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Halibut With Cherry Tomato-Habanero Salsa and Cucumber-Cilantro Sauce
Serve with corn on the cob or rice for a complete meal.
Cucumber-Cilantro Sauce:1 cup diced, peeled cucumbers
1 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Cherry Tomato-Habanero Salsa:
1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
1 habanero chili, seeded and minced
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Roasted Halibut:
4 (6-ounce) skinless halibut fillets
Kosher salt, to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
To make sauce: Combine all ingredients in a food processor fitted with the metal blade or blender and puree until almost smooth with just a bit of texture. Cover and refrigerate until serving or for up to 2 days.To make salsa: In a nonreactive bowl, combine tomatoes, onions, chilies, mint and vinegar. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt. Toss gently to combine.
To make halibut: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly season fillets on both sides with salt. Heat oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Place the halibut in the hot pan and brown about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer pan to oven and bake 8 to 10 minutes until opaque.
To serve: Put fillets on plates and top with salsa. Spoon sauce around fish. Serve remaining sauce on the side. Makes 4 servings.
Per serving: 629 calories, 77 percent calories from fat, 54 grams total fat, 8 grams saturated fat, 84 milligrams cholesterol, 9 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams total fiber, 4 grams total sugars, 7 grams net carbs, 28 grams protein, 376 milligrams sodium.
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Dear PoPville – Where does your moral sense of right and wrong fall on this issue?
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Dear PoPville,
This is an actual situation at our condo building, and the owner of the parking spot has recently asked the board to impose a fine for anyone using the spot. Anyone else who has had this situation at their condo and dealt with it effectively is also welcome to provide input.
Example: A small condo building (6 units) has one parking spot. This spot was purchased by a single owner and is legally deeded to her. She pays and additional monthly condo fee assessment on it and is responsible for the taxes on it annually herself. It is not a common element in any way. In an effort to be a good neighbor, she has made it clear to the other owners that she is open to allowing it to be used short term for unloading groceries or washing a car, etc, IF she is asked about it first to ensure she is not in need of the parking spot at that given time.
Even though this has been made clear to the other unit owners multiple times, there are still those that don't respect that offer. Many park when they want to without asking, have their cleaning lady or their plumber park in the spot etc. The owner of the spot has many times had to track down the owner of the vehicle and have it moved so she can get into her own spot. There have been times when she had guests on the way over to visit and park in the spot, but when they arrive someone else in the building was already in it.
Where does your moral sense of right and wrong fall on this issue?
Category 1: What's the big deal? Sure she paid for it., I am not costing her any money by using it from time to time. I am too busy to send a text every time I want to park in that spot, it is empty anyway.
Category 2: Clearly a rude sense of entitlement is being shown by those other owners who park without asking. They should be fined for it just the same as if they were parking illegally on the street.
Category 3: Somewhere in the middle / Can't we all just get along / Explain


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|05 Nov 2011
BSOD while browsing in chrome with 20 tabs open.
In bluescreen viewer it appears tcpip.sys and ntoskrnl.exe are the culprits.
Operating System
MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 65nm Technology
3.00 GB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 260MHz (4-4-4-12)
FOXCONN A6VMX (Socket 940)
HP 2159 (1920x1080@59Hz)
512MB GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ (XFX Pine Group)
Hard Drives
977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 ATA Device (SATA)
244GB Seagate ST3250410AS ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A ATA Device
SB Audigy
Everything is attached. Thank you.
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|06 Nov 2011
Hasn't BSODed since this post but I still think it will happen again.
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2011
It did blue screen again today.
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|08 Nov 2011
Windows 10 Pro/ Windows 10 Pro Insider
Benwizkid, I'm not on the BSOD crew and can't read dump files. But I might suggest you try not having 20 tabs open. You are running an X64 system with 3GB single chanel ram. It wouldn't be hard to use all available ram and cause the system to BSOD. Also, make sure all drivers are up to date.
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|09 Nov 2011
We do need the DMP file as it contains the only record of the sequence of events leading up to the crash, what drivers were loaded, and what was responsible.
You may be able to get the DMP files without crashing by booting into safe mode (F8) with networking.
The procedure:
* Copy the contents of \Windows\Minidump to another (temporary) location somewhere on your machine.
* Zip up the copy.
* Attach the ZIP archive to your post using the "paperclip" (file attachments) button.
