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PLAYERS: David Wright, Sandy Alderson, RA Dickey, Jason Bay
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DAVID WRIGHT, 3B PRESEASON EXPECTATIONS: Fortunately, one expectation of David Wright did not come true, and that is the Mets would trade him by the deadline. Wright's situation wasn't quite like Jose Reyes' in that Wright has an option for 2013, but the fear of losing him was there, nonetheless. A six-time All-Star who missed 60 games in 2011 because of injury, it was hoped he would return intact and prove his durability by playing a full season. And, if so, he might regain his power stroke. With the fences brought in, it was figured his homer numbers would increase as it was 2008 when he last hit 30. Since then, Wright has frequently been injured – including a horrific beaning in 2009 when he hit 10 homers with just 72 RBI, but struck out 140 times. Prior to that year, Wright's strikeout high was 118 in 2008. It was hoped by shortening his stroke and being more selective, Wright would cut his strikeouts and increase his homers, vitally important for a team lacking in power. 2012...
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And I see you lying next to me With words I thought I'd never speak Awake and unafraid Asleep or dead
He snorts. "Which one? If you didn't notice, we do seem to attract a lot of /kids/."
"The, uh...the creepy one."
The heater clicks on and I praise the holy tour bus gods silently while snuggling further into my comforter--Batman this time. The back room gets considerably colder than any other part of the bus, but it's by far the most comfortable. Gerard sits causally next to me, chipping the black polish off of his nails, which proves difficult as he only applied that afternoon and it pretty much has a death hold on his cuticles.
I'd rather not state the specifics of how we came back to this position, since I had been so against it last night. I'd like to blame it on random late night urges and slow brain waves due to considerable lack of sleep, but, like I said--I'm a terrible liar.
I just wanted comfort. And at eleven o'clock at night, I knew he wasn't asleep by the rustling above my bunk and when I had pulled back the curtains--sure enough--I found him with a flashlight, a comic book, and a pen and notepad. He stared at me. I stared at him. He said my name lightly, almost like a question, more like a statement, and the first words out of my mouth were "Wanna talk?"
And, of course, he did. Gerard talks. He's good at it. Probably making up for all those years in basic solitude. So before I could register what I had said, he'd climbed out of his bunk, grabbed the Batman comforter, and made his way happily to the back room. Slightly befuddled with myself, I had followed.
And here we were. The same arrangement as yesterday, except this time, I seemed to know what the hell was going on.
He smiled, more to my reply than to me. "If you hadn't noticed, Frankie/, most of kids we attract /are the weird ones."
"And since you failed to notice," I retorted, almost smiling deep within my fortress of comfort, "the main reason we attract said weird kids is due to the blatant weirdness of our lead singer."
His head cocked to the side. "Is weirdness a word?"
"It doesn't sound like one," I pondered. "Did I just make something up? Something /useable/?"
He chuckled, filling the gaping holes of awkward silence that surrounded us, but never really came between us. "I know, it's a miracle. Heaven knows you're not the brightest child."
"Yeah, at least I don't wear fake blood and read comics in my pajamas."
"Yes you do."
"Well, at least it wasn't my idea."
"Yes it was!"
Gerard laughed and I sighed.
"See? I knew that. It's my brain...it doesn't...connect with my mouth. There's a giant gaping void there that gets filled with the most random--"
"Bullshit?" Gerard offered, and I glowered at him.
"Just wait. One day, Way, I'll say some ingenious, remarkable question you can't answer, or something, and you'll fucking love me."
"Keep dreaming."
"I doubt that," I snorted, shifting in my covers as I finally felt the heat creep up from the floor. "Seeing as I don't sleep enough to dream."
Gerard eyed me carefully before reaching out and pulling me towards him, blanket and all. He leant himself back against the couch and stretched out his legs, wrapping his arms around me as I was gently forced against his chest. I was taken aback for a moment, then, gradually, relaxed my muscles and calmed down.
"So," he whispered. "Tell me about this kid."
I accidentally nuzzled my head under his chin as I shifted again, but he didn't seem to mind. I sighed, feeling the heat creep up the side of the couch.
"He...I'm not sure. He had this weird presence about him. Like he wasn't normal. And the way he looked at me...it's almost as if he knew something I didn't. Something about me that I don't know."
"Wow," Gerard said, "he conveyed all that with just one look?"
I searched every part of those words for sarcasm, or mockery, or humor, but could find none. Perplexed, and yet calmer, I nodded my head gently, feeling the fabric of his old Iron Maiden shirt against my cheek.
"Yeah, but...I don't know. It was just weird. I just wondered if you saw him too."
"Mm...no, I don't think so. I would've remembered /that/."
The heat was spreading up through the comforter, and yet the warmth of Gerard was passing down through my body.
"If I see him against tomorrow, I'll point him out to you. You might get a kick out of him."
"He'll probably just want to stalk us; you know--not that it's not flattering, but I think I've heard enough "You've saved my life!"'s to become the new Jesus. But...I can't get irritated by it. I love saving lives. It's what I do. Or, what I've begun to do."
The warmth from the heater had combined with Gerard's body heat, but I could tell them apart; Gerard's warmth made me want to cling onto his shirt, just to get more of it. It felt foreign. It felt sacred. I felt insatiable. I had never felt more comfortable in my life. Sleep. Sleep like this, just like this, for days...
