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Remember how cool these rear projection TVs were about 10 years ago? I remember my uncle had a ginormous one in his basement and it was the biggest TV I had seen in a house before! This is before HD and so the picture quality is fair at best on these things. Especially compared to today's standards. And they are huge...I mean gigantic huge boxes that take up an unrealistic amount of space.
Okay, so fast forward to us purchasing this house that is 10 years old. The previous owners had actually sheetrocked a TV like this into a room upstairs. Yes, sheetrock. The bottom half completely enclosed. As in they never, ever intended to get rid of it. They must have thought technology would never change and the TV would never (gasp!) die. Seriously? I could not believe it.
The kids never minded it, but now that we are so spoiled by nice HDTVs, Trevor and I didn't use it to watch movies, TV, or sports. But, in order to upgrade we had to figure out how we were going to get it out of that room without destroying the walls requiring a mini remodel, more sheetrock, and trying to match the custom paint?! Let alone even if we destroyed the walls, the TV wouldn't make it down the stairs (they must have put it in before the stair railings went in).
Well, you bust out the reciprocating saw and demolish the TV. I mean, you can't actually sell the thing. I don't think anyone would have even taken it for free! I laughed at Trevor at first, but with the help of our friend Jon, they had that thing totally out of the room in about an hour. (Note: They turned off the breaker to the room since the plug and outlet were also buried. That way they avoided electrocuting themselves...that was my biggest worry about the whole thing!)
And what does a 65 inch rear projection TV look like inside? It was mostly an empty plywood box. I was surprised by how much was actually just wood! The electronic pieces were all in the lower half and could mostly be lifted out after taking apart a few screws. Makes you think these things really aren't that sophisticated for sure.
We kept the big mirror that was inside (that the image projects to)...as a little keepsake of the project.
The hubster salvaged the paint and room. And built a platform for a normal HDTV to go right in the same spot, but with access below for cords and cable so we can totally replace the new one when it becomes outdated in 10 years. After a quart of paint for the platform and a new TV from Santa, it is much improved! It still boggles my mind that you would build a room around a TV that could not be accessed or replaced. But turns out it can... with a saw, a crowbar and a hammer!
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We're on a crusade, and if it has the name Alzheimer's attached to it, we're there. Last week my husband, my BFF, Meryl Comer, and I went from DC to Big D, Dallas, Texas for the Alzheimer's AWARE Luncheon. I have never been to Texas and it seemed to me like a long way to travel for chicken salad, but that just shows my ignorance about the big state. As it turned out, the whole event was elegant. The Stetsons were big (particularly …

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Boras voices approval for Nats' Strasburg plan
Boras told The Post that Strasburg signing with Washington after the club made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft was contingent upon the club putting the hurler's health before anything else.
"The good thing about Rizzo, when I had Strasburg -- and you know he was a 20-year-old draftee, a year early -- I said, 'Look, you want to draft these players? Great, but you know what? I'm not on board,'" Boras said to the newspaper. "We won't sign, and I'll send them back to college. I want to make sure we have an organization that will put the health of these players first."
Boras also represents Washington rookie Bryce Harper (another former No. 1 pick), outfielder Jayson Werth, infielder Danny Espinosa and several Nationals Minor League prospects.
Rizzo said early in the year he would keep Strasburg on an innings limit to preserve the ace right-hander's health after he underwent Tommy John surgery late in the 2010 season. Having thrown 139 1/3 innings this season, Strasburg is likely to have his season cut short by two or three starts. He is also expected to miss the postseason, should the first-place Nats make it for the first time since baseball returned to Washington before the 2005 season.
"Mike was like me, a former player," Boras said of Rizzo. "You played pro ball, you understand. And Mike understands the benefit, long-term, of making sure medical health, a player's health and the development of a player is appropriately done. He gets that."
Boras said he spoke to Strasburg about the opinions of medical professionals, most notably Dr. Lewis Yocum, who performed the surgery. And though Strasburg may not necessarily want to be shut down early, Boras said there are larger matters at play.
"The expectancy that we have to have is for the betterment of the game," Boras told Mike and Mike. "And the betterment of the game is that we want these great young talents to be in our game a long time. And we want them to go out and have storied careers."


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TC Cribs: Mulu, The Cozy And Cool Startup That's Right In The Heart Of Hollywood
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We made sure to put on our trendiest hoodies and shiniest sneakers for this episode of TechCrunch Cribs, which brought us out of our casual hometown of San Francisco and into the heart of Hollywood.
Here is where we found Mulu, the startup that combines cutting edge online commerce with charitable goodness — Mulu's technology lets web publishers embed shoppable links to products referenced in their content and give a portion of the proceeds to the charity of their choice.
You'd expect something special from an L.A.-based company with tight ties to fashion, and Mulu delivered on those expectations and then some by striking the perfect balance between cozy and super cool. Watch the video above to see how Mulu created a space that's just as fun for its grownup employees as it is for their pint-sized offspring, with a tricked-out kid's room, a very lucky company pet, and a secret roof deck with a gorgeous view of that famous Hollywood sign.


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no.....but I drank the 8 hour wine....the Jamaican guy sold to me........in the box, in the park under the oak tree
I subscribe to the "burn more calories than you take in to achieve weight loss" theory. I'm decidedly antiquated in that way...
Howd it go? It seems like itd be difficult to get anything else done...
You are not supposed to eat for 8 hours straight just eat like you normally would in those 8 hours. As he states on the today those the diet is not an excuse to binge
Reading this makes me hungry.
No. Because "diets" don't work if the goal is a lasting reduction of body-fat. What does work with proven results is limiting your food intake to REAL food. Not processed foods, not "low fat", not "diet". Whole veggies (complex carbs), meat/cheese/chicken/eggs. "Low fat" means high - something else. And that something else is almost always highly processed carbs. The true enemy!

if you wanna reduce body fat quickly, just say no to sugars, ALL grains (including whole grain), and starches for a few weeks. Once you've reduced to you goal, carefully and slowly add back in whole grains, but still limit sugars and starches.
That's encouraging, but we (humans) can't really tell if it's "true" loss for several weeks. If it stays off - and continues to reduce... than your doing something right. There is some truth to eating more often though. Small (healthy) meals more often (5-7 times a day) means the hormones that cause hunger in the first place are suppressed, And your getting nutrients.
My aunt is a hospital dietician, so I get all this first hand. She reminds me constantly that the body needs 2 things - calories and nutrients. The hunger hormone is released ONLY when there is a lack of nutrients - not for calories. Interesting huh?! If it were "all about calories" (as some suggest), we could live on plain table sugar.
Also, your goal isn't reduced "weight", it's reduced size. Big difference. Weight is based on gravity, size is based on how you look in clothing/what you see in the mirror/how others see you. You can't "see" weight. Make your goal "size" based, and you'll focus changes... and is less depressing. (no negative reactions / depression caused by stepping of silly bathroom scales). All my best.
Well isn't that a nice diet? You get to sleep through half the time you're fasting...
You eat for eight hours straight?
How can you eat for 8 hours straight? You would explode! Of course, then you would weigh less. Maybe they're on to something...
So you don't actually eat for 8 STRAIGHT HOURS. You eat normally over a period of 8 hours! Ahhh...
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Per this morning's Playbook, Jon Huntsman's official campaign website is going to be www.Jon2012.com. Right now, it's just a "Coming Soon" banner, but by the time he announces his candidacy tomorrow it will be bursting with the usual multi-media features (hopefully not too many). Anyone else puzzled by the biblical allusion in that URL? When I read it, I hear "John 20:12."
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The question "when were the vedas written" has to be understood on multiple levels. Let us first understand in a general way without going into too many details.
What consists of the Vedas?
