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Fan interference: A "wild and crazy" season
It was with mixed emotions that I saw Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd reprise their "wild and crazy guys" Festrunk Brothers on last weekend's star-studded (I guess Aykroyd and Chevy Chase still qualify as stars?) "Saturday Night Live."
As a huge fan of the original "SNL," I ate it up. But there's no doubt the reboot came off a bit clunky: Aykroyd used to be the thin contrast to his late partner John Belushi, but now looks heavier than Belushi ever did, the 67-year-old Martin struggled to read the cue cards, and both performances came off as stiff imitations of their 1970s creations, as if they were doing a parody of themselves.
And it didn't help any that in the face of the reunited pairing of Andy Samberg and host Justin Timberlake, Martin and Aykroyd were badly upstaged.
(However, It was nice that the studio audience gave the old-timers a very robust reaction, but you have to imagine that many of those cheering had no idea who or what they raising the roof for.)
I had a similarly mixed reaction to the weekend that the Badger men's basketball team enjoyed: Yes, I was thrilled that Bo Ryan was deservedly named the Big Ten Coach of the Year, and I was also relieved that Michigan (25-6) lost to Indiana (26-5) in the conference's regular-season finale, a loss that secured Wisconsin a first-round bye in this week's Big Ten men's basketball tournament.
But I can't help but feel that the Badgers (21-10) are themselves due to be upstaged, perhaps as early as Friday's game against either Michigan (likelier) or Penn State (hey, has happened and could again).
Before getting into the Big Ten tournament – which should be terrifically entertaining – let's take a quick look back on the Badgers' regular season:
Most valuable player: I'd like to give this to coach Ryan, without whom the Badgers might have flamed out this year after losing guard Josh Gasser to an offseason injury. But taking Bo out of the mix leaves only two real candidates: Senior forward Jared Berggren and junior Ben Brust. Though Berggren led the team in scoring, rebounding, and blocks, I would still give the nod to Brust. With the loss of Gasser, Ryan relied on the junior like CBS relies on the crime procedural: Brust led the team in playing time with 34 minutes a game. He also proved to be a fine defender, and – crucial for a team that shoots from beyond the arc as much as the Badgers – was the team's best three-point shooter. Brust's clutch shooting can be summed up in one word: Michigan.
Biggest surprise (positive): The buzz was fairly significant for Sheboygan's Sam Dekker, with many calling him the greatest home state player to commit to Wisconsin in many years. And, unlike pretty much any program on NBC's schedule, Dekker delivered the goods, leading the team in both field goal and three-point percentage. When your team's best shooter is a freshman, the future is bright.
Biggest surprise (negative): I hate to be a hater, but the unsolved mystery of what happened to Ryan Evans would have kept Robert Stack guessing for weeks on end. If Wisconsin was the Big Ten team that was prone to the season's longest and most painful scoring droughts, then Ryan Evans was the Badgers' poster child. The best thing about the senior's shooting woes (under 40 percent for the season with just two made 3-pointers all year) was that his struggles from the floor weren't as noticeably ugly as his struggles from the free-throw line. Evans's late-season decision to "jump shoot" his free throws became one of most laughable sights on a basketball court since the days of the Vlade Divac flop. His defense kept him (mostly) out of coach Ryan's doghouse, but if any Badger needs redemption this postseason, it's Evans.
Best game: The February 17 showdown between No. 13 Ohio State and No. 20 Wisconsin surprisingly turned into a laugher as the Badgers turned in their best all-around performance of the season, shooting 53 percent while holding the Buckeyes to their lowest point total of the year. At one point in the game's first half, the Badgers went on an 18-0 run to take a 24-6 lead, in the process looking like the best team in the nation's best basketball conference. Honorable mention: The January 15 upset at Indiana that legitimized the Badgers as true 2013 contenders.
Best moment: This is the biggest no-brainer since Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor award for "Lincoln": Ben Brust's half-court shot against Michigan to force overtime in a February 9 game that the Badgers would eventually win 65-62. Even Bo Ryan was excited by the shot and, as Mike Bruesewitz said at the time, "When he shows some emotion, you've done something pretty special."
Worst game: Any Badger fan who sat through the entire March 7 58-43 loss to Michigan State deserves a personal apology from Bo Ryan and a personal visit from Bucky Badger to the birthday party, bar mitzvah, or debutante ball of his or her choice. Anyone who played a drinking game that night requiring them to take a shot every time the ESPN announcers said "the Badgers haven't scored since . . ." is still sleeping it off.
Worst moment: Several low points occurred in the Badgers' 58-53 loss at Minnesota on what was a not-so-sweet Valentine's Day matchup: Many of them, including Ryan Evans missing five free throws, occurred during an 8:48 second-half/overtime stretch where the Badgers didn't score a single point. But the worst was Mike Bruesewitz's baseline violation with 22.6 seconds left, a crucial turnover that allowed the Gophers to tie up the game, which they would win in overtime.
So, with a surprisingly close victory against Big Ten doormat Penn State to close out a surprisingly good season on an alarmingly alarming note that saw the Badgers lose two of their last three games in ugly fashion, what can we expect from Wisconsin in this week's Big Ten tournament?
First off, it has to be pointed out that the Big Ten tournament has historically had about as many jaw-dropping surprises in it as an episode of "The Wonder Pets." In its fifteen years of existence, the No. 1 or No. 2 seed has won the conference tournament twelve times. When Iowa won in 2001 as a No. 6 seed, it marked the only year in which a team without an opening-round bye emerged victorious.
So, if history can be counted on, the fact that Wisconsin is off on Thursday is significant.
Or is it?
This year, the Big Ten has not lacked for surprises, a fact that could very well continue into the tournament.
But I doubt it.
A March 2 blowout loss to the Gophers notwithstanding, Penn State is a different team now than it was when it was dropping fourteen straight conference games. Unfortunately for them, they open against Michigan, about the only team in the conference looking for revenge on the Nittany Lions.
Once Michigan has had a taste of revenge by easily toppling Penn State, they will be looking for more, namely against the Badgers, who beat the Wolverines in that thriller in Madison on February 9.
That stunner against Penn State notwithstanding, Michigan has been playing excellent basketball as of late, including March wins against Purdue and Michigan State, two teams that just toppled Wisconsin. Michigan also has Trey Burke, one of the top players in the country, and I'm predicting he does better from the floor than the 8-of-21 he chalked up in Madison. I'm also predicting there will be no miracle shot this time around for Wisconsin and that Michigan will advance.
Looking ahead to the semifinals, I like Indiana to again defeat Michigan, and I see Ohio State squeaking out a win against Michigan State. Finally, despite playing in their home state, I predict Indiana will fall to Ohio State in Sunday's tournament final. Why? That loss to Wisconsin on February 17 has obviously re-energized the Buckeyes, who have not lost since that game, dispensing of Michigan State and Indiana in the process.
That would give Ohio State its fifth Big Ten tournament title and its third in the last four years.
Sounds predictable? Hey, that's the Big Ten tournament for you.
Just goes to show that some things, like the inability of the Festrunk brothers to score with the "foxes," never change.


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We haven't had any major injuries for a while. Dan came off his bike this week from a slippy drain cover at Mitchitson Road polo court during throwins…
A few quotes from the polo forum to get a flavour of what actually happened:
from me:
found myself just editing the League blog…. and news just in from Dr Chukk…
from Golden wheel:
"He slipped out on a muddy drain cover at mitch. Xd up bars and went down hard. We had to call for an ambulance. Vidal waited with him, but only so he could get on the gas! Dan was cool as could be."
from Dapper:
"Cheers everybody, and a massive thank you to everyone who helped me out last night. You are all lovely people.
The thumb is broken, got a cast on it and an appointment at the fracture clinic this morning. Bummer.
Disappointingly didn't get any gas in the ambulance as he couldn't find some kind of attachment for the canister, "good job you're not in screaming agony" he quipped. Yes, I though, good job. I did get my heart rate tested which was in the 40's which had them worried but then they just figured I was really fit, like some kind of superhero."
"Just got back from the hospital where the nice men tied surgical tape round the end of my thumb to make a strap which one of the pulled full-on hard outwards along the length of my thumb whilst the other pushed it sideways into place, properly mauling it in. Nice. Seems to have done the job though. Thank Jesus for local anesthetic."
From Jesus:
"It's the least I could do for such a fine chap."
Heal up Dan.

