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text: Fauvist painter, draftsman, and printmaker Raoul Dufy inspired a wide range of fine and decorative artists with his playful style and appealing subject matter. Dufy drew inspiration from Impressionists Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet and closely studied the works of Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse. He typically painted leisure scenes, seascapes (often of the French Riviera), and domestic interiors, as in Artist's Studio in Vence, a vibrant red scene recalling Matisse's own rendition of the same subject. After 1920, Dufy engaged more closely with the work of Cézanne and Pablo Picasso, flattening and deconstructing his compositions and creating portraits in the African-mask inflected manner typical of Picasso's own Cubist work, as in Little Bather at Ste. Adress (1932-33). Also a commercial illustrator, Dufy's works were included in books by writers Guillaume Apollinaire and Stéphane Mallarmé.

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Gisele Bündchen finally knows hubby Tom Brady's secret: Their brand new baby is a boy.
Brady announced the birth Wednesday after showing up 16 minutes late to his weekly press availability , calling it "a wonderful experience in my life."
"Everyone's great," the New England Patriots quarterback said. "I didn't get much sleep."
Brady said he and Bundchen haven't selected a name, although he at least could have given it consideration in the past few weeks. The proud dad had learned the baby's gender, but guarded it like his team's playbook from his wife, who didn't want to know.
"I wanted to find out and she didn't, so she said, 'Go ahead.' It will be a surprise for her," he said.
Bundchen, 29, and Brady, 32, were officially married last February in a private ceremony in Los Angeles and redid their vows in a follow-up wedding in Costa Rica in April with far more friends and fanfare.
The baby is Bundchen's first. Brady has a two-year-old son, Jack, from his previous relationship with Bridget Moynahan.
With the Patriots having lost three of their last four games, Brady said he couldn't afford to take the day off and skip practice.
"I owe it to the guys in the locker room to really focus on what I need to do for this team," Brady said, "and put all these emotions aside and kind of come in here with a great sense of determination on what we have to do as a team. So, as a captain and a leader of this team, the last thing they need from me is to be really not focused on the job at hand. There's plenty of things for me to really be doing here this week."


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Hawk: "Our Kids Just Will Not Quit"
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Today's News
Tonight's Game
White Sox vs. Rays at U.S. Cellular Field (6:10 p.m., CT, CSN). Starters: LHP John Danks (2-0, 2.84) for the Sox, LHP Cesar Ramos (0-1, 4.91) for Tampa Bay. Danks owns a 1.46 ERA in his last two starts and all four of his starts this season have been quality.
Sox Starting Lineup: Eaton CF, Semien 3B, Abreu 1B, Viciedo RF, Konerko DH, Ramirez SS, De Aza LF, Beckham 2B, Nieto C.
Plays of the Day
Last night's dramatic 9-6 victory over the Rays is the kind of win that could turn a season around. Here's how it unfolded: Down 4-1 after two innings, the Sox fought back to tie the score at 4-4. The Rays scored twice in the top of the ninth for a 6-4 lead with the Sox needing a rally to stage yet another comeback. And that's exactly what happened–prompting Hawk Harrelson's on-air exclamation above. After Alexei Ramirez flied out, Alejandro De Aza doubled, Tyler Flowers walked and was replaced at first by pinch-runner Leury Garcia. Batting for Gordon Beckham, Paul Konerko walked, loading the bases, and was removed from the game in favor pinch-runner Adrian Nieto. Adam Eaton then reached first on a fielder's choice (which was challenged and upheld) and on the play De Aza scored as Nieto was forced at second. Marcus Semien drew a walk to once again load the bases. Then, on an 0-1 count with two outs and the game on the line, Jose Abreu went deep for an opposite field grand slam, his second homer of the game. All in all, he went 3-5 with six RBI. It is also indicative of the team effort that no less than nine different players had a hand in the ninth-inning rally.
Oh, what a night!
All Things Abreu
Abreu currently is tied for the major league lead in homers (9) and RBI (27)…he is the first rookie in major-league history to hit nine home runs in April, moving past Albert Pujols (2001), Carlos Delgado (1994) and Kent Hrbek (1982) who all had eight…Jose's 27 RBI through April are tied for the most by a rookie in MLB history (Pujols, 2001)…he hit his first career grand slam last night, enjoyed his third career multi-homer game and had a career-high six RBI…Abreu's three multi-homer games–through his first 24 career contests–are the most in baseball history…his homer and RBI totals are the most ever for a Sox player through his first 24 games…according to @ckamka: on Tuesday, No. 79 homered in his 79th at bat. (Photo illustration above is courtesy of @TheCover3).
Eyewitness to History
Abreu's blast was the sixth walkoff grand slam at USCF. I'm happy to say that I've been here for all of them. Here are the other five.
Robin Ventura, July 31, 1991
Dave Martinez, June 3, 1995
Carlos Lee, June 8, 2001
Joe Crede, June 27, 2002
Alex Rios, September 10, 2011
Gillaspie to DL, Noesi Added to Roster
Conor Gillaspie has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left-hand contusion. RHP Hector Noesi, just picked up on waivers from the Rangers, has been added to the active roster.
Sox Notes of Note
The White Sox lead the American League in OPS (.774) and rank among the leaders in runs per game (2nd, 5.58), slugging percentage (2nd, .440), home runs (2nd, 30), average (2nd, .272) and doubles (T3rd, 46)…the Sox earned their fourth walkoff win this season and it was their 48th in U.S. Cellular Field history…Dayan Viciedo extended his hitting streak to seven games. He's hitting .536 with four doubles, a home run and three RBI over that span…Ramirez has a six-game hitting streak and has hit safely in 23 out of 24 games this season including 11 multi-hit games…Tyler Flowers recorded his eighth multi-hit game of the season in last night's game. He also drove in a pair…In relief of Erik Johnson, Jake Petricka went 2.2 scoreless innings, Zach Putnam had a career-high 2.2 scoreless frames and Ron Belisario has now made four consecutive scoreless appearances (6.0 IP)… Happy Birthday to World Champion White Sox, Joe Crede (36) and Geoff Blum (41). Here they are during the 2005 World Series parade. Blum is second from left, Crede is next to him in the Series cap.
Last Night: Good All the Way Around
Sox win on a walkoff homer, Blackhawks edge the Blues in OT to go up three games to two and the Bulls beat the Wizards on the road.
[tweet https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/459910589674815488]
Classic Footage From Back in the Day
Quotes of the Day
Eaton on Abreu's heroics:
"Yeah, it's impressive. The proof's in the pudding, I believe. He works his butt off every day, he comes in here, does what he needs to do to get ready and he goes out there and puts everything out on the field. It's amazing, you feel like the whole place could kind of feel it. When he got up, it was like 'Uh-oh, something great's going to happen.'"
Rays manager Joe Maddon commenting on Konerko's strong reaction last night to Aussie Grant Balfour's verbal outburst after they faced each other in the ninth inning.
"I guess Paulie speaks Australian."
Tomorrow's Schedule
White Sox vs. Rays at U.S. Cellular Field (1:10 p.m., CT, CSN). Starters: TBA for the Sox, LHP David Price (3-1, 4.04) for Tampa Bay.
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WKU participating in diversity initiative funded by NSF grant
- Author: Friday, April 25th, 2014
WKU is joining eight other higher education institutions across Kentucky and West Virginia on a five-year, $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to increase the number of underrepresented students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto will serve as the lead principal investigator on the grant supporting efforts by the Kentucky-West Virginia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP). The alliance is comprised of nine colleges and universities that include WKU, UK, University of Louisville, West Virginia University, Centre College, Marshall University, Kentucky State University, West Virginia State University and Bluegrass Community and Technical College.
The primary focus of the grant is on undergraduates and funds will be distributed among the schools as a means to support high-impact activities such as undergraduate research. Data from the respective institutional members indicates that the alliance has the potential to impact the academic achievement of up to 5,000 underrepresented undergraduates in the two Appalachian states. Unique programs will be implemented at each institution to increase the number of underrepresented students to STEM fields and increase retention and graduation up to 500 students over the next five years.
WKU is not new to the Kentucky-West Virginia Alliance and has been a member since its inception. Dr. Charles McGruder, Professor in Physics and Astronomy, has served as WKU's LSAMP campus coordinator and been responsible for programs and activities on campus.
"We are very pleased that NSF has granted WKU another five years funding for LSAMP," Dr. McGruder said. "During the first period WKU excelled in research activities. Our students won awards in every LSAMP conference they participated in. We will maintain this high level of achievement in the next phase and continue to send them on to graduate schools to obtain advanced degrees."
WKU President Gary Ransdell also expressed his gratitude at the continued NSF support.
"These are the students who will create the new technologies we will need in the future—and they will be leaders in our communities," he said.
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Facebook will list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange by June, reports said today.
That's great news for Nasdaq which competes with the New York Stock Exchange, and Facebook's pending IPO is valued at $5 billion, according to the Associated Press. Facebook now joins the tech elite at the stock exchange that lists Apple, Google and Microsoft.
However, Facebook's IPO could mean a company value of $100 billion and possibly the most valuable company in the world. Not bad for only being eight years old and started in a Harvard University dorm room. Facebook is expected to begin trading in May or June.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Despite having 845 million users, Facebook continues to fend off other social networks, including Google+. The AP report seemed to indicate that Facebook will now have "financial clout," but we think it already did. Its trading on the secondary markets has been brisk and intense, with investment bankers drooling over the IPO and their clients demanding private shares.
Now whether the stock is worth it is a different question. Right now Facebook has only one product, its social network --- valuable to be sure, but it relies on a lot of factors including continuing popularity to be successful. That means in any college dorm room across the country, there's probably someone else creating the next big thing.