To ensure minidumps are enabled:
*Go to Start, in the Search Box type: sysdm.cpl Press Enter.
*Under the Advanced tab, click on the Startup and Recovery - Settings... button.
*Ensure that Automatically restart is unchecked.
*Under the Write Debugging Information header select Small memory dump (256 kb) in the drop down box (the 256kb varies).
*Ensure that the Small Dump Directory is listed as %systemroot%\Minidump.
Reboot if changes have been made.
|My System Specs
|11 Nov 2011
These crashes were caused by a memory exception.
Run these two tests to verify your memory and find which driver is causing the problem.
*Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder or another ISO burning program. Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
*Boot from the CD, and leave it running for at least 5 or 6 passes.
Just remember, any time Memtest reports errors, it can be either bad RAM or a bad motherboard slot.
Test the sticks individually, and if you find a good one, test it in all slots.
RAM - Test with Memtest86+
2-Driver verifier
I'd suggest that you first backup your data and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can contact us if problems arise. Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Win7 Startup Repair feature).
In Windows 7 you can make a Startup Repair disk by going to Start....All Programs...Maintenance...Create a System Repair Disc - with Windows Vista you'll have to use your installation disk or the "Repair your computer" option at the top of the Safe Mode menu .
Then, here's the procedure:
- Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
- Select "Select individual settings from a full list" and click "Next"
- Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Low Resource Simulation" and click "Next"
- Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
- Select "Finish" on the next page.
Reboot the system and wait for it to crash to the Blue Screen. Continue to use your system normally, and if you know what causes the crash, do that repeatedly. The objective here is to get the system to crash because Driver Verifier is stressing the drivers out. If it doesn't crash for you, then let it run for at least 36 hours of continuous operation (an estimate on my part).
If you can't get into Windows because it crashes too soon, try it in Safe Mode.
If you can't get into Safe Mode, try using System Restore from your installation DVD to set the system back to the previous restore point that you created.
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Getting out was the easy part: Season 2 of 'Prison Break'
In Season 1 of "Prison Break," inmate Michael Scofield had to outwit the hulking prison that held him and his brother. Thanks to his ingenuity and to clues woven into his elaborate tattoos, he prevailed, and eventually sprang himself and his brother Lincoln Burrows, along with six other Fox River Penitentiary inmates.
In the second season of the Fox show, which premieres at 7 p.m. Monday, Scofield's adversaries are many -- being the most famous wanted man in America does not make for a pleasant life on the outside -- but chief among them is Agent Alexander Mahone, the FBI agent on the trail of Scofield and the other escaped prisoners.
Mahone is played to excellent effect in Season 2 by "Invasion's" charismatic star, William Fichtner, and as it turns out, the character wasn't in the original game plan of the "Prison Break" writing staff.
"We went to the network and pitched our version of Season 2," says "Prison Break" executive producer Matt Olmstead. "It was met favorably, but one thing they suggested - actually it was [Fox entertainment president] Peter Liguori who suggested it - [was having an investigator with integrity like Mahone].
"He said, `Who is the guy who is pursuing the convicts who is not corrupt?' There's [Secret Service agent Paul] Kellerman, who's obviously part of the conspiracy and is ruthless and who has his own agenda, then there's [prison guard Brad] Bellick, who's got his own agenda based on vengeance. Who's the guy … like the Tommy Lee Jones character in `The Fugitive'?"
Hence the creation of Mahone, who is as relentlessly focused on catching Scofield as the inmate was in getting out of Fox River.
"We didn't want to overload the show with too many antagonists -- if there are too many people pursuing them, [the pursuers] are rendered inept because they're not all catching our convicts, and you can only have so many close calls," Olmstead said. "The new character is right away the flip side of Michael Scofield -- Michael gets a sense very early on that there's a guy on his trail who's very formidable."
Other changes will soon unfold on the drama, which was filmed in and around the former Joliet Correctional Center last year, but is now shot in the Dallas area. For one thing, according to Olmstead, three characters on the show won't survive past the first seven episodes of the season.
Also, the role of the president's brother was recast, and Patricia Wettig, who played a scheming vice president who ascended to the nation's top job, may or may not make an appearance on "Prison Break" in Season 2. Olmstead says the show's producers may have Wettig make appearances if they can, but the actress has been cast in the fall drama "Brothers and Sisters."
