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Currently, ex-info exceptions have no stack traces, which makes them.. much less useful.
Attached patch (0001-hack-ex-info-stacktraces.patch) is one hackish way of getting stack traces back when Error.captureStackTrace is available (at least in Chrome, presumably in Node as well).
But this seems unacceptable — all the stuff emitted for the deftype (making the constructor print as a type) gets overwritten.
Is there a better way?
Will this maybe be made irrelevant by source maps?
Isn't the stack trace recoverable from the original exception?
I hadn't considered that. If a cause is provided, that seems reasonable. The only trouble is that you still have to know where the ExceptionInfo is being thrown, so that you can catch it and throw the cause. Chrome's debugger would make it easy to at least find where the ExceptionInfo is thrown, but it's still more trouble than having the appropriate stack trace directly on the ExceptionInfo.
If no cause is provided, of course that won't work. But I suppose one could write (ex-info msg data (js/Error.)) instead of (ex-info msg data)? Personally, I don't expect to pass a cause very often — I expect the binary arity to be much more common in my cljs libraries.
If we rely on the cause for the stack trace, maybe we could have the cause default to a new Error if not supplied? It seems sort of conceivable that we could also wire up the ExceptionInfo to proxy .stack to that Error so that the stacktrace will come through, without needing to override the ExceptionInfo constructor.
Sorry for letting this one languish, it appears stack traces just work under Node.js. However that doesn't seem to be the case in browsers. I would take a rebased patch, thanks.


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after a wild vacation in cali, and a marriage proposal...
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hannah and alex thought it would be such a relaxing boy and drama free vacation.... BOY where they wrong! but they arnt just any boys, its there favorite boy band one direction who they run into quite a few time and right when things start to go good for all of them, thats when shit starts to get real! but whats gonna happen when the girls have to leave?!
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- "Every single Divination and Care of Magical Creatures lesson was now conducted in the presence of Umbridge and her clipboard. She lurked by the fire in the heavily perfumed tower room, interrupting Professor Trelawney's increasingly hysterical talks with difficult questions about ornithomancy and heptomology, insisting that she predicted students' answers before they gave them and demanding that she demonstrate her skill at the crystal ball, the tea leaves and the rune stones in turn."
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Heptomology is a Divination method.
When inspecting Sybill Trelawney's classes in January, 1996, Dolores Umbridge (then-Hogwarts High Inquisitor) would interrupt her talks with difficult questions on ornithomancy and heptomology.[1]
Behind the scenes
- Though it is not specified what Heptomology is, the suffix "hepta" is Greek for "seven" and "logy" means "A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject". This seems to indicate it has to do with the magical properties of the number seven and is thus related to Arithmancy. Alternatively, some sources give it as a synonym of haruspicy (though it would be more properly called "hepatomancy", from the Greek "hepatos" meaning liver), a form of divination by examining the liver or other entrails.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
|Professors: Sybill Trelawney · Firenze
|Known Seers: Calchas · Cassandra Vablatsky · Cassandra Trelawney · Inigo Imago · Mopsus · Professor Mopsus · Unidentified Canadian Seer · Unidentified female Seer · Unidentified male Seer
|Textbooks: The Dream Oracle · Unfogging the Future
|Methods: Astrology · Cartomancy · Catoptromancy · Crystal-gazing · Crystal ball · Dream interpretation · Fire-omens · Heptomology · Ichthyomancy · Palmistry · Ornithomancy · Tarot cards · Tessomancy
|Divination at Hogwarts: Divination (class) · Divination Classroom · Divination staircase · Sybill Trelawney's office · Classroom 11


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Hot on the heels of the release of FreeBSD 9, it's the ninth version of its desktop-oriented offspring to jump into the spotlight. "Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, this is the first release of PC-BSD which offers users a variety of desktop environments to choose from, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE and more! Also available are pre-built VirtualBox and VMware images with integrated guest tools for rapid virtual system deployment, and native support for installing directly to OS X BootCamp partitions."


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Aaron Paul Confirms Meetings for 'The Dark Tower' Role
Aaron Paul plays it cool in plaid as he arrives at 1 Oak for a night out on Saturday evening (January 25) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 34-year-old Breaking Bad star was joined by his wife Lauren Parsekian.
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"I've had a ton of meetings on that," Aaron recently confirmed about the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower. "I just had a general sit down with [director] Ron Howard, who is a huge fan of the show, which is such a crazy thing to even think that Ron Howard even knows who I am. They're definitely planning on making it. I'm excited."
Earlier in the week, Aaron hit up the Variety Studio at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT.
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Work starts again on stalled building
The gaping hole in downtown Portland at Southwest Park and Taylor has been an eyesore for four years. But construction on the Park Avenue West Tower is finally beginning again.
TMT Development announced Friday the tower will finally be built. They secured a construction loan for the $175 million project from a California company and from the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.
"For strong projects like this, financing is now available, when it wasn't back in the great recession of 2009," said Vanessa Sturgeon, the president of TMT Development.
It was started in 2008, but construction halted a year later when the economy melted down. The hole and uncertainty hurt other businesses around the area, even as the economy started to turn around.
People like Mary Lou Cavendish have been looking forward to this kind of activity in downtown for years.
"I am delighted to hear," she told KOIN 6 News. "Isn't it called the Portland Pit?"
The tower will be a little different from its original concept. The tower will be 30 stories tall instead of 26, and 211 apartments will replace the condos in the middle of the tower.
Retail will still be prominent at ground level, with offices at the top and a six-level parking garage underground.
Park Avenue West will be 75 feet taller than the nearby Fox Tower.
"It's great. It's going to obviously help this corner," Bill Hayden of Brasserie Montmarte said Friday. "We're hoping that it will help lease out the Carl Greve's next to us, because that's been empty for about five years also. So we're pretty excited about it."
Brooks Brothers is near the tower's northwest corner. Manager James Pierce said customers often asked about the big hole across the street.
"Possible clientele that will be moving in there will definitely help, number one. But also the shops around the bottom will definitely help bring more traffic to the area," he said.
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There's a two day event coming up this weekend run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
I'll be going on Saturday
There's a chance to try your hand at sushi making and there's anime screening and all kinds of other events.
I'm particularly interested in the Yuzen demonstration and am keen to learn how the Tokyo style differs from that of Kyoto and Kanazawa.
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I had tried all sorts of diets before but the results didn't last because the type of food or the portions were not what I would normally eat, so as soon as the diet stopped, the weight crept up again. Seeing the weight drop off a little bit every week was a great motivator!
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The documentary film, Waiting for "Superman," by producer Davis Guggenheim is scheduled to open in Columbus on Friday, Oct. 14. A film that evokes strong emotions, it tells the story of injustice in America's education system. It says important things about the challenges of the public education system. However, the reductive messaging—"charters are good" and "teachers unions are bad"—oversimplifies complicated issues and threatens to thwart thoughtful discussions about improving public schools.
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Hello all !
After a long monologue about love an pillz Matthew told me he wanted to go around the world, meet people from the most countries he could and make new friends.
I thought that all Urban Rivals communities could help him during his long trip.
He needs people to put him up for a night or two and friends who will make him discover good spots in the different countries he'll visit.
Matthew's World Tour will begin with a short visit to the staff, then I'll send him to a player who'll have to find somebody else, in another country, to receive Matthew, etc.
