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Any baker will tell you how essential it is to have the right equipment. Below, we have identified some of the tools required to effectively carry out your recipes.
Baking is more scientific than other cooking techniques and requires careful measuring. To ensure success, it is important to accurately measure ingredients using the correct measuring utensils. Pencils ready. Commence taking notes.
For measuring liquids, glass marked-in bowls are used. Lips and handles ensure easy pouring.
All ovens are not created equal! Even the most faithful of ovens can burn you and your culinary ambitions by suddenly heating to a temperature different than what was selected. The correct baking temperature is critical to successful baking, so it is important to verify that your oven thermostat is working properly.
If the thermometer reads differently than the oven temperature you select, change the oven temperature accordingly (i.e., if the thermometer reads 25°F too high, reduce the temperature by 25°F). If your oven is off 75°F or more, it would be advisable to call a service technician to professionally calibrate the oven.
Oven thermometers can be purchased in the housewares department of grocery and hardware stores or anywhere baking equipment is sold. Instant read thermometers or meat and candy thermometers are NOT suitable for checking oven temperature.
Many different kinds of pans, dishes and sheets are used in baking, as likely evidenced by your over-flowing cabinets. It is essential that you use choose the correct size and shape to ensure the right texture and appearance of your baked good. The time has come for you to become better acquainted with your assorted pans.
To measure the volume of a baking dish, set it flat on the kitchen counter or table. Fill the dish with water, 1 cup at a time, until the water reaches the rim of the baking dish.
If you do not have the baking dish size specified in the recipe, substitute a dish of equal volume. Baking time will need to be adjusted.
There isn't much good in baking delectable delights if you can't properly remove them from cooking surface. Thankfully, there is such a tool for doing so, and it has a fantastic name: "the spatula." The spatula is used for a variety of purposes including lifting and turning baked goods and spreading fillings and frostings. "Spatula" is a term that is frequently used interchangeably for the following different baking utensils:
Function and form are the staples for any accessory, and liners are no different. Liners help create a nonstick surface for baked goods, and also help prevent them from burning during baking. Liners also create an easy release and transfer from the pan to the cooling surface, and help create layered barriers during storage.
Electric mixers allow you to control the mixing with a range of speeds from extra slow to extra fast. Mixing with an electric mixer, as compared to mixing by hand, provides a much faster mixing action and thorough blending of ingredients within the bowl. Electric mixers come with a variety of attachments for various styles of mixing, whisking and kneading depending on the type of mixer - though try to resist the temptation to lick the beaters...especially when they are turned on.
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RICHMOND, Va. - Philip Morris International's second-quarter profit fell about 8 per cent as it shipped fewer cigarettes.
The company, which fell short of Wall Street expectations, also lowered its full-year guidance due to unfavourable foreign exchange rates, which weighed on quarterly results as well.
Philip Morris International sells Marlboro and other cigarette brands outside of the U.S., so its results reflect smoking trends abroad. It's the world's second-biggest cigarette seller behind state-controlled China National Tobacco Corp.
The cigarette maker reported earnings of $2.12 billion, or $1.30 per share, in the quarter ended June 30, down from $2.32 billion, or $1.36 per share, a year ago.
Excluding excise taxes, revenue fell 2.5 per cent to $7.9 billion despite higher prices. Costs to make and sell cigarettes rose more than one per cent to $2.7 billion.
Analysts polled by FactSet had expected $1.41 per share on revenue of $8.17 billion. Its shares fell 46 cents, or less than one per cent, to close at $89.25 Thursday.
Cigarette shipments fell about 4 per cent to 228.9 billion cigarettes as it saw volume declines in all of its regions. Total Marlboro volumes fell nearly 6 per cent to 72.4 billion cigarettes.
Still, the company gained share in key markets including France, Germany, Indonesia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Philip Morris International said economic woes in the European Union and increased excise taxes drove shipments down nearly 6 per cent during the quarter as more than half of the countries in the European Union are now in recession.
Shipments fell 3.6 per cent in the company's region that encompasses Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Shipments also fell 2.4 per cent in Latin America and Canada.
In Asia, one of its largest growth areas, the company said that cigarette volume fell 3.5 per cent, hurt by a recent tax increase in the Philippines, which saw a 16.5 per cent decline in shipments.
