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Click to viewMore powerful versions of the MacBook Pro have been released today with up to 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air's trackpad, which allows for multi-touch gestures. The 2.5 and 2.6GHz models come with a new NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM. The MacBook has also been upgraded (yay!), but no multitouch (boo!), probably to make a distinction between them and the MacBook Air. The good, the bad and the ugly, specs and price list after the jump.
The good
• New Core 2 Duo versions across the board, which are supposed to be about 50% faster and more power efficient.
• New GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB.
• Multitouch pad on MacBook Pro.
• New LED option on top of the line 17" screen.
The bad
• No multitouch or LED on MacBooks.
• Multitouch trackpad on MacBook Pro is smaller than Air.
• Apple Remote is now a $19 option.
The Ugly
• Design whores like me will have to wait for the next generation for a new chassis. Clearly, this is a minor bump as we wait for the real things.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today updated its popular MacBook(R) and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple's innovative Multi-Touch(TM) trackpad, first introduced in MacBook Air(TM). All Mac(R) notebooks include a built-in iSight(R) video camera for video conferencing on-the-go*, Apple's MagSafe(R) Power Adapter that safely disconnects when under strain and built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g.**
The new MacBook Pro features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo technology with up to a 2.6 GHz processor with 6MB of shared L2 cache; up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory and up to a 300GB hard drive, plus NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB of video memory. Every MacBook Pro now includes a trackpad with Multi-Touch gesture support for pinch, rotate and swipe, making it more intuitive than ever to zoom and rotate photos in iPhoto(R) or Aperture(TM) 2 or browse web pages in Safari(TM); an illuminated keyboard that makes it ideal for dimly lit environments such as airplanes, studios or conference halls and a built-in ambient light sensor, which automatically adjusts the brightness of the keys as well as the brightness of the display for optimal visibility.
Featuring a gorgeous 13-inch glossy widescreen display, and with prices still starting at just $1,099, the new MacBook lineup comes in three models and includes faster processors and larger hard drives across the line; sleek white 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and a stunning black 2.4 GHz model with a massive 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive, previously only available as an option. The 2.4 GHz MacBook models ship with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB across the line.
Every MacBook and MacBook Pro includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go; Apple's MagSafe Power Adapter that magnetically connects the power cord and safely disconnects when under strain; the latest generation of 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g; built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking; Bluetooth; analog and digital audio inputs and outputs; USB 2.0; FireWire(R) and a built-in SuperDrive(R).
Every Mac in the Apple lineup comes with iLife(R) '08, the most significant update ever to Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a completely reinvented iMovie(R), both seamlessly integrated with the new .Mac Web Gallery for online photo and video sharing***. Every Mac also includes Leopard(R), the sixth major release of the world's most advanced operating system which introduces Time Machine(TM), an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac; a redesigned Finder(TM) that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; a brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock and major enhancements to Mail and iChat(R). .Mac members can use the new Back to My Mac feature to browse and access files on their home computer from a Mac over the Internet while out on the road.
The 2.1 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook $1,099 (US)
The 2.4 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook $1,299 (US)
The 2.4 GHz, 13-inch black MacBook $1,499 (US)
The 2.4 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro $1,999 (US)
The 2.5 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro $2,499 (US)
The 2.5 GHz, 17-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US)


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You may have seen the video by Halal Sheikh in YouTube (link) where the Muslim quotes Luke 19:27 as a verse that makes Jesus a bad person. This Muslim preacher was lucky to face a Christian who could not remember quickly that this verse is the last but one verse to complete a parable Jesus was telling His disciples.
If you go quickly to your Bible where Jesus' words are written in red, you will not doubt that these words were uttered by Jesus. However, it would seem that opponents of Christianity don't want to accept that Jesus had to speak about reality issues, things that were happening and were to happen in the future. I also note that Jesus is not called a prophet even though He prophesied many things that that come to pass in various generations. On the other hand, Muhammed is called a prophet, yet there is no prophecy that is known to the world that the world awaits to see manifested.
Back to the verse in question. No verse is useless in the entire Bible. I know that some verses were removed in the olden day scripts and today we note that the NIV has some verses removed while other Bible versions have them. My point is that this verse is relevant and therefore had to be included in the Bible.
Unpacking the verse
I will give two opinions on the verse, one of my own and another as taken from the internet
My take is that verse 27 addresses verse 14. If verse 14 were to be removed, the relevance of verse 27 would not be justifiable. The verses are as quoted from New King James Version:
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'we will not have this man to rule over us.' 27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.'
Verse 27 are words of the so called 'noble man', who was not Jesus upon His return from his long journey. Jesus is talking about someone and it had to be Jesus talking the outcome of the journey of the noble man. In between these two verses, a complete parable of the Minas is given by Jesus.
A self-proclaimed qualified New Testament scholar from Christianity.stackexchange.com says that there are layers of meaning to this difficult parable (his take is that it is a difficult parable). The scholar goes on to say that this 'noble man' is not Jesus but Herod. The scholar says that if you know Herod and Herod Antipas and their history, you will see that this this is an exact prophetic description by our Lord in par t to show that his hearers their poor understanding of how earthly kingdoms and the kingdom of God differ.
Muslims and Christians cannot both be right. There is only one truth and everything very close to the truth is not the truth. If Christians are misled then let them come to the realisation of the truth, if Muslims are misled also, let them come to the truth. This is a personal quest that needs no one else's interference. Each and every one of the living will account before God of what they did while they were in the flesh and this will be on one-on-one basis. No collective group will answer.
I call for self-introspection of everyone and speaking to God directly is not forbidden in Christianity. Even if you follow another religion, Christian God is ready to hear you immediately you call on Him through the name of Jesus.
Try Him for yourself and dismiss Him individually and not collectively. Be blessed amen.