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Dr. Chris Williams
Sculpting the History of Wales
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Chris Williams is Professor of Welsh History at Swansea University and Director of the university's Research Institute for Arts and Humanities. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford and at Cardiff University he previously held posts at Cardiff and the University of Glamorgan before joining Swansea in 2005. A specialist in the modern history of industrial South Wales he has written(amongst other topics) on the miners and the political history of the South Wales coalfield, on the utopian industrialist Robert Owen and on Wales and the First World War. His edition of the diaries of the actor Richard Burton is published by Yale University Press in November 2012. Chris is also a Royal Commissioner with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Chairman of the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative and was historical adviser for the BBC / Open University television series 'The Story of Wales' (2012).
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Originally from Cardiff, Huw Pryce read Modern History at Oxford and has taught at Bangor University since 1981. He is currently Professor of Welsh History at Bangor, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Professor Pryce has extensive research interests in the history of medieval Wales and in Welsh historiography of all periods. His publications include Native Law and the Church in Medieval Wales (Oxford, 1993), The Acts of Welsh Rulers, 1120-1283 (Cardiff, 2005), a major edition of documents, Tywysogion [Princes] (Cardiff, 2006), and J. E. Lloyd and the Creation of Welsh History: Renewing a Nation's Past (Cardiff, 2011), an intellectual biography of the pioneering historian of early and medieval Wales. He is Co-editor (with Paul O'Leary) of the Welsh History Review, and has also edited three collections of essays: Yr Arglwydd Rhys [The Lord Rhys] (with N. A. Jones, Cardiff, 1996), Literacy in Medieval Celtic Societies (Cambridge, 1998), and Power and Identity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies (with J. Watts, Oxford, 2007). Current projects include co-editing (with Neil Evans) an essay collection, Writing a Small Nation's Past: Wales in Comparative Perspective, 1850-1950 (forthcoming 2013), and papers on aspects of antiquarianism and uses of the past in Victorian Wales.


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Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will distribute San Jose-based Adobe's (NASDAQ:ADBE) Flash Lite and Reader programs through cell phones that use its Windows Mobile software.
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
•To all those who think the Colts are going to struggle this year, they not-so-emphatically refuted that with a 2-point win over a Titans team that seemingly quit weeks ago. But Manning looked good and they get to close the year against Tennessee, so at least we'll all get to enjoy Indy's first-round playoff exit. (Photo via here)
•Jerry Jones says that he probably would have been fired as GM of the Cowboys if he weren't the owner. But he is, so he's there until he dies (or possibly a few years after that) or until someone with a few billion laying around. Wade Phillips just bought a stack of Powerball tickets.
•The Mavs win their 10 and ½th in a row; the Celtics' streak is at 8½. (All wins over New Jersey and Philadelphia only count for half a game now.)
•Athletes are now filing trademarks for their catchphrases. We'd do the same for "athlete dong" if we weren't afraid of getting sued by this guy.
•C'mon, you know you want to see Clayton Kershaw dancing at his Dodgers-themed wedding.
•Martina Navratilova couldn't quite make it up Mount Kilimanjaro. I'm not sure how these things work, but I think the charity she was doing it to raise money for now loses tax-exempt status.
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Good Morning, evening and afternoon everyone!
Yeah, yeah I should be writing right now but instead I wanted to talk to everyone today about Saint Expedite.
"Wait," you might be saying. "Saint? I thought saints were for Catholics and you're pagan?"
True, the use of saints has been popularized by monotheistic religions, BUT some pagans/spiritualistic people DO use saints in their rituals and in their daily practices such as in Voodoo, Hoodoo (there is a difference), Santeria and Christian Wiccans ( it sounds like an oxymoron but it true) as well as many others that I can't remember right now.
The reason for this is because many pagan deities were assimilated into Catholicism when the Roman Catholic Church came into power and started persecuting and converting pagans. So the clever Catholics took deities like the Goddess, The Horned God, and other deities and spirits changed them into The Virgin Mary, The Devil and saints. A great example of this is in Hoodoo and Voodoo where they use saints such as Saint Jude, Saint Anthony to represent different loas/spirits as well as still representing the saint as well.
But I digress…
I wanted to talk about Saint Expedite spell that is very useful and that has helped me and my family. For the past few years me and my family have been struggling a lot what with my grandmother's death, me losing my mental marbles for a few months and my mom and dad going through difficult times with finances and employment. A few weeks ago I remembered a spell that I heard about from M. Flora Peterson, I've talked about her before, called the Saint Expedite spell that's really great for getting things done fast.
According to Flora, one version of the story is, " The legend goes that back in 1798, a group of nuns from Paris received a crate with the words "spedito" stamped on the side, meaning rush with haste. At that time, when statues and relics of saints were shipped, the name of the saint would be written on the side of the crate, thus St. Joseph would have "Joseph" & St. Francis would naturally have "Francis" on the side and so on. When the nuns opened the crate they found the beautiful statue of a saint. There was no other paperwork or anything else about him included, not even where the package originated from. Only the word "spedito" on the side. Taking this as a Divine Sign, the nuns quickly installed the statue and named him, "St. Expedito", or St. Expedite." St. Expedite is prayed to when your prayers need to be "rushed" or sent "with haste" to God. He's also called upon for:
• Finding a Job
• Money
• In all cases when things need to change quickly
He's a very popular saint in France, Spain and Italy and very popular in Voodoo and Hoodoo root work in the states. To set up an altar to him you need:
- A red or yellow cloth (I used a red pillowcase because that was the only red cloth I had)
- A glass of water
- A red candle with Saint Expedites' name carved in it
- An image or statue of Saint Expedite (I printed a picture I liked off the web on some hardy stock paper and stood it on a bookend)
Step 1: Now, place your red or yellow cloth on a table or wherever you plan to set up your altar.
Step 2: The Voodoo Hoodoo Spell book by Denise Alvarado suggests setting your altar supplies in a triangle shape with your red candle as the top point.
Step 3: On the bottom left-hand corner you place your glass of water and in the bottom right-and corner you play your image.
NOTE: I also placed some citrine stones in a triangle shape on my altar to make the triangle whole like the image below. Please forgive me for the crappy skill of it; I'm a writer not a graphic artist.
You don't have to put citrine on your altar like I did. I did it because citrine has great space cleansing properties and I liked the visual look of it.
Step 4: Petition St. Expedite on a Wednesday is best but you can do it any day of the week. Wed. is best because Wednesday is the sacred day dedicated to Mercury/Hermes, St. Expedites' swift messenger pagan god counterpart (See, I told you).
Step 5: Before you petition St. Expedite, turn the image you have to him upside down because that's his working position and them light your candle saying this:
"St. Expedite, you lay in rest. I come to you and ask that my prayer be granted. [Insert Your Request] Expedite this, what I ask of you. Expedite now, this is what I want of you, this very second. Please don't waste another day. Please give me what I ask for. I know your power, I know you because of your work. I know you can do it. If you do this for me, I'll spread your name with love and honor. Expedite my prayer with speed, love, honor and goodness, Glory to you St. Expedite! Blessed be, So Mote it Be, Amen."
Write your petition/what you need on a piece of paper and place it under his image or under your candle and do this every day until your petition is answered. Note: You have to be VERY specific with St. Expedite because I know for a fact that if you're not it will take ten times as long and something will get screwed up in the process…That's why I had to do this twice.
The first time failed because of many things: I set up my altar on the kitchen table and stuff kept getting piled on top of it which is disrespectful to the spirit your working with, I had my Working Candle (an all-purpose candle some pagans use to boost works) that is dedicated to Aphrodite who I found out after a little research that Aphrodite and St. Expedite(whose Greek counterpart is Hermes) don't get along very well when being invoked together because both are always vying to be dominate. Lastly, I wasn't specific enough with my request. I asked St. Expedite to help my dad find a job and he was hired for one…in another city.
So, I set off my computer desk and turned that into a temporary altar, placed my Working Candle back on my main altar and rewrote my petition with some major changes. Great news is that my dad starts his new job, which is 20 minutes away, Monday (yay!) and he's getting paid almost as much as his last job so hopefully that will help us out greatly.
Make sure that you give thanks to Saint Expedite AFTER he answers your petition and not before. Saint Expedite has been described as being helpful and caring but also simple-minded and childish. If you give him offering before he helps you out, he more often than not, not going to help you.
It's like paying the dentist before you get your tooth pulled.
After your prayer has been answered, give him an offering of Pound Cake (five slices), pennies (one on each slice), and red or yellow flowers as a
thank you. You must also publish a public thank you to him in a newspaper (expensive) or Facebook (free!). Alverado says that if one doesn't thank St. Expedite for his help that he can take it away and make things worse than before.
I've included some pics of my own altar that I hope inspire some of you.
Thank you, Saint Expedite for helping me and my family.
I hope this post helps many others.
Blessed Be!


