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I never install OpenOffice. Absolutely never. It's just too big, too fat, too … too everything. It's on my perennial no-go list, along with a lot of other pear-shaped programs. Like Gnome.
On the other hand, it does do one magical trick, and that's open Word files. In that small crevice of my computing experience, I have very few requirements, and so even that one bonus is hardly worth noticing.
Until, of course yesterday, when I get a Word document through e-mail (on my day off, I might add) that needs correction. And all my machines but one have Crux on them, and I'd rather not compile something new just to make a few changes on a Word document and send it back.
I do have some other options too. I could swap out the drive in the Sotec and replace it with the drive from the office, which gives me Word and a couple of other things. Of course that would take 10 or 15 minutes, plus another 10 or 15 minutes to put it back when I'm done, and another 10 minutes for it to start, load, open the document and edit it. …
Anyway, that's not particularly appealing. And of course, installing OOo is not necessarily what's needed. But even Abiword wants more than 140Mb of space and half of the Gnome infrastructure to install in Arch. Installing anything on these machines, just to touch up a Word file, seems like a giant inconvenience. My life is that casual: Installing OpenOffice is an inconvenience. 🙄
Enter Tiny Core, which gives you access to OpenOffice 2 in a nice neat package, perfectly capable of making the teeny changes I need without inconveniencing me for more than a few minutes. I boot the ISO in a matter of seconds, download OOo2 and Minefield so I can get to my e-mail account, edit, resave and resend … and all in a matter of minutes. It was almost too easy.
So I can give Tiny Core another gold smilie 🙂 , this time for saving me about a half an hour to swap out a hard drive, or even longer if you think of the time it would take to install the software on another machine. And yes, while there are other ways of solving the issue, this one was probably took the least time, least bandwidth and least … inconvenience.


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Helpful tips for winter gardening
A brief and welcome shower quickly brought autumn leaves tumbling to the ground. Winter is normally here by June but took its time this year. We've hardly had a frost and the foliage of deciduous trees and shrubs is changing colour far later than usual.
The small, maple like leaves of my Lebanese crab apple, Malus trilobata, were dark red in mid-May last year but are still bronze, as are my various smoke bushes (Cotinus). But after yesterday's shower there are enough leaves on the ground to rake up for mulching flower beds and topping up my weldmesh leaf mould container.
My medlar tree (Mespilus germanica) and Chinese quince (Cydonia sinensis) are laden with fruit so clearly they liked the dry summer. Stonecrops (Sedum sp.) also enjoyed the long stretch of dry weather and as they're frost hardy, I'll leave their dried flower heads until August.
June is a good time to remove dead asparagus fronds. Like with flowering bulbs, the leaves above the ground feed the plant beneath so shouldn't be removed while they are still green.
You need to collect all the dead asparagus fern and also any debris around the plants, or you risk the pesky little asparagus beetle overwintering in the stems and causing havoc next spring.
June is a good time to remove dead asparagus fronds. Like with flowering bulbs, the leaves above the ground feed the plant beneath...
You can either burn or compost the debris but only compost it if your heaps are alive and kicking, i.e. if you kept them damp and therefore active during summer.
Once the asparagus bed is clean, cover with a thick layer of well-rotted manure – dried cowpats are perfect - as asparagus crowns are greedy feeders.
Failing cowpats, you can easily make liquid manure from pelleted poultry manure fertiliser. Add one cup of pellets to one (nine litre) bucket of water and leave for a couple of weeks. This makes a strong brew so dilute to the colour of weak tea before distributing it from a watering can.
After fertilising, mulch asparagus thickly as crowns need protection over winter.
Liquid manure is also handy for fertilising summer- and autumn-flowering bulbs including crocus (Sternbergia), autumn snowflake (Leucojum autumnale) and Naked Ladies (Amaryllis) after flowering has finished.
The leathery evergreen leaves of the scented, winter flowering Iris (I. unguicularis) can be cut back in early June to allow sun into the clumps and encourage more flowers.
This beautiful iris loves a well-drained, sunny corner where it will spread into a vast tangle of half-dead leaves so cutting back now rejuvenates it nicely.
It's easily increased by dividing and replanting in spring.
Final June job is potting the cuttings I took over summer. This involved a return visit to the leaf mould container, where I was lucky to find actual leaf mould under layers of dried leaves, the perfect potting mix for rooted cuttings.
Do It Now: Spread horticultural fleece (from garden centres) over potentially frost tender plants.

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The idea of a murderous nun sends chills down the spine, doesn't it?
You won't have to wait very long for The Nun, a spinoff of popular horror franchise The Conjuring, set to hit theatres in September.
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The Nun is a prequel, exploring the origins of The Conjuring 2's evil nun, Valek; set in 1952, the movie follows a priest and his assistant as they look into the suicide of a young woman in a Romanian abbey.
Together they uncover an unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force as the abbey becomes a battleground between the living and the damned.
Replete with religious imagery and dark, empty corridors, The Nun looks to be a fright fest.
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The Nun is directed by Corin Hardy, who previously led the 2015 horror movie The Hallow. It stars Demián Bichir (The Hateful Eight), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story), Bonnie Aarons and Charlotte Hope.
Conjuring director James Wan is the movie's co-writer, along with Gary Dauberman, who also wrote Annabelle and Annabelle: Creation.
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I love this Mike Toreno character. He so secretive. He just disapeers with no warning. No goodbye mission. No anything. I've been thinking that he might be apart of U.L. Paper or the U.L. Paper man himself. Probably not true just want to hear what others think about it.
Yes.It's him.I'm sure it is.GTA IV and GTA:SA are set 16 years away and the smoking can explain the massive voice difference between the characters.Everything else can be explained simply by aging.They both never say what government party they work with,they have identical clothing and hair as well as the same attitude.They must be the same dude HuangLee 02:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
It can't be Mike Toreno, since GTA IV is set in a new era, with no connections from the GTA III era, and the U.L Paper man is Serbian, just like Niko, so it can't be Mike Toreno.
Ok for one he speaks Serbian just speaks it and number 2 the whole gta 3 era thing is an opinion if you think of it he wears his hair back has the same sort of talkutive figure and acts against the government as Toreno did in San Andreas.
I agree.The eras thing IS an opinion.Ooh,two eras.Blah,blah,blah One city=two cities cos the two eras.Blah,blah,blah no relation...Blah,blah non-canon.And that's my opinion on their opinion.And in my opinion,their opinion is dumb. HuangLee 00:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I Stand proven it's an opinion as it will always be thank you Huang Lee. - user Roman Bellic
Actually, the whole "idea" of 'the GTA III era being different from the GTA IV timeline' is true, not an "opinion" - Rockstar Games, themselves, said that GTA IV would have no ties with previous games in the series, and that none of the characters would be making a cameo. Although things like Cluckin' Bell and Weazel News appeared in the GTA III era aswell, it was, likely, to avoid the problem of coming up with loads of new fictional companies for the new Liberty City. The same can also be said for the "recurring" minor media characters, such as Lazlow and James Pedeaston. Incidentally, if the GTA III era Liberty City, and the GTA IV Liberty City are the same city, then the construction workers must have worked overtime to re-develop it from it's 2001 state to it's 2008 state!. I can garantee that none of you will believe what I just said, if you don't, that's fine by me. - Hardrock182 04:42, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
Oh, come on, Im really sure its the same character: Both of them work for an unknown goverment agency, they use the same suit, its hair is similar, and even if he is known serbian it might be he just knows the language, or simply he lied. All the differences might be by the fact that 15 years have passed since San Andreas, and even if R* said these are different eras there are a lot of similarities between them. WoozieMoo


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Maroon 5 Reveal 'V' Album Cover + Track List [PHOTO]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
After spending the weekend celebrating Adam Levine's marriage to Behati Prinsloo, it was back to business for Maroon 5, as they revealed the album cover and track list for the upcoming 'V' album on the band's official website today.
'V,' the band's fifth album, is set to be released on Sept. 2 and boasts an all-star lineup of producers including Max Martin, Benny Blanco and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. Levine has teased various tidbits about 'V' over the past few months, including revealing a collaboration with new 'Voice' coach Gwen Stefani on the album.
Below is the track list for the album, which includes the already-released single 'Maps' as well.
1. Maps
2. Animals
3. It Was Always You
4. Unkiss Me
5. Sugar
6. Leaving California
7. In Your Pocket
8. New Love
9. Coming Back For You
10. Feelings
11. My Heart Is Open (feat. Gwen Stefani)
1. ShootLove
2. Sex and Candy
3. Lost Stars
The album cover, unveiled on the band's Twitter page, features a neon glowing 'V' with the band's logo on a mountain in the distance.
So what do you think, PopCrushers? Are you looking forward to 'V' in September?


