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Samsung Galaxy S3 full review
Samsung's Galaxy S3 was one of the most popular smartphones of 2012 but how does it compare to its replacement, the Galaxy S4? We take a look at how the new flagship handset compares to its predecessor in our Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3 comparison review. Updated on 26/03/2013. See also: Samsung Galaxy S4 hands-on review.
Hype and anticipation surrounding the Galaxy S4 was monumental and now it's finally here. If you're a Galaxy S3 owner you're probably wondering whether it's worth upgrading or your trying to decide whether to save money by opting for the now well out of date Galaxy S3 instead of the Galaxy S4. Well this comparison will help you decide. See also: Best smartphones of 2012
We haven't seen the Galaxy S4 in the flesh yet so this article is based on the Galaxy S4 spec sheet compared with Galaxy S3's, plus our opinion of course. See also: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review.
Take a look at the following two articles for more details on each handset.
Samsung Galaxy S4: details, what you need to know
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Design
As you can see from the image above, the Galaxy S4 looks extremely similar to the Galaxy S3 in design. Put simply, it's just a bigger version. It keeps the rounded corners but has a slightly squarer look to it like the Galaxy S2. The rear removable cover also remains, as does the physical home button which is a slightly different shape.
See also: Group test: What's the best smartphone?
According to Samsung's specifications the Galaxy S4 is marginally smaller than the Galaxy S3 despite it's larger screen. The two are the same height at 136.6mm but the Galaxy S4 is 69.8mm wide compared to 70.6mm. It's also thinner and lighter than its predecessor at 7.9mm and 130g against 8.6mm and 133g. Impressive work from Samsung if these figures are correct. See also: iPhone 5 vs HTC One comparison review.
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Screen
As rumours suggested, the Galaxy S4 has a 5in screen, meaning it will be slightly larger than the Galaxy S3's 4.8-inch display. Both use Samsung's favoured SuperAMOLED technology. See also: Samsung Galaxy S4 to get 5-inch full HD screen
The size matches up with a lot of the smartphones announced at CES this year, including the Sony Xperia Z, Huawei Ascend D2 and ZTE Grand S.
It's resolution has increased from 720x1280 up to a Full HD 1080x1920. This ups the pixel density significantly from 306ppi to 441ppi.
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Processor
Samsung used its own Exynos 4 Quad processor for the Galaxy S3, a quad-core chip unsurprisingly. It's clocked at 1.4GHz and is based on the ARM Cortex-A9 architecture.
The Galaxy S4 outdoes this with the Exynos 5 Octa processor which Samsung announced at CES. It's the first smartphone to boast an 8-core chip. It consists of four Cortex-A15 cores clocked at 1.6GHz for performance while the remaining four are Cortex-A7s clocked at 1.2GHz for less demanding tasks and power saving.
The RAM has also been doubled from 1GB to 2GB so we're expecting the Galaxy S4 to ace our benchmarks.
Samsung has confirmed that the UK model of the Galaxy S4 will use a 1.9GHz quad-core processor instead of the octa-core chip.
See also: Samsung Galaxy S4 to have 8-core Exynos 5 processor
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Storage
Samsung was generous with the storage options on the Galaxy S3 matching the iPhone with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models plus a microSD card slot. The situation is unchanged when it comes to the Galaxy S4 so there's nothing to worry about here.
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Cameras
The Galaxy S3's 8Mp camera was a fairly standard resolution for 2012 with the exception of only a few handsets. The Samsung Galaxy S4 got its tipped 13Mp rear facing camera and a 2.1Mp front facing camera. It's marginally higher than the Galaxy S3's 1.9Mp but importantly can record video in Full HD 1080p rather than 720p.
We can't say whether the image quality is better yet but the upgrade seems pretty good.
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Software
Now running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is almost up-to-date in the world of Android. The Galaxy S4 will ship with version 4.2.2 which is no significant difference and both have Samsung's TouchWiz interface.
The Galaxy S4 does have new features including Smart Scroll, Smart Pause and Air Gesture to name three. We're hearing that the Galaxy S3 will be updated with some of the new features but it's not clear which will and which won't make the move.
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Galaxy S3: Battery
We expected the Galaxy S4's battery to be larger than the Galaxy S3's 2100mAh battery - and it is, at 2600mAh (both are removable). Whether battery life will be longer will only become apparent when we give it a proper test. It's a hard one to call since the screen is larger and has a higher res, but the Exynos 5 processor has power saving cores which could make a big difference.
The Galaxy S4 in the UK won't have the power saving saving cores of the Exynos processor. See processor section for more details.
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Samsung Galaxy S3: Specs
- Android OS: ICS
- HSPA+ 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps
- 8MP AF with LED Flash
- 4.8 Super AMOLED MIPI (C-Type)
- A-GPS / BT v4.0 USB v2.0 / Wi-FI (802.11 b/g/n/a) OTG
- Recording definition: 1080p / Playback at 1080p resolution
- Sensors: Acceleration, Electromagnetic, Gyro, RGB, Proximity, Barometer
- -1.5GHz Quad Core CPU
- Simplanner/Video Hub/Chat ON
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Zandra Rhodes' sets, costumes enliven a well-cast production
Verdi's "Aida"
When: 7 p.m. April 23, 26; 2 p.m. April 28 (April 28 sold out)
Where: San Diego Opera at San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., downtown Tickets: $45-$275
Phone: (619) 533-7000
Online: sdopera.com
There's a moment in PBS' "Downton Abbey" where the Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by the redoubtable
The Dowager would have approved of the San Diego Opera's over-the-top production of "Aida" that opened Saturday at the Civic Theatre. Verdi's beloved masterpiece is the very definition of grand opera with its epic scale and massive chorus. But Zandra Rhodes explosively colorful sets and costumes, already seen at the Houston Grand Opera, the English National Opera and the San Francisco Opera, take it a step beyond grand.
It's clear from the first scene, when a procession of male, bare-chested attendants (or were they priests?) wearing wide, shiny skirts passes by, that this wasn't going to be your standard, business-class trip to Egypt "during the time of the Pharaohs" (in Verdi's words).
Of course you already knew that from Rhodes' playful sets, with their vivid colors (lots of gold) and motifs based on hieroglyphs.
But as somebody once said (and some people think it was Richard Rodgers), nobody leaves the theater humming the scenery. What made this production particularly grand was a uniformly excellent cast and conductor Daniele Callegari's canny treatment of the score.
Callegari, making a welcome debut with the company, is apparently a man who likes contrasts, so he tends to push the faster sections (like the third act duet between Aida and her father, Amonasro), and then will take a little extra off the slower scene that follows.
He miscalculated in the opening of the first act, slowing down the opera's signature tenor aria, "Celeste Aida," to the point it almost stood still. But by the time the chorus filled the stage, and with the first statement of "Gloria ai Numi," Callegari and the San Diego Symphony were locked in.
As for that cast, Walter Fraccaro (as Radames) revealed a big, bright sound. Especially in the first act, he seemed to sing at only two dynamic levels (soft and loud) and it's not an instrument with a great deal of warmth. But there's no denying his sheer vocal power and impressive upper register.
