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Apparently one of the friends from the other night literally got MAD at me for debating whether or not Cilan having a lot of interests is a good thing. She told me that I need to stop 'getting so hyperdefensive over fictional characters'. .....uh. That's not being hyperdefensive. Going 'OMG CILAN-CHANS IS PERFECT HOW COULD YOU SAY SUCH A THING OMG' would be hyperdefensive. Me saying "Because no one ever has more than one interest" in a sarcastic manner is. wat.jpg
I've gotten this lecture before. Apparently being passionate about something is BAD in her eyes. I get this a LOT. So what if it's passion for something that doesn't really matter in the long run? It's something I love and who the hell are YOU to judge what I should and should not get passionate about? So what if I get excited? At least I CAN get excited. Oh, and if I get excited and enthusiastic about something she doesn't like, I am not allowed to breathe a SINGLE WORD of it to her or I get a 'lol i don't care'.
Do I sometimes lose my cool? Yes. But apparently me saying, word for word, "But... Caitlin doesn't do anything. o-o" is me FLYING OFF THE GODDAMN HANDLE.
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Inspired by time spent in France, Morgan created this one-pan dinner using tasty French techniques: She braises the chicken in white wine, then creates a sauce by reducing juices and thickening them with egg yolks and crème fraîche. Once it's cooked, the parsley root is tender yet firm.
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- Calories: 606
- Calories from fat: 64%
- Protein: 31g
- Fat: 44g
- Saturated fat: 19g
- Carbohydrate: 23g
- Fiber: 4.3g
- Sodium: 429mg
- Cholesterol: 239mg
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- About 3/4 tsp. pepper, divided
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- 2 tablespoons flour
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- 1 tablespoon sugar
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- 1/2 cup crème fraîche or heavy whipping cream
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- 3. Stir flour into fat in pot and cook 1 minute. Add wine, 1/2 cup broth, the leeks, parsley sprigs, garlic, sugar, and parsley roots. Cover and bring to a simmer over high heat; then reduce heat and simmer until parsley roots are just barely tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
- 4. Nudge chicken pieces into liquid; add more broth if needed to cover. Simmer, covered, until parsley roots are tender and chicken is cooked through, 15 minutes for white meat (transfer to a plate as done) and 20 minutes for dark. Return to pot.
- 5. Meanwhile, in a large frying pan over medium heat, cook mushrooms with remaining 2 tbsp. butter, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper, stirring often, until tender and browned, 12 to 18 minutes. Add half the chopped parsley, toss to combine, and cook about 30 seconds. Remove from heat.
- 6. Whisk together egg yolks and crème fraîche in a small bowl. Set aside.
- 7. Transfer chicken and parsley roots with a slotted spoon to a warm platter. Cover with foil. Discard parsley sprigs from liquid in pot. Boil liquid over high heat until reduced to 2 cups, 4 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Spoon some of braising liquid into egg yolk mixture, stir well, then stir mixture into liquid in pot. Heat (but don't boil), stirring, until sauce is just thick enough to coat a spoon, 3 to 4 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour into a bowl.
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The UNDEFEATED x Converse Poorman Weapon dropped on Friday, and it was all about *bags*. Not to say that the navy blue nylon PMWs weren't dope; you can tell by the faces in these pics that it's a hot shoe. Bags, though, still: a dope helmet bag in matching nylon (that also syncs up with the UNDFTD flight jacket), and brown paper bags to bundle the 99 bottles of Corona that lined the Silverlake store's walls. If you missed your chance to just throw it in the bag, be sure to click the jump below for more photos. via UNDFTD


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Indeed, a great improvement! as to the trees, however, perhaps if they were a single colour they would fit better.
looks very good though!
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Indeed, a great improvement! as to the trees, however, perhaps if they were a single colour they would fit better.
looks very good though!
I'm not sure what it is about your map, Jaxilon, but it kinda reminds me of the feel of the animation from the movie Wizards. There was some juxtaposition of animation and live action in the film. The more I look at your map the more the juxtaposition of your trees against the rest of your island, especially the mountains and icons, grows on me. I think you may have actually stumbled upon a style of art here that has it's niche.
Ok, I have gone to a smoother style of water. I changed the forests to a more even green color to see if that made it any better for folks. I like it but then I liked the last ones as well. I might fiddle around with Gimp a bit more to see what else I can coerce out of the software. I added some labels (I'm not overly confident of my abilities on this so any advice is welcome). I did them all at an angle and while I could put more labels for mountains and so on I'm wondering if I should do each label on it's own curve?
I added a scale on the shaft of the spear.
@ProfGremlin - I had never heard of that movie before. I tried watching it but the narrators voice was hard to take. I did like some of the artwork in the backgrounds though, that was pretty cool.
I think that's it for this update.
Kudos to you for trying to watch Wizards :) It's certainly not everyone's cup of tea, and I find the animation style to be annoying (anything by Bakshi is annoying to me, but I at least try to give things like that a chance.. TitanAE, Heavy Metal, and so on.. I dunno.) Personal opinions about that style of movie aside, I see where the comment comes from, and I agree, it does have that kind of Bakshi-esque feel to it. And the more I think about it and look at it, the less the forests bother me.