The various mantras, which are śabda. Śabda literally means 'sound', but we have to differentiate it from different types of sounds. If a vessel falls on the floor, that too is a sound, but the *clanking* carries no inherent meaning. The vedas are śabda (sound with inherent meaning). In other words, it is intelligible sound that can be communicated, and of course, understood with meaning.
Now śabda has a unique place in our scriptures, it is the property of ākāśa (Space-time). The vedic mantras, you can say, are weaved into the fabric of space and time, not as a separate entity, but as their very property. Before Śr̥iśṭi (manifestation) took place, these mantras were in present their seed form (avyakta), and when the universe flowered into being, so did these mantras, as part of Ākāśa.
The R̥Ṣis were extremely sāttvic jīvas with tremendous amounts of chitta śuddhi (mental purity) and jnāñam (knowledge). R̥Ṣi literally means a seer, the R̥Ṣis could tap into the cosmic order and simply "see" these śabdas.
Take a detour to something more contemporary. If I ask you to listen closely, do you hear any music? Probably not, but if you tune your radio to the right frequency, you can listen to music from all across the world, and if the frequency is strong enough, perhaps from various parts of the universe (the static white and black grains you see on your television comes from microwaves coming in from over 13 billion light years away).
Such is the property of space, that it carries these vedic mantras that have always existed as part of them, and the R̥Ṣis simply had to "tune in", so to speak. The difference is these mantras aren't 'broadcasted', but form the fabric of jagat. For example, in order to create a pot, there has to first be knowledge of the pot. So too, the knowledge of jagat precedes the jagat, and since every manifestation is preceded by knowledge, this knowledge here is present in the form of these mantras.
Now, these formed the body of the Vedic mantras, which they passed down to their students, and their students then passed it down to their own, and so on. This is the tradition we call the Guru-Śiśya Paramparā (teacher-student lineage). Then one fine day, long after, a great jñāni like Veda Vyāsa comes along and divides the corpus of Veda into 4 (R̥g, Yajur, Sāma and Atharva).
Then much later, writing may have been invented in our civilization, and that is when these mantras would be written down in the form we see today. So to date the Vedas when they were written down does *NOT* mark the beginning of the Vedas, but just the beginning of the 'technology' that was created which allowed for their codifying. In these estimates, one can say the R̥g Veda mantras "written" as hard-copies circa 1900 B.C.
Some portions may have been "copied" down earlier, some later, and this is unfortunately the dating that modern Indologists give us, completely ignoring how long back the tradition retraces to. As we know, dating an oral tradition is not only difficult but impossible, as the only place it is recorded is in memory, and the memory of these mantras have always been around as long as the manuśya jāti has walked these plains.
This takes us to the vast and elaborate concept of vaikhari-vāk, madhyama-vāk, paśyanti-vāk and parā-vāka, which are quite detailed but I will just give the condensed gist of it here.
Each of these vākas (types of speech) that I listed go from the level of gross to subtle.
Vaikhari is the gross sound, like the tumbling of a vessel, or the rustling of leaves, sound of the ocean, and even the groaning, sniffing, snoring and inadvertent sounds of living creatures.
Madhyama-vāka is speech generated from one's emotions (manaḥ), and is subjective in nature.
Paśyanti-vāka is speech generated from the faculty of the intellect (buddhi), and is objective, with greater capacity to define truths that exist
Parā-vāka, however, is not generated from the human mind whatsoever, but are (for lack of a better word) "intuited" from the cosmic blueprint. This is exactly what forms the Vedic mantras, and that is why the Vedic mantras are called apauruśeya- *not* authored by R̥ṣis, but merely received by them.
So, were those ancient Rshis who revealed the Vedas the only Rshis?
Not quite, but they were the most exalted Rishis, for the following reason.
The Vedas themselves have two types of knowledge- parAvidyA and aparAvidyA… aparAvidyA deals with things we discover which are put to day-to-day use, like mathematical theorems, scientific proofs, what kinds of foods to eat for healthier life, and basically pretty much everything you can transact with. This is the knowledge of 'objects'.
Then, there is parAvidyA, the knowledge of the 'subject'/self/brahman/AtmA… this is unavailable for 'proof', it can only be known to the subtlest of minds with the purest of chittams, the Vedic Rishis.
In the vedic tradition itself, we have many RSis who dealt with matters not only related to Self knowledge, but also other aparAvidyA… vAlmiki, the great jNAni, has written about constructing vimAnas, then we have RSis who have derived the speed of light, spoken about gravity, about the pythagorus theorem (long before pythagorus was even born) to shape the yajNa kundas (sacrificial pyre) using exact mathematical formulas, then RSis who have given us jyotisha shAstra, ashtAnga yoga, the beautiful language of saMskRt, Ayurveda and so on.
Any great discovery that is unprecedented can only be the work of a RSi, but here i CLEARLY mark the distinction of modern day RSis and jNAnis… archimedes, who discovered the principle of density too intuited it, but that is where the intuition ends. Similarly, Einstein intuited the theory of relativity, a beautiful notion that boggles my intellect each time I stop to appreciate it.
Or say Mozart (or was it Beethoven?) the deaf musician who could put everyone to shame with his unique musical gifts… RSis have been countless, but the ones in particular that we exalt are the jNAni RSis, who were experts of both parAvidyA and aparAvidyA, but we equally respect every great being who is born, that contributed something beautiful to our life regardless of the region or time in which they came to be , though as a convention, whenever the word 'RSi' is mentioned, it implies a vaidika RSi
Will there ever be more? Can only learn to be a Rshi or is it something imparted by Ishvara?
Though there is no hard and fast rule, it is less likely for there to be RSis associated with Vedic knowledge- though you will continue having scientific/linguistic/musical and other subject prodigies over time, though that is where their expertise end.
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Novice tips for the northern lights
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Hi all,
In February my wife and I travelling to Finland in the hope of finding the Northern Lights. I'm very much a novice photographer (but am not scared to use the manual mode), and hope people may be willing to offer tips or links to tutorials to help me out.
My kit consists of: Canon 550d, 18-55 kit lens, 50mm f/2.8 prime, Manfrotto tripod, UV filter, polariser. I'm hoping to purchase a Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 lens before I travel. I also have two batteries and normal padded camera bag.
From what I've read so far I needn't worry about filters, need use the tripod, set the lens to focus to infinity, choose an appropriate aperture (I'm thinking a relatively high to keep trees/hills in focus too) and then go with whatever Tv works given the available light. There must be a lot more to think about...
I'm generally happy with the technical aspects but always struggle with composition, so if anyone has things I should think about for the northern lights in particular, that would be appreciated.
What is the best way to prevent the camera and lens from freezing? Should I keep it wrapped up even when I am taking photographs?
Thanks in advance.
First of all, check out these sites
Now some advice from me. I have done an Aurora trip to Fairbanks and got some great pictures -
1. Take more than 2 batteries. Keep the ones that you are not using in a warm place. I kept them in a pocket with a chemical warmer.
2. Aurora can cover wide areas of the sky. I used a 15 mm lens and it was barely wide enough enough to cover what I wanted to photograph. Instead of buying the Canon wide angle lens, buy or rent a fast single focal length wide angle lens. The faster the better. It may not seem as if aurora are moving but they are. I shot all my pictures with the lens wide open at 3 shutter speeds (20, 10, and 5 seconds or 10, 5, 2.5 seconds). You should be able to do this by using bracketing. The longer exposures were not as sharp as I wished. When you are done shooting aurora, remember to turn off the bracketing. I forgot to do this on the first night and this resulted in under and over exposed pictures taken the next day.
3. If by "relatively high aperture" you mean not using the fastest lens opening, that is a mistake. Your depth of field at wide open will be sufficient to keep both the sky and the trees in focus. If you stop down the lens, you will have to compensate by using longer shutter times.
