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Happy franchise tag day. Today at 4 p.m. is the deadline for NFL teams to apply the tag, which, if signed, guarantees a player one of the top salaries at his position. (The South Florida Sun Sentinel has an excellent analysis of the financial impact of the designation at each position.) For Browns fans, it's a much more somber occasion. Kicker Phil Dawson played under the franchise tag in 2012 and 2011. NFL rules say if a player is tagged for third consecutive season, he must be paid an average of the top five salaries at the highest-paid position. That position will always be quarterback, and this year, the franchise-tag value for QBs is $14,896,000. Since even a team with almost $50 million in salary cap space won't pay a kicker $14.9 million, Dawson is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent March 12. It might seem silly to give a 38-year-old kicker a significant raise from his $3.81 million salary, but Dawson is coming off the best season of his 14-year career. He was 29-for-31 on field-goal attempts (93.5%) in 2012. Even more impressive: He was perfect on 13 field goals of 40 yards or more and 7-for-7 on attempts of 50 yards and up. He was also 8-for-9 on field goals in games in which the temperature was 40 degrees or less. Then there is this: Dawson is 84 points shy of Lou Groza's franchise record for points by a kicker — 1,349. Not only is Dawson's expected exit going to occur after his best season, it probably will happen when A) he's on the verge of Browns history, and B) the team has ample room to give him, say, a three-year, $13 million contract. If the latter seems ridiculous, consider that the Raiders signed Sebastian Janikowski to a four-year, $16 million contract — three years ago. Maybe Dawson wants to spend his final few years in the NFL kicking for a contender. (The 49ers would seem to be a fit.) Or maybe Joe Banner and the new regime are much more focused on targeting the likes of the Ravens' Paul Kruger and the Steelers' Mike Wallace in free agency. That's understandable. It would also seem to make a lot of sense to commit a few million of a $123.9 million salary cap to the person who has been the Browns' best player since 1999. Yes, it's sad that player is a kicker. It would also be sad to see Dawson exit when all it might have taken to sign him to a long-term deal last season was a little bit less than the Browns offered Dmitri Patterson last March.
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I updated my blog last Thursday, Feb. 28 to reflect that the Cavs' free Wi-Fi network at Quicken Loans Arena, which is in the testing phase, was already available for every seat in the arena. Cavs spokesman Tad Carper said the team will soon have free Wi-Fi in the concourses and "all non-bowl public space" at The Q. Carper said the seven-figure investment is part of a comprehensive wireless upgrade at the Q, one that includes a new distributed antenna system for "greatly improved cell service that is also in the construction phase and nearing completion." Carper said numerous vendors are involved in the process. The Cavs, however, won't be following the lead of some NBA teams and partnering with AT&T for their Wi-Fi upgrade. The team has an extensive partnership with Verizon.
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A man who can deservedly be labeled as "legendary," car designer Sergio Pininfarina died today at the age of 85. Over the course of his 40-year career running his namesake design studio, Pininfarina (shown above with Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezemolo) oversaw some of the most beautiful cars ever made. There's the Cisitalia 202, the Lancia Flaminia, and a smattering of Ferraris: the 250 GT of Ferris Bueller fame; the wild Testarossa; the Dino; the Daytona. His concepts were a reflection of the times—the wedgy, submarine-like Ferrari Modulo could only have been a child of the straight-edged 1970s. The Ferrari Pinin concept could have been a more convincing exotic Italian sedan, if Sergio hadn't later penned the Maserati Quattroporte himself. And it wasn't all supercars, either: the Alfa Romeo GTV, the Fiat 124 Spider, and the Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider of "The Graduate" fame—a design that endured for the better part of 30 years and became a brand-wide icon. Sergio once said in an interview, "I had tremendous respect for Mr. Ferrari and his attitude toward design. Mr. Ferrari could understand if a man was being sincere and he understood my enthusiasm was sincere and coming from the heart."Here, then, are the least we can do to pay tribute to a man that drove the company that most changed automotive design for the past century: The creator of poster cars, the visionary behind our dreams. It should be no surprise that most of this list will carry prancing horses on it. Pininfarina, after all, was Italian—both as vital to the nation's foundation as Fellini and sugo all'arrabbiata. Choosing just five seems like an affront. Pininfarina itself is in good hands; Sergio's son, Paolo, will be in charge. He's got a hell of a legacy to start with.Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona It's hard to mention Ferrari without mentioning Lamborghini. When the Miura came out, all glorious 12 cylinders shoehorned sideways behind a monocoque chassis—the body would come later—the world jumped on this mid-engined craze (including Ferrari, as you'll read later). If your nemesis introduces a better gun, shouldn't you match it exactly? "Va'nculo," Enzo himself must have said, "we'll keep this front-engined thing going for as long as we can. Now get me Don Johnson!" Ferrari may not have matched the Miura in engine placement, but they got the cylinder count right—12, behind Weber carburetors—and boy, did they match the Miura in terms of styling brilliance.Dino 246 GT Leave it to Ferrari to introduce an entry-level car that manages to be one of the most beautiful in the world. Hard to imagine Ferrari without a road car whose engine lies somewhere behind the driver's spleen and somewhere in front of its Larini exhaust tips, but the Dino was the progenitor. As if that wasn't enough, its gorgeously rounded fenders and body lines seem, as the cliche goes, almost pornographic. Hey, it's Italy we're talking here, right?Ferrari 512 S Modulo The 1970s was a bold decade, one where cars had to look like they could fly to our vacation homes on Mare Serenitatis by 1980. Perhaps the Modulo, based on the chassis of a Ferrari 512 S racecar, was the most extreme. Ferrari built a bunch of the 512 for homoglation purposes, and just happened to have one left over—which it gave to Pininfarina, telling them, "you guys play with it or soemthing." And oh, they did—the result is something that looks like a computer mouse or James Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine on steroids. Fun fact: its 5.0-liter V-12 racing engine still functions, and if you drove the Modulo you would probably achieve some semblance of flight.Ferrari Testarossa What's a car more iconic than the Testarossa, that symbol of driving through a mountaintop of cocaine that you've conquered through insider trading deals on your novel-sized cell phone? Unsurprisingly, two cars from this list stem from the same television show. But both are symbolic of their respective eras: while the Daytona evokes imagery of whisking across the French Riviera with Grace Kelly in the passenger seat, the Testarossa whisks across South Beach just as easily, perhaps with Grace Jones. If there's one item from the 1980s that captures the decade so easily, it's the Motorola DynaTAC, wrapped in a pair of Brooks Brothers suspenders, and hanging from the rearview mirror of a Testarossa.Alfa Romeo Spider Blame Dustin Hoffman for this one, but the Alfa Romeo Spider enjoys just as envious a place in pop culture as the aforementioned Testarossa. Before it became inflated with gills and faux aero styling and godawful US regulation bumpers and the whiff of desperate Beverly Hills 80s Aqua-Netted housewives, the original round-ended "Duetto" was a delicate little thing with perfect proportions and a flat, simple tail you could use as a diving board. Here's a fun fact: when the original "Duetto" came out, it was nicknamed the "Osso di Seppia"—which was Italian for "cuttlefish bone." And just like swearing, it sounds far sexier in Italian.
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Gabe is off to see the Wizard, the younger, less likable Wizard of Oz...
