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Taare Zameen Par DVD: A treat for film fans
The case is shaped like a textbook. Its durability in the long term warrants some concern, but that's minor when its contents are considered. This is how the discs are packaged:
A booklet introduces the characters. Full marks to whoever designed the cover for reminding us of our notebooks and how we were required to present them. It's very nicely presented from the inside too, here (right) is a sample page (click on image to enlarge):
There's Ishaan's flipbook, which I'll stay away from for fear of playing spoiler to those who haven't yet seen the film. And this is perhaps the only still image of the Taare Zameen Par pencil on the internet, which could mean one of two things: 1) Bollywood-themed pencils just aren't very popular; or 2) I need to get a life :o)
There are replicas of two beautiful paintings (I'd estimate they're about 8.25 x 10.5 in) by 'eminent watercolourist Samir Mondal made especially for the film'. If you've seen the film, you know how beautifully they were used. (If you are a fan of paintings, samirmondal.com has some fine examples of the artist's work.) Here's a sample:
Disc 1: The film, and director's commentary
The commentary lasts the length of the film, and is in English! Aamir makes it clear at the outset it has to do not with describing the scenes, but in sharing the challenges faced in the filmmaking process -- what they liked, what they disliked and edited out, and what they disliked but kept (and why). It's a gift for fans of film -- and it's amazing to learn even bits of the detail that went into every little shot. To learn that the background score was often played live by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy on the sets. Or that Aamir sought help from the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association throughout the project. Or that it took eight evenings to shoot a five minute long sequence in twilight. Or that the song Kholo Kholo Darwaaze was almost edited out (no!). Or that the final scene had over 1200 children. There are countless such examples. There is even an interesting story behind Darsheel Safary (Ishaan Awasthi), Sheru and Johnny!
What was great about the commentary was that there was no hesitation to identify flaws and accept mistakes. It's not the typical fluff we find elsewhere. Think of Aamir's criticism as almost a lessons learned session for him and his crew, and an eye-opener for some of us who know very little (if anything) about filmmaking. The commentary also includes references to his past works and what he learned from them that he incorporated in his work ethic as director, which is a real treat if you've seen the films he mentions.
Aside: About the only thing he did not discuss were the posters/pictures of two sports icons -- Sachin Tendulkar and Roger Federer -- in the kids' room (click the image to enlarge). If you've been reading his blog, you'll know he has dedicated posts to each of his favorites (on Sachin, on Federer)! Should have been brought up :o)
Disc 2: Making, Deleted Scenes, Panel Discussion, Stills, Trailers
a. The making is fascinating. You can watch it (at these links: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) thanks to fellow Aamirian SkorpionChik! It was amusing to hear Lalitha Lajmi (Guru Dutt's sister, her role in the film mentioned in this post) say, "I became like a teenager when I saw him."
They didn't mention this in the making, but this sequence, not related to the film, was hilarious. I'd bet the dance steps by Tanay Chheda (right, he played Rajan Damodaran) here are adapted from Rangeela (1996). Hilarious!
This bit reminded me of Aamir in the song Hosh Waalon Ko Khabar Kya in Sarfarosh (1999 -- reviewed here) and Mangal Pandey (2005 -- reviewed here).
Just like they did with the Lagaan DVD, they have footage here from the narration of the script. Here are Aamir and his wife Kiran responding to "Tom and Jerry ka baap kaun?"
b. The seven deleted scenes are a treat too. Hosted by Aamir (sporting his Ghajini look this time, complete with the haircut and following the workout routine for the film). Much better than the deleted scenes in Lagaan, I'll admit. Some of them were rather short (even less than a minute long), enough to question them being edited out. There was even a scene with a qawwali! This is also where the original title of the film is shared -- it was to be in English, and had nothing to do with 'stars'. If you cannot wait to know, I wouldn't mind giving it away.
c. The stills gallery was a welcome surprise. It has scores of images from the sets, with some really good captions (reminded me of Bollyviewer!). Sample this:
d. Aamir moderates a discussion (in Hindi/Urdu) on dyslexia, its symptoms, approaches to combating it, where to go for help, and some generic parenting advice, with a panel comprising: Medha Lotlekar, Educator; Vrajesh Udani, Child Neurologist; Masarrat Khan, leader of the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association; and Dr. Harish Shetty, Clinical Psychologist. The discussion is much more direct in raising awareness of dyslexia and other conditions. It is very welcome (especially for teachers and parents in India -- the issues aren't often discussed head-on), because it is the source of inspiration for the film. The best advice for parents might just be to encourage children to foster a culture of inclusion, and to not be disillusioned by the stress of competition -- move forward, but take others along.
It is here that Aamir shares his views on the ineptitude of academia in India to deal with learning disabilities. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and their differences, are discussed in fair detail. So are autism, down syndrome, and other mental challenges. And it is here that the film's tagline -- Every Child is Special -- is applied using even more real medical and academic frameworks.
Disc 3: Background Score
As noted in this post, I'd written to Aamir the day after I saw the film, requesting a background score release. Maybe several thousand did, or maybe it was intended all along. Whatever the case, it's great that they released it, because the score is brilliant, and carries a narrative of its own. In that, it is to me as good as the soundtrack. If you haven't seen the film and get your hands on it, maybe you could try listening to the score first to see if you can guess the progress of Ishaan's many moods through the film?! That'd be a fun exercise. Nikumbh Ishaan Montage is by far my favorite track. It's very, very well done, and the harmonica, guitar, piano and drums are all beautifully combined.
In Disc 2 (part 'a' above), Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy discussed how cool it was to play live on the sets. Must've been fun, and very challenging. Here's Mr. Loy:
A note on the DVD formats
If you do not have a region-free DVD player or cannot connect your computer to your television set, I suggest you wait for the U.S. release (the first ever of an Indian film by Walt Disney) which should make it by the end of the year. The Disney DVD release calendar doesn't yet have the information. I've always wanted to sound like an official correspondent, so I can finally say that a Disney Films representative who was contacted for more information declined to comment (read: never replied to my e-mail :P). A search for 'Taare Zameen Par' on the website returned no results as of 10/11/2008.
And finally
I'll hope to have more information on the U.S. release as we move forward. This T-Series release in India is, as the U.S. release will be, a welcome addition to any film collection. The special features and director's commentary make the set well, well worth experiencing. For its primary audience, the Indian market, it is perfectly compiled, and we can only hope that our local release will have as many goodies. Thank you for the treat, Aamir bhai!
Set Rating: 4.75/5 (Excellent!)
I cannot stop singing praises for it :)
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21 comments:
- ajnabi said...
That? Looks awesome. Am officially dying of frustration now. :-D
- Monday, October 13, 2008
- Pitu said...
wow!! sounds awesome!! i love the photo of ishaan with the 2 doggies :-D you know, ak's son junaid is dyslexic and my friend's office is in the same bldg where i think junaid used to go for some therapy. my friend has seen ak many times dropping off or picking up his son.
- Monday, October 13, 2008
- Pitu said...
Hey TBF, totally irrelevant to your post but was wondering if u can chime in at the following post on my blog-
- Monday, October 13, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Ajnabi: Unless you have Time Warner Cable (assuming it's still on there), I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little more. :(
Pitu: It's great, I dedicated an entire day to it about a month ago! I have heard about Junaid, and was relieved it wasn't made a big deal when AK's role for TZP was first revealed. That's cool your friend saw AK (not in the context, but you know what I mean) -- did he/she ever interact with him? Oh, and I'll be over in a bit :)
- Monday, October 13, 2008
- Pitu said...
