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Gallery: Ted Yarwood Decor & Landscaping Photos
A photographer's retrospective.
Full of colour and pattern, a living room really shines.
This living room's cosy mood comes from its chocolate-brown walls, painted Rockies Brown (2107-30) by Benjamin Moore. Furniture is placed in a traditional arrangement, but two upholstered cubes stand in for a coffee table. There's an interplay of contemporary and traditional prints, courtesy of the wallpaper and sofa cushions, which keeps the design current.
White walls and high beams enlarge this interior.
Rustic beams draw the eye upward, making the ceiling in this great room look even higher. A peaked roof keeps the room light and airy, and ceiling fans cool the house on hot summer days. A sisal rug and neutral furniture colours keep the space casual and cottagey.
For more inspiration, see our Traditional Cottages photo gallery, Cottages & Country Houses photo gallery, plus more Melody Duron Interiors.
Designer David Powell of Toronto's Powell & Bonnell created a contemporary, family-friendly home against a traditional backdrop.
In the living room, light cream painted walls allow the architecture to stand out. Upholstered furniture pieces with rounded lines make the space feel inviting. A crystal chandelier, silk drapes and mercury-glass lamps add shine.
Delicately scented flowers delight all the senses.
Perfumed by dianthus, lavender and roses, this pretty pea-gravel pathway leads from the main house and winds among rockeries and an old stand of cedars before arriving at this 170-year-old guest house.
A distressed harvest table contrasts glam cabinets and lighting.
A kitchen lighting system that layers an antique chandelier, antique wall sconces, pot lights mounted under the cabinets and a candelabra with taper candles is visually stunning but also allows the flexibility to create any type of mood. Herringbone patterned hardwood floors only add to the European country, luxe look. Framed French doors and leaded glass cabinet doors elevate the kitchen's high style even more while milk stools used as seating around the harvest table keep it casual and comfortable.
View more French inspired interiors in our gallery.
For more island inspiration, see our Kitchen Tables As Islands photo gallery.
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Clean-lined, solid wood furniture makes a modern statement against traditional details.
Designer and cookbook author Sophie Conran loves Christian Liaigre's early 20th century-inspired furniture, such as the pieces pictured here. This living room showcases a stunning juxtaposition of modern shapes and old world accents, like the gilt-framed Van Dyck and carved-marble fireplace.
See more photos of Conran's favourite things in our gallery. Enjoy pictures of this entire neo-classical house, also, in our April 2008 issue.
A sparkling chandelier, gilt mirror and cream upholstered chairs look luxurious against dark wood flooring and furniture.
Deep grey painted walls create a look that's both refined and glamorous.
Tackle awkward landscaping areas with brightly-hued blooms.
Rising up from the flagstone pool deck, a sloping garden is home to a showy and sweetly scented mock orange shrub, daisies and lilies, as well as a terraced rock garden where more daisies, roses, gold-hued alyssum and a variety of perennial geraniums bask in the sun, creating a sense of tamed wilderness.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
This sweet-yet-sophisticated design includes white furniture, wallpaper and a lively bedding set.
A new palette of soft, silvery greens and blues create a muted backdrop for vibrant patterned fabrics in teal, white and grass green. The existing bed frame was freshened up with bright white paint and upholstered in a bold geometric print.
Top-floor style, inspired by an artist's atelier.
In this open-concept workspace, metal details — from the steel trestle desk to the vintage chair — add unmistakably French flair. Eight-foot ceilings and a wall of French doors create the illusion the the space is much larger than its actual 11′ x 15′.
French doors, marble floors and custom walls are some of the luxurious features in the grand, light-filled dining room.
An antique silver candelabra and a pair of Art Deco chandeliers are the perfect complement to modern artwork and a bright, contemporary colour palette.
See more beautiful interiors with gorgeous flooring in our photo gallery.
A chandelier adds glamour to a simple space.
In a kitchen with restrained design and a mostly-white colour scheme, a modern chandelier offers a glittery counterpoint. Woven textures and colourful flowers keep the space from looking too bare.
Choose plantings that mimic an enchanting, English-country garden.
Running along the side of the house, a wide flagstone path is softened by moss growing in its crevices. The plants appear to grow uninhibited and wild, but the low boxwood hedges and careful dispersion of colour throughout the greenery hints that things are actually well-controlled.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Tuck pretty plants into a shady corner to create an inviting space.
