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Giants hoping 2014 is a bounce-back year
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' much-needed offseason makeover consisted of adding only two players. But that's sufficient to give the club a fresh look if the pair of additions, Tim Hudson and Michael Morse, bring the impact that distinguished them in previous years.
Hudson, who will turn 39 during the 2014 season, doesn't have to be a Cy Young Award contender. All the Giants need from the career 205-game winner is a consistent, unyielding presence -- the type of veteran influence who can help restore the swagger to a formerly elite starting staff.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' much-needed offseason makeover consisted of adding only two players. But that's sufficient to give the club a fresh look if the pair of additions, Tim Hudson and Michael Morse, bring the impact that distinguished them in previous years.
Hudson, who will turn 39 during the 2014 season, doesn't have to be a Cy Young Award contender. All the Giants need from the career 205-game winner is a consistent, unyielding presence -- the type of veteran influence who can help restore the swagger to a formerly elite starting staff.
Morse won't rub off on the Giants enough to make them a bunch of sluggers. For that, they would need Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda in their primes. But he'll deepen San Francisco's lineup if he merely approaches his career-best 2011 season, when he hit .303 with 31 homers and 95 RBIs for Washington -- or even the following year, when his corresponding totals were .291/18/62.
Ideally, Hudson and Morse will revitalize the Giants' nucleus of players, many of whom contributed to the team's World Series triumph in 2012. Or they'll sink into the morass that engulfed the club throughout last year's 76-86 performance.
Here are 10 issues that will separate success from failure as the Giants' season unfolds:
10. It starts at the top: With Angel Pagan batting leadoff, No. 2 hitter Marco Scutaro was an offensive dynamo. With Pagan sidelined, as he was through most of last season following hamstring surgery, Scutaro was a table-setter bereft of silverware. The Giants need this tandem (combined age: 70) to galvanize the offense once again.
9. Throw it and catch it: The Giants committed 107 errors last season, tied for third-most in the National League. But that only partially reflected their defensive inconsistency. Plays that weren't made, not necessarily plays that were flubbed, compromised them too frequently. Expect manager Bruce Bochy and his staff to emphasize defense from the first day of Spring Training.
8. A star is born, right?: Hunter Pence's remarkable September (11 home runs, 32 RBIs) helped him coax a five-year, $90 million deal from the Giants. The right fielder doesn't have to duplicate those totals each month -- who can? -- to earn his salary. But the Giants will rely on Pence to maintain a level of excellence that hasn't been expected from him before.
7. Fast-moving conveyor Belt: First baseman Brandon Belt's offensive production has steadily risen year by year in most significant offensive categories. As is the case with Pence, the Giants want Belt to keep asserting himself at the plate. He'll enter 2014 having implemented the adjustments he made last year -- standing deeper in the batter's box and refining his batting grip -- which should help him.
6. The road to Romo: Erasing doubts about his durability -- or just plain ability -- Sergio Romo made the NL All-Star team en route to recording 38 saves. If opponents haven't solved the riddle of his slider by now, they never will. But the bridge from the starters to Romo has become a little creaky. Santiago Casilla and Javier Lopez can't set up Romo by themselves. The Giants need a healthy Jeremy Affeldt and one or two others from the array of rookies, youngsters and non-roster invitees to bolster the bullpen.
5. Hudson's river runs deep: Assuming the right-hander can overcome the fractured right ankle that limited him to 21 starts last year, Hudson should fit nicely with the Giants. Their other starters know plenty about the art of pitching, but watching Hudson work every five days will deepen their understanding. Of course, Hudson wants to do more than give tutorials. Winning remains his passion.
4. Betting on Buster: After enduring a precipitous drop from the offensive output that earned him the NL's 2012 Most Valuable Player Award, catcher Buster Posey vowed to work on increasing his strength during the offseason, which in turn will boost his stamina, which in turn should help him rejoin the pantheon of the league's most feared hitters. Posey hit .244 after the All-Star break last year. He won't let that happen again.
3. Anticipating a mighty Morse: Giants left fielders ranked last in homers, runs and on-base plus slugging percentage last year, so almost anything Morse provides should be a bonus. But he must remain healthy. A variety of injuries limited him to 88 games last year. Morse must hike that total by at least 40 or 50 games to approach the average output he maintained from 2010-12 with Washington (.296 batting average, 21 homers, .516 slugging percentage).
2. Will the real Panda please stand up: Since 2009, when Pablo Sandoval batted .330 with 25 home runs in his first full Major League season, he has struggled to combine power and consistency, due not only to his weight but also frequent injuries. He hasn't exceeded 20 homers or a .300 batting average since 2011. However, Sandoval will become eligible for free agency after this season. It's easy to theorize that the inducement of the open market -- or a lucrative pact from the Giants -- could spur Sandoval to control his weight and increase his production.
1. Get the rotation moving: Go ahead and say all you want about pitchers' wins being a team-oriented statistic. Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong don't consider themselves sub-.500 performers, which was their fate a year ago. All three are fierce competitors; all three will maintain a resolve to reverse their 2013 records. Their turnaround is essential for the Giants to close the gap between themselves and the Dodgers, whose pitchers have replaced San Francisco's as the NL West's best.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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Back in the mid-2000s, I was a brand new Portlander, fresh into my early twenties, with my first black raincoat and a real job, working downtown, to boot. I was vegan, but still learning to cook, so rarely packing lunch, on the start of my obsessive vegan Portland exploration. I mean, this was before the start of ye olde Stumptown Vegans, for those familiar, way back. There were then three vegetarian/vegan food carts (oh, how times have changed) with vegan options to choose from that I seemed to frequent: Earthbound for their basil tofu sandwiches (RIP), multi-day lasting lunch plates from India Chaat House (which would now bring me to Bombay Chaat House), and BBQ tofu sandwiches and colorful stir fries with almonds from Divine Cafe, on SW Alder & 9th. To my understanding, Divine then moved in as the National College of Natural Medicine's eatery for several years, to re-open this past fall as a cart, with much excitement for all those who remembered & those who simply dig carts & veggie options.
Enough with my back story, I do remain on semi-hiatus in New York – today's Portlanding spotlight plays catch up with a visit with Panda & Maeve to the newly reopened Divine in the Good Food Here (what.a.name.) cart pod on SE Belmont. The return of Divine, an all vegetarian cart that will gladly sub avocado for cheese for veganization, easily fills in the veggie cart (which is awesome to realize) niche of now-relocated, reigning Vegan Iron Chef champion, Kitchen Dances, after their own return & move to NE 81st & Oregon.
And now….cart dinner!
Or maybe they were tofu tots? Regardless, this is the type of snack that makes me hope they get their liquor license…
Good stuff. With friends living down the block, I look forward to trying even more.
Portlanding! is a weekly feature during VeganMoFo, October 2012, on Get Sconed! These posts are not official reviews, they are simply experiences and locales I'm enthusiastically sharing and documenting.

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Restaurant Review: La Galette Berichonne
Fordland, MO is not exactly the culinary capital of the world. That's why I was surprised to hear rave reviews about a French restaurant in Fordland called La Galette Berichonne. With a Gallic sense of skepticism, I decided to try it for myself.
First Impressions. The building itself is modest but decorated with little French touches. Each meal came with a house salad and homemade vinaigrette and an abundance of freshly-made bread. All food is made from scratch using local ingredients whenever possible and the quality is reflected in the great taste of each dish.