When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot. Fame and fortune are his for the taking. That is until he meets three witches: Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity and even a bit of wizardry, Oscar transforms himself not only into a great wizard, but into a better man as well. (From Disney's official synopsis)
Many years ago, Sam Raimi was an off-Hollywood horror/comedy maverick trying to chisel his way into the mainstream. He floundered in relative obscurity while he watched contemporaries find major success throughout the '80s, then continued plugging through medium-budget productions as these same contemporaries fell out of favour in the '90s. He paid his dues during the era with a wide array of genre work, including a semi-successful dark superhero movie ( Darkman), an all-star western ( The Quick and the Dead), a critically acclaimed dramatic thriller ( A Simple Plan), and a Kevin Costner baseball drama ( For Love of the Game). In the year 2000, it was a very realistic possibility that Raimi would end his career as a steadily working cult figure, but then his charm and passion scored him the job of bringing Marvel's Spider-Man to the big screen for the first time, taking over for super-hit-maker James Cameron and history was rewritten. Post- Spider-Man, we live in a world where Sam Raimi is a major 'name' Hollywood director (coincidentally, another cult horror/comedy icon, Peter Jackson, also found mainstream success with the Fellowship of the Ring the same year).
Even when forced to pull his punches making 'grown-up' movies and boring baseball movies, Raimi didn't disappear into any of his films and his gonzo touch remained a vital part of his motion picture output. Despite playing the studio game throughout his big-budget superhero adventure, the director managed to make two and a half good Spider-Man films before producer interference finally drove him away. These three films could've easily turned into nondescript effects vehicles, but even the problematic Spider-Man 3 is a definitively Raimi-esque motion picture. In fact, many of the film's most notoriously unloved sequences are absolutely 100% vintage Raimi. After leaving the franchise to Marc Webb for an utterly nebulous reboot, Raimi took a detour from blockbusters to make Drag Me To Hell, a throwback to his 'spook-a-blast' Evil Dead days that ended up being both a satisfying horror comedy and one of his best, most mature films. As a fan, Drag Me To Hell was a dream – the kind of retrospective revamp we pray for from our cult idols and something few of us realized Raimi could actually pull off, following the creative stunting of the Spider-Man mega-productions. In that regard, it has been kind of depressing watching him courted by more studio tent-pole franchises. For a period, it appeared that he'd be taking over The Hobbit from Peter Jackson (which might have been nice had Jackson taken the chance to do his own Drag Me To Hell-like throwback), but, when that fell through, he was approached to adapt the World of Warcraft videogame series. It smelled like a depressing consolation prize. As a non-player, I'd assume that WOW fans would prefer a filmmaker that actually played the games took on their favourite property. Thankfully, studio in-fighting prevailed and Raimi left the project.
This brings us to the project Raimi finally settled on – Oz: The Great and Powerful. Sight unseen, L. Frank Baum's Oz seems a much more interesting world for an All American Boy, raised on classic fantasy and comic books – not MMORGP videogames – to flex his creative muscle. Though the production materials would have you believe this film is some kind of triumphant return to Oz, Baum's world never really disappears from film and TV screens for too long – just recently, the SyFy channel made a very popular miniseries called Tin Man, which slightly revamped the story's themes for an adult audience. But Disney had been holding onto the property with hopes of blockbuster franchises since the 1980s. Raimi's abilities with dynamic visuals and childlike charms seemed a perfect fit now that he'd become a big player. The only catch was that Disney and producer Joe Roth wanted the new Oz to resemble Tim Burton's obnoxious Alice in Wonderland reboot, which had scored the studio a surprising $1 billion-plus at the international box office. Fortunately, Raimi has dealt with various forms of animation since his Evil Dead days and through three CG-heavy Spider-Man movies. He had enough experience to theoretically bring his own style to the film, rather than aping Burton's. But even Spider-Man 3 was basically anchoring in a physical reality – Oz the Great and Powerful would be his first so-called green screen movie where he'd be depending on other artists to fill in the backgrounds. There's a bit more Burton in this film than I'd prefer (the films also share production designer Robert Stormberg) and a bit more sappy, cutesy crap than I'm sure Raimi is comfortable with, but, even in these circumstances, Raimi's true colours press through the curtain of mainstream expectations. The camera shifts into expressive Dutch angles, crash zooms, and the image is bent into circus mirror shapes, all for the sake of comedy.
As an adaptation of Baum's books, Oz the Great and Powerful is disappointing, because it doesn't take as much of the original stories into account as I'd like. It's been so long since I read the Oz books that I assume my memories aren't the steadiest, but there's definitely more weirdness in these stories that this more adventure-centric movie allows. Walter Murch's continuously underrated Return to Oz remains a better representation of what to expect from Baum's imagination-bending tales. I will admit that it's miles away from a mainstream property, but it's challenging in a fashion tailor-made for old-school Raimi. Besides being a movie driven by adventure and action, Oz the Great and Powerful also acts as a semi-prequel to Victor Fleming's original 1939 musical Wizard of Oz. This isn't only a generally boring choice, but it creates all kinds of rights issues that make the process stilted. Frankly, I don't really care about lining up the history of the humans that visit Oz I'm more interested in the mythology of Oz itself.
The screenplay, credited to Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire, recalls Raimi's films in snappy, sarcastic dialogue tones, comedic failure, and slapstick (though not quite the slapstick extremes of, say, Evil Dead 2). As fantasy elements begin to infiltrate the story, the usual Raimi-isms are swept aside in favour of the images, but, again, there's still an awful lot of the director's singular tone in the mix. Unfortunately, the cast isn't quite on the same frequency and often comes off as more stilted than 'gee-gosh' likeable. James Franco clearly understands the rhythms of a Sam Raimi movie, having worked with him over three Spider-Man movies (Evil Franco is a Spider-Man 3 highlight), but he's miscast as a young Bruce Campbell stand-in here. The female cast, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams, are more in step with the script's style, but there aren't any real standouts among them. The one thing Burton got out of Alice in Wonderland were 'unique' (not always the same as 'good') performances out of Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. More disconcerting is the way the witches' personalities revolve almost exclusively around the whims of Oscar, whose lack of romantic focus ends up being a defining character trait, like some kind of accidental male incubus (movies like The Gift and Drag Me To Hell have proven Raimi can handle female characters better than this). The more coherent, non-Raimi-specific problem with the screenplay is its saggy middle section. The sense of unwinding awe expected from the property is a bit muddled by the second act's lack of momentum and a little too much time spent on exposition.
What's most surprising is how closely the story matches Army of Darkness. Oscar is a blowhard that overestimates his own talents and finds himself thrust accidentally into a fantasy land where everything is beyond his control. When he arrives in Oz, he is informed that there's a prophecy claiming he will save everyone from great evil. Both Ash and Oscar use their unearned fame to their unbelievably selfish advantage, but eventually step up to the plate, gather an army of misfits, and take on the magical forces of evil with technology and montage sequences. There's even a part where Oscar has to get an enchanted object from a cemetery (though he doesn't have to speak a line from The Day the Earth Stood Still).
Oz the Great and Powerful was shot in digital 3D using a mix of 3Ality Technica and Red Epic cameras. It is, I believe, the first time Sam Raimi and cinematographer Peter Deming have shot using both the 3D and digital format. As per the usual, my review pertains to the 1080p 2D, not the 3D version (though I do regret not watching the film in theaters to see what someone like Raimi would do with the 3D format). As the film opens, it is 'picture-boxed' at 1.33:1 (it has black boxes on the top, bottom, and sides). These scenes are black & white to ape the films of James Whale and the like, but not faux-damaged like one of the Grindhouse releases. This footage is dark, as if lit by candlelight, but very crisp and clean as well. As Oscar enters Oz, the frame stretches to 2.35:1 and the sepia turns to super-vibrant colour, all in homage to the original 1939 film, where Kansas was black & white and Oz was in beautiful Technicolor. Digital colour still can't quite match the hyper-saturation of Technicolor, but it surely has an advantage when it comes to soft gradations and sheer quantity of hues. The 3D digital effects create some awkward foreground to background divisions in 2D. There's a general lack of blending between real people and digital creations throughout the film, but I get the impression that this was sort of the intended look. The film's textures tend to be a bit softened for the sake of the film's plush look, but the complexity of patterns and differentiating colours is very crisp, without any notable compression issues or edge haloes. Black levels are strong without crushing the darker hues – even the dimmest sequences feature plenty of pin-point highlights and fine details.
