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Get Fit for Summer: The Bikini Body Boot Camp
Chris Fortuna
Trim-and-Tone Circuit Workout
Your secret to a hot body this summer? A twofer tone-up routine that intersperses high-octane cardio bursts with muscle-burning strength moves. The result: You wearing nothing but a bikini and total confidence. It all comes from the Bombshell Bootcamp cocreator Cari Shoemate, a Houston-based trainer who's whipped hundreds of women into swimsuit-ready shape with her calorie-scorching circuit workouts. Her moves are especially effective when it's time to don barely-there swimwear, because they focus on toning up the parts that need the most attention. "Sculpted shoulders balance out your lower body, creating an illusion of a slimmer waist and hips," Shoemate explains. Butt-boosting exercises get you ready for bikini bottoms or boy shorts, and core-strengtheners focus on working your deep abdominals, obliques, and six-pack muscles to help you stand taller and look slimmer. Grab a set of three- to five-pound dumbbells and do our Trim-and-Tone Circuit, which includes cardio bursts and strength moves, on three nonconsecutive days a week. Then do your favorite form of cardio for 30 minutes twice a week. (You get bonus points if you make one of these sweat sessions a booty-shaping hill workout.) Proof positive that it works: Our group of testers, who followed Shoemate's plan for a month, dropped up to seven and a half pounds and lost an average of more than two inches from their waistlines. You'll see results just as fast, which will keep you motivated and have you rocking a two-piece in no time. See you on the beach!
Chris Fortuna
Fat-Blasting Cardio Drills
Pump up this workout by adding these high-energy intervals, each designed to boost your heart rate and amp up the calorie burn. Pick one from the list below and do it for 20 seconds (go all out if you can), then recover for 10 seconds. Repeat with the same drill or pick another; keep going until you've done it eight times. Then move on to the strength circuit on the following pages, doing one set of each move (12 to 15 reps, unless otherwise noted) before returning to another cardio burst. Follow the chart below for the full workout.
Warm-up: 4 minutes
Cardio burst 1: 4 minutes
Strength circuit: 10 minutes
Cardio burst 2: 4 minutes
Strength circuit: 10 minutes
Cardio burst 3: 4 minutes
Strength circuit: 10 minutes
Cardio burst 4: 4 minutes
Cool-down: 3 to 5 minutes
Total time: 55 minutes
High knees
Stand with feet hip-width apart, elbows bent 90 degrees at sides. Bring alternate knees up high toward chest as quickly as possible as you pump arms.
Begin in a standing position, then squat, placing hands on floor. Jump (or walk) feet back in one quick motion until you're in a full plank position. Jump feet forward in one quick motion, going back into a squat. Return to standing. Repeat each step of the sequence as quickly as possible.
Plyo lunges
Begin in a basic lunge position, both knees bent 90 degrees, front knee over ankle. In an explosive movement, jump, switch legs in the air, and land with bent knees in lunge.
Mountain climbers
Begin in a full plank position. Keeping left foot stationary, bring right knee toward chest. Return right foot to start while bringing left knee toward chest. Continue, alternating legs.
Squat jumps
Stand with feet hip-width apart, arms at sides. Squat down, knees over ankles, then jump up explosively, reaching hands toward ceiling. Land in squat position, knees bent; repeat.
Chris Fortuna
Toe Dips
Targets abs, butt, and quads
- Stand tall on top of a bench or stair with feet shoulder-width apart, abs engaged. Shift weight to left leg, lifting right foot behind you.
- Slowly bend left knee, lowering right foot behind you (as if dipping toes into a pool of water). Keep left knee centered over toes. Slowly stand up and repeat for 1 minute; switch sides.
Chris Fortuna
Plank Macarena
Targets shoulders and abs
- Begin in full plank position, arms straight and wrists on floor under shoulders. Lift left hand and tap right shoulder; return left hand to floor and repeat with right hand. Next, tap each hand to opposite hip.
- Bend arms and lower into a forearm plank; repeat same sequence of shoulder taps and hip taps. Straighten arms and repeat from the start. Continue for 1 minute.
Chris Fortuna
Single-Leg Squat Kick
Targets butt and outer thighs
- Holding a dumbbell horizontally with both hands at chest height, stand with feet slightly wider than hip-width apart, left foot on top of bench or step and right foot on floor, feet parallel.
- Lower into a squat; hold 2 to 3 seconds, keeping weight in front of chest.
- Staying in a low squat, lift right leg about 45 degrees from floor, keeping weight centered over left leg. Lower right foot back to floor and squat a little deeper. Repeat for 12 to 15 reps; switch sides and repeat.
Chris Fortuna
Triple Toner
Targets upper back, triceps, abs, and inner thighs
- Sit on a bench with hands next to hips, fingers pointing forward and heels about 3 feet in front of you. Keeping chest up, back straight and knees bent, lift body off bench and slowly bend elbows 90 degrees. Straighten arms and repeat. Do 5 dips.
- After last rep, sit on bench, contract abs and lean back slightly. Lift left leg to hip height, turning toes out. Do 5 leg raises. Switch legs and repeat for another 5 leg raises to complete 1 rep. Do 3 to 4 reps total.
Chris Fortuna
Running V-Sit
Targets arms, abs, and hips
- Sit on floor with knees bent, arms at sides. Slowly lift feet while leaning back slightly, engaging abs. Extend legs, forming a V, and reach arms toward feet; hold calves for a moment to get your balance, then release.
- Bend elbows 90 degrees. Keeping legs extended and about 45 degrees from floor, move arms back and forth (as if running). Continue for 1 minute.
Chris Fortuna
Standing Oblique Mash-Up
Targets shoulders, back, chest, triceps, and abs
- Stand facing a wall 2 to 3 feet in front of you with feet shoulder-width apart. Place hands on wall just below shoulder height and near sides of your body.
- Lower chest toward wall, bringing elbows close to sides; at the same time, lift left knee toward left elbow. Straighten arms and lower leg back to start. Do 12 to 15 reps, alternating sides.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Stand closer to wall.
Chris Fortuna
Scissors Lunge
Targets shoulders, triceps, butt, quads, and calves
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand with arms at sides, palms in, feet hip-width apart.
- Lunge back with right foot, bending both knees 90 degrees; at the same time, lift left arm forward to shoulder height and right arm behind you with thumbs facing the sky. Stand up, lowering arms back to sides. (Try not to swing arms.) Repeat with opposite legs and arms. Do 10 to 12 reps on each leg.
Chris Fortuna
Tilted Shoulder Raise
Targets shoulders
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand, arms at sides with palms facing in. Engage abs and lift arms out to sides to shoulder height, forming a T shape.
- Slowly rotate arms until thumbs face floor (as if pouring a cup of coffee). Rotate arms back and then lower to sides. Do 12 to 15 reps.
Speed Up Your Slim-Down
To maximize results in minimum time, do 30 minutes of your favorite form of cardio — biking, hiking, running, swimming, walking — twice a week. To really get your rear in gear, make trainer Cari Shoemate's butt-kicking walk-jog hill workout, below, one of your sessions. "Running on an incline is a hybrid strength-and-cardio workout," she says. "You'll engage your calves, hamstrings, and butt." The upshot: long, lean legs and a high, firm backside.
Incline (%)
Speed (mph)
0 to 5
5 to 10
10 to 15
15 to 20
20 to 22
22 to 24
24 to 26
26 to 28
28 to 30
Cool-down: Walk for 2 to 3 minutes.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, May 2013.


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4.7 and 5.5-inch iPhones slated to go on sale simultaneously this Fall
- 25 June, 2014 22:41
Contrary to previous report which hinted that the rumored 5.5-inch iPhone might see some delays, Bloomberg is now reporting that Apple's two new iPhone models this fall -- a 4.7 inch model and a 5.5 inch model -- will launch at the same time. What's more, production is expected to begin sometime next month.
The new iPhones will also be rounder and thinner than previous models, said one of the people. Production of the 5.5-inch model is more complicated than the smaller version, resulting in lower production efficiency that must be overcome before manufacturing volume can be increased, said the person.
Apple is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure, Bloomberg News reported in November. Called 2.5-dimension glass, the material lets manufacturers taper the edges of the screen where the bezel meets the frame of a smartphone.
Of course, the rumor mill isn't always 100% dead-on so these rumors, should, as always, be taken with a grain of salt. Still, it's a safe bet that Apple this year will finally roll out iPhone models that can compete with larger screened Android devices. To that end, it'll be interesting to see how the market reacts given that larger displays have long been a key differentiating factor for Android handsets. With that advantage set to be diminished, perhaps Apple's iPhone will see a noticeable uptick in marketshare.
On a related note, Reuters earlier this week relayed a report from the Taiwan-based Economic Daily News which claims that Foxconn will be hiring a record 100,000 employees to help with iPhone 6 production.
Hon Hai Precision Industry will recruit over 100,000 people in mainland China to produce the newest iPhone from Apple Inc, Taiwan's Economic Daily News said, in what the report called the firm's largest single hiring spree in China.
