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Zachary Quinto had a secret, and now the world knows – or at least, the legion of fans of "American Horror Story: Asylum" do.
[The spoiler-averse beware: If you plan on viewing the second season of producer Ryan Murphy's macabre TV thriller in one horrific sitting, now would be a good time for you to check out.]
When FX's hit series revealed its master plan to morph into an anthology with season-long story arcs, Quinto was one of several actors who appeared in the debut season to return in a different – and in his case more expansive – role, this time as the innovative '60s era psychiatrist Dr. Oliver Thredson.
And in a recent shocking twist, Thredson was revealed to also be "Bloody Face," a psychotic serial killer terrorizing his victims in both the past and present day. Although more gut-wrenching mysteries and surprises are certain to follow, Quinto reveals when he knew what he needed to know to create his latest evil incarnation.
On when in the production process he knew the true nature of Thredson:
"I knew from the very beginning. It was part of the conversation that I had with Ryan [Murphy] about me coming back to the second installment of the show. It very much informed the character that I was building from the beginning. As a result, I felt like my responsibility became to create a character that people could trust, or at least trust initially, and have some hope that perhaps he is actually the one voice of reason and sanity within this chaotic world. So it was actually more exciting for me to know from the beginning. It gave me more to play with and more to hold back and more secrets to keep."
On his attraction to returning for as a new and more central character:
"Part of the reason that I loved what the opportunity stood for was that I got to know, going in, I got to really build something. With 'Heroes,' that character was built before I was ever attached to it. There were eight episodes of anticipation that were built before you met Gabriel Gray, but I had no participation in that. It was just the character spoken about. So for me, it was really exciting to get to go in and having all the information, and actually be that part of the process of creating a character – that, to me, was a difference.
It's not a six-year commitment as it could be with another show. It's self-contained and it was an immersion that I'm not going to be repeating or carrying on for an extended period of time. It was something I got to go do and contribute and benefit and grow and learn, and then be on to other creative pursuits and that, I think, is an environment in which I thrive."
On what facets of Thredson's true persona remain intact despite his conflicted dual nature:
"I think he definitely believes in psychiatry. I think part of being a psychopath is an ability to dissociate from one reality and create another one completely. I think he does that expertly. I think his level of training, medical training and intuition instinct—I think he's very skilled. I mean, that's what allows him to get away with it as long as he does. So yes, I think he does believe in it, which is kind of another layer of tragedy of the character, is that he could have been something else. He could have made a more significantly positive contribution had he only rechanneled his traumas, his energy."
On finding time in his busy film career to take on a full-time TV role:
"When I did it the first time around, the timing of it worked out really well for me because 'Star Trek 2' had gotten pushed, so I ended up having a little bit of a window that I didn't expect to have, and Ryan called to ask. I just thought it was going to be a couple, and it ended up being four episodes in that first installment. Then it was in the middle of that, that he actually brought up the idea of the second season being entirely different. That was the beginning of the conversations, which really intrigued me, obviously. I had been exploring the possibility of another specific job that would have been a more traditional sort of TV structure, and it was really exciting in its own way but when Ryan presented the plan to me about this, it just seemed like there was no question that it was a little bit more unique and exciting to me because of that, so that made my decision pretty clear."
On the potent appeal of the series' boundary-pushing plot lines:
"I think stories that reflect societal fear back at the audience on some level, on some visceral level, is the most compelling kind of horror. I think that's what this show is doing in a lot of ways. Tackling issues that have relevance to our modern society through another point of view, or another time period, filtered through different perspectives and really getting to the root of what drives us as a society, as a culture, as an audience. I think that can be really scary and I think that that's what's really happening in a lot of ways with the characters that we're all playing this year, and the scenarios in which they find themselves."
On what to look forward to…or dread, as the case may be:
"This week's show is called 'The Origins of Monstrosity' and so it really dives into a lot of the roots of the characters in this world in 'Asylum.' A lot of things will become clearer and probably even more disturbing in the next couple of weeks….I won't spoil it by being too specific, but it all traces back to one source of trauma that then sort of branches out to include all of these unfortunate women. The storytelling structure of 'Asylum,' I think, is really going to pay off in a really big way. All of the questions that people have, and that the episodes that are airing right now are generating, will definitely be answered. That's my instinct, at least, having read up through almost the end now."


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This is just to set up the stage… because I found a distant cousin.
Maybe he's a 4th or a 5th cousin, I don't know, but that's not the point.
I have copied a post from December 2009… That's quite a long time ago.
This is the file of Frobe Lagasse.
Frobe is a second cousin.
His grandfather was Pierre Lagacé who was my great-great-grandfather's brother. Few people know Frobe's ancestors but I do.
Having found all my Lagacé's ancestors, I am now looking for distant relatives. Frobe married Valéda Forand in 1897. They had at least two children: Joseph Norman Lagasse and Blanche Lagasse. There are two people who also have Frobe Lagasse in their data banks.
The problem is that they say that Frobe Lagasse died in 1964.
Frobe died in 1915 and this is his death certificate.
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Here are some information about Norman Lagasse.
He was born in January 1899 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Blanche was born around 1905. In the 1920 U.S. Census, Valéda and Blanche are living together. I had found no traces of Norman.
There might not be any descendants of Frobe Lagasse who was the son of Adolphe Lagasse an undertaker in Massachusetts around 1909.
Okay, now light, camera, action…!
Only my very distant relative knows that this pun is intended.
He is related to this woman. She is Alice Lagasse, Frobe Lagasse's sister. She's a 2nd cousin.
I never got the time to post her picture on this blog because no descendants had ever wrote me about that branch.
Alice was first married to Olivier Caron.
My new found distant cousin knows little very about Olivier Caron.
So do I.
But at least I can try…
See you next time maybe, unless I scared away another distant cousin of mine…

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By now you should know how much I love Caprese Salad. There's few flavor combinations that I think are more perfect than ripe, juicy tomatoes, creamy mozzarella and fresh, sweet basil. But it does seem a little summery, and not quite right for fall. However, I don't like to limit the things I love to just a certain time of year, so to make this salad just a little more autumn-ish, I thought I'd try making it as a warm salad.
The result was complete deliciousness. As well as being incredibly pretty. Layers of tomato, basil and mozzarella, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper, briefly baked in the oven just until warm and slightly melted... is your mouth watering yet?
With our salad, we tried a Chicken Dijon recipe from the October issue of Food and Wine - I love coming up with my own recipes most of the time, but this one looked really good. I will say that as much as I liked the flavor of this dish, Jamie and I both felt like drumsticks weren't quite right for this particular cooking method. If I'm going to eat a fattier piece of chicken, then I think it's best cooked on the grill where it can get nice and crispy.
But even so, it was a good-tasting recipe, and definitely something I'd make again, although with a different part of the chicken.
Chicken Dijon
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 chicken drumsticks, or other part of the chicken
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 tablespoons whole grain mustard
- 3 tablespoons sour cream or unflavored Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons chopped tarragon
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the skillet and cook for about 10 minutes, turning every few minutes to brown on all sides. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add the chicken broth and coriander and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Transfer the chicken to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, sour cream and tarragon. Stir the mixture into the skillet and simmer the sauce over medium heat until thickened, about 5 minutes. Place the chicken in serving bowls and pour the sauce over the chicken. Serve with crusty bread and herbed potatoes.
