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Why Him? starring James Franco and Bryan Cranston will be released on 4KUHD, Blu-ray and DVD on March 28! The film was released in theaters in December 2016.
Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad, and his family visit his daughter at college, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). A rivalry develops, and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
Special features include a Gag Reel, Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentary and more. You can pre-order the film on Amazon!

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Kings lose to Sharks, earn No. 8 seed in West
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Dan Boyle is one of the older players in the NHL and he's still looking to learn a few new tricks. He learned just enough to give his team momentum heading into the postseason.
Boyle scored his second goal of the game with 1:02 remaining in overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night in the regular-season finale.
"You still learn something every year," Boyle said. "I have the worst backhand in the league probably so I got a little lucky there. You want to go out with a win and for pride. The reason you play is to win and I like the way we fought back the last few games."
Patrick Marleau also scored in the third period to tie the game for the Sharks. Joe Pavelski hit the inside of the post with a minute remaining.
"No one was pleased with the way we played in the first two periods," Sharks' coach Todd McLellan said. "We had to find ourselves in the third period. It felt like we were always chasing this year. We never felt comfortable. We'll see if facing all that adversity will help us."
Thomas Greiss replaced Antti Niemi after the second period, making six saves to record the win. Jonathan Quick had 20 saves for the Kings.
The Sharks clinched the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference and will meet the St. Louis Blues in the first round.
"We start over now," Boyle said. "We want to erase what we've done against St. Louis this year. It wasn't very good."
Justin Williams and Mike Richards each scored power-play goals for the Kings, who took a 2-0 lead into the final period. The Kings will face Presidents' Cup winner Vancouver in the opening round.
"We've done it before and we'll do it again," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "They are similar to the Sharks to be quite honest. They have really good offenses, really good power plays. We'll have our hands full."
Neither team had a chance to win the Pacific Division after Phoenix beat Minnesota 4-1 to clinch the No. 3 spot in the playoffs.
"Once they announced the Coyotes' game it seemed the team was satisfied with just being in the playoffs," Sutter said. "Now it is my responsibility to make sure they're not satisfied anymore."
A scoring frenzy down the stretch helped both teams secure playoff berths. The Kings recorded 21 points over their last 14 games and the Sharks had 23 points in their previous 18.
"It's going to be all business here the next couple of days," Jarret Stoll said. "Then travel to Vancouver and look forward to Game 1."
The NHL playoff schedule will be announced Sunday.
Williams opened the scoring with a power-play goal midway through the first period. Stoll took a long shot that bounced off Niemi's pads and right to Williams' stick.
Los Angeles scored on another power play in the final minute of the second period after killing off two penalties, one a two-man advantage.
This time it was Williams, who took the shot Niemi could not hang onto, with Richards there for the easy rebound.
Boyle sliced the lead in half 35 seconds into the third period and Marleau scored his 30th goal 8 minutes later to tie it.
The Sharks played the third period without defenders Ryane Clowe and Colin White.
NOTES: C Logan Couture was voted Sharks Player of the Year by the Bay Area media. ... Richards has points in five straight games. ... Martinez has points in three of his last five games after scoring in two of his previous 12. ... Sharks F Martin Havlat has points in his last four games. ... Marleau reached 30 goals for a fourth straight year and sixth in seven seasons. ... Pavelski left the ice after getting hit in the face with a puck in the first period. He returned after being treated for a cut lip. ... The Sharks had three 30-goal scorers for the first time in franchise history in Pavelski, Marleau and Couture.


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Welcome to my Blog!
Hi there, nice to have you visiting! I'm Heidi and this is the blog for Heidi Bears. Here is where I post all the happenings in my work and daily life. Here and there you'll find info on things that have caught my attention as well as the odd tutorial. I hope you enjoy your visits. I love to have feedback, so leave me a comment!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Joburg on foot...
I needed to go into Johannesburg today, to finalize some admin that had been sitting on the back burner, and thought I would take some pics to show you all... I have had many requests to include some daily life details and a bit about South Africa, so here it is :)
I live in a town just outside of Johannesburg (which is locally referred to in short ...as "Joburg" by South Africans). Joburg is a really big place, ringed by a network of highways, which have recently (...and when I say recently...I mean it feels like forever, but in reality has been around 2 years) been undergoing an upgrading. This has resulted in the most awesome traffic issues, with lane closures, concrete barriers and the ever present long haul trucks blocking a lot of the flow of traffic. As a result, it is a seriously huge emotional undertaking to drive into Joburg in a car...and if at all possible, should be avoided.
But wait... not all is doom and gloom because ...(drum roll please...er...or rather Vuvusela blasts)...we now have the beginnings of a public transport system!!!!! Yes, I kid you not! The Gautrain is a newly built train that at this point , transports passengers from the Oliver Tambo International Airport, to Sandton, and back again. Sandton is a very up market area of Joburg, and also the business heart of the area. So, Yours Truly, drives to the nearest parking area, jumps on the Gautrain and withing 12 minutes...can walk through the heart of Sandton!
So, some pics...
Joburg is said to be one of the "greenest "cities, and everywhere you look , you will find mature trees, planted beddings and flowers. Businesses have gone to a lot of trouble to keep their garden bits well tended and thriving, and in this area (at least), the road is a pleasure to walk along.
In the pic on the right, are the much maligned "mini bus taxis". They congregate in what are termed "taxi ranks", and although (begrudgingly conceded...) a necessity, due to our non existent public transport system, they are the scourge on the roads of South Africa.
A South African mini bus taxi is the only object in the known universe, that can fly along a potholed excuse of a road, at Mach 2, and make a midair right angled turn, cross 5 lanes of peak hour traffic, to pick up a stray passenger, all while keeping only two of the four unroadworthy wheels in contact with terra firma. A South African mini bus taxi driver, is the only person in the known universe, who can control this beast , using a ratcheting spanner to manipulate the long sticky thingy that would normally hold a steering wheel, all the while eating a big mac with one hand and talking on his cell with the other...
Rules of the road are purely a figment of the collective imagination, and a mini bus meant to carry 15 passengers, with a bit of ingenuity and a strong arm, can easily be made to transport 40 people...
No, I do not lie, ask any South African.... the average South African commuter scoffs in the face of war, pestilence, famine, nuclear anihilation, and the sky falling on his head...he has been in a mini bus taxi... and has survived to ride again tomorrow....
