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Don't you hate when the only coconut in something that's supposedly coconut cream pie is a garnish of coconut shreds over the top? Or strawberry cake that's actually vanilla cake topped with gluey strawberry gel? Or, worse – brownies that have just enough cocoa to look chocolate-flavored, but after one bite, you realize are just sugar-flavored. If a dessert is going to claim to have a primary flavor, that flavor had better really dominate.
I wanted to stuff as much coconut into this tart (that turned into pie when I couldn't find my tart pan) as possible, so I was excited when I stumbled upon coconut flour in the store. What a perfect way to turn the crust into a tender coconut cookie that's still sturdy enough to hold up an inch or so of pastry cream.
I love Tartine's pastry cream because it uses whole eggs instead of yolks, which results in a lighter, looser, silky cream. Its only downside is that it's quick to form lumps when it's cooked, although a quick whisk and a pass through a fine-mess strainer smooths it out. However, my friend and I were working on this pie/tart together, and she slowly dribbled the tempered custard mix into the hot milk, carefully stirring all the while, and what do you know – no lumps. I should try being careful more often myself.
With coconut extract and unsweetened coconut flakes stirred into the pastry cream, coconut flour in the crust, plus a spinkling of sweetened toasted coconut over the top of the pie, this was coconut all the way. You could add swirls of whipped cream, but wouldn't that dilute the coconut that you tried so hard to make shine? This pie is perfect just the way it is.
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Coconut Cream Tart (crust adapted from Dorie Greenspan; filling adapted from Tartine)
If you can't find (or just don't want to buy) coconut flour, replace the coconut flour in the crust with an additional ¼ cup all-purpose flour (to make a total of 1½ cups all-purpose flour).
Consider using half coconut milk in the filling instead of some of the whole milk! I forgot, but I think would add another delicious layer of coconut.
For the filling:
2 cups whole milk
¼ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cornstarch
4 ounces (½ cup + 1 tablespoon) granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon coconut extract
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 8 cubes
1¼ cups (3.5 ounces) unsweetened small-flake coconut
For the crust:
1¼ cups (6 ounces) all-purpose flour
¼ cup coconut flour
½ cup (2 ounces) confectioners' sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick plus 1 tablespoon (9 tablespoons total) very cold (or frozen) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg yolk
¼ cup shredded sweetened coconut, toasted, for garnish
whipped cream (optionial)
1. For the filling: Add the milk and salt to a 2-quart saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, whisk together the sugar and cornstarch in a medium bowl, then whisk in the eggs. When the milk boils, pour just a bit of it into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Keep whisking and very gradually add the rest of the milk to the egg mixture. Pour the mixture back into the pot and whisk constantly over medium heat until the mixture thickens and just starts to boil; it will only take a few minutes. Quickly pour the pastry cream into a fine-mesh strainer set over a medium bowl (I use the same bowl I originally mixed everything in). Use a rubber spatula to push the pastry cream through the strainer. Let the pastry cream cool for a few minutes, occasionally stirring it, and then mix in the butter, 2 cubes at a time. Press plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pastry cream and refrigerate it until completely chilled, 3-4 hours or overnight.
2. Prepare the crust: Add the flours, sugar, and salt to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse briefly to combine. Add the butter, and pulse until the butter is cut into the dough but some pieces are still pea-sized, 2-3 seconds. Add the yolk and process continuously until the dough begins to form clumps, 30-45 seconds, stirring once or twice.
3. Spray a 9-inch tart pan (or a pie pan, but then your crust will be thicker, like mine) with nonstick spray. Lightly pat the dough onto the bottom of the pan and up the sides. Freeze the lined pan for at least an hour before baking.
4. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray one side of a 12-inch square of foil with nonstick spray; press onto the crust, oiled side down. Bake 25 minutes; remove the foil and continue to bake until the crust is golden brown, about 8 minutes more. Cool completely.
5. Assembly: Remove the chilled pastry cream from the freezer and stir in the unsweetened coconut. Spread the pastry cream into the cooled crust; smooth the top. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly over the filling and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. During this time, the coconut will soak up moisture from the filling, become softer and thickening the filling further.
6. When ready to serve, remove the plastic wrap and top with toasted coconut and whipped cream, if desired.


