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"30 Rock" star and Vogue's new cover model Tina Fey says she doesn't obsess about her figure – explaining that she lets the fit of her clothes decide if she's gained weight.
"I don't weigh myself. I just go by if my clothes fit," the writer/actress told Vogue in its March issue. "I try not to participate too much in the incredible amount of wasted energy that women have around dealing with food."
Tina says that being in front of the camera has been a good motivator to stay fit.
"I just feel like being healthy is sort of a job requirement to be on TV, and being a writer is so much coping with fatigue and stress, and you just eat. You eat to stay awake," she continued.
Before appearing on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," Tina said she lost 30 pounds.
"I've never gone back up," she told the mag. "Well…I have had a baby. I gained 35 pounds… and had a five-pound baby."
She explained that she sees both the pros and cons of the fashion industry.
"People will say, 'Oh, fashion magazines are so bad, they're giving girls a negative message' – but we're also the fattest country in the world, so it's not like we're all looking at fashion magazines and not eating. Maybe it just starts a shame cycle: I'm never going to look like that model, so…Chicken McNuggets it is!" she said. "And conversely, I don't look at models who are crazy skinny and think I want to look like that, because a lot of them are gigantic, with giant hands and feet… the women I grew up around were curvy…there wasn't this value on skinny, skinny, skinny. Curvy was clearly meant to be the winner. I go up and down a few pounds with a relative amount of kindness to myself. And I have a daughter, and I don't want her to waste her time on all of that."
Tina said she hopes she's someone in Hollywood that the everyday woman can relate to.
"I feel like I represent normalcy in some way. What are your choices today in entertainment? People either represent youth, power, or sexuality. And then there's me, carrying normalcy." She said. "Me and Rachael Ray."
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Grapefruit, carrot, grape smoothie/juice
Hi! Alex and I got a Vitamix. You know, one of those stupid expensive blenders. We've only had it a few days, but it's pretty sweet. You put whatever you want in it, and then it turns into juice or sorbet or soup, depending on what you put into it. We got it with out sweet health care credit card, which our company puts money onto for medical use, which apparently a Vitamix is. Yay! I've been experimenting and this is my favorite drink so far.
Grapefruit, carrot and grape Vitamix drink
2 grapefruits
2 big handfuls of baby carrots
2 big handfuls of frozen grapes
Cut the top and the bottom of the grapefruits and cut the skin off. Cut the peeled grapefruits in half and put them in the Vitamix. Cut all the carrots in half. Toss them in the blender. Dump in all the frozen grapes. Put the top on, and turn the blender on low, then turn up slowly and then flip the switch to high. Blend until you can barely see any more pieces, about two minutes. Makes about 5 cups.
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This looks delicious, I've never thought of making a smoothie from grapefruit!ReplyDelete
When I first read the title, I thought that grapefruit said crockpot... I need more coffee!ReplyDelete
Or maybe one of these juices; these look awesome! And yes, I am completely jealous of your Vitamix!
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What's the earwormiest song you've ever heard, the one most likely to get stuck on infinite replay in your head?
Tasha Robinson
I am really painfully prone to getting songs stuck in my head, usually with one little refrain playing over and over and over, like the abbreviated soundtrack to a hamster running on a wheel. This happens a lot with Lady Gaga, or really anything beat-centric and dance-y. And it's especially bad with songs I personally find annoying as well as painfully repetitive. (If I had a dollar for every time I've had the line "like a G6, like a G6" running endlessly through my brain, I'd use the proceeds to have everyone in Far East Movement shot.) Which is why I try to limit exposure to Khia's "My Neck, My Back," because if I hear one line from that thing, I'll be singing sexual instructions to myself for the next three hours. Usually at work. A college friend of mine once posited "Daydream Believer" as the ultimate "chase an earworm out of your head largely by earworming yourself with something else" song, and it's worked well for me over the years, but it has no power whatsoever over Khia's commands regarding her crack.
Claire Zulkey
Sometimes I get earworms because I put them there. Earlier this week, I heard this NPR story on Portal 2, and even though I half-listened to it, my ear was tickled by the game's theme song, so I looked up "Still Alive" and listened to it over and over and over again, which I'm sure my husband really enjoyed. Having that in my head was much more enjoyable than either a Katy Perry song or Justin Bieber's "Baby, Baby," which I can get stuck in my head just by reading the title. (I'm re-listening to "Still Alive" as I write this, just to prevent that very thing from happening.)
Genevieve Koski
Generally, the more stupid and obnoxious a song is, the longer it will rattle around in my brain: It just takes hearing a couple of "na na nas" from Pink's "So What" or Josh playing the opening bars of Cash Cash's "Party In Your Bedroom" (which he does far too often, the evil bastard) to get them going on a loop in my head for at least a few hours, if not several days. But a new victor has emerged in the battle for my sanity in the last month, one whose endless mental replay can be set off just by hearing—or hell, thinking—a single word: "Friday." Every Friday since mid-March, I've woken up, thought "Oh good, it's Friday," followed immediately by "Oh shit" as the words "fun fun fun" start echoing through my brain. At first, it seems kind of weird that Rebecca Black is still a thing more than a month after she burst forth from the inky depths of Internet irony, but when you consider just how toxically catchy "Friday" is, it makes sense. It's not that we want to keep hearing this song; it's that we can't stop hearing it.
Sam Adams
These days, much of what gets lodged in my melon is aimed at the toddler set (currently No. 1 on the 2-year-old hit parade: an English-language version of Hibari Misora's "Kappa Boogie Woogie"—Kyah!) But whenever my inner ear is menaced by a particularly noxious bit of fluff, I fall back on the most irresistible earworm of them all: Devo's "Mongoloid," a trick I gratefully appropriated from my sister-in-law, Kelly. Next time you can't stop humming "Friday," tune your mind's ear to "Mongoloid"'s primal riff and sneering vocals, and marvel as they reduce that aural invader to primordial ooze.
