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Australian baby face Xavier Samuel has been cast in Eclipse, the third flick in the Twilight franchise.
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According to THR, Xavier, 25, will play newborn vampire Riley, a good-looking college student who joins the plot of villain Victoria to murder protagonist Bella (Kristen Stewart). Riley is corrupted by Victoria, for whom he has an inexplicable weakness.
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Number: 110-5
Date: July 31, 2007
House Ways and Means Committee Passes H.R. 3162,
The Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007
On July 27, 2007, by a vote of 24 to 17, the House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007. This bill is also under consideration by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Senate is also considering a bill to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1893) which does not include SSA-related provisions. The House Ways and Means-passed bill contains the following provisions of interest to SSA.
Financial Assistance for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
• Would direct the Commissioner of Social Security to provide MSP and LIS applications to individuals who apply for Medicare benefits with SSA. SSA would also be required to provide assistance to beneficiaries in completing these MSP applications, which would be forwarded to the State Medicaid Agency for processing. This provision would be effective January 1, 2009.
• Would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to translate the existing simplified MSP form into at least the ten languages (other than English) most often used by individuals applying for benefits under Title II or Title XVIII.
• Would increase allowable assets for Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) and the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) program to $17,000 for an individual and $34,000 for a couple, in order to qualify for assistance with Medicare Part B and D costs. Would be effective January 2009, with limits increasing annually starting in 2010, by $1,000 per individual and $2,000 per couple.
• Would allow for self-certification of income and resources for individuals under the LIS program as well as automatic reenrollment for those individuals who lose deemed eligibility, effective January 1, 2009. Would also direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage States to adopt these LIS enrollment simplifications to MSPs.
• Would allow the Commissioner of Social Security to obtain certain adjusted gross income data including information on State, private or individual pensions and annuities from IRS to identify beneficiaries potentially eligible for the LIS, effective upon enactment.
• Would exempt the balance of a pension or retirement plan and the value of a life insurance policy from income and resources for determination of LIS eligibility . In kind support and maintenance (ISM) would also be exempted from LIS income determinations, effective January 1, 2009.
• Would eliminate the Part D late enrollment penalty for LIS-eligible individuals, effective on January 1, 2008.
• Would provide a special enrollment period for LIS-eligible individuals, allowing up to 90 days after notification of LIS status to select a Part D plan or Medicare Advantage (MA) plan that covers prescription drugs. This provision would take effect on January 1, 2008.
• Would permit mid-year changes in Part D enrollment for formulary changes that adversely impact an enrollee (by reducing access to his/her prescribed drug, unless such change was required for safety reasons). This provision would take effect on January 1, 2009.
• Would require that the lowest-income Medicare beneficiaries who are automatically assigned to a Part D plan, are assigned to a plan that: (1) covers 95 percent of the 100 brand name and 100 generic drugs most commonly used by Medicare beneficiaries; (2) provides pharmacy access that exceeds minimum standards, including access in areas where low-income beneficiaries reside; and (3) has a total cost among the lowest 25th percentile of plans where the beneficiary resides. This provision would be effective for the enrollment period beginning November 15, 2009.
• Would cap out-of-pocket spending under Part D to 2.5 percent of income annually for the lowest-income Medicare beneficiaries, effective January 1, 2009.
• Would eliminate Part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full benefit dual-eligible individuals, ensuring that dual-eligible beneficiaries receiving care through a home- and community-based care waiver are treated the same as beneficiaries who are in nursing homes. This provision would be effective January 1, 2009.
• Would make permanent the Qualified Individual (QI) program that provides assistance with premiums for certain low-income beneficiaries, while also raising the QI income limits to 150% of the Federal poverty level, effective January 1, 2008.
Medicare Advantage Program Changes
• Would revise Medicare Advantage (MA) plan enrollment practices to provide continuous open enrollment for full Medicaid dual eligibles and Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (people with incomes up to 100% of poverty level). Would also provide a special election period to additional beneficiaries with special health needs, and extend the period that Medicare beneficiaries may return to their previous Medigap plan to 24 months. This provision would be effective upon enactment.
• Would prohibit auto-enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries into a MA plan, effective upon enactment.
• The Medicare Advantage program would be renamed the Medicare Part C program, effective upon enactment.


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Où est le radiateur?
Where is the heater?
L'appareil de chauffage ne fonctionne pas.
The heater is not working.Or better yet simply point and say,
It's not working.
The cold in Paris has a way of going right through you, n'est-ce pasReplyDelete
Is it the damp coming off the Seine..?
Long johns and thermal underwear are essentail IMO.
Of course it's always better to have a cup of chocolate to get warmer!ReplyDelete
Great post, Carol!! I smiled all the way through it--wonderful. You know--I toured a house even in South Carolina once that was an old plantation home, and they said one of the reasons they had "screens" in front of the fireplace was so women would not get too close sitting there--even if it was very cold...If they did, they would melt the WAX on their faces. Many of the women evidently had had smallpox and as a result were quite disfigured, so they put wax over their faces to make it look smoother! Your post made me remember that.
Beautiful watercolor!
