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On Nov. 23, 1963, a black-and-white science fiction show with laughable special effects premiered on the BBC in Great Britain.
It was called "Doctor Who."
The latest season starts in the U.S. on March 30 on BBC America with "The Bells of Saint John." It will be available on iTunes the day after broadcast.
The show's appeal to adults and children has lasted, with one small hiatus, over five decades for a reason. It doesn't follow any real (scientific) logic, provides excitement — and at times, pathos — and has an ever-changing cast, including a space-time machine, the Tardis, whose interior is infinitely larger than its exterior, and is disguised as a (now-antique) British police box.
How has the show stayed alive for so long?
"The original subtitle being adventures in time and space," said executive producer Caroline Skinner, "that says it all for me. I think it encapsulates the spirit of him being a character who can literally grab his companion's hand and drag her into a historical period or the far reaches of outer space or anywhere, really."
The series died in 1989, had a one-shot movie in 1996, and was rebooted in 2005. Its popularity has exploded. BBC America's broadcast of the 2012 Christmas Special pulled in 2.5 million viewers. It won a 2013 Peabody award for "for evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe."
One of the ways the show is kept fresh is through regeneration. Each time a new actor takes over the part, the character regenerates. The venerable William Hartnell became the impish Patrick Troughton in 1966. Eleven actors have had the label "The Doctor," the latest being Matt Smith.
Each "Doctor" has companions. In 1963, Hartnell traveled with his granddaughter, Susan. When it was revived, the ninth "Doctor" (Christopher Eccleston) traveled with Rose, played by Billie Piper.
Smith is one of the few "Doctors" to lose his companions, Amy and Rory Pond, to an enemy, the Weeping Angels.
He starts the new season meeting Clara, played by Jeanne-Louise Coleman, who was in two earlier episodes of the series. Executive Producer Steven Moffat says of Clara, "She's tough, she's fast and hard to impress."
Coleman says about her "Doctor," Matt Smith, "He's kind of got this unbelievable infectious energy, this work ethic, that kind (that) has him wandering around his flat for 3 hours after we've wrapped, going over his lines as Doctor."
The first episode introduces a new villain to London: the Spoonheads. "What the Doctor often does is grab hold of what is omnipresent in your life and turn it into a monster," Moffat said in a conference call.
The world of "Doctor Who" is far larger than just the television show. The stories have been told professionally on radio and in books.
Audio drama producers Big Finish is producing an original piece, "Doctor Who: The Light at the End," with five of the living "Doctors" — Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.
In November, the BBC in England will air "An Adventure in Space and Time," which dramatizes the making of the first "Doctor Who" in 1963.

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A few years ago, when wikis were not as prevalent as they are today, there was a significant amount of discussion about the accuracy of Wikipedia.org compared to traditional encyclopedia articles. Most of the online article giving comparisons missed the point of wikis. They are a moving target, whereas traditional encyclopedias are not. It is relatively easy to pick up an article in Wikipedia.org and claim it is inaccurate, but it is also possible that by the time you make the claim, the article has already been edited and corrected. From the standpoint of someone who actively works on the content of a wiki, my response would be that if you find a mistake in a wiki why don't you correct it. Measuring the accuracy of a wiki is like trying to pick up Jello with your fingers.
Despite years of use on the Internet, wikis still elicit a significant amount of negative reaction from all types of computer users who are on the network. I regularly teach classes on me FamilySearch.org Research Wiki and almost without exception the same questions concerning accuracy and the ability to maintain the integrity of the data contained in a wiki are questioned by the class participants. Of course, my experience is that they are just as reliable as any other method of presenting information in a general database format. The objections center around the ability of all of the users, usually registered users, to change the data at any time. In fact, recent comments to my blog posts about the FamilySearch.org Family Tree program also focus on the concerns of individuals that any information they contribute to the Family Tree will somehow be tainted by other users. However, this attitude originates from a very egotistical origin that somehow those detracting individual's data is more accurate and superior to that of anyone else.
I haven't done an exhaustive search of the Internet for genealogy wikis, but here is a list of the ones that I most aware of:
- FamilySearch.org Research Wiki
- WeRelate.org
- Rodovid.org
- Geni.com
- Familypedia.wiki.com
- Ancestry.com Wiki
- WikiTree.com
- FamilySearch.org Family Tree
Some of these wikis include information about individuals linked as pedigrees, others contain general information about genealogy subjects. I'm sure there are many others that could be added to the list.
The main characteristic of a wiki program is its collaborative basis. Wikis have evolved into the most powerful method of handling huge amounts of data by diffusing the oversight for the accuracy of the data among all of the contributors. The effect of this type of organization is that detractors who claim that the wiki is inaccurate put themselves in a position of criticizing information that apparently they themselves could correct if they wished to do so. Essentially, criticism of the accuracy of the wiki is an attempt to transfer responsibility for the accuracy to someone else. As such, wikis require the participation of some segment of the users. The main reason for their accuracy is that the only people motivated to contribute are usually those who have some sort of stake in the accuracy of the information.
Wikis cannot be characterized by any particular format because the appearance of the wiki can be changed by overlaying a specialized interface. For this reason, the FamilySearch.org Research Wiki functions and appears like a traditional wiki similar to Wikipedia. On the other hand, most users would have difficulty recognizing FamilySearch.org Family Tree as wiki.
Wiki programs take advantage of the interconnectivity of the Internet and are therefore powerful forces for change. One example, outside of the genealogical community, is the OpenLibrary.org. In this program part of Archive.org, the wiki format has been used to create a user contributed database attempting to identify every book ever published. This type of program receives very little, if any, media attention but in fact they are the fundamental forces molding the structure of our data usage in the future. This fact can be partially substantiated by noting that Archive.org is part of the Digital Public Library of America.
I regularly emphasize the potential of the FamilySearch.org Family Tree program to revolutionize the genealogical community. The most part, it has this potential because of the structure of the program based upon the wiki model. The main issue facing FamilySearch Family Tree is whether or not the collaborative model presented by the wiki can overcome the rather extensive limitations in the data used to create the initial data set.
It is clear, that wikis are not well suited for handling all types of information. They are, however, here to stay and will continue to be actively pursued especially as the need to handle huge data sets in a collaborative context continues to increase.


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Harbinger of things to come? Or just coincidence? You decide. But while you're deciding, head on over to Apple Software Update and grab yourself a copy of iTunes 8.0.2 and its quality, connectivity, and accessibility fixes.
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I've heard all the arguments by carbon rim makers in support of internal nipples: the smaller hole yields a stronger rim, it's more aerodynamic, and it's really not that big of a deal. Every time I have to strip a tubular tire off just to true a wheel, though, all I'm thinking is, "I hate you."
Picture this scenario: it's Friday evening before a big event and you're doing a final check on your race wheels. Crap – one's out of true from slamming a pothole and it's nearly rubbing the brake pad. You crack out your trusty spoke wrench and then… oh, wait. Now you have to strip the tire you so meticulously glued on, find the nut driver you haven't used in ages, true the wheel, and then glue the tire back on.
Sadly, a re-glue is almost never as nice as a fresh job and once you've come down from huffing hexane fumes, you then realize that you still have to let the thing cure for 24 hours, turning what should have been a three-minute job into one that spans more than a full day. Guess that means back-up wheels for Saturday.
Put another way, consider if you're comfortable with truing wheels but not with gluing tires (which is common). Now you've got to drop that wheel off at a shop, pay for a true andtire gluing, and put yourself at the mercy of their service schedule – which I can guarantee won't be at 6am the next morning when you need to load up to head out.
This looks clean, but in application it's maddening
Damn the technical arguments – tubulars are hard enough to justify for amateurs but internal nipples on tubular wheelsets are just plain stupid. It's an inordinate pain to strip even just part of the tire if you've glued it on properly and in extreme cases with delicate cotton tires, you even risk damaging the thing just by pulling it off. Oftentimes the spoke holes that you need to access are clogged with glue, too.
It's an entirely valid point that carbon rims can be prone to spoke pull-through and that the smaller holes are more structurally sound. If companies want to use them on carbon clincher rims, I can live with that. That being said, many companies have figured out how to get external nipples to work and I've even also seen pro teams using carbon rims specially drilled out (at the factory!) for conventional nipples, too, whereas the consumer version uses internal ones.
