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There have been some "Awesome" name change requests, but none quite like this one.
A Massachusetts couple has filed a petition to have both their middle names changed to "Seamonster."
Melanie Ann Convery and Neal James Coughlin of Holyoke, Massachusetts petitioned the state to allow them to make the usual name change, reports The Associated Press.
The couple listed no reason as to why they want their names to now include the mythical creatures.
A court hearing on the request has been scheduled.

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I don't know what it is about monochrome looks but I really like them. Yesterday was burgundy and today is winter white and neutrals. I'm in the car again today but I have a 3:00 PM meeting back at my office so, once again, I need to go from a three hour car trip to work with minimal fuss. This outfit combines all the things I need for that. Comfortable, warmth, classy, but with a bit of sass.
Plus, you know how you might believe that wearing all black makes you feel taller and thinner? I actually think it's even more true for white and neutrals. I feel super tall and super powerful in this outfit. Maybe winter white is my power color!
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Initially, it seemed reasonable enough last Thursday when Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police shut off subterranean cell phone service on part of its transportation network to prevent communication between protesters who intended to disrupt service. But the public transit authority may have a huge public relations bill to pay as a result, which was not helped by the agency's director admitting proper channels were not followed in the shut down.
The scheduled protest was over a fatal shooting by BART police of a knife-wielding man about a month ago. More protests are planned this week. But now the efforts by BART to disrupt the protest have become as important, or possibly more important, than the original event, adding to the agency's increasingly tattered reputation for managing difficult situations.
At issue is the clash between the right of free speech and the necessity of law enforcement to protect the public order, never an easy line to straddle under any circumstances. Technology has intensified the issue with the ability of people to organize by cell phone, as we've seen around the world. The question is does law enforcement have the right to deny cell phone service to everyone -- or anyone -- as part of its effort to manage those opposed to its policies?
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All of which leads back to Thursday's event. Were the protesters denied free speech with the cut off of service? Or were BART police simply acting properly to protect the public from a potentially ugly event? We know there's a point on the continuum of civility when excessive police management becomes repression. Does the BART police activity reach that threshold?
One fact is clear: this civil liberties issue is barreling down the track in the form of a lawsuit, with the issue most likely to land ultimately in the U.S. Supreme Court. Just like the Court has had to respond to technology-related issues such as electronic eaves dropping and Internet access for cable systems, the justices surely will have to come to terms with the proper role for law enforcement in controlling modern communications.
Of course, the framers never anticipated any of these concerns, which underscores the fundamental point that while the Constitution is the foundation of our governance, judges must grapple with how modern issues never imagined fit into that framework.


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10 Holiday Shopping Tips
#1 Combine a Winery Holiday Open House with Shopping
Take a shopping trip to a winery. With more than 300 in Virginia, what better place to shop for the wine lover in your life?
Many wineries hold open houses and special events around the holidays. After tasting some award-winners, purchase a bottle or two along with engraved glasses for an ideal gift. Don't forget to pick up extra bottles for those holiday parties.
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#2 Shop a Virginia Main Street Community
Virginia's small towns boast some of the best shopping around. Visit Main Street communities for quality, unique gifts at locally-owned shops. You'll feel right at home in a historic hotel or B&B when you take a holiday shopping getaway.
And Park the Car Save gas money and parking hassles when you park the car. Virginia is full of great places to walk from shop to shop for unique gifts. Check out Carytown in Richmond for vintage clothing, works of art, antiques, one-of-a-kind bags and accessories. Other great shopping strolls include Old Town Alexandria, downtown Roanoke, and Middleburg.
#3 Pamper Yourself and Loved Ones
What better way to erase stress and find decadent gifts than with a visit to one of Virginia's spas? After enjoying a relaxing treatment and massage, pick up lotions, soaps, scented oils and gift certificates. Places like the Spa at Colonial Williamsburg, the Spa at Poplar Springs, The Spa at Wintergreen and Boar's Head Inn Spa in Charlottesville feature products made especially for their services and available for purchase in their shops.
#4 Buy (or Create) an Original
Visit Virginia's artisan havens to purchase one-of-a-kind keepsakes.
Find fine art, pottery, baskets, sculpture and more at places like Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace in Abingdon, the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, the Jacksonville Art Center in Floyd, and Sunspots Studios & Glassblowing in Staunton.
Feel like being an artist? Try your hand at paint-your-own pottery, beading, or stained glass. Check out All Fired Up in Richmond, You Made It! in Harrisonburg, Color Me Mine in Richmond and in Norfolk, or A Glass Expression Stained Glass Studio in Pound. You can also make your own mermaid at the Mermaid Factory in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
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#6 Shop For Antiques & Collectibles
It's pretty easy to find antiques in Virginia; nearly every town has at least one shop. From colonial keepsakes to '50s diner signs, you can find something for every collector on your list.
Many antique dealers are located in antique malls, such as Antique Village Mall Complex in Mechanicsville or in historic homes, such as the Clapboard House in Wise. Other antique shops specialize in a certain era or theme.
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Virginia is an American history destination stretching back more than 400 years. Take a trip to historical sites and shop for gifts from a different century. From Jamestown to Colonial Williamsburg to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, you'll find four centuries of gift ideas for history buffs!