I sighed into his collar, burrowing myself deep between the couch and his side, longing for more heat. "You save lives...but who will save yours?"
His grip around my waist tightened, and he placed his cheek affectionately against my head. I didn't protest.
"That, Frankie," he whispered, "is your ingenious, remarkable question."

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Pavlova or 'pav' as we call it in Australia is easy to make, if you have never had one before go ahead and try it you will fall in love with this dessert.
Pavlova Meringue Ingredients
8 egg whites (make sure there is no shell or yolks at all in your whites)
2 1/2 cups caster sugar (also called superfine sugar)
2 tsp vinegar
600ml cream
2 tablespoons icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
250g (8.82 ounces) blueberries, 250g (8.82 ounces) strawberries 1 banana
Place all your ingredients into a bowl and whip on high speed of an electric mixer until it holds it shape when you lift up the beaters (turn them off before lifting up if you do not want your kitchen coated in splatters of sweet meringue.)
Using pencil draw three 19cm (7.48 inches) circles onto non-stick baking paper, turn the paper over so that the pencil will not touch the meringue.
Scoop the meringue evenly between the three circles and using the back of a spoon spread it out and shape it into a disc.
Bake in a slow oven 120 degrees C for 1 hour.
Turn the oven off and leave to cool in the oven, taking it out will cause large cracks.
Whisk together the icing sugar, cream and vanilla until soft peaks form.
Wash your fruit and slice the strawberries lengthwise. slice the banana and coat in lemon juice to prevent browning.
Assembly – please watch the video for assembly instructions.
To serve you can eat immediately, in which case the meringue will be crunchy or you can leave it in the fridge for an hour or more and the meringue in the middle will be like marshmallow and it is easier to slice.


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In a game billed as a match-up between Duke freshman Jabari Parker and Arizona freshman Aaron Gordon, Sean Miller and the rest of his Arizona squad had other ideas, using incredible balance on the offensive end, and suffocating pressure on the defensive end to grab a 72-66 victory in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
A multi-faceted effort (led by Gordon and another freshman forward, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson) held the heralded Parker to just 7 for 21 from the field, and as a team, Duke managed to shoot just 43% from the field and 28.6% from beyond the arc in route to those 66 points. For Parker, it was an "off" night despite 19 points, but the majority of his issues were affected (if not caused) by the defensive pressure.
As for Gordon, the stud freshman did finish with 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists, but he was merely a member of an entire starting 5 that exceeded double-figures in scoring. Nick Johnson led the way with 15 points in 31 minutes, but TJ McConnell (who played 39 minutes) and the aforementioned Hollis-Jefferson were equally as fantastic in the win. Whispers of Hollis-Jefferson shooting up draft boards were all over the place during the game, but it should be noted that both he and Gordon were much better than the stat sheet indicated.
On the Duke side, Rodney Hood (21 points on 8-of-14 shooting) and Quinn Cook (13 points, 6-of-9 FG) were very good, but they couldn't overcome the subpar game from Parker, and their supporting cast struggled mightily in the game. In addition, the glaring lack of rim protection for the Blue Devils reared its head, and Arizona absolutely had their way at the rim from the opening tip.
In the grand scheme, this is nothing more than a 6-point victory for Arizona over a quality opponent. It would be borderline irresponsible to glean too much from this one on either side this early in the year, but it was an impressive showing from the 'Cats, and it reminded us that Jabari Parker is, indeed, human.
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Roasted Asparagus Pasta Primavera
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Feel free to use other vegetables such as matchstick carrot sticks, broccoli, etc. Also, I only used 1/4 cup of whipping cream, but you can use less than that or as much as a 1/2 cup, depending on the consistency you want. If you don't want to use a lot cream, you can substitute some of it for pasta water. Also, fresh vegetables are ideal, but if something is out of season, you can use frozen.
Yield: 6 servings ( Serving Size: 1 1/3 cups )
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- 1 pound(s) asparagus spears
- 1 medium Vidalia onion halved & thinly sliced
- 3 - 4 clove(s) of good sized garlic minced
- 3 tablespoon(s) olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pint(s) grape or cherry tomatoes whole
- 8 ounce(s) uncooked ziti or other tube shaped pasta
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup(s) heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 or more cup(s) parmesan cheese freshly grated
- 1. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees & put some water on the stove to boil.
- 2. Cut off the tough ends of your asparagus & cut them into 1 inch pieces. Then combine the asparagus with the next three ingredients in a large roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. You can add more of each, depending on your taste. Toss the vegetables gently to coat with the seasonings. Bake the vegetables for 8- 10 minutes, stir them, add the tomatoes & cook an additional 3-5 minutes or until the vegetables begin to brown.
- 3. While your vegetables are cooking, cook the pasta according to package directions, omitting salt & fat. Drain well, reserving some of the pasta water if you're planning on substituting some of the cream with it.
- 4. Combine vegetables & the pasta. Then, add the whipping cream and/or pasta water a little bit at a time until you get the consistency that you want. I don't like mine with too much liquid so I only used a little bit of the whipping cream, somewhere between 1/8 cup and 1/4 cup.
- 5. Toss all the ingredients together gently until they're mixed together. Sprinkle with the Parmesan & serve immediately.
