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Several City Council members such as Trish Swain and Rick Torres, in a story by Brian Lockhart of the CT Post, wonder how much money the city is leaving on the table because of tax breaks. Then again, how much would the city lose by not offering developers incentives?
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Bijou Square Wins National Rehab Award
October 7th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Bijou Square, Phil Kuchma's downtown redevelopment on Fairfield Avenue, includes restaurants, housing, office space and renovation of one of the oldest movie houses in the country, The Bijou Theatre. From Mayor Bill Finch: Developer Philip Kuchma's Bijou Square development on Fairfield Avenue recently was awarded the prestigious J. Timothy Anderson 'Timmy' Award for Best Historic […]
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Sweet Eats Launches What's Cooking Week
May 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Lots of good eats in the city. Satisfy your pleasure center. Check it out! What's Cooking in Bridgeport Week Kicks Off with Free Desserts First Event, May 14 Start What's Cooking in Bridgeport restaurant and entertainment week with "Desserts First" at the Arcade Mall in downtown Bridgeport. The event includes free dessert tastings, live music […]
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Do These Guys Know How To Promote Bridgeport? Duh!
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The problem with folks who promote Bridgeport is they don't know how to promote Bridgeport. Who are these people? Mike Moore, president of the Downtown Special Services District and Bob Abbate, the anointed downtown public relations guru. Do they have a clue?
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The Vision Of Phil Kuchma
February 4th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, Development and Zoning
Nice piece by the Los Angeles Times about Phil Kuchma, developer of Bijou Square on Fairfield Avenue downtown. Reporting from Bridgeport, Conn.— Philip Kuchma brightens as he drives past a vacant lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut's most populated — and poorest — city.
Bare It All Downtown
November 11th, 2011 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, Development and Zoning
As a young scribe 30 years ago there was the Ocean Sea Grill downtown and a few other eateries that came and went. And oh yeah, we had the bars. For reporters working the night shift churning out The Telegram, predecessor of the Connecticut Post (The Tele was the morning paper and the Post the afternoon) Sol's Cafe on […]
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What's Going On Downtown?
March 29th, 2011 · 58 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
There's some good stuff going on downtown. Young professionals living in the old Citytrust Building on Main Street, 881 the Lofts across from Housatonic Community College and Bijou Square on Fairfield Avenue, developer Phi Kuchma's retail, restaurant and residential project. Can you imagine, downtown has a wine store (Bijou Square) and a bookstore (Rainy Faye) at John […]
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What's on your list of top Bridgeport stories? In June, a tornado struck buildings on the East Side and downtown including heavy damage to the Barnum Museum. On July 24 two city firefighters perished in the line of duty. On Oct. 30, President Obama visited the Arena at Harbor Yard to campaign for Democratic candidates. Three […]
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Discussion in 'CPA' started by nasi666, Dec 7, 2011.
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Our church secretary asked if I could make some sort of computer shelf to help make space on her desk. The area where the computer needed to go is between the desk and a 30 degree corner in the wall. This is the solution I came up with.
At its greatest, the shesk measures 1 foot x 23 in. x 5-1/2 in.. The keyboard tray slides out on a simple mechanism which I'll explain in a bog entry. The strict space requirements gave me the most trouble. I didn't want to make it too deep, nor too high. The keyboard try just fits inside the unit. I wanted the shesk to mimic the desk it lives next to and that dictated the finish I used (beige paint on the sides and golden oak stain on the rest.)
I wanted to build in a coolness factor and when the 'client' mentioned a liking of brass I somewhat despaired because the desk obviously has no brass on it. However I used brass hinges on the door, only visible when open, and put brass rails on the keyboard tray to hold the keyboard from sliding off. A small brass knob on the tray finishes it out. I also routed the edge of the keyboard tray to add some quasi victorian decoration.
The photos above were taken in my shop and on our desk at home to show the purpose of the shesk. I'll be installing it on Saturday.
-- Ni faru ion el ligno!


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This June, WildStar's second anniversary is to be celebrated as Starfall—a month-long holiday marking the discovery of Nexus!
Starfall is celebrated by members of both factions, but the Exiles and Dominion view the holiday in completely different lights. The Exiles, for instance, celebrate Starfall as the day that Dorian Walker, explorer extraordinaire, defied the odds and discovered their new home. To the Dominion, however, Starfall is a much more spiritual celebration focused on the destiny of their people and the divine providence that has brought them to the home world of the Eldan.
To an Exile, Starfall represents the fact that determination and perseverance are values to be embraced. After all, Dorian Walker, despite the nay-sayers, followed his heart and risked his life to locate Nexus. The holiday is also a declaration of freedom from the tyranny of the Dominion, especially as they establish new settlements and continue to explore the planetary surface.
For citizens of the Dominion, Starfall reminds them that they are ordained by the gods to take possession of Nexus and all its treasures. While the Exiles may have landed on Nexus first, the gods allowed to Dominion to follow close behind in order to maintain the planet's divine purity against the heresies of their enemy. Starfall also serves as a reminder of the Dominion's holy origins, as Dominus himself was born there.
The Starfall event is focused on weekly challenges and rewards, which not only celebrate WildStar's anniversary with new items and goodies, but it also offers an unprecedented opportunity to collect rare and long-gone items from the past.
You'll start the event through a short intro quest that'll give you some background on the origins of the celebration, as well as ask you to participate by lighting some fireworks and other explosives, and give you an achievement and event title. You can kick it off via the NPCs found in your capital city (Dorian Walker in Thayd, and a hologram of Emperor Mayrcalus himself in Illium), and you'll want to check the Live Events tab in the welcome window for info and updates as the event progresses.
Here's a breakdown of the weekly challenges:
June 1–7
June 8–14
June 15–21
June 22–28
June 29-30
Next to the event NPC in each capital city will be two chests—an Excellent Party Chest, and a Legendary Party Chest. By completing one of the weekly challenges you'll receive an Excellent Party Chest Key for that week. If you complete all four weekly challenges during the event you'll earn 1 Legendary Party Chest Key. These of course open their respective chests, and unleash the riches inside them.
Each chest has the chance to provide some currency (Service Tokens/Gold/OmniBits); a consumable, pet, or décor piece from events earlier this year like Shade's Eve, Winterfest, and the zPrix Invitational; as well as new anniversary items. The key difference between the Excellent Party Chest and the Legendary Party Chest is that while the Excellent Party Chest will give you some currency, an item from an event this year, and one Good or Excellent quality anniversary item, the Legendary Party Chest will give you some currency, an item from an event this year, an two anniversary items, which can also be of Superb or Legendary quality—which includes new cupcake décor, and the Rocket Rowsdower pet.
While you'll certainly have a ton of fun just completing the challenges and getting keys for random rewards, you can also purchase additional Legendary Party Chest Keys from the In-Game Store. The In-Game Store will also offer the ability to purchase a Year 1 Anniversary Chest that contains a random chance at the goodies from last year's anniversary celebrations, like the First Annual Anniversary Cupcake décor piece, and Anniverserowsdower pet.
For those completionists out there, there's an additional achievement and reward if you manage to collect every new anniversary item available from the Excellent and/or Legendary Party Chests. You can track this is a separate achievement, and if completed you'll be rewarded with what is sure to be a super rare Box o' Fireworks décor set.
Thank you to everyone for another great year of WildStar, and we hope you enjoy the festivities. See you on Nexus!
Gather 'round everyone, Shade's Eve is almost here, to fill your dreary lives with joy and good cheer!
Here's what we have planned for the final two months on Planet Nexus.
Kill more and get more in this limited-time challenge.


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Many people don't know this, but prior to joining the Army, my plan was to pack up my shit and take the high road to Hollywood. It was a final destination as far as my career choices go (although you wouldn't know it since I'm so far removed at this point). However, I took a different path and so averted a "what might have been" scenario in the world of movie stars and freaks on a leash.
So, naturally, the day was inevitable. With a brother-in-law about to tie the knot in the long, slender state, I found myself submitting a leave form to the sunny land, right in the middle of "the shit."
