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Set in the scenic Peak District a rival to the Beeches Doctors Surgery is set up in the the small Derbyshire village of Cardale.
Peak Practice Fan Tributes38 Hazel from Cumbernauld, Scotland: I really miss Peak Practice, especially all the scenes with Gray O'Brien, he is so dishy.
37 G. M. Calhoun from USA: Hello, Peak Practice fans!
Please allow me to introduce myself: I'm G. M. Calhoun, a playwright. I'm honored to announce to your web visitors that Adrian Lukis has agreed to portray a lead role in my play THE LAST SOUTH: PURSUIT OF THE POLE at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Adrian portrays Robert Falcon Scott in the piece. Actor Jamie Lee (the films COLD MOUNTAIN and SHACKLETON) portrays the other lead, Roald Amundsen. A poster quote describing the play is below:
"This new drama from a multiple FRINGE FIRST winning team sees two invincible explorers engage in one final conquest. A century ago and a world apart, Amundsen and Scott race to discover the South Pole - Earth's last great unknown. Through their revealing and often humourous personal journals, the two rivals transport us to an alien landscape as unimagainably hostile as it is awe-inspiring. In the race of their lives, only one could be first."
The play will have two preview performances 23 & 24 July at London's Etcetera Theatre before playing at the Pleasance Courtyard in Edinburgh from 1-27 August with the 8th and 15th being days off.
36 pamela simpson from winster,near matlock: best series of doctor type stories ever on t.v. what is the matter with the high ups that they finished it, are they mad. bring this back now, and what happened to alice north after the show was axed?
35 Deli from Yorkshire: It is now Nov 2006 & I am still obsessed. The first series with Jack & Beth were classics but my fav actress had to be Saskia Wickham. Why don't ITV release the rest of the series on DVD? (currently only 1&2 are available) Bring it back!
34 Ellie Sutcliffe from St. Austell, Cornwall: Yeah, I liked the Erica- Andrew story line. Although, I was starting to think towards the end that the programme had not only reached its peak, but that it had also fallen down the other side! I think that they were running out of ideas for storylines and they were getting cliched. I wish my GPs had enough time on their hands to give me this level of service! Astounding!... but highly inaccurate!
33 sonia from bounemouth: i really do love watching i think Gary who plays andrew is very good he seems to really love his job i no i would like him to be my doctor p.s i am 21
32 L Balson from Newcastle: My favourite episode was 'Not Waving But Drowning' in the 8th series. Jill Halfpenny was amazing as Kelly and it was such a brilliant episode centered around the effects of depression.
31 Emi from Hertfordshire: I have to agree that the best episodes were those with Haydn Gwynne in. I saw her final episode this morning since it's airing in 2000, and I cried so much! My favourite ever episodes are the one where Martin proposes to her, and also the one when her and Tom do the whole 'love note' thing! Tom and Jo were the best couple! Love Em x x
30 Emma Berg from Melton Mowbray leics: My favourite episodes are the ones that Haydn Gwynne was in Haydn is a great actress I hope she is back on our screen soon.
29 Amanda from Lancashire: hey is it just me or does anyone else love Erica and Andrew? i thought they were brill and i cant belive Saskia left is it just me then
28 jack from liverpool: peak practice was fab, but sw is a million times better, i love amanda, series 8 was the saddest in history tv.!!!!!
27 Hayley from The Peak District!: The best show by far ever put on tv! I had a slight obsession that drove everyone around me crazy, but seeing where I live on TV made the programme all that more worth while! It should be brought back for sure!
26 Victoria from UK: Simon Shepherd is doing theatre at the moment. Mainly in the West Country. Gray O'Brien is on the Scottish soap, River City as Billy. Maggie O'Neill is rumoured to be filming on Channel 4's Shameless. Joseph Millson is expecting his second child due later this year. Eva Pope has just finished filming on ITV1's Bad Girls, in which she plays prision officer Frances Meyer. Amanda Burton is due to film a new series of BBC1's Silent Witness, which will be her last series (Only appearing in three episodes). Gary Mavers has recently being appearing in theatre with Saska Wickham. They finished in the West End earlier this year. So far, that's it! X
25 Lisa Purkiss from Southampton: I don't have a favourite moment, I just loved the whole show! I never missed it, and drove my partner mad!! It is a terrible shame that they have stopped making it, and it's replacement 'Sweet Medicine' is nowhere near as good!
24 Nicholas from Redhill: I found the episode, where Beth had to stay during the night, with a roadside accident victim very moving.
23 CK from Newcastle: I loved Gray O'Brien, if anyone knows what he is up to then let me know! It's a shame its not coming back because it was the best TV show ever!
22 angharad williams from south wales: My favourite moment was when Simon Shepherd walked back in to the series, that was excellent!
21 Jessika from Melbourne: Where is Simon Shepherd? Does anyone know what he is doing in 2004?
20 Gayle from Scotland: PP was never the same after Jack and Beth left... They were the best
19 Suzanne pepper from nottinghamshire: I was born at Scarsdale hospital in Chesterfield but lived in Tibshelf in Derbyshire. I love PP, I think it is great and so close to home. We don't see much of the Derbyshire countryide so it was great that they filmed PP so close to where I lived. It would be great to show Tom and Erica together as the final episode. Why did they take it off? I would sooner watch that than any other drama on TV.
18 cath from australia: What happened in the final episode ever? All I have heard is that it was a cliffhanger and I missed it! Can I please have all the details as I am gutted.
17 Emma Fairbrother from Horsham: OMG! I love PP so much I am so sad it has been axed! It is an amazing show and I wanted to see what would happen to my darling Tom! As that is impossible, I am all for the showing of re-runs, so as I can see my baby again!
16 dude from brum: hi laura, r u trenners missus?
ur pretty hot, isnt he a bit young for you, ive seen his picture on here. by the way peak practice rules!
