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Taylor Swift Surfs to a Big Finish With Seven Total Teen Choice Nominations
The 2013 Teen Choice Awards have announced the third and final round of nominees and Taylor Swift has racked up another potential surfboard for this fan-voted event, bringing her total to a whopping seven! Based on her track record of hauling home every award she's been nominated for, the songstress may come away with enough new surfboards for her entire band!
It comes as no surprise that Swift's 2013 Red Tour, which sold out in minutes, is a Choice Summer Tour nominee. With 11 wardrobe changes and the chance to see one of the world's biggest superstars, her tour is the one everyone's talking about. She's up against Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake, and One Direction.
In addition to the 'Red' hitmaker, duo Florida Georgia Line is also up for a couple additional surfboards, with the most recent being Choice Summer Music Star: Group as well as Choice Summer Song.
For the Choice Summer Music Star: Group award, FGL is head-to-head with Daft Punk, Imagine Dragons, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Maroon 5.
And, for Choice Summer Song, the duo's 'Cruise (REMIX)' featuring Nelly is in the mix, and judging from the song's record-breaking reign and double platinum status, they definitely have a shot at taking home this surfboard. Their competition is Robin Thicke (feat. Pharrell Williams & T.I), Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams), Bruno Mars, and Miley Cyrus.
Country music will certainly be represented at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards, with other country stars up for awards, including Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Hunter Hayes, the Band Perry. You can watch the 2013 Teen Choice Awards on Fox on August 11 from 8-10 PM ET.


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NHL owners have made it official: The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets are heading east.
The league announced Thursday that its board of governors approved a realignment plan that will be put into effect next season. The new format will feature two eight-team divisions in the Eastern Conference, and two seven-team divisions in the West.
That means Detroit and Columbus will switch conferences by moving into the East, while the Winnipeg Jets will move into the Western Conference.
The top three seeds in each division will qualify for the playoffs. The next two teams with the best records in each conference will earn wild-card playoff berths.
The NHL Players' Association signed off on the realignment format, which will be in place for at least three seasons.


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We've been in the Back to School spirit lately. These last few weeks have been consumed with finding our rhythm with school schedules, my husband's work and my writing work. But this week we took some time out to take care of a bag full of broken crayons that I somehow had collected over the last four years. I was amazed at how many we had! I didn't want to throw them away, so I kept the bag, but the girls didn't really like to use the little bits and pieces left. I saw very expensive "recycled crayons" at the store, and thought, "We could do that!" The crayons were swirled with different colors, which made them fun too.
I felt ours were a big success! We love how they turned out, and they are going to be part of the party favors for my little girl's b-day party.
After reading different people's methods, I decided to simplify the process as much as possible. I choose to cut up the crayons, and let my girls put them into an ovenproof mold. Then all I had to do was melt in the oven, cool, remove the new crayons and start the process over again. Some people use muffin tins for the mold, however, there are complaints that the regular sized muffin tins make the crayons too large for little hands. I used a silicone chocolate mold from Amazon, which I also plan to use for chocolate and homemade candies. A mini muffin pan could work too, I am sure. The other method would be to melt the crayons in a double boiler made out of a tin can, and then pour into chocolate molds.
My girls had so much fun making these, and I was glad that we didn't waste all of those crayon parts.
How to make recycled crayons
What you need:
Crayons, peeled of all paper (we did this while watching a movie!)
Ovenproof mold
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chop crayons into small pieces with a sharp knife. I put all of my pieces into muffin tins to keep the colors separate.
Fill mold with crayon pieces.
Place in oven to melt (about 5-7) minutes. Take out as soon as all of the crayon pieces are melted, otherwise they could burn.
Let cool. (After they are cool to the touch, I place in the freezer for about 10 minutes to speed up the process). Remove and repeat as desired!


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A new and improved powertrain delivering 110kW and 250Nm of torque
(Available only on Captur Zen Auto Variant)
Apple Carplay and Andriod Auto phone mirroring allows you to see and access your phone from your dashboard.
(Available only on Captur Zen Auto Variant)
16" two-tone alloy wheels that accentuate the Captur's dynamic design, so you stand out from the crowd with every drive.
LED daytime running lights for increased visibility and road presence.
Brake Assist applies maximum brake force in a sudden stop to decrease stopping distance.
Hill start assist holds the brake when taking off on an incline. This reduces roll-back and mitigates the risk of a collision.
Intens model shown
Turbo charged engine, for maximum efficiency and performance.
Intens model shown
Front and side airbags, to protect occupants in the event of an impact.
There is something genuinely refreshing about Renault's honest admission that its teeny-tiny Captur is designed for life in the city, and only the city.Read more
The updated Renault Captur is still a looker, and is cheaper to own and run than you might imagine. The flagship Zen is an interesting Hyundai Kona/Toyota C-HR/Mazda CX-3 rival.Read more
Will Renault's refreshed Captur capture a decent spot in the small SUV segment?Read more
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TEDx Cooper Union: Jamshed Bharucha on Teaching and Forgetfulness
POSTED ON: July 9, 2012
President Jamshed Bharucha's talk on how we learn is one of 19 featured videos from TEDx Cooper Union 2012: Found in Translation.
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TED started as a conference in California 26 years ago, where leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. The x signifies an independently-organized TED event; this was the first TEDx event for The Cooper Union.
Nina Tandon (EE'01), a TED senior fellow, co-organized the April conference with Ivana Gadjanski and a team that included Toby Cumberbatch, David Turnbull and Noemi Thieves (A'2011). Tandon is a tissue engineer at Columbia University and an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at The Cooper Union, Tandon herself gave one of the Cooper Union TEDx talks on teaching in a networked world [link to http://cooper.edu/about/news/tedx-cooper-union-nina-tandon-and-teaching-networked-world]. Turnbull, a professor of architecture at The Cooper Union, spoke on design in translation.
In his TEDx talk, President Bharucha suggests that it may not be intensity, rigor, or the breadth of teaching that makes the most valuable and lasting contribution to a student's intellectual development—but rather the way teaching is conducted. He goes on to highlights three concepts of teaching that engender lifelong learning and a substantial intellectual engagement with the world: active learning, retrieval practice, and "mixing it up."
A cognitive neuroscientist and an accomplished classical musician, has published extensively on the cognitive and neural underpinnings of music (using a variety of methods including perceptual experiments, computational neural net models and MRI brain scanning), has been awarded grants from NSF and NIH for his work.
You can watch the TEDx Cooper Union videos on YouTube.


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Hm, Serious buyers remorse over this skirt. I like it, but dont love it. I really wanted a different coloured skirt and I kinda got caught up in late night shopping after work last week and just bought it. I love so much about it, the colour (more brown/rusty than orange IRL) and the paper bag waist. But maybe its not for me. Oh well, I can still wear something over it like this, kinda tones it down a tad! I really want this skirt from Topshop at the moment too, But they didn't have my size on said night of spending. Oh well! In other skirt related things, I want all the skirts in the TRF range at Zara, mostly this one and this one in beige. This tops lovely too, The shapes pretty unique and the colour is better than I'd imagined! It was a tad odd ordering off a website like this, But it paid off, I do have some nice things, not all of it is really what I wanted, But I have got some gems!
Had a epic Poptart craving this morning, like literally as soon as I woke up. I ventured out makeupless, greasy haired and topknotted, if I owned sweatpants I'd have worn them too. I went to Tescos and came back with some garlic and herb doughballs, a packet of white chocolate fingers (not as nice as the regular ones!) and some Poptarts. My diet is really appalling at the moment. I literally eat crap all the time, not that I've gained weight or anything, Im so sick of eating junk! I love food, it doesnt help that my family are big foodies, so we are always surrounded by goodies! Because Im out the house so much I tend to just grab things on the go, I dont even want to imagine how many calories are in a Greggs sausage roll! I was hoping to start healthy eating next year, but knowing me it will never happen!


