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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) Brandon Marshall understands he might have offended some people with his demand for accountability following the Bears' loss to Green Bay last weekend.
Chicago's star receiver might have won a few allies, too.
``When you make a comment like that, it's almost guaranteed that you're going to rub some people the wrong way, and then there's some people that might respond to it in a positive way,'' he said. ``It's a little bit of both.''
Marshall clearly was more relaxed Wednesday, just a few days after he went off, but these are still tense times for Chicago.
The Bears (8-6) are freefalling after a promising start for the second straight season and are in danger of missing the playoffs for the fifth time in six years.
Coach Lovie Smith's future is in question. The same goes for injured linebacker Brian Urlacher, given his expiring contract, and with the losses mounting, few would appear to be safe at the moment.
``Once the season is over, I think that this organization will take time to let things settle down and figure out what the necessary steps are going forward,'' quarterback Jay Cutler said. ``But as players, we can't worry about that. That can't be in the back of our mind, can't be anything we're concerned with.''
Things are going so poorly at the moment it's hard to believe the Bears were sailing along not too long ago.
They started 7-1 but have dropped five of six since then, and there's no guarantee they'll reach the postseason even if they close with wins at Arizona and Detroit.
The loss to Green Bay was particularly ugly.
Not only did the Packers clinch the NFC North, Chicago managed just 190 yards, and Marshall simply couldn't hold back afterward.
He had an intense glare as tears welled in his eyes and his voice cracked. He said everyone involved with the offense should be held accountable ``even if that means jobs'' and answered a few more questions before walking out of the interview room.
He appeared to be in a better frame of mind on Wednesday. Asked who should be held accountable, Marshall joked, ``Reporters.''
``We can't keep making the same mistakes,'' he said.
He pointed the finger at himself, saying he needs to do a better job blocking and running routes.
``I think he's looking at what he can do better to help us win,'' offensive coordinator Mike Tice said. ``I'm glad to hear him soul-searching and trying to find a way because it means something to him.''
Marshall was also asked if he was admonished by management or the coaches for his post-game comments, and his answer was vague.
``Well, maybe that was a comment that maybe I should have kept to myself and kept in-house,'' Marshall said. ``And with that being said, any response I got from anybody in the organization, I'll keep that private.''
Marshall said he's trying to be more of a leader than he was with Denver and Miami.
He said he's been reading books on the subject, studying documentaries about Ray Lewis and Michael Jordan, trying to glean what he can from two legendary players.
It's not easy, though, when the losses are mounting and a promising season is slipping away.
Marshall is second to Detroit's Calvin Johnson with 1,398 yards receiving and leads the league with 107 receptions, but Chicago's offense has been out of sync all season.
The Bears rank 29th in that area, and that's not the way they envisioned it.
They've relied so heavily on Marshall, and other than the occasional promising flash by rookie Alshon Jeffery, the other receivers aren't contributing much.
Some of that might be on Cutler and the play-calling, but it's mostly on them, whether they're dropping passes or simply not getting open.
Meanwhile, Marshall said he's trying to lead through his words and his actions.
``It is definitely tough sometimes when things don't go the way you expect them to go,'' he said. ``It gets frustrating, especially when the person that may be in that role is really passionate and really loves this sport. This game has done a lot for me. I remember when I first got here, I told you guys that the NFL saved my life. I look at where I come from, from a boy, the environment. I look at my journey's past six years. If it wasn't for the NFL, I don't know where I'd be. And now, I'm starting to see a difference in my family and my community. People are changing. I'm getting phone calls from around the league, guys asking for counseling as far as how to attack mental illness or different situations. This is a new season for me on and off the field. You just have to stay on the journey.''


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WASHINGTON -- An Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history is set to tell a military judge how he did it and why.
Pfc. Bradley Manning will answer questions Thursday from the judge who is considering whether to accept his offer to plead guilty to some charges.
Manning's only public explanation for giving classified material to WikiLeaks can be found in logs of an online chat with a confidant-turned-government informant. In those chats, Manning wrote that he engineered the leak because "information should be free" and he wanted "people to see the truth."
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Audi A5 Cabriolet | 40 TFSI Sport 2dr S Tronic
Audi A5 Cabriolet Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£4,198.72 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£3,498.93 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Electric front windows
- Rain and light sensors
- Windscreen with acoustic glazing
- Electromechanical parking brake
- Electronic Stabilisation Control (ESC) including ABS, ASR and EDL
- Hill hold assist
- Multi collision brake assist
- Front/rear floor mats
- Luggage compartment mat
- Comfort dynamic suspension
- Audi connect safety and service (e-call)
- Audi phone box with wireless charging
- Audi smartphone interface
- Bluetooth interface
- Voice control system
- Audi drive select (Auto, Comfort, Dynamic, Efficiency and Individual)
- Audi parking system plus with front and rear sensors
- Cruise control system with speed limiter with free wheeling capability
- Electro-mechanical power steering
- Rear view camera
- Automatic start-stop system with coasting functionality and efficiency programme
- Electric boot lid release
- Audi virtual cockpit - 12.3" full colour digital instrument cluster,vehicle/engine speed,3D navi map,Radio/media information Driver assistance systems
- MMI Navigation plus with MMI touch includes 10.1" high resolution colour MMI display, 3D map
- Service interval indicator
- Auto dimming rear view mirror
- Body coloured door mirrors
- Electric adjustable heated door mirrors
- Electric folding door mirrors
- Aluminium ellipse silver inlays
- 8 passive loudspeakers
- CD player
- DAB digital radio reception
- Two additional USB ports for rear passenger in rear centre console
- Two SDXC card slots
- Body colour bumpers
- Body colour door handles
- Body colour side sill trim
- Matt aluminium silver tailpipe trim
- Radiator grille and air inlets in titanium black with matt aluminium silver inserts
- Rear diffuser in matt titanium black with trim strip in matt aluminium silver
- Sport front and rear bumpers with side skirts
- Front fog lights
- LED headlights and rear lights with LED daytime running lights
- Deluxe 3 zone electronic climate control
- 3 spoke high multi-function leather sport steering wheel with paddle shift and height and reach adjustable
- Centre console with cupholders
- Door sill trims with aluminium inlay
- Front centre armrest
- Tool kit
- Twin leather upholstery front sports seats
- LED interior light pack - A5/RS5
- 6 airbags - Driver, front passenger, curtain and side airbags
- Front passenger airbag deactivation
- Height adjustable front seatbelts
- Pop-up bonnet for pedestrian protection
- Pre sense city
- Seatbelt monitoring
- Tyre pressure warning
- Variable restraint system
- Warning triangle and first aid kit
- 4 way electric lumbar support
- 50/50 split folding 2 seater rear bench seat
- Front head restraints
- Heated front seats
- ISOFIX child seat mounting and top tether
- Manual seat adjustment
- Rear headrests
- Anti theft alarm system
- Anti theft wheel bolts
- Immobiliser
- Keyless Go
- Remote central locking
- Towbar preparation
- Sunvisors with vanity mirrors
- 18" 5 twin spoke design alloy wheels
- Tyre repair kit
Technical Options
- HC+NOx: N
- Particles: N
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Engine Layout: NORTH SOUTH
- Fuel Type: TURBO DIRECT INJECTION
- Gears: 7 SPEED
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: TFSI
- Coin Series: Sport
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: N
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: N
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 190
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 2.0
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: N
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: N
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: N
- Engine Power KW: 140
- PS: True
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 245/40 R18
- Tyre Size Rear: 245/40 R18
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: 5 TWIN SPOKE
- Wheel Type: 18" ALLOY
- Height (including roof rails): N
- No. of Seats: 4
Audi A5 Cabriolet CALL ME A CAB (77/100)
Audi's second generation A5 Cabriolet looks offers more of the same virtues we've comes to expect from the marque's open-topped cars. Jonathan Crouch reports.
Ten Second Review
Audi didn't need to radically reinvent its A5 Cabriolet but it has done anyway. This second generation version is stiffer and lighter, plus it's faster, more frugal and better connected. Inside, you'll find a classier cabin with the option of Audi's 'Virtual Cockpit' instrument binnacle, while on the road, a freshly developed suspension set-up means a much more sophisticated standard of ride.
For a certain kind of customer, the combination of the Audi badge and a pretty convertible bodyshape seems to be difficult to resist. We saw it with Princess Diana and her Audi Cabriolet in the early Nineties. Then with the huge success of the handsome A4 Cabriolet which dominated the executive drop-top sector in the early years of this century. When Audi's pretty A5 Cabriolet first appeared in 2010, it was an evolutionary step forward from that car. Like its predecessors, the A5 drop-top ignored the prevailing trend for folding metal hard-tops and was smart, relatively practical and very cool. But that didn't mean it couldn't be improved upon and at the end of 2016, Audi duly did just that, announcing this MK2 model. It's still beautifully built and lovely to look at but is now an even more accomplished way to enjoy the best - and worst - that the British weather can offer.
