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It looks like Volvo and Saab won't be teaming up to create one Swedish carmaker to rule them all. According to Reuters, Volvo has made it clear that the company has had no talks with Saab about buying the besieged automaker and that none are scheduled to take place. The Swedish newspaper De Telegraf had previously reported that the Swedish government was urging Volvo into talks with Saab about a potential takeover. The move would mean that a government loan previously granted to Saab by the European Investment Bank would have a greater chance of being repaid.
Saab has hit (further) rough waters in recent months with multiple supplier hiccups resulting in production stoppages including instances of the automaker being unable to pay for parts. In addition, sales fell well short of 2010 forecasts, resulting in a further cash crunch. The Swedish automaker has since performed a few economic stunts to get production rolling again, including selling the company's properties and re-leasing them at a lower cost.
In related matters, Automotive News reports that Saab CEO Victor Muller is looking to broker a deal with a Chinese automaker to help finance the company, although it is understood that Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. is not one of those parties. BAIC, you may recall, purchased old Saab assets (the previous generation 9-3 model, among other things) back in 2009 for $200 million, and it also expressed interest in buying Saab from General Motors before Muller's Spyker stepped in and completed the purchase.
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I say again, this man's arrogance is eclipsed only by his ignorance !! A step-child of the Democrats.
Let's play the "what if a Republican had said this" game. Last night MSNBC's Chris Matthews responded to Senator Marco Rubio's State of the Union rebuttal as "primitive," "tinkertoy," "juvenile," and something that reminded him of a high school debate team.
I won't hold my breathe waiting for Al Sharpton or Colin Powell to accuse Matthews of using "code words."

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Instagram story has taught a lot of things, to everyone. It's been an example, and I'm not sure it can be considered "good" or "bad" example, neither.
If one shall look superficially to Kevin Nystrom app evolution, he would deduct the following key points:
It's something that created a trend, followed by many developers and startuppers, with successful or failed cases.
One of the first question was: what about something similar to Instagram but related to video sharing, instead of photo? SocialCam was one of answers, maybe the most famous.
Launched by Justin.Tv on March, 2011 and available for both iOs and Android devices, SocialCam has topped two millions of downloads, very good numbers even if small compared to Instagram's.
SocialCam users can share their videos with their friends, using Facebook and Twitter API, and apply several filters. Is it enough to make it as "The Next Big Thing"? Past events would confirm it, but videos aren't pics, they are a more complex kind of media.
Users can take a photo with just a click, but a video is something more thoughtful, and the YouTube presence is heavy. It's often true that if you like sharing videos, you love making it public, not only with your friends.
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Samson Meteor Mic Vs Samson C01U Mic
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MrBraytonGreen: my right ear needs love ...
SkyGames98: samson meteor mic
TheFlyinDutchGuy: it felt like my right ear got a blowjob... xD
Daniel Pretten: my ears fell so weird
F**K IT Friday!: Does what?
F**K IT Friday!: :)
ThatsSoRandom: My left ear enjoyed this..
dukesara: @YaIgotSwag i have a similar problem, i record using sony acid wit the samson mic and it records off beat. when i rap and play it back im way off wtf??? i want to know how to fix that or im returning it back to best buy.
MultiMasterjake: hey man how much does that metor mic cost i relaey need one
Kowarete Iku Sekai: Oh so the Samson Meteor it gets the sound out already stereo? Cool :D Because I was anyway thinking to get that one.
YaIgotSwag: @1017sqaudd lol i have 2 or i cant hear the instrumental.... if it comes out my speakers the mic will pick it up.
Ryan Peters: can u get a stand for this
Gil Bento: Does it work ONLY in SINGLE CHANNEL? This is the second video I watch about it and I can only hear audio in one of the channels...
DjeezMusic: Which one should I buy for recording songs?
bing balu: ebay may help you. .
Thor A: Does it work with windows?
Mahesh Kadari: i kknow but i am india
YaIgotSwag: say im recording music.. i load a instrumental and record over it. can i hear the instrumental and my voice playback while having the head phones plugged into the mic instead of the computer?
Natalie Podipie: Which one is better fro singing?:)
Boone: This video should be redone. You screwed up the C01U's audio so the meteor had an unfair advantage :/
StormanCast: I hear that the C01u from what I hear from others
edanmano: @frealynn get the samson co1u great mic for singing if you can invest more money i suggest you buy an external sound card with phantom input then you can connect a XLR CONDENSER and not usb and get great sound with no static if you are a beginner and you want to just have fun recording with good qulity- SAMSON CO1U if you want proffesional recording get a sound card with phantom input and buy a samson co1 not co1u CO1U=usb connector COU1= regular XLR more proffesional :)
3Rton: @nurutoseks It does sound rather "bassy" Kinda bugging me : /
Mahesh Kadari: thxs frd for reply , i dont have any frds in us ,, frd u indian
frealynn: @edanmano thanks a lot (again) for the suggestion! I guess I'll just buy that one then, the c01u =3 I'm actually interested in c01 too, but I'm not really into such mixing, it seems to be so complicated. And lately school's been so busy, it's near the time for university entrance test for me, I don't think I'll be able to learn how in time. I was having difficulties between the AT2020 and Apex 435 (after I pass Meteor) which is most likely out of my desired budget & aren't in the local market =(
nurutoseks: I like the C01U muuuuuuch better! the Meteor seems to sound rather "muddy" or blurry compared to the clear C01U
Callum Hughes: meteor sounds better !!!
Pwengwin: My left ear enjoyed this.
Sam Hepfer: Good with electric guitar?
Mahesh Kadari: So many samson mics in your hand . Its my bad luck .that i have no money to buy a small one
GilsonBrazil: Where's the TREBLE in METEOR mic? :o
Damian Kowalik: The sound recorded by Samson C01u is more natural
Nuro Knight: Which one should I get for doing youtube video? so basically commentary.
YaIgotSwag: @dukesara i was told it was the loop from mic to cpu to the head phones... the process that the vocals go through causes a delay... the way i was told to fix it was by getting a better sound card that could make the process easier... there was also a way to bypass the loop from mic to sound card to head phones... i cant figure any of it out.. bought a new sound card... tried a few recording studios... and to no avail...
Das Pretzels: whyyyyyyyyy wouldn't you upload this in HD? ??
Michael H. Rooney: does the samson meteor have a good proximity effect?
camiel nijpels: Record mic as mono fix
gblan: My only question would be, is it heavy?
bl00stre: i bet its heavy
Dean Shaw: LOL
Marlin Williams: @YaIgotSwag dnt use headphones
EpicArabKid: @YaIgotSwag audacity doesn't have this feature.. get mixcraft or cool edit pro. i have cool edit pro 2.0 and its WONDERFUL!
StormanCast: yes
Nick Ratchapat: Did you use pop filter
eskobarje1: Wow..!! love the clarity on the new Samson Mic and it's in stereo... That's good to know because I have one on order now.
JohnToryMusic: Thanks for the review! I think the Meteor has slightly better sound quality. I'm off to the shops to get me one o' those :)
frealynn: @edanmano thanks for telling us! what do you suggest? because i'm searching mike for singing too =='
86TwiSta: Hey I'm starting off a home recording studio and I need a condenser microphone... Could you please reply to this and say which of those two mics would be better?? Thanks 86TwiSta :D
YaIgotSwag: audacity has this option but when my head phones are plugged into my cpu the loop from mic to head phones is late... making it sound like a echo...resulting in throwing me off beat... will the connect of the head phones striaght to the mic by pass this latency and can i hear the beat i am recording over while the head phones are plugged into the mic instead of cpu... ??? kinda confusing i know.. but its hard 2 record when u cant hear yourself... so i need this fixed asap.