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a role in the Baltic economies?Mygind, Niels (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper gives an overview over some theory and empirical evidence on employee ownership and other forms of employee financial participation and answers the following questions: What is employee ownership and what is the relation to other forms of financial participation? Why is employee ownership widespread in some developed market economies like US and in Italy, France and Spain, while it has a quite rare occurrence in the Scandinavian countries? What are the conditions favouring and what are the barriers for employee ownership? What are the advantages and drawbacks for employee owned companies? The paper also gives a summary of the experience in the Baltics – with reference to the following three country articles – and gives finally some perspectives for the future. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7054
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evidence from Estonian case studiesKalmi, Panu (Helsinki, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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an application to transition economiesKalmi, Panu (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Koss Rasmussen, Rasmus (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In CMS, debates on methodology have typically taken second stage to those on epistemology and ontology as the field embraced a plurality of methods. Recent work pushing for CMS to engage more strongly with mainstream theory, however, raises the need for a discussion on how to use methods recognizable to the mainstream in progressive ways. This paper seeks to remedy this lacunae by linking the concept of Critical Performativity (Spicer, Alvesson & Kärreman, 2009) to case study research and shows how case studies informed by Critical Realism (Easton, 2010a) can be generalized to "what could be" (Schofield, 2002). In this way, employing case studies in a progressive fashion may serve as a valuable means for a critically perfomative CMS to achieve greater impact through influence on mainstream theory building, business school education and management practice. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8298
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Abstract: Den foreliggende rapport bygger på en analyse af 871 huskesedler. Sedlerne er dels indsamlet i Jylland og dels i København. Indsamlingen af forbrugernes kasserede huskesedler er foregået såvel inde i dagligvarebutikkerne (indkøbskurve, affaldsspande) som ude foran butikkerne (parkeringsplads, indkøbsvogne). Dataindsamlingen omfatter de største supermarkeder og discountbutikker samt Bilka. Det vedhæftede appendiks forenden indeholder en nærmere redegørelse for den anvendte metodiske fremgangsmåde. Da produkter på en indkøbsseddel ofte er uklart beskrevet ("frugt" "grønt", "diverse pålæg", "weekendguf" osv.) har vi valgt at betegne hver nedfældning, der er protokolleret på papir, som et vareemne eller et indkøbsforsæt. "2 Agurker" og "Rød Merrild, 23,95" er ret præcist beskrevet, hvilket "frugt", "diverse pålæg" eller "morgenmad" ikke just kan siges at være. Medens en indkøbsseddel giver fuld mening og kan "afkodes" af medlemmerne af den pågældende husstand, kan den virke indforstået og delvis uforståelig for udenforstående. Øl er måske ensbetydende med den ramme med 6 Tuborg, som man plejer at købe, "frugt" kan være synonym med bananer, æbler og appelsiner, husstandens tre foretrukne frugter osv. De 871 huskesedler indeholdt i gennemsnit lidt over 9 vareemner. Medens der er store udsving, gælder at flertallet af huskesedler indeholder mellem 3 og 15 vareemner. Der er dog en spredning i opadgående retning. En huskeseddel indeholdt faktisk 60 emner. Se Figur 2 forneden i appendiks. Samlet rummede de 871 sedler 8047 vareemner. Skønsvist drejer det sig om mellem 600 og 800 forskellige produkter. Det præcise tal lader sig ikke helt fastlægge, idet visse vareemner ("grønt", "pålæg" og "tøj" osv. i modsætning til agurker, hamburgerryg og Adidas T-shirt XL) ikke tillader identifikation af et specifikt produkt. Dertil kommer af 542 emner fordelt over 262 sedler ikke kunne identificeres positivt (ulæseligt). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7677
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a stakeholder perspectiveMygind, Niels (Frederiksberg, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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the leadership challengeMeyer, Klaus (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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How Headquarters Facilitate Business Model Innovation at the Subsidiary LevelCao, Yangfeng; Ping Li, Peter; Skat-Rørdam, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Primarily due to the large gaps in economic and institutional contexts between the developed and emerging markets, business model innovation (BMI) at the subsidiary level plays an important role for the success of small and mediumsized firms (SMEs) from the developed markets operating in the emerging markets as top-down venture. While some studies claim that the direct involvement of headquarters (HQ) of SMEs in the activities of their subsidiaries is essential, surprisingly little is known about how HQ specifically facilitates BMI at the subsidiary level, especially in the context of top-down venture. Adopting the method of comparative and longitudinal case study, we tracked the BMI process of six SMEs from Denmark operating in China. The emergent framework indicates that entrepreneurial aspiration and flexibility at the HQ level 2 Asia Research Centre, CBS, Copenhagen Discussion Paper 2013-42 are two primary facilitators of BMI at the subsidiary level via the mechanisms of commitment and cooperation. We also found that BMI performance would influence the two facilitators in a feedback loop. Hence, we can contribute to the literatures on international entrepreneurship and strategic entrepreneurship by integrating the two previously separated research streams via their shared theme of accelerated learning. In particular, this study helps solve the puzzle concerning fast and successful international venture. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8679
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Iversen, Jens; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We argue that formal schooling and wage-work experience are complementary types of human capital for entrepreneurs. Strong empirical support is found for this hypothesis as the interaction term between schooling and actual wage-work experience enters positively and significantly in a Mincer equation, whereas the effect of schooling in the absence of wage-work experience is insignificant. These results are extremely robust towards more flexible specifications, including fixed-effects estimations dealing with unobserved heterogeneity. For wage workers, the interaction term is negligible, confirming that the complementarity is a distinct characteristic of entrepreneurial human capital. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7990
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Any Gains from TradeFoss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Although they have developed very much in isolation from each other, we argue the theory of entrepreneurship and the economic theory of the firm are closely related, and each has much to learn from the other. In particular, the notion of entrepreneurship as judgment associated with Frank Knight and some Austrian school economists aligns naturally with the theory of the firm. In this perspective, the entrepreneur needs a firm, that is, a set of alienable assets he controls, to carry out his function. We further show how this notion of judgment adds to the key themes in the modern theory of the firm (i.e., the existence, boundaries, and internal organization). In our approach, resource uses are not data, but are created as entrepreneurs envision new ways of using assets to produce goods. The entrepreneur's decision problem is aggravated by the fact that capital assets are heterogeneous. Asset ownership facilitates experimenting entrepreneurship: Acquiring a bundle of property rights is a low cost means of carrying out commercial experimentation. In this approach, the existence of the firm may be understood in terms of limits to the market for judgment relating to novel uses of heterogeneous assets; and the boundaries of the firm, as well as aspects of internal organization, may be understood as being responsive to entrepreneurial processes of experimentation. Key words: Entrepreneurship, heterogeneous assets, judgment, ownership, firm boundaries, internal organization. JEL Codes: B53, D23, L2 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6429
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Report from a workshop 6-8 September 2010Schaumburg-Müller, Henrik; Jeppesen, Søren; Langevang, Thilde (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This working paper is a report from the workshop on Entrepreneurship Development arranged by the Centre for Business and Development Studies at CBS and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2010. The objective of the workshop was to use the participants' joint knowledge and experiences to discuss and provide conclusions on what role entrepreneurship development has played and can play to stimulate growth and employment in Africa. Entrepreneurship development is understood as the promotion and development of activities and processes that foster and support productive entrepreneurship in the society. The workshop should provide inputs to how entrepreneurship in Africa can be supported and be used in the development and implementation of the "Growth and Employment" priority of the new Danish strategy for development cooperation. The workshop had twenty participants with long standing insight to the challenges of entrepreneurship development and employment growth in Africa from international organizations, development cooperation partners, universities and private enterprises and organizations. The report contains the key issues discussed at the workshop and ends with conclusions and recommendations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8208
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Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Schjerning, Bertel; Sørensen, Anders (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyses the importance of entrepreneurs for job creation and wage growth. Relying on unique data that covers all plants, firms and individuals in the Danish private sector, we are able to distil a number of different measures of entrepreneurial plants from the set of new plants, including measures that much more precisely capture the "truly new" or "entrepreneurial" plants than in previous studies. Using these data, we find that while new plants in general account for one third of the gross job creation in the economy, entrepreneurial plants are responsible for between 15% and 25% of this, and thus only account for up to 8% of total gross job creation in the economy. However, entrepreneurial plants seem to generate more additional jobs than other new plants in the years following entry. Finally, the jobs generated by entrepreneurial plants are to a large extent low-wage jobs, as they are not found to contribute to the growth in average wages. However, this insight varies across the different types of entrepreneurial plants. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7713