In the title role, Latonia Moore was Fraccaro's equal, showing the same power but with considerably more warmth. And she is as much a communicator as a singer.
Jill Grove brought unusual dimension and humanity to a convincing portrayal of Amneris (Aida's spiteful rival). In the final act, at least for a moment, you almost felt sorry for her.
Reinhard Hagen's Ramfis, Ashraf Sewailam's King and Mark S. Doss's Amonasro were among the noteworthy portrayals in the strongly cast secondary characters. And the chorus was uniformly excellent, singing with poise and conviction, under chorus master Charles Prestinari.
Director Andrew Sinclair made efficient use of Rhodes' sets, effectively deploying his considerable forces on stage. During the "triumphal scene," there was a relatively short procession in favor of dancing choreographed by Kenneth von Heidecke.
At least some of Heidecke's choreography picked up on the playfulness of the set. Despite the fantastical nature of Rhodes' design, Sinclair took a rather literal view of the opera. At one point, he was even more literal than Verdi intended.
In the score, when Radames realizes he has unwittingly betrayed his country and then is discovered with Aida and Amonasro by Amneris, he sends Aida and Amonasro off before giving himself up. We find out in the next act that Amonasro has been killed.
Sinclair, however, has the priest kill Amonasro on the spot.
That seems gratuitous, even excessive. But unlike the rest of the opera, not excessive in a good way.


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Tim Yeates, managing director, Axco, said insurers looking to expand to less-developed markets should be prepared to invest decades of effort.
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ILS Panel: Collateralized Reinsurance Outpacing Cat BondsSeptember 15, 2016
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AIR's Churney: As Terrorism Evolves, So Does Its Risk ModelingSeptember 14, 2016
RVS 2016 Day Three: Insurers Set for Changes as Brexit Draws Nearer September 14, 2016
Willis Re's Kent: Falling Prices Trigger Additional Reinsurance PurchasesSeptember 13, 2016
Aon Benfield's Van Slooten: Risk-Based Capital, Regulation Aid Reinsurance GrowthSeptember 13, 2016
Aon Benfield's Andersen: Reinsurance Opportunity in Mortgages, AnnuitiesSeptember 13, 2016
London Market Group's Reid: City Aims to Become ILS Hub in 2017September 13, 2016
A.M. Best's Mosher: Reinsurers Look to Squeeze System CostsSeptember 13, 2016
PwC's Finn: Brexit, Market Forces Drive Industry RestructuringSeptember 13, 2016
Lloyd's Nelson: Market Expands Globally; Brexit Impact Could Be MinimalSeptember 13, 2016
Clyde & Co.'s Holderness: Insurers Find Many Paths to Global GrowthSeptember 13, 2016
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I've finally published the next installment of my mini-series on Emacs Comint. I've decided to publish it as a Squidoo lens. In it, I demonstrate how to create a slick, emacs-based interface to a stock price publisher. Part 1 in the series can be found here.
The first version extracts the ticker and price and displays them nicely in a seperate buffer. The later version highlights the updated line by flashing a magenta background for half a second after any update.
The lens covers the following emacs features: comint, process filters, overlays and timers. Let me know any comments or suggestions you have either here or on the lens itself. Please visit my emacs comint lens.


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Mani, S.A. and Naing, L. and John, J. and Samsudin, A.R. (2008) Comparison of two methods of dental age estimation in 7-15-year-old Malays. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 18 (5). pp. 380-388.
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Background. Numerous methods of age estimation have been proposed. The Demirjian method is the most frequently used, which was first applied in a French Canadian population in 1973. The Willems method is a modification of the above and was applied in a Belgian population in 2002. Objectives. The objectives of this study were to test the applicability of the two methods, namely Demirjian and Willems, for age estimation in a Malay population, and to find the correlation between body mass index and the difference between the dental age and the chronological age. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study involving 214 boys and 214 girls, selected by a simple stratified random sampling method was carried out. The orthopantomograph was used to score the seven left mandibular teeth, and the calculated maturity score was used to obtain the Demirjian dental age. Willems dental age was estimated using the tables proposed in the Willems method. Results. The Demirjian method overestimated the age by 0.75 and 0.61 years, while the Willems method overestimated the age by 0.55 and 0.41 years among boys and girls, respectively. In boys, the body mass index was significantly correlated to the difference in age using the Willems method. Conclusion. Further modification of either method is indicated for dental age estimation among the Malay population.
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The City of Tor jewel of the Tahari is actively seeking new citizens in SL.
Looking for individuals seeking a place to enjoy their virtual experience alongside others sharing similar community interests. Especially friendly to those fairly new to Gor.
All castes and roles are welcome.
For more information contact Khalid ibn Tariq ibn Saleh (ReefChristianson) or infi (Infinatedepths) inworld.
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(these stats are taken from twist.flaptor.com – it shows how often a keyword is used on Twitter (follow us!))
Everyone seems to compare themselves to their competitors – they brag about numbers and whatnot – but this is completely different. Think of the possibilities… do people talk more about Ustream or ice cream? Black shoes? Horror films? You, like me, could spend hours checking who wins. Don't fret though! I did all the research for you, so just sit tight and enjoy these glorious stats.
First up we got candy.
Now if you were wondering what was better, Ustream or Happiness. Well look no further – the jury is in and people would take Ustream over Happiness any day!
I'll let you find the rest. However I'll leave you with one more… Whats the coolest thing since sliced bread? Oh yes fellow Ustreamers, its Ustream.
Leave comments and tell me other funny ones. OR even better write your own blog post and then link me to it in the comments.


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The firm designs and builds material-handling and surface-preparation systems, specializing in automotive applications for its blank-washer technology.
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HOUSTON (AP) Art Bernardi scored 20 points and pulled down 11 rebounds Saturday night, leading Houston Baptist to a 94-40 victory over lower-division Ecclesia.
Bernardi was 10 of 13 from the floor. Anthony Hill added 15 points and James Harper had 11 for the Huskies (6-14), who shot 56 percent as a team and won despite committing 22 turnovers.
Rashad Colbert had 10 points for the Royals (0-18), who made just 24 percent of their shots, were outrebounded 63-21 and had four assists to the Huskies' 21.
Houston Baptist never trailed. The Huskies led 50-29 at halftime and didn't allow a second-half field goal until Dakota Woodward's layup with 5:50 to play. Ecclesia was 3 of 35 from the field in the second half.
The game was the Huskies' first since they learned second-leading scorer Tyler Russell will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Russell had surgery Friday.


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There is nothing better on rainy Sunday than a Classic Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Thyme... complete with mashed potatoes and gravy, of course. I love to fix this when we're both home all day, because it makes the house smell so delicious. Being just roasted chicken and vegetables, this is a relatively healthy dinner. If you decide to go the mashed potatoes and gravy route (which I think you definitely should), you can control how much gravy and the amount of potatoes you prepare.
