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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- As the whole world watched the white smote rise in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City, signaling a new pope, Catholics in Topeka were celebrating as well.
People at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Holy Family Catholic School tell 13 News they feel a connection with Pope Francis, and hope he will unite Catholics worldwide.
Pope Francis is the ultimate sign of faith for Catholics, and for Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners, this election in particular carries special meaning.
Father Oswaldo says the people were surprised to find out it was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. "I think they will be very happy and proud about this," he said. "They were like, 'maybe this time we'll have a Latino,' and so we have a Latino. So for us it means a lot."
Pope Francis is from Argentina. This give the parish's mostly Hispanic congregation more to connect to as Catholics.
Marcario Torrez is a member of the church and the 8th grade Confirmation class teacher. "It's kind of interesting that we would have a Latino pope," he said, "I think that'll bring a lot of enjoyment around here."
The Augustinian nuns of the parish feel the cardinals made a good choice, because of Pope Francis' reputation as a humble man.
"That's what we need, someone who is interested in the whole world, not just one section of the country," Sister Maria Luz said.
They're hoping the pope will help Catholics grow.
Sister Juanita Banuelos still can't believe it. "He'll do a good job, and the people have really welcomed him as well as we have."
Sister Rebecca said the children she teaches were praying just as hard as the sisters were. "What kind of pope do we need? One of the children said, 'a holy man,' and I think that's exactly what we need and I think that's what we have here," she said.
In mass, a prayer is said for the new pope marking the special day.
Father Oswaldo thinks Pope Francis will be an influential role model not just for those in Latin America, but Catholics everywhere.
"It's amazing. For all of us, I think, for all Catholics, this means a lot to us."
Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the New World, and chose his name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, known for his work for the poor.


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Just a pity none of that has translated into Box Office Gold.
Leaving aside the question of Somova for a moment, I have to say I'm reluctant to think of "box office gold" as a key criterion for great ballet dancing. I realize that was not the point of your comment, but I'm still wary of confusing the two. Nureyev was much bigger box office than Bruhn--but Bruhn was as great and as historic a dancer, at least in the judgment of many of us. Martine Van Hamel was the favorite ABT Odette-Odile of many knowledgeable ballet fans, but--as far as I am aware--not as "box office" as Makarova (also a great Odette-Odile)...Many ballet greats ARE box office gold of course, but not all of them.


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3. If all your information submitted is correct, you will see a "Registration Successful!" screen. Completed applications for Wireless accounts are automatically processed every hour Monday through Friday.
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4. Open your Internet Browser (i.e., Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, etc.), and enter any URL (i.e., www.google.com, www.ccsf.edu, www.yahoo.com, etc.). You will see the CCSF Wireless Welcome page, where you will need to enter the "Username" ( it is case sensitive - lower or upper case "w / W" will make a big difference, so remember how you signed up online ) and "Password" when you created your account. After entering your correct Login Credentials, you will then have wireless internet connection – congratulations and enjoy!
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When you save your images (supose you have lots of them) do you store then as blobs in your Database, or as files? Why?
Duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3748/storing-images-in-db-yea-or-nay
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When you save your images (supose you have lots of them) do you store then as blobs in your Database, or as files? Why?
Duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3748/storing-images-in-db-yea-or-nay
I usually go with storing them as files, and store the path in the database. To me, it's a much easier and more natural approach than pushing them into the database as blobs.
One argument for storing them in the database: much easier to do full backups, but that depends on your needs. If you need to be able to easily take full snapshots of your database (including the images), then storing them as blobs in the database is probably the way to go. Otherwise you have to pair your database backup with a file backup, and somehow try to associate the two, so that if you have to do a restore, you know which pair to restore.
It depends on the size of the image.
Microsoft Research has an interesting document on the subject
I've tried to use the db (SQL Server and MySQL) to store medium (< 5mb) files, and what I got was tons of trouble.
1) Some DBs (SQL Server Express) have size limits;
2) Some DBs (MySQL) become mortally slow;
3) When you have to display a list of object, if you inadvertedly do SELECT * FROM table, tons of data will try to go up and down from the db, resulting in a deadly slow response or memory fail;
4) Some frontends (ruby ActiveRecord) have very big troubles handling blobs.
Just use files. Don't store them all in the same directory, use some technique to put them on several dirs (for instance, you could use last two chars of a GUID or last two digits of an int id) and then store the path on db.
Given that you might want to save an image along with a name, brief description, created date, created by, etc., you might find it better to save in a database. That way, everything is together. If you saved this same info and stored the image as a file, you would have to retrieve the whole "image object" from two places...and down the road, you might find yourself having syncing issues (some images not being found). Hopefully this makes sense.
The question is, does your application handle BLOBS or other files like other application data? Do your users upload images alongside other data? If so, then you ought to store the BLOBs in the database. It makes it easier to back up the database and, in the event of a problem, to recover to a transactionally consistent state.
But if you mean images which are part of the application infratstructure rather than user data then probably the answer is, No.
The performance hit of a database server is a moot issue. If you need the performance benefits of a file system, you simply cache it there on the first request. Subsequent requests can then be served directly from the file system by a direct link (which, in case of a web app, you could rewrite the HTML with before flushing the output buffer).
This provides the best of both worlds:
There is no need to constantly hammer the database for things that won't change all the time, but the important thing is that the user data is all there and not scattered around different places, making multi-server operation and deployment a total mess. I'm always advocating the "database as the user data store, unless" approach, because it is better architecturally, and not necessarily slower with effective caching.
Having said that, a good reason to use the file system as the authoritative store would be when you really need to use external independent tools for accessing it, e.g. SFTP and whatnot.
If I'm running on one web server and will only ever be running on one web server, I store them as files. If I'm running across multiple webheads, I put the reference instance of the image in a database
Blobs can be heavy on the db/scripts, why not just store paths. The only reason we've ever used blobs is if it needs to be merge replicated or super tight security for assets (as in cant pull image unless logged in or something)
By saving you mean to use them to show in a webpage or something like that? If it's the case, the better option will be to use files, if you use a database it will be constantly hammered with the request for photos. And it's a situation that doesn't scale too well.


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1 Nov 2012 12:13 AM #1
How to enable or disable checkcolumn checkboxes?