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Meyer, Klaus; Tran, Yen Thi Thu (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are expanding their global reach, carrying their products and brands to ever more remote corners of the world. They encounter business environments that vary not only from their country of origin, but also vary greatly amongst each other. Thus foreign investors have to adapt their strategies, most notably their marketing and acquisition strategies, to the local context. In this paper, we outline why globalisation drives MNEs into emerging economies, and we provide conceptual frameworks that may aid investors to adapt their strategies to emerging economy contexts. MNEs have to develop a portfolio of local and/or global brands that matches their competences with local needs. If they aim for market leadership they may pursue a multi-tier strategy, but this needs to be supported by an appropriate foundation of global and local resources. This strategy in particular requires the acquisition of complementary local resources controlled by local firms. However, acquisitions in emerging economies are inhibited by institutional obstacles and weak local firms. Thus, foreign investors may pursue staged, multiple, indirect, or Brownfield acquisitions to build their projected operation. We illustrate our proposed strategies by analysing how one multination enterprise - Carlsberg Breweries - has developed its operations in three very different emerging economies: Poland, Lithuania and Vietnam. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7071
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beyond markets and hierarchiesMeyer, Klaus E. (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
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greenfield, acquisition, and brownfieldMeyer, Klaus E.; Estrin, Saul (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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The Conflicting Legacies of Demsetz and PenroseFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1997)[More information][Less information]
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Datagrundlag og analyserHolm Hansen, Jacob; Bordum, Anders (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Erhvervslivets strategiske ledelseskommunikation – datagrundlag og analyser præsenterer på 250 sider datagrundlaget og analyserne af de 50 største virksomheder i Danmarks strategiske ledelseskommunikation. Analyserne er bilag til og udgør grundlaget for bogen af Anders Bordum & Jacob Holm Hansen: Strategisk Ledelseskommunikation – Erhvervslivets ledelse med visioner, missioner og værdier. Udgivet på Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag 2005. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7669
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Critical Factors in Theory and PracticeHedman, Jonas (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper reports the findings of a research project investigating the utilization and continuous improvement of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Adopting the aspects of a resource management framework and Critical Success Factor research, an initial framework is developed. The framework is developed through a survey of ERP system expert consultants. A number of factors and causalities are identified, including the positive role of use by top management and the role of corporate culture. Two factors were found to have a negative impact on utilization. The first is the unreflective use of ERP system implementation methods, which can 'kill' the visions and ideas of implementing ERP systems, while the second is the vanilla implementation strategy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8009
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Crabtree, Andrew (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Prahalad's thesis is extremely vague, indeed it identifies seven versions. The paper then turns to examining the 12 major cross-country case studies that Prahalad uses as corroboration for his views. It argues that the evidence that Prahalad offers to support his claims fails to do so, or, proves to provide counter-examples. Furthermore, the case study approach that Prahalad uses is methodologically weak for the strong claims that he makes. Placing the argument in a broader perspective, it is argued that the bottom of the pyramid approach can do more harm than good if it, as Prahalad does, plays down factors which have been important to large scale poverty reduction in countries such as South Korea, China, India and Vietnam. After assessing the book on its own terms, the paper asks whether or not income poverty is the correct space in which to evaluate the impact of business activities. The concepts of income poverty, multidimensional poverty and capability deprivation are discussed and a notion of fundamental capability deprivations as being the relevant evaluative space is defended. It is argued while the Bottom of the Pyramid approach fares better on these criteria, but still leaves a lot to be desired. The eradication of deprivation requires more than self-interested firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6755
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Evidence from Market and Accounting DataGoldberg, Lawrence G.; Sweeney, Richard J.; Wihlborg, Clas G. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper discusses results and difficulties of comparing banks' performance based on publicly available data for the case of Nordea, a pan-Nordic bank created through mergers of important national banks. The objective of the performance comparison is to determine whether Nordea's unique strategy of functional intergation across four countries can be advantageous. For stock-market data, however, Nordea does not have stable betas on risk factors, as illustrated by market betas, and thus the comparables method must be used with great care. The Nordea holding company performed about as well as the comparables, both in terms of stock-market and accounting data. Nordea banks in individual countries outperformed comparable holding companies; by arithmetic, Nordea non-bank operations are not as profitable as its bank operations. In event studies, the market views Nordea's acquisitions as adding value. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6812
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text: A long and lean all natural dessert on legs, Katia is a Latin and Ebony mix born in Havana, Cuba. Despite her birthplace, Katia finds she doesn't like cigars as much as she imagined she would. Looking for a better fit for her favorite things, sex and chocolate, she made the leap to move to France two years ago and had been absolutely pleased with the experience. France is not only an excellent place to buy either treat, but is especially nice for picturing Katia enjoying both at once; perhaps pouring a nice fondue on her taut, lean abdomen in order to share with her other bisexual girlfriends.


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Sadly, this TARDIS has to obey the laws of physics as we humans know them. It only travels one direction in time: forward, at a rate of one day per day. Its volume on the inside is exactly as indicated by its dimensions on the outside. And there's no Time Lord pouncing about all of creation inside of it.
But despite those shortcomings, these Doctor Who-inspired cases are still gorgeous. Entirely crafted from aluminum and the perfect shade of TARDIS blue, these cases do manage to hold some power in their depths, in the form of an Intel I5 quad-core processor. The Blu-Ray drive is hidden behind the front "police box" sign.
I can't decide, though, whether it would be awesome or dreadful for it to make the TARDIS whirring sound on start-up and shutdown. On the one hand, it really sort of should. And on the other hand, in a confined space I think that's a little too similar to a grievous fan or drive malfunction for comfort.
Meanwhile, if you want to exterminate anyone, the designer's site has photos that hint at a dalek case in-progress.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Fighting poster fine to the finish
Comptroller John Liu is making good on his pledge to fight $527,400 in poster summonses to the bitter end.
Liu, who ran up the tab during his 2009 campaign, filed papers in Brooklyn state Supreme Court on Oct. 31 charging that the tribunal that leveled the violations was biased and the legal service improper.
Those are the same claims that were rejected earlier by an appeal panel of the Environmental Control Board.
The court has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 4 before Judge Martin Solomon.
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What a perfect mug shot for this cheesy criminal.
I'd love to see it hanging in my local post office!
- Monday, November 12, 2012
1/2 million dollars+ slapped on the little emperor in littering fines....dontchaluvit? !!!!
The Liu family seems to spawn its fair share of Taiwanese criminals.
John's cousin Tommy Huang taught him the ropes.
- Monday, November 12, 2012
I'll bet that Liu had ties with the late Cecilia Chang.
She and Tommy Huang took that famous trip to Taiwan and raised millions to build SJU's Dr. Sun Yat Sen Center for Asian studies.
It didn't cost nearly that much to construct.
Where did all of that remaining surplus money go?
Was it into funding political campaigns?
Time will tell. The FBI's anti corruption unit is relentless.
- Monday, November 12, 2012
Let's go over this dirtballs claims;
The notifications of fines were FRIGGIN hand delivered.
Liu stated that the regulations require mailing them. So they were mailed. The address that the Liu Campaign gave the Elections Board was false so they were returned to the City.
Then the City called and asked where the actual office was (no inquiry as to why the law was violated and the Campaign gave a fake address). They were then sent to the correct address. But the Treasurer had resigned in 2007. (It's a campaign violation for John Liu to refuse to inform the election commission of his new Treasurer in 30 days. He ought to go to jail for that.) Since the treasurer was new the campaign refused the notices, again.
The Liu Campaign never informed the Election Board who the NEW Treasurer was as is required. The City got the notices back again.
Then the City called the campaign to learn who was the new treasurer then the re-mailed the notices.
Now Liu claims its all racism.
Three people got fines.
Liu an Asian American
Thompson and African American
Bill de Blasio a White man
John Liu is just plain evil as are each and every one of his zombie supporters.
Get the money and God Bless the Federal Investigations into his bogus fundraising schemes.
Liu should be fined double for the scams and tricks his campaign is using to cause the city to have to spend so much money on this simple violation.
He ought to go to jail for changing his treasurer without notifying the Election Commission.
He ought to go to jail for changing his campaign address without notifying the Election Commission
- Monday, November 12, 2012
- Monday, November 12, 2012
"What, me worry"?
What a twerpy looking dweeb of nerd!
Looks like an Asiatic Alfred E. Newman!
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
He looks like he's just gotten a high colonic.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
That's nothing compared to the Roto-Rooter scoping that the FBI will be giving him.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Looks like an Asiatic Alfred E. Newman!
More like an Alfred E. Noman!!!
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Does Liu still live across the road from Chuck Apelian?
There's another shady dude for you!
