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Eddie Chambers vs. Thabiso Mchunu
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The Weigh In will be streamed live: http://www.ustream.tv/ MainEvents
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1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard
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**Directions to the Cabaret Theatre from hotel lobby: Take escalator down to where the glass sculpture and waterfall are located. At bottom, take a left and follow the Shops veering to the right when it forks. The Cabaret Theatre is located on the right, just after you see the Arena doors and the high limited gaming area.


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Giada, the famous chef who also has a television show, adds to her chef hat a weekly digital magazine for the chef in you. Giada gives easy access to many delicious recipes to add to any breakfast lineup, lunch menu, fabulous dinner gathering, or just prepare on a whim. You will appreciate how the Cook Mode section divides each step of the recipe to its own ingredients and directions so as not to confuse or clutter with other steps in the recipe.
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|Zachary Scott and Naomi Chance
Pilot Richard Van Ness (Zachary Scott of The Unfaithful) has a secret: he gets black outs that come on without warning. For this reason he has delayed in marrying Avril (Naomi Chance of The Gambler and the Lady) but keeps on flying. Avril's brother, Nick (Robert Beatty) flies off one afternoon and is presumed dead after his plane crashes into the drink. Richard discovers that Nick may or may not have been involved with a gang who cleverly smuggle gold that has been disguised as tools. Nick has a girlfriend, Alexia (Kay Kendall), who may also be involved with the dangerous smugglers, and there is more than one murder. Zachary Scott was one of a number of American leading men who went to England to make "B" movies where their names still had marquee value. Scott deserves better than this TV-type "thriller" that is rather dull despite Terence Fisher's very brisk and efficient direction. The performances by all the named actors are fine, and there is good work from the supporting cast as well, but despite a positive conclusion relating to Richard's condition and his relationship with Avril, the movie is strictly ho hum. This was another of Lippert's Hammer studio "film noir" non-classics. Diane Cilento [Stop Me Before I Kill!] has a small role as a woman who gets involved with Nick. Malcolm Arnold's music helps a bit.
Verdict: You can't say it's awful but it just doesn't excite despite the occasional car chase and crash. **.
NOTE: A while ago I erroneously reported that Great Old Movies had reached its 3500th post. Well, I was never good at math! This is the real 3500th post for GREAT OLD MOVIES (wish it had been about a better picture)!


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Here is the book you should be paying attention to, in comic shops tomorrow!
Princess Knight (Volume 1) - Finally somebody has translated this - thank you, Vertical! Osamu Tezuka's manga that was extremely influential in shaping shoujo manga. And on that note, next week Comics-and-More will be dedicated to manga for Manga Week! See reviews of manga every week day (including Princess Knight), as well as a podcast devoted to Sailor Moon!
Other Noteworthy Releases
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Essential Sgt Fury (Volume 1) TP
Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec (Volume 2): The Mad Scientist and a Dusting of Mummies HC
Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Volume 1) HC
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Northanger Abbey #1 (of 5)
The Occultist #1 (of 3)
PC Cast's House of Night #1 (of 5)
Point One #1
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Saga of the Swamp Thing (Book 6) HC
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What's the point of "God"?
RE: What's the point of "God"?
(15-10-2013 08:05 AM)houseofcantor Wrote: "there must be a reason" for circumstance, because such is comforting.
Yeah but is it? Have said it before and will keep on saying it - nothing makes one torture oneself more and experience life as a constant strife, than the thought that "there must be a reason", constantly trying to discover it, looking for explanations and patterns where there are none.
God (any god) can never set us free. Only the thought of the utter randomness of it all can.
Also (have said it again, I know, but it's a such a perfect explanation of religion, it's scary that it's actually a linguistics quote): "The human mind abhors a vacuum of sense. When faced with an absurdity, it strains its interpretative faculty to the utmost, trying to make the meaningless meaningful."
Quote:And when we stand at the threshold of eternity - a.k.a. death - it is comforting to know that we do not walk alone.
Frankly, only thing that could possibly offer any sort of comfort in the face of eternity is the promise of an end. Seems to be my day for repeating myself, but human beings are inherently and indelibly finite; not only can we never experience infinity, we cannot even comprehend it, not really.
Quote:(Oh, it is said that "we all die alone," but the last thing I'm gonna do is kiss my Gwynnies goodbye. I ain't scairt. )
"When death calls me,
nobody in the world will notice
that a man has died without speaking,
without knowing the truth;
that a man died without praying
escaping the burden of piety
Dear brothers on the other side
we sang in the choir down on earth
we all loved the same woman
we went in thousands for the same war
this memory will not comfort you
when you die, you die alone
this memory will not comfort you
when you die you die alone."
(So much more poignant in Italian, of course. And this translation kinda sucks anyway.)
"E se non passa la tristezza con altri occhi la guarderò."
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Joie Senora Cashmere Dress with Belt from ShopBop
This cashmere dress would look great worn as a tunic over leggings or skinny jeans; or dress it up with a statement necklace and opaque tights and pumps for an evening out. I love the chic styling of the belted waist and loose kimono sleeves--this is definitely not your preppy cashmere sweater! Best yet, it's on sale: it's $174.00, regularly $348.00, from ShopBop.


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The first look at Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's new film Delhi 6, starring Sonam Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival this week. The highly anticipated film has a tagline of "The Journey Within" and it follows the journey of Abhishek's character from New York back to Delhi but it is also a journey of finding himself and India as well.
The 45-second teaser does not give much a way. With beautiful background music playing; you see a few small flashes of scenes including a gorgoeus Sonam, an incredible stage play, city scenes and just the back of Abhishek looking over Delhi with a bit of New York thrown in. Even with just the glimpse they give you, you are immediately intrigued about how this story will unfold.
The story does have parts of director Mehra's life from when he lived in Chandni Chowk and he says his films often have aspects of himself in them, "Cinema is fantastic. But even then, the movies that I make are so very much a part of my real life, that they make my feelings and emotions very obvious in front of the audience. It's like being stripped. The best part about cinema is that you can have fun with it, and still get across a message, a moral."
Abhishek Bachchan is very excited about the film and said making it was a wonderful experience, "It has been absolutely magical for me, I truly enjoyed it, it gave me the opportunity to work with Rakeysh, who has been a very, very dear friend of mine and somebody I have been wanting to work with for a very long time. It also gave me the opportunity to work with two of my favorite actors, Rishi Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman, and work on a wonderful script."
He also had nothing but the highest of praise for co-star Sonam Kapoor saying, "She's a wonderful girl, all full of life, and exuberant, she's always smiling and I admire that about her, it is wonderful to see that kind of confidence she has, because this is her second film and she was put in front of the camera with the likes of Om Puri and Rishi Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman. And these are stalwarts and I think the best in the business would be scared to stand in front of and to hold your honour in front of them takes a lot of guts and a great amount of confidence and talent, and she's really come off wonderful in the film and she's a wonderful wonderful talent."
About the message of the film Bachchan said, "I like to think that the audience will come out of Delhi 6 questioning the way they lead their lives, asking why they do what they do and if it serves any good purpose."
The film, produced by UTV Motion Pictures, is scheduled for release on February 20th! We will keep you up to date on all the Delhi 6 news so watch this space for more!