This is a big thing for me, believe it or not. Despite my swear word blogs (such as the one you're reading now), my ambition far outweighs my cynicism. I, too, wish to be a part of the Hollywood machine. A stronger, smarter, and more mature sort of "Entourage" if you will. I'm not out for Indiana Jones-style fortune and glory, but merely the realization of my dreams, which, coincidentally, include writing and directing movies.
Yeah, I blast the shit out of 'em on my site, talk trash, and throw down the judgmental hammer on a monthly basis. I assure you, it's all tough love. And, in some cases, genuine disgust for the really bad shit, due largely to the fact that, yes, I KNOW I could do better and in others, I'm left questioning how and why some movies are made. Time will tell which category I fall into…trash talking blogger with five readers or Hollywood success story (will you still read my blog? C'mon…you read Zach Braff's…)
So, what the fuck am I talking about? Yeah, I guess I did take a turn to Nostalgia lane, curving around Daydream Avenue, and getting stuck in Pipeline alley. Let's get back to the story, shall we?
Fuck my dreams. Yeah, you heard me right. I know you don't care and I'm cool with that. I'm the only one that should give a shit. You're here to read some colorful swear words and enigmatic manipulation of the English language. You got it. Superfuckincalifragilous, Motherfucker.
We missed our flight to start out. Wifey checked the internet prior to leaving the house and our flight was shown as delayed, so we didn't rush out as early as originally planned. However, after standing in line to check baggage, we learned that our flight was on time and that Alaska Airlines just slipped an exploding vibrator in our assholes. At once.
We waited in a line to check our baggage onto the next flight that we may or may not get on. Then we waited some more at the gate in which we may or may not get on. Then we waited in suspense like a game show as the flight people put one stand-by after another onto the flight. I wanted to win the big prize, which was a cramped seat on a full aircraft that would leave me to hold in my gas for five hours to be polite to other passengers.
I lost. We lost. We drove back home, the biggest tease of all complete. Our next flight would be a day later. We made it on time and decided to eat Quiznos before boarding, which was a huge mistake, because holding your gas after that is a near impossibility. I should have been on Fear Factor: In the Skies!, the camera closing in on me as I attempt to pucker every fart in my belly for four hours, the clock counting down until I de-board the plane, blasting a shit cloud into Joe Rogan's face just as I make time, killing him in front of a live audience and taking home $50,000 bones. Holy crap that would be a kick ass series finale!
Relax, relax, I made it safely and only shared my intolerable cruelty on the one I love most. That being said, it is interesting how couples start out isn't it? We do our best early on, beating our chests and showing our teeth and clubbing the competition over the head with tree branches, but then it all just goes into a downward spiral from there, doesn't it?
Dressing up in your "hottest outfit," perfecting your stride, accentuating what you believe to be your assets in front of your proposed mate, it's all golden until after you seal the deal. Then, for the first time, she lets out a cute little "squeaker" and you think that it is just the cutest damn thing in the world. You snicker and giggle and then…well, then she gets bold. Then comes the loud belches and the underwear splitting gas vomit that spews out of her and you are suddenly shocked, then, slowly, mortally desensitized to it all.
True love comes when the things you thought were cute are now annoying and the things you found annoying are now cute.
Now, we simply give each other "the look" which says it all in one simple glare, "You are fucking disgusting and the only reason I can even begin to forgive you is the fact that I am legally obligated to smell your shit and even though some people think that's romantic, they are probably not married and still play cutesy foot under the table at restaurants and don't realize that I am stuck fucking you for the rest of my life and that Prince Charming never farted in Cinderella's face from what I saw and Walt Fucking Disney can kiss my ass to hell, because I've been lied to, cheated, and I will endure, because ultimately I am Cinderella, and I have, on occasion, farted in Prince Charming's face and truly this is the death of a dream, the dream of a princess in a perfect world and Holy God that smells like something dead in a hotel bathtub with one month old Chinese food piled on top."
Or something like that.
We have a rental car, which, in the end would prove to be the best idea on Planet Earth. We drove to the hotel and settled in. It was a hotel. There was a bed, a TV, a bathroom, and free soap. And a fridge. Ah, now you're jealous.
Day one involved breakfast with in-laws. Day one also involves Wifey driving us. With no map. And directions written on numerous sticky notes. I gave her five minutes. In that five minutes we were lost and suddenly in the middle of the road with traffic coming from both sides, horns blaring, and a woman frozen in fear. I order her to pull over and exit the vehicle where I proceed to curb stomp her in front of a woman's home while she waters her lawn. She yells at me to stop and I pull out the tire iron from the back of the car, and…
We switch places. I buy a map. I find us on it. I have her follow along, just like story time in kindergarten. We make it to the Palisades, where rich Hollywood fucks live. And my brother-in-law. While there, my father-in-law hands me a device that looks like a mini-DVD player. I look at it like a Neanderthal trying to understand TIVO. It's a GPS. It would later become the greatest device ever made, next to pocket pussy.
We have breakfast at a quaint little California chic place on Main Street where they immediately inform us that a six percent gratuity will be added. Whoop-dee-freakin' doo!
We strolled down the street for a hot minute to check out some of the "unique" shops, which were all very different and cool in their own unique and cool little way. Wifey bought a Wonder Woman shirt, that was, in fact, cool, but I had to ask her if she even knew anything about Wonder Woman. You see this a lot and sometimes I am guilty of it, because I can't tell you the origins of Quicksilver (I could cheat and Google it right now and you'd never be the wiser…but I won't.) anymore than she can tell me about Wonder Woman.
We are all quick to become walking advertisements and I'm kind of okay with that within the realms of self-expression, because truthfully, I love it when people wear stupid shit that I never would. It makes me laugh, point, and judge all in one glance and that makes me happy. "Look at that bitch with the Wonder Woman shirt…she probably doesn't know jack fuggin' shit about Princess Diana!"
L.A. drivers are obnoxious but nowhere near as obnoxious as Chicago drivers. Really, I was prepared for some 'Death Race' style shit, but the Cali-Crowd ain't got shit on the Windy City racers. Armed with our new GPS system, which is a fucking marvel of science, better than a cure for AIDS even, we were on our way without a shred of doubt as to our location or destination. We named the talking device "Carla" and she was a fucking mint.
We ventured to FOX studios where we would be meeting our old roommate, Mr. Boy. Mr. Boy is a great friend whom I have known for many years now and had I not joined the Army I have no doubt that we would probably still be roomies. But, I'd still be getting more bitches.
Pulling up to FOX there was a sight to behold…Nakatomi Towers from 'Die Hard.' Yes, the mountain of a skyscraper used in the 1988 masterpiece that propelled Bruce Willis to stardom. We took a picture. I thought I would write more about that, but it's just not THAT interesting. Also, I'm too lazy to delete this whole paragraph. Read on.
It was great to see Mr. Boy who then took us to the New Regency offices where he had worked prior and my old friend Suckerpunch now worked. Yes, that's his real name. Suckerpunch had his own cubicle with a picture of Abraham Lincoln. He had arrived. He also had a box of Asian porn that was used in the box office mega blockbuster "Shutter" which you have all seen and I feel stupid for even having to remind you of how great it was here.
Oh. Yeah. Nobody saw it. But still…there was a BOX of Asian porn! Suckerpunch signed one of the photos and it now resides on our fridge. Nothing like getting my breakfast in the morning to be greeted by a naked Asian chick with Suckerpunch's signature.
We met some of Mr. Boy and Suckerpunch's new pals, all of whom were great. I felt at home around all these guys as I am a walking, talking movie robot and it's good to be around others that speak the same code. In one of the offices they had what they referred to as a "bazooka," the most commonly used reference for a rocket launcher to non-military types.
The guys seemed to be proud of this thing and asked me to verify its authenticity. Unfortunately, I had to lay on some bad news. Nobody calls ANYTHING in the Army a "bazooka". What they actually had was an old AT4, which is a shoulder fired rocket launcher, good for one use. No reloading. Fire and forget. However, this AT4 was "movie modified," which means it had shit added to it that simply doesn't exist on ANY piece of rocket hardware.