Virginia's museums cater to interests ranging from the Civil War to gardening to bluegrass music. For the mountain music lover, stop in the Ralph Stanley Museum gift shop in Clintwood for Stanley CDs and Crooked Road apparel. Check out the shop at the American Civil War Center at Tredegar in Richmond for the Civil War buff in the family. Marine life fanatics would love a gift from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach. Green thumbs will delight in the gardening gifts at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond.
With more than 700 museums, Virginia is a treasure trove for unique holiday gifts. For example, the O. Winston Link Museum Shop features photographs of steam engines and railroad towns; the Berkeley Plantation Gift Shop offers crossstitch samplers and kits of the plantation; and the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum Shop offers regional folk arts, unique to the Appalachians.
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#8 Give the Gift of Outdoor Adventure
Shenandoah River Adventures in Shenandoah offers tripsand tours in whitewater kayaking, river tubing, rafting and fishing. Combine your next vacation with lessons for yourself, family and/or friends.
What about kitebording lessons at Southeast Expeditions on the Eastern Shore, fly fishing lessons at some of Virginia's Resorts or golf lessons from Virginia's pros?
An Annual Pass to Virginia State Parks is a great way to save money and have adventures all year! Passes are valid at all state parks for one year!
#9 Virginia's Popular Outlets and Shopping Meccas
If you're like millions of other shoppers, you're looking for bargains. Consider shopping at Virginia's Outlets. These popular destinations feature upscale clothing, sporting goods and electronics at bargain-basement prices. If the price tag isn't as important as the designer tag, you'll probably find what you're looking for at Virginia's high-end shopping centers.
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#10 Give the Gift of Love
"Virginia is for Lovers" is one of the oldest and well-loved tourism slogans in the world. Put this famous brand under the tree this year for the travel lovers on your list. T-shirts, wine glasses, coffee cups or even pet accessories are emblazoned with the Virginia is for Lovers logo at www.TheVAStore.com.
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The specific law outlaws posting a photo online that causes "emotional distress" to someone and has no "legitimate purpose." While the law does state that there needs to be "malicious intent," it also includes a massive loophole, in that it says that you can still be liable if the person "reasonably should know" that the actions would "frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress."
- If you're posting a picture of someone in an embarrassing situation — not at all limited to, say, sexually themed pictures or illegally taken pictures — you're likely a criminal unless the prosecutor, judge, or jury concludes that you had a "legitimate purpose."
- Likewise, if you post an image intended to distress some religious, political, ethnic, racial, etc. group, you too can be sent to jail if governments decisionmaker thinks your purpose wasn't "legitimate." Nothing in the law requires that the picture be of the "victim," only that it be distressing to the "victim."
- The same is true even if you didn't intend to distress those people, but reasonably should have known that the material — say, pictures of Mohammed, or blasphemous jokes about Jesus Christ, or harsh cartoon insults of some political group — would "cause emotional distress to a similarly situated person of reasonable sensibilities."
- And of course the same would apply if a newspaper or TV station posts embarrassing pictures or blasphemous images on its site.


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Colin Kaepernick won his first NFL start Monday.
Two days later, he's won the 49ers' starting job.
At least, that is, according to one report Wednesday night.
After a brilliant performance in a 32-7 rout of the Bears, Kaepernick will make his second straight start Sunday against the Saints, Sports Illustrated's Jim Trotter reported via Twitter. Trotter, citing a source, said the decision to start Kaepernick is not based on Smith's uncertain health status. Smith, who sustained a concussion on Nov. 11, was limited in practice Wednesday and has yet to be medically cleared to play in a game.
"I'm going with Kaepernick. Alex, I'm sorry," Harbaugh told Smith, according to Trotter.
Shortly after that report, however, an ESPN producer, Seth Markman, said, via Twitter, that Smith told ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer a different story regarding his status. Smith reportedly told Dilfer, his teammate with the 49ers in 2007, that Kaepernick would be getting the first-team snaps, but Smith could still start based on his performance in practice.
The 49ers did not confirm either report.
At the very least, Kaepernick appears to have moved atop the current depth chart thanks to a debut performance against Chicago that Harbaugh termed "A-plus, plus." Kaepernick tossed two touchdowns, compiled a 133.1 passer rating and earned enthusiastic postgame reviews from his offensive teammates.
Tight end Vernon Davis likened Kaepernick to New England's Tom Brady in discussing one of his throws and said it felt like someone had removed his "handcuffs": Davis had 83 receiving yards, 18 fewer than he'd managed in his previous four games.
Wide receiver Kyle Williams was also effusive after Kaepernick led the 49ers to a 27-0 third-quarter lead against one of the league's top defenses. Williams had a career-long 57-yard, first-quarter reception along the right sideline.
"I've never seen anything like that," Williams said of Kaepernick's debut. "Especially against a defense like that."
On Wednesday, Saints interim coach Joe Vitt was equally taken with Kaepernick's performance.
"It was absolutely phenomenal," Vitt said. "I thought he played like he was a five-year vet … He showed tremendous confidence and you saw the team's confidence grow around him as the game wore on."