Jason Heller
Sorry to inflict this on everyone reading, but that goddamn recent Xfinity jingle—"It's fun for you! It's fun for me!"—has been lodged in the spongy tissue just behind my eyeballs for weeks now. I usually hate songs from commercials, not to mention most insidiously hooky forms of advertising in general. Still, there's just something about the Xfinity ditty's brazenly fake British accent and bouncy, heavily distorted bassline (which reminds me, now that I think about it, of Norman Greenbaum's equally earwormy "Spirit In The Sky") that makes me grin and gnash my teeth in perverse glee. Out of curiosity, I looked up the song to see who was responsible—and of course, it's the same ad man behind the FreeCreditReport.com jingles, which I loathed at first, then grew to reluctantly love, kind of like stinky cheese. But if I had to pick the one species of earworm that's feasted on my gray matter the longest and most ravenously, there's no contest: the Banana Splits theme. It's been roughly a third of a century since I first heard it, and it still sneaks up on me almost daily. (The Dickies' awesome version hasn't helped matters over the years, either.)
Steven Hyden
Not to get too self-referential here, but Freelance Whales' "Generator (First Floor)"—a.k.a. the "we get up early just to start cranking the generator" song that plays during the Starbucks ad before A.V. Club Undercover—comes on like an alarm clock in my head every morning when I wake up lately. This is the only part of "Generator" I'm familiar with, but if the rest of the song is as catchy as that line, I fear it could cripple my ability to remember any other song if I ever heard the rest of it.
Michaelangelo Matos
I first heard Zaiko Langa Langa's "Zaiko Wa Wa" (from 1976) as part of an early Rough Guides compilation in the mid-'90s. It starts with a drumstick crack, then a skittering, floating rumba groove led by a small platoon of guitars. So far, so good, but then comes the vocal: "[Don't understand this part, sorry] / Wa-wa-wa / [Don't know this one either, sorry] / Wa-wa-wa." And that "Wa-wa-wa" has never left my head. I've found myself in situations where, if I hear or say a sentence with the right cadence, like one of the (highly variable) lines that precede the "Wa-wa-wa," I will automatically, mentally add a "Wa-wa-wa" to it. Hear it once, and you will too.
Emily Guendelsberger
I used to do a lot of gigs as a rehearsal pianist for musicals of varying quality; each one tended to have one song that would plague me to the point of appearing in my dreams. Out of all of them, the absolute worst was "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound Of Music. Whether it's because the high-school actors had a hard time mastering the (admittedly pretty difficult) yodeling and I had to play it a hundred thousand times, or the umpty-tumpty polka bassline, or how infuriated I got every time Hammerstein rhymed "herd" with "heard" (approximately every five to 10 seconds), I still can't hear that song without wanting to kill everyone, and then myself. I've found that it can be used to crowbar just about any other earworm out of my head if I'm desperate, but I always, always regret it in the same way one might regret fixing tennis elbow with amputation.
…and now it's stuck in my head. (Le-i-o-de-le-i-o-de-le-hee-hoo!)
Keith Phipps
I'm highly prone to earworms—considering getting a vaccine next year—but few songs have the ability to lodge themselves and stick like INXS' "Original Sin." Which is actually okay. I like the song. But having "dream on white boy (white boy) / dream on black girl (black girl)" on repeat isn't necessarily that pleasant an experience once it stretches past hour four. A side note: Has anyone found that listening to the source of the earworm again helps drive it out? It's sometimes not being able to hear the song that makes the earworm stronger, in my experience.
Nathan Rabin
I have a remarkable, unfortunate ability to retain information for decades after experiencing it only once. Because of this, old jingles from my childhood tend to play on a constant loop inside my head. To this day, I can perform the entire commercial for Kid N' Play's 1-900 hotline from memory, which is something my girlfriend asks me to do on a surprisingly regular basis. I'm not sure that qualifies as a song, though, so I'm going to go with the song that has been ricocheting around my brain for the last week: Weird Al's "I Perform This Way." It's definitely the Weird Al version I have happily stuck in my head, since I don't know that I've ever heard the Lady Gaga version. As tends to be the case in earworms like this, one particular passage gets stuck in my head, the part that goes "Critics might say it's a grotesque display." I find something about that combination of words weirdly hypnotic and addictive.
Josh Modell
This happens to me on an almost-daily basis, and with many of the songs already named. I frequently wake up in the middle of the night with a few seconds of a song—one I don't like, more often than not—stuck in my head, and I sometimes need to wake myself up completely in order to shake it. But for argument's sake, let's just pick one: "No Rain" by Blind Melon. All I can say is that my life is pretty plain. There, now it's your earworm!
Marcus Gilmer
A few weeks ago, a friend texted me out of the blue, asking me, "Best pop song of all time, go!" My knee-jerk reaction was The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," mostly because it's the one that floats through my head the most. It's a masterfully composed and produced song, the sleigh bells and distant horns layered below Carl Wilson's smooth vocals, the "bah-bah-bahs"; it's the best song off of one of pop music's best albums. But it's that single-line chorus—"God only knows what I'd be without you"—that's been stuck on repeat in my head, kind of like the final third of the song. Brian Wilson has always been known as a musical genius, and this is just further proof.
Sean O'Neal
Day 305 since the occupation of Katy Perry's "California Gurls" first began. Morale is at an all-time low. The song continues to block all inroads ferrying much-needed fresh melodies—and any such relief is temporary, quickly answered by the relentless shelling of that bombastic chorus. At night, sleep comes in fits, interrupted by the air-raid siren of Perry's voice: A-whoa-oh-whoa-oh. A-whoa-oh-whoa-oh. Somehow, the rare moments of silence are worse, because I know it's out there, crouching in the dark—hiding in a place where the grass is always greener. And as soon as I let my guard down, it will find me. It's unforgettable; it's undeniable. I try not to show it, try to hold the line. But I'm not sure I can withstand another summer.