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You don't need to be from a billion-dollar family for your family to be fighting about financial issues. It happens to families with limited means, to middle-income families and affluent families.
A common goal for most parents and grandparents is family harmony. They hope the family will stay close beyond their lifetimes and for generations to come. Unfortunately, these dreams often fail to come true through a combination of naivety, poor planning and weak communication. You don't need to be from a billion-dollar family for your family to be fighting about financial issues. It happens to families with limited means, to middle-income families and affluent families.
Some of the most common causes of family disharmony start with the aging of a grandparent. As he or she needs care, it is commonly one of the children, and frequently a daughter, that provides that care. After an extended period of daily care, it is common for the caregiver to begin resenting the other siblings who have not given up their job or neglected their own family to care for mom. If you can qualify for and afford the coverage, adequate long-term care insurance will allow the family to hire professional care, and allow the offspring to maintain some normalcy to their day-to-day life. Another alternative may be to pay the caregiver through a will or outright cash compensation at the time of providing the care.
Another cause of family disharmony comes from family businesses. It is not common to have all of your children working in the family business. Some have gone on to unrelated careers and may have even relocated to other parts of the country. In these cases, it makes sense to somehow equalize your estate to recognize that family is one thing and the business is quite another. It may not be fair to have your son in California inherit half of a business that your daughter will run in Massachusetts after your passing.
A poor will or trust can also cause heartache after your demise. This can happen from unclear instructions regarding personal property, where one heir picks what they want before the others even get a chance to see what mom or dad still had. It can also happen by allowing children to get too much before they are mature enough to handle the newfound wealth.
If family harmony is your goal, don't think that your parenting skills alone will do the trick. It's important to communicate your intentions and objectives during your lifetime and clearly through your wills and trusts. And remember, things change. Health, wealth and your children's needs and family harmony may be different in 20 years than they are today.
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The island of Pašman (63 km²) belongs to the Archipelago of Zadar. It was formed after Ugljan and Pašman were split up into two islands by the 1883 Ždrelac cut, over which now stands a bridge. Both islands were named after their largest settlements, and both have ferry lines connecting them to the mainland (Zadar and Biograd).
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Iran's Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (CGIE) has published Persian translations of a number of Persepolis petroglyphs.
The inscriptions have been translated by Iranian linguist and inscriptions expert Abdolmajid Arfaei and published in a book titled Translations of Persepolis Walls.
In an interview with ISNA News Agency, Arfaei said that the book contains 164 texts translated between 1998 and 2003.
"The original texts belong to Iran's National Museum and there might still be some inscriptions which have not been translated," Arfaei said.
"The book includes Persian and English introductions as well as a Persian grammar section," he added, saying that the English preface contains information on the original location of the inscriptions and the people who used them during the Achaemenid era.
Arfaei who is an Elamite language expert and the founder of the Inscriptions Hall of Iran's National Museum has also translated over 2,500 Persepolis inscriptions, which are housed at the University of Chicago.
His Decree of Cyrus the Great is a detailed account of the inscriptions on the Cyrus Cylinder, considered to be the world's first charter of human rights.
Go to the chronicle of news on Persepolis.
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Other applications, such as with turbines, air blowers, cutter suction dredgers and centrifugal pumps, are also possible. If required, the bearing's internal parts can also be fitted into gearboxes or, by using flange-type casings, onto engines and motors. Of course, The Simplex HL thrust bearings are manufactured in accordance with the rules of all international classification societies.
The thrust shaft with the solid forged collar transmits the thrust to the bearing casing. In an axial direction, the thrust collar is guided on both sides by the tilting pads. These pads rest on a spherical base and are directly supported on the casing. They can be inserted and removed through an assembly opening without the need to take off the bearing's upper casing half.
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On Friday 25 February, National Doodle Day 2005, a doodle by Sixth Doctor Colin Baker will be auctioned on eBay to raise money for Epilepsy Action and the Neurofibromatosis Association. Colin's doodle can be viewed at the National Doodle Day website. Other Doctor Who actors whose doodles are up for auction include: Bernard Cribbins, Brian Blessed, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Richard Briers, Derek Martin, Honor Blackman and, from the new series, Richard Wilson and Andrew Marr. Other celebrities from the world of science fiction and fantasy include Brian Cox (X-Men 2), Gillian Anderson (the X-Files), Robbie Coltrane (Harry Potter), and the author Brian Aldiss. More celebrity doodles are coming in all the time. According to the site, anyone can join in by doing a doodle for National Doodle Day; just visit your local Lloydspharmacy, donate ú1 and pick up a Doodle Card, draw on it (this year's theme is 'My Favourite Things') and send it to us at the address printed on the back. Visit www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk for more information.
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Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts, and ChoicesBooklet
The National Research Council is pleased to present this booklet in 3 parts that (1) summarizes the current state of knowledge about climate change; (2) explains some impacts expected in this century and beyond; and (3) examines how science can help inform choices about managing and reducing the risks posed by climate change.Climate Change: Lines of Evidence
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Toriyama: Lightning Returns will be the most "complete and polished game in the Final Fantasy series" -- Source: Nova Crystallisヽ( ̄д ̄)ノ eh~Show, don't tell.
True, but that's game industry for you, what else a developer is going to say about his/her game? At least he didn't it's going to be the best " FF " ever or something.
Except that they more or less did. They just avoided using the word 'best' by using the word 'complete' and to a lesser extent 'polished'.
The fact that the same guy is making the same promise that he made last time about something that wound up being so awful it felt like it was pulled from some Deviant Art's web comic simply doesn't bode well for this game.
Nevermind that the brand has been bereft of a good game since XI (or earlier depending on who you ask), this isn't even a flagship title which have a history of turning out poorly, and the fact that the games that this spun off of didn't work and rather than admitting defeat and starting over with a fresh new approach they've been persistently pushing the same setting, the same characters cardboard cutouts, the same deus ex machina prone to tossing out 'get out of jail free' cards, and so on.
BTW, attributing "questionable storytelling" to just FFXIII or Toriyama is pointless, FF (and RPGs in general) are full of DEM. FF has those problems every game regardless of his involvement, not even FFVI is exempt from this. The only difference is that some games handle it better than others, Toriyama certainly did so in FFX.
And we don't need to ask them to improve their 'storytelling' because...?
At any rate, I'm not going to touch the issues I have with FFX because I don't want to be here all night going off on that tangent. Instead I'm going to focus my beef towards the FFXIII series and its criminal lack of player agency. I can handle a dumb plot or awful characters every once in awhile. What I don't like is hallway simulators, stomped bosses getting back up shouting "you lose" even though you just stomped them, growth mechanics that require being at end game or post game to make use of, and party mechanics that take forever to be allowed to use. And when people like me complained about these issues, they were 'addressed' by throwing the book out the window and slapping on rudimentary RPG mechanics and a collectathon in an attempt at handwaving their laziness with 'progress'. My problem is that they're doing it again. They're throwing out the parties, the monster collecting, and what have you for a single player ARPG (though probably along the lines of Lightning's DLC for XIII-2). They're not addressing the problem they're slapping on gameplay mechanics that look like they were 'borrowed' from Majora's Mask.They've already made two attempts at trying to get it right; how many more attempts do you think they'll need before they magically get 'it'? How many more attempts of theirs are you going to tolerate? How much are you willing to pay to allow these people to continue on their merry little way? How many times are you willing to listen to how you suck, how you lost, how little you matter in their grand scheme of things?
And my point here isn't about Final Fantasy XIII but of all Final Fantasies. How many mulligans are they going to need for XIV before they get it right? How many games are their board of directors going to need to meddle in? How many compilations are they going to make before they realize how awful the very idea of a premade compilation is? How many unnecessary sequels are they going to use to ruin otherwise simple and straight forward characters, settings, and plots? How long are they going to divide their resources and efforts to make games that take the better part of a decade to make? How many more years do you think it'll take 'Versus comparisons to DNF' jokes to become passé?
Me? I'm done with most of this. Bravely Default looks like its trying to move away from what Final Fantasy 'is' to become what Final Fantasy 'was', and maybe TWEWY 2 might happen to succeed TWEWY 1 successfully, but those are my exceptions; my 'chances' that I'll give them.
But I'm not spending a dime on them until I know for a fact that they are worth my time or not. And I'm not going to know just because they say so.
FF hasn't become anything though. It's been what always has, which is providing a "difference experience" good or bad.