The apparent decision to stick with Kaepernick will place Smith in a backup role in the midst of the best season of his eight-year career. Smith leads the NFL in completion percentage, ranks third in passer rating and was named the NFC's Offensive Player of the Week in his last full game, a 24-3 win at Arizona on Oct. 29 in which he completed 18 of 19 passes.
With the stronger-armed Kaepernick, however, the 49ers' passing game possesses an enhanced vertical threat. Kaepernick had six completions of at least 20 yards against the Bears. Smith had 22 such completion in nine starts.
Before practice Wednesday, Smith mentioned wanting to set a "great example" for the team by the way he and Kaepernick handled a situation which could divide a locker room.
"Like I said, it's not easy," Smith said. "It can be complicated, but this is a good problem for the 49ers. It's a good problem for us as a team. It's not a bad thing. There's only one ball though, that's what makes it tough."


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FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2012 season with the debut of Broadway and Hollywood legend, JANIS PAIGE for two nights only on May 20 and May 21. For her one-woman show, Paige shares favorite songs and recounts tales from her lifetime in show business — from achieving a dream of Hollywood stardom to her leading roles on Broadway, the famous people who influenced her life and career, her personal and professional triumphs, and the losses and laughs of a long and highly-successful career. A veteran of the stage and screen, Ms. Paige takes her audience along for a revealing, poignant, witty and unforgettable journey. Ms. Paige will appear for two shows only at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).
JANIS PAIGE is the consummate entertainer, whose career spans every facet of show business, from film and theater to television and nightclubs. She's made her mark from Hollywood to Broadway and countless cities in between, stealing the hearts of millions in hundreds of performances and appearances over seven decades. Ms. Paige's film career includes critically-acclaimed turns opposite Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in Silk Stockings, and a flashy role in the comedy Please Don't Eat the Daises. She co-starred in films including Bachelor in Paradise, Romance on the High Seas, The Caretakers, and Follow the Boys, Welcome to Hard Times, starring opposite film greats like Bob Hope, Doris Day, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, David Niven and Henry Fonda.
Her first Broadway hit came in 1951, when she starred opposite Jackie Cooper in the Lindsay and Crouse comedy, Remains to Be Seen. Three years later, she returned to Broadway in the Tony Award winning musicalThe Pajama Game, followed by Meredith Willson's Here's Love. She then garnered rave reviews after replacing Angela Lansbury in the smash hit musical, Mame. Ms. Paige has enjoyed a thriving cabaret career, headlining major nightclubs and supper clubs around the country with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, Joe E. Lewis, Milton Berle, Liberace, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Dinah Shore, and many more.
Ms. Paige starred in her own television series, "It's Always Jan" (1955-1956), co-starred with Richard Crenna and Bernadette Peters in "All's Fair (1976)," starred as Art Carney's wife in the Mystery Movie Theater series"Lanigan's Rabbi" (1977), as Dick Van Patten's sister on the beloved family series "Eight Is Enough" (1977-1980), and the sitcom "Baby Makes Five" (1983) starring Peter Scolari. Her guest turn on "All In The Family"(1976- 1978) as the sultry waitress who almost tempted Archie Bunker into an extra marital affair created such a stir with viewers that she was called back to reprise the role. In the last season of "Trapper John, M.D."(1986), she played a recurring role as the beautiful and mature hospital administrator, Catherine Hackett.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY will present JANIS PAIGE on Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21 at 8:00 PM. All shows have a $40.00 cover with $60.00 premium seats available. In addition, there is a $25.00 food and beverage minimum. Jackets are suggested but not required. The club is located at 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street in New York City. For ticket reservations and club information, please call (212) 339-4095 or visit us online at Feinsteinsatloewsregency.com and TicketWeb.com.
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Bisons finish in five
The Bisons topped the Charlotte Knights in a rain-shortened 6-2 affair Monday night at Coca Cola Field.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the second inning, Valentino Pascucci rocked a two-out, three-run double to right-center field, missing a grand slam by about a foot.
"It was funny because I didn't really see exactly where it hit until I saw the replay because I was kind of rounding first base looking at the bag, getting ready to go for second," Pascucci said. "But it was definitely close."
"He hit the top of the fence at the yellow part and it just kind of almost stuck there," manager Tim Teufel said. "He really drove the ball well and he had a good at-bat."
Bubba Bell scored on a wild pitch in the final inning after he advanced to third and Jesus Feliciano stole second on a double steal. Feliciano later scored on a single by catcher Raul Chavez.
Dylan Owen's start lasted just three innings, giving way to John Lujan at the top of the fourth. Owen allowed two runs – one earned – on three hits with three strikeouts and one walk. Lujan took the win after striking out three and surrendering three hits.
After a starting time of 7:05, the game paused at 9:10 after heavy rain hit during the bottom of the fifth. Umpires waited until the inning ended to stop play, with the rain progressing to more rain and lightning. The game officially ended 84 minutes later.
Charlotte starter Gaby Hernandez allowed six runs (all earned) on six hits over 4.1 innings. He gave way to Gregory Infante.
The Bisons, up 2-1, will look for their first series victory as the two teams play again to close the four-game set Tuesday night.


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Why have a lot of little posts, when you can have one really big one?
I've been coming across so much interesting stuff this morning that I'm going to do another flotsam and jetsam post.