Francisco Shibata - ShibataVFA: Verdict what it is?
Samson Meteor Mic vs Samson C01U Mic 4.7 out of 5


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BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO – The Green Party of Canada is pleased to announce Virginia Ervin as the nominated candidate for Durham.
"Virginia was our candidate in 2004 and 2006 and will do an excellent job communicating the platform of the Green Party to a riding that is seeking someone to represent their values," said Green Party of Canada Leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands Elizabeth May.
Ervin has lived in Hampton for most of her life. As the Green Candidate for Durham in 2004 and 2006 Federal Election, she attained over 4% of the popular vote in both elections.
"This riding is my home. I would be honoured to represent these constituents, my neighbours, with a strong and persistent voice in Ottawa," said Ervin. "Green Party of Canada Leader, Elizabeth May, the 'country's hardest-working politician' is the real Opposition to Stephen Harper. Just imagine the positive impact if we sent other Green MPs to join her in the House of Commons."
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I'm Jeremy Loops, a musician based In Cape Town, South Africa. I enjoy all genres of music, but my first love is folk. Live, I perform with a loop pedal, layering tunes like a one man band. Frequently, brilliant collaborators join me on stage to take my sound to the next level.
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I call myself a modern folk artist. My influences are folk legends like Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, but what I create is a mash-up of a number of genres, namely folk, reggae, hip-hop, gypsy-jazz…. whatever keeps me smiling really.
I don't believe in boundaries.
And now, our long-awaited debut album, 'Trading Change' is out on iTunes South Africa! Pre-order now at iTunes South Africa.
I make music that inspires and motivates me. It's both my place of refuge and my source of courage to tackle this beautiful, often crazy world we live in. I've been gifted with an amazing, dedicated community of listeners who resonate deeply with this vision, and all the work I put in, I do so for them.
When I'm not making songs, I help run GreenPop.
I believe music, like all art, is a visual/audible representation of humanity. And humanity is community. In Africa, we call this concept Ubuntu.
In this way, while the music I make is my own, on stage I collaborate closely with rapper Motheo Moleko and saxophonist Jamie Faull, while behind the scenes there's a team tirelessly working to make this dream a reality.
Snippets from reviews and articles on Jeremy Loops, from 2011 to present. Thanks to all the writers and photographers who have captured many epic moments. We know there are gonna be many more!
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• 19 September 2014 | Assembly | Cape Town
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Ultimate YA is an organization that promotes young adult literature (YA lit) and reading. We feature one YA lit author per month. Each feature includes a short bio of the author, as well as fun facts and an interview.
In addition to our features, we post quotes and memes of the week that relate to books, writing, and/or reading. We also post anything else that we find interesting regarding reading and writing.
Are you interested in being a guest blogger? If so email ChinLin at firstname.lastname@example.com.
7.) What do you do when you encounter the dreaded writer's block?
8.) How long did it take for you to get published? How difficult was the road to getting published?
1.) Why did you choose write books for young adults?
2.) What is your favorite book? Your favorite author?
Whether she's writing for adults or young adults, you can rely on her signature to shine through: Fast pace, gripping suspense and characters so rich and bold they will stay with you long after you finish.
Her Vampire Origins series is already being touted as the next big thing in YA literature. Packed full of action, adventure, romance, and evil, Vampire Origins weaves historical fact with fiction to explore the origins of five very different vampire tribes: Strigoi, Cambion, Bretonnian, Strix, and Nosferatu.
1.) Why did you choose write books for young adults?
It's such an exciting time - everything is about discovery and choices.
2.) What is your favorite book? Your favorite author?
The Wizard of Oz, because it started it all. And J.K. Rowling is my Queen.
3.) With which characters in your stories do you identify yourself most?
Em and I have the same edit button problem. ;)
4.) Some authors work during the day. Some at night. What is your typical writing day schedule?
I have two boys, so whenever I can, wherever I can! Both of them will be in school this year, so I'll be shooting for daytime hours then!
5.) What advice can you give to an aspiring writer?
Read, read, read, and write, write, write.
6.) How much of your personal life to you tend to bring to your stories?
There are lots of little things, such as Thomas and Michael and their love of Fruity Pebbles (the husband), and Emerson and her love of black Converse (me).
7.) What do you do when you encounter the dreaded writer's block?
I keep going. Not always the best choice, actually. Sometimes I think it's important to walk away so you can come back fresh. But not for too long! No more than a day.
8.) How long did it take for you to get published? How difficult was the road to getting published?
From the first word of HOURGLASS to the day it was published was just short of three years. As far as difficulty in getting published, I didn't realize how much difficult stuff happens after a manuscript has sold.
9.) Do you have any book recommendations for the readers in our group?
Oh man! I hardly get to read books anymore - I mostly listen to them. Lately I've heard A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, THE HISTORIAN and THE HELP. I realize those are all adult! Um … I love Rachel Hawkins Hex Hall series!
1. I had two imaginary friends growing up, Madeline and Muffy.
2. I adored the Wizard of Oz and Trixie Belden as a child.
3. My husband and I moved 36 times in the first five years of our marriage. (He played minor league baseball.)
4. Italian food can cure most ills.
5. Dance breaks can cure the rest of them.
6. I am a pop culture junkie, and my interests range from Doctor Who to Dark Shadows.
7. I can touch my tongue to the tip of my nose!
Myra McEntire knows the words to every R&B hit of the last decade, but since she lives in Nashville, the country music capital of America, her lyrical talents go sadly unappreciated. She's chosen, instead, to channel her "mad word skills" into creating stories infused with her love of music. Her young adult book, Hourglass, is available now.
Myra's book debuted on June 14th and can be purchased at your local bookstore, or online. For more information, check out Goodreads, or read on here:
For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may change her past.
Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he's around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?
Full of atmosphere, mystery, and romance, Hourglass merges the very best of the paranormal and science-fiction genres in a seductive, remarkable young adult debut.
Stay tuned for more about Myra and her debut book, Hourglass!
If you enjoyed reading about Melissa Kantor this month and would like to contact her, than you can email her at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also check out her website. Additionally, you can join her group on Goodreads and talk to her directly!
9.) Do you have any book recommendations for the readers in our group?
I just read the galley for "Putting Makeup on Dead People." It was so different from a lot of what's out there—very daring and exciting. I'm loving "Dash and Lily's Book of Dares," and so is my eighth grade class, to whom I'm reading it on Wednesday afternoons. And I'm about to read "Real Live Boyfriends," the final installment in E. Lockhart's "The Boyfriend List" series, so I'd love for everyone to join me!
10.) You mentioned that you teach classes during the school year. What subjects do you teach?
I teach middle and high school English. I've taught kids as young as fourth grade, but I usually teach upper middle school (7th and 8th) and high school.
11.) Do you ever use your classes as inspiration for your stories?
It's so funny because my students always ask that question. They actually go back and forth on how they ask it. Sometimes they're like, "You should name a character after me!" or "You should put me in a book." Other times, they're a little nervous like, you're not going to put me in your books, are you? I can say with a clear conscience that I never ever use anything I know from or about a student in a book. My stories really come from my own experiences and feelings as a teenager. There's a certain amount of overlap (I think the teenage experience is, in many ways, universal and eternal), but if something that happens in one of my books also happened to one of my students, it's absolutely a coincidence.