An M4 trigger guard and pistol grip were mounted at the bottom and on top was a scope, namely a PVS14 night scope (non-working). Absolutely ridiculous and utterly hilarious. I promised the guys that I would send them a video of me firing a real AT4 to compensate for the heartbreak. Now, just ain't I the cool Army guy? I know, I know, go fuck myself. Got it.
Mr. Boy took us on the lot tour, which I guess isn't exactly "okay" but we broke the rules anyway. I tried to act inconspicuous and enjoy the sights but Wifey decided that she only had one mode: Maniacal tourist. She took pictures of everything, stopping, yelling out for us to pose, taking shot after shot for posterity's sake. All this while every type of individual on the lot passed by, but none of them questioning our presence. Security seemed to be non-existent, so really, I guess it's not hard to understand why so many movies get "scooped" on the internet these days.
Wifey ended up getting some good shots, the big wall murals of Star Wars and The Simpsons, New York (a massive set that looks just like old New York), and David Mamet's parking spot. Truly we were in the presence of greatness.
From there we took to Rodeo, shopping arena to the uber wealthy and snooty. Wifey was overly excited, even though she would not be buying even a pair of socks from that place. I could see us sitting there, filling out the loan paperwork for a pair of socks, waiting nervously for approval, then celebrating with Champagne while Wifey slips on her new $65,000 socks and we walk out of the store and back onto Debt Street.
Instead, her excitement was over a little cupcake shop called "Sprinkles," which I guess has become very popular. It's a tiny little place with numerous types of cupcakes, the flavor of each one indicated by a circular color coded candy piece on the top. Say that five times fast. I dare you.
We waited in line to sample some of these artery cloggers and found them to be quite delicious, if not super rich. If you can eat more than one at a time, then prepare to be air-lifted from your home one day while watching Tyra. What surprised me was the customers…they were nearly all young, hot (or attempting to be young and hot) females. I mean, they were lining up out the door. Who would have thought that hot chicks with hot bodies would be lining up for cupcakes?
Either they are hitting the gym for three hours a day or Sprinkles is the least digested food in California.
We decided to walk the streets and peruse the shops, never daring to enter for fear of being treated like Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman". If your income doesn't reflect it then I don't think it would be incomprehensible to think that you may feel like trailer trash shopping at Banana Republic when entering one of these establishments. They are very foreboding.
Instead, I watched with much humor, as those that could, for whatever reason, afford such excess, do their own version of window shopping. Women with big sunglasses and short, stylish dresses would walk along the windows, arms outstretched to their sides, as if tip-toeing on glass, and slowly cruise the windows, sending a loud and clear message that they could afford to be there, that they belonged there, and that the rest of us were just tourists. Which, we were.
Our next stop was the Promenade, which is a massive outdoor mall with any and every store you could need and never have any use for. Still, it's all there. And it's freakin' packed to the rooftops with people, to include various "street people." Men in gold painted suits, five-year-old Asian girls singing Alicia Keys, and performance artists with a mini-boom box doing interpretive dance, and monkeys that will take a dollar from your hand. For free! Wait…what?
L.A. truly feels like a place where people let their dreams fly, even if it's a complete waste of time, if they can make a dollar off of it, then they are fulfilled enough that their dreams are on their way to coming true. I mean, a monkey…it walks up…it takes a dollar out of your hand…and everyone loves it! Seriously…a dollar is like a gold bar in L.A.
Also, let's talk about crazy people for a minute. Crazy people are everywhere. I haven't traveled the entire globe. In fact, the only places I've been out of the United States are the armpits of the world and certainly they have their crazies…and then some. L.A. is no different. However, they don't seem as scary or harmful as everywhere else. I could be speaking too soon, but that's how I felt there.
Most of the crazies in L.A. are walker-talkers. They talk to themselves while walking, never stopping to talk to anyone, just rambling on as they walk. Now, maybe some of these crazies were on their Bluetooth and I just didn't see it, but actually, I think you're crazy if you do that anyway. It's annoying and you need to stop.
I was walking into Wal-Mart about a month ago and this guy was passing me who I did not know and says "Hey, what's up?" while looking right at me. I replied, "Hey, how are ya?" even though I had no idea who he was. He then just launched into conversation and walked right past me as if I were Patrick Swayze in "Ghost" and I'm the asshole because I didn't know he was on his retarded Bluetooth. Fuck me, right?
It's shit like that that makes you second guess yourself when trying to be courteous in this world. "I'm not saying hi to that motherfucker…he may just be talking to his fucking Bluetooth." Technology may advance our society and give us a multitude of tools and resources at our fingertips, but it also advances something else we've been pretty fucking good at since the dawn of humanity: Being annoying assholes.
Where the fuck was I? Someone keep me on track here. Oh. That'll be me. So, crazy peeps. The biggest difference between L.A. crazies and Alaska crazies is that in Alaska you cross the road to avoid our crazies. They are usually drunk natives (no offense to the natives, but it's pretty accurate) and while they talk the crazy, they also walk the crazy, carry weapons, wish to speak with you about acquiring some spare change, and will get very belligerent if you don't have time to talk. In L.A. they seem to be pretty morose, even proud of their status.
Yes, I am equating craziness with homelessness, because you have to be crazy to be homeless. How the fuck can you be normal if you think it's better to live on the street and beg for quarters when you could get a job and be an active member of society? I have long since grown weary of homeless people with poorly written cardboard signs trying to make me feel guilty for not giving them spare change. As if being a member of society that contributes, or even sacrifices, for the betterment of our Nation makes me an asshole because I don't divvy out dollars to those that can't do the same.
Enough about crazy, homeless people. Let's talk about the sights. Yes, there are some beautiful women in L.A. In truth, there are beautiful women everywhere, but the pressure to be beautiful in L.A. is massive. It's the entertainment industry capital of the world so the struggle for perfection, style, and everlasting beauty is ever present. The same goes for men. Conform to the standard or go be a waiter or some other profession that doesn't call for you to be seen and liked and desired for sexual relations.
Most of the women in L.A. are dressed for success no matter what they're doing. Naturally, because of the weather, they are dressed in super chic and stylish dresses and fashions or stripped down to the bare minimum in order to showcase their assets. Let it be known, I don't have a problem with this. Merely my observation. There are plenty of beautiful women in Alaska, unfortunately their opportunities to get dressed up (or down) are slim to none, so they aren't given the same privileges as the L.A. girls.
Still…you can't ignore that they are a sight to behold. It was refreshing, for lack of a more deviant word, to see a little more than I'm used to. Being in the Army for the last six years has left me devoid of such sights, so cut me some fucking slack. I promise, one day I will blog about how much I love my wife and kids and minivan and how I never think anything subversive or dirty and how I've got all my priorities right and know the secret of life and have it all figured out and tuck my shirt in and eat only organic foods and watch only TV programs rated PG.
Until then, howabout you let me enjoy some boobies? It is not lost on me that I'm married nor the fact that I'm a man. So save the hippie hammer and hit yourself in the nuts with it if you have a problem with me looking at women. We're all here to enjoy some swearing and unapologetic prose.
God, blogging is so much better than therapy.
So, we have dinner at "Ford's Filling Station" which is a restaurant owned by Harrison Ford's son and we ate some overpriced food, but shared a good time with good friends. I felt once again to be privileged to be in the company of good friends and it really made me miss the old days and dream about making them new again. Time will, as always, tell that tale.
To top the day we went to see "The Dark Knight" in IMAX, which was, not surprisingly, amazing. Even more interesting was the fact that the theater has adopted an assigned seating policy, so when you buy your tickets you are buying assigned seats as well, much like a concert. I personally think that is brilliant. No matter how late you show you'll always have your seat and that is fucking bad ass. The only problem would come when you have to sit next to annoying or stinky people. Or little kids at R-rated movies.
Upon leaving, Suckerpunch handed me a massive stack of screenplays from his office, which was truly the best thing I got from the entire trip. Saying good-bye was awkward and heartfelt because I really did miss those guys and am both envious and proud of their success. In many ways, I feel I missed out, but I also feel that it has all happened for a reason.
Okay, so I'm looking in the bottom left corner of Word and it's saying I'm at six pages, which is a lot to ask you to read in one sitting. I have just decided on breaking this into two parts. I've got too much to say to slim it down.