Lovely photographs and I am chilled just thinking about it. I have to be warm--can't stand the cold. I would very much like some of the chocolat chaud right now. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.ReplyDelete
Those Frenchies really know how to warm up a room.ReplyDelete
I don't know if it is the damp off of the Seine, all I know is it can get freezing in Paris!
Oh BTW, nice painting Carol. I like these different subjects recently....
I love these different subjects, too, Carol--excellent!!
I'll bet the Seine does contribute to the chill--I remember it often seemed gray in the mornings, but then the sun would burn off that fogginess. But winter can be cold, I remember.
And here I thought the firescreens simply protected Madame from flying sparks igniting her copious skirts, must less melting her waxen maquillage?!ReplyDelete
Oh we are so tough over this side of the Atlantic :)ReplyDelete
How I would love a cup of that rich Chocolat Chaud and macarons right now... sighReplyDelete
It is customary to put the heat sources by the windows in this country, too. My engineers claim it's done that way for the reason you suspected: to temper the cold air from the windows. However, they are obviously not gardeners: the best place to overwinter plants is in a sunny window- but not with a heating vent there treating the plants to a nice desert wind!ReplyDelete
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"Since I've been here, it's probably one of the best," Bregman said.
Bregman, who knocked three doubles and a two-run home run on Tuesday night, barreled two doubles and another homer on Wednesday afternoon, this one his second game-winning hit since June 18. It was the first walk-off homer of Bregman's career.
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"Bregman's pretty locked in the last couple of days," Keuchel said. "That's what he provides for our team, moments in the clutch."
"He's on fire right now," said Blue Jays reliever and Bregman's friend Ryan Tepera , who gave up the game-winning shot just months after training with Bregman in the offseason.
Toronto soured Keuchel's start with a handful of early runs, by far the left-hander's rockiest inning this season. Entering Wednesday's start, Keuchel held a 7.31 first-inning ERA.
Keuchel allowed five of the six earned runs charged to him to score in the opening frame, positioning Toronto to give Houston its first series loss since a May 28-30 set against the Yankees.
From the second to fifth innings, Keuchel retired 12 of the 13 batters he faced, giving the Astros time to erase the damage that Toronto's right-handed-only lineup did against Houston's lone left-handed starter.
"Dallas' ability to collect himself and keep that game remotely close after our offense scores three runs to respond to their five runs, can't say enough about how he changed his game plan," Astros manager AJ Hinch said. "[He was] just putting up zeroes to allow us to make it a game."
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City of Branson
Branson Convention Center
Branson Landing
Sight & Sound Theatres
Silver Dollar City
White Water
, created in the late 1950's is
a popular recreational lake, just 10
minutes south of Branson. You'll see
plenty of locals and visitors alike
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boating, swimming, parasailing,
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activity. Tucked away in coves all
over, are beautiful lakeside
properties and cozy weekend resorts.
Largely known for its awesome bass
fishing, Table Rock Lake has become increasingly popular as a
tournament site as well.
Accessible from multiple public and
privately owned locations just
minutes to the west of Branson,
Table Rock Lake has been delighting
visitors and residents alike since
it was formed by the damming of the
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Gluten-Free Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Whipped Chocolate Frosting
This gluten-free chocolate quinoa cake is life-changing! Made with quinoa instead of flour, it is super moist, so decadent and absolutely delicious!
This cake has taken over my mind and soul since I spied it on Sally's blog.
Sally promised me it would be lifechanging. That it is super moist and absolutely rich and decadent.
The thing that intrigued me the very most about it, though, is that it is made with quinoa.
No flour! Just quinoa and a bunch of other basic cake ingredients. Quinoa? In a cake? No flour? Huh?
Nothing against gluten-free cake recipes but usually they call for special flour mixes that I never have on hand and can't access in my small town; I've never seen one with cooked quinoa as a base.
But since this cake was calling to me and I always have quinoa in my pantry, I decided to do an experiment.
I made this lovely cake one Saturday afternoon when Brian was entertaining the kids. None of them knew I was frolicking in the kitchen blending up quinoa and eggs for a cake of all things.
Brian and the boys kept sneaking glances at the finished masterpiece (because, while rustic since I didn't frost the sides, it was quite the impressive piece of chocolate decadence) begging for a taste.
Shockingly it stayed safe for an entire night, and Sunday afternoon, I pulled out the beauty, divvied up the slices and we all dug in.
After a few bites (of which I was completely overwhelmed with utter chocolate cake bliss), I said to the crew, "So I'll give you a second piece if you can guess the secret ingredient."
We play this game a lot so I wasn't surprised to hear guesses like "coconut oil" and "spinach" and "black beans."
With a smug smile (mostly smug because I was going to get to claim the second piece as my own) I told them the cake was made with quinoa, and seriously, Brian almost fell of his chair.
I should have had a video camera going. I could have won a lot of money on AFV for his reaction.
I mean, the guy likes quinoa ok but not necessarily in a chocolate cake or so he thought.
You know how things taste "normal" until you find out there's something unusual that you weren't expecting in them and then you swear you can taste "it" whatever "it" is?