15 Joan McNeil from Saudi Arabia: I got really hooked on Peak Practice. I have been in Saudi Arabia for a very long time and it was great to see a series set in a village not too far from where I was brought up. I am really sad the programme has been axed and hope the producers think again. Also it is very cruel to see Alex go off a cliff and although the odds are she is dead we have not been able to see the aftermath. Poor Tom, it is like lightning striking in the same place twice. All the actors were excellent and I really liked the new bar manager. Please try to get them to rethink. With the many problems in the world, especially here in the Middle East it was so warming to see a good series set in familiar surroundings.
14 Laura from england: hi i would just like 2 say i waz amazed at the quality of acting of chris trenfield as charlie preston . since that episode i havent been able 2 stop thinkin bout him and i think this could be love please could you pass on my message to chris to tel him my true feelings thank you Laura xXx
13 Sue from Enfield: My favourite episodes are when Andrew Attwood joins the practice. One in particular was where he was involved in a car accident helping someone else by the roadside.
12 Gillian Johnston from Dublin: Watching re runs of Haydn Gwynne's time in Peak Practice shows just what a super actress she is and is sorely missed on our screens.
11 saz from south yorkshire: the last two or three series were amazing. i to confess to being totally obssessed by the Tom & Alex storyline, it was a true classic. i have to say that it is a crime that it has been axed. i think it was not believed to be popular with the young, well i am 16 and a huge fan as are many of my friends. tom and alex could have least have lived happily ever after. i cant believe we'll never know whether or not alex lived.
10 Kelly Doherty from Cannock in staffordshire: I liked the episode where Joanna found out that she was pregnant with Tom's baby.
9 Kate from Watford: Haydn Gwynne is a great actress. She made PP brilliant and has done the same to merseybeat. It was the saddest moment ever when she was shot! Well done Haydn!
8 Victoria from Essex: I was saddened like everyone else at the axing of Peak Practice, and the fact that Alex and Tom didn't get married. After everything they've been through, that was totally bang out of order. I reckon, they should've let sleeping dogs lie. Oh well, that's life.
7 claire from manchester: i thought it was really sad when DR David died, i cried like a baby.
6 Harriet from Hertfordshire: I love Alex and Tom as a couple. I loved it when they got together, although it took ages. When Alex proposed to Tom it was so romantic, and it followed the Peak Practice tradition!
5 Lisa from Sussex: The saddest moment was when Joanna was shot. I didn't know that was going to happen and it was a real shock when she died.
4 Tiffany Pearson from Oxford: When Will and Kate got back together in the last series. A wonderful surprise and done in true Preston style!
3 Meraid Mills from Manchester: My favourite moment is were Jack and Beth start to go out with each other.
2 Nicholas Cox from Redhill Surrey: The moment when the Medical Student, played by Jaye Griffiths, went out with Jack Kerrush, and her Landlady's Holier Than Thou Attitude, at her late return with a Man.
1 Michelle Roberts from Liverpool: I think peak practice is great the people at Cartlon need there heads looking at to axe it in the beginning. Dr Tom is fab looking
Peak Practice
Genre: Drama
Year: 1993-2002
Kate Baines as Duty Manager (1999)
Jamie Bamber as Dr. Matt Kendal (2001)
Lynsey Baxter as Kate Turner (2000)
Tom Beard as Dr. Daniel Acres (1993)
John Bowler as Mike Pullen (2000)
Aimie Bracken as Serena (2000)
Joy Brook as Joanne Pearson as recptionist (1997)
Christian Burgess as Martin Henderson (1999)
Amanda Burton (I)as Dr Beth Kerruish, née Glover (1993-1995)
Michael Cadman (I) as Ian Hart (1994)
Sean Chapman as James Strickland(2001)
Esther Coles as Kim Beardsmore receptionist/practice manager (1993)
Susannah Corbett as Kerri Davidson, physiotherapist (2000)
Karl Davies as Nick Pullen (2000)
Maurice Denham as Mr. Hart (1993)
Edna Doré as Maisie Jutson (2000)
Annette Ekblom as Patricia Davey(1999)
Hazel Ellerby as Chloe White(1993)
Christabel Fellowes as Leanne Shackleton, child minder (2000)
Regina Freedman as Liz Pullen (2000)
Fiona Gillies as Clare Shearer (1998)
Beth Goddard as Leanda (1993)
Deborah Grant as Carol Johnson, receptionist(2000)
Haydn Gwynne as Dr. Joanna Graham(1999)
Jill Halfpenny as Kelly barmaid/receptionist (1999)
Sharon Hinds as Ellie Ndebala (1993)
Julia Howarth as Julie Pullen (2000)
James E. Kerr as Russell Skinner(1996)
Melanie Kilburn as Liz Pullen (2000)
Jacqueline Leonard as Sarah Preston (1993)
Thomas Lockyer as Dr. Nick Goodson(1998)
Adrian Lukis as Dr David Shearer(1997)
David Mallinson as Richard Turner(2000)
Margery Mason as Alice North (1993)
Gary Mavers as Dr. Andrew Attwood(1995)
Victor McGuire as Shaun Carter, publican (2001)
Shelagh McLeod as Kate Preston, née Webster (1996)
Joseph Millson as Dr. Sam Morgan (1999)
Georgi Moffett as Nicki Davey (1999)
Gray O'Brien as Dr. Tom Deneley (2000)
Siobhan O'Carroll asBridget Mellors, nurse (1999)
Maggie O'Neill as Dr. Alex Redman (2000)
Paul Opacic as Mark Kershaw (2001)
Sarah Parish as Dawn Rudge, receptionist (1999)
Richard Platt as James White (1993)
Eva Pope as Claire Brightwell, practice nurse (2001)
Shaun Prendergast as Trevor Sharp (1993)
Andrew Ray as Dr. John Reginald (1993)
Anne Reid as Rita Barrat, pub landlady (1999)
Veronica Roberts as Laura Elliot, practice nurse (1995-1998)
Simon Shepherd as Dr. Will Preston(1993)
Sukie Smith as Kirsty Attwood (1996)
Clive Swift as Norman Shorthose, chemist(1998)
Sylvia Syms as Isabel de Gines (1993)
Chris Trenfield as Charlie Preston
Yolanda Vazquez as Clare Shearer(1997)
Ludmilla Vuli as Polly Stevens, receptionist (1998)
Stuart Wells as Charlie Webster (2001)
Kevin Whately as Dr. Jack Kerruish(1993)Saskia Wickham as Dr Erica Matthews(1996)
Sylvia Syms (ep Roses Around The Door)
Minnie Driver (ep Enemy Within)
1951-02-06: Kevin Whately (Dr Jack Kerruish) was born.