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파라모어 Hayley 아이콘 Contest *Round 18*
Clavicula posted on Jul 22, 2011 at 05:26PM
I moved this Contest from the Hayley spot to this spot, because I got little participants and I really hope that here some people join.
- Icons must be square and your own work, no stealing!
- A subject for the round is chosen. It must have something to do with Hayley Williams!
The first round, i will chose the topic, then the winner chooses the next! (The winner must choose the subject within 3 days of winning, otherwise I'll choose the next)
- Everyone, who wants to participate, has 5 days to submit an icon on this forum after the subject is announced.
- Only one icon each round!
- Then I will make a pick. Don't vote for yourself!
- Have fun! ;D
Round 1: Hayley Williams in her music video "Playing God"
Winner: Magica
Round 2: Hayley Williams Pressure
Winner: Clavicula
Round 3: Hayley Williams CrushCrushCrush
Winner: Magica
Round 4: Hayley Williams That's What You Get
Winner: sweet_twilight
Round 5: Hayley Williams Monster
Winner: ania2612
Round 6: Hayley Williams Warped Tour 2011
Winner: Clavicula
Round 7: Hayley Williams blonde hair
Winner: sweet_twilight
Round 8: Hayley at Musicares Benefit
Winner: Michelle121094
Round 9: Hayley with septum piercing
Winner: ania2612
Round 10: Kerrang! Magazine Photoshoot 2010
Winner: Clavicula
Round 11: Hayley with at least one of the other band members (former members included)
Winner: Li_Le
Round 12: Hayley in Elle Magazine 2010
Winner: Clavicula
Round 13: Hayley with glasses
Winner: Li_Le
Round 14: Hayley with black/purple hair
Winner: ania2612
Round 15: Hayley with B.o.B
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Round 16: Hayley on AP magazine 2012
Winner: Clavicula
Round 17: Hayley with undercut
Winner: sweet_twilight
Round 18: Hayley in the Rolling Stone magazine (2008)
Winner: Li_Le
Round 19: Hayley in Rock Sound 2009
Winner: Clavicula
Round 20: Hayley on MTV unplugged
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After 536 days of legal drama, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries finally finalize their divorce, and Kim celebrates with a shopping trip. Plus, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber reunite in Oslo, Norway, four months after their breakup: See Us Weekly's top stories from Friday, April 19, in the roundup!
1. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' Divorce Finalized After 536 Days
Game, set, match. A very pregnant Kim Kardashian looked triumphant as she left a Los Angeles courthouse on Friday, April 19, after a judge officially announced that her year-and-a-half-long divorce battle with Kris Humphries had come to an end.
2. Kim Kardashian Goes Shopping After Finalizing Divorce From Kris Humphries
With her divorce drama behind her, Kim Kardashian deserved a little retail therapy. Shortly after she reached a settlement with Kris Humphries in L.A. on April 19, the pregnant reality star browsed the racks at the Giorgio Armani store in Beverly Hills.
3. Selena Gomez Reunites With Justin Bieber Backstage at Norway Concert
It's not over 'til it's over. Less than a month after telling Chelsea Handler that she's "really" enjoying being single, Selena Gomez hopped on a plane to meet up with ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber in Norway, where he played a show on April 18.
4. Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy Ignore Each Other in Divorce Court
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries may have finalized their divorce on Friday, but Bethenny Frankel's battle with Jason Hoppy is just getting started. According to reports on their unhappy reunion, the former spouses didn't acknowledge each other while discussing the terms of their split with attorneys.
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Beastie Boys Win $1.7 Million Verdict in Monster Beverage Lawsuit
The Beastie Boys prevailed in their latest copyright crusade Thursday, winning a $1.7 million verdict in their lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corp. A federal jury in Manhattan came down in the rappers' favor two years after they filed suit against the company over its unauthorized use of their songs in a promotional video.
"We're happy," band member Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz said after the hearing, according to a report on the verdict by Reuters. "We just want to thank the jury."
A lawyer for Monster said the company planned to appeal the verdict, according to Reuters. Monster had argued that its infringment was not intentional and that it should owe no more than $125,000. The Beastie Boys had originally sought up to $2.5 million.


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The Department of Defense (DOD), the intelligence community, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other government agencies rely on commercial domestic launch service providers to place their satellites into orbit. National policy generally requires that U.S. government payloads, including satellites, be launched on U.S. manufactured launch vehicles. National security space payloads, comprised of DOD, including National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)[1] payloads, are primarily launched by the main U.S. launch provider, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), on its Delta IV and Atlas V vehicles. NASA payloads are launched on a variety of launch vehicles from multiple launch providers, including ULA. In fiscal year 2012, DOD plans to complete nine launches on Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicles, at a cost of roughly about $1.8 billion. Similarly, in fiscal year 2012, NASA plans to complete two launches on ULAs Atlas V launch vehicle, at a cost of about $370 million. The government plans to spend about $15 billion on ULAs launch services from fiscal year 2013 through 2017. In the past few years, ULAs launch costs have risen, but there are currently no alternative launch vehicles in the commercial sector that have been certified to launch the larger national security satellites. Meanwhile, NASA, which has more options for launch providers due to the greater diversity of its space programs, tolerance for launch risk, and cooperation with international partners, typically uses ULA to launch a few satellites each yearaveraging about two annually in the past few years.
DOD is considering a new space launch acquisition strategy beginning in 2013 which will likely allow DOD to procure a set number of launch vehicles from ULA each year in an effort to control cost increases and stabilize the launch industrial base. However, awards of launch services from ULA by NASAwhich are negotiated in a separate acquisition process with a different acquisition officewere not directly included in DODs planned procurements.
[1]The NRO is responsible for research and development, acquisition, launch, deployment, and operation of overhead reconnaissance systems, and related data-processing facilities to collect intelligence and information to support national and DOD mission and other United States Government needs.
Space launch acquisition processes for NASA and DOD are not formally coordinated, duplicate one another, and may not fully leverage the governments investment because the government is not acting as a single buyer. As GAO reported in September 2008 and September 2011, opportunities exist to reduce duplication in government contracting for launch services by jointly negotiating launch acquisitions, which could reduce the number of contracts and potentially save time and money. The U.S. National Space Policy[1] directs agencies to work jointly to acquire space launch services, and a recently signed memorandum of understanding may help facilitate communication on launch acquisitions. However, the National Space Policy does not specifically direct agencies to jointly negotiate for launch services, and the changes to coordination resulting from the memorandum of understanding do not appear to be significant enough to decrease the duplication in how DOD and NASA procure their launch services and to leverage the combined buying power of DOD and NASA.
