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The Smiler
The Smiler
Sights of the "Smiler" were first reported in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1905. He was thought to be some kind of a missing link because of his ape-like appearance. He was actually a local resident named Harry Stamp, who groomed himself rather shabbily and often was mistaken for a very tall monkey. He was called the "Smiler", because of his constant grin and ability to make others laugh uncomfortably by making strange noises with his eyelids and armpits.
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> What gets me is that this is the third spring in a row that I won't be
> able to work in the garden as I want. When your white count is down,
> they don't want you in the soil or fooling with plants, such as roses,
> because of the fungi, etc. AND, I am restricted from fresh fruits and
> veggies for the same reasons. I will STARVE.
That sucks! Still, I suppose that many future years of gardening is
a fair trade-off.
We'll say some prayers for you, and maybe you can live vicariously
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When will you be allowed to poke at the dirt and eat fresh fruits/veggies
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CINCINNATI -- After losing their first six games of the season by a combined 10 runs, the Pittsburgh Pirates found out how to win a close game.
Jack Wilson hit a two-run homer and the Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 Sunday to give Jim Tracy his first win as Pittsburgh's manager.
"We played well enough on this road trip to win some of those games," said Tracy, who took over in Pittsburgh after five seasons as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. "We still have to address some of those little things that kept us from winning, but we were right in every game."
Victor Santos (1-1) got his first win for the Pirates, who had not been 0-6 since 1974. He allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out five.
Four relievers followed, with Roberto Hernandez getting three outs for the save. It was the 325th of his career, moving him past Troy Percival for sole possession of 10th place.
Dave Williams (0-1) lost to his former team in his first start for the Reds since they acquired him in December for first baseman Sean Casey. Williams gave up three runs -- two earned -- and five hits in six innings.
"It was exciting to get out there and pitch against my old team," Williams said. "I just felt like this first outing was a building block for the season."
Pittsburgh's losing streak was two shy of the franchise record at the start of a season, set in 1955. The Pirates stopped Cincinnati's four-game winning streak.
Pittsburgh had runners in each of the first four innings, but didn't score the game's first run until the fifth. Santos reached leading off on third baseman Edwin Encarnacion's throwing error, and Wilson followed one out later with his first home run of the season. It marked the Pirates' first lead since they were ahead of Milwaukee 1-0 after four innings on Wednesday.
"Santos put the ball in play and got on base," Wilson said. "I was looking for a changeup and got it. I was glad to give him a lead with the way he was pitching."
Jose Castillo hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth after Jeromy Burnitz's leadoff double for a 3-0 advantage.
"Getting the lead changes the way we go about our business," Tracy said. "You're not playing catchup -- I don't mean from a run or two, but from four or five, where you have to slug your way out."
Santos, making his second start for Pittsburgh after being picked from Kansas City in the winter-meeting draft, faced the minimum 12 batters through the first four innings. He allowed one hit in that stretch, a second-inning leadoff single by Adam Dunn, who was erased in a double play.
"I just kept the ball down on a consistent basis," Santos said. "They're a good-hitting team."
Cincinnati, which failed to homer for the first time this year, scored in the sixth on consecutive doubles by pinch-hitter Brandon Phillips and Tony Womack. Felipe Lopez followed with a one-hopper that got past third baseman Joe Randa for a single, but Wilson hustled over from shortstop to retrieve the ball in foul territory and threw out Womack at the plate.
Lopez went to second and scored on Ken Griffey Jr.s' double off Damaso Marte, cutting Pittsburgh's lead to 3-2.
Pittsburgh added a pair of runs in the seventh off Matt Belisle on Chris Duffy's RBI double and Jason Bay's sacrifice fly. Griffey hit another RBI double in the eighth, off Mike Gonzalez.
"The offense did what they had to do. It just came up a little short," Williams said.
- Dunn was called out to end the second inning when he rounded second base and then failing to touch it on the way back to first after Duffy caught Scott Hatteberg's fly ball on the center-field warning track.
- Burnitz's walk with two out in the fourth was the first by a Reds starter in 29 innings, since Aaron Harang walked Chicago's Michael Barrett in the sixth inning on opening day.
- Phillips made his Reds' debut. He was acquired from Cleveland on Friday.


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Blazers talking to Clippers, Bobcats and who else about Jamal Crawford?
|Jamal Crawford could be headed out of Portland just months after he arrived. (Getty Images)
They've been talking with a number of teams about Crawford, most recently the Pacers and as HoopsWorld reports, a deal is coming. The question is, who's it going to be with?
Ken Berger of CBSSports.com offers this:
The Blazers and Clips are discussing a deal that would send Jamal Crawford to L.A. for Eric Bledsoe and Ryan Gomes, sources say.And NBA.com has this one:
The Blazers obviously want a point guard (not named Raymond Felton). Bledsoe is a nice young player that isn't especially needed with Chris Paul running Lob City. And with Chauney Billups lost for the season, the Clippers have a lot of need for a scorer like Crawford.
So, now, according to a source, there's a chance Crawford winds up with the Bobcats in a potential deal for guard D.J. Augustin. Augustin has played just fine this season, but he's expendable now that Kemba Walker is there.
The Bobcats are fine moving Augustin because they have the rookie Walker, who needs more playing time. Crawford is making $5 million this season and has a player option next year worth $5.2 million. The feeling has been he wouldn't exercise that and would look to land a better free agent deal this summer. Which if he's stuck in Charlotte with a bad team, he'd probably exercise it to get out regardless.