She never spoke with him, she always waved though and no matter how busy/flustered he was, she said he always smiled and waved back :-D Totally no airs! And ty for chiming in at my blog.
- Monday, October 13, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
That's awesome to know, thanks for sharing Pitu!
- Monday, October 13, 2008
I bought that DVD and loved it. I especially like Eshaan's Flip Book, what do you think of it?
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Saurabh: Ishaan's flipbook is great, and it's great they included it. I was surprised at the quality of the paper -- weight and colors -- nicely done! The complete set is so well worth it!
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
I'm dying to get this, and I don't want the Disney version :(
I hate disneyfication!
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Memsaab: It's a great treat all around, I'm certain you'll enjoy it!
As for the Disneyfication, I'd have been much more concerned if they were involved in the filmmaking. That was thankfully not the case here. The Disney supply chain is better than anything a TZP could hope for, so they'd might as well use it to have a better chance at getting to the mainstream, which I think is a mission defined at the national government level in New Delhi (courtesy Pratibha Patil, I believe). Oh, well...
Thanks for stopping by!
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
- Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
Oh gosh Blogger is being weird..grr.
Anyways- I am really loving what I can see of the coverart for TZP DVD - totally need to check it out for myself now. This lack of news about the US DVD is driving me nuts as well- realeasing sooner would help the buzz- plus I want to see how they change the cover!
- Wednesday, October 15, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Shweta: The packaging is brilliant. It's great all round. Go for it! I wouldn't be surprised if it were released here around the middle of the holiday shopping season.
Is it too much to expect the Disney release to be accompanied with figurines of Nikumbh, Ishaan, and a glamorized version of Mrs. Awasthi Tisca Chopra? :P Of course, they'd be sold separately. Of course, some of us would be glad to pay for them. And of course, I can dream on. There's a long way to go before that happens for a Bollywood release in the U.S., but at least there's a greater likelihood of that happening than there was, say, two months ago...no matter it's still 'less than remote' ;)
Cheers! And go TZP '09!
- Wednesday, October 15, 2008
That loooks amazing! I cannot believe I have to wait so long to actually get my hands on it! -_-
Haha, finally AK updated his blog!
- Thursday, October 16, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Anonymous: Hope you have fun with it! And here's hoping the wait ends soon. Thanks for the AK blog update! Seems he could make a blockbuster of a sequel to 'Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang' :o)
- Friday, October 17, 2008
Did it release in July in India?
- Monday, October 20, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Vruti, and thank you for visiting! The Taare Zameer Par DVD launch party was on July 25. This post has more, including video from the launch at the school Darsheel attends.
- Monday, October 20, 2008
Will this DVD work on US DVD players?
- Thursday, October 30, 2008
- Nicki said...
I want. I want. I want! Thanks for sharing!
- Thursday, October 30, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Anonymous: Thank you for your comment. The DVD will not play in standard (i.e. non-region-free) DVD players outside of Asia, because the disc is not region-free; it is region-encoded, which means we'll need to be patient if we don't have region-indendepent players. :( If you need more specifics on formats, let me know.
However, no matter what region the DVD is encoded for, chances are very very high (~99%) that it will play on a standard DVD-ROM drive on your computer (although, depending on the make and model, you might have to tweak the setting of the region; some players, esp. pre-2006 and on laptops, allow a small number of tweaks, so be cautious with that).
Hi Nicki: Sure. Thank *you* for your comment. It's the closest I've come since I was kid to the feeling of getting that most wanted toy (happens only with Lego, computers, and Bollywood DVDs, LOL). Thanks for stopping by :)
- Thursday, October 30, 2008
- arif said...
This is more Awesome than My name Is Khan I thing.. Acting of "ishaan" is very2 fantastic for the little child"
Love..love..love this Film!!
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Ban--the best movie i ever saw. it touches my heart dearly. i was attached to the character of the boy ishaan. this is the movie that every parent MUST SEE.
a classic
- Wednesday, July 20, 2011


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It's been nearly three years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Oneida Indian Nation land is subject to state and local taxation and regulation.
It's been nearly three years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Oneida Indian Nation land is subject to state and local taxation and regulation.
Yet neither the Oneidas nor local municipalities have been able to move forward from that ruling because of the long-delayed process through which the Oneidas are seeking to put all of their 17,000 or so acres into federal trust — where the land would be exempt from taxation and regulation.
The U.S. Department of the Interior owes it to all parties involved to expedite its review process and come to a conclusion very early in 2008.
The Oneidas started the ball rolling on their land-into-trust application just months after the March 2005 Supreme Court ruling in a case that involved the Nation and the city of Sherrill. The case is a complex one because the Nation has bought parcels across western Oneida County and eastern and northern Madison County. This has created a patchwork effect very different from the typical land-into-trust cases that the U.S. government had handled in the Western United States.
Instead of one large parcel of Indian land, our region faces the possibility that this lot would be put into trust, while that one next to it would not be. Therein lies a potential jurisdictional nightmare.
Still, it's been 13 months since the Interior Department laid out a range of possible outcomes. And local residents and Nation employees spoke out at public hearings as long ago as January 2006. So it's difficult to fathom why the federal government hasn't been able to complete its review and make a determination.
The federal government indicated a decision would come in 2007, and it has not. This lessens the public's faith in the federal government's ability to address complex issues. This lets fester continuing distrust between the Nation and its neighbors. It raises fears that the outcome will be based not on solid analysis but on some back-room deal.
Certainly, much is riding on the outcome. It's highly likely litigation will ensue from one party or another, continuing a cycle of lawsuits that dates back at least to the Nation's first land-claim suit nearly 40 years ago. But failure to move forward is tantamount to moving backwards.
The best vision for the long-term future of our region is one in which the Oneida Nation's enterprises and people are thriving and in which relations between the Oneidas and their neighbors are productive and not confrontational. Until a wide array of land, taxation and regulatory issues are resolved, this future remains elusive.
The U.S. Department of Interior's land-into-trust determination won't be the final word on the matter. But it's a necessary next step toward a brighter future for all.

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WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY – A Chinese restaurant in Kentucky has reportedly been forced to shut its doors after allegedly serving up roadkill.
WKYT.com reports that the Red Flower Chinese Restaurant in Williamsburg was shuttered on Thursday after a customer called the health department when she saw a dead deer being wheeled into the kitchen.
"Two of the workers came in wheeling a garbage can and they had a box sitting on top of it," Kate Hopkins told the website. "And hanging out of the garbage can, they were trying to be real quick with it. So that nobody could see it. But there was like a tail, and a foot and leg. Sticking out of the garbage can and they wheeled it straight back into the kitchen."
Paul Lawson, Whitley County's environmental health inspector, said the owner's son admitted to pick up the dead animal from the side of I-75 North in Williamsburg. The restaurant was immediately shut down.
"They said they didn't know that they weren't allowed to," Lawson said. "So that makes me concerned. But maybe they could have before. They didn't admit to doing it before."
Owners can reopen the restaurant, Lawson said, if it passes a secondary health inspection proving that they have properly sanitized it.


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Disclaimer: This is not one of those comprehensive reviews; it's a quest for coverage that both documents some reactions to the highlights (with a few backstage insights) and gives anyone who wasn't there or was but 'wasn't' a clue as to what they missed. Onwards…
"Wa's mud godda do, godda do wid it?"
Quite a lot, frankly, mister noisy clown. Please quiet it down, yeah. We're still trying to steal some sleep...