Fellow Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron Corp will expand its workforce in one mainland factory by 30 percent, also in response to expected high demand for the new iPhone, Economic Daily News said on Monday.
Without question, the iPhone 6 is positioned to be the largest iPhone upgrade cycle we've seen yet.

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Jan 14, 2013 5:54 PM GMT+0800
Mongolian economic growth slowed last year to 12.3 percent after moderating expansion in China curbed demand for its exports of coal.
Gross domestic product, as measured by production, grew last year to 13.9 trillion tugrik ($10 billion), the National Statistical Office of Mongolia said on its website today. The country's exports fell 9 percent to $4.38 billion and imports rose 2.1 percent to $6.74 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of $2.35 billion, according to the statistics office.
A mid-year decline in the price of coal, the nation's biggest export product, was the largest reason for the slowdown from 2011's record 17.3 percent pace of expansion, said Coralie Gevers, the World Bank (CBW)'s country director for Mongolia. Slower economic growth in China, which buys 92 percent of Mongolia's exports, also contributed.
"There was a global slowdown which they could not avoid," particularly a drop in coal exports to China, Gevers said in a telephone interview from Ulan Bator. The growth rate "is along the lines of what was expected by the IMF and the World Bank. It's still among the highest rates in the world. GDP growth is not going to be a problem over the next few years."
Measured by expenditures, Mongolia's GDP expanded 12.2 percent to 14.6 trillion tugrik, according to the statistics bureau. Gevers said the World Bank uses GDP figures measured by production for its analysis.
Mining Boom
Mongolia's economic growth has been driven by a mining boom and influx of capital to bankroll major projects, such as the $6 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine operated by Rio Tinto Group. (RIO) A milestone was reached in December when the mine's concentrator was turned on, starting a process that will allow the mine to export copper concentrate later this year.
Mongolia's other flagship project has not fared as well. Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi LLC, which is developing the nation's largest coal field, has had to delay its initial public offering because of weak capital markets. In addition, the Mongolian government's talks to bring in foreign investors including St. Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) and China's Shenhua Group Corp. to develop the coal deposit have stretched 17 months without an agreement.
Last year's GDP growth rate is a concern, Dale Choi, an analyst at private equity company Origo Partners, said in a telephone interview from Ulan Bator. "A lot of this is from investment stalling, a weak external environment and a weak internal environment as well," Choi said.


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Thank you to the more than 60 Montezuma County residents that participated in the hearing for the Dolores River Valley Plan proposed changes on July 7, 2014. There were many good speakers with thoughtful comments. Some were very nervous to speak in public, but they forged through with their ideas on the proposals. One young woman in particular said she was speaking for the "young people." They hope there is a future to look forward to, since the one they are seeing looks bleak.
I was not surprised to hear that the commissioners voted to change the plan, exactly as they had wanted to in the first place. Someone advised me before the meeting that they had already made up their minds, and this hearing was a formality. Of course, they ended up being correct. Fortunately, there are still some rules in place that call for a public hearing so we can have our comments in the official record. Documentation is necessary to build a case for litigation.
We are a democracy, not a dictatorship in this country, and the actions taken were of the dictator variety. The commissioners went against their own planning commission, the town of Dolores, and their constituents. Famous quote: "It ain't over till it's over." Our county commissioners need to know one thing: This is not over!
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Face it, you probably don't think of robots as being particularly environmentally friendly. After all, what are they but mechanical imitations of organic life? In our homes, they depend on socket-charged batteries to vacuum our floors. In fiction, they manage to pollute the atmosphere with their fiery burps, to crush cities and, occasionally, to attempt to kill off the human race.
Of course, there are always Earth-loving, silver screen robots like Pixar's "Wall-E" or the drones from 1972's "Silent Running" to consider as well, but what about in real life? You might be surprised to learn that developers have dreamed up a number of robots with green designs and green directives. Let's meet a few of them, shall we?
5: Robotic Predator
If you happen to view the "Matrix" film trilogy as gospel, then you know that machines will eventually overthrow their human masters and enslave humans in a massive electronic generator. Kung fu and explosions ensue.
If you look around, you'll probably note that modern robots aren't up to the task. Seriously, if a Roomba can't outsmart a cat, then what chance do the machines have against humans?
Well, the University of the West of England's Bristol Robotics Laboratory studied the idea of a robot predator in the late 1990s. The engineers developed a prototype for a robot with a prime directive: catch garden slugs and turn them into fuel. Obviously, the mechanical and programming demands of such a venture deserve credit, but it's the focus on turning a garden pest into energy that really makes the SlugBot a green automaton.
Designs called for the bot to catch 10 slugs a minute during the night, store them in a container and then return to its base to recharge and dump the disgusting mollusks into a fermentation chamber. There, bacteria would convert the creatures into biogas, which would in turn load a fuel cell for the SlugBot's next field trip.
The slugs of the world are safe for now, though. The team behind SlugBot has moved on to the creation of all-new robo predators, including the self-powered, fly-eating EcoBot II, which attracts its prey by emitting an odor similar to that of human excrement. The team also is working on EcoBot III and has explored the idea of creating a plankton-munching, self-powered robot to live in the ocean.
4: Sewage Pig
On one episode of TV's "Futurama," famed robot Bender "Bending" Rodriguez noticed a small robot cleaning up some trash. Outraged, the feisty automaton exclaimed, "And look who's cleaning up the crap! A human child? I wish!"
Bender would likely express even more outrage if he were to travel to modern day Germany, where electric mole or "pig" robots are, quite literally, cleaning up the crap. Produced by Thermo-System, the wheeled robots truck through human waste, using harnessed solar energy to help dry an estimated 60 millions tons (54 million metric tons) of sewage a year in Germany alone [source: Thomas]. As the robots truck through the sludge, they also turn it, aerating the ravenous microbes.
Robot civil rights issues aside, the electric moles keep operating costs and carbon emissions low for sewage treatment plants.
3: Sawfish Underwater Lumberjack
Humans love a good lake. Aside from safeguarding irrigation water, large bodies of water are great for boating, swimming and any number of associated summer pastimes. We're also quite fond of creating our own lakes when nature proves stingy. Just dam the river downstream and -- ta-da -- what was once a valley is now a man-made reservoir ripe for your weekend plans.
Sounds great, right? But creating a man-made lake tends to leave a lot of valuable lumber rooted to the bottom of the lake. In fact, there's an estimated 300 million salvageable submerged trees out there with an estimated value of $50 billion [source: Gordon]. Why cut down oxygen-purifying, carbon-collecting trees on the surface when we could be harvesting sunken treasure?
This is where Triton Logging's Sawfish enters the picture. The 7,000-pound (3,175-kilogram) remote-control submarine dives down, attaches airbags to the tree trunk and then gets to sawing. Triton currently harvests Douglas fir, Western white pine, lodgepole pine and hemlock year round in British Columbia. Not only is this robot green, it's actively raking in the dough.
2: Roboctopus
There are plenty of robotic submarines out there, from the Sawfish underwater lumberjack to such deep-diving explorers as the deep-sea Zeus II. Although these machines make it possible for humans to explore such fishy realms from a safe distance, they lack the finesse of good old Mother Nature.
On one hand, you have creatures such as the octopus, which can ghost across fragile coral landscapes and squeeze itself through the tightest of spaces. And then, in humanity's corner, you have enormous bulky subs with small, cumbersome arms.
Researchers from Greece, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom have proposed a compromise: soft, robotic tentacles. Cleverly dubbed the roboctopus by the likes of New Scientist magazine, the resulting underwater robot would be able to dance its way into delicate environments without disrupting or damaging the surroundings. While there's nothing inherently green about biomimicry (you could, in theory, build a robot crab programmed to eat hybrid cars), the roboctopus would allow scientists to better hunt for signs of climate change in narrow ocean floor cracks and amid fragile coral.
Every soft tentacle would contain four cords, each containing electroactive polymers that contract when hit with an electric field, causing the tentacle to flex this way or that. Developers are still working up to producing an actual prototype, but it could represent the ultimate in less invasive seafloor exploration.
1: Robot Ships That Battle Global Warming
Sure, robot octopi may one day comb the ocean floor for signs of global warming, but then what? What robots will save us if we need to turn down the planetary thermostat a few degrees to avoid environmental catastrophe? Well, lucky for us, professors John Latham and Stephen Salter have thought up a solution. How does a fleet of about a thousand robotic, cloud seeding ships sound?
The idea behind this geoengineering (or planet hacking) scheme is that by reflecting a mere 3 percent more solar radiation, we could counter a great deal of the global warming brought on by increased carbon dioxide production [source: Latham]. To get that added reflectivity, you could blast giant mirrors into orbit, paint more roofs white or create more cloud cover, which serves as a natural solar radiation reflector.