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Unless you're really into golf course design and/or live on the West Coast, you probably never heard of John Harbottle III. But his untimely death on May 24 at age 53 left a gaping hole in the hearts of those who knew him.
I'm among them, and though I can't claim to have known him well, he made a lasting impression in our few meetings. I interviewed John a couple of times, including once during a round on his home course, Tacoma Country and Golf Club (yes, you read that correctly). He was a consummate gentleman, gracious to a fault, and genuinely passionate about the game.
Harbottle came by his love of golf naturally. His mother, Pat Lesser Harbottle, won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1955. His dad was medalist at the 1993 U.S. Senior Amateur. Trips to the great links of Ireland and Scotland stirred his desire to build his own courses (Royal County Down was a favorite), and a stint with Pete Dye's firm gave him the working knowledge needed to pursue the craft.
Harbottle never earned the recognition of fellow Dye disciples like Tom Doak and Gil Hanse, but his courses were anything but second-rate. The best known is the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain in Bremerton, Wa., a two-time USGA championship host and America's eighth-best municipal track per Golfweek. It's absolutely fantastic.
He also designed Palouse Ridge in Pullman, home of the Washington State Cougars and Golfweek's No. 4 collegiate course in the country; Idaho's BanBury GC, another USGA host; and Stevinson Ranch outside Sacramento, one of the most popular courses in California (or anywhere, for that matter).
I played with John shortly after he'd lost the bid to build Chambers Bay, which went to Robert Trent Jones Jr. It had to sting terribly to lose a potentially career-making assignment in your own backyard – Chambers Bay was picked to host the 2015 U.S. Open just after opening – but he expressed no bitterness whatsoever. It wasn't part of his makeup.
If you get a chance, honor John's memory by playing one of his creations. And take the time to appreciate his passion.
Photos: Harbottle Design
Some of John's Work:
Daniel Mitchell is a golf writer and Golf-Newz.com contributor who lives in Jupiter, Fla., a few miles from Tiger Woods as the crow flies but worlds away in every other respect. An avid golfer since age 12, Mitchell carries a (shaky) single-digit handicap, investing far more time in his dogs than his swing.


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As soon as I saw these glasses I knew what I was going to draw. Unfortunately, It took me quite awhile to get to this. The holidays were way busy. I actually liked this a lot better when it was black and white. I really wish watercolor worked better on these pages, but I am moderately happy with the colored pencil too. I hope this "punches my ticket" as an honorary member of the portrait party.
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So I have missed a week of showing you my fitness for the week, but you didn't miss much on either week. Seems the cold weather and tons of snow liked to take a hold of my plans! But I did manage to get some work outs in even with it all plus the holidays!
Still keeping the same routine so it's not too exciting but alternating arm/leg work outs with a run and cardio warm up! :) I just like decorating each week so at least something looks different even if it isn't the work out! Ha!
I also have been posting some pictures of my work out on Instagram ( Welcome new followers! ) - loving playing with the photo editing apps. I think this new one I've been trying is called PicsArt. Awesome fun filters- makes my work out photos look more exciting, bahaha.
Don't ask about the face, I have no idea! It's hard to plank and take timer selfies :) But I love the photo, just makes me smile for some ungodly reason! I end each work out with planks and other core work outs. This week I ran a total of 7 miles, which I thought wasn't too bad with missing a few days due to weather.
We won't talk much about this week, a whole lot of not feeling good, and Christmas got me some itty bitty work outs. I just ran a total of 4.25 miles but it's better than nothing. I'm hoping to step it up more this week but I still have been having some tummy issues and so I've been doing small work outs. Hopefully by time the New Years comes, I'll be feeling fresh and rejuvenated.
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! This is also my 100th entry!! Too bad it wasn't more exciting but I have great news and plans for the new years coming up soon so stay tuned!! :)
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Can I buy some time?!?! I have many ideas for cards I would like to make, but not enough time:( Thus, the inconsistent postings lately. The card below is for a sketch challenge found here, CCMC192 and a color challenge found at Just Add Ink, #108. I punched a 1 3/4 inch circle and adhered the pool party zig-zags that I die cut using the Tasteful Trim die. I stamped the whale from Fox & Friends in Island Indigo and then cut it out. I punched with my paper piercer around the circle and added the banner made from the Petal Cone die with "Welcome Baby" from the Short & Sweet stamp set stamped in Early Espresso. A button was added to finish it off. This is a layout I plan to come back to as I have other cards I would like to make using it. Thanks for stopping by!
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Personal Note: My niece's basketball team made it to STATE! We are very excited! We will have family staying with us, so I have a list of things I want to get done before they arrive tomorrow night. The only bummer is that my niece tore a ligament in her ankle, so she is limited on the amount of time she can play:( I did get samples of the Prom invites done and one has been chosen. Since they needed them like yesterday, I am planning on trying to get them all stamped and completed by Saturday. OK, I'm off to tackle my list and try to get outside to enjoy this beautiful weather.


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Where we lived when I was in high school, the truck would come along once in a while. Its tune was weird to the point of creepy. I best approximated it by playing three different music boxes, all playing different songs, at the same time.
Then, no ice cream truck for nearly twenty years.
My current neighborhood has an ice cream truck, with discernible tunes, but again, they're weird. a friend once noted that it was playing the theme from Love Story. I was just impressed that she could identify the theme from Love Story, as she was born fifteen years after that movie came out. But she was right, and I've heard it play a number of other weird tunes since.
Tonight, I jotted down what I could make out as the truck made its rounds:
- "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
let's talk about gym etiquette
When Joe and I walked into the gym a few days ago and there were two (TWO) people already there, working on their fitness, I was perturbed. But, you know, whatever, it's their gym, too (HARRUMPH) so I couldn't really complain. Or throw them out, even though I totally wanted to. BUT. Then! They were gross. And here's why:
The guy on the treadmill who I usually see running outside no matter what the temperature had decided to move his workout indoors that day and was running super fast, was really sweaty, smelled bad enough that I could smell his BO from two machines away, and ran for at least 40 minutes, getting his sweaty-stinky-man-hands all OVER the treadmill. He finished his workout soon after Joe and I started ours, went to get a drink at the water fountain, put on his jacket, and left. Joe and I looked at one another in complete horror.
"Did he clean off his treadmill?" I asked.
"NO!" Joe exclaimed.
So meanwhile, there's this lady riding a bike in front of us. She's not wearing earphones or anything, so I know she heard us talking about how gross it was that that guy was sweating all over a machine and didn't clean it off. But what does she do? Finishes her workout, gets a drink of water, puts on her jacket, and leaves! WHAT THE HELL?
The craziest thing is that there are antibacterial wipes provided RIGHT THERE in the gym. You don't have to bring your own towel. You don't even have to go get paper towels out of the bathroom and then spray them with cleaning solution before you wipe down the machines. No. You just have to pull a wet wipe out of the container. It's so easy. I don't understand people who don't clean off their machines. If you don't clean your machine when you're done with it, YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE.
Gym Rules:
The most important rule of the gym is to clean up after yourself. If you sweat all over a machine, CLEAN IT OFF. How is this a difficult thing to understand?
Don't stand in front of a machine or just, like, hang out on a switched-off treadmill and have a conversation with someone. Get out of the way so someone else can use it. I HATE YOU.
When Heidi and I were members at Fitworks, we would often note that working-out-noises were eerily similar to having-sex-noises. Please be aware of the noises you are making and, um, stop making them. I should not have to give you a side-look to make sure you're not pleasuring yourself over at the bench press.
If you go in the gym and someone is already there and the TV is on a certain channel/show/whatever, DO NOT CHANGE IT. Not without asking. That's rude. I don't want to watch real athletes on ESPN while I work out, I want to watch models fall off a runway on America's Next Top Model.
Hi. Did you just finish your workout? Yeah? Cool. Did you clean off your machine? No? Oh. GO CLEAN YOUR SHIT.
4 comments:
- Joe G. said...
I was most shocked that the lady didn't clean off her machines. She heard us talking about it! It was nasty. She need to wash they ass.
- January 26, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- Kate said...
Agh, tell me about it! I joined a gym last year that has spray bottles and towels placed between every two machines, so you are always within arm's reach of the cleaning supplies. I have literally NEVER seen another person use them. From my observational data, I am the only person at my gym who cleans off the machine. SIGH.
- January 26, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- mysterygirl! said...
Sheesh, I never really even used to sweat on the machines at the gym and I still gave them a courtesy wipe-down. Jerks. Not that I'm SO FIT that I don't sweat or something-- just that I wasn't at a "sweat flying off your person"-level of activity.
And I've found that a good response to people groaning (mainly if they're lifting weights) is to groan back more loudly. They would always know it was directed at them, probably because I only had about 10 pounds on the leg press at the time.
- January 27, 2011 at 2:00 AM
- Jennie said...
Joe, I got to thinking...she was pretty old, maybe she COULDN'T hear us. Although, she still should have wiped her machine off.
Kate, that's even worse! I always mean to wipe off the treadmill BEFORE I use it for that very reason, but I usually forget.
mg! I just pictured you having a grunting war with someone at the gym and it made me LOL. I'm going to try that next time.
- January 27, 2011 at 8:39 AM