So the Bobcats could clear a bit of cap space, potentially, and make room for Walker. Problem is, the Bobcats aren't going to take back salary without getting a pick and/or compensation. That's not general manager Rich Cho's style and that's certainly not in Michael Jordan's interest. There's just no way the struggling Bobcats are going to lose money in a deal.
The Blazers though can't offer a first-round pick. They have one in 2012, but since they've already dealt their 2013 first rounder to Charlotte in the Gerald Wallace deal, they can't trade their 2012 one because of the Ted Stepian Rule. Which means the Blazers might need to involve a third team if that's the deal they want done.
And if the deal finds a way to happen and Augustin joins the Blazers, Felton might as well just got sit at the airport. Because he's certainly not going to be part of the team's future.
Another destination for Crawford has been rumored to be Minnesota, but that's much less likely now that Luke Ridnour wouldn't be part of a package back to Portland seeing as Ricky Rubio is done for the season.
Portland might have to keep shopping for that point guard or prepare to offer up a little incentive for Charlotte. Taking back a bad contract could be part of it. But the lesson here is, Jamal Crawford might want to start packing. Because he could be on borrowed time in Portland.


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> Looks like we won't get any snow this year. Still raining. Which we need.
> Mt. Hood, S. east of here &Mt St. Helens, N East of here are beautifully
> covered with snow. It's quite a site on a clear??? day. It's warm, that
> is , for us,. We/ve had some sun breaks. Planted 20 primulas on the edge
> of my patio. Does that ever brighten your morning looking out. Have a few
> Daffs with yellow breaking. Still have stock with flowers from last
> summer. The well protected geraniums are flowering. cleaned/ cut back my
> Fuschias. Saw a pair of Robins yesterday. Whoopie!!! Spring is here!!!
> Really??? LOL. You all have a gr888 week in snow country.
> Tony Veca <><
Tony, you give me hope. We're leaving snow-bound New York tomorrow to fly to
Seattle on our way to Denver to visit our newest (and probably last)
grandson. I am glad to hear that we might have a glimpse of spring in
You ask why we are going to Denver by way of Seattle? Well, it's like
this...Our oldest son works for Alaska Airlines and lives in Olympia. Alaska
Airlines flies from Newark to Seattle and from Seattle to Denver, but not
from Newark to Denver. Since we can fly on his employee's pass, and get to
visit with him on the way, it makes more sense.
They finally finished plowing us out around noon today from Monday's snow.
The temperature is in the 40s today and it's predicted to rain, then freeze
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Members of Panawave Laboratory, a doomsday cult based in Japan's Fukui Prefecture, are hard at work preparing for The End of the World, forecast to occur on May 15th by their ailing 69-year old leader, Yuko Chino.
Just how is the world going to end… this time?
Chino, in what she called her final statement issued on May 5, cryptically said, "It will be caused when electromagnetic waves strike the Japanese archipelago and the delicate gravitational balance between the Andromeda nebula and other nebulas is altered."
I, for one, am glad Chino cleared that up. Damn those wacky planet-destroying nebulas anyway!
Wearing their trademark white garments, because as everybody knows white cloth "shields" one against "harmful electromagnetic waves", the insularly group is spending their final days both in preparation for the end and keeping those darn waves at bay until it comes.
Wouldn't you know it; I only have blue sheets at home. No wonder I've been feeling so woozy lately.
For the next week, Panawave Laboratory members will be:
1. Wrapping trees near their camp in white cloth to deflect electromagnetic waves that they claim have made their leader ill.
2. Keeping police at bay by using mirrors as "shields".
3. Parking their traveling caravan of white vans along Japanese roadsides. At least until the locals ask them to leave, then call the police when cultists don't drive away. After a fierce "mirror battle" with authorities, the cultists will travel on – always searching for that one prime spot of Japanese real estate where electric pylons, which emit lethal leader-killing electromagnetic waves, aren't found.
4. Constructing dome-like structures in Oizumi, Gifu Prefecture, which is the only type of homestead that can withstand up to 15M earthquakes and earth-ending changes in the planet's axis.
5. Selling the populace on dome-living. Asking price per dome is rumored to be million yen each. Hey, it may not have a big backyard or even running water, but it IS Armageddon-Proof!
6. Buying plenty of bleach and doing one helluva load of laundry. You can't very well protect yourself from those harmful electromagnetic waves if your whites become dingy.
And, just for fun, some members are addressing what leader Chino called "the most important issue at the moment": – to save "Tama-chan," a stray bearded seal that now lives in a river in Saitama Prefecture.
Some Panawave members believe that "rescuing" Tama-chan will spare mankind from certain destruction on May 15.
For my part, since learning the world will be ending in about a week, I've quit my job and sold my home. I plan to spend my final days getting really really drunk and having lots and lots of sex.
So they better not save that seal, or I'll be rather pissed. Not so pissed that I'll negatively impact the nebulas to the point of world destruction – after all, only a stray seal has that kind of power – but pretty pissed off nonetheless. Not to mention having one heck of a hangover on the morning of May 16th.
Hey, I STILL haven't forgiven Elizabeth Claire Prophet for convincing me to do pretty much the same thing back in 1989. Insert "ha ha" here.
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You have got to be kidding me. The NBA All-Star Reserves were recently announced. Some were good picks, I liked them—but oh looky here!—Josh Smith didn't even effing made it! Are you freaking kidding me? This is a joke, right? So a Spaniard named Pau Gasol, who only played like 25 games this year, makes the team and this stud in Smith doesnt? What? Hello, is this really happening here? Now I know how smart these fans are. Yep, that's right, these are not All-Star caliber stats: 15.1 PPG, 8.5 RPG, and 2.2 BPG.