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Best Coconut Cream Pie
Total TimePrep: 55 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min.
Makes2 pies (6-8 servings each)
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 egg, separated
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon cold water, divided
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Dash salt
- 6 cups 2% milk
- 8 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 8 egg whites
- Additional sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine egg yolk and 1/2 cup cold water; gradually add to crumb mixture, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Divide dough in half. Roll out each portion to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Place in plates; trim pastry even with edge. With a small round fluted cutter, cut small circles out of dough scraps. Beat egg white with remaining water; brush over edges of pastry. Arrange dough cutouts around edge.
- Line unpricked pastry shells with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
- For filling, in a large saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Stir in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir for 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; gently stir in coconut and extracts. Pour filling into pastry shells.
- For meringue, combine the sugar, cornstarch and water in a saucepan until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until clear.
- In a large bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Pour hot sugar mixture in a small stream into egg whites, beating constantly until stiff peaks form.
- Spread evenly over hot filling, sealing edges to crust. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.
- Sprinkle with toasted coconut before serving. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 441 calories, 18g fat (8g saturated fat), 123mg cholesterol, 165mg sodium, 61g carbohydrate (39g sugars, 1g fiber), 9g protein.
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May 19, 2016
I can only rate the filling since I didn't make the pie crust or use meringue. The filling was very good. The next time I make it, I'm going to omit the coconut extract; not a fan of it.
Aug 3, 2015
Filling tastes really good, sets up beautifully and and i would make again! I did not use the crust recipe as i was making tarts in pre-made shells. Meringue is awful! It is not near sweet enough and has no vanilla!!
Nov 27, 2014
Found that the filling lacked flavor, not sure why it had such great reviews. I used the can of coconut milk as many suggested. I don't care for meringue so I don't know how that was, I use whipped cream instead. I typically use recipe from Betty Crocker which I love, unfortunately I did not have access to it this year.
Nov 26, 2014
this was a big waste of time and effort, as I read thru these reviews, almost all that gave a 4 or 5 rating changed the recipe , so you really didn't rate this pie as is. I will use my own standby recipe from better crocker from now on. this pie lacked flavor, and the meringue was a big flop. I'm sure those that used coconut milk improved this recipe greatly. having baked for 60 yrs, I found the directions a little difficult to understand. I have never made meringue that way, and never will again. I gave this a 1, and that was pushing it.
Jul 28, 2014
Wonderful pie! Reading the reviews, I also subbed 1 can of coconut milk for part of the milk, and used whole milk instead of 2%. I was serving these, and other desserts to 60+ people, so used Pillsbury pie crusts instead of from scratch, mostly because of time. Every piece was gone, and the caterering staff were scraping from the bits left in the pan.
Feb 3, 2014
I made the substitution of 1 can coconut MILK, 1 can evaporated milk, 1 cup 1/2 and 1/2 and the balance of the 6 cups of milk whole milk. Crust was very easy to work with and meringue did NOT separate from the crust after baking. This takes some time to make but is well worth the effort.
Dec 24, 2013
So creamy and delicious! Like others I used coconut milk in place of some of he milk. I also omitted the coconut extract but added 2 tbs butter.
Sep 10, 2013
As to the reviewer who complained of the meringue tasting like sulphur, perhaps it was the eggs?
Sep 10, 2013
I've made this recipe several times now and it never fails to satisfy! Like other reviewers, I substituted some of the milk for a can of coconut milk and omitted the coconut extract. I also did not use the crust recipe, I just used Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust, following the instructions on the box to bake, but if the crust is half as good as the filling and meringue, I am SURE it is fantastic!
Feb 6, 2013
The recipe for the filling was wonderful, I did make one change. I used one can of coconut milk and filled up the remaining measuring cup to six cups with milk. The filling was yummy. I was looking for a filling with flour instead of starch since my last couple of pies have had a gelatin like texture once refrigerated. I did not use the pie crust or meringue recipe so I cannot comment on those. Great Taste!