For whatever reason, this disc defaults to Dolby Digital 2.0 when you hit Play. I know this because a menu pops up and tells me this. I have no idea why this was decided, but, those of you with surround systems, be sure to select the DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack to get the full brunt of the mix. The sound design follows the image quality as the film opens by centering and flattening the dialogue and effects for the black & white sequences. Even the music seems to avoid the stereo and surround channels at this point. The directional enhancement kicks in as Oz' hot air balloon hits a tornado with particular aggression. It's jarring following the aurally thin lead-up, but is a fun trick and possibly the mix's most dynamic moment. Once in Oz, stereo and surround effects are used to immerse the audience in the supernatural ambience and to give the creature effects directional movement. I don't personally own the second two channels that make up a 7.1 set, but did notice that the movement between the rear speakers was especially lively, even on my 5.1 set up. The LFE gets a nice workout as well via storms, monsters, and particularly noisy magical acts (the witch showdowns are particularly stylish). I remember Danny Elfman claiming he'd never work with Raimi again after the Spider-Man 2 debacle (Raimi fell in love with the temp score, much to Elfman's chagrin, and the two 'broke up' when it came time for Spider-Man 3), but, apparently, Disney-levels of cash will bring any rivalry to an end. It's likely that the decision was left more to Disney and Roth than Raimi and Elfman. Anyway, Elfman certainly rests on his laurels during some points (lots of uplifting chorus and plunking bells), but there are some unique, magical moments featuring strange time signatures and dissonant chords (Oscar's introduction to Oz is the score's most exciting musical moment).
The extras begin with a Disney Second Screen iPad app experience entitled The Magic of Oz the Great and Powerful. Try though I might, I couldn't get the disc and the app to connect over my wireless network. Either I've mismanaged something or the app is not entirely ready to be used until after the Blu-ray's release. Oh, well.
This brings us to Walt Disney and the Road to Oz (10:10, HD), a brief look at the several decades-long process of making a Disney brand Oz movie, including Walt's various failed attempts to secure the franchise rights and attempts at making live action versions of the stories. It also features concept art from the failed Mouseketeers version, footage from Babes in Toyland (Disney's consolation prize) and Mary Poppins (the culmination of his efforts), failed Disneyland Oz-related ride concept art, footage from Return to Oz, and interviews with historian Les Perkins, Howard Green, Greg Erhber, and original Mouseketeers. My Journey to Oz by James Franco (21:40, HD) is a fly-on-the-wall style behind-the-scenes video diary put together by the lead actor, including interviews with Raimi, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, and various unnamed crewmembers. It's a bit scattershot, but does cover the script's changes (Raimi admits the original script was more true to Baum's books), Raimi's hiring, casting, special effects processes, and character types. Nobody acknowledges that the screenplay has so much in common with Army of Darkness.
The shorter featurettes start with China Girl and the Suspension of Disbelief (5:30, HD) briefly covers the process of bringing the China Doll to the screen with VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk, make-up effects supervisor Howard Berger, production designer Robert Stormberg, costume designer Michael Kutsche, marionette artist Phillip Huber, actress Joey King, and Braff (for some reason). Before Your Very Eyes: From Kansas to Oz (11:00, HD) covers the film's design with Stormberg, Raimi, and producers Grant and Joe Roth. The extras end with Mila's Metamorphosis (7:40, HD) on the her make-up process, Mr. Elfman's Musical Concoctions (7:10, HD) on Elfman's score (no mention of the Spider-Man 2 thing), a blooper reel, and Disney trailers.
Oz the Great and Powerful is a problematic film, but my fears that director Sam Raimi's specific tastes and talents would be lost in the multi-million dollar Disney production were largely unfounded. I'm much happier saying that it's a somewhat unsuccessful Sam Raimi film than saying it's a generic follow-up to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland monstrosity. It feels good to know we can still depend on Raimi to be Raimi, even when he isn't being the best Raimi he can be. This 2D Blu-ray features reference-level A/V and a decent collection of extras, though I wasn't able to get the iPad second screen app to work in time for this review.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
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EddieP362 Member Join Date: August 2012 Location: United States Posts: 21
I said almost the exact same thing in my review, that OZ felt like a safe-for-children's version of ARMY OF DARKNESS. Glad someone else noticed it. I could swear that the witch that screams "You shall never take the Necronomicon!" in the early goings makes an appearance at the end of OZ...
iconoclast Member Join Date: November 2006 Location: United States Posts: 264
Not surprisingly, the 3D was pretty great. I managed to see this in IMAx at the last possible second and I wasn't disappointed (not to say the movie isn't plagued with problems, but it's friggin Raimi in 3D)
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Release Date: 11th June 2013
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 DVS, Dolby Digital 5.1 French and Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: The Magic of Oz the Great and Powerful Second Screen App, My Journey in Oz By James Franco, Walt Disney and the Road to Oz, Before Your Very Eyes: From Kansas to Oz, China Girl and the Suspension of Disbelief, Mila's Metamorphosis, Mr. Elfman's Musical Concoctions, Bloopers, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
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Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Joey King
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family and Fantasy
Length: 130 minutes
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Company of Heroes patch 2.600 släppt!
Patch 2.600 Going Live 06/10
Patch 2.600 will be released tomorrow, June 10th. We will start updating the Company of Heroes servers at approximately 09:00 PST, at which point the patch will be live.
Company of Heroes patches (torrent download) CoH Patches
Patch 2.600 Notes
Bug Fixes
* Fixed an issue where Bergetiger audio volume was lower than intended.
* Fixed an issue with speech mixing.
* Fixed an issue with the game crashing while trying to exit from cinematic mode.
* Fixed a number of issues with the World Builder.
* Updated the help text for a few units.
* Fixed an issue with incompatibility between save games and version.
* Fixed a bug with long scenario descriptions.
* Cool-downs are now working properly for all weapons.
* HMGs in buildings will now switch targets as intended; there is a 3.5 second delay before the hmg will fire at another target.
* Squads will no longer rush at an undeployed weapons crew when ordered to attack.
* Fixed an issue where Pak38s could stack their first-strike modifiers.
* Fixed an issue with the lobby and front-end slowing down and operating slowly. This makes joining games and automatch teams much more reliable.
* Fixed a networking issue that caused a player's stats to appear as all zeroes.
* Fixed an issue that caused the last played map to be forgotten when starting a game of the same type.
* Fixed an issue where a host's game would crash when both host and client would try to move to an empty slot simultaneously.
* Fixed a few issues with players swapping slots and gameplay types within the lobby.
* Fixed an issue with "Swap Starting Location" functionality.
* Fixed a usability issue with the Autopatcher error messages.
* Fixed an issued that caused the game to crash upon loading the Mission 4 from Invasion of Normandy.
* The help text for the British Staghound has been updated to correctly reflect its role.
* Raised Panzerschreck squads preference to target Light Vehicles while garrisoned in buildings.
* SCAR Bug reporting has been turned off while players are running with -dev.
* Purple box no longer appears when trying to place British emplacements next to each other.
* Panzerkrieg: Fixed exploit that let players create Defensive Infantry for free ignoring the cool down timer.
* Repair bunker pioneers now repair engine criticals when repairing damaged vehicles.
