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'Unforgivable': Family Strife, French Neo-Noir Style
- Director: Andre Techine
- Genre: Drama
- Running Time: 112 minutes
Not Rated; sexual situations, nudity, violence
With: Andre Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Melanie Thierry, Adriana Asti, Mauro Conte
In French and Italian with subtitles
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From 'Unforgivable' - 'Virility Over Health'
'Virility Over Health'
From 'Unforgivable' - 'To See If You'll Look For Me'
'To See If You'll Look For Me'
At first glance, the latest film from French director Andre Techine boasts all the titillating trappings of a neo-noir thriller: a missing girl, a private investigator, a seedy urban-European underbelly, a rich man suspicious of his beautiful younger wife. Yet Unforgivable, adapted from Philippe Dijian's best-selling novel, only masquerades as a story about crime. Instead, the film observes its subjects in the small moments of their daily lives, meditatively exploring the casual malice with which family and lovers fracture and finally break their closest relationships.
Francis, an aging crime novelist and "king of the neo-Gothic thriller," relocates to Venice seeking peace and quiet and, most of all, time to write. He's quickly distracted from his plans when he meets and instantly falls for his real estate agent, Judith (Carole Bouquet), a younger but world-weary former model disarmed by her client's charming forwardness. As she shows off a quaint property on Sant'Erasmo, an island in the Venetian lagoon, Francis casually proposes marriage. It would certainly sweeten the deal on the rental, he explains.
His romantic gambit improbably works — or it's at least endearing enough to keep Judith interested — so much so that a year and a half later, the two are happily married. It's an abrupt narrative jump, and fast-forwarding the relationship from meet-cute to post-honeymoon phase is just one problematic temporal leap that advances the story but leaves out critical details of character.
Eliding the specifics of how this relationship is forged means there's little context for understanding who each of them is to the other — and with no measure for what stability has been for them, witnessing Francis and Judith's struggles feels less meaningful. But it's a sacrifice Techine seems willing to make, if it means greater focus on how the two come brutally apart.
And indeed, content though they may appear, Francis and Judith are realizing that happiness together comes at a cost. When Francis' impulsive actress daughter Alice (Melanie Thierry) and her own daughter visit in the summer, Alice asks how her father's new book is going. His eyes pained and helpless, Francis replies that he can't write when he's in love; Alice smiles and laughs derisively, and it's her cruel response that marks the first in a series of subtle but devastating indignities the characters will exact on one another for their own selfish gain.
When Alice suddenly goes missing, it's unclear whether she's been caught up in something beyond her control or has run off with a drug-dealing Venetian aristocrat. Francis believes the worst and — without permission — reaches out to Judith's friend and former lover Anna Maria (Adriana Asti), a mother with her own unstable son (Mauro Conte) to contend with, to hire her as a private investigator. She finds him answers, but they do little to unburden Francis, whose paranoia now extends to Judith, who he arranges to have followed.
Yet even as the couple's estrangement seems inevitable, the dramatic momentum you'd expect, given the situation, is strangely lacking. In some moments, resisting the impulse to play up the twists and turns pays off: When Francis spots Judith through binoculars, laughing with another man, the look of childlike distress on his face delivers a more crushing blow than a cliched confrontation could. It's an admirable effort to approximate realistic, human reaction over emotionally transparent performance — but it's an intermittently successful strategy: In other scenes, the same understated performances read obliquely, masking meaning rather than conveying it.
In spite of the foreboding, insistent score by composer Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir), Unforgivable's tendency toward realism — downplaying many of its dramatic moments and drawing out its conflicts over months and years — undermines its own urgency. Even Venice, a visually stunning city in summer, feels like a wasted opportunity and is treated almost as Francis sees it — a sunny, charming distraction, but a distraction nonetheless.
At its core, Unforgivable is intensely interested in examining how people in the closest relationships will hurt one another to get what they want. But without fully realized characters, the film's major moments — each cutting remark and humiliating act — feel hollow.

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I'm very glad to present a small action game for Oric: Run T-Rex, Run !!!
The game is published in CEO-MAG Nº325 (5/2017) and is available on oric.org.
Attached zip-file contains TAP and DSK versions ready to play and the above text info.
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Run T-Rex, Run!!! for Oric
This is a simple side-scrolling game
for Oric-1/Atmos/Telestrat/AtmoStrat.
Basically it's a remake of the Google
Chrome secret hidden game, which is
available when the browser runs in
off-line mode.
More information about the original
can be found at:
... and a "hacked" version for on-line mode
or for other browsers here:
... and here as extracted sources:
The Game is very easy - run, jump or duck!
Altrough the game looks unpretentious,
it uses some unique techniques:
* 2 pages switching for smooth animations:
The render "engine" uses 2 pages - one
in Text mode and one in Hires. After
every new frame is updated pages are
quickly switched.
* Automatic vertical synchronization:
Using 50/60Hz attributes with special
calculated timinigs at startup allows
to catch the vertical retrace and to
initialize VIA's T1 properly.
* Two different render routines are used
for Text and for Hires drawing.
* The standard character set is used for
sprites. Some chars are redefined on-the-fly
for every new frame.
Legal stuff:
This game is FREE.
Many ideas and resources used in the game
are found free on Internet, but they are
property of their authors as follow:
* original game, logo and sprites:
- Google, Google Chrome: https://goo.gl/wCcNRR
* 2 pages technique:
- Twilighte: https://goo.gl/17842S
- Dbug: https://goo.gl/8LoQdV
* Auto V-Sync:
- ThomH: https://goo.gl/vuakjN
* Background music:
- Gershon Kingsley, Popcorn Song 1969: https://goo.gl/zwVROM
- X-agon, Popcorn ZX/AY remix: https://goo.gl/W1lCQN
- ym2mym + mym player - OSDK: https://goo.gl/kYWmII
* Character generator and bold font:
- peacer: https://goo.gl/kMS7IC
* BETA testing and support:
- jorodr
iss, 2017
All comments and feedback is highly appreciated!


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In honor of the 45th anniversary of the legendary "Scat Pack Club" that played a prominent role in Dodge heritage, Dodge and Mopar announced the introduction of new Scat Package performance stage kits for the 2014 Dodge Challenger, 2014 Dodge Charger and 2014 Dodge Dart at the 2013 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas.
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Editor's note: This is the third article in a three-part series about the recruiting process and college athletics.
If recruiting of high school athletes is starting earlier and earlier, the preparation to play at the next level is starting at even younger ages.
Some kids may see peers getting recruited at 14 years old and think their chances at competing collegiately are shrinking if they aren't also getting recruited.
If that's not the case, an athlete's dreams are not doomed.
NCAA rules vary from sport to sport. In many sports, coaches are not allowed to call players directly and speak to them for recruiting purposes until an athlete's junior year. Instead, the recruits have to initiate contact with collegiate programs. College coaches often approach high school and club coaches about prospective athletes, which is how a sometimes intimidating process begins.
With the school year beginning in less than a month, a few athletes who will be competing at the collegiate level in their respective sports shared anecdotes about their personal recruiting experiences.
The trend for girls soccer players is to select their future colleges earlier and earlier in their high school careers. Emily Heslin, a junior captain on the University of Minnesota women's soccer team, made her college decision going into her junior year of high school. Initiating phone calls with college coaches was not something she was used to doing.