Plantings of different heights give this garden a loose, organic look, as do the climbing plants up the pergola columns. The addition of a small garden path, which disappears behind the plants, produces the illusion of a larger yard.
Create extra workspace with an oversized island.
Tall, elegant French doors fill the airy kitchen with light, which is enhanced by light from a stunning polished-nickel light fixture above the walnut island. Set slightly above the top of the island, a large chopping block becomes a design feature in its own right. During parties, the island is the perfect spot to set up a buffet. Pale engineered oak flooring has a casual aesthetic.
Mix period pieces for added interest.
Add elegance to any space by taking inspiration from the past. Here, Regency-style chairs are a pleasing contrast to the ebony-stained dining table.
Create interest by mixing formal and country gardening styles.
In this parterre-style formal garden, 16 boxwood squares hold roses, poppies, peonies and delphinium. Cast-iron urns set on clean-lined bases punctuate the garden. The building beyond the garden houses a workshop, a new horse barn and a garage. It's painted in Falun red paint, an environmentally safe powdered paint that's mixed with water, linseed oil and dishwashing liquid.
Barbara Barry pendant lights add elegance to a custom kitchen.
Designer Brian Gluckstein chose dark Macassar ebony for the cabinetry, with a clean black "frame" that sets off the rich wood. White counters and backsplash help keep the room light and airy. The 9′ x 4′ island houses the sink, dishwasher and a wine fridge. Stainless steel appliances and cabinetry break up the expanse of dark wood, keeping the look fresh.
This spare yet elegant design features standout pieces mixed with timeless antiques.
Before the reno, visitors entered the house through this former foyer, which has been transformed into a sitting area. Since heritage restrictions prevented her from sealing the old front door, it became a spot to hang pieces of art. Here, two works (the smaller is by friend Michelle Lloyd Bermann, the larger by Canadian artist Gary Slipper) share the space with more exuberant installations, including photographer Terry Richardson's portrait of model Amber Valletta. Similarly spunky juxtapositions define the furniture, a mix of contemporary and vintage pieces. "Only two, maybe three antiques per room," Sharon advises.
Find more inspiration in our Traditional Living Rooms photo gallery, and see the rest of Sharon Mimran's stunning heritage home renovation in our video tour.


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Metal Gear 25th Anniversary
Metal Gear Art Studio offered in franchise anniversary celebrations
Konami has released the Metal Gear Art Studio, an online set of digital drawing tools. Apparently the brainchild of artist Yoji Shinkawa as part of the franchise's 25th anniversary celebrations, the online tools are supposed to be functionally identical to those used to create the distinctive brush-style concept art which has so defined Metal Gear. […]
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Metal Gear Solid artist planning "surprise" for franchise anniversary
Metal Gear Solid debuted a gorgeous brush-stroke style art style which later went on to become one of the series's defining characteristics, linking artist Yoji Shinkawa with the franchise forevermore. For the 25th anniversary of the very first Metal Gear, the series's Facebook page has promised the artist is preparing a "very special surprise". Obviously […]
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Kojima productions gave a first look at the next Metal Gear game during the franchise's 25th anniversary celebrations – Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes.
Metal Gear's 25th anniversary event to 'shake up' industry
Metal Gear's 25th anniversary event will include "exciting announcements" and something which will cause the industry to "be shook," according to the latest Kojima Productions Report podcast.
Hideo Kojima locked in for PAX Prime panel
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will continue his celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary with a panel at PAX prime.
Konami bringing the big guns to EG Expo
Konami is to bring its biggest-ever playable line-up to this year's Eurogamer Expo, giving attendees the chance to go hands-on with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, PES 2013, Zone of the Enders HD Collection and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate on 3DS. To celebrate Metal Gear's 25th anniversary, the expo will also feature […]
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Katis turned in three top 50 performances at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials – Swimming (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's swimming program was well represented at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials this past week as 15 current, future and former Crimson took to the pool in Omaha, Neb., vying for a spot in the London Olympic Games.
Rising sophomore Chuck Katis turned in Harvard's best all-around performance as he placed in the top 50 in three events. He began the meet with his best showing, a 37th-place finish in the 100 breast prelims. The top 16 swimmers from the preliminary round advanced to the semifinals, and Katis' time of 1:03.06 missed the cut by just over one second.