Rules :
Only one Matthew card is concerned : the one I'll send to a player. There will be my name on it and everybody who will receive Matthew will sign the card.
Matthew must visit the most countries he can.
Each host will have to write a short description of Matthew's stay in his/her place (places Matthew discovered in your country, etc.). You also have to say to whom you'll send Matthew.
Post this in Matthew's World Tour Diary here :
No more than five host per country.
When you send Matthew to a player from another country, it must be a border country (example : if you live in Brasil, you cannot send Matthew to a Canadian player but you can send him to a Bolivian player.
Only admins and moderators could make Matthew cross the seas and oceans.
You cannot keep Matthew more than 48 hours.
Don't sell the card to the next host for more than 50 clintz.
Matthew's World Tour will end with a special event.
Matthew's World Tour Diary must be only used by players who received the card.
No need to spam "I join in" or "me me me me"
Don't forget that admins are everywhere and could see everything. Don't try to sell this card or keep it. We'll know about it and you could easily guess what we will do.
Tanto89 Imperator X. LycurguS .X Thursday 18/12/2008, 16:37
Looks good for me
what happen if the players are not online for 2 days and they don't sell it?
is it admin will take the cards and give it to someone else or?
I think, we should have clarification, ask the player if they want to do this event or not
kaneholt_nwnf Guru URBAN MADNESS Thursday 18/12/2008, 16:46
Ok so u pm 5 ppl from each country with a signed mathew then i dont get i lol
camenomato Senior Thursday 18/12/2008, 16:52
How to enter please explain this is confusing but i join it sounds good for me
Tanto89 Imperator X. LycurguS .X Thursday 18/12/2008, 17:00
what happen if the country is not boerder with any country by lands?
for example, japan, they are not connected by land with any countries
and UK only connected with ireland
Elusiveflare Hero Thursday 18/12/2008, 17:01
Sounds really cool can you unlock my ability to sell on the market so i can participate?
ON_Ragnarok Titan Thursday 18/12/2008, 17:24
Looks cool I hope I can show good old Mat' some of the wonderfull places Portugal has to give
CBM-MigGui Legend Thursday 18/12/2008, 18:27
I'd like to host matthew, but it'll take some time for him to cross the ocean
Damgark Titan UpperClass Thursday 18/12/2008, 18:39
Interesting event How about my country... it is surrounded by bodies of water in any direction...
Could it be that countries beside the home country can cross even its a body of water? (China to us is not applicable but Australia to New Zealand do?) Just a suggestion...


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|2007-04-23, 21:05
|Link #161
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
You probably should adjust your intro to make it more clear that you don't take it seriously if you really don't (really, you shouldn't want to take the credibility hit if someone thinks you're serious ). But after all, you *did* ask what we thought of it. It was just easier to puncture item by item.
Some of my relatives revel in this "grassy knoll - they're hiding the UFOs" kind of stuff. It makes family gatherings a teeth-gritting experience and I want to beat them with a rolled up World Weekly News titled with the latest "Batboy Meets With President Over Alien Issue". But then again, given my career background, they think I'm one of those "Men In Black" anyway....
Kudos on translating it... (from Korean? or what?)
|2007-04-23, 21:37
|Link #162
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Santa Clara, California
Sorry, I think I was just annoyed after taking some time trying to translate it. But of course I know the whole point for me doing it in the first place was to see people's reactions...
I kinda typically hate having to explain every minute detail. I'm type who finds all the liability and warning labels on today's products stupid and ridicule them though I understand the necessity of it. Then again, in this world where court trials fight over the use of the phrase 'I'm sorry' in legal terms... What a harsh yet stupid reality we live in.
Anyway, I just found the article interesting enough to show it. Kind of a refresher from the sober gloomy atmoshpere of this thread. Not to be insulting to those still mourning over VT massacre, though I think NBC pretty much did that plenty despite their 'the-public-has-the-right-to-know' angle, but to divert people's attention elsewhere wouldn't hurt.
I translated it from Korean although according to the guy who sent me this the original might have been either English or something else. And yes for the record, I'm Korean who is a permanent resident at the age of 24.
Just to see if there are any idiots out there in this forum who wants to bash for it.
|2007-04-23, 21:48
|Link #163
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
NBC covered themselves in pigslop over that one and then made it worse with their inept defense of it (factual errors about their integrity and other news organization handling of it).
Fascinating how the media was all over it while meanwhile (all kinds of other horrible things were happening...).
I suspect there was enough national chagrin that someone labeled "korean" had done this that some felt compelled to point the finger in *SOME* other direction. I just feel horrible for the shooter's family because, from what I've been able to glean, they were doing everything they knew to do to help this guy and now they're just devastated and worry they're going to be tagged and shamed as the family this guy came from.
|2007-04-23, 22:56
|Link #164
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Santa Clara, California
I don't think there is gonna be an all out witch hunt for Koreans and Asians although there probably is going to be more a few fools who just want to hurt someone.
Any race, ethnicity, country, or tribe(?) typically throughout history tried to divert the full attention should one of their group commit some major crime or injustice. Nothing new. Still, at least an apology was quick and honest. I'm not going to name who but many countries are often REALLY reluctant t apologize and make things worse. In any case, if there is going to be some major backlash at Koreans and/or Asians then there would have to be some long lingering festering nest of problems which are just ignited by some incident like this one opposed to a major negative backlash caused by just this incident.
I don't think there are any Koreans, citizen or not, who doesn't feel some guilt and shame. Though few were ever really responsible even in a remote way to what Cho has done. It's tragic enough even just the wounded and dead that psycho caused. Many of the students were a doorstep from graduating and stepping into a limitless possibilities in the lives. But when taking into account all the families, friends and others who are connected with those who suffered by Cho's actions... Personally, that is what pains me the most. So much pain caused by one man. Nothing new but its all still fresh and deeply agonizing.
One of the few sad bitterness felt between some Koreans is that of all the things for Koreas to catch the attention of the whole world it had to be a the biggest massacre caused by a single person in the modern US history. Because of this incident countless people who never knew much about Koreans, assuming they even knew Koreans existed, now know more than ever.
|2007-04-23, 23:04
|Link #165
Being Felt Up My Skirt
|2007-04-23, 23:09
|Link #166
Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 30
Next time a white guy shoots up some place, I better hear a newscaster remind all those minorities that they should not direct their indignation at the Caucasian race. Otherwise, I'm suing for discrimination.
|2007-04-23, 23:34
|Link #168
Join Date: Feb 2006
|2007-04-24, 01:23
|Link #170
Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 30
I'm not usually an advocate of sweeping generalizations, but you've gotta watch out for those Bud Lite-chugging, house-building, gun-toting, pickup-driving nuts running around out here in the sticks.
Did you miss Higurashi? People in the country get crazy.
|2007-05-03, 14:30
|Link #171
|2007-05-03, 14:39
|Link #172
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
I hope he is able to personally sue the people involved out of existence. What a load of crap.... people create level maps using available materials frequently. What is it about school administrators that makes them such fools? (believe me, often the teachers think the administration and school boards are full of idiots as well).
|2007-05-04, 09:20
|Link #173
Bearly Legal
Join Date: Jun 2004
I pity the other students in VA Tech. My university had the same incident occured when i was doing my degree a few years back and i can tell you, it's not very pleasant to go to the same place the next day after to attend class without thinking about it.