The company benefited from increases in Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The events offered the company a sales opportunity because supply disruptions led Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's No. 3 tobacco maker, to stop shipping cigarettes within Japan. It also bought Philippines company Fortune Tobacco Co. in February 2010, bolstering its Asian business.
During the quarter, Philip Morris International saw volumes rise in Indonesia by about 3.5 per cent and fall 2 per cent in Japan, primarily due to the timing of inventory movements.
The company also noted a growing prevalence of counterfeit and contraband cigarettes.
In a conference call with investors, Chief Financial Officer Jacek Olczak said the company anticipates better results in the second half of the year, especially in the fourth quarter, as smokers adjust to price increases put into place earlier this year.
Smokers face tax increases, bans, health concerns and social stigma worldwide, but the effect of those on cigarette demand generally is less stark outside the United States. Philip Morris International has compensated for volume declines by raising prices and cutting costs.
Because it does all its business overseas, the company also has to navigate changes in currency values. A stronger dollar cuts into revenue generated overseas when it's translated back into dollars.
Philip Morris International Inc., based in New York and Switzerland, cut its profit guidance for the year because of recent changes in foreign exchange rates. It now expects $5.43 to $5.53 per share, versus $5.17 per share in 2012. The forecast includes a one-year $300 million cost-saving target and planned share buybacks of $6 billion for 2013. It spent $1.5 billion to buy back 16.7 million shares in the quarter.
Altria Group Inc. in Richmond, Va., the owner of Philip Morris USA, spun off Philip Morris International as a separate company in 2008. Altria is the largest U.S. cigarette seller.
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Genetic engineering (GE) refers to techniques used to manipulate the genetic composition of an organism by adding specific genes. The enhancement of desired traits has traditionally been undertaken through conventional plant breeding. GE crops are often broken down into two categories, herbicide tolerant and Plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs).Crops are also engineered or "stacked" to express multiple traits like crops that are resistant to multiple herbicides or are resistant to herbicides and incorporates insecticides.
Herbicide tolerant crops are designed to tolerate specific broad-spectrum herbicides, which kill the surrounding weeds, but leave the cultivated crop intact. Currently, the only varieties Cultivated in the U.S. are engineered to be tolerant to glyphosate. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently in the process of deregulating other new varieties of crops that are resistant to 2,4-D and other herbicides.
Monsanto first introduced glyphosate-resistant soybean in 1996 and later introduced glyphosate-resistant corn in 1998. These crops, commonly called "Roundup Ready", have become ubiquitous in American agriculture with 93% of soybeans, 82% of cotton, and 85% of corn planted engineered to be glyphosate resistant. This increase in glyphosate-resistant crops has led to an increase in herbicide use, herbicide-resistant weeds (also known as "superweeds"), and numerous other environmental and human health impacts.
Pesticide resistance, the ability of an organism to withstand a poison, is a predictable consequence of repeated pesticide use. How quickly pesticide resistance develops depends on: the frequency of use, the mechanisms of resistance, the genetics of the resistance mechanism, the size of the gene pool and how quickly the organisms reproduce.
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Allowing GE crops to be grown close to organic and non-GE conventional produceincreases the riskof genetic cross-contamination, as pollen from GE crops has the potential to drift onto non-GE crops and produce offspring. Because GE crops are prohibited under organic standards organic farmers may suffer significant financial losses if certified organic crops become polluted with genetically-engineered pollen.
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2,4-D Tolerant Crops
Recently, USDA released for public input itsDraft Environmental Impact Statement(DEIS), which calls for the deregulation of GE corn and soybeans engineered to be tolerant to the herbicide 2,4-D. Much like glyphosate, these new varieties of GE corn and soybeans are set to usher in dramatic increases in 2,4-D. Dow AgroSciences produces these new GE crops under the brand name "Enlist" which will be stacked with glyphosate resistance.
Increased use of 2,4-D could have dramatic impacts on human and environmental health. Scientists around the world have reported increased cancer risks in association with its use, especially for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL). It is also neurotoxic, genotoxic, and an endocrine disruptor.
2,4-D has a high potential to leach from soils and can be a potential ground water contaminate. Environmental monitoring detected the herbicide in streams, groundwater and even drinking water. Studies document 2,4-D's negative impacts on a wide range of animals. In birds, 2,4-D exposure reduced hatching success and caused birth defects. Toxic to fish, 2,4-D can bio-accumulate inside the fish. 2,4-D also is toxic to honey bees and earthworms.