Katis returned to action in the 200 breast and placed 45th in 2:17.64. His meet concluded with the 200 IM as he finished 41st in 2:04.94.
Harvard was best represented in the 1,500 free as 2010 alum Alex Meyer led a quartet of Crimson. Meyer, who will represent Team USA in London in the men's open water competition, finished 40th (15:47.52) in the race and was closely followed by incoming freshman Steven Kekacs who took 46th in 15:51.28. Rising sophomores Mike Gaudiani (16:04.72) and Reed Snyder (16:07.33) placed 66th and 73rd, respectively.
Harvard received several stellar performances from next year's freshman class as Kekacs combined with classmates Christian Carbone and Christian Yeager to post three top-50 finishes. Carbone finished 30th in the 400 IM in 4:26.11 while Yeager placed 48th in the 200 back in 2:03.98.
Also competing in Omaha for the Crimson were current team members Spenser Goodman, Oliver Lee, Chris Satterthwaite, Griffin Schumacher and Zach Walters, incoming freshman Tyler Rocca, and 2012 grad Niall Janney.
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Irking the WorkersBy Ericka Chickowski Print
Big IT projects sometimes go wrong in spectacular ways, with some common themes running through the disaster stories like fault lines.
It is imperative that an organization pay its employees on time and as promised. In today's environment, IT is a critical partner in making that happen. When IT fails to do so, the whole organization suffers.
Sprint-Nextel Get Static Over Unpaid Commissions
Last December, news trickled in from the District Court of Kansas that a cadre of former and current Sprint-Nextel employees had filed a class action lawsuit against the telecom giant to fight for more than $5 million in sales commissions they say were never paid to them. Though Sprint has so far chosen to fight the suit, it has admitted that it has consistently had problems figuring out how to pay its employees accurately the first time around. The culprit? Creaky back-end systems that were never appropriately integrated when Sprint and Nextel merged in 2005.
Details about the systems themselves are scanty, but what the court documents did disclose was illuminating. According to Sprint, it has spent close to $10 million to fix problems within the computer system governing sales tracking and commission payouts. The company says that it provided underpaid employees a process for fixing pay discrepancies. Therein lies the rub.
The plaintiffs in this case charge that this paperwork-laden process was needlessly complex; it was too difficult and took too long to navigate, they say. This case is a good example of how executive response to end users after an IT snafu can greatly affect the ultimate response to technical problems. Had Sprint made a more comprehensive effort to make its employees whole, minus a lot of red tape, it likely could have avoided the lawsuit.
Lessons Learned: Throwing money at a problem doesn't always work. Communication and an earnest effort to make users whole after IT failure.
LAUSD Payroll Problems
When the Los Angeles Unified School District announced it was ready to flip the switch on an ambitious, $95 million plan to migrate its payroll systems to SAP, the teachers' union response was, "Are you sure it's ready?"
Union leaders asked that the district test the new payroll system while concurrently running the old one in order to ensure a smooth transition. The district, and its consultant Deloitte Consulting, chose to ignore the request. LAUSD and Deloitte said that such testing would be too costly.
Even after a spate of red-flags popped up during the preceding months -- so many that the district CIO resigned in disgust six-months before showtime -- the district pulled the trigger and brought the system live in late January 2007. What followed was a year-long chain reaction of failure that caused teachers to picket, kept payroll clerks from going home on many long nights, and eventually cost the school district an additional $35 million to clean up the mess. Over the course of 2007, some employees were overpaid, others underpaid and some were not paid at all for months on end.
So many things went wrong that it's hard to pinpoint a single cause for the pain. Among the contributing factors: a failure to scrub data before migration, bugs in the custom code developed by Deloitte to tailor the system to LAUSD needs, and inadequate system training for payroll clerks. All of this was exacerbated by the convoluted and complex contract arrangements with individual teachers and creaky hardware infrastructure tasked with running the payroll platform.
Some believe that what really torpedoed the project, though, was an extreme lack of leadership. The executive the school district brought on to sponsor the implementation program didn't just lack ERP experience, he had very little knowledge or expertise about any IT systems. Furthermore, when CIO Megan Klee resigned in 2006, the district piled her duties on top of the CFO. Clearly, no one was manning the tiller.