That's right, so now you'll have to salivate for the next part. I'll go ahead and give some teases to get you ready: Hollywood, Universal Studios, and Strip Clubs! And a Wedding! Holy Crap you're gonna check this site EVERY DAY until I publish part two!


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Cuvee Cellars Wine Shop and Wine Bar
545 S. Spring Rd.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
View Map | 630-833-2300
Cost: $40 Pre Buy Only
"Cork College"
Next Session Starts
Thursday, Jan. 11th @ 8:00 pm
Tickets $40 Pre Buy Only
Must be Purchased by Tuesday, Jan 9th
Guests will receive a 3oz pour of each wine, one at a time. While experiencing the wine, learn about the producer, winemaker and terroir that created it. Participants will be encouraged to walk around, mingle and share their thoughts with other partipants.
Wines will be available for ordering.
10% off 1 bottle, 15% off 2 bottles,
20% off 3+ bottles.
2015 Lioco Russian River Estero Chardonnay $39.99
NV Henri Dosnon Brut Rose' $41.99
2014 Hayfork Cabernet Sauvignon $91.99
2015 Plumpjack Syrah $69.99
2011 Eighty Four Wines Petite Sirah $54.99
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I just cant wrap my head around fecal transplant. It is used towards some disorders. I suppose there are worse things, like owning a 1962 MGB :)ReplyDelete
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Here you go: http://www.gizmag.com/gut-brain-inflammation-link/43274/ReplyDelete
Furthermore: "High tryptophan foods include nuts, seeds, tofu, cheese, red meat, chicken, turkey, fish, oats, beans, lentils, and eggs. The recommended daily intake for tryptophan is 4mg per kilogram of body weight, or 1.8mg per pound."
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Jack Turban MD is a writer and resident physician in child and adolescent psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. His research and writing focus on children's mental health and transgender youth. Dr. Turban's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vox, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Journal of The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, among others. He has provided interviews and technical consulting to Vogue, GQ, Reuters, ABC's 20/20 with Diane Sawyer, Bustle, Vanity Fair, Medscape, US News & World Report, and NBC News.
Dr. Turban graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude with a B.A. in neurobiology before becoming the resident director of the Harvard neuroscience abroad program in Italy. He earned his MD and MHS degrees from Yale School of Medicine, where he was an HHMI medical research fellow and graduated with highest honors. He is currently a resident physician in child and adolescent psychiatry at The Massachusetts General Hospital & McLean Hospital (Harvard Medical School).


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HMD Global introduced the popular Nokia 3310 in the new avatar in MWC 2017. The Finnish company named Nokia 3310 (2017) as the 'Modern Twist' at the launch. The new avatar of Nokia 3310 was introduced with 2G support. But now, the Finnish company has launched a new 3G variant of Nokia 3310. The new Nokia 3310 3G feature phone will be available in Warm Red, Yellow, Azure, and Charcoal color variants. The new variant has just been launched for the Australian market and is expected to be launched in its other markets soon.
Nokia 3310 3G Features and Specifications:
Nokia 3310 3G variant has a battery of 1200 mAh. The new Nokia 3310 comes with 3G talk time of 6.5 hours. The company claims that its battery will provide standby time up to 27 days. There is a claim of up to 40 hours of music playback time and 35 hours of FM radio playback time.
In this feature phone, you will get a regular micro-USB port. The Nokia 3310 3G will also get the company's popular snake game. This game has been optimized for the color screen by the company. Like the 2G variant, the Snake Game Messenger app will also be available in the 3G variant. The phone will run on the Java Feature OS.
This new feature phone has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. It is provided with a 2.4-inch QVGA display. Inbuilt Storage is 64 MB and you will be able to use MicroSD card up to 32 GB. The dimensions of the phone are 117 x 52.4 x 13.35 millimeters and weighing 88.2 grams. There are also features like the physical keyboard, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio in the phone. The phone supports dual sim.
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HMD Chief Marketing Officer launched Nokia 3310 3G variant. He claims that the company has sold millions of new Nokia 3310 units in the different markets till date. Nokia 3310 3G sales will start in Australia from October 16 at price of 89.95 Australian dollars (around Indian Rs. 4,600). As of now, it has been made available for purchase on Optus and Vodafone mobile carriers only. With 3G connectivity, users will now be able to enjoy faster mobile data speeds.


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|⇐ Indirect Proofs
|Existence Proofs ⇒
A proof by contradiction is similar to an indirect proof. However, indirect proofs are used with implications, whereas, a proof by contradiction can be used in a more general setting.
Claim: There are an infinite number of prime numbers.
Proof: Suppose not. Then, there is a finite number of prime numbers and we can let p1, p2, ..., pn be all the prime numbers. We defineQ = p1 p2 ... pn + 1.
If Q is prime, then Q is a prime number not on the list p1, p2, ..., pn because Q is larger than every pi. That contradicts the assumption that p1, ..., pn contain all of the prime numbers.
On the other hand, suppose that Q is composite. Let q be a prime factor of Q. Note that Q is not divisible by any of the pi. Why? because the product p1 p2 ... pn is a multiple of pi and the next multiple of pi is p1 p2 ... pn + pi. Sincep1 p2 ... pn < Q < p1 p2 ... pn + pi,Q cannot be a multiple of pi. That means the prime factor q of Q does not appear on the list of prime numbers p1, p2, ... pn since Q is a multiple of q. Thus, we also have a contradiction in this case.
In either case, we found a prime number not on the list of prime numbers. Thus, we can conclude that our premise that there is a finite number of prime numbers must be false. Thus, there must be an infinite number of primes.QED
Claim: The graph below is not 3-colorable.
Proof: Suppose by contradiction that the graph is 3-colorable using 3 colors we'll call red, green and blue. Then, every vertex in the graph is colored red, green or blue. Without loss of generality, let the color of vertex a be red. Vertices b and d must be colored different colors that are not red. Let these two colors be, respectively, blue and green. Now, vertex e is adjacent to vertices a and d, so it cannot be colored red or green. Thus, vertex e must be colored blue. Similarly, c must be green, g must be red and we arrive at the following partial coloring:
Note that vertex f is adjacent to vertices b, d and g, which are, respectively, blue, green and red. Thus, vertex f cannot be colored blue, green or red. This contradicts our previous conclusion that every vertex is colored red, green or blue. Thus, our initial assumption that the graph is 3-colorable must be false.QED
Claim: √2 is an irrational number.
Proof: Suppose not. Then we can express √2 as a ratio of two integers n and m such that the greatest common divisor of n and m is 1 (i.e., gcd(n,m) = 1). [This argument relies on the fact we learned in elementary school about reducing fractions to lowest terms.] Thus, we have√2 = n/m.Squaring both sides gives us:2 = n2/m2Thus, n2 is an even number. So, n itself must also be an even number. (If n were odd, n2 would also be odd.) Therefore, n = 2k for some integer k and we have
2 m2 = n2.2 m2 = n2So, m2 is also even, which in turn implies that m is even. Therefore, both n and m are divisible by 2. This contradicts our assumption that gcd(n,m) = 1. Thus, our initial assumption that √2 is rational must be false.
2 m2 = (2 k)2
2 m2 = 4 k2
m2 = 2 k2.QED
|⇐ Indirect Proofs
|Existence Proofs ⇒


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Ahoy from Winthrop, Massachusetts!
After looking at the weather for last weekend and our proximity to home, we decided to pull into the yacht club where a friend of ours has their boat. They have extremely reasonable dockage rates and it was very close to home. So, bright and early on Thursday we left Salem harbor and headed to Winthrop. It was a quick trip and by 10:30 we were secured to a dock at the Cottage Park Yacht Club. We spent an hour+ cleaning and unloading the boat of lots of stuff that we won't need for the remainder of the trip, and at around noon a friend of ours, Guy Rodomista, who's staying at the house drove down and picked us up.
By mid-afternoon we had everything unloaded into the house and then the garden nazi had me under her control and we were out working in the gardens. It was like we had joined an episode of Land of the Giants as the plants had gone crazy with the wet summer and no one to trim them back. The weeds had also gone wild in some new beds that we put in just before leaving. In the end we had 9 large lawn/garden bags full of bio-matter and the gardens looked much better on a macro scale. There was lots more to do, but the weather didn't let us get into them again.
