidies. This is a controversial subject. In simple terms, the argument goes like this:
Cheap imports give us cheap products. If foreign governments want to subsidize this, why not let them? But these imports cost us jobs. Yes we want free trade, but it must be fair trade. We have to stop losing good manufacturing jobs overseas. But some economists say that imposing protectionist duties on imports leads to higher prices, and that can mean more jobs lost downstream than are saved. In this case, that would be lost printer jobs.


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If Iran is deceiving us and is hell-bent on breaking out of this deal and making a dash to a bomb, we will know about it months if not years before Iran ever tests a device, let alone builds a bomb, miniaturizes it and marries it to a delivery system.
We would have more than enough notice to abort any test and neutralize Iran's nuclear program. And the nation would unite behind action, were it seen that Iran had lied to us to buy time to build and test a bomb.
But if the Republican Party leads Congress in imposing new sanctions, and the Iranians walk out, and the NATO-Russia-China coalition breaks up, and a chance for peace in the Persian Gulf seems to have been thrown away, the GOP will pay the price. And rightly so.


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Forget Bike Forums tonight.
I'm going to bed.
Forget Bike Forums tonight.
I'm going to bed.
No worries
Go get 'em tiger!!
Don't forget to switch hands if one gets tired.
J/K hehe.
you can sit on your hand until it falls asleep, then whack off. It's called "The Stranger"
That's the most disturbing thing I've heard all day...Originally Posted by Smoothie104
I am staying away from that one.Originally Posted by Smoothie104
So many men....so little time!
It may be to late , but you should try white majik ! Tantric ! I got some gilrfriend who like it for hours . I refrain from climax . Buddist monks and kung fu masters use to practice this . It was said to give more energy ect ect . Well , LOL , it does ! But ya gotta be careful when you got your gaymo bike shorts on
Help me out here Jar... I did a google search on 'white majik' then 'white majik sex' then 'white majik kung fu' and finally 'white majik tantric gaymo' and came up trumps. What are you on about?
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His name says it all... been jarhead a little too often drafting then crashing into the back of vehicles.
He gets that question a lot.Originally Posted by AdrianB
If we learn from our mistakes, I must be a goddamn genius.
Jar=Merton...Originally Posted by AdrianB
quite possibly dumber than the "what color should my messenger bag be" thread.Originally Posted by slvoid
people who talk about sex rarely turn out to be having it, other than with themselves
Well, he did recently break up with his wifey or whoever, didn't he? Maybe now he's going through the fantasy phase.Originally Posted by s2sxiii
Thats nothin but an urban legand. if your hand is numb you can't make a fist. Trust me my entire fore arm and hand goes numb on almost a daily basis and it becomes useless, imagine having a wooden or wax, open but relaxed, fake hand. Totally useless.Originally Posted by Smoothie104
"Data is not the plural form of annecdote."
"yuo ned to be deadurcated"
My hand goes totally numb on my bike sometimes. I can shift up but not down on my rapid fire shifters and can still gently grab my rear brake. So I guess it's possible. But that's still disturbed..."The Stranger.."Originally Posted by capsicum
So, when will LittleBigMan report back in this morning? When will he get up (I mean out of bed)? What's the story?
************ is like procrastination... in the end your only screwing your self
look up tantra, not tantric. you'll find more. It may also prove useful to check out an actual library. Ya know, that place where they kept information before the Internet.
Totally useless? You know this from experience?Originally Posted by capsicum
You're east of East St. Louis
And the wind is making speeches.
Two words: elastic bands.Originally Posted by capsicum
I guess I'll have to trust you on that.Originally Posted by capsicum
If we learn from our mistakes, I must be a goddamn genius.
So, I post this thread (in jest,) then hit the sack. (I mean, being married, is it that strange to talk about having sex? Well, it could, but...)
Today, I log on to find 22 replies. Hm, wonder what people have to say? I mean, sex is, after all, the easiest topic to get responses with...
To my suprise, I find the vast majority posts are about ************.
(Are you all that lonely?)
(Maybe you are riding too much... )
No worries
Penile dysfunction due to numbness in the nether regions?
Isn't that what I said?Originally Posted by Prosody
Numb, dead, totaly lacking in nerve response, not 'my hands asleep' tingly wussy crap, completely without feeling, not moveable except by swinging it like a club. Once I slept on my arm wrong and the entire thing, right up to the shoulder was like that. It took a good ten minutes of flinging it around like a rag doll to get feeling/use back then another few minutes of that tingly thousand needles 'asleep' feel.
"Data is not the plural form of annecdote."
"yuo ned to be deadurcated"
You should not talk about your wife that way and spousal abuse can get you landed in jail.Originally Posted by LittleBigMan