Right on the money NBA fans. You got it. Though Gasol has better stats, he has played a total amount of 29 games. Compared to Josh Smith? 44. Um, okay? That's right. That's definitely the case here. Smith is just horrible. Okay, now enough with the harsh sarcasm, but David Stern, really? Are you allowing this to happen? Just change the goddamn NBA All-Star voting rules. I've now had enough with this fan voting. Just stop it!
And what the hell is going on here? LeBron James was fined $25K for kicking a water bottle. I know he was pissed, but that much money? How would you feel, NBA executives, if people pulled off this bull on you? Not feeling right...right? This just sickens me. More than Two Girls, One Cup. Okay, not the point here. But luckily, the man partnered with McDonald's. Eh, eh? Nice, eh? Eh, eh?
But back to the All-Star voting for just another second. Where's David Lee? Right now, I am not very happy with this. But screw it now, I'd rather just shut up about the NBA All-Star stuff. It's already stupid enough. Everything already happened. Can't change the past. Oh God, please give somebody a way to make a time machine!
And what's wrong the Nets? But I think I know why they are acting like this. At least I think so. Two words: John Wall. (Timmy from South Park voice comes up: "JOHNNY....WALLY!" I think it's a good idea. But watch out, the Timberwolves are in the race! The race for John Wall: who'll suck the most? Coming soon to an NBA season near you.
Pretty much, all of this that I discussed irritates me. I just hope crap like this doesn't happen often, because I've been seeing a lot like this lately.
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Catholic League President: We're Winning The War Against "The Daily Show"
Bill Donohue says "the campaign is going to continue" until Jon Stewart apologizes. The next step is to target religious leaders.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue expressed confidence in his ongoing campaign to get Jon Stewart to apologize for a bit about a "vagina manger," and said that the next step will be to send photos of the offending joke to religious leaders.
"Quite frankly, I can't give you an exact number but just from what we can gather, thousands of people have been pounding Steve Albani at Comedy Central, and clearly Kelloggs," Donohue told BuzzFeed in a phone interview. (Albani didn't immediately return a request for comment.) "We have evidence that people have really been pounding Kellogg's," Donohue said, without going into specifics.
Yesterday, Donohue promised to mail Kellogg's executives the "vagina manger" picture. Today, the League is sending the photo to the Viacom board ("You should be as offended as we are. But if you are not, consider a picture of your own mother inserted there instead," reads the letter sent to Viacom).
And "tomorrow we'll begin with the religious leaders," said Donohue. "Every Catholic bishop in the country will get a picture."
He took credit for Delta's ending its sponsorship of the Daily Show, saying "I don't think there's any question" about whether or not the company had made the decision based on the Catholic League's actions. "Kellogg's made the mistake of blowing us off in writing. If they had any brains they'd have simply not responded at all," he said.
Donohue did discuss possible end games. If Stewart apologizes for the joke, he said, he would drop the campaign. But if the effort fails, "then my members ought to fire me," Donohue said.
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- Senator Ron Wyden will soon introduce legislation requiring warrants before phones can be searched at the US border.
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I have three questions about BlackBerry-endorsed best practices regarding application icons for which I've been unable the answers looking at documentation and forums. If I've missed the answer, then apologies for the post and a pointer to the information is appreciated.
I used the following references for what I've been able to figure out so far:
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1. How is one supposed to package applications with appropriate icons? I only see how to set one file as the application icon (plus another as the rollover icon). If that's the case, am I supposed to create a different version of the app for each unique combinations of: [icon size by model] X [BlackBerry OS]? So far, I've only been building differing versions based on a few different versions of BlackBerry OS. If you can package multiple application icons in a COD file intended for a given revision of BlackBerry OS, how do you do that so that different models get the right size application icon?
2. It appears that for certain 4.x rev BlackBerry OS models, there are both "Zen" and "Precision" layouts that are supposed to have differently sized application icons. How is a developer supposed to deliver the appropriate one for BlackBerry App World and self-implemented downloads?
3. I couldn't find one place that fully summarized desired application icons for given models and OS revisions (plus layouts!), so I tried to build one myself. Is the following correct? Did I miss any cases for OS revisions 4 through 7?
size model[OS]
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44x44 9300,9330 [6.0]
48x36 7100 [4.0,4.1], 8100[4.2], 8300,8700[4.5] (zen layout)
52x52 8350 [4.5?],8500[5.0],9300[5.0?]
53x48 8300,8700,8800 [4.5] (icon layout)
60x55 7100 [4.0,4.1],8100[4.2] (icon layout)
63x63 9100,9670 [6.0]
68x68 9650,9700,9780,9800 [6.0], 9360[7.0]
72x72 9100 [5.0?]
73x70 9500 [5.0]
73x73 9500 [4.7]
80x80 9000,9650 [4.6], 8900,8980,9600,9700[5.0]
92x92 9810,9850,9900 [7.0]
(I do already know that there are more suggested best practices about application icons, e.g. lighting, palette, transparency, 16 vs. 24 bit PNG, etc.)
Thanks for any help.
1. This question has been asked before - I've done a quick search, and I think this is the best answer I can fin. If you do a search you will probably find other answers and other useful information:
So basically the short answer is that you package multiple icons with your application and choose the correct one. You can do this at start-up time so that users never see the default icon, however there are implications with doing this, as I think this Thread discusses:
Alternatively you can do it at application start-up, in which case the icon will look dodgy after each device reset, until the app is first used.
