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"A county of great significance and importance that will likely spawn the greatest race of humans and the greatest empire the world shall ever see... Actually it probably won't, because it's shit"
"It was like being a spider in a bathtub going there, once you're in, you aren't ever getting out alive"
" My daily routine? Hmm... Eat, beat wife, masturbate, beat my sister again, feed sheep, and then sleep with her... The female sheep, not the male sheep; I'm not completely sick. "
"They're all scum, I'm going back there for your nan"
Derbyshire is the retarded younger brother of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, always being difficult in the supermarkets and being hard to find. Derby's exact location is unknown to everyone, including its inhabitants; most of whom have lived there for generations eating grass and smoking baby foetuses. People from Derby are known throughout the United Kingdom as being the, "Chinese people", of the Country, since tight gene pools are mandatory and webbed feet are considered 'sexy', making it impossible to tell them apart. Inbreeding is more than just common in Derby, as most of the villagers are fearful of being caught out by even shagging their second cousins; something that could loosen the death grip they have on their gene pool. Although it has never been documented for anyone to breed outside of first-cousinship, it is widely believed to have happened. The tradition of having such control over their gene pool is one of the only things that people from Derby can 'boast' about. The other thing Derby can 'boast' is the good relationship between humans and sheep. This is because they claim to be equals, which is the first time interspecies-equal rights have been exercised since the Indians with their cows.
Derbyshire is also renowned for its lack of businesses; due to the fact that all of Derby is made up of hills and rocks, perfect for the residents and sheep, but a bummer for corporate giants that want somewhere decent to settle. It's probably for the best anyway as nobody in Derby has any money to spend there. Derby people generally, "live off the fat of the land", as local lad Lennie would say. Those lucky enough to own some farming land use grass to seduce sheep, and are granted sexual favours on a daily basis. These favours include, Blumpkins, Cleveland Steamers and Feltching. Grass can also be exchanged for tickets to see Derby County FC play football, this activity, while considered a waste of grass by most, is a very different way to spend your day in Derby. You could just stare at the sun for 90 minutes, which is considered just as much fun and hurts your eyes a lot less. The grass generated by the chairman is used in America to buy what is called, "American grass", because the exchange rate on grass is apparently pretty good. The yank owner can use the exchange rate to supply Prideless Park with more blades of grass for next season. And you thought yanks were completely stupid eh?
Law & Order[edit]
Butchering a sheep (or Ram) in Derby is a corporal-punishment enforced offence. Unusually however, many Derby people see this sort of punishment as being 'kinky', as opposed to a real enforcement of the law. Sheep have made the argument that if they did truly have equal rights, the enforcement of the law would be prison, just like it would for murdering a human. This appeal was rejected largely due to the fact that it would be unfair to jail sheep in the case of one killing a human, and when sheep get corporal punishment it is rather more entertaining to watch them try to hold a whip with their hooves.
"I ain't ignorant"
Education in Derby is mainly about learning life skills based on the principle of Trial and Error, i.e. If shagging your mum upsets your dad, try not going all the way with her next time. If he continues to beat you, suggest an alternative way your inbred fantasies can be fulfilled. Other courses that can be studied in Derbyshire schools include learning how to sign a 2 letter signature; usually taught in English lessons. For any person from Derby, learning how to write their signature is the most vital life skill you could possess, as signing job seekers agreements is the only source of income. Derby is the only place in the history of schools where the most common problem is not head lice and knits, but ADHD. This is a made-up diagnosis that doctors use to describe the symptoms of being a lazy little shit with no attention span.
Amazingly, Derbyshire is the only county in the United Kingdom to have almost no crime whatsoever. Scientists believe this is down to muggers being too shit scared to rob anyone, due to the fact that everyone carries knifes/blades/shanks, or better. The only real robberies people from Derby commit are against the rest of England, that of oxygen and pride. Funnily enough, this is also what God strips them of when they are born; oxygen and pride. The lack of oxygen at birth causes brain damage, but Derby people cover this up well, disguising it as just being chavish. Obviously other crime does happen in Derby; it's just that everyone hates the police, so none of it is ever reported. Life in this 'crime free' county shares many similarities with children's TV show 'Noddy', where PC Plod will help out Noddy trying to discover who has stolen Mrs. Humphrey's last pie, rather than help out the woman getting raped down the alley behind the police station. Another contributing factor to this lack of reported crime is the Eye for an Eye principle. Someone stole my car?? Just steal a better one. Grand theft auto is so common in Derby even the police do it. "Commandeering your vehicle", my fucking arse, you thieving bastards. Beastiality is one of those old traditions practised since the dark ages in Derbyshire; hence the reason it has still not been made illegal. Sheep beastiality is the most common sort, but it is in no way limited to shepherds, it is a common practise of many people throughout Derby. The term, "practise", is thrown about a lot, because for Derby folk it is like a warm-up for the men to prepare themselves mentally and physically for how ugly their women are. The number one crime committed in Derbyshire is suicide. This is usually down to Derby County FC getting another thrashing like 'lambs to the slaughter'. Pun totally intended, and I feel good for it so fuck off.
People who come from Derby generally aren't bad people, in fact, some are sort of... Well... Nice. Scientists have found a correlation between people from Derby, and the people who live in Derby. Now, pay attention because this is where it gets tricky. Someone might say they come from Derby, but that doesn't automatically mean they are a gun-toting-stabby-McGee. If someone says they are, "from Derby", then they're obviously not; the vocabulary and dialect of someone from Derby would sound more like, "frum Derby, you get meh bledrin". However chavvy they are, if they have used to the word 'frum', it usually means the conversation is not happening in Derby. So, you can safely assume they are either drifters trying to get away from Derbyland, (the stench of urine in your nostrils can cause even the bravest olfactory nerves to want out for a while) or, it can mean they have immigrated to the place of said conversation. When a person leaves the county and removes their bulletproof attire, they often cheer up and stop being miserable cunts. If someone from Derby escapes their poverty and enjoys the bright lights of a good city, they will see that their way of life is not the only one, and they'll learn that being able to read is not something, "those posh bastards do", but it's a privilege you get when being taught in a city whose teachers aren't all dyslexic. This is why your opinion of someone from Derby is clouded when you meet them, 9 in 10 times you won't be in Derby when you're talking to them, except to spare some change. Worse than neo-nazis, these cretins believe there is no place better in the world; having never been anywhere else. People from Derby also have terrible banter, and are infuriated if told so. The best banter you are likely to get will be a play on something you have just said, for example...
- Normal person: This room is huge.
- Derby person's reply: Your mum's huge.
While this may be funny for a little while, it does get very tedious. There are only a certain amount of times you can type, "lol", before you have to just tell them to shut the fuck up. The best banter someone from Derby could muster was an Uncyclopedia article on Nottingham, but it's not actually funny in any places that aren't stolen from Facebook groups or Google images. This lazy 'copy & paste' behaviour reflects badly upon the rest of Derby; usually if you're going to insult a whole city, or even county of people, then you have to at least give it some fucking welly.
People from Derbyshire hold long rivalry traditions with two nearby counties, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. The rivalry with Nottingham really came about when Derby County fans started a football hooligan fight in Nottingham town centre. The fight concluded with Derbians getting their arses handed to them, and were left to be cared for by the Queens Medical Centre staff. But the hatred really brewed after they were, "badly treated", by Nottingham class act, Harold Shipman, who killed roughly 16 of the little shits. The hatred Nottingham residents feel for Derby residents is rooted mainly in these fights. The rivalry is therefore all down to Derby County FC being a complete bag of wank.