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At The Plate – Iowa had several solid performances in this one and it led to a solid victory over a good Redbirds team. Logan Watkins went 1-for-3 with two walks, a double, a stolen base, and a run scored. Ian Stewart finally showed some life as he went 1-for-3 with a double, two RBI's, and a run scored. Brian Bogusevic was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored, he's now hitting .389 on the season. Brad Nelson was 2-for-4 with a home rune, two RBI's, and a run scored in the victory.
On The Mound – Brooks Raley had another solid outing, and was rewarded with his second win of the season. Raley went 5.1 innings giving up two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out three. Zach Putnam, Rafael Dolis, and Blake Parker combined to shut the Redbirds down over the final 3.2 innings to preserve the win. Putnam went 1.2 scoreless innings giving up two hits while walking one and striking out three. Dolis and Parker also worked scoreless innings with Parker walking a tightrope to earn his second save, he didn't give up a hit while walking two and striking out two in the ninth.
At The Plate – The Smokies wasted no time in getting back into the win column as they destroyed the Biscuits…Biscuits! Arismendy Alcantara was in the middle of everything once again for the Smokies, he was 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI's, two stolen bases, and two runs scored. Eight of the nine hitters had at least one hit for the Smokies, Alcantara was the only one to have a multi-hit game. Jae-Hoon Ha was 1-for-3 with a walk, a double, and two runs scored. Jonathan Mota was 1-for-4 with two RBI's in the victory.
On The Mound – Eric Jokisch continued his tremendous start to the season tonight, he went 6.1 innings giving up three runs, one earned, on eight hits while walking two and striking out three to move his record to 3-0. Brian Schlitter, who has been just as good, if not better, did the rest out of the pen. He went 2.2 scoreless innings giving up two hits and striking out one, he has yet to give up an earned run this season.
At The Plate – After yesterday's poor offensive effort the D-Cubs got back at it tonight as they pounded out ten hits and seven runs. Javier Baez, who is really turning it on of late, was 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and two runs scored. Dustin Geiger also had a big night going 3-for-5 with three RBI's, he now has 18 already on the season. Jorge Soler was finally shut down, he was 0-for-5, but did have an RBI, and scored a run.
On The Mound – Austin Kirk had some trouble navigating through five innings, but he was able to do so and improve his record to 3-0 on the season. He gave up four runs on four hits while walking two and striking out eight over those five innings of work. The bullpen was stout for the D-Cubs, and it was just two guys doing the work. Zach Cates worked 1.1 scoreless, and hit-less innings while walking one, and Hunter Cervenka worked 2.2 scoreless, and hit-less innings while walking one and striking out two.
At The Plate – Tough one to take for the Cougars as they built an early 5-1 lead only to watch it slip away an end up in a 9-6 loss. Pin-Chieh Chen was 2-for-4 with a walk, a caught stealing, and a run scored. Gioskar Amaya was 2-for-5 with a run scored, but also made an error. Daniel Vogelbach had a productive night at the plate going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI's, and a run scored. Marco Hernandez was 2-for-4 with two doubles, and two RBI's in the loss. Rock Shoulders was finally held without a hit, but did walk three times, and scored a run.
On The Mound – Michael Heesch was solid in his start today, unfortunately the bullpen and the Cougars defense kept him from getting the win. Heesch went six innings giving up two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out five. Brian Smith took the loss out of the pen, while he didn't pitch well, he didn't get much help either. Smith went two-thirds of an innings giving up five runs, only one earned, on three hits while walking two and striking out one. Matt Iannazzo was beat up as well, he went 2.1 innings giving up two runs on five hits while walking three.
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There were no Inland Valley baseball players drafted on Day 1 of the MLB first-year player draft.
But Day 2 saw three: Los Osos LHP Chris Kohler (third round supplemental, No. 106), Oakland A's; Upland HS/Pepperdine RHP Scott Frazier (6th round, 168), Chicago Cubs; Diamond Bar HS/Riverside City College Kenny Mathews (7th round, 201), Cleveland Indians.
For Kohler, he was drafted by an organization he said he knew was very interested. He also had someone to talk to about that organization.
"I talked Daniel Robertson (from Upland High), who was drafted by the A's in the supplemental first round last year. He told me all about the organization and how they do things. I've been playing with him with the ABD Bulldogs for a long time."
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The end of cash tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge hit hard for toll-takers Thursday when they received pink slips telling them their services will no longer be needed later this month.
By the morning commute on March 27, a Wednesday, all-electronic tolling will be in place, Golden Gate Bridge district officials announced. Nine full-time toll-takers will be out of jobs, along with 29 temporary, part-time hires.
"I grew up here," said toll-taker Jacquie Dean, 43, as she stood near the toll booths she has worked at for almost 19 years. "For this to happen to myself and my co-workers is a great disappointment. I have had customers in the last couple of weeks break down and cry in the lanes, they really didn't think
this was going to happen. It's the end of an era."
The toll-takers have been part of bridge operations since it opened in 1937, but financial pressures and technology have conspired to eliminate the positions.
Eliminating toll-takers will save roughly $16 million over eight years in salaries and benefits. A toll-taker's base annual salary starts at $48,672 and tops out at $54,080. It is costing the bridge district $3.2 million to get the all-electronic system up and running.
The move, among other steps, will help bail the district out of a $66 million budget shortfall over the next five years.
"We will be going live with all-electronic tolling at the Golden Gate Bridge; it is a big milestone for us," said Mary Currie,
bridge district spokeswoman.
Before that occurs other steps will take place. The speed limit at the toll plaza will be raised from 5 mph to 25 mph and the toll booths will be wrapped in material to cover windows so drivers will be less inclined to stop. Lane No. 2 at the Toll Plaza will be converted to a $3 toll carpool lane. Carpool hours are from 5 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Three people in a vehicle qualify as a carpool.
For now, the toll booth structures will remain
in place, in large part because they house the equipment, including cameras, that will allow the bridge to convert to all-electronic tolls.
Bridge officials are working to get the word out to customers about the change and have started a campaign, "Drive on Through to the Other Side," designed to keep people moving through the Toll Plaza.
The district has established a website – www.goldengate.org/tolls – to provide information to drivers.
Thirty percent of drivers who cross the span now pay a $6 cash toll to cross and officials want to get them to switch to automated FasTrak or "pay by plate" accounts linking their credit cards to a toll accounting system. Those who want to pre-pay a toll with cash can pay at "Touch-N-Buy" kiosks around Marin, often found in convenience stores. If drivers do nothing, a bill for the toll will be mailed to the address of the registered owner of the vehicle.
But toll-takers, the face of the bridge for more than 75 years, will not be an option come March 28.
"It's been a beautiful thing working here," said toll-taker Dean, who is searching for a new job. "You see the sun set and the sun rise. It never gets old. For it to end this way is emotional for all of us. We are the ambassadors of the bridge."
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Creator of Beavis & Butt-Head, King of the Hill sounds off on gun control, Hollywood & more in exclusive Infowars interview
Paul Joseph Watson
May 23, 2013
Iconic animator Mike Judge, the man behind Beavis & Butt-Head and King of the Hill, told Infowars in an exclusive interview that his 2006 movie Idiocracy, which depicted a dystopic futuristic society populated by morons, is already unfolding, as well as sounding off on a number of different issues including gun control and Hollywood.
Judge told Alex Jones that his parents raised him to be a liberal but he doesn't feel comfortable describing himself as a Democrat or a Republican because the two extremes of partisanship resemble a "religion". Judge added that he had become "interested in smaller government kind of thinking" since he began building his own projects and was getting "penalized left and right" by the system as a result.
Judge expressed his annoyance at people in Hollywood who use their fame as a platform for political cheerleading and "use the audience they've gained to put out a political message when they have no idea what they're talking about."
The animator also addressed the hot button topic of gun control, noting that he used to be for it but that Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine had the opposite of its intended effect. "I own guns and I think if you look at it statistically you actually are safer," said Judge, noting that gun crime is on the decrease despite many Americans believing it has risen.
"When I was getting blamed for all this downfall of youth," Judge said referring to his Beavis and Butt-head days, "that whole time crime was going down in almost every category." Judge pointed to graphs (shown in the video) which show higher crime in the areas with the strictest gun control.
"Because I have this science background I look at that and it's kind of ridiculous," said Judge, adding, "I would be all for it if it's effective but I haven't seen anything that shows it's effective."
Mentioning Alex Jones' explosive performance on CNN earlier this year, Judge remarked, "I loved it – it's good to see someone yelling at Piers Morgan….I was thinking right on Alex go for it!"
Turning to recent scandals involving the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and Americans who teach the Constitution, Judge commented, "That does scare me, I think I'm gonna make sure to not use the words 'tea party' or 'constitution' in any of my work….that actually is scary, that's gonna make me listen to some more Alex Jones."
Judge explained that one of the major motivations behind his comedy was people's sensation of being "out of sync with the way the world is" and their frustration with "being stuck in a cubicle to being stuck in a classroom that you don't belong in."
During the interview, Judge also explains the genesis of his underground cult movie Idiocracy, which is based around a dystopic vision of a future society managed and populated by dumb people.
"I was thinking about the way evolution works, there's no predators now, so it started with that but then I was actually in line with my daughters in 2001 at Disneyland at the teacups ride….there was a woman behind me who had this altercation with another woman, they both have their kids in strollers and they just start going off 'I'm gonna kick your ass'….I'm thinking this isn't what Disney had in mind."
"I was thinking so what if this movie 2001 instead of everything being monolith and pristine and advanced, what if it was just like the Jerry Springer show and giant Wal-Marts, so I was thinking just take that chart from when it was made now and project it out and see where that would go," said Judge, adding, "a lot of the stuff that's in there is maybe starting to happen now instead of 500 years from now."
Judge reveals how the promotion behind the movie was botched and that the production company had no interest in making it successful, but how that paradoxically made more people want to see it, helping it become an underground hit.
Watch the full video interview above to learn more about Mike Judge's creative motivations as well as the scoop behind Beavis & Butt-Head and King of the Hill. The interview is interspersed with numerous iconic moments from these and other shows.
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Ridiculous: Court Says Mock Basketball Which Appears In Hyundia Commercial For 1 Second 'Dilutes' LV Trademark
from the are-they-insane? deptA little over two years ago, we wrote about what we considered to be an absolutely insane lawsuit from Louis Vuitton, arguing that a mock basketball, which appeared in a Hyundai commercial for one second violated LV's trademark. You can see the commercial below:
If you missed it (entirely possible), at the 3 second mark, this image flashes briefly:
The point of the commercial is to get people to imagine what life would be like if "luxury" items were everyday items, and thus the mock basketball with symbols designed to suggest a luxury bag, like a Louis Vuitton bag. As we (and many, many trademark experts) suggested when the lawsuit was filed, the claims here are simply crazy. There is simply no harm whatsoever done to Louis Vuitton by this ad. Most people wouldn't even notice the markings and if they did, what possible "harm" would it do? The answer is none. There is no consumer confusion whatsoever. There are no LV basketballs that won't be sold because of this (in fact, the judge in this case notes that, after seeing this commercial, some people wanted one -- which would suggest a market opportunity, rather than litigation).
Of course, Louis Vuitton's complaint didn't rest on the bedrock of trademark law -- the likelihood of confusion -- but a more modern bastardization of trademark law called "dilution." The concept of dilution in trademark law is an affront to the purpose of trademark law, which is supposed to be about protecting consumers from confusion. That is, it's supposed to be about preventing someone from buying Bob's Cola, thinking that it's really Coca-Cola. But there's no such risk here. Dilution, however, flips the very concept of trademark law on its head and pretends (falsely) that trademark law is about protecting a company's trademarks from anyone doing anything at all with it that the company doesn't like.
Unfortunately, the courts don't always get things right -- which is why we get such ridiculous lawsuits in the first place -- and here, amazingly, the district court has sided with Louis Vuitton in its dilution argument, granting summary judgment on Hyundia's liability for dilution, while it rejected Hyundai's movement for summary judgment rejecting all of Louis Vuitton's claims. This is, in many ways, horrifying.
Eric Goldman's summary, linked above, highlights the many problems with the ruling -- while cautioning that the details suggest this type of ruling is limited. Still, as he notes:
And then we have an opinion like this--where the court finds trademark dilution without finding infringement (not resolved yet) and in a situation where EVERYONE can immediately tell there was zero harm to the brand owner. Rulings like this make trademark academics shudder in fear that trademark dilution will swallow up all of trademark law and confer rights-in-gross to trademark owners. While I don't share those fears for reasons I'll explain in a bit, unquestionably this is a bad ruling.Goldman goes on to highlight some of the more specific problems with the ruling, but the key point is simply that there is no harm here. None. Absolutely none. Perhaps less than none, given the reports of interest in LV basketballs. When the law doesn't care about that, then the law is, unquestionably, broken. A ruling like this automatically lessens respect for trademark law, because it makes no sense at all. It makes a mockery of the judicial system by suggesting that lawsuits like this have any merit whatsoever.
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Recently, I played with more players, and my strategy didn't work as well in those circumstances. Especially with six players (the maximum), I don't have much success. How should I adjust my strategy for more players?