Latham and Salter's plan calls for these automated vessels to constantly blast seawater up into the air to form low-level cloud cover. What's the downside? Well, scientists are unsure what impact such atmospheric tinkering could have on the planet's weather patterns -- to say nothing of the costs involved. Still, you can't doubt the green agenda of robots designed to protect melting polar icecaps.
Keep reading for more links to the future of green technology.
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Related HowStuffWorks Articles
- "Doom on wheels stalks slugs." BBC News. Nov. 2, 1999. (May 27, 2009)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/503149.stm
- Gordon, Jacob. "Submarine Lumberjacks Harvest Underwater Forests." TreeHugger.com. Nov 30, 2006.http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/underwater_lumberjacks.php
- Graham-Rowe, Duncan. "Self-sustaining killer robot creates a stink." New Scientist. Sept. 9, 2004. (May 29, 2009)http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6366-selfsustaining-killer-robot-creates-a-stink.html
- Kelly, Ian et al. "SlugBot: a Robotic Predator in the Natural World." 2001. (May 27, 2009)http://www.cse.msu.edu/~mckinley/920/Spring-2007/owen-holland-slugbot.pdf
- Latham, John. "Futuristic fleet of 'cloudseeders'." BBC News. Feb. 15, 2007. (May 27, 2009)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/6354759.stm
- Marks, Paul. "Robot octopus will go where no sub has gone before." New Scientist. March 21, 2009. (May 27, 2009)http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127006.500-robot-octopus-will-go-where-no-sub-has-gone-before.html
- Simonite, Tom. "Plankton could power robotic submarines." New Scientist. Oct. 4, 2006.http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125715.900-plankton-could-power-robotic-submarines.html


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This is a part from the code of my application. With the following method i want to calculate the cost of each call. Each call "belongs" to a service. So i call the method in main with argument the phone number of the service. The problem (specified with red color) is that i cannot calculate the cost correctly for the first call that overtakes the free time.
For example, the free time is 30 min and 0,1 cost for every additional minute. The first call lasts 15 min and the second 20. The result must be: for the first call, cost 0, and for the second, cost 0,1*5=0,5.
I think the solution would be something like this (in pseudocode):public void printCalls(String num) { double j = 0; /* total duration */ double y = 0; /* cost of each call*/ for(int i=0; i<Call.calls.size();i++) /* for every call */ { if (Call.calls.get(i).getCallingNumber().equals(num)) /* if the calling number equals the service's number */ { j+= Call.calls.get(i).getCallingDuration(); /* increase j by duration of call*/ if (j <= 30*60) /* if j < free calling time*/ { y = 0; } else y = Call.calls.get(i).getCallingDuration()*0.11; System.out.printf ("%s. %s: %s %s: %s %s: %s %s %s: %s'' %s: %.2f€\n", "Call" , "From" , Call.calls.get(i).getCallingNumber() , " To" , Call.calls.get(i).getDialedNumber(), " Time" , Call.calls.get(i).getCallingDate(),Call.calls.get(i).getCallingTime(), " Duration" , Call.calls.get(i).getCallingDuration() , " Cost" , y); } } }
But the problem is that i don't know how to get the value of total duration of the previous iteration.if total duration <= free duration cost = 0; else { if total duration [B][U]of the previous iteration (i-1)[/U][/B] <= free duration cost = (duration - (free duration - total duration of the previous iteration) )* cost else duration * cost }
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Street Food Profiles: Boo-Kies Burgers and More in Burlington, Vermont
Name: Boo-Kies Burgers and More
Vendor: Dave Stoll
Location: Burlington, Vermont, at the corner of Church and Bank Street (map)
What's on the menu? Burgers ("the best in Burlington" many people in line will tell you), hot dogs, breakfast sandwiches (with ham, sausage, or bacon), gravy fries, cheese fries, Philly cheesesteaks, and the Boo-Kie Bowl (a plate of fries topped with a burger patty, drenched with gravy).
How long have you been street fooding? Seven years. I just came back out a couple weeks ago. My season starts on April 1st and runs through New Year's Eve. I take off the cold months.
What about when it's rainy? Today there was a 50% chance of rain, so I decided to take my chances. But you can see that none of the other Church Street food vendors came out today. The dumpling lady of Hong's Chinese Dumplings was here last week—she's also really popular.
What are your hours? I open at 8 a.m. and start making breakfast sandwiches. My little fridge has room for 30 eggs, so once I'm out, I stop making those. I'm usually here until 5 p.m., but on a nice day, I run out of food earlier.
How do you get those perfectly shaped egg pucks to look just like the Egg McMuffin eggs? Egg rings!
What were you doing before this? Driving a Pepsi truck for many years and working in restaurant kitchens. Then one day I had a couple beers at Ken's Pizza just over there and came up with this idea.
Where did the name Boo-Kie come from? My son's nickname. He's 13 now. We also call him the "Boo Man."
So what inspired the Boo-Kie Bowl? About five years ago during the Atkins time, everyone was doing those bowls. KFC had that chicken bowl. So I decided I had to do some kind of bowl too. Since I don't have lettuce or tomato on the truck—there's no room—it's just fries, burger patty, and gravy.
Is that an ice cream scooper you're using for the ground beef for the patties? Yup. It's a #8 scooper so they all come out to be exactly a quarter-pound patty of beef. It's 80/20. The meats—including the hot dogs, bacon, and gravy—all come from MacAuley Wholesale Meats, which is based in Barre, Vermont. The bread comes from Coffee Cup, a local bakery. I like to help the little guy.
John Bond, the butcher at City Market stopped by to order two cheeseburgers. "They're the best damn burgers in Burlington! And I know my meat."
So what makes them the best? None of those pre-formed frozen patties for me. And it's all about the 30-year old seasoned grill. Before me there was another vendor here and I took his cart, so the meat cooks in all those years of flavor. One guy ordered my pepper steak I use on the Philly cheesesteaks, brought it home and cooked it, then complained it didn't taste the same. It's all about the grill!
So how many do you have going on the grill now? Three burgers and a cheesesteak. The burgers get about three to five minutes on there. It's set to 375°F. It's a quick cook but they get a nice, crispy skin.
Has anyone from Philly ever tried your cheesesteak? This woman came and ordered one with Cheez Whiz, but I've started serving mine with aged cheddar or American Swiss upon request. If it comes from an aerosol can, it's not food.
Do people ever order cheese on the fries? Oh, yes. I do cheese fries and gravy fries. Or both, which is my take on poutine. How do you pronounce that? Poo-tin? When all of the Canadians come down—we're only a bout a 45-minute drive from the border—they order it.
What about the hot dogs? They're all beef and from Hatfield Quality Meats. You'll have to come back on July 21st for National Hot Dog Day—my hot dogs are only a buck. I actually started doing this last year. I ran a radio ad about it, but the deejay called and said, "Are you sure you want to run this? Vermont has a separate celebration of Hot Dog Day, just for the state." But one of the Burlington Free Press writers, who was actually just here this morning to grab food, wrote to the National Hot Dog Council and heard back.
[He pulls out a copy of the email forwarded from her!]
See. They said it is on July 21st, so I'll be celebrating that again this year.
Are you on Twitter? Now that I don't do. I'm lucky if I check my computer once a week. But I do take phone orders. During exam time the UVM students will call in a big order, then one of them will drive by and pick it all up. [Ed. not: You can call in orders ahead of time to 802-355-5130.] Somebody just tried texting me an order recently—I'm not playing that game.
[A lady came by with a pizza box.]
Is that your lunch? Yep, every Friday I have a trade with American Flatbread: a burger for pizza. She thinks she's getting the better end of the stick, but I get a whole pizza! She always surprises me on the toppings.
Why do you think street food has taken off the way it has? Everyone wants to work for themselves. And they think they're gonna make it rich in this street food business. They say, look at all the money that dude's making! People jump into this but it's not the case. For the hours I put in, about 80 to 90 a week, I make less than minimum wage.
Is it hard to get a permit here on Church Street? Yes. I'm on Burlington's Vending Committee and there's only one spot left right now for a new vendor, but five want it. Whoever's the most prepared at Monday's meeting will get it. Otherwise the decision will just go on forever.
How many vendors are usually set up on a nice, sunny day? Ten. There were actually more when I started. We just put a limit on it because we didn't want the vendors to start taking over the street. We don't want what happened in Montreal where the restaurant association shut them down.
More Street Food Profiles
Hong's Chinese Dumplings in Burlington, Vermont
HubBub Coffee Company in Philadelphia
The Frying Scotsman in Portland, Oregon
LIBA Falafel in the Bay Area
The Green Gringo in Boulder, Colorado
The Grilled Cheese Truck in Los Angeles
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Telefonica, Mozilla and VCs Still Betting Big on HTML5 as They Pour $25 Million Into Everything.Me
For Mozilla to be successful with its Firefox OS, it needs a lot of good HTML5 apps and content.