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Armed boarding vessels
No specific class
13 ships
Technical information
|Armed boarding vessel
|Notes on class
These ships were requisitioned or purchased by the Admiralty. Displacement and armament are listed, if known to us, on each individual page.
All ships of the class
|HMS Anglia (4.62)
|HMS Chakdina
|Lost on 5 Dec 1941
|HMS Chakla
|Lost on 29 Apr 1941
|HMS Chantala
|Lost on 7 Dec 1941
|HMS Discovery II
|HMS Fiona
|Lost on 18 Apr 1941
|HMS Fratton
|Lost on 18 Aug 1944
|HMS Goodwin (4.68)
|HMS King Orry
|Lost on 30 May 1940
|HMS Lairds Isle (4.21)
|HMS Monas Isle (4.47)
|HMS St. Tundo (4.43)
|HMS Vandyk
|Lost on 10 Jun 1940
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Hello everyone in the blogosphere, Today I have a special post that doesn't contain a podcast episode. That's right, I'm doing another one of my character conversation/interviews. This time I have a special treat for you!
Becca Martin from A Journey of Faith, which is in the editing phase now, is joined by none other than Kelly Dobson from my previously published book, entitled Inner Vision. I'll start us off, but I'm going to let them do most of the talking, so sit back and enjoy the show.
Ann: Hello ladies, what's on your mind tonight?
Becca, I have something I want to share with Kelly, and this is the only place I can do it, since we're from two different books.
Kelly: What's up, Becca? I thought you were seeking the truth about your own past. How did you find your way into mine?
Becca, I got a message from the Holy Spirit that you needed to talk to me.
Kelly: Well, I do need to talk to someone, because this mystery is driving me batty!
Becca: What's wrong with it?
Kelly: No one will give me any answers.
"Becca: Answers about what?
Ann: Becca, do you need me to fill you in?
"Becca, No, I want her to tell me the story.
Kelly: (sighs and shrugs) Well, a supposed nurse told me that I was in some sort of bad operation and a doctor comes in to examine me, but nobody will answer my questions. Dad doesn't believe I recognize this place as something other than a hospital.
Becca: That's the outer turmoil, what about how you feel inside?
Kelly: I'm so confused. I mean I was walking down by the lake, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in a strange place. I don't know what happened or how I even got here. What does that tell you?
"Becca: This isn't about me, it's about more than you realize.
Kelly: What do you mean?
Becca: Think about it, there's a lot you have to learn about yourself, before you can find out why you're in that makeshift hospital. I suggest that you look deep inside your soul and pray for wisdom from God. He's the only one who knows why He put you there.
Kelly: But what about this strange situation?
Becca: You don't want to have the physical answers handed to you now, because you won't learn to trust your journey and your process. These things take time, sweetie. Believe me, I know all about trusting the process. When I started this journey, I wanted to turn tail and run, but I couldn't, because God wouldn't let me. Besides, If I had, I wouldn't make the discoveries I made along the way.
"Kelly, let me get this straight, you're saying there's more to this than my waking up in a strange hospital?
Becca: Yep, but I can't tell you what. You'll have to find the truth on your own.
Kelly: So, I need to dig deeper than the here and now? But what about the dreams I'm having?
Becca: It's all part of the process, baby. A lot of my dreams haunted me for years, but now, my dreams are God's way of guiding me through my own journey. Listen, sweetie. You got to trust God, trust your process and trust yourself.
Kelly: What will I learn?
Becca: A lot about yourself and deeper truths than you will, simply by demanding answers. The journey is the most important part of your story. I mean, the ending payoff is what readers and you want to see, but that's the icing on the cake, it's not about what's waiting at the journey's end, it's all about how you find the answers to your burning questions. I got to go; Jason wants me to ride up to Sweet Water Park with him. Remember, trust God, your process and your heart. Love the process. (blows Kelly a kiss, before running out the door).
"Kelly: Oh well, there are no easy answers, so I got to start digging my way through the rubble. (Quietly slips out the door).
That brings us to the end of another riveting character conversation. Authors, tell your characters to trust their process. Until next time, happy reading and writing.
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Arcos de la Frontera standing on a rocky outcrop high above the Guadalete river is an unforgettable sight. It is one of the famous pueblos blancos of the area. With its cobbled streets leading up the hillside to the famous sandstone castle where you can enjoy the stunning views to the new town and fertile plains in the valley below. You could be forgiven for thinking you have gone back 500 yeas in history. Arcos de la Frontera has stood here since the Neolithic period and is one of the oldest towns in this part of Spain. It is renowned for its palaces built by the king and gifted to the local nobles during the medieval period. It is only 10 minutes by car from the bustling city of Jerez de la Frontera where the annual Moto GP and Horse Fair are held.
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"If you flee the rules, you will be caught. And it will cost you dearly," warned Kroes during in press conference Wednesday, following the European Commission's announcement it was slapping a $1.35 billion fine on Microsoft for failure to comply with earlier March 2004 antitrust sanctions.
Kroes further noted: "Talk is cheap. Flee the rules and it will be expensive. We don't want talk and promises. We want compliance (with regulations)."
For Microsoft, its fine was calculated based on the 488 days it was out of compliance, Kroes said. And while Kroes characterized the fine as "substantial," she noted it represented 60 percent of the total assessment the Commission could have levied on Microsoft.
Meanwhile, readers who participated in a News.com poll were roughly split 60-40 on whether the Commission's fine was too low, or too high, respectively.
Kroes, however, maintained the size of the fine was reasonable, given the length of time that Microsoft was out of compliance with the historic March 2004 order and number of people, companies and government agencies affected.
"Microsoft continued to stifle innovation by charging other companies prohibitive royalty rates for the essential information they needed to offer software products to computer users around the world," Kroes said. "The high rates made the rendering of (interoperability) information pointless."
To comply with the March 2004 order, Microsoft was supposed to offer rivals complete and accurate interoperability information so that their products would work with Microsoft's dominant operating system, as well as offer the information at a reasonable price.
Any company looking to avoid a clash with Kroes needs to keep one thing in mind. Says the woman herself: "Our approach is to ensure companies and people have a right to choose...then the markets will deliver so much more."
EU antitrust chief on Microsoft
Neelie Kroes describes Microsoft's pricing structure as 'unreasonable.'
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The Masonic Eye is synonymous with the attention of God. It's the indication of His Divine watchfulness and the ever present proper care of the world.
The All Seeing Eye, like a number of other Masonic symbols, continues to be lent in the past in the nations of antiquity.
Hebrews and Egyptians: Both Hebrews and Egyptians have the symptoms of derived using the Masonic Eye in the natural inclination of figurative minds to choose an individual organ because the indication of its nearest matching function...almost as much ast the feet denotes speed, the arm, strength and also the hands, fidelity.
Psalm 34:15: "Your eyes from the The almighty are upon the
righteous, and the ears are open unto
their cry."
Psalm 121:4: "Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep."
In the Book of Conversation of God with Moses on Mount Sinai, converted through the Reverend W. Cureton, obtained from an Arabic manuscript from the 15th century and released through the Philobiblon Society based in london:
"Then Moses stated towards the The almighty, O' The almighty, dost thou sleep or otherwise?
The The almighty stated unto Moses:
"Irrrve never sleep: but have a cup and grow it with water."
Then, Moses required just one cup and filled it with water, because the The almighty commanded him.
Then, the The almighty cast in to the heart of Moses the breath of slumber so he rested, and also the cup fell from his hands and also the water that was therein was leaking.
Then Moses awoke from his sleep.
Then God stated to Moses:
"I declare by my energy, by my glory, when I would withdraw my providence in the heavens and also the earth, for no more a period of time that thou hast rested, they'd at the same time fall to ruin and confusion, like because the cup fell from thy hands."
The Egyptian God, Osiris: The Egyptians symbolized Osiris, their chief deity, through the indication of a wide open eye and placed this hieroglyphic of him in most their temples.
His symbolic title, around the monuments was symbolized through the eye associated a throne that was sometimes added an abbreviated figure from the god and often what's been known as a hatchet, but which might as properly be said to be a representation of the square.
Solomon in Proverbs 15:3
Solomon alludes for this as he states: "Your eyes from the The almighty have been in everywhere, beholding (keeping watch upon) the evil and also the good."
The Creator is without beginning and without finish while he always is and happens to be. He's both All-powerful (getting limitless universal energy) and All pervading (the standard to be everywhere simultaneously).


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Clergy and Staff
St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church enjoys the dedicated services of clergy, staff members and volunteers who help fulfill our mission. They include:
The Right Reverend Johncy Itty, D.D., PhD.
Bishop Itty holds advanced graduate degrees from Columbia University, the City University of New York, and completed his theological training at The New York Theological Seminary. He received his PhD from The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He was also awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, from The General Theological Seminary, New York, in recognition of his significant service to the Diocese of Oregon and his contribution to the ministry of the wider church. Bishop Itty has been awarded The Distinguished Ministry award from The New York Theological Seminary and has been the recipient of many other awards and citations for his contributions to ecumenism and ministry.
A native of New Orleans, Mark Engelhardt has served in similar positions since 1973. He holds Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from Louisiana State University and has studied organ and choral conducting in several venues in this country and in England. He returned to this position at St. Peter's, having served here from 1984 - 1989. Leaving St. Peter's at that time, he was Organist and Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, and Music Consultant for the Diocese of Massachusetts from 1989-2005. In that position, he was widely sought as conductor, conference music leader, and organist for many occasions at the local, regional, and national levels. Under his direction, the Cathedral Choir made a professional recording "Author of Light" and sang twice at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Leaving the Cathedral in 2005, he served as Lay Associate and Organist and Director of Music at Grace Episcopal Church in Salem, Massachusetts. His duties included Office Administration, some pastoral responsibilities and complete oversight of the music program. With the Rector, he founded the Choir School at Grace Church which seeks to educate young singers using the materials of the Royal School of Church Music.
Answering the call to once again serve at St. Peter's Church, he brings years of experience working as a lay professional in the Episcopal Church, and a deep sense of the mission and ministry of St. Peter's parish. The musical history of the parish includes a long-held association with the Royal School of Church Music and developing the choristers' program is a primary goal, while continuing and building upon the recognized standing of the Parish Choir as a significant leader in liturgical choral arts.
As a concert organist, Mark Engelhardt has performed in some of the world's great venues, including the First Congregational Church in Los Angeles; Methuen Music Hall; Trinity Church, Wall Street; and in England, Tewkesbury Abbey, and Truro Cathedral. He also has performed and recorded two CDs with trumpeter Chris O'Hara: "Sound the Trumpet" and "johann sebastian BACH" which are available online at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/christopherjohara. Mr. O'Hara and Mr. Engelhardt recently collaborated with stunning lyric soprano Sarah Moyer to form the trio "Illumine". Lux Aeterna is available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/illuminetrio.