In the Tree Grid example :
I have modify the example in the above link and added one more column of xtype 'checkcolumn'.
Now my requirement is as follows :
1. If the checkbox corresponding to parent folder ( Project: Shopping in the above example ) is checked then
the checkboxes for all their children will be enable.
2. And if the checkbox of the parent folder is unchecked then the checkboxes for all the children will be disable.
If anybody has any idea then please share it. It is very urgent. Thanks in advance
2 Nov 2012 1:54 AM #2
Hi all,
Is there any solution to the above question...Please reply on that.
3 Mar 2013 3:46 PM #3
looking for an answer to this aswell...
25 Apr 2013 1:51 AM #4
I found 1 solution and ii works for me
Here is the link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...based-on-value.
It can be managed by using css and by overriding the function processevent.... for more detail plz visit this link


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Converse Deli chef offers cooking tips for home
Published: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:44 p.m.
Chef Tray Mathis' war chest is filled with toques (chef hats) from stops on a culinary journey that has spanned thousands of miles and eateries across the globe.
Quick Q&A
What is a common mistake among home cooks?
A lack of understanding in the importance of putting a good sear on a piece of meat or fish.
What do you look for in a good sear?
A nice crisp brown crust and evenness across the entire surface area of the protein. You don't need a lot of oil. If you use too much, you're essentially frying it.
Do you have any tips for families operating on a tight budget?
At home we try to cook things that can have multidimensionality. For example, we'll roast a piece of pork and can create dishes that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
What about plating?
Keep in mind that you eat with your eyes first. You don't have to have a culinary degree to put food on a plate beautifully. Be creative, but keep it clean and neat.
What is the most important asset for an aspiring home chef?
Proper cooking technique. You can mess up a fine cut of Kobe beef just the same as you can an inexpensive cut from Walmart.
Why is cooking at home important to a family unit?
We cook together at my home. It's fun. It brings us together. It's a good chance to spend time together and become closer as a family. You have to maximize your time.
Armed with epicurean knowledge, as well as seemingly bottomless passion for food, Mathis puts his foodie philosophy of fresh ingredients and proper cooking techniques to work daily for patrons of his popular east-side restaurant, Converse Deli.
The crafty names of his gastronomic creations, such as "The War Eagle," "The Blue Ridge," "The Wofford" and "The Hot Spot," have almost become household names in Spartanburg County and have also garnered regional appeal.
While most of those menu items are based on spices and tricks he learned working in restaurants in Australia, New Orleans and Charleston, and dedicated to Spartanburg and his native Alabama, many of those dishes can be traced back to the four-range stove in his home kitchen.
"I like to keep it really simple," Mathis said. "A lot of people throw so many ingredients in a dish without focusing on the quality of those ingredients or proper cooking technique."
Mathis graduated from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, N.C., in 1996.
He cut his teeth at Palace Café in the cooking capital of New Orleans. He described that job as the most demanding he'd ever had, teaching him to pay attention to detail despite a high volume of business.
Mathis then went on to work at Mint Julips in Charleston, where he started as a sous-chef and was promoted to executive chef.
He then took a trip Down Under to serve as the executive chef for the NIX restaurant in Sydney, Australia, which allowed him to expand his food knowledge and skills.
After leaving the South Pacific, he came back to Asheville for a spell and then hopped on a plane to Guatemala, where he owned and operated a bed and breakfast for four years.
Mathis came to the Upstate after he accepted an offer to open the Tea House in Landrum. The experience equipped him with the confidence and know-how to open his Spartanburg restaurant in 2008 in the face of tough economic headwinds.
In the back of his mind, his own personal mantra, "you're only as good as your last dish," plays on a constant loop.
"I put love into my food," Mathis said. "I take a lot of pride in what I do from the ingredients, to the techniques, to the plating."
On this particular day, Mathis was busy preparing a Tico (Puerto Rican) dish in his restaurant's kitchen, which he calls his "home kitchen." It's a dish he often serves his employees, as he tries to cook them a "family meal" on an almost daily basis that features a style of food not served at the restaurant.
"The family that eats together stays together," he said.
In a steel Matfer pan he cooks a free-range egg sunny-side-up. Mathis adds a dash of Celtic Sea Salt, which he exclusively uses in the restaurant because it isn't bleached or iodized. He sprinkles on some grounds of tellicherry peppercorns that he roasts in his oven.
On the counter, sits a steaming stack of hand-padded tortillas and a large silver bowl. In the bowl is a fragrant, flavorful concoction of black beans, pimentos, roasted green peppers, red peppers, fresh cilantro, green and red onion and what he refers to as "the four horsemen" of cooking spices—onion and garlic powders, cumin and coriander.
"It has a lot of different levels of flavor… It's crunchy and fresh," Mathis said.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Pregnancy
In This Article:
Consumption during Pregnancy
Will the bottle of champagne I shared with my husband on the night we conceived our baby be harmful?
Put this night of celebration behind you and stop feeling guilty. Binge drinking or regular abuse of alcohol when you are pregnant can cause birth defects, but an isolated episode of too much champagne probably has not harmed your unborn baby.
Heavy drinking, including binges or daily use, is especially associated with congenital defects. Babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) show retarded growth, have central nervous system problems, and characteristic facial features, including a small head, a thin upper lip, a short upturned nose, a flattened nasal bridge and a general underdeveloped look of the face. Because of the critical nervous system involvement, many show tremulousness, can't suck, are hyperactive, have abnormal muscle tone, and are later diagnosed with attention deficit disorder as well as mental retardation.
Relying on alcohol out of habit or cravings can also end your pregnancy abruptly. Heavy to moderate drinkers seem to experience a higher incidence of miscarriage in the second trimester, as well as problems with the placenta. Other complications linked to alcohol use are congenital heart defects, brain abnormalities, spinal and limb defects, and urinary and genital problems.
Can sugar substitutes cause problems during pregnancy?
The Food and Drug Administration and the American Academy of Pediatrics agree that aspartame and saccharin are safe, but unless you have diabetes and need to control your sugar intake, there is no good reason to consume artificial sweeteners. To be safe, limit diet drinks to one a day. However, if you are pregnant and are disgnosed with hyperphenylalanine (high levels of the amino acid phenylalanine—a component of aspartame—in your bloodstream), you should stop using the product immediately, as excessive levels of this amino acid can cause brain damage. People with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU) or advanced liver disease should also avoid aspartame.
