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Ralph Fiennes filming "Coriolanus" in Serbia
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia.
Filming of "Coriolanus" will start in Belgrade on March 17 in the country's highest profile movie project in decades, and is expected to last two months, the British actor told Reuters in an interview.
In the movie, Fiennes also plays the leading role of Coriolanus, a Roman general who betrays his native city Rome and allies with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius for revenge.
"Shakespeare is always examining in his plays how society functions ... he always looks at the fallibility of leadership," he said in Belgrade, which is still emerging from wartime isolation under nationalist leadership in the 1990s.
"We see the necessity for the strong leadership, but also how the human element can corrupt leadership."
Fiennes, who was nominated for Academy Awards for his roles in the
"The English Patient" and "Schindler's List," said he chose Belgrade rather than better known locations in Eastern Europe because "there's a spirit to Belgrade which I liked and responded to.
"There's history in the stones and I needed the weight of a capital city," he said. "There was an eagerness which was inspiring."
In 2007, Fiennes first visited Belgrade where he teamed up with a local production house. It took him two years to secure funds, described by producer Colin Vanes as "a medium budget for a European movie."
Fiennes said his project felt the pinch of the economic downturn: "Last year I thought I had funds and it fell away. It's been a challenge."
Most of the filming will be done in the Serbian parliament building and other locations in Belgrade, which offers settings from the Roman era, a medieval Serbian state and buildings destroyed by NATO aircraft during the 1999 bombing of then Yugoslavia.
Fiennes will direct a script by John Logan, who also worked on "Gladiator," "The Aviator" and "The Last Samurai."
The actor said he and Logan wanted to make the play -- written 400 years ago -- by using the original lines in a contemporary urban setting.
"Coriolanus as a play is thought to be difficult ... as the text is very dense," Fiennes told Reuters.
"We've edited it quite aggressively and this is the case with Shakespeare adaptations, you have to lose a lot of text ... but the narrative lines of Coriolanus are very dynamic."
Gerard Butler, who starred in "The Phantom of the Opera," plays Afidius, and others in the heavyweight cast include Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave, who plays Coriolanus' overbearing mother Volumnia.
Fiennes said his past acting role as the evil wizard Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" movies impacted casting of children, as some were afraid to meet him.

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Baked Oatmeal with Pumpkin and Bananas Recipe
Baked oatmeal with ripe bananas, pumpkin and pecans is the perfect way to start your morning!
When this first came out of the oven, I wasn't so sure…but after my first bite I knew I had a winner!
Ever think about how perfect a banana is? My favorite way to eat them is when they are bright yellow, with no brown spots. I always throw a banana in my bag for a quick snack on the go, or after a work-out, but does that mean when they get all dark brown they are bad?
If you have ripe bananas laying around, give this baked oatmeal a try. It's so good, it almost tastes like a banana-pumpkin nut bread. In fact, I told my toddler it was cake, and she ate it (cold).
3 medium ripe bananas, (the riper the better) sliced into 1/2″ pieces
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 tbsp honey
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 cup uncooked quick oats
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
pinch of salt
1 cup fat free milk (or any milk you desire)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 375° F. Lightly spray a 8 x 8″ or 9 x 9″ ceramic baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
Arrange the banana slices in a single layer on the bottom of the ceramic dish. Sprinkle 1/4 tsp of the cinnamon, honey and cover with foil. Bake 15 minutes, until the bananas get soft.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the oats, half of nuts, baking powder, remaining cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg and salt; stir together. In a separate bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, brown sugar, milk, egg, and vanilla extract.
Remove the bananas from the oven, then pour the oat mixture over the bananas.
Pour the pumpkin mixture over the oats, making sure to distribute the mixture as evenly as possible. Sprinkle the remaining nuts over the the top.
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• Microsoft's new tune: Only 16GB open on a 32GB Surface, not "more than 20GB," as promised – Half the space on a 32-GB Surface is taken up with the operating system and pre-installed apps.
• Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype
• Apple Says It's "Practically Sold Out" of iPad Minis, but Doesn't Provide Number (Updated) – But the company says it sold 3 million of its new model iPads (both minis and the 4th-gen full-sized model) over the weekend.
• Apple drops to 50.4% tablet market share in Q3, as Samsung grabs 18.4% and Amazon takes 9.0% –According to numbers from IDC.
• Google sources think maps app might struggle for Apple approval – A Google Maps for iOS app should be ready by year's end, but some inside Google doubt Apple will approve it. But Googlers worried about Apple approving Maps app probably shouldn't be
• Netflix Announces Stockholder Rights Plan To Prevent Hostile Takeover – Netflix goes to the "poison pill" defense.
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• For The First Time Ever, iPhone Owner Loyalty Declines – A Strategy Analytics study find that 88 percent of U.S. iPhone owners say they'd buy another one, down from 93 percent. The firm blames negative press and a perceived lack of innovation by Apple.
• Apple paid only 1.9 percent income tax on $36.8 billion in earnings outside US in fiscal 2012 and Is Apple's Foreign Tax Rate Really Below 2%? – Apple says it paid less than 2 percent in income tax outside the U.S., but Forbes points out this isn't tax avoidance, or exploiting a loophole. It's just how the tax system works.
• Apple to bring movie ticket purchasing to Siri with upcoming iOS 6.1 update – The feature is available in a new beta of iOS 6.1.
• Gigabytes – Marco Arment compares pricing between the iPad and the Microsoft Surface. Why isn't there a 16-GB version of the Surface?
• Two More Teardowns Look Inside Microsoft Surface and Amazon Kindle Fire HD – The Surface's components cost $271, while the Kindle Fire HD components cost $165.
• Microsoft posts Build 2012 session videos for eager Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 coders – You can watch all the sessions from the latest Build conference.
• The Russian underground economy has democratised cybercrime – Why buy a botnet for $700 when you can rent one for an hour for $1.20?
• Lady Gaga fansite, NBC entities defaced in pre-Guy Fawkes Day hacker stunt
• Google Casts a Big Shadow on Smaller Web Sites – Google's power over smaller sites has drawn the attention of the Federal Trade Commission, which is preparing a possible antitrust suit against the search giant.
• Spanish retailer suspends plan to sell the Nexus 4 as LG hikes its retail price by hundreds of euros – LG has recommended the retailer sell the Nexus 4 for €599, while Google advertises it for €299.
• New Twitter policy lets users see tweets pulled down for copyright – Instead of a "not found" messages, Twitter users now see a pronouncement that a tweet was removed because of a copyright complaint.
• Is Facebook "broken on purpose" to sell promoted posts? – Posts by companies are getting fewer views on Facebook, a trend that coincides with the introduction of Promoted Posts, in which you can pay for a bigger audience. Facebook denies it's reducing views in order to sell Promoted Posts, but many remain skeptical.