2. The preferred icon size will reflect the theme.
3. I thought there was such a list, but I haven't found it recently either. Having said that, I don't package all those sizes, I tend to have a 32 * 32 that will work on devices with odd sizes and old devices (4.5 and below) and a selection of newer square sizes, and choose the largest one in my list that matches the requirements of the device.
Hope this helps.
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|All purpose flour
|5 Cup (80 tbs), sifted
|Nonfat dry milk powder
|9 Tablespoon (About 3/4 Cup Plus 3 Tablespoons)
|6 Tablespoon (1/2 Cup Plus 2 Tablespoon)
|Baking powder
|2 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|Unsalted margarine
|5 Tablespoon
Sift the flour with the dry milk powder, sugar, and baking powder 3 times; place in a large mixing bowl.
Use a pastry blender or fork to cut in the margarine until the mixture has the texture of coarse meal.
Transfer to a 1/2 gallon jar, cover tightly, and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3642 Calories from Fat 584
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 66 g102.1%
Saturated Fat 12.2 g61.1%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 30.9 mg10.3%
Sodium 3643.7 mg151.8%
Total Carbohydrates 643 g214.4%
Dietary Fiber 17 g67.8%
Sugars 153.4 g
Protein 111 g222.8%
Vitamin A 53.7% Vitamin C 10.4%
Calcium 441.5% Iron 184.6%
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Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
The saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." And the Borscht Film Festival, which will host its eighth edition next month, isn't broken. It's just a little cracked.
Earlier this year, the Borscht-produced short film Life and Times of Uncle Luke -- which combined a cartoonishly colorful set with the talents of Jillian Mayer, Lucas Leyva, and yes, Uncle Luke himself -- took the Sundance Film Festival by storm. And one selection from this year's Borscht festival, Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse, could achieve similar notoriety with another colorful pairing of Miami personalities -- most notably, the Miami Heat's Chris Bosh.
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The numbers on their heads are their actual ages today.
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The 74-year-old magazine went under in 2004. Remember Josh Hartnett?
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Bart would be 33.
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The Harry Potter cast at their last movie premiere.
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He probably looks older now, this picture was taken from his MySpace page.
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35. What Nick Carter looks like today.
36. Ryan Gosling was on "Are You Afraid Of The Dark" 16 years ago.
A new episode of "Are You Afraid Of The Dark" hasn't come out in 12 years.
38. Went on "hiatus" 10 years ago.
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Remember networks? Mini feed?
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"I've loved making movies," Winona Ryder said in Toronto late last year when reflecting back on her 26-year career. "I feel like I've been so lucky because I've gotten to be in movies that are some of my favorites, regardless of my being in them — like 'Heathers.'"
Ryder — who turned 42 in October (though she still looks like she's 30) — made her official debut in the 1986 high school drama "Lucas." The small, well-received role helped lead to a duo of late 1980s leads — as Lydia in "Beetlejuice" and as Veronica in "Heathers" — that propelled her to become an icon of her generation.
"I was very lucky because Tim Burton really gave me a career," she said. "I don't think Hollywood would've known what to do with me. If I hadn't done 'Beetlejuice,' I think I would've just gone back to my school."
Ryder also rightfully considers "Heathers" — released a year after "Beetlejuice" in 1989 — a pivotal moment in her early career.
"They didn't want me for it," she recalled. "I wasn't pretty enough. I had to go a mall and get my makeup done, and then I just begged them and begged them. That was a kind of turning point because that was kind of the first movie where I'd played someone who was attractive. And then that led to a lot of films."
But when talking to Indiewire during the Toronto International Film Festival last year (where she promoted her latest film, Ariel Vromen's "The Iceman"), Ryder was quick to discourage young actors currently trying to follow in her footsteps.
"If I were 18 right now, I wouldn't want to become an actress, I know that much," she said. "It's just a different business now. Instant access surveillance, it's just crazy. Now everyone wants to know everything in such a different way… I mean, there's already so much pressure when you're a kid. You're uprooted and move to L.A. First they like you, then you're told they don't like you. It's a lot of pressure when at the same time you're going through puberty. But now these paparazzi literally follow people around. It's really criminal stuff and it's scary to me."
While Ryder may never have had to experience the intensity of being a teen actress in today's paparazzian landscape, she's hardly avoided it altogether. Her relationship (and breakup) with Johnny Depp's was most definitely the early 1990s pop-culture equivalent to Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. And, of course, her 2001 shoplifting arrest didn't exactly go unnoticed.
But Ryder has shifted her priorities as of late, finding comfort in a quieter life outside of Hollywood.
"I'm based in San Francisco and I love my life there," she said. "I have my family and my friends. It's equally as important to me to be a good friend, and a good sister, and a good daughter. I'm very close with my family and friends. It became all about me when I was at the height of it all in the 1990s."
Since the 1990s, Ryder's career has definitely been more muted. The decade that followed saw her work infrequently (and when she did work, the films were often rather forgettable). But recently, there have been inklings of a resurgence. Coming off a tiny but very well-received part in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," Ryder recently had two films on last fall's festival circuit: A reunion with Tim Burton via a voice-over role in his "Frankenweenie" (which opened Fantastic Fest), and the aforementioned "Iceman."
The film offers Ryder one of her first lead roles in a few years, playing opposite Michael Shannon's Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski, the real-life hitman who killed more than 100 people and had a particular talent for disguising the time and cause of death of his victims by skillfully using freezers. Ryder plays his devoted and seemingly oblivious wife Deborah, who takes care of their daughters under the assumption her husband is heading to the office each morning.