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This is an advanced video course, investigating the scope of symbolic and improvisatory cinematic storytelling. Students will explore unconventional methods of video acquisition, manipulation, processing, editing and display. Students will be able to delve into media hybrids, rather than established narrative forms, underscoring metaphorical poetic styles that inform the structure of the work. Emphasis is on the development of acute observational skills and innovative visualization techniques and encourages divergent thinking and cognitive flexibility. This course is for students who have a sustained interest in using video and digital cinema's technologies as part of their art making. Required of Photo majors in the Video track. Open studio elective. Prerequisite: PHV267 Video/Digital Cinema I or signature of instructor. Open studio elective.
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- Unreal! Best football team in the world. Hard to believe, but not really.
- Rodgers was pretty solid. As usual, he was better in the first half. But his drive at the end there was pretty good. Pretty damn good.
- James Harrison and Troy Polamalu were unbelievably non-existent. Troy Polamalu had 3 tackles and absolutely nothing else. In fact, he really blew an his assignment on Jennings for that TD. James Harrison had 1 sack – and that's it. Absolutely nothing else. The credit for this goes to Mike McCarthy. Setting up a game plan to steer clear of a defense's 2 best players like McCarthy did tonight is really amazing. That's a good reason why our offense put up 24 points.
- I thought Jordy Nelson would have a big game. Interestingly, both Brother Steve and I figured Nelson would be the dude tonight. Steve called it on the Dennis Miller show and I called it here – both independently because neither of us pay any attention to what the other is doing/saying. Nice.
- Anyone else shocked that Mike Wallace went for 9 catches and 89 yards, 1 TD? He really had a nice game in the end – making several nice catches against Tramon.
- Matthews had a few big plays. The blocked pass and the forced fumble were huge. In fact, it is just plain rare to see a RB making his first move only to fumble. That was a huge hit by Matthews and just a great play.
- I was wrong about Desmond Bishop being the MVP. But he was good tonight. He had a few monster hits and some nice tackles.
- James Starks was really good actually despite the limited action. I was going nuts in the second half wanting more run plays because Pitt just plain stopped playing the run. They rushed 4-5 guys every play and dropped everyone else into the passing lanes. Defense became so easy for Pitt during the 3rd quarter. But just at the right time, McCarthy called a couple run plays and Starks had a huge run on one of them.
- Pleased with McCarthy's play-calling tonight.
- Pleased with McCarthy over all. He caught a lot of crap from lots of fans and others over this year. He has more than answered the call – he has been a different coach since the Detroit loss. He led this team forcefully through the end of this season. He was absolutely fantastic down the stretch.
- Pleased with Ted Thompson. Yes, I was one of the people saying he wasn't doing enough. And amazingly, I still think there were a couple of moves that might have helped. But after winning the Super Bowl, it's awfully difficult to argue with his management of this team. His pick-up of Howard Green goes down as, I don't know, ridiculous. It made a huge difference in the way our defense finished this season. Not only did Green add depth, but he also added a dimension to our defense that wasn't there before. He was good tonight too – he caused the first Big Ben pick pretty much by himself.
- Jarrett Bush was very good tonight. He put pressure on Roeth several times but his pick was really, really good. He pushed his way right into the passing lane on that pass, when Shields already had tight coverage and he just ripped the ball away. That was a key moment.
- I'm glad Pitt decided to shy away from the run when down later in the second half. They were starting to run at will (in part because we insisted on doing the 5 DB thing) but then they got behind and started throwing. They had some success throwing too, but I think the loss of Emmanuel Sanders may have quietly limited their game plan.
- Atari Bigby being interviewed right now by Dan Needles. He has huge sunglasses on because chances are huge that he's stoned right now. Bigby was just asked how he's going to celebrate tonight and his gut response, the words that came out first were "oh…wow….". His way of saying "tons, and tons of weed".
- I do think Roethlisberger had real trouble with Capers' game plan in the first half. He drew up a really nice plan and it wasn't until we lost practically our entire secondary that Pitt was able to crack through with that late 1st half TD.
- I'm just so proud of this team. We stuck with it. We didn't fall into conservative mode. We kept going with what worked.
- You all better be partying hard right now. I've done my part with many beers, sitting on the left side of my couch, etc. Fantastic season and a huge thank you to all who read us. I really enjoy doing this and the main reason I enjoy it is because our readers are so knowledgeable, fun, funny and interesting. Thanks again readers!