12.) The problem of keeping young adults interested in reading is growing. What is your opinion on how to keep young adults interested, or even to begin to get other young adults interested in reading?
Wow, that's a tough one. I can say that my experience with my students makes me feel that all kids can be turned onto reading, it's just a matter of finding the right book. Every Monday, my students and I talk about what we're reading outside of class. Sometimes students start out the year as non-readers, but by June, I think I can safely say that the vast majority of them (if not all of them) have found books they've loved. It takes time. I have a lot of suggestions for them. Their friends have a lot of suggestions for them. If they love a book, we try to find other books like the book they loved. If they seem to be losing interest in a book, I encourage them to find something they'll enjoy more (but I don't send them off on their own to do it—I suggest different titles they might like, discuss what they're bored by in the book they don't like, talk about other books they have liked). Helping kids love reading and helping them to read more takes time and energy. I could go on and on about what works and what doesn't, but I'll spare you the spiel. I'll give one final suggestion (this is for all you moms and dads out there!) avoid pushing "good" books on your kids. If a kid loves a book, then by definition it's a good book for that kid. Trying to force your child to love a certain novel or writer is guaranteed to backfire.
13.) Your characters had a variety of experiences. Do you do research before writing their stories? If so, how do you go about doing your research?
It's funny—my background is more academic than literary (I was a political science major in college and my graduate degree is in English literature, not writing), so research feels like home to me. I've never written a book in which I have to do a ton of research (I've never written an historical novel, for example), but I always like it when I have to investigate things. In Book Two of The Darlings (called The Darlings in Love), I had a scene (it's actually not in the final book, which is kind of funny) where Natalya went out for dinner at a fancy Brighton Beach restaurant. I spent time online searching for locations and menus of actual Brighton Beach restaurants so I could integrate them into my imaginary restaurant; I wanted my made up place (called Kiev) to sound legitimate.
14.) What inspired you to write a story about three friends struggling to find their place in the scary new world of high school?
High school is such a major transition. The only reason it didn't feel completely overwhelming to me was because I had my BFFs right by my side. Just thinking about what it would have been like to make that move alone makes my stomach hurt! Since it seemed to stressful, I thought it would make a good novel…
15.) Will you be writing any follow-ups to Jane, Victoria and Natalya's stories?
The second book in the series is called The Darlings in Love, and it's all about what happens when the girls fall in love. You can read a sample chapter from the book at the end of The Darlings Are Forever.
1.) Why did you choose write books for young adults?
I think there are a couple of answers to this question. The first is that I have a friend who was a YA editor and who really encouraged me to write YA. That's probably what started me writing YA. But every time I sign a new contract (or I should say right BEFORE I sign a new contract), I ask myself if I still want to write for teenagers or if there's a different readership I'm interested in (little kids, adults). Each time I ask the question I give a resounding yes. I love writing for teens. Their struggles feel so real to me, and my own teen years were so fraught. Adult life can't compare to the drama of high school (thankfully).
2.) What is your favorite book? Your favorite author?
My favorite adult author is probably Jane Austen or Virginia Woolf (it changes every few months). My favorite teen author is Norma Klein. A lot of her stuff is out of print, but two of her books were really important to me when I was younger. One is "It's Okay if You Don't Love Me" and the other is "Love is One of the Choices." Her heroines are very 1970s girls—smart, feminist, curious, determined. Even the scared or shy ones usually make cool choices. I love that.
3.) With which characters in your stories do you identify yourself most?
I feel a tremendous kinship with my main characters—Lucy's struggles with her stepmother in "If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?" are very resonant for me. And "The Breakup Bible" kind of distills every awful breakup I've ever had, so I feel for Jennifer in that book. At the same time, now that I'm a mom, I definitely feel for the mothers in the books. Their kids are SOOOO hard to parent sometimes. It's fun to sympathize with different characters at different stages of my life.
4.) Some authors work during the day. Some at night. What is your typical writing day schedule?
During the summer, I get up, buy a bagel and something for lunch and head off to work at the student-faculty resource center at my school. The second I get there, I eat all the food I bought for the day. Then I get down to work. During the school year, when I'm also teaching, I write whenever I have a minute. Also in the afternoons of the days I don't have classes.
5.) What advice can you give to an aspiring writer?
Write a book you would want to read!
6.) How much of your personal life to you tend to bring to your stories?
The emotional lives of all of my main characters is completely factual—their insecurities, hopes and dreams are or were mine. But none of the things that happen to them happen to me. So the feelings are real but the plots are invented.
7.) What do you do when you encounter the dreaded writer's block?
Oh god, writer's block is the WORST. Usually when that happens I reach out. To friends who are writers, to my former editors, to my current editor. I need to talk out my problems to solve them, either live or in emails. My friend and former editor Helen always laughs when she gets a panicked email from me because it usually has the problem I'm struggling with solved. (Like, I'll write, "Do you think the character should steal a car? Maybe she should steal a car. But I don't know. What do you think?" Then Helen will call me back to offer advice and I'll say, "You know what? I think I'm going to have the character steal a car!") Often just the act of writing down the problem and sending it to someone helps me solve it.
8.) How long did it take for you to get published? How difficult was the road to getting published?
My road to getting published was embarrassingly easy, which has nothing to do with the quality of my work and everything to do with having a close friend in the industry. I had a dinner with my friend Helen, she said, "Write me a YA novel!" and I wrote her one and she published it. Along the way, there was a lot of support and encouragement from friends and family, but Helen gets most of the credit for my career.
1. I'm a Capricorn
2. The first time I ever kissed a boy, he asked me (right before we kissed), "Have you ever kissed someone before?" I said, "No, have you?" He said, "Yes." So I said, "Oh, I forgot. I have too."
3. My favorite ice cream flavor is Chubby Hubby. Also, if I'm sharing a pint with someone, I do this really annoying thing where I dig around for the good parts (like big chunks of pretzels) and leave them with the boring vanilla part.
4. I cannot whistle, though many people have tried to teach me how.
5. My favorite movie is "Ishtar."
6. I have very long skinny feet. If I'm wearing white socks, they look like fish fillets.
7. I recently wikipediaed Kim Kardishian because I knew I should know who she is but I was too embarrassed to admit to anyone that I didn't already know.
Melissa Kantor is a YA author. Her latest book The Darlings Are Forever came out January 4. It's the story of three best friends who are starting school at different high schools in New York City. You can read the first chapter on her website. She has written other YA books including If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? and Girlfriend Material.
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As someone who has for the most part of her life been concerned with the way we treat our environment and the lack of concern the majority of society has towards their impact on the environment, The East was a treat to say the least. The premise of the film is about a group of ecoterrorist, who call themselves The East, and how a private undercover agent infiltrates the group.
I feel a bit biased reviewing this film, mostly for the fact that if I had bigger balls I'd be way into doing the acts that The East performs. The idea of giving the corporations a taste of their own medicine, no pun intended, is a fantastic idea. It shows what money has really done to our society and how we've almost built an entire foundation on it, even though it's really worth nothing.
Off topic, but yeah so the actual production of the film is done really well and the cast is pretty easy on the eyes. You obviously are going to get some stupid cheesy love story thrown in there but who cares just think that its all for the better good of our environment.
Now jump on in and take a swim with The East.