Ben Munson
I know the music in grocery stores is meant to be window dressing, to lull you into a languid commercialism coma. But I tend to listen pretty intently when I'm shopping, and end up falling prey to some random earworms, like ABC's "When Smokey Sings," for instance. Recently, while trying to remember whether my wife wanted the fat-free or 1/3-less-fat variety of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, my mind came dangerously close to succumbing to Lucinda's Williams' "Passion Kisses," and I was mumbling "Shouldn't I have this?" repeatedly to myself through the rest of the dairy section. Yet the song from that trip that really stuck was Band Of Horses' "Dilly," forcing me to revisit last year's Infinite Arms and realize I'm still okay with my decision to pretend the band only made two albums. Still I must concede to them this one pleasant, soft pop-rock nugget, perfect for a breezy trip down the frozen-food aisle.
Kyle Ryan
When Keith and I recently traveled to New Orleans for an awesome upcoming A.V. Club project, I knew what was in store: a continuous loop of the eye-gougingly catchy theme song to the HBO series Treme. When we actually visited the Treme area, I half-expected John Boutté's song—which originally appeared as "Treme Song" on his stereotypically titled 2003 album Jambalaya—to possess me Exorcist-style, except instead of vomiting pea soup, I'd be attempting a one-man second line while howling "Bug jumpin' and havin' fun!" As is often the case with earworms, "Treme Song" isn't the kind of thing I'd listen to willingly, which makes it all the more insidious. To even speak its name is to sentence myself to at least an hour of humming its accursed bassline.
Zack Handlen
I strongly dislike the filmography of Joel Schumacher. Like, to the point where, whenever I read his name, some prepubescent part of my brain thinks "Schmuckmaker," and is convinced that's basically the funniest thing ever. And while I haven't seen all his movies, I feel reasonably safe in asserting that St. Elmo's Fire (which I have seen, because when I was in high school, my mom did a project for a college class about the presentation of young professionals in '80s cinema, so we had to watch St. Elmo's Fire; Less Than Zero; Bright Lights, Big City; and Mel Gibson's Hamlet—which, come to think of it, was probably for a different class) has to rank pretty high in his overall portfolio of cinematic crimes against humanity. It's shallow, insipid, and bland, and in that really horrible shallow, insipid, and bland way that '80s movies had, like it's making some deep statement about how hard life is, but you gotta take the chances and reach for the gold ring and hang in there because kittens do it, and if you believe in your dreams, eventually you can kiss Andie MacDowell. (Another sign this was awful: Demi Moore is the "arty" one.) I don't know why I associate this kind of drivel with the '80s, but it just seems really prevalent and insidious in that decade, and I remember falling for it constantly when I was growing up; I've had people trying to explain to me how Dead Poets Society is actually kind of terrible, and every time they do, I just close my eyes and shout "Oh captain, my captain!" until they leave. Anyway, the point being, St. Elmo's Fire is a bad movie, and it gave us two pieces of music I will never forget 'til the day I die—the "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire" and "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)." "Man In Motion" is this cheesy, fist-pumping anthem that was originally written for, I kid you not, a guy in a wheelchair, but then somebody offered John Parr a ton of money. And I'm not going to say history was made, nor am I going to try and make some connection between Joel "The Schu" Schumacher's brand of plastic preening populism, which sounds great until you actually listen, and the ear-numbing Parr delivers here, but you should listen, so I won't feel quite so alone anymore:


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By far a most significant place to me in Miami is Florida International University -- my alma mater for both undergraduate and graduate schools (graduated from the latter in 2006). FIU was my home away from home. Underwent tremendous exercises in self-discovery and self-management there, and was blessed with some excellent mentors. The following are pictures of the University Park Campus from last week. This is the Green Library, an eight-story architectural marvel that is one of the finest libraries in the Southeastern United States.
Impressive, to say the least. More importantly, a perfect place in which to learn. Enjoyed the facilitation for research there, in an entity that befits an institution that takes pride in its Carnegie Research I status. Amazed at the number of books on South Asian history, and the depth of coverage on Mahatma Gandhi. Sanjay Dutt from Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) would be proud of it too!
Here is the Graham University Center (the student center). Home of the Student Government and the organizations that it serves. For those of us who went to school to socialize (I did), this was easily the most popular hangout.
Instituted Bollywood Movie Nights here, with Main Hoon Na (2004) screened in the summer of 2004. Remember advertising it across the campus buildings -- Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen made our job a lot easier =) There was a poster for the film with the term 'exams suck' that we used as a backdrop. A more recent event was the Independence Day celebration there last year during which we showed Rang De Basanti (2006) to the largest crowd I have seen at a Bollywood movie showing at a college campus in South Florida.
This is the Computer Science building. My undergraduate major meant I had to attend this school for a couple of years...
...and this graduate business school a year later for the MBA.
Here is one of my favorite reading spots on campus (by the water fountain):
This parking garage makes it for having the distinction of being the venue of my first ever car accident. Thankfully, I was not hurt. The silver lining to the incident was that I realized how quickly things can change, and not to take life for granted.
A few years later, the film Bas Ek Pal (2006) summarized that thought process in its title. [The one thing I know I shall not miss about Miami is the way people drive there. Unruly, rude, and selfish driving at the peak of shamelessness and carelessness.]
There was also a bridge behind the business building, titled the 'lovers' bridge', which reminds me of this bridge in Saawariya (2007), as much for the structure as for Ranbir Kapoor's fate in the film.