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Yes, folks. Step right up. It's the 2013 Texas Pinball Festival, except... Whoops! You missed it. But don't despair, because Tim Lord was there with his camcorder to interview organizer Paul McKinney and to point his lens lovingly at pinball machines new and old, complete with whistles and bells, oh my! It was a riotous time, with players of all ages. Pinball machines were played, bought, and sold. There were plenty of exhibitors, including some with shiny-new machines. The most interesting of these may have been Multimorphic, which is making "the world's first modular, multi-game, pinball platform." In other words, one machine that can become many games, sort of like a video game console. There's a separate, short, "bonus video" about Multimorphic (with no transcript), for anyone who is interested in their open source, "open platform" pinball machine concept -- and that may not be just old fogies trying to recapture their youth, when they had the high score on the Evel Knievel machine at a local pool hall, because McKinney says the people coming to the Texas Pinball Festival are younger every year.
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Geddy Lee Will Plot Return to Music After Book Tour
By Andrew Magnotta
December 4, 2018
Rush front man Geddy Lee will return to music as early as next year.
The legendary bassist told Prog magazine in a recent interview that he's never stopped playing music at home.
"I go down to my studio, which I do, and I play these bass guitars because I have quite a few of them and they're fun to play," Lee said, according to Rush fan site Cygnus-X1.
And as long as Lee is playing a bass, he's writing music.
"I like to keep my fingers in shape," he continued. "When I play, ideas come out, so I record them and then I forget about them. When I got back to them, I'm sure half of them will be shit and I'll erase them. But I fully intend to go down one day and see what I've gathered down there. Once I've finished promoting this book, I do hope to become a musician again! But I have no idea what form that will take. I have no plans and I don't know where I'm headed."
Lee recently became an author, releasing his book, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass, on Dec. 4.
The 408-page book explores the history of the bass guitar with photos of many pieces in Lee's personal collection, stories of rare instruments Lee has tracked down, plus anecdotes and interviews with some of the world's greatest bassists.
Contributors to the book include Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman, Metallica's Robert Trujillo, U2's Adam Clayton, Primus' Les Claypool and former-Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley.
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson wrote the foreword.
For more information or to order the book, go here.
While Lee may still be searching for what do to next with his basses, Lifeson is apparently moving ahead with a project that features virtuoso drummer Marco Minnemann.
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For Newport, RI resident Bob Milligan it all started with bad knees. He knew he needed surgery after playing tennis for decades, and tried to find more information that was both age-relevant and insightful. No such luck. He found the information available to be "fragmented at best, and generally disappointing." Bob and his wife Lace wanted more. An idea was born. What if there was an organization providing all that information to older adult and senior tennis players, in a comfortable environment, like a virtual club house with many different rooms? And what if there were experts available willing to share their specific knowledge, and let members access rich and original expert commentary on topics that have a positive impact on their enjoyment of both tennis and life itself? The Milligan's created BoomerTennis in 2010 and secured the active support of 6 big legends of tennis: Stan Smith, Charlie Pasarell, Tony Trabert, Cliff Drysdale, Butch Buchholz, and Donald Dell.
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Bob Milligan
After graduating from Yale College in 1972 with a B.S. in Administrative Science, Bob has over the past 38 years served on the boards of dozens of both private and public companies. Prior to founding BoomerTennis.Net, he had been a financial and corporate strategist responsible for the inception, growth, management and eventual sale or public offering of companies ranging in size from $1 million to several billion dollars. He has stepped into the role of interim CEO in several industries including biotechnology, insurance distribution and energy.
Having grown up in a golfing family, Bob didn't take up the game of tennis seriously until the age of 30 and now, at the age of 60, plays two or three times a week, was a member of a National Championship USTA team, participates in both USTA age group tournaments and on a Senior 4.5 USTA Team, and recently, with his wife, Lace, won the Combined Age 100 National Husband-Wife Championships held at the ATP Headquarters in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Lace Milligan
As an experienced tennis teaching professional and coach Lace Milligan is able to deal effectively with a broad base of students, from youth through the elderly, and beginner to expert. Specializing in creating a positive environment for learning through encouragement and diversity in methods, she is particularly adept at assessing a player's needs and developing an appropriate program to maximize results within a flexible and comfortable environment.
Lace has a proven track record of exceptional interpersonal skills resulting in satisfied and enthusiastic students. Her ability to coordinate nutrition, fitness and instruction into an integrated training regimen makes her a diligent and successful role model for efficient training and nutrition principles.
On the Board of Directors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI since 2004, Lace has served on the HoF Museum Committee, as well as the Education and Marketing Sub-Committees. She is also a Professional Tennis Registry certified tennis teaching professional at the Casino Lawn & Tennis Club in Newport. In the 1990ies, Lace coached varsity High School Tennis and was voted "Coach of the Year" at Hayfield High School in Alexandria, VA (1995 and 1996).
Bob Milligan states that BoomerTennis.Net has become the perfect vehicle to combine his extensive entrepreneurial business background with his passion for tennis. He says, "Our Mission is simply to provide our members with age-relevant, insightful information in the areas of Orthopedics, Psychology, Nutrition, Physical Therapy/Training, Travel and Instruction through a staff of experts in each field. In addition, we strive to provide our members with a platform to interact with these experts and fellow members through feedback, blogs and an active social network."
Bob also acknowledges that Baby Boomers are members of the most powerful economic demographic group and thus wield significant consumer power. "Recognizing this, we endeavor to provide our members with meaningful discounts on products they routinely use. The savings in patronizing our partner vendors can result in hundreds, even thousands of dollars each year."One of the more significant immediate savings is being provided by Nestle Water, a company trying to utilize BoomerTennis to contact to one of their most interesting demographics, health conscious people over the age of 50. Every time a tennis player signs up for a 12 month delivery contract for Nestle Water, the company not only provides significant savings but also pays for a one year membership in BoomerTennis.
Other savings include air travel, tennis vacations, and spa hydrotherapy equipment. Sponsors also enable Bob Milligan to keep the BoomerTennis web site commercial free, so the real interesting content for adult tennis players can stand out. He says, "We hope you find the environment we have created in the clubhouse warm, inviting, friendly and informative. Please enjoy your stay and come back often!".
One more way of giving BoomerTennis members value for their patronage are regular tennis events as they are being planned right now in Southern California. The first and inaugural event is the weekend of Nov 19+20 at the Coto Valley Country Club in Orange County. The event includes Brunch with Vic Braden, plenty of on-court tennis match play, wine tasting, dinner, and socializing with like minded people of similar age in a fun tennis atmosphere.
It seems that BoomerTennis is the only organization of its kind catering exclusively to the older adult tennis player. According to the 6 tennis legends supporting BoomerTennis, this market is wide open and has a lot of potential because of the red hot demographics. BoomerTennis advisor Charlie Pasarell puts it in simple terms:"We are targeting a segment of the tennis playing population no one is really focusing on: Baby Boomers. Servicing that population will be very successful." As an extension of Bob's work, Charlie is thinking about providing a series of organized events, like a circuit for BoomerTennis players. "This should be a lot of fun. It gives people an opportunity to travel, compete on the tennis court, and socialize."
Are you a baby boomer who plays tennis? What are your particular challenges and where do you see a need for information?
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Darth Vader is doing a little image-control by sponsoring WWF's Earth Hour. He even taped a little video confession about how he's not really a bad guy. So turn to the "dark side" and turn off the lights. Get it?
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The LPGA Tour has canceled its event next month in China because of permitting problems.
The Alisports LPGA was set for Oct. 5-8 in Shanghai.
"Unfortunately, we have just received word that the tournament was unsuccessful in obtaining approval from the local district government," LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan said Tuesday. "The hardest part about this news is that we have a title sponsor, a tournament operator, a TV production group and a host venue all set to go."
In-Kyung Kim won the event last year.
In 2015, the Reignwood Pine Valley LPGA Classic in Beijing was called off 10 weeks before it was scheduled to be played.