Bikes are glorious machines and I applaud the efforts of designers and manufacturers to push the envelope in terms of performance – but let's make them easier to work on when we can, not harder. I curse enough as it is.
James Huang has been writing about bicycle tech since 2005 and has more than 14 years of experience as a shop mechanic. In that time he's seen plenty of fantastic gear and technology but also a lot of things that have just flat-out pissed him off. Follow the AngryAsian on Twitter at @angryasian, and check BikeRadar for more of his columns, which run every other Tuesday.


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North Beach tunnel plan angers residents
NORTH BEACH Central Subway excavation has businesses upset
Dane Boryta struggled at first in North Beach's crowded restaurant scene.
But now, just as Bottle Cap, the restaurant he and wife Elizabeth Ferro opened 13 months ago, appears to be finding its footing, it and a number of neighboring businesses face a challenge they didn't even know about four months ago - more than a year's worth of Central Subway construction planned to start next week just steps from his restaurant.
And when the dust has cleared, there will be no nearby subway station to show for it.
"It's really going to put our restaurant to the test in a lot of ways," Boryta said. "We'll take our lumps if it's going to pay off down the line somehow ... but ultimately this isn't doing anything for anybody who is here."
Similar sentiment has led to one lawsuit already and initial steps toward another as city officials moved ahead Friday with plans to rip up Columbus Avenue across from Washington Square Park, and parts of nearby Union Street, to allow for tunnel-boring machines to surface there. Plans for an actual station in North Beach, itself a controversial idea, are being drawn up, but potential construction is years away.
City officials have so far shrugged off the legal challenge by resident Marc Bruno and a separate letter from an attorney representing a group of residents and members of the North Beach Business Association demanding the construction there be delayed for further environmental study.
"We have certainly responded to all of the concerns raised," said John Funghi, the Municipal Transportation Agency's project manager for the 1.7-mile-long Central Subway, adding that the lawsuit will not delay the Aug. 13 construction start.
But Susan Brandt-Hawley, attorney for the small-business and residents group, said she is still waiting for a response to her letter that contends the planned construction of the "retrieval shaft" is larger and more permanent than what was OKd in 2008.
"The bottom line is this wasn't what was approved," Brandt-Hawley said.
"We will be filing a lawsuit, definitely," said Kathleen Dooley, vice president of the North Beach Business Association.
'Unacceptable outreach'
The transportation agency held a flurry of public outreach meetings and delayed the North Beach work for about two months after initially telling merchants and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, who represents the area, about the construction plan in May. That prompted a sharply worded June 26 rebuke from Chiu to MTA head Ed Reiskin, saying "this nonexistent level of outreach is unacceptable."
The subway, in the works since 2000, is an extension of the T-Third Muni Metro line that will connect the Caltrain station at Fourth and King streets to Chinatown. It is scheduled to open in 2019, although full federal funding has yet to be approved.
The subway is designed to end in Chinatown, but the agency approved plans years ago to dig to North Beach, making it easier to remove the machines and giving the subway a head start on any future extension to North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf.
North Beach merchants say they weren't given enough warning of plans to close one lane of Columbus, between Union and Filbert streets, to relocate utilities, and to shut down two lanes soon after for 10 months of digging. Part of Union Street would also be shut down for the utility work. Business owners fear noise, dust and gridlock will drive customers away.
Chiu has called for the MTA to seriously consider alternatives, including leaving the tunnel-boring machines underground until ready to build a future extension, or removing them in pieces somewhere less disruptive.
"The MTA needs to examine all options thoroughly and in good faith to minimize disruptions to the North Beach community," Chiu said Friday.
Funghi said his agency is considering alternatives, but not options that will violate approvals already in hand and endanger the project.
As it stands, the two-phase construction plan for North Beach has been tailored to minimize its impact on traffic, including staggering the work and having a holiday break in construction from mid-November until January.
The first four months of utility relocation will have 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. workdays, with all lanes open during the evening. There will also be daily street sweeping, dust control and city cleaning services for merchants.
"There's concern that the windows might get dusty," Funghi said. "If that's the case, we'll wash them."
Street restored in 2014
Construction on Columbus for the retrieval shaft will last 10 months, starting in January, and will require that two lanes of traffic be closed. After the tunneling machines are extracted, the street is to be restored in 2014, according to the MTA.
Funghi described that site between Washington Square Park and a small triangular patch of trees as "the least disruptive area in North Beach; it does not front any businesses."
But for Boryta, whose restaurant sits just across Powell Street in the old Washington Square Bar and Grill space, it's close enough.
"We kind of feel a little held over a barrel right now," he said. "It's got a lot of people very, very upset around here."
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Virginia Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In PrisonOn Child Pornography Charges
WASHINGTON – Jeffrey Klenk, 25, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Klenk pled guilty to the charges in June 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was sentenced by the Honorable Richard J. Leon. Upon completion of his prison term, Klenk will be placed on 25 years of supervised release. He also must register as a sex offender for 25 years.
According to the government's evidence, in September and October of 2012, Klenk contacted a man he believed to be the father of an adolescent girl on a social network site. That man turned out to be an undercover officer with the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force. Over a month-long period, Klenk engaged in online e-mail and instant message conversations with the undercover officer.
During this period of time, Klenk used the computer at his home to send the undercover officer a total of 45 unique images of child pornography, as well as several pictures of child erotica and clothed and unclothed children. On Oct. 18, 2012, Klenk's residence was searched pursuant to a warrant, and various items were seized, including videos of child pornography. Klenk was arrested that day. All told, officers recovered approximately 13 videos and over 325 images of child pornography from the defendant's computers and computer equipment.
This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood initiative and investigated by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes members of the FBI's Washington Field Office and MPD. In February 2006, the Attorney General created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney's Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Machen, Assistant Director in Charge Parlave, and Chief Lanier praised the work of the MPD Detectives and Special Agents of the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force who investigated the case. They also commended the efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassidy Kesler Pinegar, who prosecuted the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine K. Connelly, who assisted with forfeiture issues.13-382


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Shopping for your special man can be both easy and tricky. However, if you want to surprise him by romantic gifts, here are top 10 ideas that you can consider to present your boyfriend.
1. A pet
A pet is a great way to strengthen your relationship with your boyfriend. You can surprise him with a puppy or kitten but make sure to get an animal that both of you want.
2. Perfume
Like getting him a pet, presenting your beau a perfume may surprise him as well.
Men like to smell good, so this will definitely be a cherished moment for him.
3. A pair of shorts
A pair of shorts can be another interesting gift idea for him. Try to choose the color and the design that he loves. Also make sure to pick out the pair of shorts that fit him and make him comfortable most.
4. Concert tickets
If your boyfriend is a crazy fan of Maroon 5 or One Direction, you can surprise him by getting concert tickets to his favorite band. You can take him to the concert after the two have a romantic dinner, and we are sure the man in your life will love this thoughtful surprise very much.
5. An eco-friendly shaving kit
As mentioned above, like women, men also like to smell good. So you can keep your boyfriend smelling fresh with an eco-friendly shaving kit, which includes beer-scented soap.
6. A scarf
The weather is turning cold and a scarf will keep your man staying warm all day even in the chilly weather. You can select a scarf in black, dark blue or any color that he likes. This is also the easiest way to help your beau be on-trend this season.
7. Leather gloves
Leather gloves will keep your man's hands warm during the winter like a scarf. These cashmere-lined deerskin gloves will instantly elevate any outfit he wears them with while providing luxurious comfort and warmth.
8. Give him a massage
Your boyfriend will feel extremely excited and relaxed if you pamper him with a massage after a hard-working day. Give him a nice, long back rub and then work your way down to his feet and give him a foot massage. Your man will definitely love the feeling of being pampered by you.
9. iPhone 5S
If your boyfriend is a lover of high-tech, the Apple iPhone 5S will be the best gift for him. This gadget not only looks fantastic and offers a lot of new features but also allows your beau to be in touch always.
10. A digital camera
If your man is a person who likes to document his life, a digital camera will another gift idea that you can consider to present him.