But it sounds as though Paul Adelstein, a veteran of Chicago's theater scene, will have a lot to do on "Prison Break" this season. According to Olmstead, Adelstein's character, Kellerman, begins to sense that the president is hanging him out to dry for his role in her evil conspiracy.
"He was her right-hand man, her main point guy out there," Olmstead notes. "With her ascending to the presidency, access to her is much more exclusive. We've established her as a cunning, ambitious character and now that she's gotten what she wants, she has no great allegiance to the guy who got her there. He's increasingly out in the cold. … Initially with the second season, we have a bunch of episodes about the escapees and their flight. We'll have time for [the conspiracy stories] in the latter half of the season, and that will be told through Kellerman."
Below is a transcript of my interview with Olmstead. Be aware that the interview contains some spoilers for Season 2.
I'll try not to give you too hard a time about the production of the show leaving Chicago.
"We feel terrible about that. The main thing was, in Season 2, they're on the run. We really had to get a lot of areas that would double as small-town America. And I'm sure you're familiar with that [union rule] about zones, [in Chicago] we had hour-and-a-half and two-hour van rides to get to locations. In Dallas, we have a lot more within the zone [in which we need to work]. It really came down to a financial thing."
So, how would you compare Dallas in August versus Joliet in January?
"Well, the last day of filming in Joliet, it was seven below [zero]. The first day of shooting in Dallas it was around 100 degrees. If you ask the cast and crew, they prefer the heat to the cold. The cold was just paralyzing.
"Plus, when they were filming out there [in Joliet], they weren't out there in parkas. They were in pants and T-shirts and thermals. They were just getting killed in Joliet. Even though it's unbelievably hot in Dallas, the word I'm getting is that they prefer the heat as far as the weather issue goes."
Was there an issue in your mind with recasting the vice president's brother? Because John Billingsley wasn't really seen in that role much.
"Right, there was no issue at all there."
But regarding Patricia Wettig [who played a villainous vice president who ascended to the presidency] -- she's attached to "Brothers and Sisters" now. Is that an issue for the show?
"It's more about the [Agent] Kellerman issue [now]. He was her right-hand man, her main point guy out there. The way were doing it is that essentially, with her ascending to the presidency, access to her is much more exclusive. We've established her as a cunning, ambitious character and now that she's gotten what she wants, she has no great allegiance to the guy who got her there. He's increasingly out in the cold.
"So far it's worked out great, initially with the second season we have a bunch of episodes about the escapees and their flight, [more] than going into full story lines of the conspiracy side of things. We'll have time for that in the latter half of the season, and that will be told through Kellerman. We're up through episode 10 now, and we're telling the story we wanted to tell."
If she was available for a day or two here and there, would you use her in Season 2?
"Absolutely, we would. Her deal is that if she's not working for that show, she can work for our show."
So it's sounding like if there's fallout from the conspiracy, it blows back more on Kellerman than anyone.
"Exactly. Now it becomes, 'OK, I was protected by her, now I basically have no access to her. He's a smart guy. Self-preservation becomes the thing at the top of his list."
So does Kellerman start tracking the fugitives on his own, or what?
"He's still affiliated with the Secret Service, so he has all those resources. He has a definite plan of how to get to Scofield and Burrows. He goes after [Dr.] Sara [Tancredi], essentially, since he correctly assumes that [she and Michael] may be in contact. [It's interesting], the way he ingratiates himself into her life."
That famous Kellerman charm?
"Charm and deceit. He's got those in spades."
So as the season goes forward, Sara and Michael are in contact?
"Certainly he carries a lot of guilt. She clearly did him a big favor and now she's facing the consequences of that. This guy isn't heartless. He knows that he put her in a bad spot. His first priority is to get to safe ground. But once that's accomplished, he wants to make it right with Sara. He still wants to do that."
So Stacy Keach will not be in much of Season 2?
"No, we really get away from Fox River. Scofield wants to leave Fox River as quickly as he can."
But [prison guard Brad] Bellick is going after those prisoners any way he can.
"Yeah, he's going to try to get them. Basically they're responsible for him losing his job and being kind of humiliated. He wants to get Scofield more than he's wanted anything ever in his life."
So how will the season play out, will the prisoners break into different groups and then be brought back together at various times?
"We'll follow different threads, then find ways to bring them together as a group. Different characters will be together, then break apart and as we're breaking the stories, we're finding ways to have their paths cross."
Are you at all concerned about losing that group dynamic you had when the guys were all in one place together?