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Overland Park, KS — Three health club companies made Inc. magazine's Top 500 companies list, and another six made Franchise Direct's list of Top 100 Global Franchises for 2009.
Snap Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, was the highest-ranked club company on Inc. magazine's Top 500 companies list, coming in at No. 16. Hastings, MN-based Anytime Fitness, came in at No. 285. Planet Fitness, Dover, NH, ranked No. 471.
The Inc. list, which appears in its September issue, ranks the nation's fastest-growing private companies according to percentage of revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. This is the 28th year for the Top 500 list.
This is the third year for the magazine's Top 5,000 list, which expands the Top 500 list. Making this list was Plus One Health Management, New York, at No. 3,412; Fitness Together Holdings, Highlands Ranch, CO, at No. 3,848; and Club One, San Francisco, at No. 4,629.
The first-annual Franchise Direct list also was released last month and provides a glimpse into the state of the franchising industry in the current economic climate, according to Franchise Direct, an Internet portal for franchise and business opportunities.
The six fitness franchises included on the list were Anytime Fitness, No. 24; Jazzercise, No. 44; Snap Fitness, No. 56; Gymboree, No. 66; Fitness Together, No. 74; and The Little Gym International, No. 85.
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Iran's president knows how to deliver a headline-grabber.
But like a lot of politicians, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also tends to contradict himself (sometimes within the same speech), often leaving the audience to decide for themselves where he stands on an issue.
Addressing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation meeting at the UN headquarters in New York City this week, President Ahmadinejad said nuclear weapons are "a fire against humanity." But is Iran building the capability to make one of those fires? That's what the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it can't rule out without full cooperation from Iran.
Iran has a history of making "confusing, contradictory, and inaccurate statements," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton herself told reporters Monday.
At an October 26, 2005, conference in Tehran entitled "The World without Zionism," he offered remarks that both denied and supported the reality of the Holocaust.
On the one hand he said governments in the West "have invented a myth that Jews were massacred." He then said that, regarding the extermination of 6 million Jews during World War II, "it seems [Europeans] are right in their claim because they insist on it and arrest and imprison those who oppose it."
Here are six more issues that the leader of Iran has contradicted himself on.
On weapons:
- "The nuclear bomb is a fire against humanity, rather than a weapon of defense. The possession of nuclear bombs is not a source of pride. Its possession is disgusting and shameful." – Monday at the NPT Review Conference
- "Iran can recruit hundreds of suicide bombers a day. Suicide is an invincible weapon. Suicide bombers in this land showed us the way, and they enlighten our future." – April 1, 2007
On attacking others:
- NPT members should consider "any threat to use nuclear weapons or attack against peaceful nuclear facilities as a breach of international peace and security." – Monday at the NPT Review Conference
- "As soon as the new [Iran] government is established, with power and authority, ten times more than before, it will enter the global scene and will bring down the global arrogance. … we will not allow the arrogant [powers[ to even have one night of good sleep." – July 16, 2009, addressing a crowd in the northeastern city of Mashhad
On homosexuality:
- "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." – September, 24, 2007, addressing Columbia University
- "He said that, compared to American society, we don't have many homosexuals." – presidential media adviser Mehdi Kalhor, October 10, 2007
On Israel:
- "Israel is destined for destruction and will soon disappear." – November 13, 2006
- "If they [the Palestinians] want to keep the Zionists, they can stay ... Whatever the people decide, we will respect it. I mean, it's very much in correspondence with our proposal to allow Palestinian people to decide through free referendums." – September 2008 interview
On the Holocaust:
- "They [Western powers] launched the myth of the Holocaust. They lied, they put on a show and then they support the Jews…." – September 18, 2009, at the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran
- "I'm not saying that it didn't happen at all." – September, 24, 2007, addressing Columbia University
On 9/11:
- "September Eleventh was a horrendous incident. The killing of innocents is deplorable and appalling in any part of the world. Our government immediately declared its disgust with the perpetrators and offered its condolences to the bereaved and expressed its sympathies." – May 10, 2006, letter to George W. Bush
- "The September 11 incident was a big fabrication as a pretext for the campaign against terrorism and a prelude for staging an invasion against Afghanistan." – March 6, 2010, as quoted in the official IRNA news agency


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In my last semester at Taubman College I had the privilege of taking an amazing drawing class with one of the school's foremost experts on drawing and representation, Perry Kulper. His work has been published extensively, in addition to several posts here on archinect.
For the purposes of the drawing seminar, the work was split up into (4) drawing assignments which explored various methods of using drawing as a generative operation, instead of merely a representational one.
At the end of the semester we held an exhibition to showcase the most interesting work. The majority of the work showcased was from our last two assignments, "generative removal" and "real slow." Each of the drawing projects involved a large commitment of both time and energy from myself and my fellow classmates. A commitment that, at least in my opinion, was paid back 10x by the final work.
Generative Removal
This work focuses on erasure as a means of generating an architectural proposition. Instead of contributing to architecture through additive means, the erasure work attempts to produce architecture through subtractive methods. Perry introduced us to the "5 points of erasure as deconstructing towards a new architecture" which he likens to Le Corbusier's "5 points of architecture."
The work started by creating a diptych which, on one side, had the floor plan of a famous villa or house. The other side of the diptych was to be populated with a series of "marks" whose character and placement was determined by a series of rules given to us by Perry. Once the diptych was populated with marks, the work of erasure could begin. Again, a very specific set of rules was used to govern the removal and/or remembering of the marks. The two sides of the diptych were governed by the same rules and meant to be worked as a single drawing.
Catharine Pyenson
Shaoxuan Dong
Harry (Me)
Real Slow
This work tackles what Perry refers to as Relational Thinking. In the work we were asked to select an image and then redraw the image by revealing the relationships and hidden connections behind the original image. We were not recreating the same image, but utilize the drawing methods learn through Perry's in class lectures to reveal what lies under the surface of the image.
Xiang Liu
Catharine Pyenson
Harry (Me)
Jeeeun Ham
Such beautiful work! And the commitment to creating something slowly and by hand is still a resonant practice. Great luck to have taken this course!
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Want a healthy snack? Try a bag of air-popped popcorn, which has more antioxidants than many fruits and vegetables, according to a new study. Just skip the salt, oils, butter and other additives that turn it into a less healthful alternative.
The new study was conducted by Joe Vinson, a professor of chemistry at the University of Scranton whose previous work more than a decade ago identified some of the health benefits of chocolate. Vinson's popcorn research was announced at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on March 25.
According to Vinson's research, popcorn is heavy in antioxidants called polyphenols. Since popcorn is only about 4 percent water — compared to 90 percent for many fruits and vegetables — the polyphenols are present in greater concentrations in popcorn. The same principle works for dried fruits, which also contain less water.
"Popcorn may be the perfect snack food," Vinson said in a prepared release. "It's the only snack that is 100 percent unprocessed whole grain. All other grains are processed and diluted with other ingredients, and although cereals are called 'whole grain,' this simply means that over 51 percent of the weight of the product is whole grain. One serving of popcorn will provide more than 70 percent of the daily intake of whole grain. The average person only gets about half a serving of whole grains a day, and popcorn could fill that gap in a very pleasant way."
The combination of fiber, whole grains and antioxidants makes popcorn "the king of snack foods," Vinson told WebMD.
Vinson's study, which has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal and was partially funded by the Weaver Popcorn Company, says that popcorn contained up to 300 milligrams (mg) of polyphenols per serving, compared to the 114 mg contained in a serving of sweet corn and 160 mg per serving for all other fruits. According to the ACS, the average U.S. daily diet gets 255 mg of polyphenols from fruits and 218 mg from vegetables.
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The way you prepare popcorn makes a difference. "Air-popped popcorn has the lowest number of calories, of course," Vinson said. "Microwave popcorn has twice as many calories as air-popped, and if you pop your own with oil, this has twice as many calories as air-popped popcorn. About 43 percent of microwave popcorn is fat, compared to 28 percent if you pop the corn in oil yourself." Add oil, salt and sugar and popcorn becomes "a nutritional nightmare."
Meanwhile, as the Center for Science in the Public Interest's director of nutrition, Bonnie Liebman, points out, the jury is still out on whether polyphenols have a potent potential for human health. She also warns that a large tub of movie popcorn packs as much as 1,200 calories. "Considering that two out of three American adults and one out of three children are overweight or obese, the best advice is to snack on fresh fruit or vegetables and to ignore the snack counter at the movies," she told USA Today.
"Today" show nutrition expert Joy Bauer also warns that most microwave popcorn bags currently contain chemicals called PFCs (perfluorinated compounds) "that have been shown to suppress immune function in children and cause cancer in animals." But she also says that "most manufacturers are working on phasing out use of this chemical." She also provides a few healthy ways to spice up popcorn, including lightly sprinkling kernels with Parmesan cheese and black pepper or a dash of chili powder.