All in all, my time at FIU overwhelmingly positive experience because of the friends, faculty and administration of the University. It also helped me realize that I am hopelessly in love with academia in the United States and that I would want to return to some school for a Ph.D. a few years later.
Among the other places I shall miss is South Beach, which we are guaranteed to see in an upcoming film starring John Abraham (see this post for pictures of John on South Beach). The numerous trees mean that there is at least a prospect of seeing someone in the film running around them, singing a song perhaps?
This, also on South Beach...
...serves as an obvious reminder of Rockin' Goa from Dil Chahta Hai (2001). (Also see this post.)
Aside: In travels to beaches in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, I do not recall noticing all the grass right next to the beach.
Anyone know what Botany tells us about this? =) Now that I think of it, this guy (pictured to the right) might know! Remember the dialog: "Gobi ka phool, phool hoke bhi phool nahi hota" from the film Chupke Chupke (1975)?
South Beach is great on weekdays and a little too congested on weekends. Yet, I shall miss it, and the adjacent Ocean Drive, if only for its independently-owned restaurants and bars. It was close enough to home (about 20 minutes away) to have easy access to.
Which brings me to home. This trail ran through the backyard -- a golf course. Aside from the occasional duck attack, things were smooth. The golf course and country club memberships were fun, although I hardly ever used them because of the work-related travel and the weekend recovery routine that was inherent in their aftermath.
Among my other favorite places in South Florida is Key West, if only for the drive across the amazing seven-mile bridge (it's a heavenly drive, among the most wonderful roadways one could hope to drive on; creators of the Dil Chahta Hai title song or Koi na Koi Chahiye from Deewana (1992) take note)...
...and Islamorada (one of the several keys), home of the Islamorada Fish Company, which serves some excellent seafood. The key is also a sport fishing capital of the world.
Lastly, no mention of my missing Miami would be complete without noting that I shall miss being at Miami Dolphins training sessions in the summer, and at games on Sundays during football season. The team has been in dementia for the past several years, and I am not near the Dolphins fan I was (for 13 years) until about two years ago. Yet, something about the sport brings me closer to American culture than anything else, and that is what I appreciate most about it.
Now, Bollywood might not have shown us a scene or two at an American football game. Here is a wish for that. More importantly, here is a wish that Indian audiences not be led to be confused between rugby and American football. Have seen on more than one occasion, film heroes shown playing rugby wearing pads and cricket helmets! Talk about a fusion of three sports! One such instance was Akshay Kumar in the song Jab bhi koi Haseena from the film Hera Pheri (2000). It is a good song that loses some of its appeal about 4:10 into the video. Too funny =) Still, Akshay made up for it in the rugby scene in Namastey London (2007), so this was forgiven.
Anyway, so here I am in Los Angeles now. No FIU and no professional football team, but beaches that rival the ambiance of South Beach, and a fireplace at home whose artistic quotient some what makes up for the lack of a golf course in the backyard. Closer to the technology and entertainment heartlands, and close to a concentration of desi-ness (and hence a greater likelihood of being closer to Bollywood fans) that I have not experienced in the parts of Florida and Texas I have lived in. Most importantly, closer to closest family. So it should be interesting...


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Former Blazers center Kevin Duckworth dies at 44
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Former Portland Trail Blazers center Kevin Duckworth, a "gentle giant" with a feathery touch from the paint, has died. He was 44.
Duckworth, part of a Trail Blazers goodwill tour, was scheduled to hold a basketball clinic on the Oregon coast when he died Monday night. The Depoe Bay Fire Department said it responded about 10 p.m. to a report of a man who was down and not breathing at Salishan Lodge at Gleneden Beach, north of Newport on the central coast.
The cause of death was to be determined by a medical examiner but the Lincoln County sheriff's office said there was no indication of foul play.
"Within the world of basketball, within those Trail Blazers teams, he was a jokester," said Phoenix Suns coach Terry Porter, who played with Duckworth. "He was a big loving teddy bear. At times guys got frustrated because he didn't have a mean streak. He was just a great guy. He loved the team atmosphere, loved being a teammate in those successful Blazer teams."
The 7-foot Duckworth averaged 11.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 11 seasons in the NBA, helping Portland reach the NBA finals in 1990 and 1992. The two-time All-Star also played for San Antonio, Washington, Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Clippers.
"Kevin will be remembered by fans as one of the most popular and recognizable players to ever wear the Blazers uniform, but to people who knew him, he'll be remembered as one of the warmest and biggest-hearted," Trail Blazers president Larry Miller said.
Porter said Duckworth had battled weight problems recently.
"You wake up in the morning and it's your first news of the day, it just kind of hits you," Porter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "For me, I spent so much time with that young man and had so much success with him. It really hurt. It's almost like losing a brother."
Duckworth grew up in the Chicago area and was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs out of Eastern Illinois University in 1986.
The Spurs traded him that season to the Trail Blazers, where he had his greatest success, playing with Porter, Clyde Drexler, Buck Williams and Jerome Kersey on two Western Conference championship teams.
Duckworth remained in the Portland area after he retired in 1997, doing woodwork, fishing and hunting. He ran a construction company in Northern California for a time, and a restaurant venture in Vancouver, Wash., with former NBA player Kermit Washington went out of business.
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Justin Timberlake was in Vegas last night for the premiere of Runner, Runner. Mrs Timberlake was allowed to come, and pose beside him on the red carpet. She made the most of the opportunity in a gorgeous black tuxedo by Dolce & Gabbana that fit her perfectly. I also like the hair in a middle part pulled back with light makeup, although the mini briefcase is too much. Too extra.
The suit is enough, you know? The statement is there. The briefcase, as adorable as it is, in this case, is like a punch to the face with the message – MY STYLING IS AWESOME HERE WITH THE ANDROGYNY. Fine!