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Some more songs I love:
1. Seal's "Kiss From A Rose" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Q3Pc1RwoM)
2. Seals & Crofts' "Windflowers" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...xLehMVg#t=129s)
3. Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfGL0a_pKz4)
4. Mozart's "Magic Flute" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...k2GbcY#t=5429s).
5. A. R. Rahman's "Jai Ho" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b776fQ0MM)
Inti Illimani's La Rosa de los Vientos "Rose of the Winds" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_9d8AFotvQ) has become my new love. Its melody keeps circling my head when I walk, when I eat, when I sleep..... Thank you, Doris, for recommending the wonderful song.
This one is for the happy dance (The music is not impressive but the dance tickles me): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Qyucfnc4#t=13s
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After an incredible Grammy awards - featuring amazing performances by Arcade Fire, Muse, Mick Jagger, Eminem, Bob Dylan, Cee Lo and many more - everybody has just one question: Who the hell is Esperanza Spalding? The 26-year-old bassist and jazz singer was up against Justin Bieber, Mumford & Songs, Florence & The Machine and Drake for Best New Artist, and absolutely nobody thought that she had even the slightest chance of winning.
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Even Spalding herself seemed dumfounded by the news. "I know I don't have a lot of time, so first, thank you to the academy for even nominating me in this category," she said as she held her hand to her heart. "I take this honor to heart so sincerely, and I'll do my damndest to make a whole lot of great music for all of you."
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It's important to remember that as hard as the Grammys have tried to be contemporary in recent years, it's the same organization that gave Herbie Hancock Album of the Year in 2008 for River: The Joni Letters, his jazz-infused tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. The voters are also on the older side, and they tend to reward new artists that embrace older forms of music. Amy Winehouse dominated in 2008 not only because she was insanely talented, but also because her sound was a throwback to the 1960s girl-groups.
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That's not to suggest that Spalding's only appeal to voters was the fact that she isn't a typical pop artist. Over the last five years the jazz prodigy has quietly carved out a nice career for herself. She played for Obama at the White House, appeared in a Banana Republic ad, honored Prince at the BET Awards, performed on Austin City Limits and even taught at the Berklee College of Music.
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She also released three acclaimed albums. Rolling Stone gave her 2010 album Chamber Music Society three stars. "Her talent is undeniable," Mark Kemp wrote. "The chamber setting provides a feathery pillow for moody tracks like 'Little Fly,' William Blake's poem set to lovely bass and strings."
The 2011 Grammy Nomination Concert
Three days ago she spoke to the Associated Press about how her performance at the BET Awards led to an epiphany about her role in the industry. "I was really on this mission to figure out how I was going to take my music and make it accessible to the pop world," she said she thought before the show. "'How am I going to turn this into like an Alicia Keys thing?' Every person looked like a California raisin. The industry has surrounded them with all of these superficial pyrotechnics and I think it's really sucked the life out of their creative spirit, and I find that really sad. I decided that I was just happy to be a visitor from the liberated realm of jazz, and I decided then, whatever happens, I always want to be surveyor of the territory."
This is not the first time that the Grammy Award for Best New Artist was a relative unknown. In 1977 Starland Vocal Band won the award over superstars Boston and two years later A Taste of Honey beat Elvis Costello and The Cars. Christopher Cross won over The Pretenders in 1981, and in 1990 Milli Vanilli won - only to give the award back months later when it was revealed they had lip-synced.
Video: Rolling Stone Editors Handicap This Year's Nominees
This is the first time, however, that a jazz artist has won the award. Hopefully Spalding will have a longer career than past winners Men At Work, The Swingle Sisters, Debby Boone, Jody Watley and Paula Cole.
Kanye West didn't seem thrilled by the news. "Damn," he tweeted. "I can't find the words to explain how I feel about the best new artist award... Don't wanna say the wrong thing."
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• B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars, "Nothin' on You"
• Eminem feat. Rihanna, "Love the Way You Lie"
• Cee Lo Green, "F*** You"
• Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"
• Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now"
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• Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion
• Muse, The Resistance (Winner)
• Pearl Jam, Backspacer
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• Neil Young, Le Noise
Best Rap Album:
• B.o.B, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
• Drake, Thank Me Later
• Eminem, Recovery
• Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3
• The Roots, How I Got Over
Best New Artist:
• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Florence and the Machine
• Mumford and Sons
• Esperanza Spalding
Best Alternative:
• Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
• Band of Horses, Infinite Arms
• The Black Keys, Brothers
• Broken Bells, Broken Bells
• Vampire Weekend, Contra
Song of the Year:
• Ray LaMontagne, "Beg Steal or Borrow"
• Cee-Lo, "Fuck You"
• Miranda Lambert, "The House That Built Me"
• Eminem feat. Rihanna, "Love the Way You Lie"
• Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now"
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• Sara Bareilles, "King of Anything"
• Beyoncé, "Halo (Live)"
• Norah Jones, "Chasing Pirates"
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
• Michael Bublé, "Haven't Met You Yet"
• Michael Jackson, "This Is It"
• Adam Lambert, "Whataya Want From Me"
• Bruno Mars, "Just the Way You Are"
• John Mayer, "Half of My Heart"
Best Pop Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocals:
• Glee Cast, "Don't Stop Believing (Regionals Version)"
• Maroon 5, "Misery"
• Paramore, "The Only Exception"
• Sade, "Babyfather"
• Train, "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)"
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
• B.o.B., Eminem and Hayley Williams, "Airplanes, Part II"
• Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare, "Imagine"
• Elton John and Leon Russell, "If It Wasn't For Bad"
• Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, "Telephone"
• Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls"
Best Pop Vocal Album:
• Justin Bieber, My World 2.0
• Susan Boyle, I Dreamed a Dream
• Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
• John Mayer, Battle Studies
• Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
• Paul McCartney, "Helter Skelter"
• Eric Clapton, "Run Back To Your Side"
• John Mayer, "Crossroads"
• Robert Plant, "Silver Rider"
• Neil Young, "Angry World"
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals:
• The Black Keys, "Tighten Up"
• Arcade Fire, "Ready to Start"
• Jeff Beck and Joss Stone, "I Put a Spell On You"
• Kings of Leon, "Radioactive"
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A press release from UC Berkeley touted the breakthrough involved in programming a robot that can fold towels, a seemingly simple task that presents beguiling challenges for computer scientists. But a recent visit to one of the biggest laundries in San Francisco prods me to ask who is helped and who is hurt by innovations of this sort?
The laundry in question was at the San Francisco Hilton, a mammoth hotel that "cleans and presses 7 million pounds of sheets, towels and pillowcases per year," as I wrote in an article that focused on a labor-management dispute. The Hilton laundry is already highly automated and photographer Lea Suzuki and I saw sheets being fed into an automated pressing and folding machine — sheets of a uniform size being a problem already solved.
But as I think about the ingenuity and resources being poured into robotics, I wonder what's in it for the human laborer? The answer, back when harvesting machines replaced farmworkers with scythes, was that mechanization freed people to do new and less back-breaking tasks. Is that a never-ending process? Does the towel-folder displaced by robotics go on to become an engineer? Or is a masseuse more likely the transferrable skill and, if so, just how many back-rubbers can the Bay Area support, and at what pay scale?
Such questions are implicit in the nature of robotics — a word whose origins is rooted in the fear of humans being rendered irrelevant by the machines they create (search for "robota" in the 9 December 2007 Chronicle article, "The Robots Among Us").
Before I pass on the video clip of the towel-folding robot (below), let me share a tongue-in-cheek plea I made with San Francisco Hilton manager Michael Dunne as I toured his super-efficient operation. Please, I begged him, ask your laundry gurus to figure out how home launderers can keep socks from getting separated because no matter what I try, I keep ending up with mismatches and singles. Apparently, I should have asked UC Berkeley.
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Cold and sinister narco-thriller with Emily Blunt top-lining as a FBI agent recruited by the CIA for a series of clandestine operations against a powerful Mexican cartel. As the missions begin to increasingly circumvent the law, the beleaguered agent grows suspicious of Josh Brolin's lead agent and ever fearful of his mysterious cartel expert, Benicio Del Toro. After an admirable attempt in Prisoners, director Denis Villeneuve succeeds in crafting a morally bleak thriller with sufficient traction and believability to keep the audience engrossed all the way through. The war on drugs is articulated almost completely through the actions of the protagonists. The drama is shot with a slow-thudding realism while the dialogue chills the story a couple degrees lower. Left of centre to the plot, Blunt is subtly magnificent as she manages to stay relevant even while her character is necessarily marginalised. On the other side of things, Brolin is quietly having a ball but Del Toro is just plain scary. The narco-wars are very much in vogue at the moment but on several occasions, Sicario peels off a layer or two and reels us towards a world not often seen. Yes, the narrative moves inescapably towards Hollywood's notion of closure but there are a sufficient number of unfamiliar twists and turns to intrigue the most ardent fans. Roger Deacons' crisp textures and contrasts are central to this experience as is Joe Walker's editing but it's Villeneuve's steely focus that makes this so darkly compelling.Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016© Copyright 2016 Derek D, All rights Reserved. Written For: movieshrink.com


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Tbf if I could say to myself 'this is the only piece of clothing I will buy this year', I'd have it. But a year is a long long time. Think I'd have to quit looking at websites for the whole year.