1957-01-08: Amanda Burton (Dr Beth Glover) was born
1993-05-10: First episode of Peak Practice was screened
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Authorities struggled Monday to identify 49 bodies without heads, hands or feet to gain clues into the latest in a series of massacres from an escalating war between Mexico's two dominant drug cartels, with increasing evidence that innocents are being pulled into the bloodbath along with gang rivals.
More than 24 hours after the gruesome discovery, officials had yet to identify any of the mutilated corpses found near the northern industrial city of Monterrey. None of the bodies examined so far showed signs of gunshots, Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene told Milenio television.
Though it was unclear who the victims were, it was the fourth massacre in a month. Mexico's interior secretary, Alejandro Poire, said Monday that all those incidents resulted from the fight between the Zetas gang and the Sinaloa Cartel, which have emerged in the last year as the two main forces in Mexican drug-trafficking and other organized crime.
Some victims in earlier body dumps have turned out to be bakers, brick layers, even students — anyone who could be snatched off the streets in mass killings that one captured gang member said were designed to "cause terror."
Poire would not respond directly when asked by The Associated Press if innocents have increasingly become targets.
"We don't have proper identification of the dead," he said. "We have to leave that to the investigation."
"We have to look deeper … to know the motives or who could have been the victims of violence," Poire added.
The 43 men and six women found Sunday were dumped at the entrance to the town of San Juan in the municipality of Cadereyta about 105 miles (175 kilometers) southwest of McAllen, Texas.
Graffiti around the town of 4,000 people mark it as Zetas territory, including "100% Zeta" painted on a stone arch welcoming visitors where the bodies were dumped and "Z's" painted on the home of San Juan's priest.
There have been 74 killings in the first four months of this year in Cadereyta municipality, compared to 27 over the same period in 2011 and seven in 2010, according to figures from Nuevo Leon state prosecutors.
The massacre follows the discovery of 14 men left in a van in downtown Nuevo Laredo on April 17 and 23 people found hanged or decapitated in the same border city May 4.
Eighteen dismembered bodied were left near Mexico's second-largest city, Guadalajara, last week. Among the nine people identified in that attack were bricklayers, waiters and at least one student. None had criminal records.
Accused Zetas member Juan Carlos Antonio Mercado was arrested near Guadalajara last week in the kidnapping of 12 people. He told reporters that he and accomplices had been kidnapping people since mid-April at random and held them with the intent of dumping their bodies in the city center on May 10, Mexican Mother's Day, but the police presence kept them from doing so.
Prosecutors in Jalisco state, where Guadalajara is, said the kidnapping plot fell apart when some victims escaped. The plot appeared to be linked to the discovery of the 18 dismembered bodies.
Drug violence has killed more than 47,500 people since President Felipe Calderon launched a stepped-up offensive when he took office in December 2006. The campaign has seen the two cartels emerge as Mexico's two most powerful. At least one of the two cartels is present in nearly all of Mexico's 32 states.
Their war started in earnest last fall with the dumping of 35 bodies in Veracruz, a strategic smuggling state with a giant Gulf port formerly controlled by the Zetas and recently taken over by a gang loyal to Sinaloa.
Guadalajara has long been controlled by gangs loyal to Sinaloa. Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey are considered territory of the Zetas gang, which was founded by deserters from the Mexican army's special forces as the enforcement arm of the Gulf Cartel that historically dominated northeastern Mexico and the border along Texas. The groups split in early 2010, causing a bloody battle for territory that the Zetas have been winning. The weakened Gulf Cartel has started to align itself with Sinaloa to fight back.
Poire wouldn't say which side was responsible for Sunday's killings, though Domene said Sunday that it was the Zetas.
A state police investigator at the morgue, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case, said some of the bodies were badly decomposed and some had their whole arms or lower legs missing.
San Juan, part of the Cadereyta municipality, is a town of farmers and factory workers near a refinery for Pemex, Mexico's state-run petroleum company.
One resident who didn't want to be identified for fear of retaliation said that the municipality has been without a local police for six years and that the Zetas have controlled San Juan for at least two years.
He said he believed that the Zetas' enemies, who he wouldn't name, dumped the bodies as a way to provoke authorities into cracking down on the Zetas. By Monday afternoon, both state police and Mexican soldiers were patrolling the town.
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Beach Cities (Orange County) : Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach is a resort-residential community (population about 20,000) along the Pacific coast in South Orange County in Southern California. It is known for its extensive artist community, seaside village atmosphere, beautiful beaches, and luxury resort hotels. Fans of the Beach Boys will recall the mention of the city in the song "Surfin' Safari". In warm sunny weather, Laguna Beach can have an overwhelming Mediterranean-island ambiance. Laguna Beach attracts a few million visitors a year.
Get in
By plane
Orange County's John Wayne Airport, also known as SNA, [13] is only about 15 miles from Laguna Beach. From SNA, you can get to Laguna Beach by one of several ways: rent a car and drive (most popular), take a taxi (about $50), take a door-to-door shuttle (about $30) or limo, or take the OCTA [see Orange County Transportation Authority below] bus #76 ($2.50, runs hourly) to the Newport Transportation Center and transfer there to the OCTA bus #1 that runs to Laguna Beach via the Pacific Coast Highway. All of these modes may be found at the SNA's Ground Transportation Center across the street from Terminal A and B, with the exception of the OCTA bus #76, which is boarded at the OCTA Bus Stop at the far end of Terminal B curbside.