I thought for sure that would be the case but I cross my heart and swear to die, we could not taste the quinoa. Not me, who knew it was in there initially, and not Brian and the kids, who were licking their plates.
It's like a magical substitute for flour in baked goods.
(And I apologize if I'm announcing to you something that has been, like, common knowledge for years; clearly I'm late to the quinoa-in-cakes party.)
This gluten-free chocolate quinoa cake is definitely one of the most decadent, rich, moist cakes I've ever tasted.
Of course it doesn't hurt that the cake is slathered in fluffy billows of whipped chocolate cream. But in all honesty, I would have eaten this cake top to bottom if it was drenched in mud, it is that good.
Ok, I take that back. Not mud. But I'd eat it plain for sure.
A dusting of powdered sugar? No doubt.
Even if you haven't converted over to quinoa for savory dishes and salads, I promise you that this gluten-free chocolate quinoa cake will win you over.
If it doesn't, feel free to ship the leftovers to me. I'll polish them off for you. But hang on to that frosting because holy moly, you'll be eating it by the spoonful.
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Decadent Chocolate Cake with Whipped Chocolate Frosting
- 2 cups cooked and cooled quinoa (see note)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/4 cups semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
- For the cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two 8-inch round cake pans. Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper.
- Combine the milk, eggs and vanilla in a blender or food processor. Process just until combined. Add the cooked quinoa and the butter. Blend well until smooth.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the contents from the blender and mix with a wooden spoon or whisk until combined.
- Divide the batter evenly between the two pans and bake on a rack in the middle position for 28-30 minutes or until a knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 10 minutes. Invert the cakes onto cooling racks (remove the parchment paper stuck to the bottom of the cakes).
- For the frosting, place the chocolate chips in a medium bowl. Heat the whipping cream in a saucepan until it gently simmers. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips and let the mixture sit for five minutes. Whisk to combine until it is glossy and smooth. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until completely chilled and cold (2-3 hours). You can speed up this process by placing the bottom of the bowl in an ice water bath and stirring until cool. When fully chilled, use an electric mixer (stand mixer or handheld) to whip the mixture to soft peaks.
- Place one cake layer upside down on a serving platter or plate. Top with a generous portion (about half) of the whipped frosting, spreading to within 1/2-inch of the edge of the cake (it will press to the edge when the top cake layer is put on).
- Gently put the other cake layer upside down on top of the frosted layer. Spread the remaining frosting over the top of the cake. You could definitely frost the sides, too, but I like the more rustic look for this cake – frosting just the middle and top.
- Chill the frosted cake in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving to let the frosting set up a bit.
You'll need about 1/2 cup (maybe a bit more) dry quinoa for 2 cups cooked. Make sure to measure the quinoa for the cake recipe after it is cooked and cooled. Also, make sure to cook the quinoa in water not broth.
Follow @melskitchencafe on Instagram and show me the recipes you are making from my blog using the hashtag #melskitchencafe. I love seeing all the goodness you are whipping up in your kitchens!
Recipe Source: cake from Good Dinner Mom (love Sally!) and frosting adapted from Sips and Spoonfuls


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For Release: Friday, December 6, 2013
DEC Reports the Return of Type E Botulism in Lake Ontario Waterbirds
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that Type E botulism has again struck the eastern basin of Lake Ontario this fall resulting in sizeable mortality in migrating waterbirds. Reports from the public and field investigations by DEC crews indicate that at least 200-300 common loons have washed ashore along Jefferson and northern Oswego County shorelines. The loon deaths were all attributable to type E botulism. Long-tailed ducks, grebes and gulls have also been found. A mortality event involving this many loons has not been seen on Lake Ontario since 2006.
Type E botulism is caused by a bacterial toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum, a widespread bacterium in the sediments of the Great Lakes. Certain environmental conditions cause this strain of Clostridium to produce a toxin that can spread through the food web of the lakes. First documented in waterbirds from Lake Michigan in the 1960s, type E botulism was recorded irregularly for three decades in the lower Great Lakes.
Since the late 1990's, however, type E botulism in birds has become an annual event in one or more of the Great Lakes resulting in very large kills in some years. Two non-native species, round gobies and quagga mussels, appear to play a key role in this change of pattern. Botulinum toxin, generated in the vicinity of mussel beds, possibly in rotting mats of algae, is picked up by the filter-feeding mussels. The mussels are the preferred food of the round goby, a small bottom-dwelling fish that is very sensitive to the toxin. Intoxicated gobies in turn become easy prey for diving waterbirds, such as loons, grebes, and some duck species. The remains of gobies are the most common component in the stomach contents found in botulism-killed diving birds. Since the emergence of this new disease system, thousands of birds have perished annually.
To date in 2013, all known botulism mortality in diving birds in New York has been confined to the eastern basin of Lake Ontario. Bird carcasses did not wash ashore until late October, the majority arriving in the last two weeks. In past years, mortality events have not occurred much later than the third week of November therefore DEC biologists do not anticipate much additional mortality, although carcasses may continue to wash ashore for a while longer.