My doctor recommends lots of iron, but it makes me feel nauseated. What should I do?
Take iron-rich prenatal vitamin supplements between meals with plenty of water or along with a fruit juice rich in vitamin C, which enhances the absorption of iron. Avoid drinking milk, coffee, or tea with your iron supplements because these beverages inhibit iron absorption. Add liver, red meat, fish, poultry, enriched breads and cereals, green leafy vegetables, eggs, and dried fruits to your diet to increase dietary iron.
What kings of food cravings are normal?
Many pregnant women crave sweet or salty foods. Cravings for non-food items such as dirt, soap, ash, or coffee grounds are different. A phenomenon called pica, which has shown up in medical literature since the sixth century, results in strange cravings that can cause serious problems for a pregnant mother and her un-born baby.
If you have a craving to eat clay, ashes, laundry starch, or other unusual substances, seek medical attention right away.
Will eating too much sugar during pregnancy lead to gestational diabetes?
No, eating too much sugar does not directly cause any type of diabetes. Diabetes is a disorder in which the body cannot properly utilize insulin or does not produce insulin, which regulates blood sugar levels. Gestational diabetes is the result of changing hormones within a woman's body.
Is it OK to take a calcium supplement if I don't eat dairy foods?
If you can't get enough calcium from the foods you choose, a supplement can be a good idea. The rule of thumb should always be food before supplements, though. First, include calcium-containing foods in your diet as much as possible, and then supplement on top of that. Never let a supplement take the place of an entire food group or nutrient such as calcium.
Is it unhealthy to have an aversion to vegetables during my first trimester?
It is common for women to have food aversions even to healthy foods such as vegetables. Try drinking vegetable juice instead of eating whole vegetables. You can also eat more fruit, since many of them contain some of the same nutrients as vegetables. Keep taking your prenatal vitamins to ensure you are getting all of the nutrients that your body needs at this time. However, it's always best to get your nutrients from food before supplements. If you have a temporary aversion to a healthy food, make substitutions. If you're not sure what to substitute, be sure to speak to a dietitian.
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Parents at Play: What whizzes, beeps and hums but isn't a video game?
|A new and very unique entry in the burgeoning remote-control toy market is the Lazer Stunt Chaser, which you can steer by pointing a laser beam where you want the car to go. (MCT)
With the constant barrage of ads for video games and game consoles (Xbox, Wii, and the like), it's sometimes easy to forget that there are a ton of other cool, imagination-capturing electronic toys that don't have a screen at all — and don't need one either. Here are a few of our favorites.
Lazer Stunt Chasers. A new — and very unique — entry in the burgeoning remote-control toy market is the Lazer Stunt Chaser, which you can steer by pointing a laser beam where you want the car to go. The cars are two-sided so, with the included flip ramp, they're up and moving whichever way they land — at scale speeds up to 300 MPH.
At a 1:32 scale, Stunt Chasers are a comfortable size. Unfortunately, at about $65, they're a little pricey, but still a ton of fun for parents and kids.-Slot car sets. If you haven't driven a slot car since you were about 10, you're long overdue. Today's cars are made with digital switches, meaning you can have more than two on a 2-lane track. Our set from Carrera (carrera-toys.com) accommodated up to six, each with its own controller. With digital, the cars move from lane to lane at different switching points allowing for passing and intense action while speeding around the track.
Expect to pay around $300 for a good set that includes two cars. But you and your kids will have so much fun that on an hourly basis, the purchase price isn't all that bad. Be prepared for some serious squabbles over who gets the "best" cars. lazerstuntchaser.com
Pinball. When bowling became cool again a few years ago, it was only a matter of time before pinball followed. For about $500 you can pick up a vintage game that's fun to play and makes a great piece of modern art. Games that might have lasted only a few years in a smoky bar (or bowling alley), can last a lifetime in your rec room. Pinballs aren't maintenance free, but they won't break you, since the games themselves are simple collections of wires, switches, and cheap bulbs — simple enough to also provide years of lessons in basic circuitry and great joint, dad-kid projects.
Remote control helicopters. These have been on the market for five or six years and boy, has the technology evolved. The earliest ones had rotors that usually snapped during the first flight, ruining any hope for quality time — and making parents wince every time junior took the controls because of the repair costs. New choppers, like the Military Thunder by Swann (swann.com/helicopters), use multiple flexible rotors that make flying a breeze, right out of the box. Apparently, it's all about the "twin counter-rotating coaxial rotors." You'd never find that technology in a real helicopter, but it makes the scale models a lot more stable and increases lift. The only downside that we can see (aside from knocking Ming vases off shelves), is that you get only 5-10 minutes of flight time per charge.
Remote-control boats. If you're near a toy-boat-friendly lake or pond, remote-control boats, like the Balaenoptera Musculus, are great fun. But be sure to spend time researching battery life. You don't want to schlep all the way to the park for a 5-minute boat ride and then have to head home to recharge.
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On Mother's Lap by Ann Herbert Scott
This soothing story was first published in 1972. It tells of an Eskimo boy learning to share his mother's warm lap with the new baby in their arctic home. At first, he worries that there isn't room for two, but he soon realizes the newborn brings even more warmth and love than there was before.
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5 Insane Sci-Fi Weapons That Now Exist in Reality
There are two kinds of scientists in this world -- those whose discoveries will lead the planet into a new era of enlightenment, and those whose research will inevitably be stolen by terrorists who enjoy dressing up as snakes. This article is dedicated to this second group, those whose groundbreaking findings will someday be appropriated by a cloned Nazi dictator in purple tights and transformed into a super-weapon aimed at a trussed-up Captain America's crotch. Like ...
#5. Freeze Rays
Why do supervillains love freeze rays? Easy. They allow you to trap your arch-nemesis in a solid block of ice and monologue away for hours, while your foe slowly dies of hypothermia and/or boredom. Sure, freezing things with lasers may sound weirdly impractical, but hey, so does training a dozen polar bears to guard your lair. Supervillainy is not about practicality, it's about style. And it's just about time to start practicing your ice puns, because science is absolutely on top of the "freezing things with lasers" situation.
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"Tomorrow's forecast ... um ... c-cold? Hang on, gimme a sec."