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012


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In a shocking turn of events, Larry Bird and the Pacers made a deal that not only helped the team but also involved ridding themselves of a white guy to do it. A white guy! Like convincing a hipster his music is unlistenable – it never happens. Ever. They needed someone un-T.J. Ford-like and got Darren Collison, he of the 16/3/7 per 36 rookie season. He also shot 48 percent from the floor and 85 percent from the line. Essentially, Indiana (and anyone who owned him in keeper leagues last year) got themselves a talent comparable to Chauncey Billups. Collison had been drafted somewhere between 90-110 in the drafts I've seen. If he falls below the top 50 in your league, get a new league.
Troy Murphy – A Harris, Morrow, Outlaw, Murphy, Lopez starting five should be feared everywhere in the East except for Florida. The best part about the trade that sends Moiphy to Joizey is that there's a whole new fan base that gets to play, "Does Troy Murphy Look More Like Peter Stormare or David Schwimmer?"
Roy Hibbert – The fall of Troy leaves no doubt who the big man of note is on the Pacers now. Solomon Jones? Stop it. Add that to his impending threechange and Hibbert's in for a doozey of a season.
Danny Granger – No, seriously, how much do the Pacers not want to give Solomon Jones minutes? They might move Granger to PF for a a spell.
James Posey – At this point, Posey's last few seasons are like Joe Pesci playing Blackjack in "Casino." With Boston in'08? 7/4/1.4 3ptm. Hit me! With NOLA in '09? 9/5/1.5 3ptm after a huge payday. Hit me! What are you laughin' at? With NOLA last season? 5/4/1 3ptm. Shut yer mouth and hit me again. Now he's on the Pacers backing up Danny Granger. Busted! It's best to walk away from the Posey now before he starts flinging cards and hitting Don Rickles in the head with a telephone.
Shane Battier – He'll be starting now. He'll also be, perhaps, the most unownable starter in the league. But … he'll also have the biggest file folder full of notes on how to play fundamental basketball without any of it showing up in the box score. So that's nice.
Derrick Favors – Here's what I said about Favors seven weeks ago: "The bad news is that Favors is teeny and will probably get pushed around. The good news is that he'll likely be given all the minutes he can handle this season to figure out how not to get pushed around so much in 2011-12. The sequel to the first bad news is that him figuring things out will result in some messy fantasy lines this season. Messy enough that you might want to lose Favors in the flood of other more promising rookies come draft day." And that was before Troy Murphy took his spot in the starting lineup.
Trevor Ariza – He won't have to carry the Hornets as he tried to do in Houston last season. Then again, Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry carried the Rockets for the bulk of the season, so perhaps Ariza-as-the-man is set for 2011. Note: Ariza-as-the-man should not be confused with "Ariza & The Man" starring Freddie Prinze Jr. coming out next year.
Courtney Lee – I didn't expect Lee to do much more than 12/3/2 per game this season and that was as a possible starter on the Nets. Between Battier and Kyle Lowry in Houston, Lee is undraftable in anything but the deepest of Guys-With-Female-Names Leagues.


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Wednesday, December 04, 2013 • Burbank, CA 91501
Are you trying to get a better rate on personal training? Well then let me tell you some of the ins and outs of how to save money and even get it free.
16 ways to save money on Personal Training and 5 ways to get it FREE!
- Train with a Friend Rather than one-on-one. Most trainers will charge a slightly higher fee, lets say $90 for two people ($45 each) instead of $75 for 1 person. You will not get one-on-one attention but it will save you quite a bit of money. (Semi-private sessions could be up to 3 clients. Remember, anytime I mention numbers it would be good to keep in mind that each trainer may have different definitions for semi-private and group training, so be sure to ask)
- Train in a group. Can be 4 or more people or up to 50 people in one boot camp. You will have to ask the rates because the vary so much, but generally speaking it will cost about $10-20 a session for group training. The Idea of these first two ways to save money is that the more people in the session then the cheaper it is. [ make another post/link for Pro's and Con's of Group Training verses Personal Training.]
- If you drive to them at their studio or gym then you usually save at least $10 right there. It takes the trainer time to get to your place. So lets say that you want them to come to you at 5:30pm and you live in LA. Because of the time of day there will be lots of traffic so maybe the trainer would have to leave his place at 5pm just to get to you by 5:30pm. That may be 30 minutes to you and 20 minutes back. The trainer will put whatever value he thinks on this 50 minutes and charge you for it and include it in the price when they quote you. So if you go to them then it will save you whatever drive time they were going to charge you.
- Find a trainer close to you. When having a trainer come to you then it's usually best to find one closest to you so that they don't charge you so much for drive time. This is why they will almost always ask you where you live. They need to figure out how long it would take to get to you. So it may be best to find a trainer closest to you. If one traveling far charges $90 but someone close to you may go as low as $60. And if you are going 3x a week then you will save $360 a month!!
- Ask if you could get a better rate if you worked out at a different time. Some trainers offer discounts for times of the day when they are not busy or if you come to them right after or before they have a client because it would make the trainer's day flow better. The may be looking for a morning or afternoon client at a specific time that would work just perfect for them. So see if you could get a deal if you worked with their schedule.
- Purchase more sessions up front. It usually doesn't save a lot but if you buy more sessions at once then you may get a deal. Like paying for 20 sessions up front verses 10 sessions. So ask the trainer if they will give you a deal if you buy more sessions. You could even buy 40 or more sessions if you both agree.
- Get rid of all the extra stuff. If you don't need diet help or measurements, extensive evaluations, text reminders to eat right and workout then don't pay for it. So ask if you could get a better rate if alls they do is train you. Usually the extra's are very beneficial but if you just don't have the money then you may not have a choice. So get rid of anything extra that they may be charging you for that you don't need or can't afford right now.
- Craigslist. Many personal trainers that charge more have stopped using Craigslist because so many people on there want a deal. Which means you could go there to get one!!
- Newly Certified Trainers usually need the work so they will sometimes charge less.
- Trainers who are not certified will usually charge less. Why? Because they are not certified and don't have insurance. This may not be a bad thing. You can actually find on Craigslist good non certified trainers for cheap that can help you. They can advertise as a personal trainer but not as a CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER. Non certified trainers usually have experience and some of them lots of experience training people. (Buyer Beware!! Remember, that you run a higher risk of injury and not getting the results you want if you hire anyone with little experience and/or no certification. Now generally speaking, if someone isn't certified and is charging normal rates then they probably are a good trainer. But I would be very cautious hiring someone for cheap that is not certified).
- Ask if the trainer is "Independent" if so then the trainer can be flexible on the prices and the trainer will get nearly all of what you pay them. If they are working for someone else then the company will get a cut of what you pay the personal trainer. And the sad part is that you may not get the quality of training that you want because the trainer would have to give the gym up to 60% of what you paid. It's easy for a trainer to get "Lazy" when they aren't get paid as much. It easily becomes a chat session and not a personal training session.
- Groupon. I hate to say this one but it is good. Groupon has the lowest introductory rates on the planet. $20 a session for up to 4-8 sessions. So you pay $80 for 4 sessions. Then after you try that trainer out then you could try another trainer from Groupon. Just tell the first trainer that you enjoyed the sessions and will get back to them later, but make sure you already have a different trainer lined up first. This will give you a chance to try out a few trainers and then hire the one you like best. If you go this route then please be nice to the trainers and write some reviews on line for them. Training at $20 a session is dirt cheap especially if they are going to your home.
- You can also do online, youtube or skype personal training as well. The big problem here is that if you give it a few years something usually starts hurting and you get injured. If you choose this route then I would recommend that you hire a trainer for ONE session to evaluate the workout you are doing and they could watch you personally to see if you are doing everything correctly. I would do this with every new routine you do. Which you should change your routine every 6-8 weeks or your progress will slow down.
- Generally outdoor bootcamps cost more than indoor gym group classes. If you are in a bootcamp or any type of group training class that charges per session or monthly then you can usually find a gym in the area that will have a similar class for only the price of a membership. You can usually talk to the instructor after class, but please be aware that this is free advice and on their time. Most instructors love to help anyway though especially if it is the last class scheduled and they don't have to do anything afterwards.
- Here's another good one!! Most people hire a trainer because they just will not workout unless they have paid someone and they have an appointment. So ask the trainer how much a 30 minute session will be. You can do 30 minutes of cardio before you see them or 30 minutes afterward, hey why not make it 45 minutes of cardio afterward (can you tell it is a trainer writing this :-) And you still get 60 minutes of workout at nearly half the price!