For those of you who don't live in New England, one can only describe this weekend as WET. It started raining on Friday morning when a nor'easter blew through and didn't stop raining until Monday morning. On Friday the category 1 hurricane Kyle passed off-shore and dumped a ton of rain on area. Our rain gauge showed just over 4" since it started raining. Luckily Kyle passed far enough off shore that we didn't get very high winds and little damage. The same can't be said for Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, as the footage that we've seen on TV showed a lot of damage. We're a bit worried about our friends on s/v Valissa who were in the area.
Anyhow while we were home we attended several wine tastings and saw a lot of friends. And just like the garden genie didn't do his job in the gardens, the house genie fell down on the jobs too, so I had a bunch of minor repairs to do. It's funny how that works.
Tomorrow I think that we're headed to Provincetown, which is on the tip of Cape Cod. Our route will take us right over the Stellwagen Banks and hopefully we'll get in some great whale watching.
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For the investor: Note that I just received the following investment advice from my sister. I won't argue for or against it, but the logic seems irrefutable:
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left. With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left. With AIG, you would have less than $15 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. :-)
For the cruiser: There is very limited dockage at the Cottage Park Yacht Club, but it's an incredible $25! It's a great place if you're an aviation buff as it's right under the flight path for Logan. Hopefully you go to bed late and rise early. I've been told that there's a T stop nearby, so you can get into Boston fairly easily.


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My mom was just given 500 mg of metformin (Glucophage) to take twice a day by her primary doctor and she has concerns about the side effects (like lactic acidosis/possible heart attacks) before she will take any. She has an enlarged heart, an irregular heartbeat and is taking blood pressure pills. Heart problems and diabetes run in her family, and she knows people who had heart attacks after starting diabetes pills.
Is metformin the best (and safest) pill to take to control my mom's diabetes? With her problems is she at a higher risk of getting lactic acidosis or a heart attack by taking this pill? If so, which diabetes pill is the best one for her? Are there any diabetes pills out there without the serious side effects like lactic acidosis? If so, which ones?
Lactic acidosis is a rare and pretty much preventable side effect of Glucophage [metformin]. People who have poor kidney function and/or alcohol use especially "binge drinking" would be at high risk for lactic acidosis and should not take metformin. There are millions of people now taking this drug with no difficulties.
In fact, many people find that it not only lowers their blood sugar, but it decreases cholesterol and weight. Not treating your mom's diabetes to target (hemoglobin A1c less than 6.5%) is far worse of a risk of harm than taking metformin.
Additional comments from Dr. Jim Lane:Lactic acidosis is very uncommon in the absence of kidney failure, liver failure, and heart failure. Heart disease does not necessarily mean coronary heart disease. It means heart failure. Her physician should be able to tell if she has heart failure or not.
Taking the metformin does not cause heart attacks. It is important to point out to your mom that good glucose control is important and bad control may worsen the risk of a heart attack. From what little I know about your mom, she may well be a good candidate for this medication.
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This leads us to Dr Bronner's extensive Fair Trade policies, Organic integrity policies, transparency as a company, benefits and profit-sharing with employees, animal welfare advocacy, Truth in Labelling activism. Take all of this together, and you have Dr. Bronner. All that it is as a company intersects in soap that they sell, but to say that they are just a soap company leaves a lot out.
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This years 33nd traditional "Moonlight Shines Down on Neretva" festival of folkdances will bring together groups from Dalmatia, rest of Croatia and abroad in Metković.
This festival aims to introduce cultural and entertainment events that take place more in the summer time, as well as further evaluate and contribute to the preservation of cultural and traditional customs.
This festival is organized by the Metkovic Folklore Society.
11 May 2017 -Exhibition of art works and folk material from Letovanić (Thursday) (GKS Metković)
12 May 2017 - Festival of folklore groups of Dalmatia and guests (Friday) (GKS Metković)
13 May 2017 -Smotra folk groups of Dalmatia and guests (Saturday) (GKS Metković)
14 May 2017 - Concert Marian pilgrimage and folk songs (Sunday) devoted to the worship of Our Lady of Health (St.. Elijah - Metković)
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BSG Direct to DVD Movie?
Despite declining ratings for Battlestar Galactica on SciFi Channel, nearly universal critical acclaim along with robust DVD sales have led Universal Home Video to consider greenlighting a Battlestar Galactica direct-to-video telefilm, which will presumably air on The SciFi Channel, after debuting on home video, sources tell Geek. If it goes forward, the two hour telefilm will shoot in March during the series hiatus and prior to the commencement of production on the series fourth season in June. While there is no story for the telefilm at present, plans are afoot to come up with a screenplay that doesn't step on existing continuity for the series, but utilizes most of its existing sets. There is also speculation the telefilm will somehow tie into the mythology for the Galactica spin-off series, Caprica, which has not been officially greenlit by SciFi Channel.
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Postcard 263...Trade Being Arranged!
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This postcard was created after cutting a larger silk painted wall quilt. The piece is pictured here.
It is signed and dated in free motion embroidery on the reverse. The material used on the back is a piece of vintage tone-on-tone blue batik.
I'm thrilled to be trading with Acey who blogs here.
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Hi you left a note on my stitchin fingers page a few weeks back, hoping to trade with somebody from Massachusetts. Would love to go for it if you're still interested ...
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I'm thrilled to be trading with you! Thanks for your interest and support!
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Amouage Fragrance comes to The London Perfume Company!
Amouage has graced The London Perfume Company with its royal presence!
Okay, so it's not technically royal but in the world of perfume and fragrance, Amouage is the cream of the crop.
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IntroductionTo many people, Unreal Tournament 2003 was a disappointment to the original Unreal Tournament. While it provided some new features, not enough was added to keep interest. That, combined with the release of Battlefield 1942, a new game that focused on team play, Unreal Tournament 2003 was left sucking dirt.
Here we are now, well over a year later, and the battle continues. Unreal Tournament 2004 and Battlefield: Vietnam released just a day apart. It's to early to tell what the outcome of this war will be, but we can tell you what we think of Unreal Tournament 2004.
FeaturesUT2K4 packs a lot of stuff into the game, while also including most of what UT2K3 had. Because of this, UT2K4 feels more like an upgrade, or expansion pack rather than a new game. Just so there is no confusion about it, Unreal Tournament 2004 is a completely new game, and does not require UT2K3. So, what's new?
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Following on from the success of the previous show jumping clinic, Carryduff Equestrian on Sunday 15 November 2015 hosted another clinic with instructor Robert Murdy from Co Cavan.
Robert is an FEI level 2 coach and competes at Grand Prix and Puissance level; he also produces horses from novice to Grand Prix standard.
The friendly livery yard situated on the outskirts of Belfast made good use of its all-weather 60 x 40 flood lit outdoor arena with six group lessons throughout the day and into the evening.
Instruction was tailored to suit all abilities from complete novice to experienced riders. However, no one escaped the basics, with Robert ensuring that all riders could master the poles on the ground before progressing to appropriate heights of fences. A strong focus was on how the rider jumped and not what they jumped. Robert rode some of the novice horses to help inspire confidence in their riders.
The clinic was a success for all 28 participants which included liveries at the yard and riders from outside, with instant improvements easy to see during the lessons.
Organisers wish to thank Mandy and Alastair Boal for the use of their superb facilities and to photographer Eddie Catherwood who was on hand to capture all the action.
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Central Coast Mariners today welcomed UK football royalty to the region with Glasgow Celtic manager Neil Lennon visiting Gosford prior to his teams' international friendly match with the Yellow and Navy at ANZ Stadium this Saturday night.
Having ventured to Australia a day earlier than the majority of the Celtic touring party, Lennon made the short journey up the F3 freeway to take in the sights of the Central Coast, visit Bluetongue Stadium, and provide ardent Celtic and Mariners fans with the opportunity to meet one of their football heroes.
Having also represented Leicester City, Crewe Alexandra and Nottingham Forest during a decorated playing career, Lennon is considered one of Celtic's favourite sons having amassed over 200 games for the Scottish giants.