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- Cast: Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Lisa Kudrow, Patrick Swayze, Kris Kristofferson, Alejandro Romero, Sanaa Lathan, Chandler Canterbury, Jeffery Adam Baker, Navid Negahban, Ravi Patel, Billy Wirth, Don Swayze
- Director: Timothy Linh Bui
- Writers: Timothy Linh Bui, Stephane Gauger
- Producers: Timothy Linh Bui, Ross M. Dinerstein, Bobby Schwartz, Tracee Stanley, Forest Whitaker
- Co Producer: Paul Hellerman
- Associate Producer: Christopher J. Corabi
- Executive Producers: Bill Block, Kimberly Fox, Jeff Golenberg, Aaron Kaufman, Rick Lashbrook, Shaun Redick, Alison Semenza, Ron Hartenbaum, Douglas Kuber
- Art Direction: Dan Morski
- Castings: Michelle Levy, Ronnie Yeskel
- Costume Design: Magali Guidasci
- D.O.P.: Jonathan Sela
- Editor: Leo Trombetta
- Makeup: Gigi Williams
- Music: Didier Rachou
- Production Design: Keith Neely
Several Angelenos meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy and divine intervention. Swayze will play the sleazy owner of the strip club where Biel's character dances. Redmayne will portray a mortician who falls in love with her. Kristofferson will play the head of a corporate crime organization who tries to convince his former employee (Liotta) not to seek vengeance on his former co-workers. Whitaker, who also serves as a producer on the film, will play a suicidal ex-priest. Newcomer Alejandro Romero will play a transsexual prostitute who shares an unexpected bond with the priest.
Basic Information
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Filming Locations: Los Angeles, USA
- MPAA Warning: Sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use
- Production Companies: Blue Snow Productions, Eleven Eleven Films, Grosvenor Park Media, Grosvenor Park Productions, Spirit Dance Entertainment
- Production Schedule: 6 August 2007 - September 2007


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Roasted Chicken with Kale and Pancetta Stuffing
Roasting this stuffed chicken at 450°, instead of at the more common 350°, makes the skin extra crispy and cuts back on the cooking time.
Yield: 4
- 1/2 pound sliced white peasant bread, crust removed
- 1/4 pound thinly sliced pancetta
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 small celery rib, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, 2 minced and 2 thickly sliced
- 1/2 pound kale, thick stems discarded, leaves coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon crumbled dried sage
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 1/4 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
- One 3 1/2-pound chicken, rinsed and patted dry
- 6 medium carrots, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1. Preheat the oven to 450°. Spread the bread slices directly on the racks in the oven and toast for about 3 minutes, or until dry and lightly browned, turning halfway through; let cool. Tear the slices into 1/2-inch pieces and transfer to a large bowl.
- 2. In a skillet, cook the pancetta over moderate heat, turning once, until crisp, about 5 minutes. Chop the pancetta and add to the bowl with the bread.
- 3. Add the onion, celery and minced garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the kale, rosemary, sage and a generous pinch each of salt and pepper and cook over moderate heat until the kale is wilted, about 3 minutes. Scrape the vegetables into the bowl with the bread.
- 4. Add 2 cups of the broth to the skillet and boil over high heat, scraping up any browned bits, until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Pour the broth over the bread and toss; let stand, tossing occasionally, until the stuffing is cool and evenly moistened, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- 5. Using your fingertips, loosen the chicken skin: begin at the tip of the breast and work your way up the breast and down the thighs. Tuck the sliced garlic under the skin. Loosely pack 1 1/2 cups of the bread stuffing into the cavity, mounding it slightly around the opening.
- 6. Set the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan and season very generously with salt and pepper. Roast the chicken for 30 minutes, or until the skin is lightly golden. Spread the carrots in the pan and roast the chicken for 1 hour longer, until it is deep golden and the juices run clear when a thigh is pierced. Transfer the chicken and carrots to a platter.
- 7. Meanwhile, spoon the remaining stuffing into a small baking dish and drizzle with 1/4 cup of the chicken stock. Bake the stuffing for about 15 minutes, or until hot and crisp on top.
- 8. Strain the chicken pan juices into a small saucepan. Set the roasting pan over high heat, add the remaining 1 cup of stock and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits. Strain the stock into the saucepan and boil until reduced to 3/4 cup, about 15 minutes. Spoon off any fat and season the sauce with salt and pepper. Transfer to a gravy boat and serve with the chicken and stuffing.
- Make Ahead: The recipe can be prepared through Step 4 and refrigerated for 1 day.
- Wine Recommendation: The salty, rich stuffing suggests a round, fruity-style Chardonnay, like the bargain 1999 Rosemount. Alternatively, consider a smooth and fruity Spanish red Rioja, like the 1993 Faustino Martinez Faustino I Gran Reserva or the inexpensive 1997 Montecillo Crianza.
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X-rays were invented in 1895 by a German physicist named Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. He discovered x-rays at the University of Würzburg while experimenting with electron beams in a gas discharge tube. He noticed that a fluorescent screen in his laboratory began to glow when the tube was turned on. This surprised him because he thought that the heavy cardboard surrounding the tube would catch most of the radiation. This shows that x-rays penetrate most materials. Röntgen began to place different things between the tube and the screen, but none of them stopped the screen from glowing. Finally, he placed his hand in between the tube and the screen and the silhouette of his bones was shown on the screen. He had discovered the most useful application for x-rays. His first four photographs included the hand of his wife (picture below), a set of weights, a compass, and a piece of metal, which he included in his paper, "On a New Kind of Rays," published December 28, 1895. He published a total of three papers between 1895 and 1897 and none of his conclusions have yet been proven false. In 1901, he won the first Nobel Prize for Physics. Röntgen's discovery was one of the most remarkable discoveries in medical history. X-rays allow doctors to look directly through tissues and see broken bones, cavities, and swallowed objects with ease. X-rays can also be used to examine soft tissues.
Röntgen's had Twelve Discoveries that are still relevant today. X-rays:
Are highly penetrating, invisible rays which are a form of electromagnetic radiation.
Are electrically neutral and therefore not affected by either electric or magnetic fields.
Can be produced over a wide variety of energies and wavelengths (polyenergetic and heterogeneous).
Release very small amounts of heat upon passing through matter.
Travel in straight lines.
Travel at the speed of light, 3.00x108 m/s in a vacuum.
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If I watched popular TV, I would understand exactly what this poster at the front of the restaurant was all about. Nonetheless, it did catch my eye on this second visit to Chef Prasad's competetion. The first visit was on a rare day when we had stopped by to pick up some weekday lunch. Thali literally refers to a plate and the plating of Indian food is done by arranging a lot of dishes to make the meal. Actually, if you are interested you might want to take a look at this post by Monica Bhide and her collection of Indian Thalis. Anyhow, essentially at this restaurant it is all about Indian food done right. It focuses on good regional Indian cuisine, which is where I think the heart of good Indian food rests.
This time round, we visited with some friends mostly on a whim to stop by their buffet table. The Indian weekend buffet is a strange thing – it can on occasion make you wonder why it was invented and when done right it offers a wonderful cornocopia of tastes that can offer a little something for everyone. This is what the food at Thali did. The food had some really interesting dishes, what stood out for me was the really nicely flavored lemon rice, a lightly spiced coconut shrimp, a flavorful and not too rich chicken curry and a really delicate assortment of desserts. They had other great staples like creamy lentils and the kadhi.
They had a bread pudding, that is one of my favorite desserts. It is not something one associates with India, but growing up it was one of my favorite desserts and I still love it when it is well made.