The Menu. La Galette Berichonne is a bakery/cafe so the menu includes lots of pastries and sandwiches. A chalkboard lists the hot entrees, which change on a regular basis. Everything on the board looked good to me so I peeked into the open kitchen and asked the chef for his recommendation: he suggested the Seafood Croustade and I was favorably impressed with the result (see below for pictures).
The Verdict. What a surprise to find authentic French fare (though in American-sized portions) prepared by a genuine French chef at very decent prices in the heart of nowhere! This restaurant is a real jewel.
Casual lunch? Date night? This restaurant would fit any occasion and any budget. One suggestion: call before you go. They are open different days for different meals, and even offer a once-a-month 7-course evening dinner for those who reserve well in advance. Chef Parny offers some culinary classes as well.
Why Fordland, MO? So why did Chef Roland Parny choose Fordland, a town of 684 situated 20 miles east of Springfield, for his restaurant? Apparently this part of Missouri is similar to Le Berry, the region of central France where Parny grew up. "Berichonne" means "from Le Berry" and "Galette Berichonne" is a savory stuffed pastry typical of Le Berry.
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As some of you might recall, Dennis Markuze, the Montreal troll who spent literally years and years sending increasingly unhinged and violent rants and death threats to atheists online (usually under the nym David Mabus), was finally arrested. Pleading guilty, his behavior was put down to drug and alcohol abuse and he received a suspended 18-month sentence, part of the terms of which were that he was to "abstain participating in a social network, blog and discussion forum." This was just under two months ago.
Last night, this comment popped up on the AXP Facebook page.
The link leads to a forum post containing one of Markuze's trademark rants, posted there in 2010. "THE BOOBQUAKE – 911" was a subject line used by Markuze frequently in the last barrage of emails he sent prior to his arrest. Ditto the YouTube link, which goes to the usual JREF/atheist/skeptic bashing lunacy he'd post there as well. The Facebook account "Ftbullies Ftbullies" was created just before midnight last night.
So while this isn't slam dunk proof Markuze himself posted the comment, common sense makes me ask, who else would have any reason to link to Markuze's ravings, and why? So I'm making this public, and as I don't know who exactly to contact with the Montreal authorities so they can look into it more (I would imagine that as part of his suspended sentence, they'd have the right to seize his computer and do a little forensic work on it any time they chose), maybe someone reading this who does know that information can pass it along.
Busted. Markuze just tried posting two comments to this thread. One came from IP address 18.104.22.168, which resolves to Montreal. The second, 188.8.131.52, is also Canadian. I've grabbed screenshots of both in the moderation queue, and am forwarding them on. That's it for old Dennis.


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I finally find myself back in front of the screen.
The rest of the family, as well as a couple of taggers-on (is that even a word :), have just leapt into the car heading to the wharf 5 minutes down the road, boogie boards in the back.
I have missed writing here but truly life has been just been full with Summertime goodness this last 6 weeks.
Summer has turned out to be just the good medicine that we were all seeking.
After the desolation of my mother's death, then the flurry that is December with gift-making and Christmas with my step-father, we pushed against our habit of seeking new lands and instead wanted to sink into our own backyard and the beaches just beyond. I wanted to dig in to my own life, wake up to the wonder of each day and experience what "the lazy days of Summer" might feel like if I could just let each day unfold in front of me.
Waking up to my own life is what I am on about this Summer and for inspiration listen to this podcast with Jon Kabat-Zinn. This is a radio show that I regularly tune in to, often while cooking; it stretches my thinking in new ways and inspires insight. Thanks Renee at FIMBY where I originally found the link.
Fellowship (an old word that I am newly playing with) is something I seek where ever I go. It's fundamental to how we want to live as a family and how we want to grow our children; to grow in community, rich in loving friendship and possibility.
And here it was, right at our doorstep, all Summer long.
The cornerstone of each day though has been our trips to the water; mostly to the wharf, sometimes to a beach. Sometimes a 5 minute dip and other times most of the day, with rock pools, kayaking, high jumping and general sand and water fun.
These daily swims is what I think I will remember most about this Summer.
This is my passion and the work I attempt to live and I do love to share it, in fellowship.


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Top Homicide cop Darian Richards has been seeking out monsters for too long. He has promised one too many victim's families he will find the answers they need and it's taken its toll. Now retired, a series of disappearances see him return to the gun. On his terms. But he knows, every promise has a price to pay.
After surviving a gunshot wound to the head, Darian calls it quits and retires to the Sunshine Coast in an attempt to leave the demons behind. But he should have realised, there are demons everywhere and no place is safe. A serial killer is prowling the Sunshine Coast area and Darian tries to ignore the fact his experience could make a difference hunting him down.
All he wants is to sit at the end of his jetty on the Noosa River and ignore the fact that girls from the area have vanished over the past fourteen months. All blonde and pretty. Youngest: 13. Oldest: 16. He knows they are all dead but the cops were saying 'missing' or 'vanished'. That's what you have to say if you don't have a body.
Jenny Brown was the first. She vanished sometime after 4 in the afternoon, Saturday 15 October the previous year. Except for her parents and her friends and everybody who knew her, it was thought she was just a runaway. Especially by the cops who allowed a good two or three minutes before arriving at that conclusion. By the time they'd reached the gate to the front yard of her house, before they'd even walked across the road and climbed into their cruiser, they would've forgotten Jenny Brown even existed.
But then others disappeared and they couldn't call them all runaways. Darian can't sit idly by and he decides he is going to find the killer and deal with him... his way.


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Up Is Down, Day Is Night, And Keeping Mobile Phones Locked Increases Consumer Choice?
from the let's-try-this-again deptA guy named Michael Moroney has taken to Roll Call, a popular publication for politicians, to argue that we don't need to allow mobile phone unlocking, as is currently being debated in Congress, after over 100,000 people signed a petition in favor of it and the White House came out supporting such unlocking rights as well. I'm not sure where Moroney got his information, but it's almost entirely factually incorrect, which is quite incredible. Derek Khanna has a very thorough point-by-point debunking, but here's a shorter look at some of Moroney's statements that really don't make any sense. After reviewing that background, along with one of the bills that has been introduced, Moroney jumps into the meat of his argument:
Despite the best of intentions, the very innovation that some members of Congress, the White House and presumably consumers who signed the petition claim they want to protect would actually be hampered by allowing consumers and third parties to unlock their cellphones. The DMCA is supposed to prevent digital piracy by making it illegal to disable digital rights management software, and it applies to the device locks that carriers put on cellphones — primarily to prevent phones they sell from being used on other carrier networks.First off, it's not intentional that the DMCA applies to the locks on mobile phones. Basically, the phone providers recognized the law provided them with a backdoor way of locking in customers, and used it. The intention of the DMCA was to stop copyright infringement, not phone locking. That it was eventually used that way is because the authors of section 1201, the anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA, drafted it terribly, opening up lots of opportunities for tech companies -- including ink cartridge makers, garage door openers, and mobile phone makers -- to abuse the law not to stop copyright infringement, but to be anti-competitive.
When tech companies spend billions of dollars on research and development, they have to recoup those costs and make a profit to stay on the cutting edge of innovation.One of these things has nothing to do with the other. Just because a phone maker needs to recoup its money on R&D has nothing to do with whether or not it should have the right to forbid unlocking by using a twisted interpretation of copyright law. There are lots of ways to recoup your investment, such as by selling a product at a reasonable price above what you made it for.
