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This DOP vinegar's refined bouquet is intense and delicate, and its flavor is masterfully complex, more sweet than sour. The varied woods used for their casks each lend a particular aroma to the vinegar and makes it unique. Cavalli's DOP balsamico is splendid drizzled over savory and spicy cheeses, strawberries, cherries, pastry cream and ice cream. It also makes the perfect ending to a meal, sipped from a spoon or glass.
Cavalli Balsamic is produced by the Cavalli brothers, sons of Ferdinando Cavalli, the legendary founder of the Reggio Emilia Consortium. The Cavalli name and reputation assures the highest quality in Balsamics. Their special Tradizionale products are individually numbered on the glass and packed in beautiful Italian-made boxes. Each box includes a wax-sealed bottle, plus a 26 page booklet detailing its creation.

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Among the heroes during Hurricane Harvey was Houston police officer Norbert Ramon, a 24-year veteran of the department who helped rescue 1,500 Houstonians while fighting stage four colon cancer.
"My main concern was to help the citizens," said Ramon, 55. Nothing else was on my mind. I didn't worry about me or anything."
"I don't dwell on it. I don't like to let people know because I like to be treated equal."
Harvey might have been his finest hour, colleagues said.
"It was desperate. I mean you've never seen so much water before," added the senior police officer.
Ramon is assigned to the Traffic Enforcement division downtown, but couldn't get there when the flash floods began last Sunday morning. So, following department protocol, Ramon instead responded to the closest duty station, which was HPD's Lake Patrol Unit on Lake Houston near Atascocita.
Between Sunday and Tuesday, Ramon and other officers used four police boats to move more than 1,500 Houstonians out of the flash floods that submerged neighborhoods near Interstate 10 and Federal Road, along with subdivisions in Kingwood.
"They'd have the kids in blankets and stuff. I'm picking them up and putting them in the boat, trying to put their umbrellas on," Ramon explained. "Then my partner is trying to drive the boat. He's got all these umbrellas [blocking his field of view on the water]. We've got to tell them 'Hey you gotta close those down. You're going to get wet. The kids are going to get wet but he needs to see.'"
"That's probably one of the best times he's had since his diagnosis," said Sgt. Epi Garza, Houston Police, a long-time friend who is also in charge of the Lake Patrol Unit. "His whole mind was occupied on helping people and rescuing lives that day."
Ramon is soft-spoken, modest and doesn't reveal much about his medical condition.
"I'm diagnosed with stage four colon cancer which has spread to my liver and my lungs" he said.
That revelation came 18 months ago during a routine colonoscopy. At the time, he said, doctors told him he might have six to eight years to live.
"You know, I don't ask that anymore," said Ramon when asked whether that prognosis has changed recently.
Ramon admitted he doesn't want to know.
"No I really don't," continued Ramon. "We all gotta go sometime. I don't want to have a time stamp on me."
After three days on a rescue boat last week, Ramon drove eight hours to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America clinic in Tulsa for chemotherapy. He usually flies to Oklahoma but Houston's two airports were closed.
"I don't worry so much about me. I worry about my wife. She takes it hard. When she takes it hard then I break down," said Ramon.
He doesn't dwell on it and is not looking for sympathy, but Ramon is a clear example of courage in this city; a cop with cancer, saving lives while losing his own.
"I put it past me. Once I'm done with my chemo, I'm just plugging away like I don't even have it. I don't research it. Because if you research it, it's doom and gloom all on the internet," he said.
"As long as I put out a message for other cancer patients to [not] let this hold you down. 'Just continue to go, plugging away and be happy. Don't let it consume your life.'"


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Science should be on our daily conversation menu, along with topics like politics, books, sports, or the latest prestige cable drama, according to Clifford Johnson, a theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Southern California's Department of Physics and Astronomy
Johnson discusses his new book "The Dialogues: Conversations About the Nature of the Universe", in which he invites us to eavesdrop on a series of nine conversations, in graphic-novel form, about "the nature of the universe". The topics range from the science of cooking to the multiverse and string theory. The graphic form is especially suited for physics: one drawing can show what it would take many words to explain.


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Facebook says it is ending its practice of using face recognition software to identify users' friends in uploaded photos and automatically suggesting they "tag" them. Facebook was sued in Illinois over the feature.
Walmart has won praise from gun control advocates for its decision to discontinue sales of certain gun ammunition and request that customers no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. But whether the moves will translate into fewer guns on the street remains an open question.
A judge has set an April 27, 2020 trial date in R. Kelly's federal case in Chicago that accuses the R&B star of child pornography and obstruction of justice.
A day after the most powerful hurricane on record ever to hit the country finished mauling the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, emergency workers had yet to reach some stricken areas.
Attorneys for the former "Empire" actor claim that simply filing a police report doesn't typically result in an investigation as extensive as the one Chicago police undertook earlier this year, which cost $130,000.
Watch the Sept. 4, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
This fall, students at the Illinois Institute of Technology will be among the first in the country to have the option of pursuing an undergraduate degree in AI. Aron Culotta, director of the new program, tells us more.
Are the Bears' kicking woes a thing of the past? Former Bears offensive lineman and WTTW News football analyst James "Big Cat" Williams kicks off the season with a preview of the Bears-Packers showdown.
Street festivals, retro tunes, cultural celebrations, opera under the stars and a jump in the river usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.
The battle over the massive $6 billion Lincoln Yards development is far from over. We discuss the controversial project with Aneel Chablani, chief counsel of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and 2nd Ward Ald. Brian Hopkins.
What if instead of hailing a cab or a private car to get to O'Hare or Midway from downtown Chicago, you could hail an airplane? Geoffrey Baer is here with the story of a company that once offered that very service.
The new Clean Water Workforce Pipeline program will train workers for water-related jobs, such as those required for treating wastewater and replacing lead pipes.
Organic gardener Jeanne Nolan and chef Nicole Putzel show us what's possible (and delicious) for local gardeners – even if you don't have much space.
Chicago students returned to their classrooms this week, but there are early signs they could be back on break come early October. Our politics team takes on that story and more in our weekly roundtable.
The city is making changes to the way neighborhood early learning centers receive funding, and some providers say the changes are destabilizing to families and communities.