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text: For over 84 years Powder River kennels has been breeding, raising, and training dual champion brittanys. From the show to the field and even in herding tests the proof is in the pudding. Our dogs are family raised and experience birds very early in life. They can sit on the couch one minute and hunt the next. Family run and currently in the third generation.


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Sir William Goscombe John (1860-1952)
FILDES, Sir Luke (1844 - 1927)
Date: 1924
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 67.6 x 55.2 cm
Acquired: 1953; Gift; Mrs Luke Fildes
Accession Number: NMW A 2566
Sir Luke Fildes's son, also named Luke, married Goscombe John's daughter Muriel, who gave this portrait to the Museum after the sculptor's death. The Museum had been reluctant to take it initially, having six other portraits of him already in the collection. Muriel wrote of her disappointment because 'it is the only one, for the last 40 years, that is really a likeness of my father'.


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Since I can't stand being chained to a desk all day long, I've always preferred using a laptop to a desktop computer. This allows me to easily take my work with me wherever I need to go, whether it's across the living room or across the country.
I never have to mess around with thumb drives or transferring files to make sure I have what I need on a particular machine. I just toss my laptop into a bag and head out the door.
Right now I'm in the market for a new unit to replace my four-year-old model. I've been hearing and reading lots of good things about Acer notebook computers, so I've decided to check out this brand a bit more. I've never owned something from this manufacturer, but they've been around for a long time and have developed a good reputation over the years.
I know Acer notebook computers are generally considered to be a great value for the money, but frankly I'm more interested in performance than saving a few bucks. How do these laptops stack up against other brands?
Very favorably, as it turns out. For example, the Aspire line features some of the best Acer notebook computers currently available. These notebooks are cheap, but come with specifications that are suitable for my purposes, such as the latest Intel processor, Windows operating system, 3GB (or more) of memory, and a very spacious 250GB hard drive.
Moreover, many of the models in the Aspire line are thin, light, and sleek, which is definitely the trend these days. Plus these Acer notebook computers often cost less than comparable offerings from Toshiba, Sony, Dell, and HP.
Granted, this type of laptop might not be the best for gamers or those who are heavy users of graphics programs, but neither of those labels applies to me, so I shouldn't have anything to worry about.
There is a vast lineup of Acer notebook computers for today's consumers to choose from, so I'm sure it's going to take me some time to read through all the specs and reviews for each one in my price range.
But I don't mind putting in the extra work because I realize that's all part of the process of making an important purchase like this. I use my laptop each and every day for work, which means I need a reliable, functional machine that performs as expected with no breakdowns. If it takes me a few weeks to find the perfect one, so be it.
Anyway, I know there are some people out there who balk at the very notion of buying anything other than a Mac, but I'm not one of them. While it's true that I do place a premium on performance, I'm not willing to spend three times what I have to just to get an Apple logo on my machine. It looks like Acer notebook computers can do what I need at a fraction of the cost, so I'm planning to give this brand a try.


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I have been dealing with an annoying feature with my Toshiba laptop since I got it back in October. There is a drop down, auto-hide menu at the the top of the screen that doesn't seem to hide very well and covers up you title bar controls when it is active. It didn't even give an indication of what it is called so it took a while to locate the way to turn it of. It is call FlashCards and here is how to turn it off.
Yes it is just that easy. Thank goodness.
In the past I have had an aversion to link list posts. I have picked up a large number of blog subscriptions and most of these lists just contain what I have already seen.
Lately my opinion has changed slightly. I am trying to evangelize within the company that I work for. In order to grow awareness of what is going on in the community as a whole I have started sending out emails with a distilled list of blog links. I figure if I have already found what I think are the jewels I can save others the time of filtering the noise.
To some extent I see those that are posting lists of links as trying to do the same thing. The only problem is that if too many people do it the lists become noise themselves.
For my part I think I will just add a couple of the best list bloggers to my blog roll. Look for them soon.
Most people have heard the old saying about assumptions. Something about making something out of you and me. Well it is true. I recently got into a crunch situation with a client and experienced this first hand.
It doesn't matter if it is requirement or team responsibilities. Anything that is not recorded or communicated is a risk. I know that different methodologies have differing opinions on documentation, but in the end all of them seem to agree that communication is the key.
It should be well understood what the client needs to accomplish, the systems involved, partners to the process, and who is responsible for which features. Without these being communicated and understood by all stake holders the risk of something being missed or worse done incorrectly is almost 100%.
Communication also needs to happen early and often. If your team has an issues or risk list, get things on it as soon as they appear. Trying to work them first to full understanding only adds to the risk.
I am filing this under the lessons learned and don't let this happen to you categories. Experience can be a brutal teacher.
This has happened before with but it still impresses me when a company is scanning the blogosphere to see what is being said about there product and help out people with questions. Today I got a comment from the Sr. Product Manager at Corel to give a tip on my previous post. All I can say is that this is the way you gain and keep customers. We can all learn from this example.
For those of you who read the previous post you will have noticed some of my questions were answered by helpful commenters.
The first thing that was mentioned is that you can install as many of the express versions as you wish. What you really give up here is the ability to have just one Visual Studio environment that looks the same for all of your projects. For the moment I can live with that.
So I installed the Web Edition and found a couple of surprising items. The toolbox actually included AJAX Extensions by default. There is still a lot more to investigate. Look for more tidbits in upcoming weeks.
Ok, so if you didn't already know it I am a shutter bug. Everyone who is into photography knows that the big dog on the block is Photoshop CS3. Unfortunately if you don't get paid for your photography or get the "CEO's" approval for such an expenditure it is just way too expensive. So lately I have been looking at alternatives. This post will describe some of the plusses and minuses of a couple of editing packages.
So which applications did I look at: Paint.NET, Nikon Capture NX, Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, and Photoshop Elements.
Paint.NET has been my main editing tool for a while. I was able to use it with a decent workflow based on the shortcut keys. The other nice thing is that it has a .NET interface so that anyone can write effects. The main drawback is that it doesn't have as many features as other packages. In the future I suspect that it will probably have what I am looking for.
I have used Paint Shop Pro in the past. It has all the features I am looking for, but it isn't organized very well. Features such as curves don't have shortcut keys. I did find some cool ways of doing things like graduated filters.
The most future package I have been evaluating is Elements. It seems easy enough to learn. The only feature that is missing that Photo Shop has is HDR. It does how more support available than any other package.
In the end I think I will go with either Photo Shop or Elements. None of them are that expensive so I can always change later.
How could I forget to put in Nikon Capture. This was one of the first alternatives to Paint.NET that I tried out. The features are really good and it is organized in a logical way. Given that I shoot a Nikon camera it would be the logical choice. It is just about as slick as Elements if not more. It does allow the saving of actions and applying them in batch. I may purchase this package in the future.
Tim is a Solutions Architect for PSC Group, LLC. He has been an IT consultant since 1999 specializing in Microsoft technologies. Along with running the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group and speaking on Microsoft and architecture topics he was also contributing author on "The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library".