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You pay for the amount of electricity you use. You pay for the amount of water you use. You pay for the number of phone minutes you need. Why shouldn't you pay for the amount of high-speed Internet access you consume?
On the face of things, metering broadband access or charging the heaviest users a higher fee seems perfectly logical. So why is everyone raging about it, and why did Time Warner Cable abruptly cancel a recent metering test? Because we've been devouring Internet access for 15 years, and now we expect it to be limitless, no matter how many movies we download or games we play.
Read some good background on the issue here.You'll see TWC had usage plans in mind that that would cap uploads and downloads at 10, 20, 40, and 60 gigabytes. If they went over their caps, customers would pay $1 per GB. The company also proposed a "budget" tier allowing 1 GB of data use per month for just $15, and a "super-tier" allowing up to 100 GB of data use for $75.
The loudest complaints have come from small business owners who don't want to be bullied into buying "Business Class" when they can stick with what they already use. CNET has more details on the proposals and complaints, and ComputerWorld has lots of angry comments on the subject.
Where's all this going? It's hard to say. But it's also hard to believe we'll all enjoy unlimited access at work and home forever. There's simply too much online video and entertainment heading our way, and we can't expect our Internet providers to give us 100GB of downloads for the same price as 1GB.
--Don Willmott


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Five Finalists Vie for $1 Million Prize in Mobility Unlimited Challenge
Five finalists remain in the running for the $1 million prize being offered in the Mobility Unlimited Challenge, a global competition to promote the development of innovative solutions for personal mobility devices.
A panel of expert judges selected the finalists from among 80 applications submitted by teams from 28 countries. The projects included different technological approaches to overcome the limitations of mobility devices to help improve the mobility and independence of people with lower-limb paralysis, including multiple sclerosis patients.
Each of the five finalists will receive a $500,000 grant to develop their idea further, and the final winner of the challenge, which will be announced in 2020 in Tokyo, will be awarded $1 million.
In addition, the finalists will have the opportunity to attend tailored workshops, receive mentoring opportunities with engineering experts, and collaborate with patients to gain further insights that may help them improve their concepts as they approach the end of the competition.
The Mobility Unlimited Challenge was launched by the Toyota Mobility Foundation in collaboration with Nesta's Challenge Prize Centre. .
"Current personal mobility devices are often unable to fully meet the needs of users due to limitations affecting functionality and usability," Charlotte Macken, from Nesta's Challenge Prize Centre, said in a press release. "We hope that challenges like this can inspire innovation and are excited to see how the five finalists use this opportunity to develop their ideas further."
One of the selected projects is The Evowalk being developed by Evolution Devices in the U.S. It is a non-intrusive sleeve with sensors worn around the leg. The Evowalk will track the user's walking motion, while also stimulating muscles to improve mobility and rehabilitate the muscles over time.
Pierluigi Mantovani, from Evolution Devices, said it was "amazing" to be selected. "This support will help us finish our research and develop the device further, so we can get it to the people who really need it. People like my dad. My dad has multiple sclerosis and developed foot drop. He was recommended a device that was far too expensive so myself and some friends built this prototype that helped. After that we wanted to make something affordable for others. Our main goal has always been to help people regain the ability to walk freely again," Mantovani said.
Moby, being developed by Italdesign, in Italy, is the first mobility service created for wheelchair users. Similar to the existing bicycles share scheme found in many urban hubs, Moby will consist of wheel-on electric devices that a user could connect with via a phone app to easily move around cities.
"Moby is a concept we developed over time, working with users of wheelchairs. They said they wanted a way to make travelling easier and so we developed this platform," Serena De Mori, from Italdesign, said. "We (…) hope to develop the concept further and to build the first prototypes to test on the street as soon as possible. We are looking forward to bringing this concept to reality and working with users to improve it over time."
Phoenix Ai Ultralight Wheelchair, from Phoenix Instinct, U.K., also is a finalist. It is an ultra-lightweight manual wheelchair that incorporates several sensors that allow it to self-balance and adjust according to the user's moves. Phoenix Ai wheelchair's learning ability and intelligent, lightweight power eliminates painful vibrations while improving usability.
Another finalist is a mobile exoskeleton being developed by researchers at Team Qolo at the University Of Tsukuba, in Japan. The Qolo Standing Device is a lightweight, mobile exoskeleton on wheels, which allows users to sit or stand as they wish, changing both physiological and social aspects of everyday living. The responsiveness of the exoskeleton is controlled using the upper body, which allows the hands to be free.
"We want to remove the chair from wheelchair. This means that wheelchair users can interact with other people at the same eye-level, improving communication and changing the way they see the world," said Kenji Suzuki, from Team Qolo.
The remaining project selected by judges is QUIX, which is being co-developed by researchers at IHMC (Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition) and Myolyn in the U.S. The team aims to build a robotic, powered exoskeleton designed to provide fast, stable, and agile upright mobility to people with lower-limb paralysis. Using advanced technology, the QUIX exoskeleton model is expected to ensure the mobility, safety, and independence that current models can't achieve.
Eric Krotkov, PhD, chief science officer at Toyota Research Institute and one of the judges of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge, said: "There are so many technological opportunities to explore approaches to alleviate challenges stemming from lower-limb paralysis. A competition like the Mobility Unlimited Challenge gets innovators to focus on the same problem to identify something of great common interest that serves society."
"I am excited by these finalists who have a breadth of technical approaches — wheelchairs, orthotics, braces, exoskeletons. I look forward to seeing how they will take these devices out of their conceptual stage to help our end users," Krotkov said.
According to Toyota, the most common causes of lower-limb paralysis are multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and strokes.


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10 free range eggs (separated)
14 tbs of sugar
500g of mascarpone cheese (room temperature)
4g of gelatine sheets
splash of marsala liquor as needed
2 cups of espresso coffee
1 cup of milk
approximately 30 savoiardi biscuits
Soak the gelatine sheets in the cold water for 10 minutes.
Beat the egg whites with a mixer until firm and place in the fridge.
Place 10 tbs of sugar in a pan and cover with water at about half inch and bring the mix to 121 degrees.
In the meantime, whisk the egg yolks with a splash of Marsala until frothy, and gradually add the heated sugar in.
Now squeeze the gelatine and add to the mixture while warm and keep mixing until it cools down.
Add the mascarpone cheese to the egg yolk mixture and mix until creamy. Then add the egg whites, working the whole mixture with a mastrad from the bottom to the top very carefully and gently until nicely blended.
In a bowl, mix the milk, 4 tbs of sugar, the coffee and add a splash of marsala liquor.
Dip each savoiardo biscuit in the mix, without soaking it for too long and making sure you shake any excess coffee off.
Lay the biscuits in the tray one next to the other and place the previous mixture on top of the biscuit layer, dust with unsweetened cocoa and repeat the three layers, finishing with the cream one.
Dust with cocoa before serving.
You can use either a tray or a glass tumblers to lay the ingredients.
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Think the MediaMatters.org Wonkers are gonna get wigged out over this?
Think the OrganizingForAmerica.com Moonbats are gonna fact check this?
Think the WhiteHouse.gov Socialist Swat Teamers will declare a State of War over this?
If you answered yes all of the above, you have a pulse! hahaha
H/T to DancingCzars for the heads-up on this…
Enjoy!! 😉
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Boston Dynamics' SpotMini is a robot dog that has some serious dance skills. In its latest YouTube video, the robot shows off its moves while dancing to Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk," and it puts Bruno Mars and pretty much every human to shame.
The robot doesn't just have the moves, it's also on beat and limber, allowing it to twerk, moon dance, and, you know, do the robot.
In case you're wondering how a robot comes to be able to move like that, Boston Dynamics explains that SpotMini has the "ability to pick up and handle objects using its 5 degree-of-freedom arm and beefed up perception sensors. The sensor suite includes stereo cameras, depth cameras, an IMU, and position/force sensors in the limbs. These sensors help with navigation and mobile manipulation."
Robots are slowly taking over the world—one dance move at a time.