...ask any South African...they will tell you :)
I walked from the Gautrain terminal to the place I had my appointment, taking the pics above on my merry way, and then went to the Nelson Mandela Square. This is essentially part of a shopping mall, with a large open air area where kids can run and play and parents and families sit and enjoy a meal. The main feature, is a massive bronze statue of Mr Nelson Mandela, and this is a huge tourist attraction, as was evidenced below, by the scores of people waiting to have their pic taken standing in front of the statue... Mr Mandela has been in hospital this past weekend, and I am pleased to say, the reports are that he is doing much better and is happy to be home :)
In the pic on the right, in the far distance, in front of the arched window, if you look closely, you can see the statue of Madiba. I spent a lovely hour browsing through all the books in Exclusive Books (a very, very well stocked chain of bookstores here in SA), and bought some beautiful books on the Renaissance (my oldest daughter is studying the Renaissance in history at the moment), and some ...yes , you guessed :) KNITTING books! Yeah baby! ...who needs food and water, shelter and clothing when you have the biggest stash and the biggest library!
On the crafting front, I have been knitting some fingerless mittens for my oldest daughter. If I can twist her arm to model for me, I will post some pics. I have also been doggedly working on the hexagon blanket for my little one. I must have been on another planet when I calculated that I would need 300 odd hexagons...it seems that the number is going to end up being closer to 600! I have been using Rowan's handknit cotton and I must confess...I didn't think it would be so heavy! Oh well...she is a big , strong girl...
Right, time to sign out...
Have a good one folks!
Heidi :)
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Hello again...
Hi everyone :)
After a very long absence...and with a fresh approach, I am blogging again :)
I will hopefully post something tomorrow...thank you to everyone who has been visiting .....much ♥♥♥ to you all!
Sleep tight,
Lots of Love
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|Manuel Bello covers in NYC
Got out on the final debate night to see the Jud Bergeron's, I Will Wait Quietly at Sloan Fine Arts, What a nice thought that is in so many contexts. Jud sculpture work incorporates type and shapes with crazy construction methods to create work that is completely original. I can only imaging how labor intensive this stuff must be. I bet he goes through a good batch of jigsaw blades. Stoked to get in on this one! If you can, swing by and see it in person. It will be up until November 9th.
Come on F train...
Stopped at the ATM but had some trouble getting loot. I think there might have been something wrong with the machine.
Hello Sloan...
...and Jud's show.
Amazing use of type.
Eric White was in the house with the delightful Inga.
This must be ten feet tall.
Wood and dowels.
The lovely Naomi Harris was there. She just released her new photography book, America Swings. Looks so awesome, I want a copy!!!
But wait, could this be a fecal inspired piece. Best know fecal face is Jud's Bible. He told me so.
This stuff is so clean!
Incredible pencil pushing.
Yup, we like!
Tim is wonder what bullshit comment is going to be written about him this round.
Jud is a bad bad man. Just trapped in a nice guys body!
See, so bad!
Hey, I know that dewd.
Scott Musgrove and Jud ham it up for the camera.
That would be steal of some sort.
Some others showed up.
I will take two thanks!
Time to roll, I have a debate to watch.
Speaking of which what kinds of right wing republican would deface a pieces of defacing street art. Wait, I know the answer, all of em.
Ran into Futura2000.
About now I got a text from E.White instructing me to go watch the debate at some cafe. These ladies asked where it was... I had to give em the slip. My GrandMama would never approve.
A street style Space Invader.
Watched some Chi-town dewd take pity on a pathetic old man. You can see a Iphone syndicate member lurking about.
Party is over. Back to this deal...
I chose to live on the edge riding home...
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"Now besides simply searching on the metadata of the video files, you can search for terms that are actually mentioned inside the audio, allowing for a greater likelihood you will find relevant material. We're also automatically organizing the videos into channels based on the actual content of the video. Today you can narrow your search within entertainment, sports, and anime. And we'll continue to add more," promises PodZinger Blog.
A search for "youtube" on PodZinger shows 286,132, so we can assume that's the number of searchable videos. Unfortunately, you can't go directly to the section that contains your query, so you'll have to watch the video from the beginning.
I wonder if YouTube doesn't mind that PodZinger processes their videos. Google Video also does this, but only for videos that have captions.


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During this period the moon wanes from its last quarter phase to nearly new. This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours, disturbing the nearby sky but allowing dark views in the opposite direction. The moon wanes and rises later which each passing night, providing more favorable circumstances as time goes on. The estimated total hourly rates for evening observers this week is near three for observers in the northern hemisphere and four for those south of the equator. For morning observers the estimated total hourly rates should be near seven as seen from mid-northern latitudes and eleven from mid-southern latitudes. The actual rates will also depend on factors such as personal light and motion perception, local weather conditions, alertness and experience in watching meteor activity. Morning rates are slightly reduced during this period due to moonlight.
The radiant (the area of the sky where meteors appear to shoot from) positions and rates listed below are exact for Saturday night/Sunday morning April 14/15. These positions do not change greatly day to day so the listed coordinates may be used during this entire period. Most star atlases (available at science stores and planetariums) will provide maps with grid lines of the celestial coordinates so that you may find out exactly where these positions are located in the sky. A planisphere or computer planetarium program is also useful in showing the sky at any time of night on any date of the year. Activity from each radiant is best seen when it is positioned highest in the sky, either due north or south along the meridian, depending on your latitude. It must be remembered that meteor activity is rarely seen at the radiant position. Rather they shoot outwards from the radiant so it is best to center your field of view so that the radiant lies at the edge and not the center. Viewing there will allow you to easily trace the path of each meteor back to the radiant (if it is a shower member) or in another direction if it is a sporadic. Meteor activity is not seen from radiants that are located below the horizon. The positions below are listed in a west to east manner in order of right ascension (celestial longitude). The positions listed first are located further west therefore are accessible earlier in the night while those listed further down the list rise later in the night.
The following showers are expected to be active this week:
Activity from the Pi Puppids (PPU) begins this weekend from a radiant located at 07:04 (106) -44. This area of the sky is located central Puppis, five degrees southwest of the third magnitude star Sigma Puppis. This area of the sky is best seen as soon as it becomes dark during the early evening hours. No matter your location, rates will be low, far less than one per hour this early in the activity curve. Observers located in the southern hemisphere have a much better view of this activity as the radiant lies higher in the sky. At 18km/sec. the Pi Puppids would produce meteors of very slow velocity.