By car
Laguna Beach is located along the Pacific Coast Highway (CA 1) at the "T" intersection of Laguna Canyon Road (CA 133), which becomes Broadway in town. When arriving on summer nights during Pageant of the Masters performances expect a lot of traffic along CA 133 and plan extra time to get into town.
From John Wayne Airport, you can take either Interstate 405 (to the north) or CA-73 (to the south and partway a toll road) to get to CA-133 and south to Laguna Beach. Alternatively, you can drive south from John Wayne Airport to Newport Beach and pick up CA-1 to Laguna Beach.
By rail
Amtrak and Metrolink stations are located in Irvine, Laguna Niguel, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente.
Get around
Laguna Beach is a linear town stretched along the Pacific Coast Highway (CA 1) punctuated by several canyons. In town, Broadway (CA 133, which becomes Laguna Canyon Drive out of town) divides the Pacific Coast Highway into the North Coast Highway and the South Coast Highway; address numbers increase outward from Broadway, with odd-number Coast Highway addresses on the ocean side.
By public transit
The FREE Summer Shuttle Service is a four-line service to accommodate locals and visitors going to the Pageant of the Masters, local art festivals, etc. Beginning in late June through the end of August, the four Summer shuttle routes operate seven days a week from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Frequency 30 minutes.
By car
Although a car may be convenient, parking is at a premium in the summer; beware of having your car towed. You'll probably have to pay to park downtown in beach weather. The cheapest option is parking in the residential areas on the other side of Pacific Coast Highway. If you are trying to get downtown a good place to park is the district parking lot just across from Laguna Beach High School. From here you can take a short walk into town. Lot prices in the summer range from $7 - $15.
Before seeing anything, visit the Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau[16], 252 Broadway (tel. 800/877-1115 or 949/497-9229). It is located in the heart of town and distributes lodging, dining, and art gallery guides. It's open Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm, and Saturday from 10am to 4pm (plus Sundays in the summer).
There is very good scuba and skin diving in Laguna. Diver's Cove is in north Laguna.
CAUTION: Laguna is notorious for its shore breaking waves which cause countless neck and back injuries year round. Checking with lifeguards about the conditions is alway a must if you are thinking about going out in the water for your first time.
The sales tax here is 8.25%, .5% higher than all other Orange County cities.
Food here can be very expensive. There are some great Mexican restaurants and some cheaper lunchtime places.
Get out
"Oh, please do...", locals will say. John Wayne (actor and Newport Beach republican) Airport is only twenty minutes away on a good day.


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From an interview with GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons in The Baltimore Sun:
Q: Do a lot of people register their own names with you? [Full disclosure: I did.]
A: That's a phenomena that's starting to actually grow, but I would say it's still a minority. What I would say is we've noticed a trend of baby names. Parents will purchase the dot-com name for their baby. We have been aware of some instances where somebody didn't name their child a particular name because the dot-com wasn't available.
From an article by Veronica Agard at PolicyMic:
My parents couldn't have known that my peers of color would tease me and say, "That's such a white girl name." My parents couldn't know that I would be approached by people of color, after we corresponded electronically, and be told, "I thought you were white."
From an article about baby-naming in GQ by Drew Magary (who I've also quoted here and here):
Think about the kid and not yourself. Are you giving this kid a one-of-a-kind name because you're fishing for cheap compliments? Do you want friends and family to be dazzled by your creativity? That's probably what's going on here, even if you can't admit it. A name shouldn't make a person. A person should make a name for himself. He has to go and earn it by fighting bears and seducing the wives of dictators. On his own. Without your help. So before you fill out that birth-certificate application, think hard about the person who's gonna be carrying around this name for life. Put yourself in the kid's shoes, and maybe, just maybe, you'll have the balls not to name her Brixie.
From an interview with Val Kilmer in Interview Magazine:
UKLANSKI: Your childhood was a while ago. And of course these are your memories, and yet you are bringing this up. Is it when you look back at your life, it's cliché?
KILMER: I don't think of my life as a cliché, but I'm a cliché eccentric. Complete with a strange name–I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?
From an interview with poet Warsan Shire (discovered via A Mitchell):
KJR: Your names are Warsan Shire. What do your names mean? Who gave you these names? Back on February 25, 2011, you wrote "the birth name". In this piece you wrote, "give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue" and "my name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right." Can you discuss these two lines?
WS: Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother. Growing up, I absolutely wanted a name that was easier to pronounce, more common, prettier. But then I grew up and understood the power of a name, the beauty that comes in understanding how your name has affected who you are. My name is indigenous to my country, it is not easy to pronounce, it takes effort to say correctly and I am absolutely in love with the sound of it and its meaning. Also, it's not the kind of name you baby, slip into sweet talk mid sentence, late night phone conversation, whisper into the receiver kind of name, so, of that I am glad.
From Michelle Nickolaisen's website:
I have a Shiba Inu named Rain, which everyone thinks is a reference to actual precipitation. However, the fact is that I named her after Reynard, but didn't want to spell the shortened version of her name as "Reyn" because then I would feel like a pretentious douchebag.
Two quotes from an article about name stories in the San Jose Mercury News:
When I was a teenager, my father and I were out walking in the garden, and he pointed out a rose bush he had just planted underneath my bedroom window. He told me that this was my rose bush, a literal "rose of Sharon."
He then proceeded to tell me that when I was born, he had wanted to name me Rose of Sharon after the character in the John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath." My father was born in 1918, in Ada, Okla., and, I think he must have seen a lot of his own family's struggles in that book. It meant a lot to him. However, my mother wouldn't hear of it, and I was eventually named just Sharon.
-Sharon Virginia Starns, 64, Hollister
I was born during the Great Depression. In those hardscrabble days, men like my dad, a college graduate, worked wherever they could find a job. His was digging ditches for the WPA. Needless to say, he was very tired after a day's work.