text: Basics What advantage do sound bars have over traditional surround systems? Simplicity. A sound bar means no routing wires to six or more speakers all over your room. The thin designs also complement modern flatscreens. Even better, powered sound bars (like the ones here) don't require a separate receiver or amp. Read the reviews:- MartinLogan Motion Vision Vizio VHT215 Yamaha YSP-2200 Harman Kardon SB 30 But I won't get real surround sound. Correct. Physics is physics, and only a 5.1 or 7.1 system will give you true surround sound. But the better sound bars do a reasonable job of faking it with digital signal processing (DSP). Some tweak timing and volume to trick your ears into thinking sounds are coming from different directions; others accomplish this by reflecting sound waves off the walls behind you. When these systems play movies with a properly encoded surround source, like Dolby Digital or DTS, listeners gain the illusion of being in the middle of the action. How do they do with music? They can struggle. The limited cabinet space leaves very little physical separation between the speakers. This translates into a narrow listening field and sub-par bass. But as traditional audio companies push into the sound bar market, the incorporation of technologies like crosstalk-cancellation circuitry -- which helps these 40- to 50-inch bars sound even broader than their actual length -- is growing. Also, most sound bars come with a wireless subwoofer for added low-end punch. Buying Advice Even the cheapest sound bar will deliver better audio than built-in HDTV speakers, but higher-end models tend to have greater separation between drivers and more sophisticated DSP. If your priority is movies, look for a sound bar with Dolby Digital or DTS sound decoding. If you'll mainly be streaming high-quality music, get a model with crosstalk-elimination circuitry, which will minimize the signal interference that occurs between the closely spaced speakers. Next, consider your room. Powered sound bars like the ones in this roundup are fine up to about 250 square feet. If you're dealing with a bigger space, consider a passive sound bar paired with a receiver.MartinLogan Motion Vision Sound Bar Close your eyes while the Motion Vision is playing and it's easy to forget you're listening to a single 40-inch speaker. Even in a medium-sized room, this soundbar packed an auditory wallop comparable to systems three times its size (and its $1,500 price tag). Read the reviews:- Basics & Buying Advice Vizio VHT215 Yamaha YSP-2200 Harman Kardon SB 30 While it was the only unit not to come with a dedicated sub, the four built-in woofers and two rear-firing bass ports still managed to produce wall-rattling tremors during the train crash in Super 8. If you find you still crave more low end, you can wirelessly pair the Motion Vision with two of MartinLogan's Dynamo subs simply by holding the soundbar's sync button. Of course, there's also an option for a wired connection for any other type of sub. But it wasn't just this soundbar's brute force that impressed. The Motion Vision also proved to be a surprisingly musical, with a lush midrange and sparkling highs compliments of the same exotic tweeters used in MartinLogan's high end speakers. Unlike plenty of other units I've tested, dialogue in movies and TV shows was always balanced, uncolored, and crystal clear. Throw in a satisfyingly wide soundstage and you have a truly rare thing in the soundbar world -- a speaker that sounds fantastic regardless of the source. WIRED Jaw-dropping performance for both movies and music. Neighbor-friendly "night mode" reduces bass output and compresses the dynamic range. Only unit to come with two digital optical inputs. TIRED Bulkier than most of the other soundbars in the roundup; At 5-inches tall, it blocked the bottom portion of our HDTV screen.Vizio VHT215 Don't be fooled by its budget-level $270 price tag. The VHT215 has style and performance to spare. Dialog was well-articulated and intelligible on this 2.1 channel soundbar. Setup was a breeze, taking only a few minutes. I didn't care much for the SRS Wow audio enhancement, which made movies and music sound either bloated or overly phasey. But the other virtual-surround function, TruSurround HD, proved sufficiently immersive as long as you remained within a 5-foot sweetspot. Move back any further and the effect was much less dramatic. Read the reviews:- Basics & Buying Advice MartinLogan Motion Vision Yamaha YSP-2200 Harman Kardon SB 30 Overall, audio performance was marred a bit by an overactive subwoofer, which proved hard to dial in. Unfortunately, playing stereo music only made this shortcoming more glaring, as EL-P's latest album, Cancer for Cure, demonstrated over an over again. Luckily, the VHT215 soundbar comes with plenty of tweaking options for the bass and treble -- including the ability to adjust each 10 dB up and down. Knocking down the treble on the fly is simply a matter of hitting a button on the remote. No complicated menu systems to scroll through, and no need to exit couch mode. Still, sub integration with the soundbar simply wasn't nearly as smooth as it was with Harmon Kardon's SB 30. WIRED Outstanding value. Handy remote with slide-out panel lets you fine tune bass and treble on the fly. Tons or connectivity options. But ARC (audio return channel) support means you can send audio data upstream from your TV (if it supports it) to the VHT215 over a single HDMI connection. TIRED Not an ideal choice for music lovers. Bass was overly boomy even after turning the sub level down and fiddling with the bass response on the soundbar.Yamaha YSP-2200 Yamaha helped pioneer the concept of artificial surround sound, so it's not surprising that the YSP-2200 ($1,000) offered up the most convincing pseudo 5.1 experience of the bunch. Read the reviews:- Basics & Buying Advice MartinLogan Motion Vision Vizio VHT215 Harman Kardon SB 30 An array of 16 individually controlled drivers helped "steer" sound so effectively that there were points during the car chase in Casino Royale when I could've sworn there was a pair of speakers behind me. Even in a medium-sized, asymmetrical room -- complete with curtains, windows, and a variety of build materials and odd crevices -- the YSP-2200 still somehow managed to create a genuinely immersive soundstage. There are some trade-offs though. Setup took nearly twice as long as the others, requiring a fairly involved room analyzation process compete with mic and cardboard stand. All those individual speakers crammed into a single cabinet don't do any favors for stereo music either. Comparatively, higher octaves sounded down right dull during stereo playback with the 2200. Switching to any of the other gimmicky modes, like "Concert Hall," only made everything sound unnatural and overblown. If your aim is to replicate a true surround with only one speaker, though, the 2200 is peerless. It can't beat the laws of physics. But it comes damn close. WIRED Truly immersive faux-surround for games and movies. Comes with echo-locating mic that helps hunt for sound-reflecting sweet spots in your room. At 4-inches tall and 37 inches long, it's perfect for any flatscreen. TIRED Sub is not wireless. A plethora of useless sound modes like "Jazz Club" and "Concert Hall." Limited speaker separation and a dull high end make this a poor choice for music.Harman Kardon SB 30 Slim, elegant, and packed with 13 speakers, Harman Kardon's SB 30 sound bar ($800) delivers a deceptively wide soundstage for such a small package. Like the Vizio, this soundbar comes with a wireless sub that automatically pairs upon power up. Read the reviews:- Basics & Buying Advice MartinLogan Motion Vision Vizio VHT215 Yamaha YSP-2200 But the real show-stoppers are the six 2-inch drivers, seven 1-inch tweeters, and 11 amplifiers -- all of which work together to produce big, theater-worthy sound. The SB 30 handled even abrupt dynamic shifts with ease and finesse. Bass remained tight and well controlled, midrange was smooth, and voices were always detailed, managing to remain distinct and defined even with a swelling musical score and the crunch of robotic body parts in the background. While the SB 30 uses a digital steering technology (similar to that found in Yamaha's offering) for its pseudo surround, it wasn't quite as immersive as the YSP-2200. There is some directionality to the sound, but I never felt enveloped, even after experimenting with the various room modes. The soundbar also lacked the detail and natural ease of the Motion Vision when playing 2-channel music. WIRED Small footprint means plenty of placement options. Switch the subwoofer's wireless channels if you run into any interference (I didn't). Dolby Volume keeps sound levels consistent when switching sources. Adjustable beam function lets you tailor the sound for small, medium, and large rooms. TIRED Confusing multi-colored lights are the only indication of what mode you're in. Even in dedicated 2-channel listening mode, highs could be shrill and grating.All photos by Greg Broom/Wired