* Added a new map called Panzerkrieg: Hébécrevon.
* 2p Sturzdorf has been updated to its proper version.
* 2p Beaux Lowlands has been updated to its proper version.
* 2p Wrecked Train has been updated to its proper version.
* 2p Langres has been updated to its proper version.
* 6p The Scheldt has been updated to its proper version.
* Improved the reliability and effectiveness of the American's Strafing Run.
* The T17 armored car's damage output has been reduced.
* Penetration of the T17 armored car has been reduced.
* The Panzer Elite's Schwimmwagen Scorched Earth ability has been replaced with an "Incendiary Trap" ability.
* The British Command Truck's mobile ability will no longer be available while the Truck is setting up.
* Panzergrenadier's Suppression Volley can properly target weapon crews that are set-up.
* Infantry sections with Bren upgrades can now use 'Button Enemy Vehicle' when garrisoned inside a building.
* Recon flight will now detect camouflaged vehicles and infantry (Panzerkrieg only).
* Panther health decreased by 11%.
* Panther Damage Multiplier reduced by 7%.
* Panther Range Multiplier reduced by 7%.
* Hellcat weapon reload modifier decreased by 11%.
* Hellcat damage multiplier increased by 9%.
* Hotchkiss health decreased by 10%.
* Churchill range increased by 7%.
* Stealth infantry units now cost 35 Manpower.
* Stealth infantry sticky bomb damage reduced by 27%.
Additional fixes not in the patch notes due to localization:
* Panzer Elite Infantry Halftrack suppression lowered.
Bug Fixes
* Fixed an issue where British Howitzers could use their barrage ability when it should be disabled.
* Fixed an issue where British MG nests would not open fire at targets within range.


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Robert Novak reports on a massive telephone survey of 15,000 Iowans who say they will attend the Republican caucuses. (If true, that would be a substantial percentage of all Republicans who will participate.) In this survey, Mitt Romney is back in front of Mike Huckabee, whose support appears to be slipping.
Bob Dole, Novak reports, has entered the fray with an open letter to Huckabee criticizing him for his attack on President Bush:
Unexpected late intervention by Bob Dole in the Iowa Republican caucuses confirms that Mike Huckabee may have blundered by assailing President George W. Bush's "arrogant bunker mentality" in international affairs.
"Why have you joined the 'Bush bashers'?" Dole asked in a letter to Huckabee that he made public.
Dole won the Iowa caucuses in 1996.
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Theatre professor invited to participate in prestigious teacher's program
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C. Patrick Gendusa, visiting assistant professor of theatre arts and production manager in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, has been chosen to participate this summer in The Actors Center Teacher Development Program in New York City. The intensive two-week program will serve as an introduction to some of the most respected teachers in the United States and abroad. Gendusa was one of only 14 individuals chosen to participate from college faculties around the world.
While the workshop is offered as a seminar for the benefit of established teachers and established actors who are starting to teach, it is conducted essentially as an acting class. The goal of the program is to provide resources for theatre professionals to impart upon their students. Admission to the program is based on stated personal understanding of the actor's process, background and demonstrated interest in personal development. For more information about the program, visit http://theactorscenter.org/Programs.html.
This spring, Gendusa will also appear on stage with the Rivertown Repertory Theatre, playing the lead role of Harry Roat in Frederick Knott's thriller, "Wait Until Dark." The show will run March 6 – 22 at the theatre's location in Kenner.
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Pizza Night: Baking Stones For All Budgets
It's Friday night and what better night for pizza? Pizza is such an easy, yet extremely fun family dinner — it's best to get everyone involved! hrough the selection of crusts, cheeses and toppings, it's a win-win situation for busy parents (or busy couples!). To get the best pizza, we recommend using a baking stone.
Baking stones may look the same, no matter where you're shopping, but there are subtle differences. Baking stones will last you years, won't cost you an arm and a leg and are extremely easy to store and maintain. Here are some of our favorites, for all budgets:
• Pizza/Bread Baking Stone, $48.00 provides the ability to make a professionally stone fired pizza. If you're not in the mood for pizza, it's great for baking bread!
• MR. Bar-B-Q Round Pizza Baking Stone Kit, $34.99 is a great, low-cost option for a baking stone. Not only is there a great baking stone, there's also a large spatula that will help you ensure you don't drop the pizza on the floor!
• Round Baking Stone, $17.95, is another really good low-cost option. If you're not quite ready to dive head first into the baking stone world, or if you just don't want to spend a lot of money — you can't beat $17.95 for 15" of baking stone goodness.
• Emile Henry Pizza Stone, $49.95 is unique not only in its color, but also in its ability to withstand extremely high heat and it's dishwasher safe!


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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Jockey Scrubs Giveaway! A big congratulations to:
– Tershara W. (South Carolina)
– Toni A. (Louisiana)
– Geeta K. (Mississippi)
– Marybeth S. (Alabama)
– Kristen J. (Illinois)
– Hanna L. (New York)
– Brigette M. (California)
– Kristen J. (New York)
– Lisa M. (Ohio)
– Rachel R. (Washington)
We hope you enjoy your Jockey Scrubs set! Thank you to everyone who entered. We'll be having more giveaways coming up soon, so stay tuned!


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Inspiration: Unique Collection Displays
Yesterday's question about how to display hockey tickets got us thinking about collections in general. Some may write them off as tacky, but many will appreciate them as an authentic expression of personality. Collections are one of the first things that strike us when we enter a home. They tell us something instantly about the inhabitants, and also make for great conversation starters. A good display, however, is the real key to their success. Check out these perfect arrangements for collection inspiration...
• 1 Heads and busts are always striking, but this example takes the cake. The white scheme directs all the attention to the trophy display.
• 2 We love the striking Southwestern look of crosses and icons grouped in quantities on a white wall.
• 3 We love the look of vintage mirrored sconces, but finding an intact matching pair to flank a window or mirror has proved difficult, so we like this luminous, creative alternative.
• 4 A functional display of hooks transforms an entry wall into a point of interest.
• 5 We love this romantic group of antique candlestick holders. The variety of shapes and sizes replaces formality with whimsy.
• 6 Humble things make fascinating displays. I love how individually none of these stones or boards is particularly breath-taking, but when grouped they're magical.
• 7 We love the collection of heart rocks collected by Megan Duerksen's (of Whatever blogfame) children.
• 8 Vintage prints on a theme — botanical, birds, boats, etc. — look fabulous arranged in matching frames and set on a grid.
• 9 Mirrors in various shapes and frames have a high impact and do wonders to brighten a room when placed to reflect light form a window.
• 10 Collections can be outside too! We love our friend, Mary's, grouping of cacti in terra cotta pots. Spread around the patio they might mot be as interesting, but as arranged they remind us of a trail of ducklings.
• 11&12 Erika from Urban Grace framed vintage matchbooks that she found at a flea market.
(Images: 1: via Cote de Texas, 2: Coastal Living, 3: House Beautiful, 4: Living etc., 5: via Simply Natural Decor, 6: via The Happy Haven, 7: Whatever, 8: Wisteria, 9: Southern Living, 10: Leah Moss, 11&12: Urban Grace)


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Greta's Bold, Colorful Abode
Name: Greta
Location: Prairie Village, KS
This room used to be my studio and was already painted white with one orange accent wall. We moved the Flor carpet squares from our living room into the nursery and got a new cushier rug for the living room.
The crib is from Amazon (Babyletto Hudson 3-in-1 convertible crib in white), the curtains are made from fabric from IKEA that I hemmed, and the chevron bedding and sheep rocker are from Pottery Barn Kids. The quilt was a gift made by my friend Kristen!