In the meantime, Hollywood was doing its part to lift people's spirits. The movies, according to my mother, changed every day in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Mom cajoled and cried and convinced Dad that they needed to go to the movies to keep up their (her) spirits.
At that time, there were two movie stars named Constance: Constance Moore and Constance Bennett. I was named after them. In those days, most people were named for relatives, usually wealthy ones. So my middle name is Louise, which was my paternal grandmother's middle name as well. It was that grandmother who took me to church to be baptized as Agnes Louise Mooney (her name). No Hollywood movie star's name for her granddaughter.
-Constance Louise Langford, 80, San Jose
From a blog post about an episode of TLC's Say Yes to the Dress:
Duvae, a 19-year-old bride from Utah, explained to consultant JB that her namesake is "duvet" because her parents knew she'd be a comforter in their lives.
For reference: Duvet.
From an article about bizarre names in The Courier-Mail (Australia):
One teacher who had worked in Logan for more than 20 years said she had seen names become more bizarre over the years.
"It's like a competition as to who can come up with the most unique, bizarre name," she said.
"We don't see John Smith or Mark Brown anymore – those names are long gone."
The teacher said while many children in Year 1 often had difficulty learning to spell their own name, no one batted an eyelid during roll call.
"Sometimes it's a matter of taking a deep breath and trying not to laugh.
"These children do have to grow up to be adults and most of the ones with unusual names will have to spell them out for the rest of their lives."
Names of schoolkids in the Logan City area include Alareal, Australasia, Bravado, De ja Vu, Gorgeous, Heritage, Jezzer, Kalaize, Khaileb, L-Car (pronounced "Ledashcar"), Narvasha, Psalmz, Sambo, Shizia, Styles, Taylay and Twinkle.
Widely attributed to comedian Bill Cosby (perhaps from his 1986 book Fatherhood):
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell, the name will carry.
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Meet local inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay and surrounding watersheds at Aquarium of the Bay, located at PIER 39 next to Fisherman's Wharf. Experience the closest thing to being underwater when you walk through glass tunnels, with close-up views of local sharks, bat rays, Spiny Lumpsuckers and Garibaldis. Don't know what some of those are? Go find out! Touch sea stars, anemones, and bat rays, and watch the river otters play in their watershed habitat. Leave with a smile!
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — A day after securing C.J. Watson as their new backup point guard, the Indiana Pacers kept hold of their No. 1 target in free agency: power forward David West.
West and the Pacers are in the process of putting the final touches on a three-year, $36 million deal, as first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, that would keep the team's emotional and locker room leader in place for the franchise's continued rise in the Eastern Conference and league standings.
This is the first big move of Larry Bird's current tenure as the Pacers' president of basketball operations, a move he said was at the top of his to-do list when he rejoined the franchise last week after a year away from the team. The third year of the deal is reportedly a player option.
In two years as the Pacers' backbone, West has helped lead the franchise back to prominence. They finished each of these last two seasons on the wrong end of playoff series loss to the Miami Heat, this season it was a seven-game series in the Eastern Conference finals.
West can't sign his new deal with the Pacers until July 10, when the league's moratorium on free agent transactions and other business is lifted.


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Bracing For A New Season: Three Up And Three Down
It has been an agonizingly slow news day for the Cowboys… more like a week… or better yet, a month…
So I took a quick look at the projected roster for the upcoming season and tried to detect some potential concerns or problem areas. I didn't see any glaring holes or huge problem areas, but there are a few mild concerns as I see it.
Some Concerns
Alan Ball – Ball will be the first choice to fill the shoes of the departing Ken Hamlin at safety. Nobody expects him to duplicate the former Pro Bowler's presence on the field and in the locker room, but expectations still will be high for a team that need all aspects of it's game to be firing on all cylinders. Especially, in the secondary. Ball has shown some flashes in his limited playing time so I remain hopeful, but I'm also realistic and realize that until he actually goes out there and impresses, he is still a question mark.
Marion Barber – The "Barbarian" will most likely see a reduced role this season similar to one he enjoyed when Julius Jones was last here. For a big dude, he seems to wear down easily as an every down back, and with Felix Jones making a strong case for increased playing time, Barber may only get touches in short yardage situations and possibly at the goal line. He may not like his reduced status so keep an eye on the situation. By the way, with a nickname like "The Barbarian", he sure has been very brittle and it don't take much for him to get removed from a game. He better toughen up before they change his moniker to "Maid Marion".
Roy Williams – Yeah I know it sounds like I've been picking on RW ever since the Cowboys traded for him, but my concerns were justified and time did prove me right. I'm still bugged by the fact he is still here. Yes, I know he has a boatload of cash coming to him, but winning trumps everything including greenbacks. Whereas before my concern was giving RW a superstar mega-deal for what was just a garden variety receiver, now my concern is how do we get Kevin Ogletree and Dez Bryant the playing time they deserve while at the same time keeping RW from back-biting and inciting turmoil in the locker room?
No Worries
Doug Free – I'm not as concerned as others about Doug Free taking over for Flozell Adams. Adams has been on a downward slope for the last two seasons, and our O-Line was getting a little long in the tooth. Free looked fantastic while filling in for Mark Colombo last season, and I believe he will be an upgrade over Flozell this season. His youth will help recharge an aging O-Line.
Tony Romo – I believe Tony Romo is still going to get better even though right now he's a Top 10 QB. He has a thirst for knowledge and always shows up better prepared for the season than anyone else on the roster. He has great skills, but is also a thinking man's quarterback and I believe that will ultimately add up to a couple of Super Bowl rings before he is through.