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Despite its nasty side effects – delirium , kidney failure, hallucinatory fugues and death – absinthe was hugely fashionable among Victorian Orleanians and especially favored by the musicians, madams of Storyville, the poets and artists in the French Quarter. The Absinthe Room was the epicenter of the absinthe fad , and its infamous cocktail attracted famous patrons. Oscar Wilde, Mark twain, Robert E. Lee, Sarah Bernhardt and Walt Whitman were among those that stopped in for a taste. Mixologist, Cayetano Ferrer created the absinthe frappe, a mind numbing mixture of absinthe and anisette poured over ice.
Absinthe is a strong, usually green in color, licorice-flavored alcoholic beverage made from wormwood, anise and fennel, and diluted with water and sugar. In 1912, absinthe was outlawed in the United States because of its allegedly narcotic qualities.
Local lore has it that Andrew Jackson met with pirates Pierre and Jean Lafitte in the rooms above the bar ( then a corner grocery) to plan`the city's defense against the advancing British fleet.
Today, the building now houses the Old Absinthe Bar, Tony Moran's restaurant and the Jean Lafitte Bistro. The original 200 year old wooden bar with its dented copper top is found alongside some of the original marble fountains used to drip cold water over sugar cubes into the glasses of absinthe.
Absinthe was served by placing a slatted or serrated flat spoon is laid over the glass. A sugar cube is perched on top of the absinthe spoon, and ice cold water slowly drips onto the cube, dissolving the sugar, and turning the green absinthe a milky white color known as louche, cutting the bitterness of the absinthe and readying it for drink.
Today the Old Absinthe Bar makes a good facsimile of the traditional cocktail using the locally manufactured spirit Herbsaint, whose label features an etching of the bar itself. They to go through the whole painstaking process of dripping the cold water over the ice cube.
Definitely worth a visit to try the cocktail and enjoy the buildings infamous history.


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All about the Angling Trust
The Angling Trust is the new, single organisation to represent all game, coarse and sea anglers and angling in England and Wales. The formation of the Angling Trust brings with it a positive new future for angling. For the first time ever, there is a single body to take cohesive action to solve all the problems that affect our sport. Please take a look around this section of the website to read more about the work we do and in what ways becoming a member of the Angling Trust can benefit you.


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I'm traveling later in the day to see a friend, which means I have some non-blog related tasks to attend to first, which means I AM LEAVING YOU. For the rest of the day, not forever. UNLESS I DIE. Which I'm not planning to. JUST SAYING.
But as they say, when a door closes a window opens, the better to leap out of, and in that spirit I say to you: Hey, in the comment thread, why don't you recommend to folks here another writer's blog that you read on a regular basis? Because writers are interesting! And we smell of lilacs. It's true.
Just tell us why you like the blog, and leave a link to it (just typing in the URL is fine, you don't have to fiddle with html) so people can check it out. Try one link a comment, since three or more links per comment will likely just you send to the moderation queue, and I won't be around to free comments on a regular basis. You may post more than comment in the thread.
You can also suggest interesting author Twitter feeds if you like, because that's just like blogging, only shorter.
If you're a writer you may suggest your own, but if you do, your blog better be AWESOME. Because that's what readers here deserve.
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Conservative nut-jobs are revolting over the newly discovered Mike Huckabee. "I'd rather vote for Hillary than vote for Huckabee" is the new mantra over at Redstate.
Not that what one blogger thinks matters that much, but if Huckabee gets the nomination, I'm voting Democratic. It's not just an idle threat; I just won't vote for him and in fact won't even vote third party or stay home. I'll vote for the Democratic candidate, even Hillary.
The Republicans are in so much trouble this time around. Conservative evangelical leader Bob Jones stupidly threw his endorsement to Mitt Romney even though he thinks the Mormon faith is a cult. Now that Huckleberry Hound is "popular", the Bob Jones crowed are Splitsville. Since the Konservative Khristian Kommunity is getting the jitters over Huck like he's a shiny new coin, they're splitting the rest of the GOP.
Meanwhile Huck hasn't learned his P's and Q's as a Republican politician:
- Rule #1: Never..NEVER say anything bad against another Republican.
- Rule #2: Never speak ill of the Bush Crime family.
Yesterday, CNN reported Huck to say about King George:
Republican Mike Huckabee is questioning the Bush administration's policy on Iraq, criticizing what he calls the White House's "arrogant bunker mentality."
tsk tsk tsk…Naughty Naughty! Next thing we'll hear is Huckleberry being fitted for a brand-new pair of cement shoes!!
Today, Romney on MTP said of Huckleberry's harsh words against der Führer:
That's an insult to the president, and Mike Huckabee should apologize to the president.
The guy from Redstate goes on:
If we're going to have eight years of liberal rule, I'd rather the Democratic Party be governing, so at least they can take the blame.
And, quite frankly, Hillary is to the right of Huckabee on most issues, if only because she's politically afraid to do the kind of crap Huckabee does and dream of doing at night. She couldn't afford to be as soft as Iran as Huckabee would.
And I don't think I'm alone on this.
Nice, huh?!
Some other Wing-Nut adds his own thoughts to the GOP v Huckabee disaster.
I am done voting for Republicans who don't represent what I believe in, low taxes and small government. Frankly, I think Huckabee just might be worse than Hillary on that score and if we have a Republican President advocating the above and the foreign policy stuff Ace lays out below – I will not enable it.
Hark! I hear the bugles playing..! Wha? What's that song they're playing??! It's Taps!!
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Many thanks for following my blog over the last year and for your kind comments – I am pleased that nearly 2,000 of you have visited and I hope you found something of interest.
For the New Year – more of the same – a mix of good research resources world-wide, updates on the major providers of historical data, and whenever I find new CUMPSTONs I shall give an overview of them here first.
So if you visit why not drop me a line and tell me what was useful to you? If you have CUMPSTON ancestors I would love to know more about them. Visit my website to see if they are already recorded at www.cumpston.org.uk
And if you are thinking of taking up a new hobby in 2012 why not consider genealogy?