"Yeah, but conversely it would really stretch credibility to have them all together all the time. I mean, Woody Allen did that [in 'Take the Money and Run'], that would obviously be a joke. We do keep characters together some of the time but they do split up to pursue the plans that we set up for them in Season 1. We have prewired [some of those individual goals] into the storytelling, the reasons that they split apart or come together."
What about T-Bag? As the season begins, he seems to be in the worst shape. Will he ever get full use of his hand again?
[After the first two episodes] "he's out of the woods, so to speak, in terms of the life or death aspect of that. It would be farfetched to think that'd he'd get real use of it again. But he's a cockroach in every sense of the word [in terms of him being able to keep going]."
Has it taken you aback at all, the response to characters like T-Bag, the response to Wentworth and Rob and Dominic?
"The response has been amazing. Even Rob [Knepper, who plays T-Bag] mentioned when we first went on the air, he wondered if people would look at him like they looked at the woman who played the Wicked Witch [in 'The Wizard of Oz'], he wondered whether he would be vilified. But he says 99 percent of the reactions he gets are really favorable. He brings such charm to the role, and he's just so damn good."
The new character that you're bringing on in Season 2, FBI Agent Alexander Mahone [who is played by "Invasion's" William Fichtner]. Was that always the plan to have a character like that in Season 2?
"Actually, it wasn't. We went to the network and pitched our version of Season 2. It was met favorably, but one thing they suggested, actually it was [Fox entertainment president] Peter Liguori who suggested it, [was having a character like Mahone].
"He said, 'Who is the guy who is pursing the convicts who is not corrupt?' There's Kellerman, who's obviously part of the conspiracy and is ruthless and who has his own agenda, then there's Bellick, who's got his own agenda based on vengeance. Who's the guy down the middle, like the Tommy Lee Jones character in 'The Fugitive'? Who's that guy?
"We didn't want to overload the show with too many antagonists, if there are too many people pursuing them, they're rendered inept because they're not all catching our convicts, and you can only have so many close calls. The new character is right away the flip side of Michael Scofield -- Michael gets a sense very early on that there's a guy on his trail who's very formidable.
There's a moment where Mahone is popping a pill. What's that about?
"Mahone has certain things in his past, as far as what he's done in the service of his country, things he's done around the world -- he's starting to hear footsteps from all of that. It doesn't throw him off his game at all, but the sum total of his life does begin to present itself."
So it's not just a Fox thing, where the lead character has to pop Vicodin.
[Laughs] "No, it's not a 'House' model."
Here's a completely tiny trivia question - the cap that Michael wears with a "C" on it in the first couple episodes, what's the story behind that? Is it a team cap or something like that? It almost looks like it could be a Negro League logo, but I've never seen it before.
"That's something the actor created, a little back story that [harks back to] a time when he was hanging out with his brother, happier times essentially. What that is, essentially the cap is open to interpretation."
So as far as what characters make it in this season, are there going to be deaths?
"Yes. People go. In the first seven episodes, three main characters go, one way or another."
And that's all of the cast that you're talking about, right, not just the escapees?
"Right, we're talking about the whole cast there."
And part of the story this season will center on Michael and Lincoln's quest to help L.J., who's in jail, right?
"Yes, one thing is certain, they want to get to a safe spot, but there's no way Lincoln would have a moment's peace [if L.J. were in danger, in prison, etc.]
And in the first season, Michael and Lincoln had Veronica helping them on the outside, will a situation like that exist this season regarding L.J.?
"[Michael and Lincoln] take the situation in their own hands, they see that they have to do it themselves."
So how are you feeling about Season 2 in general?
"Overall, we've broken [the stories] through episode 10 and we feel really strongly about the rest of the season, we feel like we're hitting on all cylinders. People said last year, 'What will you do when they get out of prison, how will you sustain that? How do you keep that going without jerking the audience's chain with close calls?' But it all fell into place. And we have a really strong staff and we're feeling really good."
Just talking about the fall season in general, there are so many ensemble dramas with a strong serialized element. Do you feel like your show got in under the wire in terms of having that format last year, and do you think your show would have a harder time standing out this year?
"Yes and yes. I think we got in under the wire, and I do think we'd have a tougher time coming up against a real glut of serialized dramas. If we were to start out with a show called 'Manhunt' this year and we followed these characters [on their escape] through the woods and so forth -- there would be no good will for these characters, no investment in them. But since we have a year under our belt, there is that investment in the characters, so we absolutely have that momentum going in. That said, we're very glad that we premiered when we did."


