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Earlier this year, President Obama outlined his plan to create a 21st-century regulatory system that is simpler and smarter and that protects the health and safety of the American people in a pragmatic and cost-effective way. As a key part of that plan, he called for an unprecedented government-wide review of rules already on the books in order to remove those that are out-of-date, unnecessary, excessively burdensome, or in conflict with other rules.
On January 25, 2011, Social Security issued a press release and posted information on our Open Government website requesting public comment about which of our regulations we should review to ensure they are not outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome. After receiving public input, we developed a preliminary plan for a retrospective review of our rules that focuses on our process for updating the Listing of Impairments that we use to evaluate disability claims under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. The listings are examples of impairments that we consider severe enough to qualify the individual for monthly Social Security or Supplemental Security disability benefits.
To further promote public participation and transparency, we took several important steps, starting on May 26, 2011. First, we posted the preliminary plan on our Open Government website. Second, we published a notice in the Federal Register on June 02, 2011, inviting members of the public to comment on the plan. Finally, to ensure that critical stakeholders had an opportunity to weigh in, we reached out to professional associations, advocacy groups, and medical organizations to seek their input. Specifically, we looked for comments on our preliminary plan for updating the medical listings. We were not seeking comments on the content of our medical listings.
We have reviewed the comments we received and have developed the final plan accordingly.
Executive Order 13563 calls not for a single exercise, but for "periodic review of existing significant regulations," with close reference to empirical evidence. It explicitly states that "retrospective analyses, including supporting data, should be released online wherever possible." Consistent with the commitment to periodic review and to public participation, we will continue to assess our existing significant regulations in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order 13563.
David A. Rust
Deputy Commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy
August 22, 2011
July 14, 2014 Update:
We have prepared an update showing our progress in reviewing the rules that appear on our final plan.
To learn more and to read other agency plans, please visit www.whitehouse.gov/regulatoryreform


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i guess i saved the thread for no reason oh well
and shaveda that would be awsome if the off season thing actually happened
Originally posted by Zim3031We're already 33 posts behind the Giants thread :(
Can't let those guys beat us
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My BC Iggles. (13-4)
Originally posted by FlutiesDropKickOriginally posted by Zim3031We're already 33 posts behind the Giants thread :(
Can't let those guys beat us
This game this weekend is gunna be intense, if we win this weekend, the division is ours! I'm biased but I predict 24-17
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hope fully we can come out with a win, i guessed that we would atleast come out with a win against the pats season, i think if we win the score will be 21-20, but that will be scary cus brady is sort a like peyton he can drive his offense down the field,
Originally posted by mangini for presI heard that Maroney might be out for the game... is this true?
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for those too lazy to click the link to my mock draft
I will be trying to make this realistic, so I'm sorry to say the Jets will not get all of the top FAs this offseason.
Free Agent Signings:
1. Daniel Graham TE
Coming from a Patriot team that loves to use the TE, Mangini will sign one of his former players to help out at the TE position that needs a little help. Don't get me wrong, Chris Baker is alright, but he could definitely be improved.
2. Vince Manuwai LG
This will be the BIG free agent signing for the Jets this offseason. The Jets offensive line has holes at only two spots and that is LG and RT. The Jets will try to fill those holes and get one of the best free agents on the market. Pete Kendall is getting old and has been garbage. Now we gain a young Vince Manuwai to take his place and will soon be on our way to one of the top offensive lines in the NFL (Ferguson-Manuwai-Mangold-Moore-Black).
3. Jordan Black RT
The BIGGEST need on the Jets offense is RT. Anthony Clement and Adrian Jones have been pretty bad to say the least. With the signing of Black, we have officially completed our offensive line. Black comes from what used to be the best offensive line (Chiefs) in the NFL to the Jets new and improved o-line. He will be a starter right away.
4. Michael "the Burner" Turner RB
At this point, the Jets do not know what they will get out of Leon Washington and Cedric Houston. This may change as the season goes on, but for right now, running back is conisidered a need. Turner, at 237 pounds, has great speed and is a very valuable player. It is not known that he will be able to carry the entire load at running back, but that is where Leon, Cedric, and Barlow come in. The Jets will more than likely use a 3 running back system with Turner getting the bulk of the carries (Turner 15-20 Carries, Leon 5-10 Carries, Cedric 2-7).
Other Possibilities:
-Max Starks RT
-Adalius Thomas OLB
-Eric Steinbach OG
-Derrick Dockery OG
-Asante Samuel CB
The Draft:
Round 1- LaMarr Woodley DE/OLB, Michigan
As a result of the Jets failing to sign a pass rusher, the Jets decide to fulfill that need through the draft. Victor Hobson has been a disappointment at this point in his career. The former 2nd Round pick will now ride the bench and help the team as much as he can. Woodley will immediately put a SOLB to help out the Jets AWFUL pass rushing. Hopefully, with this pick, the Jets can complete their LB group and stop worrying their lack of pass rush. Many may question Woodley's ability to play the 3-4 but I feel that Woodley definitely has the tools to be one of the league's elite.
Round 2a (from the Redskins)- Amobi Okoye NT, Louisville
Now that the Jets improved the pass rush, they need to improve their run stopping ability. The most important part of the 3-4 defense is the NT and the Jets have virtually no one. Robertson has looked impressive at times, but other times has looked pitiful. Okoye is one of the few players in this draft who could possibly play 3-4 NT. Another plus is that he is only 19 years old! Okoye had the chance to go to Harvard so he has the smarts that the Jets look for. It may take a few years to get to where the Jets want him to be, but when he is ready, he will be among the elite.
Round 2b- Daymeion Hughes CB, California
The Jets pass defense is alright but nothing special. If Justin Miller is going to keep returning kicks, he can not start. Andre Dyson is a journey man so who knows how long he will be here. David Barrett is getting up there in age and isn't the best man to man corner. Drew Coleman has been a nice surprise for a 6th round pick and has been a starter throughout this year. The Jets need a CB that could possibly play #1 or play as the #2 corner until Dyson is gone.
Round 3- Steve Smith WR, USC
Jerricho Cotchery has emerged as the future for the Jets at WR but with Coles about to enter his 30s, the Jets need to look for a future #2. Both Clemens and Pennington don't have the greatest arms so they need possession receivers. Though the Jets have Justin McCareins and Brad Smith, Brad Smith will continue to do what he has done and possibly move up to an Antwaan Randle El role as the #3 WR and come in for trick plays. McCareins has been a big disappointment so he will be traded or cut which will leave the #3 WR spot for Steve Smith. Brad Smith isn't ready for #3 yet so in 2-3 years, look for both Smiths to move up the depth chart.