- Fire the personal trainer that is not helping you and hire one that will. The more experienced trainers will tell you that they have succeeded where other inexperienced trainers have failed. So you might save some money by hiring the right trainer right off the bat. If you have an affordable personal trainer and aren't getting the results you want then mention it to the personal trainer. Then do what they say completely and consistently in regards to both food and exercise. And if you still aren't getting results then it would be nice to give the trainer a 2 week minimum notice that you will not be needing there services anymore. If they ask "Why?" Just say I don't think it is working for me, I'm going to take a break for a while or my schedule is to busy etc. Then go about looking for a different trainer that can help you. I know you may not want to do it but firing the wrong trainer and finding the right one will save you time and money. Although I believe it is the personal trainers job to recognize that things aren't working and change them and if they still aren't working then they should figure what they are doing wrong and change or refer you to someone who can help. So either firing the wrong trainer or hiring the right one straight off the bat will save you time and money.
B. Saving Money at a Local Gym, Franchise or
Personal Trainers Working for Someone Else
Personal Trainers Working for Someone Else
- Be shocked at the first price
- Always ask if there are other more affordable plans (If you really want to watch them fidgit then ask "What price plan are you not showing me?")
- It's sad to say but generally if you haven't talked to the manager yet then you haven't been shown the best possible deal yet.
- At the end of the month is usually the best time buy because the managers may be wanting to hit a quota so they will do whatever they can to get you to buy personal training.
- After the manager gives you a price then ask for some free sessions on top of the 10 or so you were buying. If they say they could give you 1 then ask for 2. If they say 2 then ask for 4. Or maybe if you buy 20 then they give you 4 free.
- If you know someone who got a great deal that is a member of the gym then ask if they could match that price.
C. 5 Ways to get Free Personal Training
- Write reviews on line for them. Many trainers are listed on all sorts of different websites that you could write a review for them on. Maybe you could get a session or two for free if you were so kind as to write some reviews.
- Participate in a before and after program. If you are fully dedicated and I mean fully dedicated, no excuses and listen to everything the trainer tells you to do in regards to eating and working out then you could get a deal because it would be great publicity for them.
- Refer them business. Most in home personal trainers and independent trainers in gyms will give you a session or two for free when you refer a friend that purchases training. Unfortunately not all franchise gyms that have personal training will do this, so you have to ask.
- Barter and trade out services. They train you and you do something for them like web design, video, advertising, flyers, electronics, hair cuts, wedding planning, acupuncture, chiropractic, food etc. Basically any service or item can be traded, use your imagination and skills. And if you can't do something for them then maybe you could do something for their family or friends in exchange for them training you.
- Offer to tell your story on Facebook and other social media networks. You will be posting weekly or whatever. Tell you story weekly, lets say, and each time you mention something then also post a link to their website or their fb page. You will have to work it out with the trainer.


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By now, anyone who is interested in the Winter Olympics is probably aware of Brigham Young University student, Kate Hanson, and her pre-race dance routine - and apparently that includes American pop artist Beyoncé.
By now, anyone who is interested in the Winter Olympics is likely aware of Kate Hanson and her pre-race dance routine - and that now includes American pop artist Beyoncé Knowles. As Hanson waited to compete in the luge event Monday for the United States, many were caught off-guard by her unconventional approach to preparing. Hanson was spotted on camera several times with headphones on, busting a move. And although she did not medal in the women's luge event, coming in at 10th place, Hanson has continued to make headlines. In a post-race interview with NBC, Hanson explained the kind of music she listens to before competing. "Strictly Beyoncé," Hanson said. "My girl, B! She just gets me fierce and I get stoked. I've got good mojo on, so it's how I roll." Shortly after Hanson announced Beyoncé as her motivation, the pop artist responded by posting a story about Hanson on her Facebook page. Hundreds responded to the post. The USA Luge Facebook page also commented: "Wow! Thank you Beyoncé! I'm sure Kate would love to show you her moves in person."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D145200%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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Let me share what happens when I try and import bible text into a word processor.
I hit the F12 key which brings up my widget for accordance. It says KJVS and I type in the text.
Then all of the sudden I am getting beeps and two windows pop up that says, "The text "NIV" is not currently available to Accordance." Then it gives me the OK blue button.
I don't even have NIV. Why does it keep doing this?
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Posted 25 June 2007 - 01:03 PM
Do you have Safari 3 beta? If so, please download their latest update. If not, please see the Accordance Widget Read me on the desktop, and follow the troubleshooting tips at the bottom to delete the pList and reload the widget.
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Posted 25 June 2007 - 01:20 PM
I think this was a bug that occurred with versions of the Widget prior to 1.5. You might make sure you have the latest widget installed.
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New controversy facing the Obama administration: London Guardian reports that NSA has collected Verizon phone records… Questions we have about the story… Is the support for immigration waning or not? New NBC/WSJ poll numbers show a slight majority (52%) favoring a pathway to citizenship… Also from NBC/WSJ poll: Health care law's unpopularity hits new highs… And Obama heads to North Carolina, to deliver remarks on the economy and education at 2:55 pm ET.
*** A new controversy facing the Obama administration: The big political story that's driving the day in Washington comes courtesy of the London Guardian's Glenn Greenwald. "The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April. The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an 'ongoing, daily basis' to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries." While not specifically confirming any aspects of the Guardian story, a senior Obama administration defended the practice. This official maintains the following: 1) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders (what this appears to be) are classified; 2) the government isn't listening in on calls -- rather, it's acquiring data like telephone numbers and lengths of calls; and 3) there's a "robust legal regime" governing these activities, which includes Congress and the courts. Make no mistake: This will only further the political debate between civil libertarians and the national-security community.
Sen. Lindsey Graham addresses Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday over a recent report that the NSA is collecting people's Verizon phone numbers.
*** Questions we have: It's important to note that we don't have the full story here, but we have plenty of questions. Was Verizon the only carrier issued this order? (Highly unlikely.) Was the motivation behind collecting these telephone records a current national-security threat? Or was it something like building a database -- to be able to pursue future threats? NBC counter-terrorism expert Michael Leiter, on "TODAY", seemed to hint that this could be more about maintaining a database than anything else. But the fact is, the Obama administration has been silent on this issue for years, which brings up this question: Is this consistent with what Candidate Obama promised in 2007 and 2008? One caveat worth pointing out, however: The 2005-2006 NSA controversy surrounding the Bush administration involved wiretapping, not phone records.
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President Barack Obama walks down the West Wing Colonnade to announce that current UN Ambassador Susan Rice will replace outgoing National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 5, 2013.
*** Is support for immigration waning or not? Our new NBC/WSJ poll shows a slight majority -- 52% -- saying they favor a proposed pathway to allow undocumented immigrants to become U.S. citizens. This is a drop from our April poll, when 64% said they supported this pathway. But a note of caution: The wording on our question changed. In April, we asked: "There is a proposal to create a pathway to citizenship that would allow foreigners who have jobs but are staying illegally in the United States the opportunity to eventually become legal American citizens." In our new poll, we excluded the words "who have jobs." Our pollsters believe it's significant that a majority still backs the pathway even after the language change. More importantly, when told in the current poll that the proposed pathway to citizenship includes requirements to pay fines, back taxes and pass a background security check, the percentage favoring it jumps up to 65%, including 58% of Republicans.
*** Upset or happy if Congress doesn't pass a bill? But if you're a supporter of the immigration reform legislation, you might be a little troubled by this finding: Respondents are divided if they want Congress to pass a bill this year. Per the poll, 47% say they would be upset if Congress doesn't pass a bill, and that includes a majority of Democrats (54%). But an equal 47% say they wouldn't be upset if Congress doesn't pass immigration legislation, and that includes a majority of Republicans (53%). (Strikingly, the partisan divisions have flipped since this question was last asked in 2006, when former President George W. Bush was supporting comprehensive immigration reform. Back then, more than six-in-10 Republicans said they would be upset if immigration reform didn't pass, and an almost equal percentage of Democrats -- who were out of power in the White House -- said they wouldn't be upset. Yet note that there's not a whole lot of intensity to these current immigration numbers: 21% said they would be VERY UPSET if Congress doesn't pass legislation, and 26% said they would be NOT AT ALL UPSET if that happens. But compare that to a gun question we also asked: 34% said they would be VERY UPSET if Congress doesn't pass a background-check law, versus 31% who said NOT AT ALL UPSET. Bottom line: The immigration debate isn't as highly charged as the gun debate.