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What's Your Funniest Doctor Who Joke Ever?
The sun is shining, it's the weekend, Hull City are in the cup final… All, it would seem, is right with the world. So let's add to the fun with some Doctor Who-based jokes!
The programme's approach to humour has varied considerably over the years, from the wit and sophistication of City of Death to the rather broader based comedy of, let's say, the notorious trumping Slitheen.
It's fair to say that this selection, posted on Yahoo, veers more towards the tumbleweed-drifting-across-Mercy-high-street end of the scale, but full marks must be awarded for effort and sheer persistence in transcribing all those gags for browsers' benefit.
My favourites are the ones about how the Daleks tell each other apart and the Doctor's conversation with Sarah-Jane about K9. The one about the Doctor picking up a bunch of composers in the TARDIS has to have been around in various incarnations for longer than Gallifrey, but is worth persisting with.
Come on, Kasterborites – let's have your top Who gags!
11 Responses to What's Your Funniest Doctor Who Joke Ever?
The War Doctor: [incredulous] Timey what? Timey wimey?
The Tenth Doctor: I've— I've no idea where he picks that stuff up.
11: Twenty minutes, no TARDIS, no screwdriver!
Well, I'm never saying that again.
How many Doctors does it take to change a light bulb?? Just the one but everyone says the old one was better for a while after!
Knock, knock,…
11th: Craig what did you name the baby, will I blush?
Craig: no, we didnt call him the doctor, the name's Alfie
11th: I didnt think so
The Doctor: Harry, were you trying to undo this?
Harry: Well, naturally.
The Doctor: Did you make the rocks fall, Harry?
Harry: Well, I suppose… I suppose I must have done, yes.
The Doctor: Ehehehe. Eheheheeheeheeheehahahahaha- (deep breath)
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followed by romana hoping it was fred..lol
"Have you been drinking Casey?"
"No Mr Jago not a drop"
"Then it's time you started!"
"Doctor, what's that terrible noise?"
"Terrible noise? That's no way to talk about my singing!"
"No, not that terrible noise, the other terrible noise!"
When the Doctor grabs the laptop from Jeff in "The Eleventh Hour" and says…
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And then later…
"Oh and delete your internet history"
Was it porn or Star Trek?
Q: Why did the Dalek begin each morning by exterminating a human for it's Ipad?
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The message came from Councilman Dan Johnson (D-21).
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This video just goes to prove that your worst day at work and your worst problems do not compare with the ones faced by our men and women in uniform. Check out what happens with this jet that has a landing gear problem.
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Also, many of your friends magically log off the exact same time you do- every time! This patch does more than I thought!
I'm taking a week off to let my addons get updated hopefully. Even those that said they were 4.0.1 compatible were throwing errors, and the out of date ones that loaded were so error ridden its much better to not have them load for now then to try to drag them along.
And this is basic stuff, DBM, Auctioneer, QuestHelper, GS, CTMod, Capping, Necrosis, etc.
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QuestHelper is dead. It won't be supported in 4.0, or in any other patch for that matter. The author has thrown in the towel.
Drakkenfyre said...
The built-in QuestHelper now shows you the picture of the NPC you are going after, points you to the direction they are on on the minimap, and their names are always on, even if you have NPC names off.
If you need more help than that, the real QuestHelper won't help you either.
Artificial said...
@Drakkenfyre: This is the kind of response you usually see from people who don't actually know what QuestHelper does. It's a bit like pointing out that the default auction house UI already tells you how much things cost, so what would you need an addon for?
Unless you can work out a 25 node "traveling salesman" problem in your head, using the Blizzard UI won't in any way help you do what QuestHelper does for you, no matter how much information it gives you about the precise location of questgivers and objectives. Finding them isn't the problem QuestHelper solves. Finding the optimal route to follow while doing many quests at the same time is what QuestHelper does, at well as remind you when you're in the vicinity of another quest's objectives while working on a different one. Using Blizzard's UI, unless you're one of people who only ever does one quest at a time, you're probably going to have the occasional "Damn, I should have also done *this* while I was over there earlier" moments. THAT is the problem QuestHelper solves.
Nexus Trimean said...
Is what i use, I started on questhelper, but one of my guildmates turned me on to carbonite, its a whole lot better.
More interactive map, Inventory tracking across characters, Shows you the Range of the Quest mobs on your map (similar to what you see on wowhead's maps for mobs.) Its a great add-on.
Zapp and Roger said...
Carbonite is broken atm also. Errors galore with no update up so meh on that suggestion. Good addon usually though. Warehouse function has always been broken and never reports correct numbers, shows old toons/deleted toons.


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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are part of the future of agriculture and the future is here.
It was in a central Illinois cornfield and along a private airstrip where representatives from three companies demonstrated their UAVs ("drones") to farmers, precision ag folks and others on Monday.
Three companies demonstrated three very different looking machines. One looked like a mini helicopter and weighed 28 pounds. Another looked like a large bird in flight and, while made of foam, weighed only one pound.
The machines can be controlled remotely by growers and the aircraft does the high-tech scouting for them. Images and date are processed, in some cases, right after the vehicle lands. The UAVs can be programmed ahead of time or controlled as you go.