*Round 4 (Lost to 49ers for Kevan Barlow)*
Round 5- Jay Moore DE
Shaun Ellis and Kimo von Oelhoffen are getting up there in age (especially Kimo). Ellis has another 3-4 good years left and Kimo has maybe one. The Jets will need a 3-4 DE to replace them when their time is done so this is a pick that builds for the future.
Round 6a- BPA
Round 6b- BPA
Round 7- BPA
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Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock) Headline Paid Dues 2013
Black Hippy — the West Coast rap supergroup consisting of Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock — headlined their first-ever music festival this past weekend at Paid Dues in San Bernardino, California. The four-pack assisted one another when needed and then annihilated lyrically when each doing their own thing during their closing fest set, showing the masses that they truly were the new lords of West Coast rap. Check out photos from their set.
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"Republicans continue to listen to the American people and take steps to keep critical parts of the government running," said Speaker Boehner.
Here's a running tally of recent measures passed by the House of Representatives, almost all of which are being blocked by Senate Democrats and President Obama who refuse to negotiate with Republicans to fund our government. We'll continue to add to this list in the days ahead.
Continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 59): keeps the government running at current spending levels and strengthens our economy by defunding the president' health care law. (Passed in the House 230-189)
Continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 59): keeps the government running at current spending levels and strengthens our economy by delaying the president's health care law by one year, and permanently repealing ObamaCare's tax on pacemakers and children's hearing aids. (Amendment #1 Passed 248-174 | Amendment #2 Passed 231-192)
Pay Our Military Act (H.R. 3210): ensures our troops would be paid in the event of a government shutdown. (Passed in the House 423-0)
Continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 59): keeps the government running at current spending levels; ensures there's no special treatment for Congress under the president's health care law; and delays ObamaCare's individual mandate, providing all Americans with the same relief the president has given big businesses. (Passed in the House 228-201)
Continuing resolution (H. Res. 368): insists on plan to fund the government running at current spending levels; ensure there's no special treatment for Congress under the president's health care law; delays ObamaCare's individual mandate, providing all Americans with the same relief the president has given big businesses; and requests a formal House-Senate conference to resolve differences. (Passed in the House 228-199)
Speaker Boehner appoints negotiators to a formal House-Senate conference. See the full list here.
Provide Local Funding for the District of Columbia Act (H.J. Res. 71): allows our nation's capital to continue operating using its own funding. (Passed in the House by voice vote).
Open Our Nation's Parks and Museums Act (H.J. Res. 70): opens all of our national parks and museums, including the WWII Memorial in Washington, DC that was initially closed to veterans by the administration. (Passed in the House 252-173)
Research for Lifesaving Cures Act (H.J. Res. 73): provides funding for the National Institute of Health, which is responsible for lifesaving medical innovations and cancer research. Click here to see Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) comments about this effort. (Passed in the House 254-171)
Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act (H.R. 3230): ensures the government shutdown doesn't affect pay for our National Guard and Reserve. (Passed in the House 265-160)
Honoring Our Promise to America's Veterans Act (H.J. Res. 72): provides immediate funding for critical veterans benefits and services, including disability claims, education and training, and more. (Passed in the House 259-157)
National Emergency and Disaster Recovery Act (H.J. Res 85): provides immediate funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (Passed in the House 247-164)
Nutrition Assistance for Low-Income Women and Children Act (H.J. Res. 75): provides immediate funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, which "serves nearly 9 million mothers and young children," and provides "vital nutrition that poor families might otherwise be unable to afford." (Passed in the House 244-164)
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act (H.R. 3223): provides for compensation of federal employees furloughed due to Senate Democrats' government shutdown. This is similar to bipartisan legislation enacted during previous shutdowns. (Passed in the House 407-0)
Food and Drug Safety Act (H.J.Res. 77): provides immediate funding for the Food and Drug Administration. (Passed in the House 235-162)
Head Start for Low-Income Children Act (H.J.Res. 84): provides critical education funding to support Head Start programs across the country. (Passed in the House 248-168)
Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act (H.R. 3273): creates a bipartisan, bicameral working group charged with beginning negotiations, resolving the differences between the House and Senate, and helping re-open the government and address our debt. (Passed in the House 224-197)
Federal Worker Pay Fairness Act (H.J. Res. 89): ensures that federal employees who are still on the job during Democrats' shutdown are paid on time. (Passed in the House 420-0)
Flight Safety Act (H.J.Res. 90): provides immediate funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (Passed in the House 252-172)
Honoring Families of Fallen Soldiers (H.J.Res. 91): ensures that death benefits to families of fallen troops will continue to be disbursed during the government shutdown. This is the second time the House has voted to protect these benefits, the first being under the Pay Our Military Act. (Passed in the House 425-0)
Border Safety and Security Act (H.J.Res. 79): provides immediate funding for border safety and security operations in the Department of Homeland Security. (Passed in the House 249 - 175)
Nuclear Weapon Security and Non-Proliferation Act (H.J.Res. 76): provides immediate funding for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) programs and operations that ensure the safety of America's nuclear weapons arsenal, and that prevent the spread of nuclear technology to hostile regimes and terrorists. (Passed in the House 248 - 176)
American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, Education, and Safety (H.J. Res. 80): provides immediate funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service. (Passed in the House 233 – 160)


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Nintendo has revealed that the infamous blue shell will return in Mario Kart 8 but they are looking at how they can change how it works and ask for fan feedback on it.
It's simple, Nintendo: make the blue shell wreck EVERYONE in the race ahead of the player that shot it, not just the person in first place.
That way, the person that shot it has a chance to get into first place (along with any other player behind him).
Just make it slightly easier to avoid... still keep it difficult, but not nearly impossible... like it has been.
What sucked is when you are about to win the race, then get blue shelled and end up in 8th place. That's what sucked about the KartWii.
I don't trust them. they said they did the same with MK7. It was still friggin annoying. What they need to fix is giving us manual drifting back again. It takes so much of the skill away when the drifting is based on how long you hold it.


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Wes Miller is in his seventh season as the UNCG men's basketball coach in 2017-18 after taking over the reins of the program in December of 2011 on an interim basis. Miller has spent the last six years building a championship-mentality throughout the program and has laid the groundwork for future success.