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Cars, Streets and Public Policy: The Future of Southern California
Art Center College of Design
Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Join Art Center College of Design and the Civic Projects Foundation for an engaging and thoughtful panel discussion about The Car in 2035: Mobility Planning for the Near Future, a new book offering an artful and refreshingly multifaceted view of the future of mobility, focusing on the car, the street, and public policy in Southern California. Panelists and presenters include:
- Marco Anderson, Regional Planner, Southern California Association of Governments
- Christopher Gray, Senior Associate, Fehr & Peers
- Terry A. Hayes, Founder and Principal, Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc.
- Eric Noble, Founder and President, The CarLab
- Kati Rubinyi, Founder and Executive Director, Civic Projects Foundation
- Bill Trimble, Senior Planner, City of Pasadena
- Geoff Wardle, Executive Director, Graduate Transportation Design, Art Center College of Design
The Car in 2035 is a project of Art Center alumna and former faculty member Kati Rubinyi, who has brought together collaborators in the fields of planning, transportation, design and art—including educational leaders, faculty and alumni from Art Center—to create a lively mix of essays, images and interviews about our region's automotive future over the next 20 years.
Given its position as one of the leading schools in transportation design, Art Center is deeply interested in the future of mobility, and the future of our infrastructure and communities addressed in The Car in 2035. Today, Art Center is building on its legacy of educating some of the world's top automotive designers with a new Graduate program in Transportation Design for those students who want to revolutionize the vehicle manufacturing industry and reimagine compelling, sustainable and viable mobility solutions for an inspired future.
This event is free and open to the public. Once online registration is closed, individuals may register onsite on a first come, first served basis. The Car in 2035 will be available for purchase.
When & Where
Art Center College of Design | Hillside Campus
1700 Lida Street
Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PDT)
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Space droids calling
Secondary-school students can play the ultimate robot game: the annual Zero Robotics tournament turns the International Space Station into a playing field for European students to control minisatellites with self-developed software.
Controlling volleyball-sized satellites in space is not easy. Spheres − short for Synchronised Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites – move around the International Space Station using 12 jets powered by compressed gas.
These autonomous robot satellites have their own power, propulsion and navigation. To master the Spheres, students must write code to fulfil a mission. The details of this year's mission will be revealed in September.
This is the third time European contenders have the chance to run their commands in space. The goal of this tournament is to build engineering skills for students, such as problem solving, software operations and teamwork.
From virtual to orbital
Just as in any international competition, the road to the finals is long and challenging. The contest starts with simulation competitions of increasing difficulty held online.
Competitors can create and visualise their code to get ready for the game from a web browser and free of charge.
Finalists from the online simulation will see their commands run by the Spheres satellites on the International Space Station transmitted live from space. Each finalist will be composed of a three-team alliance from different European countries.
The final event will take place in January 2014 with the US teams at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the European teams at ESA´s ESTEC Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
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The 2013 ESA High School Tournament registration is open to secondary-school students from ESA member states until September. Teams must consist of between three and ten students.
Find a mentor, register and start preparing your tactics!
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MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) — Stem cell therapy's promise for healing damaged tissues may have gotten a bit closer to reality. In a small, early study, heart damage was reversed in heart-attack patients treated with their own cardiac stem cells, researchers report.
The cells, called cardiosphere-derived stem cells, regrew damaged heart muscle and reversed scarring one year later, the authors say.
Up until now, heart specialists' best tool to help minimize damage following a heart attack has been to surgically clear blocked arteries.
"In our treatment, we dissolved scar and replaced it with living heart muscle. Such 'therapeutic regeneration' has long been the holy grail of cell therapy, but had never been accomplished before; we now seem to have done it," said study author Dr. Eduardo Marban, director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles.
However, outside experts cautioned that the findings are preliminary and the treatment is far from ready for widespread use among heart-attack survivors.
The study, published online Feb. 14 in The Lancet, involved 25 middle-aged patients (average age 53) who had suffered a heart attack. Seventeen underwent stem cell infusions while eight received standard post-heart attack care, including medication and exercise therapy.
The stem cells were obtained using a minimally invasive procedure, according to the researchers from Cedars-Sinai and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Patients received a local anesthetic and then a catheter was threaded through a neck vein down to the heart, where a tiny portion of muscle was taken. The sample provided all the researchers needed to generate a supply of new stem cells — 12 million to 25 million — that were then transplanted back into the heart-attack patient during a second minimally invasive procedure.
One year after the procedure, the infusion patients' cardiac scar sizes had shrunk by about half. Scar size was reduced from 24 percent to 12 percent of the heart, the team said. In contrast, the patients receiving standard care experienced no scar shrinkage.
Initial muscle damage and healed tissue were measured using MRI scans.
After six months, four patients in the stem-cell group experienced serious adverse events compared with only one patient in the control group. At one year, two more stem-cell patients had a serious complication. However, only one such event — a heart attack — might have been related to the treatment, according to the study.
In a news release, Marban said that "the effects are substantial and surprisingly larger in humans than they were in animal tests."
Other experts were cautiously optimistic. Cardiac expert Dr. Bernard Gersh, a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic, is not affiliated with the research but is familiar with the findings.
"This study demonstrates that it is safe and feasible to administer these cardiac-derived stem cells and the results are interesting and encouraging," he said.
Another specialist said that while provocative and promising, the findings remain early, phase-one research. "It's a proof-of-concept study," said interventional cardiologist Dr. Thomas Povsic, an assistant professor of medicine at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in Durham, N.C.
And Dr. Chip Lavie, medical director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, in New Orleans, also discussed the results. He said that while the study showed that the cardiac stem cells reduced scar tissue and increased the area of live heart tissue in heart attack patients with moderately damaged overall heart tissue, it did not demonstrate a reduction in heart size or any improvement in the heart's pumping ability.
"It did not improve the ejection fraction, which is a very important measurement used to define the overall heart's pumping ability," Lavie noted. "Certainly, much larger studies of various types of heart attack patients will be needed before this even comes close to being a viable potential therapy for the large number of heart attack initial survivors."
Povsic concurred that much larger studies are needed. "The next step is showing it really helps patients in some kind of meaningful way, by either preventing death, healing them or making them feel better."
It's unclear what the cost will be, Povsic added. "What society is going to be willing to pay for this is going to be based on how much good it ends up doing. If they truly regenerate a heart and prevent a heart transplant, that would save a lot money."
Marban, who invented the stem cell treatment, said the while it would not replace bypass surgery or angioplasty, "it might be useful in treating 'irreversible' injury that may persist after those procedures."
As a rough estimate, he said that if larger, phase 2 trials were successful, the treatment might be available to the general public by about 2016.