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Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex on July 10 fluctuated wildly as investors grappled with fine-print of Narendra Modi government's maiden Budget and finally ended 72 points down at nearly two-week low of 25,372.75.
The BSE index's third straight day of losses were also a result of late profit-taking that wiped out mid-session gains. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced steps to strengthen investor confidence, improve fiscal situation and boost growth in the Union Budget 2014-15.
After rising to 25,920.46 points, the Sensex succumbed to profit-booking at the fag-end to touch the day's low of 25,117.00, before settling 72.06 points down, or 0.28 per cent, at 25,372.75. Intra-day, the index swung over 800 points as investors resorted to alternative bouts of buying and selling. Today's close is the lowest since 25,099.92 (June 27).
The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty shed 17.25 points, or 0.23 per cent, to close at 7,567.75. It had dipped below the 7,500 mark to touch day's low of 7,479.05. Intra-day, it climbed to 7,731.05 during a volatile session. "As expected, the new government didn't come up with any big-bang changes to what was introduced in the interim budget by UPA government. However, markets are disappointed on the fiscal consolidation front.
The budget didn't speak anything about the rationalization of subsidies which was widely expected by most market players," said Rakesh Goyal, Senior Vice President, Bonanza Portfolio.
Among 30-Sensex constituents, 17 ended lower while 13 finished higher. Major losers were SBI (1.31 per cent), ICICI Bank (0.88 per cent), Axis Bank (0.78 per cent), HDFC Ltd (0.16 per cent), HDFC Bank (0.65 per cent) and Bharti Airtel (1.71 per cent). Bajaj Auto (0.80 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (3.99 per cent), Mahindra and Mahindra (1.44 per cent), Tata Motors (0.89 per cent) and TCS (2.06 per cent) also ended lower, provisional data shows.
"Overall, FM has set the ball rolling but has fallen short of laying down the longer roadmap. FM's commitment to stick to 4.1 per cent fiscal deficit target inspite of oil crisis, poor monsoon is commendable but appears a bit ambitious," said Dinesh Kanabar Deputy CEO, KPMG in India. IT major Infosys, in line with overall trends fell, 0.35 per cent ahead of quarterly earnings.


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The members of hard rock trio Fireball Ministry -- Emily J. Burton, James A. Rota, and Helen Storer -- christened themselves with religious titles (bishop, reverend, and sister, respectively) in keeping with their band name, and issued their debut album, Ou Est La Rock?, in 1999 on Bong Load Records. By 2001, Storer left the band and John Oreshneck (drums) and Janis Tanaka (bass) joined the group just in time for the recording of FMEP. A deal with Nuclear Blast surfaced by 2002. The Second Great Awakening, which was produced by Grammy Award-winning Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, System of a Down), marked Fireball Ministry's second album in 2003.
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Almo Pro A/V Hires Four
Almo Professional A/V said this week that it hired four new employees this month, all in newly created positions. The four new employees are Business Development Manager Russ Short, Southeast Account Manager Brian Forrester, Midwest Territory Manager Colleen Eckles and Sales Administrator Eastern Region Dee Richney.
"Our business with our integrator partners has increased 51 percent year-over-year as we continue to grow our market share. It was important for us to expand our reach to make sure partners are covered in terms of products, sales and service," Sam Taylor, executive vice president and COO for Almo Professional A/V, said as part of the announcement.
"We've also added a third business development manager to help provide specific technical and sales support for all of the NEC products we offer."


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Through the current SRHE programme of Network events and online events the Society seeks to provide a platform to present the most interesting and cutting edge research taking place within the field of higher education research.
We strongly suspect that there are many important areas under investigation, particularly within our newer researcher community that are not seeing the light of day.
We want to try to dig a little deeper, to find out more about what is happening in our field, and share this with our members and other interested parties in a lively and interesting manner.
Would you be interested in being part of this and share YOUR research with a wider audience of interested peers? If so, here's what to do next.
How to submit your proposal
Send in a 300 word abstract which should include the following
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Selection process
The selection process will be managed by the SRHE NR convenors and champions. Abstracts will be selected according to the following criteria and successful submissions will be offered feedback for enhancements before the actual event.
Scoring grid:
Webinars will be programmed from July onwards and they take place between 13.00-14.00 GMT Following acceptance, suitable dates for presentation will be organised by the Society with presenters. Submissions will be grouped by domain with 2 – 3 presentations per webinar. Each presenter will be asked to put together a 'Lightning Talk' style presentation (10 minutes and 20 slides). A Question and Answer session of 5 minutes will follow each presentation.