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If you hold my hands twinj (Part 2)
hey guys are you having an amazing day off course yes so let's continue ff
Recap : twinkle goes to meet Adi , we all saw he is not that good
So let's continue
Twinkle reaches home and slowly goes to her room and changes her dress to a 3/4 pants and white top and comes down
And shouts Maa , she doesn't find her mom suddenly she finds a note on the table
Letter : twinkle putar ,
I am going to London as your dad is not feeling well , I will be back in one week
Take care putar will miss you
She goes to her room and takes her phone
T: hello Adi come home
A: what ????
T:haa Maa and papa went to London for business needs
After an hour Adi comes
She comes and hugs him , he too responds and starts to smooch her body
T: Adi why did you take so much time to come
A: actually I bought something for you
A: ya
He gives her a packet , she takes it and runs to her room to change
She comes back and she is wearing a blue netted backless top her stomach is visible and a very small floral mini skirt
A: twinkle you looks so damm hot !!!!
T:stop it yaar (blushing)
Adi and twinkle goes to her room
Adi serves her wine , she is totally got the kick she doze off
Adi makes her lay on the bed and traces his finger through her body , suddenly he gets a call
Call voice : hello is this athiya khan
A: yes
C.v: I am a messenger , if you dare to touch twinkle in a bad way I asure you a room in xyz hospital
A:hello……..hello….. Who is this
The phone cuts , poor Adi got scared and goes to the couch and sleeps
Twinkle gets up and sees Adi on the couch
Twinkle thinks : omg I am so lucky to have Adi , look if it was someone else he would have took advantage of me
I am so happy
She goes to Adi and caresses his hair by the time Adi got up
Twinkle hugs him tightly , he too hugs her back and acts to be emotional and digs him face on her neck and shoulder and presses her waist , he unwantely breaks the hug and keeps him hands on her thighs ( remember she is wearing a very small mini skirt )
T: come let's go out
A: ohk baby
Twi smiles
Precap : twinj meets , again phone call for Adi , twinj again meets


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Left out of the action: CPM-led front has few options left
One of the key architects of a non-Cong non-BJP third front in Indian politics, the CPM-led Left Front, for the first time finds itself left out of the frantic attempts by regional parties to cobble together a similar formation ahead of the 2014 polls. Nagendar Sharma reports.delhi Updated: Jun 26, 2013 02:28 IST
One of the key architects of a non-Congress non-BJP third front in Indian politics, the CPM-led Left Front, for the first time finds itself left out of the frantic attempts by regional parties to cobble together a similar formation ahead of the 2014 general elections.
Unlike the past, this time the initiative is being made by the chief ministers of Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal, who have declared their intention of forming a federal front.
The presence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in any such alliance explains the harsh language used by Left leaders against the very idea of any such a formation.
CPM leader Nilotpal Basu said, "Any future understanding with other parties will be based on alternative policies and programmes. Fronts for mere electoral understanding are not sustainable in the long run. Some of those who initiated the idea of a federal front are developing cold feet even before a first step is taken."
Left leaders are aware of their uncertain political future, given that their current combined strength of 24 in the Lok Sabha is the lowest in 30 years — a far cry from their best-ever tally of 61 after the 2004 elections. Besides, the Left parties are in the opposition in their erstwhile strongholds of Kerala and West Bengal.
Another problem for the Left is that it no longer has leaders like the late Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who had a good rapport with top leaders of regional parties and was the fulcrum in the formation of alternative fronts and even made an aborted attempt to make his colleague the late Jyoti Basu the Prime Minister in 1996.
In the current scenario, Banerjee cleverly jumped at the idea of a non-Congress non-BJP front before a demoralised Left could have initiated such a move.
Ever since she withdrew support from the UPA government in September last year, Banerjee had been laying stress on forging a third front and after several months of isolation, seems to have got something to harp on, but the big question is whether she will be able to sustain the idea.
Apart from Odisha's Naveen Patnaik and Bihar's Nitish Kumar, Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu also appears to have warmed up to Banerjee's proposal but key players such as Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav are not willing to write off the Left yet.
Yadav's caution echoes the position being taken by the Left. Its leaders feel any front would be possible only after the election results are out. They refer to the 1996 Lok Sabha results, which led to the formation of the United Front, following the BJP's failure to prove its majority.