One of the things we've long known is that the Left lies about statistics. Examples of this are "1 in 4 women have been sexually assaulted" canard and the "women earn 76 cents for every dollar men earn" lie which is (a) factually inaccurate and (b) misleading because it ignores the fact that women's commitment to their children means many of them voluntarily take a different career track. (The only place this is factually true, I think, is the Obama White House, where he definitely pays women less.) Tom Elia therefore suggests that, before blindly accepting Texas Democrats' charge that the proposed abortion law would close all but 5 of Texas's 42 abortion clinics (because of the requirement that the clinic be within 30 miles of a hospital), we might want to check whether this is actually true.
Before you get your knickers in a twist about the revelation that the EU has been colluding with the US to hand over European data to the NSA program, remember that the source is a virulent anti-American, antisemitic truther. This may explain why The Guardian, after touting the story, then pulled it. Having said that, it's not hard to believe Edward Epstein's theory that this was never a whistleblower case but was, instead, a carefully thought out plan of espionage.
You're my readers, so I know all of you are already aware that we're on the verge of the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg. Nevertheless, I thought I'd still mention it, along with the fact that at least some Americans are aware of how significant that battle was. World War I saw bigger battles, with more deaths (Ypres, the Somme, etc.), but I'm not sure that any Civil War ever saw such ferocious days as the Civil War did at Antietam or Gettysburg, or any of the other sites where Americans clashed against each other. I believe it's very useful to remind some people (and I'm not naming names) that America is the only country in the world that has ever shed so much blood to fight slavery.
Just a moment to mourn Andrew Pochter, the idealistic American Jewish kid who went to Egypt to help raise up the poor Arabs and died in a welter of blood during an anti-Morsi protest.
I think things in Egypt are about to get much worse. Twenty-two million Egyptians signed a petition demanding Morsi's ouster. Do they really think the Muslim Brotherhood is going to walk away? If Egypt does fall into a Civil War, it will make what's happening in Syria look like a Sunday school picnic.
Naive people think a mosque is just a House of Worship. While it is definitely a House of Worship, it's also something more: a symbol of conquest. That's why it has to be higher than the surrounding buildings. And that's why, in Germany, the air is being filled with the amplified sounds of the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer five times a day.
Charlie Martin, one of my favorite PJ Media writers, is at it again, writing smart stuff, this time about climate change and a really important question: is there any evidence that humans matter?
And while we're on the subject of climate, Robert Zubrin explains in simple terms why Obama's recently announced climate plans will impoverish America. With Obama focusing on climate change (despite more and more data that the entire theory is wrong), even as the economy stagnates, national secrets go walking, and the Middle East is aflame, my first thought was that he was like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Reading Zubrin's analysis though of the devastating Obama's plans will bring to the economy, the better analogy would be Nero pouring accelerant on the flames licking at Rome. If you doubt that, check out Obama's recent appointees, all of whom have drunk full of the climate change Kool-Aid.
Republicans are saying that this time, really, for good and for true, their eyes are open. That whole Gang of Eight thing made them realize that the Democrats are not their friends in Congress and they promise, never, never, never again to ever again, really ever, let the Democrats play them like that. How dumb do Republicans think we are? Republicans are Charlie Brown, Democrats are Lucy, and Americans are a poor, kicked-around, deflated football.
A New Jersey teachers union leader said that the rich send their children to public school so that they don't have to have contact with the poor. I know of at least one case where this is true. Back in 1971, busing came to San Francisco. I was bussed from one middle class school near my home to another slightly less middle class school far from my home. It made friendships difficult (none of my friends were near), and there were a few more black kids, but otherwise it was no big deal. My friend, however, was bussed from her middle class school to a school in Bayview-Hunter's Point, one of the worst slums in San Francisco. She could beaten up every day for the first two weeks of school. Her parents, fortunately, had the money to pull her out of the public school system and they put her in Brandeis. So yes, they didn't want her to have contact with the poor — because the poor wanted to have a bit too much contact with her.
If you're wondering what's going on in Turkey, Claire Berlinsky will explain it to you.
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Lawyers on both sides of the Phylicia Barnes murder trial acknowledged the circumstantial evidence against Michael Maurice Johnson in closing arguments Monday. But while defense attorneys described flaws and inconsistencies, prosecutors said the facts point to Johnson as the only reasonable suspect.
"It's not one thing," Assistant State's Attorney Lisa Goldberg told jurors. "It's everything."
Jurors began deliberating on those details in the 10th day of the trial, despite a second attempt from defense attorneys to get an early acquittal. Judge Alfred Nance denied the request even though he said from the bench Friday that prosecutors' circumstantial theory gave him "great concern."
The case was placed in jurors' hands after nearly three hours of closing statements that touched on the broad array of evidence — including phone records and tracking and key testimony from a petty thief who came forward after Johnson's indictment to say he advised the defendant on how to dispose of the body.
Prosecutors also gave jurors more to consider when they added a second-degree murder charge to the first-degree charge already pending against Johnson.
The case seeks to resolve what happened when 16-year-old Barnes disappeared two years ago while visiting from North Carolina. Prosecutors have presented a narrative in which Johnson, who had been dating Barnes' older half sister for a decade, became enamored with Barnes after both participated in a sexually charged cellphone video played in court.