One of the ways they do this is by entering exclusive agreements with certain wireless carriers. AT&T, for example, dominated the smartphone market for years because of its exclusive contract to distribute Apple's iPhone in the United States. AT&T paid Apple an exceptionally high subsidy on top of the consumer purchase prices, but the company made quite a return on its investment. In subsidizing more expensive phones, AT&T could sell more expensive data plans to its customers.Phone subsidies are really a red herring here. Even with phone unlocking, mobile carriers can (and do!) offer phone subsidies. In the meantime, carriers like T-Mobile have already realized phone subsidies are bad, and actually mean consumers pay more in the long run. But, again, this has nothing to do with unlocking. Most subsidies are held in place via contractual agreements and early termination fees that have nothing to do with phone unlocking.
Now that cellphone manufactures and cellphone carriers have more protection for their intellectual property, they can recoup their research-and-development investment more quickly and, hence, spend more on developing new technologies in the future. It also ensures that most major carriers will continue to offer subsidized phones to their customers — increasing consumer choice.Except, this isn't true. None of this is about "protecting intellectual property." It's about trying to keep people from switching carriers when their contracts are up. And for all his talk about "increasing consumer choice," that's simply incorrect. Being able to unlock your phone, and go to a different provider once there's no contract, clearly increases consumer choice. If someone doesn't want to buy a new phone, but wants to switch carriers, unlocking means they don't have to spend on a costly new phone, but can continue to use their existing phone.
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If your family is full of little thespians, Massachusetts is center stage. The Boston Children's Theater features live theater for children, by children, and rivals internet cat videos on the cuteness scale. The Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham has plays, shows and concerts aimed at a young audience. Take the family to the Arlington Children's Theater, and you might catch a glimpse of the next Daniel Day-Lewis or Meryl Streep making their career debut. If you're looking for something on a grander scale, Boston's big venues like the Wang Theater and the Emerson Colonial Theater regularly present family friendly fare. Any miniature Shakespeare would find a lot to love in Massachusetts.
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Prescription drug overdoses killed more than 37,000 Americans in 2009, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; that death rate has tripled since 1990. The increase is not surprising, considering these additional CDC statistics: The number of prescriptions for painkillers has more than quadrupled since 1999, and more than 12 million Americans reported using prescription painkillers for non-medical reasons during 2010. In emergency rooms, more than 1 million patients were treated in 2009 for problems involving prescription painkillers or psychotherapeutic drugs such as anti-anxiety and sleep medications.
It's a terrible and hideously expensive toll, made even sadder in California by the fact that the state has the data in its hands to help stave off some of the injury and death but isn't using the information effectively.
In a series of investigative reports, "Dying for Relief," Times staff writers Lisa Girion and Scott Glover delved into the cases of more than 1,700 people who, according to coroner's records, died after taking drugs that had been prescribed to them. They found that a tiny proportion of doctors — one tenth of 1% — had written prescriptions for 17% of those who died.
TIMES INVESTIGATION: Legal drugs, deadly outcomes
Obviously, not all doctors who prescribe Oxycontin, Xanax and other such medications are being irresponsible, even those who write prescriptions in larger-than-normal numbers. Humane treatment of people in pain is as important as keeping drugs away from addicted or habitual users. But the series made it clear that a very small number of doctors have been linked in coroner's records to an inordinate amount of suffering and death. And they and others could perhaps have been stopped if the state made better use of its CURES database, a system within the attorney general's office that tracks prescriptions so that the state can monitor which doctors write them, which pharmacies fill them and which patients buy them.


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Pawns on the World Stage
By Alfred Opp
Glueckstal Colonies Research Association, Redondo Beach, California, 2007, 169 pages, softcover.
Wedding of Andreas Opp. Born 1902 and Anna hulda Zacher, born 1907, Teplitz, Bessarabia, September 1929.
The Glückstal Colonies Research Association is pleased to announce the publication of an autobiographical memoir, Pawns on the World Stage. Written by Alfred Opp of Canada, it details the path of the Opp family of Teplitz, Bessarabia, through war-torn Europe in the 1940's to a new life in Canada. Alfred Opp was born into a loving family in Teplitz, Bessarabia - a community that held to the family values and traditions of the Schwabian Germans. For the first ten years of his life he experienced an idyllic setting, living out the social customs of his village, being doted upon by his grandparents and learning the wisdom passed down from his ancestors. This came to a halt in July 1940 when the Russian army rolled into town and the Iron Curtain descended. Then Berlin offered a way of escape and the entire village willingly headed back to the land of their ancestors. Resettled in war-torn Poland amid unfriendly neighbors, their new life was not what they had dreamed. In 1945 the Russian Army was once again upon them and they fled to Germany -- East Germany. Alfred Opp was too young to be conscripted into the army, but old enough to remember the horrors and terrors of life in war-torn Europe. How do people survive when they are reduced to only the clothes on their backs, fleeing for their lives!
Simon Zacher and crew as wagon makers, Teplitz.
The quest for freedom and a decent life had led the Opp ancestors to South Russia, and now the same quest propelled Alfred Opp and his family forward. At last they arrived in the western sector of Germany, not far from where their ancestors had departed 160 years before. Eventually Alfred emigrated to Canada where he started new once again with no money and no English. Newly hired at a business that would soon go bankrupt, he was then offered sole proprietorship of that business on a handshake. Thirty-three years later he had built one of the largest auto seat-cover manufacturing companies in the field. Along the way he met and married his soul-mate and they raised their family.
Alfred Opp traces his ancestry back to the Urban Opp who came to South Russia in 1807. Urbanus Opp was born in Rockenhausen, Rheinland/Pfälz in 1775 and was one of the early Glückstal settlers, arriving after a stay in Hungary. The family was settled in Glückstal houselot #88 [Glückstal Revision Lists of 1816, 1818 and 1858] when the village was established in 1809. Urban's son Heinrich Opp moved on to Teplitz, Bessarabia in 1837.
Working with Alfred Opp, Connie Dahlke has prepared his manuscript for publication and the Glückstal Colonies Research Association is pleased to present this story of Alfred Opp's life.
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Pied Piper of Leola
Electronic mail message from Jake Bergmann
"These are great stories - thanks - brings back a few memories of summer months when gophers were a big part of a kid's life out in the country! In the 1970's Saskatchewan farm kids were apparently exporting gophers to Japan where they were sold as exotic pets for $200 - $300 each! Upon hearing this we chuckled as this was described by some as our revenge for the arrival of the Datsun on the prairies'! I wonder if any managed to escape and started up their characteristic colonies with which we were all very familiar?
This leads to a rather amusing story which supposedly happened around the turn of the last century in Grand Forks, ND:
"The story of "The Pied Piper of Leola" begins in 1903. A man named C.W. Hawes ran a livery stable in Leola and was a born promoter, so he was elated when he received a communication from G.A. Tolbett of Chicago appointing him the local representative of the Australian Rabbit Extermination Company. Hawes received a letter outlining the company's plan to exterminate the rabbits in Australia by shipping in live gophers from America. The plan included the inoculation of gophers with a disease fatal to rabbits but harmless to the gophers.
Hawes part in the plan was to buy live gophers and hold them until Tolbett came to Leola to claim them and ship them to Australia. So on April 23, 1903, Hawes placed this advertisement in the McPherson County Herald: "10,000--LIVE GOPHERS WANTED--10,000. We will pay 25c apiece for female and 15c for male gophers delivered at Leola House on May 2, 1903."
Soon Hawes had gophers by the hundreds in all kinds of containers including buckets, wooden boxes and crates covered with screen wire, lathe or wooden slats. Soon the livery was so full of gophers there was no room left for extra horses or anything else. On May 2, the date appointed for the gopher pickup, Dawes began allowing people to stack crates of gophers on the front porch of his hotel, the Leola House, much to the consternation of his guests. A crowd of people gathered and waited for the representative of the Australian Rabbit Extermination Company. At the end of the day they were still waiting.