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It has often been written of Chris Guest--or, if you prefer, Fifth Baron Christopher Haden-Guest, son of diplomat Peter Haden-Guest, who could once vote in Parliament--that he has the demeanor of cold stone and the temperament of the dead. He possesses, one often hears, an impenetrable façade, that of the serious man who comes to life only when pretending to be someone else--say, Nigel Tufnel, guitarist for a hairy hair band named Spinal Tap; or Corky St. Clair, effete director of horrendous plays on small-town stages; or, most recently, Harlan Pepper, a shopkeeper from Pine Nut, North Carolina, who loves his bloodhound almost as much as fly fishing. Guest is, as The New York Times recently wrote, "a man of many faces"--and, one assumes, none of them his own. A colleague who has interviewed him several times refers to Guest, rather affectionately, as "an odd duck" who "keeps everything close to the vest." This friend intends the description as a warning: Christopher Guest is, to put it mildly, a difficult interview. Like talking to a pile of bricks dressed in loafers and a blue blazer. Like interviewing a corpse with good skin tone.
Guest insists he has no idea he possesses such a reputation--that of the taciturn comic who lets his characters do his goofing around while he watches stoically from the sidelines. He can see where it comes from--"If you didn't know who I was, if I was to walk out on the street without people knowing who I am, you'd think I'm an accountant or a lawyer"--but swears he has no idea it's the public perception, the conventional wisdom. That is because Guest has never read a single word written about him, positive or negative. He insists that he reads nothing at all about the movie business; he tunes out those who would even relay show-business news, for fear that such information would contaminate his world, his craft, his art. Guest claims, for instance, that until informed by his interviewer of this news, he had no idea that early DVDs of This is Spinal Tap, released in 1998 by the Criterion Collection, sell for hundreds of dollars on eBay. "That's surprising," he says, in a tone of voice that suggests he didn't actually know or doesn't actually care. Besides, he reminds, This is Spinal Tap was just re-released a few weeks ago for less than $20 by MGM. One need not pay so much anymore for a 16-year-old movie.
Guest doesn't mean it all to sound so pretentious. Besides, pretentious is the last adjective one would apply to a man with Guest's résumé, which boils down to: writer for National Lampoon magazine in the early 1970s, performer and writer on Saturday Night Live for a single season in 1984-'85, co-writer and co-star of This is Spinal Tap, and now writer-director of such films as 1996's Waiting for Guffman and the just-released Best in Show. He has made a living in comedy for almost three decades and doesn't need a critic to tell him whether he's earned such a right. Instead, he contents himself with being his own critic: After the completion of any film he's directed, written, or appeared in, Guest will jot down his own comments, among them: "I'm pleased with this film. I think we did a good job. I like it." He says that "only twice" has he been disappointed with a film he's made; he doesn't name names.
"I don't read about myself, and I don't read any magazine that has anything to do with movies or show business," he says, sitting in a two-story Dallas hotel suite as large as a small, tastefully decorated home. ("I got up last night, and got immediately lost," Guest had said earlier of his accommodations.) Every now and then, Guest will indeed laugh, and the sound punctuates the room's stately silence. Actually, it's not quite a laugh: He opens his mouth wide (look, Ma, at all those fillings) and gags on a chuckle, until it becomes more like the sound of a cat coughing up a hairball: HA! HA! HA! But the look on his face is one of genuine delight. It's just as well he doesn't read his press clippings; he might too believe he's the world's most humorless comedian.
"I feel in some way I need to not be in that world to do what I do," he continues. "Some instinct has told me I need to live in a world that isn't consumed with reading about myself or anyone else or someone's opinion about something. I need to be clear of that. It's just healthier for me. I feel happier. I remember running into someone years ago--an actor who had just finished a movie--and I said, 'How was it?' He said, 'It's a piece of shit. It's really horrible.' The movie came out two weeks later, and it was a huge hit, and I ran into him a month later, and he said, 'The movie's great! It's the best!' I thought, 'Well, he's full of shit.' The most important thing about my life is this integrity, and you can't lie to yourself."
When Guest was a child, the 6-year-old son of a diplomat then living in New York, he used to look outside his window and peer at the people walking on the street below. He would then jump off the windowsill and imitate their walks. He would also give them voices, becoming these strangers, or at least who he imagined they might be. So often during his childhood, adults would say to him the same thing: "I'm glad you're amusing yourself, young man." He was. He still is.
When he was in college, at New York University, Guest found himself rooming with a fellow theater student named Michael McKean, otherwise known as Spinal Tap's singer-guitarist David St. Hubbins (and, before that, Lenny Kosnowski on Laverne & Shirley). They would arise at 8 every morning and begin "making the movie"--creating and becoming characters, performing for the invisible camera. By the time they arrived in class, they would be in the third act, cracking themselves up even as their classmates struggled to keep themselves awake. Guest and McKean annoyed those around them--"they thought we were manic"--but couldn't care less. "To us it was funny," Guest says, smiling, "and it's the same thing I'm doing now, except now it has a little more structure." Small pause. "Perhaps."
The perhaps is a wise addendum: Yes, Guest and Eugene Levy receive writing credit on Best in Show, which is about, more or less, nine oddball dog lovers who converge at the Mayflower Dog Show and prove far less manageable than their pets. But the film was completely improvised by its stars, among them McKean, Levy, SCTV veteran Catherine O'Hara, and Fred Willard, otherwise known as the most unappreciated comic actor this country's ever produced (just to look at him is to laugh). Levy and Guest gave them only the names of their characters and told the actors to fill in the blanks; the result is 90 minutes' worth of gold panned out of hundreds of hours' worth of shooting. Willard compares the process to playing tennis, a comedian's game of serve-and-volley.
As with all of Guest's films, including 1989's The Big Picture (starring Kevin Bacon as a wannabe filmmaker willing to sell out himself and everyone around him) and 1998's Almost Heroes (with Matthew Perry and Chris Farley as two bumbling explorers), Best in Show pokes gentle fun at those who take themselves so seriously they become buffoons. These dog owners are fools who eventually get in their own way; they're delusional, naïve, earnest to a fault, dreamers who ought to stay in bed. We love them, perhaps because we so pity them: Gerry Fleck (Levy), the man with two left feet (literally) who sings songs to his Norwich terrier; Meg (Parker Posey) and Hamilton Swan (Michael Hitchcock), yuppies who met at Starbucks and believe their weimaraner was traumatized after watching them have sex; and Leslie Ward Cabot (Jennifer Coolidge), the trophy wife of a fossilized old man. And then there's Harlan Pepper, played by Guest with a Deep South accent on loan from a Civil War museum. Actually, Guest says, he came up with the voice while driving through the mountains in his pick-up truck. At first, Harlan's voice made him sneeze, non-stop. He is not joking.
"I think my observations are about people who take themselves seriously, which isn't even that conscious," Guest says. "I was interviewed by a guy named Elvis Mitchell about two years ago for his NPR radio show The Treatment, and he truly was the first person--and I've done, oh, a thousand interviews--who said, 'What's interesting about these movies is...,' and then he started to talk about how these people take themselves so seriously. I felt like Rain Man, a moron, because I said, 'You're right, but I never thought of that.' I'm not being facetious. He really was the first person who said there's a running thing here, and since that time, I've actually thought about it, because I operate on a very spontaneous level, which may after the fact look cerebral in some way.
"But the way I play music is the same way I do these movies. It sounds like a tangent, but when I play as Nigel Tufnel, the solos I play are not the solos I would play as me, but they're channeled in some weird way so that it comes out as this guy. That's the way I do these parts. They come from this blank state of mind. So when Elvis said that, I said, 'This is interesting, because I think you're right,' but it comes back to this issue of people who view themselves seriously, and maybe there's something funny about that. I hope I'm not one of those people."
Throughout the course of this hour-long conversation, Guest will repeatedly insist he has no agenda when making his films; he doesn't see them as parts of a significant sum. He swears he's not kidding. And swears again. "I'm serious," and of course he is.
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As a child, Guest loved the Marx Brothers ("Groucho is the guy") and revered Peter Sellers, the ultimate blank slate upon so much great comedy was written. He cared little for the Three Stooges, wondering why grown men would choose to hurt themselves for a few cheap laughs. He preferred instead the grace of Buster Keaton and the ballet of Harold Lloyd; Guest found his comedy in the contemplative, rather than the combative. He also loved the surreal--funny walks, funny voices. He liked smart, and he liked serious. Comedy without a tinge of the somber is merely silly, and he will have little of that. Getting a laugh is hard work; comedy is not to be tended to by the frivolous.