*** Health care law's unpopularity reaches new highs: Meanwhile, just months before President Barack Obama's signature health-care law fully goes into effect next year, it remains unpopular with the American public, according to the new NBC/WSJ poll, with 49 percent saying they believe the law is a bad idea. That's the highest number recorded on this question since the poll began measuring it in 2009. Just 37% say the plan is a good idea. The poll also finds that 38 percent say they and their family will be worse off under the health-care law, which also is the highest percentage on this question that dates back to 2010. By comparison, 19% say they'll be better off, and 39% say the law won't make much of a difference. The poll, however, shows deep divisions by political party and health insurance status. By a 35%-to-11% margin, Democrats say they'll be better off under the health-care law. But Republicans say they'll be worse off, 67% to 4%. What's more, those who currently don't have health insurance have a more positive view of the health-care law than those who have insurance -- either through individual purchase or through their employer. Bottom line here: The Obama White House has a massive PR problem with health care. The biggest reason: Opponents of this law have been very vocal, while supporters have done very little to drum up support. The president doesn't sell it that often, and many arms of the Democratic Party essentially avoid it. Politics abhors a vacuum, and opponents -- not supporters -- have filled the health-care vacuum.
*** Carolina in mind: Lastly, President Obama heads to Mooresville, NC, where he'll deliver remarks on the economy and education at 2:55 pm ET. Per the White House, Obama "will travel to Mooresville Middle School in Mooresville, North Carolina, to deliver remarks and see first hand the school's cutting edge curriculum that maximizes the benefits of technology and digital learning."
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In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of SLENDER MAN. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.
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Opened August 10th, 2018
Rated PG-13 for disturbing images sequences of terror, thematic elements and language including some crude sexual referencesCastJulia Goldani Telles, Joey King, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Talitha BatemanDirectorSylvain WhiteWriterDavid Birke
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The Good, the Bad & the Really Ugly: Summer Movies Are Upon Us
by Amy Lignor
Heading into your local theatre is wonderful in the summertime. Not only do you get to sit back and cool yourself off in the dark, air-conditioned place, but you also get to smell that amazing scent of freshly popped corn. Of course, it helps if the movie is actually good. So to help you out, here are the movies that will make you happy and those that are sure to disappoint. But remember, even if the movie deserves two thumbs down at least you'll be cool and relaxed in those amazing reclining seats.
What's first, you ask? Well, the biggest movies that people were waiting all winter to see have just begun with the release of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2." This is the second installment of this space saga that Marvel minds created, and the first was so good that Chris Pratt returns and even Bradley Cooper stars in this new volume. It's an incredibly fun movie and Baby Groot is sure to be the "big toy" when Christmas comes along.
Soon (May 19th to be exact) one of the really ugly blockbusters will be hitting screens in the form of "Alien: Covenant." Let's face it, this is one series that should have stopped when Sigourney Weaver said "so long." Actually, it should have stopped after film one, which was extremely well-acted and produced that godawful but highly memorable scene of the thing sprouting out of the guy's stomach, which is still among the scariest moments on film. Not scary in the least, this new chapter has already received more thumbs down and rotten "vegetables" than you can imagine from film critics. The original Alien will be holding his head in shame.
What is bound to be a great one arrives on May 26th with "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales." Even if you dislike Johnny Depp, he has proven to be the perfect pirate. This time around Captain Jack Sparrow will go up against a ghost captain, played by the very cool and usually scary Javier Bardem, who loves to kill the swarthy buccaneers of the sea. This will be swashbuckling in the best of ways. Depp has surely been missed!
Summer cannot possibly go without a superhero, and although Spiderman will get yet another shot come July 7th in "Spiderman: Homecoming," most critics and fans are buzzing about Wonder Woman being the big hit. After being applauded in the hideous movie "Batman v. Superman," this incredible character finally has a movie all her own. The Amazon princess is leaving her island behind to help an American pilot. Only Wonder Woman could bring about an end to World War I and it's already being said that millions will be sitting in those reclining seats to watch this icon kick butt.
What looks to be another bad flick comes from Universal on June 9th. As it is with the new "Alien" movie, "The Mummy" will also return. The first two were smash hits: the dead guy who actually had scenes with only half a face was both handsome and frightening, and Brendan Fraser did a fantastic job of taking him down. Unfortunately, some brain in Hollywood thought it would be great to resurrect this franchise, but alter it completely. Tom Cruise is at the helm now – the actor who has shown in his later years that he should put in his job application to head that Scientology clan and leave acting behind. Worse yet, the actual dead guy is now going to be a dead girl covered in tattoos. She will be awoken from her banishment (not sure what she was banished for yet, but I assume it wasn't for sleeping with the Pharaoh's wife), and embark on a path of vengeance with only Cruise to stop her. Something tells me what should have been stopped was the making of this movie.
Those gigantic robots will also once again arise, and even if you find them mediocre, they are perfect for the big screen. After all, Director Michael Bay loves to blow up things and this time out he's bound to give fans another fiery spectacle. Real actors, such as Anthony Hopkins will star in "Transformers: The Last Knight." And Mark Wahlberg will return to provide fans with a war between humans and this colorful robot race. Get your tickets for this one ASAP!
If you're looking to be scared to death this summer, there's one horror/supernatural film destined for greatness and one that should have been shelved. The latter is based on the past as fans are taken back to a famous haunted house in "Amityville: The Awakening." When it comes to the "must see" of this genre, the plot comes from the best writer in the business – the master of horror, Stephen King. "The Dark Tower" hits screens August 4th and should be a massive hit for star Matthew McConaughey. Fans have been waiting for this one for a long time and should be very pleased with the result.
If you're looking for something for the kids, the "Cars" series is once again coming to the screen, as well as "Despicable Me 3" that is filled with comedy both kids and parents will enjoy. And in July, those ridiculous 'faces' we see every day are receiving their very first chance in "The Emoji Movie." The story follows a 'sad' emoji who simply doesn't understand why he can't make other facial expressions like the rest of his friends. It may not be an Oscar winner for Best Animated Film, but something tells me the emoji's will be more fun than walking down the blood-soaked halls of the Amityville dwelling.
Whatever happens, enjoy the popcorn!
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Sunday, March 14
Home-Cooked Take Out: A Recipe for Healthier Shrimp Brown Fried Rice
Home-cooked take out (or homemade take-away as the Brits say). It's an oxymoron, but you know what it means.
There are loads of articles in cooking / health magazines touting the benefits of making your own take out favorites. It's no surprise. At-home take out is more affordable, healthier, and often tastes better.
Without a doubt, my favorite take out food is Chinese and Thai, which unfortunately is usually loaded with sodium and excess fat from oil. So I often make my own Chinese and Thai take out favorites such as this Thai Pineapple Fried Rice.
With a few tweaks, fried rice can easily become a healthier take out dish. In this recipe for Shrimp Brown Fried Rice, brown rice and added veggies boost fiber and complex carbohydrates while reduced sodium soy sauce and unsalted cashews keep sodium levels on check. Boldly flavored toasted sesame oil is more flavorful than regular sesame oil, so less is needed without sacrificing flavor.
So tell me, dear readers, what are your favorite home-cooked take out dishes?
Shrimp Brown Fried Rice
Makes 6-8 side servings
Print recipe only here.
3 large eggs, lightly beaten (or 2 whole eggs and two egg whites)
3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
1 1/2-2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil, divided
24 medium shrimp, deveined, cleaned, and tails removed (about 2/3-3/4 pound)
4 cups cold cooked brown rice
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 small red or green chili, minced
1 red bell pepper, diced
3/4 cup frozen peas
3 tablespoons unsalted cashews
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
sliced green onions, for garnish
1. Place a small fry pan coated with cooking spray over medium high heat. Add eggs; cook until nearly set. Flip once, and cook until set and no longer runny. Set aside. Cool and cut into small strips.
2. In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce, brown sugar, and ginger; set aside.
3. In a wok or large, wide, deep pan, heat 1 tablespoon sesame oil over high heat. Cook shrimp until bright red, but not browned. Remove from pan and set aside.