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
September 28, 2010
4/22/2009-2 'CJ's Bar and Grill'
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I still haven't had a burger at CJ's! I'm always busy painting it. CJ's is on Hwy 95 north of Taylors Falls, almost to Almelund on the way to North Branch. I hear that the burgers are good. Some more orange light, can't get away from it. A quaint place to paint, I enjoyed the time in their parking lot.
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- Ray Craighead said...
Nice to see the comparison.
I am curious what brushes you use in these small paintings. I'm especially interest in how you obtain the whispy transitions between colors. I use egberts, but never seem to be satisfied with my transition areas. I'll just keep practicing.
Thanks for the inspiration.
- September 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM
- Marc R. Hanson said...
Ray I'm using filberts or worn out flats that are nearly filberts now. More than the brush is a very light hand. Sometimes I feel like I'm wielding a wand that I very softly pass over the surface that I want to soften or make less contrasting in some way. For paintings this small we're talking fingertip control.
I'm using #3 to #6 brushes with the occasional Langnickle Royal Sable to soften ridges in the paint to prevent glare in the darks.
Thanks for the comments.
- September 29, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Unknown said...
Your work is wonderful. It evokes the feeling of quite solitude - like Hopper's work.
- September 29, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- Daroo said...
Interesting --I had assumed you were using mostly Langnickles.
- September 30, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Mary Sheehan Winn said...
I love seeing both scenes.
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The 2013 Bentley Continental GTC convertible makes its public debut at the Geneva motor show.
It will get the twin-turbocharged V8, the same at its hardtop brother. The engine delivers 500 hp at a peak of 6,000 rpm, while the maximum torque rating of 487 lb-ft arrives at 1,700 rpm and stays until the tach hits 5,000 rpm. The V8 is combined with an eight-speed automatic transmission. A Torsen differential sends 40 percent of the power to the front wheels and 60 percent to the rear. The sprint from 0 to 60 mph takes the Continental GTC V8 just 4.7 seconds, with a top speed of 187 mph.


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My piece in Disunion in the New York Times finally appeared late Friday night. If you haven't read it, here is a <link>. I received an email Saturday from John C. Van Horne of the Library Company of Philadelphia to alert me to a neo-Confederate photo forgery associated with the 1st Louisiana Native Guards. I already knew about it. I was going to write about the photo forgery in my article, but the piece was getting long, and I wanted keep the focus as much as possible on the Native Guards and not give contemporary Confederate partisans undue attention in the Times. Van Horne also alerted me to a website put together by Jerry Handler and Michael Tuite (www.retouchinghistory.org) debunking the photo forgery. I would certainly recommend it.
This website deals with what is merely the tip-of-the-iceberg in terms of the neo-Confederate phenomenon. It is not surprising that the Confederacy continues to attract supporters 150 years later, despite the fact its cause in essence was keeping nearly 4 million Americans enslaved. Despite the growing homogenization of American culture, the South remains one of the most distinct regions of the United States and justly proud of its heritage. Many descendants of Confederate soldiers also live there and elsewhere in country, and want to think well of their ancestors. Plus, the Confederate cause has the inertia of decades of being romanticized in popular culture and appeals to contemporary political conservatives opposed to what they see an overly powerful and overreaching federal government. These last factors explain much of the appeal of the Confederacy outside the South. One finds neo-Confederates just about everywhere in the United States. Last March, I had one of them from Minnesota, calling himself "Jefferson Davis," go after me on this blog. (Read the comments for this <blog entry> if you're interested in studying his rants.)
For a complete run-down on the neo-Confederate phenomenon, check out Kevin Levin's piece on it in Disunion from January 2011 and from his blog, Civil War Memory. Although highly problematic as good history, in a way it is actually encouraging that the extreme southern partisans of the 21st Century in their myth-making are choosing to pencil in African Americans as supporters of the Confederate cause. The real Confederates of the late 19th century, except for a few mentions of "faithful slaves," largely kept black Southerners out of their remembrance of the war. It says a lot about the positive changes in the United States, especially those won by the post-World War II civil rights movement, that contemporary Confederate partisans are so energetically attempting to insert African Americans into their Confederacy of memory. I sometimes wonder what the real Jefferson Davis and the other marble men of Confederate cause would make of it.


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During a game between the Astros and the Diamondbacks at Minute Maid Park, a player tossed a baseball to a little girl in the stands. An awful woman standing next to her reached in front of her for a failed attempt at a catch. The girl caught it, but the greedy woman ripped it from her.
The disgusting woman then turned to her group to show off her baseball and gave high fives while the little girl walked away heartbroken.
In this 20-second video, you'll hear a guy shouting at the TV because he thinks this woman is awful, too. He decides her name is 'Pam'.
Check out 'Pam' looking like the world's biggest jerk:
So far, I haven't learned the identity of this woman, but I'd like to since we're all making fun of her.
A commentator to the community event and happenings website Reddit.com reads: "The play-by-play and color guy saw it, pulled some strings, and delivered the girl an autographed ball."
I don't know what's more disturbing – the sad theft of a baseball from a child, her post-baseball-theft celebration with friends or the mere fact that the inexpensive item from the terrible Astros was worth so much trouble to an adult.
Clich here to vote in my poll for who you'd like to see replace Carlos Lee in left field: the greedy lady, brokenhearted girl or the dude yelling at the TV.


