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2011-08-23 Reunions • Adoptions • Vitals
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3rdthawkins: hey alt
alt: hello 3rdthawkins.. how's it going?
3rdthawkins: good man, going good
alt: I was reading the log from yesterday... I had a phone call and couldn't get back to the chat.
3rdthawkins: yeah, I know how that is
alt: a cousin from New Jersey was asking about the Adams family reunion coming up Labor Day weekend.
3rdthawkins: oh...?
alt: yeah, he came last year for the first time, it was our 90th annual reunion and he really enjoyed it.. Wanted to know if we had any 'special' programming for this year.
3rdthawkins: wow, cool
alt: hello vkn. how you be's today? LOL
3rdthawkins: hoping to put a couple fam reunions together myself, one for my mom's dad's family, and one for my dad's side of the family (won't be me necessarily, just hope we can get it going) hey vkn
vkn: Good Tuesday and Good Day, Peeps
alt: you're right on both accounts vkn.
3rdthawkins: I hear the The Help was no 1 at the Box office this wkn hello SS's
Seventies Soulchild: good afternoon all
vkn: I b good alt what about you Howdy Seventies and thanx for your help in the purging process
alt: just start small by getting the family together 3rdthawkins, you can always work toward 'bigger & better' things.... getting family together is first and foremost when just starting out ..... IMHO hello Seventies Soulchild , how are ya?
Seventies Soulchild: doing good alt, how are you
alt: wonderful!!!!!!
Seventies Soulchild: that is a big step up from tolerable... great!
alt: sure is Seventies Soulchild LOL
Seventies Soulchild: hi bearnut2
3rdthawkins: right alt, that is so true on my mother's father's side....my dad side I just need to know who of immediate family is more interested, such as my siblings and aunts and uncles, I know a couple uncles would love to join
alt: Hello bearnut2... How's your DNA? LOL
bearnut2: Hi Seventies Soulchild alt vkn 3rdthawkins
Seventies Soulchild: one of my favorite blogs has been blogging about "The Help" and food...
bearnut2: lol alt...well its confusing right now. I finally figured out how me and my dna cousin are NOT related lol
3rdthawkins: my mom is moving fast with getting in contact with more of her relatives on her dad's so, very good
alt: perhaps you can get some 'recruits' to help you in your gen/hist research coming out of a family reunion 3rdthawkins
vkn: Alt I would also suggest to involve family members in the process of reunion at the EARLIEST possible moment to be sure that it is a group and not an individual process even though the actual work will be done by a few [maybe even one] individuals
Seventies Soulchild: http://tinyurl.com/42pdwnw
alt: very true vkn
Seventies Soulchild: And you have to make the family get excited about the reunion. So some marketing skills are in order.
alt: that's good bearnut2 .. knowing you're NOT related is a good thing too... saves a lot of unneeded research and specualtion.
3rdthawkins: possibly alt, I think I got my mom's brother a little interested in finding out more information, since he too grew up with out his dad (my mom's father) in his life. So it would be great to get some help.......a cousin on dad's side also interested, that's how we connected, she was doing genealogy also, but she has been out of the loop on that, more concentrated on her personal life at the moment
Seventies Soulchild: Most importantly you need seed money.
3rdthawkins: I agree vkn and Seventies Soulchild, I think one thing that is exciting the elders in the family on my dad's side, is that they are getting in contact with my grandfather's children/grandchildren, people they thought they would never see (again?)
Seventies Soulchild: That's good
vkn: So bear what is this new test admixture from African Ancestry that Deidre is posting about
bearnut2: but thats the thing alt--we ARE related--it just wasn't the most obvious connection. My 1st cousin twice removed married her 1st cousin once removed. Finally figured out the actual relationships last night but theres no way that is our genetic connection. So...back to the drawing board lol vkn--I'm not exactly sure but I think it is similar to the test offered by 23andme and FTDNA's family finder test
alt: oh, okay... you have a 'collateral' relationship and not thru actual direct lines.
bearnut2: alt right--but we DO share dna so there is a direct line connection somewhere
Seventies Soulchild: huh?
bearnut2: actually there are 2 connections because she shares dna with my mom's side as well
alt: okay bearnut2, now I understand
bearnut2: Seventies--I have an AA dna cousin at 23andme
Seventies Soulchild: ok
bearnut2: she shares with both my mom and dad and me I thought I had figured out the connection because one of my Landrums married a Shakespeare...
Seventies Soulchild: all from different families though, right?
vkn: I tell y'all this DNA business is a slippery slope. Time I think I have it down pat then up pops another hill to climb lol
alt: realtonships thru admixture can really get complicated when you get into the siblings of your 'entire' genetic compostion.
bearnut2: but that turned out not to be the connection after all! Seventies--yes all from different families
Seventies Soulchild: I think I agree with you vkn... :}
3rdthawkins: I know vkn
vkn: lol
bearnut2: yep--tru dat vkn
Seventies Soulchild: So someone in your father's family procreated with someone in your mother's family prior to your parents relationship. Got it! that is not necessarily abnormal, though.
bearnut2: Seventies Soulchild yes
Seventies Soulchild: I have several 'double' relatives.
alt: Shakespeare... you aren't by chance related to Rene Shakespeare?
vkn: X is clear and Y is clear but the rest gets muddier and muddier . Woe is me lol
3rdthawkins: lol
Seventies Soulchild: lol
bearnut2: its weird because their direct lines tended to stay put where they were from so there is no geographical path...lol vkn... My mom and dad share absolutely no dna with each other and neither do their parents BUT they share several cousins
3rdthawkins: wow, crazy
bearnut2: alt--I just made the Shakespeare connection so I don't know 3rdthawkins it IS lol
vkn: I did get a glossary from FTDNA so I will catch up with y'all slowly but surely
Seventies Soulchild: alright good people... I have to go... see y'all later.
bearnut2: you will vkn...have you tested anywhere?
alt: okay bearnut2, that is such an unusual surname for "US".. I think, right?
vkn: Not buying a pig in a poke bearnut lol lol lol
bearnut2: I think so too alt but there are an awful lot of them in AL and FL and I think they are all probably related. lol vkn
alt: I wonder if AA, DNA has a contract with someone to do the testing on their DNA samples?
bearnut2: alt I'm not sure--I've never really checked them out
alt: me neither and was surprised to see that they have entered into the admixture testing arena.
bearnut2: I know! guess I'd better read up on them lol
alt: and probably won't check them out....
vkn: Does that indicate that Kittles and Gates are not on the same pew ?
bearnut2: ? vkn I know that they are both promoting the RITF project at 23andme
vkn: I ask because Gates seems to be 23& Me connected
alt: don't know vkn.... with AA Inc entering the field, I'm thinking that perhaps other 'larger' companies will actually perform the tests dor AA Inc.
vkn: I see
bearnut2: his connection has only been recent with the announcement of the RITF project and Kittles is a "sponsor" of it as well
vkn: I see while looking through " a glass darkly"
bearnut2: Has anyone here ever done any adoption research? I met a lady on Saturday at our AAGHS meeting and am trying to help her...
alt: my understanding is that there are many companies that will do 'comparative' studies on sample results, but there are only a few labs that do the actual testing.
vkn: I have an adopted daughter and two adopted grand children
fierybug08: hello everyone *virtual wave* to bearnut2 vkn alt 3rdthawkins
alt: Hello fierybug08 ... waving back atcha LOL
bearnut2: I think I've heard that too alt
fierybug08: lo @ alt
3rdthawkins: I have a cousin who was adopted out of the family
bearnut2: Problem is--I know how to research folks from way back but its a whole new ballgame when you're looking for recent folks lol
fierybug08: adoptions makes me curious too 3rd
alt: yes it is bearnut2, quite different
3rdthawkins: yes it is bearnut
vkn: and Regina is our expert at the AfriGeneas Adoption Forum
bearnut2: cool! vkn I'll definitely contact her I'd really like to be able to help this lady
fierybug08: i would love to know more about uncovering adoption mysteries
bearnut2: me too fierybug08
fierybug08: it's interesting when children are sent to live with relatives who then become their parents/guardian
bearnut2: I didn't even realize we HAD an adoption forum
fierybug08: i see a blog in your future bearnut2 lol
alt: now that is one aspect of the DNA testing that really comes to the front with adoptions...
bearnut2: yeah--my family had at least one informal adoption and one that was more formal yeah alt, there are quite a few adoptees on 23 there are even a couple of stories--one lady found out her father wasn't her biological father through 23andme and then found her biological father...
