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Rock your graphics with this wicked Gimp tutorial By: machiner Date: April 23, 2009, 07:44:48 AM
If you mess around with graphics in any way you might find that the Gimp is the program for you. If you've used Photoshop you'll find that the Gimp is not a perfect replacement for it, but if you don't need those fancy professional features, then Gimp will rock your world. The Gimp isn't a Photoshop replacement anyway. Try to keep that in mind.
I don't personally use it because I don't mess with graphics, but on those rare occassions I will. The interface is a little rough and I have some trouble finding menu items and/or features that I "need" but I'm pretty ignorant anyway, so don't let my experiences rule your decisions.
I used Photoshop a little a bunch of years ago because, ya know, someone gave me a copy. It boggled my tiny little mind no end. What a package. Can you say
? Mostly I stuck with the old Fireworks (2, I think) proggy from Macromedia. It made the graphics I needed quickly and efficiently. Someone gave me that, too.
is very cool. Try to ignore all those bitching that the Gimp can't do X. I read their arguments (lol, just llike the ones that Windows twits toss around about Linux: old, wrong, lame) and most of them were just wrong. Anyway, the Gimp is clearly not for them. Lol, but that doesn't stop them from whining...waaaa waaaaa ......
It might be for you, though. Inkscape is pretty handy, too, as is XaraX.
Re: Rock your graphics with this wicked Gimp tutorial By: StanTheMan Date: April 24, 2009, 08:58:32 PM
The Digikam group developed a photo editor clled ' Showfoto ' that does most of the things that GIMP does , but does them much more easily and user friendly.
Showfoto is available on most Linux repositories.
Re: Rock your graphics with this wicked Gimp tutorial By: machiner Date: April 25, 2009, 07:36:57 AM
Wicked -- now we have another.
Re: Rock your graphics with this wicked Gimp tutorial By: alioop Date: April 25, 2009, 09:18:03 AM
I don't have a big need for a graphics program but this looks like it's worth a look. Thanks.
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URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/answer/221879Even if your corporation earned no income, many states have what they call "minimum franchise taxes." This is like an annual fee/tax for the privilege of being able to say you are an incorporated entity in the state.
There are also reporting requirements, like filing annual taxes -- again, even if just to show that you did no business. Once formed, a corporation has ongoing maintenance requirements even if you're out of state and not using it. Speak to a local accountant familiar with business issues to see if there's a way to streamline the tax filing process (in light of the lack of activity) and to avoid any penalties and interest that might have accrued.
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Need some maintenance advice
Hi, I am new to the board but have occasionally checked it out for recipes, encouragement,etc. Everyone has done so well and the look great in their pictures.
I am about 2 wks away from going on maintenance. I have been on the program since Nov and was going to give it til the end of March to see if I met my goal. I have been hovering around the same numbers for the past several wks, and my advisor suggested this may be where my body is comfortable.
Unfortunately, I got laid off yesterday- which means no $70 for visits right now! I went to the clinic today to cancel Monday's appt and explained to the front desk what happened. I asked if I could speak to someone for a minute, just to get some direction on how to go on maintenance on my own. I hate to have come this far and spent all this money and blow my results because I don't know what to do next. I intend to pick up with my clinic visits as soon as my situation stabilizes. It was suggested I keep the mon appt and talk to them then. I explained again that my issue is that I currently can't pay the $70 because I might need it for food, gas, electricity! So she said she'd see if someone would call me.
Well they've been closed for an hour now, and I've gotten no call today.
Hopefully someone will call next week, but right now I feel kind of deserted.
Can anyone help me with what the steps are to go on maintenance? I know I can add a carb in but I don't know anything else. I was never told a carb amount to meet each day like I've read on other posts. Or should I just continue to eat like I have been during the weight loss stage? Any advice, opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
Hi Courtney - sorry about your bad news about the job.
Having been on maintenance for awhile now I found that what works for me is to keep my carbs low. When I was in acute I focused on not going over 20 carbs a day. I eat more carbs now but it is a tricky thing with my body. It is SUPER important for me to journal everything I eat to know what carbs trigger me and or make me gain weight. I still don't eat bread or potatoes - although I know others do and manage it. I have to not overindulge on nuts - my weakness now. When the weight starts moving around I go back to protein intense foods because that is what makes me feel better. I have even gone back to week one on a few occasions when I have overindulged. (It happens).
So you can add carbs in but my suggestion is to go slow and see how your body reacts to each one as you go. Keep posting and post in the maintenance thread so you get more responses...
Good luck with it - you can do it.
Thanks for the advice. I wasn't sure I was posting in the right place! I'll work on changing it later when I have a few minutes.
I was never given a carb # as a guideline but at one visit they dud mention I could maybe have a 1/2 cup of brown rice. Maybe I'll try to add that in with dinner a few nights a wk & see what happens. I am scared now to gain weight!! I have a HUGE weakness for nuts & peanut butter that I have to limit. I notice if I go over even a little on those during the week my fat mass goes up next visit. Guess I will try to call or stop by the clinic again next week. I'm not looking for free handouts from them, just a few guidelines to follow until I can feel comfortable financially. Right now I'm just in panic mode.
Do you eat the protein bars? I was looking for something comparable where you get more for the money. Tried GNC today but they are all loaded in calories and carbs.
Thanks again for your response & I'll work on moving my question to the correct thread.
I can't eat the protein bars - or anything that says that it is 'low in net carbs'... my body can't read I guess :rofl: - they give me crazy carb cravings....my food life pretty much stays the same - protein at all meals - berries - almonds - veggies... oh and goat cheese - totally love it and so does my body...
If you go slow with introducing foods - you will find out what triggers you. I can't even chew sugarfree gum - totally makes me want carbs...
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In spite of ongoing construction that prohibited the use of most of the track's Clubhouse and wintry weather on the meet's final weekend, Churchill Downs reported gains in on-track attendance and wagering and set another record for total wagering during its 27-day "Fall Festival Of Racing" that drew to a close on Nov. 29.


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During the past few weeks, I have been following the great hoo-hah (an economics term for "kerfuffle") over credit cards. The hoo-hahers were obviously successful because you sure can't charge anyone 187% interest anymore.
We are talking about the death of free credit, friends. This nasty piece of legislative repression illuminates the fact that I am, in Wall Street parlance, a "freeloader." Jan and I routinely commit the financial sin of paying our credit card bill before the due date.
(Note: To be absolutely accurate, which I am not noted for, this is a relatively new phenomenon. Jan took over paying the bills a few years ago and, almost simultaneously, our late charges miraculously disappeared.)