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MANILA — The Philippines said on Saturday it had seized a North Korean freighter that was covered by harsher United Nations' sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear program.
Manila will also deport the vessel's 21 North Korean crew and will await a U.N. inspection team from the United Nations, foreign ministry spokesman Charles Jose said in a text message.
"In compliance with the United Nations resolution, the North Korean ship in Subic will be impounded and not allowed to leave port," he said.
Related: North Korea Makes Nuclear Threat After New U.N. Sanctions
The 6,830 deadweight tonne (dwt) cargo ship Jin Teng was one of the first sanctioned North Korean ships to enter a foreign port since the tightened sanctions were passed unanimously by the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. Thirty-one North Korean ships are on the list.
"The world is concerned over North Korea's nuclear weapons program and as a member of the UN, the Philippines has to do its part to enforce the sanctions," said Manolo Quezon, deputy presidential spokesman told reporters.
The ship, flying a Sierra Leone flag, arrived on Feb. 27 and was unloading palm kernels.
"We have sent teams to guard the ship until we get the formal order from the government," said Commander Armand Balilo, coast guard spokesman.
On Friday, the coast guard barred the ship from leaving port, citing safety deficiencies found during an inspection.
Related: North Korea Fires Short-Range 'Projectiles' Into Sea, Seoul Says
MARCH 4: Watch North Korean News Report on Missile TestMarch 4, 201600:54
The inspection was conducted after the U.N. passed the resolution against Pyongyang.
The U.N. resolution said the 31 ships were "economic resources controlled or operated by Ocean Maritime Management and therefore subject to the asset freeze".
The Jin Teng has called at Palembang, Indonesia, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, since the beginning of this year, ship tracking data available on the Reuters Eikon Terminal showed.


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Rop Pope explores cryptocrime, sharing techniques for prevention
March 15, 2019
If cryptocurrency claims to be the most secure currency, why does cryptocurrency theft continue to occur?
At SXSW this afternoon, Rob Pope, co-founder of the mobile app development company Dogtown Media, spoke at the Hilton Austin hotel to discuss why cryptocurrency theft occurs. He also shared a live demonstration on the process behind stealing cryptocurrency.
Pope said he became interested in focusing on the security aspect of cryptocurrency when his family members called him in 2010 asking if they should invest in cryptocurrency.
"The only way I know how to learn things is to make them myself," Pope said.
He began to explain how cryptocurrency got started in 2009 when 17,000 lines of code were released anonymously by a man under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. In 2010, the first bitcoin purchase happened while buying a pizza.
He said cryptocurrency can be transferred from one digital wallet to another, and the transaction is irreversible. People can send cryptocurrencies to different addresses, which represent the destination for a coin payment and are independent of the whole network. Most importantly, he said these addresses are linked to private keys, which are essential to security.
"This is the thing that you hold that secures your transaction," Pope said.
Once you make a transaction and it's registered into the system, or blockchain, it remains there forever. In addition to these keys, there are people called miners who use machines to crunch through the numbers looking for the keys.
"They're trying to solve a puzzle and with that puzzle, they get rewards," Pope said.
Pope then began to introduce different ways people have stolen cryptocurrencies in the past, including the Mt. Gox hack, Bitfloor, Poloniex, Bitstamps, Bitcoinica, Bitfinex, Coinbase, Coincheck and Ethereum Classic's 51 percent attack.
In the Mt. Gox hack, 744,408 bitcoins were stolen over a period of time through transaction malleability.
"It was probably the most famous cryptohack they've found," Pope said. "(It was) certainly financially the biggest."
In a transaction, information on the source and destination are brought together in a signature that becomes the transaction identification, which is how the software tracks where the transaction will go. With transaction malleability, the user can slightly edit the transaction identification without changing the content of the transaction itself.
Essentially, Pope said users would latch onto another user's transaction, barely modify the transaction identification, and once the transaction was registered into the blockchain, the content belonged to them.
"You get your transaction mined before they get their transaction mined," Pope said.
Another way people stole cryptocurrency was using the 51 percent attack in which users would pay for something and then overwrite it.
"You can pay someone and pick up that Ferrari just before they realize that exchange wasn't real," Pope said.
After showing a quick hacking demo on cryptocurrency, Pope introduced steps to take to ensure security, including improving the blockchain, protecting keys and wallets, improve the organizational processes and ensure the application security.
Overall, Pope emphasized that in order to prevent these cryptocrimes from happening, people must be aware of the techniques and fundamentals behind it.
"To understand how they were hacked, you really have to understand the basics of how they work," Pope said. "These things are happening, and it's just something you should be aware of."


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Since moving North and West (just to W9, you understand, not Liverpool) we've been less frequent visitors to the Royal Court than in the old South West days. So it was a welcome return to this, surely the best of London theatres, last Friday. Not only can you get a proper pint, a proper glass of wine and a proper bite to eat, but you can also get a proper portion of Mike Bartlett: you know, good old plays about people, not all this apocalyptic rubbish he writes for the National, and which is only occasionally saved by Rupert Goold.
Love Love Love is not really a new play (it toured the provinces in 2010 apparently) but it's new to London and this is a new production. (Before you all hound me out of town again I should note that this was a preview).
The device behind this play is to drop in on one couple at twenty year intervals: so act one takes place in the late 60s (some time between floral carpets and the Beatles last LP); the second in the suburban late 80s; and the third in the comfortable present day-ish.
This requires some heroics on behalf of the cast, particularly principal protagonists Sandra and Kenneth (Victoria Hamilton and Ben Miles), who are called upon to portray themselves as teenagers, harried parents to teenagers and pensioners. They manage it with relative conviction (although they are most comfortable in the middle role, the one closest to their actual ages) but Claire Foy playing their daughter Rosie makes an extremely youthful 37 year old.
This play follows really quite a conventional format: it routinely plots the story arc of one couple's love from highly-charged first meeting, through to stressful parenthood and eventual relaxed old age; it even has a neat soppy, happy ending. Love, conflict, resolution: it's like Aristole.
This is overlaid with some (hardly revelatory) social commentary: young people in the 60s were idealistic; living in suburban Reading with kids is unexciting; the children of today's retirees have it tougher than their parents.
So far, so ordinary, so David Nicholls.
But what makes Love Love Love more interesting is just how awful the couple at the centre of this story arc are. This is a genuine love story; they undeniably love each other passionately, but rather than making them appealing this love and passion makes them deeply unattractive as they mistreat everyone around them.
In the first act, the victim is Kenneth's brother who is betrayed by both with barely a second thought. In the second and third acts, it is their children who are casually condemned to imperfect and unhappy lives by their parents' pursuit of their version of love.
This play can be seen in se ways as a paean for reason and warning against passion. It is their love which allows Sandra and Ken to behave so appallingly to everyone around them, and even each other. It is the pursuit of passion that leaves their daughter Rosie without a career or relationship. It is their son's (Jamie Rainsford) inability to forego simple pleasures for more tedious necessities that leaves him unable to function in the world.
The title is borrowed from a lyric in the Beatles All You Need Is Love, but the play itself feels like a riposte to that sentiment. Love is not all you need. You need compassion and sensitivity and self-awareness and self control and generosity – all of which Bartlett's protagonists lack.