The weak shower known as the Sigma Leonids (SLE) becomes active on the 18th and peaks on the 20th. The radiant is located at 13:32 (203) +05, which actually lies in northern Virgo near the faint star Sigma Virginis. One might feel this shower was named for the wrong "Sigma" star, but the case is more likely that visual observations, made before the advent of video methods, placed the radiant incorrectly further westward in Leo. This radiant is best placed near 0300 local daylight time (LDT), when it lies on the meridian and is located highest in the sky. Rates at this time would be less than one per hour no matter your location. With an entry velocity of 20 km/sec., the average Sigma Leonid meteor would be of very slow velocity.
The large Antihelion (ANT) radiant is currently located at 14:32 (218) -15. This position lies in eastern Libra, five degrees west of the third magnitude star Zubenelgenubi (Alpha Librae). Due to the large size of this radiant, Antihelion activity may also appear from extreme eastern Hydra, eastern Virgo, as well as Libra. This radiant is best placed near 0200 LDT, when it lies on the meridian and is located highest in the sky. Rates at this time should be near two per hour no matter your location. With an entry velocity of 30 km/sec., the average Antihelion meteor would be of slow velocity.
Activity from the Lyrid (LYR) shower is first detectable on April 16th and the shower reaches maximum activity 6 nights later. The radiant is currently located at 17:52 (268) +36. This area of the sky is actually located in eastern Hercules, close to the faint star known as Theta Herculis. The radiant is best placed just before the break of dawn when the radiant lies highest in the sky. While Lyrid meteors can be seen in both hemispheres, the north is favored as the radiant lies much higher in the sky. Rates this early in the activity curve would be low, less than one per hour no matter your location. At 48km/sec. the Lyrids would produce meteors of medium-swift velocity.
Studies of the IMO video database by Sirko Molau and Juergen Rendtel has revealed a weak radiant active in the constellation of Cygnus this time of year. The Nu Cygnids (NCY) are active from April 18 through May 7 with maximum activity occurring on April 19. The current radiant position lies at 20:20 (305) +39. This position lies in central Cygnus, two degrees southwest of the second magnitude star Sadr (Gamma Cygni). The radiant is best placed during the last dark hour before dawn, when it lies highest above the horizon in a dark sky. Due to the northern declination of the radiant, this activity is not well seen from the southern hemisphere. No matter your location, rates at this time are expected to be less than one per hour. At 42km/sec. the Nu Cygnids would produce meteors of average velocity.
As seen from the mid-northern hemisphere (45N) one would expect to see approximately four sporadic meteors per hour during the last hour before dawn as seen from rural observing sites. Evening rates would be near two per hour. As seen from the mid-southern hemisphere (45S), morning rates would be near eight per hour as seen from rural observing sites and three per hour during the evening hours. Locations between these two extremes would see activity between the listed figures. Morning rates are slightly reduced during this period due to moonlight.
The table below presents a condensed version of the expected activity this week. Rates and positions are exact for Saturday night/Sunday morning.
|RA (RA in Deg.) DEC
|Local Daylight Time
|Pi Puppids (PPU)
|Apr 23
|07:04 (106) -44
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|Sigma Leonids (SLE)
|Apr 20
|13:32 (203) +05
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|Antihelions (ANT)
|14:32 (218) -15
|2 – 2
|Lyrids (LYR)
|Apr 22
|17:52 (268) +36
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|Nu Cygnids (ZCY)
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Proliant ML110 G4 Overview
HP ProLiant ML110 Generation 4 (G4)
At A Glance
Standard Features
6 total (2 rear, 2 front panel, 2 internal (one for USB Tape connectivity))
NOTE: Internal USB ports are optimal
for the attachment of HP USB DAT Tape Drives
NOTE: Please see the following URL for additional information regarding
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HP Factory Express offers configuration, customization, integration and
deployment services for HP servers and/or storage products. Customers
can choose how their factory solutions are built, tested, integrated,
shipped and deployed.
Factory Express offers service packages for simple configuration, racking,
installation, complex configuration and design services as well as individual
factory services, such as image loading, asset tagging and custom packaging
HP products supported through Factory Express include a wide array of
servers and storage: HP Integrity, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant Server Blades,
HP BladeSystem, HP 9000 servers, as well as, the MSA1000, VA7xxx, EVA,
XP, rackable tape libraries and configurable network switches.
The HP eCo-Enterprise Configurator now provides factory default racking
for our HP hardware portfolio. This approach is aligned with our strategic
direction to meet the needs and expectations of our valued customers.
If you require "custom" rack configuration, please contact HP's
Customer Business Center or an Authorized Partner for assistance.
This product is covered by a global limited warranty and supported by
HP Services and a worldwide network of HP Authorized Channel Partners.
Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for one year from
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for 90 days from date of purchase. Additional support may be covered under
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HP Care Pack Services provide total care and support expertise with committed
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and internal to the enclosure. It also includes the 22" and smaller
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within a rack, service also covers all HP qualified rack options installed
within the same rack.
To fully capitalize on your HP ProLiant servers' capabilities requires
a service partner who thoroughly understands your server technology and
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MS W2003 SBS R2 Prm 1XX FIO Eng SW
HP StorageWorks DAT 72 USB Internal Tape Drive (Carbonite)
HP StorageWorks D2D130 Backup System
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David Sheets
Kansas native David Sheets started his career as associate principal bass of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra during his Sophomore year at the Eastman School of Music after playing for one season as a tutti player. After leaving Rochester to perform with the Saint Louis Symphony, David became the youngest member of the Baltimore Symphony in 1996. In subsequent years he has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and spent two seasons in Minneapolis with the Minnesota Orchestra. He has taught aspiring orchestral bassists as a faculty member of the Asian Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong since 2006, and has taught masterclasses at a number of leading music conservatories.


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Resident & Family Councils
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The Resident Council is made up of and represents all of the residents in our Home. The Council serves as a vehicle through which residents maintain a degree of control over their lives, share in the management of the Home and thereby contribute to the welfare of all involved.