Those of us who simply swipe our cards and pay the bill have been a net loss to the kind folks who importune us with credit card offers several times a week. I heat my workshop with mail solicitations from Capital One alone.
It seems the government decided that extravagant fees buried in fine print, spontaneous interest changes and deceptive marketing were actions which, while fitting the character of an industry that invested hilariously imaginary debt derivatives (otherwise known as toxic assets), turned our mild-mannered citizenry into pitchfork-carrying peasants. I think it occurred to our leaders that it would be prudent to be seen with a pitchfork, as well. So they clamped down on the vilest practices, suddenly exposing the fact that without them, credit cards are a ludicrous idea—from the issuers' perspective. While some of us have known this for years, they were ludicrous in our favor.
Let's say I buy tax-deductible farm supplies, such as potato chips and Mountain Dew, at Rural King. My card is duly swiped, and Rural King pays about a 3% fee for the thrill of seeing me in the store. Then, nearly a month later, I get a statement for all my similar "farm supplies," which I have to pay by the 12th of the following month. If I do so, all I owe is the 22¢ per-potato-chip cost.
In short, I've been using somebody else's money for about 45 days! Whoever thought this was a great business model had an MBA, I'll bet.
In petty retaliation, card companies are lashing out. One threat being publicized is the end of the "grace period"—or, as I think of it, instant free consumer loans.
Cards and cash. Paying for the credit card benefits I receive seems a little harsh, so I am considering the unthinkable: going cardless. My pulse is pounding at the very notion. It's like pondering giving up remote controls or relaxed-fit jeans.
Thanks to cards, I have been freed from cash, with which I have had, umm … issues. For instance, I lose it. I send it through the laundry. I never know where it goes—it possesses some memory-wiping property in my pockets.
And that's when I actually have any. Back in the dawn of time, I would frequently be ready to pay for my Big Mac and thrust my hand into an empty pocket. I would scan the crowd for acquaintances and walk about like Wimpy offering to pay back Tuesday for a hamburger today.
Even when I had cash, it wasn't simple. Since I tend to just cram loose bills into my front pocket and am loath to count out singles, I would dump onto the counter a wad of currency-like paper that was not only crumpled but also moist with manly sweat that had soaked down from my chiseled abs. Sometimes transmission fluid was involved.
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Cliff Bates, a 60-year-old retired paper mill worker, pays about $300 per month for five medications he needs to treat knee problems, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure, and hopes to save quite a bit. He says he's tried to save money by splitting his pills and taking half a dose, but that "doesn't work so good -- I got dizzy."
Technically, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits the importation of prescription drugs from other countries. But the Canadian trips take advantage of an FDA loophole that allows individuals to import a limited supply of approved drugs for personal use. Still, the agency has broad enforcement discretion, and as the bus approaches the border, there are jokes about what reasons to give for going to Canada. The "drug czars" opt for the truth and explain the mission to sympathetic border guards. The guards wave them through, noting that plenty of people are doing the same thing on their own.
While the FDA is not currently trying to prevent drug-buying in Canada, that could change. In an effort to head off an FDA crackdown and to draw attention to the huge price differences, the House of Representatives on July 10 overwhelmingly approved a bill barring the agency from enforcing the general ban on drug reimportation.
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It's noon when the group arrives in Montreal. They troop up a winding stairway to the packed waiting room of a health clinic where the Americans fill out forms, see a doctor (for a $24 fee), and present their American prescriptions. Nii T. Quou, MD, the clinic's medical director, says he's been warned about possible legal liability from seeing American patients, but he welcomes them all nonetheless. "I'm a physician," he says simply, "and my job is to take care of patients."
The Vermont organizers hand out the sandwiches and sodas, then begin ferrying batches of people to a family-run pharmacy nearby. The pharmacist and his family welcome the group with pastries in a homey back room where the travelers rest and wait for their precious supplies.
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Drugmakers have been angered and embarrassed by the publicity the bus trips have drawn. They warn consumers against crossing the border for medications, saying they can never be sure what they're getting, even when drug labels are the same as in the United States. The companies also say higher U.S. prices are justified because of the high cost of research that has produced so many wonder drugs. They've been fighting back with television ads and a web site to make the case that the U.S. health care system is preferable to Canada's.
The industry has also worked hard to fend off attempts by Congress and some states to impose price controls on prescription drugs. Indeed, the United States is the only industrialized country without some form of controls on drug prices. In Canada, provincial authorities negotiate bulk discounts with pharmaceutical companies and establish allowable prices for most prescriptions. The Mexican government also sets price ceilings for medicines.
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A rare white kiwi in the Wairarapa has been paired with a young brown kiwi and it is hoped the two will one day mate.
Fourteen-month-old Manukura, and her male friend MB27 – named after the order of his hatching – have moved into the same indoor enclosure and have been "getting on okay", according to Department of Conservation captive breeding ranger Philip Wisker.
Manukura, believed to be the first all-white chick hatched in captivity, was hatched last May in the Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre.
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Martin, a prolific writer, highly sought speaker and educator, will discuss his upcoming stage play Somebody Else's Baby, which features Leving as a courtroom judge in the street drama.
"Judge Leving helps the main character in this play see the broader consequences of his actions. It's a role that comes naturally for Jeff,'' said Martin, a director of the nonprofit Fatherhood Educational Institute, Leving founded.
Chicago Counterpoint TV is broadcast live on Channel 21 of Chicago Access Network television (CAN-TV) and provides essential legal education to single dads, men in divorce and Chicago divorce lawyers seeking to expand their professional knowledge.
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Dr. Martin has written three motivational books, presented to dozens of professional groups, including DePaul University's Academic Advising Network, and co-authored many stage productions with his wife, Diane Martin. He is founder of the nonprofit Helping Ex-offenders and Addicts Return to Society (HEARTS) and is the father of five.
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August 11, 1972
Dr. John A. Simpson
The Enrico Fermi Institute
University of Chicago
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Dear Dr. Simpson:
Your letter of 11 July 1972 to Dr. Fletcher has been referred to me. Your arguments for committing Pioneer H to an out-of-the-ecliptic mission are well taken and very persuasive. The relatively low-cost of such a mission, since the Pioneer H spacecraft is a spare for Pioneers 10 and G, and the considerable scientific value to be derived, argue very strongly in favor of the mission. In fact, this kind of mission was described to the Space Science Board 1971 Woods Hole Summer Study by our Science Advisory Group. Moreover, on 15 June 1972 our Outer Planets Science Advisory Group presented to NASA management their recommended strategy for exploring the outer planets, in which the Pioneer H out-of-the-ecliptic mission was an important item.