A neighbor testified that he saw Johnson struggling to carry a plastic storage container from the apartment where Barnes was staying on the day she disappeared. While he was in the process of moving out of the apartment, prosecutors argue he killed her there and removed the body inside the container. Barnes' body was found four months later in the Susquehanna River.
Defense lawyers offered a single witness Monday morning — Jeffrey Stillman, a co-worker of Johnson's at a roof shingle manufacturing company. Stillman said Johnson was "a good worker" and that it didn't strike him as odd when Johnson called out sick Dec. 28, 2010, the day Barnes disappeared.
That was in contrast to the more than two dozen witnesses prosecutors called over the course of the trial before resting their case Friday.
But most of the day was spent in closing statements that focused largely on whether the disparate pieces of evidence supported prosecutors' theory.
Defense lawyers focused criticism on James McCray's testimony that he advised Johnson about what to do with Barnes' body. That evidence is crucial because the prosecution has attempted to use it to link Johnson to the crime.
McCray, also known as James Lee, said Johnson told him he raped Barnes and strangled her after she wouldn't stop crying. But Johnson's lawyers attacked McCray for using multiple names, having a criminal history and incorrectly testifying what floor the apartment was on and what day the crime occurred.
McCray's testimony, they said, is the only new piece of evidence introduced in the case since a Harford County grand jury that convened in late 2011 disbanded without charging Johnson.
Johnson's attorneys also cast doubt on the time span during which Johnson would have had to kill Barnes, consult with McCray and move the body — a window of about 38 minutes.
"It doesn't make sense because it's not possible," defense attorney Tony Garcia said.
But prosecutors countered that McCray had information — about the neighborhood where the alleged crime took place and about Johnson's relationship with Barnes — that he would not have been able to provide if he was making up the story.
"There is only one person in this investigation that all of the facts and circumstances point to," assistant state's attorney Tonya LaPolla said. "There's only one logical conclusion."
Jurors were set to resume deliberations at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Nance gave the jurors, six men and six women who were mostly in purple garb Friday, the option for an early lunch Tuesday to catch the Ravens' Super Bowl victory parade. They declined.
Late Monday, they requested markers and a television. Videos played at the trial included the sexually charged tape and surveillance of Johnson buying a plastic tub at Walmart.


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This masterpiece of French engineering is finished with a few turns of freshly ground black pepper, and eaten in close proximity to a glass of red wine; truly one of life's great culinary pleasures.
Monday, May 23, 2011
White-Balanced Brie with Ripe Pear and Black Pepper
This masterpiece of French engineering is finished with a few turns of freshly ground black pepper, and eaten in close proximity to a glass of red wine; truly one of life's great culinary pleasures.
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- Mitchell said...
What kind of camera do you use? Your video always look amazing!
- May 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Chef John said...
Thanks! Canon t1i
- May 23, 2011 at 2:52 PM
then the leftover tint and balance you can auto correct within iMovie :D
btw, congrats chef john on the saveur award
- May 23, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Basia said...
When my daughter was in Strasbourg for a semester, it always floored her that the French tossed away the inner part of the baguette, using only the crust, for the most part. And always with butter - "because the bread is dry". Um, okay? The pear tree in the yard is just out of bloom. Later this year, the Wine Snob friends will be coming over - and I'll be ready for 'em!! Thanks!
- May 23, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Chef John said...
Glad to help! btw, that resto rec for Rochester looked great!
- May 23, 2011 at 5:45 PM
OMG, that looks so-o-o-o frickin' wonderful. This will happen at my house just as soon as I find some nice fresh ripe pears and some new friends. Kidding about the new friends--my friends are simply the best. What do you recommend for wine? Maybe a chenin blanc or a pinot noir?
PS Oh, yeah. About that sandwich cutting technique?
- May 23, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- Unknown said...
I'll use the black pepper, because way back when, a lady brought in sliced strawberries on top of Triscuits with apple jelly, and quite a bit of black pepper over it all. I waited until I saw her eat one, then went for it - YUM! And there wasn't even any brie on it LOL
Do movie editing programs have similar filters as image editing programs? Could you someone apply 3-5% blue over your orange'ish movies. With plain images, I found it easier to use a different layer, then fiddle with that layer's transparency setting. But if layers aren't an option, there was always the undo button until you get the color correction you like.
- May 24, 2011 at 6:16 PM
Hi Chef John, do you have a tungsten setting on your camera? Most of the light bulbs in American homes are tungsten and my digital camera comes with a tungsten setting as well as fluorescent. The settings will apply an appropriate amount of color correction automatically that may be sufficient for your needs. Of course editing programs will clean up your images further but the raw video will be very nice to start with. Just don't forget to set the tungsten or the fluorescent setting back to normal lighting or everything will be Ompa Lumpa orange or Smurf blue. Keep up the good work.
- May 25, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- bdwilcox said...
Hi Chef John,
Having to eat saturated fat free for the last few months has made ingredient selection tough. One discovery I stumbled upon is that dried, sweetened cranberries make just about anything taste better (chicken, turkey, fish, beef, pork, etc.) At first I was using dried cherries but soon found that dried cranberries taste much the same when used in a dish rather than just eaten alone; it also helps that they cost 1/3 as much as dried cherries.