4. In same wok or pan, heat remaining 1 tablespoon sesame oil. Saute shallots and chili for 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add red bell pepper for 1 minute. Add brown rice, and cook for about 8-10 minutes, or until lightly browned and crisp. Add soy sauce mixture and stir. Return shrimp to pan. Add eggs and peas and stir until well combined and heated through, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in cashews and cilantro. Garnish with sliced green onions, and serve immediately.
You might also enjoy these healthier adaptations of classic dishes from Food Blogga:
Orange Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese
Healthy Chili
Whole Wheat Veggie Pizza
Mom's Chocolate Pudding with Bananas and Graham Crackers
You might also enjoy these fried rice recipes:
Stir-Fried Brown Rice recipe from A Veggie Venture
Vegetable Brown Fried Rice recipe from The Perfect Pantry
Chinese Fried Brown Rice (Indian Style) recipe from My Diverse Kitchen
Fried Rice with Scallions, Edamame, and Tofu recipe from eat me, delicious
17 comments:
- Manggy said...
I love fried rice (with dumplings on the side too of course). I'd add cubed chinese sausage too, for that hit of sweetness. (Stomach grumbling.)
- March 14, 2010 at 7:26 PM
- Alicia said...
This looks fantastic! Yum!
- March 14, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- Mother Rimmy said...
This is really a pretty dish. I love that it's healthier than take out too. I've saved for the future!
- March 14, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Jessica @ How Sweet said...
Looks like professional takeout - but better! YUM!
- March 15, 2010 at 4:00 AM
- Tasty Eats At Home said...
This looks so good. I love making my own "take-out". Since I can't eat at most Chinese restaurants, it was a necessary thing to learn how to make stuff like fried rice, but now I prefer it! I love that you've added sesame oil - that's what keeps me coming back for more!
- March 15, 2010 at 5:43 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
My favourite take out would be falafels, but I do love Chinese so maybe sweet and sour chicken which I make at home.
- March 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
You're so right about tasty but unhealthy take-aways. It really doesn't take all that effort to make the same thing at home, but healthier.
Am planning to cook Chinese for dinner tomorrow (Indian style, of course!) :)
- March 15, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- Livin Local said...
This looks like a great meal on its own!
- March 15, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
The shrimp look so good! I have to try this recipe. Yours looks like a hit. Thanks for voting the other day.
- March 16, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Sari @ Cook Your Dream said...
I'm not a big fan of take-aways food, but I have Indian or Chinese from time to time. I learned to make my favourite Thai dishes at home. Have to try this fried rice! Never made it at home yet.
Thank you for your nice comment on my blog Susan! I felt so honoured!
- March 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Maria said...
What a colorful dish! Very nice Susan!
- March 17, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Maris said...
Homemade take-away. I like it. I've been on such an Asian-inspired food kick lately (albeit not on my blog) and I would love to recreate this on my own!
- March 17, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- We Are Not Martha said...
Yum, this looks great! I love making homemade Pad Thai. I also love making my own pizza, so there's rarely a need for take-out!
- March 17, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Soma said...
So pretty! sounds like my kinda fried rice which I could cook everyday. Yummy! I have one posted with shrimp and sesame.
- March 17, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- przepisy said...
Love shrimps!!!! Definitely try this one soon!:)
- March 18, 2010 at 3:01 AM
- Sari @ Cook Your Dream said...
I have to tell you this. I just made this fried rice and it was delicious! It's my new favourite dish and my bf loved it too! Thank you for the recipe! :)
- March 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
mark-Chinese sausage? I've never bought that before. I'll have to look into that.
motherrimmy-Hope you enjoy it!
jessica-It is YUM!
tastyeatsathome-You're so right. Once you get used to making it at home, you prefer it.
val-I love falafel. That's still one food that I find is better as take-out. Baking it is healthier but not as tasty as fried.
aparna-Indian style, of course. :)
livinlocal-It is. But then I end up eating too much!
teachercooks-You're so welcome!
sari-I love to make Thai at home as well.
maria-It's a TJ Maxx special!
maris-Asian food is so healthy and delicious, it's easy to get on a kick.
sues-I love making homemade pizza too. It's fresher and a lot less oily and fattening.
prezpisy-Then you should LOVE this!
sari-How sweet of you to write back and let me know. I'm so happy to hear it!
soma-With sesame? Oh, yes.
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ON THE RUN The Golden State Killer's telltale imprint: a size 9 tennis shoe
ON A SLEEPLESS NIGHT LAST JULY—one of dozens I've powered through during the months I've spent tracking him down—I Googled a description of a pair of cuff links he stole in the midst of a home invasion in Stockton in September 1977. At that time the Golden State Killer, as I've recently come to call him, hadn't yet graduated to murder. He was a serial rapist who was attacking women in their bedrooms from Sacramento to San Ramon, targeting those who lived in quiet upper-middle-class suburban neighborhoods. He was young—anywhere from 18 to 30—Caucasian, and athletic, capable of eluding capture by jumping roofs and vaulting tall fences. He frequently wore a ski mask. He had either blue or hazel eyes and, some victims reported, a high-pitched voice. He would rant to his victims about needing money, but he frequently ignored cash, even when it was right in front of him.
But he didn't leave empty-handed. He took items of personal value from those he had violated: engraved wedding bands, driver's licenses, souvenir coins. The cuff links he stole in Stockton were a slightly unusual 1950s style and monogrammed with the first initial N. From my research I knew that boys' names beginning with this letter were rare, appearing only once in the top 100 names of the 1930s and '40s, when the original owner was likely born. The cuff links were a family heirloom belonging to the victim's husband; they were distinct looking.
I hit the return key on my laptop, expecting nothing. Then a jolt of recognition: There they were, a single image out of the hundreds loading on my laptop screen, the same style as sketched out in the police file I had acquired, with the same initial. They were going for $8 at a vintage store in a small town in Oregon. I bought them immediately, paying $40 for overnight delivery, and went to wake my husband.
"I think I found him," I said, a little punchy from lack of sleep. My husband, a professional comedian, didn't have to ask who "him" was. While we live in Los Feliz with our young daughter, my online life has been taken over by unsolved murders—and with maybe someday solving one of them—on a Web site I launched in 2006 called True Crime Diary. By day I'm a 42-year-old stay-at-home mom with a sensible haircut and Goldfish crackers lining my purse. In the evening, however, I'm something of a DIY detective. I delve into cold cases by scouring the Internet for any digital crumbs authorities may have overlooked, then share my theories with the 8,000 or so mystery buffs who visit my blog regularly. When my family goes to sleep, I start clicking, combing through digitized phone books, school yearbooks, and Google Earth views of crime scenes: a bottomless pit of potential leads for the laptop investigator who now exists in the virtual world.
The Golden State Killer, though, has consumed me the most. In addition to 50 sexual assaults in Northern California, he was responsible for ten sadistic murders in Southern California. Here was a case that spanned a decade and ultimately changed DNA law in the state. Neither the Zodiac Killer, who terrorized San Francisco in the late 1960s and early '70s, nor the Night Stalker, who had Southern Californians locking their windows in the '80s, was as active. Yet the Golden State Killer has little recognition; he didn't even have a catchy name until I coined one. His capture was too low to detect on any law enforcement agency's list of priorities. If this coldest of cases is to be cracked, it may well be due to the work of citizen sleuths like me (and a handful of homicide detectives) who analyze and theorize, hoping to unearth that one clue that turns all the dead ends into a trail—the one detail that will bring us face-to-face with the psychopath who has occupied so many of our waking hours and our dreams.
On October 1, 1979, on Queen Ann Lane in Goleta, a town near Santa Barbara, a terrified woman lay facedown in her living room, her wrists tied behind her back, her feet bound at the ankles. Her tennis shorts had been thrown over her head as a blindfold. She could hear him rummaging around in the kitchen. It was 2:20 a.m.
"I'll kill 'em, I'll kill 'em, I'll kill 'em," he chanted to himself—like, as an investigator would later put it, "a guy pumping himself up for an athletic endeavor."
The woman managed to remove the bindings from her feet and escaped screaming out the front door; in the chaos her live-in boyfriend, bound in the bedroom, was able to hop into the backyard and roll behind an orange tree, just missing the frantic, searching beam of the intruder's flashlight. A witness caught a glimpse of the suspect fleeing the scene: a lean man in a Pendleton shirt pedaling furiously away on a stolen silver Nishiki ten-speed.