I decided since the colors were all gender neutral, the girl needed something girlie! So I made her the silver branch mobile with crystals hanging from it for some sparkle and bling. We hung baskets that I got from cb2 as book holders. We placed them at a lower level for her to eventually reach. The side table was a plywood project that I built in college, the teal lamp is from Crate & Barrel, and the dachshund night light is from 2modern (OFFI pet lamp in white).
I fixed up an old dresser that my parents have had in their storage room forever. It used to be brown wood that was very worn down and scratched up. I painted it flat grey and sanded around the edges and over the burly wood detail in the center of the top drawer. I put the original knobs back on and lined the drawers with wrapping paper that I liked. The closet was already painted orange and we added the chunky white floating shelves ourselves. They were designed with the plan of hanging clothes beneath the lower one for this very purpose.
The other dresser is my husband's childhood dresser with new knobs for a facelift. The tall white bookshelf is from West Elm, the bright-colored animal cube boxes in it are from Amazon (3 Sprouts Storage Boxes), and the changing pad cover is from BuyBuyBaby (Skip Hop Treetop). My friend, Megan, hand-made the crocheted wiener dog for me! The mason jar is decorated by my mom for a baby shower and is filled with advice and notes friends wrote to me. Hopefully this room makes Greta as happy as it makes me!
Thanks, Kara! Readers, you can visit Kara at The Kersten Haus.
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These gorgeous lesbians don't have to try hard to convince their lovers to come to bed, but they make seduction fun with kisses, caresses, and teases. That's what makes A Lesbian Seduction from Digital Sin such a luscious collection of scenes.
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Nov. 2, 2006
There is one in every clubhouse. For instance on the 2004 Redsox it was Johnny Damon: eccentric, entertaining, and different in every sense of the word. With his shoulder length hair and beard, Damon earned the admiration of fans and teammates with his carefree love for life and magnetic personality.
Just like the 2004 Redsox, this year's Bisons' baseball team has such a player. One quick glance across the locker room and there is no doubt who it is. Standing 6'8" with multiple piercing and tattoos is right-hander Matthew Schnelly. Chances are he will be playing a joke or laughing, because at heart he is still a five year old kid.
"Behind the tattoos and piercing he is a big teddy bear," teammate Caleb Joseph said. "Never mad or never angry. No worries! He's easy to talk to, very open-minded, very chill, extremely loose tempered, and respectful about EVERYTHING."
Towering above most of his teammates as well as the majority of the student body he appears daunting and intimidating. Yet, those who know him best quickly come to the realization that this is simply not the case.
He has such an intense fear of spiders that he once asked a girl to kill the spider for him. His best friend at the moment is probably a Dalmatian/Beagle mix named Homer. And he has a yellow Colorado truck named Roxie.
Indeed, Schnelly is an enigma. He listens to heavy metal/screamo music and yet, he plays wheelbarrow with a black and white bunny named Sebastian. He has multiple piercings and four tattoos as well as two stuffed penguins named Mumble and Emperor.
In his spare time he watches informational TV shows, and reads books not typical of your stereotyped baseball player. It is perhaps because of this that friends insist he knows "everything." He has a head for useless facts and maintains that his speed reading abilities are top notch.
However, on the baseball diamond, Schnelly reverts back into the intimidator. Towering above opponents with a nasty fastball, he is no longer the guy whose incessant laugh thrills those around him, he is the Bisons' own version of Randy Johnson. You can sense the change as his walk out song blares through the loud speakers, and he makes the jog to the mound, stopping to jump across the foul line, because like most athletes, he is superstitious.
Yet, the second his job is done and he steps off the field, back into everyday life he is once more the fun loving guy who loves dogs, bunnies, and penguins.
"Schnelly plays the game like it should be played," Joseph said. "He plays very 'professionally'. His laugh and energy are very contagious., and he's a great clubhouse guy. He really brings everyone together, but treats everybody the same, no matter what grade or experience you have."
Another teammate, Jared Picchiottino agreed. "Schnelly is the kind of guy that everyone likes to hang out with. He's funny, laid back, and outgoing. He keeps everybody laughing and keeps the locker room loose."
In such an intense sport, where failure is ever present, Schnelly is the rare player who can be easy going enough to joke around and lighten the mood in the clubhouse while maintaining the professionalism baseball demands of its players.
Someone once said, "To be unforgettable, one must always be different."
Indeed Schnelly is both. He is unique, one of a kind, and yet the first to accept someone equally different. Perhaps, it is this quality that best exemplifies him and draws others closer.
Yes, he is eccentric, entertaining, and truly unforgettable. He is confident, yet not cocky. However, the words of his teammates, offered the best glimpse into the enigma which is Schnelly. In the end, only four words were needed.
"He's the ultimate teammate," Joseph said.
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Making smart financial decisions is always important, but even more so when you have a family. For nearly a quarter of a century, Paradise Village has worked hard to support families with affordable, attractive, well-appointed, spacious and energy-efficient homes. We're surrounded by a beautiful, safe, resort-like community with peaceful, well-lit streets (maintained and patrolled by the city), sidewalks throughout, slow/safe speed limits, nice neighbors, plus an A-Rated school district, free tutoring programs and scholarships!
The whole family will love the many amenities Paradise Village offers. There's a freshwater lake that's great for fishing. The large clubhouse serves as the center for community functions, and features an exercise room and sauna, basketball court, tennis courts, fenced playground, and a large swimming pool with separate wading pool surrounded by plenty of tables and chairs for your comfort. In addition, residents enjoy other conveniences such as an RV and boat storage area, a large laundry facility, community parties and events, bi-monthly visits from a mini-medical van, special movie nights, and much more.
All homes at Paradise Village are resident-owned—and all prospective residents have their credit and background reviewed by Management prior to purchasing. This helps ensure that Paradise Village remains one of the safest communities in South Florida. We are committed to your family and think nice neighbors are an important part of a happy life.
And to get you here, numerous lenders work with qualified Paradise Village home buyers. That means the dream of home ownership can be yours, while saving you money compared to the cost of renting in our area. Come for a visit. Our friendly and helpful staff will make sure that your move to Paradise is a breeze.


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How do I purchase an e-permit? Can I pay using cash or debit?Purchase a student e-permit online at myUFV by choosing the Campus Services tab. Credit card is accepted.Can I register more than one vehicle on an e-permit?No. There is no physical permit issued, the vehicle's license plate becomes the "permit". Only one vehicle can be registered for an e-Permit.
Is my e-permit valid at all UFV Campuses?Yes.
My license plate has been stolen, how do I report my plate stolen in order to have a new plate registered?Contact ICBC and register your new plate with Impark. If your plate was stolen while you were parked at UFV, it is recommended that you report the theft to security as soon as possible.I only purchased 4-hours of parking, but have decided to stay longer, can I add time to my existing daily parking?Yes, either return to any of the meters on campus and use the "Add Time" feature or pay-by-phone and follow the prompts. I purchased daily parking from the meter in Abbotsford. Can I display the daily parking receipt at Canada Education Park, or do I have to pay again if I go to that campus?No, daily pay parking is valid only at the campus where it was purchased. When I was unloading my vehicle at the entrance to the library, I received a parking violation. I just left my vehicle for 10 minutes, why did I receive a violation? You were parked in a fire lane, and your vehicle was unattended. When parking to load or unload your vehicle, either pay for parking and obtain a cart to transport your items, or have someone stay with your vehicle while you are away from it.What is the penalty if I fail to pay for parking?Strict enforcement of the parking regulations is performed by Impark. Failure to pay for parking could result in a violation. Pay violations within 7 days and pay $25.00, or wait and pay $50.00. It pays to pay the daily parking rate at the meters, pay-by-phone, or purchase a UFV student e-permit or an employee permit.