It's not a role we're used to Ryder playing, particularly since she's seemed to actively avoid taking roles in violent films.
"A lot of my other roles were characters that were searching for the truth – the truth of who they are, or their lives — they're just searching," she said. "This woman was the opposite. She was avoiding it. That was appealing. But I was definitely reluctant because of the violence. I'm very sensitive to that. I purposely stay away from it. I mean, if it's done really well, like 'The Godfather' or 'Goodfellas,' I've watched. But being a part of it made me a little scared of it being romanticized or exploited. These are real people."
Another major appeal was working with Shannon, who Ryder called "one of those guys who comes along only every once in a while."
"I thought I might not get another chance in the future, so I jumped at that," she said. "And he was great. He demands that you are present in the moment, which is what acting is. We can tend to get a little lazy about it; you learn your lines, and it becomes a job sometimes, when you've been doing it for a long time. It was a great wake up call, because you don't know what he's going to do. So your reaction is completely real and in the moment. It's like someone is grabbing you and yanking you into this moment that is reality, but not — it's hard to explain, but it was very exciting."
Ryder prepared for her role by behaving very much like her character and avoiding the truth of her onscreen husband. She blacked out all the parts of the script she wasn't a part of and didn't read any history of Kuklinski's crimes.
"She was in such a deep state of denial," Ryder said of her character. "The footage available would not have helped me because it was all about the other side of him, that other life he had. I wouldn't have played it the same. In a sense, I mirrored the character… Yet, I knew, on a subconscious level. And I think she knew too but she chose not to, because that would make her have to assume some responsibility, her role as a mother. I know this is Michael's movie, and people are fascinated with Richard Kuklinski. But I actually found her a little bit more fascinating. Who are the wives of these people? Who are the people who choose to be with them? I found that to be very interesting."
At a press conference for the film just prior to her interview with Indiewire, Ryder was asked if her new work has made her "feel welcomed back to Hollywood."
"I've been asked that question a bit lately and I don't know if maybe I'm developing a bit of a complex," she said candidly. "Because I don't know if you're saying 'We missed you' or 'What are you doing here you're not really relevant.'"
Given how many beloved performances Ryder has offered over the years, it's hard to imagine too many people suggesting the latter. And while she plans on being very selective about her roles as she eases into the second half of her career, the actress offered her fans a lovely suggestion of what's to come.
"You have to make a life for yourself so that it's not all about this," she said. "Life's short, so if you're going to spend months doing something, it's gotta be pretty special… But I'm very happy to enter my Baby Jane years, and hopefully segue into the Ruth Gordon years."


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After Donald Trump clinched the GOP presidential nomination, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was not satisfied. He spent weeks withholding his official endorsement, while preaching the need for "unity."
It's only June and the nation, talk radio and particularly Washington DC is getting hotter as terror attacks, Muslim bans and Presidential politics are debated.
Although elections are supposed to be about individual candidates, both the Louisiana Republican and the Louisiana Democratic parties are pursuing other strategies—tie local candidates to other local and national personalities and messages.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein
Unbelievably, the drumbeat is beginning for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to run for President a third time. The man who lost twice for President is now being encouraged by many party leaders to give it another try. Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) recently told MSNBC, "I think he's proven right on a lot of stuff. I happen to be in the camp that thinks he's actually going to run and I think he will be the next president of the United States."
Democrats know how to play hardball politics, it is in their blood. Usually, Republicans act like gentlemen and prefer to stay within the rules and show proper etiquette. In the meantime, they are being rolled over by the more aggressive Democrats. Finally, a Republican is showing some justified outrage over the latest development in the scandal involving IRS targeting of Tea Party groups.
Mitt Romney took the stage Tuesday night to concede that he had lost his race for president.
Mitt Romney has raised an interesting point that could end up a topic of discussion on tonight's Paul Ryan-Joe Biden's vice-president debate.
Citizens hardly seem to mind that Gov. Bobby Jindal travels a lot to other states, so long as he is home for the hurricanes. Political leaders, of course, are expected to be front and center for emergencies, for those are the times that the people really do want to see them.
First responders performed heroically during and after Hurricane Isaac, while government agencies and officials did what they were supposed to do, which is more than they have in past disasters.
On the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the people of Louisiana were struck again by Hurricane Isaac. This storm was not as powerful or deadly as Katrina, but it was a monster nonetheless. It might have been the strongest Category 1 hurricane in history. Initial estimates of property damage exceed $2 billion and that amount will surely rise. Over one million people lost power throughout the region. While New Orleans was mostly spared, homes were destroyed in nearby Plaquemines Parish, as well as parts of LaPlace and Slidell. Unfortunately, the threat is not over as rising waters continue to threaten vast regions of the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
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Intel Names Ex-Qualcomm Exec to Head New IoT, Mobile, PC Unit
Murthy Renduchintala is expected to help Intel as the giant chip maker looks to gain traction in the mobile and IoT markets.Intel is tapping a former Qualcomm executive to head a new business unit that will include the chip maker's work in client computing, mobile, software, platform engineering and the Internet of things. Venkata "Murthy" Renduchintala will be president of the new Client and Internet of Things (IoT) Business and Systems Architecture Group at Intel, which will include Intel's PC business as well as its struggling mobile efforts. The Nov. 20 announcement of Renduchintala's appointment came a day after Qualcomm said in a statement that he was leaving the company after three years as co-president of its mobile chip business. Renduchintala will report directly to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. "Intel's strategy and direction is solid, and we continue to evolve our organizational structure to better position the company for growth," Krzanich said in a statement. "The caliber of leadership and experience Murthy brings to our executive team represents a significant move toward delivering the benefits of our strategy even faster than before."