"I couldn't be more serious about what I do, but having said that, I hope that it's not pompous or pretentious," he says. "This is what I do: I take seriously this craft, and to break that down into an improvisational craft, which I have equated over and over with music. I was asked to talk to the AFI [American Film Institute] a few years ago, and I knew it was a mistake, because I didn't go to film school. I was from a different place. I began to say, 'Here's what happens--there's no rehearsal,' and I could see the shutters coming down in front of their eyes, like in a Chuck Jones cartoon. And I thought, 'Well, OK, now I'm fucked.' To me, it couldn't be more inspirational than to sit down with Eugene and know we don't know what we're going to say when the cameras are rolling. It's the same sitting with McKean playing music, which we've done for 30 years. Sometimes it makes you laugh when you play something: 'Whoa, I didn't know you were going there.' I find this profoundly exciting and interesting, and, yes, I do take it seriously.
"There's an amazing thing in a Truffaut movie--I think it's Bed & Board--and it's one of my favorite images I've ever seen in movies, where this family is looking out the window and they see this man in a coat during winter, and he has his collar up. He's walking, and this family sees him, and there's this unbelievable pissed-off, sour-looking expression on his face. Later in the movie, the family's sitting around eating, and they see him on TV, and he's a comedian doing the broadest thing you've ever seen, and it's an absolutely incredible moment. I just thought, 'Oh, what a great observation,' because there are people like that."
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Oviedo Hagerty quarterback Jason Driskel must have put on a pretty good show at the University of Memphis camp this past Sunday.
When he called to check back in with head coach Justin Fuentes and recruiter Galen Scott, both coaches were quick to let the 6-foot-2, 215-pound signal caller know he had a scholarship offer if he wanted to come play for the Tigers.
"I really liked the camp. I really liked working with the coaching staff," Driskel said. "Coach Fuentes, who is the head coach but is also an ex-offensive coordinator, said he was really excited about me. So my recruiter, Coach Scott, told me to give him a call in a couple of days after the camp. When I called, him and Coach Fuentes (Thursday) both offered me and I couldn't be more happy about it."
It's the second scholarship offer for Driskel, who is the younger brother of Florida starting quarterback Jeff Driskel. Akron offered back in April.
The younger Driskel, a rising senior, is back on the road this week. He'll be at a camp at Furman in South Carolina on Friday, then Marshall on Saturday and at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday.
His high academic status has Ivy League schools interested. Driskel has a 3.7 weighted GPA and scored a 31 on the ACT. The highest score possible is 36.
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More offers are likely to come this summer and he also has camp visits planned to FIU and FAU.
Driskel, the No. 35-ranked player in the Sentinel's 2014 Central Florida Super60, threw for about 1,000 yards this past season, although stats are not available on the Huskies's games.
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BPH (also referred to as benign prostatic hypertrophy) is a condition in which the prostate gland becomes very enlarged and may cause problems associated with urination. BPH can raise PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels two to three times higher than the normal level. An increased PSA level does not indicate cancer, but the higher the PSA level, the higher the chance of having cancer.
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The prostate goes through two main periods of growth. In early puberty, the prostate doubles in size. Then, around age 25, the prostate begins to grow again and continues to grow throughout most of a man's life.
The continuing enlargement of the prostate does not usually cause problems until later in life. However, the second period of growth may, many years later, result in BPH. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK):
BPH rarely causes symptoms before age 40.
More than half of men in their 60s have some symptoms of BPH.
As many as 90 percent of men in their 70s and 80s have some symptoms of BPH.
As the prostate enlarges, it presses against the urethra and interferes with urination. At the same time, the bladder wall becomes thicker and irritated, and begins to contract - even when it contains small amounts of urine - which causes more frequent urination. And, as the bladder continues to weaken, it may not empty completely and leave some urine behind.
Blocking or narrowing of the urethra by the prostate and partial emptying of the bladder cause many of the problems associated with BPH.
The following are the most common symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
leaking or dribbling of urine
more frequent urination, especially at night
urgency to urinate
urine retention - inability to urinate.
a hesitant, interrupted, weak stream of urine
These problems may lead to one/more of the following:
kidney damage
bladder damage
urinary tract infections
bladder stones
The symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
Diagnosing BPH in its earlier stages can lower the risk of developing such complications. Delay can cause permanent bladder damage for which BPH treatment may be ineffective. In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for BPH may include the following:
digital rectal exam (DRE) - a procedure in which the physician inserts a gloved finger into the rectum to examine the rectum and the prostate gland for signs of cancer.
renal ultrasound - a non-invasive test in which a transducer is passed over the kidney producing sound waves which bounce off of the kidney, transmitting a picture of the organ on a video screen. The test is used to determine the size and shape of the kidney and to detect a mass, kidney stone, cyst, or other obstruction or abnormality.
intravenous pyelogram (IVP) - a series of x-rays of the kidney, ureters, and bladder with the injection of a contrast dye into the vein to detect tumors, abnormalities, kidney stones, or any obstructions and to assess renal blood flow.
cystoscopy (Also called cystourethroscopy.) - an examination in which a scope, a flexible tube and viewing device, is inserted through the urethra to examine the bladder and urinary tract for structural abnormalities or obstructions, such as tumors or stones.
urine flow study - a test in which the patient urinates into a special device that measures how quickly the urine is flowing. A reduced flow may suggest benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Specific treatment for BPH will be determined by your physician based on:
your age, overall health, and medical history
extent of the disease
your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
expectations for the course of the disease
your opinion or preference
Eventually, BPH symptoms usually require some kind of treatment. When the gland is just mildly enlarged, treatment may not be needed, since research has shown that some of the symptoms of BPH clear up without treatment in some mild cases. This determination can only be made by your physician after careful evaluation of your individual condition. Regular checkups are important, however, to watch for developing problems.
Treatment for BPH may include:
Surgery to remove only the enlarged tissue that is pressing against the urethra, with the rest of the inside tissue and the outside capsule left intact. Types of surgery often include the following:
transurethral surgery - no external incision is needed. The surgeon reaches the prostate by inserting an instrument through the urethra.
transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) - a resectoscope - an instrument that is about 12 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter, contains a light, valves for controlling irrigating fluid, and an electrical loop that cuts tissue and seals blood vessels - is inserted through the penis. The surgeon uses the resectoscope's wire loop to remove the obstructing tissue one piece at a time. The pieces of tissue are carried by the fluid into the bladder and flushed out at the end of the operation.
transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP) - a procedure that widens the urethra by making some small cuts in the bladder neck, where the urethra joins the bladder, and in the prostate gland itself.
laser surgery - using laser instruments to vaporize obstructing prostate tissue.
open surgery - surgery that requires an external incision; often performed when the gland is very enlarged, when there are complicating factors, or when the bladder has been damaged and needs to be repaired.
Urolift - the doctor places small, permanent implants into the way, relieving pressure on the urethra and allowing urine to flow. There is no cutting, heating, or removal of prostrate tissue required which means a minimally invasive, straightforward procedure and less downtime for patients.
Nonsurgical treatments may include:
balloon urethroplasty - a thin tube with a balloon is inserted into the opening of the penis and guided to the narrowed portion of the urethra. The balloon is inflated to widen the urethra and ease the flow of urine.
transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) - a device called a Prostatron uses microwaves to heat and destroy excess prostate tissue to reduce urinary frequency and urgency.
medications (to shrink or at least stop the growth of the prostate without using surgery)
transurethral hyperthermia - an investigative procedure that uses heat, usually provided by microwaves, to shrink the prostate.
Lifestyle management for BPH may include:
dietary factors
Increasing your intake of soy, drinking green tea, and taking saw palmetto supplements may benefit the prostate, although this is not yet proven. Also, avoiding or decreasing your intake of alcohol, coffee, and other fluids, particularly after dinner, is often helpful. A higher risk for BPH has been found in association with a diet high in zinc, butter, and margarine, while individuals who eat lots of fruits are thought to have a lower risk for BPH.
medications that worsen symptoms
Decongestants and antihistamines can slow urine flow in some men with BPH. Some antidepressants and diuretics can also aggravate symptoms of BPH. Consult your physician if you are taking any of these medications to discuss changing dosages or switching medications, if possible.
Kegel exercises
Repeatedly tightening and releasing the pelvic muscle, also known as Kegel exercises, is helpful in preventing urine leakage. Physicians recommend practicing this exercise while urinating in order to isolate the specific muscle. To perform a Kegel, contract the muscle until the flow of urine decreases or stops and then release the muscle. It is recommended that men with BPH repeat five to 15 contractions, holding each for 10 seconds, three to five times a day. Consult your physician for more information.