Personally, i don't blame the parents or health care system or even the gun control law. This is more of a social problem that's more deeply rooted into how our society is changing to nowdays. Bad parenting or teenage psychological problem is probably just the convenient excuse.
|2007-05-04, 10:34
|Link #174
Junior Member
Cowboys and Guns
I actually feel safer in Montana knowing that like half of the population owns a gun, you know that someone isn't going to break into your house, because theres most likely a gun cabinet somewhere. On this subject I hope they never outlaw guns, because then the innocent, law abiding people would have no guns and the criminals would have as many guns as they want. Because its the criminals who can get the guns when there not supposed to.
|2007-05-04, 13:07
|Link #175
Μ ε r c ü r υ
Join Date: Jun 2004
|2007-05-04, 19:00
|Link #176
sensei no pet
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Virginia, USA
VT fallout? One broken B.B. gun = four arrests
Original article @readthehook.com
On Monday night, April 23, just after 11 P.M., police responded to reports of a gunman outside an engineering building.
Coming a week after the Virginia Tech massacre, terrified students barricaded themselves in rooms; at least one had a panic attack so sever she had to be hospitalized. More than two dozen police responded with guns drawn, only to discover four students filming a skit for their Japanese language class.
The weapon? A broken plastic b.b. gun used for a scene in which one character mugs another on the streets of Tokyo. The supposed gunman, 19-year-old Christopher Allen Smith, a UVA second-year, was arrested on the scene and spent the next two nights in jail before being released on $10,000 bond Wednesday morning. He was then charged with misdemeanor brandishing a firearm.
Three other students, Caroline Y. Choe, Jerry N. Hsieh, and Eric Chau, were arrested Thursday night, April 26. Facing the same charges as Smith, they were booked and released the same evening.
Albermarle Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Camblos, who brought the charges against all four students, says the egregiousness of their offense cannot be overestimated.
"There's a horrific set of facts involved with this case," says Camblos. "It put a lot of police to a lot of work and scared a number of university students to the point that several had to go to the hospital."
"It was stupid, no doubt," syas John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute. "But we don't put people in jail for being stupid."
North Caroline-based Mikael Gross, a lawyer and former police officer who helped apprehend the shooter at the Appalachian Law School murders in 2002, agrees. "How can you brandish a weapon if it's not a real weapon?" he asks. "I know it's a short period of time after Virginia Tech, but people have to remember the Constitution is still the Constitution."
The students say they have written letters of apology to the affected students in Wilsdorf Hall. "Even though the alleged threat wasn't real," says Choe, "all the distress and emotional trauma that ensued was real and is just as much of a reason to feel horrible about this incident."
And in a case of closing the barn doors after the animals have escaped... Gov. Tim Kaine has signed an executive order that prohibits the sale of firearms to anyone ordered to seek mental health treatment and declared dangerous to themselves. (Richmond TImes Dispatch)
Meanwhile.... http://www.derfcity.com/n/newtoon.html (until 5/7)
P.S. My first thought when reading the article and seeing the photograph, is that there might have been racial profiling. But Smith (photo at bottom of page) was the guy seen with the gun. No need for nasty speculation.
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I think the human species should be astonished on the rare instances they actually make a lick of sense rather than the collective stupidity on the part of just about everyone mentioned in that post outside of the remarks by Whitehead and Gross.
Camblos in particular is an idiot.... "we're charging them because of a lot of idiots over-reacted and we're going to waste everyone's time and $$ now"...
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English teacher killed in Japan
Main link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6501991.stm
Oh well... kinda crushes my image of Japan but we all should know that ppl around the world are all the same. We got killers, robber, etc everywhere. No place is exception.
Yesterday in Portugal(my country), someone killed another just because a discussion of chicken. Doh.
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I think kj1980 little articles in the Japanese otaku lingo thread or where ever it was about some psychopath, were more shocking then that will ever be. But I never had any impression Japan was some heaven compared to the rest of the world to begin with.. I don't see the reason you would have thought so until now.
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Lunchtime Derive #2
On 19th January 2005 we undertook our second lunchtime derive, with 3 students from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. Mark, Daniel and Bex were all first year Arts and Media students.
We altered the algorithm slightly to: first right, second left, first left, repeat.
The derive lasted for over two-and-a-half hours with Mark, Daniel and Bex thoroughly surrendering themselves to the spirit of drift.
We followed a hidden footpath behind some derelict factories where some scenes from the new Willy Wonka film were shot (Johnny Depp popping into Sainsbury's for beer). Some steps hoisted us up to high ground with views of two valleys (the Hughenden and the Wye), Desborough Castle and the Golden Ball. The Pastures Service Road was a sublime example of the urban poetry of street names. A mobile library conned us into going inside but was filled with pot-boilers and videos(they've been de-commissioned and are up for grabs from the Council). We finished in Desborough high on the fumes from Stuart Linford's furniture workshops and the thrill of following the Wye stream into CCTV monitored space.
The derivers questioned notions of planned space, were prepared to trespass in the pursuit of the algorithm as bland suburban streets became part of an epic quest.
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The Daily Word with the Los Alamos Wildfire, a Bearded Mickey Mouse, and Upcoming Alien Encounters
The Los Alamos wildfire has grown to more than 93 square miles. Oh yeah, and it's right at the edge of that famous little laboratory.
Again, don't buy or use any fireworks.
Thousands of workers go on a 48-hour strike in Greece. Violent protests erupt on the streets of Athens.
A top Russian astronomer claims we'll be meeting aliens within twenty years.
A man who hits a pedestrian keeps on driving, even though the body flew through the windshield and landed on the passenger's seat.
Hacker group Anonymous declares war against the entire city of Orlando, Fla.
A bearded Mickey Mouse is causing quite a stir in Egypt.
Watch the brand spankin' new teaser trailer for Pixar's movie Brave. Oh yes.
Little-known facts and common misunderstandings about absinthe.
Los Angeles Lakers forward and general asshole Ron Artest files a petition to change his name to Metta World Peace.


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Rethinking Sustainability
April 28, 2009
"As Lewis & Clark and other institutions of higher education embrace sustainability as a goal, the concept and relevant scale become less and less clear," says Jim Proctor, professor and director of the environmental studies program. "It is worth asking what exactly we are trying to achieve."
A discourse on the concept and scale of sustainability was at the heart of the opening panel session and successive events at last fall's 11th annual Symposium on Environmental Affairs. Students, scholars, and community members discussed how sustainability operates in our everyday world as well as the form it takes at the ecological, economic, and social levels.
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But whatever you think of his Jekyll and Hyde appearances, it's worth taking a minute or two to listen to someone else: Sean Spicer, who was turfed as the White House spokesman.
Spicer, you may remember, came out of the blocks quick and nasty, arguing with the media that Trump's inauguration was attended by more people than Barack Obama's had been — a claim that was blatantly false.
Spicer appeared on the Emmys this past weekend, and has been surfacing on broadcasts like Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Now, maybe it speaks volumes about the curious cult of celebrity that is the United States that Spicer is on the entertainment circuit. But think about what Spicer says now about defending obviously fake statements about the inauguration numbers.
"Your job as press secretary is to represent the president's voice and to make sure you're articulating what he believes his vision is on policy, on issues, and other areas that he wants to articulate," Spicer said to Kimmel. "Whether or not you agree or not isn't your job — your job is to give him advice, which is what we would do on a variety of issues all the time.