How do I pay a violation?See the violation ticket for payment option details, and contact Impark.How do I dispute a violation?Parking violations can be disputed by contacting Impark. If daily pay parking was purchased, provide purchase receipt including stall number. In the case of permit holders, provide your e-permit confirmation number/Impark account number, or employee or special permit number.I've heard that you can accumulate up to five (5) parking violations before you will be towed, is that true?No. Any vehicle in violation may be subject to removal at the owner's expense. On occasion, vehicles are towed on a 1st violation (fire lane, blocking drive aisles, unauthorized disabled stalls, safety reasons etc.)I can't find my car. Could it be towed? Who do I call?Contact Fraser Valley Towing 604-703-3200
I heard something about free assistance for people that have been locked out of their vehicle or need a boost or help with a flat tire, is that true?
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Grey Velour Top
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The comfortable oversized top includes a cowl neck, that can be worn a few different ways, raglan sleeves, and an asymmetrical hem with point pocket. (I lined the pocket, which the pattern did not call for.) I used some silver Guterman thread I had left over from my Holiday outfit, it worked beautifully. I used my narrow rolled hem foot for the top of the pocket, which worked great because the edges of this fabric have a natural roll. I used a slightly larger stitch (3) on the hems because I did not want the fabric to pucker or roll. Notes: I made the size large and used the XL collar because I love slouchy cowl necks. I used my overlock foot to serge all the inside seams. I added a horizontal pleat in the center of the pocket. more on my blog at http://bit.ly/A2frDd.
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I made this top with lush grey velour I bought at F&S Fabrics in LA.
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Jan 26, 2012, 07.43 PMby Andrea Delesdernier
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Jan 26, 2012, 09.47 AMby libbysharf
Very feminine and sexy, even on the mannequin :-) I love the over sized cowl neck, and the fabric looks so soft and beautiful. great job!
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The British space scientist Colin Pillinger, best known for his failed attempt in 2003 to put a spacecraft called Beagle 2 on Mars, has died, fellow scientists said.
Pillinger, who championed the Beagle 2 project despite some mocking by the public, died at his home in Cambridge, in south-east England.
Martin Rees, Britain's Astronomer Royal, hailed Pillinger as one of the nation's leading planetary scientists.
"He was of course a character – an archetype eccentric professor," Rees said. "He was committed to space exploration and to its broader role in science education."
Beagle 2 was named after the ship Charles Darwin sailed in when he formulated his theory of evolution. It was built by British scientists for about 50 million pounds ($85 million).
The craft was taken to Mars aboard the European Space Agency's orbiter Mars Express, but then disappeared without trace after being dropped off to make its landing.
Colleagues and friends praised his zeal and planetary curiosity.
"Colin was a visionary and an inspirational leader, and had a wonderfully involving interaction with the media," said Andrew Coates, the head of planetary science group at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at the University College London. "He really raised our hopes of actually going to Mars in 2003 to look for past or present life."
(Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by Larry King)


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Bogus Election Net Neutrality Connection Gets More Press, And Is Even More Wrong
from the details,-details dept
Take, for example, the piece written by reporter Chris Lefkow, of AFP, and published over the weekend -- long after many sites had debunked this particular talking point. In it, Lefkow seems to get pretty much all of the details wrong. Admittedly, he's "paraphrasing" from (notoriously anti-net neutrality) Richard Bennett's blog:
Bennett, in a blog post at Hightechforum.org, noted that all 95 Democratic members of the House and Senate who had signed a public pledge to protect an "open Internet" had lost their seats in the Republican tidal wave.Apparently, Lefkow and the AFP (which I had thought was better than this), don't think you need to fact-check even the most basic claims as long as they appear on a blog somewhere. First of all, anyone who paid any attention whatsoever to the election last week would know that between the House and the Senate, 95 seats were not lost -- in total. As I'm writing this up, there are still some races that haven't been officially called, but of the official races, the Dems lost 60 seats in the House and another 6 in the Senate. There are 9 uncalled House races and 1 uncalled Senate race -- so at most, the Democrats could have lost 76 seats. So anyone who even paid minimal attention to the election would know that this claim is false. The 95 number, as we noted, is about 95 Democratic challengers, not incumbents. And yet here's one of the bigger mainstream publications claiming, without any support, that 95 incumbents lost their seats over net neutrality.
And people wonder why no one trusts the big news wires any more.


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What's New
fix for the iPhone 5S
App Description
Touch Hockey Ultimate is the latest edition in the blockbuster Touch Hockey franchise.
Choose from 10 tables and over 20 paddles!
Compete for the highest score on each table!
Unlimited Online Plays!
Near-by Play over Wifi or Bluetooth!
Do-Overs to recover high score opportunities!
Great new Bumper and Glow Tables!
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Life of a trooper on New York's frontier
New substation puts State Police closer to Adirondack towns
It's around 2 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon, and Trooper Ronald Dacre calls up the onboard computer in his State Police SUV. A map shows every trooper in New York currently on patrol, each on-duty vehicle marked by a dark-blue dot. Aside from some thick clusters on the Northway and Interstate 90, they look rather evenly dispersed across the state -— except for Dacre's SUV.
On the map, it looks as though southern Hamilton County could be an empty sea, Dacre's patrol vehicle the lone wayward ship lost in the water.
The only trooper within 30 miles of Dacre is a colleague on his way back to the State Police's Mayfield barracks after stopping to speak with Dacre at his one-room station in this Adirondack town of about 600. That might be the only colleague Dacre sees for days.
But such is life for the trooper tasked with watching over the most sparsely populated patch of land in the eastern United States, an area so sprawling and so desolate the federal government has declared it a frontier.
" 'Round here, it can take you a little while to get somewhere," Dacre says as he heads north on Route 30, one of the three main county roads — three of the only roads he patrols that aren't dirt or dead ends — that connect the six towns and one village on Dacre's colossal mountainside beat.
Those communities cover 1,070 square miles and have a combined population of just a hair over 2,000 by the latest census count. Many of those residents, however, only come up this way in the summer, when the lakes are ripe for boating and swimming. Some of the towns are separated by 40 miles of open roads. Cruising up Route 30 toward Lake Pleasant, Dacre passes more deer than other cars.
"You just gotta stay busy," Dacre says.
The northern half of Hamilton County is covered by troopers at State Police's Indian Lake barracks. For the past 20 years, those troopers and their colleagues at the Mayfield barracks an hour to the south had to take calls for southern Hamilton County in addition to their normal patrols. But in mid-March, the State Police reopened its satellite station in Wells to better position at least one trooper for the area. Though it still can take Dacre almost 45 minutes to get from one town to another, that's twice as fast as Indian Lake and Mayfield troopers could respond.
The cost is minimal. Dacre, an eight-year State Police veteran, was working out of Mayfield before the reassignment. He and Trooper Casey Krul, who was also working out of Mayfield, now work rotating full-time shifts out of the tiny Wells station.
Dacre, 36, seems like the perfect man for a job that must seem undesirable for many of his peers. The Gloversville native grew up near the edge of the city and, in his younger years, would take his motorcycle up to the towns he now patrols to fish. He loves to hunt and snowmobile, too. He and his wife just married this past December and live on 80 acres of land in Hope, about 15 miles from the Wells station. Dacre's wife runs a salon in nearby Northville. The couple just had their first child, 6-month-old Garrett.
"We love it up here," Dacre says. "It's beautiful. Every season is great in its own way."
While many troopers may be looking to make new ranks, Dacre says he's just fine as a trooper.