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Google Plus' Hangouts on Air is getting an HD upgrade. Some of you will be able to take advantage of it now, and the rest of us will have to wait as it rolls out in the next few weeks. Anyway, bandwidth improvements, video codecs, and more had to be improved to make this happen.


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|1 Cup (16 tbs), flaked
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|All purpose flour
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|Egg whites
|Vanilla extract
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
In a small bowl, combine the coconut, sugar, flour and salt.
Stir in egg whites and vanilla; mix well.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
Bake at 325° for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool on a wire rack
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 685 Calories from Fat 228
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27 g41.8%
Saturated Fat 23.8 g119%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 355.3 mg14.8%
Total Carbohydrates 102 g34.2%
Dietary Fiber 8 g32%
Sugars 72.4 g
Protein 12 g24.2%
Vitamin A Vitamin C 4.4%
Calcium 2.1% Iron 18.9%
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Bella Lea
When indie buzz band Denali broke up last year, the group's singer, Maura Davis, wasted no time in rounding up a new posse. Minus her guitarist brother, Keely (who left Denali to focus on his main project, Engine Down), the Virginia-based chanteuse enlisted the talents of three Chicagoans -- bassist Stephen Howard, guitarist Matt Clark and the insanely gifted drummer Ryan Rapsys, veterans of such celebrated acts as Pinebender, Gauge, 5 Style, Heroic Doses, Euphone and Joan of Arc. And although the resulting quartet, Bella Lea, has yet to record a proper release, its hand-burned, three-song demo has already kicked up considerable excitement. Balancing Pinebender's fuzz-upholstered pop assault with the glowering downbeat delicacy of Denali, the band promises to help fill the void that Mazzy Star left years ago -- and hopefully fulfill the vast potential that Denali never had the chance to.
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Do the following statements describe you?
I prefer to eat in private, where no one else can see.
I eat healthy in front of others but then indulge recklessly in private.
I follow a healthy diet during the day, only to fall off the wagon at night.
I sneak food secretly and eat it away from others.
If you can relate to any of the above statements then you may be engaging in closet eating. This "secret eating life" of yours sabotages your fitness goals, making it impossible to achieve the body that you want.
Before we dive into this topic, it's important to approach yourself from a place of love and respect. Resist the urge to look at yourself as a failure as you strive to discard unhealthy eating habits.
Use the following 5 steps to curb your closet eating once and for all:
Step #1: Learn Your Triggers
Journal about the feelings you experience before, during and after an episode of closet eating. Was there a particular trigger that caused you to feel stressed, or angry, or helpless before the urge to eat in secrecy hit you?
Refer back to your journal after a handful of episodes and try to determine a pattern. This will allow you to prepare yourself with an exit plan before the next potential episode.
For example, if you find that your closet eating occurs mainly when your spouse goes out of town on business, then make plans to visit with friends rather than be alone at home with food.
Step #2: Log Every Calorie
Let's face the facts. Just because no one sees you eat it, doesn't mean that the calories don't exist. The simple act of tallying each food item that you eat will force you to be more mindful of your eating habits.
Find your ideal calorie range by consulting your nutirtionist, and be aware of how close you come to that range each day. Resist the urge to not log foods that are eaten in secrecy.
The point is to bring accountability to the situation, so be vigilant.
Step #3: Carry Healthy Snacks
When the urge to eat in secrecy hits you, it may be useful to allow yourself the snack, but change the script slightly by making it healthy and portion controlled.
Eat one of these snacks every few hours to prevent from becoming overly hungry, thus more susceptible to reckless eating.
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Most cases of closet eating are said to occur in the comfort of your own home. Be proactive by not stocking your favorite indulgences in the kitchen.
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It's your standard Call of Duty, but with a few twists
Say what you will about Treyarch, but after spending numerous hours with Black Ops it seems like this company is fit to be the main Call of Duty developer should Infinity Ward officially shut down for good. The core gameplay, although largely the same, does have some subtle and not-so-subtle tweaks and changes that help to keep the experience fresh.
Anyone who's played Call of Duty 4 or any of the entries after it will know that the series is all about big set pieces, and Black Ops certainly delivers in that aspect. But to be clear, this is mostly your standard Call of Duty campaign experience. Black Ops definitely feels toned down a bit coming off of Modern Warfare 2, but that isn't to say that you won't find yourself in some really unique and fascinating situations, like one where you are parachuting off a cliff after barely escaping from an avalanche. In another part, you'll even get to jack a helicopter off the Vietnamese and pilot it. It's moments like these that will most likely bring people back to the campaign for another go, since you are never really doing the same thing twice. (Well, except for blasting dudes in the face. That happens quite a bit). That being said, it should be mentioned that the Black Ops campaign lasts about 5-6 hours, which seems to be the norm for the series now.
World At War for the most part felt like a reskinned version of the first Modern Warfare. Thankfully, Treyarch was able to take the multiplayer formula established by Modern Warfare 2 and do some interesting things to it so it doesn't feel like you are playing the exact same game you were last year. Of the drastic changes is the inclusion of COD Points, which are earned after matches and by completing Contracts, which are essentially limited-time challenges. These COD Points (or simply credits, as I like to call them) are used to purchase everything from weapons to attachments to gun camos and more. You still maintain a rank and will accumulate experience points as you play, but these ranks simply unlock the ability to purchase guns. This means that you still have to level up to buy certain weapons, but you aren't required to purchase the ones you don't want.