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A colour bomb/stripe combo may help but it relies a bit on luck, and once you have 2 colour bombs from the popcorn switch them together, that will grow all the popcorns by one stage.
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A colour bomb/stripe combo may help but it relies a bit on luck, and once you have 2 colour bombs from the popcorn switch them together, that will grow all the popcorns by one stage.
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Difficult level. As with most 6 color levels - you need a lot of luck and have a great start. If you haven't made a lot of progress in the 1st 20 moves, quit and try again!
- 23 April 2015 at 21:13
An extremely fun level with lots of strategy involved. Took me over a day and lots of tries, but it is not impossible at all. Got it this morning, three stars and no boosters. Have fun with this one.
- 25 April 2015 at 08:34
- Maryann Enge said...
I've cleared the board twice and didn't make the points! The the hell is this all of a sudden!
- 27 April 2015 at 13:36
I passed this on the second try. Not bad at all, it was actually decent. Good luck to everyone
- 1 May 2015 at 10:33
Also got this on the second try, but with only 264K. Said level completed, gave me one star and upped my score to 280K. Don't get it but I'm ok with it. Fun level. No chocolate, or bombs. Always fun when either of them aren't on the board!
- 1 May 2015 at 20:30
Very easy level. 1rst try, no boosters
- 3 May 2015 at 09:09
Started this level today. Cleared the board three times but not enough points. At least it's a fun level. Good tip to get wraps close to the popcorn.
- 3 May 2015 at 18:34
My go-to fun level while waiting for new ones, wish more were like this. My tips would be wraps close to popcorn, hold off on saucers, and when faced with a choice of popcrn to hit concentrate on whichever's closest to popping, as each choc ball makes it easier to get the next.
- 4 May 2015 at 14:49
- michelle mcbride said...
Ok not sure how this was easy for you all....playing mobile version and this was just awful...2 days trying to get through enough to makes specials detonate the popcorns...wraps work but I got few and few chances to make them.
ok onto the next level...
- 4 May 2015 at 15:54
Not that easy of a level, but got through it with side by side chocolate bombs.
- 5 May 2015 at 04:47
FrankC here. Well as opposed to the prior level, this was easy as all get up! 3 star score on my 1st attempt and Ill take it. Very enjoyable level on top of it. Made a handful of wraps to explode the popcorn and that got me going. Great tip above about saving the Ufo's! Thank you!
- 5 May 2015 at 11:42
- Jane said...
Fun level. Got it first time but quickly. Only one star. Maybe I'll try again for more points but maybe it was a lucky board!HaVeioa
- 5 May 2015 at 17:31
Got my 3 stars! Yippee!!
- 7 May 2015 at 11:05
1st try 2 stars! On to the next!!
- 7 May 2015 at 16:41
Guess I need to change my name. LOL
I did just win this, but not on the first try like Leslie above.
I don't think anyone has mentioned this, but don't count on a big explosion at the end if you have moves left to get your points. It's fish.
- 8 May 2015 at 05:44
WTH! Don't play on a pc. I got over 279,000 pts and it didn't pass me like it would have on the iPad. Sucks.
- 8 May 2015 at 07:04
1st attempt, I had three double colour bomb combos. Using wraps I popped two together and that then opened two more up and so on. Many moves to spare. Nice to be flying past these levels after 914. Regards AJ
- 8 May 2015 at 17:31
JanC here. Well after many days of sluggishly failing, my luck changed. Phew..... This level was starting to get to me, extremely boring and tedious but the winning 2 star score came on 1 of those games where everything falls into place. I had all of the popcorn opened with about 15 moves to spares, but the last few jelly were a pain in the you know what! So I endes up having to use one of my 5 hammers Ive saved up to finally beat this level! And I will not go back to attempt 3 stars! Good luck all.
- 10 May 2015 at 10:27
- Mary Immel said...
I must have got really lucky...2nd try with 26 moves left 3 stars and over 400,000 pts.......I was afraid after reading all these comments....
- 10 May 2015 at 12:21
JanC here!!!! Wtg Mary! Maybe ya can give oldtimer Norah some tips!! Eh??
- 10 May 2015 at 12:54
Nice job Leslie!
- 10 May 2015 at 13:36
1st try, definitely didn't get the right amount of points though but it let me through anyway.
- 12 May 2015 at 06:41
Same happened with me too Charlotte! Guess luck is on our side, Wtg!
- 17 May 2015 at 11:17
How come some of you get your scores upped over the 1 star level??? This NEVER happens on my PC! Still trying..............
- 18 May 2015 at 08:48
PS to the above: I can't believe that I just wasted two lollipop hammers on clearing the last jelly only to find that I missed the target score by a couple of hundred! Gnash Gnash. Back to the drawing board...........
- 18 May 2015 at 11:06
FrankC from amsterdam here, the real one. The post above is my troll....
- 20 May 2015 at 08:26
Fyi this is also my troll
- 27 May 2015 at 04:35
Looks very difficult. Keep at the combinations and switch two chocolate bombs together if you can.
- 12 June 2015 at 12:48
- Dexter Frantz said...
Fun? Easy? WTF am I doing wrong? Everyone once in a while I'll have a decent game & get down to 2-3 jellies left.
Otherwise, it's 1 slow move after another, no specials in sight the last 1/2 of the game.
1st time I've written when I haven't won. Feeling defeated after all of the positive comments above.
And I've played after taking my meds. but they're not working I guess.
Gotta go play again. Maybe bitching here will bring me good luck.
Good luck to all of us!
- 15 June 2015 at 12:50
- Dexter Frantz said...
Played a few more games & finished it. Yay!
Hope everyone else gets thru too!
- 15 June 2015 at 13:12
I love it but don't want to use up all my lives to pass it.
- 2 July 2015 at 14:21
I was so happy when I got everything cleared on my first try but then.....not enough points. bummer. Grace.
- 5 August 2015 at 10:31
JSN: Having lots of problems with this one. I was down to one blinking popcorn with two moves left. Thought I might use my lollypop hammer to finish off the popcorn, but it wouldn't allow me. So I got over 300,000 points, but didn't finish.
- 11 August 2015 at 16:39
JSN: Got very lucky today. Got rid of all of the jelly except for one, which I could have removed at any time. But with 20 moves remaining I didn't have enough points, and so spent six moves gathering enough to give me two stars. That was enough for me at this point, and I ended the game.
- 12 August 2015 at 17:21
- Mahesh Adhikari said...
I did it in 9 moves
- 27 December 2015 at 00:13
- sassy said...
Easy level but I usually check everyone's comments, and most of the time,I find a hint from someone who plays like me.So thanks everyone. Wrapped candy on popcorn big help. Just keep slamming them until you can get a triple wrap thing. I don't know what they are called.Anyway,pretty easy. Dropping my anonymous to Sassy.
- 28 January 2016 at 03:35
I am so tired of trying to clear popcorn on these different levels. It is so boring. Can't CC come up with something else?
- 9 February 2018 at 12:38
- Alessandra said...
Couldn't agree more! So over this popcorn lark. Tedious & frustrating !
- 6 March 2018 at 09:55
- Snoozin said...
I just started on this one and can tell it might take awhile. The problem I see is getting rid of the popcorn. On my first try I actually got through one popcorn and one of the saucers took off. I went from needing 16 jellies to only needing 5 - tons of chocolate bombs came up but it was a little to late. Wish me luck. ;-)
- 18 March 2018 at 13:55
- Snoozin said...
Whew - paid attention to making downward striped candies and it worked. Got it on my second try. Thanks again for the great tips and hints.
- 18 March 2018 at 14:02


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Make Time For Each Child
A mother is wise to create or look for opportunities to have one-to-one time with each individual every few days. A bedtime story, a walk, a dinner together – these provide a chance for the child to ask a difficult question or to vent some painful emotions in the safety of your togetherness. For now, it's best not to share with hubby what the child has said or expressed – not until some measure of healing has come.
As you have the opportunity to get "up close and personal" with your child, the intimate atmosphere may bring your emotions closer to the surface – which is great if you don't allow it to go too far. It is important to communicate your heart in an honest and open fashion, but it's also important to balance that with conveying your emotional stability to your child by remaining calm.