3rdthawkins: remembering the movie Antwon Fisher, he went to the health department in his birthstate, and they gave him his info from the institution in which he was born, which was a penitentiary......but depends if the lady is looking for herself or for someone else......it is hard because as I hear, biological parents asks the adoption agency to keep things private, even from the child
vkn: Lots of legalise and rights of biological parents. One of the grands we were adopting went sour after bring with family for over 9 months when the birth father decided to protest and all was ruled in his favor.
alt: AA's are known to have those informal 'in-family' type of adoptions
fierybug08: yeah...that's said
daviss: hello everybody
fierybug08: said=sad
3rdthawkins: hello daviss
vkn: Howdy Davis
fierybug08: hiya daviss
alt: Hello daviss, good to see ya
fierybug08: sorry to hear that vkn
bearnut2: another more recent one an guy found his biological sister through 23andme--it was in the news
3rdthawkins: yep bearnut2 and alt, that was for my paternal grandmother and her siblings, after their parents passed, they first lived with their stepmother, then was split up and raised by different members of the family
fierybug08: also court records if parental rights are relinquished.
vkn: Well avoid the State of Florida!
fierybug08: smh
daviss: for adoptions vkn
vkn: yes
alt: and adoptions laws and proceedings are rapidly changing state by state.
vkn: Overloaded Social workers do sloppy jobs
bearnut2: I know she can't get the state to tell her anything--weird thing is, she knows her mother's name and her mother's siblings names but I can't find them anywhere on the 1930 census--even though they were born in the 20's!
daviss: and they are cutting more here more and more
bearnut2: She really wants to start a family tree but those three are all she knows...
vkn: Have her post to the adoptions forum
bearnut2: will do vkn
alt: my mother and father were not married when I was born and I had to be adopted by my father to 'legally' acquire his surname.... now this was back in the 1930's.
3rdthawkins: was that Ohio law?
vkn: Howdy AYW!!!
alt: and they were never married to each other... that was another factor in my proceedings.
daviss: my x was never adopted but is having trouble also finding his naturals
alt: Hello AYWalton
daviss: well rather I am having trouble lol
vkn: It does get sticky, Alt and so many twists and turns
AYWalton: Greetings, VKN!!!!!!!!!!!!
vkn: Yassum
bearnut2: Hi AYWalton
3rdthawkins: I dont' think my mom had that problem when giving me my father's name surname
daviss: He (the x) found out at 20 that the folks that raised him were not his naturals
alt: you bet vkn.... when I was old enough for SS and medicare I had to prove who I was thru the system as my original birth certificate had me recorded as Arthur Lee Adams.
vkn: I hear that alt
3rdthawkins: ahh, I see alt, your name had already been recorded as Adams..?
daviss: hello AYWalton
alt: right 3rdthawkins, from birth
AYWalton: howdy back daviss. Good to see you online again!
3rdthawkins: ok, I see
daviss: I wish he had been adopted it may have been easier on him
3rdthawkins: I was thinking yesterday, how a lot of our ancestors never existed through the system because their births were unreported or unrecorded because there was no actual official birth certificate, they just lived they can change their names and call themselves what they want really
vkn: 3rdthawkins that may not be totally accurate
daviss: delayed birth certificates
3rdthawkins: may be not vkn but I know I'm right or close to it, I know at some point some didnt have BC's, and only have DC's, if that
bearnut2: they could do that as long as they didn't want to serve in the military or receive social security or a pension
daviss: I found two of my paternal uncles and one aunt thru that
3rdthawkins: not saying everybody daviss and vkn, but I'm sure there were some
bearnut2: but when they needed something from the government, they had to get their papers in order! lol
vkn: Follow the dollar and vitals are tied to dollars
bearnut2: I have documentation from two great grand uncles who needed their birth info legalized to obtain social security
3rdthawkins: yep, and just because there's no SSN on the DC, doesn't mean they don't have one, one of my maternal 2nd great grandmothers, Effie Roquemore, had a SSN, found her in the SSDI, but it wasn't put on her DC
daviss: my aunts middle name was revealed through that and I went looking for all the Cordelias in that area to see who she may have been named after
alt: so true bearnut2, I wasn't aware of my birth certificate situation until it was needed for some gov't action... I think for my passport.
bearnut2: My great grandmother--their sister--had to notarize a document saying when they were born
vkn: Follow the dollar and vitals are tied to dollars and the tax base
bearnut2: lol vkn true
daviss: so did my mother bearnut2
3rdthawkins: there's no way of knowing if some of my people, like my paternal great grandfather, had a SSN and would have a SSA because I would need proof of death, and I don't know if one exists for him
daviss: The person that signed the document did not even know my mother at the time lol but said he was there
3rdthawkins: oops, scratch that lol I have his DC lol
alt: there she is ... Hello Selma.. how are ya?
daviss: hello there Selma
bearnut2: lol daviss
Selma: Good Tuesday afternoon folks
bearnut2: hi selma
daviss: you do what you gotta do bearnut2 lol
vkn: Daviss the document/affidavit has the testament of 3 people of status swearing that the content is true
AYWalton: Howdy Ms. Selma!!!
alt: Selma, I take anita to the Dr. this PM to have the 'pin' removed from her foot... no more crutches…. just a walking boot which will cause her to walk on the side and heel of her foot... no action with the toes for another 3 weeks.
bearnut2: vkn--was that true always or in more recent times?
daviss: yes, one was my great uncle and and the other was my gr aunt
vkn: Wonderful news alt
Selma: that's great alt
daviss: dang alt I did not know anita was hopping along also
alt: yep, and I think she can drive... hoooray, no more driving "Miss Daisy" LOL
daviss: lol @ alt
vkn: bad bad alt
Selma: I am going to tell alt..
daviss: hehehehehe
alt: Selma, but I love her just the same cause "Caldonia is her name" LOL LOL LOL
vkn: AYW we were discussing birth and death certificates and what when either does not exist.
AYWalton: what was that song about Caldonia?
bearnut2: lol alt
vkn: lol re Caldonia ~~~ running y'all
daviss: I wonder if the courts had log books of names from midwives
fierybug08: daviss are you familiar with Nevada, Arkansas?
daviss: no, not really fierybug08 but I did get a marriage affidavit from Ark
Selma: Dru gggrandmother was a midwife in NC
daviss: I looked for a Monday Cryer/Cryor
fierybug08: oops...i misread something. FamilySearch queries the birthplace of mother and father in their brief descriptions. You have to select the name of the person in order to get the detailed summary. Sorry
daviss: I have some in my lines also Selma but only oral history as proof is that one of your areas fierybug08?
Selma: Maybe it was the ggrandmother..there were records..
AYWalton: I better urn, folks. Working on webinar presentation.
bearnut2: I'd better get out of here and work on my blog entry. Take care all!
fierybug08: well...my grandma's extended family migrated West to California
daviss: where did they end up in Cali
fierybug08: Pasadena Compton
daviss: oh ok.. I went through there a time or two and my grandmother lived in Compton
fierybug08: i still don't have the full story on my grandmother. She died very young. I probably will have to write a letter after all.