I did have an observation, the cloudiness along the curvature looks the same as the cloudiness along the bottom portion of the map with less curvature.. perhaps a bit of perspective to the effect to it's a bit more stretched width-wise along the top? I don't know if it's absolutely necessary, but it's one of those things that once I see it, I can't un-see it :)
I love that movie, but I agree that the animation style (rotoscopic, or something like that) can be a bit annoying.
I remember renting Wizards out on VHS many years ago. I remember it being a very strange movie with a main character who looked like something out of sub-disney with a giant nose and then these rotoscoped things that looked totally at odds with other character designs. And also the fairy thing was showing nipples? I remember not liking the film very much but I did think the ending was quite cool.
I had an English instructor back in high school who was a little left of center. He had us watch both Wizards and Pink Floyd's The Wall and then based writing assignments off of them. I can't say I would have watched either one myself but at least it was a novel way to engage the class, "Kick back and watch a video? Sure, no prob."
Jaxilon, the forests look a bit more integrated at this point so I think your choice helped. As for the labels, I'm not sure there's necessarily a problem with them but I'd be curious to see them presented more in alignment with the plane of the page itself, i.e. in a vertical manner, than with the shaft of the spear.
Jax - Maybe it's just me, but it seems like your work has gone to a whole new level recently. I am working on this one map now and this is just the kind of style I'd like to do for it but cannot. Very nice!
The thing I thought was funny about "Wizards" was that the horses looked like Hoppity Horses with 2 legs, or as I always called them Hippity-Hops. This should bring some memories back for a few of us older folk. I don't think they actually had the horse when I wanted one of these.
@Coyotemax - Not sure what I can do about that, I wonder if that's the one thing going on here that slightly bothers me? I'm not entirely happy with they way things "fit" into the picture. It's like I don't like the square of the frame or something. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out especially since I had no real hopes for anything, but maybe you put your finger on it. There is a little blurring towards the horizon but I never did anything like that along the bottom of the page. Maybe I should have less curve on the horizon...
@Ramah - you are totally right, they had this Betty Boop type fairy wearing some kind of negligee that showed some anatomy. In her defense she was only a half fairy, LOL.
@PG - Do you mean horizontal or vertical? You said vertical I know but do you mean straight up and down? I'm thinking of doing the area labels in a curved manner to help with the shape of the overall piece, at least that's what's cooking in my head atm. That might help. I'll play around with it I guess.
@RE - Thanks very much for the complement. If I had to give a reason for improvement I would probably say it's from doing more drawing by hand, a decent scanner, and getting a regular workflow. Also, it helps knowing my way around Gimp. I really should try a tutorial since the first time I got so lost I couldn't complete it (that might bring hope to those of you out there who feel unable to get the results you want, keep at it!). There are still a number things I don't understand but they are dwindling. My hope is to have everything work seamlessly from drawing to labels. I'm getting closer to bringing the visions in my mind to the digital page and that's a lot of fun.
Jaxilon, I think we're using different words for the same meaning. To me, from the perspective of your map, horizontal would be laying the label flat on the land so the letters are laying on their backs, as it were, and vertical would be standing the letters up on their feet. It's an odd nomenclature, I know. Your idea to curve the labels to assist in the overall perception of the piece has merit.


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Artist Kurt McRobert creates comical illustrations of the wide array of cyclists you are likely to see around New York City. The catalogue is playfully accurate, depicting everyone from the "I Heart NY" tourists and pizza delivery men to corporate office-goers and trustworthy messengers. We wonder how the artist, a New York cyclist, would categorize himself.
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THE FACEBOOK OF WEBSITES. Nobody, not even Silicon Valley people, says that if they're not being deliberately sarcastic.
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Spring Lake hosts a variety of events throughout the year that match its genteel, relaxed charm.