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In this message preached on December 9, we took a look at what it would look like if we focused our giving more toward Jesus this Christmas and made it less about ourselves.
One of the texts that we looked at was Matthew 2:1-12. It is the story of the Magi coming to see the newborn Jesus. They came to worship Him, and they worshiped Him through their giving to Him. My two main points were, The greatest gift we can give is our worship, and the greatest form of our worship is our giving.
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I did feel it's baddies were lacking with the exception of Kaa's (Scarlett Johansson) one scene, they tried hard with Shere Khan (Idris Elba) and did all the right things (bar his scar isn't noticeable on a small screen) but there was a lack of power for me. King Louie (Christopher Walken) they had an intresting idea or two with him but I felt Walken was poor and didn't fit the general theme of the movie. I did feel second half had a few moments that drifted but overall felt it was a nice movie but one whose visuals were better then the overall content.


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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin promised Asia and Pacific leaders meeting in the seaport of Vladivostok on Friday that they could count on Russia to be a reliable energy supplier and provide a bridge to Europe that can help revitalize regional trade.
Russia is boosting its exports of oil and gas to Asia after years of focusing almost entirely on supplying Europe. Moscow also has ambitious plans to develop its railroads, roads, seaports and airports in the east of the country with the aim of providing a reliable transportation link between Asia and Europe.
"The first and main thing we're going to do is develop transport infrastructure," Putin told regional business leaders.
He played up Russia's common economic space with neighbors Kazakhstan and Belarus as opening "a direct route to Europe for business in the Pacific region."
Faltering vital signs in China and elsewhere make pushing ahead with more and freer trade an urgent priority for the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, whose leaders are gathered in the Russian Far East port of Vladivostok for their annual summit.
APEC aims to foster growth by dismantling barriers and bottlenecks that slow trade and business, while nurturing closer economic ties.
Given its status as an organization governed by consensus, APEC is not known for major policy breakthroughs. Election-year politics and territorial spats make this year particularly challenging.
From the Kuril islands to the northeast of Vladivostok all the way to the Spratlys in the South China Sea, various neighbors are squabbling over territories at a time when they most need to be focused on promoting growth.
South Korea is feuding with Japan, Japan with China and Russia, China with many of its Southeast Asian neighbors. With elections due soon in South Korea and Japan, and a once-in-a-decade change in the Communist Party leadership pending in China, lame-duck leaders facing nationalist pressures at home have little room for amicably resolving the disputes.
"It's bad luck that it happens just before all these transitions. Everybody is looking around and saying, 'these people won't be at the table in three months,'" said William Overholt, an Asia expert at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
The sharp decline in growth in trade this year — from 12 percent in December to 4.6 percent in May — underscores the importance of pushing ahead with trade initiatives, the APEC Policy Support Unit, an independent data analysis and research unit, said in a report issued Friday.
As hosts, Russian leaders are showcasing their country's recent entry into the rules-setting World Trade Organization — a key step in traditionally Europe-centric Moscow's effort to build trade and investment ties with its neighbors in the Far East.
"What I'd expect from the meeting is Russia trying to show itself to be a global power, and certainly my view and that of many others is that is not true anymore," said Xenia Dormandy, an expert at the London-based think-tank Chatham House.
President Barack Obama's decision to skip this year's gathering — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is attending in his place — allows Russia greater leeway to shape its agenda, said Peter Drysdale, a professor emeritus at Australia National University who helped set up APEC in 1989.
"After a long time sitting on the sidelines, the Russians have thrown considerable diplomatic firepower into working up a strong APEC agenda," Drysdale said in a commentary on the website East Asia Forum.
Since last year's summit in Honolulu, Canada and Mexico have gotten the go-ahead to join nine other nations involved in talks on forming a U.S.-backed free trade bloc known as the "Trans-Pacific Partnership." But participants have yet to reach their goal of setting a legal framework this year for the initiative, and Japan, its leaders preoccupied with tax reforms and domestic politics, has so far been unable to join the negotiations.
Such difficulties are inevitable given the high standards set out for the arrangement, said New Zealand's prime minister, John Key.
"All governments involved will have to take some tough decisions if we are to get there. But I am convinced that the high quality TPP is not only achievable but critical for growth in the region," Key told a conference on the sidelines of the APEC summit.
China, which some economists say is on course to overtake the U.S. as the world's biggest economy this decade, appears wary of backing a U.S.-led initiative, and it has commitments to rival free trade blocs in East and Southeast Asia.
TPP talks resumed Thursday near Washington, and officials attending APEC were discussing it in their own meetings. But without China or Japan, the world's No. 3 economy, the initiative would have little traction.
Meeting the rigorous standards for open and free trade, and for protection of trademarks and patents, for example, also would be arduous for former centrally-planned economies such as China and Russia.
But Andrei Belousov, Russia's economy minister, said his country was keen to join.
Meanwhile, keen to leaven its European-dominated trade and balance its growing reliance on dealing with China, Russia is also pursuing a customs union that is meant to evolve into a "Eurasian Economic Union" that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
With Europe still mired in its debt crisis, Asia remains the biggest driver of global growth, despite a decline in powerhouse China's economic growth to a three-year low of 7.6 percent in the second quarter — and signs Japan's own export-led recovery is sputtering.
In its latest forecast, the Manila-based Asian Development Bank predicted the region's economies will expand by 6.6 percent this year.
"Russia is looking to Asia. It's not growing as fast as it was two years ago but it's still the bright spot in the global economy," said Tony Nash, managing director at IHS Global Insight in Singapore. "It's still where the action is."