Televised Productions[edit]
Derby boast a daytime TV talk show that involves all female presenters, making it very similar to, "Loose Women", but with really loose women from Derby. These women make sexual innuendos about how tiny the schlongs are in Derby. Common debate is over whether or not it is possible for their wizards sleeves to get any bigger, and if so, is it possible to create pendular slaps with the hairy lips by swaying side to side. "Really Loose Women", is a popular show throughout Derby, but it remains exclusive to Derbyshire, having been considered too real to be broadcast on ITV. Guests are few and far between, but every now and then Robbie Savage will make an appearance just to keep the ratings up.


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Oct. 22, 2004
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University men's and women's tennis programs are participating in their respective ITA Regional tournaments. Action starts today for the Bronco men at the University of California in Berkeley and for the women at Stanford University in Palo Alto.
The Bronco men will compete today through Tuesday at two sites: the Hellman Tennis Center on the UC campus, and at the Channing Courts, also in Berkeley. Should rain close the outdoor courts, back up plans are in place at the San Francisco Tennis Club, and fans are advised to call the SCU Men's Tennis Office at 408-554-4069 for voicemail updates.
Jan Macek is seeded ninth in singles while the Broncos have found success in doubles, as last year's tandem of Eric Kochanski and Gernot Fischer advanced to the finals of the 2003 event in Oregon. Kochanski is paired with Francisco Zepponi for this year's event. The duo received a first-round by and will begin action on Saturday morning.
The singles finalists and doubles champion from this event will earn sports in the November 4-7 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championship at the University of Michigan. There are 17 regional championship taking place over these last two weekends of October at campuses throughout the country.
Complete men's draws and results can be found by Clicking Here.
The Bronco women will compete today through Monday at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on the Stanford campus.
Santa Clara will be led by senior Janalle Kaloi, who is coming off a great showing at the ITA All-American Pre-Qualifying Championship after besting top players from Colorado State and Penn State. Junior Jessie Strunk is also coming off a solid performance at last week's Saint Mary's Invitational, where she advanced to the semifinal.
Complete women's draws and results can be found by Clicking Here.

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Steve Grand has been hyped as "the first openly gay male country star." But while it has helped the singer-songwriter generate significant attention in almost no time, Grand says the title isn't entirely accurate.
Steve Grand
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"I don't quite think of it as country music," says Grand. "There are definitely elements of country in it, but it's also rock and pop. The whole 'country' label has really been a surprise to me."
Grand started generating buzz — and the country label — over the summer after his first song, "All-American Boy," went viral on YouTube, where it's racked up nearly 2.5 million views. The video depicts a gay teen making an unwanted pass at his straight best friend — a theme some have criticized as outdated, but one that Grand says has caused "many people to reach out to me to say how my song and my video and my story, how that's all connected with them." It also resonated enough to earn Grand profiles on CNN and Good Morning America, not to mention numerous requests to perform all across the country. "I've been to more cities in the last two months than I've been in my whole life," says the 23-year-old Chicago-based musician, who will perform at Town Danceboutique this Saturday, Nov. 9.
It was piano jazz that first inspired Grand to music in the first place. "I was very inspired by Charlie Brown and the character Schroeder, who would play his piano," he says. "I started making all these cardboard pianos. So my parents quickly caught on and got an old upright." By the time he was 13, Grand was writing songs to address his feelings as a budding gay teenager, something that his parents tried to discourage by sending him to Christian camp. "They sent me there with the hope that I would be cured and would not be gay anymore," he explains, adding, "It's not what people think of as conversion therapy. There was a lot of things about God and definitely being gay wasn't encouraged, but it wasn't really the focus of our therapy sessions." (His family has since come around.)


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Eko Mobile-Enabled Savings via the Business Correspondent Model in India
Posted: July 16th, 2012
By Grameen Foundation
This is a guest post written by Debbie Dean (Project Director, Microsavings Initiative) and Camilla Nestor (Vice President, Financial Services) from Grameen Foundation.
When we launched our microsavings initiative – a three-year project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to reach 1.45 million new savers across three institutions in Ethiopia, India and the Philippines – we set out to answer a range of questions, including:
- Will the poorest save via a mobile-enabled channel?
- Can you create a workable savings business model for all parties using a business correspondent approach?
In India, microfinance institutions aren't permitted to intermediate deposits, and regulators are encouraging the business correspondent model to further financial inclusion. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted banks to use the services of intermediaries who act as business correspondents (or agent) to provide banking services.
We saw an opportunity to test the potential of the business correspondent approach as a means of scaling mobile savings services for the poor, working with our long-time partner, Cashpor, an MFI operating in two of India's poorest states – Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Grameen Foundation launched a partnership to test and scale this mobile-enabled business correspondent approach with the following institutions: ICICI (India's largest private commercial bank, which holds the savings deposits), Cashpor (the "business correspondent," which uses its deep field network to originate and service the deposit accounts) and Eko Technologies (the technology partner, which enables a fully mobile-enabled approach as well as coordination among Cashpor's and ICICI's back-office systems).
A Mobile-Enabled Savings Product for the Poor
In our initial client-level research, we learned that 20% of Cashpor's clients owned a mobile phone, 60% had access to a mobile phone and 20% had no access to a phone. With these statistics in mind, we launched the first savings product nine months ago – a no-frills account (NFA). In India, NFAs have limited functionality – they do not require ATM cards, have no opening/minimum deposit required and do not use check books – but they do allow the client to select whether they want a "pay per use" plan (in which they are charged per transaction) or an unlimited annual plan.
Cashpor customers can open their NFA account and make deposits and withdrawals during weekly center meetings using the mobile phone. Microfinance clients attend weekly meetings ( which occur close to their homes) to repay their loans. In this meeting, the center manager not only collects the loan repayments, but also collects deposits and makes withdrawals. Also, they can check their balance at any time via the phone. Customers conduct their banking via SMS, using a unique set of numbers that informs Eko Technologies of the type of transaction (deposit, withdrawal, and balance inquiry) they are performing. Eko's solution works with multiple mobile network operators, making it an agnostic network that maximizes outreach to Cashpor's client base.
Nine months into project launch, the results so far speak for themselves: More than 60,000 savers have opened accounts, with an average of 250 people opening a savings account each day. The average savings balance is 348 rupees (US$7.50), and the average balance has been increasing at a rate of 15% per month.
Key learnings
Though we are starting to see initial successes, there have also been a number of challenges on our path to provide mobile-enabled savings for the poor. We have identified several key learnings for similar business correspondent model approaches targeting the poor and the poorest:
1) For an MFI like Cashpor, originating and servicing savings – but not intermediating them, and thus not generating revenue from lending the mobilized funds – there are fundamental business model questions. Cashpor makes the business correspondent model economically viable by providing a full suite of financial services, including pension schemes, money transfers, credit and savings. Cashpor also utilizes its existing credit infrastructure, meaning that savings are evaluated using marginal costs.
2) Getting the business model right for all parties – including clients – is a challenge. And once the business model is in place, it can be difficult to make tweaks to the products and/or delivery channel given the tripartite agreements in place.
3) Working together across three partners (ICICI Bank, Cashpor and Eko) requires strong communication flows, ensuring that all parties agree on the objective and that all believe they have an equal stake in the outcome of building a successful business correspondent model.