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8 Essential Places to Eat and Drink in Silicon Valley
The Bay Area is world renowned for being a center of food and drink. Alice Waters pioneered the farm to table movement over in Berkeley, San Francisco seems to have a place worth dining at every block, and I'm told that they grow grapes in the Napa and Sonoma valleys. But when people talk about the best bites in Silicon Valley, usually the conversation is focused on the number of megabytes in the latest technology invention. Silicon Valley? Aren't the best meals in those parts the free ones for employees at Google and Facebook's cafeterias?
Well, I can personally attest that the eating is mighty fine in those cafeterias, but Silicon Valley is definitely a destination for dining itself. To start with this is the ramen belt of the Bay Area, with Orenchi Ramen's superb tonkotsu ramen leading the way. Then there are the two-foot long dosas at Madras Cafe and killer tortas at La Casita Chilanga. Menlo Park's Café Borrone is the grand European café every town wishes it had, complete with a truly mind-blowing whipped cream on top of the mocha, and Tamarine puts a unique spin on Vietnamese cuisine in cosmopolitan surroundings that would be rare in any suburb, period.
It's not just coffee that fuels the programming in these parts. La Bodeguita del Medio boasts a Hemingway-worthy rum collection. The Santa Cruz Mountains above the valley are home to one of California's most underrated wine growing appellations, abundant in Pinot Noir and best known for the Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon from Ridge Vineyards. When it's time for a craft brew, choose from the 31 taps at Steins Beer Garden, and grab a bite, too—the gastropub menu is just as refined as each of the beers.
Choosing just eight things to eat and drink between San Mateo and Los Gatos is no easy task. Consider this an introductory guide, with many opportunities ahead for further sips and bytes.
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Facebook set the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most likes on its own site.
The Social Network had 47,194,601 as of Wednesday, edging out Zynga's Texas Hold'em Poker page, with 45.78 million. The top five was rounded out by Eminem (42.05 million), YouTube (40.44 million), and Lady Gaga (39.49 million), reported All Facebook.
The official page for Lil Wayne, had the most likes on a Facebook item with 668,198. The page also holds the mark for most likes on a Facebook item in 24 hours, at 588,243 on Feb. 15.
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Frito-Lay U.S., had the most likes on a page in a 24 hour period, with 1,571,161 April 11 through 12.
As of June 29, 2011, the most comments on a single Facebook item stands at 529,335, in response to a post made on 10 January 2011 on the Facebook page for Roberto Esposito (Italy).
The famous record keepers also posted some other top record-holders in social media.
Charlie Sheen is "winning" with the fastest time to reach 1 million followers on Twitter.
Lady Gaga had the most followers on Twitter (as of June 29, 2011)
Justin Bieber has the most viewed video online, with "Baby," as of June 29, 2011.
The most "liked" video on YouTube is Judson Laipply's "Evolution of Dance", with 759,563 "likes" as of June 29, 2011.
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Gunpowder. Sweat. Stale beer. Smoke. Broken Dreams. Blood. Whiskey. Blind hatred. These are the acrid smells of Joeyray's, a little known, locals-only pub far off the beaten track in one of Mar Sara's most arid and disreputable districts. Rumoured to be the unofficial headquarters of infamous rebel Jim Raynor's uprising against all things Dominion, Joeyray's stands as a tribute to all those who walk tall in the face of tyranny, all those who oppose "our most beloved leader", A. Mengsk!
Joeyray's is also known among music circles as the home of one of the finest examples extant of that most rebellious of devices, the "Jukebox". JR's juke is rumoured to be loaded with the hottest, most subversive platters in the Koprulu Sector. As a music lover and critic, I had to make the pilgrimage. One late afternoon last fall, I screwed up my courage, adjusted my beret, and hailed the dingiest, most disreputable cab I could find…
My smelly cabbie dropped me in front of a grey-brick construct somewhere in the back end of nowhere, roaring off in a cloud of choking red-orange dust with a cackle and a wave. Standing alone outside the swinging saloon doors, it was either man up and stroll on in, or walk the 30 clicks back in the deepening gloom with the tumbleweeds, coyotes, and Mengsk-knows what else. Then I heard it – the sweet sounds of Liberty wafting out on the blistering breeze, barely heard over the grunts, shouts, and shattering glass from the denizens within. I stood transfixed, rooted to the spot by the galaxy's most brilliantly subversive tracks: Big Tuna, The Dirty Knobs, The Blasters, White Boy James, The Bourbon Cowboys, Brian. A Bode, Romeo Delta, The Terran Band, LVL80ETC- all the voices of a generation, all banned by the Dominion. I squared my shoulders, set my beret at a jaunty angle, and walked tall through those swinging doors.
15 minutes later, as I limped the 30 clicks home, my briefs literally pulled over my head, I ruminated on the anomaly that is Joeyray's. Nursing my split lip while trying futilely to extricate my beret, I thought about the good, quality time I had spent with that crew, the salt of the earth, my brethren, the Dominion's Most Wanted. I know I'll be back tomorrow to soak in the heady atmosphere of brewing rebellion and cheap whiskey, to participate in the liberal and enlightened discourse of the barroom, and have my shorts pulled over my head in another brotherly and loving prank…Those freedom-loving tricksters! Viva la Revolution!
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BOSTON — The anticipated announcement about the replacement for International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) Executive Director John McCarthy did not happen at the IHRSA trade show and convention in March. Instead, IHRSA announced at the Las Vegas show that Joe Moore, president of IHRSA's board of directors, would serve as transitional head of the association as the group started a new search for McCarthy's replacement.
A candidate had been offered the position, but upon further discussion, IHRSA and the candidate mutually agreed it was not the right fit, said Brooke Correia, IHRSA spokesperson. "So the process is starting again," she said.
A new board of directors was elected at the IHRSA show and will come on board July 1, at which time Moore's term as president will expire. He will, however, continue as interim director until a new director is chosen. Moore owned Moore's Fitness World in Ohio until about two years ago when he sold his clubs to Fitworks.
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"La Jolla Playhouse is a world-class theater, and ever since I was a student here, I've wanted to work at this theater," said Pickett. "I cannot tell you how excited I am to come back. It's a dream come true."
According to Pickett, it all started in San Diego. The return to La Jolla has been a homecoming for him — it's the place his brothers live and it's home to the college campus where he met his former wife.
"I love North County," said Pickett. "UCSD changed my life. I was exposed to so many great minds and creative people there."
In the play, Jack and Miles drink their way through the Santa Ynez Valley prior to Jack's impending nuptials. Jack seeks a last hurrah in the form of a sizzling fling, while Miles tries to move past his divorce and the certainty that his latest manuscript will remain unpublished.
"Many of the things that Miles goes through in my novel are things that I went through," said Pickett. "But it's not non-fiction, it's not a memoir … it's a decided work of fiction. I employ fiction to heighten conflict and emotion."
Pickett's personal archives were recently installed at the Mandeville Special Collections Library at UC San Diego. As a sequel to "Sideways," he wrote the book, "Vertical," published in 2011, which also centers around wine.
To quench the thirst of audience members after watching bottles of wine being consumed on stage during the play, the Playhouse offers a post-performance wine tasting at its on-site restaurant. A sampling of wine from the Santa Barbara wine region is available and includes a souvenir wine glass for those purchasing tastings.
"I've been longing to create a lively post-show environment at the Playhouse since I arrived here six years ago," said Christopher Ashley, artistic director. "Our production of 'Sideways' offers the perfect opportunity for patrons to congregate after the show to socialize, share their theater-going experiences and sample some terrific wines."
According to Ashley, the play has been enormously popular with audiences since it opened July 16. "Sideways" is directed by Des McAnuff, Playhouse director emeritus.
Performances take place at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, located on the UC San Diego campus. The play runs for 2.5 hours including intermission. Tickets are available for $15 and up. For more information, visit www.lajollaplayhouse.org.


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CORVALLIS, OR -- Students around the country celebrated the 60th annual National Recreational Sports & Fitness (NRSF) Day on Feb. 22 to honor the founding of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA).
Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, AZ, opened its rec center to nonmember students and staff all day for NRSF. The rec center offered half-price memberships at the event and gained a few new members that day, according to Scott Cassells, rec center director. Evening activities at the NAU rec center included chair massages, free fitness assessments with a personal trainer, a weightlifting championship, Wii boxing, spinal screenings and a nutrition interaction table. About 500 students participated in the evening events, Cassells says. NAU also raffled prizes, which included a free small group training package and a free orientation personal training package.
Georgia Southern University's Campus Recreation and Intramurals Fitness program sponsored a NIRSA Day 5K Fun Run/Walk in Statesboro, GA. About 150 people participated in the event, according to Greg Stephenson, fitness program director for campus recreation and intramurals. The rec center invited residents from the community and surrounding region to participate. The 5K course ran through Georgia Southern's campus, and a 1/4 Mile Kiddie Run also was scheduled. The top three participants in each age group, a masters winner for the 40-plus group and the top male and female winners received awards.
At Towson University, in Towson, MD, rec center staff created a YouTube video to promote the school's NIRSA Day activities. At the C.R.i.B (Campus Recreation in Burdick) center, students received free rec center guest passes and free fitness assessments. The staff highlighted Wii sports games and gave away free pedometers to several students who attended. The center also offered free sessions with a nutritionist and group exercise classes that included yoga, Bodycombat, Bodypump and Zumba.
The California State-Fullerton Student Recreation Center organized an outdoor party with a free buffet that included pizza and cake. The staff also set up activity stations to raise awareness about the rec center's offerings. A Meet the Trainers station introduced students to the personal training program through free BMI measurements. Students also could use an Xbox station to play recreational games.