Given that, it is not terribly surprising that Mozilla and carrier partner Telefonica are part of a $25 million investment round in Everything.Me, an Israeli start-up focused on helping create such programs. That said, it is the first time that Mozilla has taken part in the equity funding of a start-up.
The company, which originally had the less catchy name Do@, raised $3.5 million earlier this year from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Horizons Ventures.
The vision behind Everything.me, which started out more along the lines of mobile search, has evolved with its various rounds of funding.
These days, the company is positioning its service as a way to connect with the apps already on a user's device, as well as other apps and services available from the cloud.
Mozilla's Jay Sullivan says there is a very close alignment between what Everything.me is doing and Mozilla's vision of a browser-based operating system.
"It's a really good combination of what's great about apps, and what's great about the Web," Sullivan said in a telephone interview.
The company isn't sharing either its number of users or any details on how it plans to make money. It is currently available via HTML5 and as an iOS app, with plans for an Android version, as well.
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Angel Cabrera hit all the right shots to hold off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke on a Sunday of survival at the U.S. Open, shooting a 1-under-par 69 at brutal Oakmont and giving Argentina its first major championship in 40 years.
By By: Doug Ferguson OAKMONT, Pa. - Unlikely champion. Familiar scenario.
Angel Cabrera hit all the right shots to hold off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke on a Sunday of survival at the U.S. Open, shooting a 1-under-par 69 at brutal Oakmont and giving Argentina its first major championship in 40 years.
And for the second straight major, Woods played in the final group and couldn't deliver in the clutch.
Woods squandered birdie chances with his wedge and his putter, and Furyk paid for a risky choice of driver on the 306-yard 17th hole and fell out of the lead with a bogey.
That left Cabrera as the winner, and yes, he signed for the right score.
The only other Argentine to win a major was Roberto de Vicenzo in the 1967 British Open at Hoylake. He was equally famous for signing for the wrong score a year later at the Masters, keeping him out of a playoff.
"It is very difficult to describe at the moment," an elated Cabrera said. "Probably tomorrow, when I wake up with this trophy beside me, I will realize I won the U.S. Open."
Cabrera made his share of mistakes - everyone did on this brutally tough course outside Pittsburgh - but he overcame late bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes with a perfect tee shot and a par that gave him the victory.
Even so, this major will be remembered for gaffes by the guys chasing him.
Woods, a runner-up to unheralded Zach Johnson at the Masters, played the final 32 holes at Oakmont with only one birdie. He missed a birdie putt from 6 feet on the 13th, and the only clutch putts he made on the back nine were for par.
"He put a lot of pressure on Jim and I, and we didn't get it done," said Woods, who closed with a 72 and extended his dubious streak of never winning a major when he wasn't leading going into the final round.
Furyk, the 2003 U.S. Open champion who grew up in western Pennsylvania, ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and was tied for the lead when he opted to hit driver on the 17th, where the tees were moved up. He hit so far and enough left that he had no angle to the pin, and the lie was so deep that he didn't even reach the green. His 8-foot par putt caught the lip and spun away.
Needing birdie on the final hole, Furyk dropped the club after contact, and his long putt never had a chance.
Cabrera, who had two of just eight sub-par rounds in the tournament and finished at 5-over 285, was in the clubhouse watching two of the best players in golf try to catch him.
As poorly as Woods hit the ball in the final round, he only needed one birdie over his final three holes to force a playoff. Woods hit 3-wood off the 17th tee into a deep bunker, but he couldn't keep it on the green and had to make a 7-footer for par.
His tee shot on the 18th looked good when it left his club, but hopped along the line of first cut and deep rough, and his approach ran some 30 feet by the flag. His birdie putt was just long and right, and Woods again was the last man to leave the 18th green at a major, no trophy in hand.
Cabrera might not have been the winner anyone expected, especially at Oakmont, which has produced U.S. Open champions of the highest caliber. But he earned his victory against the best.
Cabrera delivered a 1-2-3 knockout during a difficult week. A birdie on his final hole Friday caused second-ranked Phil Mickelson to miss the cut in a major for the first time in eight years, and he was even stronger down the stretch with Woods and Furyk, No. 1 and No. 3 in the world, both poised to catch him.
He blew a chance to win the esteemed BMW Championship in Europe last month by topping a tee shot on the back nine, and Cabrera showed signs of a struggle late in the afternoon when he three-putted for bogey on the 16th and missed the 17th green with a wedge from the fairway to drop into a tie for the lead with Furyk.
"He just kept himself calm," caddie Eddie Gardino said. "He might go and win the British Open, because he knows he can do it."
Furyk went 70-70 on the weekend, and still had to settle for another silver medal for finishing tied for second. A year ago, he missed a 6-foot par putt on the final hole at Winged Foot and finished one shot behind Geoff Ogilvy.
"I had a lot of opportunities," Furyk said. "It just didn't work out."
Aaron Baddeley, who had a two-shot lead over Woods going into the final round, three-putted from 8 feet for triple bogey on the opening hole and wound up with an 80.
It was the third straight year no one broke par at the U.S. Open, the longest streak in 46 years.
That was no surprise at Oakmont, especially on Sunday.
Under steamy sunshine, with final-round pressure on a course reputed to be the toughest in America, every mistake was magnified.
Baddeley might have made the biggest blunder, and it set the tone for his day. He was in the short cut of rough to the right of the first green when he chipped toward the flag instead of the middle of the green, and it zipped by the hole and off the green. He chipped weakly to 8 feet and ran his bogey putt about 4 feet past. Two putts later, he had a triple bogey.
Six players had at least a share of the lead at some point, but not for long.
Stephen Ames opened with a 12-foot birdie and looked strong until he hooked a tee shot into the ditch on the seventh, tried to play out, finally chopped it to the right rough short of the green and walked off with a triple bogey.
Steve Stricker poured in birdie putts on the fifth and sixth holes to join the lead and closed out his front nine with two good pars for a 34. But he pulled his tee shot into a bunker on No. 10, had to play out sideways, then three-putted for double bogey.
Paul Casey was in such bad shape in a bunker on the par-3 sixth that he played backward, away from the green, chipped short of the green and took triple bogey on his way to a 43 on the front nine.
About the only players who didn't make any ugly errors - or many errors - were the players who ultimately contended for this title.
Cabrera traded birdies and bogeys along the front nine, most notably a birdie on the par-3 eighth hole that played 300 yards with the back tee and back pin. He looked as though he might pull away on the back, using his power for short birdies on the 11th and 15th.
Furyk finally stumbled with careless shots on the 11th and 12th, only to run off three straight birdies to get back in the game.
Woods, the best closer in golf, was a mystery.
He couldn't make a timely putt at the Masters. He couldn't find his swing at Oakmont.


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The briefest of posts following a shittacular weekend of Blue Jays baseball. Accept this as my attempt to lift your (our) spirits.....
- Roy Halladay and Aaron Hill - All Stars!
- GBOAT hit streak - 22 games!
- Adam Lind - straight raker!
- Carlson and League - scoreless appearances yesterday! In the same game!
- Handsome Raul Chavez - on fire!
- Pitching staff escapes Sunday unscathed by injury!
Uh, yeah. These bullet points are degenerating rapidly. I'd better end it right here.
Go Jays?


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Former "Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after killing a New Jersey woman while drunk driving in 2010.
In November, the 41-year-old actress was found guilty of vehicular homicide in the death of 60-year-old Helene Seeman after her blood-alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit when her SUV hit a car carrying Seeman and her husband, who was injured in the crash.
The actress had previously faced up to ten years in prison, but the judge lowered the maximum sentence because of the hardship on teh actress' two children, one of whom has a medical and mental disability.
The victim's husband, Fred Seeman, reportedly yelled, "What a travesty!" at the judge after the verdict was announced.


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DETROIT – Local 4 has learned that the warrant request submitted by Detroit police to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in the case of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones is against her father.
The office confirmed Tuesday it had received the request but had not made a decision on it. It was not immediately known what charges were contained in the warrant.
Bianca has been missing since Dec. 2, when her father, D'Andre Lane told police she was in a rear car seat when he was carjacked at gunpoint. The car was found a short time later, but the girl wasn't in it.
Lane's attorney, Terry Johnson, said his client is cooperating with police and had nothing to do with his daughter's disappearance.
"We hope that the prosecutor takes her time, reviews the facts, the allegations, goes through everything they need to go through and before they decide to issue, or deny, a warrant depending upon the person or persons they're looking for," he said.
Johnson said he won't comment on what information about the warrant request that has been leaked.
"We've done our job with the police. I'm not exactly sure what's on their plate and what's in their head," he said. "I know there is a tremendous amount of pressure to resolve this matter as it relates to Bianca Jones. And that's what we want, resolution. But we want the right resolution. We don't want to just pick the first guy walking down the street and say, 'Hey, this is who we want.'"
On Monday, sources told the Local 4 there was evidence Bianca would not be found alive.
Sources said investigators have searched Lane's home on Mitchell Street with cadaver dogs, which did return a positive hit for signs of decomposition. Although the little girl is still missing, sources said the search for her has turned from a rescue to a recovery effort.