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United States Army Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford and his service dog, Bomber were special guests of Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin for the 2014 State of The Union Address.
PONTE VEDRA � United States Army Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford and his service dog, Bomber were special guests of Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin for the 2014 State of The Union Address. Sgt. Lunsford is a survivor of the Fort Hood attack that took place in 2009 when Army Maj, Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at the post located Killeen, Texas. Lunsford, who was shot seven times, served as a key witness to investors after the attack.
Since the attack, Lunsford, like many soldiers has been suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and was thankfully helped by K9s For Warriors, a nonprofit organization that trains and provides service dogs to returning warriors suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). In December, Lunsford and dog Bomber, a former rescue dog, graduated from the K9s For Warriors program. Lunsford is looking forward to the opportunity to share his experience.
�It�s an honor to be invited to the State of The Union Address, and to be able to correspond with elected officials and let them hear how it feels to be a wounded veteran in this type of situation,� Lunsford said.
In addition to attending the address, Sgt. Lunsford and Rep. Williams are hoping to rekindle the debate about proper treatment and benefits attributed to veterans after acts of terror and workplace violence occur.
K9s For Warriors was founded by Ponte Vedra Beach resident Shari Duval 2 years ago. Duval learned first-hand about the struggles U.S. Military veterans face after her son returned home with PTSD following two tours in Iraq as a contractor. K9s For Warriors accepts active duty troops or veterans from every branch of the service and from every state in the nation. The program also provides a new beginning for the dogs that become the lifelong partners of these veterans. All dogs within the program are rescues from animal shelters or are owner-surrendered directly to K9s For Warriors, then trained to be service dogs. Many of them were scheduled for euthanasia before being adopted for service into the K9s For Warriors Program.
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Established in 2011 K9s For Warriors, founded by Shari Duval (wife of PGA Tour golfer Bobby Duval), trains and provides service dogs to returning warriors suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). After meeting specific standards, dogs, former rescue/shelter dogs, are paired with warriors and veterans based upon his/her special needs and the special tasks the dog has been trained to perform. After a three-week stay at the facility in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, (which includes housing, meals and training) the veteran and their dog graduate from the program and return home together. One in six veterans suffering from PTSD will suffer from suicidal thoughts and tendencies, with more than 184 veterans diagnosed with PTSD each day. K9s For Warriors is supported by Birdies for the Brave, Warrior Gateway, Hope for the Warriors and many other fine veteran�s organizations. For more information, visit www.k9sforwarriors.org.


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• fluctuate •Pronunciation: flêk-chU-weyt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb, intransitive
Meaning: 1. To rise and fall in waves, to undulate. 2.To vary or waver, to undergo alternating changes, to vacillate.
Notes: Today's word has a large derivative family. The adjective is fluctuant "fluctuating, wavering, unstable" and the noun, fluctuation. Of course, you can use fluctuating in the same sense and fluctuational can also assume the responsibilities of fluctuant. Fluctuable has been used in the sense of "capable of fluctuating", though not recently.
In Play: Today's Good Word applies to anything that waves or undulates, "The field of wheat was fluctuating in the wind for as far as the eye could see." It is also finds applications far away from physical waves: "Heidi Claire's opinion fluctuates more than the temperature."
Word History: Latin fluctuare "to undulate, wave" from fluctus "a flowing", the noun from the past participle of fluere "to flow". As we have seen many times before, the [f] at the beginning of a Latin word often goes back to PIE [bh], a with a puff of air. The original PIE root of this word was *bhleu- "to swell, well up". So, it is the source of English blow and bloat, as well as all the words borrowed from Latin containing flu. Flu itself? Yes, it came from the Italian version of influence, influenza based on the assumption that epidemics were caused by the influence of the stars. (Today's word is another indication of the unfluctuating good influence of Paul Ogden's suggestions on our Good Word series.)