David Buehler – I'm not at all concerned about David Buehler getting the job done as a placekicker. When he was with the Trojans, he was unexpectedly called into service to kick a filed goal due to an injury. He nailed a 49-yard field goal and the Trojans won the game. For USC, it was the longest successful field goal since 1988, a two decade span. Am I worried about Buehler? Nah… The kid's a grinder…


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I didn't know I was afraid of black spiders the size of my thumb. I had forgotten that I was afraid of the dark. I have always worried about heights, but didn't know that tight places could make my fingers shake.
I also didn't know I could face all these fears simultaneously less than 15 minutes from home. Weybridge, and much of Vermont, has karst geology, meaning that beneath your feet probably lie yawning fissures, underground streams and eroded passages of slick limestone.
Note: this blog is called "Addison County Outside" or "The Great Outdoors." This week's blog entry is not truly "outside". It's not really "inside" either. Addison County Underground sounds like a nightclub, so I'm settling on "Underside."
Saturday I did something that I have never done. Caving.
"Caving?" you might say, "Don't you mean 'spelunking'"?
MIDDLEBURY — When Megan Nesbeth graduated from Middlebury College last spring, she didn't know exactly what the next year would hold. Now, still living in Middlebury, she's accepted a job with the Institute for Democratic Education in America, or IDEA, a national nonprofit that aims to transform public education. The future still isn't totally clear, but both IDEA and Nesbeth have high hopes for the initiatives.
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MIDDLEBURY — A family seeking to install a small-scale hydroelectric project at Middlebury's Otter Creek falls has won permission to take advantage of a streamlined federal review of the plan and is looking for investors to help finance eventual construction.
Disclaimer: This river is not in Addison County. Or Vermont, even. It's dirty, full of industrial debris, and you have to walk across busy streets to get back to the top. Out of five stars I give it half a star, and if it didn't have one truly fun rapid it would get even less.
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Some things are only good once.
MIDDLEBURY — When the official panel discussion on food and sustainable agriculture wrapped up on Oct. 14 at Middlebury College, the talking in the room was still in full swing.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents have been able to count on certain fall rituals throughout the years. Those have included apple picking, raking leaves, stacking wood and an annual fund-raiser for Mary Hogan Elementary School student activities.
Disclaimer: This description is for a river that is NOT Otter Creek. It's not even in Addison County, or the Champlain Basin, for that matter. It's on the other side of the mountains. However, its source is only about 15 miles from Otter Creek, and no matter how close Woodstock is to Massachusetts, it's still Vermont.
Two weekends ago, my friend Mike took me fly-fishing on Lewis Creek in Starksboro.
(Starksboro, looking North)
"I've got an amazing 3 weight Orvis rod that I want to try out," he said, "and I've been tying some new flies." Then he rattled off a list that sounded more like indie band names than flies: Wooly Bugger, Wingless Prince, Pheasant Tail Flash Back.
MIDDLEBURY — Last Thursday, a crowd of 40 Middlebury College students and a few adults marched from the steps of the Davis Family Library to Hillcrest Environmental Center. They hoisted homemade signs and chanted phrases borrowed from the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City.
"Whose street?"
"Our street!" they shouted.
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For three nights only, New York's legendary Joshua Light Show will present Fulldome, an eye-popping, 360-degree work of light and sound that explores the neurological phenomenon synesthesia, or the blending of sensory experiences, in the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium.
The program will begin with an after-hours visit to the exhibition Brain: The Inside Story, which explores how the brain interprets light and sound. Then, visitors will enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the Hayden Planetarium's Space Theater.
Led by multimedia artist Joshua White, Joshua Light Show is noted for creating the hallucinatory visuals behind the psychedelic rock bands of the late 1960s—including The Who and The Grateful Dead—at the Fillmore East. This new performance combines the show's classic analog effects— including the 'liquid light' for which it is best known—with contemporary digital approaches to tease the limits of our sensing brains. Joshua Light Show will push the limits of the Hayden Planetarium dome to immerse the audience in an incomparable, extra-sensory experience.
The light show will be performed live by Joshua White. Video projections will feature his current team of artists, including Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters, Alyson Denny, Seth Kirby, Brock Monroe, Doug Pope, Bec Stupak, and noted illustrator Gary Panter.
An original soundtrack designed specifically for the show features contributions from percussion artists Laraaji and Z'EV mixed with cosmic electronics by music director Nick Hallett and sound designer Jeff Cook, in addition to the neo-psychedelic rock of Oneida.
On Saturday, June 4, "Illuminating Light," presented as part of the World Science Festival, will include a sampling of the Joshua Light Show and presentations by Curator Rob DeSalle, who curated Brain: The Inside Story, the Museum's Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart, and Columbia neuroscientist Joy Hirsch.


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GAME: Toronto Maple Leafs (41-24-9-3) at Boston Bruins (38-17-14-7).
TIME: Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT.
Nothing has been determined in the Northeast Division.
But the Boston Bruins are in the driver's seat.
The Bruins will try to put more distance between themselves and the competition when they take on the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs.
With Tuesday's 4-2 win over third-place Ottawa, the Bruins moved three points ahead of the Maple Leafs and four in front of Ottawa with six games remaining.
"We played well tonight from the beginning to the end," said Sergei Samsonov, who had a goal and an assist in the win. "It was a pretty solid game. With a couple of teams losing, we're creeping up in the division standings."
In third place overall in the Eastern Conference, the Bruins, who have won seven of their last nine (7-1-1), are just two points back of first-place Tampa Bay, which hosts New Jersey on Thursday.
Calder Trophy candidate Andrew Raycroft has played a huge role in the Bruins' recent surge, winning his last five starts in goal with a 2.16 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage (133-for-144). He made 28 saves in the win over Ottawa.
The Maple Leafs are coming off arguably their worst performance of the season in a 7-2 home loss to the Lightning on Tuesday. Toronto took several early penalties and fell behind by three goals by the end of the first period.
"We weren't a very smart hockey team, and quite frankly we didn't want to work hard enough for it," said Toronto coach Pat Quinn, whose team is just 6-5 in March.
The most penalized team in the league, Toronto has allowed 11 power-play goals in the last five games.