Mud is a time machine. Mud transcends us. Mud makes Glastonbury legendary. Mud brings us back to what we were in a time before the birth of global capitalism and the industrial revolution and all its earth munching ways; before vinyl and tarmac, before cobbles, before the Romans paved their straight lines across Hardy's Wessex... Excuse me whilst I hug a tree (irony-free) and mould myself a mud shack.
My first footstep is a bubbles-beneath-yr-tongue-SQUELCH, but I don't care: I've got me some Wellingtons and I have a breakfast date with Conor Oberst and a strong DIY Irish coffee. Perfect. This is the Guardian Lounge one where he plays acoustic; he talk-sings about his war torn heart as he plays a guitar so teeny that it echoes and quivers like his voice; like a mini-me. The rain hits like a waterfall of drums on the tent overhead and some strings slowly begin to tickle the pages of people's newspapers. A gentle breeze blows through my misty (and somewhat unnecessary) sunglasses and cools my sweat-some anorak. The minutes whoosh by and the lyrics are slowed down and put to the fore and slowly become little clusters of previously unnoticed epiphanies. What has someone/I put in this drink? I get lost in the idea that Bright Eyes is an Irish coffee, black both in thought and cultural pillaging but uplifting, complete with cloudy, milky skin. He takes the folk of the Irish but sloshes in shots of bourbon because of the way it hit the pre-rock 'n' roll blues in Tennessee and mixes it with the slave-song beans of protest. His words are so potent that the room is motionless and deathly silent. He plays only a short set which includes 'Cleanse Song' and closes with all those haunting visions of hope beyond suburbia in 'A Song to Pass the Time'. Well, now, that's what I call a beautiful way to begin Glastonbury 2007!
The skies open wider as I wander toward Gogol Bordello. These gypsies without their concrete car parks feel so dang at home. If only home was a gigantic, half-built metallic Pyramid with a load of wet people in makeshift shelters, ankle deep in sludge; if only this could be a place to live. Gogol lurches and shrieks to the clouds, like they've run out of plates to smash. After a few chanties the rain all gets too much and my waterproof becomes something of a kids' splash-proof watch at a teary swimming lesson. I run off like a wuss for proper cover.
Thankfully, Billy Bragg can whinge to himself a while longer and my rainlessness is found back in the Guardian tent for the best slice of LDN in the shapely of Adele. She's got a voice that quivers down your every vertebra like a lock-stocked Billie Holiday meets Erykah Badu or Jill Scott. Her set faintly tinkles around the room full of rain-shirkers, but despite sounding like dusty butterflies rushing in slow motion through Brixton it fails to make me cry a river this time around.
Watermelon is found. Disparate friends are lost and recovered as steamy screened phones decide they really don't like being filled with rain. First beer of the day is in its right place. Shit is talked. Emmy the Great is missed but reports back say she was charming. The Cribs make a big rant about the corporate nature of indie and get people in free Orange rain macks screaming back at them. The sun then thankfuckedly decides to come out.
It is okay to have favourites and heroes isn't it? Just don't ever expect them to do anything but constantly let you down. Expect them to make you look stupid every now and then and rarely deliver.
Then again... Bright Eyes (the 'redux' full-band edition) singing 'First Day of My Life' to a huge Other Stage crowd is a definite Glasto' 07 highlight. Possibly it is a life highlight, as he nudges the post-brat-pack anthem up a notch with cocoon-warmed chords at the sped-up pace of a schoolyard race. Conor, dressed all in white, is exactly what Glastonbury is all about, singing his potent and poignant songs about the pain of war right down to the most-touching detail ("is a bent up cigarette"), the ache of life, the idea of philosophical spirituality/meaninglessness versus the madness of religion ('Four Winds'), and them specs of beauty in the mundane ("leave autumn leaves on their swimming pool..."). Today a hero comes good on a promise: even after the first few songs this set is already becoming one of those rare, goose-bumps-at-the-thought memories. By the time the gigantic, double-drummed chorus of 'Calendar Hung Itself' tumbles us (I suppose!) into a better place, all that John Peel cussing stuff is forgiven and I'm left wondering: was I utterly alone in finding that deliriousness as hilarious as a Derek & Clive skit? In fact, all is perfect 'til a guitar won't make a sound and the set is cut slightly short but it's okay because by that point all anyone wants to do is run off and tell everyone who missed this what a triumph it was.
Now for a walk up to the Park Stage, a new one Emily Eavis has set-up to give a taste of the olde Glastonbury for all those pesky purists who have a problem with careerist toss made and marketed for radio playlist automatons. Why the fuck are 'real bands' like The Fratellis and Kasabian here, anyway? Haven't they got some mobile telephone-branded in-stores to be playing to a bunch of twunts who won tickets by sending an expensive text message? Shouldn't this be restricted to the V festival, which people won a place at by getting through on the website in the three-minute window tickets were available? I didn't realise this festival business was so much about a competition to come to a place where you can buy E on every corner and dress up as a fairy if you feel so inclined…
…Martha Wainwright (aka our Martha) wanders on, strums her acoustic guitar and lets that voice ride through all her melodious amer-i-ndie-folk songs sprinkled in fucks and shits and beautiful imagery. It's a bit of the hits and some new song chasers. Newie 'Jesus & Mary' gets the Guardian journo I've duteously dragged along scribbling notes as the crowd participate in the woolooloolooo-ing... A bit of a triumph of a set, all told, and one of the best I've seen her deliver and topped off by a moving sing-along of 'Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole'.
Before I know it I'm stuffed in a bus to joyride around the site with Martha in a hunt for the Other Stage to join Rufus. Some blurry minutes of slurry wake-making later and I'm stood side o' stage and Martha's singing along, on TV, to a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'. Breathlessness takes over, damn you two!
I take a few moments to try to stalk Björk, but the search is fruitless and there're bouncers all around to wisely ward off the likes of me. So I decide to get some dinner but get distracted hounding girls backstage. Someone kindly sticks mushrooms in my pocket in exchange for a swig of my Wild Turkey and then I'm hooking pinkies with cuties and being led toward Arcade Fire to see if I can be converted to the sub-Mercury Rev, swirling, bashing, tink-tinkin' and warbling. I'm told you have to see them live. They take a while to get going, with lots of songs off the slightly dodgy second record (It's so not dodgy! – Ed). Then things start to glow and they start dropping the hits all over the place, things swarm together and arms all around punch the sky. Then I'm singing along: what the crunk is a'doin? Something happens, and while it isn't quite spiritual (not like watching Slipknot or Polyphonic Spree), it stems from the power of a devoted crowd. They finish, I'm happy. Good times.
Now's the bit I've been dreading: who the hell do you go to see when your favourite space-rock band (Spiritualized), favourite pop band (Arctic Monkeys) and one of your favourite artists of all time (Björk) are all headlining different stages at the same time? What's a boy to do? I opt to catch the first bit of the Monkeys. Are they playing yet? It's oh so sodding quiet! Sadly, even after frog-marching 100 metres deep into the crowd, the sound volume doesn't improve, at all, and if anything the people complaining gets louder and louder, burying the band. With Spiritualized light years of slurry away, I skip over to the Icelandic witch. There's a forest of neon and day-glo bits in the distance. Her voice is gliding along dry milkways and the beats are crystal clear. The set rushes by with hit after hit from a parallel universe. My eyes are slammed closed. My mind is sat on her shoulder. She takes old songs and puts them on the same spaceship as the new ones. This has to be one of the greatest Glastonbury sets of all time. Quite simply, amazing! What a great way to end an inspiring day of music.