The biggest surprise, though, came through a complete gastronomic accident (i.e. laziness). I normally load up a turkey sandwich with tons of cheese but unfortunately this habit has become verboten. Instead, I came up with the brilliant idea of using low-fat mayonnaise with dried cranberries in it to add some texture and bright flavor to the turkey. Without thinking, I started grinding on the black pepper like I normally do when using cheese. Since it was too late to do anything about it (i.e. I was too lazy to clean the pepper off) I forged ahead and ate the sandwich with the cranberries, mayo and black pepper with the full understanding that the gag reflex might kick in at any time. BUT, to my amazement, the black pepper enhanced the flavor of the cranberries and really brought out the various flavors in the sandwich.
Since then, I've really started to use fruit as a flavor enhancer in all kinds of dishes (as you've done here) and have added black pepper to each one. It really is a surprising and delicious find.
- May 25, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- Chef John said...
sounds great!
- May 25, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Oh I love brie! And that sure does look delicious =)
- May 26, 2011 at 11:22 AM
bdwilcox: But how did you CUT the sandwich without the "cutting sandwiches demo" from Chef John? I'm thinking that was simply a cruel joke.
- May 26, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Razors Edge said...
I agree about the pepper.. its a bit unusual but I like it. I like to sprinkle coarse garlic powder, pepper and cayenne on my popcorn (along with the salt and butter.) Sounds strange but it works nice, IMHO.
- May 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM
I'm going to try it during the week-end. I usually make toasted tuscany bread on top brie, pear & honey. I adore your stews.
- January 4, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- www.eleanorcowan.ca said...
Hi Chef John
For those of us who are Paleo eaters (no grains no cane sugar) would you agree that instead of a cracker, a slice of zuchinni would do?
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Our river cruise was excellent especially visiting Omaha Beach which was the highlight of the whole experience. We enjoy meeting people from all over the world. The food was superb and our room was very comfortable.
Love Avalon river cruises. This was our third and we love it!!
All good. Stop at a gift shop in Normandy would be nice.
Avalon tours run smoothly. The ships, food, excursions, etc. are all first class.
Great trip, great service, couldn't visit Rouen because of a chemical fire, which we really missed. Had to stay on the boat at another small town because of this issue. Would have rather sailed more. This trip was pricey but we enjoyed it. Trip was suppose to include WiFi on the coaches but we did not have access to WiFi at all.
The entire trip was incredible with the exception of one excursion. We not only took this trip for our 50th Anniversary but the experience of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day was of equal importance as my wife and I both had relatives involved in the campaign. The excursion for that purpose was a tremendous disappointment. The entire day was dedicated for that excursion, so we anticipated we would stop for lunch. During the morning leg of the tour we made a stop for more than an hour at the British landing area to basically go to a museum and as the tour guide suggested, to shop for souvenirs. Lunch wound up being another long drawn out affair as we had a three course meal with coffee which encompassed more than another hour. In my opinion a box lunch with a beverage would have been totally appropriate and saved a lot of time. As we started our afternoon travel, the tour guide started complaining that we were behind schedule and would have to make up time somewhere. When we finally arrived at Omaha Beach, which should have been the focal point of the day, we were told we had to be back on the bus in 15 minutes. Mostly everyone on the bus were irritated at this announcement. As we entered Omaha Beach we passed what looked to be large museum with lots of artifacts in front. We drove right past it on the way in and again on the way out. This entire day tour was entirely mismanaged and poorly timed out. We did not go on this particular excursion to go shopping or for a 3 course meal as our priority. Our priority was to spend the majority of our time experiencing the D-Day Anniversary, Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery. Very sad to not get what we expected.
We had a wonderful time on this trip. I am an experienced traveler although this was my first River Cruise. Rest assured it won't be my last. Ed has traveled in this country, but this was his first overseas adventure. He can't wait to go back. My only criticism is I would have preferred the extra days at the end of the trip instead of the beginning. After being awake all night(I don't sleep on planes), we were in no shape to tour museums, and they are closed on Mondays. If our two days were at the end of the trip, we would not have been tired on arriving from the ship and in better shape to tour that day. Other than that, we couldn't have been happier. The crew, the accommodations, the food, and the tours were all excellent. We are planning on making our next trip on Avalon.
I did not like that the back of the boat had a private party sign posted at least twice and may more so I could not access the coffe station and pastries. This is why I gave Avalon a agree instead of a strongly agree. Maybe I would try another cruise line.
Absolutely wonderful cruise!!! Accommodations were lovely and service by all crew was beyond what one might ever expect. The food was incredible and the waiters were so much fun. The excursions were very good! This historian who was on the cruise was extremely knowledgeable and the evening lectures very good!
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Vivian was wonderful - top notch for her service. She answered emails on weekends and days off. Could not have asked for more.
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We were treated like royalty! Everything was wonderful from start to finish. Lots of time to just relax and enjoy the view as we floated by.
Transportation from Paris airport to boat was delayed by at least an hour and no one could tell us why Little disappointed with food on the ship
While the crew, ship and itinerary met and sometimes exceeded my expectations, booking another trip with Avalon would depend on price and itinerary offered.