4. It will be cold. You will need to wear gloves with thin liners. When you need to adjust anything on the camera, take off the warm gloves and the liners will keep your fingers slightly warm. If you need to adjust any settings on the camera, you need to do it outside in the cold for the reason discussed in item 6.
5. If your camera has a delayed shutter release, use it. Otherwise, use a short self timer. This reduces the camera movement caused by pressing the shutter release or from mirror slap.
6. You do not have to worry about the camera or lens freezing. You do have to worry about moisture condensation on and within the camera when you take it back into a warm room. This is why I mentioned in item 6 that any camera adjustments have to be done outside in the cold. When you bring the camera back into a warm room, put it into a sealed bag such as a kayak dry bag or a ziplock bag before you bring it into the warm room. This will prevent condensation.
7. You do not want to ruin your night vision by using a bright flashlight when you have to adjust your camera or change batteries. I bought a red flashlight since red light has a minimal effect on night vision. They are available at astronomy supply stores and may be available other places. Also, if you are photographing in a group, using a bright flashlight is very annoying to others in the group.
Hope that these suggestions help. One other thing - be prepared to do a good bit of post processing after you are done to enhance the aurora and to remove the glow from the sky.
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Day 6, and things are almost done. We got the paneling inside the porch completed and finished, half of the screens up, and half of the exterior railings attached. Curt says it'll be done today! (Tuesday) Finished pictures up tomorrow..
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|A page from the book Madison reimagined.
I had these experiences teaching AP Lit and Comp this year, and I had one when Madison presented her SPOKEN WORD POEM to the class.
The poem begins with words. My words. Words I offered unsolicited during lunch one day when a group of students gathered in my room, as they often did throughout the year, and talked about the significant and trivial concerns that filled their lives.
"You can have it all, but you can't have it all at once." Those words. I spoke them one day during the chatter about women's lives that often occupied my students' thoughts, especially the ponderings of female students.
Madison took those words. Words she borrowed and made her own as I too made them my own, at least the "You can have it all" part. That part I soon learned, came at a cost. At least for me. Perhaps others' truths are different.
From those words, Madison wrote and spoke with all-consuming passion. As I listened, as the words bounced back to me from Madison's voice, I thought about the choices I've made in my life. Past choices. Present choices. Future choices. All resonate as moments that privilege something to the marginalization and exclusion of something else. "You can have it all, but you can't have it all at once" represents a truth for me and for my students, a truth we rarely utter. We teachers like to offer platitudes: "Of course you can grow up to be a Yankee."
As Madison delved deeper into her poem and her truth about the choices she has and will make, I cried. Not from sadness. I cried because I remembered. I remembered the choices I'd made over the years. I thought about the unknowns associated with those choices at the time I made them. And I realized that those choices had led me to that moment sitting on the couch in my room, listening to this gifted young woman reflect on my words and on her future. I cried because I realized that my choices, for all the ups and downs in my life, both personal and professional, had brought me to that moment.
I will miss my AP Lit and Comp students, but I will have their words, those they wrote in their essays and in their spoken word poems and those imprinted on my mind during our many discussions.
Madison wrote a letter to me in which she spoke about the "importance of dialogue in the classroom. In the letter she said, "In a time of life when most of us expect to be preached to rather than heard, you have shown us that every voice is important."
And because the voices of my students is far more important than my own, I'm including in this post her spoken word poem. There's a little chatter from some classmates at the beginning, and the poem begins ten seconds into the recording.
At the top of this post I've included a picture of a bird cage and a deer. They protrude from the pocket of a library book check-out card holder. The picture is part of a reimagined book Madison gave to me. Using Four Tragedies: William Shakespeare, Madison created a new work of art.
The picture of the bird is in dialogue with Edna in The Awakening. Kate Chopin uses the image of a caged bird to symbolize Edna's desire to flee the trappings of her life. The deer speaks to both Edna and Nora from A Doll's House.
Of course, the book holder echoes the power of art, of writing, of imaginative literature to open the doors Madison writes and speaks about as she seeks to have it all, even though she can't have it all at once.
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Most people were pretty shocked when Cheryl Cole unveilied the true extent of her rose tattoo. If you havent seen it, where have you been? It leaves no flesh unturned and stretches from top thigh to mid back.
Cole headed back to her tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado in Los Angeles this weekend. But the tables had turned, as Cole was there to ink him. Its not the first time an A-lister has been caught, pen in hand; Rihanna, Cara and Justin Bieber have all moonlighted as tattoo artists at New York parlour Bang Bang.
The singer tagged a photo of her holding a tattoo pen saying, You learn something new everyday!!!.. #nikkohurtado.
The result of Coles first foray into tattoo artistry was a slightly, dare we say it, cack-handed (read: rustic) inking of a pair of shades, two stars and a red heart. Of her work the star wrote, I got to tag the best tattoo artist with my first and last tattoo @nikkohurtado designed bespoke by yours truly.
It looks like Cheryls mum shares our views on the art work with the star sharing with her fans the message, "Hahaha I showed my mum this and she went 'oh that's really bad, oh well they asked for it."
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Fulham Signs Darren Bent on Season-Long Loan From Aston Villa
By Aug 16, 2013-
Fulham signed striker Darren Bent on a season-long loan from Aston Villa, the Premier League soccer clubs said on their websites.
Bent, 29, scored 36 goals in 63 games for Villa, which he joined from Sunderland in January 2011. He's also played for Ipswich, Charlton and Tottenham and has scored 103 goals in 245 Premier League matches.
Bent, who has four goals in 13 games with the England national team, will be available for Fulham's season opener at Sunderland tomorrow.
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Everton boss Roberto Martinez will make a decision over Gareth Barry's contract next week.
Barry, on-loan at Everton, comes off contract at Manchester City next month.
Martinez said: "After the Hull game. We will talk.
"The most important thing was to make sure this season was a real success for him especially, and then the parent club and ourselves.
"We will sit down and I'm sure we will get a straight answer in one way or another.
"It's not a thing about finding a good contract or financial package, it's more about the next footballing chapter and where he can enjoy it next."


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Move over A1 and Heinz 57. The only condiment we'll be drizzling over steak is green, garlicky chimichurri sauce.
My parents and a good friend both recently returned from a visit to Argentina. Reports of their adventures had me dreaming of chimichurri sauce, which I first discovered alongside grilled meat at a Chicago Argentine restaurant.
I suspected that the primary ingredients were parsley and garlic. A little research uncovered a number of variations with cilantro, oregano, red pepper flakes, vinegar, lemon or lime juice and other various spices.
As is often the case, I read a number of recipes and then threw together a combination that seemed most appealing to me. We marinated flank steak for a day, grilled it and devoured it heavily doused in my fresh, green concoction. My parents were visiting when I served this meal and my dad, a meat and potatoes kind of fellow, announced that he was done with other steak sauces and that this new condiment would be his steak accompaniment of choice. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. Or at least ignite new interest in a palate with old favorites.
If you aren't a meat eater, don't let that stop you from making a large batch of chimichurri. Drizzle it over vegetables before and after grilling. I am even thinking of using it on pasta (it isn't so far from pesto) or as a salad dressing. I was so taken by this recipe that I partially planned my fresh herb garden around my plans for future batches!
Argentine Chimichurri Sauce
1 cup fresh parsley, firmly packed
1 cup fresh cilantro, firmly packed
1/2 cup fresh oregano leaves (optional)
5 large cloves of garlic
1 large scallion minced (or 2 Tablespoons minced onion)
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon lime juice
Kosher salt and red pepper flakes to taste
In a food processor, pulse the garlic and onion until finely chopped.
Add the fresh herbs and pulse briefly, until very finely chopped. Transfer the mixture to a separate bowl. Add olive oil, lime juice and vinegar and stir to combine. Season with a heavy pinch of salt and a small pinch of red pepper flakes.