Maple Leafs goalie Ed Belfour, who had allowed just six goals in his previous three starts, was peppered with 40 shots and allowed all seven goals.
"I just didn't get it done," Belfour said. "I'll look at the tape and see what I have to do."
STANDINGS: Maple Leafs - 94 points, 2nd place, 3 PB, Northeast Division. Bruins - 97 points, 1st place, Northeast Division.
TEAM LEADERS: Maple Leafs - Mats Sundin, 30 goals, 42 assists, and 72 points; Tie Domi, 203 PIM. Bruins - Glen Murray, 30 goals; Joe Thornton, 48 assists and 70 points; Doug Doull, 120 PIM.
SPECIAL TEAMS (through March 23): Maple Leafs - Power play: 20.2 percent (70 for 347), 5th in NHL. Penalty killing: 83.2 percent (302 for 363), 21st. Bruins - Power play: 16.5 percent (44 for 266), 13th. Penalty killing: 83.6 percent (254 for 304), 19th.
GOALTENDERS: Maple Leafs - Belfour (30-19-5, 7 SO, 2.26 GAA); Trevor Kidd (6-5-2, 1, 3.26). Boston - Raycroft (27-16-8, 3, 2.01); Felix Potvin (11-8-6, 4, 2.52).
SEASON SERIES: Bruins, 3-2.
LAST MEETING: March 16; Bruins, 2-1. At Toronto, Travis Green, waived by the Maple Leafs in October, scored twice as the Bruins clinched a playoff spot.
ROAD/HOME RECORDS: Maple Leafs - 20-10-7-1 on the road; Bruins - 17-10-8-2 at home.
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Brewing processes and methods. How to brew using extract, partial or all-grain. Tips and tricks.
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Removing trub is a never-ending dilemma for me. Allowing it to settle to the bottom of the brew pot and then siphoning the wort off it just seems to cause more problems than it is worth. The siphon always clogs even when using a copper scouring sponge as a filter. Has anybody found a better solution?
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About Trub
In my experience, to get rid of the resulting sludge, don't drag the siphon along the bottom of the brew pot. Its hard to avoid the guk but it helps. Then I like to use filters when siphoning from fermenter to carboy and so forth.
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So I assume that you siphon off the top and lower the siphon hose as the liquid level gets lower until you reach the sediment at the bottom. If I do this then I should probably brew about 5 1/2 to 6 gallons to get 5 gallons in the end. Thanks for the tip!
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Another solution
To reduce the risk of contamination, you can transfer all the wort to a glass carboy if you are brewing 5 gallons. This way you can watch the trub settle to the bottom, and when it has formed a layer at the bottom you can siphon the wort off the sediment into your primary fermenter and pitch the yeast. The advantages are: 1) visibility and 2) shelter from contamination during the settling period.
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whirlpool,then syphon from top down using chore boy on the edge of the pot.works great for me with whole hops
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By Hudson Sangree and Kim Minugh | Sacramento Bee
A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem to pose little threat and may be mentally ill.
In a case out of San Diego County, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals criticized an officer who, without warning, shot an emotionally troubled man with a Taser when he was unarmed, yards away, and neither fleeing nor advancing on the officer.
Sold as a nonlethal alternative to guns, Tasers deliver an electrical jolt meant to subdue a subject. The stun guns have become a common and increasingly controversial tool used by law enforcement.
There have been at least nine Taser-related fatalities in the Sacramento region, including the death earlier this month of Paul Martinez Jr., an inmate shot with a stun gun while allegedly resisting officers at the Roseville jail.
As lawsuits have proliferated against police and Taser International, which manufactures the weaons, the nation's appellate courts have been trying to define what constitutes appropriate Taser use.
The San Diego County case is the latest ruling to address the issue.
The court recounted the facts of the case:
In the summer of 2005, Carl Bryan, 21, was pulled over for a seat-belt violation and did not follow an officer's order to stay in the car.
Earlier, he had received a speeding ticket and had taken off his T-shirt to wipe away tears. He was wearing only the underwear he'd slept in because a woman had taken his keys, the court said without further explanation.
During his second traffic stop in Coronado, he got out of the car. He was "agitated … yelling gibberish and hitting his thighs, clad only in his boxer shorts and tennis shoes" but did not threaten the officer verbally or physically, the judges wrote.
That's when Coronado Police Officer Brian McPherson, who was standing about 20 feet away watching Bryan's "bizarre tantrum," fired his Taser, the court said.
Without a word of warning, he hit Bryan in the arm with two metal darts, delivering a 1,200-volt jolt.
Temporarily paralyzed and in intense pain, Bryan fell face-first on the pavement. The fall shattered four of his front teeth and left him with facial abrasions and swelling. Later, a doctor had to use a scalpel to remove one of the darts.
Bryan sued McPherson, the Coronado Police Department and the city of Coronado, alleging excessive force in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.
The officer moved to have the claim dismissed, but a federal trial judge ruled in Bryan's favor.
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit affirmed the trial judge's ruling on Monday, concluding that the level of force used by the officer was excessive.
McPherson could have waited for backup or tried to talk the man down, the judges said. If Bryan was mentally ill, as the officer contended, then there was even more reason to use "less intrusive means," the judges said.
"Officer McPherson's desire to quickly and decisively end an unusual and tense situation is understandable," Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw wrote for the court. "His chosen method for doing so violated Bryan's constitutional right to be free from excessive force."
Some lawyers called it a landmark decision.
Eugene Iredale, a San Diego lawyer who argued the case, said it was one of the clearest and most complete statements yet from an appellate court about the limits of Taser use.
He said after Monday's decision that courts will consider all circumstances, including whether someone poses a threat, has committed a serious crime or is mentally troubled.
"In an era where everybody understands 'don't tase me, bro,' courts are going to look more closely at the use of Tasers, and they're going to try to deter the promiscuous oversue of that tool," he said.