As time passes the difficulties of storing thousands of gophers in close quarters became apparent. Some gave birth to more gophers. Then the captive and poorly fed rodents started to attack and eat each other. The stench became unbearable.
What to do! There was still no world from the Australian Rabbit Extermination Company. Finally Hawes couldn't take it anymore. He hacked off lath, ripped off screen wire and turned the gophers loose on Leola. They swarmed under and over boardwalks until people could hardly pass without stepping on gophers. As the animals spread over town they decimated the early gardens. Hawes lost his investment and whatever popularity he may have had. It was not until long afterward that Leola folk learned that the whole affair was a practical joke played on Hawes by William Cochrane, a young man who had come West for his health and was employed as principal of the Leola schools. Cochrane was suffering from tuberculosis and before he died a few years later confessed the whole thing to his brother. Cochrane had called on a friend in Chicago who helped him set the whole thing up....."
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By and large, Rolex watches have established themselves as icons in the fine timepiece space by sticking to signature design hallmarks while continuously improving. The improvements have occurred gradually over the years and the brand?s evolutionary rather than revolutionary approach has certainly paid off. This method probably explains why when a Rolex oddball shows up on the auction block, it will likely turn heads and open wallets READ MORE The post Unusual Vintage Rolex Watches That Sold Big At Auction appeared first on Luxury Watch Trends 2018 - Baselworld SIHH Watch News.
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I was on the horns of a dilemma whether to include this recipe on my site. On the one hand, fruit cake seems to be the most universally loathed category of cake, on the other hand I know that lots of people come to my site or email me asking whether I have a recipe for a Manor House style cake. Now I am as scathing about SBCs (that's shop bought cakes – it's bad luck to say it in full) as the next cake connoisseur but I have to admit that Manor House cake is a king amongst paupers.
A light fruit cake is quite a different proposition to the heavy, rich dark cake that surfaces at Christmas. There are times when nothing in the world could be more tasty or comforting than a nice wedge of cake brimming with raisins and sultanas.
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340g mixed dried fruit (I used raisins, sultanas and currants)
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150ml black tea (I used PG tips)
110g unsalted butter
170g self raising flour
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 eggs, beaten
How to make:
Place the fruit, sugar, tea and butter in a large saucepan and bring to the boil over a medium heat. Stir until the butter has melted.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool.
Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan oven 150°C/325°F/Gas mark 3.
Line a 20cm round springform tin with baking paper.
Place the flour and spices into a large bowl and then stir in the cooled fruit (including the liquid) and the eggs. Work quickly.
Spoon into the prepared tin and level the surface.
Sprinkle the additional Demerara sugar over the surface, if desired.
Bake for 30 minutes then reduce the heat to 150°C/fan oven 130°C/300°F/Gas mark 2.
Cook for a further 1 ¼ - 1 ½ hours or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for approximately 15 minutes before removing and allowing to cool completely on a wire rack.
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Sony & NBC Interfere With Fan-Funded Web Series, Accomplish Nothing
from the except-making-the-lawyers-richer dept
ChurchHatesTucker points us to yet another example of how the strictures of the legacy entertainment industry are at odds with modern attitudes towards culture and creativity, and the hypocrisy of those who rely on fair use but seek to limit it for others. First, a bit of background:
The NBC series Community (which is awesome, by the way) recently introduced a show-within-the-show: a parody of Dr. Who entitled Inspector Spacetime and shown only in a few short clips. Travis Richey, the actor who portrays the titular character for his few seconds on screen, and who is also an experienced web series producer, immediately saw the potential to extend the fake show into a series of real shorts. He approached the Community creators with a script, only to discover that, as he puts it, "Hollywood doesn't work quite that way." He then had his agent pitch it through official studio channels, but never heard back—so he took the idea to Kickstarter, planning to produce the series himself.
It will come as a surprise to no one that the lawyers made short work of that plan—but Richey isn't stopping, he's just changing the title:
Lawyers from Sony and NBC have contacted me demanding that I cease production on an Inspector Spacetime web series.
Though I firmly believe the law would be on my side in producing this parody, I have no wish or ability to fight a show that I love as much as "Community." I had hoped that they would embrace what is essentially a fan film and appreciate the value it adds to the character, and the audience that we would bring who are finding "Community" for the first time through this character, but alas, that's not the case. So, I will be removing all references to Inspector Spacetime from this series (it only happened in the title anyway), and altering the appearance of the Inspector so that he does not look like Inspector Spacetime. What remains is 100% the creation of myself, my writing partner, and you, the fans.
The title card on the video now reads "Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time", and the project is already more than half-funded, with the rest of the month still to go. Richey says the money is for equipment only: everyone involved is a volunteer, and the finished series won't be monetized at all. This is a case of someone who just loves to create, for its own sake, being blocked by problematic, hypocritical legal claims. Problematic because a name and a simple character concept, barely established with a handful of brief clips, should really fall on the idea side of the idea/expression dichotomy; hypocritical because that character is himself a direct parody of a much bigger cultural icon, and relies on that very same dichotomy for his existence.
Some will say that it's no big deal: he changed the title, and now he can make the series. Luckily, this time, that does appear to be the case—but there is no reason even that should have been necessary. As Richey says, he still thinks he is in the right, but has no intention of going to court: not just because of the expense, but because he doesn't want to. He wants to create, not have creator-fights with his peers. But somehow the industry that claims its every move is about protecting creators always manages to get in the way of people like that.
Filed Under: community, fan films, inspector spacetime, travis richey
Companies: kickstarter, nbc universal, sony


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May 17, 2012
Dear HIV,
In 1999 you came into my life and knocked me off the top of my game. You have never let me recover. You have never let me forget.
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Serial killers are as common as wacky sitcom neighbors these days on TV. Are they a reflection of a growing cultural anxiety, or just a reflection of the more mature environment that cable has created? Who cares? We like them and networks are happy to provide them. Here are some of our favorite TV slashers, past and present:
Dexter Morgan ("Dexter")
The daddy of them all. Others had come before, but nobody has had as big an impact on the TV landscape as Michael C. Hall's killer with a conscience. His previous role as undertaker David Fisher on "Six Feet Under" makes us wonder if maybe David didn't live a double life. Wait: a serial killer who keeps his funeral home business booming in tough economic times with a steady stream of new clients? Somebody get Hollywood on the phone — we've got a script for them!
Scalpel? Naw, chainsaw!
Hannibal Lecter ("Hannibal")
If Dexter's the daddy, Hannibal "the Cannibal" is granddaddy. What started out as a terrible idea (bringing a beloved cinema classic to TV) turned into a guilty pleasure, which turned into a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity pleasure.
"Jaws" made us afraid of the water; Hannibal made us afraid of haute cuisine.
Joe Carroll ("The Following")
In the '80s, we liked our serial killers silent and dumb: Jason, Michael Myers, Christine (OK, fine, a possessed '58 Plymouth Fury does make some noise). But ever since Dr. Lecter, we've liked professor types or, hey, how about an actual English professor? Carroll is obsessed with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, which is only surprising in that there aren't more killers obsessed with Poe; half his books are practically instruction manuals for crazed psychopaths.
Nevermore. But since the show was renewed for another season, then a whole bunch more.
Norman Bates ("Bates Motel")
Crazy's gotta come from somewhere, right? This "spiritual prequel" to one of the infamous scenes in the history of film casts the adorable Freddie Highmore (Charlie from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") as the future Mrs. Bates and shows us how he got that way. Cute and cuddly psycho killers? It's like Chucky from "Child's Play" all over again!