Miller guided the Spartans back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001 during the 2017-18 season after winning the Southern Conference Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, Miller's Spartans earned the No. 13 seed in the West Region and took on perennial mid-major power and eighth-ranked Gonzaga in Boise, Idaho. The Spartans fell 68-64, but proved they belonged in the big dance. UNCG went up 64-62 with 1:49 remaining after Jordy Kuiper tipped in a missed jumper to take UNCG's fifth lead of the game. The upset bid fell short as Gonzaga hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining to advance with a 68-64 victory.
Miller's squad earned its second-consecutive No. 1 seed in the Southern Conference Tournament in Asheville. The Spartans tied and eventually set a new program record with 27 wins on the season en route to earning its second SoCon Tournament Championship. The Spartans played three games in the SoCon Tournament, defeating The Citadel, Wofford and ETSU. The Spartans cruised past The Citadel in the first round, 72-58, before playing a dramatic semi-final against Wofford. UNCG hit a last second 3-pointer to edge Wofford 56-55 and clinch a spot in the SoCon championship game for the second-straight season. The Spartans defeated ETSU, 62-47 to punch their ticket to the big dance for the first time in 17 seasons. It marks the third-consecutive postseason appearance for the Spartans who have now reached the postseason six times in the 51-year history.
The 27 wins set a new program record for wins in a season, besting the previous mark of 25 set the season before. UNCG went 15-3 during the SoCon's regular season, earning back-to-back SoCon Regular Season Championships for the first time in program history.
The Spartans finished the 2017-18 regular season with a perfect 9-0 home mark in SoCon play, and 16-1 at home for the season. It's the first time in program history that the Spartans earned a perfect home record in SoCon play. The 16 wins and the .941 winning percentage in the Gate City are the highest in a season in the Division I era.
Miller earned the SoCon's Coach of the Year award for the second time in his coaching career for his team's performance during the 2017-18 season. Along with Miller, four Spartans earned All-SoCon honors. Junior guard Francis Alonso earned First Team All-SoCon for the first time in his career, his third All-SoCon honor. Sophomore center James Dickey became UNCG's first-ever SoCon Defensive Player of the Year, also earning Second Team All-SoCon honors. Senior Marvin Smith was named Third Team All-SoCon with freshman guard Isaiah Miller named to the five-member SoCon All-Freshman Team.
Miller's program turned the corner during the 2016-17 season with one of the most successful seasons in program history. He led the Spartans to the program's third Southern Conference regular season title and first-ever No. 1 seed in the SoCon Tournament. He guided UNCG to a program-record 25-10 overall record and a 14-4 mark in SoCon play.
The 25 wins are the most for UNCG in the 50-year history of men's basketball while the 14 wins are the most for the Spartans in their SoCon history and ties the program record for conference wins in a season. UNCG advanced to the SoCon Tournament Championship game for the third time in program history and the first time since 2005. The Spartans and ETSU played one of the best championship games in program history with UNCG falling in the final seconds.
Miller led the Spartans to their second-straight postseason appearance and just the fifth appearance in program history as UNCG earned the SoCon's automatic bid into the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Spartans made their second appearance all-time in the NIT and first since 2002 when they traveled to Atlantic Coast Conference foe Syracuse.
The 2016-17 Spartans set a program-record with a nine-game winning streak, the longest winning streak for UNCG at the NCAA Division I level. Additionally, the Spartans became the first UNCG team to post three winning streaks of at least six or more games. UNCG posted a 7-2 record on the road in SoCon play, marking the best record of any team on the road in league play that season and setting a new UNCG record for road wins in league play at the NCAA Division I level.
Miller also led the Spartans to individual success in 2016-17 with senior guard Diante Baldwin and sophomore guard Francis Alonso earning Second Team All-SoCon honors while senior center R.J. White was named Third Team All-SoCon. Alonso set a UNCG single-season record with 102 made 3-pointes while freshman forward James Dickey was named to the league's All-Freshman Team.
Miller, the 2012 Southern Conference Coach of the Year during his interim season, has led the Spartans to double digit wins in five out of the last six years breaking a streak of three straight seasons with eight or less wins (2008-2011). When he took over during the 2011-12 season, he led the Spartans to a 10-8 SoCon record and the SoCon North Division title as he was 11-11 overall that year.
In 2015-16, he led the Spartans to a 15-19 overall record – their highest win total since the 2007-08 season. He guided UNCG to just its fourth postseason appearance in program history as the Spartans took part in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), advancing to the quarterfinals. UNCG picked up its first-ever postseason win in program history with a 69-65 win over Houston Baptist at home at the Greensboro Coliseum
The Spartans finished the regular season with a 10-8 record in SoCon play, matching their win total in the league from 2011-12. UNCG was especially strong at home posting a 12-4 record, the highest win total since moving to the Greensboro Coliseum and the top mark for home wins since the 2000-01 season (12-6).
Junior center R.J. White and classmate Diante Baldwin were named to the All-SoCon Team last season. White led the conference and ranked 13th in NCAA Division I in field goal percentage at 61.6 percent while Baldwin was the only player in the league to rank in the top 20 in scoring and rebounding while ranking in the top five in assists and steals. Freshman Francis Alonso also burst onto the scene in 2015-16, setting the UNCG single-season scoring record for a freshman with 443 points on his way to All-Freshman Team accolades.
In 2014-15, the Spartans were hit hard by injuries from the outset of the year and played late in the year with just six available scholarship student-athletes. Despite the disadvantage, UNCG was still the only team in the SoCon with five different players averaging double figures in scoring, with four out of the five players set to return next year.
Additionally, the Spartans had two players join the illustrious 1,000-career point mark that season as junior Kayel Locke became the 19th member in early February and senior Nicholas Paulos joined the ranks later that month.
Miller led the Spartans to 14 wins in 2013-14, their highest-win total since 2007-08. Included in that mark was the program's first victory over an ACC school since 2007 and just their second victory all-time against the conference with a come-from-behind win at Virginia Tech. Freshman Tevon Saddler was named as the Southern Conference Player of the Year in 2013-14, the Spartans first such honor since Kyle Hines won the award in 2005.
Junior Kyle Cain was named First Team All-SoCon and Second Team All-Region last year. Cain became the second straight Spartan to sign a professional contract overseas, inking with Ramat Hasharon in Israel. Trevis Simpson is in his second year playing professionally in Greece after starring for the Spartans from 2011-2014.
Miller and his staff were very active on the recruiting trail in his first full season as the Spartans bringing in seven newcomers for the 2013-14 season, the first full recruiting class under Miller's tenure. The highly-touted class includes six freshmen and one transfer. The Spartans were aggressive in recruiting North Carolina where they signed three All-State selections, including Clay Byrd and Diante Baldwin.