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text: I have an arduino uno. And I must say I am extremely impressed. I intend to get a due to play with, but have a couple of questions:1: If I install the 1.5 software for the due, can I also use it with the uno? Are the drivers the same? The latest IDE will support both the Due and AVR based boards. Driver installation is a seperate issue that you deal with the first time you plug a new board into the PC, just study the IDE installation instructions carefully for board driver installation.2: If not, does the software need to be installed on different computer? Can 1.0 and 1.5 coexist on the same computer? While the latest 1.5 IDE will support all 'official Arduino' boards you can have multiple IDE versions installed on the same computer for legacy reasons for use of older library support, etc. I have both version 22 and version 1.0 installed presently. But no Due board yet so I haven't had to deal with 1.5 yet.Lefty


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Help Washington High School Raise a Little Green on St. Patricks Day
The new Qdoba Mexican Grill on the east-side of Sioux Falls is going to be hosting a fundraising event on St. Patrick's Day! The restaurant will be donating 10% of the day's sales to the Washington High School Booster Club! The restaurant will be full of team spirit as students From Washington High and their families will be on hand.
Qdoba Mexican Grill, is a fast-casual restaurant concept known for its wide variety of fresh and innovative Mexican fare.
Come on out and help support your local High School! Happy St. Patrick's Day!


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yesterday sarath fonseka's supporters held a violent protest against his arrest. they attacked police. they damaged private and public property. they tried to enter colombo court premises unlawfully.
so much for respect for rule of law !
imo there was nothing wrong with arresting a person like sarath foneska against whom there is mass of evidence to start a lawful prosecution. (btw i will write a separate post examining sri lankan blogosphere's various objections to his arrest in the next few days.) but if his supporters and defendants think that action should be protested they are free to do so, peacefully. they are also free to file a fundamental rights petition if they want to challenge the arrest (they say they will).
they (mainly pathetic out of touch political refugees in fonseka's unholy alliance of unp, jvp, tna, slmc, etc) however chose violence. they used false accounts of sarath fonseka's arrest with allegations of physical abuse, parading his teary wife in front of cameras (to allege more falsehoods about lack of access to him), etc. to drive his supporters to a violent frenzy.
so much for truth! so much for respect for rule of law and constitution!
if they think violence is going to help them they are wrong.
but his supporters were happy with it so far and vow more. in sl blogosphere too their supporters welcome it. indi padashow samarajiva, an online propagandist employed by unp, is saying it is something to be thankful about (several hours after the event. so well aware of violent nature of the protest. note that.).
do they believe such violence is justified?
if so that is no surprise. in fact that is typical of them.
remember same ppl thought tamil tiger ltte terrorist violence was justified. they subscribed to racist notion that ltte represented tamils and perverted logic that tamil grievances (some of which are real) inevitably leads to violence (they probably think poverty leads to theft too). some of them thought jvp terrorist violence was justified too.
well most ppl, and thus most sri lankans, don't think such violence is justified or welcome it.
will these lovers of violence complain as and when they face the lawful consequences of their violence (as they should) ? hypocrites will certainly complain, but don't expect us to empathize.
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This opportunity comes with 4400 UDAs working across three days in the week, with some weekend work also available. There is an excellent opportunity to grow a private list, with some existing patients already available. This package can be tailored to you, so please do not hesitate to let us know what hours and days you would like to work.
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. he denied it was a terrorist attack for 10 days. jay carney repeatedly tried to deny the fact. megyn: we know those facts happened. but when you have access to petraeus, testifying before you, what are you going to ask him? >> exactly was he in contact with the state department that night, what was he told, what information was he told. what did his cia station people in libya tell him. why did he come forward with this version that involved a video. what was that based on in view of the fact we know that night people at the compound in benghazi were saying this was a terrorist attack. why were these people on the ground saying one thing and why was he and the administration officials saying something else. we have to get the whole time line as to what they were told, when they were told and why they came up with the story in the first place. megyn: clapper is the one who copped to his group, we are the ones who gave the white house the talking points memo that spoke of a video. to this moment do we know why he did that? what specifically he was basing that on? >> the reason w
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this president, if i am david axelrod -- he just won an election, stephanie cutter, jay carney, president obama, if i am them, i am embarrassed. i will tell you why, they knew no boundaries when it came to lying and demonizing, slandering, smearing, besmirching, attacking and a nice guy. whether you agree with him or not, and that tells me he has set the bar so low that people are going to try to out-do him. this is only going to get worse. you killed somebody! that to me, if i am those guys, i am embarrassed about how they had to win. it is not ugly, it's dirty, ugly and mean. >> that's one thing that is going in our favor. the media has not covered itself with joy and honor throughout, throughout obama's term. i think the alternative media is getting bigger. it's something we have to think about for the future, not only with our big comeback in 2014-- >>> you don't give up, do you? >> it's a ray of hope. but in 2016, i mean, i do think the primaries went on too long. romney could not start campaigning until june. obama was running ads against romney in ojai no february. and those ads wo
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munizbc needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 169 designs submitted by 41 freelance designers.
We are a website (Brazil based) that gives sentimental analysis of news about a Politician. If you type "Lula" for instance, it will give information if the news is good or bad about him and how many times he did appear on the main news sites (twitters and blogs too).
Actually, this is only the first step of the site, we would expand it to Singers, Actors all around the world in the near future.
The target is all the people who vote here in Brazil, man and women (>16 years old), who may see how its politicians (the ones who they will vote for) are doing on the news.
We would like a static image ad (110x80 - http://www.facebook.com/ads/best_practices.php) for a Facebook Ad that strongs the Feeling Bits Brand. It is important to keep the brand identity in place in a clean, elegant and creative way. The tagline "feel the web" is more general (and aimed for future), therefore it is NOT needed in this icon.
The Ad can have other elements that are not present in the logo itself, but it is very important to keep the brand identity. It is important we can read any letters that appears on the icon ad. We imagine the text Feeling Bits must appear on the icon, but we are open to new experiences too.
Thanks a lot, I hope you enjoy us in this challenge! :)
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(Reuters) - Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has postponed his talk with Jonathan Martin until after the NFL's independent investigator meets with the distressed tackle in its probe into alleged bullying, the team said on Tuesday.
Ross had said in a news conference on Monday before Miami's game against Tampa Bay that he set up a Wednesday meeting with Martin, who left the team at the end of last month and later claimed he was the victim of harassment.
The National Football League last week appointed Ted Wells, a noted New York attorney with experience in sports cases, to investigate possible misconduct in the workplace in the wake of the unfolding harassment scandal.
"Ted Wells and the National Football League have asked that we delay our meeting with Jonathan Martin until they have the opportunity to meet with him," Dolphins president Tom Garfinkel said in a statement.
"Out of deference to the process, we will cooperate with their request. We look forward to meeting with Jonathan as soon as possible."
Miami has already indefinitely suspended Martin's fellow offensive lineman Richie Incognito, who was singled out by the former's representatives for abusive behavior toward the second-year player.
Ross's announcement of his now-delayed meeting with Martin preceded an embarrassing 22-19 loss to the previously winless Buccaneers (1-8), a defeat that head coach Joe Philbin would not blame on the distractions caused by a scandal that has engulfed his team for two weeks.
"Tampa Bay deserved to win the football game, credit them," Philbin told reporters on Tuesday after reviewing the game that dropped the Dolphins to 4-5. "We just didn't execute very well. It wasn't the offense, it wasn't the defense, it wasn't the special teams. It was all of them."
Philbin defended his players over criticism of a clubhouse culture that allegedly coerced young players to pay for expensive dinners and trips for veterans, and led to a text message from Incognito to Martin that included racial profanity and threats that owner Ross had said he was "appalled" at.
"They are very good teammates, they are professional. They work hard. Representing this organization the right way on and off the field is important to them," Philbin said.
"We discuss appropriate behavior and the type of work atmosphere we want to create. We talk about that every single day."
Philbin said that with the season heading into its stretch run, it was time for the Dolphins to concentrate on football with the San Diego Chargers (4-5) up next.
"This is a performance-based industry that we're in. Winning football games is what we all get paid to do," he said.
"Teams that have the great character, the great chemistry, they find a way to fight through the obstacles and the adversity and perform well this time of the year. And that's what we have to do.
"We have to focus on football."