Driving Experience
As a general rule, if you own an executive-class convertible, you probably don't drive it too fast. By cruising along, there's a far better chance you'll be spotted by desirable members of the opposite sex and thus fulfil the primary purpose of this type of car. Of course, should the rain be prevailing or the streets be deserted, Audi has been kind enough to build in some potential for fun. Power comes from one of six engine options. The 2.0 TFSI petrol unit opens proceedings with 190PS, then there's the 252PS 2.0 TFSI variant, which can come with the quattro 4WD you get on the top 354PS S5 variant. Diesel-wise, there's a 190PS 2.0 TDI with or without quattro 4WD, plus a 2WD 218PS 3.0TDI S tronic model, or a desirable 286PS 3.0 TDI quattro. This lighter, stiffer A5 Cabriolet benefits from the same layout that has been warmly received in the second generation A5 Coupe and Sportback models. That means there's a much improved suspension set-up, a rear five-link configuration replacing the trapezoidal-link suspension used on the previous model. Adaptive dampers are available as an option. They are incorporated into the standard Audi drive select dynamic handling system and allow the driver to choose between a performance driving bias or a more comfort-oriented profile. The newly developed electromechanical power steering offers better feedback from the road and greater steering precision. As an option, dynamic steering which varies its gear ratio depending on the speed and steering angle is available.
Design and Build
As before, this convertible is based on the A5 Coupe. To reflect the improvements made to the second generation version of that car, the rear window of this one is now flatter and emphasises the rakish stance, as do the short overhangs and the long wraparound bonnet with its power dome. With a length of 4,673 millimetres this MK2 model A5 Cabriolet is 47mm longer than its predecessor. It's more important though to note that the body of this second generation model is 20% more torsionally rigid, yet is around 40kgs lighter than before. The nose is dominated by a three-dimensional Singleframe grille which is much flatter and wider than before. The wave-shaped shoulder line - a hallmark styling feature of the entire A5 family - makes the A5 Cabriolet look satisfyingly elegant. The acoustic fabric soft top fits as perfectly as you would expect and can now be operated with a useful one-touch opening function (why has no one done that before?). Here, a flick of the switch is all it takes to open the soft top fully automatically in 15 seconds or close it in 18 seconds at speeds of up to 31mph. When the top is down, bootspace reduces by 60-litres. When it's up, you get the same 380-litre capacity that the previous generation model could offer.
Market and Model
You can expect prices to sit in the same £35,000 to £50,000 bracket as this model's two most obvious rivals, the Mercedes C-Class Cabriolet and the BMW 4 Series Convertible. As for gearboxes, well Audi offers a choice of six-speed manual transmission, seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission or an eight-speed auto tiptronic set-up, plus there's quattro 4WD if you want it. All models come well equipped, every trim grade featuring xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights and LED rear lights, an 'Audi MMI radio plus' infotainment system with a 7-inch colour display, Bluetooth, a three-spoke leather multifunction steering wheel, a front centre armrest, a folding rear seat back with a 50:50 split, and LED interior lighting. Also standard are the Audi drive select dynamic handling system, the Audi pre sense city and multicollision brake assist safety systems, and a variable speed limiter. Many buyers will want to add in the desirable 'Audi Virtual Cockpit' TFT instrument binnacle, with its 12.3-inch screen and advanced graphics. A Head-up display can be ordered at extra cost. Also popular as an option will be Audi's top infotainment set-up, 'MMI navigation plus with MMI touch'. It includes such features as 10GB of flash storage, a DVD drive, Audi connect services for three years and an 8.3-inch monitor.
Cost of Ownership
The body of this MK2 model Audi A5 Convertible is the lightest in the segment and the car's overall weight has fallen by up to 40kg. That's equivalent to asking one of your children to get out and walk and it has predictably positive effects on the car's efficiency figures. Compared with the previous model, the engines offer up to 17% more power while consuming as much as 22% less fuel. Expect the190PS 2.0 TDI variant for example, to be able to manage over 60mpg in regular use. Also helpful is the optional 'Predictive efficiency assistant' which evaluates GPS information from the car's immediate surroundings and helps to save fuel by giving specific driving advice. Further assistance in terms of running costs is provided by a fixed price servicing plan that can cover you for between three and five years. In fact, this car can even book its own service appointments via an 'Audi connect safety and service' system. As well as providing emergency calling and online roadside assistance, this feature can, at the appropriate time, send a service request direct to your local dealer. On to the warranty. All cars in this class get three years of cover but whereas BMW and Mercedes don't limit your mileage in this period, Audi rather meanly restricts you to 60,000 miles. Optional extra-cost warranty packages can extend the cover to either four years and 75,000 miles or five years and 90,000 miles.
Executive class Audi convertible models have been highly successful for the brand down the years and now the mantle has passed to this second generation A5 Cabriolet to deliver the goods. In many ways, the recipe is much the same, Audi's cool brand image, stylish design language and slick interiors coupled with an expertly engineered fabric hood and a range of thrusting engines that are now more efficient than ever. It's not difficult to see this car's appeal. Most A5 Cabriolet customers will have decided they want one long before they take a seat behind the wheel. The Cabriolet line has become something of an Audi icon and there will be no shortage of people willing to sign on the dotted line for the car simply because this is the latest instalment. Happily, it looks as though there's plenty of substance beneath the marketing veneer and those seduced by the image should luck into the premium convertible that the others have to beat.
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like the sound of (one's) own voice
To enjoy hearing oneself talk because one is pompous and/or self-centered. Boy, he really likes the sound of his own voice—I didn't think he would ever stop talking! I know you like the sound of your own voice, but can I please say something now?


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I have the Person ID feature turned ON, in the Tools Menu, Options, Reference Number screen. This is very helpful if you need to merge two specific individuals or if you have a paper filing system. In addition to those two items, I use it to help me KNOW who MY direct Ancestors are. Family Tree Maker can automatically assign those Person ID numbers but I can override that assignment. If the program assigns that number it does not require or allow a Citation. However, in this case, when I override / over write that number, the program will allow for a Citation. Just looking at the number isn't helpful, but if there is a Citation to that PersonID number, I KNOW that I assigned that number. That number would appear in an Ancestry Chart or Report, where I am the focus person.
I created a First Hand Knowledge Source to document the fact that I assigned that number.
In the Sources Workspace, I selected Add, then New, and did a keyword search for FIR, to select the First Hand Knowledge Template. That will bring up this screen.
I fill that in based on the fields asked for. I have done this a number of times already, but I thought it might be helpful to share this process. I selected the Source and clicked on the Edit (Pencil) ICON in the Right Panel to show that Template screen.
The important part for me, is to document what this Source is all about and how I am using it. So, there is a comment field for that information.
The Citation will read "Person ID #### assigned to [ name ]"
The comment continues with:
They are manually entered to over write the system generated Person ID number. These manually entered Person ID numbers are to Identify the author's direct Ancestors
On the Source Workspace, Citation screen is an example for Andrew Steelman, PersonID of 558. The Citation Detail has:
Person ID 0558 assigned to Andrew SteelmanThat appears as the Citation and the Citation is Linked to the Person ID field in the People Workspace, Person Tab
You can see that here. Person ID on the Left, there is a "1" in the first column of numbers, meaning 1 citation, and the citation is in the Right Panel.
Now, I want to go to his wife. I assigned the number 559 (Andrew's PersonID plus 1) and there is NO Citation for that number.
I click on New in that right hand panel and select Use Existing Source Citation.
What this allows me to do, is to select (AND EDIT) an existing Citation so that it can be edited with new information.
The Find Source Citation window is opened where there is a scroll down to select that Source, and select Andrew's existing Citation and select CREATE NEW COPY.
Person ID 0559 assigned to Judith _____Her person ID is 559, but I don't have her birth Surname. I enter 5 underscores when I don't know that name.
This is the updated Citation:
There is a #1 in the Citation column and there is the edited Citation with her PersonID
This is probably not required but in my attempt to share with others, where did that information come from and for the Undocumented Fact Report blank.
Not mentioned above, but the Person ID is private and won't be seen online. If I would share my file with another researcher, they would know what that number is and why I put it there.
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File this one under silver linings.
Weeks after ABC announced the cancellation of freshman series Last Resort, Robert Patrick has been promoted to a series regular for True Blood's sixth season, Deadline reports.
Most memorable TV character replacements
Patrick, 54, appeared in several episodes last season as Alcide's (Joe Manganiello) dad, Jackson. Although ABC opted not to pick up the back nine episodes of Last Resort, the submarine drama from Shawn Ryan, all of the actors are still under contract, except Patrick, who was released to join True Blood.