Possibly with the food, their decor begining with the lentil and spice studded tables are worth mentioning. We were a little rushed this time round, so I shall be back very soon and if you are in the area, I think this restaurant is worth a venture.
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Lately there has been a lot of buzz around designer collaborations. Nearly every mass market retailer you walk into today has items labeled with a designer's name, whether it be for apparel, accessories or housewares.
Last week, my roommate came back from Target with a vibrant Prabal Gurung shirt, on the day the collection was released. All excited, I rushed onto Target's website to see what other goodies I could find from the collection. But I suddenly stopped and thought, who is Prabal Gurung anyway? And what is all the hype about if most people buying his collection have never even heard of him before?
Then I rememered a month earlier, being in Target and seeing a whole section dedicated to the Neiman Marcus Holiday 2012 collection…at 70% off! This was only a month after it was released! The collection has since been considered a total flop. Which made me wonder, what is happening to designer collaborations? Are they here to stay, or is the concept becoming obsolete?
The trend in designer collaborations started about 30 years ago when designer Halston collaborated with JCPenney, introducing a more affordable Halston III line at JCPenney. The trend was revived in 2003, when designer Isaac Mizrahi collaborated with Target. His collection was a huge success, going way further than just womenswear, to eventually include lines in housewares, accessories and bedding.
Other successful collaborations we have seen over the years include Karl Lagerfeld for H&M in 2004, Vera Wang for Kohl's in 2007, Jil Sander for Uniqlo in 2009, Christian Siriano for Payless in 2010 and Missoni for Target in 2011.
Looking ahead to this Spring, however, many designer collaborations are not well-known. New York based designer Prabal Gurung released his collection for Target stores and online early this February. He has dressed First Lady Michelle Obama in the past, but other than that, I would not call him a big-name designer.
In April, JCPenney will release its designer collaboration with London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu. Also having dressed Michelle Obama, Olowu is just beginning to make a name for himself in the United States but is not yet well-known. Check out the collection's lookbook here.
In the past, designer collaborations were all about making usually unaffordable designer items available to the mass public. Now, it seems that most collaborations involve designers who are virtually unaware to the public. And even for well-known designers, many are missing the mark. It has become less about creating quality, affordable designer garments, and more about increasing brand familiarity for new designers as well as mass retailers. But is that really what customers want? Only time will tell.
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The boy flicks out his lighter and snaps at it a few times, still glaring at the cheerleaders from under his hair "I must have him." Frank says. FRERARD oneshot.
Disclaimer: I'm a big fat liar. The title is from an art piece by Lindsey Way from her collection Hush Also there's no real storyline I just kind of felt like writing but I had no real ideas so this is the result. Also I'm editing all the typos etc out of my stories, finally!
"He's cute." Frank says.
"Yeah, in a of going-to-tie-you-to-your-car-then-set-it-on-fire-whilst-scratching-all-your-good-CDs kind of way."
Frank could see neither fault nor problem with Lyn's analogy.
"So romantic." He swoons, resting his head on his hands, lunch ignored.
"Tell me Frank, what do my words mean to you?" Lindsey asks, stealing Frank's sandwich.
"Do you think he tops or bottoms?"
Lindsey looks up from Frank's lunch and out across the playground --they're in fucking high school why do they still have a playground? —To where the new kid is sitting miserably next to his brother, glaring and pouting in equal measures.
"Tops, definitely," she decides with a nod "the quiet ones always do."
"Mm." Frank agrees, sinking more into his open palms, probably getting splinters on his elbows from the table. If elbows are even a place you can get splinters. He's sure he could manage. "He's beautiful."
The boy flicks out his lighter and snaps at it a few times, still glaring at the cheerleaders from under his hair, his brother is just as cheerful, headphones glued in, and lunch in a similar condition to Frank's. Well to Frank's before Lyn realised he wasn't going to eat it.
"I must have him." Frank says.
"Oh must you?"
"I really must."
Lindsey hm's and finishes the last of the PBJ then picks at her nails and looks thoughtful, considering the callouses on her fingers for a moment. "You here by have my blessing. As long as you are sure you must." she says, and then adds, "Just don't wear too much hairspray around him." as an afterthought.
"You ate my food." is apparently about as grateful as Frank is going to get.
Lindsey shrugs and slings her messenger bag over her shoulder, crumbs still hanging around her mouth "I felt like I deserved it." she says.
New kid is a senior so Frank doesn't see him much outside of the playground, though he does still find out that his name is Gerard and his brother is Mikey and he is the most beautiful person to have ever walked the planet. Gerard, not Mikey, though they both could have just walked out of a modelling agency, really. Frank wishes that his mum had super genes for, like, the fifth time that day because then Gerard would notice him. But alas no because the world hates Frank and his teenaged dick.
So Frank has to make the most of his lunchtime staring time, which means he doesn't often see his food— Lindsey actually stops brining her own in —but he does see a whole lot of gorgeous pained artist, possible pyromaniac, new guy. Which is simultaneously awesome and totally heart breaking because Frank is in love— he's pretty sure.
He says as much to Lindsey who replies a few minutes later once her mouth isn't full of bread and peanut butter. "Oh you poor tortured soul." She coos, brushing the crumbs from her binder- when the fuck did Lindsey get a binder? —And pouting appropriately. "Why don't you go talk to him?"
Lindsey is clearly an idiot.
"You don't understand! Z, it's not that kind of love!" Frank whines because he thought that was obvious.
Lindsey frowns like it wasn't obvious then looks like she is going to ask Frank what brand of crazy he is hooked up to but in the end she just stands up and starts waving about frantically.
"Hey!" she shouts, "Gerard!"
Gerard looks up and Frank wishes he had a lunch to feign interest in because- whoa, okay he's looking over. Frank forces every cool cell in his body to the surface in an attempt to look —well, cool.
"Yeah! You!" Lindsey ploys on mercilessly, "Come sit with us."
Gerard frowns and considers her offer/demand for a few moments before apparently deciding that there are worse things he could be doing and he gets up and starts over.
"Oh my god I hate you." Frank hisses.
Lyn just smiles coyly and watches as Gerard makes his way over to the bench. When he sits down Frank almost feels like he's about to interview him, or maybe interrogate him and oh okay not going down that path of thought.
"Welcome, Gerard." Lindsey says.
Gerard kind of glares a little less and nods, gloved hands resting lightly on the table. "Um. Thank you?"
"I'm Frank" Frank says-- whilst trying not to fall over because it's the first time he's heard Gerard's voice and he likes it-- earning himself a curt nod.
"How are you?" Lindsey asks and she and Frank stare deeply at Gerard until he answers.
"Okay?" the single word curves up into a question, Lindsey and Frank nod in unison, they're expressions the deadpan the situation apparently calls for.
"I'm Frank." Frank says again, mainly because no one is paying any attention to him but also because his brain isn't really running at full capacity right now so constructing sentences is hard.
"Yes," says Gerard, "I believe you."
Frank nods and doesn't say it again.
"So Gerard," Lindsey says, "You're a senior." It's not a question, not really but she arches her eyebrows in wait for Gerard to answer anyway.
"Correct" Gerard says but is forced to elaborate when Lindsey's expression doesn't change "just transferred"
Lindsey and Frank stare some more.
"From Belleville"
They both blink really slowly, in that unison they got perfected in their first year of middle school when they decided they were going to be best friends.
"I was expelled?" Gerard looks uncomfortable "From my old... school"
"What did you do?" Frank asks and Gerard looks mildly shocked, maybe because he hadn't realised that Frank could say anything more than his name. It would have been a fair assumption.