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While we shouldn't make light of 4 million homes without power in the aftermath of Irene, it was much less of a storm than advertised. I've seen worse damage—and had longer power interruptions (my power went out last night at 3 am for a grand total of two minutes)—from normal severe summer thunderstorms. However, a week ago it was by no means clear that the storm would weaken as it did, and the reverse might well have occurred. The obvious problem is that once the media turns up their volume knobs all the way to 11, there's no way for them to dial back. Howard Kurtz has their number in "The Hurricane of Hype," and we can always enjoy a few yucks at the media's expense from the video below. (Oh, and this NSFW video, I predict, will not make the Weather Channel's highlight reel, though I am sure it will make The Daily Show Monday night for sure. In fact, I wonder how long it will stay up on YouTube.)
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Planking. Owling. And more recently Vadering. It seems like this Internet era sparks a non-stop avalanche of goofy trends, but every now and again just maybe something worthwhile manages to sneak through.
Such appears to be the case with the practice of purchasing "suspended" items at restaurants. First noted in 2004 and finding traction in the past few weeks through various social media outlets, the basic idea stems from a custom in Italy in which a better-off patron would order a single coffee for himself and purchase a second "suspended" beverage that would later given to a homeless or otherwise needy person.
The idea resonated so deeply with Los Primos owner Brian Edwards that he launched his own version of the practice the day after reading about it two weeks ago. The longtime Wilmington resident said that while the decision won't help on the balance sheet, he's happy to be able to give back during rough economic times. "This is my hometown, and we're all still struggling," said Edwards. "This is just our way of helping out."
Customers interested in lending a hand to the hungry can purchase an extra $5 or $6 meal special, and Edwards will match that with one out of his pocket. A running tally of suspended meals is kept on a chalkboard behind the register. Los Primos often posts their daily specials on their Facebook page. In addition to better known dishes like chiles rellenos or burritos, look out for less common numbers like Pechuga a la Mexicana.
While Los Primos (located at 3530 Carolina Beach Rd.) is the first area eatery we've heard of adopting the tradition, there may be others. If you know of any restaurants offering a similar program please send an email to email@example.com or drop a note on our Facebook page.
UPDATE: We've since received word that the following restaurants are offering a similar program, I'll keep the list below growing as new names come in.
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Do you know of any local establishments that do this with coffee/a warm beverage? I was asking about it on the Wilmington, NC, Google Plus page and everyone thought it was a good idea, but no one knew where they could do it.
A fantastic way to pay it forward.
I have heard about suspended coffees and meals and think it's a great idea! I would love to see more of this in our area.
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This Hong Kong movie from 1987, directed by Siu-Tung Ching, is one of my favourite movies to come out of that region. The reasoning? Well it has it all; it is quite a touching romance, with comedy aplenty plus action and horror in liberal doses. It is beautifully shot, with wonderfully choreographed fights.
The story is simple and as such becomes quite elegant – a bumbling but pure and innocent tax collector, Ning Tsai-Shen (Leslie Cheung), stays in an abandoned temple that houses both a disillusioned Taoist swordsman, Yin (Ma Wu), and a host of ghosts. The ghost Nieh Hsaio-Tsing (Joey Wang) is forced to lure men for her Mistress, Old Evil (Siu-Ming Lau), and in three days will be forced to marry the demonic Lord Black. Nieh realises what a good heart Ning has and the two fall into a doomed love.
The film also occasionally falls onto vampire filmographies, so let us see if that is justified…
There are three aspects to explore and we will start with Old Evil. She is some form of tree demon. She is 1000 years old and can take human form. Her tongue can expand and stretch for miles, seeking out the mouth of a man (prone due to Nieh), which she then uses to suck the lifeforce from him – turning him into a husk. We have had lifeforce sucking vampires before and, whilst she cannot to our knowledge create another of her kind, we should look at what becomes of her desiccated victims.
We see a group of them in an attic, lying like forgotten victims – husk like corpses from previous feedings. However Ning, in the room below, cuts his finger whilst slicing fruit – an old chestnut of a device, to be sure – the scent of the blood makes the husks react and they start moving. Their movements are very slow – but they are all withered husks to be fair. Essentially they begin to hunt – what they would do if they caught a man we don't quite know.
We do see a separate one fight with Yin and the Taoist pins him with a magic needle and then blows him up with a prayer scroll. As for the ones near Ning they are part of a slow slapstick series of misadventures. At one point he steps on one's hand and we see that it apparently has fangs. Eventually he opens shutters and the daylight causes them to melt down to gunk – rapid decomposition. The fangs might be a stylistic coincidence but rapid decomposition in sunlight is oh so very vampire. Indeed, given that these are victims of having their energy sucked and the look I was reminded of the zombie like creatures in Lifeforce.
Finally I think I should mention Lord Black. When the heroes find themselves in Hell, trying to rescue Nieh, they see Lord Black who opens his court to reveal a number of heads who fly from his cloak and bite the heroes. I was reminded very much of the penanggal and similar flying head vampires but, to be fair, that was probably more coincidence than anything and I don't think they were meant to be such a creature.
Of all the different types of creature mentioned the most likely to be classed as a vampire is the desiccated husk, zombie like creatures who dissolve in the sun. However, one feels that they are – if vampires – possibly only in the film long enough to warrant an honourable mention rather than class the film as a vampire movie.
What do you think?
After running a poll the readership of the blog have decided that this film should be a honourable mention – and given the nature of democracy – that is now the official T_ttlg position.
The imdb page is here.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Vamp or Not? A Chinese Ghost Story
This Hong Kong movie from 1987, directed by Siu-Tung Ching, is one of my favourite movies to come out of that region. The reasoning? Well it has it all; it is quite a touching romance, with comedy aplenty plus action and horror in liberal doses. It is beautifully shot, with wonderfully choreographed fights.
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One of my favorite movies of all time... it's been a few years since I've seen it so my memory is cloudy, but I don't remember anything that made me think it was vampire lore.
- Taliesin_ttlg said...
Hi Mateo - great to hear from you.
One of my faves also but it is one that comes up on vamp lists from time to time, which made me want to look at it with a probing eye - as it were.
I had a comment here once also asking if I would feature it - so best to tackle it methinks.
- ScarletAngel said...
Sounds not like a vampire movie, but a honorable mention - a flick with slight vampiric elements: desiccated husks sensing blood, and hardly for any good purpose...
- Taliesin_ttlg said...
cheers for the comment Scarletangel - certainly that was the way I was leaning. Remember to cast your vote if you haven't already :)


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It may be the last thing that parents talk to their children about, though it might be one of the most important: a teenager's romantic relationship.
As the recent conviction of Nathaniel Fujita, 20, for the murder of his former girlfriend, Lauren Astley, 18, illustrated, dating violence can have catastrophic consequences.
While murder may be an extreme outcome, teen dating abuse is more common and may have longer-reaching health effects than parents realize, experts say.
Abuse among dating teenagers "is pretty rampant," said Judith Siegel, a social worker and the director of mental health services in Boston Children's Hospital's Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine. "Kids don't tell you. You hear about it after the breakup."
Nine percent of high school students in the state reported being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner in the last year, according to the 2011 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey. A 2011 national study puts the number of teen victims of dating violence at one in 10. When the definition of abuse is expanded to include verbal insults and controlling behavior, studies report the incidence at more than 20 percent.
All teens, no matter their gender or sexual orientation, are vulnerable as they experiment with their first intimate relationships, Siegel said. "Like many things kids do at that age, they are doing it before they can comprehend how to do it."
Teenagers often don't know what constitutes a healthy relationship, she said. Signs of abuse can be subtle, and difficult for both parents and the teen to recognize. Teens might write off verbal abuse, saying their girlfriend or boyfriend didn't mean it.
Verbal abuse alone undermines a teenager's fragile sense of self-worth and puts one partner in control and makes the other one submissive, she said. "And unfortunately abuse that starts off verbally can escalate."
Although the majority of abuse is boys against girls, boys can be victims of girls and of other boys, she said. Abuse "is not restricted to heterosexual relationships."
A recent study out of Cornell University found that teenagers in physically or psychologically abusive dating relationships were more than twice as likely to repeat unhealthy relationships in adulthood. They were also more likely to report problems with depression, substance abuse, and suicidal feelings than teens who had healthy dating relationships.