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- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic InterviewIn May, we were intrigued to learn that a futuristic eco-city was being planned for Fujisawa, Japan and last week we had the opportunity to speak with one of the people at the heart of this ambitious undertaking, Panasonic's Corporate Division for Promoting Energy Solution Business Director Haruyuki Ishio. Prior to now, there had been a lot of buzz about Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town, but very little available details, so we were excited to ask Mr. Ishio the questions on everyone's mind: How will the houses be powered? How much will they cost? Has anyone purchased any of the homes yet? Read on for Mr. Ishio's answers and ask any questions you might have of your own in the comments - we will pass them onto him and hopefully get responses for you!1
- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic Interview
INHABITAT: Can you tell us a little bit about Fujisawa SST and what Panasonic is hoping to accomplish with this new endeavor?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> From the business perspective, our Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town plan is about Panasonic showing in a very visible way the company's comprehensive solutions capabilities (for private homes, multi-family dwellings and facilities) in a real town setting, while establishing new business models for our energy solutions businesses.2
- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic Interview
INHABITAT: When and why did Panasonic decide to create the smart town? Was it related to the disasters of last year?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> In the beginning of 2007, Panasonic started to consult with Fujisawa City about how Panasonic could utilize the vacant land after we stopped production in our plants there. Fujisawa City focused on being an "Ecology-Oriented Town" in its city development strategy, while Panasonic has set its focus on becoming the "Number 1 Green Innovations Company in the Electronics Industry by 2018". With similar overall aims in mind, Fujisawa City and Panasonic agreed to use the cleared land to contribute to society in terms of ecology.3
- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic Interview
INHABITAT: How many homes will be in the SST and what will the layout be like?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> It will be about 1,000 households in size. The town layout is based on a leaf-like pattern, and it features three layers of construction (as shown in the renderings we sent to you).
INHABITAT: The town will be built on the site of an old Panasonic factory? How did you decide on this location?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Yes, Fujisawa SST will be built in the cleared site of a former Panasonic factory. As we mentioned in answer 2, Panasonic decided to build the sustainable smart town there after consulting with Fujisawa City officials.4
- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic Interview
INHABITAT: What types of renewable energy technology will be available to each homeowner? How much energy will those systems save for each household?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Power generation by solar panels will be available to each homeowner as a standard feature. This is expected to generate approximately 4 kilowatts on average per house. Within the project, Panasonic plans to install solar panels and storage batteries in all homes. Fuel cells are also an optional feature. Rough estimation of energy saving is 70% in each individual house and 20% in public space of the town. And the overall saving ratio as the entire town including each house and public space is 50%.
INHABITAT: Approximately how much will each home cost?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Right now it's impossible to give you a specific price for each home in the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town since home construction has not started yet. Also, home prices might vary depending on additional optional equipment. Note: We shared in our recent article about Fujisawa SST that comparable but non-eco homes in the Fujisawa area run for about half a million dollars.5
- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic Interview
INHABITAT: What Panasonic electronics will be available in each home? Will homeowners be able to choose which electronics come with the house or will every house come standard with these devices?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Panasonic's solar panels and storage batteries will be standard equipment in each home. Of course, homeowners are able to choose other brands for their other electronics. But Panasonic will do its best to make it attractive for consumers to buy and use Panasonic electronics for to enrich their lifestyles in addition to solar panels and storage batteries.
INHABITAT: What part of Fujisawa SST do you feel still needs the most improvement?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> At this point, we have no idea of what will need the most improvement.
INHABITAT: What is the part of Fujisawa SST that you are most proud of?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Panasonic is proud of the following: We can showcase customers all of our home energy solutions including the home itself. We can show overseas customers the realization of the advanced smart house concept developed in Japan. We can demonstrate concrete proposals on several services to maintain sustainability in the home and town.6
- Haruyuki Ishio Panasonic Interview
INHABITAT: Have you received a lot of interest from people who want to buy a home in Fujisawa Smart Town? Do you think the homes will be able to sell?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Yes, Panasonic had many inquiries from consumers who are interested in living in Fujisawa Smart Town as well as from press people. In fact, some people made specific inquiries focusing on an actual purchase. We are fully confident that people will remain strongly interested and that we can sell smart town homes in Fujisawa.
INHABITAT: Would you want to live in Fujisawa SST yourself?
 <big> Mr. Ishio:</big> Of course, yes, I want to live in Fujisawa SST. I don't think I could recommend it to our customers unless I had a strong desire to live in it myself. We would like to make it a town that anyone would want to live in.7


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THE Sydney radio station at the centre of a royal prank scandal has faced a diving share price and threats from cyber activists as its two under-fire hosts have faced a round of television interviews.
Shares in 2Day FM owner Southern Cross fell almost eight per cent to $1.02 in Monday morning trade as all advertising remained suspended after Coles and Telstra pulled their ads.
Online activist group Anonymous posted a YouTube video calling on the station to sack hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who have been in hiding since the suicide of a London nurse duped by their hoax but agreed to appear on all three free-to-air TV networks on Monday night.
"You have placed your advertisers at risk – their databases, their websites, their online advertising," said a digitally altered voice on the video.
"We will not listen to any more excuses. We will not let you escape your responsibility… This is no laughing matter. This is your one and only chance to make amends. You have one week to do so."
Station management defended the prank in which the two hosts posed as the Queen and Prince Charles in a telephone call to London's King Edward VII Hospital last week and obtained private information about the condition of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge.
Nurse Jacintha Saldanha, a 46-year-old mother of two, is believed to have taken her own life on Friday, three days after transferring the call to another nurse who divulged news about the duchess.
Rhys Holleran, CEO of Southern Cross Austereo, said the station tried at least five times to contact the hospital to discuss the pre-recorded prank before it went to air.
Mr Holleran said the company was deeply saddened by what had happened and was committed to helping any authorities wanting to investigate the matter.
"It's a tragic event and one that we could never have foreseen," he said.
Mr Holleran denied the station had a cultural problem, despite on-air incidents involving another 2Day host Kyle Sandilands in recent years.
"I can only say the prank call is not unusual around the world," Mr Holleran said.
"That style of call, it happens every day in radio around the world. No one could have reasonably foreseen what has happened."
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said it was a "terrible tragedy" for all involved.
"It was a prank that went horribly wrong," he told reporters in Sydney.
"I think it is important to let the dust settle before we rush into demands for more media regulation."
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said controversy surrounding the prank should not be used to attack press freedom.
"We should have a free media, but of course with that free media comes responsibility," he said.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the media regulator ACMA was considering whether to initiate its own inquiry, beyond the usual process of giving broadcasters the opportunity to respond to complainants.
Mr Holleran said he did not believe any ACMA codes governing radio broadcasts had been breached or that the station's licence was in jeopardy.
But media lawyers said the station may have committed a criminal offence by recording the nurse without her consent and broadcasting the prank.
"There seem to be two issues," Justine Munsie of law firm Addisons told the advertising and marketing website B&T.
"One is the potential breach of the NSW Surveillance Devices Act which makes it illegal to record telephone conversations without consent.
"The criminal offence is whether they should have been recording a telephone conversation with a person without their consent in the first place." – AAP
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Loading fonts using Cufon - Javascript
By m-e-g-a-z
This tutorial will cover a way of using non proprietary fonts on webpages using the Cufon javascript library.
Right, first of all, pick a nice font you like, in this tutorial I will be using Euphemia although you can choose any other fonts which can be found here. Please remember that Cufon only accepts the following font types:
- TrueType (TTF)
- OpenType (OTF)
- Printer Font Binary (PFB)
- PostScript fonts
Once you have chosen a font, download it and upload it to the Cufon website here.
You will need to fill out the relevant sections and do not pick something you will not be using such as Cyrillic Alphabet for example. Picking only what you need will make the javascript smaller.
In this case, I have done the following:
-Uploaded Font into Regular typeface.
-Selected Uppercase
-Selected Lowercase
-Selected Numerals
-Selected Punctuation
-Typed in domain *For Security Section*
Within the security section on the Cufon website, you will need to provide the domain of your website. If you don't do this, you will not see the text.
Once you have filled out the relevant sections and submitted the form, you will recieve a response to download the javascript file.
Once you have downloaded the file, place it in a directory and refer to the js file like this.
The file it gave me is called Euphemia_400.font.js and I put it in a directory called js.
So you would insert it like this.

You will also need to include the Cufon library which can be found here.
Include it in the script like this

Once you have followed these steps, we will now use the Cufon API to load and apply styles to our page. The Cufon API can be located here .
So lets get some script tags open like this..

Once we have done that, we will then need to put in some Cufon javascript. Below is a function called replace which replaces the text and applies styles such as color which changes the text to blue and fontWeight which makes it bold. The selector in the example below is 'h2' tags but you can make it whatever you want it to be as long as it's valid. This means that it will replace all h2 tags to the styles mentioned above.
Cufon.replace('h2', { color: '#26548B;', fontWeight : 'bold' });
So for example, we have some html below that contains h2 and h3 tags.

This is a

Cufon Test

We can then define some javascript to change these fonts and styles below like this.