Miller and his staff also built on their success recruiting from the Baltimore area as they signed the Maryland Player of the Year, Tevon Saddler, a year removed from signing another Baltimore area standout in top-returning scorer Kayel Locke.
Miller, who was the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I at the time of his hire, made the removal of the interim tag an easy decision as he was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to the SoCon North Division title at the end of the 2011-12 season.
Miller took control of the program Dec. 13, 2011 with the Spartans sitting at 2-8 and led them through one of the biggest turnarounds in program history. Miller guided the Spartans to an 11-11 record the rest of the season to finish with a 13-19 overall record, including a 10-8 mark in SoCon play.
The Spartans lost their first six games under Miller to fall to 2-14 on the season but the program made an 180-degree turnaround posting an 11-5 record down the stretch. UNCG posted a seven-game winning streak during league play, which included several dramatic victories. The Spartans carried that momentum into the conference tournament where they advanced to the SoCon semifinals for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
Miller, who also spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at UNCG, is no stranger to the state of North Carolina. He played three seasons at the University of North Carolina and spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Elon and High Point. Miller also ran his own basketball camps in Charlotte and Greensboro for two summers.
In three seasons as a player at North Carolina under head coach and mentor Roy Williams, Miller helped the Tar Heels to the national championship in 2005, two Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championships and one ACC Tournament title. He was team captain as a senior in 2006-07, leading UNC to 31 wins and the NCAA Elite 8 as well as the ACC regular-season and tournament titles, and a final No. 3 national ranking.
As a junior, Miller shot 44.1 percent from the 3-point line, which was seventh-best in a single season in the UNC record book. His 64 treys that season ranked eighth in the ACC. He earned the team's Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player awards that season, as well.
A fan favorite at UNC, Miller authored a book entitled The Road to Blue Heaven, which was published as a diary of his experiences as a North Carolina basketball player. In addition to his success on the floor, Miller excelled off the court, earning ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition and the UNC Athletic Director's Scholar Athlete-Award. He earned his degree in political science from North Carolina in 2007.
Upon his graduation from North Carolina, Miller played one season of professional basketball for the London Capitals of the British Basketball League, where he averaged 19.6 points per game to rank eighth in the league.
Miller was a prep standout at the New Hampton School in New Hampshire. He earned a scholarship to James Madison University, where he played one season before transferring to North Carolina to become a walk-on for Roy Williams' squad.
Miller married the former Ashley Love in August 2011.
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The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Nov. 28, 1913
Mr. Joseph Snyder of Boston was in town Friday. Mr. Snyder is from of the Oil Well Company and visited the place where they are drilling for oil near Conanicut Park.
There was a good number of fishing parties on the rocks at Beavertail Sunday. Good catches were made, considering the lateness of the season, but the fish are showing signs of striking off for deeper water.
A Quaker tea party and kerchief sale was held at Maplewood Saturday afternoon, the proceeds to go towards district nursing work in Jamestown and vicinity.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 29, 1938
Plans went forward today for the actual start of construction of the Jamestown Bridge across the west passage. Voters, at a special Financial Town Meeting Monday, approved the proposed auxiliary ferry service from Eldred Avenue, Jamestown, to somewhere in the vicinity of Coddington Point. The vote was 340 in favor as against 40 opposed.
From the Newport Daily News, September 30, 1938
In the space of three and a half hours this morning, the new electric cable was laid between this city and Jamestown to replace that destroyed in the hurricane on Sept. 21. The time consumed was much shorter than had been estimated and was made possible by a combination of a smooth sea, moderate winds, and two tugs working with a barge on which the 4,600-foot cable was brought here from Passaic, N.J.
Milton H. Prince, head of the Bureau of Mosquito Control, has given notice that the project has been approved and funds for the project are available in Providence.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 25, 1963
Jamestown joined the rest of the nation today in mourning for President Kennedy. Memorial services were held in churches, and a memorial assembly was held in Jamestown School. The post office and town buildings closed, business establishments either closed or suspended operations for a few hours, and civic and social events were canceled or postponed.
From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 26, 1963
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge was suggested today as a name for the proposed Newport Bay Bridge.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 29, 1988
Two members of the Town Council and the town administrator will represent Jamestown on a committee seeking to solve issues holding up construction of the cross-island bridge connector.
A state official said Tuesday night that the proposed Jamestown harbor ordinance could close Dutch Island harbor to shellfishing. The ordinance allows up to 200 moorings in the harbor. But the tone and volume of criticism was a far cry from two previous attempts to pass an ordinance. In 1984 more than 100 people crowded into the Jamestown School band room to object to that proposal. The Waterfront Authority withdrew the plan and worked on it for three years. In November 1987, the authority brought it back to a public hearing. The opposition forced CRMC to adjourn the hearing after less than an hour. About 40 people showed up for Tuesday's hearing.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 25, 1998
A public hearing on the town's proposed zoning ordinance amendment to split open-space properties into two categories, rezoning certain residential properties to open space in the process, drew a lively crowd of over 100 on Monday evening. The hearing was continued until Feb. 1, 1999.
The town may exercise its right to buy five properties from the state that were condemned when Route 138 was turned into a fourlane throughway and turn them into affordable housing.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 26, 2003
Town councilors struggled Monday over the logistics of its liaisons organizing themselves into an official committee without the council's clear authorization to do so. At issue was the structure created by committee liaisons who meet with Vollmer and Associates, the architects for the new highway barn to be built at the sewage treatment plant property at Taylor Point.
Even though the town Buildings & Facilities Committee is currently focusing on how to locate a new highway barn, it is also working on where to locate a new town hall.


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LONDON (AP) — A major painting by modernist master Piet Mondrian is to be sold at auction for the first time with an estimated price of 13 million pounds to 18 million pounds ($22 million to $30 million).
Sotheby's said Wednesday that "Composition With Blue and Gray," completed in 1927, has been in a private collection for 50 years. Sotheby's did not identify the owner.
The Dutch artist is famous for his angular, primary-colored compositions. Sotheby's specialist Philip Hook said his work "was considered revolutionary at the time it was created and remains startlingly modern today."
"Composition" will be auctioned at Sotheby's in London on June 23.
The record price for a Mondrian is 21.6 million euros ($28 million at the time), paid in 2009 for "Composition With Blue, Red, Yellow and Black."


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Dodger is a SWEET LITTLE PITTY IN NEED
Please if you could send either snail mail or paypal donation that would be great for this little guy.