Mariners Chairman, Peter Turnbull, said it was fantastic for the Central Coast to have someone of Lennon's calibre visit the area in order to generate long-term exposure for the region.
"Neil Lennon is immensely popular with the estimated 10 million fans Celtic have scattered in every corner of the globe," Turnbull said. "Having Neil on our doorstep provides an inestimable return for the region in terms of the potential to capitalise on tourism, as well as the general impression of the city on the world map."
Happy to spend time with waiting fans despite his long haul journey from the other side of the world, Lennon said his first impressions of Australia were great, and that he was delighted to see the Central Coast.
"Australia's is always a country I've wanted to visit, so it's fantastic to be down here with Celtic. I liked what I saw very much on my drive into Gosford - this stadium is terrific," he said.
A fiercely competitive player in his own right, Lennon indicated his team would not be taking their clash with Central Coast Mariners on Saturday 2 July lightly.
"This is a very important tour for us because it's not really that long until we begin our season. Obviously we need to get good quality matches under our belt and that's why we've brought almost our strongest squad to Australia," Lennon added.


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I guess I have the same amount of fascination with the Cossack Sabre Dance as twof has with the Siamese Human Knot. I feel that the Cossack Sabre Dance rates far above any of the other traps they ever came up with on the show.
Why? Simply put, in the Cossack Sabre Dance, the villains had a direct hand in its outcome. In the show, Batman, Robin and Batgirl would usually be captured and left to die in some sort of bizarre and hideous death trap. The villains normally left them alone to perish. Because of this oversight on the villains' part, the heroes always found some way to escape.
With the Cossack Sabre Dance, however, the villains are physically present at the scene and are directly determining what the eventual outcome will be. Barring some outside interference (which, luckily for Batgirl, happened in this instance), a Cossack Sabre Dance should be 100% lethal.
In several respects, I think the Cossack Sabre Dance peril is the exact opposite of what the Siamese Human Knot is all about. For one thing, instead of remaining perfectly still to stay alive, Batgirl had to remain in constant motion to fend off serious injury or death in this peril.
Watching someone trapped in a Cossack Sabre Dance would be extremely entertaining from the villain's point of view. In the "Ogg Couple" episode, Egghead, Olga, and their Cossacks quite literally had Batgirl dancing to their tune (bad pun intended).
The psychological stresses placed on the participants are also completely opposite. The victims in a Siamese Human Knot know that to stave off death, they have to endure hours of unending motionlessness. Conversely, the victim in a Cossack Sabre Dance has no such guarantee. Dodging to avoid a sword thrust from one direction will almost certainly draw a painful prod from another. With attacks coming from all directions, there is no way to escape them all. Trapped like this, the victim is completely at the mercy of the villains, remaining alive only by their whims. Knowing that they can be finished off at any moment, the victim never knows if their next step will be their last. To quote Egghead from the episode when he and Olga are watching Batgirl dance, Batgirl knows for sure that no matter what she does, "She's dancing to her grave."
Let's look at the setup and planning behind this ingenious peril for a minute. The idea behind it in the beginning appears to be to wound rather than to kill immediately. To that end, the sabres get a thin coating of ice to blunt the tips and edges. This feature also introduces an element of randomness later on in the dance as the ice melts in that a sword thrust may or may not actually inflict a wound, regardless of what the swordsman intends. More on this icy coating later.
In a Sabre Dance, the primary targets for the swords appear to be the legs and buttocks with occasional prods and feints at targets above the waist to keep the victim guessing. The strategy appears to be to slowly cut the legs out from under the victim until they are too crippled by their wounds to continue. Then the end comes.
While dancing, the victim's upper body may draw occasional feinting attacks but since all the major organs are housed in the body cavity and head, the swordsmen run the risk of striking a mortal blow before they are ready to finish off the victim if they are not careful. Of course, since these are supposedly expert swordsmen doing this to Batgirl in this episode, they would probably be better able to strike at targets on her upper body without inflicting immediately serious wounds. Now, let's follow the course of a Cossack Sabre Dance through to its logical conclusion.
In the initial stages of a Cossack Sabre Dance, a stab or slash from a frosted sword will most likely not draw blood, yet will still let the victim know that they can be struck at will and force them to dance harder and faster to avoid the blades. Since it follows that in the initial stages of the dance the victim is at their fittest and fastest, they know that as they tire and slow down, the ice will melt and the sword prods will start producing painful, bloody wounds.
As the dance progresses, the victim is beginning to tire and is slowing down. At the same time, the ice coating on the blades is melting away with the result being that the victim is now picking up wounds. Depending on the location and severity, we can surmise that the victim's legs should be bleeding rather profusely (trying not to be too gory here) with blood all over the floor. Imagine the psychological horror of being forced to dance in a spreading pool of your own blood.
Eventually, the victim falls to the floor, crippled by bloody wounds, totally exhausted, and unable to continue. Since, other than Egghead's comment to Olga about Batgirl dancing to her grave, the intended outcome to the dance was never specified on the show, we can surmise the villains planned one of the following three endings for Batgirl in this episode:
Since the antagonists on the show were, "a wild band of Bessarovian Cossacks," we can surmise the eventual outcome for Batgirl would have been either "B" or "C" or "C" followed by "B." All three endings are unpleasant. Luckily for Batgirl she got rescued when she did. She pretty much looked like she was on the ropes when Batman and Robin arrived to save the day.
Now let's examine what actually happened to Batgirl during the episode. To do that, we must first back up to her capture by the Cossacks.
Batgirl is captured when she slips in caviar and falls, striking her head hard on the floor and knocking herself unconscious. This is immediately followed by a bat-spin, after which the scene picks up with Batgirl standing surrounded by Cossacks, having the trap explained to her by Olga.
Olga tells Batgirl, "And now, my little pipkin, you will do for us Sabre Dance, with frosted swords." At first, this comment about "frosted swords" may appear to be just a reference to cold steel blades (they are seen being pulled out of hoppers full of ice blocks before the dance). I take it to mean, however, that they were actually supposed to be coated with ice for the following reasons.
First, this was a family show and the censors probably concluded that showing Batgirl getting jabbed in the legs by naked sharp sword blades would be too extreme. The producers would almost certainly have nixed anything showing Batgirl getting her legs cut up. By saying that the blades were coated with ice and therefore blunted, they could get around this obstacle long enough for Batgirl to get rescued. This first point rolls nicely into the two following reasons.
The second reason is that they are located in an ice house where industrial ice making equipment is readily available to coat the blades and the third reason is that a bat-spin has just occurred. Bat-spins were used to show that an indeterminate period of time has gone by and also to change scenes. This bat-spin gives the illusion of enough time having passed for the ice to set on the blades. Just think of how much time passes when you make ice cubes and you'll quickly see what I mean.
Of course, now we are left with a three or four hour block of time in which Batgirl is in the clutches of the villains while they wait for the ice to set. What evil things were they doing to our heroine during this time? Hmmmm??!? Another problem with this scenario is that it's slightly inconceivable that Batman and Robin couldn't have found her in all that time, especially since they took off from the bank right behind her in the same direction she had gone. They were always so good at following some extremely improbable clues to end up at a villain's lair, too.
To get around this hole in my theory, I conclude that Egghead probably acquired the hideout from Mr. Freeze so he could keep the huge amount of caviar they had stolen cold. Freeze doesn't just make and use ice, he used all kinds of specialized equipment to freeze things solid in seconds and it's likely that some of it would have been left behind when he moved out. Certainly the hideout's nature and location did not lend itself to either an egg tie-in or a Bessarovian or Slavic connection. With this observation in mind, we can conclude that the amount of time passing during the bat-spin is actually quite short. The unconscious Batgirl was tied up, the villains decided how they were going to do away with her, the swords were iced down, and Batgirl was pulled to her feet and surrounded by Cossacks when she recovered, all within a fairly short amount of time. Now we move on to the beginning of the dance.
When we see Batgirl having the dance explained to her, the expression she gets on her face during the brief explanation is very grim indeed. The implied effect is that Batgirl is already somewhat knowledgeable of this peril and is aware of its deadly ending, probably from all that time spent reading up on Cossack culture in the library as Barbara Gordon. She has only seconds to dwell on her fate before the Cossacks draw their iced blades from the ice hoppers and surround her. Olga then gives the order and the dance begins.