Patrick is also known for his roles in Terminator 2, The X Files and The Unit.
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The second Falcon album. The cover is a painting by renowned fan tasy artist Virgil Finlay. The title "Die Wontcha" is a play on the West, Bruce, & Laing album "Why Dontcha" (1973). To the right is a piss-take on the Why Dontcha album and the original Why Dontcha-album. Click on the covers to zoom in. Click here to see the rough, proto version of the album cover.
Recording info
Mixed & Mastered at Polar
Bear Lair Studios in Middletown, MD.
Produced by Falcon & Chris Kozlowsi
Engineered & Mastered by Chris Kozlowski, Mixed by Chris Kozlowski with Perry Grayson
I took two weeks off work – no pay – so we could record Die Wontcha towards the end of October '06. It was an incredible experience. Darin and Greg rose to the occasion and played their bloody arses off! They both should be commended for a job well done! I was rooming with the dudes from Blue Cheer at Chris Kozlowski's infamous Polar Bear Lair most of that time. Got to witness the reformed Cactus at Jaxx in Virginia, caught up with the Internal Void boys and we managed to whip out an album we were very satisfied with over several days.
-Perry Grayson, 21 Jan 2009
The album can be ordered directly from the band at Falcon Official Merchandise Store.
Greg's lyrics on Cirith Ungol's Frost and Fire are very introspective, and I relate to them a lot. Maybe we've been through similar things growing up. Some of his other lyrics, like say "Jimmy Clark," don't dwell on personal stuff, but I dig how they tell a story. Much the same way Phil Lynott did with "Frankie Carroll" or "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed."
-Perry Grayson, 21 Jan 2009
I've been working
on pre-production of one of my new tunes, "Elfland's
Daughter", which was inspired by Lord Dunsany's
fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter.Lizzy influence on this one.
Lots of Thin Lizzy influence on this one.
-Perry Grayson, 19 Aug 2004
I've written my share of fantasy-inspired lyrics. Just look at "Elfland's Daughter" on Die Wontcha. It was inspired by fantasist Lord Dunsany's novel. Dunsany came before Tolkien even. I rank him higher than Tolkien! But for the past several years I've been penning more reality-based lines. That's just where my head's at. We've already talked about a lot of issues you get confronted with living in the 2000s. That's fuel to the fire.
-Perry Grayson, 21 Jan 2009
The lyrics to "Corporate Whore" were written when I was outraged over my dealings with that corrupt landlord. The music came before the words. It's roughly a tale about someone who once held fast to the hippie ideals of the late '60s and then turned their back on them to become a crass, money-hungry pig. Someone who doesn't hesitate to screw over hard working individuals if it means a fatter bank account. I saw plenty of that in L.A. On one hand I wish I'd been around to experience the hippie era, on the other I see the backlash. AIDS, corporate globalization, you name it. People call the '80s the "Me Decade." A lot of people are still way too self-absorbed.
-Perry Grayson, 21 Jan 2009
And as a proud employee of mega corporation Boeing, I'm relieved to learn that "Corporate Whore" wasn't written about me!
-Greg Lindstrom, 21 Jan 2009
A falcon (pronounced /?f??lk?n/ or /?fælk?n/) is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The word comes from their Latin name falco, related to Latin falx ("sickle") because of the shape of these birds' wings.
Here is the song with the same name as the band.
This is an instrumental. John Deere is a tractor brand.
Greg and I finally collaborated on "The Wreck of the John Deere," and it was really quick and painless.
-Perry Grayson, 21 Jan 2009
my straightforward heavy rocker about being in the music biz
-Perry Grayson, 20 Jun 2004
This was written already in 2004. It is perhaps the first song Greg wrote for Falcon. His previous Falcon songs, were originally written for Cirith Ungol back in the days.
Work on new material continues. Greg has a brand new tune (not an old Ungol song) called "Everything You Need To Know..."
-Perry Grayson, 28 Sep 2004
This song was originally recorded by Cirith Ungol on their orange demo album from 1978. It had Rob on vocals. The booklet has a cool artwork for this song which was painted by Robert W. Garven, 1978.
another one by Greg that Cirith Ungol had on their self-released "orange" demo cassette in 1978
-Perry Grayson, 20 Jun 2004
"Show You All" is another old CU song I originally wrote in the late '70s that CU used to play live quite a bit, sometimes with a drum solo in the middle. It originally was an "our band is great and other bands suck" type song, but since I've grown older and I don't really feel that way anymore, I revised the lyrics to reflect my disappointment with the modern mega concert experience. You can read the original lyrics in Rob's artwork in the booklet.
-Greg Lindstrom, 21 Jan 2009
A Buffalo cover.
Original version appears on the Buffalo album "Dead Forever" (1972).
Perry has also jammed with Dave Tice (Buffalo) at Merton Estate Hotel in Sydney in 2008.


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A little while ago, through Flickr I met Debs Ivelja and Joanna Brown. These two girls are gorgeous, funny, talented and in love with photography just as much as I am. We've got to know each other pretty well over the past few months and we speak regularly offering support and advice to each other and both of them have now second shot for me at weddings.
When photography became my job I stopped taking photos for myself so much...I was so busy that I didn't want to add to the workload.... but I think it's important, not only for your personal development but also to keep things fresh, to try things out and to keep being inspired. With this in mind we decided to organise a regular weekend away and do something together and with that 'From our hearts' was born. It's simply a chance for us to get together, ask questions, support each other and to keep taking pictures for ourselves... which is what we adore doing.
For our first trip we decided to go camping. It was a chance for us to relax, talk and try things without the pressure of it being paid work. It sounded great but when we arrived so did the rain. Literally ALL weekend it rained... did I mention that it rained?... I think it might have stopped twice but most of the time we were just soaked through... so in the end there was far more hot chocolate drinking than picture taking but we still had a ball and it was really lovely to just get away for a few days. We're currently in the process of setting up a blog where all three of us are free to post and we are planning to do our weekend trip every year and maybe upgrade the weekend each time. We're all really looking forward to the year we go to Hawaii.
Over the weekend I decided to do some experimenting on my 5D so this is my little video of our little weekend....(and it includes eggs which makes me very happy)...
From our hearts..... from Emma Case on Vimeo.


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China tech companies on spending spreeMarch 31, 2014: 9:59 PM ET
China's tech companies are in the middle of an ambitious spending spree that will push the industry into new businesses and potentially remake large swaths of the country's economy.
While the flurry of acquisitions and investments can't match the sticker shock of Facebook's (FB) recent $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp and $2 billion purchase of virtual reality gaming firm Oculus, they suggest incredible ambition, especially in the cases of Alibaba and Tencent.
Alibaba, led by enigmatic chairman Jack Ma, is busily expanding well beyond its e-commerce roots, having recently announced plans for a New York IPO that will leave the company flush with cash to pursue new purchases.
Last year, Alibaba purchased a portion of mapping startup AutoNavi for $294 million. It has invested in messaging giant Weibo, spent $800 million for 60% of a television and film studio and taken a stake in Haier Electronics Group. On Monday, Alibaba said it will invest almost $700 million in a Chinese retail company as it seeks to profit from brick and mortar stores.
Related: Weibo, aka China's Twitter, files to go public
Not to be outdone, gaming and messaging giant Tencent has pulled out its own wallet, taking minority stakes in a video game developer, an e-commerce site and a real estate search engine.
There's even some overlap between the two -- both Alibaba and Tencent have invested in Uber-like taxi apps and launched popular investment funds.
The foray into finance is, for China, a revolutionary development. It pits the country's tech companies squarely against state-owned banks, which are politically well-connected but hardly innovative.
Alibaba is offering a fund -- Yu'ebao -- that is so popular it attracted more than 60 million investors and 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) in its first eight months of operation.
The big banks are now fighting back, and regulators may yet issue rules that would severely handcuff the efforts of Alibaba and Tencent.
Even if the finance play doesn't pan out, Tencent, Alibaba, and mobile upstarts like Xiaomi are helping to prove that one of the raps on Chinese companies -- that they can replicate but not innovate -- is outdated.
China has long been thought of as the factory that churns out the designs of companies like Apple (AAPL), while home-grown products suffer from a lack of innovation, uninspired design and poor execution.
Related: Tencent takes fight to e-commerce giant Alibaba
But Tencent and Alibaba are rapidly expanding. Huawei, known for its telecom infrastructure products, is selling huge numbers of handsets. Four-year-old phonemaker Xiaomi frequently sells more phones in China than Apple, and is now planning a move into Southeast Asia.
Still, it appears that investors are worried about sky-high valuations for Chinese tech stocks -- much like they are concerned about the prices of Facebook, Twitter (TWTR) and other momentum stocks in the United States.