Organized police and volunteer efforts ended Sunday. More than 1,000 people had searched abandoned houses, fields and alleys in neighborhood.


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While Ireland's image is often a splash of festivals, pub sessions, and our trademarked 'craic' (good fun) – there is a softer side. Our island loves its relaxation time
Ireland has a long history as a place of retreat. It stretches back to the 7th century when monastic hermits sought out tranquil valleys and lakes for a touch of quiet contemplation. And those chasing a spot of relaxation still look to the Irish wilderness to this day.
Why? Well, Dave Brocklebank, owner of the Burren Yoga & Meditation Centre explains: "there is something natural and grounding about being in Ireland."
The Good Retreat Guide calls them "a modern answer to modern living". We like to think of them of as an oasis of calm and peace, a place for recharging and rest.
These days retreats come in a wide range of formats, but all promise soothing relaxation quicker than you can say "scented candles".
Ireland's rich Christian heritage has ensured plenty of spiritual retreat options, while anyone looking to detox their body rather than their soul should head for a health farm or destination spa. All you need to do is close your eyes, breathe deeply and relax.
In Cork, the Tibetan Buddhist centre Dzogchen Beara welcomes visitors of all faiths. Perched in an astoundingly beautiful edge of the peninsula, its meditation garden is famous for its soul-shaking views, while the meditation courses will also fill that requirement.
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"One can often 'feel' the slight hyperactivity from people who live fast-paced lives in cities when they first arrive," says Dave of the Burren Yoga & Meditation Centre. "However by the end of the first day of meditation, yoga, a hearty breakfast and guided walk, everyone is exhilarated, and the outside world and its cares seems to drift away."
Dave knows that location is key for the experience, which is why he set up in the west of Ireland; "the pace of life is so unrushed – almost like stepping back 40 years in time". His centre uses the "spectacular scenery" of the Burren landscape to breathe fresh air into yoga practice – literally – with some classes on a cliff overlooking the sea.
Gabriele Tottenham of the Blaney Spa came from her native Germany to Fermanagh 30 years ago and was so smitten with the place that she stayed. Her log cabin spa on the shores of Lough Erne offers a soothing mix of yoga classes, a hot tub, sauna, and massage therapies.
In the beautiful Clew Bay, relaxation is serious business in the Macalla Farm. They run several retreats combining yoga with vegetarian cooking, meditation and horse riding.
In St Kevin's idyllic lake valley of Glendalough, the Glendalough Hermitage welcomes people of all faiths seeking spiritual renewal through retreat and pilgrimage. Antrim's Drumalis Retreat Centre, managed by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, also runs a program of retreats and workshops.
Cloona Health Retreat is famous for its detox program, and was recently recommended by the Irish Times to "help kick-start a new health and fitness regime… and detoxify from modern life."
The Sunday Times London named Ard Nahoo in their top five retreats. The eco retreat in the North Leitrim Glens mixes gorgeous surroundings with therapies and yoga.
Of course, some people only need "me, myself and I" for their retreat. In that case, the luxurious surroundings of Carlow's Moongate Lodge can be rented.
Irish newspaper The Sunday Independent declared: "Moongate is an ideal place to seek out your own spiritual renaissance".
"Spiritual renaissance"… you've got to like the sound of that.
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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Emergence: Daryl Thompson
A funny thing happened in 2008. Daryl Thompson finally arrived.
Thompson came over to the Reds in the now infamous Trade with the Washington Nationals. Thompson came over with Billy Bray, Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris, and Gary Majewski for Felipe Lopez, Ryan Wagner, and Austin Kearns. While the Reds will always be losers in that deal, the possible emergence of Thompson could make it a much easier pill to swallow.
Thompson stands 6'0" tall, weighs 180 lbs, bats right, and throws right.
The Nationals (more specifically, the Expos) selected Thompson in the 8th round of the 2003 draft with the 237th overall pick. Thompson attended La Plata High School, where he went 5-1 with a 1.30 ERA, struck out 80, walked 15, and allowed only 23 hits in 46.0 innings. To top it off, he posted a solid .370 batting average, proving that he could handle the bat a little bit as well.
Thompson has a free and easy delivery, good athleticism, and a quick arm. His arm slot is between an overhand and 3/4 delivery, which gives his fastball good boring action. Even though he had a good feel for pitching and good stuff coming out of high school, his development with the Expos/Nationals was slowed by a shoulder injury. He was still rehabbing the injury when he was dealt to the Reds.
In 2007, Thompson actually had a solid season. At high-A ball Sarasota, Thompson posted a 3.77 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, and a 97/31 K/BB ratio in 105.0 innings. While those are fairly impressive numbers, Thompson failed to crack either Baseball America's Top 30 Prospects or my own top 25 Prospect List (he landed in my "Other Notables" section) because of concerns about his velocity.
In 2005, Thompson suffered a torn labrum and ended up missing a year and a half of development time. The success rate for surgeries to repair torn labrums is much lower than that of Tommy John surgeries. In addition, all reports on him from 2007 indicated that he had yet to regain his pre-injury stuff.
Prior to the injury, Thompson featured a 92-94 mph fastball, an average change-up, and an average curveball that had the potential to be a plus pitch. His curveball has tight rotation and a quick, downward break. In 2007, he struggled to match his former velocity, reaching only 92 at his peak and struggling to sustain his velocity into the later innings.
However, Thompson has exploded back onto the scene in 2008. He is now reaching 94 mph again and demonstrating good feel for his curveball. In addition, Mario Soto has once again worked his magic in imparting the secret to an effective change-up and this time Thompson was the beneficiary. Soto has been a tremendous asset to the player development department, as he has had very good success in teaching pitching prospects how to throw the change-up. Thanks in part to Soto, Thompson's change-up has become one of his most effective pitches.
In 55.1 innings for double-A Chattanooga, Thompson has posted a 1.63 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and a stellar 49/14 K/BB ratio. He has been very impressive and it's not luck. He has a .269 BABIP and a 2.45 FIP, so while he is likely to regress a bit from that lofty level of performance, his performance has been just about as good as the numbers indicate.
Another thing that helped Thompson's development was facing big leaguers in spring training. He pitched 2.1 innings in spring training and struck out 4 of the 7 hitters he faced, including Hideki Matsui. That experience has given Thompson renewed confidence in his ability to succeed. It's a confidence that he now brings out to the mound with him every time he works.
At this point, it'll be very interesting to see how Thompson progresses. He now seems fully recovered from injury and is pitching very, very well. The Reds minor league system has grown by leaps and bounds, but the knock on system has been that it is not very deep. Some scouts have expressed an opinion that there are some impact players like Bruce, Bailey, and Cueto, but not much depth behind the top tier. Some have expressed a belief that the system would fall off after that crop had graduated to the big leagues. However, players like Thompson are stepping up to fill the void and are poised to form the next wave of top prospects in the Cincinnati system.
At this point, the future is once again bright for Daryl Thompson, which is very good news for the Reds and fans of the team.
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- AnonymousJune 21, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Thompson is +160 to Dan Geise, I think I may have to take a shot on that one now!ReplyDelete
Well, I hope you did. Thompson had a solid debut and the Reds won 6-0. Hopefully, the best is yet to come for Thompson.ReplyDelete
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Judith L. Mealing, age 57, on Feb. 26, 2011 of Mt. Airy. Beloved life partner of Joanne Fleisher. Loving mother of Lisa and Beth Vogel. Also survived by her 4 grandchildren, her mother Mary Able, her 6 sisters & brothers, Susan, Karen, Frank, Michael, Barbara & Bob, and many nieces & nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Sat., March 12th, 1PM, at Abington Friends Meeting, 520 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Support Community of Phila., 4100 Chamounix Dr., Phila., PA 19131.
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The ethnic Tamils of Sri Lanka tried to gain autonomy in their northern heartland first through three decades of protests and strikes, then through three decades of civil war. Northern cities were reduced to rubble and at least 80,000 people were killed by the time the government crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.
Now, Tamils are hoping that provincial elections Saturday are the first step toward what all those years of struggle and war never brought.
The elections will create the Tamils' first functioning provincial government and is expected to give them a limited say in their own affairs — a taste of democracy after years under rebel or military control.
"Let us have the right to look after ourselves," said C.V. Wigneswaran, a former Supreme Court justice and chief candidate for Tamil National Alliance, the main Tamil party and once a political proxy for the Tigers.
"There is absolutely no necessity for us to separate," from the rest of Sri Lanka, he said. He called their political goals "no violence, one country."
The elections are seen by the United Nations and the world community as a crucial test of reconciliation between the Tamils and majority ethnic Sinhalese who control the government and the military. Campaigning has been marked by sporadic attacks and threats, mainly against Tamil Alliance supporters.
More than 700,000 voters are registered to elect 36 members to the provincial council, which will not have much power. A governor appointed by the central government will wield the most control.