As the dance begins, we can see that it starts out with Batgirl surrounded by five Cossacks in a circle with the caviar vat to her back. This is fortunate for her because with the vat closing the circle behind her, Batgirl knows that no attacks can come from that direction. During most of the dance, Batgirl dances with the vat to her back.
Right from the beginning, it's clear that the Cossacks are in complete charge and Batgirl is totally on the defensive. Batgirl is seen frantically dancing about trying to see in all directions to duck, dodge, and leap over prods and feints from the Cossacks' swords. After only a few seconds of dancing, however, the Cossacks demonstrate just how totally in charge of Batgirl's fate they are when they all suddenly lunge at her with their swords. Batgirl is seen grimly staring down at a ring of steel blades at her waist as they are slowly drawn back. The thought is probably going through her mind about how easily the Cossacks could have run her through if they had chosen to do so and it doubtlessly drives home to her the desperateness of her predicament.
From there, the dance progresses to shots of Batgirl's dancing feet, leaping to avoid sword prods and then some shots of Batgirl above the waist as she dances for her life. We can see from these shots just how hard Batgirl is working. She is breathing hard through her mouth and she is swinging her head back and forth sharply, trying to look in all directions at once for attacks.
Shortly after this, Batgirl begins dancing off to her right away from the vat. This is somewhat mystifying at first as to why she does this. It could be a test on Batgirl's part to see if the ring of Cossacks will move around with her or if they will simply shove her back into the center where she is and make her continue.
This may not be the answer though. This could be an escape attempt on Batgirl's part. Why? If you remember the layout of the room from earlier, you will realize that the door through which Egghead entered is near there. When we last saw it, that door was left hanging wide open when the Cossacks attacked Batgirl. Batgirl may have deliberately danced in that direction with hopes of getting close to the door. Once there, she would have attempted a sudden desperate dash through the circle of Cossacks, out the door, and run for her life with sword wielding Cossacks in hot pursuit. Not the most glamorous escape from a bat-trap, I'll admit, but anything that saves your life is acceptable. There is one other possibility behind what she could be attempting here which I'll come to in a bit.
It is while Batgirl is dancing near the door that the scene cuts to Egghead and Olga watching her dance to their bad Cossack dance music (that bad pun again). Olga remarks on what a good dancer Batgirl is ("She's good dancer, Eggski"). This is interesting for two reasons; foremost of which is that Olga is actually appreciative of Batgirl's dancing ability. She likes what she sees and wants to see more of it. If this is the case, we can imagine that during the break, when they cut to Batman and Robin outside, that Olga is waving or shouting instructions to the Cossacks to slow down and pace Batgirl's dancing. This way, she will last longer so they will get more entertainment from her dancing before they administer the coup de grace. By dancing well, Batgirl may have bought herself a few more minutes of life. However, there may also be another reason behind Olga's remarks.
Back when Olga first informed Batgirl what they were going to do to her, the implied effect of Batgirl's expression was that she already knew what a Sabre Dance was. If this is the case, the Sabre Dance may be far more than just a bunch of men standing in a circle stabbing someone in the legs before killing them. It may actually be a choreographed social event from Cossack culture with the swordsmen following a predetermined set of moves that the victim trapped inside has to respond to. This then would make the Cossack Sabre Dance very similar in concept to the Japanese Tea Ceremony in which form and the predetermined sequence of events are everything. Were all this so, then the Cossack Sabre Dance has a definite beginning and a definite ending and Olga's comment may not be just about Batgirl's dancing ability but also an observation that Batgirl is following the form well. This, of course, then begs the question: If someone can survive the dance all the way to the end, does that mean they get to live?
Obviously not, at least in Batgirl's case, because Egghead's and Olga's follow-up comments leave no doubt as to Batgirl's eventual fate -
"Yes, she's dancing to her grave," Egghead laughs. (He's clearly enjoying the creative way they are putting Batgirl to death and is probably even a little vindictive about the whole thing after the way Batgirl treated him at the bank earlier when she threatened to let the bank guard shoot him!)
Olga replies, "Naturally."
From this point, the scene switches back to Batgirl dancing back toward the vat. Perhaps she made her escape attempt and failed while the camera was on Egghead and Olga. Maybe the Cossacks figured out what she was up to and forced her back toward the center of the room. It could be that they are all just following the form of the dance. At any rate the next scene is of Batman and Robin arriving outside.
I have a real problem with the way the Caped Crusaders found the hideout by using their Bat Geiger counter to follow radioactive sparkplugs in Batgirl's Batgirlcycle. If this were the case, Batman and Robin could have followed Batgirl home and learned her secret identity any time they chose to. Any criminal could have done the same thing for that matter. It would have made more sense if they had used something like an off-duty police officer waving them down and pointing them in the right direction.
As Batman and Robin prepare to enter the building, Batman makes a comment about taking the Cossacks by surprise. It's clear that he expects that Batgirl has overestimated her ability to capture the whole gang and is probably now their prisoner. As I recall from the show, Batgirl and Robin almost never fared well against villains without Batman present. Also, I know that Adam West was very negative about having the hero (Batman) rescued by any of the other characters. We must also remember that this show was done in the 60's and strong female characters like Batgirl were the exception rather than the rule.
Be that as it may, the Caped Crusaders enter the building and the scene switches back to Batgirl dancing. Now, however, the whole nature of her dancing has changed. Where before, Batgirl was dancing strongly, now she is staggering quite bit, gasping for breath, and is clearly reaching the end of her endurance.
I have timed the whole dancing sequence from when Olga orders the dance to begin to where Batman and Robin turn off the record player and Batgirl stops dancing. The total time is one minute, 25 seconds. The first dancing segment runs 30 seconds, the intermission runs 33 seconds, and the final dancing segment runs 22 seconds. I cannot believe that Batgirl was nearly finished off in only one and one half minutes of dancing for the following reasons.
First, the type of crime fighting that the Terrific Trio practice is very physically demanding. They have to climb walls, swing on ropes, endure unusual physical and mental punishment in villainous death traps, and still be able to engage in physical conflict with the villains. To do this, Batgirl and the Caped Crusaders have to be in tip-top physical condition.
This is demonstrated in my second point where, in "The Wail of the Siren," Batgirl ran up many flights of stairs to prevent Siren from making Bruce Wayne jump off the roof. The villains thought that the distance to the roof was far enough that they took an elevator. When Batgirl reached the top, she was in condition enough to take out Siren's thugs, yet the evidence of her exhaustion in the Cossack Sabre Dance is clearly before our eyes. How can this be?
Again here, the producers used a time trick. Obviously, when the camera cut to Batman and Robin outside, the time passing inside was much longer. It just makes sense because otherwise, the alternative would have been to actually script and show maybe 20 minutes of real-time dancing. While this would have shown her sinking into exhaustion, it would have been totally unfeasible in a 30-minute television show (I wish they had done it anyway because it would have been extremely interesting to watch!)
Anyhow, Batgirl is now staggering and gasping for breath. At one point, she spins off toward her right again toward the open door again. This time, however, the Cossack standing in her way simply catches her and shoves her roughly back into the circle of blades towards another Cossack. Clearly, the Cossacks are no longer going to move about with her.
As the Dynamic Duo are shown creeping into the hideout, the dance continues. Now Batgirl is being manhandled by the Cossacks, being shoved roughly from one man toward another as they force her to continue dancing. She is stumbling and staggering so badly now that at one point, her legs give out and she is shown slumping toward the floor. The only thing preventing her total collapse to the floor is the Cossack standing behind her who catches her and prevents her fall. Her legs are like jelly at this point.
If the Cossacks have timed the ice melting correctly and paced Batgirl so as not to exhaust her too quickly, this would be the perfect time for them to begin actually cutting on her legs. At the level of exhaustion that Batgirl is in, an initial cut would probably cause her adrenaline to kick in, making her temporarily faster. Unfortunately, It will wear off quickly and she would slow down again. Then the next cut would be inflicted. After only a few cuts like this, Batgirl's adrenaline would be totally used up and now the real cutting would begin.