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There are tons of weather apps out there, and Apple even includes a weak one with the iPhone. I do use the Apple app when I need a quick weather summary, but it's not enough data when I really need a weather report. For the more serious weather info you can try WeatherBug, but it's too much info sometimes. The problem with both these apps, and most of the others available, is that they follow the standard today/tonight weather model. Most of the time that's fine, but as I'll explain, not always.
This week I have an iPhone app I picked up to help me on vacation this summer. Shine, from AppThat, is a basic weather app that displays just the info you need – current conditions, temperature, chance of rain, and wind speed. It has one of the best looking user interfaces I have ever used too. It includes current location via GPS , saved locations, a 7-day forecast (or at least it's supposed to – more on that in a minute) and my favorite feature, a 72-hour forcast in 3-hour increments. This summer I will be taking a vacation and trying to plan hikes, snorkel trips and other activities. It doesn't help me to know it may rain that day. What I need to know is will it be raining around 2pm. This is also great for the coach that needs to decide if he will have practice at a certain time, or for the bride trying to make plans for her outdoor wedding the next weekend.
The app does have some issues. It says it has a 7 day forecast but, for some reason, on Sunday it only showed Sunday to Friday. And while the UI is great to look at, it can be confusing. If you look at the image above, the area where it says "< Riverside, CA >" is used to change location by swiping left or right. When viewing a location you scroll up or down for the 72-hour forecast. Those were easy to find, but it took a bit to figure out that swiping left and right on the Today/Tonight area displayed the rest of the 7-day forecast.
The developer does have plans announced for some new features. Listed as coming soon are:
Every hour forecasts
Severe weather warnings
International Support (For now the forecasts are US only)
I like the attitude on the AppThat website.
"Apps for life. When existing apps fall short, we step in to make things right. AppThat gets it. We're meticulous, self-conscious worrywarts. That's because we answer to you. Born in May 2011, AppThat is young. Stay tuned. The best is yet to come."
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"Houses of Blues," a two-part series running in the Merced Sun-Star Jan. 28 and 30, 2010, provided one of the first in-depth portrayals of the mental health effects of the California foreclosure crisis. The 12-story project delved into how homeowners fearful of losing their homes were suffering depression, anxiety and sleeplessness in a county ranked first in foreclosures in California and sixth nationwide. Few people sought professional help, and the series chronicled how the county's mental health safety net had been crippled by state funding cuts. The project provided a Q&A and an on-line chat with a respected Merced therapist to demystify depression and help troubled residents find care.
The Sun-Star organized a March 7 community forum, following up on a suggestion from the Center. An estimated 60 residents attended, many talking openly about psychological trauma, and received advice from a panel that included a behavioral health expert and a financial specialist.
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Following the series, Merced U.S. Congressman Dennis Cardoza introduced an amendment to the proposed Federal Housing Authority Reform Act of 2010, requiring that financial counseling about financial options be provided to homeowners in regions hardest hit by the crisis. "Navigating these options is often difficult, stressful and confusing," Cardoza said in a June 10 media statement. The bill passed the House and awaited action in the Senate.


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Chelsea Monroe is a proud member of The Thunder of the East marching band. Alexa Strudler /// The Spectrum
With her backpack in hand, hair tied in a bun, and a navy blue fraternity shirt, she walks through the UB's halls with confidence.
Chelsea Monroe is an assistant drum major for The Thunder of The East Marching Band.
Monroe, a fifth-year senior communication and French major, is the leader of UB's band. She waves her hand in the air at football and basketball games instructing the band to do one simple thing: "have fun and be the best they can be."
Monroe became involved in the world of music at the age of nine. She began by playing the flute and progressively dabbled into other instruments as she grew up. Music became Monroe's "thing." Her family and friends started calling her "The Band Kid."
Today she wears that title with pride.
"When I'm on the field conducting, I really don't feel anything because I'm focused on the goal: give the audience the best show we can," Monroe said. "But once the show is over it's one of those moments that I can't help but smile. I love what I do and it's one of the best feelings."
In high school, Monroe got involved with other hobbies such as softball, but it was the marching band that really spoke to her. It was on this band that she met her band director, who became the inspiration and trigger for her love for competitive marching bands.
"He pushed us to be the best we can be," Monroe said.
This love led her to exclusively apply to colleges with marching bands. She knew her life after high school couldn't exclude being part of a marching band. Thunder of the East prevailed in her pool of college options and became her first choice.
She traveled from Arizona to be a part of the Thunder of the East.
Before joining the band, Monroe attended band camp. UB's band camp included 10-day camp for band members to practice together and play music. Band camp was where Chelsea met her soon-to-be band members, who she would later be leading into the field.
"It was hard opening up and welcoming UB as my new life," Monroe said. "The band helped in [making new friends]."
When she started out at UB, she played the piccolo. After advancing her skills, she learned to play the mellophone, which is the marching version of the French horn. From there, she gained knowledge of music and marching, as well as a family away from home.
"I've enjoyed myself and I can't picture myself doing anything else at UB," Monroe said.
Since the marching band here is larger than the one at Monroe's high school, she is constantly gaining more experience - more than she could ever ask for, she said.
Her third year at UB, though she was still young and relatively new to college marching band, Monroe took on the challenge of auditioning for drum major. The students auditioning were given a piece of music and were evaluated on how well they were able to instruct and lead the members of the band.