Currently, the Air Forces Launch and Range Systems Directorate ensures DODs access to space. The directorate develops and acquires expendable launch systems by awarding contracts to commercial firms; manages the launch integration, mission assurance, and launch campaigns; and provides range systems for space launch operations. In the past, launch services had been procured one at a time as needed. However, DOD is considering a new acquisition strategy, slated to begin in 2013, to provide ULA with a minimum order quantity for each year from DOD without the need to negotiate a new launch vehicle contract for each launch. This new strategy will cover DOD launches, but will not include NASA launches, which are negotiated separately by NASA under a different contract.
NASAs Launch Services II contract is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity[2] contract with four launch service providersLockheed Martin, Orbital Sciences, Space Exploration Technologies, and ULA. When a NASA mission needs to acquire launch services, the NASA Launch Service Program issues orders for launch services and generally provides the companies a fair opportunity to compete for each order under NASAs Launch Services II contract. According to launch service program officials, competition between the launch service providers is intended to generate lower prices, but ULA is currently the only provider of intermediate class launch vehicles.
Since DOD and NASA negotiate for launch services separately, the current space launch acquisition environment may not leverage the governments overall negotiating power to get the best prices for launch services from ULA. There is also no current way to ensure that the government is not paying twice for launch overhead costs through the separate acquisition processes. Recently, DOD, the NRO, and NASA signed a memorandum of understanding outlining future cooperation in space launch acquisitions. In this agreement, DOD agreed to acquire five launch vehicle common booster cores[3] per year for the next 5 years, and the NRO agreed to procure a minimum of three each year for the next 5 years. This large acquisition was intended to help control launch vehicle costs and stabilize production of launch vehicles. However, the agreement did not include a commitment from NASA to procure a minimum amount of boosters or services per year, though NASA will continue using its Launch Services II contract to procure launch services on the Atlas V launch vehicle from ULA separately from DODs negotiated acquisition. NASA officials believe that they have been successful at awarding contracts for launch services through their separate acquisition process. Since NASA has a most favored customer contractual clause on its contracts with ULA to ensure that it does not pay a higher price for standard launch services than the lowest price charged to other ULA commercial or government customers, they do not have a strong incentive to cooperate in these procurements. Though this approach minimizes NASAs launch vehicle costs, it may not necessarily ensure the best price for the overall government nor does it eliminate the potential for redundant or unnecessary overhead costs.
Reducing duplication in awarding contracts for space launch services is further hindered, in part, due to the lack of a governmentwide policy for space launch services acquisitions. Currently, in addition to launch services procurements, numerous federal agencies have responsibility for space activities, including the Federal Aviation Administrations oversight of commercial space launches; NASAs scientific and exploration space activities; the DODs national security space launches; the State Departments involvement in international trade issues; and the Department of Commerces advocacy and promotion of the industry. Current National Space Policy broadly states a goal to energize the competitive domestic space industries, to include space launch, and to enhance capabilities for assured access to space. A governmentwide launch policy could more specifically clarify the overall governments priorities in developing and introducing new launch providers and could establish guidance for cooperation on launch services procurements between agencies. It could also identify and fill gaps in federal policy concerning the commercial space launch industry, according to senior Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Commerce officials.
According to the National Academy of Sciences, aligning the strategies of the various civil and national security space agencies will address many current issues arising from or exacerbated by the current uncoordinated, overlapping, and unilateral strategies. According to the academy, a process of alignment offers the opportunity to leverage resources from various agencies to address such shared challenges as the diminished space industrial base, the dwindling technical workforce, and reduced funding levels. According to senior Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Commerce officials, the need for an overall U.S. space launch policy, which includes commercial space launches, was being discussed within the Department of Transportation and across other departments as part of the administrations review of national space activities, but the development of a national policy had not yet begun. Guidance on launch acquisitions will, however, be included in the updated National Space Transportation Policy which is currently under development.
[1]National Space Policy of the United States of America, 28 June 2010.
[2]An indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is a type of contract that provides for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period of time under which the government places orders for individual requirements. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), § 16.504(a).
[3]The booster core is the main body of a launch vehicle. ULA uses common booster cores to build all of the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles. Medium and intermediate launch vehicles use one core each, while the Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle requires three.
DOD, NRO, and NASA are taking steps to outline responsibilities on space launch services acquisitions through their recently signed memorandum of understanding. However, there are opportunities for the government to act as a single buyer to further reduce duplication in acquiring launch services. Specifically, the Office of Management and Budget should
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from the products listed in the related GAO products section. In addition, GAO reviewed the March 2011 launch vehicle agreement by the Secretary of the Air Force, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Administrator of NASA. To identify important launch issues with potential bearing on current and future government launch acquisitions, GAO reviewed DOD launch studies and interviewed study leaders or participants in three of the five studies; GAO analyzed historical launch data and expected launch vehicle demand; reviewed other relevant government and industry reports; interviewed DOD, NASA, and contractor officials; and reviewed information from NRO.
In September 2011, GAO recommended that DOD examine how broader launch issues, such as greater coordination across federal agencies, can be factored into future launch acquisitions to increase efficiencies and cost savings. DOD concurred with this recommendation. In responding to this paper on duplication in launch contracting, NASA agreed that the goal of improving efficiency and maximizing the governments buying power for intermediate launch vehicles is worthy, but believes that it is currently working with DOD in such a way as to achieve this goal while still allowing each agency to perform its assigned space-related responsibilities. GAO would encourage NASA to continue its coordination with DOD. Technical comments from NASA have been incorporated as appropriate.
The Office of Management and Budget agrees that clear benefits can be gained from avoiding unnecessary contracting duplication, and points out that this and prior administrations have taken steps to consolidate launch services. OMB also cites this administrations current effort to develop an updated National Space Transportation Policy, which will include guidance on launch acquisition. OMB believes that the flexibility of separate acquisition approaches can be beneficial and that the unique mission requirements of DOD and NASA may not be met most efficiently by a one size fits all contracting approach. In addressing OMB, DOD, and NASA comments, GAO modified its original suggestion that DOD and NASA consolidate their acquisition processes, to a suggestion where these agencies enhance their coordination of launch services. GAO continues to believe that greater coordination efforts could help to leverage the governments buying power, in addition to the specific actions outlined above. For example, by acting as a single buyer, the government can better leverage its requirements for multi-year purchases of launch vehicles, and jointly negotiate launch acquisitions to reduce the number of awarded launch service contracts.
As part of its routine audit work, GAO will track the extent to which progress has been made to address the identified actions and report to Congress. All written comments are reprinted in appendix IV of the PDF version of this report.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) plan to spend about $15 billion for launch services from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2017 through DOD's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. The program launches satellites for military, intelligence, civil, and commercial customers. In 2009, DOD and the NRO decided the program's business model needed imp...
Since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) created the strategy for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) project in 2005, the space landscape has changed significantly--the Space Shuttle program is retiring and the Ares I will not be available--increasing the importance of the timely development of COTS vehicles. The lack of alternatives for supplying the Inter...
Since GAO reported on the commercial space launch industry in 2006 and 2009, the industry has evolved and moved further toward space tourism. Commercial space tourism promises to make human space travel available to the public for the first time. In addition, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to use private companies to transport cargo, and eventually personnel, to the...