Selma: daviss..on 1896 to 1912 birth certificates in VA..midwives were named
daviss: was she ill fierybug08
fierybug08: yes. i don't know what she died of
Selma: What year did she die fierybug?
daviss: I found a 1903 BC online for one of my gr aunts and the midwife was named I tried to find her in the census but no luck mabe I will revisit and see if I over looked her it may be a relative
Selma: For that time period 1896-1910..the majority of the black births were done by midwives.. I should be specific..and say in the Newport News, VA area..not sure how it was across the state
daviss: was it up to the doctors to record the births Selma or the midwife oh, they were listed in the papers oops misread that Selma I was wondering who had to record the births at the courthouses
Selma: For the most part the whiite birth certificates were signed by Doctors..
daviss: I am also wondering about people who were listed as pensioners on their DC's that were not in the military
Selma: The Black certificates by Midwives
daviss: I would imagine that grandmothers who lived in the homes or near had the task of delivering
Selma: There were at least 5 midwives in the area whose names appeared on the forms They were suppose to return the forms in a certain amount of days...will have to go look at a copy
daviss: that really small town where my paternals lived was a long way from the courthouse
Selma: I would imagine there are a whole of folks whose births were never officially recorded
daviss: by car it took us about 45 mins a couple yrs ago but back in the day it makes your wonder how long by wagon
Selma: Many more then we think
daviss: deep- deep in the country are you in line for that hurricane selma looks like it is starting to strengthen
Selma: Well my weather people are tracking it...will know better by tomorrow or Thursday
daviss: you be careful now
Selma: Well guess I better go.. You have a great day.
daviss: ok have a good one


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Downhill world champion Steve Peat thunders into a bermed corner, cutting high up the bank on entry and leaning the bike over so far that its tyres start scrabbling for grip before he's spat out of the turn at warp speed.
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Talk:Improving performance
This doesn't work:
mkfs.xfs -l internal,lazy-count=1 size=128m -d agcount=2 /dev/sdxx
--Jkd.luca 17:21, 4 October 2010 (EDT)
"Things kinda slow? Buy more ram!" is really not the kind of advice anyone is looking for. And the CPU section (undervolting, etc.) isn't related to speed improvements, except fan control. This section is sorely lacking a link/howto to/for BFS.
--Gog 20:36, 24 October 2009 (EDT)
- To my knowledge keeping the CPU cool does not improve performance so I removed this part. I also removed the introduction about RAM. So, problems solved ?
- Changaco 11:25, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
- I'm not an expert, but doesn't overheating decrease performance? If it is, then preventing overheating should count as maximizing performance. If not, then the section is indeed irrelevant. I found this article saying it does for pentium 4 processors: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/p4-temp.html . But as I said I'm no expert, so what do you think?
- --Rttommy
- I'm not an expert either, maybe we should undo my change but edit in order not to present this as an absolute truth.
- Changaco 14:13, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
- I think that fan control should be left in since it's generally considered to be related with overclocking. And another thing: let's keep the article's title in tandem with the heading's cases... "Maximizing Performance" or "Maximizing performance"? the second one matches the headings...
- --Gog 19:22, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
- I was wondering if we should create a script that get's the top CPU value of top and let the user choose to pause it or continue running so the system doesn't literally freeze up and become unusuable until a reboot is required, this happend to me so I was wondering if anyone else feels that this is necessary.
- --littlebear 13:37, 6 February 2009 (EST)
Section "The desktop switcheroo" does not make sense. manolo 16:35, 7 November 2009 (EST)
The section on btrfs talks about the libcrc32c module, but confusingly lists modules that don't seem related to btrfs. I think the zlib module is necessary, but have not yet figured out which others are or are not. Nitmd 23:27, 14 May 2010 (EDT)
What is with the advice about glxgears framerates? "less than 300fps"... It syncs with the monitors vertical refresh rate, meaning it will only go ~60fps (or whatever your refresh rate is). PIMPinator 11:29, 29 September 2010 (EDT)
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OGUNQUIT — It's been a nearly week since William "Billy Mac" McIntire, a well-known lifelong fisherman out of Perkins Cove, was last seen.
OGUNQUIT — It's been nearly a week since William "Billy Mac" McIntire, a well-known lifelong fisherman out of Perkins Cove, was last seen.
The Coast Guard called off an extensive search for McIntire Sunday. He has been missing since late on Aug. 22, when he went out on his boat, The Clover, with friends and jumped in the water about a mile off the shore of Perkins Cove. The Coast Guard said he became "distressed" and disappeared from sight.
Through days of searching with no sight of McIntire, 51, friends and family members kept vigil on the shore. This week they shared their memories of the man who lived in Cape Neddick section of York, saying he always kept them laughing.
Mark Walz, a senior photojournalist with CNN, recalled meeting McIntire while assigned to cover President George H.W. Bush's Thanksgiving in Kennebunkport, shortly after he won the 1988 presidential election.
"It was my first time in K-Port, and while walking around the town I happened upon the Port Gardens bar which was the locals' spot underneath the old Port Gardens Inn," he said. "It was that night I met Billy Mac, 'The Heart Attack' McIntire. I got the impression that the 'heart attack' reference was his effect on the ladies. Billy Mac was quick to befriend myself and some other cameramen and introduced us around. I had the impression that Billy Mac was the 'lord' of the place, and definitely the largest personality in the bar. Rounds of shots were had, and a friendship was born.
"I loved hearing of his stories of harpooned giant tuna and later he even invited me out on his boat with my television camera to shoot a story, though I couldn't leave my responsibilities of covering the president. Over the next four years, our friendship grew, and I always looked up Billy Mac to hear of his latest adventures. I was saddened to hear of his passing, and it sounds like he gave his life to save another. That was Billy Mac."
Brooks MacDonald of Hurricane restaurant agreed. When the original Hurricane restaurant was new in Ogunquit in the mid-1980s, an actual hurricane was forecasted. MacDonald and his wife, Luanne, planned to weather out the storm in their restaurant.
"Lu and I had no idea about how to prepare for a hurricane," MacDonald said.
He said Billy Mac showed up at the restaurant with a crew of local fishermen and boarded the place up to protect it from the storm without being asked. In return, the MacDonalds kept the restaurant open and provided coffee and meals to the local fisherman so they could stay close to their boats and keep an eye on things until the storm was over.
"That incident cemented us with the local fisherman," MacDonald said. "They always kept an eye out for us after that."
McIntire was a local celebrity in many ways as well.
"Billy Mac was like a rock star, everybody loved him," said Dwight Raymond of Kennebunk's Performance Marine and The Pilot House. "He was the real deal and always put a smile on everyone's face. He worked hard and played hard. I feel terrible for his parents."
Debbie Kimball Goodale remembers the impact McIntire had on women especially.
"I loved watching girls stand in line to dance with him at 'Good Night Ogunquit,'" she said.
While McIntire impressed women, he also earned the respect of men. Captain Corky Decker grew up with him and said McIntire was the quintessential fisherman.
"We were a generation that fished hard and stayed up late," he said. "We lived and breathed blue fin tuna and Billy was the best out of all of us. He fished with his dad, Sonny, and the two of them for years caught more than the rest of us combined."
McIntire was also described as a living legend by many of the local New England blue fin tuna harpooners.
"He was known in every port on the East Coast and many around the world," said Jeff Moore. "Anyone with any fishing experience on the ocean has heard of the McIntires. Billy's dad, Sonny, started the legend and Billy had made it his life's mission to improve upon, enhance and add to that fishing legend and I think he succeeded."