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The world of espionage and intrigue is great fodder for the movies because of the inherent drama involved in movie spies sneaking around where you're not supposed to be. Add things like guns, gadgets, helicopter chases, and girls, and you practically have the secret formula for a good movie. This message will self-destruct in, oh, half an hour or so. Take your time.
Mata Hari, "Mata Hari"
This is a movie about the real-life spy Mata Hari, who, according to legend, was a spy for Germany during World War I. Much of that "legend" was popularized by this movie, which was a smashing success in the 1930's thanks to Greta Garbo, who brings an intimidating seductiveness to the role.
Alicia Huberman, "Notorious"
In this spy thriller, Huberman, played by Ingrid Bergman is recruited by a government agent (Cary Grant) to infiltrate the home of a Nazi, played by Claude Rains. Since this is Hitchcock, you inevitably end up feeling a little bit sorry for the bad guy, even though he's a Nazi who wants to use Uranium to bomb the United States. He falls in love with Ingrid, of course, who puts her personal feelings aside to crack open the nest of Nazis. But still, poor Claude Rains.
James Bond, The James Bond Films
The most famous superspy of all is famous for a reason. He's survived car chases, shootouts, assassination attempts, hand-to-hand fights, colorful killers, and trainwrecks, and he always gets his man. He puts his own personal safety aside for the sake of the mission, and the mission usually involves taking down a villain trying to conquer the world. He even survived being played by George Lazenby. James Bond is the daddy of all movie spies, and it'll be a long time before a movie spy comes along that doesn't get compared to him.
Alec Leamas, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
Spying in the real world doesn't usually come with the glitz and glamour associated with James Bond. So many novels and films attempt to deflate that famous world and replace it with something more realistic, something sadder. That's certainly the case with "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold," but the titular spy played by Richard Burton is one of the great movie spies. Where Bond is suave, Leamas is weary, beaten down by an environment in which good people die and love won't save anybody - in fact, it might get you killed. He doesn't have a nice tux or iconic theme music, but he's still one of the most memorable movie spies ever.
Derek Flint, "Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint"
Taking a step out of the real world and then taking a dozen or so more steps for good measure, Derek Flint is conceived as a parody of Bond. But as played by James Coburn, the movie spy who's suave enough to communicate with dolphins takes on a life of his own. Flint has a sense of humor that most spies lack, and the "Flint" movies were made in an era when it was possible to be cool and funny at the same time. Plus, come on, he can talk to dolphins.
Ethan Hunt, "Mission: Impossible"
The original "Mission: Impossible" TV series was a tribute to teamwork, with each member of the espionage team playing a crucial role in taking down bad guys. The movie pretty much ditched that as soon as Tom Cruise was cast, but his Ethan Hunt is a movie spy to remember, performing dangerous stunts in both quiet and loud environments. Hunt's amazing feats stick in the brain, and are often parodied, but no movie spy can match their unbeatable coolness.
Agent WD-40, "Spy Hard"
Agent Dick Steele may be a fool, a nincompoop, and a boob. But don't tell him he doesn't love his country, damn it. The movie spy played by Leslie Nielsen puts everything on the line in a mission against a super-criminal—and don't let the fact that he's played by Andy Griffith fool you—General Rancor is plenty dangerous. But Dick gives him a lesson in espionage, with an assist from Dr. Joyce Brothers and Hulk Hogan, among others.


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Americans Fear Their Government
by Big Dog on Apr 29, 2013 at 11:25 Political
The recent police state in Massachusetts, as police equipped with all the military equipment Obama says has no place on our streets, has people jumpy. If one of our largest cities can be locked down while police conduct illegal house to house searches for one guy then what will stop them from locking down any city and violating our rights for whatever reason?
A recent poll shows that more Americans are afraid that our government will violate our constitutionally protected rights than are afraid government will fail to protect us.
This should come as no surprise. While the news is filled with stories of government's inability to keep us safe it is also filled with daily stories of government working to violate our rights. In some states, such as Colorado, New York and Maryland, the government has passed laws disarming people. These laws violate our rights and are designed to keep us from protecting ourselves from bad people including bad people in our government.
The Second Amendment protects a right that preexisted the Constitution. It is in place so that if government ever starts shooting at the people the people can shoot back. Governments who want to disarm the people do so for only one reason and that is to control the people by removing the people's means to protect themselves from government oppression.
If the people are properly armed and their rights are not infringed (they can carry) then there is no need to lock down a city to look for one guy. Bad people are not likely to stick around a place where anyone, at any time, could produce a firearm and eliminate them as a threat.
The poll shows that Americans fear the loss of their rights and this is for a very good reason. Our government (at all levels) is working against us and the Constitution. There are laws requiring us to purchase things (call it a tax but it is a requirement to buy a good), to detain us without due process, to spy on us and invade our privacy, and to disarm us.
People know when government gets too powerful and when it has effectively disarmed the population then it can control people. A look at history shows how this has resulted in the slaughter of millions of people who were first disarmed.
Our government is no different from any of those and could easily be moved to impose its will through the use of deadly force.
I know that the naysayers believe that could not happen in America but anyone with a brain knows otherwise.
Any government that would ignore its Constitution and the will of the people (as it is exercised within that Constitution) is capable of murdering people to get what it wants.
Our government has slaughtered people in this country before and if it effectively disarms us there will be nothing stopping it from doing so in greater numbers.
Anyone who watched the government impose a police state in Massachusetts as it violated the rights of the citizens living there and can't see that it would not take much for government to round people up and detain or kill them is not living in reality.
It will get much worse before it gets better, if it ever does…
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Youkilis delivers for Sox
He ties it in 9th, wins it in 11th
If you are looking for a reason to still believe in the battered and bruised Red Sox, last night's game at Fenway Park would be a good place to start.
On the verge of their third straight loss, the Red Sox scored a run in the ninth inning against new Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee. Given new life by their unexpected rally, the Sox emerged with a 3-2 victory in 11 innings.
The hero on both occasions was Kevin Youkilis, who had a double in the ninth inning that tied it and then a sacrifice fly in the 11th. On what was another scorching night at Fenway, the Red Sox somehow still had the energy to pile on Youkilis after his fly ball to center field.
"He's a bad man,'' teammate David Ortiz said after the Red Sox won for the first time this year when trailing after eight innings.
The depleted Red Sox used small ball and good base running to manufacture the victory.
Marco Scutaro drew a walk to lead off the 11th against reliever Alexi Ogando. Darnell McDonald pushed a bunt to the first base side of the mound. Ogando, a rookie, tried to make a play at second but the throw caromed into left field.
Scutaro got up and advanced to third, with McDonald alertly taking second. Rangers manager Ron Washington ordered Ortiz intentionally walked then called in Darren O'Day to face Youkilis.
Youkilis went after a 2-and-1 fastball and hit it deep enough to center to score Scutaro.
"You have to stick to what you do and try and not do too much,'' Youkilis said. "I just tried to get a good pitch to hit and I was fortunate to get one.''
It was only the third victory in 10 extra-inning games for the Red Sox.
"Youkilis is just something else. This guy constantly rises to occasions,'' Washington said.
Manny Delcarmen (3-2) pitched an inning for the win. Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon had combined for three scoreless innings after John Lackey allowed two runs in seven strong innings.
"It doesn't always happen but these type of wins have the ability to jump-start a team,'' Bard said. "After two losses, coming back with a win like that is pretty important.''
Mike Cameron nearly won the game in the 10th when he drove a pitch from Ogando deep to right. But Nelson Cruz reached over the short wall to pull the ball back.
"Thought I had it,'' Cameron said. "But the big thing is we came back. We really needed that one.''
Lee went into the ninth having retired 22 of the prior 23 batters, dominating the Red Sox after allowing a run in the first inning. He needed to throw only 11 pitches to get through the seventh and eighth innings.