Another reason I love this is because it requires very little prep (10 minutes to stuff everything in the chicken and chop the vegetables?) and even less clean up... basically a one pot dinner. Just be sure to allow 1 hour for roasting the chicken.
Classic Roasted Chicken
with Lemon & Thyme
with Lemon & Thyme
3-4 pound whole Chicken
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of Sea Salt
1 teaspoon of Pepper
1 head of garlic, cut in half
1 lemon, quartered
10 sprigs of thyme
3 carrots, largely chopped
1 yellow onion, quartered
10 mushrooms, halved
1 1/2 cups of chicken stock
1 1/2 cups of chicken stock
Sprinkle salt & pepper inside the chicken cavity, then stuff it with the garlic, lemon & thyme. Place it in a dutch oven. Place the vegetables around the chicken, then drizzle them and the chicken with olive oil. Salt & Pepper generously.
Roast at 425 degrees for 50-60 minutes (depending on the size of your chicken). Remove the chicken from the pan, cover with foil and allow it to rest. Place the dutch oven on the stove top on a medium heat. While stirring, add 2 tablespoons of flour to the fat drippings from the chicken, then 1 - 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock. Whisk until smooth. Cook 5 minutes until thick and bubbly. If you'd like to thicker gravy, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the microwave, then add 2-3 tablespoons of flour to it. Mix it in with the gravy.


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Japanese toy maker Kotobukiya has already welcomed a few Comic-Con friendly femme fatales to its "bishoujo" line of beautifully sculpted figures. They started with superheroines from Marvel and DC Comics, but now they're moving on to video games.
Kotobukiya has already welcomed some Tekken characters into the fold, but the company is also recruiting some Western alien talent. Mass Effect 3's blue-skinned beauty Liara T'Soni will join the bishoujo line with a new statue based on the Shunya Yamashita drawing seen here.
Bishoujo Liara is planned for a Q4 2011 release, according to Kotobukiya. They figures typically run about sixty bucks American, so budget accordingly.


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How Bo Saga Led to Downgrade of Spy Chief Position
Incoming Communist Party leadership appoints Meng Jiangzhu as head of domestic security, overseeing police, prosecutors, judges, spies, but downgrades the position. The WSJ's Jeremy Page explains why the Bo Xilai affair contributed to the downgrade.
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I ... the ... the boss Xilai is still an end ... the scandal could be changing of the authority of some of the country's top security officials ... joining me from Bejing Jeremy Page reporter and in China ... ok ... Jeremy I've China announced its top leadership but what's the big difference with this achieve security team ... the interesting thing about this new appointment is that of a new domestic security chief for recruitment into is being the public security minister ... the last few years ... and he's taken a robot and activists of the downgrade it was downgraded states it's because he's just a member of the Politburo which is the top twenty five meters ... his previous Asset journal Khan was in the quarter standing committee which was the top nine ... which now been reduced to seven ... so I'll what happened as they did this week up about twelve hours of the Standing Committee and reduced it down the whole of Europe ... to try and so the stuff ... with its wings an ally ... okay so it doesn't change anything though with add an authority I mean obviously there's there's not a standing committee member his response well for security ... but how does that change things in terms of who's in charge and was responsible for security ... well it's still base he makes the service in a month into it he he still has enormous power as he oversees police prosecutors judges and intelligence agencies ... are secreted us to criticize the day ... but the key point is that he is now a junior to every single member of the new Standing commencing his outranks final seven of them standing in the sea ... I'm so the thinking is that one of the reasons that did this ... is that you about some leaders want comfortable with having someone at the top table ... who was in control of the entire domestic security operations with its enormous budget which is now ... a larger even than the millet re broadcasts ... um they felt about us maybe too much power and that that is ... so that's the key point but ... there is some suggestion is well that it could help to strengthen the rule of folklore on the ground but when will need to see some other reforms in place before the trade happens ... ok and I'm you know on the topic of the boss Xilai scandal I mean any indication as to lie in it you know that they knew they did that that ... that she Jinping is obviously the new leader of the Communist Party ... the transition will happen in March ... any at indication as to when and they will close this chapter are or how they will do said oh I'm ... it in the short term ... no still no indication of when not trials going to the firm prior to the leadership and about ... what he was saying that they wanted to get it all wrapped up the whole stumble wrapped up before the party Congress ... that is the one able to do that to go to to the big trials out of the way um go Kailai foursome as quite firm to one Legion the ... former police chief of tone chain ... and of course that made the big announcement about Sarah Bush ally being aam expelled from the posse ... and handed over the course this trial ... the most people seem to think that to ... sorry about trial now so it could be ... it could be a few weeks even a few months before it happens ... and Kate great thanks Fran that's Jeremy Page Cheney me from being chain


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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Son removes tire and loads it into his car and takes it to get repaired. He returns with the fixed tire and puts it back onto my car.
Son shows me what caused the flat. A little metal thingy between 1/16" and 1/32" in width by 1/2" long. I took a picture of it with a penny for comparison.
The damage.
Now, I know that it costs an arm and a leg and perhaps a little more than that to live in Hawaii. Yes, the cost of living is outrageous. But! Forty dollars to fix a flat tire? This got me thinking. How much does it cost to fix a flat in your area? More? Less? I thought that it would be interesting to know what it costs where you live, whether you're on the U.S. mainland or somewhere else in the world. Maybe I don't have anything to complain about. My inquisitive mind would like to know.
27 comments:
- Emily said...
RM5.00 to fix the flat and the mechanic will check the other four ie including the spare for air sufficiency too!
RM5.00 is roughly US$1.55.....
- Wed Jun 30, 12:58:00 AM 2010
- Di said...
Last month I paid AU$30 to have a punctured tire fixed - that's approx US$25.64. I thought that was reasonable.
- Wed Jun 30, 01:19:00 AM 2010
- barb's creations said...
I paid $25 for my flat tyre a few months ago but I have to say they took it off fixed it and put it back on all in under 1/2 an hour,I live in Australia :) Barb.
- Wed Jun 30, 01:40:00 AM 2010
- Kath said...
If my son had done that for me, I would have been flat on my back through shock LOL
- Wed Jun 30, 02:01:00 AM 2010
- Webster said...
Some places will provide free flat repair if the tires are theirs (were bought from them). More often, $10-20 sounds about right. One time we had a place to it for free, then told us to come to him to get our tires next time. Unfortunately, his business has moved before we could return the favor. [Tacoma, WA]
- Wed Jun 30, 02:16:00 AM 2010
- sawn61 said...
We feel we have found an honest mechanic, which is hard to do nowadays,that we use when needed. Pop has always done his own mechanic work, but with his age now, he must depend on others to do the work.Pop says our mechanic would charge roughly $10.We are in rural Kentucky,USA.
- Wed Jun 30, 03:45:00 AM 2010
- Tina T. said...
In Sweden it costs about the same, 300 kr = 38 dollars. So in that case it´s expensive to live here as well.