Shares of Tencent have fallen 10% in Hong Kong over the past month. The U.S.-listed stock for Sina (SINA), the parent of Weibo, has fallen nearly 30% so far this year. That makes it the worst performer in CNNMoney's Tech 30 index. Chinese search engine leader Baidu (BIDU) has also had a tough start to 2014.
So even if the big Chinese tech companies are making smart moves to diversify, investors don't seem to agree right now.


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1. Condiment often mixed with soy sauce : WASABI. I mix a drop of soy sauce to a tablespoon of wasabi. DH mixes a drop of wasabi to a tablespoon of soy sauce.
7. Cowboys-and-Indians toys : CAP GUNS. Wow, what a blast from the past, playing with the neighbor kids. I can still smell the sulfur from those rolls of caps!
14. Help, metaphorically : A LEG UP. More legs for Splynter...
15. Scrape together : SCROUNGE. Great word. I used to scrounge money from my sister to go to the movies on Saturdays.
16. Bobby ___: '40s-'50s adolescent girls : SOXERS. Remember poodle skirts?
18. "Stop right there!" : HEY.
19. Classic pop : NEHI. Radar's drink.
21. Start of a personal trainer's motto : USE IT...and lose it!
22. ASCAP competitor : BMI. Broadcast Music Inc. collects license fees for musicians, as does the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers.
24. Phrase from one who sees : I CALL. Poker. And 65A. Dealer's demand : ANTE UP.
27. ___-wop music : DOO. Remember poodle skirts?
28. Song of thanksgiving : PAEAN. Song from a paisan? 3:50
30. Workaholic's personality : TYPE A
31. Talk on the street? : SLANG
32. Zoom : TEAR
33. Santa's laughs : HOs. Hey, Argyle!
36. And the following, in a bibliog. : ET SEQ. "et sequens" or "et sequentia". Latin.
37. James Bond's outfit : TUX. Who else wanted MI6? But the clue refers to the outfit he is wearing.
38. Given to gloom : MOODY.
40. Spot for a snooze : COT
41. Asian soup noodle : UDON. Wheat-flour noodles, usually served hot, in soup. Yummm!
43. Trump's "The ___ the Deal" : ART OF. His blueprint for rising to the top. Anyone read it?
44. Vex supremely : EAT AT.
46. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao architect : GEHRY. Frank, who designed this masterpiece in Spain:
47. OPEC measure : BBL. Why two "b"s for "barrel"? Find the answer here!
50. Campfire treat : SMORE. Yummm!
51. Dogfish Head product : ALE. Craft-brewed ales, for melissa and Abejo.
52. Sought-after group : A LIST. ...or "A-listers", who are the crème de la crème of society.
54. Courtroom cry : OYEZ. Not to be confused with "oyer", which is an open hearing. OYEZ is called three times to bring the court to session.
56. "That's the spot!" : AHH
59. Watchman : SENTINEL
62. Much-anticipated time : BIG DAY
64. Like Little League World Series qualifying games : REGIONAL
66. One who decks the halls, say : ADORNER
67. Tachometer part : NEEDLE
1. Household chore : WASH. Iron, dust, cook...
2. Healthy smoothie ingredient : ALOE. Aha! So it's not just a soothing lotion additive!
4. ___-appropriate : AGE.
6. ___ dixit: unfounded claim : IPSE
7. Hosp. area for heart patients : CCU. Coronery Care Unit. Stay out of there, Lemonade!
8. Alsatian dadaist : ARP. Our old favorite dada guy.
10. Male people : GUYS. Uh-uh, I use it for both male and female. "What's up, guys?"
11. Needing nourishment : UNFED. (Needing S'mores?)
12. Marsh of mysteries : NGAIO. Not familiar with him. (Update from Fermatprime: Marsh is a dame!) And 45D. Mystery writer Josephine : TEY. Not familiar with her, either.
13. Squabble : SET TO
20. Google success : HIT. They actually have a site that tracks these things.
23. Hair very apparent? : MANE. A pun-ny take on "heir apparent". I guess if you have a mane of hair, it would be quite apparent!
25. Zenith : APEX
26. Field for a fold : LEA. A fold can either be the pen that sheep are kept in, or the flock of sheep.
28. Infinitesimal division of a min. : P-SEC. Pico-second?
29. Middle harmony part : ALTO
34. Stink : ODOR
35. "Ghost Hunters" network : SY-FY. Evidently, the #1 paranormal show on TV.
37. Dog in Kansas : TOTO
39. Sports analyst Hershiser : OREL
42. River project : DAM
47. Iraqi seaport : BASRA. Geography lesson for the day. Zoom out, and you will see that it is not a seaport, after all.
48. Go through the page : BLEED. Like ink.
49. Techspeak, e.g. : LINGO
53. Cup-a-Soup direction : STIR
55. Abba of Israel : EBAN. This guy. Ambassador to the US and UN.
57. Lug : HAUL
58. Publicist's job : HYPE. Hurry, hurry, step right up!!
60. L.A.-to-Helena dir. : NNE
61. Kernel holder : EAR. Don't you hate it when you get kernels of corn in your ear?
63. Merged comm. giant : GTE. GEE, are we done already? See you next week!
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In our busy days, it is all too easy to fall into the trap of hearing (and believing) the latest headline and its associated spin. For some reason, three minute videos can quickly and easily remove these 'spins' without the need for a PhD. And so we decided to dust off today's 3:06 un-spin clip, addressing the broken-window-fallacy as the seen versus unseen impact of the idiocy of a broken-window's (or war, or destroying homes, or...) positive impact on an economy is explained in cartoon style. The sad fact is that this fallacy remains at the core of mainstream policy-making and as the video notes, the government's 'creation' of jobs via public works programs (or any number of stimulus-driven enterprises) it does so at the expense of the tax-payer via higher taxes or inflation and that 'spending' which would have otherwise gone to new fridges or iPads is removed and this does nothing to significantly improve aggregate demand (should there be such an amorphous thing) and in fact (as we recently noted here and here) leaves us more and more dependent on the state for corporate profit margins leaving any organic growth a dim and distant memory.
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Fourth Amendment Lives? Supreme Court Says GPS Monitoring Is A Search That May Require Warrant [Updated]
from the surprise,-surprise deptWe've been following various cases involving courts and government regularly chipping away at the 4th Amendment. This has been especially true when it comes to GPS surveillance cases. While there have been a variety of different rulings in a variety of different courts, many federal courts have more or less said that law enforcement can spy on people at will with GPS devices (state courts have been a little less open to the idea). One interesting ruling on the federal side came out in August of 2010, when the DC Circuit ruled long term GPS surveillance required a warrant -- though was a bit unclear on what constituted "long term." Either way, this was the case that finally made it to the Supreme Court.
The Court came out with its ruling today, and it's a somewhat surprising defense of the 4th Amendment (pdf), saying that, yes indeed, the government first needs to get a warrant before attaching a GPS device to your car. This is a pretty big win for privacy advocates and those who believe in the general concept of the 4th Amendment. Update: As a few people have pointed out, it's not even that clear. Instead, it looks like they really punted. The court really stops just short of saying that a warrant is needed -- it just says that placing the device is a search. It's possible to interpret that to mean that placing the device was a reasonable search which didn't require a warrant. And that's what some are expecting.
Unfortunately, the win isn't as "clean" as it could have been. While it is a full 9-0 rout on the government's argument, the court is split on the reasoning as to why. The majority (five Justices) argues that
The concurring opinion, by the remaining four Justices seeks to follow the ruling of the appeals court in saying that it's the long term surveillance that's the problem. It notes that someone out in public doesn't necessarily have an expectation of privacy, but longer term surveillance changes the equation. However, the majority swings right back to the "thorny questions" that many of us noted with the original decision: how long is "long term?"
That introduces yet another novelty into our jurisprudence. There is no precedent for the proposition that whether a search has occurred depends on the nature of the crime being investigated. And even accepting that novelty, it remains unexplained why a 4-week investigation is "surely" too long and why a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving substantial amounts of cash and narcotics is not an "extra-ordinary offens[e]" which may permit longer observation.... What of a 2-day monitoring of a suspected purveyor of stolen electronics? Or of a 6-month monitoring of a suspected terrorist? We may have to grapple with these "vexing problems" in some future case where a classic trespassory search is not involved and resort must be had to Katz analysis; but there is no reason for rushing forward to resolve them here.It's interesting to see that the split among the Justices doesn't fully fall along the usual "cliques" within the Supreme Court. The majority opinion was written by Justice Scalia, with Roberts, Thomas and Kennedy (a block that will often vote together)... but also with Sotomayor, who is usually expected to side with the other group. Sotomayor actually wrote a separate concurrence that basically explains why she mostly agrees with the other group... but more or less thinks it's too early to rule on those other issues, because this case can be decided on "a narrower basis." The larger concurrence comes from Justice Alito (who frequently goes with Scalia, Roberts and Thomas...) and is joined by Ginsburg, Breyer and Kagan. It argues that rather than focusing on trespassing and search, we should go straight to the question of "reasonable expectation of privacy," and (as noted above) such long term surveillance, even if some of that info is public, violates that expectation.