Avalon rocks!! After the flooding in Paris made it impossible to proceed with the published itinerary, we were give the choice to leave & receive a full refund or embark on a modified itinerary at a large discount. We chose to remain and are very glad we did. The staff went out of their way to ensure we still had a wonderful time and did it in a very organized & efficient manner. We will definitely travel with them again.
This was our 3rd Avalon cruise and hopefully will not be our last. Great company!
Avalon's Tapestry II is a new ship that reflects improvementrs over their earlier ships. These improvements are quite positive, from the increase in size of the rooms to the increase in size of the Bathrooms, all very difficult to accomplish on a River Ship that is limited in it's overrall size due to the Locks it must negoptiate on the Rivers. The Staff was warm, friendly and helpful and the food was very good..
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Introduce a way to run pre-commit tests on a variety of platforms for the open source Chromium project.
Before the chromium try server was written, the developers had to run each test locally and or commit and hope for the best. This became untenable as more and more supported OSes were being added. So the try server was born. It became possible to continue working while one or many slaves were running the tests.
The try server runs a similar configuration to the continuous integration server, except that it is triggered not on commits but on "try job request". The try server is based on the buildbot project and reuse the same code than the continuous integration servers. It has one "builder" per configuration support, for example "win" for Windows (debug is assumed) and "linux_rel" for ubuntu/release. Once a try job is requested, the try server selects one of the slave connected for this configuration and runs all the build steps to checkout, build and run the selected tests. The whole project is written in python.
The try server is composed of:
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The server is really just a standard buildbot configuration with a custom source trigger. The custom source trigger polls the subversion repository and reads the meta data and its diff file. Note that this access method is going to be deprecated as we are writing the ability to trigger the try job directly from Rietveld. The meta data contains information like:
The server then selects a build slave, runs the whole build and tests on it. Once this is completed, it sends an email back with a status report to the author's email address.
Most of the user facing commands can be seen on the usage page. The way it works is:
The try server slaves are exactly normal buildbot slave.
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Using a diff file makes it tricky as merge information is lost, binary file handling is non-trivial and the exact handling varies across platforms, especially for Windows. The problem with subversion should be clear, it doesn't have any command to apply a diff it generates itself (!)
Having it completely disconnected from the code review makes it possible to send a different diff than the one sent on the code review. This is worked on.
The try server is a significant contention point and the current mechanism forces the patch file data to be transferred multiple times. The rietveld-try server integration will significantly improve on that.
The way the chromium try jobs are triggered is a good counter example of how to implement it efficiently. The way it currently works, with a subversion repository to store patches files, is because of historical reason, inertia and the fact that subversion is used on the slaves at the moment.
The latency is sum of:
The try server process itself doesn't do much beside serving summary web pages, transferring in and out build steps stdout and the diffs. The number of try slaves is still somewhat bounded to the hundreds of slaves range, due to the fact that the try server process control loop is in a single python thread.
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The reliability is limited by multiple single points of failures:
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Only committers can request a try job. As such, they can already commit anything.
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Since this is primarily a developer support infrastructure, the level of unit testing is relatively low. Still, presubmit checks verify the basic functionality of the server, e.g. it starts without crashing.
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Previously, the patches were sent directly to the master via a simple HTTP post. It was quick to implement and worked fine. The try job started right away, without any form of polling. It was also greatly insecure. Using svn for everyone has simply been a quick workaround to add authentication to the patches, since only users with proper subversion credentials can commit to the try job subversion repository. It was also to allow external contributors to be able to trigger try jobs. The reason svn was used to store the diff is because the external contributors could use the same credentials that they were using for their commits, vastly simplifying management. Note that neither Google AppEngine nor Google CloudStorage existed at that time or were publicly available. Albeit, storing thousands of patch files in a single directory shown some limitation in svnserve, causing it to slow down to a crawl during a commit, e.g. a try job request.
The first major improvement is to have the slave fetch the patch directly from rietveld. This way, the try server doesn't have to copy around the diff from the master to the server, significantly reducing overall I/O. Also in the git case, this causes the git process on the slave to be able to merge correctly the diff on the check out, removing much of the fuzziness that occurs with a diff based dataflow.
Using this method implies that there is a 1:1 mapping between a try job and a patchset on a code review server, independent of gerrit or rietveld. While many people claim this would be somewhat annoying, it's not as bad as it may seems, especially if support for "out-of-review" try job request, e.g. the current method, is kept. If so, arbitrary try jobs like ones that involve multi-repo changes can still be tried manually. Let me clarify here. I think is totally sane for me to have two different ways to trigger a try job. One integrated in the normal code review flow, another for totally experimental or CL encompassing a change that covers multiple repos. Still, if I were to do it, I would not host these "out-of-band" try jobs on the SCM. I'd use AppEngine or Cloud Storage. Using AppEngine has the advantages that it can be event based instead of Cloud Storage, which would require polling as it is currently done.
Implementing this technique permits to assert the authenticity of the patch that was tried, enabling the commit queue to reuse the test result information if it is not too old.