Game Thoughts Packers/Steelers
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Frank P. Says:
February 6, 2011 at 11:02 pm |
I'm as elated as I can be typing this. Thanks to the Packers for an amazing season and thanks to PackerGeeks for the insightful commentary throughout the season. Go Pack Go!
jimthepackertfan Says:
February 6, 2011 at 11:24 pm |
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February 6, 2011 at 11:28 pm |
Doug In Sandpoint Says:
February 6, 2011 at 11:33 pm |
Just got home from the game and I have no voice. Sat in the middle of Steelers Central. They were pretty knowlegeable and great fans. It was so much fun I can't stand it.
Too bad Woodson broke his collarbone, but it will heal stonger than before. Get ready for next year. Let THE DYNASTY begin!!!!
Travis Says:
February 6, 2011 at 11:39 pm |
Honestly.. I'm so happy. I had the guys over for the game and we had a great time.. even if not everyone was cheering for the Pack.. Either way, it was awesome and I'm so happy for Rodgers. He deserved it, a long with Woodson, class acts. And well I think I might drink all night. Thats how happy and excited I am. We did it. You could be a great team (The Pats) and come up short, but to actually finish and win it all (the superbowl) is an accomplishment and something you can't take for granted.. its surreal. I love it, we deserved it! Great job guys, lets take this all in, celebrate, and work on continuing the decade with possibly a few more under the belt!
Dave In Tucson Says:
February 7, 2011 at 12:15 am |
So many thoughts. A couple of things, though:
–Yes, TT is a genius. So many guys on IR. Grant goes down, Finley goes down… and we still win the SB? Ridiculous. Ridiculously good.
–And Dom Capers needs to be recognized too. That defense carried us pretty much the whole way. Except for the Atlanta game, the Packers offense scored exactly two second-half touchdowns. THAT's how good the D was. It made it stick.
Dave In Tucson Says:
February 7, 2011 at 12:16 am |
Packers offense scored exactly two second-half touchdowns
Meant to add "in the playoffs" there. :-p
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Keefer147 Says:
February 7, 2011 at 12:27 am |
Thanks for work work this year…this site is awesome!
Keefer147 Says:
February 7, 2011 at 12:31 am |
Wow…Mendenhall 63 yds on 14 carries = 4.5 avg; Starks 52 yds on 11 carries = 4.7 avg… #kept'emhonest
Kai Says:
February 7, 2011 at 4:10 am |
Just got home from the game. Sat outside with hundreds and hundreds of Packer Nation! Absolutely amazing!! Nice to see ARodge get that monkey off his back!! I also want to give a shout out to the Steelers fans who also showed strong support…..all of them were classy and smart as Doug mentioned and several offered Congrats! Well deserved for a team who hung with it through a tough injury ridden season!
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Kozak Says:
February 7, 2011 at 8:05 am |
So sweet. As happy as I am for Rodgers, Matthews Raji and Jennings, I'm thrilled that Driver and Woodson got well deserved and long awaited Superbowl rings. This team showed more heart, guts and fortitude then any team I have ever seen.
PackerBelle Says:
February 7, 2011 at 8:54 am |
Still just deliriously happy (albeit very sleep deprived). Have to give this team credit for never giving up. I was freaked when Woodson went out and then Driver. But, like all year, the next man up did what needed to be done. So happy for Woodson and Driver, those are two great guys who really deserve this. It is too bad they couldn't play the whole game but I would bet it means a lot that their teammates stepped it up to win it for them.
Hopefully next year we can get our offense a little more consistent since it seems to disappear a bit in the second half, but I think losing Driver was a big part of that. But no matter what the Packers are the world champs and the Lombardi Trophy is coming home!
Dan Berg Says:
February 7, 2011 at 9:13 am |
What a game. What a season. I am walking on air today. Today is a VERY NICE day to be a a Packer Backer in Chicagoland!!! Go GB.
DaveK Says:
February 7, 2011 at 9:43 am |
What a game!
Turnovers were the difference. Green getting a fantastic push and hitting Ben's arm causing a wounded duck was just a huge play by a guy picked up mid-way through the season. Collin's turning it into 6 points was amazing also. What a run and when we watch the film 10 years from now it will be that play that I will say had the biggest impact on the game.
Matthews and Pickett's fumble tackle turned the tide. Bishop's sure hangs scooping it up can't be overlooked either. Just a monster play in the game.