It's a good example of how her red carpet style instincts aren't quite as sharp as she thinks they are. By contrast, consider if Cate Blanchett had done the same. She would have understood where to stop. Then again, we are here for Runner, Runner. Not saying no seems appropriate.
Not saying no to more JT acting.
Ben Affleck not saying no to sh-t on his resumé. (More on him in another post.)
The studio not saying no to making this movie.
No reviews have been released yet for Runner, Runner. But it's not like anyone out there is expecting this to be Inception, right?


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I (J.Foote) am willing to spearhead (lenshead?) an effort to get a laser cutter for Noisebridge. Though I've used one a couple times, I'm a relative noob. Some points:
- Is this cool?
- Hell yes it is cool. Laser cutters improve DIY projects by an order of magnitude --davidfine
- What do we want in terms of power, deck size, cost (i.e. name brand or Chinese)?
- Where does it go? The DJ booth seems ideal in terms of corner location (for low vibration) and access to window/wall (for ventilation). The DJs might disagree. Thoughts?
- How do we pay? Consensus donations seems to be the only real solution, but we would have to work out quid pro quo (i.e. donors get priority or something)
- at Metalab their software tracks how much time each user has the laser powered on and bills accordingly.
- Maintenance. Who babysits and/or fixes tragedies of the commons? (I will volunteer some but can't be there 24/7.)
- This may make leasing the best option for now.
I will summarize any email discussion here. Also I asked Bre Pettis of NYCResistor (who makes a living on his) for advice. I will summarize any responses.
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buy or to lease. Buying could be anywhere from $3k-20k. Leasing may be as low as $150/mo. This pledge is non-binding, but try to be realistic.
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Mprados $100 or ___/mo to lease
davidfine $200 or $15/mo to lease
DYao $200 or $15/mo to lease
rubin110 $500
Leif $200 or $15/mo to lease
VonGuard "maybe $100"
- nix drivers for Epilog laser cutters.


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Nellie Gray's Funeral took place Friday at 11 o'clock at Mary Mother of God Church in Washington D.C., where she had been a parishioner for many years.
She often went to the Tridentine Mass on Sundays, so it was decided that her funeral Mass should be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form.
The Mass was celebrated by her pastor, Father Jay Harris, a very fine priest who is a graduate of Blessed John XXIII Seminary in Weston and has been pastor at St. Mary's Church, a beautiful old church in the center of the city's Chinatown, for many years.
Many of Nellie's friends and members of her family, who came from Texas, were there to bid farewell to her.
Cardinal Wuerl and I presided in Choir, and spoke at the end of the Mass.
There was an extraordinary choir. It was exceptional and how beautiful the music was.
Terry Scanlon, one of the board members of the March for Life, offered words of remembrance at the conclusion of the Mass. He spoke about how, back at the beginnings of the March, Nellie and "Father Seán O'Malley" with his sandals, would trot through the Rayburn House Office Building leafleting all the offices. He also reminded me of all the lunches of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that Nellie and I would share in those days!
I was very touched to see that on her coffin she had an image of our Lady of Guadalupe which, of course, represents Mary during her own pregnancy. I thought it was a beautiful detail.
In my remarks, I spoke about how Nellie really said "yes" to a very special vocation in the Church as a Catholic lay woman. She gave up a very comfortable position as a lawyer in the Labor Department and renounced the possibility of having her own family or following her professional career.
She gave all of that up to be able to dedicate herself to the defense of life. As I said, for Nellie life was not an abstract issue, it was about the defense of pre-born babies. That was the phrase that she coined and used constantly. Her vocation was to save those children.
In the early days of the March, many people thought that we should have held it in the springtime, or some other time when the weather was better. However, I think she was very wise to attach it to the very date of the Roe vs. Wade decision, which is one of the saddest days in the history of our country. Hundreds of thousands of people being there in the snow and ice only made the witness more convincing that people are determined to stop legalized abortion in the United States.
I have participated in the March every year, and it has been extraordinary to see the changes. At first, it was really only Catholics who participated. Now it is attended by people from many different churches and from no church at all, many people of goodwill.
At the same time, the March keeps attracting more and more young people. Now, the Verizon Center, which holds about 30,000 people, is not big enough for the Youth Mass that is held in conjunction with the March.
I have always called the March a mini-World Youth Day. I don't kid myself; I am sure many young people go because they think of it as a great chance to take a cheap trip to Washington and that it will be fun. However, once they get there, and experience the liturgy and energy and listen to the message of the Gospel of Life, many young people have experienced a deep conversion that has attached them to the Church and to the cause of life in an extraordinary way. This is a wonderful service that Nellie has given to the Church.
The fact that more and more young people are attending the March is a clear sign to those who thought that eventually this issue would go away; this issue it is not going away.
The voice on behalf of the unborn is going to continue to grow louder and louder.
Another service that Nellie has given to the world is that people in other countries have followed suit and instituted a pro-life march in their own counties, such as Italy and France. People came from all over the world to learn about the March for Life and then replicated it in their own country.
She was a great woman and the work she has done will continue to make an extraordinary contribution to the life of the Church and to the life of our country.
From there, I went to be a part of a gathering of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders, known as CALL. The theme of this year's gathering was "The Family: Evangelization and Public Witness – From Education to Religious Liberty".
This association was started by Archbishop Jose Gomez several years ago to reach out to Latino professionals from throughout the country and help them to grow in their faith and their commitment to the mission of the Church in our country.
Friday, I was supposed to have celebrated the opening Mass at la Ermita del la Caridad, which is the beautiful shrine to Our Lady of Charity in Miami. However, because of Nellie Gary's funeral, I was unable to be present for the Mass.
I was very grateful that my classmate, Archbishop Charles Chaput, was able to take my place and celebrate the Mass.