"I remember being so nervous to call them," said Heslin, who is a Woodbury resident and graduate of Hill-Murray High School. "I talked to the U of M coaches a lot, so I would call them and talk to them for an hour. Usually, the coaches are pretty good about leading the conversation, but as a freshman or sophomore in high school that is very intimidating."
Former Prescott basketball player Owen Hamilton said it was strange the way recruiting conversations would be started by AAU coaches. Hamilton will be a freshman at Northern Illinois in the fall. He said that most conversations with college coaches began when an AAU coach would tell him to call a certain number. A college coach would be on the other side to take the call.
Prescott senior-to-be Peter Brookshaw said the conversations are pretty one-sided.
"It's exciting," said Brookshaw, the 2017 Wisconsin Baseball Central Player of the Year, of the recruiting experience. "They pretty much just introduce themselves and let me know what their program has to offer and why they think I would fit well. Then they start asking me what I am looking for in a program. It's nothing really in depth. I just usually say something that feels like home and is a good fit."
The definition of a good fit is different for each kid, though.
Ellsworth senior-to-be Morgan Kummer committed to play softball at George Washington University in January. She was drawn to the campus being immersed within a professional setting in Washington D.C. She thought that would be a great opportunity to get ahead for professional reasons.
After spending a week with her future teammates in December, Kummer knew George Washington was a school she wanted to play for.
"It is kind of crazy that after meeting people once you know they would be super cool future friends, but that's what happened," Kummer said. "I think a lot of it was just from the first time I met them, I was so comfortable with them. We already have a lot of the same interests if we're interested in the same school. A lot of it was because the girls are so similar to me.
"I felt like off the field I could be friends with a lot of them. We were able to build a solid connection right off the bat, so it was really a great feel."
Finding like-minded athletes to share the collegiate athlete experience, which each of these athletes acknowledged would be grueling at times, will be key to success.
Tyler Leach, a golfer at Spring Valley who will be a senior this year, referenced a Bronson Koenig article on Player's Tribune when discussing his future as a potential college athlete.
In the article, Koenig said actor Michael B. Jordan told him he would need to learn the art of being anti-social to be a successful professional basketball player.
Leach said that lesson in work ethic and commitment to mastering his craft was something he could see being important if he wanted to be successful.
"In college it will probably be like that for me," Leach said. "I'll just need to stick to golfing and stick to studying. To a certain extent, that'll be something I need to do in college."
For an ordinary golfer or athlete, focusing on the intricacies may get boring after time, but Leach has been doing that for two years now.
"I can still remember the day I first told my dad I wanted to get a Division 1 scholarship," Leach said. He said it was in the middle of the winter before his sophomore year when he committed time every day to work on his golf skills. "I would see other guys work hard from March to September and then they wouldn't golf in the wintertime. I thought my time to catch them or get better than them was in the winter. I really worked hard that winter. I hit golf balls just about every day."
Brookshaw had a similar growth period between his sophomore and junior year.
"I knew I had to get bigger," he said. "I saw Mike and Billy, (his older brothers), and realized I needed to be like them. I always worked out in like middle school and stuff, but then Tim Harris, my trainer, started to get on me a lot about eating and stuff. I eat a lot of protein now, and my nutrition has gotten a lot better."
The difference between someone who wants to get recruited to play college sports and someone who will play college sports is the commitment to the finest details.


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10 Shocking Twitter Pictures From the Colorado Springs Wildfire
10 Shocking Twitter Pictures From the Colorado Wildfires
A massive wildfile raging just outside of Colorado Springs, Colo., doubled in size between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
The flames now cover more than 24 square miles — roughly the size of Manhattan — in and around the Waldo Canyon area. Thirty-two-thousand residents have been ordered to flee their homes for safer ground, while an unknown number of houses have already been destroyed, according to an Associated Press report.
Despite firefighter's efforts on the ground and in the air, the blaze continues to spread due to hot, dry and windy weather. As the Waldo Canyon fire puts homes, businesses and lives at risk, local residents have been using Twitter and Instagram to post pictures, prayers, and messages of hope for firefighters, neighbors and loved ones.
Mashable collected ten stunning images from the Colorado Springs wildfire, embedded above.
How can social media and mobile technology help sound the alarm during emergencies such as wildfires? Share your ideas in the comments.


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The FEC is currently redesigning its website. This page hasn't been redesigned yet, but it still contains the most up-to-date information.
All principal campaign committees of current and former Presidential candidates 1 must file either Quarterly or Monthly reports in 2013.
See 11 CFR 104.5(b).
Before a committee can stop filing with the FEC, it must file a termination report with the Commission. See 11 CFR 102.3. Committees must continue to file reports until the Commission notifies them in writing that their termination report has been accepted.
Reports filed electronically must be received and validated by the Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the filing deadline.
See 11 CFR 104.5(e). See also 11 CFR 104.18 and 100.19.
Paper Report filing options -- Registered, Certified or Overnight or First Class Mail.
See 11 CFR 104.5(e). See also 11 CFR 100.19.
Committee Treasurers are responsible for both the timeliness and the accuracy of all reports. They may be subject to monetary penalties if reports are inaccurate or are not filed on time. See 11 CFR 104.14(d).
Political committees and their treasurers who fail to file their reports on time may be subject to civil money penalties up to $17,600 (or more for repeat late- and non-filers). 2 See 11 CFR 111.43(b).
See generally, 11 CFR Part 111 Subpart B. See also 11 CFR 111.43.
Campaign committees must file FEC Form 3L [PDF] if they receive two or more bundled contributions from lobbyists/registrants or lobbyist/registrant PACs that aggregate in excess of $17,100 during the applicable reporting period. See 11 CFR 104.22(b) and 11 CFR 110.17(e)(2).
Committees able to change their reporting schedule (for example, from monthly to quarterly) who wish to do so must notify the Commission in writing before filing reports under the new filing schedule. Committees may change their filing frequency no more than once per calendar year.
See 11 CFR 104.5(b)(2).
1 Generally, an individual becomes a candidate for federal office (and thus triggers registration and reporting obligations) when his or her campaign exceeds $5,000 in either contributions received or expenditures made. If the campaign has not crossed the $5,000 threshold, it is not required to file reports. See 11 CFR 100.3(a).See also 11 CFR 104.5(a).
2 Penalties for late- or non-filing of 48-hour notices are based on the amount of contributions received that are not timely disclosed. As a result, these penalties may exceed $17,600, even for first-time violations. See 11 CFR 111.44.


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Cooper takes aim at foreclosure fraudsters in Charlotte and Wilmington
AG seeks to shut down loan modification scams, win consumer refunds
September 25, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Raleigh: Three North Carolina companies that claim to help people win lower mortgage payments and save their homes from foreclosures are instead ripping off homeowners and must be shut down, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Monday.
"These schemes promise to help save your home but instead drive you closer to foreclosure," Cooper said. "Victims lose precious money that could pay their mortgage, and critical time that could be spent negotiating real loan modifications."
In lawsuits filed Friday, Cooper alleges that the Community Mortgage Assistance Program and Lender Exchange, both of Charlotte, and Tidewater Financial, of Wilmington, are charging consumers illegal fees for mortgage loan modification services and then failing to provide them with meaningful help. He is asking the court to ban the companies and their principals from offering foreclosure, loan modification or debt relief services and order them to pay consumer refunds and civil penalties.