To submit your presentation proposal
Please forward your proposal to firstname.lastname@example.com by 23 August 2019. We will communicate the outcome of all proposals and soon as possible following this date.
To see the format of the 2018 webinars please go to https://www.srhe.ac.uk/networks/newer_researchers.asp


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The PDF import filter lets you place any single page from an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file into an Adobe PageMaker 6.52 or later publication. Using the PDF import filter, you can reuse existing PDF documents in imaginative and meaningful ways. For example, you can select an individual page from a catalog saved as PDF and place it into an ad or brochure you're creating in PageMaker, thereby streamlining workflow and saving time. In addition, the PDF Import filter lets you control the resolution of the on-screen preview for faster performance, yet provides reliable, high-quality output to PostScript devices.
The placed PDF is similar to a placed EPS graphic in PageMaker in the following ways: the PDF appears in the PageMaker publication as an on-screen preview, using the preferences from the filter preferences dialog box; you cannot edit objects in the PDF; the PDF always prints at high resolution when printed to a PostScript device, but prints at the resolution of your screen preview when printed to a non-PostScript device. Adobe does not recommend using PDFs for graphics or text if outputting to non-PostScript devices where high resolution is needed.
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From The Wall Street Journal, 1 Dec 2012:
A futile U.N. gesture that violates the 1993 Oslo Accords.
It was no accident that Mahmoud Abbas chose November 29 to seek a United Nations General Assembly vote recognizing Palestine as a state, albeit as a non-member "observer" state at the U.N. November 29 is the 65th anniversary of the General Assembly's Resolution 181, which partitioned British-Mandated Palestine into Jewish and Palestinian states.
The Jews accepted the Resolution; Arabs unanimously rejected it. It passed by a vote of 33-13 with 10 abstentions. Had the Arab world voted for the plan, a Palestinian state would be as old as Israel is today, and within larger borders than the 1949 Armistice lines that the Palestinian President now claims for his new, notional, "state."
Yet if Mr. Abbas intended to acknowledge the Arab error in rejecting the creation of a Jewish homeland, it wasn't apparent Thursday. While he referred to Resolution 181 as "the birth certificate for Israel," he also spoke of the "unprecedented historical injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people since Al-Nakba [the catastrophe] of 1948." That would not have happened had the Arabs not sought to murder Israel in its crib by invading it.
Nor did Mr. Abbas help his cause by accusing Israel of "ethnic cleansing," "an apartheid system of colonial occupation," "the plague of racism," and more. That kind of talk may work with the usual suspects at Turtle Bay who gave Mr. Abbas a standing ovation. But Israelis who spent recent days in bomb shelters while Iranian-built missiles were fired at them from Gaza probably weren't cheering. Theirs is the say that matters if a Palestinian state is ever to come into being.
Those Israelis won't be reassured by the lopsided 138-9 margin of Thursday's vote, with 41 abstentions. In effect, the General Assembly voted to violate the 1993 Oslo Accords, which are the legal basis for Mr. Abbas's Palestinian Authority and require negotiations with Israel to create a state. When the world next asks Jerusalem to take "risks for peace," Israelis will know that countries such as France (which voted for the resolution) and Germany (which abstained) will not have their backs.
It will be interesting to see if the Palestinians now use their new U.N. status to harass Israelis in venues such as the International Criminal Court. Such tactics are aimed at making everyday life increasingly unbearable for Israelis, ostensibly to force their hand on accepting a Palestinian state. Our guess is that it will have the opposite effect.
As for the Obama Administration, it opposed the U.N. resolution but failed to get allies such as France and Germany to do so as well—further testimony to U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice's dubious diplomatic skills.
A brighter spot is the U.S. Senate, where Wyoming Republican John Barrasso has introduced an amendment that would cut U.S. funding for the Palestinian Authority by 50%, among other measures. Somebody needs to send Mr. Abbas the message that there's a price to be paid for flouting his agreements with Israel and ignoring the pleas of the Administration.
When the U.N. voted in 1947 for partition, the Jews of Palestine demonstrated that they were ready to create a functional state. On Thursday, the U.N. voted for a "Palestine" that has become a byword for political dysfunction, ideological extremism, and a preference for symbolism over pragmatism. The tragedy of Thursday's vote is that it will only encourage Palestinians to remain in their make-believe world.