That evening, I was able to be there for the banquet at St. Thomas the Apostle, Father Kubala's extraordinary parish where schoolchildren gave a wonderful cultural presentation for us before dinner.
At the dinner, we were honored hear an address by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson.
Even as I landed in Florida, Hurricane Isaac was beginning to close in on the area. So, I went to spend the rest of the week with my stepmother, Claire O'Malley, who is in the hospital in Boca Raton in intensive care.
For three months now, she has been between intensive care and rehab following an operation. So, I was happy to be able to spend a few days with her there in the hospital with her, along with my aunt and cousins.
As it turned out, Isaac did not do that much damage in southern Florida but the real damage has been suffered by the people in Louisiana and Mississippi who, on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, were afflicted by Isaac.
Having lived through several hurricanes while in the West Indies, I know what a horrific and terrifying experience it can be. We pray for all of those who have suffered because of this terrible storm.
– Cardinal Seán


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The London Rare Books School (LRBS) is a series of five-day, intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects to be taught in and around Senate House, which is the centre of the University of London's federal system. The courses will be taught by internationally renowned scholars associated with the Institute's Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies, using the unrivalled library and museum resources of London, including the British Library, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Senate House Libraries, and many more. All courses will stress the materiality of the book so you can expect to have close encounters with remarkable books and other artefacts from some of the world's greatest collections.
Each course on offer will consist of thirteen seminars, amounting in all to twenty hours of teaching time spread between Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon. It is therefore only possible to take one course per week. There will be timetabled 'library time' that will allow students to explore the rich resources of the University's Senate House Library, one of the UK's major research libraries. There will also be an evening programme with an opening reception and talk, a book history lecture, and receptions hosted by major London antiquarian booksellers.


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Good afternoon lovelies! I had a super great day because I got some super awesome news. My RL fiance and I, will be RL homeowners as of tomorrow. YAY! So in celebration for that I decided to dress up and show you this amazingly fabulous dress from Celoe. The smooth fit of this dress is just wow. And the texture is just well another wow. No words can describe how much I love this dress. It comes with 5 sizes (XXS – L) and a modifiable alpha layer which I didn't have to modify at all because it was so well made. There is a demo available so you should definitely go try it! And lots of colors to choose from so you can find your favorite!
This very pretty necklace is made by Amorous. I will be honest and tell you I didn't know about Amorous until I found out about the Tomorrow Today fundraiser. It's a fundraiser set up to help out an SL resident named Matchbook Monday, who in fact is the creator of Amorous jewelry. If you wanna read more about this fundraiser please visit this BLOG. I have to say though this is some of my favorite jewelry now and I will be waiting for future releases to wear. Fantastically made jewelry. Go down and check out this event so you can find your jewelry and maybe more! And it's all for a great cause!
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Traveling over 12,721 miles of United States land, waving the American Flag with pride, the Crossing of America tour, made up of American-Flag-wrapped Spirit of Liberty Jeeps and numerous caravanners, is making its way to our very own town of Southwest Florida, stopping at the Iwo Jima/Veterans Plaza area at the Four Mile Cove Preserve along the Midpoint Bridge, Cape Coral, Friday, Aug. 12, from 10 to 11 a.m., then head west with an escort by the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Caloosa Jeepers, our local Jeep club, to a day-long event at Galeana Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealership, 14375 South Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, from noon to 5:30 p.m.
"We'll be pulling out all the stops," said John Scanlon, new car manager of the Fort Myers dealership. "We will have representatives from all branches of the military here, as well as the Lee County Sheriff, a Coast Guard boat, fly-bys from official government helicopters, Lee County commissioners It's going to be a grand time."
During the public gathering, John said his dealership will also have plenty of food and drinks provided by Coca Cola to offer guests, as well as a $3,000 donation from the local Galeana dealership awaiting the caravan.
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The Crossing of America Jeeps make it to St. Louis' Arch. Photo provided.
"We're going to have an American-Flag-wrapped Jeep on display at the dealership, as well," John said. "Come out and show your support and America Pride."
The public is encouraged to attend the free event.
About the Crossing of America
The Crossing of America began May 27 this year, just prior to Memorial Day Weekend, aboard the deck of the U.S.S. Midway in San Diego Harbor, Calif., and will conclude Thursday, Sept. 8, on the deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York Harbor.
The closing ceremony will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the entire Crossing of America tour will travel more than 12,700 miles through 43 states and the District of Columbia during its 105-day trip.
The tour has captured the imagination of millions of Americans, and along the route, the Spirit of Liberty Jeeps will be the most celebrity-driven vehicles ever, having been driven by high-profile celebrities, sports figures, government officials, veterans, POWs, Medal of Honor recipients and family members of fallen heroes during its national tour.
For more information on the Crossing of America tour and upcoming stops, as well as regularly updated blogs, photos and more, visit CrossingOfAmerica.org.


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The warehouse, located at 469 President Street, accepts computers, televisions, monitors, radios, printers, cell phones, and most other electronics. The facility, and the Lower East Side Ecology Center's recycling program in general, does not accept media, such as floppies, cd's, zips, VHS tapes, or home appliances such as refrigerators, microwaves, air conditioning units.
When equipment is dropped off at the warehouse, owners must fill out forms describing all items delivered, and they may acquire a tax deduction for their donations. Items are organized by type, with special attention paid to toxic metals such as lead in CRT (cathode ray tube) televisions. Each pile of materials is bundled and made ready to ship to a recycling facility. Computers and televisions are sent to WeRecycle! in Mount Vernon, NY, where materials are separated and shredded to create more manageable scraps of plastic and metal. All of WeRecycle's material processing happens in the United States, under strict auditing and vetting, to prevent the contamination of soil and water that is prevalent in metal processing facilities and dumpsites in the developing world.