The Council meets on a regular basis. During these meetings residents can voice their concerns or address any other issues. This forum allows residents the opportunity to network, share information and keep abreast of any new or upcoming changes happening in the Home.
Residents' Council meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 10:00am in the Main Dining Room on the 1st floor. Meeting minutes are available on the Residents Council Board.
For further information regarding Residents' Council, visit the Ontario Association of Residents' Councils website:
Family Council
This is a wonderful opportunity for families/friends to meet in a relaxed atmosphere to discuss issues related to having a loved one in the Home. The Family Council is an organized, self-led group with the Social Services Coordinator providing support and guidance. The Family Council provides mutual support, advocacy, educational programs, activity sponsorship and offers the chance to give feedback to the Home. We invite and encourage participation in our Family Council!
Meeting notices are communicated to all families and are posted on the Family Council Board along with the minutes from the previous meeting.
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This image, processed to show the true size of the giant asteroid Vesta, shows Vesta in front of a spectacular background of stars. It was obtained by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 3, 2011, from a distance of about 1.2 million kilometers (750,000 miles). Since Vesta is so bright that it outshines its starry background, Dawn team members commanded a long exposure time to make the stars visible. They corrected the resulting exaggerated size of Vesta by superimposing a short exposure image of the target asteroid, showing its true size. Vesta is the small, bright pearl in the middle of the image.
Vesta is 330 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter and the second most massive object in the asteroid belt. But, as the inset shows, Vesta is approximately five pixels across in size in Dawn's early approach images.
This and other images will help Dawn fine tune navigation during its approach to Vesta, with arrival expected on July 16, 2011.
The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. It is a project of the Discovery Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., designed and built the Dawn spacecraft.
The framing cameras have been developed and built under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, with significant contributions by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, and in coordination with the Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering, Braunschweig. The framing camera project is funded by the Max Planck Society, DLR, and NASA.
JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena.
More information about Dawn is online at http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov.


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Ingredients : roasted and finely ground coffee beans, cardamom
Oriental coffee preparation
-dose a coffee cup of water at room temperature
-pour water into a rakweh (oriental coffee maker, cezve)
-add a teaspoonful of ground coffee (and possibly sugar) to the water.
-mix continuously over low heat until the mixture simmers.
-pour immediately into the serving cup.
Known more as Turkish coffee (türk kahvesi ) because of the spread of the method of preparation through the Ottoman Empire, coffee in the Middle East is synonymous with conviviality and socialization. Because it is an integral part of the way of life, a kind of pride, coffee is served on all kinds of occasions, from pre-wedding proposal meetings to funeral rituals to everyday friendly encounters. It is customary to ask the guests how they prefer coffee - pure or sugar-free (sada), medium or low sugar (wasat) or sweet (helwé) - and if necessary make several pots, sweetened differently. Strong, bitter coffee (kahwé mura) is symbolically reserved for funeral ceremonies, where the absence of sugar reflects the dark tone of the occasion.
Oriental coffee is made from quality coffee beans, roasted and then ground very finely. Depending on taste, it is left natural or is flavoured with cardamom. The preparation of coffee, however simple it may be, is a ritual that we never tire of through the generations. In a rakweh, the ground coffee (and possibly sugar) is poured into cold water and stirred continuously over low heat until the mixture simmers. The mixture should not boil and should be removed as soon as it foams. A few drops of cold water can be poured in to settle the pomace. Finally, the coffee is poured into pretty cups and served immediately. The coffee thus prepared is enjoyed hot, sucking the drink so as not to swallow the ground. Once finished, it is customary to pour the cup onto the saucer and to read the future in the traces left by the coffee grounds on the rim or bottom of the cup.
And although serving coffee is a pleasant formality for the host, it is no exception to the rule. At the end of the tasting, guests are required to express the famous magic word: Daïmé, meaning "forever", expressing the hope that the house in which the coffee was served will always be as generous as ever.


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Phlebotomy Handbook Blood Specimen Collection from Basic to Advanced
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and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.
Pretty soon all the other bats smelled the blood and began hassling
him about where he got it.
He told them to go away and let him get some sleep but they persisted
until finally he gave in. "OK, follow me" he said and flew out of the
cave with hundreds of bats behind him.
Down through the valley they went, across a river and into a forest
full of trees. Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly
milled around him.
"Now, do you see that tree over there?" he asked. "Yes, Yes, Yes!" the
bats all screamed in a frenzy. "Good" said the bat, "Because I didn't!"


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This weekend, I decided my hand on making pineapple tarts, all time favorite for reminding me that it's Lunar New Year round the corner. We usually eat this once a year, although it seems to have gotten much popular. However, I love to create that buttery pastry, and the not too sweet pineapple jam that my ex-neighbour used to make about 30 years back. My mom had done them before, and I had relied on her for my supplies yearly, however, as she get on with years, the standard had somewhat dropped a little, the taste is good, just the lack of consistency.
Here I am, trying to recreate this delicacy. Bought my 1 kg of flour, 2 pineapples, checked that I have my baking powder, and I was ready to go.
Adapted from Female Cookbook that I got many years ago.
Pineapple Jam:
2 pineapples
250 gram of sugar
1 tsp of vanilla
This was cooked for about 3 hours. I started out with slow fire and decided that the colour just didn't turn out right, after 1 1/2 hours, and I decided to turn the heat up, and it started to look really good, until I decided to let it cook on small fire for about 20 minutes, I burnt some sugar, well, the colour turned out to be even better when it's a little burnt. Thank goodness there was not burnt smell.
400 gram of plain four
1 tsp of baking powder
250 gram of butter
2 egg yolk
1 egg white
I did 2 batches of the pastry. 1st batch, I was trying to cream my butter, but my electric whisk didn't work, no matter I used my hand, it just didn't work. I just decided to throw in the flour mixed with baking powder and do the best I can. Well, the butter didn't go in as well as I like. I had a lot of difficult mixing them, and rolling out the pastry.
For the 2nd batch, I decided to follow my Cordon Bleu cook book way, rub the butter into the flour, and add the eggs later. This turn out so very well. The butter smells was fantastic. The dough was smooth and when I roll it out, it was so much easier than the 1st batch.