"He would always listen to that advice, but ultimately, he's the president, and he would say 'I agree with you' sometimes, or 'That's a good point, incorporate it,' or sometimes he would say, depending on the issue, 'Look, I know what I believe, and this is what I think the right thing to do is.'"
That's where Kimmel got in a quick jab: "And then you have to march out there and go, 'Yeah, he had a bigger crowd, everybody!'"
Spicer's response? "As I said, he's the president; he decides."
Think, then, about what that means: the belief of one man, in this case, a U.S. president, trumps any demonstrable fact. Even when that belief is clearly proven wrong, minions will continue to argue that the sky isn't blue or water isn't wet, simply because the person who pays the bills has decreed it so.
The stakes on who did or didn't have the larger inauguration are remarkable small — in fact, the only person who still cares about it is President Trump himself. (And who knows? He may raise it, along with similarly false claims about winning the popular vote — which he didn't — at the UN today.)
But here's the question: what if the stakes are higher?
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Within the last few days we read the news about Apple's Siri AI personal assistant, and about a brain implant that lets monkeys control virtual limps & feel virtual objects. I believe that if someone is to also combine a few more technologies (e.g. high-res eyeware, appropriate operating system changes), we will be looking at the next user interface revolution, after the inventions of the computer mouse and touch interfaces.
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Fully agree. Something similar can be said about people having non-neurotypical brainwaves - or just not the required set of two 100% working eyes to participate in 3D hype. :-)
And even when you have the eyes... I have two 100% working eyes, but it was not the case when I was younger, so my brain worked things out in an unusual fashion and my perception of relief is not based on binocular vision, but rather on other things like shadows, perspective and parallax effects.
For me, the main difference between 3D cinema and 2D cinema is that the first one is more expensive and requires you to wear stupid glasses. So in my perception of things, this 3D hype is truly based on thin air
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Event: The Who's Who of Bollywood at YAMALA PAGLA DEEWANA music launch at Novotel, Mumbai
Guest List: Bobby Deol, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Salman Khan, Sunil Shetty, Kulraj Randhawa, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhay Deol, Emma Brown, Tania Deol, Aditya Pancholi, Sikander Kher, Anupam Kher, Manmohan Shetty, Prakash Jha, Samir Karnik
Venue: Novotel, Mumbai
Date: 09-Dec-2010
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
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Recipe: Rödbetsallad Apple and Beetroot Salad
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This dish is a must on most Scandi Christmas Smorgasbord tables. Mostly in Sweden, where it is absolutely essential. No beetroot salad = no Christmas.
It's super easy to make it – have a go at home, but please do try to use a Scandinavian pickled beetroot for the best result. It just works better.
- 1 jar of pickled beetroot 300g (drained weight approx. 280g)
- ½ apple
- 50g Mayonnaise
- 50g Crème fraiche
- Squeeze of lemon juice
- Salt, pepper
- 1 tbs chopped chives (optional)
- Drain the beetroot well and cut into bitesized pieces. Peel and cut apple into similar sized pieces.
- Mix the beetroot and apple in a bowl, add mayonnaise and crème fraiche and stir. You are looking for a good creamy consistency and a medium pink colour (if the beetroot is not drained properly, you will get a runny consistency).
- Season to taste (add sugar if using a tart variety of pickled beetroot). Add more mayo and crème fraiche, if a creamier salad is desired.
- The colour of the salad will go darker once it sets. Leave to set in the fridge for a few hours or even overnight. If it goes too dark, just add a bit more crème fraiche or mayonnaise just before serving. If using chives, add chopped on top before serving.
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Newmar Management Plans New Road Tour
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Newmar Corp. announced today (April 5) that the four members of their management team that toured the country last year are "hitting the road" again in 2011.
Newmar President Matthew Miller, Chairman and CEO Richard Parks, owner Mahlon Miller and Vice President of Sales and Marketing John Sammut (shown from left in photo), accompanied by their spouses, will travel nearly 5,000 miles starting on May 31 through 14 Eastern states, according to a news release.
Along the way, these four members of the company's management team will visit 12 dealers and one of Newmar's largest suppliers, Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) in Gaffney, S.C. The trip will also include the executives spending a week attending Newmar's Kountry Klub International Rally in Essex Junction, Vt., in their motorhomes, where they will RV alongside several hundred owners of Newmar recreational vehicles.
This year's "Go Newmar" Road Show is being sponsored by FCCC. All four Newmar motorhomes being driven by the traveling team are built exclusively on Freightliner chassis with Comfort Drive Steering. The four Newmar products represented in the fleet are Ventana LE, Ventana, Dutch Star and Mountain Aire brands.
The RV dealers being visited during the tour are:
- Mt. Comfort RV – Greenfield, Ind.
- Buddy Gregg Motor Homes – Knoxville, Tenn.
- Tom Johnson Camping Center – Marion, N.C.
- Adventure RV – Greer, S.C.
- Terry Labonte RV – Greensboro, N.C.
- Dick Gore RV World – Jacksonville, Fla.
- Independence RV – Winter Garden, Fla.
- North Trail RV – Dania Beach, Fla.
- Beckley's Camping Center – Thurmont, Md.
- Tom Schaeffer RV – Shoemakersville, Pa.
- Dave's RV – Danbury, Conn.
- Wilkins RV – Bath, N.Y.
More information to follow on the "Go Newmar" Road Show including a travel schedule will be posted at a later date on www.newmarcorp.com and www.facebook.com/gonewmar.


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At the imm 2018 in Cologne, Vitra presents generous settings that include the Soft Modular Sofa by Jasper Morrison and Antonio Citterio's Grand Sofà, as well as the growing portfolio of the Vitra Accessories Collection.The year 2018 marks a special anniversary: 50 years ago, the Panton Chair was first presented at IMM Cologne. To celebrate the occasion, two special editions of this chair will be released this year, the Panton Chrome and the Panton Glow.
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Tour of Duty: The Complete Season One (UK - DVD R2)
Our Marcus watches the first season DVD of a show he used to fall asleep to
The twelve month period American soldiers were required to serve in Vietnam was known as their tour of duty.
The first television series about the Vietnam War, Tour of Duty focuses on a single platoon of young U.S. soldiers during their one year tour of combat duty in Vietnam during the late 1960s. Terence Knox, Kevin Conroy, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker, Eric Bruskotter, Stan Foster, Roman Franco and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. star as the infantrymen who represent diverse racial, cultural and philosophical backgrounds, but must ultimately depend on one another whilst facing enemy troopers and whilst trying to survive in the hostile South East Asian terrain.
I didn't think I knew what Tour of Duty was when I first received it to review but putting it on to watch I was struck with the memory of it. Tour of Duty used to be on ITV pretty late at night in the early 90s. Friday nights, if I recall correctly. I used to be the teenager who stayed up watching the Creature Features on Channel 4 or Married with Children, or that ropey old War of the Worlds TV show and even though it makes me shudder to admit it American Gladiators. Anyway while I was waiting for one of the shows I wanted to see come on or something I was watching on the other side had an ad break I'd flick around channels and spend small pockets of time watching bits and pieces of Tour of Duty. Now I'm generally not a fan of war within my entertainment so I would literally watch three minute bursts of the show or at best the last segment before the show I wanted to see came on but my memory of it was that it felt old then. It felt like a re-run. I didn't dislike it but I think I held a grudge against it because notoriously while waiting for the show I wanted to see come I would fall alseep because of Tour of Duty. So lets see how the show fares with me 20 odd years on shall we?