On offense: Rodgers accuracy is just the best I have ever seen in a QB. Only perfect throws defeat that defense and he made them all game. How frustrating must Steelers fan's have been all game. Good coverage. Good pressure on Rodgers and he just throws darts for completions. Clifton was outstanding and a key to the game but Wells might be the MVP on the line. They put him on an island in the middle against a good NT and he held up all game. Starks…the guys just doesn't take a loss. He turns no gainers into positive plays. Give this offense a legit TE threat and watch out next year.
Ron LC Says:
February 9, 2011 at 9:25 am |
The turnovers are always the difference. + 3 in the SB with three Td's resulting says it all. If Capers stays this philosophy will always be there.
Any improvement in the Offensive consistency will garner huge dividends.
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RayMidge Says:
February 7, 2011 at 11:17 am |
Sterling Sharpe was touting Jordy Nelson all week on NFL netwwork, too… great minds etc…
Agree with everyone above. Just a really fun team to root for. So happy for Woodson, Driver, Rodgers, TT, heck all of 'em. We want to root for a team AND like the players too, this team made it easy to do that. Class acts all around.
CindyV Says:
February 7, 2011 at 12:17 pm |
The Packer victory is sweet. What's even sweeter are the calls and tweets I'm getting from friends who either didn't like Aaron Rodgers or were critical of Ted/Mike. All calling to say sorry, I was right. 😉
PackerBelle Says:
February 7, 2011 at 1:08 pm |
Someone asked MM about the fact that Holmgren left not long after winning SB XXXI (and then losing XXXII).
He replied "I would hope this is my last job. I'm a builder and we have built something special. This program was built the right way, has quality people in Aaron Rodgers and all the way through that are going to lead this football team for a long time. So I would definitely hope this is my last job." http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/115483904.html
Nice to hear. He's really taken some big steps forward this year as a coach and it would be nice to keep him around.
Trav Says:
February 7, 2011 at 3:09 pm |
As for the game…no words left to describe the happiness.
Andy – Thanks for all the work this year and making this a place where civilized conversation can occur regarding the team. When I look at other blogs or places where people can post, it's either filled with all haters or those that want to turn it around to soapbox about "insert your political affiliation here". It's nice to have this as an outlet for knowledgeable fans who can articulate a thought while still wearing the green & gold blinders. 🙂 Looking forward to next season already. Great work!
Early line (should there be a season) is Packers 7 to 1 to repeat. NE is 8 to 1. Pitt is 10 to 1.
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February 11, 2011 at 10:31 am |
Sorry to be so late to the party here –I am just now getting over the shock. Never in a million uears would I have put GB even IN the SB this year, much oless win it. Amazing job by everyone involved–all season long.
On the NFL network on SB micked up Jennings said after GB's last drive something to the effect of I love our defense but we put them in this position every game. Correct Greg and lok how they came through. Absolutely awesome season.
Thanks for the site-looking forward to next year–hope GB continues the tradition of repeating the following year when they get to the SB.


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… and a killer pickled garlic scape tartar sauce – if I do say so myself.
I'm not one to shy away from fried foods. What I do tend to avoid are large stinky messes.
Fried foods are notorious for producing an enormous mess. The bubbly caldron of hot oil leaves a lingering smell which takes months and multiple bottles of Febreze to remove. Not to mention the layer of grease that coats every counter, cabinet and counter-dwelling kitchen machinery. Those who know me well know that cleanliness is not something I excel in so again – if I can I will avoid the opportunity to spend hours on my knees scrubbing and poslishing feeling as if I am Cinderella being tortured by my evil step-mother and sisters.
But when I became the proud owner of three Walla Walla onions so fresh the dirt was still attached – my first thought was onion rings.
In order to avoid the mess I set out to make oven-fried onion rings. Just so you know this wasn't a health choice for me. It was all in the name of ease and less mess. And I must say I succeeded beyond my expetations because not only were these simple, quick and clean to throw together but they came out as crispy and flavorful as their deep-fried brothers.
If you, like me, love the grease but hate the mess then let us celebrate in the name of laziness for a recipe that takes more time to clean the grease off our fingers than off our counters.
Oven-Fried Onion Rings
2 medium onions (sweet or yellow) cut into 1/2 – inch rings
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/2 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
1 egg
1/4 cup + 1 tbl. flour
1 1/2 cups finely crushed potato chips (I highly recommend Kettle chips if you can find them)
3 tbl. vegetable oil
Pre-heat your oven to 450*
Combine 1/4 cup flour, salt, pepper and cayenne in a bowl large enough to dip the onions into.