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This story is part of the weeklong series, Fits And Starts: Stories Of Recovery In California Cities, a partnership between Capital Public Radio and KPCC. Find the full series here.
Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, the California economy looks like a patchwork quilt. In the Bay Area, the tech boom has driven the unemployment rate down – and housing prices up.
The recession hit Damon Grow swiftly and very hard.
"Things were good," Grow says. "And then all of a sudden, I mean, literally it was one day – the mortgage crisis was all over the news. And oh my god, I mean, raising money during that time was just nearly impossible."
Grow is your classic San Francisco techie – smart, aggressive, and talks as fast as he thinks. He's an all-or-nothing guy. He came to the city nearly 20 years ago at age 19, and got involved in a few start-ups. He did okay. Then, the recession struck and the venture capital dried up. He ate ramen, or ordered off the McDonald's Dollar Menu.
"I'd go in there and you get a chicken sandwich for a dollar, and then another dollar you get two pies. And that was like my day. It was awesome," he says
Finally, he raised a half-million dollars from a Dutch billionaire. His startup blossomed, and as the Bay Area began its economic rebound, Damon cashed out.
Today, Grow lives in San Francisco's signature residential high-rise – the 58-story Millennium Tower – in the city's booming SoMa neighborhood. The Millennium's average unit sells for nearly $2 million.
It's hard to hear the construction over the sounds of city life, but new buildings are popping up everywhere - and not just any buildings. Skyscrapers, like the 61-story Salesforce Tower under construction across the street from Grow. It's named after the tech giant that's signed on to rent half of it.
"These companies are just exploding. Residentials are being built. They're extremely expensive, but the system supports itself, right? Because if it wouldn't, it would collapse," Grow says.
"We're almost doing triple the national average in terms of recent job growth," says
Stephen Levy, with the Center for Continuing Study, of the California economy.
"And it's almost all driven by tech," Levy adds, "And then the income that comes from tech, and people go out and spend it on restaurants, and cars and other things."
The latest unemployment rates in each of the nine Bay Area counties are far below the statewide average. But the region risks becoming a victim of its own success. The tech boom has sent housing values soaring. The median Bay Area home price is now well over $600,000. That's more than twice what it was in the depths of the recession.
That's fine, Levy says, if you already own a home. But if you don't, "there's a dramatic undersupply – at the time when job growth is just surging. So that puts just rampant upward pressure on prices and rents," Levy says.
Lorraine Nessel and Joann Avila have rented a two-bedroom home in West Oakland for six years, and are being squeezed by the housing market. Both earn a solid living – Avila's a union painter and Nessel is a ride-share driver and also runs a dog-walking and pet-sitting business.
They love their home, no matter the gunshots they heard again a few nights ago, or the car cover just stolen from Avila's '54 Chevy. She says they've worked to make their neighborhood better. "I would go outside and sweep the sidewalks, sweep the gutters, and I'd say, 'hey neighbor, you know, the street sweeper can't make it past your tree over there. Do you mind trimming it?'"
Now, like much of the East Bay, West Oakland property values are jumping. A house across the street just sold for nearly $425,000. And last month, their landlord said he's moving back in – so they must move out. Nessel says she broke down in tears. "This is where I started my business," she says. "This is the first house that I've ever lived in. I've always had an apartment. This is the first place that has ever felt like a home to me."
Despite their two solid, middle-class incomes, the best they can afford is a two-bedroom apartment in Richmond – a struggling city north of Berkeley. "We're paying $150 more for a much smaller space and a much longer commute," Nessel says.
That's the Bay Area's economic quandary: Explosive growth in both the job market and the housing market. Some cities are building more places to live. The question is whether that additional supply will slow the housing boom down – at least a little bit.
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Eastern Shipbuilding signs FORAN agreement with SENERWritten by Nick Blenkey
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — Panama City, FL, based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has entered into a license agreement with Spain's SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. to use SENER's FORAN CAD/CAM System and is to enlarge the ship design office serving its two shipyards.
Contract signing (L to R) Rodrigo Pérez, SENER Project Manager, Kenneth R. Munroe, Eastern Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Verónica Alonso, SENER North America Area Manager
FORAN is a totally integrated computer system specifically developed for the design, production and engineering of ships. It comprises several main packages (hull forms definition, naval architecture, hull structure, outfitting, electrical), a number of common modules (build strategy, drafting, walk-through design review, collaborative engineering), links with production equipment (cutting machines, bending machines, robotic systems, etc.), interfaces to management systems and its own integrated development environment.
The agreement with Eastern includes the implementation of the complete FORAN System comprising: Forms Generation, General Arrangement & Naval Architecture, Hull Structure, Machinery & Outfitting, Electrical Design and Advanced Design &Drafting.
Engineers and designers from Eastern have received on-site training in all the disciplines of the FORAN System during the summer. Eastern is now using FORAN for the first of two 340 ft multipurpose supply vessels
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Quick Take
The Oris Aquis line of dive watches has served as platform for a number of special limited editions, most paying tribute to an ocean environment, marine conservation organization, or aquatic species. The latest in this lineage is the "Source of Life" Limited Edition, which again is inspired by water – but this time it's a river, the Rhine, which has its origins in the Swiss Alps and flows past Hölstein, where Oris is headquartered. In fact, a feeder brook known as the Orisbach, is adjacent to the Oris workshops and is the original source of the company's name.
The 43.5mm stainless steel case of the Source of Life Limited Edition, with its bolted-on crown guards and thick lugs, is by now a familiar profile to those who know the the Aquis diver. But this iteration features a sunburst blue-grey dial set off with a matte grey tungsten bezel ring. The date is indicated with a white marker that moves around a ring of numerals on the dial. The caseback is engraved with the serpentine route that the Rhine follows through six countries to its mouth at the North Sea. Band choices are either a grey rubber strap with adjustable foldover clasp and dive extension, or a stainless steel bracelet. The limited number of 2,343 watches is a nod to the height, in meters, of the Tomasee, the lake in the Alps where the Rhine originates.
Why This Watch Matters
Let's be honest, limited edition watches are so plentiful these days, it's easy to get inured to them or even jaded. But what these editions offer are usually bold spins on existing watches, with colors and cues you won't then see on everyone's wrist, such as IWC's Laureus editions or Omega's 007 watches. The Oris Source of Life Limited Edition might be significant not for its subject matter (unless you're a Rhine River fanatic), but more for its handsome looks. The blue-grey dial, grey in the bezel and strap, and the unique date indication combine to set this one apart from the rest of the Aquis line, or really from other dive watches out there in general.
Initial Thoughts
Few brands do gradient and sunburst blue dials as well as Oris and even fewer make use of grey rubber straps or bezels. So while I've never been drawn particularly to the Aquis divers in general (my eye always goes to the retro-goodness of the Diver 65), this limited edition is, in my opinion, the most handsome of the lot. Besides the color palette, the date function maintains a nice dial symmetry and adds visual interest. Plus, it's nice to see a dive watch from landlocked Switzerland that pays tribute to an Alpine lake and major river system for a change, instead of the predictable tropical seas. Anyone up for a drift dive down the Rhine?
The Basics
Brand: Oris
Model: "Source of Life" Limited Edition
Reference Number: 01 733 7730 4125 MB
Diameter: 43.5mm
Case Material: Stainless steel with tungsten bezel ring
Dial Color: Blue-grey
Indexes: Applied batons
Lume: Yes, on indexes and hands
Water Resistance: 300 meters
Strap/Bracelet: Grey rubber strap with quick-adjust folding clasp and diver's extension or stainless steel bracelet with diver's extension
The Movement
Caliber: Oris Cal. 733 (based on Sellita SW 200-1)
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date indication ring
Power Reserve: 38 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 vph)
Pricing & Availability
Price: $2,200 on rubber strap, $2,400 on stainless steel bracelet
Availability: July 2018
Limited Edition: 2,343 pieces