So all these years later I am now presented with the complete season one to sit down and watch and you know what, Tour of Duty ain't all that bad really. Sure it's got that 80s / 90s TV cheapness to it in places and despite the fact it shows the bleakness of war it still manages to drum up a sort of fun lightness to it to stop the show being too war torn. Another thing its got going for it is that most of the characters are likeable in their own way (especially the fact Kevin Conroy is in it and I got to play my own personal game of pinpointing exactly when he sounded like Batman). This group of soldiers all have their place on the show and when they get their moments in the sun they can actually shine despite the almost bloodless depiction of the Vietnam war.
Tour of Duty feels very much like it was dropped onto our TV sets because of Platoon's success. It has of course got a fine splattering of Apocalypse Now (especially with the pilot episode's very best attempt to imitate the napalm drop with a TV budget) but this is very much a reaction to Oliver Stone's movie. We've obviously seen much grittier depictions of the war since but this is a pretty bold move for TV (especially at the time). It feels confident from the very first episode and knows what it wants to say, tackling pro and anti war sentiments, racism, bad leadership and of course comradery amongst soldiers.
As the show progresses it builds its own character and manages to just about pull off a convincing chronicle of the Vietnam War from time to time (despite the fact all the good Vietnam visuals are from the ropey old stock footage they use). On top of that it has a great soundtrack of songs from the era. So good in fact it spawned compilation soundtracks back when it aired. On this subject the UK boxset comes with the original music selections on the episodes whereas the U.S. release apparently only comes with instrumental replacements, which sucks as it's such a key part of how the Vietnam War is presented to us in movies and also an enjoyable part of the show itself.
Well there's no mistaking that washy soft 4:3 80s/90s TV look is there? The pilot episode holds up pretty well but the series seems to lose production value as it moves through the twenty one episodes and by the end the heavily textured (in the bad way) image looks bitty, too dark and not all that well looked after. Blacks aren't all that black and wide shots are soft and of course the actual Vietnam footage used in the show looks worse (even though its authenticity makes it at least feel better). Colours are generally good in amongst the softness especially the green uniforms and the realism of the troops in a genuine forest is always felt and even though this is all fairly cheaply shot adds a certain amount of realism to the show's subject.
The strong elements here are of course the musical choices. They always feel weighty in the mix and are the only things that gives Tour of Duty a big budget feel because the actual score for the show is too synth driven and very typically TV.
Explosions sound like old TV much akin to The A-Team and very thunderstormy as opposed to realistic and gunfire feels digitally made with that 80s 'pew pew pew' sound as opposed to the more realistic stuff we're all used to now.
Dialogue is good throughout, even if it does feel a little hollow and generally everything remains consistent for the entire collection of episodes and the only real downfall in both the video and audio presentations is the show's age due to the era it was made in.
Disc five is where all the extras live with 'Documentary Part 1' (55:21) being the draw for any fans of the show out there. The entire history of the show's first season is chronicled here with the creators and cast all throwing in their two cent's worth. Struggles with writing the pilot, how successful the show was and how CBS got behind it. Hiring writers with first hand experience of the Vietnam war and even gaining support from the Vietnam Veterans of America. It also goes into length about shooting in Hawaii for the first season and how supportive the military were until "issues" with the controversial war were raised and with the show runners view being "For the soldiers but against the war" this wall was always going to come up. The only downside to the documentary is the constant restarting of the show's theme tune ' Paint It Black' by the Rolling Stones. I love the song but this was overkill and it being on every menu didn't help either.
Other than that, everything is text based with the 'Series Synopsis', 'Series Concept', 'Original Cast Biographies', 'Character Biographies' and 'Crew Biographies'
Tour of Duty was a solid example of an 80s/90s show tackling a big subject with a real mission to present it from the soldiers' point of view. Unfortunately TV has continued to get bigger, better and slicker and this old way of doing things rarely translates to modern tastes and the limitations are felt more than ever twenty odd years on. As a thumbs up I never fell asleep once during my return to a show that used to send me off with its late night airing, so there's a positive, but kidding aside I can see why this show gained a fan base on its original run as it manages to capture most of the high points of Vietnam war movies and carries it off as a weekly show with ease. The presentation on the disc is very straight forward and does nothing to hide the age of the show but the main documentary should keep any fans out there very happy.
Review by Marcus Doidge
keffa Member Join Date: July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 436
yup your right, all those late night shows, gladiators etc then this! i remember them and tapeing (vhs!) this show and watching it early saturday mornings. I might pick it up on the cheap, its not a dvd i need urgently.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 7th November 2011
Discs: 5
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Stereo 2.0 English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Documentary Part 1, Synopsis, Biographies
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Terence Knox, Kevin Conroy, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker, Eric Bruskotter,Stan Foster, Roman Franco, Miguel A. Nunez Jr
Genre: Drama and War
Length: 1063 minutes
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Impacts of nuclear power plant life management and long-term operation
P. Kovacs*
Nuclear energy is an important component of electricity supply in many OECD countries and is increasingly gaining the attention of policy makers and the public in light of its real potential role in long-term energy strategies aiming at sustainability and minimising the risk of global climate change. For many operating nuclear power plants, it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of regulators that the plants can be operated safely and efficiently for a significantly longer period than was envisaged when they were designed, with lifetimes of 50 to 60 years being likely in many cases.
In most OECD countries with established nuclear power programmes, longer-term operation (LTO) of the nuclear power plants has already been accepted as a strategic objective to help ensure adequate supplies of electricity over the coming decades. In that context, the NEA has recently conducted a study whose main objective was to review and analyse the impacts of plant lifetime extension on fuel cycle and waste management requirements, on the economics of nuclear energy, on knowledge management and preservation, and more broadly on the future of nuclear energy in OECD member countries. Its scope includes technical, economic, social and strategic issues raised by plant life management and longer-term operation in countries planning an extended reliance on nuclear energy, in countries wishing to keep the nuclear option open, and in countries having decided a progressive phase-out of nuclear energy. OECD member countries in each of these categories as well as one member country without a nuclear programme were represented in the expert group that conducted the study.The group's report, published under the title Nuclear Power Plant Life Management and Longer-term Operation, presents trends, advantages and technical-economic challenges as well as environmental impacts of nuclear power plant lifetime management for longer-term operation. This article provides excerpts of the study's main findings.
Advantages of longer-term operation
The study concludes that the principal advantages of longer-term operation are economic in that:
During the operating lifetime of several decades, it will often be possible to enhance plant safety levels by upgrading systems, structures and components (SSCs). Some such upgrades may be required by regulators, while others will be made by plant operators as part of regular maintenance or in pursuit of improved operating performance. Thus, while a nuclear power plant (NPP) may have been in operation for 30 or 40 years, many of its SSCs will be much younger. LTO helps to justify the investment in such upgrades, which means that it can also help to raise safety levels.
Longer-term operation of existing nuclear power plants contributes to sustainability by maintaining security and stability of energy supply and the diversity of energy sources; throughout, safety remains of paramount importance. Furthermore, LTO can provide nuclear energy without the significant environmental impacts that would be created by alternative power generation options (notably CO2 emissions). Most countries with operating NPPs consider that nuclear energy contributes to the sustainability of their overall energy supply system, in that it minimises the long-term and irreversible impacts on the environment of meeting current energy demand.