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DOVER — We are all in the same salty, sandy, snowy situation. Do we, or do we not, wash our cars, knowing more snow may be on its way?
According to several car dealerships, the cleaner the vehicle the better, but there is no need to go through a wash every day.
"It is kind of like brushing your teeth," Steve Beringer at Volkswagen of Rochester said. "If you wash them once a year, they are going to be dirty and you are going to need to do a lot more scrubbing than if you clean them more often."
Ann Morin at Bill Dube Ford Toyota Scion cleans her car once a week, while Michael Caton at Tri-City Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram said it really depends on personal preference.
"It also depends on the roads you are driving on," he added.
Caton and Beringer could not pinpoint an exact amount of car washes needed each year, but said during the winter, it is a good idea to go more often than in the summer.
"In the summer, you can go weeks without rain and warm temperatures that keep your car clean," Beringer said. "In the winter, you can go days with heavy snow and that is when your car needs attention."
Each dealership said the main reason cars should be washed frequently throughout the winter is to keep the undercarriage from corroding and rusting and to keep the paint and finish on the body of the car in good shape.
"A touch-free car wash helps remove the salt and sand and other road contaminates from your vehicle," Morin said. "The undercarriage takes the most punishment and is often neglected because you can't see it, so whether it is stones that were kicked up from tires that can nick your undercarriage or what. It is exposed bare metal that should be cleaned frequently."
She added, "Salt and sand in the winter attach themselves to the paint and the finish and if you don't wash your car on a regular basis, these particles can scratch the finish of your vehicle ... And not just winter particles, but in the spring, tree sap, that goes through your clear coat and let me tell you, it does not take a long time to have that happen."
Nicole Labrie, service adviser at Bill Dube's Quick Lane, said the salt eats away at the floorboard, gas lines, brake lines, brake pads and any exposed component of the vehicle.
"I understand we are in New England and cannot clean off the salt 100-percent of the time, but be proactive," she said. "It will eat away at the paint and will eventually rust your car if you don't."
"Maine no longer does liquid brine," Caton said of the way roads are treated, but New Hampshire still lays down the salt, which is very harmful to vehicles.
Beringer said there have been huge advancements to corrosion resistance, but cleaning is still very necessary in the cold months.
"And it is important to go through the touch-free systems so dirt and debris are not dragged along the hood of the car scratching the paint," Caton added. "Cars used to be flipped every two to three years, but now the national average is people are holding on to cars for eight or so years. We need to keep them looking good."
Labrie said she had a 1992 Toyota Camry in the shop on Tuesday afternoon that was in showroom condition, because of the work the owner did in keeping the car clean.
"There are so many people who don't care about their car and others who are absolutely particular and go through the wash every week," she said. "Yes, it is personal preference, but car washes help you in the long run. They really, really do."
Caton said another reason why he recommends washes is so he does not have to be the bearer of bad news all the time.
"The undercarriage is like what they say, out of sight, out of mind. I have vehicles come in for inspections who have holes or rust and because I am looking underneath the car, I have to be the one to tell them at that point," he said. "Yes, they have made advancements in materials and metals, but it is still steel you are riding on."
Do not run out and wash your car when the snow stops falling after a storm, however. Labrie recommends waiting two to three days to allow plows to remove snow from the roads and let ice melt.
"Today would be a perfect day for a wash," she said on Tuesday. "The roads have dried. Yesterday, I would not have done it. Wait until everything has settled on the roads."
She also added, along with Beringer and Caton, to avoid washing vehicles in freezing temperatures.
"Don't do it on a day that is below 30 degrees," she said. "You may not be able to open your door to get out or open your door to get back in."
With a possible storm this weekend looming over the Seacoast, people may not want to spend the money on a wash.
"Wash it," Beringer said. "Crud will build up if you don't. Keep it clean, keep it nice."
Aside from washing, waxing is also important in keeping your vehicle in tiptop shape.
"It is important to note that you cannot wax a dirty car, though, and must make sure there is no salt or sand on your car before you wax," Beringer said.
He recommends waxing as often as you can, claiming a quality wax to be "unbeatable."
Tires should also be taken care of during the winter. Labrie says the rumors are true that tires lose a pound of pressure for every 10-degree drop in temperature.
"We have more customers than I can count that come in with a tire light on," she said. "It is because right now it is 40 degrees and tonight it will be 20 degrees and the tire light will be on in the morning." Labrie said that once people start driving their cars, the tires heat up, air expands and the tire light will turn off.
"We typically put a couple of extra pounds in there, above manufacturer recommendation to avoid the light," she said. Caton does the same.
Labrie said if tires with low pressure are being driven on, however, the edges of the tires will be worn out and can compromise traction.
"Tire pressure makes a big difference and plays a factor as far as keeping tires in good shape," she said.
The type of tires used in the winter can also make a difference to New Englanders' driving experiences.
"Snow tires are kind of like colored television," Beringer said. "Once you use them, you won't want to go another winter without them."
According to Labrie, snow tires on any vehicle, whether it is an SUV or a sedan, with or without four-wheel drive, offer more traction and "most definitely" make a big difference while driving in messy conditions.
Beringer said these tires are actually mandatory in Canada because of their rough winters.
Each winter tire typically runs $70 and up and cars can get several seasons out of them and prolong the life of summer tires, Beringer said.
"It is the best of both worlds," he said.
Oh, and one more thing, Beringer said, "You wouldn't run a marathon before warming up first, right?"
He recommends starting your car and letting it idle on days below 30 degrees, and before taking off for the car wash this week.


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Hi Derek, I'm about 3.0 but we can still try once. I'm up late afternoons, but not everyday, and can arrange in weekends. Let me know. F
Hi, I have just sign up and searched for someone not too good tennis-player for me. Let me know if you want to play at Robson, campus UoA. Thanks.
Hey guys, I'm down to play weekday nights and weekends. I'm rated around 4.0 - rally or match, singles/doubles, whatever. Let me know if you're interested!
Hello, looking to hit or play. Rated 4.0, was higher when I was younger. Himmel, Catalina or UA courts
Hey guys! Looking for long-term hitting partner here. I'm rated 3.5-4.0. U of A, Pima, wherever. Let me know if you're interested! Peace.
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So sad .Now more player are responding to this group but i'm already back to "Singapore" already.
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Following the launch of Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, AMD has released its new AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 7 driver.
The new "beta 7" driver includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of the Catalyst 12.11 Beta driver and brings Crossfire improvements for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 game, especially at higher resolutions, according to AMD.
The new driver supports AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000, 6000M, 7000M series graphics cards as well as AMD Radeon HD 5000, 6000, 7700, 7800 and HD 7900 series graphics cards.
You can find the new Catalyst 12.11 Beta 7 driver here.


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Behold the book trailer for Crucible of Gold, the latest novel in Naomi Novik's addictive Temeraire series about how dragon-enhanced aerial forces would have changed the course of the Napoleonic Wars. Dragon warfare has prevented Europe from colonizing other nations the same way they did in our timeline. In this seventh novel in the series, Novik's alternate history of the world is starting to look radically unfamiliar.
Exiled from the British Aerial Corps in Australia, Captain Laurence and his extraordinary dragon Temeraire have witnessed the rise of an African nation that's invaded Portugal. Now, in Crucible of Gold, they're being called in to help negotiate a peace in Brazil — but they and their two dragon companions get waylaid and are forced to land in Inca territory in Peru. I can't wait to meet some American dragons.
You can read an excerpt from the novel, in bookstores this week, on Naomi Novik's website.