Friday, March 7, 2014
The Odd Couple at the Spring Lake Community House
The story of two mismatched roommates: the neat uptight Felix Unger and the slovenly, easy-going Oscar Madison, never gets old. March 7, 8; 13, 14; 21, 22
Friday, May 2, 2014
4th Annual Fashion Weekend presented by the Personal Enhancement Center
Fashion Show Kick-off Party ~ Friday, May 2, 7-10 pm ! Tickets: $50; Fashion Show previewing 2014 fashions, open bar courtesy of Egan's Liquors, Swag Bag, photo booth, hors d'oeuvres & light fare Saturday, May 3, 10 am - 5 pm Special event with Dr. Christopher Godek of the Personal Enhancement Center, designer trunk shows, salon blowouts, make-up demonstrations, wine tasting, restaurant price-fixed menus, gifts, giveaways & so much more Fashion Wind-Down Cocktail Party 3-6 pm at the Ocean House B&B. To purchase tickets by credit card, go to our home page and click the link; to pay by check, email email@example.com
Friday, May 2, 2014
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Spring Lake Community House
This is an hilarious tale of overachiever's angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. May 2, 3; 9, 10; 16, 17
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Spring Lake Irish Festival
Join in our annual Irish celebration in the downtown business district! Rain date: May 18
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Race Day Sidewalk Sale
Two-day sidewalk sale being held in the downtown Third Avenue business district May 24 & 25. Rain date: May 31 & June 1
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Historical Society House Tour
Tour some of Spring Lake's most magnificent estates!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Art in the Park
Local artists will be on display in Divine Park at Fourth Ave and Passaic Ave. Rain date: June 15
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Garden Tour
Tour magnificent gardens of Spring Lake
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Summer Art Walk
Local artists on display downtown Third Avenue
Friday, July 25, 2014
Shakespeare in the Park
Sit under the stars and enjoy a fabulous production of Shakespeare in Divine Park at Fifth & Passaic Avenues July 24, 25 & 26
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Shakespeare in the Park
Sit under the stars and enjoy a fabulous production of Shakespeare in Divine Park at Fifth & Passaic Avenues July 31, August 1 & 2
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Summer Sidewalk Sale
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Labor Day End of Summer Celebration & Sale/Art Walk
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Columbus Day Italian Festival
Downtown Third Avenue Rain date: Oct 12
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A Taste of Spring Lake Kitchen Tour
Tour magnificent kitchens while tasting local fair. Stroll through downtown & shop our magnificent boutiques. For tickets: http://www.springlakekitchentour.com/
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Pumpkin Patch Day
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Saturday, November 29, 2014
Christmas Celebration Kick-Off
Tree lighting, Visit with Santa, Hayrides, Clayton's Livery Miniature Village
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Candlelight Christmas Inn Tour
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Genworth's Community Relations Manager Christine Jaeger
and Matthew Musser '12
Externships are a great way for Randolph-Macon College students to gain experience
and learn about the world of work. Matthew Musser '12 recently
completed an externship at Genworth Financial in Richmond, Virginia. The externship
was arranged through R-MC's Bassett Internship
Under the guidance of Genworth's Community Relations Manager Christine Jaeger, Musser
completed a financial analysis project, researched benchmark data from other financial
services companies, and drafted documents and presentations related to Genworth
Community Relations efforts.
"Christine was a great supervisor and taught me about the insurance and corporate
sector of business," says Musser, an economics/business
major who hails from Mechanicsville, Virginia. "My externship also helped me develop
teamwork skills and industry-specific abilities."
Genworth Assistant Controller Daniel Healy, who has for the past seven years championed
the company's externship program with Randolph Macon, says R-MC student-externs
are top-notch.
"All of the Randolph-Macon externs have been excellent and have really impressed
their managers," says Healy. Genworth has had about 30 R-MC externs in the past
decade, four of whom who were offered full-time positions. The company recently
began integrating their
R-MC January Term (J-term) externs
into their Summer Internship Program and full-time Finance Development Program.
"This paid internship program can lead to an offer to join our Financial Development
Program (FDP), which is an intense, competitive two-year program in which new associates
rotate into a new business at Genworth every six months all throughout the United
States," explains Healy. "The new associates also take classes designed specifically
for them, and after the program and rotation they continue their careers at Genworth.
Graduates of the FDP program are highly-sought-after."
The advantages of an externship are significant, says Healy.
"Here, for example, they spend time in a Fortune 500 office environment and are
exposed to the culture, modes of communication and rhythm of a fast-paced setting.
Also, managers get a good look at the externs' work and abilities and the externs
get to extend their professional networks."
This was Musser's second externship. In 2011 he externed at the General Assembly
with Senator Walter A. Stosch of the 12th District of Virginia.
"I was fortunate enough to be offered two externships at R-MC," he says. "I would
strongly recommend the Bassett Internship Program to any student who is looking
to build connections and start networking early."
Musser, who has played for the
Yellow Jackets baseball team for four years, says he would love to combine
his love of sports and his passion for business in his future career.
"My dream job would probably be within the sports-merchandise field with a professional
sports team," he says. "I like the corporate world, but I am very much a 'people
person' and it's easy for me to communicate with others. I look forward to seeing
what the future will bring."
For Healy, working with Randolph-Macon students has been a great experience.
"Genworth has benefited significantly," he says. "The externs from R-MC have all
been excellent and that is the largest factor in the success of our relationship
throughout the years. I hope that we continue this positive streak."
*Genworth Financial refers to these experiences as externships, while Randolph-Macon
College refers to them as internships.
The Bassett Internship Program, now in
its 30th year, is dedicated to providing a real-world backdrop for future academic
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Preheat your oven to 425˚F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese, salsa, lime juice, ground cumin, chili powder, onion powder and garlic. Once combined, stir in the cilantro and green onions. Add the chicken and cheese; mix thoroughly.
(If you decided to prep this in advance, refrigerate the mixture at this point until ready to continue.)
Working with a few tortillas at a time, heat them in the microwave between two paper towels until they are soft enough to roll (about 20 – 30 seconds).