"A teenager's first romantic relationship plays a critical role in helping an adolescent develop a sense of who he or she is — personally and sexually," said Deinera Exner-Cortens, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in human development at Cornell. "If a teen's first intimate relationship is abusive, it may skew what his or her view of what a healthy relationship looks like."
The study, which was published in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics, analyzed a sample of nearly 6,000 Americans 12 to 18 years old from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. They were interviewed as teens and again five years later.
Females who had experienced teen dating violence — defined as psychological or physical violence — reported increased symptoms of depression and were 1.5 times more likely to binge-drink or smoke and twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts than those who did not experience dating abuse. Males who experienced teen dating violence reported more anti-social behaviors and were 1.3 times more likely to use marijuana and twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts.
Earlier research had shown that dating violence against teenage girls was associated with increased risk of eating disorders, substance abuse, sexual promiscuity, pregnancy, and attempted suicide.
Exner-Cortens says more research needs to be done to understand the pathways from victimization to poor health, and she is currently at work on a follow-up study.
One of the problems surrounding teen dating abuse is that many parents have difficulty recognizing it and are reluctant to broach the topic at home, said Emily F. Rothman, associate professor of public health at Boston University.
In a nationwide survey of 500 parents of children aged 11 to 18, little more than half said they had talked to their children about dating abuse. More parents had talked to their children about drinking, drugs, family finances, and sex, said Rothman, who was lead author of the study, published in 2011 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
"The message has gotten through to parents that part of their job is talking about alcohol, drugs, and safer sex, but the message about dating violence is lagging behind," she said.
Rothman said publicity over the Astley murder has been a "wake-up" call for many parents. "There has been an outpouring of concern and requests for information."
In memory of the 18-year-old victim, the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund is working to promote safer teen dating. Both Rothman and the nonprofit organization are calling for legislation that would provide funding for education about dating violence in public schools.
Malcolm Astley, Lauren's father, would like to see educational programs beginning in kindergarten that would focus on bullying in early elementary years and expand later to include dating abuse. He notes that children are "claiming their sexuality younger and younger," making them more vulnerable to dating abuse.
"Girls and boys are objectifying each other more now. It leads to increased sex that isn't quite handled easily or well and there are a lot of side effects," he said in a telephone interview.
Experts suggest that parents think in terms of not one big "talk" with their teens about sex and intimate relationships, but a series of conversations that continue throughout their teens. Astley said parents need to understand that "control issues" won't be visible at first, but will gradually accumulate during the course of the relationship. "Parents have to keep assessing as the relationship goes on," he said.
Siegel, at Children's Hospital, suggests broaching difficult topics by making the questions hypothetical. In other words, by saying "if this were happening, feel free to come to me," or "if this were happening, here is where you could get more information or emergency services."
In a 2008 national online survey posted on Loveisrespect.org, nearly half the 1,043 children age 11 to 14 queried said they had already been in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. One in three said they knew a friend who has had intercourse or oral sex.
"That says to me that we need to start talking about it early and often," said Casey Corcoran, program director at Futures Without Violence in Boston, a nonprofit that works to end violence against women. "The first time you talk to your child about being in a healthy relationship shouldn't be when they are already in an unhealthy or abusive relationship."
Social media may amplify feelings of loss and humiliation that accompany a breakup.
The public exposure adds to the pressure. His organization teaches teens to take a "technology timeout." Corcoran says, "They don't have to swear off Facebook completely, but we tell them to give themselves some breathing room and commit to not posting anything about an ex-partner."
Breakups are always awkward, but in an abusive relationship, they can be dangerous, said Colleen Armstrong, education program manager for Reach Beyond Domestic Violence, which provides services in 27 cities and towns in west suburban Boston.
"You want to be thinking about safety at all times," she said, but especially in the 90-day period following a breakup. Teenagers need to know that it could be dangerous to see their abuser alone — no matter how remorseful he or she might seem. She encourages teens to let friends as well as parents know about their safety concerns, and if there is any evidence of stalking behavior, seek professional resources.Jan Brogan can be reached at janbrogan


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Activision Expects Spending $500 Million on Destiny
Bungie's upcoming FPS/RPG is likely to be the most expensive game ever made.
Reuters reports that Activision Blizzard is going to be spending $500 million in order to develop and promote Destiny, Bungie's newest first-person shooter and role-playing game hybrid. This information was revealed by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick last week at the Milken conference in Los Angeles. An Activision rep corroborated Kotick's bold claim by confirming that his number was accurate but also contained the marketing, royalties, packaging, infrastructure support and various other costs in order to put the game out.
"Bungie's very ambitious plan is designed to unfold over a 10-year period," an Activision spokesperson claimed. "The depth of creative content, scope and scale is unprecedented and is required to bring Bungie's vision to life."
$500 million is a number that trumps most blockbuster movie budgets and completely overshadows the combined costs of the two most expensive video games ever made to date: Grand Theft Auto V (an estimated cost of $265 million) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (roughly $200 million). Just to put things into perspective, Halo 3 cost $60 million to make and Bungie was working on the game seven years ago. Just to break even, analysts claim that Activision would have to sell roughly 15-16 million units of the game, if they were all priced at $60. Given that Grand Theft Auto V has more than doubled this number as of February and reeled in over $1 billion in sales, we do think that it is quite possible for Activision to turn out a rather large profit with Destiny despite its major costs.
"If you're making a $500 million bet you can't take that chance with someone else's IP," Kotick stated at the Milken conference. "The stakes for us are getting bigger."
Mike Hickey, a Benchmark Company analyst, said that "there's no way they would come close to Grand Theft Auto." Hickey suggests that much of Grand Theft Auto V's success is attributed to its history, taboo nature, ongoing fan base. This means that $500 million is a bit steep to drop on a completely new franchise that doesn't have a preexisting fan base, but then again, Bungie has an audience of its own. If there is a development team that can design a new IP from the ground-up and warrant that much profit back, we have a feeling the house that made Halo can. Kotick even openly expressed his pride in the company by saying "we expect Destiny to be Activision Publishing's next billion-dollar franchise."
Destiny is due for a release on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on Sept. 9. Pre-ordering the game now, whether digitally or at participating retail stores, will warrant access to Destiny's beta program, which will launch later this summer.


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As it usually is this time of year, the issue is money, specifically how much are the Mets willing to spend.
The days of $140 million payrolls for them are long since gone. It was around $83 last season and ESPN's Adam Rubin said they might go as high as $93 million. I trust Rubin's reporting. As far as I am concerned, he's the best reporter on the Mets' beat.
It's not how much you spend, but how it is supposed to be spent. Therein lies the problem, in that none of us know what GM Sandy Alderson is capable of doing with a lot of money.
He was hired to cut payroll, not add to it and dip into the free-agent market. Assuming a $10 bump in payroll, most will go to raises and arbitration cases. Another $10 million won't substantially improve the Mets, who have questions at shortstop, left field and maintenance of their bullpen.
This also doesn't account for on-the-fly patching, which could not only be at catcher – where Travis d'Arnaud is no sure thing – but any position.
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While it's been nearly two years
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following his victory in the Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park
on Sept. 5, 2010. On Wednesday, July 4,
2012, Get Serious will look to defend his title and make it three in a row in
the Grade 3 Red Bank.
That 2010 Red Bank win capped a
fantastic campaign for Get Serious, who won three graded events and captured
four of five starts that year.
"As good as 2010 was, 2011 couldn't
have been any worse for him," said trainer John Forbes. "He caught off turf courses and never really
seemed to find his footing that year.
Hopefully that's all behind us."
From five starts last year, Get
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twice, finishing third most recently in the Monmouth Stakes (Grade 2).
"That may have been the best race
of his career," said Forbes about his gelding's last start. "He finished third, but he fought the whole
way. I was real impressed with his
effort. I hope it signaled that he's
back." A New York-bred, Get Serious
has made almost all of his starts in New Jersey,
and hasn't seen another course other than Monmouth Park
since 2009. From his 36 career outings,
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"He's doing as good as ever," said
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Welcome to Yosemite National Park!
Yosemite Falls
Yosemite Falls - upper and lower falls are visible.