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法克短视频法克短视频 – (via The Verge) Google's decision to scrap Reader influenced by the cost of privacy?compliance.
法克短视频Earlier this month Google announced it would be shutting down Google Reader on July 1, 2013. It was explained in a bullet point on Google's blog along with other product changes inside the Google Plex:
"We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader."
This was disappointing news for reporters, bloggers, content curators and avid readers like Om Malik and Matt Haughey (and myself) who have used Google Reader frequently since its inception. Several tech-focused blogs have already posted Google Reader alternatives.? And a two year old blog post from Chris Wetherell, a former Google engineer who helped create Google Reader, also resurfaced in the past week.


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TitleRisk for an intensified humanitarian situation remains high
The crisis in Libya continues to grow worrisome as violent fighting has caused over 350,000 people to leave the country, according to IOM and UNHCR. Hostilities continue in several locations including Mistrata, Ajdabiyah and Zintan, where protection of civilians and humanitarian needs are of utmost importance. The number of civilian casualties remained unconfirmed and affected areas are unreachable to both aid and aid workers. Coalition forces continue to implement a no-fly zone over Libya, but the security situation has yet to stabilize.
The risk for an intensified humanitarian situation remains high. NGOs and humanitarian actors operating in affected areas report an urgent need for additional medical equipment and supplies. Although evacuation operations have been recently accelerated, long-haul flights are still lacking as 1,500 people remain stranded at the Libyan-Egypt border and another 7,300 are stranded in camps near the Libyan-Tunisian border. The majority of those stranded are Sudanese, Bangladeshi and Nigerian.
The $160.3 million Regional Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis was only 67 per cent funded as of 24 March. All humanitarian partners are encouraged to inform the Financial Tracking Service of contributions by emailing email@example.com.


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Gravitant is taking steps to make it easier for government agencies to find IT resources and services that might have been deployed without the oversight of the CIO or IT department.
Known as "shadow IT," the practice typically involves personnel performing application development or production work via the Internet in an attempt to speed up the time it takes to complete a project because traditional IT process might have failed to meet their needs.
Agencies and enterprises are grappling with the issue of unbudgeted and unauthorized spending on IT resources — most often external cloud services — outside the CIO's oversight, according to Gravitant officials.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consulting firm, recently reported that as much as a third of spending on technology in an enterprise is shadow IT. Additionally, a recent Computer Science Corp. webinar featuring retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, a former director of the CIA and National Security Agency, highlighted the impact of shadow IT on the federal government.
Gravitant addresses shadow IT by adding continuous asset discovery and sync capabilities to its cloudMatrix brokerage platform, company officials said. The cloudMatrix platform has been deployed by several agencies in the state of Texas, and is the foundation for NJVC's Cloudcuity Management Portal, a multi-cloud broker service that lets agencies try, design and price an array of services from cloud providers before spending money and committing to large-scale migration.
The new cloudMatrix capabilities let CIOs and CFOs discover cloud assets used by their employees, as well as aggregate, link and govern them on an ongoing basis, Gravitant officials said. The functions also give users a single interface to manage multiple cloud accounts.
Additionally, CIOs can run alternate sourcing scenarios to determine how much is being spent on shadow IT. This information could result in alternate internal or external cloud providers being chosen to source the services. IT organizations can then offer the pre-approved cloud services to their employees while ensuring control over cloud assets.
Additionally, Gravitant plans to integrate more government-certified cloud providers into the cloudMatrix electronic services catalog to let government system integrator and service provider partners offer agencies an easy way to manage secure cloud service.
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CULPEPER, Va. — Police say a family of five, including 3 children, has been found shot to death at a home in Virginia.
Detective Angela Deavers with the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office says the victims were two adults, both 35 years old, and three children. Deavers says a family member discovered the bodies inside a house just outside Culpeper, a town of about 15,000 people 70 miles southwest of Washington.
Deavers says two of the children killed were elementary-school-aged, and the third was middle school-aged. She says she does not have other details.
Deavers says deputies arrived at the scene around 10 p.m. Sunday, after the relative found the bodies.
She says the shootings are being treated as homicide.
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Collateral Rates For Expert Traders
Saxo Bank allows a percentage of the investment in certain bonds to be used as collateral for margin trading activities.