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North Korea vows "annihilating strike" if attacked
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea ratcheted up the rhetoric in
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launch an attack, its media said on Monday.
Over the weekend, North Korea said it would bolster its
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So far, so good is the report on the French Camp Academy basketball teams this season.
While neither the boys nor girls team has played very many games so far during the 2013-14 campaign they have both had some success. The Lady Panthers head into 2014 with a 4-2 record, while the Panthers — who got a late start due to the football team's success — are 2-0.
Both FCA teams return to action in the Montgomery County Tournament Jan. 9-11. On Thursday, Jan. 9 the Lady Panthers will play Winona at 4 p.m., followed by the boys game at 5:20 p.m. The Jan. 10 contests have the girls facing host Montgomery County at 6:40 p.m. and the boys facing off at 8 p.m. FCA will close out its tourney action by taking on the East Webster girls and boys at 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m.
The French Camp Panthers have already picked up wins over East Webster (52-39) and Nanih Waiya (48-27) this season, while the Lady Panthers have victories over Winona (51-29), Philadelphia (58-45) and Nanih Waiya (36-29 and 64-37).
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Photo Friday, No. 101
June 20th, 2008 (03:28 am)
Current Photo Friday theme: The Great Outdoors
Double rainbow for Steve and Stephanie
Houston, 1992
I had no camera with me when I saw this double rainbow. I bought a disposable Kodak at a gas station across from an empty field and managed to get a few shots before the rainbows faded.


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Yesterday there was a story about the NHL Lockout written by, Rob Kelley. It went like this;
NHL Lockout: Predators LW Sergei Kostitsyn Blasts America And Hopes NHL Lockout Cancels Season
Published on October 23, 2012 by Rob Kelley
Sergei Kostitsyn will be lucky if we let him back into this country or the NHL after his comments seen in a Russian newspaper in regard to the current NHL Lockout and some of its' proudest teams, cities and fans. It is safe to say that he may no longer be one of the more popular players in the league whenever hockey does resume if/when a new collective bargaining agreement is reached to lift the NHL Lockout.
To Kostitsyn, he proved he doesn't care about the fans. Not North American fans, at least. Not NHL fans. Not even Nashville Predators fans.
"Let's put it this way – it would be better [for the players] if the lockout continues," Kostitsyn was quoted as saying on Monday. "Players want a definite answer. If the NHL season is lost – let it be that way. I would then play in Russia for the whole season."
Yes, players would love an answer sooner rather than later. We all would. But to say that it would be better for the players in the NHL cancels the entire 2012-2013 season is axiomatic. I am positive that all players do not feel the way that Kostitsyn does. Not even close.
Kostitsyn wasn't done ripping hockey in America. Bad enough he knocked the NHL and said we would be better off without it this year. He didn't really have many positive things to say about this continent in general.
Kostitsyn signed with the Predators after coming over from the Montreal Canadiens following the 2010 season after beginning his rookie season with the Habs in the 2007-2008 season. He also said he hated life in North America and labelled Columbus "the gloomiest" city in the States.
I wonder how the Blue Jackets fans will respond the first few times Kostitsyn touches the puck when he plays in Columbus when the NHL does return to action? I would presume quite fittingly with a chorus of boos.
"I couldn't get used to [American] mentality. They are totally different people from us," said Kostitsyn.
I bet he has no problem accepting American money in his NHL contract with the Predators, however, as I am assuming that is not against his mentality. The fact that he recently signed a two year deal worth $6 million would lead me to believe that whenever the NHL Lockout does end, Kostitsyn will be on the first plane back to America to resume cashing his American checks.
Below you can read the great reply written by, Clifford Santa Monica. Here at USA Sports 360 we are lucky enough to be able to share Clifford's thoughts about sports every now and then. Nobody tells it like it is better than him…Here are his thoughts to the NHL Lockout;
I think Rob Kelley misses the point… The owners–GARY BETTMAN IN PARTICULAR–are the assholes in this drama, not Kostitsyn (counter-cultural statements aside). This is the THIRD lockout hockey's had under Butt-Head's watch. That's at least two too many in my opinion. He had no good reason to do that. It's the owners–NOT Kostitsyn–who don't give a rip about the fans, who never seem to understand their supremacy in situations like this. The people who come to the games bitch and moan about how unfair and unjust labor stoppages (in all sports) are, but then after the strike(s) are over they rush through the turnstiles in record numbers, buy more memorabilia and trinkets than ever, and re-affirm the owners' suspicion that they're as dumb, weak and pliable as the players are. If the fans really ARE tired of this recurring stupidity, and really DON'T understand why a group of centi-millionaires can't come to an agreement with the deci-millionaires who play for them, then they should STAY THE F**K away from the rinks and teach BOTH parties a lasting lesson–GET IT????
Evidently the fans don't have the onions to do that, though…
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Well, well. McDonald's will begin selling bagged ground coffee under the McCafé brand at the majority its 1,400 restaurants in Canada beginning g Nov. 8. This comes just weeks after BurgerBusiness.com's exclusive report that McDonald's had trademarked its name for ground/whole-bean coffee. Our inquiry to McDonald's was dismissed with, "We register a lot of trademarks. That's nothing new for us." Well, this is new, and it puts McDonald's into the arena with Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Tim Hortons and other coffee-and-food purveyors.
McDonald's Canadian sales intentions were first reported by the Wall Street Journal. According to a subsequent AP report, the coffee will be sold at McCafé counters in 340-gram packages (roughly 12 ounces) for CAN $7 (US $7.03). Asked whether the coffee program will be extended to its 14,000 U.S. restaurants, John Betts, president of McDonald's Canada, said, "As we evolve and as our customers ask us for more options, who knows? If we continue to grow the category, anything's possible." Translated, that means that if ground coffee sells decently in Canada, of course it will become available in the U.S.
As previously reported, coffee represents about 6% of McDonald's U.S. sales, making it a $2 billion-plus category. Coffee sales have increased since the chain introduced its Premium Roast drip coffee in 2006. The following year it added iced coffees to its McCafé line and in 2009 it added espresso-based coffees systemwide.