Nuclear safety and the regulatory framework
When the current fleet of nuclear reactors was built, safety requirements of the existing plants were sufficiently stringent to ensure a considerable amount of conservatism in the design. Conservatism as such can facilitate LTO of existing nuclear power plants. Operating experience, improved analytical techniques and training of personnel also contribute to ensuring the safety of LTO, though proper regard must be given to the possibility of unknown ageing mechanisms. To the extent that the systems, structures and components of the nuclear power plants are correctly managed, LTO can potentially provide a bridge between the present generation of nuclear power plants and future energy systems, be they nuclear or non-nuclear.
Plant SSCs can be classified as either critical or non-critical. Critical items are those whose failure would cause concerns for the safety and reliability of the plant, and which therefore need to be repaired or replaced before they fail. Current preventive maintenance programmes help to improve plant safety and reliability by maintaining and replacing critical components.
Although the great majority of critical SSCs in an NPP can be replaced when necessary, there are a few major components (notably the reactor pressure vessel in most plants) which can be considered non-replaceable, either for technical or economic reasons. For such components it is necessary to implement ageing management programmes. This process of optimising the upgrading and ageing management of the plant is vital in preparing for LTO. It includes ongoing research and development efforts to understand and mitigate the effects of ageing mechanisms, particularly on non-replaceable components, and involves plant operators working closely with reactor vendors and other nuclear engineering companies.
To achieve LTO it is important to have a clear and predictable regulatory framework. Timely investments need to be made in upgrading the plant and replacing the SSCs, and these will be influenced by the prospects for LTO. This process will be optimised only if the requirements that will need to be met are clear many years in advance.
The process of consultation between regulators and plant operators therefore needs to begin well in advance. Once decided, the necessary licensing and approval processes need to be carried out in a timely manner.
The energy policy framework and political background are also important factors. If national energy policy regards LTO of NPPs as valuable and facilitates it, then clearly this will encourage plant owners to plan accordingly and to make the necessary investments well in advance. A decision to allow LTO to go ahead may often be easier to take from a political perspective than the alternative decision to construct replacement generating capacity. However, in some cases NPP owners have continued to plan for possible LTO even where political support for it is unclear.
More broadly, it is vital to build public confidence in the LTO of NPPs. While the public living in the immediate area around an existing nuclear plant is usually supportive, LTO might raise concerns about safety. The public needs to be properly informed about plans for LTO and the basis for ensuring that safety will not be compromised. Furthermore, it is necessary to discuss the advantages and concerns associated with LTO.
Operational experience
One important aim of plant life management for LTO is to improve a plant's operating performance. This includes upgrades to improve reliability, and hence achieve increased capacity factors. In many cases a plant's power output can also be increased, through uprating the reactor (see Table) and/or the turbine systems, while continuing to comply with all licensing and regulatory requirements. Plant life management (PLiM) programmes have already resulted in significantly improved operational performance at many NPPs in OECD countries, which has often greatly increased the value of these nuclear generating assets. Further increases in operating performance have been achieved by optimising fuel management (e.g. higher enrichment levels and increased burn-ups), while reducing specific (per kWh) production of radioactive waste and spent fuel.
Human aspects of LTO
Certain human aspects of LTO were also analysed in the study. With LTO, NPPs may well operate for a total lifetime of 50 to 60 years. For this reason, management and preservation of knowledge are of critical importance. NPPs can be considered multi-generational projects, which will be the responsibility of several generations of engineers and other specialists over their lifetime. Steps should be taken by plant owners and by governments to support education programmes and to provide suitable career opportunities for young scientists and engineers to guarantee a sufficiently large, skilled workforce for the nuclear industry.
International co-operation and co-ordination are important in building confidence in LTO. There is a need to ensure that internationally recognised norms apply to all NPPs in order to address the concerns of governments and the public in neighbouring countries. At the regulatory level, there is considerable scope for exchanging experience and information about plants with similar reactor designs, and this is likely to result in a considerable degree of harmonisation of requirements for LTO. International organisations have an important role to play in this regard.
At the industrial level, international co-operation between plant operators, reactor vendors and technical support organisations in the areas of planning and R&D will help ensure that best practice is followed in implementing PLiM programmes for LTO of nuclear power plants in all countries. This is especially true where plants have been built to similar designs in several countries. Such co-operation can also help ensure that the expected benefits of LTO can be realised as widely as possible.
The continued, longer-term operation of existing NPPs beyond their original design lifetime has become an important option for countries with established nuclear programmes. In most OECD countries, LTO has already been accepted as a strategic objective to ensure adequate supplies of electricity over the coming decades. LTO has signifi cant economic advantages, but can also help improve plant safety and minimise CO2 emissions. While the LTO of each plant must be considered individually in the light of its particular condition and economic circumstances, the general conclusion from studies carried out in several OECD/NEA member countries is that, for most reactor types, there are no significant technical challenges known which would limit plant lifetime to less than 50 to 60 years. The remaining challenges lie inter alia in proper planning and management, working with the existing regulatory and energy policy frameworks, obtaining public confidence, realising the R&D required and ensuring knowledge management. International co-operation, in the public and private sectors, can contribute to the successful implementation of LTO.
Related links
Table of contents, NEA News No. 24.2
NEA Nuclear development programme
NEA Ad hoc Expert Group on the Impact of Nuclear Power Plant Life Extension
* Mr. Pal Kovacs (firstname.lastname@example.com) works in the NEA Nuclear Development Division.


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Newly married Orlando Bloom takes a spin on his Ducati motorcycle and makes a pit stop at In-N-Out Burger on Wednesday (July 28) in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old actor and his wife Miranda Kerr are rumored to be expecting their first child together!
Orlando and Miranda married in a secret, intimate ceremony earlier this month after dating for nearly three years. Congrats to the happy couple if the baby news is true!
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It's the season for gibier, or wild game here in Belgium. In the supermarket at this time, we have an amazing choice: wild boar, doe, wild buck, pheasant, pigeon, duck, guinea fowl, reebock, marcassin (baby boar), hare, and rabbit. During the holidays, game is on everyone's menu. I will admit that I haven't yet tackled boar or venison. Rabbit, though, is something that we eat from time to time.
In truth, we don't eat that much meat. When we do, it's usually something lighter, like poultry or pork. Rabbit fits nicely into that category. It's a light meat, with more flavor than chicken. Slow cooked like it is here, it turns into a lovely stew. Perfect for a winter night.
This is another recipe that I have from my cooking class in Siena. In Italy they eat rabbit often, and have many ways of preparing it. This is probably one of the simplest. As usual with Italian recipes, the quantities here are suggestions, as are the ingredients. Feel free to substitute what herbs that you have for those used here.
In the course of a normal Italian meal, the sauce from this would be served over pasta for a first course. The meat would then be served as a second course with some vegetables. We just serve it as a stew.
Coniglio in Umido
1 rabbit, cut into pieces
100 g / 4 oz dried tomatoes, chopped
100 g / 3/4 cup sliced olives
40 g / 1/4 cup seasoned flour
2 Tablespoons olive oil, approx.
1 onion chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 sprig rosemary, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon thyme
125 ml / 1/2 cup white wine
1 can chopped tomatoes
- Soak tomato pieces in boiling water to soften. Soak olives in cold water to remove some of the salt.