Spoon 2-3 Tablespoons of the chicken mixture onto the lower third of a tortilla. Roll the tortilla as tightly as you can.
Place the rolled tortilla seam side down on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas until the mixture is gone. Make sure the taquitos are not touching each other. Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray and sprinkle with kosher salt.
Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until crisp and golden.
Serve with salsa, sour cream or guacamole.
**To freeze: Before baking, flash freeze the taquitos in a single layer on a baking sheet then place in a labeled freezer bag and store up to 3 months. To bake a frozen taquito (no need to thaw first): Preheat oven to 425˚F and bake for 20 minutes.
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What We Learned This Week in the NFL Offseason:
- Joe Flacco's agent gloats about Ravens salary cap troubles
- Brett Favre's junk picture texting lawsuit settled in New York
- Emmanuel Sanders hoping to return Steelers faith in him
- Pittsburgh Steelers Memorial Day Message
Nothing starts the summer off quite like Memorial Day. Whether the kids are out of school yet or still have a couple of weeks, nothing gets the summer vibes flowing like a good ole Memorial Day barbeque. Always take time to remember when you're grilling your dogs that this day isn't just for lawn chairs and paper plates. This day is to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in order for you to be able to enjoy your paper plate bounty of grilled goodness. I am grateful to all who are serving, have served, and their families for all the sacrifices made.
One person who should probably learn a little gratitude, or at least know when to keep his mouth shut is Joe Flacco's agent, Joe Linta. Linta has decided now's the best time to gloat about Flacco ending up with the best free agent timing in NFL history with his contract up the year he wins the Lombardi Trophy. Unfortunately for the Ravens, his $120.6 million contract with $52 million in guaranteed money came at the cost of several key starters from that trophy-raising team. Tough noogies is what Linta says in regards to what it has ultimately cost the Ravens to keep Flacco after failing to sign him to an extension the offseason before. According to Linta, the Ravens turned down a deal that would have averaged Joe $16 million a season last summer over a disagreement on $1 million in the final year of the deal.
"I've never in my life seen a dumber move. I guess people can say, 'Well, Joe was dumb, too.' It could have been (dumb), God forbid, if he got hurt. But $1 million to (owner) Steve Bisciotti six years from now? That's like 100 bucks for you or me today."
Yeah all I got out of that statement was "Joe was dumb too" as well.
Speaking of dumb. If there's anything dumber than a famous dude texting pictures of his junk around town, I don't know what is. Thankfully, Brett Favre's lawsuit filed against him by a couple of massage therapists over some racy text messages, has been settled. Naturally, the terms of the settlement haven't been released but I'd bet there was some kind of promise to never sent a junk pic again. Word to the wise guys; your package ain't all that photogenic. Never send a pic of it to a woman unless you're absolutely certain she's expecting it. Which is pretty rare. I'm talking like never send one unless you get a specific request for it. Otherwise you might end up with a lawsuit on your hands, not to mention everyone else you know never wanting a text message from you again. No thanks Brett, I'll just call you.
Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders is hoping to repay the Steelers faith in him when they uncharacteristically matched the RFA tender on him set by the New England Patriots. The Steelers had originally put a rather low tender on Sanders, a third round pick and a couple million dollars, signifying to many that they didn't put much value in Sanders and wouldn't be terribly upset if another team signed him to that tender. Low and behold, the Steelers move and match the Patriots' offer on Sanders at the 11th hour and retain the wide receiver for at least one more season. Now Sanders is saying openly that he hopes it will be more than the one more season in Pittsburgh.
"It felt good to be wanted. But at the end of the day, I'm still a Pittsburgh Steeler. I have one more year here, and hopefully, it can continue into a long-term deal because I want to be here."
That's clearly a completely different attitude than last summer with the Mike Wallace situation. No team was willing to sign Wallace to a tender and have to risk a first round pick for him, and it's obvious now that when he finally did report to the Steelers, he wasn't the most "focused" player on the team. I'm hoping that Sanders does have a breakout season because the Steelers did go out on a limb to keep him. Whether or not they're able to sign him to a long-term deal remains to be seen. We all know about the Steelers policy on contract negotiations once the season has started. If Sanders does have a breakout year and the Steelers hadn't signed him yet, that could drive up his price right out of their range so it is a very risky and uncharacteristic situation for the Steelers to be in. I have to admit, I already like Sanders' outlook on the situation, even if he's just telling us what we want to hear, at least he's making that effort now.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have put together a Memorial Day Tribute to honor our nation's fallen heroes. You can watch the video here. Please enjoy your Memorial Day Steeler Nation!
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SAN JOSE- Make no bones about it, through at least 30 minutes (if not more), the San Jose Sharks simply stunk up the ice against the Anaheim Ducks. But when things are going well, things are going well, and despite by far their most lack luster performance of the season (and some questionable officiating) the Sharks pushed their season opening win streak to six with a 3-2 shootout victory on Tuesday night.
The Sharks were outskated badly through a period and a half, out-shot 16-4 at the first intermission but amazingly carried a 1-0 lead into the dressing room. But the Ducks would continue their dominance through the middle frame and managed to beat Sharks netminder Antti Niemi twice.