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B.C. Corrections has issued a public notification after a pet-killer, described by a judge as a "psychopathic and narcissistic ... sexual sadist," was released from jail with plans to live in Vancouver.
Kayla Bourque, 23, has "offended violently against both people and animals and is considered high risk to re-offend," according to the notification by the Ministry of Justice. She is described as five feet four inches tall, 130 pounds, slender with brown eyes and black hair.
"She has been convicted of causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals, wilfully and without lawful excuse killing animals and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose," the notification reads.
Bourque pleaded guilty last month to killing or injuring an animal, causing unnecessary suffering and pain to an animal and possessing a knife.
She was arrested last March after she boasted of disembowelling and dismembering her cat and told a friend she fantasized about shooting a homeless person or killing someone in residence at Simon Fraser University.
In her room, police found a bag containing a seven-inch knife, a razor blade, zap straps, a mask and a syringe. They also found a video of her killing the cat plus another with her narrating the evisceration and hanging of the family dog. She had served a little over six months awaiting trial so Provincial Court Judge Malcolm MacLean tacked on an additional two months for an eight-month sentence.
As part of an extensive three-year probation order, with 46 court-ordered conditions, Bourque will be monitored by the Vancouver police high-risk offender unit, abide by a curfew, avoid anyone under 18 and stay away from places where children congregate.
Other conditions of Bourque's release include: having no relationship without first advising the person of her history in writing; a ban on using computers, except to look for work and then only under supervision; a ban on possessing pornography; mandatory counselling.
Bourque also is banned from owning a pet for life.
The public is urged to call the police if they see Bourque violating any of the above conditions.
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Do you remember who was the latest soccer wag married to the retired German player Lothar Matthaus? Some of you remember Lothar's ex-wife as Christina Matthaus others as Kristina Liliana Tchoudinova and some of you simply know her as Liliana Nova; the former Mrs. Matthaus was recently busted for stealing her current boyfriend's credit card and going on $7.000 shopping free at Bergdorf Goodman. Lothar Matthaus became famous for his outstanding performance at the FIFA World Cups in 1984, 1988 and 2000. The 52-year-old midfielder a father of three has been married four times, in 1981 he got married to his first wife Silvia, mother of his two beautiful daughters Alisa and Viola, after his … [Read more...]
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ROLLINSFORD — "I am in love. It's absolutely great," said, Jen Haigh, of Dover, at the winter crafts and farmers' market extravaganza held at Wentworth Greenhouses on Saturday.
In collaboration with Seacoast Eat Local, the event featured everything from scrumptious soups to homemade handbags as 58 local vendors served up their finest selection of produce and crafts.
"These winter markets are hugely successful events. Typically we get up 2,500 people attending just as customers. Many farmers are selling a huge range of vegetables, fishermen are here, and prepared food vendors that actually prepare their food with locally grown ingredients," said Market Coordinator Kate Donald.
"People are really serious about doing all their grocery shopping here. We offer ... food stamps here as well to spend at any vendor. We want to offer as much as access as possible," said Donald.
A variety of farms such as Top of the Hill, Sugarmomma's Maple, Yellow House, Riverside, Stout Oak and offered fresh produce and other foods. There were tea vendors, and soup guys, even a herb pharmacy. The greenhouse smelled of enticing aromas that you wanted to sink your teeth into.
"It has been really busy today. It's the time to eat pastries!" said Celeste Gingraf of 45 Market Street Bakery and Café in Somersworth.
Not all scents were edible though. Sue Veilleux of Jesta Farm offered her homemade soap made directly from her goats.
"I milk the goats myself," said Veilleux.
In conjunction with the farmers' market, Wentworth Greenhouses held a creative craft fair with exhibitions of unique custom items.
"This is like no other farmer's market," said Don Felix, coppersmith, who brought some of his weathervanes and sculptures.
"It's such a wonderful venue to compliment this event. It's a great atmosphere for the winter, being that it is so warm in here. Even the live music is local," said Stephen Kokolis, a consultant for special events at the Wentworth Greenhouses.
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Back to the sale.
This morning was the big sale at the Holiday Inn. The usual suspects were in attendance...those of us collectors from the tri-state area and now, Pennsylvania, a few Canadians and I guess the rest were locals. The ballroom had big round tables piled high with bagged, dressed dolls. In cartons around the room were bagged outfits and some boxed props. Those in the know practiced the grab and look later technique. One collector actually had her entire family outfitted with large bags into which they were instructed to take everything they could. It was fun and I am very happy with my gets. There were a few things I was disappointed to find out wouldn't fit any of my dolls - such as DeeAnna Denton's outfits, but I can sell those.
One doll I was happy to find was Neo Tokyo. I went knowing that I would be looking for him. I guess he wasn't that popular because there were many of him available.
I also got a beautiful Antoinette. I didn't even know she was Antoinette at first. I love her.
I've redressed her in one of the outfits I got.
I found a 13" Simone Rouge who is very pretty in person and will be the only other 13" companion my Bana Migdal has.
I picked up a bunch of Tyler Boutique tops and a bunch of NuMood tops and skirts.
Back at the store after the sale, collectors were invited to have Robert (as handsome as ever) sign their dolls and view the new Dr. Seuss dolls. The rest of the Tonner staff was there to chat and help collectors in their pursuit of wonderful dolls.
I took a few pictures of the displays while Rudy was licking as many faces as possible.
There were many willing victims.
Ennui Dreams.
One of the packages waiting for me when I arrived home contained the Bugged collection from Superfrock.
A good dolly weekend? Yes.
Happy Hanukkah!