For the 1st batch, the funny thing was I didn't have the right equipment to make the dough. I looked high and low for something round, and decided on 2 things - 1 plastic container and a champagne flute - 1 is too big, the other is a little small. It'll have to do. To make the centre dip a little, I used the back of the plastic container which is also round, and smaller in size, press down the centre of the dough. And I needed something to clip the patterns around the sides, I finally settled on a pair of tweezers that I found, washed it, and it turned out to be such a piece of gem for this. I even used it to pick the small pieces of pastry for decoration. When you're desperate, anything goes, or rather, you got to be innovative. I even attempted some other shapes, round, long, but just didn't hold enough pineapple, well, the traditional "sunny side up" for pineapple tart, is definitely the way to go.
For the 2nd batch, I decided that ehm....since I can't seem to get the right size, why should pineapple tart be round, I do have other cutters that provided the right size. Wow, they turned out much better than the 1st batch, the right size, with the right pastry, I even brushed them with a little egg yolk to get that orangy look. Bake at 180 degrees celcius and just for a meer 20 mins is all it takes. And the taste....yum yum...the buttery pastry that melts in my mouth.....
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Survival Gardening
Primitive Technology: Termite clay kiln & pottery
I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just under 50 cm in diameter. Next, I took dry chunks of termite nest and put them into the pit in front of the tiled roof hut. The chunks were crushed and water was added to slake the clay. The clay was trodden on to mix it. Dead palm fronds were added to the clay to stop it from cracking as it dried and to add insulation to the kiln. The mixture was trodden on again and then taken from the pit. A trench was dug to form the firebox of the kiln and a wall of clay was made in the front of the trench. A hole was dug into the wall to allow air flow into the firebox.
The grate was placed on top of the firebox and the walls of the ware chamber were built around the grate. When the kiln walls were finished, grate bars made from termite clay were placed into the firebox. Grate bars are important for fireboxes as they lift the firewood off the ground allowing air to move up through the fuel bed for more efficient combustion. Burning wood as a heap on the ground allows cold air to flow up and over the coals, cooling the kiln and leaving the air unreacted with the fire wood. It still works but is much less efficient than using grate bars. The finished kiln was 50 cm tall (above grate height), 50 cm in diameter and with walls about 12.5 cm thick. The pit/firebox was about 25 cm deep and 25 cm wide with grate bars sitting half way between the ground and the circular kiln grate above.
Next, for the pottery clay, I selected a termite mound built on red clay soil. I took it to the kiln area and slaked it with water and mixed it in a small pit. I crushed up an old grate from a previous kiln and mixed it into the termite clay as grog. Grog prevents pottery from cracking as it dries and helps prevent breakage when firing. I then shaped the clay into a small urn. I also made some barrel roof tiles and a smaller pot from termite clay. I then stacked the kiln with the termite pottery.
To fire the pottery, I collected a large pile of dead wood and started a fire in the firebox. I heard some explosions in the kiln early on and knew something broke but continued anyway. Within an hour the kiln had heated up well and the pottery was glowing red hot. By the second hour the temperature went down illustrating an important point: if you over fill the firebox with wood the kiln will choke it and not burn efficiently. Realising this mistake I merely let the wood burn down a little so more air could get through. By 2 hours and 30 minutes the kiln was firing nicely again with all the pottery glowing low orange (about 845 c or 1550 f). I kept it at this low firing temperature for another 30 minutes. The whole firing process took about 3 hours from start to finish, a relatively short period of time for firing pottery.
When I took the pottery out, one tile had broken and the urn had spalled (a piece of the outer pot broke off) possibly due to still having moisture in it. The urn was still useable though and I use it to water the cassava patch. The forge blower was well fired and is now immune to water damage, no longer needing to be carefully protected from the rain. I put it in the barrel tile shed for storage. I put the broken tile and spalled piece from the urn in a special heap of broken pottery. When I make pottery in future I can crush up these broken pots and mix it into the new clay as grog to strengthen the new ceramic items. Finally, I stored the good tiles at the barrel tiled hut as replacements for broken tiles in that structure should there be any damage in future.
Termite clay is good material for making furnaces and an OK substitute for good pottery clay should it be difficult to find a better source. The termites have already processed the clay by the fact that their mouths are too small to include sticks and pebbles into their structures. As a result, the clay is very smooth and plastic. Too smooth for my liking, in fact, I'm used to working with coarser clay that has silt mixed into it naturally. I find that termite clay is either too runny when wet or cracks too easily when drier. It was difficult to form into complex shapes and it took me 2 attempts to make the urn. But for forming objects like tiles it's OK, it can be pressed into shape and it will hold without difficulty. In future, I'd be likely to use termite clay for mass producing formed objects such as bricks, tiles, simple pots (formed over a mould) and possibly pipes, thereby conserving the dwindling clay supply from the creek bank which I'll save for more intricate pottery. In summary, termite clay is able to be used to produce basic pottery if no other source can be found. If you have a termite nest you can make basic pottery from it.
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It's time for more 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival booth food pictures! As always, if you want to see full coverage of each booth — including food pictures, menus, and pricing — check out our Epcot Food and Wine Festival Booth Pages! Just click on any booth Country name for detailed information — they're being updated as new photos come in.
Puerto Rico
I'm pretty sure Puerto Rico was my husband's favorite booth, and in spite of the slight cilantro taste to the soup, it was one of my favorites as well! The incredible medianoche sandwich was a surprising winner — savory, warm, and just perfect for a midnight kitchen raid! 😉 And the asopao de pollo had some serious flavor going on! It was a huge portion, and delicious.
The Bacardi Torched Frozen Cherry Colada was incredible. Creamy, cool, sweet, and just enough tang to keep you interested. It is one of my favorite items in the festival! You can see more pictures, the full menu, and prices on our Puerto Rico Booth Page!
Hops & Barley
Slightly new this year at Hops & Barley is the pecan bread pudding. While there was something similar served at the New Orleans booth last year, this fit the bill as a sweet, thoroughly "American" treat. I had mine on a relatively cool October morning, which made the warm, flavorful dessert even better! This is a mushy bread pudding (vs. a firm one) so be prepared!
You can find the full menu, prices, and more pictures on our Hops and Barley Booth Page.
Poland brings back the Kielbasa and Potato Pierogies with Caramelized Onions and Sour Cream this year. To my palate, the kielbasa is always awesome, and the pierogies are always kind of tasteless. Let me know what you think!