"Every election throws up a different result. Currently, the Left parties are of the view that we will go in for state-specific alliances and review the situation about any alternative after the results are declared," CPI national secretary D Raja said.
The latest editorial in the CPM weekly, People's Democracy, indicates the wait-and-watch mood of the party: "A National Political Convention has been convened by the Left Parties on July 1 in the capital. It will discuss and adopt a Declaration containing the approach towards an alternative policy direction for the country. On the basis of this declaration, the Left parties will appeal to all non-Congress non-BJP parties to work for an alternative."
Will there be any takers?
First Published: Jun 26, 2013 00:40 IST


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NEW YORK - In "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" or anywhere else, Frances McDormand means business.
In Martin McDonagh's new film, McDormand plays a woman, Mildred Hayes, consumed with rage because the rape and murder of her teenage daughter has gone unsolved after a year. She embarks on a blazing, relentless campaign to hold the town's sheriff (Woody Harrelson) accountable, erecting billboards that taunt him and unleashing a foul-mouthed fury on the sleepy Southern town.
In a way, it's impossible to separate Mildred from the equally uncompromising McDormand. Mildred is a matter-of-fact, non-nonsense force because McDormand is one, too. Take, for example, how McDormand imagines Mildred might react to the Harvey Weinstein revelations.
"She would have absolutely no time for it," said McDormand in a recent interview. "She wouldn't waste her breath."
But would McDormand? Seconds of silence follow.
"Was that a good long pause?" she finally responds.
As a woman out for justice, Mildred has blazed onto movie screens like the heroine we, at this moment especially, need. The darkly comic and violent spirit of outrage that animates "Three Billboards" has — perhaps more than any other film this fall — tapped a raw nerve with audiences. The film, which expands in theatres this week after opening in New York and Los Angeles last weekend, won a screenplay award in Venice and took the audience award in Toronto.
"It's great to be putting out a film with such a strong woman lead character in such a bravura performance at this time, not just politically but Hollywood-wise," says McDonagh, referencing the unfolding sexual harassment scandals. "Even just two months ago before anyone had seen it, I wasn't sure how it was going to be taken. We thought it was a good film with great performances but we worried that the darkness in the story might not allow people to laugh, or let people in.
"It's mostly because of Frances, to be honest. They just latch on to her for dear life and follow every crazy thing she does."
The performance has made McDormand the early front-runner for the best-actress Oscar, and marks a clear career high point for the uncommonly self-assured veteran of "Fargo," ''Wonder Boys," ''Burn After Reading" and "Olive Kitteridge." Wrote the New Yorker: "She seems to state Mildred, presenting her as a given fact, like someone unrolling a map."
McDonagh, the Irish playwright and filmmaker ("In Bruges), wrote the part specifically for McDormand after the two met several years ago at a party following McDonagh's play "The Pillowman." ''There was no plan B," he says. Yet McDonagh is still taken by how much McDormand's own strength of character imbues Mildred's.
"It's both the on-screen attitude and the off-screen attitude," says McDonagh. "There's a sense of her as a woman not taking any s---, not towing the Hollywood line, and not doing what's expected of her."
Sam Rockwell, who co-stars as the dimwitted and racist but also tragic police officer Dixon agrees. "There's a relentless kind of integrity," says Rockwell. "She has to do it a certain way. It's part of who she is and it's part of who Mildred is. There's something burning in her, just like those billboards. There's something burning in Frances."
What's motivating McDormand right now is a new eagerness for work, now that her 22-year-old son with director Joel Coen has reached adulthood. For the 60-year-old McDormand, the opportunity to play a protagonist at her age was a gift "at a time I was ready for it."
"After 'Olive Kitteridge,' I wasn't really interested in going back and playing supporting roles anymore," says McDormand. "They are women that we often don't see portrayed in film — women who don't have to be compromised for the storytelling of a male protagonist but who stand on their own in the dramatic arc of the storytelling. That was really important to me. I'm really interested in that now."
Her Mildred is an immediately iconic character, complete with a defining shape. As if dressed for battle, she sports a bandanna ("It was a little Rambo," McDormand explains) and a workmanlike blue jumpsuit. Why the jumpsuit?
"Well, I happen to know I look really good in a jumpsuit," replies McDormand, an actress famed for her lack of vanity.