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3 Yoga Poses to Beat the Holiday Blues
The holidays are undoubtedly a stressful time of year and many folks become highly vulnerable to anxiety and depression when the sleigh bells start to ring.
Instead of reaching for food, try rolling out your yoga mat. Studies have shown that a regular yoga and meditation practice can reduce stress and help fight depression.
The following is a short list of three must-do yoga poses that beat the holiday blues. Practice them at least once a day or as needed. This short series will help tame your tension and get you back in to a cheerful holiday spirit.
Child's Pose
When you are ready to take a mental vacation from the mayhem, begin your yoga practice with child's pose.
Come down on to your hands and knees, reach your hips back over your heels, and rest your forehead on the mat, your stacked forearms, or on a pillow. Close your eyes and stay in the pose for up to ten long, slow, deep breaths.
Child's pose will instantly induce a state of calm and help get you feeling centered and ready to face any challenges that may lie ahead. When you are ready to exit the pose, do so slowly. Coming up too fast will negate the benefits of the pose and could be agitating to your state of mind.
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Jennifer Lopez new single "I'm So Into You" is her second single off her 7th album LOVE which will be released in stores tomorrow. I'm hearing they have 2 versions of this video... one with Lil Wayne in it and one without. It's odd remove him from the video but still keep his verse in the song.
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In 1950, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology sent scholars to a site in central Turkey, about 50 miles southwest of Ankara. There they began an effort to uncover — literally and figuratively — details about the societies and cultures of the people who lived there hundreds to thousands of years before.
That site, Gordion, has been the source of countless discoveries, and Penn Museum archaeologists are still at work there today, contributing to an ever-growing understanding of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Phrygia.
Brian Rose, a professor of archaeology and classical studies at Penn, took over as co-director of the University's Gordion Project in 2006. His experience in Turkey, however, goes back more than 30 years, having supervised excavations of Greek, Roman and Byzantine artifacts at ancient Troy along the country's northwest coast.
Upon assuming a leadership role in Penn's involvement in Gordion, Rose noted that, although excavations have been carried out at the site for decades, written scholarship hadn't kept pace with the discoveries. To make up for the lean publication record, Rose put a moratorium on new excavations to ensure his colleagues devoted sufficient time to writing up their findings.
Since then, the group has put out seven new monographs, with one just out this month from Penn Press, "The Archaeology of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas."
Rose notes that much has changed since the early days of the Gordion Project. It's a common saying in archaeology that in order to reconstruct history, you have to destroy it. But archaeologists can now apply modern technology to their investigations, which often helps focus the work, save time and even preserve valuable artifacts and structures.
For example, to assess what may underlie a given patch of earth, researchers needn't wield a shovel. Instead, they can walk over the ground with an instrument that measures variations in the magnetic field, revealing a rough picture of what is buried below.
"You can learn an enormous amount of information about the city without excavation," Rose says.
Based on this technique, magnetic prospection, along with radar data and archaeological information from previous digs, the Penn team has put together a "map" of ancient Gordion at various times through history, beginning around the 8th century B.C.E.
"The diagram depicts the location of buildings, streets, gates and outer fortification walls," Rose says.
Penn researchers have also used magnetic prospection to evaluate tumuli, the earthen mounds that conceal tombs of prominent people.
"You can use it to locate the tomb chamber," Rose notes, resulting in a tremendous time saving, as tombs were typically placed off-center in the tumuli to confuse potential looters.
Recent work by Rose and colleagues that combines high-tech analyses with more-traditional archaeological techniques has led to a revision of the date at which Gordion experienced widespread destruction, from 700 to 800 B.C.E. Their findings also suggest that the damage resulted from an uncontrolled fire, as opposed to a foreign invasion, which scholars earlier believed was the cause.
Such shifts can have interesting implications for understanding Gordion's past. A relatively recent revision in the dating of what is known as the "Midas Tomb," for example, indicates that the structure was built not for the Phrygian king famous for his supposed golden touch but for one of his predecessors.
Rose's colleague Patrick McGovern has helped paint a detailed picture of what the culinary life of this buried man and his contemporaries may have looked — and tasted — like. By performing advanced chemical analyses on residues from pottery vessels found in tombs and other sites, he has learned about meals and beverages that were consumed thousands of years ago.
One of McGovern's more exciting discoveries came at the so-called Midas Tomb. He characterized the menu of what appears to have been a "funerary feast" held to honor the deceased.
"We found evidence there for a barbecued lamb or goat and lentil stew that was spiced," McGovern says. "We could identify compounds that were related to barbecuing and sheep or goat and a lot of cholesterol and other compounds that pointed to maybe the meat being marinated in wine and olive oil."