So, at the top level, this is a good ruling -- and surprising support for a bruised and battered 4th Amendment. However, it still leaves open plenty of questions, meaning that it's likely that we'll see a few more similar and/or related cases in the near future before the boundaries of the government's ability to spy on people without a warrant is more fully explored.
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There is a rumor going around with the release of MK for the PS Vita that the MK Vita skins are "on the MK KE disc". This video is the one being used.
Unlike everyone spreading this news, I checked, and it's flat out not true. I may post more proof as needed, but this is just a quick post I built as I examined this "rumor"
Here is part of the contents, sorted alphabetically, of the CHAR portion on the MK Komplete Edition disc. The 15-16MB CHAR_* files are the models for the characters. If a character is playable, they'll have one of these. Each skin has it's own CHAR_ file too, so it's not just one file per character but one per SKIN.
You'll see here that Mileena has only 4 skin files on MKKE disc: A, B, D & E. Mileena has 5 skins on Vita: Costume 1, Costume 2, MK2, MK3 & the Nude costume. So she'd need another "C" skin file as well in order to have her MK2 skin.
I don't currently have a way to browse the Vita files, but if we did you'd see more CHAR_ files for the new skins on it compared to the KE disc.
You'll also above that Rain, Kenshi and Skarlet both have only one skin file on disc. No alts for them here either, or the other ninjas.
But the rumor is the CODE is there... not a model!
That was also said to, and it's actually partially true. There is in fact a configuration section for MK2 Mileena in the game's config file. And here it is:
This isn't CODE but rather a configuration for how things are treated. Lots of stuff like language localizations are in here too. Without the backing model data file and additional lines of configuration and actual in-game CODE, this bit of config is useless. This config data has been here since MK9 1.0 actually. It's not something new on MK9 KE. No other Vita exclusive skins exist in the configs at all, KE or otherwise.Code:[CHAR_MILEENA_C] SourceAsset=CHAR_RetroNinja_Female_MK2 Mileena_Expressions=RetroNinja_Female_MK2_Expressions SourceMapping=CHAR_Mileena MeshName=RetroNinja_Female_MK2 BabyName=NPC_Mileena_C_Baby BabyScript=NPC_Mileena_C_Baby.mko
Why did they not ship with her skin then? You may ask
That's easy. Each character file is 16MB, plus all the extra FATALITY and BABALITY models that'd be needed for this alternate skin. So it's not tiny and they likely ran out of room when they shipped MK9 and had to cut her from the game.
But the "Komplete Edition" has a lot more content on the disc now! They had the room!
Yes it does NOW but it may not have then. There is a reason that is possible though. Microsoft reserved over 1GB of space on that their discs for copy protection and other stuff. That all changed with the fall console update in late 2011 they changed that rule and gave 1GB of space back to developers to use. That more than likely allowed them to put all the skins and characters released as DLC back onto the new KE disc.
They likely NOW had room to add Mileena's MK2 skin onto the Komplete edition disc, but no other users would have that skin. Without that skin on everyone's game, it's useless online. They could add it in a patch, or "title update", but they have size limitations (hence the DLC "compatibility packs") and cost a lot of money. NetherRealm is likely trying to avoid patches as well to avoid future desync issues with online games.
Then why no Vita skins in "Komplete" edition?!
As I said above each character skin is a whole new model and is about 16MB on the Xbox/PS3. Adding in another 16 skins would make the game at least 256MB bigger, but that doesn't count the FATALITY and BABALITY support files that are also on the disc FOR EACH SKIN. So it'd likely be closer to 0.5GB for all those skins.
The Xbox 360 MK disc clocks in at 7.85GB, just barely under the 7.95GB limit of a DL DVD. And for all we know, they were at their limits already and this extra 100MB is just extra free space on the disc used by MS. Clearly no room for 400-500MB of extra content.
So again there is no room for the Vita skins, if they even exist. For all we know the new skins for Vita were designed for the Vita only. They may not exist in the console art pipeline at the size and resolutions needed for Xbox or PS3.
Could they be created and offered as DLC?
Sure anything is possible, but this would require a lot of extra work, QA and a costly console Title Update. So wont be cheap AT ALL. Then we may also get into the desync issues online again if things go wrong since not everyone would have the new content and no one wants that.
I'd rather have NetherRealm focus their attention on whatever is next for Mortal Kombat instead of adding skins to a year old console game.


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Cybercrooks are running a wide-ranging password-guessing attack against some of the most widely used blogging and content management systems on the net.
The so-called Fort Disco cracking campaign began in late May this year and is still ongoing, DDoS mitigation firm Arbor Networks warns. Arbor has identified six command-and-control (C&C) systems associated with Fort Disco that collectively control a botnet of over 25,000 infected Windows servers. More than 6,000 Joomla, WordPress, and Datalife Engine installations have been the victims of password guessing.
Four strains of Windows malware are associated with the campaign, each of which caused infected machines to phone home to a hard-coded command and control domain.
"It's unclear exactly how the malware gets installed," said Matthew Bing, a security researcher at Arbor Networks in a blog post on the attack. "We were able to find reference to the malware's original filename (maykl_lyuis_bolshaya_igra_na_ponizhenie.exe) that referred to Michael Lewis' book The Big Short: Inside The Doomsday Machine in Russian with an executable attachment."
"Another filename, proxycap_crack.exe, refers to a crack for the ProxyCap program. It's unclear if victims were enticed to run these files, and if so, if that is the only means of infection. The C&C sites did not offer additional clues as to the infection mechanism," he added.
The top three countries with infections are the Philippines, Peru, and Mexico. curiously, it seems the US and Western Europe are underrepresented in the attack, which appears to be using zombie PCs in Latin America and the Philippines to target blogs and content management systems with the "weakest of the weak" passwords, predominantly in Russia and the Ukraine.
Only three types of platforms are under attack: Joomla (/administrator/index.php), WordPress (/wp-login.php), and Datalife Engine (/admin.php). Attackers are using compromised credentials to install a variant of the "FilesMan" PHP backdoor. This password-protected backdoor allows the attacker to browse the filesystem, upload or download files, and execute commands. Arbor has found more than 700 blogs and content management systems compromised in this way.
The ultimate aim of the attack remains, for now at least, unclear, but may involve an attempt to serve exploit kits from compromised sites. This is a continuation of a recent trend of targeting blogs and content management systems to create a powerful platform for cyberattacks, as Arbor notes.
"Beginning with the Brobot attacks in early 2013, we've seen attackers focusing on targeting blogs and content management systems," Arbor's Bing concludes. "This marks a tactical change in exploiting weak passwords and out-of-date software on popular platforms. By uploading a PHP shell to compromised sites, an attacker can easily issue commands to thousands of compromised sites in seconds."
"Blogs and CMSs tend to be hosted in data centres with immense network bandwidth. Compromising multiple sites gives the attacker access to their combined bandwidth, much more powerful than a similarly sized botnet of home computers with limited network access by comparison. While we have no evidence the Fort Disco campaign is related to Brobot or denial-of-service activity, we've experienced the threat that a large blog botnet can deliver." ®
Fort Disco is named after one of the strings found in the executable metadata field, which inadvertently left publicly accessible log files that paint a complete picture of the campaign.


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In Videos: 'Green' Pizza Box Breaks Down into Plates, Storage Container
Now this is a development in pizza gadgetry I can get behind. Seriously.
Green-friendly packaging design firm ECO Inc. has come up with the Greenbox.
The lid is perforated into four sections that can be used as plates. Tear off a couple triangular strips from the sides of the remaining bottom and fold along the score, and you've got a half-sized rectangular leftovers box.
[Video of the box in action, and why it might not actually be recyclable, after the jump.]
While the eco idea behind the box is noble, it's been noted that pizza boxes aren't necessarily recyclable. Sure, corrugated cardboard in and of itself can be recycled, but any greasy gunk that gets on the box renders it unfit for reincarnation. So, in reality, using the lid as plates might actually taint a part of the box that had otherwise avoided contact with the pizza.
Then again, you could argue that using the lid as plates saves water and/or dishwasher power. But that just seems like six of one, half dozen the other.
So what to do with soiled pizza boxes? You could always compost them.
I usually do feel guilty about the pizza box thing when ordering a pie. But my take on this box design is that if you're going to get a box no matter what, this one is mighty convenient and will actually fit in the fridge once you transform it. [via Wired]
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Saw Mithya (2008) this week. Directed by Rajat Kapoor and starring Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah and Vinay Pathak, among others. You might recall Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak received substantial critical acclaim for their performance in Bheja Fry (2007).