They also brought out something called Golabki (a.k.a. Pork Stuffed Cabbage). We didn't love this one, but it had much more flavor than I'd expected! Check out more photos, the full menu, and pricing on our Poland Booth Page.
Let us know what YOU'RE loving at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival! Until then, feel free to check out more food pictures on our booth pages!


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Luna Oatmeal Dummy Clip in Rose Gold
Luna Oatmeal Dummy Clip in Rose Gold
Our Petite Luna Dummy Clips have been designed to meet the demands of modern parents today. Not only are they safe, where they have been tested to meet the BSEN 12586:2007, but they are also the perfect accessory to keep your little ones looking stylish whilst also preventing the dreaded loss of a dummy. Our handmade Soother Clips are thin, lightweight and super flexible and can be used by all ages.
Our Luna Clips come with 10 silicone (5 round + 5 lentil-shaped) beads, a beech wood safety bead, a super strong and durable hemp-coloured braided cord as well a stainless steel metal clip. All of our metal clips now come with three small holes as well as our logo.
The silicone beads are made from non-toxic, food grade silicone beads that are BPA, Lead, Phthalates, Latex, and PVC free. The wooden beads are organic beech wood, which is a hard wood that does not splinter. The beech beads are individually coated in organic coconut oil. The coconut oil not only preserves the wood, but also acts as a natural antibacterial. Each of our beech beads are unique and may have a different grain from what you see in the photos.
Care: To wash your Dummy Clip, wipe with a damp cloth. Do not submerge in water. It is highly recommended that you retreat the wooden beads from time to time. This is easily done by sanding the bead down and applying any food grade oil such as coconut oil.
Warning: Please ensure you have carefully read through our safety instructions. You must always supervise your children with our products and make sure to discard the item at the first sign of damage.
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Oppo DV-970HD universal player
There's an old Spanish proverb: "If six people call you an ass, start braying." A contemporary corollary might be that if enough audiophiles insist a product is the best ever, it behooves the "experts" to check it out. At least, that was John Atkinson's thinking when he suggested I audition the Oppo Digital DV-970HD universal disc player ($149).
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them
Opportunity is a bird that never perches
"The DV-970 has created quite a buzz on the Internet as a budget competitor for expensive high-end music players, even though it's obviously aimed at the A/V market. I'm interested in discovering what an experienced listener thinks of it." That's JA all over—he was buttering me up, hoping I wouldn't notice the danger of reviewing a true budget product: At $149, there's probably not one Stereophile reader who couldn't afford to snap up an Oppo just to see if it was really as good or as bad as I say it is. And that's when the game of Pin the Tail on the Reviewer would begin. JA will have a fat "Letters" section for months, as advocates and naysayers manage to agree on one thing: that I was horrendously wrong. I knew that JA knew that I knew. I took the assignment anyway. It's my job.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises
Oppo Digital is probably a new name for most audiophiles. The company was founded in 2004.The first product sold under the Oppo brand was the DV-971H upconverting DVD player ($199), which became an instant hit with folks with hi-rez video displays. It was affordable, it was stylish, and it wowed videophiles with its superb video performance with both analog and digital displays.
The DV-970HD doesn't have the DV-971H's Faroudja DCDi deinterlacing chip, but it does play SACDs, which is probably more important than its video performance to Stereophile readers looking for a two-channel universal player. That means the DV-970HD can play "Red Book" CD, HDCD, DVD-V, DVD-A, DivX, Kodak Picture CD, WMA, and, to quote Oppo's press release, "other digital audio and video formats." It does not, of course, play Blu-ray or HD DVD. For the record, it supports both the PAL and NTSC television systems.
The DV-970HD seems solidly constructed. It's sleek (16.5" W by 10" D by 1.7" H) and strikingly designed. The front panel has only four buttons (Power, Eject, Play/Pause, Stop), but it does include a universal flash-memory card reader (MS/SD/MMC/SM) and a USB input. The LED display supplies only the most basic information, which necessitates the use of a video display for setup—all setup options are displayed through the onscreen display (OSD) trees. The DV-970HD's disc drawer is very slender and is overhung by the faceplate, which means the only way to extract a disc is by hooking your finger through its spindle hole and tilting the disc up toward you—no more awkward than with some $16,000 players I've encountered.
The DV-970HD's rear panel is packed with connectors. This, combined with its thin chassis, means that you must use skinny RCA connectors—the only cables I had that worked were Kimber KCAGs. Analog connections: eight RCAs (six for 5.1-channel output, with a "mixdown" pair for two-channel use). Digital connections: HDMI, TosLink, and coaxial S/PDIF. Video: component, composite, and S-video. The DV-970HD doesn't have an IEC AC socket (wouldn't fit on the chassis), so you won't get a chance to employ a power cable costing many times the player's price.
The DV-970HD outputs high-resolution multichannel digital audio through its HDMI connection, as well as 96kHz PCM through its S/PDIF. It converts DSD to 24-bit/88.2kHz PCM before outputting it through the HDMI jack, so, assuming you aren't bothered by the thought of that conversion, you can enjoy SACDs through your HDMI DAC of choice. (Should this bother you? I can't say, since I can't do an A/B and tell you, but many DV-970HD owners seem quite happy with the benefits of converted digital. Just as many folks think it's a crime against nature.) (JA notes that no high-end DACs have HDMI inputs, and only a handful of A/V receivers, because of the HDMI standard's requirement for anticopying handshaking.)
While Oppo does sell to select stores and installers, its products are primarily sold direct. I should note that the DV-970HD comes packaged securely in a double box, with sufficient foam padding and even a plush velour wrapper. Also included are a multi-function remote, the usual gimme audio cables, and a 6' HDMI cable.
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them
As noted earlier, the Oppo's display is basically incapable of saying much more than "NO DISC" and "PLAYING"—a video display is required for setup. If you want to make changes on the fly or really exploit different output options, you'll need to keep a monitor in your listening room. Neither of my listening rooms has such a critter, so I sneakernetted the DV-970HD into my home theater for setup.
Setup was fairly straightforward, except for one thing: If you want to take advantage of the hi-rez multichannel digital output over HDMI, you need to set the player to 720p or 1080i. What does video output have to do with audio signals? In the HDMI protocol, the data pipe has a bandwidth of only 27MHz at the lower video settings—not nearly enough bandwidth for six or eight channels of hi-rez digital.