She was unsuccessful.
That didn't put her down. The next year, though, she knew what to expect.
She auditioned again her fourth year and achieved her goal: the title of drum major.
This is one of her biggest accomplishments in college, according to Monroe, and she loves being such an essential part of the band.
"[Band] has made me who I am today," Monroe said. "Seeing the many years of hard work in band pay off is a great accomplishment."
Monroe's daily duties of being a drum major include supporting the section leaders, choosing the music the band will play and helping the band members on game day tune their instruments. She is in charge of over 100 band members, including other section leaders.
Throughout the past two years, she has learned to not only be a leader, but a friend to the members of the band as well. According to Monroe, leadership means being able to adjust to any situation and being a friend, not just a dictator.
"Over time you get a better understanding of how everyone responds to messages and passing it on to their section members," Monroe said. "It's really hard at first not knowing how people work together, but then you realize that person A responds better to B and you adjust."
Monroe's leadership extends beyond the Thunder of the East. She also holds the title of vice president of service in the co-ed fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi.
Kappa Kappa Psi aims to develop and support the leadership and enthusiasm that is a major part of being in a collegiate marching band. This fraternity also supports the growth of the Thunder of the East. Her brother, Michelle Skillman, who is also a member of the band, describes Monroe as "a really good leader."
"She does more than what is really required of her to do because she really values the band and I find myself wanting to try just a bit harder whenever I see how much she's doing," Skillman said.
Monroe looks forward to taking on her final year at UB as drum major. Though she's saddened by the reality of graduating in May and leaving the band behind, Monroe said this is the close of a chapter in order for a new one to begin. After graduation, she hopes to stay in the Buffalo area to remain close to her friends and family.
Her music career will not end at UB, she said. She hopes to stay involved with music in community bands and one day hopes to inspire her children to join band as well.
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The underlying question: Does ethanol help or hurt the environment? In 2007, when Congress passed the law that lit up the U.S. biofuel industry by mandating the production of 36 billion gallons of ethanol annually by 2022, it also said that corn-based ethanol's greenhouse gas emissions must be 20 percent lower than gasoline's. [See a photo gallery of building a green home]
But, as the EPA has learned, calculating those values isn't easy. One of the biggest sources of debate has been over changes in land use, particularly abroad. If corn is taken out of the food supply to make biofuel, global food prices can rise, which can prompt farmers in other countries to clear forests for new crops. And that releases CO 2 .
Many researchers say the EPA's analyses must count these emissions; biofuel makers argue that the scientific understanding of how to calculate them is still poor.
Offering one of the first looks at how the administration intends to navigate tough scientific debates, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tried to strike something of a middle ground as the proposal was unveiled. Yes, she said, land-use changes should be considered, because that's what the scientific community has recommended. But in a nod to biofuel makers, the EPA also admitted it's not totally comfortable with the "best science available." [See more of Obama's top advisers]
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Yasheng Huang, PhD, lectures on the economic challenges facing China
Yasheng Huang is professor of political economy and international management at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His previous appointments include faculty positions at the University of Michigan and at Harvard University and consultant at the World Bank.
In addition to academic journal articles, Professor Huang has published Inflation and Investment Controls in China (1996), FDI in China (1998), Selling China (2003), Financial Reform in China (2005, co-edited with Tony Saich and Edward Steinfeld), and Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics (2008). Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics is a detailed narrative account of history of economic reforms in China and is based on archival and quantitative evidence spanning three decades of reforms. This book shows that private entrepreneurship, facilitated by financial liberalization and microeconomic flexibility very early on in the reform era, played a central role in China's economic miracle. There is no evidence that China's economic takeoff was state-led. The book predicted and discusses in detail the current economic challenges facing China. The book was selected by the Economist magazine as one of the best books published in 2008.
His research has been profiled in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Businessworld, Le Monde, Economic Times, Daily Telegraph, Bloomberg, Businessweek, Guardian, The Australian, Canberra Times, The Standard, Financial Times, Times magazine, The Globalist as well as in numerous Chinese publications and publications in Germany, France, Sweden, Romania, Brazil, and Russia. He has published opinion articles in Financial Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, McKinsey Quarterly, Forbes, Far Eastern Economic Review, Emerging Markets, and Foreign Policy.
He is currently working on a book manuscript on consumption and urbanization in China. In addition, using the newly-available household survey data, he is writing papers on rural finance and wealth creation and urbanization in China. In collaboration with other scholars, Professor Huang is undertaking joint research projects production of scientific knowledge, human capital in China and on ethnic and labor-intensive FDI.
At MIT Sloan School, Professor Huang founded and runs China Lab and India Lab, which aim to help indigenous entrepreneurs in China and India improve their management. He has held or received prestigious fellowships such as National Fellowship at Stanford University and Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Fellowship. He is a member of MIT Entrepreneurship Center, a fellow at Center for Chinese Economic Research and Center for China in the World Economy at Tsinghua University, a fellow at William Davidson Institute at Michigan Business School, a World Economic Forum Fellow, and a non-resident fellow for the OECD's global development outlook project.
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One really feels lucky to be born with silver spoon when gets to enjoy all charismas of the world. Especially, when he finds himself on the grounds of most talked-about destination, Malaysia in Far East. Little exaggeration to what is aforesaid, the country bags healthier spa treatments with great potential to send you on a pure journey of revival. Plus, with each fresh air you breathe in the popular hotels of Malaysia established in natural landscape with perfect backdrop is no less than a dessert for your eyes.