4) Clients are hungry for a safe place to save. We are seeing the volume of transactions and the average savings balance increase month-over-month. And, the very poor can and do save – 68% of Cashpor's savings clients live below the $1.25/day poverty line, and the vast majority of Cashpor's existing clients live below the $2.50/day line.
5) Just because the poor own a mobile phone, it doesn't mean they know how to use it. "Mobile phone literacy" is just as important as financial literacy. Initial market research showed that some customers knew only how to press the "green" button to answer and the "red" button to hang up. We needed to place a strong emphasis on educating the customer beyond just why and how to save, but how to use the phone to perform transactions, what to look for in the English-based SMS confirmations and how to ensure that their money is safely in the bank (so if they lose their phone, they don't lose their hard-earned savings).
6) Training Cashpor's field staff to be agents meant that they had to change their interactions with the customer. It's not just training on the savings product; other critical elements include training on the change in processes, how to interact and engage with their clients, and how to continue to provide good customer service in this new model.
Though there is still much to be learned from our work with Cashpor, there is promise in this business model. We are looking forward to the challenges ahead of us, creating solutions to resolve them and ensuring that we have created a business model where all three partners can continue to provide savings services to the poor and poorest.


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To the editor:
The reason they threaten a government shutdown every year is these scare tactics work!
Every time it causes the Congress and White House to get what they want � they raise the so-called debt ceiling so they can keep on spending our money. Like a runaway train, these government leeches need to be stopped.
We, as a nation of taxpayers, are expected to budget and cut back when we overspend; but these lunatics just print more money. America is no longer a democracy and we worker bees have been too busy working, to notice the government has taken us hostage and sold us into slavery.
�The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.� Proverbs 22:7.
They do whatever they think is right in their own eyes, perceiving themselves to be wise, but they are really fools. A government shutdown sounds good to me as it will give us ordinary folks some rest and relaxation from the dictatorial mandates.
I�m so tired of hearing how much is being done by this administration that is illegal but nothing is being done to hold them accountable. Even the honest congressmen and senators, and there are some, don�t seem to be able to do anything.
God help the United States of America. We need God in America again.
Dottie Brawley


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ROME – She died last night at Aurelia Hospital in Rome, the actress and dancer of the belly dance Aiche Nana from complications of a disease from which she suffered for a long time.
Turkish, although in the biographies is a native of Beirut, would have turned 78 in February. She was best known for the noise that was made , in the years of the dolce vita, her impromptu striptease in a mondanissimo restaurant in Trastevere, Rugantino, attended by Italian and foreign celebrities of the time and immortalized by a service of the king of the paparazzi Tazio Secchiaroli.
Italy was in black and white and that episode of 1958, which saw her stay with simple lace panties wearing after a long sinuous dance, was much discussed as to make it famous enough to deserve a mention in the film "Dolce Vita" by Federico Fellini .
But it also had a trial in court for indecent exposure. Moreover, the same story brought back to a battle in court against the consummate fiction Life by paparazzi, who in 2008 went back on stage for the episode that Channel 5 had marked her life, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore. The director was later acquitted little more than a month ago by the Court of Anzio originates from defamation of character.
Gives news of his death her lawyer Joseph Torticollis, which emphasizes that ''pain due to legal defeat has contributed to the worsening of her condition.''
NANA, Aiche (Kiash Nanah)
Born: 2/?/1936, Beirut, Lebanon
Died: 1/29/2014, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Aiche Nana's westerns – actress:
The Sheriff Won't Shoot – 1965 (Desiree Vermont)
Thompson 1880 – 1966 (Fanny)
Gun Shy Piluk - 1968 (Daisy Sugar Candy)
A Wreath for the Bandits - 1968


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Escape to the Movies: Iron Man 3
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MovieBob gives us his two cents regarding the latest Iron Man film. There may be spoilers ahead so beware.
Going to go see this tonight. SOOOO excited.
Well, I was stoked before, but now I can hardly contain myself! Bob's saying it is second best only to Captain America: The First Avenger is some of the highest praise he could have given it, for in my opinion, Captain America was the best of the individual Marvel movies. Color me excited!
I bet Chipman is over hyping....
For some reason the UK got this and Avengers a week early (which meant that I got to celebrate the anniversaries of those years with marvel movies :) ) and since seeing the movie I still don't know how to feel about the twist a few days later. My initial reaction was of extreme annoyance but every moment of it was so entertaining. I really hope that it is the subject of a Big Picture episode, pretty please?
Releasing the review a day before you usually do, I can only assume good things...
*watches video*
Well, my day is set for tomorrow...
Great, I'm going to have to delay watching Big picture on Tuesday...
Meh, I actually didn't like it. Mostly because of the motivations of the villian, they were so flimsy and "yeah, because I wan't to fuck things up" compared to the other two movies, especially the second one.
I'm not sure that the comparison to Dark Knight Rises is entirely fair, considering they lost Batman's arch nemesis in the post production of Dark Knight and were left Me-andarin about in his mythos for a suitable replacement.
*Checks calendar* Wait... it's still not friday yet... what madness is this!??
BUT... on the other hand, I liked the previous Iron Man movies, I thought they were mostly okay, but if Bob's saying that 3 is awesome (as in, Captain America awesome) and has a twist (I actually muted the spoiler, wich I rarely do), I guess it's definitely a worthwhile little flick I need to see.
Cheat Commandoes Rrrrrrrock rrrrrock on!!
Going to see it on Saturday. Glad to know I won't be disappointed. :3
Saw this movie a few days ago. But I don't get what he meant with the mechanic being "so dark that people will get angry over it".
I... was not impressed. Which is not to say I disliked it, either. It's a worse film than the much more tightly focused first entry and I'm a bit undecided about whether it's a bit worse than Iron Man 2 as well.
The thing is, that PTSD subplot Bob talks about in his weirdly long recap of most of the plot? It gets abandoned with no resolution. The legitimately funny out-of-suit half an hour in the middle? It would have been daring for anybody else, but Black goes back to stuff he turned into action movie tropes in the first place and feels a bit too comfortable with them. The actually funny and surprising twist? It adds to an already convoluted plot with multiple dangling threads and a few too many big twists.
It's a messy movie, really. If you thought the excursion to Avengers prequel mode in Iron Man 2 was too loose this has the same thing, only here the friction is between the overblown whodunit plot, the superhero movie action and the character action comedy stuff. The action comedy bits are the best, because of course they are, look at the cast and crew. The superhero action is more Avengers than the smaller earlier Marvel films and the character bits get forgotten or resolved in cheap ways. All together feels too busy and too hazy for its own good.
But hey, no harm in seeing it, either. It's funny and... well, harmless. It's entertaining. But if you're thinking about skipping it? Yeah, that's safe to do as well. There are no overt plot tie-ins to the Avengers stuff (somebody took the Iron Man 2 criticism to heart) and the actual Avengers film is as good a wrap-up for the character as this is.
By the way, I feel like superhero movie reviews have given me a better barometer for Bob as a critic than anything else he does. Clearly he's very forgiving with loose structure and messy storytelling (Captain "just go into montage mode for the second half" America and this prove as much) and telling a focused, single story comes second to individual beats in terms of making him react positively, especially if the beats are fan-pleasing and the story has some contextual rough spots (Amazing Spider-Man, Star Trek '09). This is not an indictment or a defense of Bob as a critic, but it's certainly helpful when I'm trying to figure out when his opinion is going to be a good indicator of my own enjoyment of a film.