All of your standard multiplayer mods are there, like Domination, Team Deathmatch, and Search & Destroy, but there is also a separate playlist called Wager Matches that allow you put your money where your mouth is in some truly unique game modes. There are three tiers of Wager Matches, with the first one having a small entry fee of 10 COD Points and the third one catering to the big leaguers willing to throw a hefty 10,000 COD Points on the line. Each of the four Wager Match modes offer a different experience, and some of them are definitely easier than others. I think Sharpshooter is my favorite. In it, everyone starts with the same random weapon, and every 45 seconds each player automatically switches to another random weapon. This creates chaotic situations where everybody in the match has dual pistols one moment, and in the next they all have China Lake grenade launchers or ballistic knives. Heck, in one match I got into everyone started with a minigun. There's also a really intense mode called One In The Chamber, where you only have 1 bullet and the only way to get another is to kill an enemy. With only three lives, this mode is definitely not for the faint of heart. Sticks & Stones has everyone using only crossbows, ballistics knives, and tomahawks, and fans of Counter-Strike will probably recognize Gun Game right away.
Treyarch has gone to greater lengths to allow players to customize their online persona as they see fit. Emblems can be heavily modified using the layer system that gives you the ability to create whatever sick and disturbing image you want, and you can actually stick this emblem on your gun for a fee. Speaking of guns, there are over a dozen camouflage patterns to cover them with, and every attachment for a weapon is immediately unlocked for purchase as soon as you gain ownership of that weapon. This is really great news for people like me who aren't always willing to deal with a certain gun's terrible iron sights for a few rounds in order to unlock a sight or scope that's actually decent. It was a rather thrilling moment when I found myself blasting people away with my blood red AK-74u that had RISE etched into the side and the Giant Bomb logo gloriously stamped on it. Oh, and you can totally change the red dot on your sights to anything from smiling faces to skulls to several different arrangements of geometric shapes that may or may not make it easier to aim. And you can change the color too.
Pro perks this time around are significantly harder to obtain because many of them require you to perform certain feats during objective-based modes. The new killstreaks introduce some interesting and unique ways to kill enemies. One of the three-kill rewards allows you to drive a small RC car around the map to detonate under the feet of an enemy. I was never a fan of the dogs in World At War, so I'm a little disappointed that they've been brought back. Tactical nukes are no longer in the game, which probably gives people less incentive to boost, and the carpet bomb killstreak has a nasty habit of killing people that are indoors. If you manage to reach an 11 kill streak, you'll actually get to pilot an attack helicopter around the map and launch missiles at people (if you have it selected instead of the dogs). This is insanely fun to use, although as expected it can be frustrating when the other team gets one and nobody is willing to step outside with a rocket launcher to try and remove it.
If you ever find yourself awe-struck by something you did in a match, the new Theater mode is there for you to capture the moment forever. Much like Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, the Theater allows you to record gameplay from any angle you like and take screenshots, both of which can be uploaded to your file share. But unlike Bungie's version, this Theater mode allows you to upload your clips to your account on the Call of Duty website which will then be automatically uploaded to your YouTube account should you allow it.
Black Ops runs on the engine that powered World At War, which may or may not be the reason why the game is visually not as impressive as Modern Warfare 2. There are a few moments of the campaign and even in multiplayer where the textures look pretty flat, which is strange considering that a lot of the levels, specially the Vietnam ones, look fantastic. Also, I experienced some pretty bad framerate issues at times while playing multiplayer on the Xbox 360 version of the game. Sometimes it occurred when a napalm strike fell, and other times it just seemed to happen at random. Despite these afflictions, much of Black Ops looks pretty good, especially the explosions and fire. This game is also one of the most violent entries to the series; you do plenty of throat stabbing in the game, all of which look pretty grisly due to the visible gashes left behind on your victim's neck.
Some big name voice actors took the stage for Black Ops, including Ed Harris, Ice Cube, and Sam Worthington. Worthington does such a weird job voicing Alex Mason that by the end of the game you won't be able to decide if he's from Alaska or the land down under. I felt that Ed Harris had one of the best vocal performances in the game, and hearing Ice Cube tell me that our Spy Plane is in the air is truly something else. Most of the weapons sound appropriately devastating, although the MP5K sounds comically like a toy.
Black Ops is without a doubt Treyarch's most ambitious contribution to the Call of Duty franchise yet, and the risks they took with the COD Points system and the way they tell the single player story certainly paid off well. Let's just hope that whoever is developing the next game in the series continues to evolve and bring everything forward, because keeping the experience fresh and exciting is what their main goal should be. Coming off of Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops provides that refreshing feeling, and it is most definitely a must have for fans of the series.
- Great voice acting for most characters
- Many fantastic set piece moments
- Missions are varied
- Multiplayer is still a blast
- Theater mode is a welcome addition
- Framerate issues at times
- Textures can sometimes be sketchy
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More police needed to stop gangland killings
Broadcast: 02/04/2004
Reporter: Kathy Bowlen
PAUL MULLETT, POLICE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY: We need proper resourcing. We need proper training of our members. We need to put out on the streets good, hardened, street-wise police officers. We do have them but they need the necessary levels of support and training to combat what is currently occurring.
KATHY BOWLEN, PRESENTER: How would you describe policing as it is operating now?
PAUL MULLETT: Well, there has to be a balance in terms of community policing. We need to get away from probably what's perceived to be a warm and fuzzy approach to a more hard-nosed approach - hard-nosed approach to where our members work within rules. We accept that there are accountabilities. Community safety is the issue at end of day and our members need the proper levels of support. They need the proper training and proper support in terms of resources.