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New in the AT Shop: The Greyston Bakery Cookbook
Hungry? Sweet Tooth? Sara Kate's new cookbook, The Greyston Bakery Cookbook, is now on sale in our shop in a special autographed edition.
With over 80 awesome recipes, from tarts to cakes to cookies, it also tells the story of the Greyston Bakery and the Greyston Foundation (where she worked long ago) in Yonkers, New York, from its founding by Buddhists twenty-five years ago, to the work it does today as not only an award-winning bakery, but a multi-million dollar social service network providing jobs, housing and other social services to the community. Check it out here.
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Bought it the day it came out. Yeah!
Oh my goodness, I had no idea of the connection between Sara Kate's book and the bakery in Yonkers. How amazing (I just didn't connect the name for some reason).
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Using Twitter with Ruby
Michael Morin of About.com a part of The New York Times Company, is the creator of a brand new free course "Using Twitter with Ruby", that starts 18th April 2009 at RubyLearning.org.
What's Twitter?
Twitter is a popular micro-blogging website. Instead of using this blogging service to write long, in-depth articles, Twitter users (or "Tweeple") post single-sentence updates at a time. Twitter isn't used as formally as many other blogs, but rather to pass small pieces of information, links, thoughts or comments to your friends. Also, instead of people having to visit your Twitter page to check your updates, they instead visit a page that contains the updates of everyone they're following, allowing them to keep up with everyone with the minimum of effort.
It's easy to Twitter-face with Ruby!
What Will I Learn?
The broad topics are:
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Thanks Ken mc for the photo. I never realized that the old Howard Johnsons was once a Childs!
The Palace marquee is on the left in this 1948 photo from Life Magazine:
Fulton was at 210 W. 46th Street and originally theatre/nightclub called Folies-Bergere. Flopped soon after opening in 1911 and converted to playhouse called Fulton. In 1955, re-named Helen Hayes in honor of one of America's most revered actresses. Demolished in 1982, along with Astor, Victoria, Bijou and Morosco to make way for construction of a hotel. Now and then, the Fulton had a movie booking, but not for long enough to qualify it for listing as a "Cinema Treasure."
Advanced search feature doesn't seem to be working; what is/was the Fulton Theater?
Thanks, "ken mc." You might have mentioned that the focus of the photo is the sightseeing Audrey Hepburn, who had just arrived in America to make her Broadway stage debut in "Gigi." She was still a virtual unknown, and had yet to film "Roman Holiday," which turned her almost instantly into a superstar. Signage for the Embassy and Mayfair Theatres can also be seen in the background.
The RKO Palace can been seen in this 1951 photo from Life magazine. This is a new collection of photos that has been added to Google.
Liza's at the Palace. December 3 thru 14th.
From next Feb, yes.
Is this the same Palace Theatre that will be hosting the new Broadway stage revival of the musical "West Side Story", btw? Just curious.
Following "The Maltese Falcon" & "Marry the Boss's Daughter," the Palace ran "Weekend in Havana," but with a different supporting feature than other RKO houses. Instead of "Man at Large," the Palace had the NYC premiere engagement of "Cadet Girl," which a NYT critic dismissed as "a feeble flag-waver." It should be noted that during this period, the RKO Palace was being booked similarly to the nearby Loew's Mayfair, which ran double features created for the Loew's circuit. The programs at the Mayfair, however, were a couple of weeks behind other more important Loew's theatres in Manhattan, whereas the Palace's were day-and-date (at least with the main feature) with the top RKO houses.
Yes, the booking at the RKO Albee was "Weekend in Havana," with "Man At Large" as supporting feature. That combination remained intact for the RKO neighborhood run. "Havana" had its NYC premiere engagement at the Roxy with stage show.
That's pure, vintage Bosley C. My guess at the bottom of the page is that the film opening at the RKO Albee that day was "Weekend in Havana," with Alice Faye and … Carmen Miranda! It would have been a better choice for the Palace to have followed the paradigm of "Falcon" and Bomber" by booking that film instead.
Instead of "Law of the Tropics," the RKO Palace ran "Marry the Boss's Daughter" as co-feature to "The Malteste Falcon." The one-week booking opened December 3, 1941, which means it was running on the day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and triggered the USA's entry into WW2. "Boss's Daughter," in its NYC premiere engagement at the Palace, was described by NYT critic Bosley Crowther as one of "the very worst" films of that year. Here's an ad, with the Palace sandwiched in between RKO's bookings for Manhattan/Westchester and Brooklyn/Queens:
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Bill, that's further reason to believe that the ad shows a different RKO Palace…When "The Maltese Falcon" reached the RKO "nabes" in Greater New York, it had WB's "Law of the Tropics" as the supporting feature.
"The Maltese Falcon" opened at the Strand on 3 Oct '41, with Jan Savitt and His Tophatters, plus Hi Lo Jack and the Dame (Radio's Most Unusual Rhythm Makers) on stage. WB's premier venue, the Hollywood, was showing "Sargeant York" on a long hold-over run.