Dodger is a young pup found in the middle of the road seemingly just too tired to get up and try again at life. He has some road rash and a skin condition - mange - a mixture of both at this time - must have hurt terribly. He's being treated and doing very well. We expect that within the next 4-6 weeks he'll be all better and available for adoption.
Anything will help this little man......Near the end of this week the website will be getting upgraded so the link wont work but just go to Special Needs ok. It is a valid rescue, I volunteer their and I am the one building the current updated site.
Dodger the pitty pup needs donations for his care...
Why buy from a breeder when there are plenty of homeless pups in shelters???
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Parker Signs Licensing Agreement with Vanderbilt for Exoskeleton Technology and Targets Commercial Launch in 2014
- Device offers individuals with spinal cord injury and stroke the opportunity to walk again
CLEVELAND, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Vanderbilt University for its exoskeleton technology, which allows individuals with severe spinal cord injury to walk and enhances rehabilitation for people who have suffered a stroke. The agreement gives Parker exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and sell the device. Parker intends to invest in further development of the technology and establish a business unit targeting commercial launch of the exoskeleton device in 2014.
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"This agreement offers Parker an exciting growth opportunity in the area of biomechanics," said Craig Maxwell, Vice President of Technology and Innovation for Parker. "By leveraging our core motion and control technology, we are confident that we can take the company in new and exciting directions while improving the lives of people who experience mobility challenges. Having studied the current state of the art, we believe the technology developed at Vanderbilt is far superior in terms of both design and functional performance. We are embarking on an aggressive development and launch plan to bring what was once thought of as science fiction into the marketplace."
The Parker exoskeleton offers numerous advantages over existing technologies which are being tested in rehabilitation clinics. The exoskeleton is 40-50% lighter than competing devices and provides a modular design that can be assembled and dis-assembled for ease of use and transportation. This device is also smaller, with a slim profile and no bulky backpack components or footplates. A proprietary control interface allows for smooth operation that works in harmony with natural human movement and body position. The Parker Exoskeleton is the only wearable device that incorporates a proven rehabilitation technology called functional electrical stimulation.
"To see patients who are otherwise confined to a wheelchair be given the opportunity to stand and walk again is truly rewarding and inspiring," said Dr. Ryan Farris, Parker's technology development leader for the device and co-inventor. "Under the direction of Dr. Michael Goldfarb at Vanderbilt, we were able to take advantage of the latest developments in sensor, actuation and control technology to create a device that can greatly improve the quality of life for patients through regained mobility. As part of Parker, and through ongoing cooperation with Vanderbilt, it is now time to further develop, refine and ready the exoskeleton for commercial availability."
The exoskeleton is currently being tested and refined through clinical research at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the foremost rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. Patient and clinician feedback on the device has been overwhelmingly positive and the Center has concluded that the device has the most promise as a rehabilitation and home device.
To read the Vanderbilt University Medical Center version of this announcement visit http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/10/.
With annual sales exceeding $13 billion in fiscal year 2012, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 60,000 people in 48 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 56 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.parker.com, or its investor information web site at www.phstock.com.
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I've seen once on a tv show someone making an homemade version of sweetened condensed milk and because I really love this stuff (I can just eat it plain) I knew I had to try it.
It came out ok, but not like the real one. It had a much thiner consistency and a big milk powder after taste. Anyway I decided to use it on an ice cream recipe that I had found that used sweetened condensend milk and I was waiting to try for a while allready. The ice cream came out great, really creamy!
Sooooo I decided to repeat it but do a lighter version of it. I had tried before no sugar ice-creams with not great sucess, but this one came out so good that I've been using it for years and done so many different flavours. I love custard based ice-creams, but they need time to chill and there are allways the leftover egg whites issue, so when I'm craving for an instant treat I go for this recipe. And because it has no sugar I don't feel so guilty about eating it!
- 1/3 cup boiling water
- 1 cup skim powder milk
- 3/4 cup artificial sweetener
- 2 tbsp low fat butter
- 1 cup light cream
- 1/2 skim milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
First for the homemade diet condensed milk: Mix everything together using an imersion blender to obtain a nice cream. If you don't have one, do it in a cup blender or use a wisk.
For the ice-cream just add the cream, milk and cinnamon to the condensed milk and mix again until everything comes together. Transfer it to an ice-cream maker to churn.
I've made this one for my friend that is in one of those low-carb diets, where she can eat fat but not sugars, so this was perfect for her. I chose cinnamon because it's one of her favourite flavours but I've tried allready with coffee, mint, fruit pures, vanilla, citrus, other spices, etc. My friend was so happy with this! She couldn't believe it had no sugar and that she actually could eat it!
Now, this is important: althoug it has no sugar it does have fat, so that doesn't mean it's low in calories. It is lower because we save about 800 calories for not adding the sugar and some more because of the other low fat ingredients. Still I think it's a pretty good deal! Other thing is that because there's no sugar (to help keep it soft in the freezer) this will be very hard if you freeze so it's better to eat it straigh from the ice-cream maker, this way it will be creamy and delicious!


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I guess wildly - a ski slope? a hill? a valley?
Getting nowhere fast.
You can find a nice recipe for it at La Tartines
Thank God you are back!!! I was in withdrawal and it was very painful.
Another beautiful post. I will be sure to visit your friend's blog.
I am drooling over that chocolate molten what ever Anne is eating. How could she leave even one bite behind on her plate?!!ReplyDelete
Ohhh La LA...which to choose which to choose....I am partial the the creme brulee, no the blackberries, no the apples, no the coulant>...Mon dieu, see what you have done??!!!! I AM lost in translation...need to say YUMMMMMMM in a zillion global languages. :)
All best, Jan
Great photos of those desserts, Carol! You'll be able to paint up a storm with those one day. They looked very rich. I always like those molten chocolate desserts, but I like 'em with ice cream, too.ReplyDelete
The French translation for YUM = MIAM!
Thanks for reminding me.
I made myself so hungry doing this post I've been decimating my chocolate friture stash :(
I´m mexican, and i love your blog. It´s really like been in Paris. I has over a year watching your Paris... but finally i´m going to France... well, i´m going to Spain but also to Paris 3 days.
And i want to ask you were can i buy the best macaron? and i want to buy antique close... i don´t know...
What do you recommend to me?
thank you!