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ECRR App List
As promised, here is a crowd-sourced list of librarian-tested apps that can be used to support early learning practices and parent-child engagement. Many thanks to the LittleeLit Think Tank for sharing their favourites!
Moo, Baa, La La La! – Sandra Boynton (Loud Crow) [and others by Boynton]
Go Away, Big Green Monster! (Night & Day Studios)
The Three Little Pigs (Nosy Crow)
Trucks – Byron Barton (Oceanhouse Media) [and others by Barton]
Goodnight Moon (Loud Crow)
Endless Reader (Originator)
Bird's Words (Sesame Street –this one is great for locating environmental text–like a treasure hunt for words in the real world!)
Collins Big Cat: It Was a Cold, Dark Night (Harper Collins Publishers) [free] –the cool thing about this one is that you can read the story, then use the Story Creator to make your own stories using props and backgrounds from the original (plus a few extras). Caregivers can type the words for the new story, and the new story can be saved. Great for building narrative skills, and can also go under talk.
Pete and the Secret of Flying HD (apps4kids.com) [free]
Lazy Larry Lizard (Wasabi Production) [free]
Hideout: Early Reading (Brigham Young University) [free]
The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street)
Letter School (Sanoma Media)
Lazoo: Squiggles! (Lazoo Worldwide)
Finger Paint with Sounds (Inclusive Technology)
iTrace (iTrace)
Interactive Alphabet (Piikea)
Doodle Dandy (Nicholas Williams)
Symmetry Lab Basic (Luke Bradford)
Drawing Pad (Darren Murtha Design)
Intro to Letters (Montessorium)
iWriteWords (GDIPlus)
Felt Board – Mother Goose on the Loose (Software Smoothie) [free]
Bunny Fun: Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes by Rosemary Wells (Auryn)
Wheels on the Bus (Duck Duck Moose)
Old MacDonald (Duck Duck Moose)
Sago Mini Sound Box (Sago Sago)
Grow a Reader (Calgary Public Library) [Free]
Musical Me (Duck Duck Moose)
Toca Kitchen Monsters (Toca Boca)
Toca Robot Lab (Toca Boca)
Touch the Sound (Innovative Mobile Apps)
Sago Mini Doodlecast (Sago Sago)
Sago Mini Forest Flyer (Sago Sago) –not on it's own, but when prompted by an adult to ask child "Tell me what you saw the bird do?" (when the bird lands on an animation spot)
Infiniscroll (Curious Hat) — great for storytelling, especially when partnering with an adult
Alien Assignment (Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College) — encourages/requires the child to interact with an adult at intervals throughout the game and is a great conversation prompter!
Sock Puppets (Smith Micro Software) [free]
Toca Tea Party (Toca Boca)
Peg + Cat Big Gig (PBS KIDS)
Felt board (Software Smoothie)
Toca Store (Toca Boca)
Toca Hair Salon (Toca Boca)
Toca Builders (Toca Boca) — and I tend to highlight this one since it has STEM roots since it's basically Minecraft for kids
Hungry Hungry Hippos (Hasbro)
Sesame Street Family Play (Sesame Street)
Sock Puppets (Smith Micro Software) [free]
Petting Zoo (Fox and Sheep)
Alien Assignment (Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College)
Hideout: Early Reading (Brigham Young University) [free]
Further Reading
ALSC blog post:Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing & Playing with Technology
Digital Story Times: Adding Tablet Technology to Early Literacy Programs
Raising Appy Readers Presentation
Raising Appy Readers App List
Emily Lloyd's Slideshare Presentations:
iPad Apps and Your Pre-Reader
iPad Apps & Early Literacy
Clara Hendricks' Slideshare Presentation:
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Doing laundry is a chore we prefer to avoid! Besides, just look at the multiplicity of detergents on the market to be sure; this abundance does not facilitate our task! If you want to save time, money and energy, discover this natural and simple tip that will make your fresh linen and shining whiteness.
Stubborn lingering smells, discoloration or laundry powder residue on your clothes are all problems that put you on edge coming out of your clothes washing machine? To overcome all these inconveniences, simply pour some white vinegar in the drum of your washing machine. Its various properties, bleaching, and deodorizing disinfectant, always do wonders. Here's how !
After placing your clothes inside the machine, pour ½ cup of white vinegar directly into the drum. This will maximize the effect of your usual detergent and protect the brilliance of the colors of your clothes.
Then pour some white vinegar in the compartment dedicated to softening. You will avoid using a chemical while having the same effect, if not better. The acid in vinegar is also effective to remove traces of sweat and yellow stains left by the deodorant on your white clothes. Moreover, this trick is environmentally friendly and contributes to the protection of the environment.
If you use powdered detergent, you've probably noticed the white residue left on your machine and to avoid irritating effect on the skin, you may always return your clothes for another rinse cycle. To get rid of it, add ½ cup of white vinegar cup in the detergent compartment of your washing machine, and voila!
As odd as it may seem, white vinegar is very effective to neutralize unpleasant odors from your clothes such as cigarettes.
If you have to deal with stubborn stains, put the stained clothes in a bucket of warm water mixed with half a cup of white vinegar. Let soak overnight, then the next day, wash as usual. If you're in a hurry , you can spray the stains with the essence of undiluted vinegar and rub gently.
White vinegar is also effective for removing pet hair from certain tissues, which usually is not an easy task! Simply add a little white vinegar to your wash cycle, and once dried your clothes, hairs will not stick as much as before.
This ingredient also helps to neutralize static electricity created by certain tissues. Simply pour 6 tablespoons of white vinegar in a bucket of water and wash your clothes by hand. This will also allow you to wash some pretty delicate items, such as your underwear or swimsuit.
Finally, if you want to clean your washing machine and eliminate unpleasant odors, white vinegar is always at your service! Just pour in the detergent compartment and run your washing machine empty for a quick cycle. Here it is all clean and fresh!


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Cranston in the multifaceted role of LBJ goes 'All the Way'
For five seasons of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston displayed his versatility through the dramatic evolution of his character, Walter White, from milquetoast schoolteacher to meth-marketing monster.
But that was just a warmup for "All the Way," an HBO film adapted from the Tony Award-winning Broadway play that calls for Cranston to embody the almost moment-to-moment volatility of its larger-than-life real-life hero, President Lyndon B. Johnson.
"He was big, he was small. He was boisterous, he was laconic. He was embracing, he was cold," marvels Cranston. "The polemic of his personality was just unbelievable."
But Cranston's performance in the film (which premieres Saturday at 8 p.m.) is much more than an acting exercise.
"All the Way" is a full-bodied portrait of a flawed yet overpowering political force, an unrivaled sweet-talker, arm-twister, bully and, above all, horse trader who mastered, as few have, the clattering contraption of Washington governance.
The film travels the rocky road that led to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with LBJ finessing the clash of activism led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. versus hidebound members of Johnson's own Democratic Party as, at the same time, he furiously fought to hold on to the presidency against his '64 Republican rival, Barry Goldwater.
Capturing this stormy first year of the Johnson administration, the film is populated by an array of stars including Bradley Whitford (as Johnson's vice president, Hubert Humphrey), Frank Langella (as his former mentor, Georgia's mighty Sen. Richard Russell) and Melissa Leo (wondrous as his ever-supportive wife, Lady Bird).
Cranston made his Broadway debut with "All the Way" — a nervy challenge he couldn't say no to once he read Robert Schenkkan's script.
"It's all about the story," Cranston explains, "how this man ascends to power under great tragedy, and then, a Southern guy, changes how we treat African-American citizens and other minorities in this country."
He threw himself into research, reading books, visiting key sites (including Johnson's Texas ranch and his presidential library in Austin) and meeting with people who knew him, including his two daughters.
Even before he opened at the Neil Simon Theatre in March 2014, a film adaptation was in the cards. Then, during the four-month engagement that would win him a Tony, he settled on his next project: starring as blacklisted screen writer Dalton Trumbo. Jay Roach (whose credits include HBO political dramas "Game Change" and "Recount") was signed to direct.
Producer defends Madonna tribute
The executive producer of Sunday's Billboard Music Awards is defending the decision to have Madonna pay homage to Prince, which has been met with some criticism online and sparked a Change.org petition.
"Listen, I think everybody is entitled to their opinion and everyone can have their own opinion, but I will say that we are honored and could not be more excited for Madonna to be on the show and to pay tribute to someone that was her friend and her peer and her colleague," Mark Bracco said Tuesday. "I think it's going to be fantastic."
Madonna and Prince collaborated on "Love Song" from Madonna's 1989 album, "Like a Prayer." Bracco didn't say what song Madonna would perform, but said her tribute would be "really beautiful."
"It's going to be very, very intimate and very respectful, and I think it's something that is really going to pay tribute to Prince as the incredible, groundbreaking artist that he was and the influence that he had on music," he said.
After the initial announcement earlier this month, a Change.org petition was launched. Some argued that Madonna should not be the sole artist honoring Prince and that other musicians who were closely aligned to him should be involved as well. Others complained that a black artist should be involved in a tribute to The Purple One.
The Billboard Awards will air live at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC from Las Vegas. Other performers include Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Pink, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, the Go-Go's, Nick Jonas, Meghan Trainor, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Tove Lo, Troye Sivan and Lukas Graham.
■ Actress Robin Wright says she demanded the same pay as costar Kevin Spacey for her work on "House of Cards" and got it.
Wright plays first lady Claire Underwood, an equally devious partner for Spacey's President Frank Underwood, on the Netflix series.
The Huffington Post reports Wright said during a Tuesday interview at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York that she demanded equal pay after seeing statistics showing her character was more popular than Spacey's for a period of time. She says she threatened to "go public" if she didn't get paid.
Wright says there are few films or TV shows where "the patriarch and the matriarch are equal. And they are in 'House of Cards.' "
■ A first print-run of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland" is heading to auction where it could fetch as much as $3 million.
It's one of only six 1865 copies in private hands. Christie's is offering it on June 16.
Compiled by Janet Graham from Free Press news services.