"I'd rather not talk about it"
Frank supresses a groan because he is clearly just as pained as he previously assumed ugh and he and Lyn continue to sit and stare at Gerard for the rest of lunch.
"I'm going to ask him out" Frank says.
"Who?" Ray asks because Ray is not Lindsey and he does not understand the complexities of Frank's mind "Ryan?"
"No, no, no not Ryan" Frank says, it hasn't been Ryan for at least two weeks "Gerard"
"The fire guy?"
"Well he is hot" Frank's got jokes and he's not afraid to use them. "I'm going to write him a letter"
Frank shuts down the spreadsheets open on the school computer, and checks briefly that the teacher is not looking -– he's actually not in the room at all but Frank has stealth and he's not about to get caught out. Not now-- then opens up Microsoft Word.
Dear Gerard,
How are you? This is Frank, you met me once. I'm writing to ask for you to join me at the cinema this Saturday I would be delighted to experience a film of your choice in your company.
Tick yes or no in the space bellow and return this letter to me by Thursday.
Yours truly, Frank xo
"Do you think the kisses are a bit much?" Frank asks, skimming over his masterpiece.
"Is it yours truly in a formal letter?" Ray asks, ignoring Frank's question.
"It's not a formal letter. I'm asking him out"
"It looks pretty formal" Ray says, eyeing the screen suspiciously as if perhaps Frank is tricking him somehow and a small man is about to jump out of the screen to steal his lunch money.
"I could put it in Comic Sans"
Ray nods seriously, "I think that would do it"
So Frank hits print and butterflies escape into his chest and his tummy and his knees because he can't believe he is actually asking Gerard out.
Frank gives the letter to Ray to give to Mikey to give to Gerard the following day then spends the rest of his time chewing nervously on a hangnail and fucking up his chords even though the song is his own. Lindsey gets progressively more pissy because she's trying to keep time but it's hard when Frank's head is on fucking Venus or something, seriously, and she kind of feels like she might have to punch Gerard in the face if he messes Frank up or breaks his heart.
"Do you think he's read it yet?" Frank asks nibbling on his lip and hiding, kind of, beneath his hair. "Or do you think he just threw it away?"
"Why would he throw it away?" Lindsey asks, spreading her fingers over a scale and raising one eyebrow, not saying anything about the lameness of Frank's letter. A fucking typed letter asking their local pyromaniac out on a date.
"Because he's a bad ass motherfucker, Z, duh" Frank whines giving up on his guitar —it's not like he really needs to do any work it's the end of term and music is basically a class full of slackers anyway— and starts picking at the hole in his jeans.
"Buck up little camper, you're pretty bad ass too y'know" Lindsey says because Frank lets her eat his lunch and he paints her right hand because she can't and he has cool hair so he deserves a compliment of some sort.
"You think?" Frank asks all big eyes and clasped hands, his face a complete open book of emotion, hope radiating from his pores, looking at her like her next words will change his life forever.
"Don't push it" Lindsey says.
Frank can accept that.
There's a nock on the door then and Lyn shouts, "Yeah?" and Gerard steps in, fucking cool as a cucumber.
He holds the letter, folded between two fingers like a cigarette, and cocks an eyebrow in Frank's direction. Frank might actually die. But then Gerard just drops the letter into his lap and saunters out leaving Frank mid heart attack.
"What's it say?" Lindsey asks, staring at Frank with wide exaggerated eyes.
"I don't know yet" Frank breathes then begins to unfold the paper.
It's a little more crumpled than before and there are sticky fingerprints and smudges of charcoal around the edges but it's definitely Frank's letter beaming up at him in Comic Sans.
The box is ticked yes.
Frank has nothing to wear like seriously all his clothes suck and Lindsey is no help.
"I'm just saying society is a lot more excepting these days and you really have the legs to pull it off" She's saying, holding one of her many mini skirts up to her chest and peeking glances between it and Frank.
Frank looks down at his legs, he supposes they're not all that bad but there's not really all that much of them and he doesn't have a t-shirt that will go with the skirt anyway. "No." he says and Lindsey pouts but puts the skirt down. "I need something that screams rebellion, manliness, sex!"
Lindsey chews on her lip a little bit then nods a couple of times. "And you're sure you can't wear that fire fighting outfit from your tenth?"
Frank shakes his head, he had considered it, he really had, but he didn't know if Gerard actually did have a fascination with fire and even if he did wouldn't that be a little offensive? "No. It simply wont do"
Lindsey sighs like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders, even though it's Frank with a hot date in less than an hour and nothing to wear, Jesus Christ.
"Ugh just," Lyn says, rifling through the pile of clothes "this" she chucks a black top at him then picks up a pair of worn skinnies "Got any scissors?"
So Frank ends up wearing trousers full of holes, he's not really sure about it because wont his legs get cold? And he kind of just feels homeless but Lindsey insists that he looks hot and Frank doesn't really have time to disagree so he just rolls with it and runs to the cinema.
Frank half expects Gerard to be late or to like, stand him up or something like an asshole punk, but he doesn't, in fact, he's outside the complex when Frank gets there. Leaning up against the building and smoking nonchalantly, glaring at passers by with a face full of smoke and disgust.
Frank takes a few moments to truly appreciate all that Gerard is, the essence of Gerard, ouder de la Gerard or something. Frank doesn't speak French, but whatever he drinks in his beauty all the same.
"What's up, pudding cup?" He says as he nears his Black Knight, because Frank can totally steal lines from Internet comics if he likes.
"Um," Gerard says and his lips twitch into kind of a smile, "You got a hole in your jeans" he notes.
Frank grins, "I know! C'mon what d'ya wanna see?"
Gerard barely has enough time to drop his cigarette before Frank is pulling him inside the complex happily.
They end up watching The Avengers even though they've both already seen it and even though the comics are better and even though half the heroes have super boring story lines (no pun intended). Whatever, Frank doesn't really care about the film anyway.
So they buy popcorn and go into the theatre and they sit at the front even though it will hurt their necks later, they like having the foot room, and they just watch the film without talking or cuddling or anything and Frank's really disappointed except then when it finishes Gerard offers to get them dinner. Which beats his mum's cooking any day of the week, blindfolded.
"I'm just saying" Gerard just says, "That the Hulk's bit doesn't even make sense he couldn't control himself the first time but then he could all of a sudden" Gerard shakes his head in disgust.
"No, no!" Frank interjects, "because like he said didn't he that he's always angry that's how he did it"
"You're missing the point entirely, Frank. I don't doubt that he's always angry but what I'm saying is how did The Hulk know who his friends were in the final battle when he wanted to kill them all the first time round?"
And oh, okay yeah, Frank gets it. "Pfft whatever, fucking Marvel, man" he says like that explains it.
Gerard nods solemnly then holds open the door to the creatively named Jersey Pizza House Frank giggles as he walks in and Gerard places a hand on his back as they wait to be served.
Frank does his best not to just melt on the floor.
The restaurant is actually kind of nice, for Jersey, it's nondescript and kind of small but the lighting's good and the tables are a comfortable distance apart from one another. And Jersey pizza is best despite what Bob says about stupid Chicago and it's stupid attempts as cheesy bread goodness, so Frank is pretty happy.