The story is about an aspiring actor (played by Ranvir Shorey) who is caught in his own web of definitions for acting, and willing to take risks for his acting. He looks almost identical to a powerful and supposedly ruthless gangster. One of this gangster's enemies (played by Naseeruddin Shah, Vinay Pathak is his sidekick), exploits this similarity to rid himself of his rival. Several events (not the least important of which involve Neha Dhupia) steer the film into unchartered territory for the protagonist, the film, the industry, and its viewers.
Here are my highlights from the film:
1. The Queen's Necklace: I had to mention this. The Necklace refers to the glittering lights along perhaps the most prominent roadway in the city of Bombay (stretching from Nariman Point to Chowpatty and through Marine Drive, all along the Arabian Sea). I have a special relationship with this stretch. I grew up less than a mile inland, in a district called Churchgate. Driving through the Necklace was a near-daily occurrence. It was good to see this snapshot serve as the backdrop to an important scene at the beginning of the film. Especially one filmed at night. Here is what the Necklace looks like:
Here is Ranvir Shorey at the Necklace:
2. There is a bit at the beginning where Neha Dhupia is filming a song (she plays an actress in the film). There are several air hostesses shown in the song. Instantly, I was reminded of Garam Masala (2005), if merely for being a the intersection of Neha and the air hostess uniform, which were prominent in that film.
3. This is the second in less than a month that we have come across characters who dub for cartoons or animated films. I have thoroughly enjoyed both the portrayals (the first was with Ayesha Takia in Sunday (2008), discussed here). There is a scene within the first 15 minutes of Mithya, where Ranvir Shorey (playing the dubbing artist this time), is just frustrated by his bosses not being satisfied of his work. The resulting dialog exchange is fantastic. One of the best moments in the film, in my opinion. And flawlessly executed by Mr. Shorey.
4. Not too far from the scene mentioned [in #3] above, is a scene where Mr. Shorey is seen rehearsing delivery of dialog from a Shakespeare play (Hamlet, was it?) in front of the mirror at his home. With his make-believe cloak, he gets so involved in delivering his lines, he does not realize the volume of his speech. A neighbor makes it a point to tell him off for it, and the resulting exchange is absolutely hilarious.
5. I was really expecting more of Naseeruddin Shah in the film. Yet, his somewhat limited presence does not hurt the film in any way. Credit the rest for a job well done, where we do not catch ourselves wanting more of a bigger 'star'. The characters all blend into their roles rather well, and execute a solid script, which is perhaps the silent hero of the film.
6. A couple of exchanges with Ranvir as the underworld chief and two people he funds (one of them a filmmaker), at separate points in the film, are as good as any other in the film. Once again, the comedy does not appear exaggerated when you see it (although in essence, that is the feeling one might get after watching the film).
7. There is a scene at a bar that works wonders. There's a tight slap (of the serious kind) to the face to a doctor who refuses to predict a successful recovery for his patient. There is a family that one tries to take care of. There are lies, conspiracies, and circumstances that result in funny but often very interesting (and serious) sequences of events, most of which the audience is unprepared for. I have chosen the funny moments as my highlights, but the elements of suspense integrated into the film are just as good, and those you should discover on your own.
Three-and-a-half stars for a very good film that builds well on the foundations laid in the first 30 minutes. I cannot believe we did not hear a whole lot more about it. It is easily one of the best released this year. Mithya belongs to Ranvir Shorey, who delivers an excellent performance. The other actors pitch in with their parts. Naseeruddin Shah is his usual self. Neha Dhupia sets a personal benchmark in what I thought was a very good performance. Combine these with a soundtrack that limits itself to the plot, a background score that is every bit as effective, and a solid plot that enables the actors to operate effectively and showcase their strengths, and we have the makings of a classy and rare comedy that is a surprisingly good thriller!
Movie rating: 3.5/5 (Very good!)
My classification: R (for plot, violence, language)
Official website: http://www.planmanmotionpictures.com/mithya.htm
Go watch it (with an open mind). The film lives up to its title (the word 'mithya' means illusionary/deceitful) in an innovative approach to cinema. And it is a rare illusion, as the title of this post suggests, for it's a welcome drift away from the Bollywood norm.
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After San Francisco, the Olympic flame is likely to have anxiousmoments at Islamabad (April 16), New Delhi (April 17) and Tokyo. AtIslamabad, the problem, if any, could be from the survivors of thePakistan Army's commando action in the Lal Masjid last year andanti-Chinese elements in the Uighur diaspora. The Tibetan issue willnot pose a problem there.
2.The students of the Lal Masjid madrasas hold Beijing responsible forforcing President Pervez Musharraf to order the commando action,during which about 300 tribal students were allegedly killed. Thesupport of Mrs.Benazir Bhutto for the commando action allegedly costher her life at the hands of jihadi terrorists. The anger over thecommando action remains strong and is directed against the PakistanPeople's Party (PPP), the leader of the present ruling coalition,which had also supported the commando raid.Musharraf ordered thecommando action after the madrasa students kidnapped some Chinesewomen working in beauty parlours and accused them of beingprostitutes. The anger of the Uighurs is due to the allegedsuppression of their ethnic members in Xinjiang and over thesuccessful Chinese pressure on Saudi Arabia during the last two yearsnot to issue pilgrimage visas to the Uighurs in Pakistan.
3. There will be very anxious moments in New Delhi because of theactivism of the highly-motivated Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), butthey may not have the same kind of street support from sections ofthe Indian civil society as the Tibetan residents had in London, Parisand San Francisco. The Dalai Lama's departure to the US---thoughostensibly in pursuit of long-scheduled programmes---is also meant tocool the temperature so that the Government of India is notembarrassed. Another possible reason is that he doesn't want to givethe Chinese an opportunity to make further allegations against himshould something go wrong on April 17.
4. In Tokyo, one could again see a mix of Tibetan activism andsections of the local civil society in action.Both the Chinese andJapanese authorities are prepared for it.
5 Unfortunately, in India and the rest of the world, the debate,which started after the violent incidents of March 10 to 18,2008, hasfailed to make a distinction between the "Tibetan card" and the'Tibetan issue". Many of the so-called hawks, including some retiredofficers of the Indian Foreign Service and leaders of the Hindutvagroup, as well as anti-China elements in the West look upon thepost-March 10 developments as providing a "Tibetan card", which can beexploited against China for different strategic objectives.
6. In the case of the Indian hawks, they want the Government to usethe Tibetan card to correct the past policy mistakes relating to thetotally unwise Indian action in recognising Tibet as an integral partof China without a quid pro quo from Beijing in the form of arecognition of Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India.
7. I was myself tempted to join this hawks' brigade, but refrainedfrom doing so after careful thinking. I have come to the conclusionthat this will be a cynical approach which could provecounter-productive. We should not give the impression that we areexploiting the spilling of Tibetan blood and the justified emotionaloutburst of Tibetan youth not for getting a better future for theTibetans, but to serve our own national interest. Nothing can be moreunfortunate than such an impression among the Tibetans.
8. In the West also, many look upon the shocking mishandling of theTibetan people by the neo Red Guards of the Chinese Government andCommunist Party as providing a welcome stick to beat the Chinese within this year of the Beijing Olympics. The respect for the human rightsof the Tibetans is not the primary issue. Needling Beijing is theprimary issue.
9. We need policies and an approach in India as well as the West basedon the conviction that the long-neglected Tibetan issue---meaning theobservance of human rights and giving the Tibetans a genuine voice andgenuine political opportunities and religious freedom in their ownhomeland-- has led to the present situation and that unless thegrievances and anger of the Tibetan people are addressed in adisinterested manner the problem is likely to continue. Our policiesshould be based on a genuine interest in the Tibetan people, theirplight and their future and not on exploiting their uprising forserving our own national interest.Let us keep the spotlight on the TIBETAN ISSUE and resist the temptation to use the Tibetan anger as acard for narrow purposes.
10. Despite the widespread adverse reaction against China all over theworld, the Chinese have not blinked and are unlikely to blink even ifthere are more violent incidents as the flame is taken to the top ofthe Everest and across Tibetan-inhabited areas of China. In theirapprehension, any weakening of their stand on Tibet could mark thebeginning of their losing control over China's sensitive peripheryconsisting of Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
11. At the same time, once the Olympics are over there would behopefully re-thinking in the Chinese Government and Party over themess created for them by the mishandling of the Tibetan issue by theneo Red Guards and other hawks. This could result in policy andmanagement correctives meant to address the widespread alienation.Wein India should not lose our ability for discreetly promoting suchre-thinking and policy correctives by taking an unbridled hawkishapproach. His Holiness the Dalai Lama should be in the centre of anydebate on such correctives.(12-4-08)
(The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt.of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, the Institute ForTopical Studies, Chennai. He is also associated with the ChennaiCentre For China Studies. E-mail: email@example.com )
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Earlier this month, we reported that John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), and Ty Burrell had joined Dan Schechter's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Switch. Deadline is now reporting that Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid have joined the crime drama, which takes place 15 years before Jackie Brown (which was based on Leonard's novel, Rum Punch). The story centers on a jilted housewife (Aniston) who's kidnapped by ex-cons Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie (Hawkes and Bey, respectively; the characters were played by Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson in Jackie Brown). When her crooked real-estate developer husband (Quaid) sees this as an opportunity to get rid of her, he refuses to pay the ransom, and the housewife decides to enlist Gara and Robbie in order to get revenge. Production on the movie is set to begin in May.