The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to spend over $27 billion acquiring launch services through the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program over the next 12 years. The EELV program uses two families of commercially owned and operated vehicles to launch satellites. Partly because the commercial space market did not develop as expected, the EELV program has undergone significant changes....
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UEFA Champions League: Olympiacos 3 Anderlecht 1
Olympiacos qualified for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League despite missing two penalties in a 3-1 victory over eight-man Anderlecht.
Javier Saviola put the hosts ahead shortly after the half-hour mark, before Sacha Kljestan pulled the Belgians level out of nothing before the break.
Saviola then saw his penalty saved four minutes into the second period, after Cheikhou Kouyate had been dismissed for a second yellow card, but made up for it by restoring Olympiacos' lead nine minutes later.
Substitute Vladimir Weiss had a chance to all but seal qualification in the 72nd minute, but found Silvio Proto in inspired form as the goalkeeper kept out another spot-kick, before Fabrice N'Sakala became the second Anderlecht player to be given his marching orders late on.
Remarkably, a third penalty was awarded and Proto dismissed for his foul on Weiss, and substitute Alejandro Dominguez kept his cool against stand-in keeper Aleksandar Mitrovic to wrap up the win.
The result sends the Greek side through due to their superior head-to-head record against Benfica, who triumphed 2-1 against Group C winners Paris Saint-Germain.
Saviola and Michael Olaitan came into the Olympiacos starting XI as part of four changes to the side that beat Asteras Tripolis 2-0 in the Greek Super League on Saturday.
Anderlecht, meanwhile, made just one alteration from their 2-0 victory over Waasland-Beveren in the Belgian Pro League at the weekend, with Luka Milivojevic replacing the suspended Massimo Bruno.
Olympiacos applied the early pressure, but failed to take advantage of two free-kicks from the edge of the penalty area.
Saviola and David Fuster exchanged passes brilliantly in the 32nd minute to set up a chance for the Argentine, who glanced his effort agonisingly wide.
However, he made up for that miss less than a minute later, firing a low left-footed effort into the bottom right-hand corner of the net after receiving the ball from Fuster once again.
But Anderlecht levelled six minutes later with their first attack of the match. A counter from an Olympiacos corner culminated in Dennis Praet squaring the ball to Kljestan, who was left with a simple finish from 12 yards.
Olympiacos were awarded a penalty just four minutes into the second half, with Kouyate shown a second yellow card for his handball in the area.
But the subsequent spot-kick was poor, Proto getting down to his left to keep out Saviola's strike with relative ease.
Saviola went from villain to hero nine minutes later by acrobatically getting the final touch to a Fuster strike and divert the ball beyond Proto to restore the hosts' lead.
Roberto had to be alert to deny Guillaume Gillet, before N'Sakala brought down Weiss in the area 18 minutes from time, handing the hosts a second penalty. But they failed to make the most of the chance once again as the Slovak was denied by Proto.
N'Sakala picked up his second yellow card in the closing stages and Proto followed him down the tunnel in stoppage time, with Dominguez completing the scoring from the spot.
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Detailed information on biofeedback augmented treatment of abnormal levels of anxiety
A. Citations to the papers noted in the "brief summary":
Fehring, R.J. (1983). Effects of biofeedback-aided relaxation on the psychological stress symptoms of college students. Nursing Research, 32(6), 362-6.
Hawkins, R.C. II, Doell, S.R., Lindseth, P., Jeffers, V., & Skaggs, S. (1980). Anxiety reduction in hospitalized schizophrenics through thermal biofeedback and relaxation training.


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Wish for a Boxer, Get a Warrior Princess
By John Schulian
By the time I got to "Hercules," I'd all but given up on the best idea I ever had for a TV series. There was a boxer at the heart of it, naturally, but there was more to his life than left hooks and roadwork. He was part of a family that embodied the yearnings and diminished dreams of blue-collar America. His old man worked in a tannery in Chicago and had a gambling problem. His mother was ready to walk out after holding things together for as long as she could. His sister was trying to distance herself from the quagmire at home after becoming the only member of the family to graduate from college. His kid brother was in and out of trouble with the law. And the fighter would come to know every up and down in the brutal sport that might or might not be his salvation. His name was Nick Pafko and I called his story "The Ring." If there was anything I did in Hollywood that touched my soul, that made me feel the way I did when I wrote about Muhammad Ali or Josh Gibson or Pete Maravich, this was it.
I can even tell you where I was when inspiration struck in 1989: on Mulholland Drive, heading toward another day at "Wiseguy." I called my agent of the moment, Elliot Webb, as soon as I got to my office in that pre-cellphone era. "This is your million-dollar idea," he said. Unfortunately, nobody I tried to sell it to for the next five years agreed with him. The networks, infatuated by glitz and glamour, wanted no part of a drama about people with broken noses and callused hands. So I put it in a drawer and concentrated on a world as unreal as "The Ring" was real.
Toward the end of our initial 13-episode order for "Hercules," just as I prepared to introduce a warrior princess named Xena to the show, I got a call from the latest in my procession of agents, Nancy Jones. She said the Fox Network was curious. I told her curious wasn't enough, not when I spent every waking moment writing scripts with one hand and fending off Rob Tapert's serial treachery with the other. Nancy turned on her best stern-mommy voice and said, "John, go pitch it." So I did, and when Fox said no, I thought "The Ring" was done for good. But the network had a new president, a bookish gent named John Matoian, and something about it caught his attention when he sifted through the discard pile. The next thing I knew, I had a deal to write a pilot script for "The Ring."
Ah, but I still had "Hercules" and the warrior princess to deal with, didn't I? I told Tapert and my would-be staff that I was all theirs from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. After that, my door would be closed and I would be working on a long-shot script that might save me from cleaning out the Augean Stables they created daily. High-handed? You bet. But I knew "The Ring" might be my last best chance to do a serious drama, and I'd be damned if I would waste it for the sake a show I'd never imagined doing when I came to Hollywood. Besides, I had already worked out the story that would introduce Xena, and I had promised to write it as soon as I finished my pilot. Tapert, in a rare moment of grace, acquiesced.
I'm not sure I ever had a better time writing anything than I did "The Ring." I was dealing with characters I could practically hear breathing, in a sport that clamped its gnarled hands around my heart the first time I walked into a gym full of broken dreams. And the amazing thing – the truly once-in-my-lifetime thing – was that Fox loved the script. I'm not talking about a version of it that had been tinkered with by well-meaning young know-nothings from the studio and network. I'm talking about the script as I delivered it on the Monday after Thanksgiving 1994. Somehow it had bypassed the usual gauntlet of prying eyes and half-baked ideas and landed on the desk of the head of the network himself. And John Matoian called it "impeccable" with me sitting there in his office. He said it was one of his two favorite scripts in that development season. He embraced it as much as someone in his position could, but not so much that he didn't have two problems with it. He thought it was too bleak and – you guessed it – too blue collar.
So much for my euphoria. I didn't know how to address either of his concerns. "The Ring" by its very nature had to be blue-collar–rich kids don't take up prizefighting. As for being bleak, I didn't understand that at all. "The Ring" was about a working-class kid chasing his dream, which seemed to me the polar opposite of bleak. I was optimistic enough to think the show might even send a message to kids like my fighter that it was all right to seek a better tomorrow.