Billy Mac's lifelong friend, Michelle Melanson, was waiting for news from the Coast Guard along with members of the McIntire family earlier this week. She described their emotions as "devastated and broken-hearted."
Melanson said losing McIntire should make people look at life differently.
"Love your friends and family to the fullest and tell them," she said, "because you never know when they may be gone."


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The restaurant is located in Crown, in the prime location facing the river. I have to say that I really dislike dark restaurants, and while Spice Temple does look really cool, it was hard to find your way around the restaurant or the menu for that matter. Each table had spot lighting but it was really hard to see when you weren't right under a light.
For entrees, we tried some Chili Wontons, Stir Fried Liver and Beef Ribs. The wontons were good, with a good kick from the chili. The liver dish was a bit bland and the ribs, which I expected to be sticky, sweet, spicy, was also a bit muted, but still quite nice.
For mains, the Crispy Spicy Chicken was really delicious, with super crispy skin and moist meat. I like how Neil hasn't held back on the spiciness of the dishes and lets the numbing Sze Chuan peppers really hit your tastebuds.
The Pork Belly Stir Fry was another dish I had high expectations of. It was a good dish, but slightly let down by the pork which wasn't soft and gelatinous enough. A Spicy Steamed Fish was perfectly cooked and excellent.
The Tea Smoked Duck and Crispy Spicy Duck were totally awesome dishes. The subtle flavours of the tea smoked duck worked so well with the condiments and pancakes. I also thought this dish was excellent value. The crispy duck was at the other end of the spectrum and the flavours were in your face, but amazing. The only bad savoury dish was the Wagyu Ma Po Tofu, which was so full of Sze Chuan peppers that it was so bitter in flavour and not edible by anyone.
Desserts is where I felt the meal really lifted. The Mango Granita was so refreshing and zingy. The Swiss Banana Roll and Caramel Parfait were so additively good that we had to order seconds.
The service was very professional and excellent. The waitress looked after our table without any fuss and was also fun enough to make some jokes. The ambiance is very nice in the room, with most tables feeling like they were separate, yet still part of the room. It's that perfect balance between having space to chat in private while not feeling like you're stranded on an island. I would definitely recommend coming to Spice Temple as there are some excellent dishes if you order the right things. It is also rather good value for a meal in a fine dining environment.
Overall Rating: 15/20, Some excellent dishes and good value.
Scores: 1-9: Unacceptable, don't bother. 10-11: Just OK,some shortcomings. 12: Fair. 13: Getting there. 14: Recommended. 15: Good. 16: Really good. 17: Truly excellent. 18: An outstanding experience. 19-20:Approaching perfection, Victoria's best.


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Fire Chief Mike Spadt said Lincoln Fire and Rescue this week received the first of 11 new ambulances, which are being built in St. Paul, Minnesota. The department has been using rental ambulances since assuming ambulance service for Lincoln and Lancaster County on January 1, 2001.
"The arrival of the ambulances completes the implementation of the Fire Department providing ambulance service," said Mayor Don Wesely. "The statistics for the first three months of service show that the Fire Department is doing an excellent job. With these new, modern ambulance vehicles, our emergency personnel can do an even better job of providing patient care."
"These ambulances are equipped with state of the art medical equipment and the latest safety features and communications equipment," said Chief Mike Spadt. "Four more ambulances are expected to arrive in about one week. The other six units will be arriving throughout May, and we plan to have all the new ambulances in service by the end of next month."
Safety equipment includes an "opticom" system to control intersection spotlights; built-in child safety seats; and automatic chain systems for poor driving conditions. In the patient compartments, sharp corners and ceilings are padded to protect the paramedics as they care for patients while en route to the hospital. The compartments are designed to transport up to two patients on stretchers.
In its first quarter year of service, the Department, which anticipated responding to about 24 calls per day, responded to an average of 38.7 emergency and 7.5 non-emergency calls per day. Spadt said the average response time for all life threatening calls was 5 minutes and 34 seconds. The city requires a response time of eight minutes or less to 90 percent of the emergency calls, with a goal of responding within six minutes.
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But television came to their rescue. In January 1958 Columbia, under their Screen Gems television subsidiary, began distributing classic Stooge shorts of the 1930s and '40s to local television stations and the Three Stooges became a bona fide sensation with children heretofore unaware of the team's glory days. This prompted the production of new Three Stooges feature films, mostly at Columbia, movies geared for the kiddie market. Between 1959 and 1965 the team starred in six movies: Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959), Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961), The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (their most successful film), The Three Stooges in Orbit (both 1962), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963), and The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). More than that, they recorded record albums, guest-starred on various TV variety shows, appeared in a series of comic books, and made hugely popular live appearances all over the country. By 1965 however, Stoogemania had waned a bit, and the Stooges themselves were now getting old (Moe was 68, Larry 63, and Joe 54) and their modest feature films were no longer profitable.
The Stooges manager during this period was a comic book artist-turned-filmmaker named Norman Maurer (1926-1986), who had married Moe's daughter Joan in 1947. Working with Moe, the team's leader behind as well as in front of the camera, Maurer did a pretty good job retooling the Stooges' violent slapstick for their newfound audience and also seems to have been pretty savvy marketing the team in other media. His comic book background is in evidence in several of their feature films, which incorporate animated titles and a strange cinematic innovation he developed, CineMagic, a process intended to make live action footage resemble line drawings, used briefly in The Three Stooges in Orbit and more extensively in the non-Stooge film The Angry Red Planet (1959).
When the Stooges movie career was again petering out, Maurer and Moe decided the next logical step was to move the team into a syndicated cartoon series, which became The New Three Stooges (1965-66). It's not exactly a high-water mark of television animation, and even for Stooge fans it's pretty tough sledding. But the show was unusual in that the team provided their own voices and unique in that they filmed 41 live-action wraparound segments to accompany the 156 cartoons. Though an interesting idea, the imbalance of live-action segments to cartoons created some confusion for viewers, and the show was not a lasting success.
RLJ's "45th Anniversary Collection" release of The New Three Stooges - Complete Cartoon Collection culls all of the cartoon and live-action bits in one neatly compact package, some 18 hours "of knucklehead nonsense," as the back cover describes it. For reasons unknown, the video transfers are rather poor, but compensating this somewhat is a terrific extra feature: a bonus CD containing two of the Three Stooges original records: The Nonsense Songbook and Christmas Time with The Three Stooges.
Cambria Productions produced the limited-animation cartoons, the studio probably best known for the series Clutch Cargo and Space Angel, shows so incredibly cheap they'd superimpose live-action mouths onto drawn faces, a technique called "Syncro-Vox," to create movement as inexpensively as possible. The New Three Stooges offers a higher grade of animation, about on par with what audiences expected from Rocky & Bullwinkle, Underdog, and Hanna-Barbera's later The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (1967-68), which featured the voice of Bud Abbott (though not Lou Costello, who died in 1959).
More interesting are the live-action segments, which were helmed by Edward Bernds, their director on a couple of the last Curly Howard shorts and many of the best featuring Shemp Howard. Bernds came back to supervise several of their later features and meshed well with their broad comic style. Also from the Columbia era, many of the segments feature character comedian Emil Sitka, the actor best known for his doddering old professor characters and who as a bemused Justice of the Peace has the immortal line, "Hold hands, you love birds," a trademark Sitka even had engraved on his tombstone. The live-action segments also feature Margaret Kerry (best known as the model for Tinkerbell in Disney's Peter Pan) while the cartoons feature the voices of Kerry, Hal Smith, Johnny Coons, and the versatile Paul Frees.