Thanks Carol, it was nice to meet you. You do an amazing job with your paintings about French desserts.ReplyDelete
I ate fondant cake my friend made for me right before we left France (2 weeks ago)...ate until I got ill. I was soooo sick. But this photo of yours has revived my craving and I'm gonna get a recipe and make my own! (Oh how I wish we had a shop that made them though.)ReplyDelete
I've never told you this before, but I'm really not much of a Francophile. It's true! I'm sure they are lovely and stylish but my true leanings are much more toward the British....probably the gardening, the understated humor, the bad weather, the cozy mysteries. I took 3 years of French, in another lifetime, when I was young, but still... French things don't naturally make my heart beat faster. In fact, I have often wondered why I am so besotted by your posts. Anyway, today's post has finally enlightened me: I cannot be a Francophile because I would no more leave a crumb on my plate than I would dine naked in a restaurant! Quelle horreur!
However, I intend to keep enjoying your posts because you curate the French in such a way as to make all things French irresistable!
I want each and every cake in these pictures.ReplyDelete


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Skip to comments.Top "Gay" Organization Comes Clean: "HIV is a gay disease."
Posted on 02/14/2008 1:56:50 PM PST by NYer
p>WASHINGTON, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a public statement last Friday, Matt Foreman, outgoing Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, rattled the homosexual activist community by joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pro-family organizations and a growing number of homosexual activists willing to admit that homosexual behavior is both extremely high-risk and primarily responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S.
Addressing the topic of AIDS, Foreman drastically deviated from the "gay" lobby's party line by admitting, "Internally, when these numbers come out, the 'established' gay community seems to have a collective shrug as if this isn't our problem. Folks, with 70 percent of the people in this country living with HIV being gay or bi, we cannot deny that HIV is a gay disease. We have to own that and face up to that."
A little over a year ago, Lorri Jean, CEO of the Los Angeles-based Gay and Lesbian Center, similarly shocked the "gay" community by stating that, "HIV is a Gay Disease. Own it. End it."
Foreman's admission comes on the heels of a letter from Matt Barber, Concerned Women for America's (CWA) Policy Director for Cultural Issues, inviting Foreman and other homosexual activists to work together in discouraging homosexuals from engaging in the high-risk behaviors researchers recently determined are responsible for the epidemic spread of a potentially deadly strain of staph infection among certain segments of the "gay" community. The CDC has acknowledged that many of those same high-risk behaviors, such as male-male anal sex, are chiefly responsible for spreading HIV/AIDS.
Matt Barber addressed Foreman's admission: "It's extremely encouraging to see Matt Foreman, a homosexual activist who has for so long been in denial about the dangers of the lifestyle he has promoted, publicly coming to terms with the undeniable perils of that lifestyle.
"I only hope he will now stop promoting homosexual conduct and push for other liberal elites, especially those running our public schools, to do the same. Educators must truthfully address the 'gay' lifestyle's potentially deadly consequences.
"It's criminally reckless for the National Education Association and liberal educators to put political correctness and a deceptive political agenda above the lives, health and well-being of America's children. The evidence is there for all to see. 'Gayness' is not about 'who you are,' it's about 'what you do.' The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has now, in effect, acknowledged that reality. Their honesty is refreshing and unexpected," concluded Barber.
Sorry, that's bunk. Not a day goes by that I don't hear about a HIV positive patient on the OB unit where my wife works, and these women didn't contract it by being gay. If HIV were a gay disease it would strike only men, but instead women account for 26% of HIV infections and the NIH and CDC both estimate that 80% of those cases are from heterosexual contact.
"unfortunate women who happen to have sex with those pigs and the unfortunate men who happen to have sex with the sluts who have sex with the bisexual pigs."
First they are unfortunate by contracting HIV, then they morphed into sluts? I believe the largest spreaders of HIV into the heterosexual population are guys living lies and brining it home.
In the beginning it was called GRID for Gay related immune deficiency. The PC police couldn't leave it at that. We'd all have to share in the burden.
Is ugliness and unwashed a disease?
Some gays are bi-sexual and that is all it took. It is a gay disease spread via deviant behavior.
Bears repeating:
"guys living lies and bringing it (HIV) home."
But HIV remains a gay-disease, which claims innocent victims.
Sorry, can't drop those stats without a link.
PERVERT DISEASE....well deserved.
I'm sure the rest of the diversi-crews will be along shortly to smear, demonize and discredit this.
Maybe that obnoxious kid that does the anti-smoking commercials (the ones where they make asses of themselves in public) can switch to harassing the homos about their sex lives....? It would be amusing to see him in the Castro district in SF with a megaphone yelling, "Hey, homos, your leaders admit that you're killing yourselves with your butt sex, so why can't you?!"
Patsy Clarke
Co-founder, MAJIC (Mothers Against Jesse in Congress)
"I do not hate Senator Helms. Please let me be honest about that. I truly don't. I do hate what I think he has propagated."
Patsy Clarke was a Jesse Helms supporter through the early '90s, and her late husband had been a Helms advisor. In 1994, after her son Mark died of AIDS, Clarke wrote Helms asking him not to pass judgment on AIDS victims. Helms wrote back that he wished Mark "had not played Russian roulette in his sexual activity," and was later quoted saying the disease was the result of "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct." In response, Clarke and Eloise Vaughn, also the mother of an AIDS victim, established "MAJIC: Mothers Against Jesse in Congress" to oppose Helmss bid for a fifth Senate term in 1996.
Wonder if they'll also tell them it will kill them?
The big question should always be, "So now what?"
Lethal diseases typically follow a lethality curve. At their onset, they are murderous, but over time they become less so.
Syphilis, at its peak, ravaged Europe, killing indiscriminately, driving many people insane or blind or both, with all sorts of other horrible effects. That is why Paul Ehrlich (not to be confused with the modern eco-scoundrel Paul R. Ehrlich), the inventor of the first effective treatment for syphilis, was lauded around the world.
Even years later, untreated syphilis was still awful, as evidenced in the inhumane and racist "Tuskegee Experiment" conducted in the United States. But today, syphilis is seen more as an annoyance, taken care of with an injection or two of penicillin. Just embarrassing, not deadly at all.
HIV has taken a similar course, but far faster. For numerous reasons, its lethality in the US has taken a nosedive. The extremely harsh drugs given to suppress it are now seen by some as even more damaging than the disease itself. Some are discontinuing their drugs altogether, but without rapid decay in their symptoms.
Importantly, this is not happening in much of the rest of the world, where HIV is still terribly deadly. And the factors which caused the US strains to diminish in virulence may not exist elsewhere.
So what does this mean for the future?
At first, it has meant the reemergence of dangerous diseases that had previously been under some degree of control. Diseases such as the also-used-to-be-terribly-lethal Tuberculosis, is returning in very drug resistant strains, which represent a clear and present danger to the US public.