With his team as flat as they have been all season (which is to be expected when your No. 1 defenseman in Dan Boyle is out of the lineup with the flu), head coach Todd McLellan mixed up his lines in the middle frame. After a couple of different tweaks, the Sharks quickly found some combinations that had some legs.
The first line which really helped get the momentum back was a trio of Tommy Wingels, Martin Havlat, Michal Handzus. The latter two have some natural chemistry from their days with the Chicago Blackhawks and last year here with the Sharks. It was only a matter of time before the twosome would be matched together again. The mix up also helped Wingels find his game as the second year right wing was (like the team in general) having his worst game of the season through the halfway point.
Taking Havlat's place on the second line would be newcomer Scott Gomez and it was evident in their first couple shifts that the trio of Gomez, Logan Couture and Ryane Clowe fit really well together. And with the Sharks trailing 2-1 in the third, the new line saved the day. Gomez would earn his first career point as a Shark by making a nifty little drop pass to Couture who beat Ducks netminder Jonas Hiller with just 2:45 remaining.
Thanks to an unbelievable save by the game's first star Antti Niemi—off of Sharks nemesis and Ducks All Star Corey Perry no less—the overtime period would go scoreless. In the shootout, the only shooter to convert would be Michal Handzus in the first round as Teemu Selanne hit the post with a chance to tie in round three.
It certainly wasn't pretty and neither the calls nor the bounces were going the Sharks way but better lucky than good? When you're hot, you're hot, right?
You can imagine Wednesday's Sharks practice will probably be the most intense all season as the coaching staff can't be overly pleased with this performance. Here is some of what coach McLellan had to say afterwards in his post-game presser:
"Tonight wasn't a very good night. We got through half a game and two lines didn't even get the puck to the net so we weren't going to continue to do that. We had to shuffle something up and I've always liked the way 'Zus and Marty play, they seem to communicate well and did a good job. We put Gomer in a different role but that's the first time we've had to do that this year so it was a little bit of a wake-up call at that moment for a lot of guys too."


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The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists. The findings could help explain why some strains cause major pandemics and others lead to seasonal epidemics. Until now, it was believed that while reassortment when human influenza viruses swap genes with influenza viruses that infect birds causes severe pandemics, such as the Spanish flu of 1918, the Asian flu of 1957, and the Hong Kong flu of 1968, while viral mutation leads to regular influenza epidemics. But it has been a mystery why there are sometimes very severe epidemics like the ones in 1947 and 1951 that look and act like pandemics, even though no human-bird viral reassortment event occurred.
There was a total vaccine failure in 1947. Researchers initially thought there was a problem in manufacturing the vaccine, but they later realized that the virus had undergone a tremendous evolutionary change, said Martha Nelson, lead author and a graduate student in Penn States Department of Biology. We now think that the 1947 virus did not just mutate a lot, but that this unusual virus was made through a reassortment event involving two human viruses.
So we have found that the bipolar way of looking at influenza evolution is incorrect, and that reassortment can be an important driver of epidemic influenza as well as pandemic influenza, said Nelson, whose teams findings appear in the current issue of PLoS Pathogens. We have discovered that you can also have reassortment between viruses that are much more similar, that human viruses can reassort with each other and not just with bird viruses.
Nelson and her colleagues analyzed the evolutionary patterns in the H1N1 strain of the influenza A viruses by looking at 71 whole-genome sequences sampled between 1918 and 2006 and representing 17 different countries on five continents.
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This was a big one for me personally.
The Starting Line are just an incredibly special band for me and seeing them live (for the first time!) — for the 'Say It LIke You Mean It' 10 year Anniversary Tour —- and then interviewing them about it (!!!) — was such a dream. They were all so kind, respectful and friendly to me. (That is much more than I can say about some of the newer bands I have interviewed this year.)
They also reminded me afterwards they don't do interviews anymore — so this was such an honor.
Having the opportunity to thank them to their faces for an album that has always been special to me, and hear them genuinely say, "no, thank YOU!" — is what all music fans dream of.
10 years later anything can happen. 16-year-old Sara would have passed out — but 26-year-old Sara was just as elated.
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Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 158
Fresh: 138 | Rotten: 20
Exquisitely illustrated by master animator Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle will delight children with its fantastical story and touch the hearts and minds of older viewers as well.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
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Exquisitely illustrated by master animator Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle will delight children with its fantastical story and touch the hearts and minds of older viewers as well.
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Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often harassed by local boys, one day Sophie is unexpectedly befriended by Howl, a strange but flamboyant wizard whose large home can travel under its own power. However, the Witch of the Waste is displeased with
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What you get, above all, is some enchanting flashes of classic Miyazaki and the nagging sense that something essential is missing.
A strange delight awash in visual splendor, understated humor and clever body-and-soul transmogrifications among its bonny band of weirdos.
A stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.
Palaces and shimmering lakes, warplanes and fire sprites all come to life at the breath of Miyazaki's graphic genius.