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**I've started a new blog at Eat. Sleep. Make. (www.eatsleepmake.com) Hope to see you there!**
Growing up, I've always had a need to create. It all started with peddling friendship bracelets for a quarter and somehow exploded into the passion I have for sewing now. My kids are the main reason I sew (ruffly bloomers look a lot cuter on my daughter than they do on me). It makes me so happy to see my kids wearing something I made with my own hands.
Finding time for creativity can be hard with a husband, 2 kids, a house to maintain, and a full-time job, but that's the challenge - to carve out my own road amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life. To live and create with passion.
On my blog, you will probably hear a lot about the following:
- Children. I have 2 extremely awesome kids, a 2-year-old daughter named Haley who is a thrill seeker and could live off of potato chips, and a newborn son named Connor who enjoys sleeping, eating, and pooping. I'll let you know when he gets a wider range of interests.
- Marriage. I am married to a wonderful man who I love dearly. Except for when he jumps out of nowhere and scares the crap out of me (which happens more than you might think.) We have a great, God-centered marriage and we laugh together every day. What more could a girl ask for?
- Crafting. As a kid, I was that obnoxious kid going door-to-door selling friendship bracelets. Later in life, I dabbled in anything I could teach myself from scrapbooking, to working with clay, drawing, crocheting, and now sewing. If there's a YouTube video for it, I will learn it. I'm big on repurposing items. I have a dresser overflowing with clothes just waiting for a new life. Why throw it out if you can make it into something you'll love instead?
- Everyday life. Life can be pretty darn funny sometimes. I like to write about those times. Like the time my daughter hid a crayon in the laundry, the challenge of working out with a toddler, or when I put one of my daughter's boogers in my mouth. I hope you like to read what I write. Or maybe you'll just walk away thinking I'm a little crazy.
I love the blogging community and the inspiration we all share. When I use others' tutorials, I make sure to give credit where it's due and I ask that you please do the same when you use my tutorials.
I would also like to see your completed projects! Feel free to email your pictures, you may just see your project on my blog or in my Your Creations! section.
Contact Me
Email me at: email@example.com
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Hey Jonny,
I do have my hotel room booked in Murdo, see you soon.
Jon sorry but no s.d. hunt report. I had to many people back out this year. I just hunted in iowa. We did manage to shoot a few and put up a lot of hens. Hope you had a good new years!
How are you doing this season jon? My next trip to s.d.will be starting dec 26-31. Unless things change it's just my daughter and another couple.
Hi Jon,
Sorry for the delay I just saw your message. Yes I am going to try the weekend after Christmas this year. Last year I was too close to Christmas on the front side. It will depend on the weather and how the birds look as we get closer to that time. I will make an announcment as we get closer.
Hi Jon,
You expressed an interest of a possibility of an South Dakota opening day hunt. I gave you contact information for Pete at 612 201 7325. I was wondering if that worked out.
Good morning Jon. Contact Pete at 612 201 7325. They are working on the place where the hunt is so they might not answer right away. His email is firstname.lastname@example.com. Good luck, I hope this works for you.
Jon I will get you what I can as soon as I can. I will probably have you contact him.
i hope you had a great holiday season! keep in touch i'd like to hunt with you again next year.
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Multi-Award winning Blues Diva Dana Gillespie' has been touring the world as the true ambassador of the risqué blues. With over 60 albums to her credit, a self-styled Music Festival in Mustique, support to Bob Dylan, hit shows in London's West End, at the Edinburgh Festival, and many other Festivals throughout Europe, the Middle East, India, and beyond, Dana is truly an International Blues legend.
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Jared Leto may just be one of the greatest celeb sons ever.
The 30 Seconds to Mars frontman has been very prominent throughout this year's awards season because of his heavily-nominated portrayal of a transgender person with AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club." So it's no surprise that the actor, who won a Golden Globe and SAG Award for his role, will be attending the Academy Awards this Sunday.
So who's going to be his date? Well, his mom, of course!
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Leto shared a sweet screenshot of himself FaceTiming with his mother Constance to show her adorable expression after finding out that she'll be going to the Oscars this weekend with him and his brother Shannon.
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"My mothers face when @shannonleto and I told her she was coming to the #Oscars with us! :)," Jared captioned the picture.
Leto's mom seemed overjoyed by the news, showing off a huge smile while looking like she either gasped or cheered--or both--after finding out the news! Meanwhile, Shannon looked completely unfazed by it all (LOL!) and Jared seemed to mimic one of Cara Delevingne's wacky faces.
This won't be the first awards show for Constance. The 42-year-old star's mom joined Leto on the red carpet at the SAG Awards in January.
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Café Tango is in a lovely little house at the intersection of Vicki Street and County Road 30A in Blue Mountain Beach.
Café Tango is in a lovely little house at the intersection of Vicki Street and County Road 30A in Blue Mountain Beach.
The food
A small baguette of hot, crusty bread was brought to our table to enjoy while we studied the menu. It was served with a dish of dipping oil.
My guest and I began our meal with the crab and shrimp gnocchi.
Gnocchi, a pillow-like little dumpling, was tossed with lump crabmeat and shrimp and served in a robust cabrales cheese sauce.
It was a delightful way to begin our meal.
Other appetizers include baked brie, shrimp scampi, sea scallops, seafood stuffed piquillo peppers, foie gras, tuna and crab stuffed portobello mushrooms.
Café Tango includes a small salad with each entrée. The evening of our visit, the salads consisted of spring greens, sprouts, shredded carrots and grape tomatoes topped with your choice of delicious house dressings.
My choice was the toasted pecan blue cheese, and my guest chose the raspberry balsamic vinaigrette. Both were outstanding.
Café Tango's entrees are divided into land, sea and pasta options.
My entrée choice was from the sea – The Tango Fish. The evening of our visit, the fish options were snapper or grouper.
A snapper fillet was pan sautéed and topped with lump crabmeat, mushrooms, roasted red peppers and scallions. The dish was finished with a lemon beurre blanc sauce – absolutely delicious.
My guest chose from the land.
Café Tango offers dry-aged 1855 Black Angus steak in a 16-ounce cowboy cut; bone-in ribeye or 9-ounce tenderloin filet mignon. There are four preparations — portobello, chimichurri, foie gras and gorgonzola.
My guest chose the portobello preparation of the filet mignon which is finished with a red wine demi-glace. The steak was perfectly cooked and amazingly tender.
Each of our entrees was served with mashed potatoes and a delicious vegetables medley that included squash and snow peas.
Other items from the land include duck and lamb chops.
Pasta options at Café Tango include lobster ravioli and shrimp and scallop pasta with tagliatelle pasta served in a light white wine cream reduction.
To finish our meal, we enjoyed a cup of coffee and a shared slice of coconut pecan pie. The pie was served with cream and a scoop of vanilla ice cream — a perfect ending to an amazing meal.
Other desserts include flan, Key lime pie, bread pudding, brownie sundae and crčme brulee.
The atmosphere
The atmosphere can only be classified as cozy and intimate.
As you enter, there is a small bar area, a main dining area with only a handful of tables and an enclosed porch with four additional tables.
Outside seating is available and would be a nice option on a lovely evening.
Because of the size of the restaurant, I highly recommend making reservations.
The service
Our meal was properly paced, and our waiter was unobtrusive yet available when we had questions.
A final taste
If you would like a wonderful meal in a lovely setting, look no further than Café Tango.
Café Tango
14 Vicki Street
Blue Mountain Beach
6 - 10 p.m. daily
Handicap accessibility
Children's menu
Price range
Appetizers $10 - $19
Entrees $26 - $46
Desserts $9 - $11
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Fort East Martello
Construction began in 1862 by the U.S. Army on this Civil War Fort and Tower in order to provide extra protection for Key West and defend against the possibility of a Confederate sea assault
While Key West remained a Union-controlled island during the Civil War, the majority of Key West citizens supported the Confederacy. With such a rift, it is perhaps surprising that no battles took place on or around the island. Having no use for the Fort once the war was drawing to a close, Fort East Martello was abandoned in its unfinished state by the Army.
In 1950, the Key West Art & Historical Society, with its own army of volunteers, cleared away years of debris and dust to open Fort East Martello as its first museum. With continued community support, the Society restored this national landmark in accordance with its original 1860s design. Today, visitors can explore the preserved battlement's collection of relics from the Civil War, learn about the wrecking and cigar-manufacturing industries which shaped the Florida Keys, view the imaginative metal sculptures of Stanley Papio, as well as meet the Ghosts of East Martello, including the infamous Robert the Doll.
- Adults: $12
- Children (age 6 and up): $5
- Children under 6: FREE
- Students with ID: $5
- Monroe County Students: FREE
- Seniors (62+) and Locals with Monroe County ID: $9
- KWAHS Members: FREE
- Group Rates available upon request.
- Facility Rental available upon request.
3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd.
Key West, Florida 33040
1 (305) 296-3913
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text: The newest iteration of the Nintendo DS, the Dsi, has come out of hiding! The company's new handheld gets a 17% bigger screen (measuring in at 3.25 inches), a .3 megapixel camera, an SD memory card slot, and "audio enhancements" like the ability to listen to mp3s, adjust pitch and playback.The DSi will also feature built-in browsers and a DSi shop. Pricing categories at the shop for DsiWare include Free, 200 points, 500 points, and a "Premium" 800 points. New DSi owners will get 1000 points to spend at the DSi Shop before March 2010. I. Want. It. Now. Get the rest of the story from our brother-in-arms, Kotaku (and click their digg badge above)! [Kotaku]