Other than the relative novelty of seeing the Stooges perform their shtick in full color, the live-action segments pale compared to the team's best shorts. Joe DeRita lacked the freewheeling energy of Curly and Shemp, while middle Stooge Larry Fine had aged noticeably by 1965 and his timing his rather sluggish and even his speech is a bit slurred at times. Moe, significantly older than both Larry and Curly-Joe, looks his age but ironically has more energy than either Larry or Curly-Joe. On the other hand, while not very funny the segments admittedly have nostalgic value. The team may be a shadow of its former self, but by gamely carrying on in the traditions of long-dead Vaudeville-based slapstick, the Stooges certainly deserved some kind of medal.
The New Three Stooges was the beginning of the end for the team. They attempted something similar to the live-action segments on The New Three Stooges for Kook's Tour (1970), another kids' show, but as they were wrapping up the pilot film Larry suffered a career-ending stroke. He was replaced by longtime supporting player Sitka, and as late as early 1975 the revamped (again) team was to have starred in the low-budget sex comedy, Blazing Stewardesses, but before any footage could be shot Moe Howard died of cancer and the team was finished.
The cartoon show didn't take with kids the way their classic two-reel comedies had, and legal problems kept it out of the public eye when the constant airings of reruns might have helped. To begin with Cambria and Normandy Productions (Moe and Norman Maurer's company) squared off in court over profits from the series, in a lawsuit and appeal not resolved until after Larry's and Moe's deaths in 1975. Years later, the estates of Maurer and Howard battled the estates of Fine and DeRita over royalties and merchandising rights to the team. Against all logic DeRita's heirs wound up with a controlling two-thirds interest in Comedy III, the entity established in 1959 to manage the team's general interests, with the heirs of Larry Fine getting the other third. In the meantime Cambria Productions had long been out of business and most episodes of The New Three Stooges had fallen into the public domain, all of which may account for the poor video transfers here. (The obscure Film Service Laboratories handled the series' lab work and the original film elements may well be lost to boot.)
Video & Audio
The New Three Stooges is presented across four single-sided DVDs. Viewers have the option of playing the complete segments, or without the live-action bumpers, though one would think most would prefer the live-action bits to the cartoons. The picture quality is poor; even on this reviewer's laptop both the live-action segments and the cartoons are soft, murky, and damaged, about PD quality or a bit better than that. The original film elements may be lost or because of all the legal wrangling described above inaccessible to their rights holders. In any case they're marginally serviceable, watchable but little more, and to have all the material compactly collected on discs packaged in casing about the size of two standard DVD cases is a plus. The full screen presentation has okay mono audio and is in English only with no subtitle options.
Extra Features
The lone extra is a good one, essentially two complete records: The Nonsense Songbook, here called "Sing-Along with the Three Stooges," was recorded in 1959, while Christmas Time with the Three Stooges sources a 1983 Rhino Records release culled from the 45rpm The 3 Stooges Sing 6 Happy Yuletide Songs. The team is not in great voice, and one Stooge (Larry?) can even be heard clearing his throat at the beginning of "Play a Simple Melody," but they serve their purpose. My six-year-old, listening to the CD in our car, couldn't get enough of their music and clowning.
Parting Thoughts
The New Three Stooges isn't much more than a footnote in the long (nearly 50-year) career of The Three Stooges (in their various incarnations). It's not a particularly good cartoon show even by unambitious 1960s cartoon show standards, and the live-action segments, while innocuous, aren't even at the level of the least Joe Besser-era shorts. But, for lifelong fans of the team (like this reviewer), The New Three Stooges it's still a welcome release and for them it's Recommended.
Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian whose work includes film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features. Visit Stuart's Cine Blogarama here.


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The following relievers will be available this winter in the free-agent market. Joe Beimel and Juan Cruz are intriguing, but are they worth throwing piles of money at? I'm not so sure.
Unquestionably, the Mets' bullpen was horrible last season, but GM Omar Minaya's analysis is wide ranging. Were the individuals simply bad and past their prime, or just had a bad season? To what degree were injuries a factor (Aaron Heilman)? How much did throwing out of their roles determine the results?
The Mets will add a body or two from this list, but I don't see a major overhaul. If they don't deal Heilman, and I'm starting to lean in the direction of them keeping him, the set-up relievers might not change that much.
I can see Heilman, Schoeneweis, Ayala, Feliciano and Smith coming back. I can also see Parnell or Kunz getting a shot. Then there's the closer they'll add, and the more I think of it, the more I can visualize it being Trevor Hoffman.
Here's the list of available free-agent relievers:
Jeremy Affeldt CIN
Luis Ayala NYM
Joe Beimel LAD
Joe Borowski CLE
Juan Cruz ARZ
Brendan Donnelly BOS
Alan Embree * OAK
Scott Eyre CHC
Kyle Farnsworth DET
Casey Fossum DET
Brian Fuentes COL
Aaron Fultz CLE
Tom Gordon * PHI
LaTroy Hawkins HOU
Mark Hendrickson LAD
Trevor Hoffman SD
Bobby Howry CHC
Jason Isringhausen STL
Steve Kline SF
Brandon Lyon ARZ
Damaso Marte * NYY
Tom Martin COL
Julio Mateo PHI
Guillermo Mota MIL
Will Ohman CHC
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Chris Reitsma SEA
Dennys Reyes MIN
Juan Rincon CLE
Francisco Rodriguez LAA
Brian Shouse MIL
Rafael Soriano ATL
Jorge Sosa NYM
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Salomon Torres * MIL
Derrick Turnbow MIL
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The students at St. William the Abbot school recently entered the Catholic Daughters Essay Contest. The themes of the contest were The Beauty of God's Creation and Taking Time for Others. The students could use a variety of methods to express their feelings. It could be through an essay, poetry, art, a poster, computer art, or photography.
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Kris P. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
Who we are. Tod and Kris started their working life in kitchens. We did this because we love food, love to cook, love the social aspect of food, love everything about cooking, except the endless hours a Chef spends working. Tod Manages one of the largest kitchens in Oregon, in which he had spent up to 60 hours a week managing recipes, menu's, inventroy, and ordering. After 5 years of developing a database program to help him, he has cut his time down to 8 hours, and cut food costs significantly.
Kris is an Inventor, Business Startup guy, and all around Business manager for over 25 years. As brothers, Kris has helped Tod create this tool, and now I have stepped up to the plate to bring this amazing tool to the world to help other chefs benefit from the software. Merging a social networking site front end to a powerful database back end will create a huge network site dedicated to everything food related. Including, writing, sharing, and reviewing recipes, reviewing restaurants, discussing techniques, and generally talking about everything food on the front, and managing any kitchen or food based business in the back.
My target audience is really anyone that is crazy about food. We have established 8 account types:
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UMMM... scroll up to the top of the previous page and you'll find THIS:Per wrote:Safer to run on the "The last republican in the White House started two wars and dug the US into a financial hole so deep it spiralled into a global recession, do you really want one of those again?" message, imho.Strangelove wrote:
Did they plan on Hillary running as Ms Just Trust Me Or You Hate Women?
What a world, what a world....
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Republicans started two wars??
Bill the Dem Clinton has stated he would have also chosen to invade Iraq if he were President at the time.
Wake up Per, it was a BIPARTISAN decision.
And hey Dems, Repubs, EUROPEANS were onboard with the Afghan War from the get-go, so like wtf dude….
As for the global recession, there are those who heap most of the blame on Dem Clinton, as in:
2000-2001 US recession -> low interest rates -> housing bubble -> eventual global recession.
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Daily Readings for Sunday June 24, 2012
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Reading 1, Isaiah 49:1-6
1 Coasts and islands, listen to me, pay attention, distant peoples. Yahweh called me when I was in the womb, before my birth he had pronounced my name.
2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, 'Israel, you are my servant, through whom I shall manifest my glory.'