Start with a bath; we'll work our way up to the shower.
Billy Flynn ("Criminal Minds")
In a show full of serial killers, it takes something special to stand out. But how? Maybe by killing a detective's family as a child, then killing the rest of his family as an adult? And maybe by casting Tim Curry, best known as Dr. Frank-N-Furter from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the killer clown from Stephen King's "It"? Yup, that oughtta do it.
Is it more or less creepy if he sings all his lines?
Sylar ("Heroes")
Sometimes it's nice to watch a nice serial killing without worrying that you might end up as a victim. Sylar from "Heroes" kills only superpowered people, so unless, y'know, you can fly or shoot lasers from your eyes, you're probably safe.
He had such a future as a guy who does ear piercings in a mall...
Bob ("Twin Peaks")
Arguably the first TV serial killer to enter the mainstream (soap operas had been using them for years — usually as a neat way to lose expensive actors from the cast), the otherworldly entity who killed Laura Palmer fixated America ... for the first season, at least.
Blood? A metaphor for blood? A simile of a metaphor? With David Lynch, it's so hard to tell.
Nicole Wallace ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent")
Crime-of-the-week procedurals are full of recurring killers, but few match up to Olivia d'Abo's Nicole Wallace. The perfect combination of beauty, brains, and bats-in-the-belfry crazy, her interplay with Vincent D'Onofrio's Detective Goren made her a fan favorite.
No kissing in the interrogation room!
Rene Lenier ("True Blood")
In Bon Temps, Louisiana, where everybody's a vampire, psychic, fairy, werewolf, werepanther, or werefairy (that's not an actual thing — it just sounds funny), it's hard for a normal human to make an impact. Unless, of course, you're a serial killer who kills vampire lovers. His greatest crime may have been his weekly murdering of the Cajun accent.
The accent sounds completely normal if you've also taken a shovel to the head.
Chris Keller ("Oz")
It can be hard to shake your initial impression of an actor, especially if you spent five seasons with him as an inmate of Oz before 12 years on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Unless, of course, you believe it takes a thief to catch a thief. Or in this case, it takes a sex-crazed killer to catch a sex-crazed killer.
Like Meat Loaf, he would do anything for love. Unlike Meat Loaf, he would also do that.


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My name is Janae. I have lived in Idaho my whole life and love living here until it is winter time, then I dream of moving some where warm ;) I have been married to my wonderful husband, Jay, for 13 years. He is my rock. We have had 6 fun and busy kids (two of them are adopted…they grew in my heart instead of my tummy). I love being a wife and mother. I wouldn't trade that for anything!
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I have always loved making crafts! Ever since I was little I have been gluing, painting, sewing, and embellishing anything I could get my hands on.
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Each month we add new craft kits to our website. Typically most of the craft kits are for the upcoming holiday or season, but we always throw in a few every day items too. One of our newer and most popular items is our interchangeable HOME letter sets. Each month you can swap out the letter "O" for a new shape. These are fun to make and we have lots of different shapes to choose from.
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Here goes the recipe, inspired from Collaborative curry.
¼ cup Finley chopped raw mango pieces (Skinless)
½ cup freshly grated coconut
½ tsp salt or as required
1 ½ Tbsp chopped shallots
½ - 1 green chilli, preferably kaanthari mulaku (a kind of bird's eye chilli)
1.Grind together coconut, mango shallot and chilli to a coarse paste.
2. Add salt and mix well.
Serve along with plain rice and other curries, thoran etc.


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Jeremy's new friend
Jeremy Renner's 8 month old puppy, Franklin, a French bulldog, died last year because he was overheated. I could barely get that sentence out. Jeremy, understandably, was devastated. Last week, Jacek and I took our Marcus to emergency at 4am because he had the runs. We were getting on a plane that day. Jacek was despondent. They're so helpless when they're sick.
Here's Jeremy today in New York and ...look! He has a new dog! Clearly Jeremy is partial to a certain breed. You know how they say that dogs resemble their owners? This is my husband resembling our two beagles. The man-dog stink that wafts away from this couch every day at 5pm is what I have to live with.


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Patti Coblentz 4/23/2011 4:01:32 AMSpectacular EOD...wonderful lines, shapes and tones, Usman! Welcome back! #1371509
Joy Rector 4/23/2011 4:44:39 AMwell done #9364735
Christopher Budny 4/23/2011 5:33:51 AMLove the blues and rust colors together. Great lines & capture! #9364835
Katarina Mansson 4/23/2011 8:34:43 AMExcellent lines, comp and colors - love it! #9365217
Marcie A. Fowler 4/23/2011 8:56:25 AMLove all the different shapes, patterns and lines you captured here. #9365252
Gail Sullivan 4/24/2011 6:50:14 AMAnother excellent architectural abstract, Usman! #9366646
Jeana Clark 5/18/2011 4:57:09 PM
Courtenay Vanderbilt 5/18/2011 4:58:40 PMBIG Congrats, UB! Well deserved and wonderful Finalist! #9411378
Nikki McDonald 5/18/2011 5:58:03 PMGreat colors and design elements, Usman. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round. #9411704
Mukesh Srivastava 5/18/2011 7:16:56 PMGreat colors and design elements..Huge congratulations for Finalist win, Usman!!!! #9412110
Susan D. Royce 5/18/2011 7:44:25 PMCongratualtions on a beautiful finalist, Usman! #9412197
Jessica Jenney 5/18/2011 8:32:42 PMCongratulations, Usman on your beautiful finalist! #9412399
Naomi Weiser 5/19/2011 12:30:20 AMgreat composition and lines, congrats! #9412783
Maxine C. Schnitzer 5/19/2011 4:41:28 AMCongratulations Usman. This is a fantastic find and you've shot it with a very dynamic pov. Beautiful! #9413209
Nancyj E. Hovey 5/19/2011 5:16:20 AMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Katarina Mansson 5/19/2011 5:20:17 AMCongratulations on another excellent finalist Usman! #9413345
Becky J. Parkinson 5/19/2011 5:37:30 AMWonderful image, Usman!! Congratulations! #9413413
Marcel J. Fernandez 5/19/2011 6:14:52 AMA great amount of visual interest in this beautiful capture. Congratulations, Usman on your Finalist. #9413513
Julianne Bradford 5/19/2011 6:58:38 AMCongratulations on this superb EOD finalist Usman! #9413694
Karen Celella 5/19/2011 7:21:29 AMCongratulations on your terrific finalist, Usman. #9413772
Tarun Bose 5/19/2011 7:35:53 AMCongrats Usman, for your excellent finalist. #9413824
Karen E. Baumann 5/19/2011 8:52:16 AMLove the balance of the blues on either side of the frame. Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Usman! #9414102
SaMi Martin 5/19/2011 9:42:57 AMCongrats Usman on a wonderful finalist! #9414213
Yulianto Soeroso 5/19/2011 10:31:37 AMConratulation Usman love that color and array #9414294
JO ANN CLEVELAND 5/19/2011 10:42:36 AMWay to go Usman..
Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist!!
jo ann c. #9414314
Ellen Hodges 5/19/2011 11:59:12 AMHuge Congrats on your awesome finalists, Usman!!! Very best luck!! #9414454
Orsi 5/19/2011 12:39:54 PMCongrats,Usman on your wonderful finalist!!! #9414527
R. J. Laudenbacher 5/19/2011 1:05:34 PMCongrats, Usman on both of your wonderful Finalist! #9414601
Bojan Bencic 5/19/2011 1:26:50 PMCongratulations on your finalist, Usman. #9414701
Phyllis A. Houghton 5/19/2011 7:02:32 PMCongratulations on your wonderful finalists. The lines and sharp colors of the buildings are captured professionally. #9415518
Debra R. Harder 5/19/2011 7:41:22 PMThis is an AWESOME EOD image, Usman! Love the details, lines, colors and comp. Huge congratulations on your BRILLIANT finalist! Deb #9415670
Robert K. Bemus 5/19/2011 8:34:59 PMWonderful design and color-- congrats on your Finalist, Usman!! #9415874
Patti Coblentz 5/19/2011 8:36:36 PMThis says winner to me, Usman...congratulations on your finalist and good luck next round! #9415879
Merna L. Nobile 5/19/2011 8:50:54 PMIt is with great pleasure that I offer my congratulations on your award for the month of April. Merna
Joseph T. Pilonero 5/20/2011 10:18:41 AMAwsome colors and design elements in this wonderful finalist. TED #9417195
Michele Peterson 5/20/2011 2:54:47 PMAnother fabulous gold medal, Usman!! Congratulations!!! #9417675
Dr Silly 5/20/2011 2:54:55 PMCongrats again UB for this Gold win. :O) #9417676
Bob Cournoyer 5/20/2011 3:11:16 PMDitto... :-) #9417733
Karen E. Baumann 5/20/2011 3:13:28 PMSuper!!! Congratulations, Usman! #9417743
Maria Morrow 5/20/2011 3:39:32 PMExcellent work.. Congratulations Usman! #9417823
Deborah C. Lewinson 5/20/2011 3:53:43 PMCongrats on another excellent win, Usman!
Debby #9417894
Amy M. Wilson 5/20/2011 3:55:43 PMBig congratulations on another fabulous gold winner, Usman!!! #9417909
Ellen Hodges 5/20/2011 3:57:08 PMHuge congrats, Usman, on this fabulous winner AND double GOLD!!! #9417914
Jessica Jenney 5/20/2011 4:03:38 PMCongratulations, Usman on another fabulous winner! #9417952
Kara L. Hendricks 5/20/2011 4:06:48 PMA SUPERB choice for winner!!
Congrats again Usman!! #9417977
Nancyj E. Hovey 5/20/2011 4:25:07 PMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Cheryl Schneider 5/20/2011 4:30:57 PMWell done, Usman! Congratulations. #9418099
Michelle Alton 5/20/2011 4:49:49 PMYou've earned a pocketful of GOLD for April Usman. All superb! Congratulations! #9418203
Daniella Puente 5/20/2011 4:55:47 PMCongratulations on this GREAT winner Usman! #9418229
Christopher Budny 5/20/2011 5:22:44 PMCongratulations, Usman! #9418297
Carol Eade 5/20/2011 5:48:58 PMCongratulations, Usman, wonderful comp and colors in this! #9418388
Rolando Rosito 5/20/2011 6:20:56 PMFantastic winner Usman, Congratulations!!! #9418576
Debra R. Harder 5/20/2011 6:33:27 PMWhen you're hot...you're hot!! WTG, Usman! Huge congratulations on another brilliant GOLD WINNER! Deb #9418646
Patti Coblentz 5/20/2011 7:14:06 PMI knew it!! Congratulations on your gold win, Usman...fantastic!! #9418754
Ann Coates 5/20/2011 7:26:08 PMCongratulations on your outstanding Gold winner Usman. #9418783
Rona L. Schwarz 5/20/2011 8:24:05 PMWOW! I never even got to congratulate you on this Finalist yet, Usman! And here you have a second Winner!!! This is a marvelous EoD capture - favorite for me! Striking design composition with wonderful vivid colors, shapes, and lines, and I love the processing - nice and clean - really accentuates the shapes and colors. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS 2ND PLACE WINNER! #9418902
frank w. degenhardt 5/20/2011 8:43:02 PMI just love the colors and lines. Congratulations on another Big Win my friend. #9418960
Sarah A. Christian 5/20/2011 9:30:59 PMJoining with all the others to congratulate you on this fine EOD image gold! Many and heartfelt congratulations, Usman! Sarah #9419004
Usman M. Bajwa 5/20/2011 9:49:42 PMThanks for your kind comments and support everyone, it is very much appreciated and keeps me going. Thanks to Judges too!
Alan L. Borror 5/21/2011 2:38:20 AMCongratulations on another wonderful winner, Usman! #9419173
Mary K. Robison 5/21/2011 4:06:34 AMCONGRATULATIONS on your well earned Second Place Winner, Usman!
Anita Hogue 5/21/2011 4:31:44 AMCONGRATULATIONS on another beautiful winner, Usman! #9419364
Lydia Williams 5/21/2011 5:36:55 AMWow, what a find Usman...Very well done...Congratulations to you on this outstanding catch! #9419513
Gail Sullivan 5/21/2011 5:41:20 AMGreat to see this win. Congrats, Usman! #9419528
Karen Celella 5/21/2011 5:51:31 AMCongratulations on your wonderful winner of the gold, Usman! #9419558
Bojan Bencic 5/21/2011 8:48:38 AMWell done, Usman. Congratulations. #9419785
Kim Andelkovic 5/21/2011 10:03:40 AMWow UB 2 Gold in one month......awesome stuff....have you come back down to earth yet lol .........amazing works and wonderful wins....congratulations x 2 :-) #9419872
Phyllis A. Houghton 5/21/2011 10:09:15 AMBoth the golds were well deserved. They are unique with perfect execution. A huge CONGRATULATIONS to you. #9419874
Louvette Fowler 5/21/2011 12:17:47 PMCongratulations Usman! 'LOVE the way you see things. #9420085
Memoriee G. Sconce 5/21/2011 1:10:46 PMLove the design. Congratulation two golds. Beautiful work.
JO ANN CLEVELAND 5/21/2011 5:36:33 PMWTG UB! Huge congratulations on your awesome 2n Place Gold WINNER!!!
jo ann c. #9420610
Denny E. Barnes 5/21/2011 8:31:04 PMOutstanding!! Congratulations again, Usman on your fantastic and well deserved win!! #9420950
Marcel J. Fernandez 5/21/2011 9:19:46 PMCongratulations, Usman on your excellent Winner. #9421026
Katarina Mansson 5/22/2011 4:11:38 AMGreat comp, lines and colors! Congratulations on your superb winner Usman! #9421321
Stephanie Frey 5/22/2011 5:21:32 AMCongratulations on another wonderful win, Usman! #9421519
Stephen Zacker 5/22/2011 11:06:44 AMLike the contrasts. Congratulations #9422080
Claudia Kuhn 5/22/2011 1:59:56 PMCongratulations on your wonderful winner Usman, love this one! #9422340
Courtenay Vanderbilt 5/22/2011 3:01:54 PMAnother awesome Win, Usman! Congratulations! #9422518
Mike Clime 5/22/2011 3:09:17 PMAwesome capture, Usman! Congratulations! #9422544
Ryan Murphy 5/23/2011 6:06:17 AMThis is fantastic. Great capture, Usman. Congrats! #9423589
Graeme yew Chow 5/23/2011 9:19:43 PMCongratulations on your delightful winner, Usman. #9424842
Maria Coulson 5/24/2011 4:26:24 PMCongratulations Usman. Good eye. #9426263
Nadia Paul 5/24/2011 11:36:30 PMBeautifully seen and taken Usman - congrats on your win! #9426769
Phyllis H. Burchett 5/26/2011 8:50:47 AMCongrats Usman on this FANtastic WINNER!!! #9429728
Sharon Sawyer 5/26/2011 7:41:30 PMUsman, HUGE congratulations on your brilliant Second Place Winner!!! #9430403
Mary Beth Aiello 5/27/2011 11:50:15 AMSimply gorgeous, Usman. Huge congrats on this beautiful win. #9431524
Deborah C. Lewinson 5/29/2011 3:29:33 AMCongrats on your POTD, Usman! So glad to see this spectacular image receive more recognition!