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Mold solution to be showcased at events across North America, Europe & Asia
Givat Shmuel, Israel – June 13, 2013 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT) today announced that the mold design and NC programming capabilities of CimatronE 11, the latest version of its integrated CAD/CAM software solution for mold makers, will be demonstrated at a range of trade shows during June in the US, UK, Germany, Russia, Thailand, and Japan.
"Mold shops in today's economy face fierce competition from both domestic and global players," said Mr. Ira Bareket, Cimatron's VP Sales, and Marketing. "In this environment, successful shops are those that have managed to cut design and production time without compromising on mold quality."
"CimatronE 11 supports the design of precision molds of any complexity and size, serving every possible industry from household goods, computers, communications, and consumer electronics to medical, aerospace and automotive. Through new and improved analysis tools, more automation, and a wide variety of dedicated capabilities and features for any job, the new CimatronE 11 offers mold designers the power they need for designing any mold with unmatched speed and accuracy."
Highlights of the new and enhanced features in CimatronE include:
- Rapid parting surface creation - A new tool enables the easy creation of the internal parting surface. Users can close internal Islands by selecting geometry from a non-activated part, and the system can detect any type of geometry (open or closed) to cap islands.
- Wall thickness integrity - A new embedded and accurate 3D wall thickness analysis tool allows the user to check whether an object's walls are of the required thickness to ensure high product quality.
- Lifter pockets - Pockets for lifters can now be created during the parting design or tool design stages with the click of a button.
- Automated cooling design - The length of baffles is automatically optimized according to the geometry of the part, and the user can view and control the safety offset to identify any gouges. In addition, when adding a cooling item, the associated cooling channel is automatically created at the same time.
- Engineering change orders - A new ECO Manager enables the highly effective rapid assessment and seamless incorporation of an unlimited number of ECOs into an existing model.
These capabilities and much more will be demonstrated at the following trade shows in June:
- AmeriMold, Rosemont, IL, US, June 12-13, at the Cimatron booth (#410).
- RosMould, Moscow, Russia, June 18-20, at the Bee-Pitron booth (Pavilion 2, Hall 5, Booth E25).
- DMS, Tokyo, Japan, June 19-21 at the Saeilo booth (#E2, 14-30).
- PDM, Telford, UK, June 19-20, at the booth of Foregone Solutions (#C041).
- Wfb, Siegen, Germany, June 19-20, at the Cimatron booth (#C-06).
- Intermold Thailand, Bangkok, June 20-23, at the booths of MyGrowTech (Hall 102, MD28-MD30) and Saeilo (#J17).
For a complete list of CimatronE 11's new and enhanced capabilities for mold design, visit https://www.3dsystems.com/software/cimatron
About Cimatron
With 30 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron's shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CIMT. For more information, visit http://www.cimatron.com
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Spooky Cool Labs, Warner Bros. Announce New Facebook Game
Spooky Cool Labs and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have announced The Wizard of Oz game for Facebook. The game is based on the film and includes music from the original soundtrack. It also features video clips from the film and resemblance of characters , including Judy Garland and Margaret Hamilton. Players will have the opportunity to build their own Munchkintown by constructing buildings, interacting with locals, and building the Yellow Brick Road to help lead Dorothy and her friends to Emerald City. As players travel through the Land of Oz, they will run into other characters and will have a chance to defend the townspeople from the Wicked Witch of the West and her Winged Monkeys. Player can visit other Munchkinlands and help with quests. Visit http://apps.facebook.com/wozgame to collect items that The Wicked Witch of the East left behind, as well as the Ruby Slippers, for a limited...Read More


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Frying the Fastnachts
I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania and went to college in Southeastern Pennsylvania so if you said "Fastnacht" to most people they knew that you were referring to a doughnut. Being a German major in college and Catholic the terms Fastnacht and Fasching (Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras) were common terms as well.
Essentially as Ash Wednesday grew near it would be time to eat all those fatty foods before fasting (clearing out the pantry of all the goodies, so to speak). Fasching more commonly (at least today) refers to the day before Ash Wednesday and these doughnuts are a last hurrah of sorts.
My mom would make these every year when I was little. I remember coming home from school and seeing my mom surrounded by fastnachts.....mmmmm Yummy!!! The funny thing is we aren't even German...at all. My mom's 100% Irish. My dad 100% Lithuanian. Apparently my mom's best friend in school was German and she'd get lots of cool recipes from her and would turn them into family traditions. I would irritate my parents to no end because, as a child, I had a difficult time saying Fastnacht [fasst-nahkt]. I would say "fasst-snot". It was not intentional...at least at first :)
Benjamin helping roll the Fastnachts
When I went away to college I was delighted to see that Fastnachts were served there on Fasching as well. I'd grab a ton and eat them throughout the day. I'm sure on-lookers found it quite amusing to see me walking away with so many!
When I had kids this was one of those things that I just had to make each year. Now I didn't when we lived in Hawaii. My oldest was really too small to appreciate them, but when he was 2 years old and were living in California, it was game-on, and oh did my kids learn to love these doughnuts! They are an all day affair though, so I actually make them on Monday for them to beready for eating on Fasching (that's not saying that we don't enjoy them Monday night as well...it's still Carnival after all!).
Fastnachts on the last rise with the slits cut in the middle
So here's the recipe if you'd like to take a whack at making them. I guarantee that you won't be disappointed!
2 c milk, scalded
2 tbsp warm water (110-115 degrees (F))
1 pkg active dry yeast
3/4 c sugar
1/4 c margarine, melted
1/2 tsp salt
7 c flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Canola oil
Powdered sugar (or granulated, if you prefer)
Scald milk and set aside to cool.
Dissolve yeast in the water then add 1/2 c flour to the yeast and mix. Add this to the scalded milk (ensuring the milk is not between 110-115 degrees (F) as well). Stir. Transfer to a very large bowl. Add 1 tsp of the sugar and 3 c flour. Mix, cover with plastic wrap (spray plastic wrap with butter spray) or a towel and allow to rise overnight in a warm place.
Punch down. Add the eggs, margarine (again, make sure it's not hotter than 115 degrees(F)), nutmeg, salt, and remaining sugar. Add as much of the remaining flour as you can stir with a spoon. Allow to rise until light (about 2 hours).
Punch down. Roll on a floured surface to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into squares. Cut a slit in the center with a pair of kitchen scissors. Let rise (about 45 minutes).
Heat oil to 375 degrees (F). Fry in batches until golden, turning once. Remove to paper towel-lined baking sheets. While warm sprinkle with powdered or granulated sugar (we always did powdered).
Store in an air-tight container.
HINT: To proof the dough (make it rise faster) - Preheat the oven to 200 degrees (F). When preheated leave on (and empty) for 4 - 5 minutes. Turn the oven OFF and place the towel covered bowl in the oven (it's probably going to be on the lowest rack since you need a good-sized bowl for this and you don't want it touching the upper heating-element). I only use the proofing for the first rise (about 3 - 4 hours), but you could probably do it for the second rise as well.
Day old Fastnachts are no longer the lovely chewy goodness they were on that initial day, but fear not, just pop them in the microwave for a couple seconds or warm them up in the oven to bring them back to their first-day glory. They take a lot of work to make, but I guarantee that once you've eaten them you'll be craving them!