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CHICAGO - Illinois lawmakers soon will face two critical decisions about how to fully carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
With attention turning in 2013 to how states will implement the health law, Gov. Pat Quinn is pushing legislation to establish a state-run health insurance exchange to help middle-class citizens and small businesses, along with a multi-billion-dollar expansion of Medicaid to cover the poor. While the state's Democratic leaders generally have supported the new health care law, neither proposal will be a slam dunk for passage.
Consumer groups and the insurance industry are warring over whether the state should be able to negotiate with insurers to get lower premiums for people participating in the health insurance exchange. It's not clear where the governor stands, but it would be difficult to pass a bill over the industry's objections.
Quinn is expected to get support from the hospital industry and major insurance companies for the Medicaid expansion, since it involves bringing billions of federal dollars to the state, but some legislators object in principle to such an expansion of government programs. States do not have to expand their Medicaid programs under a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued earlier this year.
The Medicaid issue could be addressed when the legislative session begins Jan. 2, before several dozen lame-duck lawmakers leave office.
With or without new legislation, the Quinn administration has signed up for an initial partnership with the federal government to run an insurance exchange - a sort of Travelocity for health insurance - for coverage starting in 2014. Illinois residents will be able to comparison shop for insurance plans starting Oct. 1.
Here's a look at the issues lawmakers will face as they consider their votes:
Q. Who would get insurance coverage under the Medicaid expansion?
A. Starting in 2014, an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 uninsured Illinois residents would be newly eligible for coverage by Medicaid, the government health program for the poor and disabled. Most of them would be low-income adults without children at home.
Hospitals and clinics would benefit, too, because they would get paid for care they now provide free or write off as bad debt.
Left out, however, would be illegal immigrants. People living in the United States without permission wouldn't be eligible for Medicaid or, for that matter, any other coverage offered in the new health insurance exchanges.
Health-care advocates hope to persuade Illinois lawmakers, district by district, of the personal impact of the Medicaid expansion. One group analyzed Census data to estimate the number of people who would benefit in each Illinois legislative district.
"What is clear is there are low-income, uninsured people in every district from Chicago to downstate Illinois," said Stephani Becker, of the Chicago-based Health and Disability Advocates.
Q. How much would the Medicaid expansion cost the state?
A. The federal government would pay the entire cost of expanding Medicaid to newly eligible Illinois residents for the first three years starting in 2014. The federal share falls to 90 percent by 2020, with the state paying the rest.
State costs would mount to more than $2 billion through 2022, according to a November report from the nonpartisan Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, which estimates the expansion would bring another $22 billion in federal money to the state during that time.
The powerful Illinois Hospital Association says that extra money would create jobs.
"We're talking about billions of dollars coming into the state through federal Medicaid matching funds," said A.J. Wilhelmi, of the hospital association. "That results in a great deal of economic activity in communities across the state and literally tens of thousands of jobs."
Besides hospitals, the list of supporters of the Medicaid expansion includes AARP Illinois, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and numerous community health centers and patient groups.
It's a powerful list. But some lawmakers are wary of increasing Medicaid costs to the state, said Rep. David Harris, an Arlington Heights Republican who serves on the board of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.
Medicaid is an expensive program for a financially struggling state, said Harris, who hasn't decided how he'll vote. "When we start big expansions of an expensive program, that's a big expense," he said.
Q. Who would benefit from Illinois running its own health insurance exchange?
A. Whether run by the state or the federal government, the exchanges envisioned in the health law are intended to be consumer-friendly online marketplaces, one in every state, where people could comparison shop for health insurance plans, just as they now shop for airline tickets on the Web.
Most people buying insurance through the exchanges would get taxpayer-financed subsidies, and the exchanges will help people who qualify enroll in Medicaid. Participating insurance plans would have to take all applicants, regardless of pre-existing health problems. The exchanges would feature cost calculators to help consumers figure out how much they would pay.
An estimated 486,000 Illinois residents will get coverage from commercial insurers through the exchange in 2014, growing to 1 million customers by 2016. The health law requires exchanges to be self-sustaining by 2015. A report last year by the Wakely Consulting Group estimated annual operating costs for an Illinois-run exchange could reach $89 million, a cost that could be passed on to customers in their premiums.
The benefit of an Illinois-run exchange would be keeping state regulators - not Washington - clearly overseeing the system and the insurance industry. Insurance companies want that, said one lobbyist.
"Our preference is a state-run exchange. The way we see insurance markets is they should be regulated at the state level," said Elena Butkus of Aetna Inc.
Consumer groups also want a state-run exchange, but for vastly different reasons. They see an opportunity to keep prices lower by allowing the state exchange, which could be a quasi-governmental entity with its own governing board, to negotiate insurance premium rates.
"The state already (negotiates rates) for state workers and state legislators' insurance coverage," said Jim Duffett of the Campaign for Better Health Care. "This isn't something that's a new idea."
The state's major insurers hate that idea, Butkus said. The federal exchanges that will operate in states without state-based exchanges will be open to insurance plans that meet basic standards, and the federal government won't negotiate premiums, at least initially.
"If we can't have a bill that looks out for the insurance market, then we will default to the federal option," Butkus said.


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.post is the UPU's sponsored top-level domain for the postal sector. The domain's technical infrastructure became a reality in 2012, and member countries and their designated operators can now register for their domains and explore the possibilities of .post.
Some Posts have plans to use .post to stimulate cross-border e-commerce and hybrid mail, for example.
More than 70 per cent of the world's Posts say that electronic services are strategically important to their business, according to UPU research. This finding provides impetus to the goal of developing the .post (dotpost) platform, and the 2012 Universal Postal Congress decided that work should continue in this regard.
The platform's goal is to interconnect current and future electronic postal services and make them interoperable in a secure and trusted environment. It will authenticate postal service providers and strengthen the postal brand globally.
.post intends to link the physical and digital worlds, creating a secure platform that enables postal e-services to be delivered to all citizens and businesses.
Applications, such as identity management, e-shops, e-payments, e-forms, secure postal mailboxes, address management, hybrid mail and advertising mail, would have a home on this future platform.
In 2009, the Universal Postal Union became the first United Nations agency to be granted a sponsored top-level domain for the postal sector.
What the UPU is trying to achieve through .post is not different to what happened when the organization was created in 1874. At that time, 22 countries with their own postal infrastructure, services and bilateral agreements came together to create the UPU and a single physical postal territory that interconnected them.