By using lasers on high-pressure gas, German scientists were able to lower temperatures by 119 degrees in just seconds. The trick is that photons can knock electrons out of their orbits. When an atom loses electrons, it loses energy and, therefore, heat. The lasers are essentially blasting the warmth away at the atomic level. And it happens so fast they can freeze a gas before it has time to turn into a liquid.
We're talking an instantaneous flash freeze that could lead to more efficient refrigeration devices, but obviously the real goal is for malefactors to lock entire panicked metropolises in blizzards of ice-cold criminality. You see, this isn't some theoretical technique that can only be recreated in laboratory conditions. A research team in Berlin has used a similar process to create clouds over Germany's capital city. That's right, we're talking laser weather control.
Suck it, Yuri!
By firing 220 millijoules of laser awesomeness into the atmosphere (while presumably laughing maniacally), scientists were able to create condensation out of thin air. By using the laser to knock electrons from atmospheric molecules, researchers created charged particles that could facilitate the formation of droplets.
This technique could be a quicker and more efficient way of creating localized showers than current cloud-seeding methods. All in all, this scheme seems way more feasible than kidnapping a bunch of ornithologists and forcing them to teach penguins how to pilot flying Zambonis.
#4. Tractor Beams
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Star Wars and Star Trek generally don't overlap technologies. For example, one has hyper speed, the other has warp speed. The Empire has proton torpedoes, the Federation has photon torpedoes. Star Wars has sexy blue chicks, Star Trek has sexy green chicks. Yes, there is a massive narrative gulf separating these two completely different, utterly dissimilar universes.
Except when it comes to tractor beams, that is. The one thing that any sci-fi space adventure cannot do without is a trusty beam that can grab an object and pull it like a lasso. And though everyone seems to have them, only the villains ever put them to good effect. It's always, "Oh shit, we're being pulling toward the Death Star/Borg Cube!" Indeed, nobody does tractor beams like the bad guys. So we should worry that NASA is developing three different types of laser tractor beams right now.
"Who's only going to want one type of tractor beam? Pull your head out of your ass, Gary."
Science has known for a while now that light emits a subtle pressure and can push small particles around. Researchers have used lasers to maneuver microbes hither and yon. But that's just not good enough for NASA.
No, they don't just want to push things away with lasers. They want laser tractor beams, and right now they're funding three different ideas: a pair of light tweezers, a spiraling vortex of laser waves (that acts like a photonic vacuum cleaner), and finally an exquisitely experimental "Bessel beam" tractor beam. In other words, NASA is just going to fire all kinds of different lasers at shit and see if something works.
For now, they're just interested in pulling in small bits of crap to study. But once NASA manages to scale it up, no rebel scum will ever be able to mount any sort of futile resistance against Buzz Aldrin, who everyone in Washington knows is the Shadow King of the Sith Borg.
#3. Shockwave Generators
Any self-respecting evildoer eschews standard firearms for both himself and his minions. No, a truly sporting field weapon must be so unconventionally bad-ass that it will backfire and injure everybody within a 5-yard radius. This is why bad guys prefer death rays, exploding boomerangs, and vuvuzelas that shoot swarms of bees. Or, say, a comically huge gun that shoots invisible shockwaves that can knock down entire crowds at a time.
It can only be voice-activated by maniacal laughter.
In real life, they call it the "Thunder Generator," and it's a (mostly) non-lethal Israeli weapon that sends out a series of loud, knock-you-on-your-ass shockwaves. We're talking 60 to 100 per minute at a range of 50 meters, though tests show they can boost that distance up to 100 meters. It's similar to a very loud speaker, only it feels like being in front of a firing squad.
The Thunder Generator is basically a small, rapid-fire vortex cannon, similar to the ones farmers (and the occasional auto manufacturer) fire into the atmosphere to try and disrupt hail storms. Science says that doesn't work, of course -- at those ranges, firing shock waves into the air doesn't do anything except make loud noises. But if your target is close enough, a vortex cannon can do some damage. Here's a video of one knocking over a stack of bricks.
"Eat that, High Middle Ages!"
The Thunder Generator was originally developed to scare birds away from crops and airports, but it has been modified to deal with human threats. And "non-lethal" is a loose descriptor here. The designers freely admit that, at 10 meters or less, the sonics will kill you deader than shit.
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Traditionally consumed during Lent, and to break the fast on Easter morning, Hot Cross Buns are so popular they have their own song.
Using a pair of kitchen shears, we are creating bunnies from this savory dough, and enjoying the cuteness that is quite easy to create!
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1 cup milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
4 1/2 to 5 cups flour
2 packages active dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons lemon zest
2 teaspoons orange zest
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs plus one yolk (white reserved for glaze below)
2 tablespoons oil (for the rising bowl)
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup raisins
1 egg white plus 1 tablespoon water (to brush rolls before baking)
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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk or cream
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Danse orientale de Raymonda
Posted 19 July 2011 - 08:29 AM
I also watched a documentary about the Paris Opera Ballet's Raymonda by Nureyev, and the dancers tell how Nureyev always teased the ballerina who had the title role, "You have 7 variations!!!" in order to make them nervous in a teasing way. Well, if the Wikipedia listing of the dances is accurate I only count 6 possible variations for Raymonda plus her entrance which I assume Nureyev must have counted as a variation to come up with the idea that there are 7 variations.
So here is my question: I see that Wikipedia shows that some of the variations were cut from the original performance and some interpolations were made through the years. But when one of the variations is cut (like in the Mariinsky's Raymonda on YouTube) is this a dancer's decision, artistic director's decision, company's decision, etc? Does anyone know? Is it common to cut one of Raymonda's variations?
Posted 19 July 2011 - 01:44 PM
Posted 19 July 2011 - 05:49 PM
You picked up quite a hard one to do the "counting" my friend...! (I feel that Raymonda is still "covered" with a veil to the western eye that only the Russians have been able to lift). Anyway...I have tried in the past to to that too...comparing numbers, placing interpolations, trying to figure out what goes where in certain ballets, and the more I dig the more confusing it turns out to be...! I remember opening a thread a while ago on an interpolated PDD for Giselle Act I-(no longer danced), and at the end it went nowhere. Same with the Fedorova's staging of the Nutcracker PDD in a different thread, which I remember even Major Mel mentioned he knew of that particular variation from a Russian teacher of him linked I believed to the Imperial times. Anyway...keep the digging. It is certainly fun right...?