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Commitment to fitness and service should always be a top priority for a club's staff, but clubs of all budgets and sizes have other ways to enhance their members' experience. Design and programming are two ways to do so. The following are a few suggestions:
Create a social space. Members naturally want to congregate and chat while at the gym. Instead of seeing this as a traffic problem, think of it as a positive sign that your members are connecting socially with each other. Encourage this community by adding seating areas throughout your club. The more personal connections your members make, the more inclined they will be to keep their memberships.
Re-evaluate your club's colors and lighting. Many clubs are filled with bright, bold colors to create energy on the floor, but in reality, these bold colors can create a harsh, off-putting environment. Lighter, warmer tones are fresh and energizing, and they are also easier on the eyes. For contrast, select a pleasant cool tone for accent and trim. Light your space well. If you do not have an abundance of natural light, you may need to experiment with different bulbs and fixtures to capture the right ambiance.
Invest in your staff. Avoid cutting corners and hiring minimum wage workers when you should be creating career paths. Your willingness to pay competitive wages, hire experienced professionals and help people with a passion for fitness who are changing careers will result in a motivated, high-powered team. Once you have hired the right people, make ongoing education and training part of your company culture. This spending will be one of the best investments you will ever make in your club.
Be tech-friendly. Install computer stations or offer Wi-Fi in your club for your members' convenience. Instead of rushing out after a workout, this area allows members to sit down to check their e-mail over a cup of coffee or a post-workout meal.
Develop and grow programs. When introducing new programs, think strategically. Fifteen years ago, yoga classes were not yet mainstream club programs, but yoga classes had a strong core of participants each week. Evaluate whether this is the case at your club and increase your mind/body programming, which can help you reach important and loyal populations.
Rally for racquet sports. Tennis clubs have the highest retention rates in the industry. Ironically, fitness clubs, which grew up around indoor racquet sports, shifted away from racquetball and squash during the 1990s. Today, racquet sports are again on the upswing across the country, with courts constantly booked. Adding racquet sports may require more funding, but the result could be beneficial.
Add aquatics. Pool-based programming also is among the most popular in clubs today. Clubs with outdoor water park features, such as slides, splash gardens and child-friendly zero-depth entry pools, are attractive to families. Indoor water elements are perhaps even more powerful, due to the benefit of year-round programming.
Add short-term lockers and storage compartments near your check-in area. Many members appreciate the convenience of storing their personal items without having to claim a locker in the locker room. Providing these areas should be possible with only a moderate monetary investment.
Upgrade your locker rooms. Aside from the lobby, the locker rooms are likely to be the most highly trafficked areas of your club. Too often, locker rooms are shortchanged during a club's design phase, resulting in cramped quarters, poor layout or subpar finishes. Give top priority to personal space, privacy and comfort. Curtained changing areas, wider benches and larger-sized towels are just a few ways to help members who are self-conscious feel more at home. For a club that seeks to attract families, elderly or disabled individuals, assisted changing facilities are a prudent investment.
Whatever your club's budget, you can increase the value of your membership by making your club more comfortable, more convenient and more appealing to diverse populations. Whether you put up a small or large investment, the payoff will be worth it.
Phil Wendel is founder of ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers, Charlottesville, VA. The four facilities have an annualized attrition of 25 percent. Christine Thalwitz, ACAC's director of communications, contributed to this column.


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Year the Seventh! I can't believe Readers Imbibing Peril has been around that long. Wow! Anyhow, Carl has dropped the "challenge" from RIP and really it is more of an annual event now. I have just incorporated it into my fallish thoughts: changing leaves, sweaters, pumpkins, and scary reads.
This year it was hard to come up with a reading list. I read so many good ones last year. I feel like I read them all! But there are always more books out there. As always, I picked Peril the First. "Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (the very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature." Here's my list.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (and Jane Austen)
- Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
- Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Haunted Shores True Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador by Dale Jarvis
- Pig Island by Mo Hayder
- All Is Clam by Hilary MacLeod
- An Agatha Christie
Not a complete list. Something else might catch my eye.
Also, I enjoy reading a few short stories in the fall. So Peril of the Short Story is for me.
- The Were-Wolf by Clemence Housman
- Stories from M.R. James
- Stories from Guy de Maupassant
That's the plan anyway! Hope you join in the fall fun!


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Dead whale, more than 50 feet long, found in Boston Harbor
A dead finback whale more than 50 feet in length was found floating in Boston Harbor early Sunday morning — a rarity for the area, officials said.
Tony LaCasse, a spokesman for the New England Aquarium, which sent officials to examine the whale, said how the massive mammal died remains a mystery.
"We don't know,'' he said. "We've only been able to look at a small portion of the body so far.''
LaCasse said the animal likely died because of one of three scenarios: natural causes, disease, or a unique medical problem, such as being struck by a vessel or becoming entangled in netting.
He said a large amount of blood in the water surrounding the whale and marks on its body may indicate trauma. But he added that it is unclear whether the possible trauma took place before or after the animal died.
Authorities did not know how old the whale was, but are conducting tests on samples taken from the animal, and planned to perform a necropsy.
LaCasse said adult finback whales weigh on average between 70,000 and 90,000 pounds. The species can grown to an average length of between 45 and 70 feet, according to the Whale Center of New England.
"It's not rare to see a whale in the Boston Harbor, but it's rare to see a dead whale in the Boston Harbor,'' said Brian Fleming, command duty officer at the US Coast Guard Base Boston. "The majority of these cases happen out to sea.''
Massachusetts State Police marine officials spotted the whale around 3 a.m. near the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, and the Coast Guard transported New England Aquarium rescue team members to examine the whale.
LaCasse said the whale floated to within "a couple hundred yards'' of the shore of Long Island in Boston Harbor at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, but the tide carried it back into the harbor.
Authorities will wait for the carcass to wash up so they can examine it and then dispose of it.
Fleming said that about three or four live whales are sighted in Boston Harbor per year.


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Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz (stēg´lĬts), 1864–1946, American photographer, editor, and art exhibitor, b. Hoboken, N.J. The first art photographer in the United States, Stieglitz more than any other American compelled the recognition of photography as a fine art. In 1881 he went to Berlin to study engineering but soon devoted himself to photography. In 1890 he returned to the United States and for three years helped to direct the Heliochrome Engraving Company. He then edited a series of photography magazines, the American Amateur Photographer (1892–96), Camera Notes (1897–1902), and Camera Work (1902–17), the organ of the photo-secessionists, a group he led that was dedicated to the promotion of photography as a legitimate art form.
In 1905 he established the famous gallery "291" at 291 Fifth Ave., New York City, for the exhibition of photography as a fine art. Soon the gallery broadened its scope to include the works of the modern French art movement and introduced to the United States the work of Cézanne, Picasso, Braque, Brancusi, and many others. It also made known the work of such American artists as John Marin, Charles Demuth, Max Weber, and Georgia O'Keeffe whom Stieglitz married in 1924.
From 1917 to 1925 Stieglitz produced his major works: the extraordinary portraits of O'Keeffe, studies of New York, and the great cloud series through which he developed his concept of photographic "equivalents." This concept greatly influenced photographic aesthetics. He then opened the Intimate Gallery (1925–30) and An American Place (1930–46), which continued the work of "291." Through his own superb photographic work and his generous championship of others, he promoted the symbolic and spiritually significant in American art, as opposed to the merely technically proficient.
See W. Frank et al., ed., America and Alfred Stieglitz (1934); S. Greenough, ed., My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz (1 vol., 2011–); biographies by D. Bry (1965), D. Norman (1973), S. D. Lowe (1983), R. Whelan (1995), and K. Hoffman (2 vol., 2004–11); W. I. Homer, Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession (1983); S. Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set (2002).