Making this find even more noteworthy, according to Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann, a research scholar at the Penn Museum, is that a similar stew continues to be on the menu at marriage ceremonies in the region today.
Alongside the stew, McGovern's studies suggest that the beverage served in the Midas Tomb was "a mixture of grape wine, honey mead and barley beer," he says.
That intoxicating brew captured the attention of not only the scientific community, appearing on the cover of Nature in 1999, but also purveyors of alcoholic beverages, inspiring a new recipe for a Dogfish Head beer called Midas Touch.
Where McGovern's specialty is food, Naomi Miller's is plants. Her field is archaeobotany, or the study of the ancient remains of plants and plant materials. A research project manager at the Penn Museum, Miller has illuminated how cultures both ancient and modern used plants in their daily lives.
The charred remains of wood used for fuel as well as other vegetative remains, for example, have enabled Miller to reconstruct what the area's woodlands may have looked like, scenes she has captured in paintings of the region.
Discoveries of preserved seeds, meanwhile, reflect the crops grown through the centuries around Gordion or obtained through trade with farther-flung communities. Tracking the abundance of certain seeds can help archaeologists infer how agricultural trends and practices changed through time. For instance, Miller has found more moisture-loving plants dated to periods when irrigation began to be used by Gordion's agriculturalists.
Agriculture is likewise a major focus for the Museum's Gürsan-Salzmann. Her ethnographical research on the strategies of modern farmers and herders help tell a story of what agricultural and pastoral techniques may have been practiced by Phrygians thousands of years ago.
"I use both the contemporary situation as well as near-historical material from pre- 1950, before mechanization took over in the valley, to learn about the prehistoric situation," she says.
Among her observations from 16 seasons spent in the field since 1994, Gürsan-Salzmann has seen how mechanization has led to changes in socioeconomic and sociocultural aspects of communities surrounding Gordion. Whereas younger people once stayed in the area's villages to learn the techniques practiced by their parents and ancestors before them, for instance, many now venture out to larger towns and cities to find employment.
Gürsan-Salzmann has also witnessed the re-emergence of a possibly ancient herding practice: the raising of angora goats. Some of her research suggests that these animals — valued for their soft, shaggy wool and nutrition-packed milk — were likely introduced to central Anatolia around the 15th century B.C.E. from central Asia. And archaeologists have found the burned remains of something that could be angora wool in ancient workshops from the 9th century B.C.E.
Still other evidence indicates that the animals' presence in what is now Turkey may go back much deeper into history.
"There is a plaque from Nippur which goes back to the 4th millennium B.C.E. with animals that appear to have enormous amounts of shaggy wool," she says.
Many area herders gave up on raising the goats, however, possibly due to their finicky nature; they're fragile, don't eat well and must be shorn within a narrow window. But recently a Gordion-area herder is among a few new pioneers in the region who have taken up the practice once again, planning to sell the wool, milk and milk byproducts.
"This man sold all his sheep and bought 350 angora goats and now has about 500," she says.
Naomi Miller notes that reintroducing the angora goats may trigger other changes in the landscape.
"Perhaps they could lead to pasture becoming more valuable than irrigated fields," she says, allowing a return to a more ancestral land use in the region. "There are ways to add value in a modern economy while still preserving the past."
Finding this balance between past and present, between embracing tourism and maintaining modern livelihoods, has been a focus for the Penn team, many of whom have been involved with ensuring that the treasures of Gordion persist for generations to come. In July 2012, Gürsan-Salzmann and Miller spoke with the mayor and officials of Polatlı, the municipality that oversees Gordion, to underscore the importance of preserving the site's tumuli and landscape.
To that end, one of Miller's aims has been developing an "eco-park" that will reduce erosion on the burial mounds and teach locals and tourists about the unique ecology of the region. Gürsan-Salzmann, meanwhile, helped launch a women's cooperative market where members sell handicrafts, including jewelry, knitted clothing and traditional foods. These efforts are helping ensure the sustainability of the site as both a tourist destination and a place where residents can make a living in a global economy.
For those members of Penn and and Philadelphia-area community who can't travel to Turkey to see Gordion's sights in person, the Penn Museum is planning a substitute: Come 2016, the Museum will host an exhibit featuring artifacts from Gordion on loan from the Turkish government, including a collection of items from the Midas Tomb.


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Because for the first few days, when I was on vacation, I was riding a bike with a larger frame, since I was having those bike problems. Since then, on my own bike, it seems like there's nothing I can do to get that comfortable feel on my bike. It feels too small, whereas before, it almost felt like it was too big.
Soooooo I'm wondering what I can do- get longer crankarms? Bar extenders? Or should I just ride out this feeling until my bike feels like I belong on it again?


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