Switch isn't strictly a prequel since Leonard tends to reuse his characters (Michael Keaton played Ray Nicolette in Jackie Brown and Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight). Let's just hope that this spin-off/prequel works better than the Get Shorty sequel, Be Cool. Hit the jump for the synopsis of Leonard's The Switch.
Here's the synopsis for Elmore Leonard's The Switch (I assumed the movie dropped the definite article so it wouldn't be confused with the terrible Jason Bateman-Jennifer Aniston comedy):
Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife of a wealthy Detroit developer and hold her for ransom. But they didn't figure the lowlife husband wouldn't want his lady back. So it's time for Plan B and the opportunity to make a real killing — with the unlikely help of a beautiful, ticked-off housewife who's hungry for a large helping of sweet revenge. [Amazon]


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Here's a short slide show looking back on Super Bowl XLII.
Both Aaron Ross (John Tyler) and Michael Johnson (Tyler Jr. College) won a Super Bowl ring on Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, as the Giants beat the previously unbeaten Patriots, 17-14.
I interviewed both Ross and Johnson after the victory, and both interviews will air on my afternoon sports talk show on Monday, on AM600 KTBB, AM1430 KEES, AM1490 ESPN, ktbb.com, and MYTX-Television.
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I'll talk with everyone on my show tomorrow—give me your thoughts.
What a great game.
The Eli Manning scramble after he was being grabbed and almost thrown down–and then completed the pass to David Tyree has to be one of the greatest single plays in Super Bowl history.
What do you think?
Last time these two met in late-December, it was a full-fledged shootout, but not tonight.
Both teams scored on their opening possession, but nothing since then.
Here are some notes from watching from the Media Auxiliary Press Box.
*Giants set the tone for the first half, with a brilliant 8-minute, 59-second drive, but settled for only a field goal.
*Patriots countered with a couple of critical 3rd-down conversions to take about 5-6 minutes on their drive, with the big play, a pass interference call against the Giants in the end zone.
Patriots Laurence Maroney scored two plays later for a 7-3 New England lead.
*I thought a couple of very key moments were two consecutive Patriots drives when they had the 7-3 lead, but did nothing with it.
*Giants are getting in Tom Brady's space, and you can tell—and it's obvious live from where we're sitting—-that is keeping New England and Brady from going deep to anyone, much less Randy Moss.
*Moss caught one pass in the first half, and it was for a first down in the final minute of the half.
*I thought the Giants defense was huge with the Patriots facing only 2nd and 2, and then 3rd and 2, around their own 30-40, with the 7-3 lead, but the Giants snuffed-out Maroney on back-to-back carries.
*There were three fumbles in the first half, and the Giants came away fortunate every time.
*Fumble #1: The first when Ahmad Bradshaw fumbled a draw play, and the Patriots appeared to have several players on the ball, but the Giants came away from it at the bottom of the pile.
*Fumble #2: Eli Manning was stripped towards the Patriots sideline, and safety Rodney Harrison was about to scoop up the ball and had nothing but sideline in front of him, but Bradshaw batted the ball forward and right through Harrison, the Giants recovered for what appeared to be a first down, but the penalty against Bradshaw for illegal touching backed the Giants out of field goal range, and they were forced to punt.
*Fumble #3: Tom Brady was about to throw deep to Moss, but Jason Tuck stripped him from behind, and Osi Umenyori recovered for New York with 10-seconds remaining in the half.
*The tempo of the first half has been ALL New York.
*I really have to think the pressure of trying to finish the unbeaten season may force the Patriots to tighten-up in the second half.
We'll know pretty quickly because New England will get the second-half kickoff.
Without question, despite trailing 7-3, I give the Giants the edge in the first half.
I think the biggest question of this game is whether New England can get more than a touchdown ahead, and if they do, they can take more chances on offense down field, and even defensively, and of course it goes the same way for the Giants if they take the lead.
But based on the first half, the Patriots will have to scratch and claw for everything they get.
Depending on where we are in the final minutes, will depend on whether I'm back anytime soon for another update.
I will get a post-game interview with either Aaron Ross or Willie Andrews, and perhaps both based on availability.


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Pepper-crusted salmon with garlic chickpeas
Add a crunchy twist to a classic salmon recipe to create a simple yet special supper
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal531
- fat3.2g
- saturates5g
- carbs23g
- sugars2g
- fibre6g
- protein41g
- salt1.01g
- 4 skinless salmon fillets, about 150g/5oz each
- 2 tsp black peppercorns
- 1 tsp paprika
A spice that's central to Hungarian cuisine, paprika is made by drying a particular type of…
- grated zest and juice 2 limes
The same shape, but smaller than…
- 1 tbsp olive oil
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For the chickpeas
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the salmon fillets in a shallow ovenproof dish in a single layer. Roughly crush the peppercorns with a pestle and mortar, or tip into a cup and crush with the end of a rolling pin. Mix with the paprika, lime zest and a little sea salt. Brush the salmon lightly with oil, then sprinkle over the pepper mix. Bake for 12-15 mins until the salmon is just cooked.
Meanwhile, tip the chickpeas into a colander, rinse well under cold running water, then drain. Heat the oil in a pan, add the garlic, then gently cook for 5 mins without browning. Add the chickpeas and stock, then warm through. Crush the chickpeas lightly with a potato masher, then add the spinach and stir well until the leaves are wilted. Add the lime juice and some salt and pepper, then heat through. Serve with the salmon.
Recipe Tip
Try an italian twistPesto-crusted salmon Replace the peppercorns, paprika, lime zest and oil with 2 tbsp pesto. Spread over the salmon and sprinkle with 2 tbsp dried breadcrumbs. Bake as in the main recipe and serve with the chickpeas.


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Why is it that girls continue to be less active than boys? According to the Report on the Health of Young People in Canada, released this month by the Canadian Public Health Agency, between 56 and 64 per cent of boys are physically active compared to only 39 to 56 per cent of girls. This trend is particularly prevalent toward the high school years - physical activity declines steadily from Grades 6 through 10.
"There's a perception that progress has been made in the area of female participation in sport and physical activity," said Catherine Sabiston, an exercise psychology consultant in McGill University's faculty of kinesiology and physical education. "But, in reality, physical activity is one of the areas where women still have a long way to go."
Despite the heralded successes of Canadian women in the amateur sport milieu (Canadian women won more medals than Canadian men at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics), these numbers represent a very small portion of the female population.
"Girls still feel they are not as good in sports compared to boys," said Suzanne Laberge, who studies the sociology of sport and is a member of the department of kinesiology at the Université de Montréal.
That feeling of inferiority is particularly evident in such traditional sports as basketball, soccer, volleyball and baseball, where girls are less inclined to participate. This is especially true in physical education classes where boys and girls participate side by side.
"Girls get embarrassed when they make mistakes in front of boys," said Alana Schlemm, a 15-year-old student at The Study, an all-girls school in Westmount.
When it comes to spontaneous play, girls rarely grab a ball and start throwing or kicking it around just for fun. Nor do you see many girls initiating a game of street hockey or skateboarding down the street to a friend's house.
"Girls have other priorities, like homework and socializing," said 15-year-old Kimia Amouzegar, also a student at The Study.
Sabiston says girls don't place the same value on sport and physical activity as boys, which is one of the reasons they tend to be less active. Playing sports or participating in physical activity occupies a very minor role in the lives of girls and women compared to other seemingly more important issues like friends and family.
Boys, on the other hand, understand that in the male world, sport has value both socially and professionally. Men often network with colleagues and clients through participation in sport. Cementing a business deal on the golf course and getting to know your boss and co-workers on the squash court are common practices for men. So is getting together with their buddies and playing beer league softball or hockey games.
Compare that behaviour to women who rarely do business on the golf course or use sport as a vehicle to visit with their girlfriends.
"Girls don't see sports in their future," Schlemm said.