The space itself is a simple industrial shell, which reduces operating cost and energy usage to a minimum. Some natural light streams in through skylights, while High Intensity Discharge lighting complements the natural illumination. The 2-story tall space is occupied by a rows of shelves that almost reach the roof; during our visit most of the shelves laid empty, but the Ecology Center expects shelves to fill between each outgoing load. A loading dock is occupied by the Center's compost truck, which sometimes serves as transport for electronic waste from collection events.
At the back of the warehouse, a small education center and art exhibit can be found. In this room, visitors can learn more about different types of recycling techniques and rules, take in some upcycled trash art, and even appreciate a collection of antique and rare electronics saved from the shredder by warehouse employees. This facility serves not just as a step in the recycling process, but as an agent to change general perceptions of waste and resources.
The LES Ecology Center's new warehouse represents a crucial step in the development of a new solid waste management paradigm in New York City. With the rising cost of raw material and fuel for intensive processing, manufacturers are increasingly looking to mine pre-used products for metals and plastics. New York City, with its high population density and gadget-inclined residents constantly looking for the next product release, can play an important role in this new market in the United States. LES Ecology Center and WeRecycle! are working to capitalize on this opportunity while maintaining responsible stewardship of the natural and human environment. The city's residents can help in this process by properly disposing of their waste at the warehouse, which is open Tuesday through Saturday each week. With the help of organizations such as the LES Ecology Center, we can easily do our part to reduce NYC's waste stream and our collective impact on the environment.
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Rush was never cool with the hip kids, which might explain why the veteran prog-rock trio is only now celebrating induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after 15 years of eligibility.
"Their legacy is that of a band that stayed true to themselves no matter how uncool they may have seemed to anyone," the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl said in his induction speech for Rush earlier this month.
The newly fashionable band stayed faithful to its muse in a musically precise, visually stylish two hours and 45 minutes on Sunday at Amway Center. Cool or not, Rush remains a formidable source of intricately designed rock.
Songs such as the introductory blast of "Subdivisions" and "The Big Money" were fodder for air-drummers and air-guitarists in the crowd, which only required opening part of the arena's upper bowl.
Playing pretend keyboards isn't as much fun, but "Subdivisions" owed a lot of its power to the sounds that frontman Geddy Lee coaxed from a keyboard that competed with bass guitar for his attention.
"The Big Money" and the churning "Force Ten" also allowed guitarist Alex Lifeson to showcase his fluid style. On the latter, a radar image tracked a storm on the giant video screen behind the band.
In the first of two sets (followed by an encore nod to the "2112" album), Rush focused on vintage material. Lyrically, themes of corporate greed ("Big Money') and ominous storms ("Force Ten") still seem timely.
An understated rock star, Lee skipped around the stage energetically, occasionally engaging the audience:
"As usual, we have too many songs this evening," he said in the opening moments, putting that number in the thousands.
That was an exaggeration, but after more than two dozen songs, the band couldn't be faulted for its generosity.
Some of it was ponderous, but not because of the musicianship.
Lee offered frenetic bass figures in "YYZ" in the show's second half, otherwise devoted to material from the 2012 album, "Clockwork Angels." The new material was augmented by more special effects and a 7-piece string section.
Neil Peart is still an animal on drums, executing stop-on-a-dime maneuvers on songs such as "Analog Kid" and unleashing two extended drum solos that made that tired concept sound cool again.
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Rohan was pretty excited while stepping onto his new office. It was a necessary rite of passage for most of his batch-mates aka summer internship. To the contrary, Rohan had concocted many stories in his mind about the forthcoming two month experience.
Rohit's precarious mannerisms were not a new thing for the bunch of his colleagues at his office. Pleasantries exchanged and formal introduction made way for some work. He was allotted to prepare a comparison table for various types of solar energy capturing technologies. He jumped into the sea with minimal assistance.
If you put in 35 minutes of work, 2 minutes of water-cooler break, 20 minutes of work and then 3 minutes of washroom break and repeat each of them in the very same order, it would be exactly the same as what Rohan was doing at the office for the first week. After the end of the first week, he had also spent one weekend which he thoroughly enjoyed but something was missing!
Getting past the Monday morning blues as he started to frantically search the internet for various solar technologies he heard a voice. Yes, a shrilling female voice. "Hi, this is my workstation" said an exquisitely dressed lady. "What? I have been working here for the last 1 week" stated Rohan.
As it began so it must have an end. To their rescue came the Head of the office. "Jhanvi meet Rohan our new intern, and Rohan this is Jhanvi our Legal & Compliance Officer" introduced Mr. Sharma.
Rohan and Jhanvi sat beside each other. Two days passed and nothing happened except once Rohan politely declined an offer made by Jhanvi to have orbit chewing gum. He immediately regretted his move as a reflex.
"Jhanvi, do you know of any good place for lunch?" enquired Rohan. He gathered all his skills and charm to appear nonchalant with not much success. "Umm… have you tried 10 Downing Street?" asked Jhanvi. Rohan replied in negative. "Rohan, you must go there, it's awesome" suggested Jhanvi. "Would you come with me" he uttered as if someone put those words on his tongue.
After thinking for a while Jhanvi accepts, "Yes, of course let's have lunch".
They have conversation on almost everything under the sun. Changing the world, working for helping the starving African children, following a set of principles and literary preferences were discussed to name a few. Everything seemed normal and just as a good lunch should go.
Jhanvi leans sideways, rest her elbow on the table and starts playing with her hair. "Now, that we know each other and are friends let's take our friendship to the next level" suggests Jhanvi.
Rohan gives a puzzled face and waits for her to tell more about the "next level".
"Are you on Facebook?" asks Jhanvi.