4 But I said, 'My toil has been futile, I have exhausted myself for nothing, to no purpose.' Yet all the while my cause was with Yahweh and my reward with my God.
5 And now Yahweh has spoken, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him and to re-unite Israel to him;-I shall be honoured in Yahweh's eyes, and my God has been my strength.-
6 He said, 'It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I shall make you a light to the nations so that my salvation may reach the remotest parts of earth.'
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15
1 [For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] Yahweh, you examine me and know me,
2 you know when I sit, when I rise, you understand my thoughts from afar.
3 You watch when I walk or lie down, you know every detail of my conduct.
13 You created my inmost self, knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 For so many marvels I thank you; a wonder am I, and all your works are wonders. You knew me through and through,
15 my being held no secrets from you, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth.
Gospel, Luke 1:57-66, 80
57 The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son;
58 and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had lavished on her his faithful love, they shared her joy.
59 Now it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
60 but his mother spoke up. 'No,' she said, 'he is to be called John.'
61 They said to her, 'But no one in your family has that name,'
62 and made signs to his father to find out what he wanted him called.
63 The father asked for a writing-tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all astonished.
64 At that instant his power of speech returned and he spoke and praised God.
65 All their neighbours were filled with awe and the whole affair was talked about throughout the hill country of Judaea.
66 All those who heard of it treasured it in their hearts. 'What will this child turn out to be?' they wondered. And indeed the hand of the Lord was with him.
80 Meanwhile the child grew up and his spirit grew strong. And he lived in the desert until the day he appeared openly to Israel.
Reading 2, Acts 13:22-26
22 he deposed him and raised up David to be king, whom he attested in these words, "I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will perform my entire will."
23 To keep his promise, God has raised up for Israel one of David's descendants, Jesus, as Saviour,
24 whose coming was heralded by John when he proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the whole people of Israel.
25 Before John ended his course he said, "I am not the one you imagine me to be; there is someone coming after me whose sandal I am not fit to undo."
26 'My brothers, sons of Abraham's race, and all you godfearers, this message of salvation is meant for you.
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The Seven Richest People on Twitter
Learn to think like a billionaire, or at least tweet like one. Ian Salisbury tells you how on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
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It's been over three years since Nidal Hasan shouted "Allahu akbar" and opened fire at the Fort Hood Military base in Texas. He killed 13 people (14 if you include the child one female soldier was carrying) and wounded 32 others before being taken down by former Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner Sgt. Mark Todd.
Munley was honored by President Obama at the State of the Union address in 2010, but now she says she feels "betrayed" by the Commander-in-Chief. In a tearful interview, she told ABD News, "Betrayed is a good word … Not to the least little bit have the victims been taken care of … in fact they've been neglected."
The survivors of the Fort Hood shooting claim that have been denied the recognition and benefits awarded to those that are injured on duty -- like in a terrorist attack for example. The military has denied the victims a Purple Heart, and is classifying the event as "workplace violence" rather than "combat related" or terrorism.
Dozens of the soldiers are now filing suit against the military over the difference, claiming that they have received lower priority access to medical care and financial benefits than veterans and those with "combat related" injuries. They believe that Army Secretary John McHugh and others are avoiding acknowledging the attack as terrorism due to political correctness.
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Shawn Manning was shot six times by Hasan, and two of the bullets remain in his leg and spine. Previously deployed twice to Iraq, he had to retire because of his injuries. Of the higher ups, he says, "These guys play stupid every time they're asked a question about it, they pretend like they have no clue … It was no different than an insurgent in Iraq or Afghanistan trying to kill us."
Another victim, Alonza Lunsfeld, was shot seven times and blinded in one eye. "It's a slap in the face," he says, "Not only for me but for all of the 32 that wore the uniform that day."
Former Sgt. Munley feels doubly hurt by the neglect, as she now believes that the White House used her for political gain when they invited her to sit next to Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address in 2010. She has no problem speaking out now. "We got tired of being neglected," she says, "So this was our last resort and I'm not ashamed of it a bit."
The chairman of the House Homeland Security committee Rep. Michal McCaul is leading the charge to force the military and the Obama administration to give the wounded and dead the recognition and honors they deserve.
"It was clearly an act of terrorism that occurred that day, there's no question in my mind," McCaul told ABC News. "I think the victims should be treated as such."
I couldn't agree more. These people were heroes, killed or wounded in the line of duty. Treating them as anything other than that does a disservice everyone that serves in the military.
Do you think these soldiers are being treated fairly in the aftermath of the Fort Hood attack?
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Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (GDP) Jumps 13.96% on December 29Equities Staff Follow |
Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (GDP) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Tuesday December 29 as the stock popped 13.96% to $0.31, representing a gain of $0.0377 per share. Some 1.17 million shares traded hands on 1,583 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 1.08 million shares out of a total float of 60.64 million. The stock opened at $0.29 and traded with an intraday range of $0.33 to $0.29.
After today's gains, Goodrich Petroleum Corp. reached a market cap of $18.67 million. Goodrich Petroleum Corp. has had a trading range between $5.18 and $0.20 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $0.47 and a 200-day SMA of $1.63.
Goodrich Petroleum Corp is an independent oil & natural gas company engaged in the exploration, development & production of oil & natural gas on properties in South Texas, Northwest Louisiana & East Texas & Southwest Mississippi & Southeast Louisiana.
Goodrich Petroleum Corp. is based out of Houston, TX and has some 105 employees. Its CEO is Walter G. Goodrich.
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As storage moves further away from portable devices and things move more towards speed, SSD's are fast becoming the future of storage on consumer devices like netbooks. However, previously it has been tough to include larger capacity SSD's into small devices like the netbooks mainly because it was impossible to find a large drive that would fit into the cramped space of a netbook. That has changed not, thanks to Active Media.
They have released a netbook that is only 1.8″ in size and still manages to pack in 128GB worth of storage space. It is called the Sabertooh ZX and has a PATA/IDE interface. That has got to be one of the densest consumer grade storage devices we have seen till date. But the main deterrent to large scale SSD deployment acts here as well. This 1.8″ 128GB SSD from Active Media will set you back by $380. So unless you are a professional who can justify this as a business cost, you probably do not want to buy something that costs almost as much as the netbook itself.
But there are other options for lesser mortals like us — there's a 64GB version for under $200 and a 32GB version for $120. You really only need a tiny bit of space for the OS, apps and some files. The rest can simply be pulled from the cloud. Have no doubts about it — the SSD is many times faster than your HDD and will create a noticeable difference in boot and app loading times. Overall performance will better as well, thanks to the really high read and write speeds.
This 128GB SSD from Active Media however is not the speediest we have seen at 38MBps write and 80MBps read. But it's selling point is that it can get that much SSD storage into your netbook and that is where it really seals the deal.
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Hazel Helene Minnick, 91
Hazel Helene Minnick, 91, of Fort Myers, Fla., and formerly of Punxsutawney, died Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers.
She was born April 20, 1919, in Harmony, one of 11 children of Thomas and Violet (Beatty) Young Sr.
She was married to Edward James Minnick Sr., who preceded her in death in 1999.
Mrs. Minnick lived in Punxsutawney for 40 years prior to moving to State College for about 10 years, and then settled in southwest Florida.
She and her husband worked together for 30 years in a family-owned roof coating business. She attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Fort Myers.
Surviving relatives include her children, Edward James Minnick Jr. and Larry Minnick of Fort Myers, Sondra Buffington of Kittanning, Betsy Getch of Dahlonega, Ga., and Loretta Roy of Punxsutawney; a brother, Richard Young of Halifax; 21 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Robert Paul Minnick, in 2008.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Gladiolus Congregation, 10850 Gladiolus Drive, Fort Myers.