Welp, I'm seeing this at midnight tonight and I'm sure it's going to be awesome. Liked how you slipped in pictures of Cartman bonking bin Laden on the head and the Monarch's henchmen from the Venture Brothers.
Fin Fang Foom
Note: This is not a spoiler, but people who have seen it will get it, because that's what it is.
Saw it earlier this week... felt it was bland. Just... running on the spot with plot ideas that are retreads of common super hero tropes. The twist, fine, didn't see that, but the ending... surprised me not at all in any way.
Captain America was not a good movie.
Wow Bob again demonstrates his really, really bad taste in films liking this piece of shit that has completly turned me off the Marvel cinematic universe (no way in hell am i paying cinema prices to see anything related to this!)
And the big reveal isn't what turned me off it's the constant
armour hitting Tony stark in the groin evertime he suit's up.
Awh, now I got nothing to watch tomorrow now this got uploaded today.
Anyway the review was unexpected since I thought he would of been dissapointed/ disliked it and no I ain't talking about the twist (I agreed on Bob about it). I just didn't like the end goal to his plans and the way Tony was playing detective during that part of the film. Also heh, I didn't notice the subtle 911/ terrorist reference until now.
and i just cant fight it
still not that excited, but with guy pearce being in it im more interested, thats for sure
i enjoyed it. was it perfect, no. was it fun, hell yes. the twist was fun, the Marvel CU doesnt stick too close to the books so get over it. n c'mon, canon gets messed with plenty anyway.
still not sure why the UK gets to see it first, but hey, i enjoyed it
I saw the movie two days ago, and I have to say:
I liked the film. A lot. Then again, I love both Iron Man and RDJ as a whole.
Not in my opinion. Easily the best of the Marvel movies so far, better than Avengers even. Good story, good characters, good action, good dialogue, good spectacle, it just works. I wasn't a big fan of either of the first two Iron Man movies, but this one is definitely worth a watch. And the twist, while not exactly original, is beautifully done.
Iron Man 3 is, at least, a big improvement over the dreadful second film, so for this alone it's worth watching. But I thought it was, in fact, the best in the trilogy, and one of the best individual Marvel movies, no doubt. Devin Faraci's review at Badass Digest is full of spoilers but he discusses the movie at length, in a positive light. Film Critic Hulk also published some analysis of IM3 as a Shane Black movie, and I agree with most of their points.
All I can say is that I really hated that twist, and I expected Bob to feel the same way about it. It is definetley a risk and not something you'll see coming, so job well done for creating a twist. But the way I see it, it is only a small step above making it all play out in a dream sequence. So my initial reaction was more in the lines of ''They didn't. They honestly didn't. Holy-crap-you-have-got-to-be-shitting-me they just did. Damn.'' That said, I still think it was better then Iron Man 2, even though not as good as the first one or The Avengers. They get very creative with the suits and I agree with Bob that finally Pepper Potts gets fleshed out a little more, making herself actually useful through her on-screen actions.
Yeah, saw it last night, was pretty awesome. The plot twist was fantastic as well, hope no one spoils it around here, it's just such a lovely moment in the theatre, everyone was literally laughing at the premiere.
As for the "stay after the credits", I wish you told that to the guy who was handling the projector. While about 25-30% of the theatre stayed seated after the credits, the guy at the projector apparently didn't get the memo, didn't watch/play a single Marvel movie so far, had no idea what he was playing, no eyes to see the amount of audience waiting and no respect for the movie to let the credits play through. So RIGHT BEFORE the ending scene... the moron cut the video. The sound was still there, so while we started to doubt a little if there would be a scene (the movie really feels like an Iron Man finish), we heard the sound playing the scene. Then, after the audience started shouting, the guy turned the video back on, then backed up... to the final scene before the credits. So after waiting some half hour, the ending scene received a really lukewarm reception, which, while it's not as awesome as the previous movies are, it doesn't quite deserve.
I've seen it, and it was awesome.
A bit disappointing he didn't talk about the twist, the amount of times we get spoiled in other countries because we get a movie a month or two after the states sometimes is annoying. But I understand why he chose not to, and I agree that it was an awesome part of the film.
I like that they mix things up in these films, if I want to see the story exactly as the comics are written, I'd read my comics. This way I get a new story with characters I love in it.
I'm not sure why the US gets it after, but like I said in my earlier post, most other countries get movies and games etc later then them, was kinda nice to see something big be our turn to see first. It took Wreck it Ralph two extra months to make it to NZ, not as big a movie as Iron Man 3, but one of the newer examples. Once the US has something released, it gets way harder to avoid spoilers of any kind on most websites and they pop up in the most unexpected of places sometimes.
This Sunday is my birthday and that's when I'm heading out to see it with some friends. I'm glad Bob gave it his seal of approval as his tastes are generally in line with my own.
Still, I don't know that I've seen a Marvel movie that has disappointed me....except Spiderman 3...and I haven't seen any of The Hulks so they don't count. :P
Saw it and loved it. The twist was awesome and frankly, the more "faithful" approach would have been lame as hell as far as I'm concerned, though I will admit I don't have much respect for the Iron Man mythos of old. Was fun all the way through but didn't feel I had to turn off my brain to enjoy it. It did have a bit of lowbrow humour, but nothing anywhere close to being jarring and there was some audience pandering by adding a child actor into the mix, but frankly, I liked those scenes and the kid never felt annoying to me which is something I consider worth mentioning. So yeah, loved it and prefer it over the other 2 Iron Man films, this is the first time I felt the villain was actually dangerous, not like in 1 which had a stupidly convoluted plan and a pretty weak climax and 2 which was cool, but really low key. The enemy not being another guy in a suit really helped me there.
Mm, I actually enjoyed the twist and found it clever myself, and I had a sneaking suspicion Bob would feel the same. :XD:
Saw it ages ago in Aus and did not enjoy it at all, nothing but cheesy one liners. It tried so hard to be funny and I thought the 'Extremis' story was a boring book and it turned out to be an equally stupid movie. It was like Iron Man vs Xmen. When Killian breathed fire I almost walked out and left the cinema, he did it once so they could set up another joke.
I found it enjoyable enough. I wasn't really expecting a clever storyline after the first two films, but I was surprised when the twist happened. It's a good enough sci-fi action film to keep me happy.
Bob I gotta say though, for someone who didn't like the Dark Knight Rises, you sure seem to compare a lot of films to it.
Spider-Man movie rights are owned by Sony, not Marvel.
OT: Eh. Saying it's second only to Captain America does nothing to hype it in my eyes, since all I remember of Captain America are some loud explosions. Also, I didn't care enough to see the second Iron Man, so the point of watching this one is pretty lost on me...
I do think it's a bit funny that Bob glosses over things he would've harped on about had the film not been Marvel, though.
Got to admit, surprised Bob liked the twist, given he normally gets quite ranty over things like that
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In his latest act of public self-flagellation, published as the anniversary of his Thanksgiving plunge into the rough approaches, Tiger Woods ruminates on how his life has changed.
"I'm not the same man I was a year ago," he wrote in an essay for Newsweek. "And that's a good thing."
The piece, depending on your take, might come across either as genuine introspection from a man humbled – or as an advertisement of sorts crafted by a shamed athlete (or his handlers) set on rebuilding his image (and marketability) as much as his life.