"Powers are given by the right hand and taken away by the left," Wigneswaran said. His party wants a federal system, with more power shifted to the regional government, though the central government rejects any sort of power-sharing.
Part of the goal of Saturday's election, Wigneswaran said, is simply to help Tamil voters understand they have a role to play in politics. The Tamil Tigers, a brutal, cult-like movement, allowed no dissent from their policies, and Sri Lankan military rule has left little room for public discussion.
"We are trying to get them more and more involved in the democratic way of life," Wigneswaran said.
Tamils have been demanding regional autonomy to the country's north and east, where they are the majority, since Sri Lanka became independent from Britain in 1948. The campaign took the form of nonviolent protests for many years, but in 1983, civil war broke out between government forces and armed Tamil groups calling for full independence.
The provincial council was created in 1987 as an alternative to separation. But the Tigers — the strongest of the rebel groups, and eventually the de facto government across most of the north and east — rejected it as inadequate. The fighting that followed prevented the council from functioning.
The military defeat of the Tigers meant Tamils were back to where they had started 60 years earlier. They had no tangible achievements and had suffered not only tens of thousands of deaths, but the loss of nearly a million Tamils who left the country as refugees.
Though the Tamil Alliance hopes Saturday's elections are a step on the road to greater autonomy, the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa intends to retain its grip on power. It has criticized the alliance's demand for federalism, insisting it really wants secession.
Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Freedom Party hopes to win over Tamils by rebuilding roads, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure destroyed in the war. But residents also say the army is taking over large swaths of private land to build camps and even businesses such as hotels, and bringing in Sinhalese people to change the province's ethnic breakdown.
Angajan Ramanathan, a Freedom Party candidate, said that while power-sharing is important, development must come first.
"We have tried everything in the past 60 years," Ramanathan said. He said it's now time to work with the government, and to convince it that Tamils no longer want a separate state.
"We Tamils need power devolution, and we need rights," he said. "What I feel is that we can only get this through the government."
Voters interviewed in recent days ranged from businessmen anxious for self-rule to people who simply want more jobs.
"Today's reality is that the people will back anyone who will solve the unemployment problem," said M. Sweetson, a bank employee from the fishing village of Pashaiyoor.
The provincial government still faces immense challenges from the war, from widespread unemployment to a desperate housing shortage. Rebel suspects are held in jail without trials, and thousands of war widows and orphans are in need of help.
The U.N. welcomed the election in a statement, calling it an "important opportunity to foster political reconciliation."
The U.N. has called on Sri Lanka repeatedly to more thoroughly investigate war crimes committed by both sides. A U.N. report has indicated Sri Lankan troops may have killed as many as 40,000 Tamil
civilians in the final months of the conflict. The Tigers are also accused of killing civilians, holding them as human shields and recruiting child soldiers.
The U.N. estimates that 80,000 to 100,000 people died in the conflict, but the number is feared to be much higher. Few outsiders had any access to combat zones in the bloody final phase of the war.
The Tamil Alliance has said if it wins control of the provincial government, it also will push for an international war crimes investigation.(Associated Press)


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2. Mix the sugar, olive oil, vanilla, egg and buttermilk in a large mixing bowl.
3. Stir in the rhubarb and the walnuts.
4. Combine the flour, baking powder, bicarb soda and chia seeds in a small bowl.
5. Sprinkle the dry ingredients over the rest of the batter and fold everything together quickly until just blended.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin and sprinkle each muffin with the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
7. Bake the muffins in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. Serve warm.
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Consultants, manufacturers and integrators mix at AMAG SES
I spent the past two days at AMAG Technology's Security Engineering Symposium here in St. Petersburg, Fla.
It was the 11th annual AMAG SES event, with about 90 consultants in attendance. "We handpick the best consultants in the industry and invite them here," AMAG director of business development Jody Ross told me. More consultants than ever before attended, she said, and about "45 to 50 percent of them were new faces."
According to informal surveys at the event, business is good these days for the consultants. Eighty percent of consultants said they're working on new business currently, as opposed to more jobs for existing clients. In a show of hands, about 75 percent said they are "busy or very busy" and about 40 percent say they're looking to hire more consultants.
Ed Chandler of Security by Design, a frequent attendee at this event, said he checked up on improvements included in the new version (V7.1) of AMAG's Symmetry access control and security management system. He also views the event as an opportunity to give product feedback to AMAG and other manufacturing partners who attend the event, he said.
Coincidentally, I'd just interviewed Ed's wife and business partner, Lorna Chandler, last week. She will be SSN's featured specifier in our "Specifically Speaking" column in the April issue of SSN. Each month, we do a Q & A with a different specifier, (supplied to SSN by SecuritySpecifiers.com), and I also had a chance to meet three other specifiers in person who are alumni of the SpecificallySpeaking column (Michael Crocker, Mark Peterson and Ted Wheaton)
AMAG's manufacturing partners this year, included HID and Stentofon, which have both been at all 11 AMAG SES symposiums. Dan Rothrock of Stentofon demoed a new (extremely audible) audio product called "Turbine."
One point emphasized by Rothrock and AMAG at the event is that both are typically considered ideal for enterprise solutions, but both offer solutions for smaller applications,—that's fewer than 16 readers for AMAG, and for Stentafon, "a two to 16-station IP-solution that doesn't need a server or software licenses," Rothrock said.
Hawkeye Technologies showcased its Harmony web-based solution that enables users to interface with AMAG's Symmetry solution using any device with a web browser.
SRI International Sarnoff showed off its iris-readers, a walk-by solution and a handheld solution. I saw a demo where a guy's iris was recognized when he was wearing tri-focal sunglasses. It's not cheap, the readers run around $2,800 for the stationary readers and $20,000 for the handheld, but the price has come down substantially, and these guys claim that their solution—because it works at some distance (relative to other solutions) —is more valuable. Plus, they say it's the most accurate biometric next to retinal scans and Stephen Piro, business development director for SRI said: "administration and recurring ownership cost is extremely low." It's been implemented at an athletic facility at Auburn University and elsewhere. Niche-y but cool stuff.
Assa Abloy brought its demo bus to the event. The focus was on its wireless lock lines, which I'd seen at ASIS and ISC West last year, and its new resi phones-unlocking doors solution—a collaboration between Verizon and Yale, which was introduced at the CES show in January, and some say may migrate into the commercial world.
NEC's Miguel Llerena told me that specifiers and integrators need to take more of an interest in the "how virtualization will play a role in this industry. They need to be aware and prepared," he said.
He said he's working on eight access control systems, AMAG and others, that use a virtualized server. "Virtualization will happen first, then private cloud and then the public cloud," he predicted, and suggested that integrators get certified on VM ware or other virtualization platform.
Other partners at the event included Innometriks, Intransa, Milestone, and Winstead.
AMAG's Tina Seraphin, who joined the company one year ago and is spearheading the company's new professional services offerings, described the program, which she said was launched in response to requests from consultants.
I'll have more on this, but it's an extensive, structured program that provides a variety of extra support for integrators. "More frequently, we're finding consultants are writing into specifications that professional services must be included in the project," Jody Ross said. "It's a safeguard, an extra layer … everyone can sleep better at night."
There were also about 19 integrators at the AMAG event, as well as PSA Security's Bill Bozeman. This is the second year that integrators have been invited to attend some of the consultant sessions yesterday and to participate in a kind of mini-conference which is scheduled to take place today (March 7). They'll hear from AMAG and AMAG partners, but they'll also have a consultant/reseller panel discussion and break-out sessions.
AMAG did this with five resellers last year, and decided to expand the number of integrators this year. The discussion will focus on the best ways to work together, Ross said. Last year both the consultants and integrators said it was "valuable to get input from the other side," she said.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 20, 2010) – The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Dec. 20 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas and other team news.
McCUTCHEON HEADLINE SPEAKER AT HP COACHES' CLINIC: U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand), along with U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) and Stanford University Head Women's Volleyball Coach John Dunning, will serve as headline speakers at the 2011 USA Volleyball High Performance Coaches' Clinic being held Jan. 20-22 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The clinic, open to the first 100 registrants, costs $450 and includes room and board at the U.S. Olympic Training Center plus shuttle service to and from the Colorado Springs airport. USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) Level II and Level III courses and recertification will be offered on site before and after the clinic. To register for the USAV High Performance Coaches' Clinic or for more information, click here
U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OPEN TRYOUTS: USA Volleyball will hold its annual open tryouts for the U.S. Women's National Team and Associated Training Programs Feb. 25-27, 2011, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon will lead the evaluation process for the tryout, which is open to current college-age athletes and older, as well as high school athletes born in 1993 or earlier. All tryout participants must be U.S. citizens and are required to provide proof of valid health insurance coverage upon their arrival at the tryout. The online tryout registration, which must be completed by Jan. 13, 2011, can be found by clicking here. Upon confirmation of registration, tryout participants will receive and must complete additional USOTC forms to be fully enrolled in the tryout. For the complete details on the tryout, click here.