They get a table (for two) by the window and smile at each other for a little while. Well, Frank smiles and Gerard does what is probably close to a smile for him or at least he assumes because his eyebrows are a normal distance apart and he isn't pouting so…
But anyway, it's a nice moment and Frank seriously doesn't think that Gerard is capable of arson because he just looks really sincere and he's buying a freshman dinner and psychopaths don't usually do that, do they? Well maybe they do in films, like mafia bosses probably do and then lace their date's drink with arsenic while they're looking the other way. Or is that Bond? Frank has really got to get round to reading those books at some time before Lyn goes insane because he's actually pretty content with just watching the films but apparently they're not the same which he doesn't think matters if he hasn't read them anyway.
But the moment is nice all the same, and if Gerard's planning on killing him then Frank's honestly not too bothered as long as he can play with his hair a bit first. What? It's a thing.
" 's nice here" Frank says, looping his hands together on his lap.
"It's okay, I guess" Gerard says and smirks a little when their eyes catch, and Frank's never really been one to get lost in the depth of a guy's eyes but oh he can see the appeal now. "What do you want?"
Frank doesn't need to look at the menu; he's a vegetarian so there's pretty much only one choice unless he wants to start stuffing fruit on his pizza which- ew.
"I'm gonna get ham and pineapple" Gerard says and Frank glares at him through his mind's eye because- ew.
So the waitress comes and takes their order and she's not one of those who stick around for ages trying to impress the high school kids with her epic serving skills and low cut tops. She's probably actually in her fifties and so it would be illegal for her to be chatting them up but Frank's still grateful because he enjoys alone times with Gerard.
"So how d'ya like Belleville?" Frank asks for lack of a better subject.
Gerard hmms and sips his coke a bit before answering, "It's nice. Small but I haven't gotten stabbed yet"
"Your time will come"
Gerard laughs, honking and a little too loud for public but it's adorable all the same and made better by the fact that- fuck yeah Frank caused that hippo of a laugh.
Their feet brush under the table and Frank does his best shy smile, looking up through his hair and blushing slightly. He's pretty sure it's as effective as Oshawott because Gerard moves his leg again and looks pretty happy.
"So," Frank says, because he is king of killing moods, "If it true you get a kick out of setting shit on fire?"
Gerard chokes a bit on his drink. "What? I- no, Frank"
Frank nods a few times and decides to never trust Lindsey and her gossip ever again. "And do you think I have the legs for a skirt?"
Gerard chokes again on the drink he was sipping to stop the previous choking. "Um" he says.
"Because Lyn says I do, but she'd kind of like a mom in the way that I can't trust her better judgment" Frank's lying, he just wants to know what Gerard thinks of his legs, but he doesn't have to know that.
"I guess you do?" Gerard twists the words into a question again.
"Cool" Frank says.
The conversation isn't nearly that interesting for the rest of the meal, they mainly just talk about Elfen Leid and other animes that could almost class as comics and then Gerard pays the bill because he's a gentleman.
Then he drives Frank home and walks him to the door and Frank's freaking out a bit by this point because Gerard's almost in his space now and their eyes hold one another and he just knows what is coming.
Not to say that it's any less spontaneous and amazing when it does happen, Gerard is standing there one second looking fidgety and awkward and for the first time uncomfortable in his pasty skin. And then the next Gerard's lips are on Frank's and Frank's soul is on fire but it's chaste and slow and nice.
Frank pushes against Gerard's lips and Gerard does this totally awesome and super smooth thing where he pushes Frank's lips apart with his own to allow his tongue access and Frank might actually die.
So they kiss like that for a while but then Gerard pulls away with pink cheeks and messy hair— Frank didn't even know he'd been playing with it, okay? —and he whispers in Frank's ear, "G'night, Frankie. See you tomorrow"
Then he's waving and walking back to the car and Frank can't believe how awesome his life is.
"Lindsey, this is Gerard and he's my new boyfriend" Frank says, Gerard's arm round his waist.
Lindsey rolls her eyes and steals Frank's sandwich when he isn't looking.
So I originally started writing this as practice for make out scenes and to get back in the mind set for writing humour as I have a new story brewing in my noggin but my mind sort of wandered and make out scenes kind of bore me to write IDK I have issues with spit and personal space and –yeah I'll get the hang of it one day. So I hope this wasn't a massive waste of your time because I had fin writing. Reviews are my drug.


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A Springfield man could face 20 years in jail after he was arrested on child pornography charges.
Daniel P. Lorenz, 44, was indicted Thursday on two counts of distributing child pornography, three counts of receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography files, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz.
Lorenz appeared in U.S. District Court in Springfield Thursday morning.
If convicted, Lorenz faces a statutory mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison, Ortiz said.
He faces a maximum fine of $250,000 on distribution and receipt of child pornography charge.
Members of the public who have questions, concerns or information regarding this case should call 617-748-3274.
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If young whites are still shaking nooses, we have a long ways to go
By MARY MITCHELL firstname.lastname@example.com January 27, 2012 8:24PM
Updated: March 1, 2012 8:24AM
When I look at my 11-year-old grandson, I see the young man he will become.
Already an exceptional scholar and gifted athlete (he is an inch and a half from towering over his 5-foot-4 mother), and he rocks the same playful dimples that make his father's serious face handsome.
I take in all of this whenever I watch this grandson at play with teammates who don't look like him. For as long as he has been in school, he has been the only dark face in the crowd.
If he's ever been concerned about being the "only one" in the group, he hasn't shared it with me.
Right now, his life is just like the lives of his friends. They play soccer and basketball. They sing in the choir. They huddle over science projects. He's slept over at a classmate's house. The classmate has slept over at his.
Once, in the heat of a close soccer game a white kid on the opposing team called him the N-word. But the soccer moms demanded a reckoning from the team's coach. The matter was handled with an apology and forgotten by season's end.
Still, I worry about him being in an environment lacking in diversity. His mom is convinced I worry too much. But she went to diverse schools. She was never the only one.
What will happen, I ask her, when he discovers girls?
In response, she rolls her eyes as if I've gotten into a time machine and sent it back to the 1950s.
I wish I had.
I wish the accusations against Matthew Herrmann, an 18-year-old at Brother Rice High School, and two other white teens were something my grandson read about in a history book rather than in a newspaper.
The trio is accused of putting a noose around Joshua Merritt's neck because the black teen was sending texts and Facebook messages to the female cousin of one of the attackers.
Herrmann has been charged as an adult with battery, unlawful restraint and a hate crime. The two other teens are being charged as juveniles.
According to Merritt, he was invited to meet up with Herrmann and his friends at the Beverly home of a Cook County state's attorney's employee where the attack allegedly took place.
Apparently, once Merritt got comfortable, his attackers pulled out the noose and put it around his neck. When Merritt tried to flee, his attackers allegedly blocked his way. After Merritt managed to get away, a 16-year-old accused in this incident followed him to the bus stop and threatened him with a knife. Merritt said he was told to "stop talking" to the boy's cousin.
Because Merritt was not beaten, the tendency will be to dismiss this despicable incident as a tasteless prank.
But black people do not play with nooses.
The noose is a symbol of racial hatred and intimidation and hearkens back to a time when black men were hanged from trees just for looking at a white woman.
Merritt may not have been physically harmed, but if white teens put a noose around his neck, he was horribly humiliated.
Worst yet, Merritt was apparently lured to the Beverly home under the guise of friendship. Merritt obviously didn't think Herrmann and his alleged co-conspirators meant him harm.
The African-American teen told reporters he had been friends with Herrmann since his freshman year at Brother Rice.
Merritt thought the teens had a "trust with each other," which is how he put it when he spoke to reporters.
So much for trust.