We'll note that Woods' public meditation came a day after The Independent reported a growing interest by companies in so-called disgrace insurance designed to protect against celebrity endorsers enveloped by scandal. The piece, of course, credits part of the bet hedging to the sordid case of the golf superstar whose fall from grace cost him, according to CNBC's estimate, up to $30 million in endorsement earnings.
Disgrace insurance, practical concerns aside, seems an exercise in cynicism. The renewed interest in the coverage also is a sign of a celebrity culture bound to commerce both more tightly and tenuously than ever amid a star-obsessed press ready to tee off on stars-gone-bad.
But can you really put a premium on a squeaky clean image at a time when being bad sells?
Some public figures we almost want – or at least expect – to exhibit less than model manners. The appeal of the pseudo celebrities of the world, like Snookie, seems to rest primarily in their penchant for acting foolish.
Other cases are less clear-cut. Hanes stopped showing commercials starring Charlie Sheen after his arrest on domestic violence charges last year. But CBS stuck by him even after his recent meltdown at New York's Plaza Hotel, which might actually have helped boost the ratings of "Two and a Half Men."
Mel Gibson probably won't be getting work – even commercials – any time soon as evidenced by the scrapping of his planned cameo in "The Hangover 2" (just imagine the disgrace insurance rates he would command).
The jury's out on Lindsay Lohan, a troubled young woman who has been used by those around her for much of her 24 years. She just got booted from playing star-crossed "Deep Throat"-star Linda Lovelace (director Matthew Wilder reportedly cited "the impossibility of insuring her"). But some clearly want to benefit from her notoriety – PETA reportedly promised to pay for her stint at the Betty Ford Center if she promoted veganism, while a porn operation pledged to foot the bill if she became its "marketing consultant."
With some stars, it seems, we demand perfection – particularly with athletes, even if history shows that some faces on the Wheaties box in decades past took their cornflakes with gin.
News of Brett Favre's texting scandal brought reports of possible endorsement deal losses. Hertz executives, no doubt, wish they had a time machine and could travel back two decades and take some disgrace insurance out on the once-beloved O.J. Simpson.
Charles Barkley and Nike played off unrealistically high expectations for star athletes and their inherit marketability with the controversial "I am not a role model" ads for Nike in the early 1990s.
Times have changed as evidenced by Woods' attempts to transform himself into a role model for a comeback from humiliation. We're watching him go through some kind of bizarre 12-step public rehabilitation program where he seems to be stuck on making amends as he works his way back to becoming a viable pitchman.
We're still creeped out by the Nike commercial that accompanied his return to the golfing circuit in April in which Woods stared solemnly at the camera as the voice of his later father, Earl, intoned: "I want to find out what your thinking was."
Sounds like words straight out of the mouth of a disgrace insurance claims adjuster.
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honestly, I have a hard time focusing my interests for long periods of time,
particularly if they're not giving me much success.
I haven't given up on fashion blogging, but I wanted to try something different, so I started filming some
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my first video is a lookbook, and I'd love if you checked it out~
despite having a DSLR, I still had to film with my iPod camera and edit with iMovie...
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Thanks for the rep! Good to see someone who understands basic psychology. I'm not much on Skinner, but for behavior modification, he's aces.
HAHA, other than my kids, I pretty sure you would be the first. But you know what they say about being lifted up on a pedestal don't you? ... Everyone can see up your skirt.
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Ohhh, I see. "Louise dude"? What's that mean?
Hahaha okay...so...what's accumulation philosophy?
That is really funny. I should apologize more often haha.
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This is the time of year when Jewish people contemplate their lives. For my family, this season started early, when my beloved father in- law, Arthur Shoyer, z"l passed away in July. His death has helped me appreciate what is means to live a good life.
Every summer I teach cooking and baking at Camp Ramah New England. My husband Andy and I arrived at camp for Shabbat laden with goodies for our kids and their friends. After morning services we hosted everyone on the back porch of the guesthouse, overlooking the lake. We fed the crowd bagels, cakes, homemade challah, fresh mozzarella, arugula, avocados, berries and cherries -- food they do not get at camp. As they stuffed their faces, the kids shared stories of camp life. Andy and I were too full for lunch but Emily the counselor told all the campers that they had to make an appearance. Andy and I made cups of mint tea, sat down, gazed at the lake and had a conversation about our future.
I remember thinking to myself, "wow, this is what a good life feels like: a full belly, a full heart and a view." I also recall thinking that for the next seven hours there was nowhere I had to be, nothing I had to do. And then the picture changed.
After we learned that Andy's father died, I went to the dining hall and gathered up the five (out of 6 total) grandchildren, my four plus our niece. As we walked back to the guesthouse, I told them the news. They adored their Grandpop and took it very hard. Looking back, it was truly a blessing that Andy and I were there to be with them as they worked through their grief to get to a place where they could reminisce together.
We know his death was not tragic because he was almost 95, still had his wits about him and he went quickly and spared all of us difficult decisions. Nevertheless, we miss him.
Arthur Shoyer was my biggest cheerleader. He made me feel that he was happy I was around, probably because I always fed him. He also had a special relationship with my grandmother who baked him sponge cakes. He had an appetite to the end – the last time I saw him, at the Citron and Rose kosher restaurant in Philadelphia, a not-hungry Arthur tasted everything and then returned there the next week to eat more.
Arthur was modest, philanthropic, elegant and a big tease. He had a fabulous singing voice and we have a video of him singing in our house with Andy on piano accompanied by dear friend and American Idol contestant, Ilanna Starr.
Last March I was in Florida for a few baking events and met Arthur's physical therapist. The man said he had never met anyone like Arthur Shoyer. A year after his hip surgery, Pop was still trying to walk without the walker. At 94 years old, there was no "this is the best I could do," or "this is good enough." His approach was that you just keep pushing yourself as far as you can go. And then you work even harder.
Pop's life is really what a good life looks like. He built a bookbinding business to support his family. He traveled the world and collected art. He had a positive attitude. He enjoyed a large community of friends. He loved his family and left a legacy of menches.
Life is measured by small pleasures: a slice of challah, a hug, teaching your daughter-in-law about cookbook bindings, celebrating three bar mitzvahs this year in spectacular fashion, turning "happy birthday to you" into a Broadway showstopper, a bite of sponge cake.
For the month of Elul before Rosh Hashanah we blow the shofar every day as a wake up call. Let Arthur Shoyer's life well lived be the wake up call that reminds us how to be the best we can be both to ourselves and to everyone around us.
Apple Pastry Pie
Arthur loved all my desserts and liked to forget that he was a diabetic. Here is one of the many desserts I brought to camp to feed my children and their friends. Puff pastry is so easy to work with that you will forget your past frustrations assembling a lattice over a pie made with flakey pie dough.
8 apples (Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith), peeled, cored and halved and then each half sliced into quarters (8 pieces per apple)
1 tablespoon canola oil
¼ cup sugar, plus 1 teaspoon to sprinkle on top
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon honey
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup light brown sugar
One 17.3-ounce box parve frozen puff pastry sheets (2 sheets)
1 large egg white
Preheat oven to 400°F. Remove frozen puff pastry from the freezer and thaw at room temperature for 45 minutes, or until you can roll it out without it breaking.