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INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR: Adam Kleinman
Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 7 - 8pm
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Is the pious (τὸ ὅσιον) loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?
How does something very ordinary, and banal, say a rock, become something extraordinary? If that rock was a piece of gold, it's easy to say that its material properties aid such advancement. But, is this embedded quality the material's only means toward evaluation, or is there something more to be said about the psychological affect of its glow? Join us on 7 May at 7pm to discuss whether objects—artistic or otherwise—are valued for some intrinsic and/or material reason, as opposed to their potential to illicit subjective phenomenological responses.
Adam Kleinman (New York City) is a writer, a lecturer, an occasional performer, and a sometime curator. He is currently Editor at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (Rotterdam). Most recently he was Agent for Public Programming at dOCUMENTA (13) (Kassel). In addition to these, and other activities, Kleinman is a frequent contributor to multiple books, magazines, and journals, and is a Visiting Tutor at Sandburg Institute (Amsterdam).
Adam Kleinman is a Robert Lehman Visiting Artist at The Cooper Union for Spring 2013.
The Interdisciplinary Seminar was designed twenty years ago to contribute to a regular and sustainable discussion on artistic practice for the students of the Cooper Union School of Art and the creative community that surrounds them. Lectures are free and open to the public.
The Spring 2013 Interdisciplinary Seminar is part of the Robert Lehman Visiting Artist Program at The Cooper Union. We are grateful for major funding support from the Robert Lehman Foundation.
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Behind Communism's Curtain talk at the Oslo Freedom Forum (video and transcript)
I had the opportunity to deliver a presentation about the subject of my book, "Behind the Curtains of 21st Century Communism" at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum. The forum brings together an exceptional group of human rights icons, high-level dissidents, artists, journalists and activists (such as modern slavery abolitionists) for several days of talks and meetings. Below you'll find the video of my 11-minute speech and the full transcript.
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Two decades ago, the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended. Communism, was declared dead.
And many of you will remember that on November 9, 2009 Europe threw a huge party at the Brandenburg gate. World leaders were there, including Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, Hillary Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev. There were fireworks and one thousand giant dominoes were knocked down to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
On that very same day, I was in a dusty Chinese mountain town known as Yan'an. I watched as dozens of young Chinese actors in historical uniforms reenacted a battle between Maoist revolutionaries and the Kuomintang. In this display, it was the communist forces who were victorious.
Here, a world apart from the events in Berlin, the birth of communism was being celebrated, not its death.
Over the past seven years, I've been exploring this world apart with my camera.
It turns out that the areas of our planet where the Communist Party has managed to survive and adapt to the 21st century are far more vast and varied than most of us imagine.
Let's put it in numbers:
Since the end of the Cold War, the Communist Party has managed to hold power in seven countries across three continents.That's a total population of 1.47 billion people, with a majority living in China. Or, to put it another way: 1 in 5 people on this planet currently live under Communist Party rule.
And when I sought to take photographs of Maoist revolutionaries during the 21st century, I didn't need to settle for a historical reenactment.
In Nepal, communist guerrillas following Mao Zedong's playbook lead a bloody revolution which toppled the country's monarchy in 2008. 13,000 people were killed in the brutal civil war between the Maoists and the Royal Nepal Army. Thousands of others were disappeared in the middle of the night.
Much of the fighting was a cruel game of cat-and-mouse which played out in remote villages. And it was unsuspecting civilians who bore the brunt of the violence.
Consider the case of this man, Sundar Chaudary, who I photographed in the casualty ward of the Nepalgunj hospital in 2004.
Chaudary spent the first 30 years of his life as a slave. Like his father and grandfather, and one of the other speakers at this forum, Urmila Chaudary, he was born indentured to a high-caste landlord, and he was forced to work 18-hour days.
After years of pressure, Nepal's government finally acted to ban bonded labor. Eventually Chaudary and thousands of other families were freed of their inherited debts.
He had the chance to start a normal life. He built a modest, thatched-roof home for his family and began to work his own land.
Then one night, a band of Maoist rebels planted a communist flag on Chaudary's land.
Early in the morning, a patrol of Royal Army troops passed by.
They demanded that he remove the flag. The flag pole was rigged to a mine, and it exploded in his face.
The Maoists considered Nepal's horribly unjust pecking order as their call to arms. Yet so often their tactics, like building roads with forced labor and conscripting child soldiers, were as harmful as the injustices that they were fighting against.
The communist regimes that I visited during this project revealed time and again how their original pursuit of equality could be abandoned—or maintained as a mere façade—leaving power as an end in itself.
And we should never forget the consequences of totalitarian power. Experts estimate that 20th century communist dictators—including Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot—killed over 85 million people with a legacy of famines, purges and gulags.
North Korea's Kim dynasty has carried forward their ideology, and its devastating results into the 21st century.
Chillingly, North Korea has managed to do so behind a curtain of total secrecy. When famines struck the Horn of Africa, the international media was filled with images of hungry people and appeals from air organizations.
Yet when famine killed a million people in North Korea, no images made it to the outside world. And North Korean officials kept aid organizations at arm's length.
North Korea has also managed to keep the world in the dark about its vast system of forced labor camps, which are estimated to hold up to 200,000 people.
In addition to hiding the truth about its human rights abuses, North Korea inundates its own population with hate-filled xenophobic propaganda and paints a god-like image of its leaders.
In North Korea, neighbors and family members are encouraged to spy and snitch on each other to prove their loyalty. The result is a paranoid, militarized society an astounding cult of personality, and the formal absence or any individualism.
By keeping people in the dark about the true nature of totalitarian communist rule the ideology has retained an uncanny popularity over the years.
And many compassionate intellectuals, artists and normal people have cheered on the Communist Party, from Pablo Picasso and Charlie Chaplin to Jean-Paul Sartre and Ernest Hemingway.
For many people exploited by the injustices of capitalism, it has been hard to imagine or remember that another system could be worse.
In 2001, a majority of voters brought the Communist Party back in power through democratic elections in the former Soviet republic of Moldova.
The small landlocked country, which borders the European Union, had struggled to find its footing in the volatile world of global capitalism. Nostalgia for the stability and super-power status of the Soviet Union ran high.
The spell lasted all the way until April 2009, when the Communist Party won another round of elections, although this time they were accused of electoral fraud. Students stormed the parliament in disgust, and they destroyed symbols of the Communist Party.
Fresh elections were organized, followed by period of political instability, until eventually a coalition of pro-European Union parties gained power.
Cuba's leaders seem equally nostalgic for the past era of Soviet power, and they remain doggedly attached to its model for a centrally planned economy. Despite the poor performance record of this economic model everywhere else in the world, Cuba's leadership skillfully relies on the stubborn, long-running U.S. embargo as the ideal pretext for deflecting any and all scrutiny and criticism away from the Communist Party's policies.
But the model that is far more common today is the new breed of state-sponsored capitalism which was perfected by China and adopted by Vietnam and Laos. These countries have embraced the free market, but not in a way that was predicted. High-level Communist Party officials and powerful businesses work together hand-in-glove. The CEO's of all of China's big companies in strategic sectors are members of the Communist Party, hand-picked by top officials for their loyalty.
And those capitalist businesses which are boosted with authoritarian steroids perform very well on the global stage, often with the willing participation of foreign investors.
At home, the destructive excesses and inequalities of capitalism now flourish, and without the counterbalances of a free press and independent labor unions. Vocal critics of industrial pollution, mining projects and unfair working conditions are often treated in the same harsh manner as political dissidents by authorities.
When these countries started down the path of economic openness, most commentators predicted that political reforms and progress on human rights would follow.
Those predictions haven't come true.
Nowhere is that as evident as it is in Laos.
The country's first stock exchange, which you see here, opened up in the capital last year. A string of glitzy casinos can now be seen near the banks of the Mekong river. But deep in the jungles of Laos, it is as if the Cold War never ended.
There, ethnic Hmong people are living in hiding, constantly in fear of attacks by the Lao People's Army. Why? Because the Hmong collaborated with French and then American forces during the Vietnam War. After the U.S. was defeated and communist forces took over Laos in 1975, they continued to hunt down the Hmong, a practice which endures to this day.
The Hmong eek out their existence by scavenging for roots in the jungle. They move their makeshift camps every few weeks to avoid detection. When army patrols discover them and open fire, it is often the slowest and the weakest who are gunned down before they can flee into the brush.
For these ethnic Hmong, who still live in the cross hairs of a Communist regime, it would never cross their minds to tell you that communism is dead.
© Tomas van Houtryve 2012. All rights reserved. Do not copy, publish, re-post or archive without the author's permission.
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Vasundhara Public School, B-65 Hastsal Vihar Uttam Nagar New Delhi was established in 2002 and it is managed by the Pvt. Unaided. It is located in Urban area. It is located in DOEUNAIDED block of WEST DELHI district of Delhi. The school consists of Grades from 1 to 10. The school is Co-educational and it have an attached pre-primary section. The school is Not Applicable in nature and is not using school building as a shift-school. English is the medium of instructions in this school. This school is approachable by all weather road. In this school academic session starts in April.
The school has Rented building. It has got 8 classrooms for instructional purposes. All the classrooms are in good condition. It has 2 other rooms for non-teaching activities. The school has a separate room for Head master/Teacher. The school has Pucca boundary wall. The school has have electric connection. The source of Drinking Water in the school is Tap Water and it is functional. The school has 4 boys toilet and it is functional. and 3 girls toilet and it is functional. The school has a playground. The school has a library and has 6225 books in its library. The school does not need ramp for disabled children to access classrooms. The school has 10 computers for teaching and learning purposes and all are functional. The school is having a computer aided learning lab. The school is Not Applicable providing mid-day meal.
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Chuck is a cropped, seamless pull over with cable panels running down the front. The sweater starts at the back where each shoulder is cast on, joined at the back neck and then knit to the bottom of the armholes. After that, the back is put on hold. Stitches are picked up from each shoulder and knit. They're joined together when the front neckline is cast on. The front is worked until the bottom of the underarms. The underarms are cast on, and the front and back are joined in the round to knit the body. When the body is finished, stitches are picked up around the armholes, and the sleeve caps are shaped with short rows.
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(1.25 cups: 170 calories, 2.5g fat, 100mg sodium, 43g carbs, 12g fiber, 10g sugars, 4g protein = 3 Points)
They Say: At Kashi, we believe that good digestive health puts you on the path to your best life. And you know there is more to it than eating adequate amounts of fiber. That's why we created Kashi® Vive™ with lots of fiber, probiotic bacteria and specially chosen ingredients to help you care for your digestive system and enhance your joie de vivre!
We Say: Forget all the digestive mumbo jumbo. This cereal ROCKS. Yes, it is CRAMMED with an insane amount of fiber (12 grams per serving), and it contains those probiotics (friendly bacteria) that promote digestive balance and immunity. And it has ginger (which also helps with digestion) and broccoli extract (complete with phytonutrients that help with your liver's cleansing ability). But honestly, the real reason we dig this stuff is because of how delicious it tastes! There are like a zillion different tastes and textures in every bite -- cinnamon, graham, vanilla, crunchiness, puffiness, flakiness...wow! This is cereal insanity in the best way possible. It's also perfectly sweetened and doesn't taste boring in any way (even your kids would eat it!). Also, the 1 1/4 cup serving size is bigger than most cereal servings, so you really get your calories worth.