The collateral value of a bond position depends on the rating of the individual bond, as outlined below:
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Example: 80% of the market value of a bond position with an A rating can be used as collateral (instead of cash) to trade margin products such as Forex, CFDs or Futures and Options.
Please note that Saxo Bank reserves the right to decrease or remove the use of bond positions as collateral.
For further guidance or to request the rating and collateral treatment of a specific or potential bond position, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or contact your account executive.
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yep u heard correctly yep pantera did once start off as a glam/hard rock band back in 1983 now for the first 3 albums there was no phil anselmo instead we had this lineup
Terry Glaze lead vocals
Diamond Darrell guitar (it is dimebag)
Rex Rocker bass guitar
Vinnie Paul drums
The band was originally named Pantera's Metal Magic and consisted of Vinnie Paul Abbott on drums, Dimebag Darrell Abbott (called Diamond Darrell at that time) on lead guitar, and Terry Glaze on rhythm guitar; the line-up was completed with two more unofficial members, namely vocalist Donnie Hart and bassist Tommy D. Bradford. In 1982, the band was renamed Pantera in order to shorten the name and to settle an agreement between all band members. Hart left the band because he did not agree with the band's ethics and Terry Glaze became the group's vocalist, leaving Darrell as the solo guitarist. Later that year Bradford also departed and was replaced by Rex Brown (then known as Rex Rocker). Pantera became an underground favorite, though its regional tours in this era never took them beyond Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. The band began supporting fellow heavy metal/glam metal acts such as Stryper, Dokken, and Quiet Riot, who in turn promoted Pantera's debut, Metal Magic. Metal Magic was released on the band's record label of the same name in 1983 and produced by the Abbott brothers' father, Jerry Abbott (referred to as "The Eldn"), at Pantego Studios.
The following year, Pantera released its second studio album, Projects in the Jungle. Though still very much a glam metal album, the band members crafted songs that had less overbearing melodic influences than songs from Metal Magic. Another change was Terry Glaze's name, as he was henceforth credited as "Terrence Lee". In addition, a music video for the album's lead track, "All Over Tonight", was eventually created. Projects in the Jungle was also released on the band's independent Metal Magic Records label and produced by Jerry Abbott. In 1985, Pantera again released a full-length album on Metal Magic Records, entitled I Am the Night. As with Projects in the Jungle, this album saw Pantera's sound becoming heavier (though still rooted in glam metal), and the heavy metal press took more notice of the band. Because of poor distribution, I Am the Night was a costly album to many fans. Around 25,000 copies of I Am the Night were sold. Pantera's second music video was produced for the track "Hot and Heavy".


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"This Is Not a Film," shot partly on an iPhone and smuggled into France inside a cake, is an experimental documentary film about acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. In March 2010, Panahi was arrested and taken to Evin Prison, noted for its incarceration of political prisoners. Since his detention and six-year sentence, Panahi has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, winning international support from the film community, including directors Joel and Ethan Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Robert De Niro, Ang Lee, Steven Spielberg, Michael Moore, Terence Malick, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese and Frederick Wiseman.
In writer/director Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet," Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg play an engaged couple backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. After hiring a local guide to lead them into the stunning wilderness, the trio's adventure takes a dark turn when they encounter an armed man and his two sons.
Based on Elmore Leonard's best seller, Charlie Matthau's "Freaky Deaky" is a crimedy, starring Christian Slater, Billy Burke, Crispin Glover and Michael Jai White. There's also "Happy in the Valley," a dark, twisted comedy reflecting the craziness of reality television with William Forsythe as an aging photographer and Dee Wallace as his lonely, alcoholic neighbor in the San Fernando Valley.
Michael Madsen, Steven Bauer, Danny Glove, John Savage and Anne Jeffreys head the cast of the Mafiosa thriller "Sins," as the wages of sin turn deadly when a chosen son of the violent, Sicilian Cortello family betrays them.
Exuding sexual tension, David Trueba's "Madrid 1987" is a May/November seduction as a powerful Spanish journalist (Jose Secristan) engages a student (Maria Valverde) in an emotional duel involving sex, age, intellect, ambition and experience.
"Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon" finds the animated super sleuth and Shaggy battling the legendary super villain, Mr. Hyde, from the classic Blue Falcon television series.