After that botched attack, none of his victims would survive to describe him. Almost three months later, on the morning of December 30, a half mile south of where the October attack took place, Santa Barbara sheriff's detectives responded to a call at the condominium of Dr. Robert Offerman. A woman out front was crying. "There are two people dead inside," she said.
The bodies were in the bedroom. Offerman's girlfriend, psychologist Debra Alexandria Manning, 35, lay on the right side of the waterbed, nude and bound. Offerman, a 44-year-old osteopath, was on his knees on the floor; in his left hand he clutched a length of white three-strand nylon cord. The killer's plan seemed to have gone awry. Offerman had been able to break free from his bindings, raising the possibility that the killer might have ordered Manning to tie him up and that she had bound him loosely on purpose.
As detectives processed the crime scene, they stepped around a turkey carcass wrapped in cellophane that had been discarded on the patio. At some point, probably before he shot his victims through the heart and the back of the head, the killer had opened the refrigerator and helped himself to Offerman's leftover Christmas dinner.
The forensics team noted what appeared to be the intruder's signatures: the nylon twine, the pry marks on the doors and windows, the tennis shoe impressions. Everything matched the pattern of a man who had become known as the East Area Rapist, or EAR, a cat burglar whose middle-of-the-night assaults paralyzed Sacramento and Contra Costa counties starting in 1976 and ending after a thwarted attack on July 6, 1979. To zero in on a victim he often entered the home beforehand when no one was there, learning the layout, studying family pictures, and memorizing names. Victims received hang-up or disturbing phone calls before and after they were attacked. He disabled porch lights and unlocked windows. He emptied bullets from guns. He hid shoelaces or rope under cushions to use as ligatures. These maneuvers gave him a crucial advantage because when you woke from a deep sleep to the blinding flashlight and ski-masked presence, he was always a stranger to you, but you were not to him.
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|Code worms--found only in the darkest recesses of the Grid, and very effective in rewriting discs. If you lose control of even one, it deletes more than your past.
|Code worm
|Biographical information
|Physical description
|Circuitry Color
|Centipede-like creatures which modify code
|Other information
|Erasing and modifying identity discs
|Out of universe information
|TRON: Uprising
Code worms are creatures appearing in TRON: Uprising.
Found only in the darkest recesses of the Grid, code worms are used very effectively by the likes of Gorn and Lomox to erase or rewrite information on identity discs. When mishandled, however, their use can result in physical and mental damage to programs subjected to their effects.
Code worms are about a handspan long, and have a flat segmented body, ten to twelve sets of jointed legs behind two large pincers, a blue glowing circular maw which takes up their entire front end, and a long, smooth, luminous segment at its tail end from which two bright antennae sweep out behind them. When carrying a payload, they are entirely translucent and luminescent. Code worms can be handled, albeit with caution, by their bulbous tails. They are introduced into identity discs via the code-copy of the victim's head, entering through the eye and causing considerable pain as they do their work.
- Code worms, like computer worms, their real-world namesakes, carry a payload (in this case, an implantable false memory or an instruction to purge a memory) into their host in order to compromise it.
- They share some similarities with gridbugs, although gridbugs are better known for destroying code while code worms can manipulate it.


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Are you really too cheap to spend the $10-15 bucks for the right collet?
LittleMachineShop.com - Collets & Chucks: Morse Taper Collets
I'm planning to get HF's Micro Mill.
The one critical job it will be doing is finishing one or more 60% 1911 frames.
The mill comes with a Jacobs style chuck.
Is this sufficient to run the small (.050) end mill I'll be using to cut the rails,
assuming light passes and fairly slow feeds?
I plan to cut them undersize and open them up with a rail file anyway.
I don't want to bother with collets and a drawbar right now if I don't need to.
Any experience with this?
Are you really too cheap to spend the $10-15 bucks for the right collet?
LittleMachineShop.com - Collets & Chucks: Morse Taper Collets
Hello Sam,
A small endmill bit makes a marginal groove for sliding components. Holding it in a Jacobs chuck makes it even worse. That is because the small end mill bit will tend to slide when held by the chuck's three edges. Usually the cutter will slide downward wrecking your work because cutters bite downward.
Besides a collet to hold a mill bit or arbor there are toolholders. Those have the taper of your mill's quill and use a set screw(s) to retain the tool. Keep the setscrews tight !!! They cost more than collets but can be easier to use and change for same-sized bits and arbors. They do take up a bit more Z axis space than collets. I think the HF micro-mill uses the R-8 taper tooling.
My little red HF mill-drill uses MT#2 taper tooling which is a PITA to keep changing. But the mill fits my laundry closet along with my 7x10 HF mini-lathe. Space is scarce even though I live in Arizona (NW valley area)!!!
I suggest using a small arbor and a small side cutter mill. Those look like a tiny saw blade (or "slitting saw"). Another type is a "Woodruff Key cutter" which has the small saw blade-like cutter as part of its' own shaft.
These things are used on a verticle mill from the side of the work hence the name "side cutters". They also run at lots slower RPM's or surface feet per minute. For the correct SFPM look up the parameters in Machinery's Handbook or similar reference text (or internet) for the material you plan to machine and the cutter diameter.
Places like ENCO or MSC or Little Machineshop have decent prices on small tooling for the home shop machinist.
Thanks for both replies.
I've been searching for the Woodruff cutters, but can't find any in the right size except one site that offers them for truly hideous prices ( in gold yet!).
The Micro uses the MT2 taper also, but like you, space is an issue here too.
Maybe it's an AZ thing- I'm down here in Mesa.
I'll try a more diligent search and look for the side cutters too.
Hello Sam,
The #2MT taper is a real PITA. They stick and are very tedious to release. The tang type can release by themselves when they are not supposed to. That taper is intended for drilling with simple down forces only. Sometimes a key slot is put in the quill to help remove the #2MT tooling with a steel wedge thing.
Due to the limited space under the quill of these little bench mills the user has little room for fancy tool changing solutions. A 1/4 inch tool holder or 3/8 inch tool holder will be a faster system to change for those shank sizes. The 3/8 inch size is popular and endmill shanks etc are common in that size with all sorts of cutter diameters. The smallest woodruff key cutters will have a shank size of 3/8 inch diameter.
There are econo tool suppliers on the internet. There are also local Phoenix area machine tool suppliers.
Another great resource is the Valley Metals Club (online yahoo group and active club meetings locally), a very helpful bunch of fellows and gun guys too.
Yes, the tool holders with the #2MT taper use a drawbar, otherwise they would work loose and fall out due to side loading.
I checked Grizzly and they don't have any thin key seaters or slitting saw blades.
A quick check of the Marshall Tool & Suppky Corp catalog shows a couple small woodruff keyseat cutters that measure 1/16 inch slotting. (602-269-6295) located 3114 W Thomas Rd, Suite 501, Phoenix, AZ 85017. My catalog is 15 years old so call them and ask. (They are the former Dewitt Tool and Garette Industrial Supply companies here in Phoenix)
My Production Tool Supply catalog is also out of date and out of town (Detroit area). Their showroom in Warren, MI was just down the road from my office at Army Headquarters years ago. It was a fun place to visit over a long lunch. They also show the thin (1/16 inch) woodruff key seaters.
There are thin slitting saw discs and arbors available under 1/8 inch thicknesses. They cost more than the key seaters and require an arbor to mount them.
Look for used-machinery-and-tooling shops both in the valley area and Tuscon for the best deals on this stuff. Big time difference in cost vs new. Another source is the tool sharpening shops that regrind cutters etc. They usually have lots of unclaimed cutters that are resharpened for sale.
Once while shopping a local scrap metal yard (Davis Salvage) I found a large pile of brand new ceramic tool inserts NIB !! I bought a couple small boxes of them as well as some used but useful carbide inserts for my shop. A few days later I checked the cost of those new ceramic inserts and about had a coronary !! I rushed back to the salvage yard with cash in hand to discover that those spendy inserts were all gone !!! The pile would have cost me perhaps a few hundred bux. The retail price was over one million dollars !!! It pays to shop.
Hello Sam,
I second Markp's suggestion. If at all possible go for the mill with the R-8 (Bridgeport) taper. Why ???? The #2MT really does suck !!!! It is problematic to change using a drawbar holding tooling in place. I have used both types (plus others). In fact I currently own both types of mill, ie a HF "big red" with the #2MT located in my apartment laundry closet shop and a Bridgeport head-equipped K&T Milwaukee at the new shop using the ever-popular/practical R-8 taper stuff.
Happy shopping !!!


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