- Heat the olive oil in a deep stew pot.
- Dip the rabbit pieces in flour, brown in oil over med high heat. You'll probably have to do them in batches.
- When the rabbit pieces are brown, remove them and add the onion and garlic to the oil, (add a little more oil if you need to) and cook over medium heat till translucent. Add the celery, the rosemary and the thyme and cook for a few more minutes.
- Add the wine, and cook till the wine is almost evaporated. Stir continually while this is happening.
- Add the rabbit back to the pan, pour over the can of tomatoes, the olives, and the dried tomatoes with their liquid. Add enough water to half cover the rabbit.
- Cover and cook over medium heat for about an hour. Stir from time to time to ensure that the rabbit doesn't stick. Check the liquid and add more water if necessary. At the end of an hour, it there's too much water left, leave the cover off and let it reduce.
Serves 4 if they like it and 10 if they don't.
- You can do this in the oven if you have a big enough baking pan. Just put it all in the pan at the point where it says "cover and cook" above.
- Chicken can always be substituted for the rabbit, of course.
- Chopped fennel is a nice addition--it can go in with the celery. Or instead of the celery.
- We served this with some good crusty bread and a fresh green salad.
- I have also served this with boiled potatoes.


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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
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To meet up with Yusuf to undertake this late mission, you'll need to head to what's become a rather familiar locale for you in this DLC pack -- Flatfish Place, off of the southern end of Algonquin. When you arrive, you'll find Yusuf hanging out at a construction site his dad's company is working on. After throwing around his usual collection of completely inappropriate slang and wrongly-used verbiage, Yusuf asks Luis for a favor. Just as Luis is about to leave the construction site, Yusuf convinces him to bring him to his helicopter. He also tells Luis that he has more to tell him, and Luis reluctantly agrees to go along.
Drive with Yusuf, and he'll quickly spill the beans on what he wants you to do. Shockingly (or not), Yusuf wants you to steal another ridiculous toy for him. This time, the toy in question is a subway car. Why he wants a subway car is anyone's guess, but nonetheless, that is what he wants. Your destination will be a highway off-ramp placed directly over some train tracks below. When you arrive, get out of your car and approach the side of the off-ramp. Keep an eye on your HUD (and keep your ears perked for the sound of an incoming train), and when the time is right, jump over the side of the off-ramp so that you land on the train below. Once you manage to successfully do that, all you have to do is fight your way to the very front of the train.
Of course, doing this is much easier said than done, because as soon as you make your leap off of the off-ramp and onto the train, you'll have a considerable four star wanted level, and will have to deal with myriad police helicopters that are going to attempt to ruthlessly do away with your train-bound antics. Your shotgun-like weapon will do well here, since it won't only allow you to do away with police infantry, but several shots from that weapon will also destroy any helicopter that encroaches on your space. This mission is all about patience and willingness to quickly do away with aerial threats. As long as you minimize your exposure to police choppers as they show up, they'll nary be able to get a shot off on you. Safe and sound, you'll eventually reach the front end of the train, where Luis will detach it automatically, and Yusuf will take it away. You'll be deposited in a field at the northern end of Dukes, and the mission will end thereafter.
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Carrick played 90 minutes for United at Fulham on Saturday but will not join up with Roy Hodgson's side due to a hip injury, while Defoe was forced off in Spurs' win over West Brom with an ankle problem.
|England are 19/2 to beat Brazil 2-1 with BetVictor
"He is definitely out of the England squad and our Newcastle game for sure," Villas-Boas said to Sky Sports.
"We just have to scan it, but at the moment it doesn't look too good. Normally it is the ligament on his ankle and this should keep him out for around three weeks."
England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce has also been hit by a raft of withdrawals ahead of his team's clash with Sweden.
Manchester United defender Phil Jones, Liverpool starlet Raheem Sterling, Southampton's Nathaniel Clyne and Norwich centre-back Ryan Bennett have all dropped out ahead of the game at the Bescot Stadium.
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Skip to comments.Ukraine says it can prove that Russia coordinated weekend attacks
Posted on 04/13/2014 11:51:32 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
Ukrainian officials say that Russia coordinated the takeovers of several Donetsk Oblast government buildings seized over the weaken by heavily armed and masked men in military uniforms.
We have all concrete proof of Russia's secret agency involvement in the separatist insurgency and takeovers of government buildings in eastern Ukraine. The evidence and witness testimonies will be presented to the international community on April 17 in Geneva, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on April 13.
Former Vladimir Putin's adviser Andrei Illarionov, expressed a similar conviction to Ukraine's Gordon.ua news website.
I have to stress, this is an intervention, an insurgency of Russian special forces, not a separatist riot on the territory of Ukraine. If the problem is not solved within three days, the territories of Ukraine will be lost, said Illarionov.
Some of Ukraine's security specialists say that the Russian military operation is supported by genuine separatist sentiment in the east.
It's not a clean insurgence. There are, unfortunately, also separatist moods, and people think Kyiv is full of 'Banderites' and set them up, says one senior source from a security agency, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of sensitivity of the issue. "Banderites" refers to supporters of Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera (1909-1959), who is reviled by the Kremlin as a Nazi collaborator.
If it was just clearly Russian invasion, the operation would be much cleaner, the source said.
Nevertheless, there is plenty of evidence to point to heavy Russian military presence in the coordinated takeovers.
Use of Russian weapons, well-trained men
Some of the weapons used by the little green men, the camouflaged soldiers with no insignia who appeared over the weekend in many towns in eastern Ukraine, are not carried by either the Ukrainian army, or any of its special agencies. In particular, automatic rifles of AK-100 series that are visible on many photos and videos from Sloviansk, are one type of such weapons.
Acting President Olekandr Turchynov also said in his April 13 address that it was terrorist groups coordinated by the Russian Federation who took over Interior Ministry departments and other administraive buildings in Sloviansk and other cities of Donetsk Oblast. It was particularly dangerous in the town of Slovansk, where professionally trained criminals were working, dressed in Russian camouflage and armed with Russian automatic weapons, Turchynov said.
Videos taken in Kramatorsk show what is clearly a well-organized military operation, where part of the camouflaged men walk inside the building, while others secure the perimeter outside as they kneel in front of the entrance, pointing their guns outwards. (More videos here and here.)
Heavy presence of Russian coordinators
Earlier this month, Ukraine's Security Service detained Roman Bannykh, affiliated with Russia's Main Intelligence Department, in Luhansk Oblast, when he attempted to enter Ukraine. The SBU said he organized and coordinated the work of a subversive group operating in Ukraine. SBU has reported a number of similar cases in the past two months, indicating a growth in the presence of Russia's secret agents in Ukraine.
Dmytro Tymchuk, a retired high-ranking army officer who organizes Information Resistance, a group that fact-checks and collects military information, said that the general supervision over the actions of separatists is performed by the coordinators of Russian Main Intelligence Department. He also said some of the operations are performed by troops of the Main Intelligence Department of the Military Headquarters of the Russian Federation, in coordination with private guard of a Ukrainian oligarch and local separatist troops made up of volunteers.
Communication traffic traced back to Russia
The analysis of communication traffic of the separatists can be traced back to Russia. The actions of separatist forces are coordinated through radio channels and online channels, and coordinators of actions can be traced back to the Russian Federation, Ukraine security source said.