Writing implements are lost in the mud. No more words required today.
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Routing using mode bicycle and shorter distance works pretty similar to how mode car/motorcycle and faster time worked before. Faster Time and bicycle does not work well together. Delivery and shorter distance is another pretty nice combination now, whereas faster time and car/motorcycle now really favors cyclroutes and mtbroutes.
Using shorter distance the maximum routable distance doubled more or less. Using faster time, it increased by about 50%. Using mode shorter distance is great if you need to autoroute on etrex / 60 CSx, edge or older units, as it now mostly manages distances up to 20km.
Also Autorouting against the traffic flow (if cycleway=opposite; opposite_track; opposite_lane or on residential and other small streets will now be avoided). And Delivery only avoids Primaries/Secondaries - but does not block them. (this was actually already on last map Update). On top I changed the character set to plain ASCII - meaning no more German Umlauts (produced problems with the address search) and no more ?? questionmarks.


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Angelina's Lover Killed on Ski Trip?!
Relax. Brad Pitt is alive and well. But this is exactly how rumors start … and before you know it, they go mega-viral. Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Lady Gaga, and 50 Cent, are only a few of the stars who've been recently targeted by false death hoaxes.
Entrepreneur Rich Hoover is partly to blame.
Mr. Hoover created Fakeawish.com, which allows anyone to plug a celebrity's name into an online generator that creates morbid celebrity headlines, from jet-ski crashes in the tepid waters off the Turks and Caicos to snowboarding accidents in the glacial Swiss mountains.
For him, "no publicity is bad publicity" isn't just an adage, it's a career ethos. False death reports harm nobody. It may even help them. After all, he says "it's free press."
And a media expert will back him up.
Mark Bell, a professor at Indiana University-Purdue University who studies deception in digital media, told the New York Times that there's "not a lot of cost, either financially, morally, legally or criminally" in what Mr. Hoover does.
We weren't sold on that theory.
Back in September, Jerry Springer was cruising down the highway when he heard the news of his death in a car crash. He had to pull over to call home and pacify his shaken wife, who, as he'd expected, had heard the false report, too. But what if his wife had been the one driving when she heard the report… and became so distraught that she crashed her car? Or, upon hearing the terrible news, took her own life?
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Because raccoon can climb over walls, fences and trees, keeping them out of your yard in nearly impossible. Making your yard less attractive is the first step to controlling raccoon. Some of the ways to do this is by getting rid of the two things they are normally after which is food and shelter.
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On Friday, The Post-Standard reported that Syracuse sophomore guard Michael Carter-Williams was accused of stealing $120 worth of merchandise from Lord & Taylor after reports emerged about an "incident" earlier in the week.
After the reports, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim would not comment on the story. He's been fairly evasive and won't let Carter-Williams discuss the issue with the media, either. It's almost as if Boeheim has a vested interest in Carter-Williams's continued thievery.
"It's a misunderstanding," Boeheim said. "That's what I was told by Michael. Michael has told me exactly all he needs to tell me. It's his private business. He settled it. I've got to respect that.
Unfortunately for Boeheim and Carter-Williams, people are sniffing around this story and we are learning a lot. Specifically, we are learning this is not an isolated incident for Carter-Williams. In fact, it appears to be habitual. What's more, he is very good at it—not many in the country do it better.
Syracuse basketball guard Michael Carter-Williams caught shoplifting, two sources say [The Post-Standard]


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) C.J. Fair had 16 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, Michael Carter-Williams added 15 points and 10 assists, and No. 4 Syracuse beat Long Beach State 84-53 on Thursday night.
Syracuse (7-0) upped its home winning streak to 27 games, tops in the nation, and has won 49 consecutive regular-season nonconference games. Long Beach State (3-5) had a two-game winning streak snapped.
Brandon Triche had 11 points and five assists, Trevor Cooney matched his career high with 11 points, and Rakeem Christmas had a career-high 11 points for the Orange.
Dan Jennings had a career-high 20 points and Peter Pappageorge added 11 for Long Beach State. James Ennis, the 49ers' leading scorer and rebounder, had 10 points and seven boards.
Long Beach State dropped to 0-3 against ranked teams having lost to North Carolina (78-63) and Arizona (94-72).
No. 11 CINCINNATI 87, ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK 53
CINCINNATI (AP) - Sean Kilpatrick scored 10 of his 18 points in the second half, and Cincinnati set a school record with 23 steals.
The Bearcats (8-0) started with eight straight wins for the 15th time in school history and the second time in three seasons.
Cincinnati was coming off attention-getting wins over Iowa State and Oregon followed by a 58-56 victory over Alabama on Cashmere Wright's fadeaway at the buzzer on Saturday.
The Bearcats quickly wore down the Trojans (7-4), who had a season-high 32 turnovers, 18 in the opening half. Cincinnati's steals topped the previous school record by three.
Cheikh Mbodj had 12 points and seven rebounds for Cincinnati, which finished with four players in double figures. Shaquille Thomas had the record-setting 21st steal and a dunk with 6:11 to go.
Will Neighbour, Ben Dillard and James White scored 10 apiece for Arkansas-Little Rock.
No. 16 CREIGHTON 64, NEBRASKA 42
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Doug McDermott scored 27 points and Gregory Echenique had 12 points and 12 rebounds, for Creighton.
The Bluejays (8-1) won in Lincoln for the first time since 2004.
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These volumes contain a wide selection of easy recital pieces. They are designed as companion volumes to the Early Start on the Viola method but work equally well as a supplement to any other viola method. As all pieces are written entirely in first position, they can be used just after a few months of lessons. Well-known as well as unfamiliar pieces provide welcome additional repertoire for young students and teachers.
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Cruise conference to address concerns in Charleston and abroad
VENICE, Italy — More than two dozen residents gathered in a bar on the east side of this city earlier this month to plot the course of their year-old effort to fight the ever larger cruise ships arriving here.
In a corner, a slide projector flashed images of many of them sailing small boats, waving "No Grandi Navi (No Big Ships)" flags.
The talk centered on strategies to push back at cruise ships when the mega-ships return in bulk in a few months.
Some specific concerns include the ships clogging the city's canals, polluting the lagoon's delicate marine environment and harming the foundations of the city's historic architecture.
The debate over these ships, which can dwarf this medieval city's skyline, heated up further after the Costa Concordia cruise liner ran aground off the Italian island of Giglio last year.
Clearly, concern over cruise ships isn't limited to Charleston.
But Charleston soon will take center stage in the international debate over how best to balance cruise tourism and preservation concerns in the historic port cities where the ships often call.
'Harboring Tourism'
On Feb. 6-8, the Francis Marion Hotel will be the scene of an international conference hosted by the World Monuments Fund, the Preservation Society of Charleston and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The event isn't designed simply to bash the cruise ship industry, said Erica Avrami, research and education director with the World Monuments Fund.
In fact, Craig Milan, a Miami-based consultant to the cruise travel industry, will give the keynote address the first night.
"We recognize that tourism is a major generator of revenue in the world," she said. "It's an important partner to heritage preservation — the two really do go hand in hand."
But she said the tourism must be sustainable, too.
"We just realized there hadn't been enough focus on cruise tourism in historic places," she said, explaining the purpose of the "Harboring Tourism" conference. "What I'm hearing is that there are places all around the world that are grappling with similar issues."
Finding a balance
Charleston isn't necessarily the city with the greatest cruise ship problem.