The public is encouraged to report dead birds to the regional DEC offices. Carcasses contain small amounts of toxin and pose some threat to animals that feed on them. DEC has removed carcasses from portions of state-owned shoreline. Shoreline residents are encouraged to bury carcasses if feasible. To report dead birds found in Jefferson County contact the DEC at 315-785-2263; to report birds found in Oswego or Cayuga counties, contact the DEC at 607-753-3095, ext 247.


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Osaka, Japan: Australia tennis player Samantha Stosur beat Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday and win her second Japan Open title.
Third-seeded Stosur, who succeeded this tournament in 2009, could only convert seven of her 15 break-point opportunities but eventually won in two hours and 13 minutes at Utsubo Tennis Center.
It was the 17th tour final for the 29-year-old Stosur but the first of Bouchard's career.
Stosur lost her only previous match with the 19-year-old Bouchard last April in Charleston when she retired due to injury while trailing 6-1 2-0.


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SJ9091 : The M60 flies over the Portwood Roundabout, Stockport
taken 9 years ago, near to Stockport, Great Britain
Portwood Roundabout
The Portwood roundabout is at junction 27 of the M60 motorway. There is a westbound entry slip road and an eastbound exit slip road. The other roads leading on to the roundabout are Tiviot Way, the A626 from Lancashire Hill; Crookilley Way, the new A560 built at the same time as the M60 from the westbound exit of the motorway; Carrington Road, the original A560 from Bredbury, now the B6104; St Mary's Way, the A626 from Marple; Great Portwood Street, the A560 out of Stockport. A busway allows Eastbound buses to cross the roundabout rather than go round it. In 2012 an additional road off the roundabout was constructed leading into the Spark Business Park. Inside the roundabout are the remains of the burial ground of Brunswick Wesleyan Methodist Chapel which stood on the site from 1848 to 1955. A series of subways and paths are provided for cyclists and pedestrians.
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Paula Kelly 4/27/2006 8:50:40 AMFantastic image Jennifer. #435062
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|2006-04-07, 09:44
|Link #42
♪♫ Maya Iincho ♩♬
I hope it doesn't become a dissappointment like .Hack/Key Of the Twilight. The artworks seems attractive enough, though i have no idea about the story or characters. Well... we'll wait and see then, eh?
|2006-04-07, 18:49
|Link #43
step closer to Amaterasu
Join Date: Apr 2004
Anyone see episode 1 yet? I checked animenfo and it doesn't seem to be licensed. Seems like it's the prequel to the new .Hack//G.U.
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|2006-04-08, 09:36
|Link #46
Film Snob
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pultneyville, NY
Since I've never played any of the games, seen any of the manga, or read any of the books, I'm not well-versed on a lot of characters and "mythology" at all. But I haven't found that an impediment to enjoying the story that I do get.
BTW, the HDTV version is very, very nice. I hope a sub group latches on to that...
|2006-04-08, 11:48
|Link #47
Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
I'm a .hack// fan, and well. I hated the first episode. Why? The storyline didn't seem anything special, even though they do hint some Tri-Edge and stuff on the OP, which may lead us to something nice in the future. The Animation is alright I suppose, does it's job decently. But that OST, is KILLING ME.
I mean, someone should promote a raid to Bandai and stuff. Who the hell would get ALI PROJECT composing the OST for an anime? Like, they're not bad, but all of their songs sound the same. The Mai-HiME PS2 Game Opening and Main Theme Asura Hime, is almost a copy of the Rozen Maiden Traumend OP. And so on. Not to mention, those horrible synths they usually use didn't fit the the anime at all.
Other than that, I demand Kajiura once again, and I'm not going to keep on watching these series, at least not until it comes out as a Batch or so.
|2006-04-08, 19:26
|Link #49
Which reminds me, I still need to buy Outbreak and Quarantine >.>
|2006-04-11, 13:37
|Link #52
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
..the entire .hack series is depressing. as a gamer it makes me sad the the only games birthed from this are games about the story line.... when will the game "The World" actually appear.. not sure if that names taken..but..watching this anime ..makes me want to play this game.. as its played in the anime..obviously the VR is a bit unlikely..but ya kno.
|2006-04-11, 13:41
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Not dead. Yet.
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: UK
|2006-04-11, 18:02
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 37
(note: in the .hack universe, "fragment" was the prototype game that evolved into "The World".)
|2006-04-11, 18:19
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
i should have been more specific. im depressed that there is no world-wide game:P come on how awesome would that be? honestly though. too much WoW. must find something better..
"One thing the majority of .hack fans have agreed on was the production of a real .hack game with online abilities. Be aware that fragment is an ORPG, not a MMO and that the online abilities are limited, thus the full title: .hack//ONLINE X OFFLINE. Fragment is not a full-fledged MMORPG like "The World".
" From- http://www.dothackers.net/fragment.php
|2006-04-11, 18:48
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 37
Unlike the .Hack universe, which has The World as the ONLY MMORPG on the planet, there is actually existing competitors in our world.