You can never know what is in someone's heart. But if the facts are true as presented by Merritt, this attack appears to be rooted in racial intolerance.
That is what worries me most about my grandson's situation. Right now he is innocent, and I don't want him to think racism is behind every social slight.
Yet I also don't want him to be naive. Racism still exists. I had hoped the next generation would be a lot more tolerant when it came to race than my generation.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - The race is on to replace former Sheriff David Gutierrez on a permanent basis. Gutierrez resigned in mid-August to take a state job.
Deputy Don Carter formally announced his candidacy Monday evening at the Lubbock Club. "I think I'm the best person for the job and I certainly want to be able to serve the citizens of Lubbock County," he said. Carter is also the former Police Chief in Muleshoe.
Kelly Rowe will make his announcement Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. inside the Commissioner's Court in the Lubbock County Courthouse. Commissioners appointed Rowe as interim Sheriff but that appointment expires with the next general election.
Next on the list is Ronnie O'Neal. He's been a U.S. Marshall in Lubbock for many years. He'll declare his candidacy at the 50 Yard Line Steak House Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
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Program Goals: The goals of the Connected Colleagues Program are to enhance faculty retention and strengthen the relationships that form the basis of a strong academic community. We hope to do this by:
- Providing opportunities for new faculty to feel more connected to the Macalester community
- Assisting new faculty in becoming successful teachers, scholars and college/disciplinary citizens
- Helping new faculty cultivate satisfaction by discovering ways that Macalester can be a good place for them to do their life's work.
Background: In 2004/05, as their institutional project for the Academic Leadership Seminar, Professors Karine Moe and Karen Saxe interviewed all pre-tenure faculty at Macalester and their chairs to assess the current mentoring environment. They discovered that mentoring experiences varied across department. Most pre-tenure faculty said they would value having a program that supplemented the mentoring that had already received through their departments. They also expressed their desire for senior faculty in other departments to reach out to them and to share their understanding of Macalester, its policies, culture, and history.
The 2007/08 Program: After further discussions with department chairs about their role in the mentoring process and discussions with members of the New Faculty Seminar, we created the Connected Colleagues program, which piloted in 2007/08. The program began in the fall term, 2007, with the selection of senior faculty as Connected Colleagues by the members of the New Faculty Seminar who wished to participate. 8 pairs of connected colleagues met throughout the year; 6 of these original pairs continued to meeting through the auspices of the program in 2008-2009.
The 2008/2009 Program: Starting in fall 2008, 8 additional faculty members from the latest cohort in the New Faculty Seminar chose to participate in the Connected Colleagues Program. We continued to consult with department chairs who had junior faculty connected colleagues; we also ran focus groups among pre-tenure faculty, who indicated wide satisfaction with the program as it is currently configured.
The 2009-2010 Program: Faculty members who are completing their first year at Macalester and would like to participate should consult with the Director of the Serie Center to jointly devise a list of four senior faculty members who they would like to meet with as their Connected Colleague. The Director will serve as intermediary and request participation by the senior colleagues.


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Pros: I think this car (in 6 - speed manual) may go down as the last true driver's Ferrari (sorry 355 drivers, which was a great driver's car, but the performance was not super). I have one button to choose from - Sport and Normal. The only difference in a manual car is stiffness of the suspension. The styling has held up very well. It still gets mistaken as a new car. I bought this model (as opposed to a 430 or 355) because I thought it was the perfect combination of performance, styling and panache. 2 years later I still love it. I think rowing the gears in a 360 on the track is the best supercar experience out there.
Cons: Can be a little tricky at high speeds (especially with Bridgstones as opposed to Pirellis). This is a BIG car. While I feel like I am sitting on the road when going forward, backward and side to side can be tricky for one used to a much smaller sports car. Maintenance is expensive (of course), but better than other models that need engine out service regularly. While the manual transmission is very hard to stall, it is almost impossible to get every shift perfect while driving around town (but is it very rewarding when you pull off the perfect shift). Finally, you really must heel toe it to keep power up in turns due to the relatively low torque rating (which I actually like).
Overall review: Prices are coming down on these, but it is harder and harder to find an unmodified low mileage one owner example. I thought it was a bargain when I bought it 2 years ago and even moreso today. (BTW, if you have kids, the Maserati GranSport is the perfect stablemate. Like driving a Ferrari everyday (but with the less than perfect F1 gearbox). While I get tempted by the "latest and greatest" sportscar offerings, I still come back to this being the perfect car for me. I doubt I will ever give it up.
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Police released surveillance video of two suspects who allegedly attempted to carjack a man in Old City early Monday, then shot him in the back when he tried to run away.
Police said the victim, 33, left Blurr Nightclub, located at 29 S. Banks St., and was walking back to his car parked on the 100 block of Walnut Street when he was around 1:45 a.m. approached by two gunmen.
The men allegedly demanded the victim's car keys. When he fled, police said, one of the suspects shot him in the back.
Both men then fled west on the 200 block of Walnut Street. They are described as two 5-foot-8-inch to 5-foot-10-inch black males between 150 and 160 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call 215-686-8477.
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Went to see Rachael Yamagata Thursday night. I would love to tell you all about it, but words could never do it justice. I'm a huge fan and have been for years, so to see her live, talking to her before and after the show, well, as I said, words could never suffice. She's not only talented and beautiful but so incredibly sweet and real. Best night of my year so far (though with the year I've had, that's not really saying much). She was perfect and wonderful, and I'll never forget it.
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Thank to everyone who suggested tv shows for me to watch.
I'll be going into hospital next friday and I'll be in it for at least two weeks so most of my Easter holiday will be spent in hospital and now I have lovely tv shows to watch, this is my ever expanding list..
Supernatural 2 Broke Girls How I Met Your Mother Gilmore Girls The Big Bang Theory Roswell Charmed Misfits Monk Broadchurch The Vampire Diaries Cake boss Teen Wolf Hannibal
- Nevermind The Buzzcocks
- Merlin
- American Horror Story
- Pretty Little Liars
- The Walking Dead
- Sarah Jane Adventures
- Glee
- Buffy
- Angel
- The Office
- Community
- Grimm
- Being Human
- Bones
- Will & Grace
- Everybody hates Chris
- Elementary
- Once Upon A Time
- Game of Thrones
- Firefly
- Pysch
- Classic Who
- True Blood
- Lost
- Days Of Our Lives
- Criminal Minds
- Christopher and his kind
- Star Trek
- Sue Thomas FBEye
- Murdoch Mysteries
- CSI Vegas
- Lost Girl
- the Lying Game
- Castle
- Jonathan Creek
- Afterlife
- Lost in Austen
- Queer as folk
- New Girl
- The politicians husband.
This list is really long I understand but I've watched most of the episodes out of these I just really want to complete watching them so that's why it's that long, like Supernatural is there and I've watched all but 2 episodes but it's there so as I go through, I'm hoping that this year I manage to watch every single show of this list and slowly cross them off. Maybe this is my 2013 goal. 50 books and 50 tv shows. Maybe you could join me on this adventure, fangirl together?
Thank you very much m'dear.
Supernatural is awesome and I've only seen a few episodes of Torchwood so I'll definitely give that a try :)
Bit of a personal, non Doctor Who related question but..
Anyone have any good shows that they could recommend to me?
I'm going into hospital in a few weeks and I get to take my laptop so I thought I'd catch up on some shows, see what they're like, join some new fandoms so if you have any shows that you really like to watch do you perchance fancy sharing them with me?
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