Evan Thompson, director of the Preservation Society of Charleston, said Venice is a better example of the potential harm from cruise ships, and Venetian architect Paolo Motta is set to deliver the event's main lecture on Feb. 7.
Other cities have had their own issues, such as Mobile, Ala., which invested more than $20 million in the Alabama Cruise Terminal only to see its main cruise line pull out, posing a financial headache in covering the debt.
Alaska, Mexico and Costa Rica have their own challenges and are scheduled to send speakers to the event.
"Venice is indeed a sort of poster child for the heritage community because Venice is so iconic from a heritage perspective," Avrami said, "but this is something that historic ports around the world have been grappling with."
"We suddenly realized there really hasn't been a lot of concentrated dialogue on best practices when it comes to historic ports," she said.
Waking up
Anthony C. Wood, a New York-based preservation educator, historian and activist, has visited Charleston regularly for more than a decade.
He recalled waking up one morning in his room at the Francis Marion Hotel.
"I remember the next morning going to the window, and had this sudden shock," he said. "I thought, 'Who let them build that high rise since I last came to Charleston?' Then I realized, that wasn't a high rise. It was a cruise ship. The impact was something you couldn't ignore. It's a very serious issue."
Charleston might not have the world's greatest problems with cruise ships — the number calling here in a year is still well below what even opponents concede is a reasonable limit — but it is the first historic city to be added to the World Monuments Fund "Watch List" specifically because of the threat of cruise ships.
Ahead of the game
The cruise debate has raged here for a few years and has triggered multiple lawsuits, two of which are still pending. Dozens of homeowners in the historic district fly banners with a slash mark over a cruise ship's smokestack.
A coalition of residents and environmental and preservation groups are pushing the city and port to enact a legally enforceable cap to ensure that no more than an average of two cruise ships call here in a week and that no ships arrive with more than 3,500 passengers.
They also want cruise ships to plug into the city's electrical grid at port instead of burning their own fuel to limit air pollution, and they want the city to collect a fee to offset its cost of managing cruise visits, among other things.
Avrami said the conference will capture the discussions and publish them online, but it has another goal.
"In the long term, we're hoping that having this symposium in Charleston will help to foster better dialogue and help bring more knowledge to the table so negotiated solutions can be found to the existing situation in Charleston, which I know is rather tense," she said.
Wood, who plans to participate in the conference, said Charleston has built an incredible tourism brand — it has earned the No. 1 spot in the world in Conde Nast's most recent visitors' poll — but there's no guarantee it will remain on top.
"You don't want people saying things bout Charleston that they're now saying about Key West because of the impact of cruise ships. Or Venice," he said. "You want to get ahead of the game on this."
But the prospects for a breakthrough here are uncertain. While the conference has sought a range of perspectives, neither State Ports Authority officials nor Charleston Mayor Joe Riley — the ships' greatest defenders — are set to participate. Many local opponents are.
"Everyone hopes Charleston will get it right," Wood said. "Hopefully, this conference will ultimately provide information that will let Charleston get it right."
The list of those speaking at the cruise ship conference currently includes the following:
- Carrie Agnew, Charleston Communities for Cruise Control
- Gustavo Araoz, International Council of Monuments and Sites
- Michelle Baldwin, Mayport Community Development Corp., Florida
- Dana Beach, Coastal Conservation League, Charleston
- Amos Bien, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, Costa Rica
- William Cook, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.
- Joseph Geldhof, Law Office of Joseph W. Geldhof, Alaska
- Tony Hiss, author of "The Experience of Place," New York
- Blan Holman, Southern Environmental Law Center, Charleston
- Martha Honey, Center for Responsible Tourism, Washington, D.C.
- Mobile, Ala., Mayor Sam Jones
- Kristian Jørgensen, Fjord Norway
- Paulina Kaplan, municipality of Valparaiso, Chile
- Marcie Keever, Friends of the Earth, Berkeley, Calif.
- Ross Klein, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
- Craig Milan, Cruise Tourism Specialist and Travel Industry Consultant, Florida
- Harry Miley Jr., Miley and Associates, Columbia
- Paolo Motta, architect, Italy
- Randy Pelzer, Charlestowne Neighborhood Association
- Brian Scarfe, University of Victoria, Canada
- Jamie Sweeting, advisor to Royal Caribbean
- Evan Thompson, Preservation Society of Charleston
- Jonathan Tourtellot, National Geographic
- Dora Uribe, lawyer, Cozumel, Mexico
- Anthony Wood, Ittleson Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation
If you go:
What: Harboring Tourism: A Symposium on Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities.
When: Feb. 6-8.
Where: Francis Marion Hotel, King and Calhoun streets.
Hosts: Preservation Society of Charleston, World Monuments Fund and National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Cost: $300 for students and society or trust members; $350 for non-members for the full conference; $25/$30 for only Wednesday's session; $75/$100 for only Friday's.
more info: Visit PreservationSociety.org or call 722-4630.


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Ok. I dunno where to start. But... some of DOTS fans keep asking me about the ending since EP04. Guys~ EP04 ok! Its happened because some of info has been leaked.
At first I dont like to think about the ending. Because its to early to talk about it. Why dont we just enjoy the ride Descendants Of The Sun story? So, with only 2 episodes left I tried my best to write something regarding to all the questions. Remember... This is just my opinion.
Still remember in episode 3 when Yoo Shi Jin gave Kang Mo Yeon white pebbles?
"YSJ: People of Urk believe that if they take the pebbles from this beach, they will be able to come back here for sure.
KMY: You just lied, didn't you. If what you said were true, you think there will still be pebbles left here? They would have been all gone.
YSJ: The people who came back must have put the pebbles back to their rightful place."
I believe white pebbles represent good fortune. So, I try search on google about pebbles. I found something interesting might be could relate with Yoo Shi Jin and Kang Mo Yeon. It's about penguins and pebble proposals.
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According to the "Observations on Animal Behaviour" blog "During courtship, the male will present the female with a pebble as a gift. If the female accepts the generous gift, they bond and mate for life. These pebbles hold considerable value and they are also symbols of affection toward a mate. It's actually quite touching that he would give one away when he's fighting ferociously to defend his pebbles."
On the other sources "Aqua Marine Life" site said "Humans give flowers and candy when impressing a lady. Penguins give rocks. Not just any rocks, though — male Gentoo penguins search through piles of pebbles to find the smoothest, most perfect ones. When a penguin has selected his pebble, he presents it to his intended companion. If she approves, she puts the stone in her nest and the two are well on their way to becoming mommy and daddy birds. Pebbles are so important to the penguins that males often fight over the prettiest selections."
Remember in episode 6 when Yoo Shi Jin returned to Korea? He's going camping alone. While sitting, Yoo Shi Jin take out the pebbles from his pocket and stare for awhile. He think about what Kang Mo Yeon told him before.
"KMY: Here. I think you have a better chance. See if... you can really come back."
In episode 12 before Kang Mo Yeon going back to Korea, she met Yoo Shi Jin. Yoo Shi Jin give her back the pebbles and Kang Mo Yeon was shocked. She's didnt believe Yoo Shi Jin kept that pebbles all the times.
KMY: Have you kept this all this time?
During that time she remember what Yoo Shi Jin told her.
YSJ: The local people believe that you can return here... if you take a stone from this beach. Here you go. It's your time to see... if it works.