I guess over the years different versions are staged, and then some versions become the traditional version, etc. I know some operas like Boris Godunov have a muddled history so there are different versions that are staged. Even Verdi's Don Carlo (in Italian) or Don Carlos (in French) has a very complicated history. Composed to French, but became more popular as the Italian version and the first act is rarely staged but adds to the whole work, so they sometimes stage it with all 5 acts but in Italian which is not really correct, but traditional! LOL Ballets seem to be even more complicated in their history of performances! But at least I am familiar with this type of thing going on in some operas also! LOL
Yes, it is fun to try to figure things out. I don't know why I love Raymonda so much. I will probably never get a chance to see it live in person, since it is rarely done.
Posted 20 July 2011 - 08:31 AM
I don't know why I love Raymonda so much. I will probably never get a chance to see it live in person, since it is rarely done.
So try to make it to Vikharev's upcoming reconstruction at Alla Scala...! Now, THAT will be worth a trip...
Posted 20 July 2011 - 09:23 AM
I don't know why I love Raymonda so much. I will probably never get a chance to see it live in person, since it is rarely done.
So try to make it to Vikharev's upcoming reconstruction at Alla Scala...! Now, THAT will be worth a trip...
I wish I could!!!! I just came back from a trip to San Francisco seeing Wagner's Ring Cycle, so I need to save up. I might be going back to SF and the wine country in the spring and might be able to time it with SF Ballet's Act 3 of Raymonda (and two other ballets that night).
Posted 20 July 2011 - 08:04 PM
I agree so strongly with you that I love Raymonda and do not know why. Some reasons I could give would be how much i love the music, all of it is wonderful, and it has a perfume of its own.
A few years ago, the Bolshoi came to Berkeley and did Raymonda in Zellerbach Hall. I'd always heard that the story is incomprehensible and that it's cut-up, re-arranged, and that nothing can save it except making a divertissement out of it as Balanchine did -- but I did NOT feel that way about it when I saw Grigorovich's version -- nor did i find it crude, as I'd always heard Grigorovich's versions of everything were. With new respect for Grigorovich, I watched with continuous delight and became more and more enchanted as the evening went on. I started to get seriously excited in the dance for the four courtiers, who dance with linked arms and do every kind of pas de bourree. i have NO idea why I love that dance so much, but it just drives me wild with delight.
I loved the dream scene -- the demis were ravishing, Raymonda herself has a wonderful variation, the corps dances are lovely.... Abderakhman's act was thrilling - -and Taranda was fabulously dangerous and sexy, but SO wrong for her....
Further thoughts of your own?
DO you have an ideal order for things.
What do you think of the White Lady?
I think the Bolshoi DANCES it better than hte Kirov, who did parts of the wedding act here he following year also and it was -- well, perhaps it was the ballerina's fault, but it was deadly. the Hungarian solo was, and HOW can you ruin THAT, just deadly. Maybe they were just having a bad night....
Posted 20 July 2011 - 11:59 PM
I wish I could go to La Scala, too, but I've had three weddings in three months, one coinciding with the San Francisco Ring, and another the weekend before the Mariinsky visited NYC, so I had some arts with the marriages!
Posted 21 July 2011 - 06:36 AM
Posted 21 July 2011 - 08:30 AM
DF: who is the White Lady?
AD: she is ghost.
simple and clear, in my opinion.
Posted 21 July 2011 - 10:40 AM
re: the White Lady - Danilova gave a fine interview to Doug Fullington for BALLET REVIEW in which she said, seemingly w/o blinking and getting to the point, and i'm not quoting from the article but it went something like:
DF: who is the White Lady?
AD: she is ghost.
simple and clear, in my opinion.
Isn't she an sculputre...?
Posted 21 July 2011 - 11:20 AM
Posted 21 July 2011 - 11:50 AM
Further thoughts of your own?
DO you have an ideal order for things.
What do you think of the White Lady?
I think the Bolshoi DANCES it better than hte Kirov, who did parts of the wedding act here he following year also and it was -- well, perhaps it was the ballerina's fault, but it was deadly. the Hungarian solo was, and HOW can you ruin THAT, just deadly. Maybe they were just having a bad night....
I first viewed a full-length YouTube video of Raymonda with Lopatkina (google for it and watch). I think it is in 15 or 16 parts. I fell in love with both Raymonda and Lopatkina. I thought she was so fabulous. That was the Kirov/Mariinsky ballet. Then, I saw a Netflix video of Raymonda from the Bolshoi in the 80s with Semenyaka and got so confused, because in the Kirov Abderakhman enters in the first act, and in the Bolshoi, Jean De Brienne enters in Act 1, and I didn't realize this until later viewings of both (comparing and contrasting). I was so confused, b/c while watching the Bolshoi I assumed Jean de Brienne was Abderakham but then he looked different later on! LOL It was so confusing only because I had seen the Kirov version first which was very easy to follow. If you watch the Kirov and then the Bolshoi right after, you get very confused, b/c there are many differences. The Kirov also omits the White Lady for some reason. I wonder why. I thought the Bolshoi's handling of Jean de Brienne by giving him a lengthier role was nice, and they made Abderakhman a more acrobatic role. However, there is also something touching and beautiful about the Kirov's version. Maybe it is because I felt Lopatkina embodied a young, pretty girl so well yet had strength and presence for the wedding finale. I have watched both versions about 5 times each, b/c I enjoyed them both so much, but I have to say I like Lopatkina the best. However, the Bolshoi's version is more acrobatic. The Kirov's seems gentler and daintier. Both are good for me. I am not sure what the White Lady's role is.
Have you seen Les Trockaderos do Raymonda's wedding? I have only seen it on dvd. Raymonda does the clap and the lights go out! I thought that was funny!
Posted 21 July 2011 - 11:56 AM
This is my favorite performance video of anything.
YouTube doesn't have the complete, but it does have some excerpts from 1976:
Her partner here is Semenov. In the video it's Berezhnoi.
There's also the video excerpt from the DVD, which I missed the first time:
Posted 21 July 2011 - 11:57 AM
in the double-frame scan one can see the White Lady in her niche, as a statue (lower frame) and at the top of the stairs in her "ghostly" form.
the book's caption, also scanned is very brief and not esp. informative.