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"Ode to Kimono"
For 20 years I've incorporated kimono fabrics into my designs. The sheer beauty, texture and elegance of these unique fabrics have inspired me many times over. This time, I thought, it's time for a window of their own. A window in ode of Kimono fabric.
It's the vision that pulls my designs out of me. I see the fabric. I see the colours, and a story begins to tell itself. It was in July, after a visit to Kazari, a Japanese store, in Prahran that I first saw the vision. This is the story…
Hayley from Code Red Creative, had been making origami and displaying on instagram. I asked her whether she would make origami coursages from Kimono fabric for the window display. We collaborated on the design and the making. Using Hayley's precision folding and my endless hand-stictching the origami flowers were born.
Two dresses. A dress to match: The same design in different fabrics, one long, one shorter. Each dress uniquely created using silk. Who best to finish one f the dresses, but Mirjam Aigner, an esoteric textile artist who works in her studio in the highlands of NSW. The other dress, and ode to kimono, patchworked from hand-painted, classic Japanese silk Kimono.
Naomi Aigner, Mirjaims daughter, a lover of origami anything, designed and made the paper Swan. A first for her. To keep it protected Naomi and I met halfway at Albury-Wodonga on the river, and did the 'swan-swap', driving the swan in glad-wrap 660 kms!
The anchor to the window, is a lamp from, Maryanne, the lampist. Maryanne recycles bases and uses retro fabrics to create quirky, unique and one-of a kind beautiful pieces, like this one. This lamp is upcycled and finished with a retro fabric, chosen for it's bulbous shape and kimono fabric. Exquisite!
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Watched it yesterday It's as awesome as I thought it would be. I was actually worried about the characters throughout the movie. Best movie of 2010 fo' sho'.
Watched it yesterday It's as awesome as I thought it would be. I was actually worried about the characters throughout the movie. Best movie of 2010 fo' sho'.
i regret buying it online because i want the package now fffff
see what i mean i always get that
grr my le still hasn't arrived
check this out:
about the filming of the hallway scene, and how it was constructed. Much more in depth than the others.
fuck CGI this is so much cooler
Watched this movie about a month ago. I still remember when done coming out of the movie theater my head hurt so much. It was funny because I saw others holding their heads just saying to themselves "Holy Shit!"
Just got around to watching the movie, and it's fucking brilliant. One of the most intelligent and technically awesome movies I've seen in a bloody long time.
Oh man I'd love to be in that rig It looks fun.
I re-watched it today. The beginning felt more meaningful on a second run-through, because I actually knew who Mal (sp?) was.
I really love DiCaprio's emotional acting, he really nails it. Like when Mal jumps, and he yells "NO JESUS CHRIST" , it's so fucking perfect and believable.
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The inception augmented reality app is finally out. Anyone want to check it out? Its free btw, someone get it and report back
We need a statue in honour of Christopher Nolan.
finally got my blu-ray briefcase. nice nice
My brothers copy of Inception (he bought the triple play set thing from HMV with the comic) hasn't arrived yet. Damned snow.
I'm ashamed to say I only just watched this yesterday. From what I had heard from friends and family I was expecting it to be some needlessly complicated, up it's own ass movie. But I loved everything about it. Chris Nolan is probably the best director working at the moment.
Also I would love if Hans Zimmer got some Oscar love for his score. He missed out on a nomination for scoring The Dark Knight because of some stupid technicality.
Definitely going to invest in the Blu-ray box in the sales after Christmas.
Tried the app, bit pointless to be honest. Has some nice effects but the augmented sound use is pretty much the only attraction.
Been waiting five months to see this movie.
It was worth it.
Also, got this kickass shirt the other day.
My limited edition copy arrived. Damaged. It was packaged inside 3 boxes and a bunch of padding so looks like Royal Mail aren't to blame for this one. Thanks, Amazon!
Anyone know what happen to that latino guy at the start of the movie?
I feel Marion Cotillard is the only bad thing about this movie. Watched it again last night. Still the best of this year!
Just saw this 2 days ago... It's bloody amazing, I'm on the verge of declaring it my favourite film.
I can't stand that stupid fucking accent she has in all of her movies.
So, I watched it yesterday. 35983459490880943/10, and i am watching it again today. Can't believe how amazingly awesome it was.
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"The size and shape of toilet seats hasn't changed in over 120 years, yet we as a people are fatter than we've ever been," said National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari. "We eat big, and we shit big. And we need a toilet that can keep up with us."
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"30 minutes was always the standard, hopefully exceeding what any reasonable person would need," said Mostashari. "Nowadays people are lucky if they can sit for five minutes without losing all sensation in their rump.
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Thanks to the Google-obsessed press, Vibrant Media, Media Innovation Group and PointRoll almost got away with bypassing the privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser. But now the three companies will have to answer to two House Democrats who are asking the three other Safari dodgers to explain why they failed to honor Safari's third-party cookie blocking.
Since mid-month when a Stanford University research study showed that Google DoubleClick and others were circumventing the Safari privacy controls and tracking Internet users without their permission, Google took all the heat. The company was hit with a number of letters from lawmakers and criticized by privacy advocates.
On Monday, Google provided a briefing for House Energy and Commerce members. On Tuesday, House Energy and Commerce ranking member Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), ranking member of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee, fired off a letter to the three companies with a list of 10 questions. They have until March 13 to respond.
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Believe In Love.Last night I prayed to God
to please send me my true love
Open up the gates of heaven
and send me my angel from up above
God then told me that I'm waiting
and I'm not ready for it yet
He said she is definately out there
but we have never even met
How am I supposed to find my love
If I don't know where to start
God then replied to me
and told me to just follow my heart
I know that she is out there
just waiting for love to find her as well
I look forward to the day we meet
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You will know her when you see her
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you will look everywhere, you will try to find your love,,, its an imagine...and you will get bored and tired..than stop this search...lastly your love will find you. l hope it happens...
Wow I'm speechless that was amazing it really was
God is soo sweet!! Beautiful lines! He will guide you to your love for sure! :)
with a heart like that, you will find a wonderful person. finding someone is like a quest though, it still takes hard work.
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It's official, after Saturday's release of the Associated Press preseason media poll the Texas A&M Aggies are the consensus 25th-ranked team in the nation.
Earlier this month, A&M, which returns most of its key players from last year's 9-4 squad, received entered the USA Today/ESPN coaches preseason polls as the 25th-ranked team in the country.
This leaves them behind the likes of TCU, Hawaii and Boise State _ three teams from inferior leagues _ in both polls to start the season.
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WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying all former employees of Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. about a new class of employees added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. The EEOICPA provides compensation and medical benefits to workers who became ill because of working in the nuclear weapons industry. Survivors of qualified workers also may be entitled to benefits.
A worker who is included in a designated Special Exposure Cohort class of employees, and who is diagnosed with one of 22 specified cancers, may receive a presumption of causation under the EEOICPA. On March 27, 2014, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services designated the following class of employees as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort: all atomic weapons employees who worked for Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. at the covered facility in Fort Wayne, Ind., from March 1, 1943, through July 31, 1948, for at least 250 workdays, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with workdays within other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. This designation became effective on April 26, 2014. The department's role is to adjudicate these claims based on the new Special Exposure Cohort class definition, as determined and introduced by HHS.
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Take the Lake 5K is a charity run and walk around Wakefield's beautiful Lake Quannapowitt. Since the founding of the race sixteen years ago, over 6,000 local walkers and runners have participated in the event and we have raised $245,000 for three cancer related charities: The American Cancer Society, The New England Community for Cancer Survivorship and ESSCO-MGH.
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Australian umpire Darrell Hair told an Employment Tribunal in London that the International Cricket Council's decision to bar him from officiating in Tests and One-Day Internationals has left a big hole in his pocket and heart.
Hair, who has sued the ICC for sacking him and yielding to "racially discriminatory pressure" from the Asian bloc, told the hearing that he would have earned about US $90,000-100,000 in 2007 had he umpired his quota of Tests and ODIs.
"My projected earnings from fees in ICC associate matches in this year would now appear to be a maximum of 30,000 US dollars," he said.
He said the loss had prompted him to search for another job but his efforts did not bear fruit.
"Since returning to Australia I have been trying to find permanent employment without success. I have applied for positions at the Australian Rugby League and with a charity as a fund-raising manager, but I have been unsuccessful on each occasion," he said.
Hair said the ICC's decision to sack him came as a trauma for his entire family.
"I feel devastated and let down by the ICC. Since August 20, 2006 (the day of the final Test at the Oval) no one from ICC has shown any concern for my welfare or for the welfare of my family.
"My family has suffered the pain of reading headlines such as 'disgraced former umpire' and 'sacked former umpire' and I have found it difficult to cope with daily life in the knowledge that I have not been given a reasonable opportunity to defend myself.
"I was at a loss to understand how my career could possibly be effectively ended unless it was by a racially motivated and racially discriminated process," Hair said.
"I asked Malcolm Speed if it could possibly be performance related but he agreed that my performances since joining the elite panel had been generally very good and I had been continually ranked in the top three umpires.
Hair said he knew that ICC would not renew his contract.
Amid the Oval controversy that followed, Hair offered to resign in return for US $500,000.
He denied an allegation by the Pakistan Cricket Board that the offer compromised his position or constituted a "secret payment".
"I was, to my mind, seeking some sort of settlement. There was nothing secretive. But I expected confidentiality."
Cross-examining Hair, ICC barrister Michael Beloff QC said the Australian's case was based on suspicion.
"I shall put it to the tribunal that you're swinging about wildly, seeking to make allegations against anyone you can without anything more than suspicion," Beloff said.
Beloff also asked Hair whether it was right to call the action of the Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, as 'dibolical' as mentioned in his autobiography.