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[Watch] Ireland's Judgment On Same-Sex Marriage Is Commendable
20 Nov 2015 3:28 PM GMT | Updated 2020-07-08T17:16:51+05:30check update history
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As of November 16, 2015, Ireland has emerged victorious with respect to human rights and same-sex marriages. Same-sex marriages have now been legalised, making Ireland one of the only 14 nations in the world to have done so.
What is worth noting here is that for the first time, a referendum was conducted for the same on May 22, 2015, under which the proposal was approved of by an overwhelming 62%.
Other nations to have legalised same sex marriages include France, Luxembourg, Spain, Canada and Sweden. While the recognition of the LGBT Human Rights campaign is commendable, it is saddening to notice the lukewarm response it has received in Asia and Africa. South Africa is the only country from its continent to have legalised same sex marriages, while no country in all of Asia has done so.
The situation in India is quite disheartening. We do recognise the third gender, and legally, an individual has the right to change his/her sex, which is worthy of appreciation. However, same-sex sexual activity is yet to be decriminalised. Also the lack of anti-discrimination laws paints a rather bleak picture. Unless we decriminalise Article 377 and bring in strong anti-discrimination laws, as we have in numerous other fields, we are neglecting an entire community on the retrogressive basis of who they choose to love.
The people of Ireland have shown maturity and compassion in being able to mould their mindsets with changing times, and stand up for equality and justice of all genders. An individual's sexual preference is his/her choice alone. Being able to marry someone of your choice should be considered a basic right, which we are depriving a section of. We need to understand that the relationship two consenting adults share should be of no concern to anyone but the parties involved.
The Logical Indian lauds the decision of the people of Ireland, and hopes more countries will soon follow suit.


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Navigating the Sea of Life
May 19th, 2014
Psalm 107:23-32
The mighty waters flung the terrified Old Testament sea merchants back and forth across the ship. Psalm 107:27 tells us they were at their wits' end when they cried out to the Lord.
Did you notice–the merchants were "at their wits' end" before they cried out to the Lord? Ouch. Sound vaguely familiar? Why is it that we wait until we're in complete distress before we cry out to the Creator of the universe? The One who performs staggering miracles (stills the storm, hushes the sea).
Scripture says the sea merchants were "glad when it grew calm." God guided them to their desired haven and they gave thanks. I bet they did! After surviving any storm, we're thankful!
Everyone experiences unpleasant storms in life. Some are harder and longer than others, but no storm lasts a moment longer than God allows for His purpose to be fulfilled. Call out to God (before we're at our wits' end) and give thanks. We can trust and believe that our omnipotent Captain has it under control.
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Haboob to Monsoon to Microburst….
Heading home and slow-going with the west-bound traffic at exactly 6:30 pm yesterday…with a good view of the approaching storm.
Getting closer…bigger….
Eleven minutes later in the below photograph…wasn't difficult driving, but it was hard to make quality one-handed photographs with the truck blowing side to side….
Very often we see these desert wind storms, dust storms, or haboobs making a lot of noise and throwing a bunch of crap in the air with not much else happening…
…or not happening in our particular part of town, anyway. It's often that one side of town gets the dust and another side gets the rain….
So it was nice to finally see some rain drops populate the windscreen on the truck…heading north on the 303 now from the I-10…at 6:55 pm in the below photo.
Wipers are coming on soon….
Looking west toward the White Tank Mountains in the below photo…huge dumping of rain….
The above photo (kind of sucks) is nowhere near as dramatic as this image from the Washington Post in July of 2016, but it's still pretty cool…rain bomb…micro-burst….
Broken trees blowing onto the freeway off ramp…getting close to home….
It's 7:06 pm in the above photo…36 minutes since the first photo above….
A welcome river of rain washing down our neighborhood street above….
And this is the morning after…two broken tree tops…which is very minimal compared to what I found in other places in the neighborhood…huge trees that must have stood for close to 20 years blown over and crashed through walls and into houses…other big ones uprooted and laying into the street…beautiful mesquite trees in the park toppled over….
Wonderful summer rains in the desert….


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Tips of Getting a Job in a Small Business
Small companies offer many job openings and they are responsible for the offering of 65% of the new occupations in the United States. To get a job in a small business, you are required to apply a different kind of mindset than the one you have when applying in a large corporation. Business people are customarily overwhelmed by the work they have, and they are hunting down for some people that will help in this, and they likely don't have a human resource division to do this for them, it is basic for you to be consistent and furthermore patient with the true objective for you to get hired in these small businesses.
There are tips that you can utilize with the goal that you can have the capacity to succeed in your search for a job in a small company. Ensure that you read the occupation posting carefully, you have to recognize what the business need as far as the abilities that the candidate ought to have and also the application procedure that you should utilize. In your applications ensure that you express your experience extremely well and what makes you fit for that occupation posting.
Before embarking to the interview it is basic to research on the association, you can go to the site of the association and do a complete research on it and find as much as you can about the association. You need to know the competitors of the company and the reviews made about that company. You also need to know more about the person that will be interviewing you, you can read this information in linked in, or you can Google about them.
Getting To The Point – Advice
You ought to be prepared for the interview, venture up and do some research on work you are interviewing on. You have to guarantee that your phone is switched off when you are being interviewed, this will guarantee that you won't have any distractions amid the interview which can demonstrate that you are not interested in the occupation.
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In your interview guarantee that you show that you are a team player individual, in a small owned business you will be required to perform assorted tasks. In the event that you get an interview welcome ensure that you follow up; you can even think of them a thank you email. If you don't get a call from them you can contact them after a period of one week and then be patient. Working for a small venture will offer you a wide assortment of work encounters in light of the diverse errands that you perform and you will have the capacity to feel like a major part of the family.