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Thanks for inviting me to be a part of your "5 Favorite Things" series, Chassity! When I started to think about what I might include, I decided to go with the first items that came to mind and here they are.
1. The Freud Chaise Lounge from Mitchell Gold. First of all, is that the best name for a chaise lounge or what? I had my eye on this piece for quite awhile, and so was thrilled while visiting the store in Portland for a book signing, by both Mitchell and Bob, to see that the floor model was on sale! It is a great piece that simply gets better with age.
2. Here is another floor model, an Uttermost mirror I found at Lamps Plus, on clearance with a bit of damage. A small piece on the top portion of the frame was cracked and about to come off. I bargained the price down from over $300 to around $35. LOVE! A bit of super glue and a new glaze of paint over the frame (to help the finish work well with the design of this bathroom) took care of any damage and it is one of the highlights of this bathroom design.
3. These lamps were found at HomeGoods, one of my absolute favorite resource for lamps. Originally the bases were a bright cobalt blue and featured plain ivory shades. A makeover resulted in the glossy ivory bases, with the shades covered with a fun Chinoiserie fabric and green trim.
4. An old Hoosier cabinet is another favorite item in my home. This piece originally sat in my grandfather's wood shop, and I have many fond memories of being in the shop, watching him work. The cabinet finally found its way to my house, and after I had it stripped of lead paint it was refinished and now functions as a great storage and desk piece in my husband's home office.
5. And last, this chair is one of a pair I won at auction. They were one ugly pair of chairs and luckily no one else was interested in them! But after refinishing the frames and having them reupholstered in a pretty velvet, they are a favorite in our home.
My goodness, Janell, can I move in? Thank you so much for sharing your amazing finds. And she clearly is a humble woman, because she didn't even mention her DIY chalkboard lamp that was featured on The Nate Show.


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Namco Bandai Games began streaming the second promotional video for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, the new fighting game inspired by Hirohiko Araki's manga, and developped by CyberConnect2 the game will arrive on the PlayStation 3 console next year.
Namco Bandai revealed the cast last thursday during the Tokyo Game Show 2012, and revealed that Okitsu will also plays Jonathan Joestar in this fall's television anime series. The video highlights the vivid Stand effects from the manga and the first preview of the voice cast — specifically :
Daisuke Ono as Jōtarō Kūjō
Tomokazu Sugita as Josef Joestar
Akio Ohtsuka as Wamū (Wham)
Shinichiro Miki as Gyro Zeppeli
The rest of the cast includes:
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Jonathan Joestar
Wataru Hatano as Jōsuke Higashikata
Daisuke Namikawa as Giorno Giovanna
Miyuki Sawashiro as Jolyne Kūjō
Yuuki Kaji as Johnny Joestar


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Brodeur's Two Mistakes
The best hockey player in the New York area right now is also one of the greatest hockey players ever, and he's a Methuselah, a 40-year-old in a sport where pro careers typically last five or six years. Martin Brodeur, now in his 20th season with the New Jersey Devils, has played so well for so long that even hockey people have tended to take him a little for granted. He's hardly an unknown, but he would be more fussed over and wondered at if he didn't play in Newark and if his position were not the lowly, unglamorous one of goalie.


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Author: Sarah Cain
Series: Danny Ryan Thriller, #1
Published: January 2016, Crooked Lane Books
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
A year ago, Danny Ryan lost his wife and son in a car accident. He's still reeling from the tragedy when Michael Cohen, his friend and fellow journalist, drives into the pond in front of his house with a bullet through his gut.
With Michael's death ruled a murder, Danny must work to get his name crossed off the list of suspects, and that means digging into Michael's last article, an expose of the twisted side of Philadelphia politics. But powerful people are ready to kill to protect what Michael was about to uncover, and if Danny's not careful, he'll be next.
The dark heart of the city is on display in Sarah Cain's gripping debut thriller, The 8th Circle.
Early Praise for The 8th Circle:
"This dark thriller is a fast-paced plunge." —Kirkus starred review
"I've found a new hero in Danny Ryan. A reporter's reporter and a man the world can't beat. A tough and resourceful muckraker. THE 8TH CIRCLE is a superior thriller with human characters and real heart. I thoroughly enjoyed this comeback story of a once great ink-stained wretch searching for truth in a web of corruption." –Ace Atkins, former crime reporter turned New York Times bestselling author of Robert B. Parker's Kickback and The Redeemers.
"With THE 8TH CIRCLE, Sarah Cain brings her knowledge of politics and journalism to bear in a twisty, winding thriller in which nothing is as it seems." –Wallace Stroby, author of the Crissa Stone series
"Taut and tense: a deeply intriguing and stylishly clever thriller." –Sharon Bolton, award-winning author of Little Black Lies


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Well, I think it's time to start showing off some of the work we've done on the Ring of Auberon comic book pitch. I've put quite a few of the preliminary sketch work done by the artist up on my pics page, so check them out. I've also started a totally new MySpace page which will be our forum for posting new artwork, story synopsis, all that sort of thing. We'll have sample pages available soon, as well. So check it out, and tell all your friends about it! When the contest rolls around, assuming we make it past the preliminary rounds, the public gets to vote on their favorite... so we're going to need you!
The dedicated MySpace page can be found at http://www.myspace.com/ringofauberon
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Comic Book Challenge 2007: The Ring of Auberon
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Thanks for writing this.
- November 11, 2008 at 4:02 AM
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Ergonovine Maleate and β-Blockers for Prinzmetal's Angina
To the Editor:
I enjoyed reading the case report on Prinzmetal's angina that appeared in a recent issue of the Journal.1 I reported a variant of Prinzmetal's angina 27 years ago2 and continue to have an interest in the disease.
Until recently, I relied on ergonovine maleate as a provocative agent for coronary artery spasm in Prinzmetal's angina and its variant.3 Unfortunately, ergonovine maleate (Ergotrate) is no longer commercially available in the United States.4 I wonder where Delacretaz et al1 obtained their supply of ergonovine maleate for their patient. This information would be very helpful to those of us who still like to use it in the cardiac catheterization laboratory to document or exclude coronary artery spasm.
I also noted that the patient received atenolol to control ventricular rate in the presence of atrial fibrillation. β-Blockers may exacerbate coronary vasospasm by increasing α-adrenergic activity.5 Therefore, I would be interested in learning how the patient is doing.
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Hoping to increase demand for its comicbooks with younger readers, DC Entertainment is launching a mobile app built around its DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network and will publish new monthly kids mag "DC Nation Super Spectacular," starting in May.
Realizing it needs to get kids used to reading digital comicbooks in order to grow that side of the biz and appeal to the younger set as it stares at more mobile screens, DC's new app will offer first issues of "Batman Adventures #1," "Superman Adventures #1" and "Tiny Titans #1" for free, and the first six installments of the "DC Nation Secret Files," an encyclopedia of comicbook company's characters.
Separately, a monthly DC Nation "mini-mag" will highlight the latest happenings on the Cartoon Network TV programming block, giving the hourlong lineup, which bowed in February, its own promo push. Additionally, more than 100 DC Comics titles will be available for 99 cents, including "Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade."
Next month, the 64-page "DC Nation Super Spectacular" magazine will be sold on newsstands, offering kids a collection of new comics based on DC Nation shows including "Young Justice" and "Green Lantern: The Animated Series." Pub also will include exclusive versions of content, including special versions of "DC Nation Secret Files."
Magazine is sponsored by Warner Bros. Interactive's upcoming game "Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes," which will offer up game codes to readers, creating yet another synergistic opportunity for DC and WB's divisions.
"DC Nation has already proven to be an extremely popular kids' franchise," said Hank Kanalz, senior VP of digital, DC Entertainment. "The new app and magazine will extend DC Nation's reach while also delivering fresh content to core fans of the TV programming block."
Since its launch, the DC Nation block has improved Cartoon Network's season-to-date ratings by 32% with boys 6-11. It's also tops with male teens in the time period.