McDormand likes to imagine that Mildred, before her spree, spent months wallowing in grief, watching old movies on TV.
"No female cinematic characters came to mind quickly," she says of Mildred. "Certainly a lot of strong female characters have been created by actors over the years — Barbara Stanwyck, Pam Grier — but not that specific kind that men usually get to play, like John Wayne, like Clint Eastwood, where all you need to know is what they do, not where they're from."
The movie, unsentimental and profanely un-PC, boasts more than a powerhouse performance from McDormand. Rockwell, also a veteran New York character actor, is among the ensemble's many standouts. In his story and others, Mildred's crusade unsettles the established order.
"It's timely," Rockwell says of the film. "It's speaking to a lot of things that are going on in this country. It's talking about racism and misogyny. Ultimately I think it's about love and redemption, but I think it has a lot of anger in it — a healthy amount of anger."
McDormand, herself, doesn't exactly share Mildred's rage. But she does connect with the film's punk-rock ethos — that it's time for some straight talk and some change. Missing in the sexual harassment fallout, she says, is the bigger picture.
"Like everything in our culture, the more women that wield power, the more stories will be told," says McDormand. "And that's where America is lagging way behind the international landscape of women being in power. So it's time for us to catch up."
Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP


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Kuwait's missile-damaged main oil terminal is expected to reopen this week, but shock waves from the Iranian missile blast that shut it down more than one month ago still are being felt throughout the oil-rich emirate. Analysts say that blast, and two others several days earlier, not only underlined Kuwait's continuing vulnerability to missiles and hit-and-run raids at sea, but also shot a hole in United States' Gulf policy.
Analysts say the missile hits suggest the massive US naval presence in the region is not serving as an effective deterrent to direct Iranian attacks on Kuwait.
In the month since the attacks, the US has sent in a steady stream of high-level military delegations and advisers. Antiaircraft and antimissile defense systems have been beefed up with US help. And areas around sensitive oil facilities now are guarded by radar-reflecting decoy barges to confuse incoming missiles.
``Kuwait is in a better position to defend itself against those missiles than a month ago,'' a diplomatic analyst says.
But others say that because the US retaliated against Iran only for one of the three missiles which hit a US-flagged tanker (and not for the more serious strike on Kuwait's Sea Island terminal), the US has left a dangerous impression with the Iranians: As long as they don't hit US targets, Iran can avoid the risk of American retaliation even for strikes at the very heart of Kuwait's oil industry. This leaves Kuwait open for more attacks, analysts stress.
``The Iranians were not after one load of crude oil in a tanker, they were after the source - the Sea Island terminal,'' an Arab analyst says. According to him, several accurate missile strikes in the region of the Kuwait's Ahmadi oil refinery (10 miles from the Sea Island terminal) would bring the Kuwaiti economy to its knees.
``If they hit in that area - the refineries, the power plants, the desalination plants are all there. It will be a disaster.''
``The Kuwaitis are very nervous,'' adds a Western envoy. ``The danger now is that if the Iranians get really upset they could fire another missile.''
Diplomatic and other sources here now say all three Silkworm missiles fired by Iran into Kuwaiti territory in mid-October were intended to hit the Sea Island terminal. The terminal handles 50 percent of Kuwait's crude-oil exports and is the emirate's only deepwater facility capable of loading supertankers.
The first two missiles - fired Oct. 15 and Oct. 16 - struck two supertankers by mistake because the vessels happened to be in the vicinity, according to this new analysis. Sources say the Silkworm guidance system apparently became confused as the missiles approached the terminal, and veered off in the direction of the larger target - the tankers.
The US cited the Oct. 16 missile, which struck the ``Sea Isle City,'' a Kuwaiti tanker reflagged by the US, as grounds for its retaliation. Three days later, US destroyers fired 1,000 rounds into two evacuated Iranian oil platforms. The Iranian strike on the ``Sea Isle City'' was interpreted at the time as a slap in the face of the US Navy by Iranians still angry over earlier clashes in the Gulf.
It is now thought that Iran fired the missiles at Sea Island in another effort to convince Kuwait to end support for Iraq in the seven-year Gulf war. In this view, the US-flag tanker was hit by mistake.
The decision of US forces to limit retaliation for the tanker blast to a symbolic bombardment of two evacuated Iranian oil platforms is a source of heated debate here. Many Kuwaitis - and other Gulf Arabs - feel cheated. They say the US, with its large build up of naval power, should have bloodied Iran's nose to make Iran think twice about such attacks.