Under North Carolina law, it's illegal to charge an upfront fee for foreclosure assistance or loan modification services. Including these three cases, Cooper and his Consumer Protection Division have taken 16 foreclosure and loan modification scams to court, winning money back in all 13 previous cases.
Cooper contends that Community Mortgage Assistance Program, Lender Exchange, and Tidewater Financial operate by promising struggling homeowners that they can negotiate a loan modification on their behalf and save their homes from foreclosure, for an upfront fee. Consumers are told to stop paying their mortgages and not communicate with their mortgage lenders or servicers—advice which makes foreclosure more likely, not less. The companies do little or nothing to help consumers save their homes.
As alleged in the complaints filed Friday:
- Community Mortgage Assistance Program and its principal, Koy Chiu, charge consumers as much as $1,500 in advance and claim to have a 98 percent success rate in saving people's homes. But consumers who pay the fee get little or no real help working out a loan modification. Chiu falsely promotes the company as a "faith-based organization" on gospel radio and in written materials to target religious homeowners and make the company seem trustworthy.
- Lender Exchange and its principals, Kenneth McCurd and Tanya Wilson, charge consumers one month's mortgage payment and falsely claim that they'd never had a homeowner lose their home to foreclosure. The company tells prospective customers it will provide a full refund if it isn't able to obtain a loan modification, but homeowners who've paid Lender Exchange and not gotten any meaningful help have had a hard time getting their money back.
- Tidewater Financial and its principal, Elaine Madej, charge homeowners $700 to $1,000 in upfront fees and promise consumers a "legal review" of their loan documents to determine whether lenders have violated state or federal law. However, Madej is not an attorney and the company has no legal expertise on lending laws–nor do its services actually help homeowners. According to one consumer who filed an affidavit in support of Cooper's lawsuit, Madej kept claiming she was working out a loan modification even as his home was sold at auction and his family was evicted by the Sheriff.
The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division has received eight complaints about Lender Exchange, including some forwarded by the Better Business Bureau and Legal Aid of NC, and four complaints each about the Community Mortgage Assistance Program and Tidewater Financial. [See also: affidavits filed by consumer victims against Community Mortgage Assistance Program, Lender Exchange, and Tidewater Financial.]
More than 1,000 consumers have complained to Cooper's office about various foreclosure assistance and loan modification scams over the past five years. To file a consumer complaint, call 1-877-5-NO-SCAM toll-free within North Carolina or fill out a complaint form at www.ncdoj.gov.
"Beware of anyone who offers to help you resolve a foreclosure for an upfront fee," Cooper warned. "If you're struggling to pay your mortgage, real help is available for free."
Consumers who are behind on their mortgage payments should contact their mortgage lender or servicer immediately. In North Carolina, free help dealing with foreclosure is available from the State Home Foreclosure Prevention Project by calling 1-888-623-8621. The State Home Foreclosure Prevention Project, which is administered by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, helps North Carolina homeowners who are facing foreclosure for any reason with free housing counseling, access to legal services for people with lower incomes, and help dealing with your mortgage servicer.
Consumers who have mortgages serviced by the nation's five largest mortgage servicers can also benefit from a landmark national agreement worth up to $37 billion that Cooper helped negotiate earlier this year. That agreement includes approximately $338 million in assistance to North Carolina consumers such as reduced principals and lower mortgage interest rates.
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Turkish Style Tomato Dip
(Acili Ezme)
3 tomatoes, discard the seeds, finely chopped
1/2 red or white onion, finely chopped
1 cup parsley, very finely chopped
2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp pomegranate paste or Grenadine syrup
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cayenne pepper, crushed
1 tsp sumac
Crush the onion with sumac and salt with your hand. Then mix all the ingredients in a serving platter. Put aside for at least an hour (tastes better this way), then serve with any kind of Kebab.
*Sumac comes from the berries of a wild bush which grows in the Mediterranean. The berries are dried and crushed to form purple-red powder. The flavor is sour and fruity. It's mostly used with Kebabs, preferred to lemon for sourness.
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Well, it's almost Christmassy Season for me. Just have to wait another week or so - until after Canadian Thanksgiving.
Well, it's almost Christmassy Season for me. Just have to wait another week or so - until after Canadian Thanksgiving.
"Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." - Garfield
I'm Admin of AllThingsChristmas Forum - Click Here to Message Me with questions or if you need help!
Christmas is the best time of the year, was just thinkin bout a Christmas tree's glow when the lights are on late at night. Hmmm maybe the tree goes up now? haha
ive got the feel of the holiday season right now...i just want to decorate..
Last day of October I start decorating home. It takes me about 1 week, so, that week is always the best!!! I already feel the holidays season...
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
Christmas Spirit hit me this week! Just ready for November to roll around so I can REALLY start getting my Christmas butt in gear!
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas".
Calvin Coolidge
October, November, so it's now :D
I don't know that I ever really lose the feeling I have some decorations around the house all year, I live for Christmas time.
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Light, bright and airy home located on a quiet cul-de sac. This Eagle-Vail duplex has been tastefully remodeled w/modern finishes. Upgrades include slab granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, knotty alder barn doors, steam shower, soaker tub & plank wood floors. Vaulted ceiling and large windows throughout allow natural light into the living room, sun room and kitchen. Two master suites and lower level bedrooms allow privacy. Centrally located between Vail & Beaver Creek in the Eagle-Vail community offering a community center, Pool, Tennis Courts, Golf Course and great hiking and biking access.
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One of the easiest mistakes to make when travelling is to try to see and do too much at once. It's far better to slow right down, take it all in, and not worry so much about where you're going and how fast you get there. Here's a few of our favourite journeys that go at their own pace.
Drifting up the Niger, Mali
The "big" boats have been ferrying people up and down the River Niger since 1964, playing a vital role in Malian society by providing the only form of access to some villages and transporting traders to sell their wares. In their heyday, the boats were packed with a thousand passengers; floating villages with people marooned in their cabins or sleeping amongst the cargo. These days you are likely to see more goats than people on board.
It takes six days to drift from Koulikoro, near the capital Bamako, to Gao, a Sahelian city 1300km to the north, stopping along the way to explore the bustling market towns of Mopti and Niafunké, home of the late, great Malian musician, Ali Farka Touré. The richness of the experience of travelling on the "big" boat is spending time with the locals, sharing stories and exchanging views. And there's no better way to get close to Malian life, as you slip through the scenery, past villages clinging to the cliff side and sand dunes reaching down to the water's edge. Fishermen on pirogues, camels on the bank, hippopotamuses in the shallows: it all passes slowly by.
In season (Aug–Dec) boats leave Koulikoro every Tuesday at 10pm, though delays are frequent.
Taking a slow boat down the Mekong, Laos
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Cargo-hold hell used to be the order of the day for travellers taking the slow boat through Laos, squashed between chickens and sacks of rice. But the ride's become so popular that there are now specially designed backpackers' boats running the 300km route from the Thai border east to Louang Phabang. They even have proper seats and a toilet – both pretty handy when you're spending two long days on the river. It's still a cramped, bottom-numbing experience, though, with over a hundred passengers on board, and an average speed that's very slow indeed.