Lower Yosemite Fall
Yosemite Falls - upper & lower visible.
Half Dome
Half Dome, viewed from the valley floor.
Bridalveil Fall
Bridalveil Fall viewed from Tunnel View.
Mariposa Grove
Sequoias in the Mariposa Grove.
Yosemite Falls viewed from Glacier Point.
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Nevada & Vernal Falls viewed from Glacier Point.
Half Dome viewed from Glacier Point.
Half Dome with Nevada and Vernal falls visible. View from Glacier Point.
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A 248° panorama taken from Glacier Point. On the left side, Yosemite Falls (Upper & Lower) are visible. Just right of center, Half Dome is seen and right of Half Dome, Nevada and Vernal Falls are visible.
Bridalveil Fall with rainbow.
Tenaya Lake
170° panorama of Tenaya Lake.
Tenaya Lake viewed from approach on Tioga Road.
Tioga Road
One of the many beautiful views along the Tioga Road.
Yosemite Chapel
Welcome to Hetch Hetchy!
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Wapama and Tueeulala Falls are visible on the left (more easily visible when viewed in larger sizes).
190° panorama of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The Wapama and Tueeulala Falls are visible on the left side.
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Katie Brown Workshop "Garden Party" Katie creates a party in the garden with recipes like pasta- pea-parsley salad, poached salmon with dill and a watermelon drink.G
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Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "Primal Grill" Think back. Way back. To that momentous occasion more than a million years ago, when our prehistoric ancestors learned how to master fire-and cook. D
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Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "Barbecue's Birthplace" In 1516, a Spanish explorer encountered a band of Taino Indians roasting game and seafood on a wooden frame over a smoky fire. They called the cooking device a barbacoa-the origin of modern barbecue. This show takes us to the birthplace of barbecue-the Caribbean-where you'll learn to make Jamaican jerk chicken, buccaneer baby back ribs with pineapple barbecue sauce, and a Raichlen classic: shrimp grilled on sugarcane. D
10:00 am
Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "Gaucho Grill" Gaucho describes the cowboys of northern Argentina and southern Brazil. These rustic cattle herders developed a simple yet powerful style of grilling over an open wood fire, a tradition still celebrated around Planet Barbecue today. Here are three indispensible gaucho favorites: Chicken roasted in a salt crust, from Uruguay's celebrity grill master, Francis Mallmann; the monster beef ribs that made the reputation of Brazil's famous grill house, Fogo de Chao; and a dessert from Brazil's cattle country, a pineapple you roast on the rotisserie. D
10:30 am
Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "Italian Fire" Since Roman times, the Italian focus-hearth-has made monumental contributions to the world of live fire cooking. A new addition to the Primal Grill equipment collection, an authentic Italian-style wood-burning oven, inspired this show's menu: two versions of Italy's iconic food, pizza, cooked on the floor of the oven but easily adapted to a conventional grill; wood oven-roasted sweet and sour duck; and monster bone-in pork chops glazed with a reduction of red wine, honey, and balsamic vinegar. Benissimo. D
11:00 am
Habitable Planet, The "Agriculture" Will world population outrun food resources? The "Green Revolution" of the 20th century multiplied crop yields, in part through increasing inputs of pesticides and fertilizers. How can farmers reduce their use of agricultural chemicals and still produce enough food?. D
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Habitable Planet, The "Water Resources" While essential to the lives of humans and animals, fresh water only accounts for six percent of the world's water supply. Scientists in Florida's Everglades and the water challenged Southwest consider the optimum use of existing sources of fresh water for both humans and ecosystems. D
12:00 pm
About Benjamin In celebration of the 300th birthday of one of America's most famous inventors and statesmen, documentary filmmakers look at Benjamin Franklin and his contributions to science, art, medicine, education and politics.G
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Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives "Session 13. Genetically Modified Organisms" While genetic modification of organisms has occurred for millennia, we now have the tools to insert specific genes from one organism into cells of unrelated species. This session illustrates the processes used and how such genetically transformed organisms are increasingly common in agriculture, industry, and medicine, and introduces the ethical considerations of GMO research. D
1:00 pm
Drawn to Yellowstone Peter Coyote narrates this collection of Yellowstone art from Native American pictographs to 19th-century landscape oils by Thomas Moran and photographs by William H. Jackson to modern acrylic paintings. Artists' renderings are compared to the same locations today. The collection includes early Thomas Edison films, Buffalo Bill and Crow Indian footage and aerial shots. Scholars and experts contribute their views.G
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Water Pressures Water is a central element of life, yet one in eight people worldwide - 1.2 billion - lack access to safe drinking water. In the coming years, the water scarcity in some drought-stricken regions will turn into a global crisis. Hosted by actor-producer Adrian Grenier (HBO's Entourage), WATER PRESSURES sheds light on this critical, complex issue by documenting the partnership between villagers in water-distressed Rajasthan, India and students and faculty at Northwestern University, situated on the shores of Lake Michigan. D
3:00 pm
Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature "Workshop 4. Oral Histories" Oral histories can serve a dual role in the classroom: as a type of literature to be studied in itself and as artifacts that help explain other literary works. This session focuses on how folk songs, interviews, and other oral histories provide alternative views of a text. D
4:00 pm
Hands On Crafts for Kids "Russia" Russia, the largest country in the world, is located in northern Eurasia. It also has the largest reserves of energy and mineral resources. Many of the traditions are influenced by early Byzantine and Slavic cultures. D
4:30 pm
Hey Kids, Let's Cook "Afterschool Snacks" When the 3:00p.m. bell rings, you bolt from the classroom, and get home with a ton of homework slung over your back. D
5:00 pm
Essential Pepin "Sweet Endings" Chocolate Mint Truffettes; Quick Almond And Plum Cake; Tuiles A L'orange; Summer Cornets Susie. D
5:30 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Company's Coming" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the Best Prime Rib and perfectly Roasted Brussels Sprouts at home. Finally, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of premium butters. D
6:00 pm
Chef John Besh's New Orleans Stuffed Crab Shells, Breaded Red Snapper with Shrimp, Fennel and Oranges, and Hollandaise Sauce. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Dinner Time Sizzle" Joanne toasts up a tasty starter of Grilled Bread with Tomatoes and Prosciutto di Parma and then shows her student Sarina, how a splash of sherry gives shrimp some sizzle! Together they roast red peppers to perfection for a delicious basmati rice dish with green peas. Recipes: Grilled Bread with Tomatoes and Prosciutto di Parma, Sizzling Shrimp with Pimenton and Sherry, Basmati Rice with Roasted Red Peppers and Green Peas. Student: Sarina Crivello. D
7:00 pm
Ask This Old House "Installing a Privacy Fence/Replacing a Clogged Shower Valve" Landscape contractor Roger Cook works with a fencing contractor to install a vinyl privacy fence. Then, Roger, along with host Kevin O'Connor, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and general contractor Tom Silva, asks, "What Is It?" Afterward, Richard replaces a clogged shower valve. D
7:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" Rick takes a canoe ride, visits a goose farm and savors the foie gras, wanders through a lamp-lit castle, enjoys a country market, and visits the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world.G
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Rudy Maxa's World "Tahiti & Bora Bora" For sheer tropical splendor, the islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora stand alone. Hyper blue lagoons, white-sand beaches, fish of every shape, size and color, as well as a generous and welcoming people make these islands favorite destinations for travelers from around the world. Lush aerial photography is a highlight of this episode. D
8:30 pm
Essential Pepin "Sweet Endings" Chocolate Mint Truffettes; Quick Almond And Plum Cake; Tuiles A L'orange; Summer Cornets Susie. D
9:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Company's Coming" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the Best Prime Rib and perfectly Roasted Brussels Sprouts at home. Finally, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of premium butters. D
9:30 pm
Joanne Weir's Cooking Class "Ricotta Mint Ravioli & Lemon Salad" Joanne's teaches her student Michelle how to make pasta from scratch and encourages her to try it at home. Recipes: (1) TOMATO AND LEMON SALAD WITH LEMON-SCENTED OIL, (2) HOMEMADE RICOTTA AND MINT RAVIOLI WITH SWEET TOMATOES. Student: Michelle Soto - Financial Advisor. D
10:00 pm
Taste This! "Cooks Who Care" Over 400,000 people in New York State go hungry every year. In this episode join Chef Joe as he reaches out to the community to feed the hungry. Chef Joe joins forces with God's Love We Deliver, which is an organization that provides food for the hungry. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "France's Dordogne" Rick takes a canoe ride, visits a goose farm and savors the foie gras, wanders through a lamp-lit castle, enjoys a country market, and visits the Sistine Chapel of the prehistoric world.G
11:00 pm
Theater Talk "Tony Predictions, 2013" Jesse Green of New York Magazine, Michael Musto of The Village Voice, and Patrick Pacheco of the LA Times join us to foretell who will win this year's coveted Tony Awards. D
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Closer to Truth "Is God Perfect?" What does it mean for God to be "perfect"? Perfectly knowledgeable? Perfectly powerful? Perfectly good? Did God create the "perfect world"? That'd be hard to believe. D


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March 2011 4xForwardPosted in Features on March 1, 2011
Tools are one of those special joys for most guys in our sport. When we first start out, the tool collection is a few screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, and maybe a socket set. As we get more into the depth of our machines, we find the need for special tools and special equipment. And with advent of new technology the need has never been greater. For instance, the auto scanner/scan tool has replaced the dwell meter and engine diagnostic center of years past. If you have an OBD-II vehicle (onboard diagnostics), troubleshooting without a scan tool is next to impossible. You know the cartoon: Three guys are standing around the open hood looking at the engine while holding their beers. One of the guys says to the others, "I used to know how to fix this."