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Canal Fest of the Tonawandas
is the largest festival of its kind along the Erie Canal.
Shared by the Twin Cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda,
it encompasses a 2 square mile area, jam packed full of fun and entertainment.
Canal Fest originated in 1983, was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas and coordinated by Joe Armenia, then Publisher of the News and shortly thereafter joined by George Maziarz, now serving as a NYS Senator.
The Fest was designed to accomplish 3 goals:
1. Promote the community of the Tonawandas, especially downtown business
2. Provide a means of fundraising for non profit community organizations
3. Provide a joint recreational opportunity for the citizens of both cities
The event was held exclusively within the City of North Tonawanda the first year, but grew substantially the second year and expanded to include the City of Tonawanda. Each successive year saw significant growth in number of participating non profit/civic organizations, in the entertainment offered and in attendance.
The expansion of the event led the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to decide that 1994 would be the last year of Chamber sponsorship. The amount of work was becoming too great for its staff to handle and a request was made for others to step forward to continue this community event. At this point three major organizations stepped forward to be the lead agencies in establishing Canal Fest of the Tonawandas Inc., as a separate legal, not-for-profit entity. This new corporation would insure the efforts of all the participating organizations and ensure the continuation of the event.
Currently, there are 15 that sit on the Board of Directors. There is a membership of 70 organizations and support individuals who chair special events such as the parade, Sika Challenge and the Miss Canal Fest Event, only to mention a few. Approximately 50 non-profit/civic organizations raise a significant portion of their annual operating budget during this 8-day event. Many organizations use this added revenue to offer sponsorships, scholarships and awards to local youth organizations. Over $225,000 was invested back into the community through the efforts of the members of Canal Fest of the Tonawandas Inc. Between the organizations, over 500 people contribute approximately 20,000 volunteer hours to make this event successful year after year. They do not only volunteer for the week, many start their planning right after the event and continue right through to the following year.
Canal Fest provides 8 days of entertainment for local citizens and visitors from throughout Western New York and farther. Attendance is estimated anywhere from 200,000 - 250,000 for the 8 day run. The reason we can only estimate, is that there is no turnstile charge to just walk into the Fest, to see the attractions, to watch the events, to meet old friends. That in itself attracts people to Canal Fest. We are the largest event held anywhere along the New York State canal system and considered in the top percentile of events in the State.
The Erie Canal was the first great canal in the United States and helped establish financial and commercial growth throughout the area. It was designed to connect the interior of New York State and eastern markets with the Great Lakes Region and farmers of the heartland. Teams of mules would tie up to boats and barges. Then walk the towpaths along sides of the canal, pulling the loaded vessels through an original water depth of only 4 feet. From our states capital, Albany, on the Hudson River, to the mouth of the mighty Niagara River in Tonawanda, this man made canal extends over 350 miles. To signify the opening of the canal on Oct 26, 1825, a relay system of cannons firing along the banks of the waterway sent the message across the state (taking 1 hour, 21 minutes). The Erie Canal was officially open.
Today, at Canal Fest opening ceremonies, a commemorative cannon is fired, signaling the cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda that Canal Fest has officially begun.