PICK OF THE WEEK: The Oscar-nominated documentary "How to Survive a Plague" recounts how a fearless, dedicated group of people demanded the attention of a fearful nation and successfully reversed the tide of the AIDS epidemic. These improbable activists formed ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), infiltrating government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medications and treatments, moving them through trials and into drugstores in record time. In the process, they saved their own lives and lifted AIDS' death sentence.


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Remember Brad Pitt's hilariously unintelligible turn in Guy Ritchie's "Snatch"? Someone's gone a made a movie about the culture from whence that character was born.
"Knuckle" made a big splash at Sundance this past winter, focusing on the Quinns and the Joyces, two clans who hate each other so much that they settle their disputes and affirm their honor by punching the crap out of each other. Videographer Ian Palmer was originally hired to film a Quinn wedding and stumbled upon a mother lode of lunacy. And now it's coming to the big screen:
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In case you had trouble making out what folks were saying, here's a bit from the film's synopsis:
In addition to sharing a Traveller heritage, the Quinns and Joyces are united by mutual hatred. Instead of resolving their issues in court or killing each other, the menfolk engage in bare-knuckle fights for honor and cash. One would think that a couple of fights would be enough to end a feud. However, the two families hated each other so much that they have continued to beat each other up for over 12 years.
"Knuckle" opens Dec. 2, but if you just can;t wait, it's already available on DVD and VOD.


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Over the last few weeks, Sony has finally started to reveal details about director Neill Blomkamp's (District 9) sci-fi pic Elysium. Just as District 9 tackled issues of segregation and xenophobia, the first synopsis for Elysium reveals that the sci-fi, future-set story will be delving into the immigration debate. Set in 2159, two classes of people are roughly divided: the wealthy live on a man-made space station called Elysium, while the rest of the humans inhabit an overpopulated and ruined Earth. For more on the film, here's Matt's recap of the Comic-Con panel, the viral campaign, and Comic-Con interviews with Blomkamp and Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley.
Shortly after the panel, I got to speak with producer Simon Kinberg. We talked about how he got involved in the project, how they decided what footage to bring, the recent test screenings, why they didn't do 3D, and more. In addition, with Kinberg writing the X-Men: First Class sequel with Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, we talked about how that's been going and what fans can look forward to. Hit the jump to watch.
As usual, I've time indexed the interview so you can watch the parts that interest you.
- 0:20 – Kinberg talks about his plan for Comic-Con as it pertains to Elysium. He says they're seven or eight months away from revealing the film to the public. He compares it to its predecessor, District 9, from director Neill Blomkamp.
- 1:00 – In addition to the plan to reveal some footage of Elysium at Comic-Con, Kinberg talks about the discussion of how much to show. The panel footage was a mixture of finished visual effects, pre-vis and "raw, rough" visuals.
- 1:55 – Kinberg talks about how he became involved in the project, starting with his appreciation of District 9 and for science fiction with a social message. He goes on to talk about the casting process.
- 3:35 – Regarding a test screening, Kinberg says he was very happy and they received a very positive response from the audience. The unfinished film still contains frames of cartoons and pre-vis, but they experienced a good reaction to the core emotions of the film.
- 4:30 – Kinberg compares the performance strengths of Sharlto Copley in District 9 to that of Copley and Matt Damon in Elysium.
- 4:55 – Kinberg talks about the lack of 3D for Elysium due to the gritty, realistic nature of the piece. He also comments on the use of digital versus film and how the desired look of the film determined the nature of their shooting medium.
- 5:50 – Blomkamp did some of the visual effects for District 9 on his own computer. Kinberg goes on to say that Blomkamp is the only director he's ever worked with that has that much understanding of the visual effects world.
- 6:45 – Kinberg stays tight-lipped about details of the X-Men: First Class sequel, but provides updates on its progress.
- 8:10 – Kinberg comments on whether or not they've incorporated previous ideas that Vaughn has suggested for the film, such as the JFK assassination and the "magic bullet" theory.
- 9:00 – Since the first film was such a success, Kinberg fields the question of whether or not a bigger budget was available for the sequel to be able to write in bigger set pieces.
X-Men: First Class Sequel quotes:
"I wish I could tell you about it, but literally, it's like the most guarded state secret I've ever been around. I can tell you that it's going really well, and I can tell you that I've been working closely with Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman on the script of the movie and that we hope to be shooting in Spring of next year to come out in July of 2014 and that I'm really excited about it, because the only thing I can say, because I have to be extraordinarily vague about it, because the last time I talked to anybody about it, I got in trouble…big trouble…what I can tell you is [that] it's extraordinarily ambitious. It is unlike the other X-Men movies and yet very much a celebration of the X-Men movies."