Like anything else, technology and change can be good and bad. Sure, it's frustrating if you don't know how to use a new tool, but don't you remember finally figuring out which way the lever goes on a Craftsman ratchet? In many instances you can make do without special tools, and that's good to know too, but the right tool properly used can save you time, money, and grief.
Three of my favorite examples of cool new tools are:
(1)The ratcheting box-end wrench. At first I thought this was just a gimmick no real mechanic would ever use. OMG, was I ever an idiot. Those wrenches rock!
(2) Texting and smart phones. Of course no one really needs a smart phone or the ability to text, but after calling enough of my friends with smart phones to help me, I finally got a not-dumb phone. And as u cn c I'm getting appropriately lazy as well.
(3) Finally, as much as I detest the GPS culture because of its blind reliance on a machine, I know that it's a great tool if properly used. The problem is relying on these gadgets without a background in maps and map reading. If you don't know where you are, you probably shouldn't be there. Two recent trips in a rental equipped with a "Neverlost" proved my point. My first trip using the GPS was in the dead of night in a completely unfamiliar area. With rain and snow lashing down, I put my complete faith in the gizmo, and it safely got me the unknown 400 miles I needed to travel. The following sunny day on my next 400-mile trip, the GPS led me far astray. I had a map by now and couldn't understand why it wanted me to go in the wrong direction. But I acquiesced to the oracle and blindly followed the directions to doom. Halfway there I reconsidered and took back the reins, relieved that I wouldn't be wasting two more hours on top of the 11/2 hours I'd already blown.
This shows that a tool is only as good as its user. Had I known how to program the GPS better (or that it had more features to program), maybe I would have been more adept with the tool, as a tool is only as good as its user. Just like the ratcheting wrench, if your GPS doesn't work the right way, turn it around and use the other end.


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You will find 3 subdirectories in the package (respluginapp, resplugin1, resplugin2), each is a separate Android project. Compile and install respluginapp and launch the application. You will see something like this:
Now compile and install resplugin1 and resplugin2. You will notice that the screen of respluginapp dynamically changes as you install the plugin packages. Eventually it will look like this:
The prototype idea is simple. We have 4 rows on the screen. Each row has a default content (some text) but if a plugin is installed, the default row content is replaced by the UI elements provided by the plugin.
Sounds simple but it isn't.
- Getting the layout from the newly installed plugin package and recognizing the plugin package is the easy part. The plugin package is recognized because it exposes a service with aexp.intent.action.PICK_RESPLUGIN intent action. That service will be used to handle plugin events. There is already a hack here: the name of a layout is available only to the application in the package because the resource compiler generates R.java that maps layout names to layout IDs. As the plugin host application cannot access this R.java, it has no access to layout names. Our plugin host application accesses the plugin's row layout by ID (0x7f030000 is hardcoded). This ID is allocated to the layout whose name is the first alphabetically among the layouts. As our plugins have only one layout in the package, it is not really an issue but this hack can cause quite a nightmare in larger projects.
- The next hack happens with widget IDs. The resource compiler assigns IDs sequentially. Unfortunately it uses the same ID base for the plugin host application and the plugins so chances are that the IDs in the plugin host application and in the layouts of the plugins overlap. The plugin host application solves it by adding a row-specific offset to the IDs of the UI elements when they are loaded from the layout provided by the plugin package. But the downside is that from this moment, IDs used by the plugin host application and IDs used by the plugin will be different and the plugin host application has to constantly convert back and forth when it sends events to the plugin event handler service.
- While the UI elements reside in the plugin host application's screen, the event handling is provided by a service exposed by the plugin. The event handling looks like the following: the event is intercepted in the plugin host application, the state of the plugin UI elements is serialized, the plugin event handler service is invoked that processes the event using the serialized plugin UI element state and spits out actions, how the plugin UI elements should be updated. Only some basic functionality is implemented in this prototype. Only button click events are intercepted and the state capture/update only works for TextViews and descendants. But you get the idea how complex it would be to do it properly. While fiddling with this part, I ran into a dead end street because I thought RemoteViews could be used to implement the serialization/deserialization. RemoteViews, however, does not support EditText so this approach had to be abandoned.
On the other hand, applications that change their screen layout when you install plugins are kind of cool as the Android widgets demonstrate. Decide yourself.
Update: this issue caused compilation errors in the projects. As raw Map is not supported anymore on the AIDL interface, I decided to follow the advice and replaced Maps with Bundles. I also converted the projects into Eclipse projects.
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In late November, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that there was a chance that the league would change the rule penalizing teams and barring replay reviews if a coach throws a challenge flag on a play already set for replay review.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, any such change will have to wait until the offseason. Rapoport reports that the NFL plans to discuss the rule at Wednesday's league meeting, but that there's no expectation that a rule change would be implemented for this year's postseason.
The rule wasn't discussed all that much until Falcons coach Mike Smith and Lions coach Jim Schwartz both cost their teams 15 yards and eliminated the possibility of a review by throwing the flags earlier this year. Schwartz really drew attention to the rule by throwing it after officials obviously missed that Texans running back Justin Forsett was down before running for an 81-yard touchdown on Thanksgiving.
Whether or not you keep the 15-yard penalty for throwing the flag unnecessarily, the rule should be changed to allow reviews of the calls. The whole point of the replay system is to make sure that calls are correct and, as the Thanksgiving episode made clear, this rule gets in the way of that.


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by Tamara Anderson
Renny Molenaar and Rocio Cabello are the genial, charming curators who are just a few weeks away from celebrating the first anniversary of their iMPeRFeCt Gallery at 5601 Greene St. in Germantown. Contrary to what its name indicates, the gallery is almost perfect as a showcase for artists and other creative folks from Northwest Philly whose work you might not see in center city.
"Traditionally, artists had to leave Germantown to show their work or to see the works of others, so we wanted to be facilitators and provide a space right here that would have an effect on our community" explained Renny, 52, who was born into an artistic family on the idyllic island of Aruba in the southern Caribbean. "I'm part black, part Indian and part Dutch. When I was born, all the cooks got in the kitchen and stirred it up."
The reason for the gallery's name, according to Renny, is that "it is not a perfect space; in fact, the lighting is horrible, but we do have great art work." The reason for the offbeat use of capital letters in the middle of the word "Imperfect" is that "it started out as a graphic illustration of imperfect writing with a childlike system … The name came out of the frustration of people wanting a perfect gallery or nothing. We like it imperfect."
When Molenaar was a small child, his family moved from Aruba to North Jersey, where the young boy displayed precocious artistic talent. He later attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts as well as the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and since then has worked primarily in fabric and public sculptures.