So it will be a while before these brush fires are again put under control.
Of much greater interest is to create some means to eradicate HIV from the US population altogether. That is, a means of eliminating it from the systems of infected persons, or giving them some medicine that will prevent them from passing it on to others.
HIV, however, has become one of the most studied viruses, also because it has some extraordinary characteristics as a virus. It has an extremely high blood density, many times higher than for typical viruses, and a great capacity to "hide" in faraway parts of the body, to reemerge later.
As such, the way to eradicate it might be in using it for helpful, instead of harmful purposes. That is, by designing a non-harmful strain that dominates the harmful strain, it might push the harmful strain out of the body.
But at the same time it might even be used as what is called a "bacteriophage", a virus that attacks harmful bacteria. If such a strain can be developed, people might intentionally be give that strain of HIV in the future, to attack a very dangerous bacteria, like MRSA, which is resistant to antibiotics.
If wed quarantined all active male homosexuals in the early 80s, HIV-AIDS would be a footnote in medical journals, and we'd be Nazis.
homosexual behavior is both extremely high-risk and primarily responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S.
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Judy Greer knows she's played the "best friend role" in what feels like countless romantic comedies. But she's not going to swear them off.
"I see actors making decisions like, 'I don't want to do that anymore.' Like, 'I don't want to be on a television show anymore. I want to be a movie star,'" says Greer, whose new film, "The Descendants," opens Nov. 18. "Then it's like they never do anything again, and you see them back on television."
Fortunately, the Michigan-raised DePaul grad—who has appeared in many films, including "27 Dresses" and "The Wedding Planner," but is probably best known for her role as Kitty Sanchez in "Arrested Development"—sometimes gets to stretch. Two years ago she asked her agents to find her different, small roles, and Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" is a perfect example of what Greer was looking for: Appearing as the wife of the man who's been sleeping with George Clooney's character's now-comatose wife, she has only a few scenes but exudes real warmth and vulnerability.
At the Public Hotel, the L.A.-based 36-year-old talked about kissing Clooney, the benefits of pinch-hitting for the star and how large Kitty's breasts should be when "Arrested Development" returns.
You previously worked with George Clooney on "Three Kings." Be honest: Then or now, how many of your friends asked you what it was like to kiss him?
Everyone asks me what it was like to kiss him. Every single person I talk to. I don't remember! It's work. It's weird. You're shooting and it's strange. … We [bleeping] shot that kiss so many times from so many angles and set-ups. I was like, I thought George was punking me, [to use] Ashton's term. Because George makes practical jokes all the time. But I also knew that in shooting a movie it's so expensive and it was a night shoot so I was like, "They're not going to play that joke on me. It's too expensive of a joke to play on just me." But we did shoot it over and over and over and over. So, that was awesome.
So what do you tell your friends when they ask?
I say, tough day at work. I was in Kauai, I had to kiss George Clooney. It was funny, I'm actually getting married, but I was sort of just dating my fiancé at the time and he was like, "I'm fine with it. I mean I'm totally fine with it." And his friends back home were all like, "So, Judy's like making out with George Clooney all day? That seems awesome. You really honestly think she's going to come back and still want to date you?" But, I did. [Laughs.]
When taking a supporting role, how much do you consider the broader film, as opposed to just the character you're playing?
I would say that 75 percent of the time, OK, 50 percent of the time it's about paying my bills. Because I have friends that I consider them to be more artists when taking work. And I always just think of myself, and maybe it's my Midwest mentality, but I have to work. It's my job. And at this point I'm not qualified to do anything else 'cause I don't know how to use computers and you have to use computers now all the time.
Admitting that is very much Midwestern-style honesty.
Like, I need money 'cause I have to live, and I have a giant dog who eats nonstop.
What kind of dog?
American Bulldog. Uhh, he's so awesome! Anyway. So he is a big eater. But I also look at who is in the movie. I do read the script before my auditions. And that to me … it depends on the movie. An Alexander Payne script isn't going to change that much. A movie like "27 Dresses," we're going to have writers on set. We're going to be doing punch-ups. We're going to be doing jokes. They're going to let me make it funnier if I need to. So I know this in my head having done a bunch of romantic comedies. But for the most part I get to have more freedom in those situations so I don't worry so much if it's not always on the page. I wish it always was on the page, but sometimes it's not and sometimes it's OK … "Is it going to take me out of the market for other things that are going to be potentially better? Is this a movie that's going to come out? Is it a character I've played before? Is it a character I want to play?"
I asked people for questions I should ask, and more than one wanted to know if you're tired of playing the best friend role. Is there a point at which you'd say, "I've done this; I don't want to do it again."
I say that a lot to myself, but then I keep doing it. The truth is, the best friend role has been always like my bread and butter … I'm not going to say I don't want to play a best friend role. But I did consciously say to my agents like two years ago, my manager who's awesome, like, "Let's look for tiny parts in movies that aren't the best friend. Let's try this angle. I'm not going to be a movie star yet or ever, so I don't know. But let's see about movies like 'The Descendants.' There's a tiny part in it. I play bigger parts than that sometimes but this is so great, it's so different."
I did this movie with Keanu Reeves called "Henry's Crime;" it's a tiny role. I'm playing his wife; I have like two or three scenes in the movie, but I get to do something different. I didn't know if that was going to come out, but it was good for me to do it. Another little indie called "Peep World" where that's I think on demand right now. That I got to have these amazing scenes with Michael C. Hall that were dramatic. I'm kinda like fulfilled creatively ... And the best friend role by the way, it pays really well and it's super fun and you're the person, you're like the pinch hitter. You're the one that comes in and everyone's like, (high voice), "Oh my God, you're so funny," but that's just because they're used to [someone] else all day. I come in for three weeks and I get to be a star and make everyone laugh and then leave. So it's fun.
You mentioned that when "Arrested Development" comes back in any form, Kitty's boobs should have gotten bigger.
[Laughs.] I think that's a good idea, yeah!
What else should she be up to these days?
You know, I have no idea. I'm hesitant to say. I'd love for her to be pregnant with a Bluth. We don't know which one. That would be fun. Or have a Bluth baby. I don't know anything about anything. Where the script takes place, where it starts, if we're picking up, having been how many years it's been, I don't know. But I think it'd be funny.
Are you thinking comically huge, double-J breasts?
I think I'd fall over. I don't know. Yes? Sure. What would my fans like? Let's ask them. We should have a website. They can pick the size.
That sounds like a fun interactive experiment.