On the other hand, there are other considerations that argue against committing to this mission at the present time. Quoting from the Woods Hole Summer Study referred to earlier:
"The radiation belt of Jupiter constitutes a hazard of undetermined magnitude for close-in Jupiter flybys, orbiters, and entry probes. We recommend that Pioneers F and G be utilized to evaluate the radiation environment of Jupiter as fully as possible, even at the risk of possible disablement of the spacecraft, and that Pioneer H be held in readiness for use as a Jupiter magnetosphere mission for further evaluation of the radiation hazard if it has not been clarified by Pioneers F and G. This will permit the choice of safe trajectories for both Grand Tour missions and those for the more intensive study of Jupiter. Studies of instrument design for Pioneer H to operate in a high-intensity radiation environment should also be started soon in case such hardened instrumentation should turn out to be the only solution for Jupiter exploration conducted within its radiation belt."


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On January 18th many websites including Tumblr are going black for one of the largest Internet protest in Internet history. Thousands of sites taking part in the protest and will be directing people to contact Congress to kill SOPA and PIPA.
On Januray 24th the Senate is going to vote on PIPA which is the Senates version of SOPA. And here is a little clip from an email I got today.
In just 7 days, the Senate will vote on forever altering the free and open internet by instituting a new regime of extra-judicial, corporate-led website takedowns. This is a fundamental fight about who has power in society — the people with the means to communicate freely or the governments and corporations that feel threatened.
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Pretty much, if these bills are passed it could not only effect the U.S., but other countries around the world.
For more information check out these sites.
- Tumblr's Page
- Why SOPA is DANGEROUS
- American Censorship
- Mozilla's SOPA site
- Stop the E-PARASITE Act
- Stop the internet control bill Petition
- AVAAZ - Save the Internet
- SOPA Strike
- SOPA Blackout
- American Censorship Petition
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The Property Checklist – things to look for when buying a house organised by decade
There are plenty of buyer checklists around, but I thought I'd take a moment and compose a basic list of the good and bad bits of housing in each of the building decades in NZ that I have experienced while working in the Real Estate industry in Wellington. This is definitely not an exhaustive list and I would love your input if there are things left off the list. I'm not a builder and this is not intended to replace a builders report. I'm also trying not to "bag" certain building eras and want to point out the strengths as well as the weaknesses. Something else to remember is that a house that has been added to or renovated may have good and bad examples of a number of construction styles and products.
Pre 1940′s
- check the piles (produced from native timber in this era). Look for signs of subsidance, piles not being strapped to bearers, rot, or missing piles and "spongy" or uneven floor boards.
- wooden flooring – may not be tongue and groove (drafty and squeaky). Made from moisture resistant native timber.
- check wiring - any original wiring needs to be replaced as soon as it is found as there is a high risk of fires and shorts.
- plumbing – check hot water cylinder for age, original waste pipes (sewer and storm water) are porous and may become blocked with roots from trees and bushes growing in close proximity to the pipes.
Check the roof – may need maintenance if it hasn't been replaced
- Insulation – no insulation in original homes of this period.
- Walls and ceilings maybe be scrim or fibre board rather than gib. Will need to be replaced if you want a good paintable surface.
- Made from high quality native timber with a great resistance to rot and weather. Will need alot of effort in painting over time.
- check for borer
- lead in painted weatherboards? – be careful when removing
- impurities in window glass may spoil the views – cosmetic only. Check condition of any leadlight windows.
- check condition of light switches and electrical outlets, light fittings, door handles, door and window hinges, window catches – the cost of replacing period bits and pieces can add up!
- Concrete began to be used in residential building on a large scale. Look for poorly mixed concrete in foundation structures concrete (crumbly seams in solid concrete walls and foundations).
- concrete piles began to replace wooden piles.
- experimentation with non wood exterior cladding systems – becomes brittle over time – check for cracking, asbestos, joints coming apart.
- check for asbestos in any sheet products used on walls or as skirting for subfloor. Asbestos roof tiles or corrugate?
- check the wiring – replace if original, old meter box – big and bulky, is it still inside?
- plumbing – hot water cylinder original? – low pressure cylinder – good pressure on hot feed at showerhead?
- good pressure on col feed? (Galve water pipes can block over time if water is hard)
- check for borer
- lead paint?
- Generally a great building era in NZ. Solid well built homes predominantly weatherboard with iron or concrete tile roof.
- Wiring should be okay – older style wiring gave way to insulated (TPS) wiring. Meter box will be inside if it hasn't been moved.
- plumbing – hot water cylinder need replacing? Original will be low pressure with a header tank in ceiling. Replace with mains pressure if hot water pressure is too low. Copper plumbing.
- concrete piles and concrete ring foundations – good!
- weak points – original corrugated roofs will be on their last legs but may still have a few years in them if they've been looked after.
- look for rot in weatherboards especially around corners, window frames and barge boards.
- no insulation in original homes of this era
- tongue and groove flooring – usually tighter, thinner boards – native wood rimu, matai, and some beech wood featured (may have small areas of borer – usually not a structural problem, more a cosmetic one.
- lead in paint on exterior? Oil based paints on interior ceilings?
- asbestos in any old lino that was put down in kitchens and wet areas?
- laundry – original concrete tub?
- original kitchen?
- Fireplace? woodburner in original chimney? – Has it been updated in the last ten years or is it past its useby? Check chimney for signs of cracking and gaps. Check flue and cowling. Any signs of leaking around flue?
- move from wooden floors towards chip board – very sensitive to moisture and will swell and turn to mush with prolonged water contact. Composite products often used on window sills which may have swelled – replace with tanalised timber.
- early aluminium joinery – less painting needed than earlier styles of windows and doors. Check seals and latches on windows and runner wheels on sliding doors.
- asbestos! Have any sprayed ceiling checked for asbestos, sheet products, roof tiles?
- hot water cylinder? – if original, check for leaking.
- check for cheap and leaking plumbing fittings and taps (especially in the laundry)
- Homes into the mid 1970′s were usually insulated in the walls and roof – check roof space and replenish insulation. Insulate subfloor space.
- texture coated cladding? Check for cracking and moisture
- woodburner – in good order? If it is an original woodburner it will be well past it's useful life. Plan to replace it. Any signs of leaking around flue?
- ventilation? Is a DVS style system retrofitted?
- wallpaper on walls or paint finish? Has a big effect on the time and energy needed to renovate or modernize.
- early plastic plumbing – check for leaks or signs or moisture. Dux Quest?
- hardiplank cladding – generally a cladding system with few major problems. May get brittle over time – check for cracking and make sure joints are well sealed.