In truth you wouldn't expect a trip on Southeast Asia's longest and most important river to be plain sailing. Here in northern Laos, approximately halfway down the river's 4000km journey from its source on the Tibetan plateau to its delta in southern Vietnam, the Mekong is dogged by sandbanks and seasonal shallows. It can be tough to navigate, as passengers in the hurtling, accident-prone speedboats often discover. Better to take it slowly: bring a cushion and enjoy the ride.
Slow boats leave when full and run from Houayxai on the Thai–Lao border to Louang Phabang, and vice versa.
Exploring the Thar Desert by Camel, India
In defiance of its old Rajasthani name, Marusthali (Land of Death), the Thar is the most densely populated of the world's great deserts. From the cities on its fringes all the way to the India–Pakistan border, the vast sand flats spreading across the northwest of the Subcontinent are dotted with myriad tiny mud and thatch villages. A train line and national highway wind in tandem to Jaisalmer, the Thar's most remote and beautiful citadel town, but from there on, the only way to reach the desert's more isolated settlements is by camel.
Riding out into the scrub, two metres off the ground, with the honey-coloured ramparts and temple towers of Jaisalmer fort receding into the distance, you enter another kind of India – one of wide, shimmering vistas, endless blue skies and, when the rolling gait of your camel ceases, profound stillness.
Packs of jubilant children scamper out of every village as soon as a line of camels hoves into view. At sunset, saddle sore and a little sunburnt, you can sit back and reflect on the day's encounters as the desert glows red in the dying light. Sprawled on a rug beside a flickering campfire, with a pan of smoky dal and rice bubbling away under the starriest of skies, the Thar can feel a lot less like a "Land of Death" than a wholesome, blissful retreat.
Camel treks can be arranged through any Jaisalmer hotel or tourist office, but try to avoid those which use touts; Adventure Travel (www.adventurecamels.com) and Sahara Travels (http://saharatravelsjaisalmer.com/) are both dependable.
Finding the real Dubai on a dhow, United Arab Emirates
Glamorous, fast and flash, Dubai excites admiration and contempt in equal measure. But if you're looking for culture and traditions under the high-rises and Vegas-style attractions, charter a dhow for a cruise along the city's historic Creek.
A cruise here takes you right through the city's history. Stone, Bronze and Iron Age settlements sprang up on both its sides, living off rich fishing waters. Later came the barasti, the famous mud and palm-frond huts of the early pearl divers, who risked their lives until 1929, when the Wall Street Crash and the introduction of the Japanese cultured pearl devastated the industry.
On both sides of the Creek rise neat grids, the buildings of the oil-boom rising like giant chess pieces: offices, hotels and private residences, each more lavish than the last. Around them, in low-rise sprawls, are the quarters of the Asian immigrants who built them, with their temples, shrines, fabric shops, flower markets and teahouses. Drifting past the sights, smells and sounds of this city, you might just rediscover the one thing Dubai's accused of losing but can never buy: its soul.
Various Dubai travel companies offer dhow cruises, including Al-Boom Tourist Village (www.alboom.ae), which offers various trips at different prices including lunch and dinner cruises.
Taking a trip on a dhow, Mozambique
Dhow sailing is hard work. It takes a huge effort just to hoist the sail, and as soon as it's up the ropes have to be quickly fastened so that it keeps its place in the wind. A plank of wood nailed across the hull is where you sit, while the captain tills the wooden rudder. Yet despite their simplicity, when the breeze fills the sail they cross the ocean as gracefully as any yacht.
The dhows are still used by fishermen along the coast of Mozambique from Ponto D'Ouro to Pemba, and while there are few organized trips, by asking around you should be able to arrange a ride. It's a good idea to be guided by the fishermen – they will probably know of uninhabited islands, secluded bays and mangrove-lined inlets where they can take you. You'll get the freedom of being on the open water, knowing that your fee is helping the fishing communities, which are struggling to compete against industrialized fishing and motorized launches. You may not be strong enough to raise the dhow's sail on your own, but as tourism develops in Mozambique, you can at least help steer it in the right direction.
You can probably persuade a fisherman to take you on a dhow anywhere along Mozambique's coast, especially around Pemba, Maputo or Vilanculos, where they are more used to tourists
Going further, slower on a Keralan housebout
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If you spend just a couple of minutes surveying the waters from the grassy banks of a Keralan river, all sorts of boats will pass you by: small wooden canoes ferrying people from one bank to another, long cargo vessels laden with sand and stone, and sporadically, the vessel for which Keralan tourism has become best known – kettuvallam houseboats.
In 1991 Tour India launched the first tourist houseboat – converted from an old kettuvallam barge (vallam means "boat" in Malayalam, kettu refers to the way the boats were made using no nails). Today it has six boats, each with up to three cabins with attached bathrooms, their windows peering out like rows of heavily lidded eyes from the distinctive woven-palm roof. Unlike many other companies which stick to the busy, tourist-packed waters around Allepey, Tour India offers longer charters – effectively, as long as you want – which allows you to take its boats to more remote areas: little-visited waterways and genuine, workaday villages.
Alternatively, you could take it still slower with Coco Houseboats. On a boat propelled slowly through the water by two men with long wooden poles, you don't cover as much ground, but your journey is more peaceful, and you'll have even more time to enjoy the passing scenery. Days rotate slowly around meals, the rest of your time spent idly watching the world go by from your chair on the deck. But with so much happening on the river and its bank, there's few places where sitting back and doing nothing can be quite so engrossing.
For more information see www.tourindiakerala.com and www.cocohouseboatskerala.com.
Taking the sleeper train from London to the Scottish Highlands
Board the Caledonian sleeper train one evening at Euston station and the following morning you'll wake up in the heart of the Scottish Highlands – a slow, subconscious teleport out of the urban grit and grind into the mountainous fresh and wild.
After leaving Euston at 9.15pm the train reaches Crewe just before midnight; it's then a long trundle overnight up to Scotland. The train has one- and two-bed cabins plus a lounge car with comfy chairs and a bar. If you wake up early, take a peek through the curtains and you'll see the vast, desolate heath bogs of the Central Highlands before the train passes over Spean Bridge and arrives at Fort William around 10am at the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest peak.
From here you can join the second leg of the West Highlands Railway, one of the most brilliantly engineered and scenic train journeys in Britain.
See www.firstgroup.com/scotrail for more.
On the slow boat to Béziers, France
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This is a unique chance to snuggle up on board a hotel-boat and cruise Languedoc via the Canal du Midi – the canal system built in the seventeenth century (now a World Heritage Site) that links the Atlantic with the Mediterranean in southwest France. Your home for a week is a renovated barge with two-berth cabins for up to fourteen people. The long hours of sunshine in this part of France power the boat's hot water and electric motor, though there's never much need to get out of the low gears. This truly is slow travel.
The trip starts with a night in a hotel in the medieval town of Carcassonne before you embark on the seven-day voyage to the town of Béziers, 75km away. En route you can choose to visit a wind farm, tour the vineyards of Minnervois and Ventenac or visit the Cathar castle at Lastours. The only slight cause for concern will be negotiating a "ladder" of seven lock gates before the final stretch to Pont Neuf in Béziers. But that's about as energetic as it gets. The rest of the trip is one long drift along this historic canal – gradual enough for you to appreciate the canal-side foliage or just nod off to sleep on deck.