Meanwhile, cook the apples. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and add the apple wedges. Cook for five minutes, stirring often. Add the granulated sugar, cinnamon and ginger and cook for 20 minutes, or until fork tender, stirring often. Turn down the heat to low after ten minutes. If some pieces soften sooner than others, remove them to a large bowl. When cooked, place the apples into the bowl and let cool. If rushed, place the bowl of apples in the freezer for 15 minutes.
When the pastry is ready to be rolled, place a piece of parchment on the counter and sprinkle with flour. Unroll one of the pastry sheets and place on the parchment with the creases vertical. Roll with a rolling pin to smooth out the creases and to roll out the rectangle about 2 ½ inches larger on each side, trying to keep the rectangular shape. Every once in a while. Lift up the pastry and sprinkle a little flour underneath.
Take a 9 X 13-inch pan and turn onto the pastry so the pan bottom is facing up. Holding the parchment and pastry to the pan rim, turn the pan over so the pastry is now in the bottom of the pan. Press into the corners and sides and remove the parchment. Use a fork to prick some holes in the pastry and place in the freezer until ready to bake.
Sprinkle some flour on the parchment you just used and roll out the second sheet of pastry about 14 inches wide and 16 inches long. Use a knife to cut the long way into 1-inch long strips of dough. Cover a cookie sheet with more parchment and lift up the strips and place them on the covered cookie sheet, about ½ inch apart. Place into the fridge.
When the apples are cooled, add the vanilla and honey and stir. Add the flour and brown sugar and stir to distribute; the apples with be coated with a gooey glaze. Scoop into the chilled pastry-lined 9 X 13 inch pan and spread evenly.
To assemble the lattice: Place half the dough strips (about 7) diagonally across the pie, about 1/2 inch apart. Fold the first, third, fifth and seventh strips back over themselves. Place another strip vertically across the unfolded strips. Unfold the folded strips over the new strip. Now fold back the strips that were not folded before, the second, fourth and sixth strips. Add another vertical strip, about ½ inch from the other, over the unfolded strips and then unfold the folded ones. Keep alternating until you have covered the pie. Trim off the edges and press to seal the edges of the lattice strips to the rim of bottom crust.
Use a pastry brush to brush the egg white all over the top of the lattice. Sprinkle the remaining teaspoon sugar all over the top. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until pastry is golden. Serve warm. May be made a day in advance and stored covered at room temperature and reheated.
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If you've bothered to read, listen or watch a lot of the media coverage around the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, you will be impressed with the laudatory and uplifting coverage.
Inspirational. Forward thinking. Moving. Historic. Monumental. All of these words and many more have been used to describe King that day, as well as the 250,000 people who gathered on the National Mall and the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for the epic event.
But let's dispense with the revisionist examination and call King and those gathered that day exactly what they were: radical revolutionaries.
See, if we're going to hail those band of Americans who fought in the U.S. Revolution as patriots, freedom fighters, and revolutionaries, then we need to do the same for the black Americans who demanded that this country own up to its stated ideals.
Printing words in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution is one thing, but living up to and honoring those words was something else. And far too many Americans, from small towns to the nation's capital, refused to abide by those revolutionaries who said, "All men are created equal."
Yet here we stand today, basking in the glow of the March on Washington, and we are still stuck on a superficial conversation about that day and King's speech: "Is the Dream dead?"
No, what should be declared dead is the empty-headed, weak and impotent discussion about a part of King's speech that Americans love to embrace. It's easy to spend lots of time talking about the dream, instead of the nightmare he talked about in the rest of the speech.
Let's be clear: King was not a quiet, timid, pushover. He was force to be reckoned with who understood that black America could not be truly free from the tyranny of Jim Crow, white racism and bigotry unless that extended to economic freedom.
In the aftermath of slavery, black folks were no longer held in bondage by chains. But releasing freed slaves into America with no land, no money and no jobs was essentially the same. And all too often, slaves were forced to be sharecroppers, working off massive debt to former slaveholders.
The period of Reconstruction offered a tremendous amount of hope and change, but that was destroyed with the Great Compromise of 1877, which led to Rutherford Hayes being named president and the removal of federal troops from several southern states, ushering in a murderous regime that targeted blacks.
And for almost 100 years, this economic system continued to denigrate and degrade black Americans, forcing them to work in a system that held them back with invisible shackles.
Douglas Blackmon won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for his book on this period: "Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II."
King understood that. And it didn't take him long on Aug. 28, 1963, to make that plain.
"But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination," King said. "One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition."
Anyone studying the full speech knows that King touched on several themes, but his resounding focus on freedom dealt with the almighty dollar and the opportunities that continued to be closed to black Americans.
So if we are going spend precious time looking back and going forward, it better be about what he was focused on: shedding the invisible shackles to ensure that black folks would have the opportunity to grow and prosper in America just as whites have.
In the five years between this speech and his death, King kept coming back to what was the fundamental unfairness in America: the income inequality between whites and Blacks. His opposition to the Vietnam War was a moral one, but he also made it clear that spending billions on the military industrial complex didn't aid the poor.
"I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic, destructive suction tube. So I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such," King said on April 4, 1968, in his famous "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church in New York City.
When King was killed in Memphis, he was fighting for better benefits for sanitation workers. No, not for them to have a job. But for them to grow and prosper on that job.
He and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were also planning the Poor Peoples Campaign, which sought to build tents and shacks on the National Mall to house protesters. King wanted America's political leaders to see the poor and what they looked like.
The continuing theme here is economic, economic, and economic. King wasn't being flowery and nice and non-confrontational. He was preaching a radical economic message because he knew that true freedom meant not living in economic turmoil.
If we are to honor his legacy, and those of the hundreds of thousands who fought the good fight, we better focus on what America is all about: the almighty dollar.
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Roland S. Martin is an award-winning CNN analyst and the author of the book "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin." Please visit his website at www.RolandSMartin.com. To find out more about Roland S. Martin and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.


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How are you controlling them? Does this use an Arduino? If your just connecting a battery to a motor then yes it should not be a problem to switch the wires. If you want to be able to switch directions frequently I would buy this… https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9457. That way you can change direction without rewiring it each time.
Don't forget that an h-bridge is changing the polarity all the time anyway.... that's how it gets it to change direction in the first place. So all you need to do is set it up in hardware and software any way that makes sense to you, given the physical orientation of each motor, so that each side of the vehicle goes forward when you want it to and backwards when you want it to.
There is no problem changing polarity on a permanent magnet motor so yes, you could just swap the wires, but couldn't you just do it in your code? I presume the motors will be bi-directional in the application anyway?
So the speed and current draw and everything is the same in clock-wise and counterclockwise?
There may also be a slight difference in each motor as well, even if they are the same model. The main issue you might have is getting the robot to track straight over a long distance. You can calibrate this...
QuoteSo the speed and current draw and everything is the same in clock-wise and counterclockwise?In theory I guess, but I think I have a motor which runs more slowly in one direction. I never investigated further though....
is possible with arduino to control a big electric motor ex 200 watt dc?how can i study and understand the way to control this motor?is there a book?


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Remote I/O is a signal conditioning system which dramatically reduces wiring and hardware compared to traditional barrier applications. It is fully integrated into all major DCS and PLC systems using PROFIBUS, MODBUS RTU and TCP, Ethernet, or FOUNDATION Fieldbus.
Remote I/O adapts all types of analog and digital I/O signals or legacy I/O directly to the DCS via a variety of buses. Inputs and outputs are galvanically isolated from the bus and the power supply.