But there was too much at stake for me not to try to bend the script to Matoian's liking. I'd given the fighter a rich girlfriend in my original script, so I added a party scene where he met her mother, who disapproved of him instantly. I moved the location of a fight from the dowdy old Aragon Ballroom to the sparkling new United Center, too. I must have made other changes, too, but they are lost to time, just like "The Ring."
It died before it could ever go in front of a camera, at the same time I was part of the team bringing Xena into the world and unknowingly establishing the only cash cow I've ever had. Some might call that a better than fair trade. If "The Ring" had been like most TV series, it might not have lasted six episodes. "Xena: Warrior Princess" ran for six seasons and spawned a cultural icon. But when I tote up my own scorecard, I find myself thinking I would rather have seen "The Ring" die of bad ratings than have had a moment's success with Xena. No, I'm not giving back the money the old girl made me. I'm just saying it would have been nice to see if I really could have spent my last years in Hollywood doing work I was proud of instead of work that usually made me want to change the subject.
But I still have my memories of "The Ring" to console me, and sometimes someone else tells me they remember it, too. When I was making my last stand in TV on a show called "Tremors," I ran into a guy who'd been a young executive at 20th Century Fox TV when "The Ring" had its moment in the sun. He pulled me aside after a meeting and said he'd been talking with the man who'd been his boss then, and that "The Ring" had come up. "We agreed it was the best pilot we never did," he said. I suppose I could have gotten angry. Instead, I damn near wept.


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I wanted to give a try to a recent version of rekonq (none in testing/unstable, the provided are more than one year old and buggy as hell), so I ended up on a rekonq package page on mentors.net. It provides a .dsc. To build the package, I did as follow:
dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/rekonq/rekonq_2.3.1-1.dsc cd rekonq-2.3.1 dpkg-checkbuilddeps dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
(obviously we assume that you have installed build dependancies as printed out by dpkg-checkbuilddeps)
Then to install it, it's easy enough:
cd .. su dpkg -i rekonq_*.deb
On an related note, I have this problem with this version of rekonq that does not save my default search engine.


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make a monkey (out) of (someone or oneself)
make a monkey (out) of (someone or oneself)
To do something that makes someone (or oneself) seem stupid or ridiculous. I know Greg is only trying to impress Lisa, but he's making a monkey out of himself by telling so many corny jokes. I'm not going to dance too much at the party because I don't want to make a monkey out of myself in front of my coworkers.
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If someone makes a monkey out of you, or makes a monkey of you, they do something that makes you seem ridiculous or stupid. The teenage footballer made monkeys out of men twice his age with his spectacular goals. If you follow the proper steps, you won't make a monkey of yourself.


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Miscellaneous thoughts about miscellaneous matters
Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise.
For something else that I am writing, I have been thinking about evolution of humans. It is somewhat surprising that intelligence didnt increase in similar amounts to all people during evolution, but has been noted that there is considerable breadth in the range of "normal intelligence".
This came to mind in regard to drunks, bums, petty criminals, the mentally ill, and the underclass, those who are outside the economy
A couple of days ago I was involved in an excellent example of the problem with false premises. If one selects the premises of an argument properly, then one can prove any argument using pseudo-logical methods. That is why using false premises is a logical fallacy.
I was just trying to provide some interesting small talk and mentioned how I had again found a phishing site that was using one of my books as bait for people to leave their credit card information. I recounted informing
Maybe its just the zeitgeist of this days, but I have noticed more and more people showing signs of delusional thinking. It isnt just a few people with schizophrenic symptoms, but even the present occupant of the Oval Office shows signs of delusional thinking. It might have been a mistake to mention schizophrenia, because not of the delusional people have that problem; although it is difficult to tell without careful observation and analysis. And while belief in conspiracy theories can indicate
Updated 12-29-2018 at 10:54 AM by PeterL
This is another in my occasional series of logical fallacies. Appeal to Authority (Latin argumentum ad verecundiam) is quite popular, and some people think that it operates as a trump card. If old So-and-So says so, then it must be true. Well, that's not how one wins an argument; the one with the best facts and the logic wins. Even if your authority is a recognized authority on the subject at hand you have to present the data and the logical argument, but it is more common for people to cite an
Why do people believe irrational and delusion things?
This is closely related to the difference between fiction and non-fiction, and I am completely comfortable discussing that. Fiction is that which we want to put forth as being other than an accurate description of the world. Fiction includes things that are completely made up, fantasy, dreams, etc. Fiction can also be a slightly altered version of what we see in the world that is altered for dramatic effect or some other
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Despite having renewable resources that some countries can only dream of, Australia's antipathy towards the Kyoto Protocol- not to mention its vast sources of coal- have contrived to give it something of an image problem amongst clean energy investors. This has made it difficult for the country to be seen as financially viable when it comes to renewables investment. But with the new administration that has addressed the Kyoto question, could times be changing? Invest Victoria's Ben Foskett gives a perspective from the State of Victoria and ISES President Monica Oliphant reports back from Adelaide's Solar Cities 2008 Congress.
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In today's 3D edition of the Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter JoetheArachnid figures we need a post where new 3DS owners can exchange their friend codes. What a lovely idea. Let's run with it.
So I'm guessing that by this point quite a lot of people have 3DSes but don't have [m]any friends with 3DSes. Ergo, we must have a Lonely Friend List Club thread in which we swap names and friend codes. How about it?
Name: Ben | Code: 1332-7693-4782
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Corporate intrigue, flesh-hungry fish, people straying from their marriage, a model's video journal, some classic De Niro and a little seen French film about the Resistance are all here to be enjoyed from the comfort of your sofa...
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Katie Astelton ("The League") wrote, directed and stars opposite Dax Sheppard in this film about a couple who find themselves in a rut and decide to try to claw their way out by having granting each other permission to get a little strange. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
A French comedy about a Alex (Romain Duris), a man whose job is to break up couples and then walk away. Woudln't you know it he ends up falling for one of his targets, the beautiful Juliette (Vanessa Paradis). Isn't that always the way? Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
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Director David Fincher, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, and actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake join forces to tell the story of the birth of Facebook. Here's your chance to not be the guy at the Oscar party who says, "I haven't seen it, is it any good?" when it's named Best Picture. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our review and watch the trailer
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Not released in the U.S. until 37 years after its original run, this French classic from director Jean-Pierre Melville is an adaptation of Joseph Kessel's novel of the same name about a group of Resistance fighters in their struggles against the Nazis. Now available on Blu-ray, watch the trailer
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Breathe in.....breathe out. Sometimes I forget these two simple tasks. Taking the time to take it all in has been a lost art as of late. I looked up from my powdered sugar - covered counter top one day, and the summer had ended without my knowledge. My favorite time of year was passing me by without a second to enjoy it. That transition period between the hot humid summer, and the crisp cool fall, that's the best part, and I was missing it.