TOM WITH GUANGDONG HENGDA IN CHINA UNDER FORMER U.S. HEAD COACH: Three-time U.S. Olympian Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) is playing for Guangdong Hengda (also known as Evergrande) in the Chinese club league's top division. Evergrande is coached by 2008 U.S. Olympic Games head coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. To open the season, Tom scored 10 kills on 22 attacks with two blocks in helping Evergrande to a 25-16, 23-25, 33-31, 25-15 home victory on Dec. 18 over Shanghai. For photos of the match, click here. For videos of the match, click here for section 1 and click here for section 2. Tom's team returns to action on Dec. 21 against Commercial Bank, which lost its season-opener in three sets.
BERG, HODGE WITH VILLA CORTESE IN ITALY: U.S. Women's National Team setter Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) and Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) are competing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese in the Italian Serie A league during the 2010-11 professional club season. Villa Cortese improved to 4-0 in Serie A action with a 30-32, 25-20, 25-19, 25-22 victory over Asystel Volley Novara (1-3). Hodge, who started the first set and subbed in the second and fourth sets, tallied five kills and a block in the victory. Berg added three kills on four attempts to go with setting the team to a 42 kill percent for the match. Villa Cortese, the only undefeated team in the league, seeks a fifth straight victory to open the season on Dec. 26 against Florens Castellana Grotte (2-2). In addition to the Serie A League, Villa Cortese is embroiled in the Main Phase of the CEV Champions League in Pool D. However, Villa Cortese is idle in Champions League action now until a Jan. 5 meeting with Czech Republic's Prostejov.
HOOKER WITH ITALY'S PESARO: Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas), who played her first season with the U.S. Women's National Team in 2010, is currently competing for Scavolini Pesaro of the Italian Serie A League. Pesaro dropped a 25-16, 26-28, 25-18, 19-25, 15-11 road match to Florens Castellana Grotte (2-2) on Dec. 19 in Serie A action. No stats for the match are available at this time. Pesaro, 2-2 on the season, looks to get back into the win column on Dec. 26 against Chateau d'Ax Urbino Volley (2-2). Pesaro is also competing in the CEV Champions League and is currently 3-1 in Pool E. Pesaro resumes Champions League action on Jan. 6 against Azerbaijan's Rabita Baku.
HARMOTTO WITH LIU-JO VOLLEY MODENA IN ITALY: U.S. Women's National Team middle blocker Christa Harmotto (Hopewell, Pa.) is playing for LIU-JO Volley Modena in Italy's Serie A League during the 2010-11 professional club season. Harmotto tallied five kills on 13 errorless attacks on Dec. 19 in a 30-28, 25-19, 25-18 loss to Chateau d'Ax Urbino Volley (2-2). She added three blocks in the contest for a total of eight points. Modena, 2-2 on the season, returns to action on Dec. 26 against Yamamay Busto Arsizio.
BOWN WITH TURKEY'S ECZACIBASI: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympic Games middle blocker for the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing in Turkey for Eczacibasi during the 2010-11 professional club season. In the Turkish League, Eczacibasi defeated Besiktas 25-13, 25-12, 25-16 in a 60-minute match on the road. The victory pushes Eczacibasi to 5-0 in the league. Eczacibasi is also competing in the CEV Champions League, having won four straight matches to open Pool C play. Eczacibasi challenges Spain's CV Jamper Aguere La Laguna on Jan. 6 in its next Champions League match.
SCOTT-ARRUDA IN BRAZIL WITH SAO BERNARDO: Four-time U.S. Olympian Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) is back on the volleyball court after giving birth this spring and is playing for BMG Sao Bernardo in the Brazilian Superliga. Scott-Arruda contributed eight points in a balanced Sao Bernardo offense that stopped Sao Caetano 25-20, 25-15, 25-21 on Dec. 18 in a fifth-round match at Sao Caetano. She scored seven kills on 16 attacks during the victory. Sao Bernardo challenges Pinheiros/Mackenzie on Dec. 20 as part of the third round of the official schedule.
SYKORA, ALISHA GLASS SETTING TABLES FOR VOLEI FUTURO IN BRAZIL: Three-time U.S. Olympian Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) and U.S. Women's National Team setter Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) are competing for Volei Futuro in the Brazilian Superliga during the 2010-11 professional club season. Volei Futuro swept Banana Boat/Praia Clube 25-22, 25-23, 28-26 on Dec. 18 as Glass started the first two sets and Sykora was the libero. Glass was credited with two points in the victory. Volei Futuro, now 4-0 on the season and one of three undefeated teams in the Brazil Superliga, returns to the court on Dec. 21 versus BMG Mackenzie.
FAWCETT IN BRAZIL WITH USIMINAS MINAS: Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), a U.S. Women's National Team opposite, is playing the 2010-11 professional club season in Brazil with Usiminas Minas. Fawcett scored 17 kills on 42 attacks as part of a 19-point performance in helping Usiminas to a 29-31, 28-30, 26-24, 25-18, 15-11 marathon victory BMG/Mackenzie that lasted 2:40. Usiminas returns to action on Jan. 13 against Sao Bernardo in the sixth round.
AKINRADEWO WITH TOYOTA IN JAPAN: Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), a middle blocker with the U.S. Women's National Team, is currently playing for Toyota Autobody in Japan's V-League for the 2010-11 professional season. After an idle week in V-League regular season action, Toyota (3-3) will face Denso on Dec. 25 at Kanagawa, while challenging JT on Dec. 26. Despite the league being idle, Toyota competed in the Empress Cup this past weekend. The squad started with a 25-17, 25-27, 25-16, 25-22 victory over National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (NIFS in Kanoya), also known as Kanoya Taiiku Daigaku, on Dec. 17 before falling to JT 25-21, 24-26, 25-22, 25-23 in the quarterfinals on Dec. 18.
LARSON WITH KAZAN IN RUSSIA: U.S. Women's National Team outside hitter Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) is playing for Dinamo Kazan of the Russia Super League during the 2010-2011 pro club season. Kazan won its sixth consecutive match to open the league schedule following a 25-23, 25-21, 25-14 victory over Proton. Kazan will seek a seventh straight win on Dec. 23 against Odintsovo.
BARBOZA IN RUSSIA WITH KRASNODAR: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an outside hitter for the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Dinamo Krasnodar of the Russia Super League in the 2010-11 professional club season. Barboza charted 11 points with 11 kills on 16 swings to go with a block in Krasnodar's 25-19, 25-22, 25-13 victory over Uralochka on Dec. 19. She added 17 service receptions with a 71 positive service reception percent. Krasnodar plays Omichka on Dec. 23 in its next league match. In CEV Champions Cup action, Krasnodar has advanced to the Round of 8.
KIM GLASS WITH RABITA BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Rabita Baku of the Azerbaijan professional league in 2010-11. Rabita blanked Baki 25-20, 25-19, 25-17 in the fourth round of the Azerbaijan Super League on Dec. 20. During the CEV Champions League, Rabita Baku is 3-1 in Pool E and will face Pesaro, who also is 3-1 and atop Pool E, on Jan. 6.
IGTISADCHI LOADED WITH AMERICANS IN AZERBAIJAN: Two-time Olympian and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) is playing for Igtisadchi of the Azerbaijan Super League with fellow Americans Crystal Matich and Kelly Wing. Meanwhile, Igtisadchi pocketed a 25-14, 24-26, 25-22, 25-15 victory over Shirvan in the Azerbaijan Super League on Dec. 20. In the CEV GM Capital Challenge Cup, Igtisadchi will play Serbia's Tent Obrenovac in home-and-home matches held between Jan. 5-12.
DAVIS, METCALF, RICHARDS HEADLINE LOKOMOTIV BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN: U.S. Olympians Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), along with 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), are playing for Lokomotiv Baku of the Azerbaijan Super League. Lokomotiv lost its fourth straight Azerbaijan Super League match on Dec. 20 with a 28-26, 25-13, 27-25 loss to Azerrail. The squad is also competing in the CEV GM Capital Challenge Cup and will face Austria's A. Linz-Steg in the Round of 16 in home-and-home matches scheduled for between Jan. 5-12.
TAMAS, McGINNIS AND WEAVER WITH AZERRAIL BAKU: Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.), a 2008 Olympic Games silver medalist playing middle blocker for Team USA, is playing for Azerrail Baku of the Azerbaijan Super League with Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) and Cheryl Weaver (Washington, D.C.) during the 2010-11 professional club season. Azerrail earned a 28-26, 25-13, 27-25 victory over Lokomotiv in the Azerbaijan Super League fourth round. Azerrail will face Greece's Olympiacos Piraeus during the CEV GM Capital Challenge Cup Round of 16 held Jan. 5-12.