Another setup issue: The DV-970HD is a firmware-based product, and Oppo Digital does frequent firmware updates. Fortunately, this is simple and painless. All you do is go to Oppo's website and navigate to the Support section. Download the update to your computer, burn it to a CD-R, insert the CD-R in your Oppo player. It will read the disc, then open the drawer. Remove the disc. When the player has finished updating itself, it will close the drawer and reboot.
Oppo gets high marks for its customer service, which has inspired a devoted following among its customers. The company responds to e-mail and phone inquiries quickly, and seems genuinely concerned about customer feedback, which tends to prompt what the company addresses in its firmware updates. My DV-970HD arrived without manuals, but minutes after discovering that, I had downloaded them from Oppo's website (once I'd thought of looking for them under "Support" rather than the nonexistent "Manuals").
Opportunity is a bird that never perches
Once I'd set up the DV-970HD with my home theater's display, I installed it in my small listening room, and let it break in and settle down with David Russell's Art of the Guitar (CD, Telarc CD-80672). Krell's Evolution 202 preamplifier and Evolution 600 monoblocks drove a pair of stand-mounted Dynaudio Confidence C1 loudspeakers.


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The Powe of the Spirit
Author: Father Patrick Butler, LC | Source: Catholic.Net
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
Introductory Prayer: Today, Lord, we celebrate the gift of your Holy Spirit to the Church, which you won for us through your patient suffering on the cross. I believe and trust in his power to make me a better apostle of your Kingdom, to bring fervor where I have grown tepid, to instill detachment where I have become too indulgent, and to perfect the innocence of my baptism, which leaves my soul more pure and worthy to serve and honor you each day.
Petition: Come Holy Spirit, fill my heart with your grace and enkindle in me the fire of your love.
1. The Doors Were Locked: What is it that makes a disciple of Christ stop cold in the path of conversion and commitment? Cloaked underneath our spiritual inertia and lack of zeal are not so much our personal defects or our lack of human virtue as blindness to the dynamic power of the Crucified and Risen Lord. We can leave our self-made prisons only by opening our hearts to a faith in Christ that is total: total trust (in spite of the confusion of the present and uncertainty of the future), total hope (by breaking away from having to see the ideal in ourselves before we will act), and total divine confidence (in setting aside the sins of others and our personal failures that keep us stuck in myopic visions of life). Christ comes through bolted doors again today to ask us to unlock them with an authentic experience of the Risen Lord in the power of the Spirit.
2. Peace Be With You: It is vital to examine our "peace" and see if it truly speaks of the peace of the Upper Room. Substitute "satisfaction" for the word "peace," and see where our hearts have tried to find consolation this past week. Then substitute the word "fulfillment." This is the peace that Christ brings through the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Some passing satisfactions are part of life, and we can be grateful for them. When we seek them for their own sake, however, we can easily drown out the life of the Spirit, who comes to bring us deep peace and fulfillment in life. Pentecost must convince us above all about prayer and the order of life that permit us to have constant contact with sources of grace and divine inspiration.
3. Receive the Holy Spirit: In the sacrament of penance, we are forgiven our sins through the action of the Holy Spirit, who makes the actions of Christ present through the priest. We believe that mercy founds hope and change in our soul. Why, then, do we not believe that this same grace from the Holy Spirit can make us heroic saints, victorious in trial, patient in difficult relationships and more effective as apostles? Christ assures us that his power will never leave us, so we have no reason to "slip into neutral" after a few bad incidents in our life. Rather, the Holy Spirit's goal moves us from mercy to transformation into Christ, permitting us spiritually to carry and reveal his wounds to an unbelieving world.
Conversation with Christ: Oh, Jesus, I will trust more in the power of your Holy Spirit to change me than in my own efforts. I will depend on you in that face-to-face encounter I need to have with you every day. Let the sources of divine grace become my true food, and may I move away from feeding my soul on passing pleasures and vain ambitions.
Resolution: This week, I will write down daily all the lights and inspirations of the Holy Spirit I receive, and I will try to act on them with promptness, confidence and generosity.


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The Art and Craft of Speech Writing
Behind every great president, there is a great speechwriter.
Richard Nixon had William Safire; Ronald Reagan had Peggy Noonan; and John F. Kennedy had Ted Sorensen.
It is the job of the speechwriter to distill the politician's thoughts into meaningful sentiments and policy articulations.
Sometimes it's even the speechwriter's charge to predict what the politician wants to say.
"Political speechwriting is a constant balancing act," said Robert Lehrman, School of Communication adjunct professor and former speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. "Sometimes there's no policy until there's a speechwriter."
In celebration of political speechwriting and in commemoration of Kennedy's "A Strategy of Peace" speech at AU 50 years ago, SOC is hosting a panel discussion on March 20, moderated by Chris Matthews, host of NBC's Hardball. The event is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, AU community, and alumni.
Matthews, a former speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, is also the author of the biography, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero.
MORE: The Legacy Of JFK's Speech At AU
The panel, titled "The Art and Craft of Speech Writing: Why the JFK commencement speech at AU lives on 50 years later," will delve into the mechanics of a good political speech.
It will also dissect Kennedy's speech to uncover what made it effective. Panelists will include Lehrman, journalist Marvin Kalb, who covered Kennedy's AU speech for CBS, and Adam Frankel, former senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama. Frankel also served as an assistant to Sorenen, working with him on his 2008 bestselling memoir Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History.
For Sorenson, Kennedy's American University speech was one of the most important of his career. He was a pacifist who had registered as a conscientious objector and peace was his passion, said Dotty Lynch, SOC executive in residence and organizer of the panel. Because of that passion, Sorensen was able to animate the speech in such a way that its message has persisted.
MEDIA: Books, Films About The JFK Era
"We'll look at why that speech has lived on when other speeches have not. We'll try to better understand the background of the speech and see what we can learn about presidential leadership today," Lynch said.
During the panel the winner of the speechwriting contest "What Would a JFK Say Now?" will be announced.
FACTS: Did You KNOW? JFK By The Numbers
AU students were asked to answer that question by writing a commencement speech no more than 1,500 words, which outlined what a president should say today on any broad world issue. Submissions were due March 6. The winner will receive a $500 prize.
Originally published on March 5, 2013.