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Internal strugglesBy
To the rest of the world, you portray an image of someone who has everything going right. But on the inside, you are struggling everyday to battle your internal struggles.
Struggles that no one but yourself knows about. Struggles that are there from the minute you wake up to the minute you go to sleep. Often these are the most difficult battles you face in your life. Battles that no matter how hard you fight, you can never win. These battles within yourself, are very draining of your energy and stop you from being the happy person you want to be. Sometimes, the person that seems the happiest is actually struggling the most.
How do you win these battles and conquer the pain within?
First step is to accept the struggle you are having within. Sometimes we believe that if no one is aware of these problems, then they don't exist. Unfortunately, they do exist. They exist everyday and are more powerful than tangible external problems. They are more powerful than your external problems because you are the only one fighting the battle. You are a one man army fighting a war all by yourself. That leads us to the second step…
Let someone know! Usually people fight these battles for years without anyone knowing that something was wrong. This usually happens with independent highly driven people. They don't want to admit that something is wrong. They don't want to admit that they aren't perfect and they have a problem. The fact is, we all have problems and no one is perfect. We all need help sometimes and we shouldn't wait until it is too late. If you bottle up your feelings and keep thinking you can win this fight independently you will eventually reach your breaking point.
The key is to manage these problems so you never have to come face to face with your breaking point. If you are struggling with something, tell someone. Tell your spouse, brother or sister, parents, close friends, or a professional. Admitting something is wrong is the major step. Just because you have a great job in a thriving field, a loving amazing family, and everything you could ask for doesn't mean that you are guaranteed to be happy.
The best part of this situation has yet to reveal itself. The best part is you
CAN defeat these struggles. But you need to seek help from someone close to you because these battles are too much for one person. It doesn't matter how independent of a person you are, you can gain so much from other people. Having these problems bottled inside you for years and years is taking a lot out of you. LET THEM OUT! People will not perceive you as weak or think less of you and you will feel remarkably better.
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This is the CAI to have if you are a Civic owner with the B18 engine. Extremely well made and not too difficult to install. Some owners are having to cut the inner fender liner to make it fit properly while others are not. Injen needs to redesign the lower piping so it clears the fender liner on a consistent basis. Definite improvement in 1st gear take-off and it really growls when you hit VTEC. Shipping could have been faster on my order but I understand backorders for this item are the norm. Bottom line, this one is in my FG1 to stay and the AEM CAI is up for sale. Any questions?


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Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But, their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back.
The others soon realize they too are not immune to the challenges of commitment and fidelity. Angela doesn't believe her husband, Marcus, can be faithful now that he's a celebrity television newscaster. Dianne and Terry's relationship is feeling the strain of raising children. And, Patricia, a successful self-help psychologist, must finally reveal the deep flaws in her seemingly perfect marriage to Gavin.
With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between blame and forgiveness, doubt and faith, with life-altering consequences.
Starring Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Tyler Perry, Michael Jai White, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Louis Gossett Jr., Cicely Tyson
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A computer chip that performs imprecise calculations can process some types of data thousands of times more efficiently than existing chips.
The discovery arises through an MIT research project into human speech acquisition which has involved combing through more than 100,000 hours of video for, say, every instance in which a child or its caregivers says 'ball', together with all interactions with actual balls.
MIT Media Lab researcher Deb Roy and visiting professor Joseph Bates reasoned that, as algorithms for processing visual data are often error-prone, increasing the margin of error very slightly probably wouldn't compromise performance too badly.
And, they reckoned, the tradeoff would be the ability to do thousands of computations in parallel.
The team began by evaluating an algorithm used in object-recognition systems to distinguish foreground and background elements in frames of video.
They rewrote it so that all its results were either raised or lowered by a randomly generated factor of between 0 and 1 percent. Performance was compared with the standard algorithm.
"The difference between the low-precision and the standard arithmetic was trivial," says graduate student George Shaw. "It was about 14 pixels out of a million, averaged over many, many frames of video. No human could see any of that."
The chip has a thousand cores, much smaller than conventional ones as they don't have to provide perfectly precise results. Each core can communicate only with its immediate neighbors, making it much more efficient.
The new chip design looks to be particularly compatible with image and video processing. But consultant Bob Colwell – formerly chief architect on several of Intel's Pentium processors – says the most promising application could be in human-computer interactions.
"There's a lot of places where the machine does a lot of work on your behalf just to get information in and out of the machine suitable for a human being," he says.
"If you put your hand on a mouse, and you move it a little bit, it really doesn't matter where exactly the mouse is, because you're in the loop. If you don't like where the cursor goes, you'll move it a little more. Real accuracy in the input is really not necessary."
Bates says his chip would work with a standard processor, handling targeted, labour-intensive tasks. But Colwell says that, depending on how it's constructed, there could be some difficulty integrating it with existing technologies – as well as psychological barriers.
"There's going to be a fair amount of people out in the world that as soon as you tell them I've got a facility in my new chip that gives sort-of wrong answers, that's what they're going to hear no matter how you describe it," he says. "That's kind of a non-technical barrier, but it's real nonetheless."