SPICER WITH POLAND'S GCB CENTROSTAL BYDGOSZCZ: Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.), a setter for the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing in the Polish professional league this winter. GCB Centrostal Bydgoszcz improved its Polish record to 2-1 following a 25-20, 19-25, 25-17, 25-21 victory over Impel Gwardia Wroclaw on Dec. 19. For photos of Spicer during the match, click here. Spicer's side returns to league action on Dec. 22 against KPSK Stal Mielec. After falling out of the CEV Champions Cup, GCB Centrostal Bydgoszcz will face Cyprus' Apollon Limassol in a home-and-home series with dates between Jan. 4-6 and Jan. 11-13 during the CEV GM Capital Challenge Cup.
MORRISON, SIX AMERICANS ON ONE AUSTRIAN TEAM: U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.) is serving as head coach of the Austrian Post Schwechat team during the 2010-11 season. The team has six American players including Jill Collymore (Seattle), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Jessica Jones (Naperville, Ill.), Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.). Post Schwechat improved to 9-0 in the Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association following an 18-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 victory over Slovakia's Nova KBM Branik Maribor on Dec. 18. Post Schwechat has won all nine of its matches in the Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association (teams from Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia) and is the only undefeated team. The side's next league match is Jan. 8 versus Calcit Volleyball Kamnik. In the CEV Cup, Post Schwechat has advanced to the Round of 8 and will face France's Rocheville Le Cannet in a home-and-home series with dates between Jan. 4-6 and Jan. 11-13.


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While the Dynamo left Robertson Stadium on Thursday night frustrated after the disappointing 1-0 defeat in the SuperLiga semifinals, the silver lining was the return of Geoff Cameron. The midfielder played his first minutes since tearing his PCL on April 24 against the Chicago Fire.
"It felt pretty good," said Cameron of his recovering knee after the game. "I ran hard during the minutes that I got, and I just tried to make the best of it and not think about my injury. Just trying to make sure I was doing all my footing properly and trying not to think about my injury, but it was in the back of my mind."
While Cameron has pushed himself hard to return, he came out of Thursday night's match with no swelling or discomfort from his injury.
"I have no complaints," said the 25-year-old. "No problems whatsoever, which is great. I just have a sore body from running hard, so I am looking forward to this weekend."
Unfortunately for Cameron, Houston's next two MLS games are both on artificial turf. The Dynamo play at Seattle on Sunday and then in New England the following week. As a result, head coach Dominic Kinnear says he may take a more cautious approach on Cameron's clean bill of health.
"He took baby steps, and he is trying to maybe do a little bit too much in too short a period of time," Kinnear said. "But I think he wants to get his game back quick, and I thought he looked better and moved better than maybe we had hoped."
Still, Cameron is hoping he can help the team off the bench. With Houston struggling to get into the playoff race, any contribution he can provide will be more than welcome – and more than anyone initially expected.
The standing ovation Cameron received upon his entry into Thursday's game was not lost on him, nor was the tribute fans paid to him in Houston's first game following his injury when they displayed cards with his number on them.
"It was amazing," said Cameron of both tributes. "I can't say enough good things about our fans and their support for me, and it helped me push to get back healthy."
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Smoke and MirrorsLet Jamiroquai take you on a White Knuckle Ride. Come here to talk about anything related to the new album...
Smoke and Mirrors
Has anyone else noticed that Smoke and Mirrors ( @ 1:21) sounds just like the theme tune of Hells Kitchen @ ( 0:19) ?
BTW loving the new album, growing on me every listen !! The start of All good in the hood is awesome. Blue skies is like runny honey.
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Hell's Kitchen song ="Fire"-by the Ohio Players! Classic Funk.
Love this one! The keyboards into, Jazzy, bluesy, the sax throughout -maybe a return to the 80's? As Doc says, I hear Roxy Music! I love the rough tired voice near the end (3:06).
Finishes with the chorus of the girls "Tonight my dear, tonight your lovin' "
"Slip on out and slip on into his shoes". Sounds like "understand his perspective".
LittleS from Jamirotalk has a great perspective:
I see "Smoke & Mirrors" as sort of an illusion.
But perhaps a story of a girl who may now regret taking "his lovin' " 13 years ago. "Too far in to jump the fence" -probably has kids!
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I'm lovin' "Smoke and Mirrors" now. Jamiroquai are an excellent live band. This song did not sound all that special initially. But then I found the live version on youtube I was like DAYUUUM!! They don't need to concern themselves with chart position. They'll be able to tour for the rest of their lives off of the hits they already have.
There's an American band called "Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly" that I go see perform every year. The love fest started in New Orleans,but I've since seen them at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan and The Paradise Theater in the Bronx. These guys haven't had a hit since the '80's or '90's. I'm not even sure when. But it doesn't matter. They've had a few hits and they are an awesome live band. Once you establish yourself live you will have a following forever!
Jamiroquai has it made!
Based on the live version of this song maybe it should be the next single. Of course, it was less than 24 hrs ago I said my fav was "All Good In The Hood"....so don't hold me to this
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"Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly" is excellent. I don't own anything by them, but always on my radio as a kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyIuLRBtcAw&feature=related sample
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I don't remember them at all...
Cool tune nonetheless.
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80's --> WJLB!
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I am listening to this song the most!
It has an underlying story, and the advice expressed in word play, catch phrases, or movie titles! Double meanings.
"So hard for you to see, through Smoke & Mirrors !
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Black Capricorn wrote in her review:
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now i'm thinking about Jay doing a blackjack when i'm listening this song .. i don't know i always have some sorta random slide show inside my head (Head banging on the wall mode)
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I think the song is hard to decipher the true meaning, hence the 'Smoke & Mirrors' title!
What do ya think?
How do you dance like a plasticine machine?
Many phrases 'seize the day' (And if not now, when), 'got the way' (got it goin' on?) 'no cheapskate reproduction' (quality), 'the real thing' (the one, or Coca-cola!), 'left out there on the shelf' (put aside), 'rue the day' (regret), under his thumb (subservient), playing this for keeps (wouldn't change)
2 movie titles: Seven brides for Seven sisters, and The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, Playing for Keeps.
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I do like the song, but somehow it irritates me. Must skip it sometimes to go back later otherwise I won't be able to listen to it again...
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Plasticine is a sort of modeling clay type substance. Dancing like a "plasticine machine" made me think of the motions of the clay-mation movies, ala Wallace and Grommit.
At least that's how I took it.
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@ Taratata interview Jay says it is about a girl with the wrong guy.
He wasn't good for her. You always know somebody like this.
This song is great -double entendre's. Need to decipher meaning. Love it!
Really Hits me!
I'm thinking "dances like a plasticine machine" isn't a good thing.
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Live @ the Jazz Cafe in London.
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I wasn't sure if I liked the keyboards on this song at first. But now it may be my favorite song. It has that nightclub feel. It is the most original song on the album.
Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) lol! Trying to figure the song out…
A guy meets a girl one night dancing at a club "get into this groove" & "with the music pumping".
Wake up "Can't you see the signs?"
He's smooth "he dances like a plasticine machine".
And he gets her "seize the day", "got the way".
He thinks she's unique "no cheapskate reproduction".
She thinks maybe he's genuine "the real thing".
Don't have to marry. "seven brides" & "doesn't mean you are one of them".
Years later, she questions "Wish you'd been left out there on the shelf"
She's in too deep. "how come you never look before you leap".
"But she's in too far to jump the fence" kids?
Regrets? "rue the day".
Seems logical, story about a girl who married a guy who swept her off her feet, and reality sets in. "The good, the bad, the ugly" stages of love.
Or, maybe Smoke & Mirrors as an illusion. The guy she met that night, isn't the guy she married. "The good, the bad, the ugly" 3 people. "Years of negligence".
"He wants your loving" a reminder of the other guy.
Whatever it means - it's a really great song. I keep replaying this one!
**The best performance of the season http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdEzi7i8DFA
Check out the dancing!
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It is one of my most favourite tracks aswell.. well described giba!..
Not sure if it necessarly means they would have kids..sounds to me like that she doesn´t dare to leave the marriage just for the sake of staying togehter although she is not happy anymore.
Jay Kay said in an interview ( cant´remember which one now) that" it´s a song about a girl who got together with the wrong guy...don´t we all know somebody where we know the partner is not good for them?". ...something like that.
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Oh I don't know the true meaning!
But it's a lot easier to leave without kids!
Last edited by Giba7 on Sat May 14, 2011 1:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I don´t know for sure either
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Yep...we kids are a plague
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They just get under your feet when they're young!
Does Jay's voice in this song sound like Rod Stewart a bit? Maybe.
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It's gettin there
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Dutch is not always convenient!
Sometimes it's hard to translate... specialy if you don't know what the writer thought when writing it.
It touches me... if I think of Giba's first explanation...
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I really, really, really get the need of getting the dust out of my sax and play again!
Every time I listen to this song, I love it more!
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then do it girl!! there's nothing better than playing a song from your favorite band with our own instruments (and then closing your eyes pretending to be on the stage with jamiroquai on a kick-ass performance - ahah! yeah...i sometimes might do that :lol: )
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