But be glad that it was only a flat tire. I got my first speeding ticket, fot that I paid 200 dollars:(
- Wed Jun 30, 04:24:00 AM 2010
- Sewing Junkie said...
I paid a warranty fee when I purchase the tires an it is free, but the warranty includes rotating and replacement if it is a flaw in the tire. Chris
- Wed Jun 30, 04:43:00 AM 2010
- Jessica said...
I am the same as Barb - Paid $30au in Australia! Except they fixed a different hole to the one I saw, evidently we had 1/2 dozen nails in one tyre!
- Wed Jun 30, 05:18:00 AM 2010
- NadineC said...
Wow! Where I live, we can get flats fixed for free. Supposedly you should have purchased the tire there, but usually they just do it for free, regardless. And I'm doubly lucky because my son is a mechanic, and the few times I've needed to be towed, even THAT was way cheap because he's "got connections." There IS a down side, though...my car is always the LAST one to get worked on (shoemaker's children syndrome) :-)
- Wed Jun 30, 05:49:00 AM 2010
- OSP said...
i don't think i have ever paid more than $15 for a flat tire in STL, MO.
- Wed Jun 30, 06:14:00 AM 2010
- Annemiek said...
Don't complain! A flat tire: €35, gas to put IN the car €1,50 a liter. Quilting fabric: approx. €15 to € 20 a metre (little more than a yard) One U.S. dollar is 0.71 euro cents. I live in the Netherlands and when we see on tv e.g U.S citizens complain about gasprizes, we laugh. Hard!
- Wed Jun 30, 07:26:00 AM 2010
- Needled Mom said...
They do them free here if you purchased the tire at the shop.
That is a terrible price, but I remember how expensive things were when we lived in Hawaii.
- Wed Jun 30, 08:26:00 AM 2010
- Loris said...
DH just did this for me last week. Here in a small town on the central coast where the gas is higher, the same gas station charged us $15.
$40 seems like alot but I guess that is how it goes with the local cost of living. I'm sure you are as grateful as I was that the men in our lives noticed it while it was in the garage. Boy, did I feel blessed!
- Wed Jun 30, 09:22:00 AM 2010
- kaiolohiakids said...
I live in Hawaii, too & though I haven't had a tire fixed recently, that seems a little high to me even. I can't help but be curious as to where he took it.
- Wed Jun 30, 10:01:00 AM 2010
- Deb said...
I've never paid for a flat tire. The shop where I buy my tires covers things like that. I think that $40 is a lot though.
- Wed Jun 30, 11:02:00 AM 2010
- free indeed said...
My daughter recently woke to a flat tire. Her brother took the tire off and when she got out of work, they went to get it fixed. She picked up a nail (apt people are doing work around the grounds of her apt). cost her $12 to put a plug in. Guy said it may have a slow leak....they were brand new tires...so far that plug is holding!
- Wed Jun 30, 11:26:00 AM 2010
- floribunda... aka Julie said...
$40 seems high, considering that your son did most of the heavy lifting (so to speak!) -- but like you said -- everything is more expensive in Hawaii.
- Wed Jun 30, 01:05:00 PM 2010
- Mary Ann said...
In Denmark, it varies anywhere between 300-400 danish crowns.
That's about 49-60 US dollars. Ouch! That's driving in and having them do it, as well. We try really hard to avoid nails, etc!!! :o)
- Wed Jun 30, 04:15:00 PM 2010
- Kari @ Fresh Cut Quilts said...
40 is high even for Hawaii, for the US anyway. I usually get it free and am always surprised by that. But inevitably the flat is caused by something hitting the sidewall which means the whole tire is replaced.
Yes our Petrol/gas is cheap in comparison to Europe, but in comparison to places in South America like Venezuela it is outrageously high. It all depends on where you live and your local economy.
- Wed Jun 30, 08:57:00 PM 2010
- sweetiepie said...
It costs around $10 here depending where you take it. I live in Iowa.
For $40, I could almost by a new tire.....lol.
- Thu Jul 01, 08:56:00 AM 2010
- Maylee said...
Wow! we buy our tires from Costco and they will repair and rotate for FREE!!
Sorry to hear of this outrages bill, that could have been good money towards craft supplies. : )
- Thu Jul 01, 03:31:00 PM 2010
- vldecker said...
Most places here will fix flats free (say that 3 times fast) if you buy your tires from them. Otherwise, just to plug one is about $5-10. For $40, I would have gotten a new tired. I'm in Eastern Ky.
- Thu Jul 01, 04:48:00 PM 2010
- Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles said...
Hi Lettie, it's great to have men in our lives! My capable husband would have done the same. I'm not sure about the price of a flat, but I can tell you that 12% tax would be added here! Yup, today Canada Day, we also celebrate a tax that adds another 7% to most goods and all services....yuck. But come to British Columbia, it's beautiful and ....apparently we need the tax money!
- Thu Jul 01, 11:48:00 PM 2010
- Rag-a-Muffin Collectibles said...
Oh and come to think of it, the last time I got a flat was when I hit a curb. Blew the side wall open (big bang) and had to buy TWO new tires....that cost some bucks. that was after waiting for an hour for BCAA to rescue me and put on my spare.
- Thu Jul 01, 11:52:00 PM 2010
- Ima Baglady said...
hmm - a couple options. If you go back to the place where you bought the tires, they will usually plug it for free. A patch would cost more, but is not as tpically needed. I've even gone to my car dealer and they plugged a hole for free too!
- Wed Jul 07, 07:35:00 AM 2010
- The Domestic Fox said...
I am a little late to this party - but wanted to chime in here. Raised with a grease monkey - my dad made sure I knew how to take care of my car. You can purchase a tire repair kit for less than $20, in Tennessee, and fix more flats than you'll ever see in your lifetime. It's relatively easy to do and you'll never have to pay someone to fix your tires again. If you do this - be sure to get the good kit with the nice handles, not the cheap plastic ones that pull off when you are pulling the plug through the tire.
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Moth Beans Curry
2 cups moth beans/matki, cooked
1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp cumin seeds, roasted & powdered
6-10 peppercorns, roasted & powdered
Salt to taste.
To be ground together:
2 Tbsp coconut
½ tsp cumin seeds
For seasoning:
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
A pinch of asafoetida
1-2 red chillies
Cook moth beans till done. (I always pressure cook dals/ beans/lentils in bulk and freeze them in separate freezer-safe plastic containers to avoid the hassle of having to use the pressure cooker every single time I need to make something using it. It has been working great for me.)
Roast and powder the cumin seeds & the peppercorns.
Grind together the coconut & cumin seeds.
Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, asafoetida and red chillies followed by the chopped onion and garlic. Sauté till the onions are transparent.
Add the roasted powders and the ground coconut-cumin seed mixture. Mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Add the cooked beans to this and ½ cup of water & cover and cook for 5 minutes or so till all the flavors blend in.
Serve hot.