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The box in the box in the box in the box. The set of boxes from Remember appears in the style of Russian Matryoshka dolls and it offers a lot of space for all kinds of utensils.
The five different sizes of the storage boxes from Remember offer enough space for big and small things. And if there is nothing to be stored, the Remember boxes can be stored inside of each other. The bribing design of the two-tone boxes won't be boring. The boxes are also exceptionally suitable to be used as gift boxes for different events.
Remember produces the Due Colori boxes out of resistant cardboard. The stackable boxes are solid, so that one could think, they were made of wood.
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I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that I'm crazy. It isn't recommended that pregnant women take hot baths during pregnancy. In reading articles about baths and pregnancy, the reasons include the temperature of the bath increasing your body temperature. Another reason includes spa tubs with jets that may play havoc with your baby.
Even with these reasons in the back of my head I've found that I need to take a hot bath while pregnant to survive! This doesn't mean that I make the water so hot I can't stand it, it just means that I make the water warm enough that I'm comfortable. I must admit living in the upper Midwest, the winters are hard to handle without a hot bath every so often.
I also cross another barrier because I use a spa tub with jets. I've read that these tubs are not preferred for taking a bath during pregnancy. The sound of the jets can irritate or scare your baby. I certainly don't want to scare my baby, but need back and leg pain relief and sometimes the massaging action is my only reliever.
In my first pregnancy I tried to keep taking a bath during pregnancy to a minimum. Sometimes that was once a week, and sometimes it could be once every two weeks. I really tried hard to keep the number of baths down. I also tried to moderate the temperature better, and if the water was definitely a hot bath while pregnant I didn't stay in as long. If I felt as though my body temperature was getting too hot, too fast, I would quickly wrap up my bath time for safety reasons. I still continued to use the jets in my tub, but I used them for only half of my bath during pregnancy. I needed the massaging action, but really wanted to keep that time to a minimum.
I'm happy to report that my baby turned out just fine. In fact, I feel as though she's very comfortable in the same tub with me partially because she was used to the sounds of the tub from the womb. Sounds crazy, but it definitely could be true.
Now pregnant with my second child I haven't had to result in taking a hot bath during pregnancy very often because it is the summer. I know that as I'm nearing the end of my pregnancy in the winter months, I will once again visit my favorite bath during pregnancy. I believe that bathing is perfectly safe for you baby as long as you use them in moderation, and adjust as needed to how you are feeling.


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What Is Wrong With Having A Friend If You Are Married.Married man, yeah I know we are a dime a dozen on the internet. My marraige is not what it used to be. Wow if you had a dollar for every time you read that. Looking for a friend female only to email or chat with. Prefer soemone in the same stiuation, in a marrage or relationship that is not working as well as you hoped. Even though I am one of tose evil married men I am agood listner and I promise to be honest and polite. Drop me a line here and I promise to get back to you. Why because being married and lonely is not a crime and is not a life sentence, unless you choose to make it so.
jamespeters 46-50, M 3 Responses 0 Jun 14, 2012
Hi, I am married but my hubby found a job in other city. So, I feel lonely very often and hate marriage in a distance. Does work for you to chat?
I so sad hearing this! I always get sad when a relation doesnt work out!

for sure being married and lonely is not a crime!

but i am not in your situation! I am not married and I have a very close friend!

Anyway, if you like we can talk together!

maybe we can be good friends :)


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The Soundtrack of My Life: Do I Make You Proud?
One of the most important things I wanted to accomplish with A Second Chance was to make my parents proud of me. I've said before I wasn't an easy child to raise. I was a handful, and I put my parents through a lot. I caused them to cry. And I even had them praying for a miracle when I got sick at 16.
When I look back at where I was all those years ago in comparison to now, I can see that I've grown by leaps and bounds. I'm still not perfect. I've never claimed to be. But I am proud of the person I've become. I've worked REALLY hard to get here. It hasn't been an easy road; it's been filled with many bumps along the way, but I know every single moment that I've experienced has made me into the person I am today. Those moments helped make A Second Chance into what it is.
So back to my original point. All that I want is for my parents to look at me and be proud of the person I've become. I want them to know they never failed me in the parenting department. They did a fantastic job raising me. All of the good traits I have inside of me come from them. They laid the foundation for the person I would one day become.
Now that I've shared one of my hopes with you, I want to share something my mother said to me this morning before work.
Last night, I sent my mother a link to a review written by Heather Faville of Doubleshot Reviews. She told me this morning that she read it and then had to read it to my dad in the middle of the night. He then had her forward it to him at work. (I had already done that, but he didn't know. LOL!) She told me that he's "pretty damn proud of me". And I told her that that's what I wanted, to make them proud, so to know I have makes my heart swell up and tears run down my face.
Before I close, I want to leave you with two songs I consider to be my life's soundtrack. Both of these songs sum up my life perfectly.
"Do I Make You Proud" – Taylor Hicks
"I Did it For You" – Westlife
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Rick Steves hosts the popular public television series, "Rick Steves' Europe," and is the author of 24 European travel books. In addition to his guidebooks, Steves writes columns for various newspapers and magazines, and he appears frequently on television and radio talk shows and online travel chats as a leading authority on independent European travel.
How did you get started traveling?
At age 14, my father dragged me to Germany to see the piano factories (he imported fine pianos). I didn't want to go. But when I got there (different candy, one-armed bandits in hotel lobbies, women with hairy armpits), I realized the continent could be my playground…and it was lots of fun.
How did you get started writing?
I wrote in my journal long before I "became a writer." Then, after years of giving travel lectures in and around Seattle, I simply wrote out my talks. After self-publishing the first edition of Europe Through the Back Door in 1980, I got serious about writing.
What do you consider your first "break" as a travel writer?
Offering a "budget travel class" at the local "free college" and finding that 200 people my parents' age signed up. It occurred to me that there's a need for the information I had to offer. Later the Seattle Post-Intelligencer travel editor serialized my collection of articles featuring my favorite places (which I called Back Doors).
As a traveler and fact/story-gatherer, what is your biggest challenge on the road?
While I am comfortable and confident recommending and reviewing sights and hotels, sorting through restaurants is more difficult. You could eat at 100 good places in Paris this year and not know how they'll be next year or if you missed any that should definitely be included. But guidebook readers want hard opinions on eateries.
What is your biggest challenge in the writing process?
Taking time in Europe to collect all the details and descriptions before moving on to the next site or adventure. It's impossible to get all the facts right when you're somewhere else.
What is your biggest challenge from a business standpoint?
To keep the business profitable and keep my staff of 60 happily employed while maintaining my idealism. Providing information and services to my traveling clientele at a rate that causes them to ask "how do you make any money?" is a great and ongoing challenge.
Have you ever done other, non-travel-related work to make ends meet?
I paid for my first six trips on a piano teacher's income.
What travel authors or books might you recommend and/or have influenced you?
The Art and Adventure of Traveling Cheaply by Rick Berg and Turn Right at the Fountain were my two favorite books back in the early '70s.
What advice and/or warnings would you give to someone who is considering going into travel writing?
Travel a lot. Maintain a focus. Take notes carefully in the field. Share your information generously — almost as a publicity stunt. If it's any good, people with an ongoing need or appetite for good travel information will come back for more. Gradually you can build up an income.
What is the biggest reward of life as a travel writer?
Developing a network of good friends in the most fascinating corners of Europe. Seeing how, as a teacher, I can help people enjoy the magic/challenge/experience of travel as I have.