In another similar size bowl combine the buttermilk, egg and 1/4 cup + 1 tbl. flour. Whisk until a smooth batter is formed. This should be the consistency of a slightly loose pancake batter. If it's too runny add 1 tbl. more flour.
Have all your ingredients nearby to minimize the mess. First your seasoned flour, then the batter and finally a bowl containing your finely crushed chips.
Dip an onion ring into the seasoned flour. This will help the batter to adhere which helps the chips to adhere. They all work together – deliciously.
After the seasoned flour, dip the onion into the buttermilk batter. Let the excess batter dribble off before you coat the wet ring with the crushed chips. You will need to use your hands a bit to make sure the chips adhere.
Repeat this process with all the onion rings.
Cover a baking sheet with a piece of parchment. Drizzle with 3 tbl. vegetable oil then pop it into the hot oven for 8 minutes – or until the oil just starts to smoke. Carefully remove the baking sheet from the oven and rotate to evenly coat with oil.
Quickly place your onion rings on the baking sheet then return to the oven. Bake for 8 minutes then flip each ring over before baking for another 8 minutes. Sprinkle with salt while they're still hot.
Serve with …
Remember those pickled scapes – and you thought to yourself – what would I ever do with pickled garlic scapes?! Now you know.
Pickled Garlic Scape Tartar Sauce
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tbl. pickled garlic scapes, finely chopped (or any other pickled item you have on hand)
1/2 tsp. basil, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. fennel leaves, finely chopped
1/4 tsp. pickle juice – whatever pickle you use – add a tiny splash of it's pickling juice
Combine all the ingredients. Taste and season with salt and pepper if it needs it. If you want a touch of heat this can handle the addition of a little, finely minced raw garlic.
*note* If you have problems getting the chips to stay on – and as you can see in some of my photos I did, but they still were delicious – you can add in some crushed Saltine crackers. This helps with the adhesion. You can add as much as half the quantity of chips. So it would be 50% potato chips and 50% Saltine crackers. I do however prefer the taste of using all potato chips.


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Just Cause 2 has an amazing grappling hook technique, but it's got limits: you can only attach it to one thing (either two objects to each other or one to yourself). Lucky for us PC mods know no limits!
This is Bolo's Patch, for the PC version of the game, which gives you multiple grappling hook attachments. Letting you attach it to something, then something else, then something else, etc etc. Or, in practical terms, from a chopper to a truck to a corpse to a truck to a tank to another truck to a car.
This transforms the game's existing "wrecking ball" dynamic - where you attach something to the underside of a helicopter and smash stuff - into something the Prince of all Cosmos would be proud of.
Just Cause 2: Henry's Helicopter Death Machine [PC Format]


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Season 5 Episode 26 | 19m 50s
Young Somalian refugee Ndizeye is navigating new her new life and love (played by Gbenga Akinnagbe) in the U.S. until unexpected visitors come knocking at her door. A film by Dehanza Rogers.
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'Open access' tributes to Aaron Swartz
The suicide of hacker and digital activist Aaron Swartz has prompted academics from around the globe to post their research online for free, and led the university involved in Swartz's prosecution to launch an investigation into its own role in events leading to his death.
By late on Monday, more than 30,000 messages on the social media website Twitter contained the hashtag #pdftribute, notating them as tributes to Swartz's memory. Many of the tweets featured links to researchers' work in fields ranging from intellectual property law to medicine.
Advocates of the "open access" to journals advocated by Swartz are hoping the #pdftribute campaign could help further the cause of researchers publishing in journals that keep their papers open to the public, rather than requiring payments.
"It's likely that papers shared this way will become highly visible in search engines ... and (academics) will release more scholarly literature to the general public," said Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Civic Media.
Also Monday, the Internet Archive, a nonprofit online library in San Francisco, opened the Aaron Swartz Collection for people to upload computer code and other projects they'd worked on with Swartz.
Federal charges
At the time of his death, Swartz was facing federal charges of accessing MIT's computing network without authorization and lifting papers from a digital library there.
The grassroots tribute movement started over the weekend, following Swartz's suicide on Friday. The gesture was then promoted by such online activist groups as the hacker collective Anonymous and Stanford University's Program on Liberation Technology.