Mrs. Minnick died looking forward to the promise of John 5: 28-29 and thereafter life as described in the 37th Psalm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in her name may be sent to Hope Hospice, 9470 Health Park Circle, Fort Myers Fla. 33908.
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Yes, it's true. The new "Dancing With the Stars" lineup has been announced--but before continuing on to learn who made the cut, take the time to open another tab on your Web browser: Some of the names might require a search.
Not exactly a good starting off point for the long-running competition show, which has seen its ratings come down a bit the last couple of seasons. Its most recent season, an All-Star edition featuring past contestants, wrapped last November with 16.73 million viewers, down 27% from the previous fall's finale. The dropoff was also felt in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic.
ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee expressed optimism for the aging reality show and its young adult troubles during the Television Critics Assn. press tour last month.
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"I do think that the old stars made it a little bit older," Lee said of the "All Stars" ratings performance with the advertiser-cherished demo. "I think we have the ability for casting fresh to bring in younger audiences again ... We think there's a lot of life left in it."


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To almost universal disbelief, Switzerland sensationally triumphed in the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, beating host nation Nigeria 1-0 in yesterday's final in Abuja. This is the first time that Switzerland have won this competition, but then again, it is the first time that they have qualified in their modest history. In fact, no Swiss football team of any age has ever won a world championship. The victorious coach, Dani Ryser, said that it was a historic day for Swiss football, while the television commentator likened it to Roger Federer winning his first Wimbledon. Heady stuff, but it's true that the match was broadcast in 190 countries – not the insular UK obviously, where viewers were instead presented with Southampton against Brighton & Hove Albion.
The reigning champions Nigeria were the overwhelming favourites to win an unprecedented fourth title at Under-17 level. Roared on by a packed stadium of 64,000 passionate fans, complete with national dress and noisy horns, the most successful side in the history of youth football must surely have anticipated the Swiss wilting in the 30-degree heat. However, little Switzerland (population 8 million) managed to defeat a country twenty times its size, even preventing the free-flowing young eagles from scoring for the only time in the event.
"Kissed for the very first time"
Indeed, the hosts started like "a swarm of mosquitoes" per Tages-Anzeiger, piling the pressure onto the beleaguered Swiss defence and creating three good chances in the opening fifteen minutes. After only three minutes, Abdul Ajagun was denied when his shot from the edge of the penalty area was cleared off the line by central defender Charyl Chappuis. Only a minute later, the outstanding Swiss goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist pushed away a shot from Aigbe Oliha, while Kenneth Omeruo's towering header from a corner whistled just wide. The half ended as it had started with the promising Sani Emmanuel wasting a great chance when he mistimed his chip.
There was no doubt that the Swiss had enjoyed some Lady Luck, but it was a steely defensive effort. The Nigerians had created almost all the chances, but they had failed to convert any of them and they looked a little nervous on their return to the dressing room. On the other hand, the Swiss were delighted to be level. After the match, star striker Haris Seferovic said, "we knew that Nigeria could not maintain the same tempo as the first half".
"We are the champions"
Nevertheless, Switzerland were indebted to their brilliant goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist, who made a series of sparkling saves to deny the opposition, despite taking a boot to the head after only ten minutes which required lengthy treatment. His match-winning display was rewarded with the Golden Glove award for the tournament's best goalkeeper. He only conceded seven goals in as many games and it was not difficult to see why Aston Villa had already snapped him up. In the quarter-final, he had deflected a penalty against the Italians to ensure that his team continued their progress.
However, there's a reason why people often talk of a "game of two halves" and the momentum turned in the second half. Switzerland emerged from their defensive shell and sought to punish their wasteful opponents. The much vaunted strike partnership of Haris Seferovic and Nassim Ben Khalifa combined beautifully in the 56th minute to open up the Nigerian defence, though Seferovic shot narrowly wide. The tall striker made amends six minutes later, when he leaped high to head a corner back into the far side of the net for the decisive goal.
"Thank you for sending me ... a medal"
The Swiss-born youngster with roots in Bosnia-Herzegovina cites Barcelona superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic, also of Bosnian heritage, as his biggest influence and you can see the similarities in his predatory instinct for goals. He narrowly missed out on the Golden Shoe for the tournament's top scorer, as his five goals required more playing time than the eventual winner, Spain's Borja. He happily acknowledged the assistance from playmaker Ben Khalifa, emphasising the importance of the understanding developed at club level with Grasshoppers:
Nassim Ben Khalifa and I are a dream partnership. We know each other inside out and know exactly where the other is going to be and where to play the ball.
At the tender age of seventeen, Ben Khalifa already plays regularly for his club in the Super League (Switzerland's top division), where he has demonstrated blistering pace, exquisite technique and composure in the box. A series of impressive all-round displays in Nigeria, including four goals and three assists, contributed to him winning the Silver Ball for the second best player in the tournament, as voted for by the world's media. His football intelligence was clear when he was asked to comment on the winning goal:
We knew that Nigeria had a few tactical weaknesses, so we decided to approach the game in the same way we did against Brazil. Luck played a part of course, but you need that. We made sure we hit corners to the back post because we knew that the Nigerians never put a player there.
"Heavens above"
Nigeria were in no mood to relinquish their title without a struggle and in one attack they hit the bar and had the ball in the back of the net in the resulting goalmouth melee, though the referee disallowed it for an infringement on Siegrist. However, the Swiss teenagers kept their composure to become champions.
Although coach Dani Ryser admitted that, "it was close and we were lucky", nobody could argue that the Swiss underdogs did not deserve their success, as they won all seven of their games in the tournament. Their march to victory included wins against the traditional power houses of Brazil, Germany and Italy and they booked their place in the final with a thumping 4-0 defeat of the much-fancied Colombian team in the semis.
Although Switzerland's victory is astounding, it should not really be that much of a surprise, given that the team is unbeaten since May, when they reached the semi-finals of the Under-17 European Championship before losing to Holland. The football public began to pay them attention when they eliminated France and Spain at the group stages. The defence is difficult to breach with Charyl Chappuis and captain Frédéric Veseli forming a formidable defensive duo, aided and abetted by the rugged full-backs, Bruno Martignoni and Ricardo Rodriguez, who are often seen marauding up the wings. In the middle there is a classic mixture of creativity, mainly from Lazio's Pajtim Kasami, who was nominated for the Golden Ball, and defensive cover, with Oliver Buff filling the role of holding midfielder. Apart from the strikers, on the wings there are equally eye-catching players in Janick Kamber and Granit Xhaka.
"See you later"
The trophy is a crowning achievement and a "dream of a farewell present" for the Swiss Football Association's Technical Director, Hansruedi Hasler, who is retiring at the end of the year, having been responsible for nurturing young Swiss players for fifteen years:
Thanks to the good work by the clubs and the football association, young players today are significantly better developed. They are physically stronger, mentally more advanced and technically very, very strong. As a result, every year there are fifteen to twenty good players from whom the association can build a good team. In the mid-1990s on the other hand, the talent pool was limited.
If Hasler is the godfather of the team, coach Dani Ryser is the father of their success. A calm, meticulous man, Hasler described Ryser as a "tactical fox" who has a plan for every situation. Acclaimed by the national press as "perhaps the perfect coach for this Under-17 team", he was also praised by the captain, Manchester City's Frédéric Veseli, who said that Ryser "always finds the right approach to keep concentration levels high. It is his merit that we are such a close, organised team".
"Fox in the box"
Perhaps the best compliment that can be paid to the team's coach is that they did not play like a Swiss side. They played aggressively and with confidence, taking every opportunity to attack with speed and skill. Married to the usual Swiss qualities of tactical discipline and high work rate, this has produced a sparkling side that scored eighteen times in their seven matches, a total that only Spain matched in the tournament. As Ryser said, "We have no pressure, but a lot of pleasure".