So its KMY turns to keep the pebbles. ^^
In episode 13, before Alpha team going back to Korea. The wreck ship, beach and pebbles appears. Seems like hints for us regarding this place and the pebbles. I think they really going back to Urk later. And if anyone of you still remember during the interview with Kim Ji Won said that a couple will not meet for so long? I think its Yoo Shi Jin and Kang Mo Yeon.
The pebbles really symbolic for Descendants Of The Sun. And I still believe the pebbles just like Yoo Shi Jin and Kang Mo Yeon.
And of course I did not forget about Argus. Argus quotes always hooked me. I dont think even he's die his quotes also 'die'. He really mean it. Remember in episode 10 he said this to Kang Mo Yeon?
"Argus: You know you're with a dangerous man, right? There's more chance of getting hurt, being around a guy with a gun."
In episode 11 once again, Argus remind Kang Mo Yeon.
"Argus: Now, how many times have I told you? You're more likely to get shot... being around a guy with a gun. No. Big Boss. He's smart, funny... and mysterious. But... he has a lot of secrets. He'll disappear from time to time. He'll be hard to contact. And then, one day... He'll never come back."
So, at this rate I keep thinking there will be a scene where Yoo Shi Jin going to disappear for another mission and at this time, he possibly got seriously injured.
In episode 12, US Special Forces told Yoo Shi Jin: No matter what Yoo Shi Jin have to stay alive.
"US Special Forces: Big Boss. Even if I never see you again, you stay alive. You stay well."
Yes, I do agree with him. Yoo Si Jin have to still alive no matter what. This is about Yoo Shi Jin. Don't you think writernim love to use scenes and quotes as her hints?
I still remember Yoo Shi Jin said "You wouldn't leave me to die. I'm a man who's great at his work. It's included in my work that I don't get myself killed." So I keep his words from now.
So far, I really enjoy the loveline of this drama now. The plot is very simple. Is about Yoo Shi Jin and Kang Mo Yeon. The love between soldier and doctor. His and her love story. The writernim just create another conflicts to their love story to make it interesting.
The ending, Yoo Shi Jin and Kang Mo Yeon will meet again in Urk because Kang Mo Yeon keep the pebbles now. Kang Mo Yeon still have faith in Yoo Shi Jin. Both of them trust each other. That's why I say Kang Mo Yeon will back to Urk and she will find the answer. I hope she will return to the beach and Yoo Shi Jin is there. I know, Its time for her to see... if it works. I mean the legendary story that Yoo Shi Jin told her before.
Nah~ let's hope for happy ending.
If sad ending. I understand perspective view of writernim. Sobss~
In episode 4 when Kang Mo Yeon and Yoo Shi Jin had a fight. Yoo Shi Jin once said,
YSJ: It was not because of you. Do you think I agreed to this to save a woman? Do you remember... my gunshot wound on the day we first met? One of my superiors told me this on my first day... as a Captain of the Special Forces. "Soldiers always live with a shroud on. When you die in a nameless land for the sake of your country the place of your death becomes your grave and your uniform becomes your shroud. This should be your mindset whenever you put on your uniform. If you have put it on with such mindset be honourable at every moment. There is no reason to fall short." And I gave my life to him. That gunshot wound is from the battle. No matter how big or small, all my decisions include my comrades honour, glory and their call to duty. That particular situation was the same for me. I have made a decision based on all those things and I do not regret my decision. However, that cannot cover up the fact that I violated the military law. Things of the military will be taken care of within ourselves. And that means you will let it be, Dr. Kang.
That's what I thoughts. What about you guys?!
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Bethenny Frankel said she is through with the drama of the "Real Housewives of New York."
The new mom, who recently starred solo in a successful spin-off series "Bethenny Getting Married," said she is opting out of Season 4 of the Bravo hit reality series.
"Last season was scary and painful," the 39-year old told Us Weekly. "It took all of the joy out of it."
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Frankel's feud with castmember and former friend Jill Zarin played out on the small screen during last season of "Housewives." Frankel was especially hurt when Zarin back-stabbed the best-selling author by trash talking the cast mates, she said.
Things were also turbulent between Frankel and fellow housewife Kelly Killoren Bensimon.
Frankel hardly needs the day job. The natural foods chef leads a franchise of books, recipes, and even a workout DVD called "Body By Bethenny." The premiere for her reality show "Bethenny Getting Married" was the highest rated for a new Bravo show, attracting 2 million viewers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department says it will sell an additional 30 million shares of General Motors stock this month in its on-going effort to dispose of all of its remaining shares of the giant automaker acquired as part of the government's bailout of GM.
Treasury said Wednesday that it would sell its shares in conjunction with the sale of 20 million shares of GM stock held by the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust, bringing the total size of the sale to 50 million shares.
In December, Treasury sold 200 million shares of GM stock back to the company. At that time, Treasury announced that it intended to sell its remaining 300 million shares of GM stock into the market by early 2014.


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SugarStars - Episode Guide
Season 1
Candy Lovin' Horses
Season 1 - December 22, 2015The team is off to the races with a royal themed sweet table for The Queen's Plate, Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race. Meanwhile, a PR powerhouse requests a lavish outdoor sweet table in black, white and lavender for her company's 10th anniversary.
Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend
Season 1 - December 22, 2015
All that sparkles is edible on a sweet table for a major jewelry store, including a $5000 diamond necklace baked into a delicious vanilla cupcake for one lucky guest! The team has stars in their eyes when they create an edible installation for a famous jazz singer, but they aren't exactly over the moon when their lunar centerpiece made of shimmering marshmallows threatens to crash down to earth.
Sophia's Birthday/Crime Writers
Season 1 - December 21, 2015
Blood and guts are on the menu as the team creates a coroner's lab scene for a Crime Writer's Gala, complete with a realistic human heart cake and all the gory trimmings. Their second table for Elle's daughter, Sophia's 8th birthday, is the complete opposite, swapping guts and gore for rainbows and butterflies. When it comes to making rainbow coloured pudding and cake pops, Caspar and Elle clash on who knows Sophia's tastes better. But the real mystery is how the team will react when they discover both events have been booked on the same day.
Italian/Chocolate Ball
Season 1 - December 21, 2015
A veritable Italian feast complete with fondant spaghetti and cake meatballs takes center stage as the team creates a sweet interpretation of traditional Italian dishes. A trip to a bakery to source authentic Italian treats gives way to competition and has everyone saying "Oy mama!" The team goes loco for cocoa in creating an all-chocolate sweet table for an annual Chocolate Ball. Splattering chocolate on canvases for a backdrop seems like a good idea, until Yolanda's kitchen winds up a chocolatey mess.
Eaton's/Casa Loma
Season 1 - December 20, 2015
All eyes are on the team as they assemble a shopping-inspired "Sweet Court" in the middle of a major shopping mall. Hatbox and shopping bag shaped novelty cakes lead to a buffet of bite-size desserts, ready to be dipped in a multicoloured chocolate fountain. Tensions flare during the setup and a candy jar fiasco before the big reveal has Elle fuming. Meanwhile, an edible contemporary garden sweet table featuring floral flavoured petit fours and lavender loaves poses its own problems when flower power turns sour.
Under The Sea/Elephant
Season 1 - December 20, 2015
The team goes wild with two nature-inspired sweet tables. Banana sandcastle muffins, chocolate octopuses and a 3-tiered buttercreamy bubble cake complete with an Under the Sea theme for a little girl's 4th birthday party. But with a guest list of both kids and adults, pleasing two palettes is easier said than done. Meanwhile, for an African themed gala, an elephant-shaped edible display adorned with hundreds of candies and macarons on its saddle proves especially cumbersome when the elephant's fragile foam tusks repeatedly break.