Again, these wounds would not be meant to be immediately fatal yet would still be painful and debilitating. At this point, Batgirl would almost be finished off. She is not just physically exhausted but mentally exhausted as well. She is totally in a reactive mode now and is slowly being reduced from the superb mental state she normally operates in to that of a terrified animal that knows it is about to die and is helpless to prevent it. She is much like a mouse being toyed with by a hungry cat before dinner.
Fortunately for Batgirl, Batman stops the record player and the dance never goes this far. Batgirl has been saved from certain death by this timely intervention. Now, let's go just a bit past the ending of the dance to look at something else that is a bit odd.
Olga orders the Cossacks to attack Batman and Robin. Inexplicably, they do just that, leaving the bound Batgirl to duck out of the fighting. There are three smarter moves they could have made here. They could have simply killed her right there when they had her surrounded with drawn blades or, as an alternative, they could have taken her hostage to prevent Batman and Robin from foiling their escape. They could also have inflicted a near fatal wound to Batgirl that would have forced the Dynamic Duo to forgo a fight or pursuit of the Cossacks in order to administer lifesaving first aid measures to her. At any rate, we are past the Cossack Sabre Dance's ending now so it's time to move on to some other points about this Bat-trap.
First, however, it is interesting to note that this episode was probably originally intended as the middle installment of a three-part Egghead, Olga and Cossack story. This would explain the rather lame, off-camera capture of Egghead, Olga and the Cossacks by the police at the end of the episode. As aired, this episode ends very similarly to "How to Hatch a Dinosaur." The producers evidently decided they did not want another three-part story.
I was asked to rate this trap on a one-to-ten scale in the following categories:
For physical torment, I have to give this one an 8. Dancing as hard as she is is very physically demanding. As a comparison, the closest thing I can liken it to is a high impact aerobic workout that never ends. Additionally, if it goes on long enough, Batgirl will have her legs sliced up and will be totally helpless to do anything about it. Getting stabbed and slashed in the legs is obviously very painful, not to mention very bloody.
For psychological torment, I have to give this one an even higher mark, a 9. Why? Batgirl knows there is no way to physically escape what is happening to her. Her hands are bound behind her back and the Cossacks can clearly kill her any time they choose to. Any step she makes could be her last. She knows that eventually, she is going to be dancing in a puddle of her own blood. These are all factors that figure into this high mark.
Duration obviously gets a low mark, maybe about a 4 at the most. You certainly can't do this to someone too long before they are too crippled and exhausted to continue. Taking a wild guess here, I would say that you couldn't make the dancing portion of this bat-trap go beyond 30 minutes.
In the fatality department, I give this one a perfect 10. There is absolutely no way to escape this one if the villains are determined to kill you. Granted, dancing ability counts for something in this area but it's still not going to allow an escape.
For believability, I award a 9. You can't get much more realistic than having a circle of swordsmen stand around a victim to stab and slash at their legs. The only way this trap could have earned a perfect ten would have been to actually show her getting cut on her legs with blood all over the floor. For reasons I've previously discussed, this was obviously impossible for the producers to do.
For ease of escape, just look up in the fatality category. Barring outside intervention, It's escape proof as long as the villains are determined to end your life and I give this one a 10 also.
Finally, for sensuality, I have to give this area a 7. This trap was most likely created to highlight Yvonne Craig's dancing abilities. She was a former ballerina who did her own stunts on the show. At a guess, I'd say she probably also had a hand in choreographing the dance since I know she did just that for her green Orion slave girl dance as Marta on Star Trek.
To sum up, this trap has elegance and style. It's an absolutely foolproof way to permanently eliminate those pesky costumed crime-fighters that are interfering in your evil super-villain operations. It provides a tremendous amount of entertainment for you and your henchmen as you put the heroes to death. And lastly, when you're finished, the evidence of your success is right before your eyes as the hero lies dead before you and there is no guessing as to whether the trap you left them in worked or not.
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Pittsburgh's future is set now that the Panthers are heading to
the ACC in 2014.
The present, however, could use some work.
The stunning news Pitt and Syracuse are bolting the Big East for
the super-sized ACC overshadowed the Panthers' painful collapse
against Iowa, when a commanding 21-point second-half lead
evaporated into a 31-27 loss.
The pain wasn't limited to the scoreboard. Coach Todd Graham
pulled his hamstring while sprinting 30 yards to call a timeout
early in the fourth quarter. Graham joked he's "questionable" for
Saturday's game against Notre Dame (1-2), though he's not
questioning his commitment to the "high octane" attack he
promised to bring to the Panthers.
The engine hummed smoothly for 45 minutes against the Hawkeyes
before things started to rattle. The Panthers couldn't run it well
enough late to milk the clock, not that they were trying anyway.
Pitt regularly snapped the ball with 15-20 seconds left on the
clock in the second half despite the sizable lead.
Graham chalked the nightmarish fourth quarter up to mistakes on
both sides of the ball, not poor clock mismanagement.
"We wouldn't have changed anything about our tempo in that
game," he said. "That's not why we lost the game. We lost the
game because we turned the football over and made too many mental
Not exactly the best way to impress the new neighbors.
Graham believes the Panthers can compete in the ACC. He's got
two more seasons to refine the product. He hopes he doesn't have to
wait that long. The first-year coach points out the Panthers
dominated the Hawkeyes for long stretches, proof his system is
starting to work.
"We made tremendous progress," he said. "It's the first time
(the offense) resembled what we're trying to make it do."
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly understands Graham's frustration.
He suffered through an up-and-down season last fall after taking
over for Charlie Weis. He understands how difficult it can to be
introduce such a drastic change to a bunch of 18-to-22
"It's the natural process of bringing in a system that's so
different, because (Graham) didn't recruit those guys for that kind
of situation," Kelly said. "I feel for him in that sense. But
they're playing pretty good football. They had Iowa down, so I'm
not feeling too bad for them."
Besides, Notre Dame is one of the reasons Graham is coaching at
Pitt. A year ago Graham led Tulsa into South Bend and upended the
Irish for one of the greatest upsets in the school's history. It
cemented Graham's reputation as an innovator and gave him a very
shiny bullet point on his resume.
Doing it in consecutive years at different schools would be
impressive and give a skeptical fanbase reason to believe, though
Graham is more focused on whatever skeptics remain in his locker
"What I want to do is create a memory for these seniors,"
Graham said. "I was able to do that last year (at Tulsa), and I
want to do that for these seniors this year … I want our seniors
to leave this program with a victory over Notre Dame."
The Panthers have won two of the last three in the series,
including a 27-22 victory at Heinz Field in 2009. Yet that was
under former coach Dave Wannstedt, whose plodding attack and
underachieving teams eventually paved the way to his exit.
Graham knows his job is to take the Panthers to the next level.
He didn't anticipate the ACC being part of the equation, but he's
doing his best to block out the distraction.
The truth is only the current freshmen on the team will still be
around when the move become official. There are plenty of games to
win and statements between now and 2014.
"I guess people get excited because they're an independent
school," Pitt running back Ray Graham said. "They always have
tough games, so everybody wants to play them. And Notre Dame has a
great tradition. So, playing against them is a good thing, but
getting a win against them makes it that much better."
Pitt is just in year one of its makeover. The Irish are in year
two and appear to be hitting their stride under freshman
quarterback Tommy Rees, who played efficiently against the Spartans
last week and hung in there despite getting knocked around.
"He's not scared to take hits," said wide receiver Michael
Floyd. "He knows what he's doing, and if he has something to say
to you, or if you're not running a route or not getting that block,
he'll tell you. He has that kind of swagger about him, you know,
that not too many people have, but when he says something, you
respect him."
The Panthers are hoping to earn some respect themselves. Graham
has repeatedly called this group the best team he's ever inherited.
Yet after ho-hum wins over Buffalo and Maine and a meltdown against
Iowa, it still hasn't acted like it, not for 60 minutes anyway.
"We just have to finish," said defensive lineman Chas Alecxih.
"We took our foot off their throat, and we can't do that if we
want to be successful. So, we're not going to do that any


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