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Another red and white simple colour combination card.
The Z card design is one from a class I attended with Jenny over at Stamping Moments. I just changed the colours and the stamp set used. Her work always inspires me and her blog is full of great ideas, tips etc


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July 9, 10 and 11
6:00AM - 7:00PM Aerial larviciding in The Bronx
• Neighborhoods: Pelham Bay Park North
• Zip codes: 10464 and 10475
The Bronx
Pelham Bay Park
Marsh areas bounded by Amtrak Railroad to the east;
New England Thruway to the north; and the Hutchinson River to the west and south
10464 - 10475
VectoBacTM CG, VectoMaxTM CG and/or VectoLexTM CG – all containing naturally occurring bacteria − will be used for this application. These larvicides have been used throughout the mosquito season to treat mosquito-breeding sites. These products are approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Reducing Exposure to Mosquitoes
• Use an approved insect repellent containing DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus (not for children under three), or products that contain the active ingredient IR3535.
• Make sure windows have screens and repair or replace screens that have tears or holes.
• Eliminate any standing water from your property and dispose of containers that can collect water.
Standing water is a violation of the New York City Health Code.
• Make sure roof gutters are clean and draining properly.
• Clean and chlorinate swimming pools, outdoor saunas and hot tubs. Keep them empty or covered if not in use; drain water that collects in pool covers.
• Report standing water by calling 311 or visiting nyc.gov/health/wnv
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Obviously the choice out by Suwarnabhumi Airport is limited compared to the accommodation rich streets of downtown Bangkok. But there are a few options available.
At Suvarnabhumi Airport there is the Novotel Suvarnabhumi. With rooms from around 3,000 baht you can expect all the usual refinements of the Novotel chain, with the added advantage of being just across from the airport terminal.
Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel – contact details:Racha-Taeva, Bangpli , Samutprakarn 10540 ThailandTel : +66 2 131 1111Fax: +66 2 131 1188
A short distance away from the airport and with rooms starting from 900 baht is Thong Ta Resort. Perhaps not what you would expect as a "resort" location but ideally situated for the airport and reasonably priced. All the usual hotel attraction including WIFI internet connection.
In the same price range but slightly further away is Queen's Garden Resort. Another affordable hotel close to the airport with good facilities, ideal for anyone needing to be close at hand to the airport but not wanting the high cost of Novotel.


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I feel grateful for the funny moments in life. For example, when your spouse comes home from a vintage shop with a 3 ft tall 7. His sheepish look says it all,
"Will anyone else love this 7?"
"Will I have to take back the 7?"
I happen to like the number 7, and I don't mind having some bizarre items hanging on my walls....
Ava excitedly exclaimed, "I've never had a 7 on my living room wall before!" It seems that she's also game for things that are off the wall...or on the wall in this case.


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For those of you who are writers, business professionals, artists, and computer geeks, this is a good place for you to set up a resume, and get some extra income and more importantly, experience in your field. Nothing like being able to add work history to a resume when looking for steady work.
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- At the center of all things wrong in the world is none other than Bruins defenseman Joe Corvo. Every night this guy brings anywhere between 5 and 7 metric ass-tons of suckage to the rink. And not too far behind him is Kampfer. The tonnage of suckage he brings is still in its infancy, but he's done some weird things out there. Plus, he just gets torched all the time.
- Speaking of Kampfer, you know this guy's a trouble magnet, right? Univ of Michigan, okay, and he's been assaulted TWICE.
Kampfer delivers a clean hit and some dude takes exception. The "history" the announcers are referring to is the attack he experienced earlier in the year at the hands of some Univ of Michigan football players. Also, this
- Ben wa Pouliot finally gets off the schnide by scoring a goal. He's still got cheap Hab-its to break (stick is high a lot, some high hits; overall douchey-ness) but he is skating hard, so...
- We hit, what, 1200 posts the other night? Rang iron all night, weird how that happens. Chara almost knocked the net off its moorings, as did Horton with a wicked wrista to the crossbah.
- Zach Hamill threw a hit last week. Piped up one 311'er, "zach hamill, hitting someone in the corner. weak." And I said, "that was more Dorothy Hamill". Don't know if that was original joke, but there ya go.
- Kessel still in scoring lead - what IS this shit?
- @msavvy91 still predicting Bruins wins and goal scorers. It's a little creepy. Is there a Peterborough equivalent to Powerball? Maybe he should play...


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Sometimes, you have to be a parent
What are parents to do when their child says he's tired of being a child, and wants to be a roadrunner? If there's not another child (who wants to be a puh-sychiatrist) sitting nearby, ready to dissuade him, the parents have to step in and say no, you can't do that. You have to go to school, you have to eat the dinners we make, you have to go to the store.
What if their child wants to go around naked? What could be more natural than to go au natural? The parents need to say that no, when you go outside, you must wear clothes.
Most parents have probably experienced children who don't want to eat their vegetables. Even though it's perfectly possible to live without eating vegetables, parents are right to instill proper eating behavior in their children.
Perhaps, they think, it's all just a phase, and the child will grow out of it.
But look into another case that the New York Times thinks should be handled differently.
But as advocates gain ground for what they call gender-identity rights, evidenced most recently by New York City's decision to let people alter the sex listed on their birth certificates, a major change is taking place among schools and families. Children as young as 5 who display predispositions to dress like the opposite sex are being supported by a growing number of young parents, educators and mental health professionals.
Doctors, some of them from the top pediatric hospitals, have begun to advise families to let these children be "who they are" to foster a sense of security and self-esteem. They are motivated, in part, by the high incidence of depression, suicidal feelings and self-mutilation that has been common in past generations of transgender children. Legal trends suggest that schools are now required to respect parents' decisions.
Children aren't allowed to do a lot of things, including choosing their education, their health care, and even their diet. The reason is patently obvious: children don't have the intelligence, education, experience, and common sense to make these kinds of decisions. Yet they are presumed in this case to know their gender identity, at an age when children's knowledge about the difference between men and women can be summed up with a quote from Kindergarten Cop.
Perhaps the child in this article will, in fifteen years, be living as a woman and say that he always felt he should be a female. But what if it is just a phase?
Picture a three year old boy who did something naughty in public, got scolded by his mother, and started pouting. Later, he spied a little girl being treated very nicely by her mother. All of a sudden, in his three year old mind, he thinks he was treated bad because he's a boy, not because he was naughty.
Is this worth ruining a child's life by allowing his fantasy to continue like this? It does seem unusual to see the child in this article fixating for this long, but if I had to choose between the opinion of a five year old child and a child psychiatrist, I know what I'd choose.