That's especially true in the context of those who appear to be emotionally disturbed or mentally ill, said Johnny Griffin III, a Sacramento plaintiffs lawyer.
Griffin represented the family of a troubled Woodland man who died under police restraint after being struck multiple times with Tasers.
In May 2008, Ricardo Abrahams walked away from a voluntary care facility and disobeyed the orders of officers called to check on his well-being. They shot him repeatedly with stun guns.
The case against the city of Woodland and its officers was settled in June for $300,000.
"I think it confirms what I and other lawyers in this area have been saying: You can't treat a person with mental illness the same as someone without mental illness," Griffin said.
Law enforcement authorities in Sacramento said they don't expect Monday's ruling to prompt much change.
Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento County Sheriff's Department policies permit the use of force to gain control of a suspect or prevent harm to others.
"Certainly the officer should be able to articulate the reason the force (was used), and a mere resistance to comply may not be enough," said Sheriff John McGinness.
Sgt. Norm Leong, spokesman for the Police Department, said his agency's policy on the use of stun guns mainly covers safety considerations. It doesn't list behaviors or situations that warrant using the devices, he said.
"Ideally, in every circumstance, we try to gain compliance verbally, and force is the last option we ever want to use," he said.
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BBQ.....i bet its everyone's favourite. In Malaysia, the weather is humid hot throughout the year, but still....we love BBq. Ha ha! As usual.....there'll be sausages, chicken wings, corns...etc. etc! Here....the chicken wings i've marinated with something different. I got this marinated ingredients from the magazine Women's Weekly....and then i changed/added something more inside......What's the result???? Everybody loves it!! Bravo....!!
Marinate Paste: ( For 10 Chicken Wings)
1 (Big) Onions
Half Small bowl Shallots
2cm Old Ginger
3 Stalks Lemon Grass
1 small bunch Corriander (with roots)
2-3 cloves Garlic
**All blended finely
3 tbsps Fish Sauce
1 tbsp Castor Sugar
** That's all ingredients needed! Trust me....it really turns out great! After grilling, i added some lemon juice before serving...taste great. Anyway it depends to individual prefered.
Oh yes....while grilling, just brush some oil on the chicken after grilling about 20 mins...no honey please...it'll turn out too sweet and may change the original taste.


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How's Your Inner Autocrat Doing These Days?
One of the things I find endlessly fascinating about human beings is the gap between our avowed values and our behavior when we come under pressure. I have come to believe that your values are the ones that shape your conduct when you are dealing with a tough, high pressure situation or a life crisis, not the values you spout when you are showing off at the dinner table. Pieties are all too easy. What do you do when the going gets tough? What values truly underpin your conduct? I notice this most often when people claim to be profoundly devout, and they want you to know it. They claim an aura of sanctity. I have learned not to argue with them. I wait until they have to deal with complexity and then see what they do. You'd be amazed what some of these people get up to. More often than not, piety flies out of the window.
Look around you today. We are all supposed to be democrats these days. We love openness, inclusiveness, and transparency— everybody counts, every voice matters. But what do we do when the going gets tough? Let's reflect on a few current situations around the world.
Leaders of new democracies: You know the type. You are the leader of a new, apparently stable democracy. What do you do? You cash in. You are feted around the world. You start lecturing other leaders about how they should run their countries…like yours! You are on the covers of global magazines. You are a respected leader in the global system. Then something happens. Your citizens say: hey, we have issues with you. They pile onto the streets to protest. They call you names. They send rude tweets, write insulting blog posts, and carry unflattering banners. What do you do now? Well, in most cases so far, these leaders have unleashed their inner autocrats. They have visited violence on citizens, thrown journalists in jail, undermined burgeoning institutions and so on. Rare is the case where listening and learning have been the outcome. What a surprise!
Citizens against democracy: I follow global events courtesy of BBC World News. BBC journalists are not only everywhere but they ask difficult questions. I have been intrigued by the crises of the last few years where citizens have actively conspired to undermine democracy in their own countries …in the name of democracy, no less! Sometimes they call for or actually support a military take-over. At other times, they push for an unelected body to take over from a validly elected government. When BBC journalists ask them about the rights of the other citizens' majority, those that voted for the validly elected government, it is amazing to watch these protesters try to wriggle their way out of the headlock. They say all sorts of things, much of it arrant nonsense. I suppose nobody likes to admit that they are indulging their inner autocrat! But, as a wit once said, you cannot build democracy without democrats….
The Online theatre for thuggery: Do you remember the time when life on-line was supposed to usher in an era of free debate and discussion amongst citizens without the filter of editors and other arrogant mediators? What has happened instead? Here is the opening portion of a recent New Yorker piece titled 'The Psychology of Online Comments' [1]:
'Several weeks ago, on September 24th, Popular Science announced that it would banish comments from its website. The editors argued that Internet comments, particularly anonymous ones, undermine the integrity of science and lead to a culture of aggression and mockery that hinders substantive discourse.'
The article, penned by Maria Konnikova, is a thoughtful discussion of the response and the phenomenon of intellectual thuggery online. And only last Saturday, Melissa Harris-Perry [2], a top broadcaster on the cable channel MSNBC here in the United States and a professor of political science, announced her decision to quit Twitter. She was fed up with all the verbal assaults and threats masquerading as democratic debate and discussion. Stan Collymore, a top British footballer and commentator, has just quit Twitter [3]for similar reasons. Many publications and blogs are struggling with the same issues. Online commentators often write the nastiest things about public figures and about one another. Again, many people, it seems, are only too happy to give free rein to their inner autocrats.
We have other instances, of course. Bosses often tell subordinates to speak freely, then get mad and vindictive when faulty reasoning is exposed by a junior colleague. Parents and teachers often tell kids to be bold and articulate, then pounce in anger when Junior corrects usage or exposes illogicality. Problem is: we are not good at being consistent, and we are not as evolved and sophisticated as we like to think we are.
And that is why pressure is the enemy of fakery…it exposes that inner thug!
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