Geography of attacks is not accidental
The geography of attacks in Donetsk Oblast is not accidental for two reasons. Many of the cities that were attacked are located close to the Svyatohorsk Assumption Lavra, or monastery, of the Moscow Patriarchate, which Ukrainian security officials believe serves as a military base for the insurgents. The towns such as Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast, where separatist actions have been particularly fierce, are easily accessible from that location.
Moreover, the towns have a certain strategic significance, particularly from the point of view of securing control over transport and access to Donetsk Oblast. Krasnoarmeisk, for example, hosts a military air base used by a flight club at the moment. Druzhkovka and Gorlovka are railway junctions.
From the map you can clearly see that all the towns that became epicenters of conflicts (on April 12) form a provisional chain that cuts Donetsk Oblast from Dnipropetrovsk, Levyi Bereg news website wrote on April 12.
Copy of Maidan
The separatists in eastern Ukraine attempt to copy the EuroMaidan Revolution's successful tactics in their work. They create barricades around buildings they take over, they use car tires and set them on fire to protect themselves from attacks of anti-terrorist troops unleashed by the central government. These are all planned attempts to legitimize the separatist moves in eastern Ukraine, some analysts have noted.
At the same time, much of what happens in Ukraine is similar to the early stages of operations in Crimea. There, similarly clad military men also appeared at the early stages of the takeover of the peninsula, and were then followed by Russian army vehicles.
Turchynov, in his April 13 address, noted this similarity. We will not allow Russia to repeat the Crimean spenario in the eastern region of Ukraine, he said, announcing a massive anti-terrorist operation.
The action looks coordinated to be over by April 17
Ukraine's authorities fear that the separatist actions that started in eastern Ukraine this weekend look coordinated to finish by April 17, when multilateral talks are planned on Ukraine-Russan relations in the wake of Crimea annexation.
But Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned U.S. State Secretary John Kerry in a telephone conversation on April 12 that the talks will not happen in Kyiv uses force to deal with insurgence in the country's east.
Lavrov warned that in the case of materialization of the threats that sound from Kyiv to use force against the desperate residents of southeast, the prospect of further cooperation on Ukrainian issue will be disrupted, including the planned four-side meeting in Geneva Russia's Foreign Ministry warned in its April 13 statement.
Just kidnap a few of those Russians and hold them for ransom. Have them I.D. themselves on youtube and THEN watch what happens back home!
The Ukrainians are playing this smart. Shining light on the rats is the best thing to do, so nobody is taken in by Russian propaganda when they march into Ukraine to commit slaughter.
Finally ever sice this started I've been screaming that's what the Ukrainians should be doing this in post #4 ;
along with and actually earlier in post #10 http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3143651/posts
and above all take this position.
Putin is moving troops into areas where there are significant shale oil deposits along the Ukrainian eastern border between Belaruss (White Russia) and Russia. Along with sending in the insurgent teams into towns creating instability so he can move in and under the guise of the Russian people and secure these fields for himself and his oil company oliarchs including Krill the metroplitan and leader of the Russian Orthodox church.
Many people are deliberately believing Putin despite all the evidence that he's a world class liar.
That proof and a $5 bill will get you an Obama coffee.
Seems to me that the Ukraine leaders think that as long as they yell, "the Russians are coming" no one will pay any attention to what the new leadership is up to.
I can't decide whether the Ukrainians or the Russians are tossing more manure around. If the Ukrainians can't get their act together pretty soon the Russians won't have to do anything except accept the delegations from the Eastern Ukraine who show up to ask to be part of Russia. They won't even have to send anyone, just nice new uniforms and ammo.
I'd wager that the amount of manure is 80 - 20 in favor of the Russians. Of course, we have a good number of FReepers who are skeptical of everything, unless it's sourced through Russian state-owned media.
From "The Guns Network LLC" site"
The mere fact of appearance of the AK-100 series is a sure indication that IZHMASH makes a vigorous attempt to regain and expand its International markets. When caliber 5.45 x 39 mm weapons were introduced into mass production to replace the rifles in 7.62 x 39 mm, it was discovered that most of the Russian traditional foreign customers would think twice before placing firm purchase orders. They merely did not trust 5.45 so well as they trusted an old and proven caliber 7.62. In addition 5.45 x 39 mm ammunition was harder to get, while 7.62 x 39 mm was easy to come by. As a result, the volume of exportation shrank considerably. In order to enhance market competitiveness IZHMASH decided to put in line the guns in three calibers: 5.45, 7.62 and 5.56. The Kalashnikovs in 5.56 x 45 mm were created exclusively for export. As a matter of fact, firing the NATO ammunition, AK-101 and AK-102 showed the results noticeably better than 5.45 x 39 mm. First, the case of a 5.56 round is by 6 mm longer and provides propulsion about 20 % greater. Second, quality of cartridge components including propellant, primer and projectile is evidently superior. The geometry of the longer NATO case with least difference between the diameter of the case body and the bullet results in better fire accuracy. Hence, the hit probability as well as the accuracy potential of AK-101 is 22 - 23 % higher than those of the AK74M. Now having the Kalashnikovs in 5.56 x 45 mm IZHMASH seems to be ready to deal with those clients who were traditionally controlled by Western arms suppliers. Anyway, if there is a demand, there must be an offer.
So, what round do those AK-100s fire? NATO 5.56 would be my bet. If I'm wrong, I'll be glad to hear it but right now, I'm looking at the way Libya was handled along with the way this administration and the EU tried to hand Egypt to the MB on a silver platter and thinking that I don't trust anything a gang backed by the EU/US has to say. Especially when they're backing a government that installed itself by mob rule only a few months prior to an election.
It's only mob rule if it's not the Russians . . . .
Hardy, har, har. At least the Russians know how to make their propaganda rat poison with 90% plus fact mixed in it and if you're on your toes you can figure out and ignore the 10% that's rotgut.
The Ukrainians, so far, can't seem to even keep their yarns straight two days in a row and as with the "AK-100" stuff seem to think there's no need to check the facts as long as they use the right buzzwords. If they're actually dumb enough to report on those weapons with no statement about which round they fire, maybe they're just too inept and disorganized to know what's going on. In fact, that would explain a lot.
Interesting name. Red Army Town?
You should heed your own advice, especially regarding your concerns about "what the leadership is up to," not trusting a "'gang' backed by the EU/US," and governments installed "by mob rule."
Many special forces units have AK-100 series.
I figured they were weapons altered about the same way I had a Garand altered to use NATO 7.62. I was wrong, both are export versions made in Russia and readily available for a very good price on the world market. I would bet more than a few have been purchased with US and EU tax dollars.
If that wasn't a mob in Kiev there's never been one. A mob can replace a bad government with a good one, a good government with a bad one, or a bad government with a worse one. It's still a mob, especially if it forces a change of government only months prior to a legal, Constitutional, election.
Sorry, I'll think for myself and so far for every bit of Russian BS I've seen it's been called and raised by Ukrainian BS. If you figure the Ukrainians now in charge are on the side of the angels, so be it, more power to you.
have a nice day
One thing we haven't seen anything about is if other members of Ukraine's military have left and are fghting against the thug government in Kiev.
You imply that you're following some sort of a timeline, but yours doesn't start at the beginning.
Russian citizens but no Russian help. Got it.
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