Cluster Beans sabji
3 cups cluster beans/guvar, chopped into one inch pieces
½ onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 big piece of jaggery
Salt to taste
To be ground together:
2 Tbsp coconut
2-3 red chillies
½ tsp cumin seeds
For seasoning:
1 Tbsp oil
½ tsp urad dal(skinned and split white lentils)
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
A pinch of asafoetida
Heat the oil in a pan and add the ingredients for the seasoning.
Add the chopped onions & garlic and sauté till the onions are transparent and soft.
Add the cluster beans and cover and cook till tender.
Add the ground coconut mixture to the beans and mix well. Cook for another 3-4 minutes.
Cluster beans are a little too bitter for my taste and I added a big piece of jaggery too. Mix well till the jaggery melts.
Serve hot with rice or rotis.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Moth Beans curry and Cluster Beans sabji
Moth Beans Curry
Cooked by TBC on Friday, September 07, 2007
Labels: Beans, Curries, Dals, Sabji, Vegetables
35 Burps:
- Sirisha Kilambi said...
Hi tbc
Nice-looking curries....
The guvar curry u mentioned....i do it exactly the same way except that instead of red chillies I use the red chilli powder....It tastes great.....
the Moth beans subzi.....haven't made it before...I guess it goes well with roti right....Will give a try :-)
- September 7, 2007 at 9:57 AM
- Happy cook said...
You were in a beans mood.
Both the dishes looks very nice.
It must be delicious with chapathi
- September 7, 2007 at 10:14 AM
- Laavanya said...
Both curries look so good TBC. I've not bought Moth beans before, are they like red chori but brown in colour?
My mom always makes paruppu usli with cluster beans.. this is a nice variation.
- September 7, 2007 at 10:53 AM
- Richa said...
ooh! matki is my fav, looks delicious :) good tip @ freezing.
guvar/coconut combo sounds & looks good!
- September 7, 2007 at 11:06 AM
- Kribha said...
Nice looking curries. Adding a bit of jaggery to guvar is a nice idea. Usually, I add sugar. Moth beans curry looks great too. Thanks for sharing.
- September 7, 2007 at 11:18 AM
- Rina said...
Hi TBC.....Thanks for visiting my blog. I'll try the cluster beans sabji recipe. Picture seems to be tempting....
- September 7, 2007 at 11:18 AM
- Sreelu said...
TBC, moth beans curry looks so healthy, we call it bobbarlu in telugu. I love clustered bean except its a lot of effort to peeling them and then cutting them, so most of the time end up using frozen guvar
- September 7, 2007 at 11:39 AM
- Seena said...
oh, wants to get some rice with it..
- September 7, 2007 at 12:35 PM
- Asha said...
Both dishes are fabulous. I love the cluster beans, specially.I don't get it often here.Good job tbc:)
- September 7, 2007 at 12:44 PM
- Jyothi said...
Hi TBC, cluster beans curry looks awesome and might be delicious. Never heard about these moth beans. Will try them soon. Thanks for sharing.
- September 7, 2007 at 1:18 PM
- Tee said...
Matki recipe looks mouth watering..reminds me of Misal :)
your cluster beans recipe is being saved...looks really yummy. Whenever I make these, i end up not liking it at all...so have to try your recipe :)
- September 7, 2007 at 1:34 PM
- Padma said...
Both of them are my favorites....
simply love them
- September 7, 2007 at 2:00 PM
- Mansi Desai said...
Hmm..I love moothh or "matth" as we call it, but I make it differently though. we eat it with rice and kadhhi:)
and thanks for enlightening me with the fact that guvar is called cluster beans!:)
- September 7, 2007 at 2:04 PM
- Rajitha said...
yummy tbc.. both look good as usual...
- September 7, 2007 at 4:12 PM
- musical said...
I love moth beans! Will try it this way next time. Both preparations look yummy!
- September 7, 2007 at 4:13 PM
- Coffee said...
I love moth beans and that first pic is awesome!! I agree with you, guvar is bitter to my taste as well!! Even adding jaggery does not suit my tongue....... my mum would make guvar muthiya..... so the muthiyas would be mine to take! ;)
- September 7, 2007 at 8:52 PM
- Suma Gandlur said...
I have never eaten moth beans. Both of your subjis look delicious.Are they Kerala style preparations?
- September 7, 2007 at 11:09 PM
- Kamini said...
Strangely enough, cluster beans is one my favorites ( not many peeps like this veggie). This method looks really nice and appetising.
- September 8, 2007 at 12:42 AM
- Nupur said...
Both dishes look totally home-style and delicious! I miss cluster beans sooo much, living in the US :(
- September 8, 2007 at 8:34 AM
- Savithri said...
Very nice recipes! I've never heard of the moth bean. It's always nice to learn something new! Great post:)
- September 8, 2007 at 6:03 PM
- Vcuisine said...
Both are looking great TBC. Simple but delicious. Viji
- September 9, 2007 at 1:31 AM
- Nags said...
nice healthy recipe.. dont think my roomie wud like it though.. she might find it TOO healthy :D
- September 9, 2007 at 6:06 AM
- Cynthia said...
Now how did that bean get to be named moth bean? :) did they not know that that is not the most appetizing name one can give to an ingredient? :)
- September 9, 2007 at 9:04 AM
- Latha Narasimhan said...
Liked the idea of preoaring before hand and storing in the freezer! Nice dish TBC!
- September 9, 2007 at 11:20 AM
- Sharmi said...
I love cluster beans with coconut combination. sounds yum!
- September 9, 2007 at 2:38 PM
- A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...
hi tbc, i really like the way u have done ur foto-slide, the black and white combination...it looks class!!!, and healthy recipie tooo...
- September 10, 2007 at 1:08 AM
- Lia said...
beautiful, i love beans and going to try ur version, thanks ;)
- September 10, 2007 at 1:57 AM
- Rachna said...
i love both your dishes here TBC... they are of my fav ingedients but cooked so differently... great post!
- September 10, 2007 at 3:37 AM
- TBC said...
Sirisha, Happy Cook- thank you both:-)
Laavanya, I am not very good with the names of all the difft types of dals:-( I only know the most commonly used ones.
But the link in my post will lead you to a pic :-)
Richa, I think being a Keralite, I have to add at least a teaspoon of coconut somewhere;-)
Kribha, sugar is good too:-)
Rina, welcome to my blog:-)
Sreelu dear, let me tell u a little secret-I used the frozen ones;-).
Seena, I know...I had it with rice too 'cos it's a thoran basically:-)
Asha:-)thank you.I have seen it around here in the Ind grocery stores but I used the frozen ones;-)
Jyothi,you are welcome.
Tee,let me know how u like it when u make it.
Padma,I am not too fond of wither of them but I make it occasionally.
Mansi, how do you guys make it. Would love to hear your version.
And u r welcome... see, blogging is not such a waste of time after all as some people think:-).You just learnt something.
Rajitha & Musical- thanks gals:-)
Coffee, do post your recipe when u get a chance, or is it already there on ur blog?
Suma, no they are not Kerala style preparations;I think they are Maharashtrian dishes...not sure.