Not this week. I am taking the time this week to sit on my deck with a big spicy glass of zinfandel, in a big cozy sweater, and read or write, or do nothing at all besides sit, stare, and sip my wine. I just wrapped up another quarter of school, and it all finally caught up to me. The five hours of precious sleep a night, the guilt of not having talked to my parents or friends in weeks, the constant streaming to do list in my head, it can wreak havoc on one's body.
So this week, I am on the mend. Catching up with the emails and the phone calls, catching up on my sleep, taking some time to relax, and putting some good food into my body, that is all that is on my to do list now.
This cake, although I made it over a month ago and am just now getting around to posting it, would be near the top of my list of nourishing foods right now. It is just chocked full of blackberries, so you almost feel like you are eating something healthy (even though we all know it is still a cake). With a little bit of ice cream, and it is perfect for those lingering warm afternoons, and ever so slightly chilly evenings. Here's to the last days of summer, and a big warm welcome to the autumn months.
Blackberry Buttermilk Upside Down Cake
recipe from Bon Apetit Magazine
The original recipe calls for making this cake in a deep spring-form pan, I made it in two 9 inch cake pans for a thinner cake. I actually liked the thinness of my cakes, because there was a higher blackberry to cake ratio that way. If you would like to use both of them, you could sandwich some freshly whipped cream in between the two stacked layers, or just serve a single layer by itself, with some ice cream like I did.
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 1/3 cups cake flour, sifted
2 1/2 cups fresh blackberries
1 1/3 cups sugar + 1/4 cup for dusting blackberries
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 eggs, room temperature
1 vanilla bean
zest of 1 large orange
1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 9 inch cake pans with parchment, and then butter and flour pan. Toss berries with the 1/4 cup sugar, and spread them in an even layer on the bottom of each pan.
Split the vanilla bean and with the back of a knife, scrape out the seeds and mix them with the buttermilk. Set aside.
Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. In a stand mixer, cream together the butter and remaining sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the bowl and mixing well after each addition. Beat in the orange zest.
On low speed, add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then half of the buttermilk, then another 1/3 of the flour, and the other half of the buttermilk, scraping down the bowl and mixing well after each addition. Mix in the last 1/3 of the flour just until incorporated. Split the batter evenly between the two pans and smooth the top for even cooking.
Bake cakes on middle rack until golden brown, and the cake springs back when pushed gently with a fingertip, or a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, about 30-45 minutes. Let cool in pan for about 15 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack with the berries facing up and let cool completely.


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Birth Of The Dodge Challenger - Challenger: V1.0
Dodge's First Pony Car Was More Than Just A Rebadged Barracuda.
To trace the genesis of the Challenger, you have to delve into the development of the 1970 Barracuda, which began in February 1967 in Chrysler's Advanced Styling Studios under the supervision of Cliff Voss. It was here that the main themes for the '70 Barracuda would be determined in conjunction with the Advanced Planning and Advanced Engineering groups. With the market shift from sporty to muscle, there was considerable pressure from top management to get the new platform right. The platform was to be called the E-body.
For Engineering, there was one absolute: The new E-body engine compartment had to be large enough to accept engines up to 440 ci along with air conditioning, power steering, power brakes, and other accessories. The ponycar had also become a muscle car, and in a market where there was no replacement for displacement-and where before the Barracuda had always come up short-Chrysler was determined that no one was going to have a more potent engine lineup.
To achieve this goal, the cowl from the larger B-body was assimilated into the design, permitting a large engine compartment. Advanced Styling was responsible for the area between the wheels, the "center section" of the car that housed the passengers. Voss' group set the guidelines for wheelbase, greenhouse, tumblehome, position of the side glass, and doorsills. Once the basic shell was approved by management, it was handed down to Plymouth Styling to define the outer skin.
Chrysler management also chose to give the platform to Dodge, initially as an upscale competitor to Mercury's Cougar. Dodge had been offered a version of the Barracuda in 1964, or the option of having its own 117-inch-wheelbase sporty car. Dodge chose the latter and introduced the '66 Charger, which was designed by a young stylist named Carl Cameron. Cameron, who had worked at Ford styling, was hired by studio chief Bill Brownlie in October 1962. While the decision to field the '66 Charger had eventually proven profitable, Dodge management realized it had missed out on the explosive ponycar market. Jumping in this late may have been viewed as poor timing, but by sharing some costs with Plymouth, Dodge could spread around the dollars spent and be profitable while selling fewer units.
The final designs of the '70 Barracuda and Challenger would be different from each other, although to the casual observer they looked similar. At the Dodge studio, Chief Designer Bill Brownlie commissioned his staff to work up the Dodge outer skin proposal. As the deadline approached, Brownlie contributed his own concept. Cameron, who supervised the Dart and Challenger platforms, remembers the skinning of the Challenger: "It was Brownlie's body side, which is the section through the door, that was selected." Brownlie chose to widen the body by flaring out the character line that echoes the profile of the upper beltline from the leading edge of the fender to the end of the quarter-panel. The Challenger also had a more pronounced Coke bottle effect in the quarter, kicking up the rear deck and then rolling down to meet the taillamp panel.
Chrysler's two ponycars didn't share much sheetmetal, nor did they have the same wheelbase. Originally, the Challenger's wheelbase was slated to be 111 inches, the same as the Dart. Cameron suggested reducing it by an inch. As Cameron remembers: "We were out in the 'stockade' where cars were viewed, and I suggested to Brownlie we shorten it so it would look different, it would be different, and it wouldn't seem that we were using the same chassis to build another body. Brownlie liked the idea and had it changed. It wasn't really that costly. We had talks with the engineers about the complexity, and remember, we used to build totally different floorpans just for dual exhausts. It wasn't that big of a deal then."
The Challenger's longer 110-inch wheelbase (Barracuda's architecture used 108 inches) picked up only a fraction of interior rear seat room over the Barracuda. The Challenger was longer at 191.3 inches to the Barracuda's 186.7 inches, and wider at 76.1 inches to the Barracuda's 74.7 inches.
The Barracuda also had a character line, but it extended horizontally along the flanks, just above the front and rear wheel openings. Like the Challenger, the quarter-panels kicked up to the high rear deck; however, there was a distinctive curl in the sheetmetal beginning at the rear of the upper door above the handle, defining the top of the quarter-panel and flattening out to the deck line. The wheel cutouts were also different. The Challenger's wheel openings were rounded at the top, and the sheetmetal actually kicked in before forming the wheel lips. The Barracuda's wheel openings were flattened at the top with no flaring.
Carl Cameron summed up the styling of the two cars: "To understand how significant the difference was between the Barracuda and the Challenger, consider the car as a loaf of bread, and remove a slice from the center. This slice is called a body section. The Barracuda's body section was clean and simple in the sense that it came right off the beltline, went out to a peak, and went right underneath with extreme tumble under. The Challenger's body section shows it kicked out a little more than the Barracuda, came down at an angle, flared out to the character line, and then back down and into the sill."
Although the budget wasn't available for Chrysler to develop urethane bumpers like GM (the 1968 Pontiac GTO's front end was all urethane), the Elastomeric bumper option was offered beginning in 1970. High-density urethane foam was molded over unchromed bumpers and then painted body color. It had all the appearance of the GTO's Endura bumper at much less cost. And, unlike the Endura, Elastomeric could be ordered for both front and rear bumpers.