Renny met Rocio Cabello in 1990.(When asked about Rocio's current age, Renny joked that it is "somewhere between 14 and 15 and a half.")He had opened a gallery in the South Bronx called Black and White in Color Gallery in the 1980s. His first show was Fashion Moka, which came to light when graffiti artists were entering the mainstream.
His work brought him to the internationally-renowned Fabric Workshop and Museum at 1214 Arch St. in downtown Philly in 2000. Rocio and Renny became interested in Philadelphia at first because of the cost-effectiveness it offered over New York City, but then the beautiful tree-lined streets of Germantown sealed the deal.
They became residents of Germantown in 2003. As Renny and Rocio settled into domestic living,they soon realized that "there are immense cultural possibilities in the neighborhood." Together they have two children, Cory, 8, and Giza, 13, and Renny has two older children of his own. His oldest son is a freelance director of TV commercials.
Between 2009 and 2010, Renny created several street art installations at the corner of Wayne Avenue and Queen Lane. They were all built from garbage or discarded items like crack vials and cigarette lighters. Renny turned the glass from the broken crack vials into rainbows.
One of the installations was very controversial. It featured Dr. Martin Luther King and the words "I am a Man" written in broken crack vials and lighters. Several people who saw it expressed indignation.
Renny's response: "People do not always like work that holds up a mirror to us." These installations led to the opening of iMPeRFeCt Gallery in 2012, and in their first 10 months the gallery featured the works of over 151 artists. In addition, there have been book releases, musical performances and weekly music and poetry jams in which everyone from the community is urged to perform.
Each exhibit lasts for about a month and closes with iMPeRFeCt Gallery's signature "Last Supper," a night fashioned after DaVinci's painting of the same name with one long table for all guests to partake of food and beverages. It is a way of saying "Thank you," explained Renny, "because of the artists' commitment to their passion."
The next exhibit at the gallery will feature the work of Jonathan Eckel exploring the interior world with his recent collection of oil paintings. It will begin with an opening this Friday, May 3, 6 p.m.
The gallery is the recent recipient of a grant from the AMJ Foundation and is currently seeking donations to raise matching funds. The owners insist the gallery fills "a desperate vacuum that seriously presents the artist without branding or marketing."
When asked why they persist when it is almost impossible for a neighborhood gallery like theirs to be profitable, Renny simply insists that "artists change the world, over and over again."
More information is available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ImperfectGallery or at email@example.com or 917-957-4504.


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Remember Top Gear's convertible Renault Espace? The guys who built (un-built?) today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Eurovan Cabrio sure do — but will this topless VW's price make you say forget it?
At twelve grand, yesterday's diminutive SBC-powered Suzuki X90 came up a little short in the vote - like 82% Crack Pipe short. But that automotive equivalent of a chick-with-a-dick did have one thing going for it, and that was the fact that it was. . . HOLY LEMON SCENTED CATSHIT, SOMEBODY'S SELLING A TOPLESS EUROVAN!
VW 's Typ Zwei has been beloved for decades by both dirty hippie and douchie hipster. And whether buying ones perforated with enough windows to make them look like an insect's occulus, or with a ginormous sunroof, their owners have always pined to bring the outdoors inside. Today's custom 1993 EuroVan beats them all with a roof that, like Euro-zone fiscal solvency, is imaginary.
Clarkson, May, and the short angry one may have gone so far as to have fitted a semi-functional soft top to their Espace, but at anything above 50 miles per hour, it peeled back like Jeremy Piven's toupee. This Vee-dub avoids that issue by leaving any semblance of weather protection by the wayside. The EuroVan debuted in the US in 1993, supplanting the Vanagon as Volkswagen's grammatically tortured people mover. Other names initially considered but ultimately discarded were Vaginagon, Germabus, and Amnot-Eurotoo.
But the biggest change in VW's new people mover was engine placement, going from rear to front, or in gay parlance, from pitcher to catcher. Replacing the wasserboxer of the prvious generation was a 109-bhp inline five cylinder that provided the EuroVan with performance bordering on perceptible. Adding to the lugubriousity, this topless T4 has a four-speed auto backing that up, although the seller does claim that it benefited from a recent servicing.
Considering that this van likely now has all the torsional rigidity of a wet egg carton, maybe that's for the better. While you're going slow you'll get to enjoy alfresco dining on the mid-cabin table, which is flanked by captain's chairs in front, and a three-wide bench in the back. Folding all that down reveals another benefit of this custom van - alfresco napping, which makes it about the best mobile Kindergarten you're likely to find. In fact, it should be noted that for grownups, sleeping topless out of doors has many health benefits, and for those of you who have stumbled over here from Jezebel, you should also know that taking pictures of yourself topless in bed, and them posting them to the web, will make your boobs bigger. It's a little known fact.
An amazing fact about this van is that it looks professionally done, right down to the passenger-side sliding door still seeming to function, sort of in dutch door fashion. That, along with the rest of the body is resplendent in satin black paint and the kind of vinyl graphics - including a massive EUROVAN on each flank - that will bring even the most introverted passenger out of their shell in no time. Of course the wild wind-whipped hair and constant spitting-out of flying insect detritus will help with that too.
Why would someone cut the roof off a Eurovan? Why do people do anything, and who the hell are we to question their motives? Whatever they were, those must have been some pretty damn good drugs, that's all I'm saying. The bigger question is, what would someone do with a topless EuroVan? You could give tours of celebrity homes in it, or drive your kids to school in it on freezing days so they'll be damn happy to get socks and warm underwear for Christmas. Or, use it as a rolling advertisement for your new topless tapas bar.
Whatever the reason, this EuroVan is so whack that the opportunities surrounding it are endless - or at least until that first time you hit a driveway apron too fast, twisting the remnants of the uni-body like a kama sutra move. But until then, it looks like it has all four wheels firmly planted on the tarmac, and even with 120K on the clock, it doesn't look too beat up. Plus- topless!
And all that - or less that, as it were - only costs $3,000. Usually a seller makes the claim of a vehicle being worth more because it has more, in this case they're really advocating that in the case of this Vee-dub, less is more. What do you think, is $3,000 a reasonable amount to not top it off? Or, does that make this EuroVan a fair-weather friend?
You decide!
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The last Smile-for-the-camera Carnival was impossible because any attempt to choose a favorite picture had to leave too many out and could only be true for the picture selected at that time and place. Five minutes later, I probably would have changed my mind. The Crowning Glory theme was a lot easier because it gave me some boundaries that I had to observe, but I was pretty sure what my final selection would be before I even started looking. Still there was that part of the instructions that said, "Don't limit yourself to just hair fashion through the ages, got a great photograph of a hat, helmet, bonnet, or some other interesting headgear? Share!" That opened up lots of possibilities, so rather than limit myself to one, I decided to share some of the great pictures that fell into the "also ran" category.
The first three are pictures of my wife's mother, her little sister, and my wife.
The next group includes my son Rick as Aslan, my son John with really pretty hair, and son Mark with his best Jesus look.
Next in the classic headgear category are my great, great, great grandmother Dicey Mitchell Ball (the camera didn't catch her with her eyes closed, she was blind), my mother with her big brother, and my wife's mother with her big hat.
In the next group are another shot of me and my big brother (obviously no longer in the Philippines), a shot of my wife on the way to do a little shopping, and one of my wife's cousins with the cutest little hat.
The final group displays the glories of my son Bob, doing his Johnny Appleseed impression, and my three grand daughters looking oh so cute in their pink trucker hats (gifts from their uncle John who got cut out of the picture because he is not nearly as cute as they are.)
The runner up picture is another shot of Emma and Eliza who are very excited about their wonderful hair.(I still can't believe their friend was patient enough to braid all the girls hair that day).
The winner is the shot of three brothers-Matt, John, and Bob-sans hair. A few years ago their sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. An experienced friend advised her that it is a lot less traumatic to just go ahead and cut your hair off rather than waiting for it to fall out. When her brothers found out, the told her to let them know when she was going to shave her head and they would join her. This picture is the result-the Crowning Glory of "philadelphia."
Of course following that, she got to wear a wig and they just had to wait until it grew out. Just in case you were wondering the middle brother is the same one with all the beautiful curls up in group two.
This carnival has truly been a joy to participate in and believe me there were many more pictures that didn't quite make the final groups. I am eagerly anticipating the next carnival.