Kamini, it is? It is far from being mine!I had to make use of some cluster beans that I had for a long time. Thanks for the compliment:-)
Nupur, thanks.I am sure you can use the frozen beans in just the same way as you would the fresh. I used the frozen ones.
Savithri, blogging does teach u stuff:-)
Viji, thanks
Nags, ha ha ha... that was funny:-)
Cynthia, that is so true:-)It does almost sound like one of those things that you would eat on Fear Factor.
Latha, thanks :-)
I have a whole bunch of other tips too but most of them have already been mentioned on a couple of other blogs.
Sharmi, thanks:-)
Sona,thank you :-)You are very generous with your compliments.The slideshow had some pics that were "color-splashed"
Lia, thank you and you are welcome:-)
Rachna, I am glad you like them:-)
- September 10, 2007 at 5:31 PM
- Kajal said...
Mother Beans and Guvar Curry both looks delicious. You present this guvar curry in some different ingredients.
Thanks for sharing.:)
- September 11, 2007 at 9:16 PM
- TBC said...
Kajal, you are welcome dear:-)
- September 12, 2007 at 9:32 AM
- SeeC said...
Have never seen such a lovely presentation of Cluster beans.
Simply superb TBC
- September 24, 2007 at 4:44 PM
- TBC said...
Seec, thank you :-)
- September 24, 2007 at 11:15 PM
- Dee said...
Love cluster beans, can never say no and cant stop buying even if they are frozen and the hubby detests them... If I had a chance, I would cook them everyday!!
- September 25, 2007 at 7:06 PM
- TBC said...
Dee, welcome back! where have you been?
I am not too crazy about this vegetable or the dish but it was a little different from my normal preparations:-). Cook them everyday?...I can do that only with potatoes!
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- Thursday, May 27, Citi Field hasn't been kind, Phils get swept in the series, loss 3-0
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This video may look like it's about dancing cranes and clearly that is what these two cranes are doing, and this is a great demonstration of that behavior, but my purpose in showing it is to talk about something else. Look at the two birds, particularly the second one and notice the difference, notice what's missing – his black primary feathers and less obvious also the white secondary feathers. This bird has molted all of his flight feathers and while he can jump and dance he cannot fly without those feathers.
Cranes, like all birds, periodically molt their feathers; in other words they shed or lose their old feathers and replace them with new ones. Although birds spend a lot of time preening and maintaining their feathers eventually they get worn out and have to be replaced. Different species have evolved with different strategies on how this occurs and even within the crane family there are differences. Some birds like the whooping crane lose all their flight feathers at one time and are rendered flightless until the new feathers have grown in, while other birds only replace a few feathers at a time and thus always retain the ability to fly. If you're a bird one of your best defenses against a predator is the ability to fly away so losing all your flight feathers and being 'stuck' on the ground seems like a bad idea, and truly it is a dangerous time for a bird, but there are many species that undergo this synchronous molt of all their flight feathers. Within the crane family 10 of the 15 species (Whooping Crane, Blue Crane, Wattled Crane, Red-Crowned Crane, Siberian Crane, White-Naped Crane, Hooded Crane, Sarus Crane, Black-Necked Crane, and Eurasian Crane) undergo this synchronous molt and the remaining 5 species (Sandhill Crane, Black-Crowned Crane, Gray-Crowned Crane, Demoiselle Crane, and Brolga Crane) undergo an annual partial molt and therefore always retain the ability to fly.
A lot of what we know about molting in cranes, and whooping cranes in particular, is from observations of birds in captivity and also from observations of birds from reintroduced populations, as the wild whooping cranes are generally only observed from the air in the very remote Wood-Buffalo National Park. Whooping cranes typically become very shy and secretive when they are molting and unlike the bird in the video they often don't even open their wings, seemingly not wanting to 'show' the missing feathers. Whooping cranes typically undergo their first molt at age 2 or 3 and then every second or third year after that and it takes ~6 weeks for the new feathers to grow in so the cranes must pick a safe location to remain in during this very vulnerable time.
This spring we were a bit surprised to see a number of our 2 year-old birds moving around, leaving their usual locations, and in fact at one point 8 of them came back to the White Lake (WLWCA) marsh, to the refuge where they were originally released. While a great location for the cranes it is harder for us to monitor them out there so we rely more on the data from the birds' GPS transmitters. Unfortunately some of the transmitters starting missing transmissions which can be a cause for concern so I decided to take a boat out into the refuge to try and get a look at them. Luckily many of the birds that were in the refuge also have a VHF transmitter so I could actually track them in addition to searching in the location of their last known GPS point.
On 10 June, Wayne Sweeney, administrative manager of WLWCA, and I went out in an airboat in search of these cranes. Wayne is an excellent airboat operator and having worked at WLWCA for years, knows the area very well so we headed out to the general area and stopped periodically to listen to the signals and fine tune the direction of our search. The birds were divided in several groups and we first searched for and found a pair that flew off away from us. Next we searched for what I was expecting to be a group of 4 birds but when Wayne first spotted them there were only 3 and as he pointed them out to me we saw that they were running away from us even though we were still quite far from them. It took me a second to process what I saw – they were running away as opposed to flying away from us and as they continued running toward taller, thicker vegetation I got a quick glimpse of them through my binoculars as they opened their wings while running and I was able to confirm what the running first indicated – these birds were molting, they had no flight feathers, only an inch or two of new blood feathers growing in. Not wanting to disturb those birds any further we moved on to search for the other bird that had previously been with those 3. As we tracked her signal and got closer we finally got a quick glimpse of her running away into taller vegetation; we didn't see her open her wings but her behavior indicated she was also molting.
So now knowing we had 4 birds molting I spent a good deal of time over the next week and a half tracking and checking on the other 2011 birds trying to confirm their status and found an additional group of 3 that were molting. They had moved to a larger, more remote rice field from where they normally spent their time which alone wouldn't have been confirmation of them molting but luckily I was able to catch quick glimpses of each of them stretching or flapping their wings and see that they too were growing in new feathers. That brought the total of molting birds up to 7 and through observations of the remaining 5 2011 birds I was able to confirm that they were not molting.
This was a dangerous and vulnerable time for the birds but they had moved to good, safe locations, yet I couldn't help but remain a bit uneasy over the next few weeks and made sure to check on the birds each week to see how they were doing. Based on the GPS data from the transmitters and from when I first confirmed that the birds had molted I had an estimate of when I thought they should be flying again and was happy and relieved when that day finally came. It was also very interesting to see that shortly after the birds could fly again they all moved back to the locations they normally stayed at, the ones they had been at prior to molting.
Having gained data on molting this year I'll know better when to look for it next year and I expect the 5 two-year olds who didn't molt this year will likely molt in addition to some of the 2012 birds who will be 2 next year.
I was never able to get a photo of any of our molting birds showing their wings with the missing feathers or the new ones growing in so I was glad when my friend and colleague, Eva Szyszkoski, sent me this video that had been taken by an ICF intern, Henrietta, of a pair of whooping cranes in WI and I am grateful to them for letting us use and post the video.