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Fighting the culture of impunity in Israeli army murders
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On Monday 3rd December 2012, 37 year old Palestinian worker Hatem Shadid was shot dead by members of the Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet, after a road collision. According to Israeli officials, Shadid's car rammed into the Israeli jeep, carrying two intelligence officers, causing it to crash. He then got out and attacked the officers with an axe. Shadid's family refutes such claims. In their words, he left for a usual Monday at work in construction. On returning from work he gave some colleagues a lift home, and became involved in the collision with the Israeli jeep on his way back to Tulkarem, a town near his home village of Ilar. According to the Shadid family, after the collision, he proceeded to get out of the car to see what had happened. It is then that he was shot by the soldiers. A Shin Bet official, speaking on the incident, told Reuters that the "first indications are that this was a terrorist attack." Gershon Masika, head of the Samaria regional council, commented on the death. "The government should learn from the security agents' determination in combating terror. A terrorist tried to attack Jews and the only action required is to destroy him," he said.
Following the Israeli authorities official story, it is difficult to ascertain what possible motive Shadid would have had on that particular morning to plan such an attack. Speaking to his grieving wife in their family home, she said, "We have 5 children, this is his house, a father for a family. When you look at the way he's living—he was a father to a new born baby— he did not commit the incident."
A pattern in killing Palestinians involved in car accidents with Israeli army
Hatem's death cannot help but ring similarities to the tragic death of Ziad Jilani, in 2010, who, after colliding with an Israeli military jeep in Jerusalem was also fatally shot by Israeli soldiers. Ziad's murderer, Maxim Venogrodov who shot him in the head from point blank range, stated during a re-enactment of the incident: "I approached the terrorist while he was lying on his stomach on the ground, in order to ascertain that he was no longer dangerous and didn't have a bomb." Shadid's wife Dalia told the Palestine Monitor more about her recently deceased husband. "My husband was a quiet man," she said. "He is not a nervous man. He keeps his praying either at home, or at the mosque." But in the eyes of the Israeli authorities, all too often by virtue of their identity as Palestinian men, they are viewed as terrorists. It is in exactly the same language of terrorism that the Israeli authorities justified their responsibility for Julani's death, which at the time Israeli officials defined as a 'hit-and-run terror attack.' After Monday's incident, it has been reported that Israeli soldiers sealed the area, preventing even medics from entering who may have prevented the injured Hatem from dying by giving him lifesaving treatment. It is still unknown whether he died immediately from his wounds. The family hope to learn more from the Israeli authority's autopsy report which they expect to receive 60 days after the death. When signing the permission form for the autopsy it was stated that they would at least learn the cause of death and the time of death, hopefully indicating whether emergency services could have administered any treatment. This is again reminiscent of Ziad's tragic murder; after he was wounded, medics were refused access to the injured father of three. Instead, the soldier responsible for his death, according to eye witnesses, walked up to his body, placed his boot on the victims neck before shooting him three times in the head, at point blank range. At about 11 pm, after the family had been informed of Shadid's death, Israeli soldiers arrived at the Shadid family home. They interrogated the relatives, after, taking his three brothers and one cousin for further questioning, which lasted a few hours. Shadid's family is convinced that if the Israeli soldiers believed he was responsible for Monday's incident, the consequences would have been far greater for them. Hatem's sister said, "If they felt that he was planning an incident, they would have demolished the house and arrested people. But they did not. All the soldiers' behaviour and reactions show he is not the one responsible."
No consequences for murdering Palestinian lives
All too often in the vocabulary of Israeli soldiers, as evidenced by their actions and lack of accountability charges, the words "Palestinian" and "terrorist" are synonymous. Since the beginning of the Second Intifada, 6, 502 Palestinians have lost their lives to the Israeli security forces. 1,335 of these have been minors
The soldier murdered her once and the court has murdered her again
Not once has an Israeli soldier been brought to justice, cultivating a culture of impunity that teaches soldiers that there are no consequences for killing a Palestinian. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the controversial case of 13 year old school girl Iman Al-Hams, who had an entire magazine pumped into her body and head back in 2004. This was after the guilty officer had been informed by a fellow soldier in a nearby watchtower that she was, in the words of the radio conversation transcript, a "a girl about 10, she's behind the embankment, scared to death''. The officer responsible was found not guilty. "This was the cold-blooded murder of a girl," Iman's father had said. "The soldier murdered her once and the court has murdered her again. What is the message? They are telling their soldiers to kill Palestinian children." Hatem Shadid's sister, speaking of the incident, said, "If this happened in Israel, they wouldn't shoot a man getting out of his car to see what happened; it is because he is Palestinian [that they did so]." 'We are demanding that those who shot him go to jail," she continued. "There should be an investigation. What we are demanding is that there should be an investigation; there should be a court. My brother did not commit the incident, nor had any bad intentions when he went out to look at what had happened."
Absence of impartial investigations
Earlier this year the Israeli state prosecutor decided to uphold his previous decision to close the case of Ziad Jilani, citing 'lack of evidence.' This is in the face of damning eye witness accounts and testimony in support of a guilty conviction. Time and time again the Israeli authorities allow impunity to rule when it comes to the murder of innocent Palestinian civilians. In order to establish justice for the families and children of the Palestinians killed, the Israeli authorities must reverse its decision in the case of Ziad Jilani, and pursue a fair and neutral investigation into Hatem Shadid's death. Until then Ziad and Hatem's stories will keep becoming the stories of countless Palestinian families.
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