- homes of this era are generally insulated to a reasonable level.
- decramastic roof? – make sure it is free of moss/lichen. – May need rechipping and painting if it is original.
- chipboard floors – make sure wet areas are well sealed
- stippled or textured ceilings? Not usually asbestos but makes the house look very dated and can be a real pain to remove.
- homes of this era are generally of lighter construction than previous eras.
- tanalised wood framing – may have been treated with arsenic or chromium – don't use in a woodburner and make sure you wear a mask when cutting or sanding. The health risks aren't generally publicised but there was a move away from some processes used to make tanalised wood in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s. Retaining walls and raised garden areas probably made from tanalised wood – be wary about planting gardens especially with nutrient hungry plants like fruit trees and tomatos near tanalised wood.
- better quality aluminium joinery – check seals and runners
- mains pressure hot water? Better pressure for showers
- unflued gas heaters?
- woodburner? – still in good repair? Was it permitted originally?
- ventilation? DVS style system installed? Are bathroom fans and rangehoods vented externally or into ceiling space?
- Texture coated monolithic cladding – check for signs of moisture, cracking, movement
- Be wary of homes with unusual design elements – lack of eves, lots of angles, internal gutters, decks over living spaces
- Good insulation. Double glazing?
- Kiln dried timber framing? Rots very quickly if exposed to high moisture.
- Gas central heating? Unflued gas heaters? Heatpump – need servicing?
- Plumbing – check for signs of leaks at joints and along lengths that are bent especially on hot feed.
- Ventilation? DVS style system installed?
- chipboard floors creaky or squeaky? They may not have been glued and screwed. Plan to do this when the carpet is replaced or get a builder with a nail gun to fire pins into the joints on an angle to stop the creaks.
- tiled wet areas well sealed? Check for signs of moisture and for cracks in tiles and grout.
- Excellent insulation including some double glazing and central heating.
- monolithic cladding? - check for signs of moisture, cracking, movement on exterior
- plumbing – check for leaks at joints and along lengths that have been bent or curved especially on the hot feed.
- Concrete pad – no subfloor area? Can make it harder to upgrade plumbing, telephone/broadband and electrical
- Walk in wet areas? Check for signs leaking in adjoining rooms or in spaces below the bathroom.
- Ventilation? HRV or DVS style systems
- Heatpumps – have they been serviced?
- Double glazed – great insulation
- Home Ventilation system installed?
- Heating options? Gas central heating or heatpumps? Underfloor?
- Builders guarantee? Able to be transferred to new owner?
- Has house been built and plumbing installed to manufacturers specifications? Have plumbing run through ceiling or in under floor space (if there is any) so that it is easy to fix or add to down the track. Any sign of stress to plumbing joints?
- Broadband wiring? Surround sound wiring in living spaces?
- Cavity systems used for cladding – more protection against leaks in cladding.
Hopefully this list has been of use to you.
If you have any further things to add to any of the decades, feel free to leave a comment and I'll add your suggestion.
List compiled by David Garratt – Guardian First National – North Wellington. www.northernsuburbs.co.nz
Print a PDF version of this checklist from my website here
September 01 2011 03:24 pm | General Real Estate
4 Responses to "The Property Checklist – things to look for when buying a house organised by decade"
Karen Hitchcock on 04 Sep 2011 at 11:58 am #
Great list David – you've given it a lot of thought. I'm sure people will find it very handy. Cheers Karen
Paul Martin on 06 Sep 2011 at 2:23 am #
This list is really well thought out! thanks for the tips. I recently bought a house from the 1960′s and you are right in saying that it was a great building era in NZ. We had to change to insulation to make it more efficient but other than that a great home.
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Grilled Parmesan-Garlic Bread
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- 1/4 cup butter
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- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; add garlic, and cook 2 minutes. Remove and discard garlic. Brush cut sides of bread evenly with butter mixture, and sprinkle cut sides evenly with Parmesan cheese and parsley. Place cut sides together.
- 2. Grill, covered with grill lid, over medium heat (300° to 350°) 5 minutes on each side or to desired degree of doneness.
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Spin Magazine Names Kanye West My Beautiful... Album Of The Year!
"Now, this would be a beautiful death."
That's how Kanye West portrays his triumphal moment on "Power," the most exhilarating, witty, and necessarily bombastic track of his career -- and the turning point of his fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He ascends the throne of not just music, but the entire cultural realm, his narcissism riding surly shotgun as he relishes the riches, veneration, and, yeah, the "light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands" afforded by such a position -- call it the Michael Jackson Memorial Chair of Pop Primacy. But no matter how stupendous the feeling (and if you've cranked the song's hurtling tribal refrain, you know), eventually the clout he craves feels like an abuse of power. And the chain around his neck becomes heavy as Horus.
Fantasy -- a ballsy, self-aware admonition that luxuriates in its grandiose reveal as an Assholes Anonymous orgy that gets nowhere close to serenity -- is 2010's album of the year because Kanye dramatizes all of the above and more with a budget-averse musical imagination that's ominous, symphonic, heartsick, riff-ravaged, and driven by the most technically legit rapping he's ever managed. Challenging the "I'm just doing me" cop-out parroted by so many artists, the producer/MC deals in multitudes, feeding off countless collaborators, and making a case for the album-as-art form with a vivid theme and narrative arc (not to mention faux-classical interludes, codas, etc.).
After the street-sweeper blast of "Power," Fantasy descends into synth-swelling hedon-ism on "All of the Lights" (a Concerto for Velvet Rope with intricately deranged drum programming that peppers 11 "featured" guests) and the elaborate grotesques of "Monster" (most notably, Nicki Minaj's brilliantly batshit vocalese on her already historic cameo). Amid the lavish, soul-drenched bitterness of "Devil in a New Dress," Kanye collapses into decadent free fall, crying out, "You love me for me? Could you be more phony?"
Of course, this is Greek Tragedy 101 -- if Aeschylus wanted to show Xerxes' hubris today, he'd have him cackle, "I lost 30 mil, so I spent another 30 / 'Cause unlike Hammer, 30 million can't hurt me," like Kanye's cagily self-interested mentor Jay-Z on "So Appalled." This story of a tragic, overreaching fall from grace will remain in our pop culture's DNA (see 2010 albums by Yeezy wingman Kid Cudi and MGMT) as long as we worship abstracted, individual success above all, and cling to the idea that a big score is our birthright. It's a mass delusion that demands a "21st Century Schizoid Man" sample (see "Power").