The output should look like this


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The Kings' win over Nashville was bizarre, as far as 5-1 wins go. Scoreless through one, just 1-0 through two, Los Angeles just couldn't put pucks on net. The Predators blocked shots, clogged up the blue line, and made this one look like it would go down to the horn. Only, Pekka Rinne couldn't stop anything. The two-time Vezina finalist made just eight saves on 13 shots all night, and by the time he was pulled midway through the third, the game was out of hand.
Jeff Carter did most of the damage, scoring a natural hat trick on, coincidentally(?), cap night. His second and third goals came 19 seconds apart, and the timing on the third was perfect: Carter stole the puck at center ice for a breakaway, giving fans plenty of heads-up to make it rain caps.


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7 February 2018 at 12.24pm | 159 Comments
Opening night of #ROHcarmen: unforgettable and full of sun & love. Thx to Anna #Goryachova, Fr. #Meli & Kristina #Mkhitaryan. #Bizet would be proud of you! pic.twitter.com/hcLObDI35R
— Gregory Pacyk (@GPacyk) February 6, 2018
At its innovative best, #ROHCarmen is an exhilarating rollercoaster-fusion of movement, song, dance, design and stagecraft which feels like the rebirth of opera as we know it. But once the glamour fades, the works landmark dramatic moments feel a bit naked and threadbare.
— Attila (@attilalondon) February 7, 2018
Kosky's #ROHCarmen won't be for everyone, but has some moments which truly make you go "wow"!Amazing dancers, great chorus and good singing.
— Nick Wellings (@Nick_Wellings) February 6, 2018
Typical of Kosky's productions you don't have to care much about the vocals but I thought visually there were stunning moments @BarrieKosky @TheRoyalOpera the choir & dancers were amazing @ROHchorus #ROHCarmen pic.twitter.com/YRtYWm3nIB
— Emad Sultan (@docculture) February 6, 2018
Uniformly good cast. Goryachova had real vocal stature in Acts 3 and 4, but my standout was Kristina Mkhitaryan's glorious Micaëla. That's a splendid voice... #ROHcarmen
— Ed Beveridge (@dredbeveridge) February 6, 2018
If I had any doubts whether Goryachova's #ROHCarmen is a proper badass, the genius little shrug at the end would have allayed any suspicions. More Kosky please @TheRoyalOpera
— sandra (@bicoated) February 6, 2018
#ROHcarmen looked like a direct pinch from @ChicagoMusical to me, without the style.
— Phillip Wood (@Phillip_Wood) February 7, 2018
The ever wonderful @ROHchorus can not only sing brilliantly, but dance and do aerobics all at the same time #YouRock #ROHcarmen pic.twitter.com/Dtq2tZkhSi
— Sebastian (@Sebastian_G_A) February 6, 2018
Enjoyed staging of new #ROHCarmen only bit that looked a bit odd was the train tugging at the end.
— Erika #FBPE (@operabinoculars) February 7, 2018
Fantastic chorus at last night's #ROHCarmen
Not sure if it's a production I "like" - didn't seem coherent or congruent at times; more style than substance? But one I'm glad I saw & tempted to revisit
— CarmenSoto (@gourmetpenguin) February 7, 2018
Best bits were (a) the energy of the @ROHchorus - just astonishing on the steps, (b) a flawless Micäela from Kristin Mkhitaryan, and (c) the brilliant house band under Hrusa #ROHcarmen
— Malcolm Noble (@MagickLoge) February 6, 2018
#ROHCarmen A truly witty intelligent brilliantly-performed production of what can be one of the most tedious of the popular canon! Bravos all round!
— Michael (@mvarcoe) February 6, 2018
Press reviews:
Times ★★★★
Londonist ★★★★
The Stage ★★★
Telegraph ★★★
Guardian ★★★
Independent ★★★
Arts Desk ★★★
Financial Times ★★
What's On Stage ★
What did you think of Carmen?
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And is staged with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber, Alan Howard, Trifon and Despina Natsis, The ROH Young Philanthropists, and the Friends of Covent Garden.


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Yesterday, Big Hollywood's Chris Yogerst weighed in on Greg Gutfeld's criticism of Hollywood — specifically Greg's criticism of "G.I. Joe," Stallone's new Rambo film and "Inglourious Basterds" — for choosing politically correct villains over the real ones we face today. Chris is correct that turning Nazis into Jihadists is not something a filmmaker like Quentin Tarantino would do. If he has any, Tarantino's politics have remained hidden in his work. Up on that screen the only thing he advocates for is overlooked 70's B-movies and audacious entertainment. However, that doesn't make the director's decision to use Nazis any less politically correct or Hollywood's moral cowardice in this area any more defensible.
Where my colleague Chris and I most disagree is with the assertion that Hollywood chooses "politically correct" or "safe" villains because Hollywood is all about the money and therefore wants to appeal to audiences who care what the villain looks like:
Two of the most profitable films released this past year were "Gran Torino," where our hero confronts black and Asian street gangs, and "Taken," where the henchmen are Muslims and the arch-villain Middle Eastern.
With a $33 million production budget, "Torino" made nearly $270 million worldwide. On a budget of just $25 million, "Taken" made an astonishing $145 million domestically and another $79 million overseas. And before you give Hollywood credit for producing two films with politically-incorrect villains, keep in mind that both are notable exceptions; that only a Clint Eastwood could've made "Torino," and "Taken" was produced in France, of all places.
To be clear, my point isn't that international moviegoers flock to see politically-incorrect villains. My point is that is that audiences don't care what the villain looks like and that Hollywood's being dishonest when they say different.
Like the mainstream media, Hollywood's cry of being money-driven is a lie to cover an increasingly obvious Leftist political agenda. If Hollywood really is all about making money by "appealing to the largest audience," why no follow up to one of the most profitable films of all time, "The Passion of the Christ?" Why the three-year run of A-listers starring in box-office embarrassments with the most politically correct villain of them all: Americans in the Middle East? Define these films any way you want, I define them as loss-leaders to put Democrats in office.
Money-driven industries don't keep making Edsels and ignore the Mustang.
Filmmakers and producers with access to Box Office Mojo know that whether politically "correct" or "incorrect," who the villain is has nothing to do with box office. "Torino" and "Taken" were monster hits because they're both extremely satisfying films. If there's a single quality that made them successful that bucks the current Leftist Hollywood agenda, it's their lack of moral equivalence. Both are straightforward good versus evil stories with a protagonist willing to sacrifice everything for something bigger than himself.
Because the human condition knows no boundaries, it's old-fashioned heroism international audiences crave, not "safe, politically correct" villains.
"Basterds" only proves this point. "Politically correct, safe" Nazis are not what's drawing audiences but rather the vicarious pleasure of watching something Hollywood doesn't give us enough of: the delicious spectacle of evil receiving a reckoning at the hands of American good guys.
Both "G.I. Joe" and "Superman Returns" are all-kinds of politically correct. Neither, however, is likely to break even for years to come. "Spider-Man," "Iron Man," "The Dark Knight" and "300″ are a diverse mix of villains but pretty straight-forward in the good versus evil department … and all are monster hits.
Here are two other major areas of disagreement:
The decisions surrounding "G.I. Joe" and "Basterds" and so many politically correct others had nothing to do with the economy. They were in the works long before the recession hit. But this idea that directors keep their politics ambiguous and "not pick sides on an issue" disregards a never-ending avalanche of anti-Iraq, anti-Bush, pro-Leftist films that never stop flopping.
On the left, I would say this is the exact opposite of what's happening. Over the past ten years directors have become less and less politically ambiguous, and I would argue, increasingly strident with their on-screen agendas. This is why the adult drama is all but dead today. The agenda turns off a mainstream audience tired of paying ten bucks to be insulted and in turn no longer trusts Hollywood with anything other than tentpoles. Liberal audiences stay away because political stridency makes for bad filmmaking.
On the right, sympathies hidden and made ambiguous in fantasy films like "300″ and "The Dark Knight" have nothing to do with anything other than an intolerant film and media industry poised to pounce. The personal attacks leveled against a pre-drunk driving Mel Gibson before anyone had seen "The Passion," and David Zucker and Jon Voight make clear that there's a heavy price to pay for political apostates.
It comes down to this Gutfeld quote from the Yogerst piece:
For my money, mainstream Hollywood has chosen sides, and not ours. And that choice has nothing to do wanting to "appeal to the broadest audience possible."
It's not the economy stupid, it's the agenda.
Originally published at Big Hollywood on September 2.
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Now, I don't own an Imagine, so had to do some thinking when it came to all of those backgrounds and patterns that are included on the cartridges. How in the world was a going to "categorize" those? Then I started to think about how I look at paper when I go to start a project. Sometimes I know I want a specific color or pattern.
So let's pretend you were getting ready to scrapbook a layout of a summer picnic. Wouldn't a gingham check pattern be nice to use, since it would look like a traditional picnic tablecloth? So go to MyCutSearch.com and type in
That's right . . . that is a preview of all of the Imagine handbook pages that have a gingham check pattern.
Here is a larger view of one of them.
Some of the other patterns you can search for are floral, stripe and polka dot. I hope that all of the Imagine owners like this feature and find it helpful!