Despite the muddy narrative... It's the more intimate character relationships that ultimately make Howl's Moving Castle work as a whole.
Although his latest film, Howl's Moving Castle, features astonishing imagery, it's a less complete package than Spirited Away or its predecessor, Princess Mononoke.
The story grows more complicated (sometimes too much so) but the heart, humor and luscious, mostly hand-drawn animation remain constant.
Howl's Moving Castle is a visually wondrous, invigorating work of breathless invention and grandiosity, full of hushed pastoral glens, zeppelin blitzkriegs, whimsical machines, and blobs that wear straw hats. And it's not Miyazaki's finest.
By turns funny, exhilarating and touching, it lacks only one thing: the spiritual and metaphysical depth that made Spirited Away such a haunting experience.
The incredible imagination of Spirited Away director Hayao Miyazaki runs wild once again in this delightful animated adventure.
A handsome fantasy movie with only a nod in the direction of the rich, all-encompassing humanity and emotionality of Miyazaki's greatest work.
Howl's Moving Castle is a perfect epitome of Miyazaki's work, in all its strengths and weaknesses: it's filled with heart-felt themes...but how these elements connect on a plot level is subjugated to how beautifully they are rendered on screen.
The film gains a sense of visual wonder almost completely freed from the strains of a narrative-driven film.
few other films, or indeed filmmakers, would dare take a scene in which two elderly women struggle to climb a staircase and turn it into an extravagant and memorable set piece.
Another example of how this film maven easily holds the crown in the sadly ever-shrinking traditional animation genre.
A delightfully fanciful movie with engaging storytelling, visual wonders, and such worthwhile themes as contrasting wisdom and perspective with age.
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Thankfully the imaginative world and characters are strong enough to overcome the erratically messy plot (complete with a rushed and nonsensical ending), under explained plot points (The reason for the war, inconsistent effects of Sophie's curse.), and a boring villain. I feel Miyazaki is at his best when telling minimalistic stories with layered visual storytelling, 'Howl's Moving Castle' simply suffers from trying to do a tad too much at once.
Not quite on the level of his masterpieces, but even Miyazaki on his off-day is still better than many filmmakers on their best day.
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Well, I would not call resilience a "useless" tank stat (less desirable maybe?) because it does lower the amount of defense that you need to have to be uncritable, however, it adds no avoidance therefore defense will always be superior. There's alot of discussion about this at www.tankspot.com One example that I read there shows the Merciless Gladiator's Shield Wall which has 31 resilience. This 31 resilience means that to be uncritable, you have to have a minimum of 471 defense instead of 490 defense(not sure if the math/formula is right for this).
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Released: OUT NOW
Closest Relative: Nothing
GENRE: Hard Rock
They call themselves the Rock Super Stars - implying that they are all household names. That should be the first hint that this collection of 3 'tribute' albums ain't going to live up to the name it's boldly marketed under.
There is basically a set band of musicians that created all three albums and a few quests involved to make it look a little more interesting. Don't bet on it.
The basic band features Tommy Farese from A Place Called Rage, Danny Miranda from Blue Oyster Cult, George Cintron (Enrique Iglasias Band), Rob DiMartino and various additional members of Japanese loved US metal acts Virgin Steele, Holy Mother, Helm and Last Temptation.
All three albums were produced by vocalist Tommy Farese.
Everyone loves to hear their favourite artists and songs covered by others, it's mostly good fun. But on these three projects, I have to say that it is at times quite painful to witness some of my favourite songs being butchered the way they are here.
The main fault is clearly and obviously evident from the moment the first song kicks in. The production and mixing of these records is hideous.
The drum sound is just dire. It sounds like the drums were recoded in the garage next door on a set of garbage pails. On tracks like Missing You it is so annoying it takes a concerted effort to concentrate on the rest of the song.
The guitars are fuzzy and not clear at all. Few of the vocals actually suit any of the songs and are flat.
The opening track, Journey's Separate Ways is sung by Dream Theater's James La Brie. Here, an awesome singer without doubt, is forced to sound strained, flat and as if he could be singing a totally different song that the backing band. Only the keyboard's really fit in. The guitar is barely audible, the drum sound is average but can hardly be heard over a thumping bass.
Missing You is even worse. The classic John Waite song is sung by Farese which goes OK until he has to lift over the base tone. His voice I am afraid just doesn't cut it. Listen to the chorus. Sounds painful.
Rebel Yell is such a basic (and classic) rocker, but this is also terrible. Rob DiMartino sings and once again suffers from having no range. The drum sound as I mentioned before is so distracting it's off putting.
Over My Head is a King's X song and is sung by Farese. This songs gets through as an OK version and it fits Farese's range better. That drum sound is there again though.
Wanted Dead Or Alive is just plain bad. Mike Dimeo of Riot sings, but his voice just doesn't suit the track. The higher range is not there. A powerful singer for sure, why not stick to a low register song?
Def Leppard's classic Photograph is next. Oh dear. Frank Vestri of Last Temptation sings and does OK, he has the range I guess, but the production is terrible. It's muffled, muddy and that drum sound!!!