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There's been a lot of talk in the wake of the election about how "divided" we are as a nation and all the ways that we are different.
Bear with me, if you will. I want to talk about some of the ways that we're the same.
I'm at the airport in Wichita, Kan., where my flight home to Las Vegas has just been delayed due to, well, whatever.
Why is not important. When is the question --as in, when will I ever get home? So far, the answer remains to be seen.
I spent the past three days in nearby Salina, where I spoke at a fundraiser for Women Helping Women, a grass-roots nonprofit group that truly and nobly lives up to its name.
I arrived at the airport an hour ago in plenty of time for the scheduled departure, only to be told the schedule had changed.
That's life, isn't it? Things change. I'm not worried.
If my flight gets cancelled and I can't make it home tonight, I can always go back to Salina and somebody will take me in.
Seriously. I had all sorts of offers from people I had never met who, when they heard that I was coming to town, emailed to invite me to come to dinner or even sleep on their hide-a-bed.
If I email those folks to say I'm coming back tonight, surely one of them will offer to put me up.
Salina is that kind of town, the kind that can make a stranger -- even one from Las Vegas, of all places -- feel like long-lost kin.
It's a great place, warm and welcoming, even if temperatures drop into the 20s, as they did this weekend, and you have to put on everything in your suitcase to keep from stuttering.
There are lots of places like Salina. I've had similar offers of kindness wherever I've gone to speak, from California to the Carolinas, Texas to Tennessee, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, Arkansas, Florida ...
I spend a lot of time in airports. Wichita Mid-Continent is a perfectly nice one. But I'd rather not sleep in it tonight.
On Sunday, in Salina, I spoke in a high-school auditorium to a thousand or so people, most of whom have read my column for years in the Salina Journal.
I talked about the same things I write about -- love and loss and life -- and told family stories about the time my blind brother got drunk and tried to drive the car. Why my mother and her sisters quit singing for the radio. And how my sister once tried to shoot me. Yes, with a real gun.
All the usual stories that most families have in common.
At least, that's what you'd have thought if you'd seen all those faces in the audience smiling and nodding as if to say, yes, absolutely, I and my family are just as crazy as you and yours.
We care, most of us, about many of the same things. We hope for our children's future, worry about our aging parents, delight in our grandchildren and wonder if we'll ever get to retire.
We might disagree on how to deal with the issues surrounding the things we care about. But when we talk about real people, rather than numbers, what they mean to us and how they make us feel, we speak plainly in a universal language and hear clearly with more than our ears.
In the everyday, ordinary matters of the heart, we are far more alike than we are different.
It helps, I think, to remember that. It helps to treat each other with a measure of respect and listen to each other's stories.
We are all in this lifeboat together. We live in different towns, but we share the same home. Our elected officials need to remember that and find ways to work together. If they don't, we ought to vote them out and elect some who will.
I hope to visit Salina again one day. But my flight is finally boarding. I am going home.
I will meet you there.
Sharon Randall can be contacted at P.O. Box 777394, Henderson NV 89077, or at www.sharonrandall.com.


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Vice President of the Dominican Republic Launches National Training Programme Aimed at Strengthening Capacities to Integrate Climate Change into Education
In the presence of more than 100 national and international guests, H.E. Ms. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Vice President of the Dominican Republic launched the National Training Programme for Teachers on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development.
The Training Programme is being implemented in the framework on the National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development with support from the UN CC:Learn project. It is based on a Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development course, originally designed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to support teachers in helping young people understand the causes and consequences of climate change, and bring about changes in attitudes and behaviours.
The high-level event took place on 12 March 2013 at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was organized by the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL) with support from UN CC:Learn, bringing together participants from government, education institutions, NGOs, and the UN Country Team. National and international dignitaries attending the event included Mr. Omar Ramírez, Secretary of State and Executive Vice President of the CNCCMDL, Ms. María Roque, National Institute of Education and Training of Teachers (INAFOCAM), Mr. Miguel Llivina Lavign, UNESCO and Ms. Adriana Valenzuela, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
The Vice President H.E. Ms. Margarita Cedeño de Fernández pointed out that the Dominican Republic, as a small island developing state, is very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In this context, the Training Programme for Teachers on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development aims at building capacities to address this challenge. The Vice President noted that teachers play a transformative role in re-orienting education towards the promotion of a more sustainable future and stressed that the programme should serve as a model for the development of additional initiatives. She added that the Ministry of Education is leading the technical review of the curriculum and is planning to formally integrate climate change into the national education system.
Ms. Cedeño thanked UNITAR, UNESCO and the Swiss cooperation for supporting implementation of the UN CC:Learn project and testing the training programme for teachers in the Dominican Republic. "Our government reaffirms our commitment to combat climate change, and we invite the international community and bilateral and multilateral cooperation organizations to support us in this initiative with additional financial resources that allow us to reduce our vulnerability to this phenomenon and to combat the critical level of poverty in our country" the Vice President concluded.
Ms. Adriana Valenzuela, UNITAR spoke on behalf of UN CC:Learn and its 33 international partners. She acknowledged the contribution made by CNCCMDL, the Ministry of Education and INAFOCAM as well as the significant support from UNESCO. "UNITAR and UN CC:Learn partners are committed to providing support towards implementing the National Strategy" Ms. Valenzuela stated. Mr. Miguel Jorge Llivina Lavigne, UNESCO regional office in Cuba, stressed the importance of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) noting that it allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.
More than 400 teachers at primary and secondary level will now be trained in 18 educational regions using the UNESCO course materials, which have been translated into Spanish and adapted to the Dominican context. This initiative has leveraged national budgetary resources from INAFOCAM. The project will be implemented from March to December 2013 mobilizing around 130,000 USD from both national (INAFOCAM) and international resources (UN CC:Learn).
About UN CC:Learn
UN CC:Learn is a partnership of 33 multilateral organizations which supports Member States in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. The Secretariat for UN CC:Learn is provided by UNITAR. An important aspect of UN CC:Learn is to support countries in developing a National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development, through a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder process. During the course of 2012-2013, Benin, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi, and Uganda are participating as UN CC:Learn pilot countries. Core funding for the 2011-2013 implementation phase of UN CC:Learn is provided by the Swiss Government.


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Magical Moments: The Tower
Welcome to the Magical Moments Report for "The Tower" episode of Once Upon a Time. Here you'll find highlights and insights for the recent events of affecting Storybrooke, Fairy Tale Land and more. WARNING: There are spoilers here if you haven't yet seen the episode. Enjoy!
Things Are About to Get Hairy: Robin Hood catches Charming sneaking a drink from a flask he keeps hidden. The two of them chat about the importance of keeping family safe. Charming says he has an overwhelming feeling of dread. He can't let it distract him though. Robin Hood tells him of a "night root" that, if digested, will help one overcome any fear. Charming is off to a haunted section of Sherwood Forest to find it. He unearths the root, but a scream for help draws his attention. See his first meeting with the long-haired lass who called upon him.
Hooking in a Heart: Emma and Hook follow a lead on the witch. It brings them into the woods. A conversation about how Emma nearly married a flying monkey ensues. She had her heart broken yet again. This is good news for Hook. See why.
Overcoming Fears: In Rapunzel's tower, Charming battles the witch, who is actually a mirror image of the very person he's trying to help. Only Rapunzel can defeat her. Charming launches the cloaked one out of the tower. Rapunzel must overcome her fear of an uncertain future. Can she do it?
Cellar Dweller: In Storybrooke, David tells of how the hilt of his sword vanished. Regina believes his courage transferred into it. The Wicked Witch stole it. In essence, she stole his courage. The group makes its way back to the farmhouse. Whoever is living there isn't there now. Little do they know that's because Zelena is busy gaining Mary Margaret's trust. They move over to the storm cellar to find the lock on the top broken. See what happens when the go inside.
Everyone knows that Rumplestiltskin was being held captive in the cage. The question is… where is he now?
Access the full recap for "The Tower."