Scutaro started the ninth with a single to center. McDonald's bunt moved him to second. Ortiz ran the count full and fouled off two pitches before grounding to second.
With Scutaro on third, Youkilis doubled to left to tie the score at 2.
"It is great to have guys play small ball. You don't have to hit home runs to win ball games,'' Youkilis said. "That is one of the things I said in the dugout, we don't need a home run, just base runners and get hits and good things will happen, and they did.''
Before the inning started, Francona told bench coach DeMarlo Hale and pitching coach John Farrell that the Sox would be OK if they could get Youkilis to the plate.
"That's probably wishful thinking given how good Lee is,'' Francona said. "Guess that shows the amount of confidence we have in Youk.''
In his second start for Texas, Lee allowed six hits and struck out six. He retired the side in order six times.
"That's about as well-pitched a game as you're ever going to see,'' Francona said. "He never walks anybody and you can't steal. He throws strike after strike after strike, it has movement, and it's never in the middle of the plate.''
Lee actually looked vulnerable in the first inning. McDonald doubled off the wall in left field with one out and scored when Ortiz found a hole in the defensive shift and dropped a single into right-center.
Youkilis followed with a single to left. The Sox had a chance to inflict more damage but Adrian Beltre bounced into a double play to end the inning.
Lackey was working on a three-hit shutout before the Rangers scored twice with two outs in the sixth.
Ian Kinsler started it with a single. Vladimir Guerrero then walked on five pitches, prompting a visit to the mound by Farrell.
His advice did not help. Lackey threw three straight cut fastballs to Josh Hamilton, the third of which was lined into left for an RBI single. Cruz then broke his bat on a fastball, but was able to push it into center field for a single to score Guerrero with the go-ahead run.
Lackey left having allowed two runs and seven hits over seven innings, with two walks and three strikeouts. He threw 70 of his 115 pitches for strikes.
"We've got a lot of things going against us right now. We keep grinding. We keep battling,'' Lackey said. "We've got a lot of pros in that room that are going to be here for the long haul.''
Lackey came back to the bench to watch the final inning.
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I am very excited to introduce the second block for the Doctor Who Along QAL, the Time Lord. This is one of the Doctor Who quilt patterns I always wanted to make. After all our favorite Doctor is a Time Lord, and I just love the grandeur of the headpiece!
It's a fairly easy paper piecing quilt pattern. You will find all the instructions in the pattern file.
For the Doctor Who – Time Lord Quilt Block you will need –
1 fat quarter for the background
1 fat quarter for the collar
One shade of red for the gown
One darker shade of fabric for the neck or collar area of the gown
Download Time Lord on Craftsy
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NHL.com: Tuesday's Blackhawks vs. Predators blogby Staff Writer / Nashville Predators
Hornqvist status update
4.20.10 / 2:30 p.m. ET
Nashville coach Barry Trotz said after his team's morning skate that the status of the leading goal scorer, winger Patric Hornqvist, would be a game-time decision for Game 3 tonight.
On Monday, all Hornqvist would tell reporters was, "its upper body, that's all I want to say. It's day by day."
The second-year player who skated for Sweden's Olympic team was not in the team's dressing room after the skate.
Hornqvist, whose 30 goals were nine more than any of his teammates during the regular season, did not take part in the skate.
Hornqvist sat out Game 2 after playing in Game 1. However, he missed much of the third period with what the team said was an equipment issue. He also did not play in the final game of the regular season with an upper-body injury.
The Predators aren't the highest scoring of teams – they ranked 18th in the NHL in goals-per-game during the regular season – so Hornqvist's absence is especially glaring for them.
Nonetheless, Trotz hinted that he might make other lineup changes. One possibility is defenseman Denis Grebeshkov, a trade-deadline acquisition from Edmonton who has been medically cleared to play but has yet to be in the lineup in the series.
"I might tweak our lineup a little bit," Trotz said.
If Grebeshkov is in the lineup, one possibility is that rookie Cody Franson could come out. Franson played only 5:58 in Game 1 and 8:56 in Game 2 – with nearly half of it coming on the power play, which has yet to connect for the Preds.
-- John Manasso
Selke props for Toews
4.20.10 / 2:30 p.m. ET
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville was asked his thoughts about Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews failing to earn enough votes to be one of the three finalists for the Selke Trophy (best defensive forward), which were announced earlier in the day.
"I didn't see the list but I think Johnny, he's new as far as being considered around the League," Quenneville said. "I don't think he got much consideration for that over the last few years. But watching him play in the Olympics and having an appreciating for him watching him play day-in-and-day out, he can play both sides of the puck.
"He can kill penalties. His strength in the faceoff circle is something we really appreciate. We really think he's progressed in his -- we'll call it a well-rounded player and a well-rounded career. I'm sure Johnny will keep progressing to the point in his career where he'll be considered in that role. I still think he likes both sides equally well."
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I am so excited, obviously since I couldn't wait til tomorrow( the day I said I would officially be back), to be back at creating beautiful things and blogging about them!!
I spent hours in my craft room on Saturday afternoon – I struggled with where to start, so I decided to give the challenges on the internet a looksie and it worked!! Ironic, I know that my first post back should be from a challenge – but frankly that is where the inspiration came from and it was easy to meet this particular challenge because I have had this idea swimming around in my head for a while!
The challenge I am entering is over at CAS-ology, week 110: Letter
The card I ended up creating involved some masking and using bright colors –
I showcased each letter with a Perfect Plaid stripe masking each letter in the middle – this made each letter stand out as an important part of the whole! Anyway the idea had been floating around in my mind since I saw this pin right here! A shout out to Nichole Heady of Papertrey Ink for my inspiration!!
Smartly, I stamped up four of these cards with matching envelopes – the front of the envelope says hi! in the Tidy Alphabet and the envelope flap has the same 5 colored stripes as the card does!! I say smartly because I am running dangerously low on mailable birthday cards! It took some time but I am glad that as long as I had all the stuff out I decided to create more than one!! I hope you found some inspiration here today and hope you find a way to make something beautiful (or cute) today!!
Also adding this card to these two challenges: (since my friend at Just me:C encouraged me too, what a great friend!!!)
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
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TORONTO (Jul. 13)
The chairman of the Canada Day celebration in Newcastle, New Brunswick, has issued an apology to the public for his committee's failure to prohibit the inclusion of an anti-Semitic float in the two-mile parade featured at the festival earlier this month.
The float publicized the anti-Semitic book, "Web of Deceit," by Malcolm Ross, a school teacher in Moncton, New Brunswick. The book warns that Canada is being undermined by a conspiracy of Jews and Communists which are infiltrating the country's financial institutions, schools and the media. Both the chairman of the parade, Councillor Timothy McCarthy, and the parade marshall, Tom Morris, said afterwards they did not know who sponsored the float.
The parade entry consisted of a small car with three banners which read: "Fight Truth Decay–Read Web of Deceit by Malcolm Ross." McCarthy said he also received a phone call from Dr. Julius Israeli of Newcastle protesting the inclusion of the float in the parade. Israeli, who lost half his family in Auschwitz, has been conducting a campaign against the book since it appeared last April. He has called for the dismissal of Ross and has asked New Brunswick Attorney General Rodman Logan to apply the criminal code against the book.


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SummaryGears of War is one of those games that no matter what your genre prefrence is, you have to pick it up.
The GoodAweomsly delicous graphics
Stellar Gameplay
Online Co-op
Great Multiplayer
The BadMultiplayer can get reptative
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The Bottom LineSo it's happened, Gears of War has finally been released. Ever since Epic Games announced it back at E3 '05 gamers across the globe have had their jaws open to its Unreal 3 powered graphics and intense gameplay. Everyone anticipated 'Emergence Day', as GoW's release date was dubbed, and now that it has arrived, does it live up to the hype?