It would take time to finalise the gameplan, as well as locate means to compete with other, already established MMORPGs.
|2006-04-11, 18:59
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Join Date: Apr 2006
ah yes, so true. as someone who has played quite a good number of diffrent mmorpgs, i believe that if The World were to be developed in a way to mirror itself from the .hack series, it would deff. be great compeition for such games as WoW, EQ2, etc. not to mention the huge support from current .hack fans.. and alot of anime lovers are gamers as well. i have huge obsessive ideals for the perfect mmorpg so i apologize for my unlikely dream for one.
|2006-04-11, 19:08
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Join Date: Mar 2006
I got it over night and have begun to watch. Play by play wall of text below.
I like the OP, its a lot more upbeat than the one for SIGN. Granted, SIGN's OP set the tone for Tsukasa's situation, and I hope this OP will reflect the main characters as well. While the show had its dark moments, it did seem much more upbeat than SIGN. I think the show can work well either way. I didn't quite catch the exact wording with which the cat pc described the purpose of Ovan's guild, but it seems like they are much more aware of the history of the Twilight events than most players. We see dark Kite in the OP and a few other nasties in the ED, so i hope that there will be some dangers darker than the PK guild, TaN. The whole "girlie men" scenario was a little creepy, it'll be interesting to see how that plays out. Everything is wild speculation at this point, but i wonder if any of the new characters are new avatars of people we met before... Ovan in particular. I don't think the dark kite is actually kite the original, but i wouldn't be surprised if Ovan was the old kite, now a mentor for the new generation of dot.hackers through the Twilight Brigade. I wonder just how far the player corruption goes in so far as the TaN guild is concerned.. I used some MMORPG terms in my summary since I do play Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia. By no means would you need to be an MMO fan to get into this, and it doesn't even seem like knowledge of the original game is neccessary... yet. Though if they call on the 8 phases plot, knowledge of the games wouldn't hurt. I'm most curious how the AI's will fit into this, as the story of Morgana and Aura drove the plot of the "classic" .hack saga.
Edit: Dingo, it's in mp4 format, so you may need to download quicktime or the alternative codec pack.
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We Americans are self-centered, monolingual, hegemonic, and historically and culturally bereft.
Its not our fault. We dont really need to make excuses for being so selfish and unrefined. Were at the mercy of geography.
But from another continent, looking toward North America, thats what you see: an insular country that gives short shrift to the rest of the world. And thats probably why in recent polls conducted by BBC World Service, Britains major media outlet, President Barack Obama is favored over challenger Mitt Romney.
Its not close. Its a landslide.
Overall, in the 21 countries where the poll was conducted, Obama won 50 percent to 9 percent. Only in Pakistan, where we snuck in unannounced to take out Osama bin Laden, did more side with Romney. In France, where theyre probably still a little tweaked by the whole Freedom Fries thing, the vote was 72 percent Obama to 2 percent Romney.
You can agree or disagree with them, but the fact is the worlds citizens, by and large, are wary of a Republican president unleashing our military might or provoking others to unleash theirs.
During a recent trip to Europe, one goal of mine was to chat with people on their political stances regarding the U.S. election. In reality, the subject doesnt come up easily in conversation with new acquaintances who may or may not speak good English.
I think maybe the Norwegian I sat beside on an eight-hour flight from Denver to Reykjavik, Iceland, gave me the most level-headed perspective. He and his wife own a hotel near Bergen, a city on the west coast that is Norways second-largest.
He appreciates Obamas diplomatic tact, in contrast to that of the Bush administration. But he believes that a Romney presidency would more likely help the European economy.
In Dresden, Germany, we met a forester, and I asked him if he remembered the communist era. (Its easier to meet people after youve had a nice, tasty hefeweizen.) He said he did, and recalled the excitement of the wall falling, though he was but 6 years old. He asked us to describe Romney, and Im not sure exactly what we said, but he uttered the word cowboy when wed finished. My guess is that Europeans have watched too many John Wayne movies.
Our campground host in Budapest, Hungary, was so pro-Obama that it might have been dangerous to tell him you were a Romney fan.
But getting a European perspective on the world meant more than just considering current politics. Personally, Im fascinated by the impacts of World War II and the rise and fall of the communist era. I guess this is similar to not being able to turn away from the awful car crash, but Im not alone in my curiosity.
Europe has made an industry catering to tourists who want to tour Nazi concentration camps, World War II battle sites, and communist-era torture chambers and relics.
In Dresden, we saw the charred bricks of the Frauenkirche, an old city church bombed to smithereens during U.S. and British firebombing in February 1945. The church was left in rubble until 2004-05, when the reunified and more financially stable Germany reconstructed it, using some of the original blackened bricks.
In Prague, we took a World War II tour during which our guide focused on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, who was governor of the Nazi-ruled protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was also one of the key architects of the holocaust, chairing a 1942 conference during which the final solution was laid out.
The story of the assassination is fantastic, but theres only room here to whet your appetite: Trained paratrooper/assassins, a jammed gun, a wounded Heydrich chasing his killer, doctors straining to save Heydrich, Nazi retribution.
In Budapest we saw a building, the former ministry of defense, shelled near the end of World War II as the Soviets laid siege to the retreating Germans. The pockmarked building was left as is.