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I always start my "Leadership" sessions by drawing a small organizational pyramid (three layers with 1-2-6 people ). I ask the participants "How many Leaders do you see here". Majority of the participants say 1 or 3. I ask them "why have you excluded 6 at the bottom". Typical responses I get :
- They are followers
- They are at operating level
- They are learning from leaders
- They will become leaders in future
- They are youngsters – have lot to learn
Let us have inverted view of the organizational pyramid – with 6  (youngsters) at the top and say "let us learn from these leaders". I have personally experienced that there is so much we (the experienced folks) can learn from youngsters. Organisations today are very different compared to what they were 20-25 years earlier. I started my professional career in 1985 and as I compare youngsters of today with myself (when I was management trainee), I find big differences :
– In aspiration levels
– The way youngsters approach work
– The way they engage and socialize with others (including senior leaders)
– The way they express themselves without much fear
It's a great joy observing youngsters at work and a great learning lesson as well. Here are some of the lessons I have learnt from Gen-Y or millennials whatever you choose to call them as:
- Youngsters approach problem solving in a very simple and straight-forward way – that itself makes the problem less complex (I have experienced this innumerable times). On the contrary the problem loses its original character as its passed on to an experienced person – s/he adds new dimensions to the problem – superimposing her/his own thoughts/experiences on the problem thus making it more complex.
- They are very passionate about change(s) at work place and hate status quo. This I feel is one of the greatest advantage of working with youngsters. Change for them means joy, excitement, fun whereas for others (experienced folks) change could be perceived as a risk – something which disrupts steady state and normal flow of work.
- Younger generation is more vocal and will not shy away from speaking up or expressing freely if they are not in sync with something. They are not afraid to speak up or express divergent views in front of senior leaders, whereas those who are experienced, follow the tried and tested formula that "Silence is Golden". This ability to speak up, could be attributed to the way youngsters have been brought up by their parents (most of them come from nuclear families and have been nurtured with lot of freedom).
- Willingness to explore new things is another thing which fascinates me as far as youngsters are concerned. I remember when I started my career, our company had imported few desk tops. I got access to one but was afraid to press the keys thinking that it could be catastrophic if I pressed the wrong key. Today you give a new device to youngsters and within an hour, s/he would master it.
- I find them impatient as well – they want quick results. I think this could be attributed to the way business organisations work these days – I find a typical business quarter these days as what used to be a full year, 20-25 years earlier. Their impatience though is well directed – they (youngsters) want to see quick resolutions to business issues.
- They are informal and leverage social skills very well. This helps them cut across functional boundaries with ease and makes cross functional teams very effective.
- Last and equally important, they have very high level of aspiration – youngsters would want to rise to the top faster, become rich faster, change organisations faster, get bored (with repetitive work) faster.
Experience at times cuts both ways – you can undoubtedly leverage the experience to solve complex techno-business issues but at the same time experience may lead to "fixation" – we (experienced folks) may continue to do things in the same way and continue getting same (sub optimal) results.
As I wrote this piece, my intention was not to stereotype "Youngsters" and "Experienced" folks. I would say that experience as well as inexperience goes hand in hand and as leaders, we need to learn from everyone (and treat everyone a leader). So I go back to the question I started my blog with – how many leaders do you see in the org pyramid. I am sure you will agree with me that there are 9 leaders not 1 or 3.
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Swan Street. It's changing. Dimmey's – long time beacon of Richmond and magical emporium of crap – is now a hollow construction site, while across the road, the new breed of eateries are moving in.
Meatmother is causing a frenzy with its ribs, bourbon, and soul and a few doors down you'll find yourself in the queue for Meatball and Wine Bar mark two.
Matteo Bruno only opened the first MBWB outlet on Flinders Lane a year ago, but Melbourne went nuts for the restaurant-bar-diner hybrid. Turns out all everyone wants is a cool space, decent drinks and a menu of simple eats – meatballs, sliders, ice cream sandwiches – and that's what this joint delivers.
Richmond offers the same menu as the CBD flagship plus a slightly sharper fitout – checkered floors; white walls with "I'm a baller baby" emblazoned across them in neon lights – and just as many ball jokes.
Booze is a big part of the MBWB draw. Between the Italian Nebbiolos and Victorian wines that mostly weigh in at $40, you'll find Stone and Wood's Pacific Ale, and a lot of Lambrusco. Yep, they're joining Ombra and Rosa's Kitchen in reviving the retro red Italian fizz. On Friday nights, the place is heaving indoors and out with people downing plates of prosciutto and pitchers of Aperol Spritz.
Along with their usual golf ball sized balls of pork and fennel or chickpea and cauliflower for embellishing with tangy tomato sugo or fresh salsa verde (all the herbs, whizzed with lemon and oil) they do the odd special like peppery, juicy duck and beef balls showered with a healthy dose of Parmesan and riding high on a plate of cheesy chunky potato and pea smash. They braise a good rib too. Lamb riblets are tenderised in red wine and crisped up for some sticky finger action and served with a jumble of buttery Brussels sprouts and dark cavalo nero.
This may not be Melbourne's most groundbreaking menu, but a bowl of balls and a scoop of vanilla ice cream wedged between chewy chocolate cookie discs is the kind of simple, tasty gear you want for nights when you'd rather go out than go home.


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At Tapas, supporting creators is our goal, and we're excited to develop fresh stories and open new doors together. For creators who want to work side-by-side with Tapas to start something new, co-production provides the chance to take a great idea to professional publishing, new mediums, and beyond!
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A co-production is a special series that Tapas and creators plan together from start to finish. These become our Tapas Originals! Our standards for these stories are higher, and our team invests more time and money to make sure the project succeeds.
Success can mean something different to every creator—we work hard to understand what that is and build a robust plan to help them achieve just that!
We see co-productions as more than just comics: it's a chance to foster new talent, polish raw ideas, and promote top stories, all while caring for the creators' rights and keeping their best interests at heart. Then, with the creator's permission, we can help expand these stories into new realms like games, TV, film, print publishing, and overseas distribution.
This is not the same as a one-time work-for-hire deal. In a co-production, we see creators as partners, not labor. We're on the same team, and we'll do everything in our power to see your story succeed!
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Pop quiz, veggie heads. Rutabaga or turnip? Which is which in the above photo?
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Decided? The bigger one is a rutabaga (right) and the smaller guys are turnips (left). If you correctly identified these specimens, then advance to Veggie Challenge #2: the radicchio vs. escarole blind taste test. According to Mark Bittman in his encyclopedic How to Cook Everything, an incredibly useful recipe resource that will save you hours of Internet filtering: "If you can tell the difference with your eyes closed between radicchio (seven dollars per pound) and escarole (fifty-nine cents a pound), you deserve a Julia Child award for Most Sophisticated Palate."
Incidentally, Bittman has a new book out called Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating, which picks up the gauntlet that Michael Pollan threw down with The Omnivore's Dilemma (changed my life) and In Defense of Food (preaching to the choir for me at this point but still good) by combining the discussion of our bloated food system with practical guidelines and recipes for how to eat more sustainably and healthfully without fetishizing your food objects and spending your whole paycheck on two ears of corn and a lamb sausage. This book review by Laura Miller at Salon.com is worth reading not only for its use of the bizarrely intriguing term "snow jobs" (applied to diet books) but also for the way it aptly characterizes Bittman as a kind of everyman's foodie, the Joe Sixpack love child of Michael Pollan and Alice Waters, one might say.
Returning to the veggies at hand, if you failed the quiz, get yourself to your next farmers' market or produce-heavy grocery store and examine the rutabagas side-by-side with the turnips. They aren't too different, but these root vegetables do belong to slightly different species, Brassica rapus (turnip) and Brassica napus (rutabaga). Turnips come in both Japanese and French varieties, the former round, white, and cute, the latter, purple-tinged and with a more tapered end (the ones pictured here) and are available pretty much all year. Rutabagas, on the other hand, hit their stride in the winter months, becoming sweeter in colder weather, and are generally deep purple and yellowish with rougher skin and tougher "meat" than the more delicate turnip. I'd put my money on the rutabaga in a street brawl.
Provenance gets a little more colorful with the rutabaga, which is thought to be a cabbage-turnip love child——there's a possible analogous loop back to Bittman somewhere in there but I'm in no mood to dig for it at the moment——originating in 17th-century Bohemia. After that, this starchy staple gets associated with Sweden, nicknamed "swede" in Commonwealth nations, while "rutabaga" derives from the Swedish "rotabagge," meaning "root ram." Yes, root ram. It did just get better. Lest I overwhelm you with excitement, rutabagas/swedes/root rams are also known as "snaggers" in northeast England. How did I get so knowledgeable? By surfing here and here.
If you're wondering how to cook these earthy creatures, let the potato be your guide. I would roast them sliced up, maybe peeled, tossed with salt and olive oil, at 375°F for about 30-40 min. until browned around the edges and soft in the middle, or I would simmer them in a soup. Below, I made a gratin with one layer each of turnips, potatoes, and rutabagas. I had the rutabaga layer on top, but next time I would make it the bottom because it's tougher than the other two and so less inviting as the first bite into your mouth.
Turnip, Rutabaga, Potato Gratin (inspired by the recipe from Chez Panisse Vegetables)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Get together a handful each of turnips, rutabagas, and potatoes, enough to make one or two layers each in a 9-in. round or 9x12-in. baking dish. Wash and peel if you don't like skins or they're too scaly. Then slice turnips, rutabagas, and potatoes into thin, 1/4-in. rounds, and layer them in the dish as below. Season each layer with salt and pepper.
I must confess that my final product in this instance came out a little funky, since I ran out of milk and got all MacGyvered out by using sour cream swirled with salted water. I also ran out of patience and energy while slicing the larger rutabaga, which ended up in savagely chopped, irregular blob shapes. I trust that yours will be much more pleasing.
Note: This post was inspired by a debate I had with an always friendly and gracious cashier at Bi-Rite over whether my purchase was a rutabaga or turnip (I was right; it was a rutabaga, though I was helped by the signage when I picked it out). Bi-Rite Market is a neighborhood grocery store in San Francisco's Mission district that specializes in organic and local products and that I usually denounce for its high prices, though its local produce is actually surprisingly affordable. Also, they're always super nice when I ask really specific and probably annoying questions about cuts of pork or call up and have them check on exactly what kind of beets are in stock and at what price.


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Elf on the Shelf: What is an Elf's Favorite Music
Our Elf is a joke maker.
Yesterday he was hanging off our television in the living room with a joke in hand.
Elves have a favorite music. How knew.
I have a sheet of eight Elf on the Shelf Notes that you can print.
Check out 30 days of Elf on the Shelf ideas here on my site as well for fun ways to share this tradition with your kids.


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Mat`u*ra"tion (?), n. [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]
The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
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