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A memorable occasion nonetheless
Location: Tetris Carnival Party
Time: yesterday. ish.
Her: What are you dressed up as*? You look just like Johnny Depp in Fear And Loathing!
Me: Thanks! It's the first time anyone's compared me to Johnny Depp, pity you chose the film where he's bald and overweight...
Her: Hey, at least i didn't say Ed Wood.
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I think it is important to discuss to students that once something is posted you can't get it back. Also talk about what cyberbullying is.
I think I will use Atomic Learning.
A handout telling students what digital citizenship is and giving examples could be discussed and then have each student take the handout home for their parents to sign. TEA internet safety page is a great source for parents and students to explore.


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Poster for Upcoming Steakhouse in Boston Sparks Outrage
A poster put up for a steakhouse that is coming to Boston has created an uproar, though it appears that it has now been taken down.
Over the weekend, Universal Hub mentioned (via a Facebook post by Charles Draghi of Erbaluce) a poster advertising the upcoming Strip by Strega at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, with the picture showing a woman lying on her back in an unflattering position with a piece of raw meat attached to a hook dangling by her mouth. The backlash was immediate, with commenters on Draghi's post using such terms as "staggering vulgarity," "seriously disturbing/wrong/just absolutely awful," "tasteless," "gross," and "sickening" to describe it.
The Restaurant Hub blog of The Boston Globe states that the poster is no longer there, apparently having been taken down last night or this morning.
Strip by Strega is a new spot coming from The Varano Group, which is also behind Strega Waterfront at Fan Pier, Strega North End, and Nico in the North End.
[Earlier Article]
Strip by Strega Plans to Open at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel
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Southern Heat Strains Power Generation
The heat this summer has been extraordinarily intense in many Central and Southern states, and triple-digit temperatures continue to roast parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. For example, Dallas, Texas is closing in on its record for the longest streak of 100°F days, and similar milestones have already been reached in other parts of the Lone Star state. At 88.9°F, the average temperature in Oklahoma during the month of July set a new record for the all-time warmest calendar month for any state in the US during any month.
Perhaps not surprisingly, this unrelenting warmth is putting a strain on power generation in several areas. During warm weather like this, the demand for electricity peaks with the highest temperatures, as people rely more on air conditioning to keep cool. In order to meet the extra demand during hot weather, power companies typically have to boost their electricity output.
The cruel twist is that, by affecting power plant cooling systems, the persistent heat can also hamstring electricity generation, and this has played out during the past few weeks in parts of the South.
Last week, the Tennessee Valley Authority was forced to cut power generation in half at their Browns Ferry nuclear power plant near Athens, Alabama.
A few months back, I wrote about the threat heat waves pose for nuclear power plants, and Browns Ferry in particular. Nuclear plants draw in water from nearby rivers or lakes for cooling purposes, but they face...
Interactive: Powering the Nation with Wind
By David Kroodsma
How much electricity could the U.S. generate from wind turbines? The answer may surprise you. For example, Texas alone could provide more electricity using wind energy than the entire United States currently uses.
Click through this graphic above and you'll see just how far we are from fully utilizing this vast resource. Only five states (Washington, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Utah) have installed more than one percent of their potential wind energy generation. As a nation, we're using only about 0.2 percent of our country's potential wind resource.
It's also clear where this resource lies: in the Great Plains. The top states for potential wind power are Texas (see above), as well as Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, a...
Replacing Coal With Clean Energy — Let Me Count the Ways
Coal-fired power plants provide about 45 percent of U.S. electricity. To increase the percentage of electricity coming from clean energy sources, America will likely have to move away from coal. Credit: Cathy Haglund/flickr.
As I recently pointed out, Americans consume immense quantities of electricity each year. Depending on where you live, it might come from a coal or a gas-fired power plant, a nuclear plant, a hydroelectric dam, wind turbines or even solar panels. I must admit, though, that I have no idea where my electricity comes from (other than out of the wall). But since I live in central New Jersey, my electricity probably comes from both coal, gas, and nuclear power plants.
For the country overall, the relative proportions of each type of electricity have stayed constant for about the past 15 years:
- Coal and natural gas produce 70 percent of our electricity
- Nuclear power generates about 20 percent
- Renewable sources (like wind and hydropower) provide about 10 percent.
Now, it looks like those proportions could be about to change.
During the 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama announced a new U.S. energy target: produce 80 percent of electricity from clean energy sources by 2035. Burning coal and natural gas to generate electricity releases billions of tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) gas into the atmosphere, so switching to more "clean" energy sources would help curb a lot of America's greenhouse gas emissions, which are partly responsible for warming the climate.
So where is all this "clean energy" going to come from? To start with, Obama's plan counts natural gas as "clean," since even though it produces CO2, the emissio...
Interactive Map Compares States' Renewable Energy Goals
By Matt Zonis
Sun, water, waves, wind… no this isn't the beginning to an episode of Captain Planet or a tour of power plants in Orbit City courtesy of George Jetson, but real sources of energy that are being harnessed and used to greater or lesser extent today. While it's true that we still heavily rely on fossil fuels, renewable energy is on the rise, now accounting for almost 10 percent of US electricity generation. This number is only expected to increase, in part due to rising demand for renewable electricity from individual states in the absence of a national mandate. For many reasons, including a goal of encouraging economic development and the growth of the clean tech sector, many states have taken it upon themselves to increase their use of renewable energy by implementing policies known as Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS).
Simply put, an RPS is a goal set by an individual state that requires that a certain percentage of electricity sold to customers within that state be produced by renewable sources by a specified year. Currently, 36 states have an RPS. For instance, in Haw...
Mapping US Tidal Power Potential
When I was young, I lived just a couple minutes from the ocean, and during the summer I went to the beach almost every day. Sometimes there was nothing more than a few yards of rocky shoreline exposed. At other times, when the tide was out, the smooth stones gave way to rippled sand that stretched over a half mile out to the horizon. Those were the best days, when my brother and I had time to collect sand dollars, dig for clams, and build sand castles. Eventually, the tide would change, and the water would start its journey back towards the rocks.
In places like Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest, strong tidal currents could be harnessed to generate electricity. Credit: mikeyskatie/flickr.
Even though the incoming water could swallow up a sandcastle in mere minutes, I never thought of the tide as being powerful. But in some places, like Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest, a changing tide can send water rushing through channels so narrow that it picks up incredible speed. In fact, this tidal water flow can be so powerful that its energy might someday be harnessed to generate electricity, just like water that flows through a hydroelectric dam on a river.
No power stations that use tidal power have been built in the U.S. yet (though several countries, including France, Canada, and South Korea, have operational stations), but there is growing interest in the idea of undersea turbines that capture this renewable energy source. The Department of Energy (DOE) has funded several tidal power test projects, and numerous international companies have recently been testing their turbines in places like S...