For programmes, prices and reservations see www.creme-de-languedoc.com/Languedoc/sightseeing/canal-du-midi.
Rafting on the Klarälven, Sweden
Tired of tailored tours? For the ultimate DIY travel experience, build your own timber raft with operator Vildmark I Värmland and float down the Klarälven, Sweden's longest river. The idea is to construct a floating raft big enough to carry five or six people using just a dozen ropes and logs. Your teamwork (and sense of humour) will be put to the test but if you're worried your clove hitches are more like granny knots, helpful instructors are on hand to give advice.
You can build a raft in a morning and take it out on the river for the afternoon, but to get the most out of your craft – and the river – it's best to go on a five- or eight-day trip to enjoy the tranquillity of Värmland (Sweden's most southerly wilderness) and have time inland to explore the villages along the Klarälven. You can choose to stay overnight under canvas on your moored craft or in a tent by the river. There are no guides on board to show you the way, but you'll be well briefed beforehand on how to navigate the river and you'll soon pick up how to handle your raft with pole and paddles while keeping an eye out for sandbanks and eddies.
There are periods of intense activity (crossing rapids and whirlpools) but much of the trip is a slow meander so you can keep an eye out for beaver and moose and even go fishing (permit required). But the best thing about the trip is the sense of achievement at having built your own raft and navigated yourself downstream.
For directions, accommodation details and booking see www.vildmark.se.
Camel trekking in southern Sinai, Egypt
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As a region to lure trekking enthusiasts, Egypt's southern Sinai has all the right ingredients. An endlessly photogenic vista of mountain passes and shimmering desert, it also has some of the oldest human settlements in the world. Among these expanses of rock and sand lie fertile valleys where Bedouin nomads and traders have gathered for as long as anyone can remember.
Excluded by the development of urban life, the Bedouin are one of the poorest groups in Arab society. But if, like them, you'd rather escape the chaos of Cairo, their unparalleled knowledge of the desert makes them the perfect guides. Sheikh Sina, a Bedouin-run operator that works with eight Bedouin communities, offers treks to remote areas of the South Sinai Mountains. The eight treks on offer vary between three levels of difficulty and can include visits to tribes, snorkelling, exploring canyons and much more; camels carry your equipment and food so you need only be burdened by your daypack.
Some nights you'll pitch camp along the way, in sand dunes or lush oases; at other times you'll stay with Bedouin groups in their tents. Sheikh Sina was founded to equip Bedouin guides with hospitality and language skills, and to secure their livelihoods, install amenities such as wells and compost toilets, and promote small businesses. Its success shines through in the welcome the Bedouin provide. Diyafa (the code of hospitality) is for the Bedouin the highest of virtues, and there is no more important practice than to honour your guests.
For further info on treks, itineraries, ecolodges and the southern Sinai region see www.sheikhsina.com.
Riding to the top of Lesotho
For those who like their holidays laden with superlatives, a four-day horse-riding trip into Lesotho with Drakensberg Adventures will give you three. Your first starts the moment you leave the company's lodge, situated beneath the Sani Pass in eastern Kwazulu Natal. The rubble-strewn track, a former mule path for traders now only accessible by 4WD, is the highest pass in southern Africa.
Passing the border crossing at its top (three men in a hut), it's time to stop at superlative number two – The Sani Top Chalet, where a sign lets you know that at 3482m you are now sitting in the highest bar in Africa. It's more mountain refuge than country pub, but looking out at the pass winding sinuously down below, it's hard to think of a beer garden with a better view.
With the first two under your belt in no time at all, the real journey begins, towards your third. Your guide helps you saddle up on Basotho ponies, whose stocky frames make them ideal for what lies ahead – two days' riding, sleeping in a community-run lodge one night and a shepherd's hut the next, in order to reach Thabana Ntlenyana. Here, at the highest point south of Kilimanjaro, you stop for a well-earned lunch and a fabulous view. Along the way you'll be picking up supplies in remote farming villages, bringing much-needed income to families who would otherwise see almost none.
For more details, as well as info on getting to the lodge, rates and other activities, see www.sanilodge.co.za.
Taking a mekoro through the Okavango Delta, Botswana
The best way to experience the maze of islands and rivers that makes up the Okavango Delta is in a mekoro, the traditional dugout canoe used on these waterways for centuries. While your poler stands at the back and guides it through the lilies and reeds, he's also watching out for crocodiles and hippos. His vigilance means you can keep your binoculars trained on the bathing elephants and herds of antelope, which have fled the barren Kalahari that surrounds the delta to mass on these shores.
While many operators offer these trips, the community-run Okavango Polers' Trust also gives you the chance to connect with some of the folk who live among this vast network of channels. Based at Mbiroba bushcamp at the northern end of the delta, the trust employs around 75 people from the nearby village of Seronga as guides, cooks and administrators. Trips last up to three days, using locally made fibreglass canoes – since the hardwoods traditionally used are being logged indiscriminately – and camping on different islands each night, making sure you leave no mark of your visit behind. But though your presence may leave little trace, it's likely that the sound of a distant hippo's roar while you glide through the water at sunset will be with you for ever.
Further info on getting to the camp, as well as prices for accommodation, meals and tours is at www.okavangodelta.com.
Joining a boat up the Mekong, Laos
The boat journey between Luang Prabang and the Thai border at Huai Suay passes through some of the most unspoilt passages of the Mekong River. Amid the endless tracts of primary jungle that line the steep, cloud-topped hills, signs of human habitation are scarce – chances are you'll see little more evidence of civilization than rice paddies, small teak plantations or isolated wooden fishing villages, their stilted houses clinging to the hillsides.
There are many ways to take this journey – by far the most scenic route from Laos to Thailand – such as hanging on for dear life and missing the view in a six-man speedboat, or idling along in a rickety public river bus. Probably the best choice, therefore, is to travel on the Luangsuay, a 34m river barge with its own bar and lunch served onboard. It's a more peaceful, leisurely way to appreciate life on and around the river than the other two choices, plus the two-day journey is broken at the Luang Suay ecolodge. Perched on the steep sides of the bank just outside the small town of Pak Beng, this locally staffed lodge is the perfect place to sit and watch the sun set over the Mekong.
For itineraries and booking information see www.asian-oasis.com/luang-say-cruise..
Taking the train across Australia
For many, crossing the vast Australian bush is all about Flying Doctors and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. A bustling network of European-style high-speed rail lines it is not. Yet it is possible to cross the length and breadth of the country by train in relative comfort, thanks to the clean, air-conditioned interstate services that provide comfortable sleeping carriages, private washrooms and a dining car. Flying is the quickest and cheapest way to get between the major cities, but take the train and you'll see the wheat fields of Victoria, the dusty outback towns and kilometres of endless white-sand beaches.
The Indian Pacific, from Sydney to Perth via Adelaide, is one of the world's longest train journeys. It's a three-day, 4352km trip (that's just one-way), though the train stops long enough for you to spend an evening in the gold-rush town of Kalgoorlie and to visit the remote outpost community of Cook on the Nullarbor Plain. The Ghan travels from Adelaide overnight to Alice Springs, where you have four hours to see the sights before heading up to Katherine for another stop and the final stretch up to Darwin; while the XPT travels from Sydney up the east coast overnight and arrives in Brisbane the following morning, where you can change to the sleeper Tilt Train, which arrives in Cairns the following evening.