KATHY BOWLEN: What is it that's not being done, not being supported?
PAUL MULLETT: Police officers, in terms of community safety, dealing with these issues, need to be over the crooks - they need to be all over them like a rash and they need to deal with them in a fairly direct way. Now, that needs moral support from the police hierarchy. These crooks use processes to their advantage. They use the complaint process to their advantage. Let's not make that too easily available to them. That's criminals, career criminals, and again, it's all about community safety.
KATHY BOWLEN: So career criminals are shutting down the hard-nosed police, using internal police mechanisms?
PAUL MULLETT: Yeah, the balance has gone too far towards their way. The balance has to return in favour of the police.
KATHY BOWLEN: When you say the policing is "warm and fuzzy", what do you mean?
PAUL MULLETT: There needs to be a balance, there's no doubt about that. We need the community projects, we need those in place. But we need - and we do have them - hard-nosed, street-wise police officers out there preventing crime before it occurs. Surveillance, for example, as well as our members on the streets. We have in Victoria the Vagrancy Act, for example. That is a good legislative tool to combat crime. Our members aren't properly trained and educated in the use of the Vagrancy Act.
KATHY BOWLEN: If you were to relate that to the current examples, where we're having a spate of gangland killings, how would the Vagrancy Act help that?
PAUL MULLETT: They're a lot of preventative measures in the Vagrancy Act - consorting provisions, other provisions that prevent crime from occurring. Possessing house-breaking implements, possessing weapons, loiter with intent, for example. There's a whole range of preventative legislative tools that our members can use if they're properly trained and properly resourced.
KATHY BOWLEN: So what are you saying, that they could be pulling crooks off the street before these murders occur but they're not doing it?
PAUL MULLETT: Proactive policing is all about preventing crime. We're in a very reactive policing environment where we provide a reactive service to the community. A properly resourced police force would have a proactive arm that prevents crime from occurring in the first place and prevents hardened criminals from, for example, meeting to conspire to commit crime.
KATHY BOWLEN: The media is counting 23 gangland killings. Are they all related to each other? Is it one turf war between two gangs? Is that what we are seeing played out?
PAUL MULLETT: The direct connection between all 23 isn't correct. There has been some journalistic licence.
KATHY BOWLEN: Isn't it also true though that in some sense the whole thing is based around the drug barons? Isn't that what this is all about? It is a turf war?
PAUL MULLETT: No doubt the drug trade has changed the criminal culture and their code, so to speak. But ultimately, the message to them is that what they're currently doing, gunning each other down in cold blood is a very weak approach to what they are trying to achieve.
KATHY BOWLEN: It is gunning people down in public forums.
PAUL MULLETT: It is gunning people down in cold blood, which is a very weak approach, potentially injuring seriously or killing innocent bystanders. So a message to the criminals of today is they are acting in a very weak way.
KATHY BOWLEN: But that doesn't matter. they're getting away with it.
PAUL MULLETT: Will they?
KATHY BOWLEN: You tell me. I mean, the police are supposed...
PAUL MULLETT: Our investigators at taskforce Purana are well resourced, they do have the necessary levels of operational support. These people will ultimately be caught and hopefully the judiciary will take over from there.


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Subway Rider Honored For Clearing Away Messages Of HateA subway rider was honored Wednesday after he gathered fellow straphangers to wipe away messages of hate on a train.
New Yorkers Step In To Wipe Away Anti-Semitic Graffiti On Subway CarSwastikas and messages of hate were scrawled in a subway train recently, but New York City commuters took quick action when they noticed.
Police: Suspects Robbed, Attacked Man On No. 1 Train In Morningside HeightsPolice on Wednesday were searching for four suspects who allegedly ripped off a man's iPhone and attacked him on a No. 1 subway train in Morningside Heights.
No. 1 Subway Line Shut Down Due To Derailment In HarlemA No. 1 subway train derailed on the elevated tracks in Harlem Tuesday night, leaving passengers stranded for over an hour and shutting down much of the line for most of the night.
Sources: Woman Found Dead Had Been Drinking When She Fell Onto Subway TracksSources said Monday that a woman who was found dead on the No. 1 subway tracks over the weekend was drinking before she fell onto the tracks.
Teen Fatally Struck By Train At 79th Street Station; Subway Service DisruptedThe accident happened at around 6:30 p.m. on the express tracks. Service was disrupted on the 1, 2 and 3 subway lines in Manhattan due to the police investigation.
Old South Ferry Subway Station To Reopen Starting next month, the end of the the line for the 1 train will again be South Ferry.
MTA Revamps Online Subway Map With Interactive FeaturesWhen you click through to the subway system map on the MTA website, you can now do more than just stare at it. It has been made interactive.
MTA Releases App With Real-Time Subway Countdown ClocksYou can now find out when the next subway train will arrive simply by looking at your smartphone.
Police Investigating Manhattan Hypodermic Needle MuggingPolice said they are investing to determine if the suspect, Angel Anthony Cintron, used a needle to threaten a 13-year-old boy into giving up his cell phone.
Police Looking For Trio Wanted For Tasering Then Robbing Victim On 1 Train The suspects held the victim down and tased him before taking an unknown amount of cash before fleeing the train at 231st Street & Broadway Station.
MTA Using Fewer Subway Trains This Summer, To Straphangers' DismayIf you think you're seeing fewer subway trains on the "1" and "6" lines, it's not your imagination. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has quietly implemented service cuts this summer.