Fish/Golf Table
Season 1 - December 19, 2015
The team tees off with a golf themed sweet table for a sports show, with bacon topped brownies and chocolate dipped waffles representing a sweet interpretation of breakfast favourites. Just when they think they've hit a hole in one, they're thrown into a tizzy when the client makes a last minute request for two additional golf ball shaped novelty cakes. For their second table, inspired by the world of sport fishing, the team creates mini buckets of cookie crumble dirt with gummy worms to reel in a life-size salmon cake that everyone will mistake for the real thing.
Russian Crown/Game of Thrones
Season 1 - December 19, 2015
It's battle royale in the shop with an edible window display for George R.R. Martin's bestselling book, A Game of Thrones. To celebrate his arrival, the team creates three eye-catching dragon egg cakes inspired by the novel. A last minute setup time has the team pulling an all-nighter, but will their creation win the heart of George R.R. Martin? Another request has the team creating a moving – yes MOVING – sweet table to commemorate Russia's victory over Napoleon. A Russian imperial crown cake centerpiece sits on top of traditional Napoleon slab cake to tell the story of the historic battle.
Baby Table/Jordan Knight
Season 1 - December 18, 2015
A childhood dream comes true when the team is tasked with creating a sweet table for New Kids on the Block star Jordan Knight, representing all of his favourite things. The team craft French fries out of sugar cookies complete with red butter cream ketchup that looks like the real thing, and a stunning keyboard cake centerpiece to reflect Jordan's love of music. Meanwhile, a "Welcome to the World" sweet table for Yolanda's cousin's new baby births its own challenge when chocolate pudding looks more like "number two."
Ice Wine/Book Lovers
Season 1 - December 18, 2015
The team pulls out every trick in the book to create a sweet table for a Book Lover's Ball. Anchored by a cake centerpiece that looks exactly like a stack of books, the table also includes scrumptious s'mores and sugar cookie letters. But an on-site disaster before the big reveal threatens to alter the team's storybook ending. When tasked with creating a sweet table for an Ice Wine Festival, the challenge to infuse sweet ice wine into marshmallows, cheesecake bites and sorbet has everyone scratching their heads.
Grape Gown/Skater Table
Season 1 - December 17, 2015
A skateboard themed sweet table for Ethan's 9th birthday has the team channeling their inner tween to create child-friendly desserts, including chocolate dipped potato chips and a graffiti-style cake centerpiece. But they quickly learn that making totally tubular treats is no child's play as their sweet table will be set up in the middle of a skateboard halfpipe! Meanwhile, in designing an edible gown made of candy and grapes for a housewarming party, the team uses a mannequin that they've named "Shenanae" – but "Shenanae" comes with problems of her own.
Topsy Turvy/Winter Wonderland
Season 1 - December 17, 2015
Elle agrees to create a white Winter Wonderland themed table for her Uncle Sam's annual work party, but the team runs into challenges in achieving the all-white look. Even adding vanilla extract to white liquid fondant threatens to muddy the pristine colour pallete. Rivalry heats up between Elle and Caspar, culminating in a gingerbread brawl that has Yolanda fuming. Meanwhile, a topsy turvy table for a socialite's dinner party poses problems when the cake centerpiece, a multi-tiered chocolate cake covered in vibrant red and green fondant, threatens to take a tumble.
Holt's/Boxx Cosmetics
Season 1 - December 16, 2015
The team is tasked with creating two beauty inspired sweet tables, the first being facial cream product launch at a high-end department store. Yolanda feels the pressure for perfection in making a giant makeup tube out of chocolate cake. The aubergine colour pallete inspires everyone, but a room switch sends Caspar back to the drawing board for his floral backdrop. The second beauty table has the team transforming their entire shop into a colourful cosmetics installation with edible lip gloss and brownie compacts. Antonella has a transformation of her own as she is given a makeover in honour of her wedding anniversary.
Season 1 - December 16, 2015
When client Christie requests a cupcake inspired sweet table for her daughter in specific red and pink colours, the team is challenged with replicating the desired look. To make the cupcake theme really sing, Yolanda crafts a cake shaped to look like an enormous cupcake. But a last-minute flower shortage has the team scrambling for an edible alternative. Elle admits to booking a Movember themed table the day before Christie's party, much to Caspar and Yolanda's chagrin. It's mustache mania as the team creates fondant covered sugar cookies with black mustaches and chocolate mustache-shaped sweet pops.


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I'm often criticised for not giving 'reliable' numbers for Apple sales.
That's because, largely, they're simply not available. I do, however, believe that Macs run at about 11-12 per cent of the NZ PC market at, least, and that, roughly averaging all the countries in the world where Apple computers are sold, the figure is probably just over 10 per cent.
Mac haters like to factor in all those countries - well, almost whole continents - where Macs aren't really sold, like vast parts of Asia, Africa and India. If you do, the figure may be more like the one they wish for: around three per cent. But even that's a guess, so if you have better sources, do tell.
Trouble for you is, no matter what figure is correct, you don't like Apple selling anything, so it's a bit tough for you. Boo hoo. And what I find amusing is that some of the same people who chant 'Apple has no market share!' also tell me it's a monopoly.
Hello, you don't get to have it both ways. 'No market share' is mutually exclusive to 'monopoly': "the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service". That's what the Oxford Dictionary of English describes it as, anyway, and I bow to its authority.
So Apple supplies the only iPads, yes, but there are other tablets, just as there are also loads of PCs out there; the shops are stuffed full of 'em. So if Apple has a monopoly on iPads and Apple Macs, Braun has a monopoly on the Braun 3770 electric razor like Sunbeam has the monopoly on the KE9200SR kettle ... Yeah, it doesn't wash.
Anyway, some figures for some things are released, you'll be pleased (or not) to know, and I have collected some.
Let's start with some competitors. According to a presentation given by Andy Rubin in July 2010, Google expected to sell 10 million Android tablets a year in 2011 and 2012, to capture up to one third of the entire tablet market.
Google apparently used a Morgan Stanley estimate that the entire tablet market would be 46 million units in 2012 ...
But it's April 2012, and Apple has already sold over 67 million iPads.
Competitors are making inroads. Apple ended the last period's fourth quarter with 57 per cent of the global tablet market - it was 64 percent in the third quarter, says PC Mag.
That fourth quarter saw the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook tablets. According to iSuppli, Amazon sold approximately 3.9 million Fire tablets during the quarter, while Barnes & Noble moved 1.9 million Nook tablets, for 14 per cent and 7 per cent of the market respectively. So it seems dedicated reader devices are doing well, whereas more general tablety things aren't. If they're not iPads anyway.
Samsung sold about 2.1 million of its Galaxy Tab tablets during the quarter and 6 million over the entire year. But Apple shipped 15.4 million iPads in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year (we just entered the third quarter for this year), which was an increase of 4.3 million over the third quarter.
Apple's second-quarter figures are quoted here:
I didn't make this up, it's IDC's figure, which had higher than iSuppli's for the Kindle Fire, which runs an Android OS, at 4.7 million units.
But while Amazon and Barnes & Noble took some tablet market share, iSuppli said that Apple didn't really lose out to either retailer, but to its own iPhone 4S: Apple shipped 37 million iPhones in the fourth quarter.
The more worrying aspect for other companies might be that around a quarter of iPad users have never owned Apple products. Where do you think they're going to put their tech dollars after good iPad experiences?