None of these trips will get you from A to B quickly, but these journeys aren't meant to be purely a means of transport: they're a sightseeing trip, a hotel and a sociable holiday all in one.
For times, fares and reservations for all Australian trains see www.railaustralia.com.au.
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Strength Beyond My Own
Seminary Music: Doctrine and Covenants
Heaven's light flows through the windows,
warming even walls of stone.
In the refuge of the temple
I find strength beyond my own.
I can feel the pow'r of Heaven as I stand on holy ground,
And the spirit whispers what I long to learn.
Eyes are touched with understanding
I can see beyond theis world.
It's the place I reach for Heaven and it reaches in return.
Filled with purpose, filled with power,
Granted gifts to lift the world.
In God's house and in his presence I am filled with strength to serve.
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Music: Steven Kapp Perry
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Venus Orbit Insertion timeline
Timeline of events during today's Venus Orbit Insertion (VOI) manoeuvre, marking arrival of ESA's Venus Express spacecraft at its destination.
VOI is a series of telecommands, engine burns and manoeuvres designed to slow the spacecraft from a velocity of 29 000 kilometres per hour relative to Venus to an entry velocity some 15 percent slower, allowing it to be captured into orbit around the planet.
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VEX slew manoeuvre starts
This rotation, to last about half an hour, will re-orient the spacecraft to have the main engine facing the direction of motion, and so allow the braking manouevre.
Venus Express main engine burn starts
Venus Express main engine is due to fire for 50 minutes.
Occultation starts (loss of S-band signal)
An occultation occurs when Venus Express travels behind the planet so that the line of sight to Earth is blocked; it will lose radio contact (S-band) for almost 10 minutes. During the journey to Venus, communication has been in X-band, via the high-gain antenna HGA2. During VOI, neither of the two high-gain antennas can be used because of the spacecraft orientation. Only the low gain antenna (S-band) can carry a feeble signal to Earth to tell about the spacecraft velocity.
Occultation ends
Controllers will closely watch for reacquisition of radio contact once the occultation ends.
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X-band transmitter on
The X-band transmitter connected to the high-gain antenna HGA2 will be switched on, and will start sending information to Earth about the health status of the spacecraft.
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Study Finds Fewer Blood Transfusions Needed After Hip Surgeries
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Less may be more when it comes to blood transfusions after surgery.
New research shows that such transfusions did not speed recovery or reduce the risk of dying among more than 2,000 elderly people who had hip surgery.
More than 15 million units of blood are transfused in the United States each year, often to elderly patients recovering from surgery. Many doctors are starting to use less blood after surgery, but whether or not this practice was safe and in whom was not known until now.
The study, which appears online Dec. 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine, may help reshape how and when blood transfusions are given to patients as they recover from surgery.
Some patients were assigned to a "liberal transfusion" group. They received blood transfusions if their hemoglobin was less than 10 grams per deciliter of blood. Others were placed in a "restrictive transfusion" strategy, and were given blood if their hemoglobin dropped below 8 grams per deciliter. Even individuals in the restrictive group received a blood transfusion if they showed symptoms of blood loss including chest pain, heart failure or unexplained excessive heart rate. Forty percent received blood based on their symptoms.
Hemoglobin is the main component of red blood cells. Its job is to carry oxygen throughout the body. Levels should be greater than 12 to 13 grams per deciliter of blood. Low hemoglobin levels after surgery suggest that blood loss has occurred. As a result, many surgeons will order blood transfusions based on these levels.
Thirty to 60 days after surgery, there were no differences in the ability to walk without assistance or the rate of death or heart attacks seen among the patients regardless of which group they were placed in. Individuals in the liberal group got nearly three times as much blood as those in the restricted group, the study showed.
The study only included elderly patients with underlying heart disease or risk factors, because this population is considered high risk.
The findings provide "further momentum to push down the amount of blood patients are receiving after surgery," said study author Dr. Jeffrey Carson, a professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J. "If you can't demonstrate more blood is effective in this high-risk population, then it is highly unlikely to be more effective in lower-risk groups," he said. The findings may not hold for other populations, such as people who have surgery following a heart attack, he added.
"We are better off giving less if we can show more isn't benefiting people," he said. The main reasons for transfusing less frequently include cost and limited supply. "The more you give, the more you spend," he says. There are also times of the year when the U.S. blood supply is tight, he said.
Dr. Tad Mabry, an orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said many surgeons have been waiting with bated breath for a study like this.
"As we have become more and more restrictive, we have had concerns that by withholding transfusions, we may be causing some sort of harm," he said. "It doesn't look like there is any harm to keeping a more restrictive transfusion protocol."
Still, nothing is written in stone. "The power of this study is to say that if you have a patient who has risk factors for heart attack and is not having any anemia symptoms, there is no reason to give blood to get a number up on a lab test," he said. "We can safely wait until the hemoglobin drops to eight."
More information
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We borrowed an underwater camera! Ok. Serious fun. I highly recommend this for an afternoon of fun.
Trying to get the group together - everyone but Charlotte got in this one.
This is everyone but Samantha is hidden.
The BalTeam in birth order - headless.
JMichael - floating and smiling.
Josephine posing under the surface!
Charlotte and Josephine - underwater selfies.
Josephine smiles.
Charlotte is a natural under the water.
This is Charlotte, but, doesn't she look like Samantha here?
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The Xperia Arc was one of Sony Ericsson's best selling smartphones this year, so it's no surprise the company is gearing up for the sequel. The original device never appeared on any of the major US carriers, but now that Sony has purchased Ericsson's stake and decided to focus on high-end phones, next year could be a different story.
We have already seen a handful of Xperia Arc HD (codename Nozomi) leaks appear across the web and now GSMArena delivers the clearest shots of the device yet. Last time we saw the Arc HD in white and now it appears in black, so expect multiple color options at launch. The hardware specs were previously leaked, but the new source confirms earlier rumors.
Rumored specs of the Xperia Arc HD include:
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- 4.3 inch 720p HD display
- 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 CPU
- 12 MP camera with FullHD recording
- 1 GB RAM, 16 or 32 GB internal storage
- HDMI port
New details revealed in the latest leak include a lack of microSD card and a non-user-replaceable battery. There is also still no mention of NFC support.
Current test units are still running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but there's a small chance the device could launch with Android 4.0. As Nick pointed out earlier, Sony Ericsson was the first handset maker to demo a non-Nexus phone with Android 2.3 at CES 2011, so maybe they could be first with Android 4.0 at CES 2012.
Overall it looks like a nice device, but I don't see anything too special that makes it stand out from the crowd. Most of the high end devices now feature 720p HD displays and dual-core processors, but the 12 MP camera would be one of the higher spec'd for Android phones.
Look for more updates in the coming weeks when we head to Vegas again for CES.
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As the nation reels from the latest act of gun violence, investors have the unenviable task of analyzing what last week's mass shooting means for shares of U.S. gun makers.
Shares of Smith & Wesson (SWHC) and Sturm Ruger (RGR) have tumbled since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut. Cabela's (CAB), a sporting goods story that specializes in hunting gear and guns, has also been punished.