Overall Score: 10. We are officially HOOKED. And our intestines couldn't be happier.
(1 tea bag: 0 calories, 0g fat, 0mg sodium, 0g carbs, 0g fiber, 0g sugars, 0g protein = 0 Points)
They Say: A perfectly sweet indulgence. Delicate vanilla blends beautifully with pieces of real caramel and the taste of rich chocolate truffles.
We Say: The packaging of this tea is great, we love the name, and the little pyramid bags are really cute. And when we found out that there were little pieces of caramel floating around in there, we nearly exploded with excitement. Then we tasted it, and while it's good, it's just not all it's built up to be. It's hard to taste the vanilla flavor over the black tea, and those caramel pieces add some flavor but not tons. We like this tea, but it's actually not as good as Lipton's plain old french vanilla.
Overall Score: 7. It's a solid tea, but it won't change your life.
(4-oz. container: 110 calories, 2g fat, 75mg sodium, 19g carbs, 0g fiber, 17g sugars, 5g protein = 2 Points)
They Say: Activia® is a great-tasting lowfat yogurt from Dannon® that contains Bifidus Regularis™, a natural probiotic culture that can help regulate your digestive system by helping reduce long intestinal transit time.
We Say: Hmmm..."helping reduce long intestinal transit time." Why sugarcoat it, Dannon? Tell it like it is. Even if you don't need help in that department, this stuff may be worth checking out. We singled out the prune flavor because we hadn't ever seen prune yogurt before and were almost scared to try it, but it tastes AWESOME. You'd never even know it was prune flavor; it tastes more like plums or delicious berries. Granted, we don't typically opt for yogurt that helps aid digestion, so we would likely grab a fat-free lower-calorie yogurt over this one on any given day. But still, this stuff is GOOD!
Overall Score: 8. Not bad, and if we needed digestive assistance our score would be higher.
(1 packet: 190 calories, 2.5g fat, 170mg sodium, 39g carbs, 4g fiber, 16g sugars, 4g protein = 3 Points)
They Say: Quaker Instant Oatmeal Crunch Apples & Cinnamon is a hot, wholesome oatmeal that is filled with the sweet, delicious flavor of apples sprinkled with cinnamon and crunchy, toasty clusters that pack a crunchy punch!
We Say: We've gotta hand it to Quaker; they never run out of ideas when it comes to oatmeal. Quaker Instant Oatmeal Crunch, the latest in their ever-expanding line of oats, features packets of just-add-water-and-nuke oatmeal with separate packets of crunchy clusters to put on top. A cute idea, for sure, especially if you're trying to get your kids to eat oatmeal. For most of us, though, it's just added calories and the temptation to eat all the little crunch-nugget packets in one sitting. The apple cinnamon flavor is great (as always!), but the crunchies don't stay all that crunchy once they find their way into the hot cereal. Not bad -- but nothing we're going to put into regular rotation.
Overall Score: 7. We hear there's a "magicolor" version of this stuff, too. Rainbow-colored flecks magically appearing in our bowl would have no doubt bumped our score up a minimum of one point.
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- 1. Miracles From Heaven
Set in Burleson, Texas, in 2011, the film centers on a 10-year-old girl named Anna (Kylie Rogers), daughter of Christy and Kevin Beam (Jennifer Garner). Anna is suffering from a pseudo-obstruction motility disorder and is unable to eat, using feeding tubes for nutrition. One day, she has a near-death experience, after falling 30 feet through the hollow of a Cottonwood tree and suffering only scratches. While unconscious inside the tree, with rescue workers struggling to get to her, she visited heaven. After being released from the hospital, she defied science and had inexplicably recovered from her chronic ailment.
Be sure to read the book written by Christy Beam, Miracles from Heaven, upon which the film is based. The old, enormous giant of a Cottonwood tree had always played a role in the lives of the Beam family. But never would they have imagined that their daughter would find her way to Jesus's lap, will trapped in it.Click here to read more
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Please check your local listings for a showing near you. There will be a special showing in Payson on Saturday, February 27, at 10:00 AM. $7.00 includes the price of the ticket, drink, and popcorn. This special is available at the Sawmill Theater located at 201 W. Main Street, Payson, AZ.Click here to read more
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Thanks to Sharing Christmas Facebook page for the original post.Click here to read more
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- 5. Twelve Years a Slave: Movie Review by Andy McKinney
No movie of 2013 blasted us with such compelling and emotionally engaging images as "Twelve Years a Slave," not by a long shot. I can readily understand the reason that the Academy gave it the Oscar for Best Picture. It does have some flaws, however. The bulk of the action happens in the deep deep South, but none of the actors speak with the slow cadences and inflections of that time and place. Further, very nearly every Black character speaks with the vocabulary and sensibilities of an educated middle class or higher person. This includes characters who are illiterate and who have never traveled further than 10 miles from their birth place. Even lower class white people speak in the language of the upper crust. It is somewhat off putting to have slaves and their cruel overseers speak like academics at a seminar, but I do not claim this as a fatal flaw. The brutal truth of the story bulldozes through all conventional methods of evaluating movies. I have an idea that the language comes from the original 19th century book, written by a well-educated and erudite free Black northerner.Click here to read more
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W hen Kevin Groves got back from a family vacation to Florida in 2005, he remembers looking through photos from the trip and thinking "Holy cow."
"I wasn't massively obese, but it was just — it hit home like, 'OK, this is who you are,'" Groves said. "I just had been in denial for so many years. When I was younger, I was very into sports, and I always thought I would get back there, but the more time goes on…"
A family happened, complete with two kids, ages four and eight. So after seeing those photos, Groves started running.
He "ramped" it up too high, kept getting injured and finally decided he needed a coach or a training group.
That's where Benita Willis and James Carney, who head a new running group for the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, stepped in.
BCSM already had established cycling and triathlon training programs, but lacked a true running group. Willis and Carney's program isn't meant for elites or professionals, but rather for every day Boulder and Denver residents who are working to achieve a personal running goal.
Groves just completed his first marathon, in Los Angeles in March, and finished in two hours and 47 minutes.
"It's not about how fast you are or how many years you've been doing it," Groves said of the BCSM group. "They're really into people on an individual level. They get really pumped to see the progress that's being made."
When Carney and Willis started the coaching program around two years ago, they decided that amateur runners in Boulder should feel like professionals, so that's the coaching motto they live by. They wanted to give everyone — no matter how many other responsibilities or commitments they have — the attention they deserve to become better runners, Carney said.
They also have the staff and resources at BCSM behind them, including physiology tests, for more science-driven training.
Carney's accolades include qualifying for three Olympic trials, twice finishing the Bolder Boulder as the top American, and two national titles. Willis, an Australia native, has run in four Olympics including 2012 in London. She won Australia's first medal when she won gold at the World Cross Country Championships in 2004.
Most people hear about Willis and Carney by word-of-mouth, and everyone in the 38-member group runs for personal achievement, not because they have plans to become the next Usain Bolt or Steve Prefontaine. Willis and Carney mostly coach Colorado residents, but they also train runners in Maine, Ohio and New Mexico.
Todd Straka, a 20-year Boulder resident, started running competitively about 10 years ago. After the 2012 Bolder Boulder, Straka said he felt it was time to take his "running to a new level," so he sought out coaching through BCSM.
After a few weeks of working with Carney, Straka ran personal bests for 10K, mile and half-marathon distances.
"Three PRs in about a week and a half," said Straka, who works full time and has two kids, ages 12 and 10.
The training group meets for early-morning sessions twice a week. Straka, who had been training on his own since he started running, said it's been encouraging to train with other runners who are working toward similar goals while balancing families and work commitments.
Heather Utrata, who works for the City of Englewood, started looking for a coach and running group after a "big PR" in the 2010 Denver Marathon. Utrata said she used to dread speed work but now looks forward to it because of the group's energy, and because of the program that Carney and Willis write specifically for her with each workout.
"There's a lot of blanket programs here," Willis said. "They have big groups of people and they all get the same training and they all go to the track and do the same thing, but it's not very individualized."
In the last six years, Ryan Herzog began running competitively after thinking of it mostly as a hobby before that. He started looking around Boulder for a coach, and said he found a lot of running groups for elite athletes.
When he found out Carney and Willis had started a program, he looked into their backgrounds. What he discovered was that Willis and Carney have dozens of national and international running achievements between them. Before stumbling upon the BCSM running group, Herzog said he ran almost the exact same marathon time three times in a row.
"I realized maybe I've hit a plateau where I won't be able to run faster," he said. "I'm a typical with a day job, and I just kind of accepted that."
He's since shaved four minutes off his marathon time after a few months of training with the group. Herzog credits most, if not all, of his success to Willis, Carney and the other runners in the group who act as a mini-cheering section while he runs.
"That's the other big reason I'm a part of this team," he said. "They brought together so many great people, we all think alike and want to have that same camaraderie throughout."
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Test Report: Samsung PN59D8000 3D Plasma HDTV
There are few things I loathe more than triteness. Every time I hear a slogan, headline, or witticism that I've already heard countless times before, I die a little inside. Change the words around at least and make it your own. How often have you read "trickle-down technology," "game changer," or other such things in a product review?
I, like other reviewers, succumb to this disease from time to time. But now I have to be doubly annoyed with myself, because not only did I write a trite intro on triteness, I've resolved to use the hyperbolic, roll-your-eyes term "film-like." There it is: film-like. There really isn't a better way to describe Samsung's PN59D8000. Well, I guess "plasma" would be more accurate. Or "TV," if we're gonna be like that. But as I was sitting back, watching TV and movies on this big Samsung, "film-like" was what kept coming to mind.
The PN59D8000 is a sizable piece of kit, its nearly 60-inch screen size a noticeable step up from the more common "little" 50-inchers. It measures in at 1.5 inches thick, so spiffy thin LED LCDs don't have much on it, depth-wise. Perhaps the Samsung's only oddity is its lack of a traditional component input. Instead, you're given a dongle to attach your legacy analog video components. I mean component, as the composite- and component-video inputs share the same wire.
The trapezoidal remote is hefty (sorry, full-figured), but I liked it. On one of its sides, you'll find a normal TV remote. The buttons are all nearly flush, making navigation in the dark difficult. (There's no backlighting.) Flip the remote over, and you've got a QWERTY keyboard and a directional pad. Do I foresee a Web browser app in my future? Indeed I do.
The 59D8000's menus are colorful, easy to navigate, and quite extensive. In the October issue I lauded LG for the fine-tuning capabilities of its plasma, but Samsung goes one step further by adding full color management settings and onscreen menus that don't interfere with your picture adjustments (or at least not as much).
The Smart Hub interface for media streaming is about as good as such interfaces get: It's not exactly easy to navigate, but not difficult either. You get the usual suite of options, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Vudu, but no Amazon Instant Video, sadly.
As I had deduced with my Holmesian powers of deduction, the TV has a Web browser. It loads pages pretty fast — faster than some other TV-based browsers I've used. A tiny movement-sensing pad on the remote functions as a somewhat computer-like mouse. It's not as useless as similar technology found on Sony's Google TV or LG's Smart TV Upgrader remotes, but its action isn't exactly fluid. You do get picture-in-picture with whatever show you're watching, which is very cool.
DNLA allows you to stream music/pictures/movies from your computer, but like all DNLA interfaces, it's little more than a file navigator, with no real search or sorting functions. If you want to stream music from your computer, you're still better off getting an Apple TV (see my review here).