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 12:00 PM
she's part of the household 'decor' as a statue but eventually comes "to life."
I didn't know she was a sculpture. That makes more sense why she appears. In the Kirov/Mariinsky version they omit her for some reason and instead Raymonda falls asleep and I think she enters the tapestry or Jean de Brienne comes out of the tapestry portrait that was given to Raymonda earlier in the night, and she dreams of being with him and all the dances take place until the end of the dream when it is Abderakhman which scares her. The White Lady is nowhere to be seen. This ballet seems very Freudian! LOL
I have heard the Paris Opera Ballet's Raymonda was videotaped in 2008 and is supposed to come out eventually on dvd. I hope so. That production looks beautiful. I've read that people don't think Marie Agnes Gillot is right as Raymonda. I have seen some clips of her on YouTube and she is a great dancer but does not have the presence of a young girl to me. I just think Lopatkina embodies Raymonda.
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15 Mind-Blowing Old-Timey Photos You Won't Believe Are Real
As we've reminded you before, people in the past just didn't give a shit. They were too busy being crazy and taking pictures of it to be bothered with how those pictures would make them look in 80 or 90 years. It's like they're daring us to make sense of them, and once again, we've risen boldly to the challenge.
#15. "That's Two People Sharing a Costume, Right?"
OK, this is definitely some kind of optical illusion. The little girl's real legs are clearly hidden behind that log or something, because otherwise they would've had to spend a lot of time digitally erasing all of the villagers trying to set her on fire.
Pictured here is Ella Harper, a Tennessee native better known across the country as the Camel Girl. She suffered from congenital genu recurvatum, which is a disorder that weakens the ligaments in the knees and causes them to bend backward, gradually or all the damned way. Like many people with physical deformities in the 1800s, Ella was a star circus attraction for many years, which presumably then segued into a featured role in Charlie Sheen's The Arrival.
It kind of looks like she has two geese in a leg lock.
She actually made a good living this way, at one point taking home $200 a week, or the equivalent of $5,000 a week in today's money, and was able to retire from the sideshow business in 1886, which we're thinking is a happier ending than what other sideshow attractions got back in those days.
Hey, speaking of which ...
#14. "Those Are Just Wacky Novelty Shoes, Right?"
Clearly, this woman stabbed Mr. Potato Head in the YMCA locker room and made off with his shoes. But, no, there are huge feet inside there:
"Someone find me a pair of boogie boards to use as flip-flops."
That is Fannie Mills, better known as the Ohio Big Foot Girl.
"Marriageable men take notice."
She is believed to have suffered from Milroy disease, which turns the lower half of your body into a Ninja Turtle and the upper half into a low-wage carnival worker. She was otherwise healthy and could actually walk (although with some difficulty). She was married and lived a normal life, aside from her career being a "look at my giant feet" sideshow freak.
Her disease did unfortunately mean that she would pass away at age 39, but then again, average life expectancy at the time was only 49, so it could have been worse.
#13. UFOs Caused the Dust Bowl
Those men are not running in terror from an alien spaceship or a time traveler's pod arriving from the year 2250. It's just a tetrahedral kite, developed by Alexander Graham Bell in an attempt to build kites large enough for people to ride in. Which, you have to admit, sounds awesome.
The idea was also to make them so a motor could be installed, thus creating the first manned aircraft, but the end result was just a bunch of admittedly cool-looking kites that could only ever possibly be piloted by G.I. Joes.
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"Oh, who am I kidding? Let me quit fucking around and just invent the goddamned telephone."
#12. Fritz the Talking Nazi Bear
Despite the perfectly legible road sign, these Nazis decided to stop and ask a bear for directions and were delighted to find him sympathetic to their cause! See, kids, cartoons are real! But only for the Nazis!
Honestly, that isn't far from the truth. This is literally a road sign somewhere between Berlin and St. Petersburg hilariously outfitted with a Nazi bear (it's just a stuffed bear, sadly). These guys stopped and took a picture because you totally would have, too.
Classic bear.
That's not an isolated situation, by the way; for some reason that the History Channel has never bothered to explain, Nazi funny bones were well and truly tickled by taxidermy bears. And they were all adorable!
#11. Depression-Era Robot Porn
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What, you thought robot porn was invented in Internet-era Japan? That picture up there is from 1935, bitches. We bet you didn't think they even had robots back then.
This is in fact a picture of some guy dressed up as Alpha the Robot, a popular World's Fair attraction, for the 1935 World's Fair in San Diego. He just happened to stumble across some nudists, who for some reason were also at the World's Fair, and posed with them for a few pictures, most of them containing way more FDR-era nudity.
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"Any of you ladies want to go to space? Because that's totally where I'm from."
#10. Time-Skipping Bounty Hunter
This guy looks like he's about to storm a hive of bees and assassinate their queen, or collect a bounty on Jackson Pollock.
In reality, that second joke isn't far from the truth -- the man in the picture is about to engage in bloodless dueling, essentially the precursor to paintball.
Although the battlegrounds were designed with somewhat less imagination.
It was popular in the early 20th century, and for some reason required everyone to dress like the futuristic guards from the Christian Bale movie Equilibrium:
#9. Pointy Two-Skull
There really isn't any imaginary explanation for this one that's weirder than the truth: This is a photo of the remains of the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. It currently resides in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, because when the boy's parents refused to donate his body after he died from a cobra bite at the age of 4, the English courageously dug him up and chopped his head off. For science.
Because let's be honest, no one is going to believe this nonsense.
#8. The Sphinx, as Seen in a Dystopian Future
This looks like the Great Sphinx of Giza got buried in the sand after the Mummy threw his angry-face sandstorm tantrum at Brendan Fraser in one of those movies. Or maybe it's what the Sphinx will look like a thousand years from now, after mankind is no longer around to maintain it.
It's actually the opposite of that -- this is just what the Sphinx used to look like, before excavators finished uncovering it in the early 20th century. Today it looks like this:
"Finally, some damn leg room."
Which could lead you to believe that the ancient wonder was in pristine condition when it was built 4,500 years ago, and has steadily degraded to its current state over the centuries. The reality is that it got completely buried in sand a few thousand years ago, and stayed that way until the 1800s:
"C'mon, guys. If we dig down a little bit further, there have to be boobs."