The suggestion that the US is unwilling to use its military power to punish Iran is raising questions about the need for so many - more than 75 - Western warships in the Gulf.
The discontent has even sparked a conspiracy theory popular among some Kuwaitis, that the US could have shot down the incoming Silkworm missiles but chose not to because a few successful strikes might ensure that Kuwait would give the US access to naval and air bases.
There is no indication that US forces detected the incoming missiles, sources say. US naval ships do not enter Kuwaiti territorial waters even when escorting reflagged tankers.
Despite broad statements from Washington that the US will stand by and protect its Gulf friends, US policy is unclear on exactly how or when such protection will take place.
The Gulf states are acutely sensitive to criticism from Iran and other Arab states that they rely too much on the US for protection. Western officials cite this as one reason the US didn't retaliate for the Sea Island terminal missile attack.
Analysts say that if the US had retaliated for the Sea Island missile strike by bombing the Iranian launching site, on nearby Faw, US jets would have had to fly over Kuwaiti territory. That action would directly involve Kuwait, and might expose it to even more Iranian retaliation.


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Cougar Town Review: "Two Gunslingers"Eric Hochberger at . Comments
When this week's episode of Cougar Town, "Two Gunslingers," started off with a line about Bobby being gone we already set ourselves up for disappointment. Bobby has become one of our favorite characters, especially when combined with Andy, and heck, even Grayson.
However, we have to hand it to the rest of the Cougar Town cast, especially the ladies, for managing to still put together a good episode. Jules dragged her friends to a resort for her 41st birthday, and Ellie and Laurie treated us to some of their best bickering we love so.
Meanwhile, Travis was left home alone, but with Grayson watching over him. Seeing these two awkwardly interact, including Travis blackmailing Grayson was pretty entertaining. Unfortunately, the hilarious Andy only had a few brief scenes.
Hopefully next week, the dynamic duo of Andy and Bobby make their triumphant return. Until then, here are some of our favorite Cougar Town quotes from the episode:
Jules: Hey resort Trent, you're even cuter out of your uniform.
Trent: I'm gay.
Jules: Just go with it, Trent. Come on, I'm trying to scrape together a fantasy here. If I can be Resort Jules, you can be Straight Trent.
Trent: I was Straight Trent for sixteen years.
Jules: Great! What's another hour? | permalink
Grayson: Your mom said, "no girls."
Kylie: It's okay, I'll just get my stuff.
Travis: Do you know what her stuff is? It's flavored lip gloss and an over-sizes t-shirt for when she gets, quote, tired and snuggly. | permalink
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@x2bear @Xplornet I'm sure @Xplornet will post again today on Facebook about upgrading more towers to provide 25mbps service somewhere. At least the high costs we pay for a service that isn't delivered are helping others get decent access.
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About the area: In the holm oak and chestnut woods of the Montagnola with its abundance of wild flowers, birds and animals, including wild boar and deer, the expression 'away from it all' says it all.
Here, along the kilometres of the unspoilt mountain range that stretches west of Siena to the coast, walking, riding and cycling excursions become adventures to discover the ancient pathways to hamlets, chapels, castles and villas. From here, in every direction places of historic interest such as Siena, San Gimignano and the Abbey of San Galgano are easily reached.
How to get here, getting about and shopping: From the villa, Il Tramonto (The Sunset), the nearest airports are Pisa(1hr 45 mins), Florence(1hr) and Bologna(2hrs). Colle Val D'Elsa (20 mins) is the nearest town for shopping, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and bus services. Poggibonsi (25 mins) and Siena (30 mins) both offer excellent shopping, bus and train services. The nearest villages with bars, restaurants and shops are just 10 minutes away.
What to do: A great way to discover the Montagnola is on horseback, local stables 20 minutes. The hot springs (50 mins) are a must for their healing qualities. There is lovely river swimming just 25 minutes away and a day trip to the coast is definitely worthwhile.
Restaurants and local producers of wine, cheese and olive oil are dotted all over the area.
The owner, Jackie, designs and makes objects in metal and has a studio/showroom just 5 mins away. She can also arrange visits to the studios of other local artists and craftspeople. Living locally, she is usually available in the event of queries and will be happy to suggest places of interest to visit, depending on guests' preferences.


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