Debby #9433382
Bob Cournoyer 5/29/2011 3:37:11 AMCongrats, Usman, on your POTD... :-) #9433391
Michelle Alton 5/29/2011 3:39:26 AMCongratulations on this brilliant POTD selection by the Judges. This image's journey to the stars has only just began, Usman! #9433393
Nikki McDonald 5/29/2011 3:40:19 AMGreat lines, colors and shapes, Usman. Congratulations on the POTD and win. #9433394
Bojan Bencic 5/29/2011 3:42:53 AMCongratulations on another award for this great photo, Usman. Well done. #9433400
Kathy Cline 5/29/2011 3:43:53 AMA wonderful award Usman have a blessed Sunday and congratulations again!
Jessica Jenney 5/29/2011 3:44:55 AMCongratulations, Usman on your fabulous POTD! #9433406
Janet McNeil 5/29/2011 3:48:52 AMCongrats on your stunning POTD!! #9433413
Gord MacEachern 5/29/2011 3:49:27 AMBig congrats on this double gold Usman, very well deserved my friend!! #9433415
Graeme yew Chow 5/29/2011 4:18:18 AMBig congratulations on your super POTD winner, Usman! #9433440
Joy Rector 5/29/2011 4:26:16 AMcongrats on the POTD #9433449
Bill Johnson 5/29/2011 4:32:54 AMUsman, Congrats on your well deserved POTD. #9433456
Dominick M. Dimacale 5/29/2011 4:47:59 AMCongratulations Usman on your Win and POTD!!!!
Dominick #9433480
Christopher Budny 5/29/2011 4:48:52 AMCongratulations, Usman, on your double-gold with POTD! #9433484
Rolando Rosito 5/29/2011 4:50:44 AMAnother gold on this great image! Congratulations Usman! #9433492
Courtenay Vanderbilt 5/29/2011 4:52:57 AMHey, Usman, Huge Congrats on your POTD! #9433498
Dr Silly 5/29/2011 4:56:24 AMCongrats UB on both your win and your POTD. :O) #9433503
Lydia Williams 5/29/2011 5:13:12 AMCongratulations on your POTD, Usman! #9433545
Anthony L. Mancuso 5/29/2011 5:19:57 AMGreat image UB..congrats on your win and POTD award! #9433573
Melinda F. Schneider 5/29/2011 5:44:47 AMDouble congratulations, UB! A great image; love the way it's divided into thirds! #9433605
Carolyn M. DAlessandro 5/29/2011 5:45:47 AMWOW! Good eye to find this amazing comp...the lines,colors are fabulous. Congratulations on this outstanding win. Bravo my friend,Bravo!!! #9433608
JO ANN CLEVELAND 5/29/2011 5:45:51 AMI have commented earlier on your win, ban now big congrats on your POTD UB!
Great colors and elements of design..
jo ann c. #9433609
Evy Johansen 5/29/2011 5:46:05 AMVery beautiful image, Usman! Big congratulations on your Win and on your POTD!! #9433611
Judy V. Kennamer 5/29/2011 5:51:02 AMCongrats on your beautiful POTD Usman!!! #9433618
Johnnie Ann Gaskill 5/29/2011 6:02:35 AMUsman, this photo is so stunning, so eye-catching. Love the strong lines and rich colors, as well as the great POV. #9433622
Bunny Snow 5/29/2011 6:17:00 AMWow! Usman your star is shining brightly with a BP POTD and a winner.
Jeff Robinson 5/29/2011 6:25:20 AMCongrats Usman on this Outstanding POTD!! #9433650
Nancyj E. Hovey 5/29/2011 6:37:11 AMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Maria Morrow 5/29/2011 6:38:21 AMAwesome image Usman, Congratulations on your POTD! #9433676
Phyllis H. Burchett 5/29/2011 6:43:05 AMCongrats on your fabulous POTD Usman! #9433687
Anne M. Young 5/29/2011 6:52:39 AMCongrats on a super Photo of the Day! #9433697
Paul D. 5/29/2011 7:02:14 AMWow, 2p gold AND POTD, way to go! No surprise Usman, you took a difficult scene and composed it like a champ. Any change of position on your part may not have gotten the wow factor you achieved here. Nicely done! #9433716
David Phalen 5/29/2011 7:02:48 AMHUGE Congrats on a spectacular POTD!! #9433719
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 5/29/2011 7:06:00 AMWTG on your awesome POTD and winner, Usman! :-) k #9433721
Terry Cervi 5/29/2011 7:09:16 AMCongrats on your wonderful POTD, Usman!! #9433725
Karen E. Baumann 5/29/2011 7:19:59 AMCongratulations Usman!!! #9433745
Leslie Carson Wolfe 5/29/2011 7:53:07 AMWow, Usman! Beautiful elements of design! Wonderful lighting, color and composition! Congratulations on all your awards!
Leslie #9433780
Stefania Barbier 5/29/2011 8:07:32 AMcongratulations on your beautiful POTD!!! #9433794
Mary Beth Aiello 5/29/2011 8:20:37 AMAbsolutely superb, Usman. Huge congrats on another honor for this outstanding capture. Great POTD. #9433807
Linda Blair 5/29/2011 8:23:49 AMCongratulations on this awesome POTD!!!!! #9433810
Laura E. Swan 5/29/2011 8:41:19 AMHowdy Stranger! What a wonderful surprise to see the POTD is your terrific work!
This is so very cool, Usman! I love the lines and shapes and colors!
Huge congrats on the big GOLD WIN, too!
-Laura :) #9433824
Mitch Spence 5/29/2011 8:43:39 AMWay to go, Usman, on both your honors for this terrific graphic image. Congratulations to you. #9433825
Usman M. Bajwa 5/29/2011 9:12:48 AMJust back home from a hectic Sunday and what a pleasant surprise to see so many emails from so many talented and kind souls. Thank you all for taking the time to write these encouraging words, which I hold dear. Thanks to judges too for giving it a thumbs up again!!
Amy M. Wilson 5/29/2011 9:23:34 AMAnd a well-deserved thumbs-up it is... huge congratulations on your wonderful POTD, Usman!! #9433883
Debra R. Harder 5/29/2011 9:30:15 AMWTG, Usman!! Huge congratulations on your POTD and, of course, GOLD win!! This is a fabulous image! Deb #9433896
Becky J. Parkinson 5/29/2011 9:33:35 AMCongratulations, Busman, on this wonderful and deserved POTD!!!
Datha Y. Thompson 5/29/2011 10:18:08 AMDOUBLE Congratulations to you Usman!!!!!
Steve M. Harrington 5/29/2011 10:36:10 AMA fine POTD, Usman! Good on you! :)
Cesar J. La Rosa 5/29/2011 11:03:04 AMA WONDERFUL and very well-deserved POTD and WINNER, Usman!!! Beautiful colors, lines and POV. Excellent work!!!