A wide spectrum of single and multi-channel I/O devices offer intrinsically safe and increased safety field connections for sensors and actuators. This ensures that engineering is easy and adapts to the needs of any plant concept.
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I'm posting this on all my blogs because I have different readers on each. I apologise if you are one of those who visit more than one and read this more than once.
There has been a lot of complaints recently about the new double word verification box on Blogger. People who run Challenge blogs and have to visit lots of blogs have been making pleas for bloggers to turn off wv. I thought I had complied; I turned it off on all my blogs a couple of years ago. Recently I have read many more comments and complaints refering to it, I have even had a comment myself today. I have visited other blogs written by the very ones pleading for its demise only to find that they have it in place themselves. I decided to check my settings and found that the option to turn wv on or off has disappeared. Not only that, but in blogger help, the link to an explanation of wv led to an error notification page. I Googled and eventually read the suggestion that one try clicking on the question mark at the side of the wv box...and this is what I learnt:
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By entering the words in the box, you are also helping to digitize texts that were written before the computer age. The words that you see were taken directly from old texts that are being scanned and stored in digital format in order to preserve them and make them more accessible to the world. Since some of the words in these texts are difficult for computers to process, we are using the results of your efforts to help decipher them.
There followed a link to another page with more information. It made interesting reading, but I was still no nearer to finding out if wv is now compulsory or not. I searched on and found the answer eventually. The only way to have the option to remove vw is to go back to the old Dashboard interface! So there you have it. Write on an all singing, all dancing new version of Blogger and you are stuck with wv.....but you can click on the cog, go back to the old version of your Dashboard, change and save your settings, then go back to the new version and hopefully the new settings will stick!


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This recipe came about from my desire to use the fresh produce I had on hand. Namely, cherries. I decided to take my favorite raspberry muffin and sub out the raspberries for cherries. Then while I was at it, I thought of the Cherry Limeade Cupcakes that Katie made last weekend, and decided to morph the muffin just a little bit more by adding lime.
Here's the delicious result:
Cherry Limeade Muffins
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup canola oil
2 eggs
finely grated zest of 1 lime
1 cup fresh cherries, pitted
1/4 cup sugar, mixed with the finely grated zest of a second lime
Preheat oven to 400F. Line muffin pan with papers or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
In large mixing bowl combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In another mixing bowl combine buttermilk, oil, eggs, and lime zest. Beat well to combine. Pour wet mixture over dry and add cherries. Fold in with a rubber spatula just until combined.
Scoop batter into muffin cups, about 1/3 cup in each. Sprinkle the tops with sugar-lime zest mixture. Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
To make ahead: Baked and cooled muffins can be stored in an ziptop freezer bag in the freezer.
For ideas on how to make fresh produce work for your budget, read my post at today's Frugal Friday.


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Mark Arnoldy, a University of Colorado at Boulder senior set to graduate on Friday, doesn't like peanuts. As a matter of fact he avoids them like the plague because he is highly allergic to them.
Ironically, a project he has been working on for more than two years relies specifically on peanut butter to combat childhood malnutrition in Nepal.
After finishing his junior year at CU-Boulder in 2007, Arnoldy took a year off from school to travel to Nepal where he taught in a school and piloted an education program. One day, he mistakenly ate some food that had peanut sauce in it and started to go into anaphylactic shock. He turned out OK, but the episode had a lasting affect on him.
"It was a very short time after that that I came across some research describing how peanut butter was literally solving the problem of malnutrition around the world," Arnoldy said.
"I came to find out that half-a-million children in Nepal are malnourished. While it seems irrational that someone who is allergic to peanut butter wants to build a project around peanut butter, I just couldn't turn away because it seems like it happened for a reason that is beyond me."
Since that summer he has now been to Nepal five times to lay the groundwork to produce and distribute the peanut butter product called NepalNUTrition. He also traveled to Haiti to study an organization there that uses peanut butter to combat malnutrition. President Bill Clinton featured his project during the Clinton Global Initiative University Conference in 2009.
Arnoldy spent six months in Nepal last year finding a factory location, evaluating distribution chains and working with local partners and government officials to get his program underway.
Then, just a week ago, Arnoldy learned that he had been awarded a Fulbright grant to continue his work in Nepal. He plans to spend the next two years there building the program.
"I'm hoping to build it to such a point that I can leave and it will be run entirely by Nepali staff," he said.
While at CU, Arnoldy said he took full advantage of the numerous opportunities that are available to students to develop his leadership skills. He was a Puksta Scholar and was a member of the Presidents Leadership Class.
"These academic community programs provided not only financial support, but also gave me the connections and training that I needed to really feel confident enough to be able to do something like this," Arnoldy said.
While he will miss a lot of things about CU, Arnoldy says he will miss the energy of the student body most.
"I'm going to miss the energy and the enthusiasm and the desire to make a difference in the world that is found in so many people on this campus," he said. "Not to mention the beautiful setting."
After the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Arnoldy also headed-up a campus campaign called "CU Stands With Haiti" that ended up raising more than $100,000 to help the relief efforts.
Arnoldy is graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Once he completes his Fulbright grant, he plans to return to the United States to pursue an MBA and attend medical school.


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The character Darius may have violent content and language that may make your ears burn on his site. How do you feel about that?
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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for April to Jamie Phillips, Administrative Secretary for Finance Director Don Herz. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Phillips has worked for the City since 2003. Herz, City Budget Officer Steve Hubka and the Mayor's Chief of Staff, Rick Hoppe, nominated her in the categories of customer relations and productivity for her work on a major PowerPoint presentation.
With the 2008-2009 budget year, the Mayor's Office began a transition to outcome-based budgeting. City departments and interested citizens ranked City programs in priority order. The "Taking Charge" performance measurement document was then developed. Indicators were developed and each department prepared PowerPoint slides to show how they were performing. These slides were reviewed at the Mayor's "City Stat" meetings, where the City Council and community members reviewed the information.
The slides were needed for a series of four meetings scheduled within an eight-day period. Phillips' task was to gather all 120 slides departments had developed. She made sure they were formatted and labeled correctly and that there was consistency in the presentation. Phillips also made many calls and e-mails to follow up on the status of the slides. She requested additional information to update and revise them, added pictures and graphics, and made many last-minute changes. The project was completed within two to three weeks. In addition to working her regular hours during this busy time, Phillips also worked on the project at home on her own time.
When the first set of City Stat meetings were completed, Phillips was again in charge of modifying the slides and having them ready for meetings in January. The nominators said Phillips is extremely organized and took charge of organizing the presentation in a clear and accurate manner. For the last few years, Phillips also has prepared all the PowerPoint slides for the Mayor's Budget Presentations. This also requires a great deal of patience as the Mayor and his staff are known to request many last-minute changes. Hubka says Jamie performs all of her regular and extra job duties with a great degree of patience and friendliness.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are loss prevention, safety and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description.
All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program. All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque.