Still, Kanye being Kanye aches for a hip-hop Thriller -- pop art that dances in the world's bloodstream. Yet the societal and business factors that enabled such a phenomenal beast no longer exist, so he has to create his own rarefied sphere. And "Runaway," a disorienting, nine-minute set piece scored for MPC drum machine (enhanced by a breathtakingly choreographed 34-minute film -- watch it below) does just that. Foregrounding the frisson that occurs when popular and fine art, street and formal language, poor and rich, black and white, trade places -- basically hip-hop's evolutionary hustle -- he conjures his own Guess Who's Coming to Dinner tableau that opposes icy elegance and crass hilarity (i.e., his lampshade "toast to the douchebags"). Trapped between the two, he warbles with douche-chill honesty: "I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most."
In his 1989 essay "The New Black Aesthetic," novelist Trey Ellis championed a generation of young African American artists and intellectuals who looked past Africa and jazz and the Civil Rights movement for inspiration, crossing race and class lines, fired by alienation from both protective elders and shady gatekeepers. Hip-hop was more essential to Ellis' formulation than he realized; that generation ransacked the whole landscape. Now Kanye is trippin' on the aftermath, reconciling the dreams, the nightmares, the porn stars.
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Incorrect labeling has prompted the recall of about 96,000 pounds of certain Oscar Mayer Classic Wieners.
The products may contain Classic Cheese Dogs in the Classic Wieners' packages.
The product labels are incorrect because they don't reflect the ingredients associated with the pasteurized cheese in the cheese dogs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday.
The products were formulated with milk, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.
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The products were produced on March 2 and 3, 2014, and bear the establishment number "Est. 537H" inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The products were distributed to Kraft distribution centers and in retail stores nationwide.
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Students in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 6 enjoy daily physical activity and well as three or more Physical Education classes each week in our campus gymnasium or Zoom Room. Students in Grade 1 and up can participate in optional lunch-hour intramurals throughout the school year.
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'Super 8' Favors Emotion Over Action
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According to a recent profile in the New York Times Magazine, dynamic genre-hopping writer-producer-director J.J. Abrams hates the "reveal." That is to say, he's quite protective of the twists and other special things that come out of his storytelling box, whether they're in reboots and/or installments of franchise pictures (he's the man behind "Mission: Impossible III" and the latest "Star Trek" film) or stuff that's his very own personal thing, as is this new film, "Super 8." In any case, this protectiveness is understandable, but the really crucial thing about how "Super 8" works as well as it does has very little to do with its plot.
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And its plot, in case you haven't heard already, owes a certain amount to the work of director Steven Spielberg, who's also, in an exemplary case of inspiration meeting corporate synergy, a producer of the film. "Super 8," set in the late '70s, is in large part a tribute to the sci-fi movies that inspired Abrams during his own boyhood. Indeed, one would not be giving too much away by saying that this film is an "E.T." for a meaner, noisier, more stressed-out era, even while it's set in a year that predates "E.T."'s existence.
The picture begins with some typically Spielbergian visual storytelling. A "Number of days since our last accident" sign at a middle-American steel mill is being reset back to "1"; in the next shot, a boy just on the cusp of his teens sits forlornly on a swing in a snow-covered yard, looking longingly into a locket. This fellow is Joe (Joel Courtney), and he's just lost his mom. His dad, Jack (Kyle Chandler), the local deputy, befuddled by single fatherhood, wants to send Joe to baseball camp for the summer, but Joe, an eager horror film buff and model maker, has other ideas: He's the effects-and-makeup guy for his best friend Charles' little zombie-detective movie, which they're shooting in the Super 8 film format of the title. The portly Charles (Riley Griffiths) snags the devastatingly attractive and deceptively mature (barely 13 and she drives!) Alice Dainard (Elle Fanning). Joe has a devastatingly shy-making crush on Alice, and the complications for that include not just the fact that she's from the wrong side of the tracks but that her surly dad (Ron Eldard, oddly channeling an early-80s Gerard Depardieu) works at the same steel mill where Joey's mom met her demise.
All this is knotty enough, were it merely going to be an homage to the films of John Hughes. But no. One evening, Joey and Charles and the rest of their movie-crazy teen crew (a group limned with not inconsiderable wit and perception by Abrams and his actors) are shooting near the local railroad station -- "Production value!" enthuses Charles when he sees a train approaching -- when a huge locomotive is met head-on, on purpose, by a pickup truck, resulting in a massive derailment with multiple flying freight cars and explosions and, finally, something getting loose. Just what that something is happens to be one of the things that creator Abrams has a dread of sharing with viewers before they actually experience the picture in its entirety, and I too shall not get into the details here. Suffice it to say that the nods to "E.T." and "Close Encounters" and such are just-so enough to be pleasant, and only rarely "off" enough to remind one that there's a reason lightning rarely if ever strikes twice, and why so few filmmakers ever attempt direct homages to those Spielberg works in the first place.
But as I mentioned up top, as spectacular as the film's action is (and the set pieces, while still pretty frantic, are constructed with a confidence and coherence that eluded Abrams in his previous films), the fact is that as each of its plot layers is unpeeled, what's actually revealed isn't as interesting as it kind of promised to be ... and it doesn't matter all that much. As not-mind-blowing as its narrative twists are, "Super 8" works because of, yes, its emotional commitment. (And there, too, is its most telling debt to Spielberg.) The sensitive and not overtly manipulative way that the tentative relationship between Alice and Joey is built and explored is really something. Not only are the characters sincerely and subtly written, but young actors Courtney and Fanning embody them beautifully, never overselling their basic decency or innocence or liveliness, but making the viewer feel those qualities in sometimes unexpected ways. As when Alice busts some surprisingly seductive moves on Joey while in zombie makeup. They're terrific enough that they transcend/redeem the film's ever so critically overblown denouement, which is, admittedly, a made-to-order summer blockbuster "oh-that's-awesome" heart-tugging moment. The reasons you might be thinking about seeing "Super 8" have to do with its big sci-fi action scenes and teen-adventure derring-do material that harks back to "The Goonies"; the reasons you'll remember the movie will be all about quieter, moving intimacy created by its characters.
Glenn Kenny is chief film critic for MSN Movies. He was the chief film critic for Premiere magazine from 1998 to 2007. He contributes to various publications and websites, and blogs at http://somecamerunning.typepad.com. He lives in Brooklyn.


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Steve Carell returns for 'The Office' finale
Kaling, Novak to return for super-sized 'Office' finale
Train, Pope set for NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly
Colfer's comedy film gets distributor
Kinsey and Lieberstein separate
Stars line up for 'Monk' milestone
'Office' star gives birth to baby girl
'Leatherheads' premiere to benefit AFI
'Office' star Angela Kinsey pregnant
'Office' convention planned in Scranton
'The Office' workers visit Scranton, Pa.
Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress. She currently appears as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the hit NBC television series The Office.
Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for twelve years, and she attended the Jakarta International School. During this time she learned Indonesian, which she still knows. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas.
Kinsey studied English at Baylor University, where she was a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor student newspaper, she discussed the influence of her years at the university:


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We need your help to identify white roof eligible buildings. Find a roof and email us at info [@] whiteroofproject.org, sign up to volunteer HERE or make a donation HERE.
What is a white roof?
A white roof is painted with solar reflective white coating and reflects up to 90% of sunlight (as opposed to traditional black roofs which reflect only 20%).
A white roofs are a lot more than just white paint! White roofs' benefits are measured partly according to the solar reflectance index, or SRI. A roof's SRI is a measure of a surface's ability to reflect solar heat. SRI measures reflectance (reflecting the sun's rays) and thermal emittance (the roof's ability to radiate absorbed heat). If you've ever worn a black t-shirt in the sun than you already understand that black's reflectance is negligible and its emittance is zero. A white roof's reflectance is as high as 90% and its emittance is 100%.
Learn more from our friends at the Cool Roof Rating Council.
Why do we need white roofs?
The world is hot! Read more about this on our Urban Heat Island page.
The Urban Heat Island effect is a measurable increase in ambient urban air temperatures resulting primarily from the replacement of vegetation with buildings, black surfaces like roofs and roads and other heat-absorbing infrastructure.
Cities are full of these heat trapping black surfaces.
On a clear night, the temperature in a city with 1 million people or more can be up to 22°F hotter than nearby suburbs due to the heat island effect.
Urban Heat Island effects include increased summer energy use, stress on the power grid, increased pollution, and health hazards such as asthma.
Urban Heat Islands also contain hotspots (areas that are superheated due to population, environmental injustices or industrialization).
White Roof Project targets hot spots on the Urban Heat Island to maximize the benefits of its work. For example, Manhattan's Lower East Side is (home to many of our roof projects) has been identified as a hot spot in a recent NYSERDA report. Hot spots are often high energy users as residents attempt to compensate for summer heat. Con Edison confirms that the Lower East Side is one of the highest per capita energy users in New York.
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Americans spend about $40 billion annually to air condition buildings — one-sixth of all electricity generated in this country! ( www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=roof_prods.pr_roof_products )
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White roofs can reduce the total Urban Heat Island effect in an impacted city by 1° to 2° F – enough to lower peak energy demand, reducing the risk of brownouts and blackouts.
White roofs help curb climate change.
White roofs help curb climate change. "…replacing nonreflective, dark roofing materials with white ones … (every 1000 square feet) would result in an equivalent CO2 offset of 10 metric tons (about $250) annually".(www.energy.ca.gov/2008publications/LBNL-1000-2008-022/LBNL-1000-2008-022.PDF )
The "rate of smog formation depends on temperature, (Los Angeles based models) showed an overall reduction in smog by about 10%, the equivalent of removing three to five million cars from the roads" ( heatisland.lbl.gov/LEARN/LAIsland/ ) due to the implementation of white roofs which reduce smog accumulation by lowering heat (ambient air temperature).
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White roofs help builders and building managers meet evolving roofing standards. (Examples: California's Title 24 Energy Efficiency Building Standard, NYC Department of Buildings roof reflectance standards found on our blog at http://whiteroofproject.org/nyc-white-roof-requirements-update/.) Some cities and states now have minimum roof reflectance requirements.
What about white roofs in the winter?
In the northern part of the United States, you might think that a black roof would provide a winter heating benefit to building owners. However, there are several factors that make any potential heat gain relatively immaterial:
The laws of physics dictate that hot air will always rise. Thus, any heat that is transferred to the interior of a building structure from the outside will remain at the top of the structure, providing minimal heat savings.
In all parts of North America, there are fewer hours of sunlight to affect energy costs. In fact, in some areas, there is a greater than a six-hour difference between peak-summer and peak-winter sunlight, meaning there is less sunlight available to contribute to a building's potential warming. Plus, the angle of the sun is less direct, which also helps to minimize warming potential.
See www.epa.gov/hiri/strategies/coolroofs.html for charts and calculations illustrating the net benefit of white roofing in major cities. Savings are calculated subtracting any winter penalties. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories heat island groups finds that the net benefits of white roofing could save millions in energy costs per year.
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Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
Don't you give up now
The Lord has brought you to this spot today, let's find joy in it!
You can be joyful in every circumstances (good or bad) because you have Jesus. For He works all things (good and bad) together for the good of those who love him and called according to His purpose.
I felt like she's talking to me. Lovely randoms.
Foolish heart looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile
Don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?
There's no need to mask my frailty
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life into
A perfect tapestry
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
Cause you see the real me
And you love me just as I am
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
Sanctification is painful yet wonderful.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Grace, what have You done?
Murdered for me on that cross
Accused in absence of wrong
My sin washed away in Your blood
Too much to make sense of it all
I know that Your love breaks my fall
The scandal of grace, You died in my place
So my soul will live
And it's all, because of You, Jesus
Thank You Jesus
Salvation is not like an insurance offer where you have to die first before you get the benefit. When God saves, He saves us not only from hell, but also from our weak, proud and sinful nature.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I am found,
Was blind but now I see.
Christ is your righteousness because He took the stripes you deserve. Which means you don't have to take them any more.
Go ahead, turn the curtain on and let the light of Easter flood in. It Is Finished. — at Walkway, Reflections of the Way of the Cross, BGC.
strengthening foundation
I'm stubborn and he is oblivious but thank you Jesus for not giving up on us, transforming us into your likeness. We are grateful.
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV) And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.


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A year ago Renntech unveiled their Performance PKG1 package for the Mercedes SLR which included upgraded intercoolers, larger crankshaft pulley and custom ECU software that delivered 722 hp.
According to the tuner, due to the demand of Renntech customers, the company released the Performance PKG2 for the SLR, which includes a motorsports-style exhaust system and new ECU software making the engine deliver 740 hp at 6400 rpm.
Available at a price of $26,990 the package includes new stylish Renntech Signature 10-spoke performance wheels, making the car more stable at high speeds!
Press release after the jump!
While the automotive enthusiasts of the world uttered a collective (and skeptical) "um ... OK", Hartmut Feyhl took one look and announced: "this car should have 722 hp". When most enthusiasts say things like that, they can be easily ignored - but when Feyhl says something like this - it happens.