You've Got Another Thing Coming is the other James La Brie track. Happy to say that things fall into place a little better here and he sings better and the mix is a little better. Solid rhythm section.
I Surrender is the old Rainbow song. The liner notes say how much Mike Dimeo sounds like Joe Lynn Turner. No he doesn't. Sounds like a demo at best.
Crazy Train sees Al Pitrelli guest on guitar. Cool enough, but the vocals of Tommy Farese are mumbled, muddy and basically unlistenable.
George Carr of Helm sings the Motley Crue classic Live Wire. Once again, the vocals are barely legible. Not a bad vibe on the track though, but again it's a demo at best.
Youth Gone Wild sees Frank Vestri back on vocals. Solid rhythm section here and a better mix, but still a little muddy. The vocals don't come close to the original, but this is better than some other earlier tracks.
Into The Fire is the old Dokken track. This is one of the more vocally interesting tracks. Katrini Chester from LA up and comers Luxx is on vocals and does a pretty damn good Don Dokken!! One of the better tracks.
And the album ends with the biggest test of all - Van Halen's Panama. Recently made over by the VH tribute album, these guys have 2 versions to be compared to. It doesn't come close to either. Loose production and average drum sound, plus the average vocals of Dominic Esposito (Black Jack Bomber). Stick to the original!
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How the arch-devolutionists hope to sidestep democracy
Previous referendums offer no mandate for further radical change, argues HENRY HILL
The arch-devolutionaries have unveiled a new slogan: "Heads we win; tails you lose". In both Wales and Scotland, the federalist wing of the pro-union camp has been out in force this week. In Wales, the Labour administration in Cardiff put forward its vision for the future of devolution in Wales.
True to the "more powers" tradition, it consists of a radical list of new devolutionary demands, to be implemented largely by the end of this decade. More importantly, Carwyn Jones, the First Minister, calls for a fundamental shift from a 'conferred' devolutionary model – where powers are explicitly bestowed upon devolved government – to a 'reserved' model, where the opposite is the case. In a final flourish, Jones asserts that all this should happen without any further reference to the Welsh electorate.
By supporting a binary Edinburgh/London solution Purvis perpetuates the disjointed development of devolution which has destabilised the country, and by turning "more powers" into pre-election bribes he is effectively spiking a unionist victory in 2014 even before we've won it.
Where Purvis outdoes Jones, however, is in the nature of his proposals and the manner by which he wants them implemented. He maintains that since 'Devo Plus' is simply 'additional' to the Scottish Parliament, the mandate has been established by referendum already, no further referendum is required for his amendments. This is nonsense, because Devo Plus is actually arguing for a much greater constitutional change than the establishment of the Parliament itself ever was.
One of the ambitions of Devo Plus is to make the Scottish government 'permanent'. By this, they mean that it could not be dissolved by Westminster. This is problematic, because at the very core of the British constitution is the sovereignty of parliament. Parliament is the sovereign constitutional body and, crucially, past parliaments cannot bind future parliaments.
What this means is that even if Westminster passed a law to the effect that it could not dissolve Holyrood, a later parliament could happily repeal that law. The only way to place Holyrood beyond the power of Westminster is to bring an end to the sovereignty of Westminster and make Holyrood sovereign in its place. Whether or not you think that is a good idea – and I don't think it's too presumptuous to say that the majority of unionists are not federalists by any measure – that is a profound constitutional change on a completely different order to any that have been put before the people to date. The notion that a mandate for it exists already is ludicrous.
Last week, I mentioned wanting to talk more about the "hollowness" of today's unionism. That time isn't now, not least for reasons of space. But have we really reached the point where the only section of the broad pro-union coalition showing any signs of self-confidence are those that have been so swept up in the nationalist slipstream that they hold true to the fraying belief that nationalism can only be defeated by outracing it and heading it off at a pass which, on present evidence, does not appear to exist?
In the above video, starting from about 17.30, Campbell nails it in a few key questions. How can Purvis be confident that his preferred settlement will be more stable than any that preceded it? Won't devolved politicians always want to aggrandise their own institutions? Can he think of a single instance of MSPs wanting to give up power? Is it not true that the looser the Union becomes, the smaller the mountain for the separatists to climb?
In response, Purvis does two things. First, he brings up the "devolution is a process, not an event" line (I should set up a drinking game for devolutionary clichés, any suggestions?). He has no answer to the point about the tendency for people in devolved institutions to seek to aggrandise that institution, and thus themselves, and completely fails to rebut or properly address it. The point about loosening the Union not actually strengthening it is likewise unanswered.
He also cites international examples throughout. The key thing to note is that they are either countries formed from independent colonies where the process of federation was centripetal (Australia and Canada) or they are long-term federations firmly underpinned by an unchallenged sense of national identity (Germany). In instances where devolution is a is a new and centrifugal phenomenon, the results are not so happy – see Spain, a country which has practically disembowelled itself trying to appease the "more powers" tendency and has been brought to the brink of breakup regardless.