The Challenger used more chrome and brightwork than the Barracuda for an upscale look. Dual headlamps were deeply recessed under the huge hood, and the grille was outlined with bright molding. "I did the grille very deep," said Cameron. "The Challenger was very flat-faced. There was not a very large physical air opening in that car. The lights were set back at an angle to funnel the air into that center opening." A large chrome bumper separated the grille from the lower valance panel with a large air inlet and round parking/signal lamps.
The standard Challenger hood swept up to the cowl and covered the wipers. The optional Power Bulge hood, designed by Rick Carrell and modeled by Ron Carson, featured twin scoops and concealed wipers. Both hoods had the name Dodge spelled out across the front.
Flush-fitting door handles and ventless side glass contributed to the smooth look of the Challenger's flanks. Around back, the deck latch panel was dominated by the large taillamps and a bright molding that capped the rear of the quarters and trailing edge of the decklid. The reverse lamp was in the center of the panel, a design that Cameron had trouble getting approved. "It had the name Dodge in it. That was the first time anyone had put a name in a back-up lamp. I had a heck of a time doing that because they didn't think it would meet state lighting standards."
The rear bumper echoed the front bar, and a radically rolled valance panel featured cutouts for the exhaust tips on optional V-8 engines with dual exhausts. The steeply raked windshield, rounded side glass, and wide body accentuated the Challenger's low profile.
The Challenger featured traditional Chrysler unit-body engineering with guard beams in the doors to protect driver and passenger from side impacts. Up front, 0.90-inch torsion bars and independent lateral, nonparallel control arms with Oriflow shocks and a 0.94-inch stabilizer bar were used; with the 426 and 440 engines, the bar diameter was increased to 0.92 inch. Around back, the live rear axle was braced by semi-elliptical leaf springs. A 0.75-inch stabilizer bar was offered in some applications along with four leaves per spring. On models with large-displacement engines, the right rear spring had five full leaves and two half leaves, while the left had six full leaves to handle the extra torque shock and reduce axle windup.
With the proviso that the E-body engine bay accommodate every engine offered by Chrysler, a total of nine different powerplants were offered in the Challenger. With engine choices ranging from a 225ci six-cylinder to the asphalt-melting 426 Hemi, the Challenger was able to compete in all segments of the ponycar/muscle car market.
The '70 Challenger was offered in two series: Challenger and Challenger R/T. Both series had three distinct models: hardtop, convertible, and Special Edition (SE). The base Challenger was equipped with a 225 six-cylinder or 318 V-8 engine, all-vinyl interior that featured buckets up front, three-spoke wood-grained steering wheel, and standard instrumentation that included a large speedometer to the left of the steering column with four pods containing gauges for fuel, temperature and alternator to the right. The fourth pod contained the optional clock; otherwise it was left blank. Below and to the left of the speedometer were switches for lamps, wipers and accessories. Also to the left of the column was the heater control panel. Below the gauges to the right of the column was the optional radio. In the center of the instrument panel was the ashtray, and below that the cowl vent controls.
On Challenger R/T models, the 383 Magnum engine was standard, along with the Power Bulge hood, heavy-duty drum brakes, variable speed wipers, F70x14 billboard tires, and Rallye Instrument Cluster. The Rallye cluster consisted of a wood-grained panel with four large pods containing a 150-mph speedometer with a trip odometer, clock/tachometer, oil pressure gauge, temperature, alternator, and fuel gauge.
A longitudinal tape stripe or bumblebee stripe around the tail was offered at no extra cost on the Challenger R/T. "I never did like the bumblebee thing that went across the back," recalled Cameron. "In fact, that was one of my most disappointing moments in styling. I had spent all these years and money going to Art Center to be a car designer, and some yo-yos-some outsiders-were putting bumblebees on these cars."
When the SE package was ordered, a vinyl roof with "formal roof styling" and a smaller backlight (styled by Mack King) was included. The SE roof was unique, thanks to the seam pattern designed by Cameron. "The location of the seams on a standard vinyl roof run from front to rear," Cameron explained. "The SE seams ran from the windshield back beside the rear window to the base of the vinyl roof. This made the top appear lower in profile because you read the seams. It also looked wider from the rear. I thought I'd start an industry trend with that one." Also included were leather-faced sear upholstery and an overhead interior consolette with door ajar, fasten seatbelt, and low-fuel warning lamps.
The Challenger R/T could be ordered with the Shaker hood scoop painted body color, black crackle, or Argent Silver. The Shaker scoop rose through a hole cut in the hood and was sealed with a gasket to reduce water leakage. When the engine would rev, the scoop would shake, which, according to Chrysler, "Puts on a song and dance right before everyone's eyes."
Offered on the Challenger was a mind-numbing array of options and accessories. Buyers had a choice of two different road wheels, a multitude of stripes and decals, and the thumping 440 engine with a trio of Holley two-barrel carburetors that cranked out an underrated 390 hp, and could flatten Hemis in the quarter-mile. Also offered was a bench seat, cruise control, power windows, and racing mirrors. In all, there were literally hundreds of paint, stripe, wheel, hood, and engine option combinations available. Rarely did two Challengers ever look the same.
If Chrysler management had any fears that the Challenger would be viewed as the Barracuda's redheaded stepchild, they were relieved when the final '70 model year sales were tallied. Exactly 83,012 Challengers were sold, outselling the Barracuda by 27,513 units. The Challenger would continue until the end of the '74 model year. Its demise reflected the decline of the ponycar market; however, the Challenger's brief existence was a shining example of Dodge's styling and performance capabilities.


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Chitrak can be translated as 'the spotted one' which is believed to refer to the spotted leopard who is expert at catching its prey, just as this plant is expert at chasing and catching illness and disease.


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Greenleaf Lawn LLC, a lawn care company, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma is pleased to announce they have won a prestigious award. The company that provides a full lawn care service to residential and commercial customers has won the Tulsa People Magazine Readers Choice A-List for 2017. This is not the first time the company has won the award, due to their excellent services, and affordable prices, they have won the award twice in the last few years.
Each year, the Tulsa People Magazine, which is in its 30th year ask their readers to vote for the best businesses in Oklahoma. Readers are asked to choose a business that not only offers a great service but one that offers value for money and which they would gladly recommend to a friend. Greenleaf Lawn LLC, who donate $1 to the Little Light House project for each new customer and who has become the most recommended lawn care company in Oklahoma is proud that they have received recognition for the services they offer.
Josh Mathias, from Greenleaf Lawn LLC, said: "I am so pleased that our customers in Tulsa, Oklahoma took the time and voted for us. Each year we try and improve our services and listen to our customer's needs. Winning this award has shown we are going in the right direction and giving our customers the perfect lawn care service they require."
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There's once again drama in the world of Van Halen, with singer David Lee Roth complaining about a recent lack of activity and communication within the band, and openly calling for a reunion with original bassist Michael Anthony.