Gears of War takes place somewhere in the far future on a fictional planet known as Sera. Humans have been at war with each other for decades over an energy source known as Imulsion. Their civil war is put to a halt though, as an army of creatures known as the Locust Horde emerge from the ground and attack unsuspecting human colonies for a reason that is not known. The new alien threat has forced the humans to put their differences aside and join together to form the army known as the Coalition of Ordered Governments, otherwise known as the COG. This act of banning together didn't help much though, as the entire planet has been desecrated by the Locust Horde. So it looks like you need to be the one to save the day.
You play the role of Marcus Fenix, and you're stuck in prison under the charge of treason. The story goes that Marcus left his military post to rescue his father who was under siege by the Locusts. Marcus ultimately failed though, for his father died, and he was thrown in military prison. This is a part of the game that could've been touched up on a little more. The only place to find this background information is in the instruction manual, and really, who reads that? Anyway, Marcus was in prison for 14 years, until his best friend Dom busts him out of jail and enlists him as a member of Delta Squad, which is where the game begins.
Upon the arrival to the battlefield, you're told your orders are to meet up with Alpha Squad who are in possession of a device that can supposedly change the tide of war. The device is known as the resonator, and once it's planted underground, it will then map out all of the Locust tunnels. With the knowledge of where the Locust Horde's colony is, all that's left to do is send a few friendly warheads their way, although it's always easier said than done. Luckily you have Delta Squad to help out. Delta's a 4 man group of bad-ass soldiers who wear ridiculously bulky armor and feel no need to wear a helmet. Think Chaos Space Marines from Warhammer 40,000. Gears of War's gameplay is strictly stop-and-pop, if you run-and-gun, you're just going to get yourself killed, and fast. Because of this, there are multiple objects to plant yourself behind. Taking cover is as easy as tapping the A button when near a wall or barrier. While taking cover, you have multiple options on how to proceed, each having its own advantages and disadvantages. You can pop-up and fire leaving your head exposed to the enemy, hold your gun out and blind fire sacrificing accuracy for protection, or maybe you don't want to fight head-on into the Locust, in which case you can flank your enemy and slaughter them that way. It all comes down to the situation and how you want to handle it. Moving from cover to cover is easy as well. Holding down the A button will make your character drop into painful looking position and sprint. While sprinting you won't be able to use your weapon, but in times of retreat, the roadie-run can be your best friend.
If your opponent's gunfire won't scare you into taking cover, maybe his appearance will. The Locust Horde is filled with about 6 or 7 different types of enemies. The most often encountered being the Grunt, who is built like a human with the skin of a lizard. You'll run into different types of Grunts, mainly recognized by their choice of weapons. Some carry the standard Lancer rifle every COG soldier uses, others will carry the equivalent to the shotgun, and the most menacing wielding the Torque Bow. One Locust in particular will have you on edge every time, though it's only encountered a few times. The Berserker is a monstrous beast towering about 14 feet high. It may be blind, but it has the hearing of 1000 humans. If you make the slightest noise, it'll charge like a bull in your direction, trample your body, and then pound you with its fists. Some Locusts, such as the Berserker, will only be killed by a specific weapon. This weapon, known as the "Hammer of Dawn", paints an object with a laser and sends a message to a satellite in space. The satellite then shoots a beam of energy down to Sera and into the target. The Hammer can't be used all the time though, the player has to be in open sky, and even then, the satellites have to be on the same side of the planet.
Battles in GoW can get pretty heated. You'll find yourself thinking less and less and actually doing more and more. For example, GoW has an ingenious and simple feature called active reload. Whenever you reload and little bar will appear on the top right corner of your screen indicating how long until your reload is finished. But inside this bar are two meters. After hitting the reload button again inside the first meter you get a fast reload. The second meter is located inside the larger one, which makes this a pretty small target to look for. When you hit the reload button in this meter you get a fast reload along with a power boost that will give your bullets more damage. If you miss both meters your gun will jam, hindering it useless for about three or four seconds. Active reload won't take you long to master, but it's a very well-implemented feature that gets a thumbs up.
With all the insane action going on you're lucky to have Delta Squad along for the ride. Unfortunately they're not the sharpest tools in the shed. Stupid? Defiantly not. Smart? Meh. You'll mainly use them as a distraction to cover-up your flanking maneuvers. They'll drop a lot, but Gears of War has a feature that will incapacitate your teammates instead of killing them……that is, if they weren't chainsawed or blown apart by a grenade. Squadmates can be revived by hitting the X button when next to them. Although if you don't want to risk your own skin to save them, you can simply clean out the remaining Locust and your teammate will get back up.
Like all Xbox 360 games, Gears of War has unlockable achievements spread throughout its gameplay. Some are easy to get, others will take you while. Beating areas on singleplayer, making progress through your multiplayer game, and playing cooperatively are all ways you can get those precious points.
Overall Gears of War's single-player is pretty well done. The gameplay is solid, but the story is something to be desired. Two difficulty modes are supported, with a third unlocked after beating the game. GoW will take you somewhere between 9 and 10 hours to complete and is split up into 5 chapters. You'll start the singleplayer to learn how to play the game, but you'll finish it wanting more.
With the singleplayer aside, I can start to talk about the area where Gears of War really shines, multiplayer. You have two types of multiplayer you can get into, both Xbox Live aware. There's cooperative mode and your competitive versus mode. Cooperative puts you and your buddy, who will be playing as Dom, into the singeplayer game. All chapters are available as well as the difficulties you or your buddy has unlocked. This allows for a dynamic duo experience.
In the versus aspect of the multiplayer you have three gametypes to choose from, Assassination, Execution, and Warzone. This is another area where you really think a little more thought could have been put into. At first you'll be satisfied with the three gametypes, but then you'll only really play Warzone. After you pour your time into that you'll get bored, which really takes away from game's lasting appeal. All gametypes support a max of 8 players. To some this seems a little small, but once you start to play the game, you'll understand that Gears of War is all about squad based tactics, from the singleplayer to the multiplayer.
Assassination places one member from each team as the leader. In order for one team to win, they have to kill the opposing team's leader. Execution takes GoW's incapacitation feature and implements it into the multiplayer. When someone is incapacitated, they can pound the A button to revive themselves. In order to kill someone in Execution you have to literally execute them, whether with your pistol or with a satisfying curb stomp. Warzone, which is where you'll spend most of your hours, is the standard Team Deathmatch gameplay, putting two teams against each other with every player only having one life.
The hype machine called Gears of War is one of those games, that no matter what your genre preference is, you have to play it, from its gorgeous graphics and textures, to its awesome and intense action. The story seemed like it could have been put into overdrive a little more, but where it lacks in singleplayer it makes up in multiplayer. There's nothing more satisfying than playing along side a friend against the Locust Horde, or curb stomping a downed opponent in Warzone. There haven't been too many killer apps for the 360, so go do yourself a favor and pick up this game up.


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Michael Bay Responds to TMNT Fans
A few years ago, when Nickelodeon bought the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they placed a new feature film in the hands of Platinum Dunes (a studio which, at the time, had only made low-brow -- low-budget, rather -- remakes of horror films). That studio is co-owned by none other than Michael Bay. Businesswise, this makes perfect sense. Give the guy who reinvograted Transformers in pop culture the four pizza-loving ninjutsu practitioners from 1984 (interestingly, both Transformers and TMNT were created in '84). But Michael Bay is not one of the world's most likable filmmakers; in fact, he's among McG, M. Night Shyamalan, and Brett Ratner as one of Hollywood's most vile filmmakers. Bay has positioned himself in the film's production solely as producer, with Jonathan Liebesman (Platnum Dunes' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Battle: Los Angeles, upcoming Wrath of the Titans) attached as director.