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Novena, The Crowdsourced, Fully-Open Laptop, Is Shipping This Winter
Hardware magician Bunnie Huang's Novena laptop, a completely open source computing machine, is fully funded and will ship in January. There are thirteen hours left in the crowdfunding effort but so far the system has surpassed its goal of $100,000 and is one course to raise over $500,000. Read More
Chumby investigates Kingston microSD irregularities: Are counterfeit chips making their way into the supply chain?
Does the name Bunnie Huang ring a bell? It might if you were around the Xbox "scene" in 2002, when people from all over the world were on Xbox hacking forums trying to figure out what made Microsoft's first console tick, so to speak. It was truly exciting—we're talking Paris in the 50s exciting. Mr. Huang has since gotten a job at Chumby, putting his technical… Read More


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Painting inspired by the Chinese character for Following
Be inspired to learn how to do well something that you enjoy. Find inspiration by following a master so that when you learn this skill you will in turn acquire a following.
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Samantha - posted on 11/28/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )
Samantha - posted on 11/28/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )
Courtney - posted on 11/29/2009
i dont see anything wrong with it... i have been feeding my daughter baby food since she was 2 months and i use stage one and rice cereal to thicken it up a little bit... it really helped her because she had colic... i got better sleep and so did she... i started out with putting 2 scoops of rice cereal in her bottle to get her digestive system used to it.... BUT DO WHATEVER U THINK IS BEST FOR YOUR CHILD.... hope that helps =)
Heather - posted on 11/28/2009
Hi there, My daughter was born August 27, she has been having ceral for about 2 weeks now, and we mix it with Earth's Best First fruits. My pediatrician said she is doing good and she was just getting way to much formula. She was born 5 pounds 12 ounces and is now just over 14 so the signs for them being ready are things such as do they let you know when they are full, do the pick their head up to get the bottle, have they doubled their birth weight. Are they eating more than 30 ounces a day. Good luck to you.
Rachel - posted on 11/28/2009
In my opinion you feed your baby food when you are ready to. My son is now 4mo. old and i have a daughter who is 7yrs old. I have been feeding my son cereal since he was 2 mo. old and jars for the last month. He loves it. I don't give him it every evening just when I'm eating and he's there also. I don't feed him a whole lot just a little as much as i feel he can handle. He loves it. I did the same with my daughter and she's very healthy.
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See What Institutional Investors Are Doing
Today will be a free courtesy day where we share one (of the 36) charts that we post every day.
Today's chart will show what large Institutional Investors are doing relative to Accumulation and Distribution.
Below is the Accumulation/Distribution chart, and here is what it is showing:
Something evidently scared Institutional Investors on September 14th. (We had put out a warning the day before.)
Since September 14th, Institutional Investors went from strong Accumulation to selling stocks and thereby significantly decreasing their market exposure. They decreased it to the point that they have been in only very low Accumulation during the past few days.
Obviously, important data like this can't tell you what Institutional Investors are worried about, but do you really need to know? Their actions tell you "how worried" they are and that is just as important to know.
FYI ... while looking at this chart, notice how the market always goes up or down relative to whether Institutional Investors are in Accumulation or Distribution. Since they control such a large percentage of the stocks in the market, it is nearly impossible to go against what Institutional Investors are doing and make money.


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The Center provided technical assistance
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The park and Idaho SHPO staffs were concerned about
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James River Marker, K-311
The James River flows about 340 miles from the junction of the Jackson and Cowpasture rivers in Botetourt County to Hampton Roads at the Chesapeake Bay. In 1607 the first permanent English settlement in the New World was established on its banks at Jamestown. The colonists used the river as a path for exploration. With modern cities and shipyards as well as ancient plantations lining its banks, the James River remains one of Virginia's most important natural resources.
Marker Information:Year On Marker: 1991
Geographic Location: Isle of Wight County
Physical Description of Location: Carrollton, VA 23314. Located on Carrollton Blvd (Hwy 17), 2 miles north of the junction of Carrollton Blvd (Hwy 17) and Brewers Neck Blvd (Hwy 258). Marker is on the left when traveling north on Carrollton Blvd (Hwy 17).
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(Survey of Young Adult Fiction)
Peter Dickinson's success comes from taking a radical idea, keeping it simple, and applying it to very specific situations and plots. By doing so, he is able to draw on the strengths of the traditional quest or flight story, with youthful heroes and heroines showing typical virtues of courage, resourcefulness, perseverance, and sympathy without sidetracking interest too far down a science-fiction bypath.
The main themes of the trilogy fall into psychological and sociological categories. Dickinson shows the effects at general and familial levels of fear, as well as the ways in which individuals and society deal with it: scapegoating (of witches, outsiders, and the mentally retarded); authoritarianism (reversions to patriarchal norms and feudal hierarchy); and ritual (the reemergence of a highly liturgical form of Christianity). Children are shown to have greater resilience than adults and to be much more flexible in their thinking.
At a sociological level, Dickinson depicts a society in chaos and how attempts to restore order are made. By showing how quickly a highly developed civilization disintegrates, he poses searching questions about the depth of Western norms and institutions, both morally and structurally. In his treatment, the hatred of machinery, while basically shown to be harmful, has about it a certain ambivalence. The rustic lifestyle and lack of rush are portrayed almost nostalgically at times.
Of the trilogy, Heartsease is the most carefully written and seems to have a depth that the other two books lack. The final denouement of The Weathermonger reveals the thinness of the supernatural motif in its bathos.


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James Atkins (1808-54)
James Atkins was born in Salisbury and became a member of the Wesleyan society there at the age of seventeen. His conversion was effected by the ministry of the minister Isaac Bradnock.
Atkins became a local preacher in 1826 and entered the full itinerancy in 1830. After four years in the home ministry, he was appointed to the Jamaica District where he spent the rest of his ministry. He died in Kingston.
Source: Minutes of Conference 1854
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