We heard stories of the Soviets crackdown of the 1968 Prague Spring and 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Oppression, brutalization, torture, death. What does it all mean?
We all have struggles, but I think we need reminders of how bad it can get: The extermination of Jews. The massive killing and destruction of war. The forced subjugation by governments, such as within the one-party Soviet bloc.
Youre probably reading into this column, that its pro-Obama or pro-Romney. Its neither. Its just about a realization that freedom isnt always free.
For me, it has been free. But after a look around Central Europe, I realize that Im extremely fortunate. My hope is that whoever is elected doesnt ignore history.
email@example.com John Peel writes a weekly human-interest column.


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Mad Men: Season One (US - BD RA)
Gabe takes a trip back to the days before pop-up ads and broken glass ceilings...
Every time I talk with someone about AMC's Breaking Bad, an unfortunately not very popular show, I'm asked if I've seen the cable channel's other critically acclaimed series— Mad Men. I didn't watch the show during its initial thirteen-episode run, so this is my first experience with the cool and tight little series.
Mad Men concerns the misadventures of a motley crew of Sterling Cooper advertising agency workers and their dysfunctional families. Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is arguably the lead character, a hard working creative director with a mysterious past and a wife suffering the early onset of a nervous breakdown. His new secretary, Peggy Olsen (Elisabeth Moss), begins her career as the naive country girl, but quickly begins infiltrating the ranks of the purely male workforce. Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) is the young upstart, newly married to a wealthy socialite, and focusing his attention on Draper's job. The Madison Avenue office is pock marked with an impressive collection of supporting characters, whose impact on the series varies throughout. The whole thing centres around the backdrop of the 1960s Nixon/Kennedy presidential election.
Things start off a little bumpy. The pilot episode is a bit too power packed with anachronism, which works to stick us in the '60s mindset, but doesn't really need to be so blunt and consistent. I assume that we're meant to be shocked by the smoking gynaecologist, the rampant sexism, the rejection of Freudian theory in advertising, but it's all a bit awkward for such a critically beloved series. However, by the end of the season one realizes that this battle of the sexes is the point of the show. It's all about how brutal the era was on women, and what it took for them to get to the point where they are today. I don't know about you, but just about every manager where I work is a member of the fairer sex. The title Mad Men actually works on about seven dozen levels.
The anachronistic jokes remain sort of awkward throughout (ha ha, she's concerned with the clothes that were in the plastic bag rather than the plastic bag around the child's head), but there is a whole lot going on behind and throughout this occasionally jarringly subtle series. It takes several episodes to really get into the flow of the show, especially if, like me, you've become accustom to the twist and episode rollercoaster of other serious and seriously good recent soap operas like Breaking Bad or Dirt.
Mad Men is all about the taut emotions brewing beneath the surface. I had assumed that the difference in narrative themes would keep this and the producers' previous triumph (a little HBO series called The Sopranos) entirely separate entities, but the subtext and the juxtaposition of subtlety and vigour reads as branding. This is, of course, perfect considering the surface themes of Mad Men. As in the case of The Sopranos (a show I didn't really like all that much) and Deadwood (likely my favourite modern dramatic series), you'll need to watch a few episodes to understand the 'language' (both visual and audible) of the series.
My second high definition television series, wahoo! Mad Men has a clean and crisp look, featuring realistic and solid colour schemes. This is no hyper-realistic, pseudo-documentary like The Shield, nor is it a super-flashy music video like CSI, it's simple and almost antiseptic. Two decades may separate them, but trade up the burgundies for pastels and Mad Men looks a lot like Mary Harron's American Psycho, which makes sense considering the similarities between characters and themes.
This Blu-ray is mostly perfect. There's very little grain or noise, details are sharp and easily discernable even in darkness, and colours are bright and solidly crafted. Flesh tones are especially realistic. The only shortcomings I can spot here are occasional edge enhancement (with a strangely yellowish tint), specifically black against really light shades, and some noise reduction artefacts, specifically on tweed suits.
There isn't too much point to this DTS-HD 5.1 track, as the series is mostly audibly focused on the period dialogue, but the mix is effectively immersive, teaming with passing cars, buzzing fluorescent lights, and shuffling commuters. There's no point in the series where the dialogue is hard to understand, even when whispered, and it stays centred with the best of them. The only times the mix really brightens up is during the big musical cues, which are mostly diverted to the opening and closing credits. The music itself is a pleasant mix of period styles with a modern slant, and is bold and warm when fully cranked.
Every single episode features commentary, and some episodes feature multiple commentaries. Participants include creators, writers, directors, and actors (the actors are usually paired up). Frankly there was too much commentary for me to listen to entirely and still have my review out in time for the release date (as it stands it appears I'll still miss it), so I cherry picked my way through it. The tracks are solid and informative on the whole, but there is a tendency towards dryness, and some commentators can't make it through a full episode without losing interest in speaking. The best tracks fill us in on what to read in between the lines of each episode, the worst tracks narrate the on-screen action.