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American Airlines is canceling about a quarter of its daily flights to Mexico, at least through June 10. The move is in response to a drop in demand for travel to Mexico, which followed the swine flu outbreak.
A spokesman for the airline, Tim Smith, said the flight cancellations would begin Friday May 8, and that American would continue to evaluate the situation to decide whether to cancel flights beyond June 10.
Nine of the cancelled daily flights are from DFW airport to cities in Mexico, including the resort cities of Cancun and Puerta Vallarta, Smith said.
The cancelleations include one daily flight from DFW to Cancun, two daily flights from DFW to Mexico City, one from DFW to Cabo San Lucas, and two from DFW to Monterrey. American is also cutting flights from DFW to Puerta Vallarta from 3 weekly round trips to two.
Prior to the announcement, American and American Eagle were flying 42 round trips to 14 destinations in Mexico. Smith said the cuts announced Tuesday would bring the number of daily round trips down to 31 and that the company would continue to serve all 14 cities with some service.
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Every Friday, SportsFeat picks a few great weekend reads for Deadspin. This week's theme, in honor of Rory McIlroy and Kyrie Irving, is sports prodigies. A note to those two: enjoy this moment. If these stories are any indication, there's a slight chance it won't last.
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Mike Sager • Esquire • May 2009
On the desolate career of Todd Marinovich, who was engineered from birth to be the greatest quarterback of all time and ended up a junkie.
Todd returned to football for the last time in the spring of 2000 — a mercurial stint with the Los Angeles Avengers in the Arena Football League. His first year, he tied the record for most touchdowns in a single game despite undergoing severe heroin withdrawal; after shitting his pants during warm-ups, he came out and threw ten touchdowns to win a game against the Houston Thunderbears. That same year, at age thirty-one, he was named to the all-rookie team. The next season, he became L. A.'s franchise player. The day he picked up his signing bonus, he was busted buying heroin. With him in the truck was $30,000 cash in an envelope. Toward the end of the season, he was ejected from successive games for throwing a clipboard and a hand towel at officials. Finally, he was suspended from the team.
"At that point, heroin became my full-time job," Todd says.
Susan Orlean • The New Yorker • March 1993
A profile of Felipe Lopez, can't-miss high school star:
White men in suits follow Felipe Lopez everywhere he goes. Felipe lives in Mott Haven, in the South Bronx. He is a junior at Rice High School, which is on the corner of 124th Street and Lenox Avenue, in Harlem, and he plays guard for the school basketball team, the Rice Raiders. The white men are ubiquitous. They rarely miss one of Felipe's games or tournaments. They have absolute recall of his best minutes of play. They are authorities on his physical condition. They admire his feet, which are big and pontoon-shaped, and his wrists, which have a loose, silky motion. Not long ago, I sat with the white men at a game between Rice and All Hallows High School. My halftime entertainment was listening to a debate between two of them — a college scout and a Westchester contractor who is a high-school basketball fan — about whether Felipe had grown a half inch over Christmas break. "I know this kid," the scout said as the second half started. "A half inch is not something I would miss." The white men believe that Felipe is the best high-school basketball player in the country. They often compare him to Michael Jordan, and are betting he will become one of the greatest basketball players to emerge from New York City since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. This conjecture provides them with suspended, savory excitement and a happy premonition. Following Felipe is like hanging around with someone you think is going to win the lottery someday.
So Much Got Lost in the Translation
Dan Le Betard • ESPN The Magazine • December 2001
What happened to Danny Almonte in the months after his age was exposed? Not much.
Danny Almonte was untouched by the stench, like a rose growing implausibly in a sewer. American shame and outrage swirled noisily around him after his baseball triumph had been exposed as fraud, but Danny didn't understand the commotion, and still doesn't. He is a painfully shy kid, staring at the floor a lot, but when asked about his recent experiences with Little League Baseball Incorporated, he lifts his head, smiles and says in Spanish, "It was so much fun and happiness." All of it? "All of it," he says.
The Justin Bieber of Bullfighting
Laurence Lowe • Details • December 2010
A profile of Michelito Lagravere, the best young bullfighter in the world.
Then again, it isn't metaphysics that has carried Michelito so far at such a young age. If there is one quality that gives him the courage to stand in the path of a charging bull; to triumph in the world's largest ring when a fighter twice his age might have folded; to set himself the goal (don't believe for a moment he won't meet it) of becoming, at 14, the youngest person ever to achieve the status of professional matador-and to do so undeterred by all the animal-rights activists and child-welfare advocates who see him as a paramount example of primitive brutality and parental neglect—it is this: a preternatural confidence in his own future greatness.
The day before he killed those six bulls in front of an adoring crowd of 4,000 in his hometown of Merida—at a time when the fight was under ban by the mayor, who'd deemed it illegal for children under 18 to put their life at risk before the public-Michelito was defiant. "No one can stop me from fighting," he said. "I was born a bullfighter, and I will die one."
He had just turned 11.
Katy Vine • Texas Monthly • June 2005
On the bizarre existence of Brooklyn Pope, basketball goddess.
Hype like this is probably inevitable when you're the first female superstar at Dunbar, an institution best known as the home of the winningest high school boys' coach in the country, 77-year-old Robert Hughes, and therefore the home of one of the most rabid basketball communities in the country. And it's been like this for Brooklyn since the seventh grade, when she opened the mailbox to find her first recruiting letter, from Princeton. Since then she's accumulated so much fan mail from scouts—at UCLA, Duke, UConn, Stanford, Baylor, Texas Tech, Tennessee, UT-Austin, and every other upper-echelon college program—that her mailman told her he wants a raise. No matter that she won't be able to step onto the court at anyone's university for another three years. Brooklyn is a can't-miss recruit, the coaches say, the kind of impact athlete who can relieve the pressure of a few losing seasons or even save their jobs just by signing her name. So they stare at their keyboards searching for new and inventive ways to praise her. Like the letter from Notre Dame that arrived a week after a camp Brooklyn attended in July: "We had the opportunity to see you at the Adidas Top Ten camp in Atlanta and all I can say is 'Wow.' That move in the all-star game? I don't even know what to say." Brooklyn Pope, in other words, already knows that she's been tagged the Next Big Thing.
She also knows she isn't supposed to believe any of it. From the time she was nine years old, her coaches have been preaching humility and teamwork and respect. They tell her that the recruiters and the scouts and the player-ranking Web sites are a dangerous hype machine that will forget her just as quickly as it has built her up. They tell her that being able to dunk won't be enough to make her a special player. Last year, after all, Candace Parker, a high school senior from Illinois, won the slam dunk contest at the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game—against a field full of boys. To get to the next level, she's told, she'll have to learn to play vanilla. Don't let your head get full of helium, the coaches say. Can't let yourself think you're all that. But when you're a fifteen-year-old freshman being told repeatedly that you are all that-and told just as often not to believe a word of it—how do you know whom to listen to?