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Free/Reduced Meals
Applying for free or reduced-price meals
To apply for free or reduced-price meals, you need to complete an original application packet, which is mailed to all households with registered students in Wake County public schools and is also available at your school. Please answer all questions on the forms.
- Application information
- Application information (Espanol)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions (Espanol)
- Sample application (You must fill out an original; printed copies are not accepted)
- Meal charges policy (English)
- Meal charges policy (Espanol - Política de Cuentas de Alimentos Escolares)
Online Application
- Apply for Free or Reduced Price Meals Online
- Solicitud en linea para las comidas escolares Gratis/Precio Reducido : Español
Date when 2018-19 meal benefits expire
- August 19, 2019 for Year-round calendar schools, Track 1
- September 5, 2019 for Modified calendar schools
- September 6, 2019 for Barwell and Walnut Creek elementary schools
- September 9, 2019 for Year-round calendar schools, Track 2 & 4
- September 10, 2019 for Year-round calendar schools, Track 3
- September 19, 2019 for Knightdale High, North Wake CTE, Vernon Malone, Wake Early, STEM and Leadership (WLA)
- October 8, 2019 for Traditional calendar schools & Fox Road Elementary School
Questions about applying for free and reduced meals: (919) 856-2920 ( English), (919) 588-3535 (English and Spanish)
Free and Reduced-Price Benefits Office fax number: (919) 856-3704


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St. John's shot 60.3 percent from the field on its way to a 96-86 road victory over DePaul in Saturday afternoon's Big East Conference clash at McGrath-Phillips Arena.
The Red Storm improves to 10-5 overall and 3-1 in conference and has now won five of its last six games, while DePaul drops to 11-5 overall and 2-1 in Big East play.
Sophomore guard Aliyyah Handford scored 21 points to post her sixth 20-plus scoring performance of the season and sophomore Danaejah Grant tied her season high for the second game running with 16 points to lead St. John's multi-pronged attack.
Senior captain Briana Brown added 14 points, junior forward Amber Thompson posted her third double-double in four games with 13 points and 10 rebounds and Eugeneia McPherson chipped in with 11 points and a career-high eight assists.
"I'm very proud of our team tonight," said St. John's head coach Joe Tartamella. "We played a fantastic first half which I thought set up the opportunity for us to win the game. I thought we did some things in the second half that we have to clean up, however, this is a very difficult place to play."
After shooting a robust 51.9 percent (14-of-27) in the first half, the Red Storm outdid itself in the second 20 minutes, making a scorching 67.7 percent (21-of-31) of its attempts on its way to a 61-point second half.
St. John's returns to Queens to host Butler on Wednesday, Jan. 15.


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The full report of the conference on Islands and EU Overseas Entities' Contribution to Biodiversity Conservation and the Fight Against Climate Change is now available. This conference aimed to create political momentum at the EU and international levels for the recognition of islands and overseas entities' assets and values and highlighted their key role for successful climate change adaptation strategies and biodiversity policies. It took place in December 2011 at the European Parliament.
The conference will be followed by technical activities at the European and regional levels to set strategic priorities for measures recently approved by the European Parliament, such as the BEST Open Call for Proposals to promote conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe overseas, and the new EU Cohesion Policy for the post-2013 period.
The conference will also lead to a ministerial meeting in the European Parliament later in 2012 with the goal of enacting EU commitments before the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 11) and the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 18).
Download the full conference report here.
For more information, please contact IUCN Europe Overseas Programme.


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NASA is looking at the possibility of parking a manned outpost beside the Moon as a way station for astronauts on their way to deep space missions.
The way station probably won't look anything like this.
According to a memo from William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, cited by Space.com, the agency is putting together a team to assess the possibilities of a potential location on the far side of the Moon known as Earth-Moon libration point 2 (EML-2).
Libration, or Lagrangian, points are parking spots in space where a small object is equally affected by the gravitational pull of two large masses, which cancel each other out, holding the craft in place.
The agency is looking at using the heavy-lift rocket Space Launch System and the Orion crewship as "the foundational elements" for the stationary craft.
A craft at EML-2 could allow exploration and experimentation on near-lunar space, asteroids and the Moon, as well as being a stop-off point for missions to Mars and Martian moons.
The waystation would also see astronauts travelling the farthest into space they've been so far.
A NASA Lunar Science Institute's LUNAR Centre white paper pointed out that "an EML-2 mission would have astronauts traveling 15 per cent farther from Earth than did the Apollo astronauts, and spending almost three times longer in deep space".
"This is extremely exciting from both the exploration and science sides," Jack Burns, director of LUNAR (Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research) said. "This mission concept seems to be really taking off now because it is unique and offers the prospects of doing something significant outside of low-Earth orbit within this decade."
Burns and his team have been working with Lockheed Martin for more than a year to plan an Orion mission that would go into a halo orbit of the EML-2.
Gerstenmaier's memo pointed out that EML-2 "is a complex region of cis-lunar space that has certain advantages as an initial staging point for exploration, but may also have some disadvantages that must be well understood".
A NASA team has been picked out to look at some near-term missions to EML-2 "as we continue to refine our understanding and the implications of using this waypoint as part of the broader exploration capability development".
The team is due to complete its study by the end of March. ®
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There are bizarre police-beat stories, and there are really bizarre police-beat stories. This one from Seattle falls into the latter category. To wit:
The man had lit a fire in the fountain ... and was "straddling the fire, letting the flames hit his genitals and buttocks."
One officer heard the man say "we are having a weenie roast" as he thrust his hips back and forth over the flame. Mostly, though, the report notes that the man was mumbling incoherently.
PubliCola doesn't name the firestarter, who was taken away for a mental evaluation. That's probably for everyone's best.
Man In Crotchless Spandex Outfit Sets Fire, Tries To Cook His Own "Weenie" In City Park [PubliCola] (Photo H/T mothai1942's Flickr)


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Russell Hoffman from NY (thanks Russell!) sent this web link to the AP Psych listserv. This article describes an apparently successful program in Sweden that encourages drivers to slow down. A traffic camera takes picture of speeders AND folks driving at or under the speed limit, and these pictures enter the safe drivers into a lottery for prizes. The article introduces a word that's new to me: "Gamification: the process of using game thinking and game mechanics to engage users and solve problems"
The traffic "gamification" example described above seems benign and pro-social (to me), but it reminds me of a video that disturbed me. Jesse Schell's TED talk describing a future in which many of our behaviors could be "gamified" in the style of Facebook "Farmville" style games. I'm not sure why it disturbed me so much. I'd love to hear your reaction in the comments field if you have time and feel moved to write.
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So I was reading the "3D clear organizer cube" thread and Frank II mentioned that he packs a telescoping backscratcher. Not something most people would think to carry, but one of those "I wish I had one" type things.
Similarly, when I travel, I always pack a Japanese Salux wash cloth. It's simply the best scrub cloth in the entire universe (in my opinion) and also indestructible. I can't imagine showering without one of these, and I'm astounded that people can feel clean by just using a plain wash cloth.
So... does anyone else here have any special items they like to take with them? Maybe it's something you don't really need, but it means something special to you. Maybe it's a small picture frame with your loved ones that you can put on your night stand. Maybe it's prayer beads so you can meditate and have some quiet time each day on your trip. Maybe a special mascot?
Or maybe you take something that's very practical but something most people wouldn't think to pack. I know Jodi from Legal Nomads like to pack a doorstop, for example.
Any other special items?
...and no. Tom Bihn bags do not count. We already assume you use them. ;-)


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Tennis Opens Play at HBCU Classic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State Tennis teams will open the fall season at the HBCU National Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Ga. The tournament will consist of three brackets of individual play in the men's and women's divisions and two brackets of doubles play in each division.
Daniel Bernal opens play at 4:30pm versus William Jones of Howard in the A Flight. Joe Daniels will be the first Tiger on the court at 9:00am as he takes on Kahai Hall of Morehouse in the B Flight. Jared Asher and Branden McClain will both face opponents from Stillman at 11:00am in Flight C. Asher squares off against Jose Pojasi, while McClain will battle Jelffrey Farias.
Victoria Haynes will compete in the B Flight at 10:00am versus Savannah State's Angela Bonilla. In the C Flight, Attalah Eiland plays at 1:00pm against Brandi Nelson from Xavier (La.), while Trinity Randolph plays at 1:30pm versus Elysia Ortiz of Florida A&M.
In Doubles action, Bernal and Daniels team up to face North Carolina Centrals Fabrice George and Kyle Hairston. Asher and McClain will take on James Jackson and Carlos McYntre from Prairie View A&M. Haynes and Randolph will go up against the duo of Isabella Cubillos and Marijana Gjogievska from Bluefield State.
Thursday's action is day one of the four day event.