'Advertising the American Dream' is an eighteen and a half minute featurette focusing on the real history of late '50s/early '60s advertising, a time when the meaning of the 'American Dream' became almost entirely represented by consumerism. It's a fine little documentary, which puts some of the side stories and background action into a historical reference. The featurette is made up of interview footage with the series creators and the people that inspired them, real ad footage, and pertinent footage from the series.
'Scoring Mad Men' is, as expected by its title, a featurette focused with the show's music. Most of the featurette is made up of composer David Carbonara introducing a track, the track and scene playing with superimposed sheet music, and additional thought from Cabonara. It's a solid featurette, running about eight minutes, but the actual music is surprisingly low on the track, and no mention of the title track. The featurette is followed by a music sampler of original and acquired music from the show.
'Pictures of Elegance' is a neatly designed sort of three part interactive slideshow presentation. The first part is devoted to Jane Bryant's costume design, and is split into three sections ('The Independent Woman', 'Draper's Women', and 'The Fellas'). The second part is about Gloria Casny's hair design and is also split into three parts ('The Housewives', 'The Men', and 'The Working Girls). The third part concerns Dan Bishop's production design, and is again split into three parts ('Sterling Cooper', 'Permanent Sets', and 'Temporary Sets'). All three sections feature commentary from the creative person, and are set to series music.
'Establishing Mad Men' is a pretty encompassing mini-doc that's split into three parts. Overall it feels a bit like three very well made and somewhat informative EPKs. Basically we only learn the basic genesis of the series, a few simple hows and whys, and that every member of the cast and crew loves every other member of the cast and crew, but we do get to meet almost every major actor, producer, writer, designer, artist and director, however briefly, which is more then I can say for most EPKs. The first part mostly consists of the early development, acting and writing, while the second and third parts are more concerned with production and artistic design. The later parts are a bit more technically informative, but there are some meaty bits when research is discussed, including some video of the veritable cornucopia of visual information the writers have collected. All three parts run just over an hour.
Disc two ends with a trailer for season two, which is made up entirely of footage from season one.
Had I not had the entire season run in my hands I may've given up on Mad Men after a few episodes, because things don't start off with a whole lot of melodrama, action, or song and dance. I would've been ashamed of myself. I recommend the series highly, and highly recommend viewers stick with it, even if they're an entire disc in and still aren't quite 'getting it'. At the very least you'll get to look at Christina Hendricks. I don't necessarily recommend a blind buy, but a rental would probably be a good idea. If you've got yourself a Blu-ray player you can look forward to some really lovely high definition video, and both BD and DVD viewers can look forward to some pleasant extras.
Review by Gabriel Powers
poland626 Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 77
I am on episode 4 and I love this series! Can't wait to see what happens!
sec127 Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United States Posts: 192
yeah, i just picked up season 1 on a blind buy and i love it.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Season two started last night. It's on demand if you have cable with on demand options.
7958NHZY Member Join Date: June 2007 Location: United States Posts: 264
Too bad Directv does not carry it in HD unless there is no HD feed for AMC
the show is in the 16:9 format so I assume there must be a HD broadcast available somewhere.
the show is in the 16:9 format so I assume there must be a HD broadcast available somewhere.
macnorton Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 165
Best series on TV right now...and January Jones is the hottest TV wife to come along in a very very long time.
amy_blue Member Join Date: July 2008 Location: Bosnia and Herzegowina Posts: 1
"Mad Men is all about the taught emotions brewing beneath the surface"
I think it is the responsibility of the reviewer to make sure words such as 'taut' are spelt correctly...but then again, that's just me.
I think it is the responsibility of the reviewer to make sure words such as 'taut' are spelt correctly...but then again, that's just me.
knight d Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 221
I've been watching Mad Men since last summer and adore it. You mention Deadwood and The Sopranos which I both watch, but now I think Deadwood is really lame. I'm shocked to hear that The Sopranos was "a show you didn't like all that much" but you love Deadwood.
Mad Men is awesome and it's back on.
Mad Men is awesome and it's back on.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
amy_blue wrote: "Mad Men is all about the taught emotions brewing beneath the surface"
I think it is the responsibility of the reviewer to make sure words such as 'taut' are spelt correctly...but then again, that's just me.
Thank you, I appreciate your tone in pointing out my typo.
I think it is the responsibility of the reviewer to make sure words such as 'taut' are spelt correctly...but then again, that's just me.
Thank you, I appreciate your tone in pointing out my typo.
rebel-scum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,101
Working my way through the Blu-ray set, not a bad show. The review is spot on with the comments about the heavy-handedness of various elements early on in the series. Stick with it though, as it definitely improves. Also happens to look stellar in High Definition.
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:28 pm
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Many recipes call for skinless, boneless chicken breast. If you've bought whole chicken breast (with bones) or you're
sectioning a whole chicken
, then there's a good chance that at some point you'll find yourself desiring to debone your chicken breasts for a recipe. Here's a step by step guide.
When working with a whole chicken, follow the
Cutting Up Chicken
instructions until you've removed the backbone.