"Going for sergeant or detective, it's just not for me. It's just extra paperwork; more time behind a desk," Dacre says. "I really like to be out there."
Dacre and his three siblings were raised by their mother. Dacre's father was out of the picture early on, and his stepfather died when Dacre was 7. As a younger kid, Dacre thought he wanted to work in electronics but found out it wasn't for him after a few semesters at Fulton-Montgomery Community College. He entered the Army and served in the National Guard before joining the State Police.
Dacre patrolled out of Indian Lake, often by himself like at Wells, before moving on to barracks in Cobleskill, Fonda and eventually Mayfield. While at Mayfield, Dacre arrested murder suspect James Dibble last summer. On July 1, the Ephratah man allegedly shot his mother, Gwenda Lisman, in the head with a .22-caliber rifle. A few days later, after a long search by State Police, Dacre and his partner spotted Dibble's car on the Mayfield bridge.
"He was just sitting there fishing," Dacre says. Dibble was taken into custody without incident.
Most of the action on Dacre's new beat comes in the form of checking on vacant homes and writing speeding tickets. Homeowners sign up on a State Police list requesting troopers to keep an eye on their houses while they're away. Dacre will drive by every few days, strap on a pair of snowshoes and check the perimeter to make sure no one has broken in.
Though cars can be few and far between, they tend to drive fast on these roads. The speed limit is 55 or 45 mph depending on what route you're on. Dacre sees cars hit up to 90 mph.
"People drive real fast when they see no one else out here for miles and miles," Dacre says.
Just about all of Dacre's 12-hour shifts are spent in his State Police SUV, a hulking Chevrolet Tahoe fitted with a 12-gauge shotgun next to the center console. Routes 30, 8 and 10 are the main roads, connecting Wells, Lake Pleasant, Hope, Benson, Arietta, Speculator and Morehouse. It takes about 45 minutes to get from Wells to Morehouse, a town that covers 197 square miles and has a population of 86, according to the census. Morehouse has about 50 year-round residents.
It would take about three hours to cover the entire circumference of Dacre's beat, from the western edge of Warren County, across Hamilton County to the eastern side of Herkimer County and then back east along the northern border of Fulton County.
"We burn through fuel pretty good here," Dacre says.
Dacre's Wells station is an office no bigger than 10 by 15 feet, a side room in the red brick Wells Municipal Building. There's a desktop computer and printer, some file cabinets, a station for fingerprinting and a pulldown screen and camera for taking mug shots. Anyone in custody will be held there by a handcuff linked to a chain fastened to the floor. There is a wooden chair for a suspect to sit in. Almost two weeks in, Dacre and Krul haven't arrested anyone. The only call Dacre has had these first few weeks was for downed power lines smoldering in the snow at a vacant cabin in Wells.
On this Wednesday, Dacre comes back down Route 30 after heading toward Arietta and making a pass through Speculator. There's not much action, as most people are gone for the winter.
Dacre passes by the only two gas stations within 20 miles of his station. The one open latest closes at 8 p.m. He passes the Mountain Mart as he nears Wells. The store keeps a chalkboard tally of local moose sightings.
"I saw my first moose tracks just the other day," Dacre says.
Darce makes a quick stop at the Wells station before he heads back out for the night. He'll mostly be looking for speeders the rest of his shift. He hasn't issued a ticket yet today, but promises it'll be busier come summer.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Raspberry White-Chocolate Bread Pudding . . . and a Gift Certificate Giveaway from Blog2Print!
I have two good things to share today. One is a raspberry white-chocolate bread pudding, and the second is a very special giveaway. Imagine my delighted surprise last week when I opened an email from Blog-2-Print, inquiring if I'd have any interest in sponsoring the giveaway of a $35 gift certificate! It will come as no surprise to you that I responded in the affirmative. Yes! Yes!
Are you familiar with Blog-2-Print? If you have a blog yourself (or perhaps you have a friend who does?), you owe it to yourself to get familiar. Blog-2-Print is a service that allows you to make a bound book from a range of your blog's posts, in paperback or hardcover, via their incredibly easy-to-use website. The entire assembly process, from the blogger's standpoint, takes just a few minutes and it literally could not be more user-friendly. Anyone can give the blog-to-book assembly process a free trial run by visiting B2P's website. It's extremely fun to see what your blog would look like as a book, and to flip through it virtually, page by page, with no commitment at all.
Okay, so let's say you decide to actually make a book and place your order. Then what? Well, before you know it your shiny new volume is delivered to you, safe and sound. Expect your heart to skip a beat as you slide it out of the package, inhale that classic new-book aroma, and reverently page through your very own creation. I can tell you this with first-hand certainty because a couple of years ago I gave Blog2Print a whirl myself, using their service to compile a sleek volume covering three months' worth of my own blog's entries. I was especially pleased with the bright color and clarity of the photos, the quality of the paper, and the strong, tight binding. According to Julie, my friendly contact person at Blog2Print, a $35 gift certificate will allow for the production of a paperback book of about 77 pages or a 48 page hardcover. (I'm looking forward to making a new book, too, since Blog2Print generously offered to provide me, as well as our winner, with a $35 gift certificate--woo hoo! Thank you so very much, B2P!)
To enter this giveaway . . .
All you have to do to enter this giveaway is leave a comment on this post telling me why you'd like to make your blog into an actual book. And, please leave a name of some sort in your comment, okay? (Don't just call yourself "anonymous," because I know you're not really anonymous anyway--you're most definitely someone worth knowing.) Entrants can be from any country--there are no geographic restrictions, so I've been told by Blog2Print. I will announce the winner on Friday, May 4th, and ask that person to contact me via email. I will then provide that lucky individual with instructions so they can retrieve their $35 gift certificate from B2P. So simple . . . yes? Okay, then, we're good to go.
About this recipe . . .
This is an original, non-adapted recipe. I made it using day old Italian bread from a little local bakery, but if you prefer to use a homemade loaf, here's the link to my own favorite Italian bread recipe from a past post; if you use it to make your own bread for the bread pudding, just be sure to leave out the herbs and garlic, and consider substituting melted butter for the olive oil.
I suggest you indulge in a warm serving of this bread pudding topped with a soft dollop of whipped cream. As my dad always used to say, after eating something especially satisfying that my mom had served him, this humble dessert "really hits the spot."
Raspberry White-Chocolate Bread Pudding
(For a printable version of this recipe, click here!)
Preheat oven to 350, and generously butter a small casserole dish (mine was about 9" x 9" and 2" deep; I recommend using a clear glass dish so you can easily tell if the bottom of the pudding is fully baked before removing it from the oven).
12 oz. frozen raspberries, or about two cups fresh
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 water
In a sauce pan, stir together the raspberries, sugar, and water. Cook over a medium flame until the mixture just comes to a gentle boil; lower the heat, stirring periodically, and let it simmer until it thickens and has reduced by about one third. It should look like raspberry jam that's not terribly thick when it's ready. Remove the pan from the heat and set it aside while you prepare the other ingredients.
6 to 7 large slices of day-old Italian bread, cut into large bite-size chunks (I left the crust on. If you prefer not to use the crust, you'll need a couple of more slices and you may want to consider reducing the amount of milk in the recipe a bit.)
1 cup half & half
2/3 cup milk
3 large eggs
1 and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 pinch kosher salt
3/4 of grated/shredded white chocolate, or 1/2 cup of mini-white chocolate chips
In a large bowl, whisk together the half & half, milk, vanilla, eggs, sugar, and salt.