To be continued…
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Value Lighting Energy Solutions seeks to provide improved energy efficient lighting products
Marietta, GA -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/07/2012 -- Value Energy Solutions, one of the largest lighting installation and lighting retrofit companies in the nation, recently completed an energy efficient lighting retrofit projects for Commonwealth Building Materials which is a distributor of drywall and other building products for commercial and residential construction products. One of the largest operating expenses they faced in their Norfolk, Va location was the cost of lighting their warehouse space.
Commonwealth Building Materials, a subsidiary of Gypsum Management and Supply, contacted Chris Owens from Value Energy Solutions to help reduce their lighting energy costs. The Value Energy Solutions team thoroughly reviewed the energy use of the existing lighting program. Value Energy Solutions presented a comprehensive lighting solution that replaces their lighting with new more energy efficient T5 & LED lighting. In addition to the energy savings, Commonwealth Building Materials will dramatically reduce their maintenance costs due to the extended life of the new T-5 & LED lighting fixtures.
Value Energy Solutions recommended upgrading the lighting fixtures to 4 LampT5 (54w) The T5 High Bay fluorescent fixtures have many advantages over traditional lighting. T5 Lamps are the most energy efficient technology in the fluorescent lighting industry for the cost.
- Energy Efficiency - Typical 54 watt T5 lamp produces 5000 lumens
- Lower Lumen Depreciation - only 5-6% lumen output loss between the rated initial and maintained lumens. Metal Halide lumen loss is about 35%.
- Higher Quality Lighting - T5 lamps have a color rendering Index of 85 while metal halide lamps have a CRI of 65-70.
- Instant Startup and Restrike - T5 fluorescent lamps start and restrike instantly unlike HID sources which can take several minutes to restrike.
- LED lighting was also used for exterior spotlight and wall pack applications.
About Value Energy Solutions
Value Energy Solutions is one of the largest energy efficient lighting retrofitting companies in the United States. Realizing the need for building owners, property managers and facility engineers to find ways to conserve energy and cut their operating costs, Value Energy Solutions provides improved energy efficient lighting products as replacements for existing higher wattage fixtures.
The Value Energy Solutions lighting retrofit programs are offered for all commercial building types including, Warehouse/Industrial Buildings, Educational Facilities, Parking Garage Lighting, Hotels, Retail Chains, Apartments and Office Buildings. The company also offers National Account energy-retrofitting services for TBG Energy and provides energy efficiency services for solar, refrigeration units and/motors through our established business partners.
Value Energy Solutions is located at 1110 Allgood Industrial Court, Marietta, GA 30066. To request more information please email or call Value Energy Solutions, Director of Sales - Chris Owens: email@example.com or 770.335.0909. Distributorships and sales opportunities are available nationwide.
About Gypsum Management and Supply- Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc.
(GMS) is the largest independent distributor of drywall, acoustical and other specialty building materials in the United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia GMS began operation in 1971 and is the largest independent distributor of drywall products in the United States. Our 39 subsidiary companies operate through more than 130 distribution centers across the nation.
GMS is also a leading distributor of acoustical products including ceiling tile, grid, and FRP panels used in commercial applications. In addition to wallboard and acoustical products, GMS distributes metal framing, insulation, ready-mix joint compound, and various other related interior construction products. In total, GMS and its subsidiary companies distribute over 10,000 unique products.
Media Contact:
Value Energy Solutions
1110 Allgood Industrial Court, Marietta, GA 30066
Chris Owens, Director of Sales


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Hi im trying to simulate a waiting queue by using Java. What my program must consist of:
- The user input nth number of cashiers
- There minimum of 10 customers will arrive in the queue in random intervals.
- When a cashier is free the the next customer is line will be processed.
- The program must output each stage of the queue as well as the time each customer spent in the queue.
- Oki so what I have so is a empty queue object, a random string list generator which sends the strings to the queue.
However what problems im having is the random string generator is picking duplicates in the loop, how do I fix this ? Also how do I make it send the customers to the queue in intervals of 0.5 sec and I need to record the time they enter the queue and leave the queue so then I can output the time spent in the queue. Im stuck dont know what to do now ?
public static Queue<String> line = new LinkedList<String> (); public static void main(String[] args) { String[] list = {"a", "b", "c", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", }; int customer = list.length; for (int x = 0; x < customer; x++ ) { int cus = (int) (Math.random() * customer); line.add(list[cus]); } }


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ESPN's live broadcast of the Global Rallycross event in Las Vegas Saturday night turned bizarre as the feed—being recorded for later tape-delayed broadcast—revealed a series of bizarre comments by announcers in the aftermath of a driver's devastating accident.
Canadian driver Richard Burton failed to make a jump on the night's first race, necessitating his extraction from the car with neck stabilization due to a possible back injury. Despite this, ESPN announcers (never identified on the broadcast, though we believe it's Tes Sewell and Jen Horsey) express annoyance and confusion before mocking Burton's poor performance and, even more bizarrely, referring to the bank executive-turned-rally driver as living in "super-ghetto housing" and having previously worked for the Royal Bank of "Canadia."
The open feed ran on for more than a half hour, providing some insight into how ESPN manufactures the sausage that is their tape-delayed coverage; at one point the announcers conduct on-air research of Burton using his Facebook page—all while Burton, strapped to a stretcher, was en route to the medical facility.
Rallycross fans lashed out online, calling the broadcast "horrid." It was, of course, tidied up when it finally aired Sunday afternoon:
At the very least, ESPN owes Burton an apology, especially for the bizarre allegations that the bank executive lives in public housing (which, if true, is his business, right?). Without knowing his status—and nearly a year out from Dan Wheldon's fatal crash at that same track—their comments are mindblowing. In an age of encrypted digital satellite broadcasts, the old "wild feeds" are nearly nonexistent anymore; that ESPN broadcasts them on its ESPN3 channel without oversight is astonishing.