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7.2.5 Stratospheric Dynamics
Waves generated in the troposphere propagate into the stratosphere and are absorbed, so that stratospheric changes alter where and how they are absorbed, and effects can extend downward into the troposphere through a mechanism called "downward control" (Haynes et al., 1991). The downward propagation of zonal-mean anomalies provides a purely dynamical stratosphere-troposphere link, which may account for the well-documented troposphere-stratosphere anomaly correlations seen in observations (Baldwin et al., 1994; Perlwitz and Graf, 1995). The North Atlantic Oscillation (Section 7.6.4) thus could be coupled with the strength of the wintertime Arctic vortex (Thompson and Wallace, 1998).
The dominant wave-induced forcing in the stratosphere is believed to come from tropospherically generated planetary scale Rossby waves in wintertime. These waves are explicitly resolved in models and data. Thus the meridional mass circulation, although two-celled, is predominantly directed towards the winter pole (e.g., Eluszkiewicz et al., 1996), and leads to a significant warming and weakening of the polar night vortex relative to its radiatively determined state (Andrews et al., 1987). Variability and changes in planetary wave forcing thus lead directly to variability and changes in wintertime polar temperatures, which modulate chemical ozone loss (WMO, 1999).
The principal uncertainties in wave-induced forcing come from gravity waves, which are undetected in analyses, but whose role is inferred from systematic errors in climate models. The most notable such error is the tendency of all atmospheric GCMs to suffer from excessively cold polar temperatures in the winter stratosphere, together with an excessively strong polar night jet, especially in the Southern Hemisphere (Boville, 1995). Enhanced Rayleigh friction improves the results (Manzini and Bengtsson, 1996; Butchart and Austin, 1998), but its physical basis is unclear (Shepherd et al., 1996). The principal forcing of gravity waves arises from unresolved sub-grid scale processes, such as convection, and more physically based gravity wave parametrizations are being developed.
A dominant factor determining the interannual variability of the stratosphere is the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). It is driven by wave drag (momentum transport), but it remains unclear exactly which waves are involved (Dunkerton, 1997). Most current atmospheric GCMs do not simulate the QBO and are therefore incomplete in terms of observed phenomena. It appears that QBO-type oscillations are found in models with higher vertical resolution (better than 1 km, Takahashi, 1996; Horinouchi and Yoden, 1998). It is still not clear what aspects of vertical resolution, energy dissipation, and wave spectrum are necessary to generate the QBO in climate models in a self-consistent way.
The meridional mass circulation, known as the Brewer-Dobson circulation, transports chemical species poleward in the stratosphere (Andrews et al., 1987). Air entering the stratosphere in the tropics returns to the troposphere in the extratropics with a time-scale of about five years (Rosenlof, 1995). Current models indicate shorter time-scales (Waugh et al., 1997), but the reasons are not currently well understood. The variation of the height of the troposphere with latitude is also important for meridional transport and troposphere-stratosphere exchange. This is because mid-latitude cross-tropopause mixing is preferentially along isentropic surfaces which are in the troposphere in the tropics but in the stratosphere at higher latitudes. Transport processes in the lowermost stratosphere are important factors affecting tropospheric climate (Pan et al., 1997).
The mean climate and variability of the stratosphere are not well simulated in current models. Because there is increasing evidence of effects of the stratosphere on the troposphere, this increases uncertainty in model results for tropospheric climate change. A key concern is how well mixing on small scales is done in the lowermost stratosphere. While overdue attention is being given to the stratosphere as more resolution in the vertical is added to models, further increases in resolution are desirable.
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Fairelands calling, Fairelands calling! It's time to continue our journey through the Fantasy Faire and our next stop is Blackwater Glenn. This untamed woodland settlement is breathtakingly beautiful, although I'm a bit vary of the marshes, there just might be eels waiting for an opportunity to attack me, and I don't find the thought of eels very appealing. As any good female reporter would do, we check out the stores first.
"Okay, hit it." Duchess says to me when we find a nice spot for the report after the shopping spree.
"One, two, three, testing… Is this thing on? Testing.." I tap the microphone less than gently as it doesn't seem to turn on. "Testing … WORK! YOU WRETCHED THING!!" I shout out with all the fury I can muster and of course just then the microphone works.
Duchess looks like she wished that the earth could swallow her at this very moment as I'm yelling like a madwoman, and in live report no less.
"Erm, sorry about that!" I flash a smile to the camera and resume my report. " Irina and Duchess live from Blackwater Glenn! As you can see, this beautiful swamp-ish -"
"Irina!! You can't say swamp-ish! It's not even a word!" Duchess exclaims.
"Hrrrmmpfff…" The smallest of sighs escapes from me. "This beautiful village in a forestal area, with a few marshes scattered here and there, is the perfect example of how a man and nature can exist in harmony.. and now for the shopping opportunities here…. "
One and half hours later we've finally covered all the local merchandise and it's time to move on.
Next our path takes us to another marshland, Heavenslough. Also this place is incredibly beautiful. We're rushing back and forth exploring the flora and the fauna, watching the little animals, admiring the massive falls at the center of everything – and of course shopping like no tomorrow.
Having learned from my previous mistake, I make sure the microphone works before we start our report. "Irina and Duchess live from Heavenslough! Behind us, you can see an ancient rock formation, which is often used in druidic rituals and -." I sneak a glance into the bog on my left only to gravely regret it a moment later, for I see two tentacles briefly reaching out from the murky water. "Duchess!!! There's a swamp-monster in there!! Look!!" I point to the spot where the water now lays completely still.
Duchess stares at the water for a moment and rolls her eyes. "There's nothing in there, just water. Go on with the report."
I step a little closer to Duchess just in case, my gaze flickering between the water and the standing stone we're here to report, my voice quivering ever so slightly. " .. The large boulder is also regarded as a shrine to the deities of the nature and many forest-dwellers wander here frequently to pray, make offerings or just to meditate. Also if you look carefully – "
"SON OF A TROLL!! There – is – a monster!!!" Duchess' eyes caught finally unnatural movement at the water on our left. "Tactical retreat! TACTICAL RETREAT!!"
The microphone and camera fall into the ground and we run like little elves into the safety of the traveled paths. Thankfully, we meet a pleasant and brave gentleman, who agrees to get our equipment back to us for a small, nominal fee.
Photography by Duchess Flux
Text by Irina Strazytski
Duchess wears:
FAUN: Autumn Tribe Mesh Faun {Autumn Leaf} by Satyrs Moon ~ Available at Fantasy Faire at Heavenslough
NECKLACE: Gilgalad by Bliensen + MaiTai ~ Available at Fantasy Faire at Faery Court
ARM BANDS: Elf Armor by Death Row Designs ~ Available at Fantasy Faire at Hope's Horizon
REMAINING OUTFIT: See Duchess's blog Threads and Tuneage
Irina wears:
TUNIC:22769 – [femme] Linnen Tunic (brown) @ Hope's Horizon
SKIRT: 22769 – [femme] Battleskirt (brown leather) @ Hope's Horizon
BOOTS: Death Row Designs – Elf Armor @ Hope's Horizon
REMAINING OUTFIT: See Irina's blog Dark Chest of Wonders