At least Switzerland's success made irrelevant the question of the age of the Nigerian players. Despite FIFA President Sepp Blatter dismissing the accusations ("Our organisation is built on trust and respect"), Nigeria has form when it comes to manipulating players' ages and FIFA has introduced an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) examination to test the teams, though the results are far from accurate. Suspicions were further raised when a former Nigerian international, now club owner and lawyer produced a 2002 squad photograph that included current Under-17 captain Fortune Chukwudi, meaning that he would now be an incredible twenty-five years old.
"Something to hide?"
Possibly the most inspiring aspect of Switzerland's victory is the multicultural ("multikulti") aspect of the winning team with an amazing thirteen of the twenty-one man squad having dual nationality, including Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Italy, Portugal, Tunisia, Chile, Ghana and the Congo. I don't know whether that would cause anguish to the far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP), but hopefully the team's fantastic achievement fills them with as much pride as the rest of the Swiss.
The concern is whether these players will remain with the Swiss national team or be tempted to switch allegiance to their country of origin, as has happened in the past with the likes of Mladen Petric, Ivan Rakitic and Zdravko Kuzmanovic, who chose to play for Croatia and Serbia. It has been reported that Tunisia are already making overtures to the exciting Nassim Ben Khalifa, while Albania are trying to tempt Granit Xhaka. Against that, the line-up for Switzerland's recent World Cup qualifier against Israel included seven dual nationals. For the moment, the prospects look good: Ricardo Rodriguez (Chile) said, "I grew up in Schwamendingen, I would definitely play for the national team"; André Goncalves (Portugal) confirmed, "For me, only Switzerland comes into question"; while Haris Seferovic (Bosnia) agreed, "I always promised to play for Switzerland".
"Many deserving Swiss - and Sepp Blatter"
Of course, the best way to get young players to commit to Switzerland is success, which this group has already experienced, but coach Ryser has some wise words for his charges:
Winning the title is wonderful, but it's important that they don't get carried away. If they think they've made it now, then they won't win a thing next year. I hope that some of my lads will be playing in Brazil in 2014 - hopefully with as much success as they've had here in Nigeria.
Yesterday was the biggest moment in the history of Swiss football and it arrived on African soil. Let's see how the seniors do next year in another part of the Dark Continent.


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LONDON — Marathon runners in London say the bombing in Boston that killed three people and injured at least 175 won't deter them from taking part in one of the world's biggest races this weekend.
Law enforcement authorities in London Tuesday continued their review of security plans for the 26.2-mile race from Blackheath in south London to near Buckingham Palace, a day after two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. An 8-year-old boy was among those killed.
Organizers today confirmed that the April 21 race, with 37,000 entrants, will be held. Runners including Alice Pedder, a 28-year-old attorney at Travers Smith law firm in London, say they're comfortable with London's record in stopping attacks.
"It is impossible to police 26 miles of a city completely," said Pedder, who has run as many as 40 miles a week during one of London's coldest winters to prepare. "It makes you want to run even more. It's privilege, and if people are going to try and stop people doing something so amazing then you've got to do it all the more, and not let people who want to blow up things stop you."
London's experience with terror attacks from religious extremists and Irish nationalists and successfully guarding the Olympics gives the city an advantage in preparing for big sporting events, said Jennifer Cole, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. No increase in officers or closed circuit television cameras can stop all attacks, she added.
"You can never have 100 percent security," Cole said. "There are only so many numbers of CCTV cameras that you can have alongside the route, there are only so many numbers of police and security analysts that you can put onto looking for information about any potential threats. Everything that can be done is being done, but you will never get to a point of zero-threat."
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings Monday at the 116-year-old Boston race, and police say they have no suspects or motive.
"These incidents — you learn from each one and you start to put things in place that you didn't before," said Harvey Schiller, chief executive of New York-based GlobalOptions Group Inc., which provides high-end security to companies, governmental organizations and individuals. "Each one leads to another level of security, which takes away more freedom."
Monday night's National Hockey League game in Boston, where the Bruins were to host the Ottawa Senators, was postponed and will be rescheduled. The National Basketball Association canceled the Indiana Pacers' game Tuesday at the Boston Celtics, and it won't be played since both teams have already qualified for the playoffs.
"The notion of playing a basketball game a day later didn't feel right," Celtics President Rich Gotham said on Twitter. "Some things are bigger than basketball."
NBA spokesman Tim Frank said the league "will continue to work with our arena and team partners, along with local law enforcement, to be proactive around the perimeter of our venues."
The London Marathon will conduct registration Wednesday as planned, while organizers meet with the Metropolitan Police. The race announced that there will be a 30-second moment of silence before each of the three starts, and runners will be given black ribbons to wear when they pick up their numbers.
"We are determined to deliver an amazing event that will focus on one of the core pillars of the London Marathon, which is 'to have fun and provide some happiness and a sense of achievement in a troubled world,'" race director Hugh Brasher said in a statement.
Darren Yarlett, an operations manager at equities broker Redburn Partners, said he's used to living with the idea of a possible terrorist threat because he was born and raised in London.
"The bottom line is, if someone wants to do something bad, then they will," said Yarlett, 31. "But I feel safe."
Runner Lucy Land has confidence in security arrangements, although she said the race will feel different.
"There is something very exciting and unique about competing with elite marathon runners," said Land, a 40-year-old founder of clothing company Zulucow in Dulverton in southwest England. "I am sure it's all going to be fine, but what happened in Boston will be at the back of your mind now."
Sporting events worldwide are looking to increase security after the bombing in Massachusetts. At least 34 more marathons are scheduled in the United States before the end of April, including in Salt Lake City on April 20 and the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon seven days later, according to Marathonguide.com.
In Oklahoma City, marathon organizers will meet with government departments and law enforcement agencies over the coming days to assess any changes that may be needed in their safety and security plans for the April 28 race.
The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, in its 13th year, commemorates victims of a bomb detonated by Timothy McVeigh in front of the city's federal building on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people and injuring more than 800.
Organizers of the 2014 Super Bowl, to be played in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in February, said security already is so tight after the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001, that the bombings probably won't change anything, said Wayne Hasenbalg, president and chief executive of the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority.
"It's obvious that security issues in this new world, with the reality of what happened over a decade ago and what happened yesterday, have to be one of the primary components of any planning for any big event," Hasenbalg said Tuesday in a telephone interview.
The authority, designated to coordinate New Jersey's role in hosting the National Football League's championship game, had a previously scheduled meeting today with host committee Chief Executive Al Kelly to discuss security.
"There's no question we're going to be talking about it today," Hasenbalg said.
Securing events in a stadium or arena — with limited entry and exit points — is easier than at more open venues, said Dennis Robinson, chief operations officer of Port Imperial Racing Associates, which is staging a Formula 1 race next year in Weehawken and West New York, N.J.
"We're trying to operate this as close to a bricks-and- mortar venue as possible, utilizing many of the same policies and procedures such as bag checks and sweeps, that takes place at fixed venues," Robinson said in an interview. "The difference is our primary area will be spread over a mile and a half."
He said security procedures lay the foundation for everything involved in event planning.
"Everything flows from that — how you lay out your facility, how you staff your facility, where you put your guests," he said. "Everything flows based upon public safety."
Continuing to hold and participate in large venues is a way to resist efforts of terrorists to weaken public resolve, Cole said.
"Being able to show that we are able to stand up to that kind of threat is far more important than to show we are afraid of it," said Cole, of the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based research group specializing in defense and security research. "We cannot be frightened into changing so significantly that we get to a zero-tolerance situation."