Charles P. Pierce • GQ • April 1997
A legendary profile of a 21-year-old Tiger Woods, published just before he won the Masters by 12 strokes. He would never again be as candid with the press.
This is one of the jokes that Tiger told:
He puts the tips of his expensive shoes together, and he rubs them up and down against each other. "What's this?" he asks the women, who do not know the answer.
"It's a black guy taking off his condom," Tiger explains.
He tells jokes that are going to become something else entirely when they appear in this magazine because he is not most 21-year-olds, and because he is not going to be a 45-year-old club pro with a nose spidered red and hands palsied with the gin yips in the morning, and because—through his own efforts, the efforts of his father, his management team and his shoe company, and through some of the most bizarre sporting prose ever concocted—he's become the center of a secular cult, the tenets of which hold that something beyond golf is at work here, something that will help redeem golf from its racist past, something that will help redeem America from its racist past, something that will bring a new era of grace and civility upon the land, and something that will, along the way, produce in Tiger Woods the greatest golfer in the history of the planet. It has been stated—flatly, and by people who ought to know better—that the hand of God is working through Tiger Woods in order to make this world a better place for us all.
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A midnight movie that makes you wish you went to bed early, "John Dies at the End" falls into the no-man's-land of movies you may need to be high to enjoy, but can barely follow when sober.
Throughout "John," Dave (Chase Williamson) tells a newspaper reporter (Paul Giamatti) about the recent adventure in which Dave and his friend John (Rob Mayes) confront a bizarre drug known as "soy sauce." He also describes an alien infestation that may or may not involve portals to other universes and random obnoxiousness from vaguely defined characters.
Adapting David Wong's novel, writer-director Don Coscarelli (the superior "Bubba Ho-Tep") aims for trippy but has almost nothing cool or fun to work with. "John Dies at the End" may be consistently weird, but it's less like a unique vision of dark mysteries than the movie Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko") or Gregg Araki ("Kaboom") might make if their talent took some time off.
The oddities in "John" occasionally earn a chuckle, but most of the film's attitude is purely tiresome, from the visual gimmicks (Whoa, Dave's talking into a bratwurst!) to dialogue like, "I want to shoot you so bad my dick's hard." Even those who delight in films that are desperate to be instant cult classics have to admit "John Dies at the End" is all condiments and no meat.
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UNITED NATIONS — The UN's chief human rights official led calls by rights activist organizations on Tuesday for Washington to explain whether U.S. forces lawfully killed Osama bin Laden.
The request by Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, came even as the world body continues to falter over its multi-year bid to define terrorism.
Pillay's bid also appeared to contradict the position held by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who on Monday described the U.S. action as a "watershed moment in our common global fight against terrorism."
The mixed messages are likely to heighten critics' claims that the UN's human rights apparatus is frequently quick to probe for abuses by Western democracies — even as it appears to limit its criticism of some of the world's established human rights abuser states.
In an example of UN human rights scrutiny involving Canada, the UN's Working Group on People of African Descent announced this week it will visit the country May 16-20 to probe for discrimination against African-Canadians. In recent years the committee has visited the United States, Ecuador and Belgium — but shunned such destinations as Libya, where independent human rights groups such as UN Watch have said black Africans face persecution, and Sudan, where the United States has accused the Arab-led government of committing genocide in Darfur.
On the U.S. action in Pakistan Sunday, Pillay agreed that bin Laden was a "very dangerous man" who had acknowledged having "command responsibility for the most appalling acts of terrorism" — including the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States that killed almost 3,000. But she also said the United States had always "clearly stated they intended to arrest bin Laden if they could."
Admitting that taking bin Laden alive was "always going to be difficult," Pillay nevertheless signalled the United States needs to explain more about what happened in the compound.
"This was a complex operation and it would be helpful if we knew the precise facts surrounding his killing," Pillay said. "The United Nations has consistently emphasized that all counter-terrorism acts must respect international law."
Amnesty International said it was seeking "greater clarification" about what went on, while New York-based Human Rights Watch said "law enforcement" principles should have applied.
"If he wasn't shooting at the soldiers, the killing should be investigated," Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch Asia director, said in Bangkok at the launch of a report on Thailand.
"People are saying that justice has been done, but justice has not been done. Justice is when you arrest someone and put them on trial."
The White House on Tuesday scrambled to release a so-called "narrative" of the events leading to bin Laden's death after various government sources a day earlier suggested the al-Qaida leader had both been armed and used a woman as a human shield.
While the narrative said bin Laden had not been armed, it recounted a fierce firefight with others as the special operations forces fought their way to the compound's second and third floors, where the al-Qaida leader and family members were located. Bin Laden was also said to have offered resistance, while a woman identified as a wife lunged at the operatives, leading to her being wounded with a shot to the leg.
"There was concern bin Laden would oppose the . . . operation, and indeed he did resist," said Jay Carney, White House spokesman. "Bin Laden's wife rushed the U.S. assaulter, but was not killed. Bin Laden was then shot and killed."
Carney stated that "resistance does not require a firearm" after a reporter pressed him on how bin Laden could have posed a threat.
Speaking earlier, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the operation was "lawful, legitimate and appropriate in every way."
"The people who were responsible for that action both in the decision making and in the effecting of that decision, handled themselves, I think, quite well," he told the judiciary committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
A U.S. executive order signed in 1981 prohibits the United States or anyone acting on its behalf from conducting assassinations, but U.S. officials have argued there is legal latitude to target individuals in an ongoing conflict — including the current one in which bin Laden himself declared war on the United States and other nations.
"The principles of distinction and proportionality that the U.S. applies are . . . implemented rigorously throughout the planning and execution of lethal operations to ensure that operations are conducted in accordance with all applicable law," Harold Koh, legal adviser at the U.S. State Department, told a meeting of the American Society of International Law last year.


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The city's diverse cultural make up shines brightly through the globally inspired cuisine found in almost every Winnipeg neighbourhood. With one of the highest restaurants per capita ratios in North America -- Winnipeg has over 1,100 restaurants, diners and delis specializing in any kind of cuisine you can think of, from regional Canadian fare to fiery hot dishes from the tropics to gourmet cuisine from award-winning chefs.
As the 2010 Culture Capital of Canada, Winnipeg is a city where people truly can experience a wide array of world-class arts and culture on every corner. Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and Prairie Theatre Exchange, just to name a few, are some of the many arts organizations in the city.
Winnipeg is also proud to be home to the much-anticipated Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the first federal museum to be located outside of the nation's capital. Its purpose is to engage visitors to learn, reflect and discuss human rights issues that people have faced throughout the years in Canada and across the world.
he site of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, The Forks, cannot be more fitting. For over 6,000 years, First Nations people have gathered at The Forks – a National Historical Site featuring 50 unique shops and restaurants.
An affordable housing market further enhances the quality of life in Winnipeg. Winnipeg enjoys one of the most diverse housing markets in Canada, with homes ranging from brand new, to previously unoccupied houses to charming older homes surrounded by large trees in established neighbourhoods.
(information provided through economicdevelopmentwinnipeg.com)


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