Until a few days ago, Bay was expected to keep silent and let Liebesman do his job as director once he finished promoting Wrath of the Titans. Of course, it's completely impossibly for Bay to accomplish this task and spoke out at a Nickelodeon event about the film.
When you see this movie, kids are going to believe, one day, that these turtles actually do exist when we are done with this movie. These turtles are from an alien race and they are going to be tough, edgy, funny and completely lovable.
Fans were stunned and outraged. Nothing about the Turtles' origins involves anything to do with aliens. It got even worse when FirstShowing reported that sources close to the project indicated that the Turtles would now be "inter-dimensional beings." Now where have I seen that before...? Gosh... I'm trying to remember...?
Bay, who is used to fans' insults and death threats, went to his forums to respond to the whole mess. He wrote:
Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world.
The creator he's most likely referring to is Peter Laird, because in 2008 (after several years of separation), Laird bought out co-creator Kevin Eastman's share in the ownership of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Interestingly, Eastman and Laird did participate in a 2009 animated film Turtles Forever in a small off-screen cameo appearance. One of the original voice actors from the live-action series of Turtles films, Robbie Rist (who played Michelangelo), has sent a letter to Bay making clear his disdain. "You probably don't know me but I did some voice work on the first set of movies that you are starting to talk about sodomizing... I know believing in mutated talking turtles is kinda silly to begin with but am I supposed to be led to believe there are ninjas from another planet?"
It's fair to say fans of any established property will never be completely satisfied by any reinterpretation of said property. With Michael Bay comes trouble, that's obvious. But Liebesman, the director, has so far said nothing in response to Bay's comments. I'm sure this will change in a matter of days (upon the impending release of Wrath of the Titans). Even so, it's a long way to December 2013 and fans' opinions have a lot more clout in this day and age than they used to. Can things change? It's not impossible but there is little hope. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been around for almost 30 years, with many different iterations. If this new one fails, they'll be back. They always have.


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My mother used to have a Charlie Brown pin that said, "I've never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong."
I'm not as oblivious to my mistakes. In fact, I have made quite a few, both personally and professionally. In some cases, my gut told me I was making a mistake, but I went ahead anyway. Other times, I forged ahead confidently, only to be jarred by the sudden reality that I'd done something wrong.
This happened recently at work. I got called into the proverbial "principal, or headmaster's office" and learned something I'd done caused trouble at a sister company. Not intending to make waves, I had started a tsunami.
If you're a new project manager, it shouldn't be a surprise that you may make some mistakes. What do you do when you are called in to discuss your fallibility on the job?
I sat and listened to the grievance presented to me — staying calm is always the best approach. I absorbed everything my organizational leader shared with me. The first thing I said was, "I'm sorry." I briefly explained my side of the story without fanfare or drama. If you can explain yourself with brevity, do. Rambling probably won't work in your favor.
I made it clear that I understood the other side of the story and guaranteed that I would be extra diligent in the future to avoid such mistakes. I wasn't defensive. I wasn't full of ego. I recognized my part in the issue and accepted the blame, as hard as it was.
My organizational leader was professional, but she also expressed her dissatisfaction and disappointment in my behavior. This was the hardest thing to hear. The importance of being able to receive harsh criticism is not touted enough. The ability to hear — and accept — when someone else points out that you failed goes a long way in helping you establish a fruitful project management career.
Afterward, my organizational leader followed up by saying she trusted that I had learned my lesson and would make better decisions going forward. She appreciated hearing my side because she now had full context of the incident.
Before leaving, I asked if there was anything else I could do. In my case, the answer was no, but if there are action items for you, be diligent about accomplishing them in a timely manner. Give feedback to your organizational leader about your progress.
Making a mistake as a professional is embarrassing, but most times, your career will go on. Deal with the mistake professionally and with integrity for a chance to be even better at what you do.
Article source: http://blogs.pmi.org/blog/voices_on_project_management/2012/01/how-to-handle-your-project-man.html
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In the Land of the Fee, it's illegal to bribe politicians, but apparently there is nothing wrong with giving them taking large amounts of cash from Big Content.
Big Content has a small fortune to help those who support its SOPA copyright-infringement, censorship bill through the house.
The law, which will basically remove the US Constitution, is backed by a whole host of US companies.
According to Open Congress, these companies have paid over $21 million to make sure the legislation goes through. To be fair, those companies who are opposed to the legislation are bribing congress too. But they have not fronted up quite so much cash. If you want to be bribed by an anti-SOPA company, they have only spent $5 million.
Open Congress shows the real winners have been Sen. Harry Reid who collected $3,502,624, Charles Schumer who made $2,648,770, Kirsten Gillibrand who has banked $2,080,651, Barbara Boxer who made $1,431,843, Scott Brown who counted $1,364,872, Robert Portman who is happy with his $1,363,009, Patrick Toomey who collected $1,291,744 and Michael Bennet who was paid $1,019,172.
Bribe money to the anti-SOPA case seems to be a lot more targeted, with only Sen. Michael Bennet walking away with over a million, $1,312,404.
Basically, it means that you can get any joke law passed in the US if you have enough cash to buy a politician. When this news is made public no one is expected to resign.
While British MPs can be castigated over taxpayers funding their duckponds for a few thousand, it took a revolution to get this unique standard of democracy over the pond. If the people who backed the US revolution knew what would have become of the country they might just have stumped up and paid that tea tax.


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THE daughter of a pensioner burned to death in his home has told how the horror of his murder haunts her.
John McCulloch's daughter Janice said the image of his suffering flashes before her eyes each night.
She said: "I struggle to sleep. When I close my eyes, I picture my father lying there, in pain and on fire.
"It was a cruel, senseless death and I will never get over the fact that he was alive when he was set on fire."
Policeman's son Martin Olej, 22, was found guilty on Monday of murdering John. He attacked the 69-year-old, who had invited him into his Port Glasgow home, then poured lighter fuel around his body and set it alight.
He is now in jail awaiting sentence.
Olej's father Stephen is a retired inspector who served on the community safety team in Greenock.
As Janice left court after the verdict, Stephen approached her. He didn't speak, but solemnly placed his hand on her shoulder and shook hands with her husband Tommy.
Stephen also spoke to Janice last week to express his sympathy for her loss, and Janice graciously accepted his gesture.
She said: "It is not his fault. He is just doing what any father would do and standing by his son. I think it took a lot of courage for him to approach us."
Stephen accompanied Olej to court every day and shook his head as the jury convicted him. Co-accused Iain Starrett, 21, was cleared of murder on a not proven verdict.
For Janice, Olej's conviction will at last bring some closure after her father's death in August 2009.
But she said: "I will never understand why my father was killed like that. "When I saw Olej in court, I just wanted to go up to him, look him in the eye and ask why.
"I can't bear the way my dad died. I hope he didn't suffer long but there must have been pain and that's what I can't stop thinking about."
John lost his wife Ellen to a brain haemorrhage in 2001. They were childhood sweethearts and had been married for 40 years, and he struggled to adapt to life as a widower.
"When my mum died he was lost," said Janice. "He couldn't cope without her."
Janice, a 49-year-old mother of three, is on anti-depressants and has lost three stone since the murder.
Her life changed on the morning her sister-in-law, Linda, called her home in Cumbernauld to tell her there had been a fire at her father's house.
Janice wasn't told whether John was alive. She stopped at his house on the way to Linda's home in Greenock and was horrified by what she saw.
The fire had torn through the house in minutes and melted the glass in the windows. Janice said: "I was screaming when I saw it. I knew deep down that he hadn't made it."
John's body was so badly burned that police asked Janice for a sample of her DNA to help identify him.
In court, she tried to look at pictures of her father's remains, but it was too much. She said: "I wanted to see the pictures because I wanted to see the truth, but I could only stand to see one before I had to leave the court."