Multiple attempts at excavation and restoration have been undertaken over the last 35 centuries or so to turn it into something tourists would actually drive to see.
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Precious Okolobo, spokesman for Shell Petroleum Development Corp. of Nigeria, said that the company has declared force majeure on Bonny Light exports and deferred some 150,000 bopd.
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IBADAN -- Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian unit said that it has
shut down the Trans Niger Pipeline, or TNP, to repair new leaks
at Bodo West and Oloma which resulted from the theft of crude
Precious Okolobo, spokesman for Shell Petroleum Development
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declared force majeure on Bonny Light exports and deferred some
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He said 500 MMscfpd of gas to the Nigeria liquefied natural
gas plant, or NLNG, have also been deferred.
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times since early July due to multiple leaks from crude theft
connections," Mr. Okolobo said.
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from efforts to curb oil theft and vandalism
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What are the "standard procedures in cryptanalysis" to analyze unknown ciphertext?
In other words: Are there any protocols, officially acknowledged checklists or something like that which represent a "standard" approach in cryptanalysis to analyze unidentified ciphertext? If yes, which ones would that be and what would be the path to follow?
Since some don't seem to understand what I am asking...
I am well aware of cryptanalytic procedures like detecting algorythms etc. My question was: is there any "officially acknowledged protocol" in cryptography to follow when doing cryptanalysis?
To get one point very clear before anyone else goes down the wrong road: this has nothing to do with "only a bad guy would ask something like this..." since the situation is actually the other way around. That's why I asked for "officially acknowledged protocols" as in "legally accepted by authorities as evidence and/or proof". Think "whitepaper", not "reverse engineering".
The goal is the "capturing and identification of digital evidence coming from communication streams" to pass on that information to authorities in a way they will accept it. I know how to gain the rough information I want to pass on (like the identification of the crypto-algorithm used), but I want to follow the correct path/order/procedures which authorities accept as "correctly collected digital evidence".
There has to be some protocol that governments, (security) companies, and institutions follow. When it comes to "evidence", there's always a "specific way to do it"... question is: which one would that be when it comes to analyzing unknown ciphertext?
To be sure you understand me correctly: I'm not asking how to analyze unidentified ciphertext, I'm asking what protocol to follow when doing so because I need to pass on the collected evidence later on!
I think my comment-reply to @mikeazo wraps up my question rather perfectly:
Collected evidence was captured in internal company network. We secured full access logs and identified source and target of transmission. Currently, source denies it's anything else but random text. Doing a quick analysis of copies of the captured data shows different encryption algorithms. As proof it's not random text I would like to add my findings to the other evidence collected. Do do so, I want to be sure they accept the way I identify the algorithms etc. That's why I would like to know if there's an "official protocol" to follow that's "officially accepted" (by authorities).
Addendum to the answer I accepted…
After getting a tip via twitter, it turns out that there are several pointers in publications from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ):
- Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition (April 2008, NCJ 219941)
- Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement (April 2004, NCJ 199408)
- Digital Evidence in the Courtroom: A Guide for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (January 2007, NCJ 211314)
Those provide initial hints, but even those don't really handle the details of standard procedures to follow in cryptanalysis.
Like the answer I accepted already implied, cryptanalysis obviously isn't enjoying any standard protocols yet that are known to the general public around here. That is, unless a cryptanalytic professional from some governmental institution raises his voice and enlightens everyone (me included).


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Does the term "もしもし" (moshimoshi) predate the telephone? Does it have any use besides answering the phone? Where does it come from, is it just a reduplication of "もし" (moshi) "if", and if so how does that work?
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もしもし is used to call for someone's attention. Although it is often used on the phone, the use is not limited to phone calls. もしもし is a repetition of もし, which is also used to call for an attention. もし is a variation of 申し (もうし), which was used in the same way in old time. 申し definitely predates telephones, and I guess that both もし and もしもし for asking for an attention predate telephones, too.
The use of 申し in this meaning is archaic. Both もし and もしもし in this meaning sound a little old-fashioned to me except for the use of もしもし on the phone.
Some people write on the web that もしもし is a contraction of 申し上げます、申し上げます ("I will speak, I will speak" in a humble and polite form), but I do not know how reliable this claim is.
By the way, one of the most widely known uses of もしもし other than on the phone may be children's song うさぎとかめ. The lyric starts with もしもし かめよ かめさんよ.
もしもし is from 申し(もうし) being double and shortened, and at Edo-era people use only もうし without repetition.
申す(もうす) is same meaning with 言う(いう)/話す(はなす), but we use as polite-from nowaday.


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St. Patrick's Day isn't all about bustling pubs and green beer! Find some kid-friendly games, activities, and ways to spend March 17 with the ones you love — Irish or not.
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Play St. Paddy's Day Games
Assuming your kids aren't yet built for a traditional game of Irish football or rugby, try some of these games in honor of St. Patrick's Day! Play a game of hot potato or consider a "potato hunt" (think: Easter egg hunt but with small potatoes) or a "Pot o' Gold" treasure hunt (a search for gold chocolate coins or homemade "gold"). Or, try this simple green candy guessing game.
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5 Famous Celebrities With Insane Family Backgrounds
In the world of action movies, every character has some kind of crazy backstory, but there are only so many times a character can turn out to be the son of an infamous assassin or a child tragically orphaned by the mob and raised in an inner city dive bar before the movie officially becomes a comedy. Then you find out that those things happened to Woody Harrelson and Dylan McDermott in real life, and you realize actors' lives are sometimes way crazier than any character they played in a movie ...
#5. Woody Harrelson's Dad Was a Contract Killer
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Woody Harrelson has enjoyed a long and fruitful career, with such memorable roles as Woody on Cheers and a recent turn as a detective on True Detective. He also frequently plays Jesse Eisenberg's stepfather. Woody is such a likeable, laid-back guy that it's hard to believe his father was a cold-blooded contract killer who murdered people at the behest of criminals.
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We had our money on long-haired Deadhead marijuana activist at 3-1 odds.