Instead of splitting the breast, we'll want to remove the keel bone first. To easily accomplish this, we'll first need to break the wishbone - the Y shaped bone at the head end of the breast. Position the breast such that the skin-side is down on the cutting board and the cartilage is pointing away from you. Using the heel/base of your knife (shown below) or the tip of your knife cut the wishbone so the Y is separated into two pieces.
Next place short two diagonal cuts through the cartilage holding the tip of the keel bone in place - this should form a V shape.
Turn the chicken around so the cartilage is pointing toward your body and dig your fingers into the area where you made the V shaped incision through the cartilage. Grab a hold of the keel bone and pull up and out.
In most cases, the keel bone and the cartilage behind it will pull out of the chicken breast without a break. If this does not happen and the keel bone comes out without the cartilage, simply run your fingers under the cartilage to loosen it from the meat and then pull it out.
Next, remove the rib bones. I find it easiest to do by lifting the ribs from the point furthest away from the wishbone and cutting it away from the breast with a boning knife. Using short swiping cuts while lifting the ribs away lets you remove the ribs quickly and without taking too much meat with them. When you have almost completely removed the ribs, you'll get to the wishbone. Simply trim around the wishbone until it too has been removed from the breast. After repeating this operation on the other set of ribs, your chicken brest is boneless.
Cut the breast in half (cut where the keel bone used to be).
The breast halves should each have a flap of meat called the chicken tenderloin (or chicken tenders or strips). Lifting the tenderloin should reveal a white tendon. I recommend two ways to trim off this tough tendon. The most popular method is to grab the tendon with your fingers and pull on it while scraping with your knife to release the tendon from the breast. Continue to lift and scrape until the tendon is completely removed. Alternatively, you can use a sharp boning knife and slice along both sides of the tendon (without slicing through the tendon). Then lift any part of the tendon that has been separated from the breast and use your boning knife the cut any parts where the tendon has not cleanly separated from the meat.
Repeat with the other breast. If you choose to, remove the skin at any convenient time (after removing the backbone or after boning has been completed or anytime in between).
Tools used:
Kitchen shears
to cut backbone off whole chicken

Chef's knife
to cut wishbone and cartilage

Boning knife
to cut up chicken, remove ribs, trim wishbone and tendon off

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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:36 pm
Post subject: Turducken
On two occasions I have made Paul Prudhomme's Turducken from scratch. This is a deboned chicken, stuffed with andouille dressing, inside of a deboned duck, stuffed with cornbread dressing, inside of a deboned turkey, stuffed with oyster dressing.
To debone the birds, you cut them down the back and chase the meat off the bone following the rib cage. You cut around the leg joints and chase the meat off the leg bones.
The result looks like a big fat turkey. When you slice through, you get each of the three birds and the three dressings.
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:32 pm
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Have you done a cost comparison of buying whole chickens and boning yourself vice buying boned parts?
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:25 pm
Post subject:
Not yet. I've thought about it in the past but never thoguht it worth the time - it might be an interesting though and if there are a bunch of readers, then it'll be worth the effort and time. I suppose I'll just buy (at non-sale prices so I get somewhat accurate relative prices for each part) whole, sectioned, and sectioned and boned chickens and then weigh each one and then section and bone the whole chicken and bone the sectioned chicken and weight the parts and calculate price per edible portion. I think the differing sizes of chickens (whole compared to breasts from a bird bred for breasts, etc.) should net out since it's representative of what you'd actually buy from the store. What do you think?
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:50 pm
Post subject: Chicken Costs
In My Area, Syracuse, NY. the cost of on the bone chicken and boneless chicken is almost the same. My weight comparisons have almost always been that a bone in chicken breast weighs twice as much as a boneless chicken breast. Of course when I bone my own, I get much better Fillets.
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:44 pm
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Michael Chu wrote:
whole, sectioned, and sectioned and boned chickens and then weigh each one and then section and bone the whole chicken
It seems to me that the greatest value would be get chickens in a range of sizes (three perhaps? small, medium, and large?) and bone them. You could then report the ration of purchase weight and meat weight. Do the same for a couple of sectioned bits.
That makes the evaluation price independent and people can use the ratios (assuming we are all equally proficient at boning <grin>) to compare prices in the store. It is then up to each of us to decide what our time is worth, and the value of the bones and other leavings for making stocks and soups.
My thoughts.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:26 pm
Post subject: Chicken breast
Thanks for the photos and instructions. They are very clear and informative. My family members does not eat chicken breast. After cooking a chicken, we usually give away all the breast parts to a neighbour who like it.
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Nice tutorial, but why do you wear gloves?
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:44 pm
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Nice tutorial, but why do you wear gloves?
Because raw chicken is pretty gross, I'd wager, and wearing gloves means you don't end up with chicken bits under your fingernails (or under-fingernail bits in your chicken, for that matter.)[/quote]
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:03 pm
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>>chicken bits under your fingernails
heehee. actually, quite the opposite. gummymint FoodSafe type regulations requires the glove to keep the people from contaminating the (dead) chicken . . . .
like the sign says: Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:28 pm
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Dilbert wrote:
like the sign says: Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work
Knowing the governement, I bet that sign's required even at an undertakers...
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