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A horror/scifi anthology that reminded me of the film released last year called Patient Seven which was created by grabbing international shorts and creating a wrap around story to loosely tie them all together. As with any anthology you will always have a mixed bag with some shorts being strong, some being okay and some being terrible. Here's the breakdown:
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This has to be one of the most generic backwoods horror films I've ever seen. Our group of women are all one note cliches and our villains are the most boring cookie cutter redneck family.
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Alleluia (film) 1h 33min | Crime, Horror, Romance | 12 November 2014 (Belgium)
A very disturbed woman goes on a date with a man who she discovers is a scam artist and has issues of his own. She quickly becomes obsessed and it all spirals out of control from there. Based on a true story this is a very dark and gritty film that has a very 1970s feel. 3.5/5 stars.
A Room to Die For 18A | 1h 24min | Horror, Thriller | 2017 (Amazon VOD)
This is a pretty terrible film. We then are given flashes of whats to come within the first 5 mins so this undercuts any suspense of what may happen. The performances are not good all around.
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2017
An incomparable amount of public attention has been fixed on sexual harassment in the latter half of 2017. It's a tsunami, a virtual revolution.
We are finishing a short book, a primer, a white paper on lessons and opportunities for bullied targets to apply from the new movement and changing employer landscape.
The publication will be available for sale at a nominal price in early January 2018.
Check back to get your copy.
Tags: #MeToo, abusive conduct, advice for targets, bullied targets, Gary Namie, MeToo Revolution, Ruth Namie, sexul harassment, workplace bullying
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Jessi Eden Brown, WBI Coach for Bullied Targets Featured in Counseling Today magazine
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
The cover story of Counseling Today magazine is about bullying. A significant portion of that article, written by Laurie Meyers, features an interview with WBI's telephone coach for bullied targets, Jessi Eden Brown. Jessi maintains a private practice in Seattle in addition to continuing to provide coaching for targets who seek her advice after discovering her services posted at this WBI website.
Jessi is the most expert advisor to targeted individuals in the U.S. Her fees are inexpensive and worth every penny. Time precludes offering free advice, so please don't insult her and ask. [Neither can WBI offer free advice by phone as it did for 18 years.] Here is Jessi's information page.
An excerpt from
Fertile Grounds for Bullying
Counseling Today, April 21, 2016
By Laurie Meyers
Bullying isn't confined to childhood or adolescence. Adults can experience bullying too, particularly in the workplace. Bullying in the workplace involves less obvious behavior than does school bullying and can be almost intangible, says Jessi Eden Brown, a licensed professional counselor and licensed mental health counselor with a private practice in Seattle.
"Bullying in the workplace is a form of psychological violence," says Brown, who also coaches targets of workplace bullying through the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI), an organization that studies and attempts to prevent abusive conduct at work. "Although popular media theatrically portray the workplace bully as a volatile, verbally abusive jerk, in actuality, the behaviors tend to be more subtle, insidious and persistent."
Instead of shoving and name-calling, Brown says, workplace bullying includes behavior such as:
– Stealing credit for others' work
– Assigning undue blame
– Using public and humiliating criticism
– Threatening job loss or punishment
– Denying access to critical resources
– Applying unrealistic workloads or deadlines
– Engaging in destructive rumors and gossip
– Endeavoring to turn others against a person
– Making deliberate attempts to sabotage someone's work or professional reputation
"It's the fact that these behaviors are repeated again and again that makes them so damaging for the target," she explains. "The cumulative effects and prolonged exposure to stress exact a staggering toll on the overall health of the bullied individual."
What's more, those bullied in the workplace often stand alone, Brown notes. "While the motivating factors may be similar between workplace bullying and childhood bullying, the consequences for the bully and the target are unmistakably different," she says. "In childhood bullying, the institution — the school — stands firmly and publicly against the abuse. Teachers, staff, students and administrators are thoroughly trained on how to recognize and address the behavior. Students are given safe avenues for reporting bullying. Identified bullies are confronted by figures of authority and influence — teachers, administrators, groups of peers, parents. When the system works as intended, there are consequences for the bully, as well as resources and support for the target."
Tags: abusive conduct, counseling, Gary Namie, helping bullied targets, Jessi Eden Brown, psychotherapy, Ruth Namie, telephone coaching, workplace bullying, Workplace Bullying Institute
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HR Webinar: When the Bully is the Boss — Feb. 4
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
Business 21 presents a Webinar for HR
When the Bully is the Boss
HR must do something about bully managers
When: Thursday Feb. 4 2016, 2:00 pm Eastern, 60 minutes, HRCI credit hour
Presenter: Dr. Gary Namie, WBI Director
Many companies assume they don't have a bullying problem. Employees get along. In meetings, team members respect each other. But look closer. You might find that the bully is the very person you would expect to protect your employees from being bullied—the boss.
Some managerial bullying is unintentional—supervisors see themselves as "demanding results." Other times bosses know their behavior crosses the line, but they don't care.
Not convinced? Consider the slew of new state laws protecting workers against bullying. And consider the number of companies that have rushed to adopt anti-bullying policies and procedures for investigating complaints.
Problem is, most policies are written for peer-to-peer conduct. They don't do enough to protect employees against bully bosses.
The costs are real. The employee's health can suffer, causing missed work, higher healthcare costs and reduced productivity. Bullied employees are also a flight risk, as are those who witness bullying. And there's the threat of lawsuits against the company.
In this session, Dr. Gary Namie will teach you:
• How to recognize and respond to a bully boss
• What differentiates "bullying" from other conduct- both illegal (discrimination) and legal (non-abusive disagreements)
• Why your workplace climate may be allowing the bully to prosper
• Why owners and executives tend to defend bullies
• How to build an abuse-intolerant, accountable culture for all employees, regardless of rank
Tags: Business 21, Gary Namie, webinar, when the bully is the boss, workplace bullying, Workplace Bullying Institute
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Benicia to Bellingham to Boise — the WBI journey
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
The Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI), which began as the Campaign Against Workplace Bullying in mid-1997, was born in the kitchen (a tad more comfortable than the garage) of our Benicia, California home. Benicia is in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Ruth had been bullied in the region at a psychiatry clinic in the state's largest HMO. With the help of volunteers, the scope of our ability to help bullied targets took over our living and dining rooms. Our initial presence on the web was at workdoctor.com, then bullybusters.org. When Oprah called in 1998, we hustled to write our first book — BullyProof Yourself At Work. We published it ourselves and became way too intimate with giant rolls of bubble wrap and shipping envelopes. In 2000, the publisher Sourcebooks in Naperville, IL acquired an expanded version of that book. It became the book The Bully At Work: What You Can Do to Stop the Hurt and Reclaim Your Dignity on the Job.
In 2000, the Georgetown Law Journal published the seminal legal article on workplace bullying by Suffolk Law Professor David Yamada. As an early WBI affiliate-friend-colleague, Yamada wrote draft legislation that we dubbed the Healthy Workplace Bill. It fell upon WBI to find ways to get the bill introduced in the states. California was the first to introduce it, in 2003, based on lobbying by WBI starting in 2001 when we were in California.
We left Benicia in 2001 to move to the great Pacific northwest, to Bellingham, Washington, a small town 18 miles south of the Canadian border. Dr. Gary returned to teaching university for two years (back to teaching youngsters and psychology again). There, he created and taught the first college course on bullying in the U.S. — Psychological Violence At Work. With lots of student help, the name WBI was adopted to reflect the expanded commitment to conducting research online. WBI was temporarily academic. After the stint ended, Gary returned to form, as a "recovering academic."
The years in Bellingham were ones of continuous growth. Volunteers gave way to paid staff funded by speaking and consulting engagements. Calls from bullied targets came in monthly by the hundreds. Free advice was given to callers. Then, WBI hired a licensed counselor to offer fee-based coaching. Jessi still conducts coaching for those seeking her help. Between the Drs. Namie and staff, we have heard tales of bullying directly from over 10,000 individuals. No other entity can claim a comparable level of contact. Thus, we became the unrivaled experts in the bullied targets' experiences.
In 2008, we designed the only comprehensive training for professionals in all aspects of the workplace bullying phenomenon — Workplace Bullying University®. Physicians, union officials, nurses, counselors, psychologists, attorneys, consultants, trainers and HR reps from around the world attend the quarterly sessions. We wrote the second edition of The Bully At Work in 2009.
On the research front, we conducted three national prevalence surveys that became the gold standard in the field. With help from talented staff, all websites were modernized, online surveys were conducted, and we developed products for the first time.
Free podcasts and webinars were produced. The WBI YouTube channel grew to over 200 videos.