Anyway, while Apple's total percentage of tablet share is being nibbled at, it's made great progress in one area formerly resistant to Apple. Business.
The iPad as a platform accounted for 97.3% of all business tablet activations, according to mobile management and security vendor Good. This report is available as a PDF.
Good says all Apple iOS devices combined accounted for 79.9% of all device activations in business - a slight increase over the previous quarter. This includes the iPhone 4S at 37 per cent of the business activations. Broken out on a per-device basis, the iPhone 4S was most popular, and the five most frequently used devices were all iPhone or iPad models. After that came the Motorola Droid and Samsung Galaxy S II. All that choice ...
Remember HTC? It used to be a real player in the cell and smartphone markets. Around the time Apple announced its latest record-breaking quarter, HTC announced a huge 70% drop in profits (down to US$151.5 million) during the three-month period.
Chief Executive of the Taiwanese company, Peter Chou, specifically blamed the iPhone 4S for the company's poor financial results during an analyst briefing. Chou remained confident the company had better times ahead, but admitted that there's no chance it will see a return to the times it took 50% of its revenue from the US.
But hey, it's working on a Facebook phone.
Apple's Tim Cook reckons the coming third quarter won't be so grand for Apple, though. The second quarter was so good because Apple met demand for new iPads, as Apple did with the preceding 4S, almost immediately, so later pent-up sales demand has already levelled out compared to previous product phases.
Here are some more numbers: NDP reckons 33 per cent of US homes contain at least one Apple device.
According to the US Census Bureau, there are 114,235,996 households in the US. NPD found that, on average, homes with Apple products tend to have 2.4 Apple devices and 69 per cent include an iPod. Most Apple owning households aren't all-Apple - 58 per cent include a PC and 30 per cent include a non-Apple smartphone.
Even in my own house, we have many non-Apple devices. There's the toaster, the TV, the stereo...
And finally, what about online app sales? Apple launched the Mac App Store with over 1000 apps back in January of 2011. Apple now controls the largest and most vibrant PC software storefront in the world.
After 15 months, the Mac App Store now vends over 10,000 apps (the iOS App Store has in excess of 500,000 titles).
Apple announced the Mac App Store had passed 100,000 million downloads last December. Its success has led to other companies, like Microsoft, to look at similar strategies.
Both models have not been copied by other firms, though. I say this sincerely, since I have been informed by commenters that only Apple copies.
You have probably noticed that most smartphones and tablets look nothing like Apple's at all.
That's because nobody has copied Apple on anything.


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Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani girl who drew global attention after being shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education, returned to school on Tuesday in Britain where she has been treated for her injuries.
Yousufzai, 15, has become an international figure as a symbol of resistance toTaliban efforts to deny women's rights and is even among nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
She described her return to school as the most important day of her life.
"I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school. I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity," she said in a statement.
Accompanied by her father and carrying a pink rucksack, Yousufzai joined other pupils at Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham, central England, close to the hospital where she underwent surgery to reconstruct her skull last month.
"I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in Birmingham," she said.
Yousufzai was brought to Britain for specialist treatment after she was shot in the head at point-blank range by Taliban gunmen last October.
She left hospital in February after she made a good recovery from surgery during which doctors mended parts of her skull with a titanium plate and inserted a cochlear implant to help restore hearing on her left side.
Yousufzai will study a full curriculum at the school, where annual fees are 10,000 pounds, before selecting subjects for GCSE exams, which are generally taken at age 16.
"She wants to be a normal teenage girl and to have the support of other girls around," said Edgbaston headteacher Ruth Weeks. "Talking to her, I know that's something she missed during her time in hospital."


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A clearer image of what Apple's sixth-generation iPhone will look like is coming together. Based on supplier part leaks, it's believed that the next iPhone could have a metal plated back with a redesigned case, as well as some new changes we've already tossed around before.
Apple intel blog 9to5Mac received the image from iFixyouri. According to the blog's assessment of the part, the iPhone back matches iLounge's report that the next iPhone might have a metal back and a smaller "micro dock" instead of the traditional 30-pin dock connector.
9to5Mac thinks that the extra space on the bottom of the case could be used to enhance the speakers, which should be louder and clearer. iFixyouri also chimes in saying the part supplier has seen colors other than white and black for the case. We also spot the headphone jack has moved from the top of the device to the bottom, mimicking the iPod Touch and iPad. The LED light next to the rear camera also looks to have shifted a little bit more to make room for the mic (located between the camera and LED light instead of on top of the iPhone).
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9to5Mac has even more photos of the new iPhone design in black and white. Wow. There's also a white version of it that's broken cover published by MacRumors.
The next iPhone is also expected to receive a 4-inch Retina display with a resolution of 1136x640.
With all the hardware leaks out of the way, let's talk software; specifically iOS 6.
BGR posted some rather blurry shots of Apple's new Maps app along with a composite mock-up of a 3D map.
The iPhone version of Maps has a floating locate me button (it sounds very similar to Android's Google Maps app) in the bottom left corner. To access 3D mode, which will make use of Apple's C3 Technologies acquisition, you have to peel back the lower right corner of Maps just like the current version and enable 3D mode. Once enabled, you can switch in and out of 3D mode by tapping a 3D icon in the lower left corner.
BGR says that Apple is readying its enhanced Maps app for iOS 6 this summer.
Here we go again. You digging the possible new design? I'm feeling pretty "eh" about it. The metal seems to break the uniformity of the iPhone 4S's design. The speakers also look rather cheap on the bottom. I'm hoping this is a fake or a prototype. Sound off in the comments below.


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Eighteen-year-old pitching prospect Julio Urias, who was invited to his first major league spring training last week, will take part in the Dodgers' winter development camp for prospects this week at Dodger Stadium.
Urias is one of 27 prospects who will take part in this year's camp, up from 15 a year ago. Earlier today we posted a partial list of four prospects who will take part in the eighth annual camp (Grant Holmes, Jose De Leon, Cody Bellinger, Ryan Scott).
The other 23 participants include pitcher Zach Lee, who also took part in last year's camp and spent all season at Triple-A. Pitchers Carlos Frias and Daniel Coulombe, who earned their first major league call-ups last September, have also been invited. Another pitcher of note is Ross Stripling, who underwent Tommy John surgery in spring training of last year.
Catcher Austin Barnes, who was acquired in the trade that sent Dee Gordon and Dan Haren to the Miami Marlins, will take part in the camp. So will outfielders Scott Schebler and Darnell Sweeney, who will be in the Dodgers' major league spring training camp.
Urias isn't even the youngest invitee. That would be Michael Medina, an outfielder from the Dominican Republic who is 12 days younger than Urias. He finished last season with the Rookie-league AZL Dodgers.
Shortstop prospect Corey Seager, 20, was invited to spring training but was not invited to the camp.
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sarn is a Sindarin word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).[1][2] It is also glossed as "small stone, pebble".[3]
As an adjective sarn means "stony".[2][4]
[edit] Etymology
In the Etymologies, Noldorin sarn ("stone as a material, or as adj.") derives from root SAR.[5] Sarn is a Welsh word that means a causeway, a pavement or stepping-stone.[6]
[edit] Examples
- Sarn Athrad
- Sarn Ford
- Sarn Gebir, "stone spikes"[1]
- Serni, derived from sarn; a river in Gondor
- Edhelharn, Sindarin name of King Elessar
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- gond, "stone"
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry sarn
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the Nomenclature)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 11
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 775
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 385
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