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When there are bound to be celebs sitting around the pool at your lovely posh hotel, it's important to get the gear right! Here's the lowdown on what to pack for your luxury travel vacation, to make sure you fit the bill and match the clientele…1. The SwimsuitPoolside posing is a very big part of luxury travel breaks – and to hold your own amongst all the Chanel-clad guests, its best to hunt for a classic shape swimsuit yourself! Don't opt for a bikini – the cit can be very unflattering around all those yoga toned bodies. For men, the fashion is long, loose but not too loud. The surfer style trunks shouldn't be mistaken for Hawaiian, as crazy colors and patterns won't cut it.2. The iPhone and iPadAs you're definitely here to be seen on this vacation, it won't do to sit around all day with that old favorite of a paperback novel. To look important, you need the latest gadgets – it doesn't matter if you're playing games on the iPhone, concentrating on it is good enough for your image. And reading has taken on a whole new level – e-books on an iPad is the only way to go. Forget impracticality as water and sun screen slosh around, you're rich enough to afford a new one tomorrow anyway…3. The Big ShadesPracticality also goes out the window when it comes to designer eyewear. Don't worry about fit or shade, the bigger the better is the rule for sunglasses because only a somebody would hide behind such giant lenses, trying to slip past unobserved.4. The Evening WearIf you booked a luxury hotel, chances are the restaurant is a not a flip flops and bathing suit kind of place. Many top eateries at hotels will require a dress code so if you want to book a table, be prepared with smart shoes and jackets for men and a cocktail dress for women or you might be turned away by the staff.5. The Flashy Credit CardForget travelers cheques and notes – real stars pay with a members only credit card. Make sure yours is a nice matte black or silver, which are hallmarks of the best companies around, or else keep it hidden when you pay the bill. Chances are you'll need a big limit on it too if you're affording these mini bar prices!
Livestock Hauling For Specialized Truckers | Livestock
When most people think of livestock transport they imagine those huge, smelly trailers driving down the road full of cattle, often also full of manure, that are so common on the highways and byways of rural America. While this is one type of livestock hauling, there are other options to consider as well.Traditional or typical livestock hauling is more than just a driving a truck. You will be responsible for assisting with loading and unloading and also making sure that animals are not overcrowded in the truck. When in the truck on the road you have to keep the weather conditions in mind as very hot and very cold conditions can obviously lead to serious health issues for the load. Cattle arriving dead or in poor condition at delivery is not only inhuman but also a very negative strike against you with the customer. Packing plants and auctions will only accept live animals, which leaves you having to dispose of a carcass once you get it off your truck.Livestock hauling also means long hours, often early in the morning, to be at the farm, feedlot or auction to load or unload. This may mean loading in the dark to be at the auction, packing plant or abattoir to unload as soon as the business opens. While this is not always the case, trucking in the livestock industry usually means shorter runs for slaughter bound cattle.But, there are a lot of different livestock hauling options out there other than just hauling cattle for slaughter or short transport. Tapping into these markets and finding your specialization can create a very unique target market with very limited competition. In these specialized types of businesses your name and your personal reputation as a safe, efficient and humane hauler can propel you to the top of the list of truckers within that industry.Hauling HorsesUnless you were raised in and around the "horsey" community you may not realize just how many larger breeding, showing and competitive haulers there are out there. These rigs are not at all like traditional livestock hauling and include transporting horse trailers that may hold as many as 15 plus horses. These trailers will use a standard trailer hookup and may be complete with temperature control, storage compartments and rear and side loading ramps.Hauling horses requires a keen ability to work with both the animals and the owners. These horses are typically competitive or show animals and, considering their value, may be one of the most significant loads you could imagine hauling. As the trucker you will need to check the horses on a regular basis, provide feed and water, and, depending on the contract, you may be required to stop, unload, rest and reload the horses.For this type of specialized livestock hauling it is essential to know about horses and to have experience in hauling these animals. They do move and cause the trailer to shift, which will require top driving skills.Often these customers are very particular about their horses. Any sign of stress or distress, an animal that was injured in the trailer, or any type of concern about your ability to care for the animals and keep them safe will impact your ability to market your services. On the flip side, a highly recommended driver will find there are always loads of horses to take to show, race and competitions both nationally and internationally. Once established drivers in this specialized livestock hauling niche are rarely left without all the work they want.Hauling Show and Purebred Cattle, Goats and PigsLike show horses and competitive horses, show cattle and purebred cattle for breeding programs are not moved in the same types of trucks that cattle for slaughter or basic transport are hauled in. These elite of the bovine world travel in modified horse trailers or in semi or fully closed stock trailers.This type of hauling is in highest demand during the rodeo and show season. In most areas of the United States and Canada this is during the summer and fall months, but in various areas it may be year round. Breeding stock, which may include bulls or cows, typically is steady year round with the heaviest workload in the spring, summer and fall.Larger breeders of goats and pigs may also require a commercial trucker for hauling show animals or breeding stock. This is not as common as cattle and horses, but also requires a much smaller trailer. These hauls can be short distance hauls or can be cross-country trips. Feeding, watering and checking the pigs and goats will be included as part of your tasks as the driver.Overall ConsiderationsHauling livestock requires hard work, a willingness to help in handling the animals, and an understanding of animal health and safety issues. Keeping equipment clean and disinfected, staying on schedule and ensuring top of the line service to each and every customer will certainly go a long way in this very specialized part of the trucking industry.
The Upside to Trade Finance Advisory
Popular search engines are excellent examples, with over 75% annual earnings before five decades. Upon study of APICORP's history, strategy, activities and achievements, and valuable industry research, you'll find some helpful information about ways to mitigate risks whenever you are in a global trade. It is possible that even during intervals of low oil prices and financial crises, one can efficiently facilitate the access to capital for the business. It's important to know about the further costs related to making use of a letter of credit.
Many emerging markets provide opportunities which you cannot get in the country anymore. Through the years, the energy industry in the area has grown to play a critical role in the world economy. The company buying the receivables is known as a factor. So as your company grows so does the quantity of funding that is available to you. Trade finance is related to the procedure for financing certain activities related to commerce and worldwide trade. If you are worried about bad debts, many discounting companies can supply a facility that includes bad debt insurance policy protection for extra security. But if you're using traditional loan and overdraft facilities that the bank won't increase, then such a facility will give a solution for cash flow.
There are a few circumstances where overpayments can be arranged. However, this kind of advance is going to be determined on the grounds of the way the facility was maintained and if a successful and dependable transactional history was built up. This scenario would be exactly the tip of the iceberg on how best to get started researching a global stock. Moreover, you would like to be aware of just how much time you are eager to spend researching investment opportunities. The entire idea with stock timing is to learn the length of time you have until you'll really want the money. Because it takes time to understand the company, you may stay assured that your facilities will be structured around the authentic enterprise you do, taking into consideration your distinctive requirements at several phases of your trade cycle. It is comparable to those people who fear others because they don't attempt to understand them. I think it is suggested to begin investing globally because lots of people have a fear of the unknown.
After you start to formulate what risk you're comfortable with and also your long-term goals for investing, the next thing to do is to recognize a strategy that fulfills your requirements. One goal is to make certain that businesses have the sales-financing tools required to drive sales and better their competitiveness. The important thing is to understand what risk levels you're comfortable with and the best target of your investing strategy. For any business the prospect of terrible debt will stay a problem. We are aware that achieving great effects in the world market needs a thorough comprehension of best practice principles. There are many trade tools which are designed to aid businesses since they learn more on the topic of international trade.
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In the long run, through this program, the country is going to have sizeable manufacturing base, which then will make gigantic growth and developmental opportunities for all participants. The city provides a good quote that could encompass our MBA international experience in addition to investing in an international economy. The discounter will subsequently continue to supply you with as much as 85% of the worth of new sales invoices, normally within one day of you raising them. It is represented in more than 30 countries worldwide and provides an extensive selection of insurances, provision services and products.