On Tuesday, Smith & Wesson stock fell 10% to end the day at $7.79 a share. That's down from $9.54 a share on Thursday, the day before the massacre.
The sell-off comes as calls for stricter gun laws grow louder, with momentum building for restrictions on semiautomatic rifles and high capacity magazines.
But some fund managers say investors are overreacting and that gun sales might actually rise in the short-term as buyers anticipate more gun control laws.
"In the past, any encroachment on the Second Amendment has resulted not in a destocking, but an armaments race," said Brian Rafn, director of research at Morgan Dempsey Capital Management, a long-term shareholder in Sturm Ruger.
Beyond that, gun ownership is deeply entrenched in American culture and any attempt to regulate the market will likely face stiff resistance from gun rights activists and the politically powerful National Rifle Association.
Related: NRA is ready for a fight
The United States is by far the largest gun market in the world, according to Rafn. He estimates that overall U.S. sales are approaching 20 million firearms this year.
Conrad Mattern, who runs money manager Peccata Global in Germany, does not currently own shares of Smith & Wesson or Sturm Ruger. But he recommends both stocks as part of an investment strategy he uses based on the seven deadly sins.
Mattern said any new regulations will take time to implement, adding that "in this time, there will be massive purchases of guns."
On StockTwits, individual traders were also debating the repercussions of the Newtown tragedy on gun stocks. Several users noted that they did not expect demand to fall and that they were sticking with the companies.
Yahoo news has article saying record gun sales, main page. Most ever applications to date. Umm, $SWHC looks good to me.
$SWHC and $RGR here, oversold on moral issues, think those traders are now out, it's just a trade, i'm not judging morality
But others pointed out that there are just too many risks right now.
The gun stocks are a perfect example of the government being the wild card on any market ....like bad accounting....just get out $RGR
Both of the publicly traded gun makers have had significant runs this year. Smith & Wesson has gained 77% and Ruger is up 20% year to date.
But the emotionally-charged debate around gun control and potential tax hikes on capital gains are likely to weigh on the shares for some time.
$SWHC, $RGR Overall sentiment of gun stocks are ruined for at least the next few weeks.. regardless of legislation.
The fallout from the Newtown shooting has caused at least one big investor to sever ties with the industry.
Private equity firm Cerberus announced Tuesday that it will sell Freedom Group, which makes the Bushmaster rifle used in the shooting, out of concern for its clients, which include a pension fund for teachers in California and other large institutional investors.
Several well-known mutual fund companies, such as Vanguard and BlackRock, own shares of Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger. But their investments are relatively small and mostly limited to funds tied to the Russell 2000 index of small cap stocks. Both Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger are part of that index.
Related: Wal-Mart pulls ad, Dick's halts assault rifle sales
But like Freedom Group, which also owns Remington and Winchester, many gun companies are privately held.
Glock Inc., which manufactures one of the handguns carried by the accused Newtown shooter, is the U.S. subsidiary of the major Austrian gun maker. Winchester and Browning, two other well-known gun brands, are subsidiaries of the Belgian company Herstal Group.
Meanwhile, shares of Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) rose after the company suspended the sale of certain semiautomatic rifles from its 511 stores in 44 states "out of respect for the victims and their families."
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The PATRIOT Act contained a number of tools that expanded the power of federal law enforcement officials. One of these, the "sneak and peak" warrant, allows investigators to break into the home or business of the warrant's target and delay notification of the intrusion until 30 days after the warrant's expiration. This capability was sold to the American people as a necessary tool to fight terrorism.
In Fiscal Year 2008, federal courts issued 763 "sneak and peak" warrants. Only three were for terrorism cases. Sixty‐five percent were drug cases. The report is available here.
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This is a variation on traditional Eggs Benedict. Toast Crumpets or English muffins, with the cut side up, under the broiler for two to three minutes.
2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
2 tablespoons dry white wine
5 whole black peppercorns
1 shallot, minced
3 large egg yolks
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut in pieces
8 large eggs
1 tablespoon finely snipped fresh dill, plus more for garnish
8 ounces smoked salmon, thinly sliced
4 Crumpets, or English muffins, split in half, toasted
Fill a large saucepan with water; bring to a boil. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, wine, peppercorns, and shallot. Place over medium-high heat; cook until almost all the liquid is evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons water; reduce heat to low.
Add yolks; whisk until thickened, about 4 minutes. Turn off heat; whisk in the butter until fully incorporated and the sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Season with salt. Strain sauce into a medium heat-proof bowl; discard solids. Stir in dill. Keep bearnaise warm over very gently simmering water, whisking occasionally.
Fill a shallow dish with warm water. Reduce heat under saucepan to medium, so water is just simmering. Break one egg at a time into a small heat-proof bowl. Gently tip bowl into water; carefully slide in egg. Repeat until all eggs are in saucepan.
When first eggs become opaque, begin to remove them with a slotted spoon, in the order in which they were added. This process should take about 3 minutes. Transfer the eggs to the dish of warm water.
Divide salmon into 8 portions; place each over a half of a toasted crumpet. Using a slotted spoon, remove eggs from warm water; set the spoon, with the egg inside, briefly on a clean cloth to drain. Gently place 1 egg on each crumpet; spoon dill bearnaise over the top. Serve two crumpet halves to each person, and garnish with snipped dill.


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This is an old revision of MassiveAttack4se made by AsCendancy on 2012-04-24 12:46:32.
Massive Attack, Level 4
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:46 EDT
Faction: Serpentis
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Deadspace w/gates
Damage dealt: TH, KI
Extras: Damps, Drone Aggro
Web/scramble: Guardian Initiates/Scouts
Recommended damage dealing: kin/therm
Recommended ships: Sleipnir, Ishtar, Golem, CNR, Raven, Domi. Abbadon, Nighthawk
Massive Attack: Video: Machariel
Outside the Gate (10 to 30 km)3x Destroyers (Corelior Sentinel)
2x Cruisers (Corelum Chief Watchmen/Corelum Chief Patroller)
Pocket 1Usually aggro from the closest group. If so, the second group (60 km) aggroes your drones, but otherwise not unless shot at. If the 1st group doesn't aggro, shooting it will aggro the second group as well.
Group 1 (46km)2x Destroyers (Corelior Sentinel)
2x Battlecruiser (Corelatis Squad Leader/Corelatis Platoon Leader)
2x Battleship (Core Rear Admiral/Core Flotilla Admiral) (Damp)
Group 2 (60km)1x Frigates (Coreli Guardian Initiate) (Web)
2x Destroyers (Corelior Sentinel/Corelior Cannoneer)
3x Cruisers (Corelum Chief Safeguard/Corelum Chief Guard) (Damp)
Pocket 2Two groups, no aggro at warp in. Aggro'ing (Group 1) does not aggro (Group 2). Group 2 seems to have an aggro radius of 80km or so.
Group 1 (57km)6x Frigates (Coreli Guardian Spy/Coreli Guardian Agent/Coreli Defender/Coreli Protector) (Web/Scram)
2x Cruisers (Corelum Chief Guard/Corelum Chief Safeguard) (Damp)
Group 2 (126km)2x Destroyers (Corelior Artillery/Corelior Cannoneer)
3x Battlecruisers (Corelatis Squad Leader/Corelatis Platoon Leader)
2x Battleships (Core Rear Admiral/Core Flotilla Admiral) (Damp from Core Flotilla Admiral)
Tip: Aggro Group 2 when you arrive. It takes Group 2 forever to get to you. After aggroing Group 2 head back to gate and take on Group 1
Pocket 3Aggro:
3 groups, insta aggro from the rightmost and closest group on warp in.