Hartmut is the owner and chief engineer of RENNTECH, the South Florida-based tuning firm best known for producing incredibly powerful Mercedes-Benz automobiles that often redefine what highly-tuned exotic cars should and should not be capable of.
Last year, RENNTECH introduced their own "722" option: RENNTECH SLR Performance PKG1. RENNTECH's PKG1 upgrades included upgraded intercoolers, a larger crankshaft pulley, and custom ECU software that delivered the full 722 hp SLR customers expected (along with more than 700 lb-ft of torque!). RENNTECH announced the package in an April '07 press release titled "Here in Florida, 722 Means What You Think it Means", and SLR customers responded by sending their cars to Feyhl's Florida garage from across the Western hemisphere ...
... of course, after driving their new 722 hp rocketship for a few months, some of Feyhl's customers started asking for more, which brings us to RENNTECH's latest batch of SLR tuning options: SLR Performance PKG2 and new RENNTECH Signature 10-spoke, 3 pc. performance wheels.
Available for both the "standard" SLR and 722 models, PKG2 builds on RENNTECH's previous upgrades by adding a less restrictive, motorsports-style exhaust system and re-mapped ECU software to boost the already powerful SLR engine to over 740 hp at 6400 rpm.
To give the SLR more visual impact, RENNTECH now offers its Signature 10 spoke wheels in SLR offsets and 3 finishes (chrome, satin-ceramic, and sniper gray). Pricing for RENNTECH's SLR performance upgrades are set at 12990US for PKG1 and 26990US for PKG2. RENNTECH 20" wheels are 1950US (ea.). Big Brake upgrades also available - contact RENNTECH for more.


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Happy Hump Day, 'errbody! Labor Day may have marked the official end of summer, but you live in the 305 ... That means that every night is like a steamy, never-ending, bottle-poppin' summer bash studded with A-list celebrities and world-class DJs. Just take a look at the six best parties going do ... More >>
That's it! We've got the perfect route for Beyoncé's multi-family trek across Florida with best friends Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin: Miami to Pensacola Beach for DeLuna Fest 2012 in September. Originally, headliners Pearl Jam and Foo Figthers were reason enough to make the 11-hour journey to ... More >>
Yesterday, CNN ran an interesting article about Southern stereotypes, "The South: Not all Bubbas and Banjos." "The lower right-hand portion of the U.S. of A. is often pigeonholed as a tobacco-spittin', Bible-thumpin', gun-totin' (and worse) backwater," writes Todd Leopold. "So go ahead, fry up the ... More >>
Check out today's top WMC and MMW parties -- plus Crossfade's fifteen best parties. Honestly, if you're gonna survive 96 hours of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival, then your emergency EDM supply kit will need to include a gas mask, goggles, a bikini and/or bana ... More >>
Good morning, beat freak. Over the last seven days, you've gotten down with a genderqueer rapper in Overtown, raged at each and every free fucking party on the sked (not to mention WMC and MMW's fifteen best club bashes), and hit the Skrillex mosh pit at Ultra Music Festival. You've moombahed ... More >>
So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>
Shaq showed up to da club lookin' like a schlub.Remember when the Wade County police department teamed up with a veteran rogue enforcer named Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat won the first and only NBA championship of its existence? Yeah, there was a title. But also a lot of shit talking. An ... More >>
Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>
via The Buffalo BeastEvery year we here at the Miami New Times humbly offer our Dirty Dozen of the worst locals of the year. Ever year, Buffalo's own alt weekly, The Beast, takes the concept a bit farther with the 50 most deplorable Americans of the year. Their edition this year, though, is rife ... More >>
Dynas continues his hip-hop dynastyLocal MC and heavy-hitter Dynas has been doing his hip-hop thing for years. And when we mean "years," we're talking well over 14, grinding both in his birthplace of New York City and his current place of residence, Miami.With over 50 releases under his belt as w ... More >>
Just when you thought WMC was nothing but an out of towner fuck fest with no room for locals, in steps Public Wizard Inc. and Back 2 Basics Too: DJ Edition, a Clevelander rooftop party where homegrown talent meets tourists on work visas.Party organizer Sammy "Parable" Donado says "We scouted DJs ... More >>
Ah, Champion Sound. This weekly jam at Electric Pickle deserves ten gold stars for being one of the few regular parties in Miami where quality hip-hop lives. Tonight's edition is special for two reason: One, it's a birthday celebration for Crossfade/New Times music contributor Esther Park. Happy ... More >>
courtesy of Rephlektor InkBroward-based MC Dynas is one of the local hip-hop underground's stealth forces. He may not perform every weekend at the usual suspect venues, but when he surfaces, it's always with something worth stopping to listen to. Raised in New York City, his style is stampe ... More >>
The Academy Is... and Gym Class HeroesThursday, April 30, 2009 Clevelander, Miami BeachLife doesn't get any better than this, really. Thursday night, ground zero for a par-tay was a brand new spankin', re-opened the Clevelander. The Ocean Drive hot spot has had a facelift and after a two-year over ... More >>
Remember the Clevelander? Of course you do. What Miami resident doesn't have at least a handful of fond memories of the iconic Art Deco structure on the corner of 10th and Ocean? It stood watch over one of SoBe's busiest avenues, a patient guardian, its arms open, welcoming the public at large with ... More >>
John HoodThe Ting Tings at Day 1 of Ultra Music Festival.Ultra Music Festival: Santigold, The Ting TingsFriday, March 27, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter Than: The best pop you've never heard.Hard to say the best way to tell when I'm most thrilled by a band. Is it when I'm so giddy with excitemen ... More >>
Michelle SolomonA-Trak spinning at Bacardi B-Live.If you were one of the 300 "regular" folks, or the 150 or so "press" types who got invited to the Bacardi B-Live Press Pool Party on Tuesday night, say a hefty thank-you prayer to the God of Groove.Inside the basement Japanese restaurant, Fountainble ... More >>
DJ Jazzy Jeff and Biz Markie splash down at the Shelborne Hotel's Sunday pool party.
Miami's own DJ Craze comes full circle
International turntablist DJ I-Dee's life on South Beach is low-key. No surprise: He's too young to buy a drink.