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Mike Conley had 17 points, Zach Randolph added 10 points and 15 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame a poor start to beat the Chicago Bulls 80-71 on Monday night.
Conley was 6 of 12 from the field and had four assists. Rudy Gay had 12 points for Memphis but shot 5 of 13, continuing his slump. Wayne Ellington scored all 11 of his points in the second quarter, when the Grizzlies reserves provided a lift after Memphis shot poorly in the first period.
Carlos Boozer led the Bulls with 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Marco Belinelli finished with 13 points. Luol Deng and Joakim Noah had 11 points apiece for the Bulls, but Deng was 4 of 17 from the field.
Both teams shot just better than 37 percent. But Memphis was 6 of 11 from 3-point range compared to the Bulls hitting only 2 of 11 long-range shots. The Memphis frontline of Gay, Randolph and Marc Gasol were a combined 10 of 34, while the Bulls starting frontline of Deng, Boozer and Noah made 16 of 42.


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Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday. That way he'll have an excuse to do the same to start his workday, too.
The Ravens will get another shot at the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game. ... Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo got the war of words started Sunday by saying on Twitter that he doesn't respect the Patriots and their style of offense. ... After the Ravens beat the Denver Broncos, Peyton Manning waited more than an hour to congratulate Ray Lewis. ... Lewis told Joe Flacco that he is the general now. ... Justin Tucker got practice kicks in between the first and second overtime periods, which should not have been allowed.
Saturday's game was a defining win for Flacco. ... The Ravens believe they are a team of destiny. ... Denver's defense let the Broncos down on Saturday. ... The Ravens were smart to keep running back Ray Rice involved against the Broncos. ... Was the win over the Broncos one of the greatest games ever?
Quarterback Tom Brady has the Patriots back in yet another AFC title game. ... With Brady, the Patriots always have a chance. ... Brady and shifty wide receiver Wes Welker are still a productive combination. ... Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich is always in the right place at the right time. ... Running back Shane Vereen made the most of his opportunity. ... The loss of Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski (again) will hurt, but it will not cripple the Patriots.
Here are five things we learned in the win over the Broncos.
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Former Ravens coach Brian Billick landed an interview with the Philadelphia Eagles. ... You knew this, but the Patriots beat the Houston Texans on Sunday. ... The Atlanta Falcons barely eked by the Seattle Seahawks, and will play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. ... The win was a first for Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez, who was emotional after the game. ... The New York Jets can't give their general manager job away apparently. ... Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt might be in trouble again.


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LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — An 82-year-old Washington state man says he was a little sore but otherwise OK after tackling and helping police catch a felon one-third his age.
Terry Miracle, of Longview, was weeding in his garden Friday when heard a commotion. It was police chasing a burglary suspect identified as 27-year-old Morgan Perry Bluehorse.
As officers chased him through yards and over fences, Miracle could hear them coming closer, The Daily News reported Sunday. Miracle told the newspaper that he got into position, remembering his high school football training from 65 years earlier, and the suspect came barreling around the house.
"He was looking back over his shoulder to see where they were, and he turned around the corner of the house and he was coming at me just like the runners used to do when I played football," Miracle said.
He ran toward the suspect, who halted and stumbled as Miracle launched a "cross-body block."
"I kicked out my knee, as I always did with a cross-body block, and caught his knee with my knee," Miracle said. "He went down and so did I."
The suspect got up and started running again, but the delay gave police time to catch up. An officer slammed into his chest: "It sounded like somebody hit the bass drum, and he went back down this time," Miracle recalled.
Bluehorse, of Kelso, was booked for investigation of second-degree burglary related to an earlier investigation, third-degree theft, trespassing, resisting arrest, obstructing an officer, malicious mischief and methamphetamine possession. He also had a no-bail Department of Corrections warrant, Hallowell said.
Bluehorse has a long criminal history involving burglary. In 2004, he was sentenced to nine years in prison for burglarizing 14 Longview businesses
Longview Police Sgt. Mike Hallowell joked that it "it took a Miracle" to catch the bad guy.


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Police continue to investigate a group of robberies over the past few days, two involving guns.
The most recent robbery occurred about 10 p.m. Saturday on West Boylston Street. Two men entered the Sunoco gas station at 814 West Boylston St., and one of them showed the clerk a revolver.
The two men stole cash from the register and ran off.
They are described as Hispanics, both in their 20s and both about 6 feet tall. One man wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and the other a black hooded sweatshirt. Both were wearing blue jeans.
A second robbery that occurred Saturday morning remains under investigation as well. Police were called to the Bay State Savings Bank at 275 Mill St. for a report of an armed robbery there. The call came in about 9 a.m.
A teller told investigators that a man entered the bank and handed over a note demanding cash. The man took an undisclosed amount of cash and ran off toward June and Mill streets.
The suspect was described as a white man, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.
Detectives continue to investigate a robbery Thursday at the Guria Brazil Boutique, 458 Park Ave., where a man entered the store, brandished a gun and stole money from the cash register.
Police have security footage and are trying to identify the suspect.
Any robbery in which someone shows a gun or threatens to have a gun is a concern for police. In many cases surveillance footage has helped detectives track down a suspect, Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said.
The chief said he understands that in any type of robbery there is a victim, and the personal nature of the crime puts someone in fear.
Many armed robberies occur at night or early in the morning and around bars or nightclubs where victims are walking alone, the chief said.
Even with these recent reports, police said, armed robberies are down 2.4 percent for the first 10 months of this year compared with the same time frame last year.
There have been 4.1 percent fewer incidents of crime reported, and the number of arrests has dropped by 2.8 percent, according to statistics provided by the Police Department.


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Ohio prosecutors go forward with plan to try alleged Craigslist killer as adult
AKRON, Ohio -- Prosecutors in Ohio are moving ahead with plans for an adult trial for a teenager charged in the shooting deaths of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers.
A judge said 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty would be transported from juvenile lockup for arraignment in adult court in Akron Friday morning.
Rafferty is charged with three counts of aggravated murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and grand theft.
On Thursday, a juvenile court judge scheduled a three-day hearing in April on whether to try Rafferty as an adult.
A onetime mentor of his, 52-year-old Richard Beasley of Akron, has pleaded not guilty in the slayings.