Swartz had been one of the Internet's most vocal and active critics of closed information, especially that kept private by the U.S. government, and had developed a Robin Hood-like reputation for obtaining big stores of information and providing it to the public for free. Swartz believed that most research that was funded by taxpayer dollars should be open to anyone.
Academic papers can have tricky copyright regulations, depending how the papers are published. Leading academics, like UC Davis biologist Jonathan Eisen, reinforced the #pdftribute movement with guidance on how to publish papers to "open-access" journals rather than more restrictive publications.
Eisen, for instance, publishes all of his lab's research with open-access journals and has asked researchers to avoid non-open-access journals for both publishing and reviewing.
'Open access' not perfect
Yet, while many younger academics may agree with "open access" in concept, the construct of the university tenure system and the desire to gain notoriety make it difficult for them to follow through on that philosophy. Papers appearing in big-name academic journals, such as Nature, are instrumental in helping a new professor reach tenure. Few open-access journals have that kind of clout.
Eisen says institutions relying on the reputation of the journals that tenure candidates are published in, rather than vetting the candidate's work themselves, is the root of the problem.
"What we should be doing is actually evaluating academics for their contributions - not using flawed surrogates," he says.
Eisen, who has more than 14,000 followers on Twitter, acknowledges that if academia were to go that route, researchers would have to advertise their own work more vigorously, through blogs and social media.
Depression, stress
At the time of his death, Swartz, who had battled depression, was facing the threat of a million-dollar fine and more than 30 years in jail for accessing JSTOR, an online repository of academic papers, and copying millions of documents. Many, including Swartz's family, said the stress from the government's charges led to him taking his own life at age 26.
Officials at JSTOR had worked out a deal in which Swartz returned the documents, and had "no interest" in the government's charges against Swartz. MIT, though, continued to work with prosecutors over Swartz's use of its computers to access the JSTOR documents.
MIT president L. Rafael Reif wrote a letter Monday expressing the school's condolences and pledging to open an investigation into the Massachusetts school's role in Swartz's case.
Ironically, just days before Swartz's suicide, JSTOR announced it would open up free, limited access to 1,200 academic journals in its possession.
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CT Internet necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 20 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Our client needs a logo for his newly established Spanish real estate company "Castillo Salambina". The logo must be a logo-type and either very high resolution or vector based (preferred).
Desired Color Scheme:
Client likes blue but is open to suggestions
Desired Style:
Professional, but still open and friendly. Must work in both print and on the web.
Accepted File Formats:
Eps, Illustrator or layered Photoshop file
The logo must read:
CASTILLO SALAMBINA (Capitals Optional)
With a tag line of:
INMOBILIARIA - REALESTATE - REFORMAS - DECORATIÓN (Capitals Optional)
The client has submitted to us a hand drawing of his ideas. They do not have to be followed, but can be used as inspiration.
You can see the image here: http://www.costatropicalinternet.co…sketch.jpg
The idea of the castle as the A works quite good if you ask me, but other ideas are welcome :)
I do not like the "www." and ".com" par of their brief, but would like to see suggestions where the full URL is written in conjunction with the logo-type. For reference the address is http://www.castillosalambina.com.
The office of the company will be located with a fantastic view of an Arabic castle - hence the name and the reference to a castle.
See a photo of the castle here: http://www.costatropicalinternet.co…castle.jpg
UPDATE: The client has expressed an interest in seeing more designs that incorporate the actual castle.
Here are a few more photos:
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Take the oscillating innards of an Oral-B electric toothbrush, shoehorn them into an Altoids tin, and what do you have? A curiously strong vibrator, that's what. The Homemade Sex Toys site has full step-by-step instructions. It's yet another use for the improbably versatile and useful Altoids box.
Aside from the novelty value, we're not quite understanding why you couldn't just use the toothbrush as a vibrator on its own without putting it into an Altoids Box. And, this project might be great if you already have an electric toothbrush lying around unused, but surely you wouldn't buy an Oral-B electric toothbrush just to modify it into a vibrator, would you? Perhaps a reader who knows more about vibrators and electric toothbrushes might enlighten us.


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DreamWorks Pictures has now revealed the full trailer for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, opening in theaters on December 11.
Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, the film centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family and her killer from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Oscar® nominee Mark Wahlberg and Oscar® winners Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon star along with Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Oscar® nominee Saoirse Ronan.
You can watch the trailer in QuickTime at Apple, in Flash at the film's new official website or in the embedded video below.