Is encouraging girls to be active worth the effort? It sure is. Girls who are physically active are 92 per cent less likely to use drugs and 80 per cent less likely to get pregnant. They also enjoy higher than average levels of self-esteem. And that's not all. According to a poll of 401 female executives, sponsored by MassMutual Financial Group and Oppenheimer Funds, their experience in sports helped them function better on a team, develop leadership skills and learn how to better cope with failure, all of which contributed toward their professional success later in life.
So how do we get girls to be more active? Do we change the way we introduce physical activity to girls or do we work at increasing the value of sport in the female milieu?
Laberge says parents can play an important role in encouraging their daughters to be more active. Don't limit your daughter's choice of after-school activities to traditional community-based sports teams like soccer, hockey and softball, especially if her interest in these sports starts to wane as she enters her teen years. Instead, encourage her to pursue alternative activities like dance, fitness and martial arts, and place as much interest and support behind these activities as you did while watching her soccer games or driving her to hockey practice.
Statistics garnered from the Report on Healthy Young People in Canada support Laberge's view. Boys and girls with encouraging parents were more active than those whose parents didn't value physical activity.
But home isn't the only place where changes need to be made. Physical education teachers need to work harder to recognize the difference in how girls and boys perceive physical activity and incorporate more girl-friendly policies in school-based gym programs.
"Giving girls extra time to get ready
after gym class will make them more
inclined to participate," Sabiston said.
Young women don't like to return to class looking dishevelled and sweaty. Allowing an extra 15 minutes for girls to tend to their appearance before heading back to class may result in increased activity during physical education periods.
And for those girls who participate in co-ed physical education classes, the curriculum should reflect a chance for all students, not just those who are skilled at traditional sports, to be successful at an activity and have fun. Girls should also be able to participate in an atmosphere where they are valued and are not continually put in a position where they feel their athletic skills are inferior to the boys in the class.
"It is society's collective responsibility to make sure girls are more active," Laberge said.


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June 13, 2012
Not surprisingly, a preponderant majority of Infowars.com readers do not favor Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's decision to support the seasoned globalist Mitt Romney's presidential bid or Paul's decision to work inside the Republican Party.
Following the announcement last week and a tsunami of negative feedback in response, the younger Paul has attempted to defend the fateful decision.
"Senator Paul asked his supporters and supporters of his father to be reasonable rather than reactionary as the liberty movement goes forward. He also challenged liberty lovers to participate in the political process rather than stay on the sidelines," writes Kevin Kervick.
The Libertarian Party wasted little time excoriating Paul: "No true libertarian, no true friend of liberty, and no true blue Tea Partier could possibly even consider, much less actually endorse or approve of, the Father of Obamacare, Big Government tax and spender, Republican Mitt Romney," a statement exclaimed.
Libertarians and other supporters who assumed Rand would reflect the philosophy of his father were outraged by the obvious betrayal and complained that "many of his fund-raising appeals were sent to the donors and supporters of his father…. designed to convince Ron's supporters that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. That Rand was, like his legendary father, a steadfast champion of liberty."
Paul told Peter Schiff in a radio interview that his endorsement was strictly political. "In order for him to get support during his Senate bid in 2010, Paul had to convince his potential backers that he was a Republican and would back the GOP presidential nominee, which his father did not do in 2008. Paul also notes, though not in these words, that it's a little absurd to cast him aside as a traitor when he is part of the liberty movement and push our issues in the Senate," writes Jason Pye for United Liberty.
Rand Paul's explanation is weak at best. His chameleon act – pretending to be a dyed-in-the-wool statist Republican in order to advance libertarian ideals – will not fly and will certainly not fool the establishment. Liberty is anathema to both establishment parties and will not be tolerated if he refuses to embrace the fold.
Unfortunately, Rand Paul is merely another statist Republican who pandered to the Tea Party (now little more than a cheering section for the state) and libertarians in order to get their support.
It remains to be seen if his career will survive.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports and imports surged and new lending soared in January as the first hard data of the year signalled not only a solid recovery in domestic and overseas demand, but also the risk that inflationary pressures are building.
Exports grew 25 percent from a year earlier versus a forecast of 17 percent in a Reuters poll. Imports surged 28.8 percent to comfortably beat a consensus call of 23.3 percent and the resulting (18.5 billion pounds) trade surplus topped a market expectation of $22 billion (14 billion pounds).
New lending by China's banks in January beat expectations at 1.07 trillion yuan $172 billion and more than doubled from December. Total social financing - a broad measure of liquidity in the economy - leapt to 2.54 trillion yuan, well ahead of December's 1.63 trillion yuan.
Economists were cautious about reading too much into one month's data undeniably distorted by the timing of Lunar New Year holidays, which fall in February this year but were in January in 2012. Still, the consensus view suggested an economic recovery that started in late 2012 was strengthening.
"Overall this says there is no need to worry about the strength of China's recovery," Sun Junwei, China economist at HSBC in Beijing, told Reuters.
"These were very strong numbers, particularly total social financing. This means to me that beyond the rebound in bank lending there is strong demand for credit in the economy," Sun said, predicting upside surprises to data ahead.
After seven straight quarters of a slow down, growth picked up in the fourth quarter. Still, 2012 marked the slowest year of growth for China since 1999.
Investors bought the argument that an economic recovery was intact. Stock prices in Asia rose, despite pressure to take profits around the region ahead of next week's Lunar New Year lull, while oil and copper futures also gained ground.
The stronger-than-expected exports also pointed to signs of a recovery beyond China's borders in the giant economies of the United States and the European Union.
January's consumer inflation fell to 2.0 percent from December's seven-month high of 2.5 percent, suggesting price pressures are subdued for now.
Economists expect inflation to gather steam through the first quarter, though likely staying below 3.5 percent in 2013, a level they think the government will soon announce as its target.
The overall strength of the data underlines a more cautious line being taken by the central bank, which indicated a shift in its policy back towards inflation risks from growth in a fourth-quarter monetary policy report on Wednesday.
"As the economy transits into another stage of growth, economic controls need to always emphasise containing inflation risks," the People's Bank of China said.
Yao Wei, an economist at Societe Generale in Hong Kong, agrees there is reason to worry, pointing to January's 2.9 percent year-on-year rise in food prices.
CPI rose 1.0 percent in January from December, ahead of the 0.9 percent Reuters consensus forecast and the strongest monthly gain since January 2012. In fact, 90 percent of the increase was due to rising food prices, said Yu Qiumei, a senior statistician at the National Bureau of Statistics.
Apart from higher state investment as a potential source of inflation, the housing market is showing signs of strength once again as prices climb towards record highs despite curbs to try to cool the market.
The trajectory of money supply is key against that backdrop, with investors focusing on bank lending to try to assess the bias of monetary policy as loans are made at Beijing's behest in the state-directed financial system.
The market consensus is for the PBOC to keep policy settings neutral through 2013 to ensure an economic recovery is well-entrenched. The policy risk appears to be shifting towards tightening, rather than easing, if the strength of domestic and external demand implied in January's trade data is more than a quirk of base effects.
"I think the Chinese New Year effect only explains part of the story," Zhang Zhiwei, chief China economist at Nomura in Hong Kong, told Reuters. "After controlling for the Chinese New Year, the numbers are still very strong and show the economic recovery is on track."
China's year-on-year exports growth to the United States of 14.5 percent was the strongest in 10 months, while the rise in exports to the European Union were the highest in 13 months at 5.2 percent.
Exports to China's neighbouring economies in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) leapt 48.6 percent versus January 2012, worth $20.1 billion.
External demand appeared strong, even adjusting for the five additional working days the Customs Administration said were included in its January 2013 data versus January 2012. Exports rose 12.4 percent after adjusting for the holiday factor while imports rose 3.4 percent.
China publishes the bulk of its economic data for January and February combined in March to smooth the effects of the annual shift in the Lunar New Year holidays when many factories shut for at least a week and often longer.
The strength of imports and what that implied for the health of the domestic economy that was most telling to Tao Wang, China economist at UBS in Hong Kong.
"It seems to me that imports were particularly strong and that reflects two things: one is that the domestic demand, in particular investment demand, is very strong. The second thing is that it seems that companies are restocking ahead of the Chinese New Year and ahead of the peak season in March and April," she said.
Imports from the United States soared 49.7 percent, those from ASEAN jumped 36.5 percent and imports from the European Union rose 20.7 percent. Imports from Taiwan rocketed 74.8 percent, making the 12.9 percent rise in imports from Australia look anaemic.
Ting Lu, head of Greater China economics at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, was particularly cautious in his reading of the trade data, noting that import prices were rising in tandem with China's recovery. Iron ore, for example, has surged 79 percent from September 2012 - the bottom of China's 2012 growth cycle.
Lu forecasts 2013 export growth unchanged from the 7.9 percent pace in 2012, but thinks import growth could rise to 11.5 percent from 4.3 percent in 2012 as prices rebound.
Additional reporting by China Economics Team; Editing by Neil Fullick