The Palace in those days ran a double-feature bill that cherry-picked the two main-feature films current on the RKO nabe circuit—in this case, "Dive Bomber" (with Errol Flynn), the feature attraction at the RKO Manhattan theaters, plus "Sun Valley Seranade" (with Sonja Henie!), the feature attraction at the RKO Albee, slated to follow "Dive Bomber" onto the Manhattan screens.
Nostalgic footnote: The World Series was evidently in progress, and the RKO advertisements boasted: "World Series Returns Announced." I had almost forgotten that at that time of year in those pre-instant-newsflash days, the projectionist periodically muted the film's sound track to announce the Series (and Pennant) scores at the end of each inning. Though barely more than a toddler, I hated that desecration of the movies and consequently developed a life-long indifference to America's Favorite Passtime: who, in any case, should ever have so much time to squander on a leather ball?
I'm not sure that's an ad for this RKO Palace. There were other RKO Palaces around the USA, including Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus. This particular ad doesn't remind me of any that I've ever seen for the RKO Palace in NYC.
Robert, When exactly was that? Was it a moveover engagement of "Maltese Falcon"?
The 3 Stooges sharing a bill with Bogie
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Does anyone have the stage dimensions of this theatre?
One final, memorable Palace experience:
I was scheduled to attend a Wednesday matinee of "Woman of the Year" for review purposes and to interview Lauren Bacall's co-star, the very affable Harry Guardino, immediately after the matinee. This would be time taken out of his dinner break before the evening performance.
After the matinee, I made my way to the stage door, but the press agent intercepted me with the news that Rock Hudson (Bacall's co-star in "Written on the Wind") and film producer Ross Hunter had attended that matinee, too, and had come backstage to pay courtesy calls on Bacall (first) and then Guardino.
I cooled my heels backstage, dressed in a suit and tie and holding my pocket-size tape recorder, waiting for the "all clear" sign.
I had hoped to see Hudson and Hunter leaving, but from the area backstage where I was sequestered, I did not.
Eventually the press agent reappeared and told me to take the backstage phone-booth-size elevator up to Guardino's dressing room, which was on the third or fourth floor.
I hadn't really minded the delay. The news about Hudson and Hunter being there was a little extra column fodder for me.
So I entered to the mini-elevator and pressed the appropriate button, and at the last minute a woman appeared unexpectedly, entered the elevator with me and, without a word, pressed another button.
There we were, chest to chest, and in a flash I realized it was Bacall. I spontaneously and cheerfully said, "Oh, hi." She did not make eye contact, and she did not respond. Hey – her privilege. But how much effort does it take? Guardino, on the other hand, apologized for the delay and could not have been friendlier.
Both before and later, I heard Miss Bacall could be, well, unapproachable.
Sixteen years later, almost to the day, when she was a shoo-in to win the supporting actress Oscar for "The Mirror Has Two Faces," and I don't think there was an Oscar forecast anywhere that didn't pick her, she lost the Oscar to an astonished Juliette Binoche ("The English Patient").
I've always wondered if, over the years, enough non-celebrity members of the Motion Picture Academy had had cool close encounters with the actress and if experiences mirroring my awkward elevator ride in the Palace had possibly – just possibly – caught up to her and canceled out a sure Oscar win.
But that Palace memory trumps the many more pleasant ones. – Ed Blank
I've covered many Broadway shows at the Palace since it went legit and once had a cordial dressing-room interview with George Hearn during the run of "La Cage aux Folles."
Was there for a final preview of "Break a Leg," which promptly folded opening night. I had taken an elderly friend named Tom Bate to the Saturday matinee of the comedy starring Julie Harris and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly.
After the show, Mr. Bate, who was 80-something, asked if I'd mind waiting while he made a quick trip downstairs to the men's room. After an inordinately long wait, during which the theater had finished emptying and the staff was closing the theater until the evening performance, someone came up to the lobby and asked if I was Mr. Blank.
Mr. Bate, it turns out, has been pistol-whipped by someone who was hiding in one of the stalls after the performance. My friend bled profusely. While Mr. Bate and I waiting for an ambulance to take him to a nearby hospital, director Reilly stopped for a few minutes, and Julie Harris stayed with us until the ambulance arrived. Both were so kind to en elderly man who, though a member of the actors' union, they did not know. – Ed Blank
The first movie and possibly the only movie I saw at the Palace was "Bedtime Story," with Marlon Brando, Shirley Jones and David Niven, in late July 1964. I still think it's a funnier movie than it was given credit for being. – Ed Blank
"Tarzan Triumphs," the first of the Johnny Weissmuller series released by RKO Radio Pictures, had its NYC premiere engagement here in February, 1943. Here are highlights from Bosley Crowther's review in The New York Times: "Tarzan is a great big hunk of dumbness and strict isolationist to boot, but even he has the wit to discover that you can't do business with the Nazis in this world. That is the profound precept of 'Tarzan Triumphs.' Of course, being a fine humanitarian, it takes the ape-man quite a while to see that the Nazis who invade his jungle are there to do no one any good. But when the Germans start to kick around his youngster and take pot shots at Cheta the Chimp, then Tarzan rises up in all his fury and Nazi fur thereupon flies…There is the usual tree-top swinging, animal cut-ups and yee-owling through the woods. And as a bit of mental stimulation it is certainly no higher in the scale. It may please a lot of people to see Tarzan banging Nazis right and left. But the jest is decidedly hollow. Cheta the Chimp still has the best brain in the film." The RKO Palace presented "Tarzan Triumphs" as the top half of a double bill with 20th-Fox's "Life Begins at Eight-Thirty," which had previously played the Roxy Theatre with a stage show. When the double feature moved on to the RKO neighborhood circuit, "Life Begins at Eight-Thirty" was top billed, with "Tarzan Triumphs" in support.