Spread half of the bread chunks in your buttered dish. Drizzle half of the milk mixture evenly over the bread, and then pour half of the raspberry sauce evenly over that. Sprinkle with half of the shredded white chocolate. Using the rest of the bread chunks, spread another layer on top. Drizzle with the remaining liquid, and pour the rest of the raspberry sauce over that. Sprinkle with the rest of the shredded white chocolate.
Cover the dish with plastic wrap and let it sit for about twenty minutes before baking; this will allow the bread to absorb some of the liquid. (If you want to delay baking your pudding, you can refrigerate it at this point and bake it within a few hours.)
Bake on the middle rack of your oven for about 35 to 40 minutes, until the top and bottom look lightly golden and no longer obviously wet. Check it at about 25 minutes; if the pudding seems to be browning on the top too quickly, cover it loosely with foil.
While the baked pudding is cooling on a rack, whip some cream to serve along with it. The pudding is best served warm, not steaming hot. Be sure to refrigerate any leftovers.
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- Carole said...
I would like to make my blog http://www.cybercookscookingcorner.blogspot.com into a book because I love to write and I would need to expand each post a little. Rather than post recipes I review other food and cooking blogs.
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- May 1, 2012 at 12:30 AM
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As a first-time mother, I am having so much fun blogging. Not only is it a creative outlet for me, but it captures the unique, funny and adorable moments we have with our daughter, Collins. My family and friends who live far away tell me all the time how much it means to them to have the constant updates about Collins. She is 14-months old now, and I would love to turn her first year of blogs into a book to cherish forever! The blog is http://followingtheforks-collins.blogspot.com/. Thanks!
- May 1, 2012 at 1:16 PM
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I would love to have a handy copy of all my favourite recipes to use rather than flipping through a handful of different cookbooks. It would be great to see my blog on paper! I had't heard of b2p before but it sounds real cool! I would love this gist card!! http://cocoandisa.blogspot.com
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- May 1, 2012 at 5:25 PM
- Donna said...
There have been times I would have liked to share something I wrote on the blog with family member who do not have web access. It would be great to be able to hand them a book.
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Math-Science Effort Earns Biology Professor Trip to Australia
JMU's emphasis on integrating mathematics with biology has attracted the attention of an international audience. Dr. Kyle Seifert, associate professor of biology, will get to address that audience in December when he travels to Sydney, Australia to deliver a keynote address during a Quantitative Skills in Science Symposium.
Seifert said he will likely be asked to lead a workshop or two during the symposium that will be held Dec. 10 and 11.
The symposium is being hosted by the Quantitative Skills in Science Project, based at Queensland University in Sydney. According to the project website, "Recent research suggests that the level of quantitative skills (QS) in science need to be significantly improved. As a starting point, the QS in Science project will collaborate with Australian and international universities, looking for science programs that produce better skilled science graduates."
Seifert said the opportunity to speak at the symposium arose after a chance meeting with a member of the QS in Science Project at another conference about a year and a half ago. The Australian group was intrigued by JMU's math/science partnerships and visited JMU in fall 2011 to conduct interviews and learn more about the development of quantitative skills in the biology major. They subsequently used the information about the major as a case study as a part of their bigger QS project.
Seifert said JMU has made good progress over the past six or seven years integrating biology and mathematics through an undergraduate research program that requires biology majors to team with mathematics majors on research projects.
"We as biologists realize the importance of math, which is why we have it built into the curriculum and I know we would love to be able to develop more of those skills as the students go through the biology major," Seifert said.To read about more academic accomplishments, check the scholarly news section of Madison Scholar, the online journal of scholarly work at JMU.
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Brittanian League
The Brittanian League is one of the biggest and most prevalent monarchies in the Brikverse, mostly thanks to its control over major trade routes and the control of many colonies that are key to its economy. The Brittanian League is marked by its stereotypical 'Britishness', which includes an overbearing sense of nationalistic loyalty towards the Royal Family, 'King and country'... in most cases, most of the time.
Recent times saw the League take a bit of a beating as they got engaged in more and more conflicts and it was generally assumed they were becoming a victim of their lacking technology
Over the course of their history, the Brittanian League has almost constantly been slowly expanding their territories, trade routes and colonies through a combination of diplomacy and force. Their endless Imperial ambitions gained them a lot of power, but also a large score of enemies and empires that are wary of them, and recent times saw the League's growth begin to stagnate, even crumble, though efforts were immediately made to turn the tide.
Technologically, the Brittanian League is largely lagging behind on the more advanced factions, specifically in relation to their space navy. Even though recent times saw them adopt their contacts and influence in the Brikverse to gain access to more advanced technologies, the vastness of the League makes it difficult to implement these changes effectively, and a lot of Brittanian forces still rely on steampunk technology. The League is renown for their use of electrified steel.
The Brittanian League employs various kinds of infantry that supplement each other's qualities in battle, and are most well-known for their solid use of light infantry. The infantry is often supported by light, often steampunk vehicles, or infantry units wielding intricate steampunk devices to aid them. The steam gatling would be one such example. Larger and more imposing vehicles exist, but the sheer size of the League restricts the use of these impressive, if somewhat outdated machines mostly to the core worlds.
Brittanian armed forces
There are so many various troop types in the vastness of the League that even the Brittanian government has difficulties keeping track of them all. Brittanian light infantry are the most prevalent units and there are many types, including the Anzacs. Rocketeer units are often employed as support, and sometimes they are supported by Heavies or special units such as the All-Rounders.
Brittanians still utilise cavalry.
Gatling walkers are the most prevalent combat support unit. Larger units such as the Brittanian Hardsuits also exist.
The navy relies mostly on large, outdated capital ships that are often supported by gunboats.
The Royal Family bears the highest authority, but the commanders of the fringe worlds and colonies can usually rule with a great deal of autonomy, rarely receiving The nationalistic feeling that houses within every Brittanian actually makes this a pretty effective system, as most Brittanian leaders are able to put the well-being of the League before any personal desire. In fact, becoming a renown historical figure in the history of the League through loyalty to the Crown is probably their most important personal desire.
Recent History
For years, the League had been stagnating. Things only grew worse during the events of Zombie Zulu Dawn, during which an entire planet was lost to the Peach Virus and the seeds for a war with the mighty Assyrian Empire were planted. Weary of aggression from their neighbors, the Brittanian League joined the Immortal Alliance.
The Brittanian League partook in the Prussian-Monarchial Conflict, which they didn't manage to get much profit from.
Apart from the Immortal War, the League was also pushed into a conflict with the Third Alliance.
Notable Leaders
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Current Law Students / Re: Memo Grading« on: March 14, 2010, 06:15:35 PM »
I'm telling you, its not as clean cut as at most schools. I've gotten a bad grade before and not reacted this way. It is not my ego. I'll give an example: on the syllabus all out of class assignments count for 5 percent of the total grade and there were bout 20. As such, all papers being even, I get an NP rather than a P ( the only grades given) because I was late on an out of class assignment. Has nothing to do with my paper. And I want an independent source to make sure it has nothing to do with my paper. Its not like I got a "C", it is more akin to pass/fail. The arbitrariness is astounding. I mentioned the guy who asked his prof why he got a bad grade and was told: "must happen to somebody" by his prof.. He didn't deserve his grade either. This happened to 25 percent of the class.
You are making less and less sense as you continue to post in this thread and it is becoming increasingly apparent why you did poorly. You receiving an NP because you turned in an assignment late isn't arbitraty at all... it's completely expected. You turn in a late assignment, you get penalized.
Regarding the random tale of your classmate - your professor is absolutely right that receiving a low grade "must happen to somebody." You've already mentioned that is the school's policy. Guess what? Your classmate turned in a horrible paper. If getting a low grade "must happen to somebody," it is going to happen to the students that turn in garbage; and it did.