What Purvis is doing in Scotland, as Jones is doing in Wales, is attempting to make a radically devolutionary "halfway house" the default pro-union position, boxing out the integrationists whilst trying to slide seismic constitutional change through without proper debate or the referendum that convention dictates. Tam Dalyell's exit-less 'motorway to independence' is paved with this sort of 'unionism'
Henry Hill is a British Conservative and Unionist activist, and author of the blog Dilettante. Follow Henry on Twitter. He is also editor of the non-party website Open Unionism, which can be followed on Twitter here. This post was originally published at ConservativeHome.
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So devolution is dead in your eyes as there is no likely hood of more powers being devolved and that powers are more likely to be taken back to Westminster to prevent any future devolved administration from questioning London's supremacy over our lives?
This article merely underlines the absolute confusion in the NO camp.
Actually when it is closely examined it is almost meaningless.
I've just read it again.
It is almost meaningless.
And why it should be published on a Labour blog I have no idea
No progressive democrat in this country – Scotland – or any other country with democratic aspirations can take any comfort from Henry Hills piece. If Scottish Labour and Labourhame have now made an adjustment to HH's position then at least we now know where we all stand.
"In his judgment in McCormick v Lord Advocate 1953 SC 396 Lord President Cooper, admittedly obiter, observed that the principle of the unlimited sovereignty of the Westminster Parliament was a distinctively English principle which had no counterpart in Scottish constitutional law" David M Walker, Regius Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow from 1958-1990
"at the very core of the British constitution is the sovereignty of parliament"
Only in the English constitution! "The unlimited sovereignty of Parliament has no counterpart in Scottish Constitutional Law" – Lord Cooper's statement of the constitutional position in Scotland remains unchallenged.
We elect MPs to Westminster to represent the sovereignty of the Scottish people. They have no mandate to cede our sovereignty to Westminster.
"By supporting a binary Edinburgh/London solution Purvis perpetuates the disjointed development of devolution which has destabilised the country"
Which country has it destabilised?
Have to disagree totally with cynical highlander and Dave McEwan Hill, though, I think this is a well-written and instructive piece which nationalists should pay close attention to. The only factual point I would quibble with is the idea that the Westminster Parliament is sovereign in the UK, since only the Crown IN Parliament holds that lofty position. I'd prefer it if the people were sovereign, but that's a debate for another day.
What I found most interesting is that Henry fears the No vote being painted as a vote for more powers, since this could be seen as an admission on the part of the pro-union campaign itself that the current constitutional setup is unfit for purpose. Must admit, it had never occurred to me to look at it that way before.
I feared the prospect of a "No-for-more-powers" vote for the opposite reason that it would be deliberately misleading, in the same way that it was in 1979, and it might serve to undermine the Yes vote, with the majority who want Devo Max choosing to vote No in order to get it, instead of voting Yes.
But under Henry's analysis it does seems like all roads lead to independence. We have already succeeded in changing the nature of the status quo, and weakening the Union, simply by opening the debate. I found the article very encouraging, even if that was not the author's intent.
Whilst obviously I never set out to succour separatists, I think that the fact that nationalists can find comfort in the present state of unionism is very much the point of the article, albeit from a position that wishes they couldn't.
Devolution was killed off,if there is a no vote then I do believe that Westminster will take away most of Holyrood's powers,like an old "Strathclyde Regional Council"but with much less powers.Those that still think that they can have devolution plus/extra/or whatever they want to call it,are not really thinking,its like the Titanic,having folk still wanting to book a passage to New York,Devolution is over,and devolved power is power retained,and I do think we shall see the powers being taken back quick smart.This is a straight vote for a country and not a party matter,I do believe that Scotland will be erased more quickly if the vote is no.If the vote is yes then I can see independence being very helpful to getting rid of the "Lords" and a more open Westminster, Scottish independence will help England to obtain a more equal society and encourage the "man/woman in the street" to seek out what they do with all the wealth of the nation.
I've just read this article and comments and it is the first time I've heard an honest analysis from a unionist perspective of the dangers (to the union) of offerring more powers if Scotland votes No.
Mr Hill calls it right, nationalists are on the front foot because they realise that even if the referendum goes against them the unionists have promised so much additional powers, Scotland will get even further down the road to independence that the the next logical and final step is to 'go it on our own'.
What I found interesting in Henry Hill's article is, what he didn't say; what does he propose to counteract the momentum toward independence that is generated by unionist parties offerring more powers. Ringing the alarm bell is one thing, putting out the fire is a different proposition all together.


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Fans of the Atlanta Braves in Chattanooga will get a chance to see some of the team's top young stars on Feb. 9 when the annual Braves Caravan makes a visit to the downtown Taco Mac.
The Braves announced Thursday that outfielder Jason Heyward, first baseman Freddie Freeman, pitcher Cory Gearrin and new hitting coach Greg Walker will be at the restaurant on Market Street for a lunchtime question-and-answer session and to sign autographs for local fans.
Gearrin is a former Rhea County High School standout who made his major league debut last season, and he along with Freeman and Heyward are two of the Braves' top young stars.
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