WMC honors wed like to see
Our annual nonscientific tip sheet for WMC/M3's breakout tracks
Many searched for the summer banger, but only Fat Joe's Terror Squad claimed the prize
Listings, listings, listings
BBE Records brings the future of the funk
Meet Jay-Z's The Black Album -- the remix
Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven
The Roots get experimental


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Monthly Archive for July, 2011
Heat beating your travels? Top tips for cool trips
Too hot to trot? Everyone prepares for rain, but extreme heat can be just as disruptive of a trip as thunderstorms, and are often overlooked in the packing process. Yes, Las Vegas is a rotisserie in summer, but few cities on the planet are as prepared for keeping visitors cool — air conditioning behind every […] [Read More]
TRAVEL GEAR: H1 Handy Recorder for digita audio
Review of Zoom's easy-to-use digital audio recorder that can greatly improve the sound of your travel videos — usually one of the weakest things about amateur movies. For more gear review videos, go to Bad Latitude TV. [Read More]
Kate and William's bland American adventure
We're willing to overlook the obvious snub of Kate and William spending eight days in Canada and only three days (2.5 really) in the United States. (Canadians used to put Will's Grandma on all the money, so they have an edge.) Spud Hilton / The Chronicle We're even willing to overlook that they're spending that […] [Read More]
TRAVEL GEAR: Timbre Noise-Isolating Earbuds review
Noise-canceling headphones are wonderful, but can be expensive and too bulky for light travelers. Here's a smaller, less expensive alternative from iFrogz. For more gear review videos, go to Bad Latitude TV. [Read More]


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Name: Florimel
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Additional Info:Derived from the Latin 'flos, floris' meaning "flower", and 'mel' meaning "honey". Florimel (also found as Florimell) is a character in Spenser's "Faerie Queene". She was a lady in love with the knight Marinell, who initially rejects her. Hearing he was wounded, she set out in search and faced various perils, culminating in being captured by Proteus. The name is in rare use as a Christian name.
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This week's Teen Mom 2 episode may rank right up there in the list of craziest reality TV moments, but it's time to retract your claws, folks. It's been confirmed by OK! that Leah Messer, divorced mom to twin girls Aleeah and Aliannah, has suffered a miscarriage. That's a tough row to hoe for any woman, least of all a teenage girl doing it in front of a world that has had plenty to say about her pregnancy to begin with.
So let's make this one clear: the pregnancy issue is over and done with. It isn't time to gloat. It isn't time to smack this one over the kid's head. It's time to give her a little space and let her grieve. Because as boyfriend Jeremy Calvert told OK!, he and Messer are going through a "devastating experience."
More on Teen Mom: Leah Messer Denies Twins But Reveals Truth
Of course it is! It's a miscarriage. Those are never easy ... not for married women in their 30s, not for a teenage girl and her boyfriend.
Even as I type the words, I recognize the irony. When rumors first began leaking about Messer and Calvert expecting a child together, I went straight for the "what the hell is she thinking" line. When her tweets added up to confirmation, I didn't stop the judging. She is a celebrity who put herself in the public eye specifically as an example of teenage motherhood. In essence, Messer OK'd commentary on her parenting skills when she took the money from MTV.
And yet, there's commentary from the public and there's delighting in the fact that a public figure has fallen on hard times, and we get to see it all go down. One has the potential to push society forward, to allow us to learn from the mistakes of one in the spotlight. The other has no redeeming value whatsoever.
More on Teen Mom: Leah Messer Wants to Be the Next Kate Gosselin
There's just one way to benefit society with talk of Leah's miscarriage: to treat the public figure as we should the private ones. Pregnancy loss remains a taboo subject in a society where as much as 15 to 20 percent of women lose a child to miscarriage because people are afraid to talk about it. They don't know HOW to treat a woman as she goes through this tough time. But all it takes is respect for the grieving process, and we can show that to Leah, can't we?
Have you been through a miscarriage? What was the best thing someone did to help you get through?
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Praying for her & her family at this time.....She is my Favorite Teen Mom on Teen Mom 2 i love them all but she is my Fav.... I hate the she had people bashing her like that we shouldn't judge bc God don't Judge us for what we do...
my heart goes out to her. i had a mc at 8 weeks with my second child. me and my husband were so excited to be having another one after trying for about a year but then our joy turn into sadness. it has been almost a 1 12/year since my mc and i'm still sad and we have started trying again a month after our mc but so far nothing but we are keeping postive that one day we will have another one again. i don't care how old you losing a child is a very hard thing and so people should show compassion instead of bashing.


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Heat oil in a medium saucepan. Add leek and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant. Stir in the tomato and olives; cook until heated through. Remove from heat; stir in parsley.
Boil, steam or microwave the potato until tender; drain. Place in a large bowl, drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the oil; cover to keep warm.
Coat the fish in flour; shake off any excess. Heat the remaining oil in a large frying pan. Cook the fish, skin-side down, in batches, until the skin crisps. Turn fish and cook until cooked through. Serve the fish with potatoes and salsa.
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Battle of Ulai
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The Battle of the Ulai River, in 652 BC, during the reign of Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian assault on Elam, which was a Babylonian ally, and was apparently motivated by a desire to protect vital trade caravans of horses and metals from the mountains of Iran and Eastern Anatolia. The Elamite Army was decisively defeated, leading to the complete destruction of Elam shortly thereafter.
Reference: IRAN: Historical Introduction [1]
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From the runways to the streets, culottes have proven to be the trend to try. Check out our tips on how to wear them and where to buy.
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Photo of the Day: Life Lessons: Young Tiger Cub Withstands the Mothers Roar, Calgary Zoo.
Photo by: Nigel Bullers (Vancouver, BC, Canada); Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
*ClaraBacou / Clara Bacou. Tiger Burn.
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"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." – Mike Tyson, former heavyweight boxing champion Astute readers may have noticed the different sizes of Wednesday's Bee-Picayune sections. No one had to be particularly astute to notice t...
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"I Hate the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Organising Committee" posted on the internet in Facebook is seen in Singapore on August 25, 2010. A Singaporean man who bashed the ruling party on Facebook and urge people to "burn" a cabinet minister has been arrested on charges of inciting violence, police said August 25, 2010. A press statement sent to AFP said the police arrested a "man in his late 20s", "in connection with investigations into offences related to incitement of violence." AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
On Facebook, a status update is being passed around saying that the site is going to start using photos of you and your friends in ads, in order to make people believe their friends have somehow endorsed a product or service.
The update in question states,
"On Friday, Facebook will start putting your photos in ads on the profile page of your contacts. It's legal and is mentioned in the fine print when you create your acount. TO STOP THIS go to: Account; Account Settings, then click on Facebook Ads tab at top of screen, choose "No one" on the drop-down menu and save changes. Copy this and use in a status update to alert your friends."
Don't believe it. All Facebook points out that in lines 7B and 7C of Facebook's advertising guidelines, advertisers cannot use user data (including photos) in their ads without prior consent either from Facebook or the user.
This rumor seems to be just that, like the one that circulated a while back about Facebook shutting down on March 15th.