Yeah! Maybe I'll tweet about it. I tweet now. I'm a twitterer. I was like, "Maybe I'll Twitter about it," and my girlfriend goes, "I think it's tweeting."
I have to ask for an update as of today about "Arrested Development."
Yeah, I don't know. Sorry. I think they don't tell me anything on purpose. I do have a big mouth.
You've had a lot of experience with TV, some shows that didn't last …
Some shows? [Laughs.]
A lot of shows. How do you avoid being disillusioned, going through that process over and over?
Eh, it's my job. I don't know. Television pays really well so I feel like honestly my shows have been so unsuccessful, "Arrested Development" aside, it feels like doing a movie 'cause I just do it for a couple months and then I'm done! [Laughs.] Like, "Cool, what's next?" There's pros and cons. If a show's not working, it's better that it's canceled because then I don't have to go to work every day doing something that no one's going to watch and I can free myself up to do something different. But I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve and I get really involved with my castmates. So for "Mad Love," which was something that was recently canceled, that was really heartbreaking for me because I loved those people and I loved going to work every day. And I don't know if we were making a great show or not, I guess we weren't, but I loved that job. And was like, "This is a job that however the show ended up being, I would have loved to have done it for five years because these people were great. It's so much fun."
Do you feel like you get recognized for specific things more, or do people come up and say, "You're that girl from …"?
A lot of "Arrested Development" in I want to say the coasts, but I would include Chicago in that 'cause it's like super metropolitan here. So big cities would be "Arrested." And cool people. I could always tell by looking at the person what they were going to say they recognized me from. But everyone seems to be watching "Arrested Development" now. I get still tons of "You look so familiar…" which is by the way kind of awesome. I used to be like [groans] but now I'm like, "This is great 'cause I can go and do whatever I want and I can fly coach when I'm buying my own tickets on an airplane." It's not a big deal, it's great.
How often do people leave a conversation by saying, "Say goodbye to these!"
Many times. Mostly I get people coming up to me, going like, "Say goodbye to these! [This is] the last time you're going to see these!" I've actually become friends with a woman who said like, "I say that to my husband all the time."
On fulfilling her dream to work with Alexander Payne: "I try really hard to trust that he cast me for a reason, but of course I'm an actor so I have like low self-esteem so I'm like, [crying noises], "What if I suck? What if I go to work and I'm the worst and I'm in the one bad part of an Alexander Payne movie and he fires me? [whimpers]"
Her "Descendants" character is named Julie Speer. Has she tried to say "Judy Greer as Julie Speer" five times fast? "No, I don't like to twist my tongue. [Laughs.] No. I thought that [similarity] was really weird."
On missing Chicago weather (it was gloomy and rainy on the day of the interview): "I don't live here, so yes it's fun to come and visit like this. … The humidity is really good for your skin, so that's good. And I miss cloudy, rainy days. You only get to do it for like a month in L.A. And I'm from the Midwest so I'm like totally used to this. And in L.A. it's really easy to have like 15 years go by and you don't even know it because this weather almost never changes."
Her favorite spots when she lived here: "I don't know if any of this stuff is still here. I used to go to Map Room all the time and Le Bouchon and Margie's Candies. I lived right by there when I moved to L.A. I was at Fullerton and Western, I moved a little farther away from the lake, west off of Fullerton though. But yeah that was my last apartment before I moved to L.A. I loved Shoes Pub on Armitage, that was my favorite after-school haunt. I loved going to Potbelly's of course on Lincoln. And even though I have like five minutes of free time here I was like, [whispers], 'We have to find a Potbelly's.' We flew into O'Hare, I was like, 'I want to fly into Midway 'cause then I know I can get it.' Do you want me to stop talking 'cause I can still [name more]?"
On her iPod right now: "Oh my God, I love this question! No one ever asks, but I'm like, 'I love talking about music!' OK. I just downloaded the new Girls. We're really into vinyl right now, I know all the kids are. So we're all about buying records and then you get the free download when you buy the record. So we've just only been buying records, which has been great. So we got the new Girls record which I love, I got Real Estate which I love, I heard the M83 record is awesome but I haven't gotten it yet. And I love Cults so much, I can't get enough. I'm trying to think of what else I recently bought. Local Natives I bought, I really like, it's really mellow. Real Estate's really mellow. Girls is super fun. Yeah, I guess that's pretty much the last purchases I made."
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In today's most surprising tech news Apple have launched, wait for it, a new iPad. But before we all get too carried away there's no new design or extra features to tell you about.
The new model, which is aimed at serious iPad users and businesses, comes with a whopping 128 Gigabytes of storage – that is twice the previous top amount for an iPad which was 64 Gigbaytes
So if you have a large collection of music and/or videos or you are a creative user that needs to store a lot of content on your iPad this is going to be a good bet.
The new 128GB iPad 4 is slated to hit stores on Tuesday 5 February, in black or white. It will cost £639 for the iPad with Wi-Fi model and £739 for the iPad with Wi-Fi + mobile phone data network-friendly model.
"It's clear that customers around the world love their iPads, and everyday they are finding more great reasons to work, learn and play on their iPads rather than their old PCs," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing.
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I'm off on a week of filming on location around the Lazio region. I shall be visiting Norma, Ceccano, Sermoneta, Ninfa and Casamari, among others. Click on the names of the locations to view some random images uploaded from the web.They seem beautiful, and being the setting for the Medieval story the film tells, they should be laden with character and history. There'll be beauty abundant.
The suitcase contains my grandmother's cookbook and my notes. My camera and my laptop. I've got the script marked with the scenes to be shot, those still owing and the few omitted. I've got my stopwatch and my stapler. My pens and markers. I've packed my rain gear and one pair of heels for the evenings. I've got it all but one. I'll be leaving my baby behind. He stays with his loving nonna and his dutiful nanny, this time. I'd love to bring him along, but for just a few days it's not worth it. He's recouping from a high weekend fever and very comfy in his cozy home.
I'll be back in time for my birthday, May 2nd.
In the meantime, I shall be posting:
a) quick updates from the set;
b) simple recipes, comfort food Linus blankets, and any interesting fares I'll be encountering during my travels;
c) photos and images captured on the road, etc.
I may not have time to visit each and every one of you, or be able to comment on your posts, but I will be traveling solo with you and your hearts with me the entire time.


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With an empowering brutal combat system, stunning standout art style, driven by a deep and compelling story, Bloodforge thrusts the player into a viciously dark world where Crom must fight his way through hordes of twisted servants and evil followers of the gods to seal his fate.
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