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VANCOUVER -- A local energy utility that supplies heat to more than 210 buildings downtown plans to convert from fossil fuels to biofuels, which would cause a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking more than 14,000 cars a year off the road each year.
Ian Gillespie, sole director of Creative Energy, said the company has been talking with the City of Vancouver about switching to low-carbon fuels.
"When we do an effective fuel switch and take it off of gas to biofuel, we'll make the single largest contribution to the GHG reductions in Vancouver," he said. "By far, nothing is even remotely close."
Biofuels are energy sources produced from living organisms, such as plant material or animal waste.
Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020 — a reduction of 1.1 million tons a year in carbon dioxide.
A report by the City of Vancouver said the biggest opportunity for reducing greenhouse gas emissions comes from converting existing steam heat systems such as Central Heat to low-carbon energy. Energy used by buildings generates 55 per cent of the city's total greenhouse gas emissions.
The city estimates that the biggest single reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (CO2) could come by converting Central Heat, which generates 70,000 tonnes of GHG a year. A reduction of this amount would be the equivalent of the emissions for a year from 14,583 passenger vehicles or the amount of energy consumed by 3,497 homes or 162,791 barrels of oil, according to a greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Central Heat Distribution, at 720 Beatty St., provides heat to buildings that include the main branch of Vancouver Public Library, BC Place, Rogers Arena, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and Pacific Centre.
It was founded in 1968 on the idea that having a centralized system to provide heat would mean individual buildings wouldn't have to maintain their own expensive boilers. A centralized system would save money by lowering heating costs and causing less pollution.
Its six industrial-sized boilers work at full capacity during the winter converting the energy in natural gas and fuel oil into steam delivered by a network of 13 km of underground mains.
The company was acquired by Creative Energy Canada Platforms Corp. last year for $32 million, according to documents filed with the BC Utilities Commission, which regulates energy utilities in the province.
Gillespie said Creative Energy will be doing a call for new biofuel technology this spring. He said he expected to reach a decision soon on the final site of the energy generation plant.
Over time, Creative Energy plans to expand its biofuel system into Gastown, the Downtown Eastside, Downtown South and the West End, he said.
Other neighbourhood energy systems in Vancouver include North East False Creek and Southeast False Creeks.
The city believes a similar conversion of steam heat systems to biofuels at Children and Women's and VGH hospitals would result in reducing GHG emissions by 25,000 a year. Other neighbourhood energy systems could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25,000 tonnes annually.
In 2009, Seattle converted the energy source for a downtown steam system to wood chips and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent.
Gillespie, who is president of real estate developer Westbank Projects, says his role with Creative Energy fit with his ideas about being a developer.
"What are cities made up of? Cities are made up of the built environment, they're made up of transportation, they're made up of energy, and they're made up of the social environment," he said.
"If those are the legs of the stool, how do we get ourselves more involved in every piece of that stool?
"Now we're the provider of heating to Vancouver, what can we do to remake that system?"
Westbank's current projects include the redevelopment of Oakridge Centre and building Telus Gardens and Vancouver House, the 52-storey residential tower by the Granville Street Bridge.


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Last night I went to see the multi-award winning journalist Michela Wrong talk about working in sub-Saharan Africa. Chatham House Rules applied (i.e. everything was off the record and no quotes) but one thing she said got me thinking.
She mentioned that the serious cutbacks in foreign news reporting meant papers, broadcasters and agencies were no longer sending in Western correspondents but instead using local journalists. This, she said, might actually make the coverage better as they could provide local knowledge that the Westerner never can.


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The term "HTML5" gets tossed around a lot lately, as if simply stating that you are using HTML5 means your website or Web app is automatically superior. The reality is quite a bit different. HTML5 is a great addition to the HTML spec and it can certainly be used to improve the Web experience when it's applied, but it has not led to an explosion of new Web apps. In fact, applications on the Web are still the exception rather than the rule. Why is that?
HTML5 contains a wide variety of welcome additions to the HTML spec. A few notable examples are
LocalStorage, built-in support for audio and video, as well as many features that make data entry and data validation easier. This is just a taste of the goodness that is HTML5. The
Canvas element enables higher performance, client-side drawing and makes more interactive user interfaces possible.
LocalStorage allows for data to be stored on the user's device rather than in some central server. And built-in support for audio and video means that these functions no longer require plugins. HTML5 is tremendously important for mobile Web content because you can use it to optimize for speed and reduce bandwidth, which are both important when accessing anything via the Internet from the cellular service of a mobile device.
That's all good stuff and it's just a part of HTML5. There are some great Web applications that take advantage of these features, Google Docs and Facebook being the most well-known. Still, why is it that there are so few Web applications and why do we still rely so much on our desktop applications? One reason is that Internet Explorer, which is still the dominant browser, only recently added support for HTML5 and that support is not complete. However, I think if we look at the history of software development in general, we will find another important reason.
When my father first started writing software, he wrote machine code by flipping 16 physical switches (one per bit) and pressing a button to input them. Later on, machine code was replaced by assembly language and then by what were called "higher-order" languages such as BASIC, Pascal, and later C. When the graphical user interface came along for desktop computers, development tools were created that took a lot of the busy work (such as coding the user interface) and made it visual. This allowed the developer to focus on what really makes their application unique. As processors have gotten faster and storage has become cheaper, it has become possible to abstract developers further and further from the "metal" as they say, making software development faster and more accessible to mere mortals. Almost no one programs in machine code these days and there are few who could.
But even with HTML5, Web programming continues to be quite primitive. Instead of learning a single language and perhaps an OS API, you have five different technologies: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP or Java, and AJAX. I collectively call these the assembly language of the Web. There's nothing visual about them and getting them to work together feels a bit like combining black magic with duct tape and rubber cement. It can be done, but only by those developers who have spent an enormous amount of time learning this huge Web development stack. I spoke to a Web development shop and they told me that finding a Web developer who knows two of those five technologies is not hard. Finding someone that understands all five is very difficult. That alone speaks volumes.
I witnessed the primitive nature of Web development first hand. While watching a Web developer coding up the HTML for a page, I asked him why he wasn't using a visual, drag-and-drop tool to create the Web page. "No one uses those anymore," he told me. When I asked why not, he replied, "Because those editors add lots of meta tags to your HTML so they can load the page back into the editor. Eventually, you will have to edit the HTML yourself and those meta tags just mess up your HTML and get in the way." The same developer later explained to me how different the various Web rendering engines can be, requiring developers to test on all popular browsers and learn each browser's eccentricities despite these technologies all being standard.
So why aren't there a lot more Web applications? Why haven't we seen all of our desktop apps moving to the Web? Because developing Web applications requires a developer to spend significant time learning the assembly language of the Web; these technologies require much more time to work with; there are few visual tools to use; and there are at least three different Web rendering engines developers need to understand well so they can deal with their eccentricities.
If we are going to see an explosion of Web applications, we need to take advantage of all the processing power we have to provide developers with the next layer of abstraction. This abstraction layer should remove the necessity of knowing the assembly language of the Web. It should provide visual development for creating the user interface. Finally, it should abstract the developer from the differences between various browsers. This Web abstraction layer, by removing the nitty-gritty details, also makes Web development accessible to mere mortals. This last bit is key because you won't have an explosion of Web applications without lots of developers. HTML5 alone is not going to be enough; not even close.
Before we will ever see Web apps really take off, development must be a great deal faster and far easier to learn. There are tools available on the market today that offer developers an abstraction layer for Web apps, but this premise is still lacking the widespread acceptance needed to fulfill the promise of the Web.
Geoff Perlman is the founder and CEO of Real Software, makers of Real Studio.


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Gowns with sleeves made their mark at the Golden Globes this year. High necklines made their mark at the Academy Awards.
Minimalism at its best. Notice how the slice in the high neckline creates an almost sculptural effect and eliminates the need for a necklace. Also notice how the horizontal seam at the hem creates another level of complexity that balances the vertical cut at the neckline. This is the same designer–Fransisco Costa– responsible for the best dress at The Golden Globes worn by Emma Stone.
Couture at its best. Again notice how the embellishment at the neckline, done with a sprinkle of color , brings the eye up toward the face, without the need for jewelry. The dress is quite gorgeous from the back, which is open and has the same sprinkle of color as the neckline.
This is the same designer–Riccardo Tisci– who created Zoe Saldana's exquisite dress last year.
Gorgeous color, gorgeous dress, great hair and makeup–but she looked sullen all nite long. Why?
HONORABLE MENTION: Anne Hathaway (onstage in Atelier Versace and Armani Prive), Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Hale Berry, Hilary Swank andSusan Bridges.
Looks like a tacky second rate copy of a Bob Mackie gown. Perhaps one of the worst Oscar gowns ever!
Was she steamrolled over by a lace machine?
Yes, it's a gorgeous color but she looks like a drag queen. She lost weight, yes, but she also lost her mind–though she seems to have found her breasts.
I know this sounds particularly harsh, but I put it this way because she is either a victim of spectacularly bad advice or she's using her weight loss as an excuse to wear something that she might have wanted to wear when she was unable to. She should be looking forward and not backward. (The two gentlemen behind her were in charge of hauling around the dress' train.)
Imagine for a moment how smoking hot–yet classy–she would have looked wearing the Gucci gown worn by Hillary Swank!
She's a class act and she should dress the part.


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