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WCLL Championships
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Chapman 17, ASU 9
Chapman's balanced scoring proved too much for ASU who were missing a few key players. The panthers were led by Marcus Wooden (4-0), Mike Clayton (3-1) and Nick Gennuso (3-1).
I looked around the WCLL site and this is the only "News" on the game I found. If you are getting bent out of shape over this two sentence description you got problems man. Not like this was on the cover of the wall street journal. No one is trying to discredit how great Chapman is this year or this win. Don't let the paranoia eat you up.
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A perfect shot.
Posted by Rot at 2:34 PM
Labels: cemetery, flickr.com, fog, fogger, handfulofrubies, tombstones, tree ghosts, yard haunt, yard haunts
4 comments:
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
- September 16, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- Mr. Chicken said...
I'm kind of loving the color scheme with all the white tombstones and ghosts
- September 16, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Sara said...
This type of yard inspired me about 10 years ago into trying to make my own yard cemetary. I failed that year and every year since. Even though it seems so simple, there's a lot that one could do wrong. There's a lot of talent that goes into making a simple, traditional, Halloween "look"....Maybe I expect too much of the final product so I'm always disappointed? Hm. Deep thoughts I just dumped on your blog post, lol. Sorry!
- September 17, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- screaminscott said...
I just wish the leaves on the trees would change color earlier here in TX, so my yard could look like this.
- September 17, 2010 at 2:01 PM
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Behind the Numbers: Who Is Killing Their Own Team?Posted by KCarpenter on December 1st, 2011
A lot of the effort in basketball analytics goes towards the good things that players do that do not appear in the box score. This is the driving idea behind Michael Lewis's seminal New York Times feature, "The No-Stats All-Star," an early look at analytics in the NBA primarily focused on Darryl Morey, Shane Battier, the Houston Rockets, and adjusted plus/minus. This makes sense: finding hidden strengths is the coach's angle while finding hidden value is the economist's angle. As a result of the fine work of smart guys with formulas and others with a willingness to watch a lot of games closely, Charles Jenkins and Nate Wolters were household names last season. This, of course, assumes that your household is filled with basketball dorks, but you get the idea.
Finding diamonds in the rough is a noble pursuit and talking up the greatness of underexposed and underrated players is a worthwhile task (Hey there, Kenneth Faried!). Sometimes, however, there is a joy in using analytics and "advanced" statistics to look for the guy who is hurting his team the most. Let's ignore the diamonds and go straight for the rough.
How does a player hurt his team? Well, when push comes to shove, there are basically only two ways: offensively and defensively. Sadly, however, contemporary box scores assign no grade for bad defense to the individual outside of counting how many fouls (which could very well be offensive) a player commits. Our primary understanding of player's individual defense comes only in positive contributions like blocks, steals, and defensive rebounds while the effect on an opponents shooting percentage is measured at a team level. The noble effort of Luke Winn, David Hess, and others that has sought to enact Dean Oliver's defensive charting schemes is a good start at really quantifying individual defense, but a very small percentage of Division I games have been looked at in this way making the approach of limited use to someone who wants to look at the whole of college basketball. So, acknowledging that analytic approaches to finding bad defensive players are limited, let's at least take a quick look at fouls.


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Google Glass can now be purchased by anyone in the U.S. willing to fork out $1,500. But it's not clear for exactly how long.
The company has had a restricted beta test of the device, as well as an open one-day Glass sale last month. On Tuesday, Google said it will sell the device more broadly, but only while supplies last.


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Former Canisius guard Billy Baron announced today that he will play for the Chicago Bulls entry in the Samsung NBA Summer League in Las Vegas July 11-21.
"I have a great opportunity with the Chicago Bulls," Baron said. "I'm excited and honored to have the chance to compete in the NBA Summer League. I plan on working as hard as I can and hopefully I will earn a spot on their team in the fall. I'd like to thank the Canisius students and fan base who have been so supportive. I'm happy to represent the College and the Buffalo area as I move forward with my career."
An Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention selection, just the fourth in Canisius history, Baron finished his senior campaign ranked fourth in the nation in scoring average with 24.1 points per game. He was the only Division I men's basketball player in the country to average better than 20.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game last season, and he is one of two players in the nation to average more than 20.0 points and 5.0 assists per game. The MAAC's leader in assists per game at 5.3 per contest, he finished his senior season with 180 assists in 34 games for the Griffs, which ranks fourth in school history for assists in a single season.
Baron scored in double figures 33 times in 2013-14, and he was good for 20-plus points in a game 26 times. He had 30 or more points in nine different games, highlighted by his career-high 40-point effort at Siena Feb. 16. His 821 total points in 2013-14 are the most for a senior in school history and he also set a school record with 107 makes from 3-point range in his senior campaign. He closed out his career at Canisius as just the fourth Griff in the program's 110-year history to score more than 1,400 career points while dishing out 350-plus career assists. A two-time All-MAAC First Team honoree, Baron ended his career as a Griff ranked 11th in career scoring (1,405 points), fourth in career scoring average (20.7 points per game), fourth in career 3-point field goals (173), first in career free-throw percentage (85.9 percent) and ninth in career assists (351).
"This is an amazing opportunity for Billy to showcase his skills at one of the highest levels," Canisius head coach Jim Baron said. "He'll be working with a great franchise and he'll be surrounded by some really good players as well. I'm excited for him, for the City of Buffalo and for college basketball in Western New York."
The East Greenwich, R.I. native was the school's first finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to the nation's top point guard, and he received eight different national or regional postseason honors. The 2013-14 Canisius Male Athlete of the Year, he also represented Canisius and the MAAC in the 26th annual State Farm Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championship, which was held in April in Dallas. Baron helped lead the Griffs to a 21-13 overall mark and a 14-6 record in MAAC games in 2013-14, a season which came to an end in the first round of the CIT, the program's second-straight national postseason appearance. In his two years in a Canisius uniform, the Blue and Gold won a total of 41 games, the second most victories for a MAAC school in that time period, and those 41 wins stands as the program's best two-year stretch since 1993-95.
Baron is one of two former Griffs to take part in the NBA Summer League next month, as former teammate Jordan Heath announced Friday that he will be a member of the Detroit Pistons team in the Southwest Airline Orlando Summer League. That league will run from July 5-11. The Samsung NBA Summer League games will be played at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion on the campus on UNLV. In his one previous career game on UNLV's campus, Baron was good for 30 points, six assists and five boards as the Blue and Gold fell to nationally-ranked Runnin' Rebels in December 2012.


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When he's not working Disney's John Carter of Mars script or penning Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, apparently Michael Chabon is pitching alternate-history series to HBO about the magicians that fought Hitler. Which sounds fantastic.
According to Variety HBO has picked up Chabon's new TV show called Hobgoblin, which is about "a motley group of conmen and magicians who use their skills at deception to battle Hitler and his forces during WWII."
Fingers crossed this includes Jasper Maskelyne and his "magic gang," who used their skills of illusion to confuse and befuddle German troops.
Top image: "The Rabbit of Maskelyne" by Adria Fruitos: A tribute to Maskelyne, a British magician who fought against Nazis with his magic.
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"Raceball proves that Ruck remains at the top of his game. Incorporating personal interviews with many former players and personalities, such as Harold Tinker, Ted Page, Mal Goode, and August Wilson, who have since passed away, Ruck relies on their voices from the grave and his deep knowledge of black and Latin baseball to make his narrative truly sing."—Brad Snyder, author of A Well-Paid Slave
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"One of our greatest historians of sport has given us a gift for the ages: a history of baseball that captures its multicultural dynamics in original and profoundly illuminating ways. Synthesizing a lifetime of pathbreaking research, Raceball presents a brilliant new account—in black, white, and brown—of what can no longer be regarded as merely the national game."—Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship
One The Gospel of Baseball
Two Blackball's Heyday
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