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Material: Bathstone
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Principal Stone are a UK based family run business based in Gloucestershire. Utilising traditional hand carving methods on a high quality Bathstone quarried in and around Bath and Somerset.
Supplied with a 2 inch thick and 15 inch deep front hearth in two pieces. Back panels, slips and headers, back hearths and chamber linings in matching Bathstone are also available.


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The More Mile 5 Inch baggy shorts are athletically fitted specifically designed for running!
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Today's cosplay is a bit more of a crossplay, featuring Michelle, who goes by Miss Yeru, as the nightmare-inducing Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill series!
We were so sure that under that giant helmet was another giant helmet, but we're glad to see Michelle's pretty face instead. Her outfit is pretty spot-on and looks amazing. From the oversized pyramid helmet, down to the spattering of viscera all over her torso, you can see that the devil's definitely in the blood-dripped details. You certainly wouldn't want to see this coming at you in a dark hallway at a convention center.
In case you've never played the Silent Hill games, Pyramid Head is a recurring character who is the embodiment of punishment and wields a giant knife. Fun, right? Those who have seen the horrors that Pyramid Head commits know that he's not a creature of friendship and hugs. But Michelle makes the character her own and even exudes a sort of spunky sass with her outfit.
Michelle is based in Los Angeles and is a designer and cosplayer with a love for the hit multiplayer online battle arena game, League of Legends. Her passion for video games certainly shines through in her fantastic gore-ridden costume. Couple this with the fact that she has a degree in Cosmetology from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and you've got one very skilled cosplayer.
She actually made a Pyramid Head outfit for her friend Evan to wear at Anime Expo 2011, where they would be cosplaying Silent Hill characters (she had previous worn a Bubble Head Nurse costume). Sadly, Michelle was away and couldn't attend. A year later, she found out at the last minute that she would be able to go to Fanime 2012, but needed a suit. So she slapped her Pyramid Head outfit together, just in time for the con.
"Since I had a week notice, and no free time to make a costume, I called up Evan and asked if I could wear the Pyramid Head mask we made for him. Then I whipped together the long bloody skirt, bra and huge knife in about a day, and Miss Pyramid Head was born!" she said, talking about her awesome last-minute outfit.
If this is what she can do with a day's notice, you should check out the results when she actually has time to work! Head to her Facebook or deviantART to see all of the amazing outfits she's rocked and show some love for a cosplayer extraordinaire!
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Solomon to miss 'Blade Runner' clash
Australia's 400 metre Olympic finalist, Steve Solomon, will not be back home in time to compete against visiting South African star "Blade runner" Oscar Pistorius.
Solomon will only return to Australia from the US for the national titles and will miss the rest of the domestic season.
Pistorius, who became the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics when he ran in the 400m in London, will compete in the Sydney and Perth meets of the Australian Athletics Tour in March.
He will not compete at the nationals, meaning Australian athletics fans will miss the meeting of the ground-breaking athlete and Australia's fastest young talent.
"I won't be back for the domestic season but I will be back for nationals," Solomon said.
"Unfortunately my college schedule doesn't allow me to be back for the domestic season, which is a great shame because I would love to have raced him, he is a great ambassador for the sport and a great athlete, so to be missing that opportunity is one I do regret," Solomon said.
The 19-year-old from Sydney has taken up a scholarship at Stanford University in the US to study medicine and compete for the college track and field team.
"Coming back for the nationals, hopefully I will be in some decent shape. Obviously the seasons are very different in America than Australia, they are flipped, so when I come back for nationals I will still be in base training, still in full training whereas everyone here will be in their peak training so it will be a good test for me."
Solomon, who came third at the World Junior championships in Barcelona last year in a personal best time, was subsequently given a discretionary selection to run in the individual 400m at the Olympics after originally being selected only in the relay team.
Solomon went on to run a personal best in the heats on his way to making it through to the final and in so doing became the first Australian since Darren Clarke in 1988 to make the final of the men's 400m.
Pistorius, will feature at the Sydney Track Classic on March 9 and the Perth Track Classic on March 16.
"I plan to be in pretty solid form when I arrive and it would be great to start my season in style at the meet,"Pistorius said last month of his decision to come to Australia.
Michael Gleeson is an award-winning senior sports writer specialising in AFL and athletics.