Middle and left hand groups both 100km away.
- Attacking the Middle group does not aggro the Left hand group.
- Attacking the Left group aggros the middle group.
Right group (aggro) (30km)1x Frigates (Coreli Guardian Scout/Coreli Guardian Initiate) (Scram)
3x Cruisers (Corelum Chief Guard/Corelum Chief Safeguard) (Damp)
Middle group (100km)2x Frigates (Coreli Guardian Initiate/Coreli Guardian Scout) (Web/Scram)
2x Cruisers (Corelum Chief Guard/Corelum Chief Safeguard) (Damp)
3x Battlecruisers (Corelatis Squad Leader)
Left group (100km)2x Frigates (Coreli Guardian Agent/Coreli Guardian Spy/Coreli Guardian Scout)
2x Destroyers (Corelior Cannoneer)
3x Battlecruisers (Corelatis Platoon Leader/Corelatis Squad Leader)
3x Battleships (Core Rear Admiral/Core Flotilla Admiral) (Damp from Core Flotilla Admiral)
- Gate to pocket 1 is not locked. Warp right in.
- In the final pocket kill the left group with the Battleships (100km).
Bounty6854209.95 (full clear)
NotesMay want to use an microwarp for this mission, as some of the groups are far away. If you are in a long range boat, such as a Raven with Cruise missiles, throw on a sensor booster for extra targeting range. Then you can sit back and pick them off before they can hit you.


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A note on Kagan and health care
Justice Elena Kagan took herself out of a routine order the Supreme Court issued Monday in the health care case, but has not disqualified herself from participating in the argument and decision on those cases. The order denied a plea for time during oral argument filed by a group, Freedom Watch, that has asked Kagan to remain out of the case altogether. Freedom Watch requested her recusal in an amicus brief in the case; it then filed a motion to take part in the oral argument, and that is what has now been rejected in an order in which she did not participate, presumably because Freedom Watch had directly challenged her judicial independence.
In its amicus filing, Freedom Watch did not line up with either side in the controversy, limiting itself to a claim that Kagan's prior role in the Obama Administration means that she "has demonstrated an extra-judicial bias and prejudice and must respectfully recuse herself or be disqualified." The issue of recusal is left to each Justice personally, and Justice Kagan has not refrained from taking part as the Court issued earlier orders in the case. Moreover, Monday's order was specific in saying that she had not taken part "in the consideration or decision of this motion" (emphasis added).
Recommended Citation: Lyle Denniston, A note on Kagan and health care, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 23, 2012, 10:40 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/01/a-note-on-kagan-and-health-care/


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In the Piazza Del Comune, right in front of the Temple of Minerva, you pass an arch known as "Volta Pinta"
with the marvellous grotesques painted by Raffaellino Del Colle in the sixteenth century.
Trattoria Pallotta is discretely set apart, at the end.
The simple decor will make you feel the familial warmth. Before being seated at your table, ask to visit the cellar that was discovered during the renovation works. Here you will find many regional labels as well as a small selection of national wines, some of which are served by the glass.
Margherita looks after the preparation of the meals, using prime local produce and will always offer you new seasonal dishes, staying faithful to the tradition.
You can begin by tasting some traditional salami and Umbrian croutons. Moving on, don't miss the opportunity to have truffle or mushroom and black olive pesto strangozzi.
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Poilane-Style Miche from BBA
Well I was able to cross off a long standing item on my to-bake list with this Miche from The Bread Baker's Apprentice.
I followed the instructions very closely. I used half Whole Wheat Flour and half Bread Flour. It has been cool here so I did not have to refrigerate the starter overnight, I just left it on the counter. The recipe calls for 18 to 22 ounces of water and I used about 20. Next time I would go with 22 ounces to make the bread a bit less stiff and open up the holes in the crumb more. My times matched those in the book very closely.
Dough turned out onto some parchment paper. I used half Rice Flour and and half AP Flour for dusting the couch. There was no sticking.
Slashing was done with a razor blade on a coffee stirrer.
I got some very nice oven spring during the baking of this loaf.
Crumb was a little tight.
The flavor was great the day after bake. I will have to see how the flavor develops over the next day or two. The Dough weighted 2100 grams and the baked weight was 1892 grams (about 10% weight loss).


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I have never understood the affection for "Imagine," John Lennon's least-imaginative pop hit. The music is dull and dreary, the lyrics a paean to an utterly childish Utopianism, and practically a prescription for surrender. At least "Power to the People" imagined that people could change the world. The ballad that many consider to be Lennon's best work in his career did nothing but dream that all dissent and individual perspective would drain magically from the human race so that we could all live in peace, or perhaps a boredom-induced stupor. It's existential nonsense to which it's not even terribly pleasant to listen, let alone contemplate.
I accept that I'm firmly in the minority on this point, which was driven home when a performer had the gall to adjust one line in the song to fit his own personal childish Utopianism on New Years Eve, and get castigated for a kind of secular heresy:
Cee Lo Green upset John Lennon fans on Saturday night by performing a soulful version of the songwriter's classic "Imagine" with the lyrics changed from "nothing to kill or die for / and no religion too" to "nothing to kill or die for / and all religion's true." According to some fans, Green changed the meaning of the song by switching out the line. "The whole point of that lyric is that religion causes harm," tweeted someone with the handle @geekysteven. "If 'all religion's true' it would be a pretty bleak place."
No more so than imagining no heaven, I'd argue. Frankly, if I liked the original, I'd be more irritated with Cee-Lo's vocal rendition than with the change of lyrics. There's a certain amount of irony, as one atheist wrote, in Cee-Lo's presentation, too:
Cee-Lo Green claims that he was merely attempting to be tolerant and inclusive, but his alteration is anything but tolerant and inclusive and it is also nonsensical (especially since he sung the part about no Hell below us and above us only sky). But what can we expect from someone who sings, "Imagine no possessions" while wearing a fur coat.
As a matter of fact, all religions believe that they are in possession of "the Truth" and yet none have presented any valid evidence for their claims. Most religions conflict with each other at the core and their value on faith rather than evidence leaves believers with no independent way of judging which religion(s) if any is actually true. The only way to settle the matter is often through violence and a quick history of religion supports this very problem. John Lennon understood that and that was one of the main themes of the song.
Well, atheism hasn't proven itself either; it's a belief in no God at all. The only approach based on objective proof would be agnosticism, not atheism. As for religions causing violence, perhaps the author in this case should familiarize himself with the histories of the explicitly atheist communist nations in the 20th century for a better understanding that violence comes from human nature, not religious belief.
Besides, remakes don't ruin songs. Anyone who wants to hear the original recording of "Imagine" can, unfortunately, hear it just about everywhere on the radio, as well as buy a copy for replay at any time. I'll just keep changing the channel when it starts playing on my stereo.
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Update: From the comments, what do you get when you cross the instrumental from "Imagine" and the vocals from Van Halen's "Jump"? A much duller version of "Jump," really:


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