In a wide-ranging (and frankly, downright inspiring) interview with Rolling Stone that primarily documents his recent adventures living in Japan, Roth declares that he'd love to make more music with Van Halen, but laments that it's been over a year since their last tour and says that he's "not sure what's in (guitarist) Ed (Van Halen)'s mind at this point."
(In fairness, it should be remembered that Eddie Van Halen underwent emergency surgery for diverticulitis at an unspecified point last year, a procedure that carries an estimated four to six month recovery period.)
Roth also goes on to explain that he and Eddie "haven't written a new song in 20 years," and suggests that the group's 2012 album 'A Different Kind of Truth' was comprised of even more reworked material than most originally suspected: "Almost all of the music that you hear on our most recent album was written and demoed before the first album."
In what's likely to be the most relationship-damaging part of the interview, "Diamond Dave" also calls it "a disappointment" that the group hasn't reunited with Anthony, who wasn't invited back — and in fact, was replaced by Eddie's son Wolfgang — when the group reconfigured with Roth for a tour in 2007. Anthony is currently a member ofChickenfoot alongside Van Halen's second singer, Sammy Hagar.
"What we have at our fingertips is arguably one of the greatest high tenor voices ever — that was in Michael Anthony," Roth explains. "In our tiny little corner of the universe, that voice is as identifiable as the high voice in Earth, Wind & Fire, as identifiable as the high voice in the Beach Boys… so I would always look forward to that reunion."
Why is Roth rocking a boat that has proven to be so easily capsized in the past? A sense that time is not exactly in his favor anymore seems to be his primary motive: "For me, 60 is the new 80. You oughta see my X-rays. So get going, start heading north. And whether we accomplish anything or not becomes beside the point. The goal is to get with somebody and get with a group or team or a squad and get going on something that everybody's contributing to."


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Inaugural Kekuni Blaisdell, M.D. lectureship and conference to focus on bridging Western and traditional healing practicesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Kathy Tanaka, (808) 285-4880
Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence
The conference is being made possible through an endowment by Dr. Osamu Fukuyama, cardiologist and 1976 JABSOM graduate. Fukuyama's donation has also allowed for the creation of an endowment and lectureship in Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell's honor.
NHCOE at JABSOM began in 1991 funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human services to address the vision of improving the health of all Native Hawaiians. To address this vision the NHCOE targets several program areas including faculty development, curriculum development, research, retention and health and information resources.
A growing interest in acceptance of complementary and alternative healing practices has led to this year's conference theme where participants will explore how traditional Native Hawaiian and Western healing practices could work in conjunction with each other.
Dr. Isabella Abbott, well-known author, botanist, limu specialist and cultural historian, designated a "Living Treasure of Hawai'i" in 2005, will be the first lectureship at the conference and will be among those paying tribute to Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell at an evening reception in Dr. Blaisdell's honor.


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Roger Latham had considered taking a short flight Tuesday night in his small plane with his flying instructor and a couple of other experienced pilots to attend a conference on flight safety held by the Federal Aviation Administration.
At the last minute, he decided to go deer hunting instead.
Shortly after taking off, the single-engine Piper PA-32 began sputtering and crashed into a home in a west Jackson neighborhood, killing all three aboard and injuring a woman inside the home.
Firefighters, police officers and federal investigators were on the scene Wednesday. Some of them held up a large tarp near the back of the coroner�s SUV to block the view as they brought body bags out of the house.
Among the victims was Latham�s flight instructor, John Edward Tilton Jr., who was a decorated helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War and had served in numerous roles with the Civil Air Patrol, reaching the rank of colonel and serving as a board member at one time. He was 65.
�He was one of the finest Christian men I knew,� Latham said at the scene Tuesday night. �We had three great men who lost their lives.�
Latham said his plane had been parked in a hangar for a month and they wanted to take it out for a short flight before he flew it to Gulf Shores, Ala., for Thanksgiving. Latham said he had owned the plane for 2-1/2 years and said it was in mint condition.
The plane had just taken off from Hawkins Field Airport in Jackson when a witness said a Jackson police officer said it began �spitting and sputtering.�
One of the aviators asked for permission to return to the airport, but just minutes later the plane went down. It crashed through trees before slamming into a house that quickly caught fire, sending long flames and black smoke through the neighborhood of modest single-family homes surrounded by magnolia and oak trees.
�I�m sure John was doing everything he possibly could to save the lives on board,� Latham said.
The other two men aboard were William C. Young and David Williams, said Carlton Summer, Mississippi wing commander for the Civil Air Patrol. All three victims were certified flight instructors and CAP pilots, though they were not on official business for the flight.
Williams, 69, was a former Air Force F-101 fighter pilot and served in leadership roles with the Civil Air Patrol with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Young, 78, had joined the Civil Air Patrol in May 2011. He was a major in CAP.
On the ground, Loretta Jamison was home alone while her husband was at work. Her nephew, Milton Miller, said she was in the bedroom, awake, when the plane crashed. She suffered second-degree burns on her hands.
Jamar Funchess, 20, a student at Jackson State University, lives two doors down and said he was good friends with Jamison�s son.
He ran outside after hearing a loud crashing noise and saw Jamison trying to climb out of her bedroom window. He ran over, grabbed her and pulled her out. He said she was not screaming or crying and seemed to be in shock.
�I pulled her out,� he recalled. �She said �Oh my God, somebody�s screaming for help.� She tried to go back, but I stopped her.�
Funchess said Jamison�s son was at a nearby restaurant when he heard a plane crashed into his house. He was so frantic that he ran home and left his car at the restaurant.
Jamison�s husband, Roosevelt, was pacing near the home Wednesday and had some dogs loaded into his truck. He said his wife was doing �OK,� but declined to answer other questions, saying he was searching for answers himself. His wife was being treated at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash is expected in 10 days. Board investigator Paul Cox said someone in the plane reported engine trouble before the crash, but the nature of the problem wasn�t clear.


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Financial Resources for Students
ERE and ETaP graduate students have access to a number of scholarship and financial aid opportunities. Links to sites that describe some of these opportunities are listed below. In addition, some students work as research assistants on faculty directed projects or as teaching assistants in relevant courses.
Schatz Energy Fellowship - This fellowship is sponsored by the Schatz Energy Research Center for a graduate student who is pursuing studies related to renewable energy or energy efficiency. The fellowship provides $15,000 per year in support to the selected student; the student is also able to earn additional income through paid research work at the Schatz Energy Research Center.
Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP)- ETaP and ERE students from the states listed below are eligible to attend HSU while paying "in-state" fees. For students from eligible states outside of California, this reduces the cost of graduate education considerably (see the Financial Services page for more information about the fee levels - students from eligible WRGP states must pay "Graduate Fees", but they do not need to pay the "Nonresident Tuition Fee"). This opportunity became available when the Environmental Systems Graduate Program, including the ERE and ETaP options, was accepted as an eligible program by the WRGP. Students from eligible states should indicate their interest to access the WRGP rate when they apply (e.g. by including a sentence about this in their application essay). Eligible states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Research and Graduate Studies office at Humboldt State provides information about a number of student funding opportunities.
The Financial Aid office at HSU is also an excellent source of information about funding opportunities.
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