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Oct. 28 will mark the second anniversary of the passage of "Melanie's Law," the tough antidrunken-driving law named for my granddaughter Melanie Powell, who was killed while crossing the street in Marshfield on July 25, 2003. She was 13 years old. In two years, a lot has happened.
Oct. 28 will mark the second anniversary of the passage of "Melanie's Law," the tough antidrunken-driving law named for my granddaughter Melanie Powell, who was killed while crossing the street in Marshfield on July 25, 2003. She was 13 years old. In two years, a lot has happened. Recent statistics from both the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration paint a picture that has been described as "a fantastic trend" by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and editorials in several newspapers. And it is a fantastic trend. Forty-six fewer people have lost their lives to drunken-driving crashes in Massachusetts in the past two years. The number of arrests of suspected drunken drivers with four or more OUI convictions dropped by 29 percent in the past year. Refusals to take a breath test are down significantly. With better tools, stepped-up police vigilance has resulted in increased arrests of drunken drivers and given prosecutors a much better chance to prove their case. The Registry reports that more than 2,000 ignition interlock devices have been installed on the vehicles of repeat offenders with hardship licenses. These devices will not permit operation of a car if the driver has been drinking. I believe that these devices should be installed on the vehicles of first-time offenders, not just repeat offenders. This would send a clear, strong message that drunken driving will not be tolerated in Massachusetts. But the picture isn't all rosy. Because I am so closely associated with the passage of the law, I receive a lot of calls, letters and e-mails. Some are from families going through the agony of a lost loved one and asking for help with the healing process or the judicial system. Those are the heart-breaking ones. Some are simply a "thank you" for working so hard on the process. Some are for advice on another piece of legislation. And some are angry, frustrated appeals to "please do something" to carry the message even further. The tone of most of the complaints is generally the same -- how can so many multiple offenders continue to drive? Why do we still see plea bargaining allowing four or five-time offenders to get a reduced sentence? How can someone be arrested on a fourth or fifth offense as has happened recently in at least two cases in area courts and be granted bail as low as $290? After that many offenses, shouldn't they be held at least until they go before a judge? Let's face it -- there are huge discrepancies in the way judges treat drunken-driving cases. A recent case in Marshfield is the poster child for lenient treatment of a habitual offender. In February, Robert Ohnemus Sr. was arrested in Marshfield and charged with seventh-offense drunken driving. He was arrested after he allegedly led police on a seven-mile chase through downtown Marshfield, nearly hitting two officers. He was also arraigned on two counts of resisting arrest, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, possession of an open container of alcohol and several motor vehicle violations including operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. At a dangerousness hearing in Plymouth District Court, Judge Thomas Brownell ruled that Mr. Ohnemus was not a danger to the community and released him on $1,000 bail. Mr. Ohnemus fled to Florida. He was tracked down and arrested in late September. Melanie's Law is a tough law, and the results from it are undeniable. But we need to do more. These are some of the things I think we need to do to toughen the laws further and save more lives: - Make automatic revocation of license an administrative penalty on Breathalyzer refusal whether subsequently convicted at trial or not. - Make Breathalyzer refusal admissible as evidence at trial. - Mandatory back test for any driver involved in a crash resulting in the death or serious injury of any other driver, passenger or pedestrian. We need to make it abundantly clear to our legislators, Gov. Deval Patrick, state and local police, district attorneys and, most importantly, judges that drunken driving is intolerable. Those of us who have lost so much, suffered so greatly and worked so hard to change the culture that leads to such a reckless, selfish and senseless act are begging you to please get involved.
Ron Bersani lives in Marshfield.
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Friends who stumbled into Wunderbar reported dreamlike tales of delicious grilled bratwurst, tasty taps and enormous 1 liter biers served in glass boots.
Needless to say, I was intrigued. So I finally decided to make the long trek out to the far Western reaches of LIC to see what all the fuss was about.
I was happy to discover that Wunderbar is indeed one of the neighborhood's coolest hidden gems. It's an inviting oasis in a desert of city side streets, right down to the refreshing exterior, which is painted a vibrant hue of sea blue.
Inside, there's very little pretense and loads of character. Long communal tables and chairs are as abundant as the beers on tap. The cheery gold walls are adorned with kitschy artwork, German flags, Octoberfest paraphernalia and a couple of TVs for thirsty sports enthusiasts. There's even a makeshift stage where local bands and Alpine Squeeze (a German polka group) frequently play.
A handful of regulars can be found hanging out near the bar, but it's rarely crowded and, well, that's largely part of Wunderbar's appeal. It's winter's answer to the beer garden: a cozy, one-of-a-kind place where you can spend all day sampling great beers and food in warmth and comfort.
From Hofhrauhaus dunkel stout to Radeberger pilsner to Weihenstephaner hefeweiss, the beer offerings are plentiful and, of course, all German.
A "small guy" 1/2 liter will only set you back $6 (or, if you're brave, $15 for the 1 1/2 liter beer stein known as "bunch of guys"). There's also an impressive selection of bottled brews and wine, as well as a few German specialty drinks including the Diesel, a daring concoction of dark beer and Pepsi. You can also sip your drink from the aforementioned boot for $11 (and a pricey deposit).
If you're looking to nosh while you drink, you certainly won't be disappointed with the tasty (and surprisingly authentic) German fare. You can grab a big pretzel and a side of sauerkraut and red cabbage or try something a little heartier from the sizable menu, which offers up ten types of grilled and boiled wursts (the beef and pork currywurst is especially delightful) and everything from schnitzel to hot grilled leberkaese sandwiches to German herring. Don't leave without sampling the amazing cheese spaetzle with bacon and ham, which his is creamy and downright divine.
And don't wait until Octoberfest to check out Wunderbar. It's a fun, laidback and truly unique addition (alternative, even) to the often overcrowded, overhyped local "beirhaus" scene and has quickly become one of my favorite go-to winter watering holes. I'll gladly raise a boot to that!
Wunderbar German Grill and Beirhaus
37-10 11th St.
(718) 937-3123