For employers, we wrote a book to guide their internal steps to eliminate workplace bullying (The Bully-Free Workplace: Stop Jerks, Weasels & Snakes from Killing Your Organization. Wiley, 2011)
Pseudo-academic endeavors included making presentations in research conferences in South Africa, Berlin, Adelaide, and across the U.S. We also were invited to write chapters in academic texts. We published a few peer-reviewed journal articles.
Over the years, WBI, without resources to market its services, relied on media attention. The tally of interviews by print, internet, TV and radio outlets now number over 1,200, making WBI the dominant go-to resource to educate the public about workplace bullying and its consequences for workers and employers.
In 2015, Gary was recognized as one of the most influential organizational psychologists alive today (#5). He is still alive and writing this.
WBI's third era began the summer of 2015. The Drs. Namie moved to Boise, Idaho. Two WBI staff remain in Washington. Others left to pursue personal goals and we were sad to part.
WBI continues to train professionals at University sessions and to conduct research.
The one-stop resource for bullied individuals remains this WBI portal website. But without employers changing their practices, targets are doomed to fight uphill, fruitless battles costing them their livelihoods and health.
2015 marked a change in emphasis. It is time to bring American employers into the movement. They must voluntarily do something about the plague that eats into their profits and damages workers' health. Thus we are now focusing on services for employers. Employers will certainly comply when a law addressing health-harming abusive workplace conduct is enacted. We await the day. Until then, actions employers take are necessarily voluntary.
The Healthy Workplace Bill has been introduced in 29 states and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Two states mandate training in abusive conduct (California – for supervisors; Utah – for all state agency employees). The full bill has yet to become law, but a strong network of volunteer lobbyists for the HWB works tirelessly every year in over 30 states. WBI coordinates the State Coordinators.
Thank you for 18 glorious years of support. And thanks to the wonderful folks in Bellingham who got us this far. You remain in our hearts forever — Dave, Jessi, Daniel, David, Noelle, Carly, Noel, and the student volunteers.
Tags: Bellingham, Benicia, Boise, Gary Namie, Ruth Namie, Workplace Bullying Institute
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Namie webinar — When the bully is the boss — now available for HR
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
When the Bully is the Boss
A joint production of the Workplace Bullying Institute and Biz21 Publishing
Many companies assume they don't have a bullying problem. Employees get along. In meetings, team members respect each other. But look closer. You might find that the bully is the very person you would expect your employees to turn to if they are being bullied—the boss.
Some managerial bullying is unintentional — supervisors see themselves as "demanding results." Other times bosses know their behavior crosses the line, but don't care.
Not convinced? Consider the slew of new state laws protecting workers against bullying. And consider the number of companies that have rushed to adopt anti-bullying policies and procedures for investigating complaints.
The costs are real. The employee's health can suffer, causing missed work, higher healthcare costs and reduced productivity. Bullied employees are also a flight risk, as are those who witness bullying. And there's the threat of lawsuits against the company.
In this session, Dr. Gary Namie teaches you:
• How to recognize and respond to a bully boss
• What differentiates "bullying" from other conduct- both illegal (discrimination) and legal (non-abusive disagreements)
• Why the workplace climate may be allowing the bully to prosper
• Why owners and executives often tend to defend bullies
• How to build an abuse-intolerant, accountable culture for all employees, regardless of rank
• How to measure outcomes of anti-bullying activities that benefit both employees and the company.
Tags: Biz21 publishing, bully, bully boss, Gary Namie, webinar, workplace bullying
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WBI defines and illustrates abusive conduct for California supervisors
Monday, January 5th, 2015
Attention California (& all other) Employers
California AB2053 extracted one paragraph from the WBI Healthy Workplace Bill — the definition of "abusive conduct" and made it mandatory to acquaint supervisors and managers with the phenomenon every two years beginning Jan. 1, 2015.
WBI is the source of the phrase and the U.S. movement. There is no better qualified vendor to provide the necessary information to augment your sexual harassment training than WBI.
WBI produced a brief 20 min. video introduction that can be streamed for intranet posting or run during in-person education sessions.
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Tags: AB2053, abusive conduct, Gary Namie, supervisors, training, workplace bullying
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Holiday buttons & magnets from WBI
Monday, December 8th, 2014
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Tags: buttons, magnets, merchandise, WBI
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New Employer Training from Workplace Bullying Institute
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Workplace Bullying & Abusive Conduct:
The Other Harassment DVD
We know time is valuable. Educate all employees with this 20 min. training DVD. Distinguish abusive conduct from lesser forms of mistreatment that do not cause the same level of disruption in productivity.
This DVD video training is appropriate for non-supervisory employees or managers. Produced in August 2014.
It is the ideal video to accompany sexual harassment training. Can be streamed for online viewing by employees.
Complies with Section 12950.1, California Government Code required as of 1/1/2015
Twenty-seven percent of adult Americans report being bullied at work; an additional 21% witness it (an est. 65 million workers) and vicariously are made miserable (according to the scientific national 2014 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey). It's time to examine the real costs for employees (health consequences) and for employers (unwanted turnover, absenteeism, lawsuit or complaint settlements, workers comp and disability claims).
Dr. Gary Namie, recognized as North America's foremost authority on workplace bullying, personally introduces the topic, citing the latest prevalence statistics and the newest and most relevant research findings.
Program Topics
1. The Phenomenon
2. Examples
3. Perpetrators
4. Who Gets Bullied
5. Health Impact
6. Impact on Organizations
7. What Employers Can Do
DVD available for purchase now.
Tags: abusive conduct, California section 12950.1, compliance training, DVD, education, employer, Gary Namie, training, training DVD, Workplace Bullying Institute
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For employers who have purged destructive workplace bullies
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
It is a rare occurrence that bullies are the ones punished with negative consequences for their actions (targets report 2 to 11% rate, according to different WBI studies). Much more likely, bullied targets are punished with job loss (78% as reported by targets, 61% as the public believes) and transfers.
However, thanks to rising public awareness of workplace bullying, more bullies are being banished from sites where they caused incredible harm.
To those employers: Congratulations.
Just because the major stressor is gone does not mean the emotional distress will clear itself automatically with the passage of time. Recognize that both bullied targets, the direct recipients of the abuse, as well as witnessing coworkers were affected.
Remarkably, some managers now show concern for those still hurting (anxiety, depression, PTSD) after the bully is no longer around. The calls to us compelled us to create a service called — Workplace Bullying Recovery Day. Its goal is to validate affected work team members whose shared experience was painful, whether contact with the source of distress was direct or vicarious. Trust in a safe, secure workplace and loyalty to the employer were shattered. Recovery Day can help restore the sense of safety and trust in the employer.
The incredibly fee for the service is our way of thanking good employers for doing the right thing for workers who survived the bullying experience.
Read the details about the Workplace Bullying Recovery Day.
Tags: coworker, emotional distress, help for targets, Workplace Bullying Recovery Day
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New solution for Employers to address workplace bullying
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
According to the WBI 2014 U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey 72% of employers do nothing to mitigate workplace bullying. Most employers deny and discount that repeated abusive conduct occurs within their ranks. Bullying goes unrecognized and therefore unaddressed.
Work Doctor® consulting created the Toolkit Seminar to raise employee awareness of workplace bullying to reverse this trend.
The one day Seminar covers the phenomenon in depth and includes materials to allow employers to train staff. Companies may send participants to Bellingham, WA Seminars for $1,500 per person. This one day train-the-trainer Seminar is also deliverable on site for groups of any size. Fees are $5,000 for corporations, $4,000 for non-profit organizations, and $3,500 for unions.
"Employers do not know how to respond well to bullying and they are reluctant to spend money on a solution when bullying is still legal in the U.S.," said Dr. Gary Namie, senior consultant for Work Doctor. "The new program is so inexpensive that no employer can again use cost as an excuse to do nothing."
The new Toolkit Seminar complements the three-day Workplace Bullying University®, offered since 2008.
The Drs. Namie established the Work Doctor® consulting firm in 1985 and the Workplace Bullying Institute in 1997. Since then, the firm has worked only on employer solutions to correct and prevent Workplace Bullying. The Namies' professional background, consulting experience and unwavering focus on Workplace Bullying give them an unrivaled, comprehensive perspective of the phenomenon which they introduced to the U.S.
Tags: employer solutions, Gary Namie, training, workplace bullying, workplace bullying training
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