The trial heard how Olej and Starrett, both teenagers at the time, went to John's home "for a drink". Olej later assaulted John, knocking him to the ground, but it was impossible to tell what injuries John sustained.
A pathologist said the body was so badly charred that any injuries would have been "obliterated".
It is possible John had caught Olej stealing. He took a spanner from his victim, as well as a few disposable lighters, a couple of old CDs and Primark jewellery belonging to Janice.
She said: "My dad might have told him off and Olej must have hit him."
But she added: "Dad was never aggressive when he drank.
"What Olej did was cold-blooded. There was no motive. It was just a waste of life.
"My dad only invited those boys in because he was lonely and wanted the company.
"I loved him. He was my dad and he was there for me if I needed him. I hate that I never got a chance to say goodbye to him."
Olej was on bail for more than three years before the trial. Janice said he often made eye contact with her both inside and outside court.
She added: "Not once did he show remorse. He was laughing and joking like he had done nothing wrong.
"I will never get over what he did. Olej should rot in jail now."


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There's a prohibitive cost barrier to doing a lot of the coolest stuff you can outdoors.
I think I've been 'realizing my life purpose' which is to maintain relative obscurity while (hopefully, if I'm lucky) attaining enlightment through conquering the outdoors. The challenges nature puts in front of us. I've proven to myself I can complete just about anything I put my mind to with the races I've been doing, and especially last year's Breckenridge Beast. It's in my nature to be cautious, and I'm learning patience and persistence, and I'm in no rush to become the best of anything, so I think this can be something to do for the rest of my life. There is no completing it, there is no end, no way to measure your accomplishments. No goal, aside from - live life, use my body the way it is meant to be used, recognize my place in nature.
So here I am, in Colorado, and as of yesterday there is now snow on the peaks. There was a big enough storm in the mountains in recent weeks that I-70 at Eisenhower tunnel was closed for a few hours. Weather is sitll mixed in Denver, and winter may not techncially arrive until December 21, but from where I am winter is here. And I want to get into winter activities.
Snowshoeing, mountaineering, alpining, ice climbing, backcountry skiing, and even sledding all require some gear that I just don't have. Not everything, but enough things that it makes me put my teeth together and inhale sharply when I make a list of things I'd need to buy.
I have some waterproof pants (not insulated, not designed to stand up to alpining), I have some very mediocre gloves (that were cold and didn't repel water the last time I wore them), I just got some new hiking boots (that are not insulated, and will require additional waterproofing for snowy conditions), I have microspikes (which will only work in some situations, not those for which crampons are designed), I own trekking poles (which can not double as an ice tool), I have a puffy (which is down and no hood, and already partially failed me on Mt. Evans), and I have a base layer (which is not that thick and I specifically got it for spring/summer/fall conditions), and while all these things might work this early in the season still, as it gets colder and snowier I'm going to need different gear.
Not having an unlimited budget for these sorts of things means there's a debate about what to get and when, especially for such a long list. For any piece of gear you can go out and find something that is cheap, it will work, but it probably won't last. Or you can get that expensive piece of gear that's going to really cost you, but it will likely last you a long time. In my experience (as an adult) it's better to just get the more expensive gear, take good care of it, and it will fit/feel/work great, and last a long time. Earlier this year after extensive research, it sitting in my Amazon cart for months, a few too many walks to work in the rain where my older eVent jacket wasn't holding up as well, and one very soggy camping trip I finally bit the bullet and bought the (very expensive) Arc'Teryx Alpha FL jacket, and so far I have not regretted it one bit.
Even if I got a bunch of mid-tier stuff, this is still easily 1000+ in gear that I'd need to obtain to make these trips successful and safe, so I really hope things go well this Christmas.


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On 31 of August 2016 the influential newspaper Rzeczposplita published an interview with the Deputy Speaker of the Polish Parliament,Ryszard Terlecki. under the ominous title "We will remove judges of the Court who do not apply the law". In the interview he vows to finally solve the "problem" of the Court. He speaks of removing recalcitrant judges that hurt the Court's image and are not ready to bow down to the parliamentary majority. He likens upholding the Constitution by the Court to the "the cabaret that must end now" and promises: "we will end it".
In normal circumstances the interview would not be worthy of a minute of attention. Threatening the sitting constitutional judges would sound the death knell for a politician behind such statements. At best, he would be looked at as a fringe trouble-maker. However, these are not normal circumstances.
The idea of "removing the judges" the speaker alludes to makes more sense in the light of previously reported revelations that already signalled a more radical version of "court packing". The pro-democracy daily and champion of post-89 transition Gazeta Wyborcza has already raised the alarm by reporting in January 2016 that judges will be handcuffed by the police and removed from the Court's buildings. As hinted in exasperation by one prominent journalist ("How will the Court die"), allowing three judges unconstitutionally elected by PiS to sit now on the Court would require the assistance of the BOR (Polish acronym for the special task force "Office for the Protection of the Government"). The most dramatic article, though, was "Arrest President Rzepliński". It was written in response to a direct plea by one of the politicians of PiS Janusz Wojciechowski (member of the European Parliament and himself a former judge (!)) who called on the Police authorities to arrest Chief Justice Andrzej Rzeplinski ...Zum vollständigen Artikel


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Once again Clint Dempsey finds himself in West London alongside the river Thames.
Fulham Football Club signed Dempsey on a two month loan from the Seattle Sounders. At this point in the season, Cottagers exist in relegation red. Fulham are desperate for points and goals, is Dempsey the tonic that Fulham need to maintain their 14 year run in top flight English Football? Deuce's last two seasons at FFC would suggest his addition will be positive.
From 2010-2012 he scored 29 goals in 74 matches, quite impressive. The Fulham faithful will quickly forget Dempsey's self-imposed exodus after the 2012 season if he can provide some of his old offensive firepower.
Dempsey is eligible to take the pitch January 1st when the transfer window opens. If Clint hits the ground running and is fit to compete immediately he could appear in as many as 11 matches. Assuming that Clint earns quality minutes, how will Fulham maximize his talent?
The best option: Clint plays through the middle behind a striker. This will allow Clint to make his clever follow up runs and use he craftiness to pounce on second ball opportunities. This takes advantage of Dempsey's goal scoring prowess inside the 18 and also puts him in a position to track back and support the midfield, which Fulham need desperately.
In terms of goals what are the expectations for Dempsey? In a Las Vegas style over/under wager of three goals, what would you take?
Meanwhile, across the globe in Seattle, many Sounder fans are experiencing déjà vu. Dempsey's tenure in Seattle started the same way his second stint with Fulham will commence, a preseason fit player joining a club and league that is in midseason stride. No offense to MLS but this go around Clint faces a far more superior challenge in the BPL.
Need Proof: Fulham at Arsenal January 18th. Fulham at Manchester United February 9th. Fulham host Liverpool February 12th.
Sounders fans can look at the Dempsey loan one of two ways, half full or glass half empty.
The contents of the glass half empty:
Dempsey misses valuable pre-season training and does not develop chemistry with his teammates in Seattle.
Dempsey picks up a knock and is not ready for the MLS opener against defending champs Sporting KC on March 8th, or worse, misses the season and/or World Cup.
Dempsey is fatigued after a rigorous 2014 campaign, which includes a Brazilian excursion, and come November when the Sounders need him most, he disappoints.
The contents of the glass half full:
Clint stays healthy and plays quality minutes for Fulham.
Clint regains his goal-scoring form in England and is light speed ahead of MLS competition when he returns.
Sounders FC wisely spend the money they save from the loan and improve their back line and wing players.
Believe it or not the new MLS rapidly approaches. January 19th the Sounders launch their training camp in Tukwila, WA. Sounder fans are as hungry as ever for a championship and Dempsey will absorb a bulk of that pressure.
Can the American hero handle it? Only time will tell if Deuce is the truth.


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