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Tuesday, 2 February 2010
The secret of the winter runner
The fact that I lost my research salary last week has been harder to deal with than I expected. Instead of enjoying free time, I find myself scrambling to find ways I can get a full-time salary next month. I think that if I get an acceptance as a ph.d. student at the University of Copenhagen, it will make things easier. But anyway, I woke up at 5:30 Saturday so I could have a couple hours to work on applications to private funds in peace. By the time 12:30 rolled around, and SR returned from dropping off Natali at a birthday party, I was on the edge of a breakdown. I started yelling at SR for no reason and then started throwing some of The Lorax's favorite possessions (good thing he was taking a nap). What on earth was going on? I started crying. I went for a nice swim and it helped calm me down, if only temporarily.
Sunday morning, I woke up again at 5:30, unable to sleep. I ate the breakfast of an ultramarathoner. But the problem with eating like one is that you had better also run like one...
SR and I drove with the kids to his parents' house in Bagsværd. It was a day for a long run together. We started running at 2 pm. There was snow everywhere. We took it easy running in the snow the first two hours.
(I stole these from Tina and Ole who were out in Bagsværd at the same time. My camera sadly ran out of batteries)
We went back to his parents' to refuel. I only had a couple sips of water. I was way ahead on my calories for the week, so I didn't figure I needed any more to continue. We felt renewed as we went out again, this time running on bike paths without much snow. It is so easy to be in love with SR on our runs together. Though there was one point when he told me he was amazed I had made it so long in life without any psychiatric medicines or diagnoses. Well, one could easily take this as an insult, but honestly, it is running that keeps me happy and sane (or at least somewhat).
After 2.5 hours we decided to run alone at our own pace. I stayed on a bike path as night fell. The snow on the dark tree branches glowed as I ran effortlessly under them. After running on snow all day, I felt like I was racing downhill just by being on a dry, level, hard path.
There is something amazing about running in the snowy cold for so long. I felt such a happy warmth inside of me. I listened to The Great Lakes Singer's Your Rocky Spine and cried as I thought of the beautiful places I have been and run in my life. And the experience of the Trans-Alpine Run. A while down the road, as it became completely dark, I listened to Slow Show by The National and the beautiful lyrics "You know I dreamed about you for 29 years before I saw you" brought me to tears again.
God, life was good. Only a fool dwells on the negative. If you don't believe me, become a runner. 22 miles down and it felt like almost nothing.
So it is now two days later. A tempo run with pace of less than 8 minutes per mile for 8 miles was probably an unrealistic goal in a snowstorm. But I pushed through the snowbanks and the blistering wind. I don't really know why. I actually yelled out at one point in pain. That was a first. When I turned around, the snow became ice pellets and the wind picked up. I could feel a small corneal abrasion developing in my right eye from the wind and I could see almost nothing out of it as it was tearing so much (I imagined coming into my own department explaining the injury). I just kept pushing, pushing pushing. And came though 8 miles at a time of 63:47. Yes!!! I did it.
And as I was writing this blog post, a woman came to the door and delivered this:
It's an acceptance letter into the Ph.D. program at the University of Copenhagen. :) Again, I did it!!!!
13 comments:
- mmmonyka said...
Hi SeaLegsGirl, I have been reading and really enjoying your blog for couple months now. Sometimes I ask myself "what the heck is she doing?" but who does not right?:) I am a runner myself (maybe we will see each other at Eco-Trail de Paris 2011, what do you say?:), although not a mom yet. As you wrote in your post-"I did it" after successfully completing 8mile tempo and getting into PhD program...well I am not surprised. Because it seems you can do whatever- being a great mom, wife, runner...I am happy for you (although maybe just a little little little jealous:))
- 2 February 2010 at 17:27
- SteveQ said...
Congrats on getting into Copenhagen U! A PhD program can lead to years of added stress; just what you need ;)
- 2 February 2010 at 17:36
- Emily P said...
Well done! You are the best!
I also love that Great Lakes *Swimmers song! Does that mean you got my mix (maybe I wrote it wrong on the track listing)?
- 2 February 2010 at 17:50
- Mapp said...
I think this is one of my favourite posts since you started writing this blog! What you describe feels so close to home too (the home of a jobless runner, that is!).
Very happy that you got accepted in the PhD programme. Now that this is out of the way, enjoy the free time while you have it!
- 2 February 2010 at 18:20
- Olga said...
Very in tune with what I've been going through and written about - and how running is the only thing that provides sanity, when a shrink is needed:) We'll make it, dear. We always do.
- 2 February 2010 at 18:51
- Abbie said...
Wow girl. That is so awesome. I got goosebumps at the very end. So pleased that blessings are coming your way. :)
- 2 February 2010 at 19:19
Congratulations!! A fantasstic run followed by even better news. You day couldn't have gotten any better!
- 3 February 2010 at 02:25
- Helen said...
You don't half fit a lot into your posts!
I felt the same way running Saturday night... no need for and therapy (or diagnosis!) when you can run. I love that SR told you that - and better still your reaction!
Congrats on the PhD... I did suspect you would not be "happily unemployed" for long :)
- 3 February 2010 at 06:14
- Danni said...
- 3 February 2010 at 17:34
- sea legs girl said...
Thank you for all of these comments. I have been thinking about them all day.
mmmonyka, I hope we DO see each other at Eco-Trail de Paris. What a dream that would be!! Please tell me which quarter you live in in Paris... I miss it sometimes :) I can be a little jealous too.
SteveQ, thanks for the perspective :)
Emily, Oh. I am an idiot for not writing you back. I love the cd! And the first answer is Pierre, South Dakota.
Marie-Aline, well, I guess the pressure is on for the next posts. I am so glad to hear when I write something that strikes a chord with someone!
And Olga, likewise. Great line "we'll make it dear, we always do!" So true.
Abbie, you're still around! I've missed you!
Brooke, Danni, thank you!
Helen, figured you could relate to running as psychiatric treatment, not that you would need any :).
- 3 February 2010 at 21:38
- SteveQ said...
My godson just got his acceptance letter for PhD studies (anthropology) at UW Madison today.
BTW, I'm going through some old music, as one can tell from my latest post. Great song for running: Robyn Hitchcock's "Balloon Man."
- 5 February 2010 at 18:59
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks, SteveQ. I love Robyn Hitchcock, but I don't remember Balloon Man.
- 6 February 2010 at 15:31
- Meghan said...
Hope you're doing alright, Sea Legs. Your last month or so of posts have been kind of edgy, unsettled. Thinking of you!
- 12 February 2010 at 17:45


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I have acquired an old photo album containing many pictures from the late 1800s. I'm going through the album to catalog the photos with as much information as can be gleaned from them. My hope is to return the album and photos to the descendants of those pictured. Read about the first photos in the album here. **Click on the images below for larger versions**
We're back at the studio of Edward A. Osborne for Photo No. 9:
Unfortunately, there are no identifying notes on this photo. I think he looks similar to Mr. Fred Young, aka Friend No. 8, but it's definitely not the same gentleman. The ears at the very least are very different.
Check out the pin he's wearing (too bad it's out of focus):
It's also interesting to compare this shot to the shots I posted earlier, also from Osborne's studio. This one is so much more crisp, leading me to believe it's a more recent photo.
Here's Photo No. 10:
That is quite the facial hair! The other interesting thing about this photo is the upside-down faded imprint from Folsom's studio. Hmmm… Perhaps this is a copy? Still not sure why the imprint would be upside down. Perhaps it sat up against another photo and the imprint transferred onto this photo? I've never seen this before… There are no other markings on this photo.


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The State Of The Wayland Display Server
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Originally posted by drag View PostShush your mouths about it. It's history. KDE released something that most people didn't find useful. Live with it. There is nothing that they could of done to avoid it. It is simply the fundamental reality of what happens with software and rewrites.
It's as obvious as it is blameless.
It's a trade off. A bit of pain for a couple years until the software gets up to speed, then hopefully they'll have something modern and better then what you can get from other places.
These whole Ubuntu-driven set timed releases are in that respect a plague and lead to disasters such as KDE 4.0 and the Intel drivers in Jaunty. I see it less acutely with a distro (since it's usually just a collection of code and less its development), but a project doing that sort of thing is an evidence of immense stupidity. One shouldn't really trust KDE after that sort of thing.
I don't see anywhere written '*.0 are testing, unstable releases'. A release is the moment you should tag your development branch stable enough to be used by the majority of people + however long you need to squash normal-high bugs. Even Fedora, as we just noticed this week, takes matters more seriously than KDE. It's ridiculous.
Just follow GNOME's efficient and slow phasing out (look at the roadmap) and moving to 3.0. This is how you should move, even if it takes longer.Last edited by susikala; 05-22-2009, 05:52 AM.
I don't find the KDE devs at fault for picking a differing versioning style from what people are used to. After all, the only place who cares about 1.0 is the proprietary world, and even they because it's "just always been that way".
A lot of free software projects don't go with the "usual" versioning style. And it doesn't matter if one project's 1.0 is not what another project would tag with the same number.
I read the release announcement, and decided not to try it at that time. It took less than a minute, and it's not too much to ask to read a short notice is it.
Just follow GNOME's efficient and slow phasing out (look at the roadmap) and moving to 3.0. This is how you should move, even if it takes longer.Last edited by kraftman; 05-22-2009, 10:23 AM.
What does GTK vs Qt have to do with Wayland? Oh, right. Nothing.
I look forward to seeing Wayland backends for both toolkits, not to mention Firefox and OOo and Cairo. I look forward to seeing if Wayland is actually usable as the actual desktop display server and not just as an X multiplexer, or to see if X just gets those same features and obviates Wayland. For all the complaints against X, it has kept up just fine so far, especially since the X.org rejuvenation. Time will tell, I suppose.
Originally posted by kraftman View PostMoving from QT3 to QT4 is like moving from Gtk* to QT4 (ok, maybe in some, but probably in big part), so in my opinion Gnomes way is not the best in this case.
Originally posted by susikala View PostSorry I'm pressing here, but why would you use the same name for two versions of a product that have (according to you) as little to do with each other as one of them compared to a wholly different undertaking? Isn't that more like forking, or creating a whole new project? Then it should also be advertised as such ("KDE done right") and not be called "KDE x".
What does GTK vs Qt have to do with Wayland? Oh, right. Nothing.
In an ideal world there'd be a stable API that all driver writers (both opensource and proprietary) can write to to ensure their drivers will perform. Sadly that is not the case now...API keeps changing and causing all kinds of headaches for graphics driver writers...
Desktop environments/window managers should also have a stable API too