I have many memories of the Palace. I saw one of my first Broadway shows at The Palace; a performance of Man of La Mancha in the late 70's with Richard Kiley. I remember that it was a Tuesday evening and I was in high school. I was wearing a tie and was horrified that virtually every other man was wearing a jacket and tie. I have never felt more undressed than that evening.
Years later in the mid 80's I went to see La Cage Aux Folles and it was apparent that audinece dress codes were dropping. This time I was appropriately dressed in a jacket and tie. I remember seeing a couple walk in dressed in JEANS and t-shirts! I couldn't believe it. The were sitting directly in front of me in the front mezzanine. Just before the end of the first act, as the show stopper "I Am What I Am" is being sung on stage, the woman throws up in her seat! My first thought was, "well I guess that's why she wore jeans." They managed to clear out of their seats just before the lights went up for intermission. The girl I was with said to me, "I hope they clean that up before they get back." I said to her, "They're not coming back! I wouldn't come back to my seat if I just threw up into it!" Anyway, the theater staff was excellent and cleaned up the mess before the start of the second act.
No, the underdressed couple didn't come back.
How times change! Nowadays, people wear jogging outfits and flip flops on planes and are just as bad at the theater. The only night of the week that you see people dress up somewhat is on Saturday nights. However, I did go to see the god awful "Lestat" at The Palace and remember that there was some guy wearing a Tank Top (no it wasn't summer) and he was sitting in one of the boxes. No Class.
Happy New Year to all! After celebrating the arrival of 1954 in Times Square, you can stroll over to the RKO Palace to see eight acts of vaudeville and "The Wild One": www.i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/Warrengwhiz/rko123153.jpg


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This soup was slightly time consuming but very delicious. It makes a large quantity. We had it for dinner and leftovers for lunch. Will definitely make again.
Cream of Potato-and-Onion Soup
Photo: Beth Dreiling Hontazs; Styling: Buffy Hargett
Yield: Makes 12 cups
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Recipe Time
1 Hour, 40 Minutes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 large sweet onions, chopped (about 5 cups)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 (32-oz.) container chicken broth
- 1 (32-oz.) package frozen Southern-style cubed hash browns
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup grated Gruyère or Swiss cheese
- 1 cup half-and-half
- Garnishes: chopped fresh chives, freshly ground pepper
- 1. Melt butter with oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and sugar. Cook, stirring often, 45 to 50 minutes or until onions are caramel colored.
- 2. Sprinkle onions with flour, and stir to coat. Add chicken broth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and cook 20 minutes. Add hash browns and 2 cups water. Reduce heat to low, add thyme and next 3 ingredients, and simmer 30 minutes.
- 3. Stir in cheese and half-and-half; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove bay leaf before serving. Garnish, if desired.
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My sons, Josh (15) and Ethan (10), spent time between X-mas & New Years at your camp in Orlando. Josh is struggling as he just moved up to 15 & O last month. Ethan has been a successful club swimmer with Ben Davis & Dave Little at Wildcat Aquatics here in Lexington, KY. Anyway, to make a long story short, Josh dropped times in all events, but the dramatic improvement in Ethan's strokes, especially his backstroke after your camp were awe-inspiring. Ethan has been a wonderful and fast swimmer, but his improvement at the Pilot Meet in Knoxville this past weekend was amazing. He attributes it to the fine tuning and great coaching he received with your "team". He finished 1st in the 50 breast (-2 sec) and 50 free (-1.6 sec), second in the 50 back (-2.4 sec), 100 back (-3.5 sec) and 100 fly (-1.8 sec) and third in the 100 breast (-2.5 sec), 100 free (-.8 sec), and 50 fly (+.3 sec). Several of these were 'AAAA' times as well, only one time below "AAA' by a hair. He also crushed his leg (fly) of the 200 medley with his team for a first place also.
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An in depth study from an Atlanta newspaper reveals trouble at school districts across the country, including right here in our area. The Atlanta Journal Constitution took a look at test results over a four-year span from 69,000 schools in 49 states. That translates to more than 3,100 school districts. Out of all those school districts, the study found 200 districts with a high degree of what it calls suspicious results.
The study compared test scores from one year to the next and noted districts with extreme high or low performances. The newspaper identified warning signs in several major urban districts including Baltimore, Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston. On average, a school district may have about 5% of its classes showing extreme swings in test performances year to year. This study noted districts that doubled that number. For 2011, in our area, six school districts made the list. That includes the troubled North Forest School district at more than 28%. Fort Bend ISD followed with around 12.5%. The largest school district, Houston ISD, had just over 11%. Pearland and Alvin ISDs tallied up around 10.5% and Tomball had 10%.
It is important to note that the numbers are not evidence of cheating, but merely patterns that send up a warning flag. Critics of standardized testing argue that schools are under too much pressure to get results. Others insist cheating is a moral choice.