"I don't know enough of what he [Vaughn] has or hasn't talked about. I can tell you it's been a very fluid process in the sense of we really went into it, Matthew, Jane and myself, just wanting to create a movie that was as…I'm very proud of First Class…as dramatic as that movie, I think it is as dramatic as that movie, but more epic, mythic in a way as well. So, there are ideas that we've started with that haven't survived, there are ideas that we started with from conversations we had from making First Class that are going to be in the sequel. So, it's vague but…"
"It's one of those movies that, because it's such a big deal for the studio, they have some sense of what it is that we're writing and they are ambitious about the movie, too. I don't know what the budget's going to be, we've got to finish the script before we have a budget, but I would assume that it is a bigger movie than the last in physical scope, and that we have the license to do that because of the success of First Class. And because I think Fox has had success with interesting movies in the last couple of years in the genre, like Planet of the Apes was a really good movie, Chronicle was a cool movie, First Class, they're just narratively or creatively a little bit more ambitious. So they've encouraged us to do that with the sequel."


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Candy Crush Saga is a British-Swedish puzzle game, much like Bejeweled, created by the British Facebook game developing team King.com. The difference between it and Bejeweled is that the game has a story mode; levels can have multiple required goals, more entities and elements, and most obviously, has candies instead of jewels. It is currently available through the Apple Store, the Google Play Store, and Facebook for free, with the ability to sync between devices and your Facebook account. There are currently total of 2,215 levels (2,185 on mobile) (1,550 Reality levels (1,520 on mobile) and 665 Dreamworld levels). You have to match three or more candies of the same colour through switching candies with each other to complete the various level objectives. There are five types of Levels: moves levels, jelly levels, ingredients levels, timed levels, and candy order levels.
Mixed Mode level is one of the six level types in Candy Crush Saga. This level type's icon is two separating colours with a white rotation. Mixed levels first appear in Sugar Shrubs, the 114th episode, with the first mixed level being level 1688.
Mixed levels are levels with two or more different objectives. Currently, there is only one type of mixed level, where the player has to bring down all ingredients and clear all the jelly. The Sugar Crush is like candy order and ingredients levels, where remaining moves will become striped candies.
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Yes, you read the title correctly. The BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet you know and love is now even better, with a new model available in Canada on select carriers beginning August 9th that has built-in support for ultra-fast 4G LTE™ networks.
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is already designed to be portable and easy to bring along wherever you go. Now you can enjoy cellular network access with the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, so there's no need to be within range of Wi-Fi® to experience the web, check your email, or download the latest apps. Simply purchase a Micro SIM card and data plan from your wireless service provider, and whether you're in the park, around town, or on the beach, you'll be able to stay connected wherever you have mobile coverage*.
After spending some time with it, here are my four top reasons you should consider buying the new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet:
- It's fast — and I mean fast: Whether you've got to do a web search for some information, answer that urgent email, or check in on your social networks, this tablet is there when you need it, serving up the details at the speed you need them.
- Sized right — take it with you: As a frequent traveler, one thing I know is that I don't like to be bogged down. The size of this tablet is ideal for me because of its compact size and light weight.
- Browse the web like you mean it: When I'm looking for information on-the-go, I prefer not to get the watered-down mobile version, especially when there are tons of websites built to have a rich multimedia experience. This tablet supports more HTML 5 content than any other native tablet browser on the market** and it plays Adobe® Flash® for that side of you that loves streaming videos and playing games.
- Movies and TV shows in your hands: Along with the introduction of the new 4G LTE variant, all Canadian BlackBerry PlayBook tablet customers will be able to access the BlackBerry® Video Store for the first time. The app is available for download in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. Now you'll have access to a video catalogue filled with thousands of movies and television shows, with new releases to be made available for purchase or rent the same day they come out on DVD.
The new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet comes with 32GB of storage that you can use for photos, videos, music, documents, and more. With its gorgeous screen and rich stereo sound, you'll have a portable media powerhouse in the palm of your hands. The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook will be pre-loaded with OS 2.0.1, which is also now available for Wi-Fi PlayBook owners as a maintenance update.
Canada is the first country to launch the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and additional models supporting various high speed cellular networks are expected to be available in the coming months from carriers in the US, Europe, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.