Charles Harrelson walked out on his wife and three sons in 1968, which was only the third worst thing he did that year. After being acquitted for a murder he probably committed thanks to a bush league prosecutor, Charles was hired to kill another person so the victim's business partner could collect insurance money. Amazingly, he got off again, this time on a mistrial, because Texas' judicial system in the '60s was apparently the equivalent of a first-turn guess in a game of Clue. Let that sink in -- Charles Harrelson killed two people in one year and got away with it both times.
The state got their shit together and tried Charles again five years later, sentencing him to 15 years in jail. Prison straightened Charles out, and he dedicated the rest of his life to his family. This is another way of saying that he got out of prison after serving only five years of his sentence and immediately murdered a judge. The parole board was batting a thousand that year.
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"But what about all the people we paroled who didn't commit murder?"
The judge in question had a reputation for tough sentences, and Charles was hired to kill him by a drug dealer who was about to stand trial. Shockingly, their plan to avoid punishment for a major crime by committing a second major crime didn't work out, and everyone involved went to prison. This story was actually referenced in No Country for Old Men, a film that featured Woody Harrelson getting murdered by a character who, according to the brother of one of Charles' victims, is eerily similar to Charles himself. That's like an Escher painting brought to horrible life.
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Although Chigurh's hair is straight up Picasso.
Charles also claimed that he shot JFK during a six-hour standoff with the police while he was high on cocaine. The incident got Woody's attention, and upon learning that his father was a multiple murderer, Woody promptly befriended him and sunk several million dollars into trying to get Charles a retrial. Before his death in 2007, Woody described Charles as "one of the most articulate, well-read, charming people I've ever known," and also said, "I look at him as someone who could be a friend more than someone who was a father." And now we're scared of Woody Harrelson.
And while we're on the subject of Cheers alums ...
#4. Everyone Kelsey Grammer Has Ever Loved Has Died Tragically
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Kelsey Grammer's neurotic radio therapist Frasier Crane (featured in both Cheers and the aptly titled Frasier) taught us that stuffy, rich intellectuals are hilarious. But it's painfully ironic that Grammer found success in comedy, because his biography reads like the most excruciatingly tragic hero's trial we've ever seen.
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"It's depressing to read alone! Take this."
Kelsey's father, Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., was shot to death on his front lawn by a deranged cab driver for absolutely no reason. The man had no connection to Frank whatsoever -- he showed up at Frank's house, lit the family car on fire to lure him outside, then shot him to death. Just for the hell of it. Then, when Kelsey was 20 and had just been expelled from Juilliard, his younger sister Karen was waiting for her boyfriend in a Red Lobster parking lot when a gang of thieves showed up to rob the place. When they spotted Karen, they decided they couldn't leave a witness and brutally murdered her to cover their tracks.
You might think this would be the point where we say, "But luckily things began looking up for Kelsey," but you would be wrong. Dead wrong. Just five years later, Grammer's two half-brothers, Stephen and Billy, were killed in a bizarre scuba diving accident wherein one of them was probably eaten by sharks. That's not a glib joke at the expense of Kelsey Grammer's family -- one of his two half-brothers was almost certainly killed by a fucking shark.
Because the universe just couldn't stop shitting on Kelsey Grammer, his good friend and longtime producer David Angell was killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11. And Ben Novack, one of Kelsey's best friends for over 40 years, was murdered by his own wife in a double-homicide inheritance scheme. We kind of want to track Grammer down and give him a great big bear hug.
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Or at least give him the "It's not your fault" speech.
Two of his wives were physically abusive and emotionally unstable (nothing against Kelsey, but that's kind of what happens when you marry a stripper immediately after meeting her). When he tried to leave his former exotic dancer wife, she locked herself in a hotel room and attempted suicide. She survived, but the couple's unborn child did not. Kelsey Grammer's life has essentially been one extended Greek tragedy.
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"Cruel fate -- I'm listening."
#3. Dylan McDermott Lived a Scorsese Film
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Dylan McDermott is famous for playing a sexy lawyer on The Practice and a string of roles as sexy villains in American Horror Story, Hostages, and Olympus Has Fallen.
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And for his starring role in Goddamnit, for the Last Time, I'm Not Dermot Mulroney.
As it turns out, there's a reason he frequently gets cast as Handsome Bad Guy -- Dylan was born Mark Anthony McDermott to the teenage girlfriend of a gangster named John Sponza (although Sponza was not his biological father). Unfortunately, Sponza wasn't a singing and dancing gangster like in West Side Story or Guys and Dolls so much as a heroin addict racketeer like in Donnie Brasco and Goodfellas. In 1962, when Dylan was 5, Sponza further challenged his reputation by murdering Dylan's mother, a crime he wasn't convicted of until 50 years later in 2012 (Sponza himself was found shot dead in the trunk of a car in 1972, so the conviction was largely symbolic).
Dylan went to live with his grandmother for a while in a neighborhood that was so bad that a burglar once stole the underwear out of his dresser. Deciding that he didn't want to spend the rest of his adolescence padlocking his underwear drawer, he tracked down his bartending father in New York City. Dylan helped his dad out, and by "helped" we mean he broke up fights, cleaned up pools of vomit, and served 8 a.m. beers to men who would make Nick Nolte look like a solid job interview candidate. Working in a sketchy bar with your estranged dad after your mother gets murdered by a career gangster sounds like the plot of the darkest sitcom in television history.
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"-- find out who's really calling the Shots! Fridays on NBC!"
Dylan could have easily grown up shaking down deadbeats and powdering people's kneecaps with a baseball bat if it wasn't for his stepmother, Eve Ensler (whom you may recognize as the author of The Vagina Monologues). She knew that handsome people can get paid way more pretending to be villainous thugs, so she encouraged Dylan to get into acting, and despite being only a few years older than Dylan, she even legally adopted him years after she divorced his father, which is only the tiniest bit creepy.


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Localization Checklist for Creating iPhone Applications
Part of the Starting an iPhone Application Business For Dummies Cheat Sheet
An iPhone application may be designed in one country and distributed in many. For maximum sales, you need to consider the language and cultural preferences of every country where you hope to make sales. Check these design and language aspects of your application:
Languages chosen for localization
The following elements are localized in all languages:
Application name
Application description
Application URL
Support URL
Support email
Screen shot(s)
App binary
All localizations are professional (they aren't just word-for-word translations)
All elements in a given language are appropriate to all cultures that use that language
All localized elements are also tailored to target culture