Robyn A. Terrell 5/29/2011 12:42:03 PMHuge congratulations, Usman! Have a wonderful day:) #9434054
Darryl Wilkinson 5/29/2011 1:19:42 PMGood eye and a fabulous design, Usman! Congratulations on your awards! #9434095
Katarina Mansson 5/29/2011 2:10:26 PMYeah! Congratulation on your second badge for this one Usman! #9434141
Cindy Bendush 5/29/2011 2:33:56 PMAnother big congrats for your POTD Usman! #9434151
Stanley C. Sims 5/29/2011 4:23:09 PMMasterfully done Usman. Congrats on another outstanding winner. #9434240
Karen Celella 5/29/2011 4:32:27 PMCongratulations on another well deserved award, Usman! Wonderful POTD! #9434249
Richard D. Love 5/29/2011 4:43:26 PMCongratulations, Usman. As usual, so well done.
Rick #9434272
Anita Hogue 5/29/2011 5:47:22 PMCongratulations Usman! Absolutely beautiful POTD! #9434375
Phyllis A. Houghton 5/29/2011 6:41:58 PMCongratulations on your fabulous POTD, Usman! #9434452
Usman M. Bajwa 5/29/2011 8:54:59 PMThanks bunches!!!
Alex T. Mizuno 5/30/2011 1:34:39 AMSuch a fantastic EOD image Usman! Congratulations on your double Gold!!! #9434781
Steve Miller 5/30/2011 4:52:12 AMAnother great photo Usman. Congratulations and Well Done! #9435073
Anita Hogue 5/30/2011 10:34:09 AMCongratulations on your stunning POTD, Usman! #9435662
Christopher Budny 5/31/2011 3:54:20 AMAnd now a congratulations again, for being the featured photo in today's Snapshot...! You've swept the Oscars with this one! ;) #9436666
Lydia Williams 5/31/2011 5:25:20 AMSo awesome...Snapshot feature....Yup you have swept them up big time...So nice to see this happen! Congratulations!!! #9436839
Amanda D. Austwick 5/31/2011 8:33:12 AMLove the design elements and colors! CONGRATULATIONS on your GOLD Win and your POTD!! #9437041
Sara B Coffey 5/31/2011 8:37:31 AMGreat POV on this shot Usman. In fact it is so crisp these buildings dont quite look real. Congrats on your POTD & your feature in May issue of Snapshot.
Michele Peterson 5/31/2011 10:02:01 AMUsman, this is a bit late, but congratulations on the POTD on this fantastic image that I've admired so much!! What an honor for you,and so well deserved!! #9437179
Maria Coulson 5/31/2011 10:06:23 AMUsman, a winner and a POTD, well deserved!! Congratulations. #9437181
Usman M. Bajwa 5/31/2011 12:18:36 PMThank you all once again for your felicitations on my Snapshot Gallery feature. Thanks Judges!!
Patti Coblentz 5/31/2011 1:48:36 PMCongratulations on your POTD and feature in Snapshot, Usman!!...a magnificent image worth all the awards :)) #9437380
Carol Eade 5/31/2011 3:38:13 PMA terrific POTD, congratulations! #9437457
Karim Abiali 6/1/2011 3:22:08 AMCongratulations Usman.
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Merna L. Nobile 6/1/2011 3:36:16 AMHello Usman: I would like to add my name to the very long list of congratulations for your "Photo of the Day" award. Well deserved and should put a smile on your face for a long while. Merna #9438217
Rita K. Connell 6/1/2011 4:46:44 AM
Congratulations Usman on your Win and POTD!!!!
Robert Mann 6/1/2011 8:08:00 AMThis image is certainly getting a lot of exposure. It certainly does deserve it. Many congrats on your 2nd place (shoulda have been first) and your POTD and your feature in Snap Shot, UB! #9438686
Nancyj E. Hovey 6/2/2011 4:42:06 AMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Siete Meeter 6/2/2011 10:43:49 AMLove the design elements and colors! CONGRATULATIONS on your GOLD Win and your POTD!!
Kathryn Wesserling 6/9/2011 8:23:13 AMThis is one of the best examples of "Elements of Design". When your images win, there is never any doubt as to why. Congratulations, Usman. #9452043
Joseph M. Muench 6/14/2011 1:45:39 PMCongrats, Usman! Well done!
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 7/12/2011 1:53:07 PMDouble congratulations Usman!!! #9525308
Susan K. Snow 7/28/2011 6:21:39 PMDouble WOW! EOD POTD plus a golden second place winner!!
Susan K. Snow 7/28/2011 6:21:40 PMDouble WOW! EOD POTD plus a golden second place winner!!
adrifil 7/31/2011 7:48:01 AMWhat an amazing photo!
Jill Odice 8/19/2011 8:41:46 AMCongrats on all the well deserved awards! #9614519
Two skyscrapers facing each other, one rounded one rectangular.
CATEGORY: Elements of Design (April 23, 2011)
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King Lear rises at Hubbard Hall
I needn't have worried. This is a theater company that always seems to rise to the occasion. In this, the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies, King Lear, timeworn and weary, decides to divide his kingdom among his daughters. When his youngest daughter Cordelia refuses to praise the king in return for his favor, she is banished. His other two daughters, Goneril and Regan, despite their protestations of love, plot against him.
In a corresponding subplot, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester is duped into favoring his deceitful illegitimate son Edmund over his faithful legitimate son Edgar. Lear's struggle with madness and mortality is told very simply in this streamlined production, giving us a much more intimate look at the king's story than is usually told. We are presented with a lean, sinewy play with lots of sharp elbows and exposed nerves.
Performances are solid all around. Carmen-Maria Mandley serves up Goneril with a proper little sneer and Regan is played by Myka Plunkett with verve, her nose up and a terribly dangerous look in her eye. One of the new faces in the company, James Udom, plays Edgar with an energy and intensity that is riveting. Gino Constabile's Edmund is a study in likeable unctuousness and veteran Doug Ryan shines as Gloucester who only gains insight when blinded.
This production as many have before it, casts the roles of Cordelia and the Fool with the same actor. The company is blessed that this actor is Ava Roy who also co-directed. Her stage presence is electric, her performance totally engaged and engaging in both roles. Brava.
John Hadden's performance arc as the title character is a wonder. He resists the urge to make Lear larger than life, instead inhabiting Lear with a more realistic and nuanced demeanor, more suited to the ensemble cast and the intimacy of theater in the round. As Lear's fortunes change, Hadden's transition from early bemusement to rage and madness is authentic and chilling. The moment that Lear recognizes the truth of Cordelia is an emotionally charged frisson that grabs the audience by the lapels.
My quibbles with this production are small. Some of the atonal music that is used in the production distracts rather than enhances, and the stage fighting seemed too tame.
Make no mistake. This is bare bones, in-your-face Shakespeare. It's exceptionally well-staged and co-directors Hadden and Roy have made sure that these characters have stories to tell that will not be denied.
King Lear plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 through March 23 at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, N.Y. You can make reservations online or call 518-677-2495.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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Curiosity skipped arm testing on Sol 31 (Sept. 6) after controllers held back on new commanding due to a caution about a temperature reading on the arm. The issue was resolved later in the day, so the planned activities have shifted to Sol 32 (Sept. 7). These include a checkout of the tool turret at the end of the arm and a test using vibration of the sample processing device on the arm.
Mars Rover Curiosity in Artist's Concept, Close-up
This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover,
The downlink during Sol 31 returned a Navigation Camera image of the turret taken during testing on Sol 30. It can be seen among the raw images from the rover at: http://1.usa.gov/NPGnIp .
Curiosity continues to work in good health. Sol 31, in Mars local mean solar time at Gale Crater, ended at 3:56 a.m. Sept. 7, PDT.