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Pint-sized writer Sarah Vowell was on L.A's KCRW on Wednesday talking about her love for Loretta Lynn. Vowell grew up in a Pentecostal household, so she wasn't allowed to listen to Satan's minions, Kiss.
But she was allowed to listen to Loretta, even though "she got married when I think she was maybe thirteen or fourteen and she was pregnant at thirteen. So a lot of her songs in her book had to do with how she was stuck with all these kids when she was only a few years older than I was. It has this feminist quality where this woman who's sick of taking care of all of these kids, her husband running around on her and now it's her turn." Vowell's fave Lynn song is "The Pill," and she continues:
My family was very religious. I wasn't allowed to listen to Kiss because they were supposedly satanic. And then years later I would listen to a song like "Beth" by Kiss and it's just this little bubble gum love song. And I wasn't allowed to listen to that but I was allowed to listen to this Loretta Lynn song about, you know, getting hot pants and taking oral contraceptives.
Some people may find Vowell unconscionably annoying (from the Times's hilarious review of her most recent book: "[Vowell is] double-annoying, because she styles herself as annoying — provocative-annoying — and if you become annoyed by her you seem to be conceding the point. She's gotten to you.") So while our enjoyment of her comedy stylings may, in fact, be NPR-related Stockholm Syndrome, we're still amused by her description of "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" as "a fairly smutty song, to celebrate the birth of Jesus."
Sarah Vowell [KCRW]
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Required by the NFL to file an injury report Friday predicting the status of players for the Super Bowl, the Ravens have a lengthy list.
Nineteen players are listed as questionable on the Ravens' initial injury report, which will be updated next week heading into the game against the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans.
Starting inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe said he could definitely play if the game was this Sunday, but he is grateful for the rest he has gotten by being held out of practice for the past two days. He's dealing with a sprained right ankle and back injury.
"Any time off is good for you when you're hurting," Ellerbe said. "I'm going to need a couple more days. I'm glad we got two weeks and we're not playing this Sunday. If I had to, I could fight through it this Sunday. It's the Super Bowl."
On a scale of 1 to 10 when asked how much he's banged-up, Ellerbe replied: "I'm probably a 10. I ain't going to show it."
Tight end Dennis Pitta (thigh) was the only other Ravens player to not practice Friday.
Meanwhile, the Ravens listed the following other players as questionable: wide receiver Anquan Boldin (bruised left shoulder), nose tackle Terrence Cody (foot), wide receiver Tandon Doss (high ankle sprain), safety James Ihedigbo (knee), cornerback Asa Jackson (hamstring), fullback Vonta Leach (right knee, ankle), inside linebacker Ray Lewis (right triceps), outside linebacker Albert McClellan (shoulder), defensive end Pernell McPhee (thigh), defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (sprained right knee), strong safety Bernard Pollard (ribs), wide receiver David Reed (hamstring), free safety Ed Reed (torn shoulder labrum), cornerback Jimmy Smith (sports hernia surgery), outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (right Achilles, right torn biceps) and offensive guard Marshal Yanda (right shoulder).
For the 49ers, tight end Garrett Celek (foot) is questionable.
The following players are probable: linebackers Navorro Bowman (shoulder), Ahmad Brooks (shoulder), Clark Haggans (shoulder), Aldon Smith (shoulder) and Patrick Willis (shoulder), cornerback Tarell Brown (shoulder), running backs Frank Gore (ankle, shoulder), LaMichael James (back) and Bruce Miller (shoulder), offensive guard Mike Iupati (shoulder), and defensive tackle Justin Smith (elbow, triceps).


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Does it get cooler than this? A telescope, called BICEP, collecting data on BLACK BATTER, located on the SOUTH POLE. I think that it does not. It's hard to believe something this incredible looking is found on earth.
Taylor Lorenz Talks "Extremely Online"
Those red lights you see are actually meant to improve visibility within the telescope, blocking out ambient light pollution (as much as there is on the South Pole) while still allowing the station's crew to navigate. Oh, and that gorgeous ribbon of color in the background? The Milky Way. Stick a good wireless connection in there, and I think this might be the perfect place to get away for a while and write. [National Science Foundation]


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A Journey from your darkest thought to your greatest dream.
The Shadow Effect is an emotionally-gripping, visually-compelling docudrama that reveals why suppressed emotions and unresolved internal conflicts leads to behavior that continually unseats politicians, destroys celebrity careers, destabilizes the economy and affects the lives of millions each year.
In this age of public humiliation and media meltdowns, the work of New York Times best selling author, Debbie Ford, continues to make headway as she exposes the opposing forces of both light and dark that compete for attention within every human being. In her film debut, The Shadow Effect, Ford presents the hidden power of "the Shadow" alongside some of today's most provocative thinkers including Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Mark Victor Hansen, James Van Praagh and others.
In this life-altering journey, individuals who have transcended child abuse, racism, the Holocaust, war, and wounded upbringings, share their remarkable stories. Meet those who have learned to face their terror, heal their wounds, and embrace their higher, heroic selves to overcome the shadow effect.
To leave the viewer inspired and compelled to take an evolutionary leap, Ford has integrated some of her most successful and proven processes into a cutting-edge Special Interactive Edition of The Shadow Effect. Throughout the movie, Ford guides the viewer through eight exercises designed to reveal the shadow effect in their own lives and presents them with opportunities to transcend personal limitations.
Debbie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers and Why Good People Do Bad Things, is an internationally acclaimed expert on the human shadow who has led thousands of people from around the world through her renowned Shadow Process Workshop. Now, in this groundbreaking film, she exposes the perils and promise of the human shadow and the gifts that it delivers.
Inspired by famed psychiatrist Carl Jung, Debbie Ford is a pioneering force incorporating the study and integration of the shadow into modern emotional and spiritual practices. Ford has appeared on Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and other major media programs around the world. Her books and acclaimed workshops have set new standards in the field of transformation.
Dr. Deepak Chopra is the Founder of Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California and Manhattan, New York and Co-Founder and President of the Alliance for a New Humanity. Chopra's Wellness Radio airs weekly on Sirius/XM Stars, Channels 102 and 55, which focuses on the areas of success, love, sexuality and relationships, well being, and spirituality. Time Magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century, and credits him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." (Time Magazine, June 1999.)
Chopra is known as a prolific author of over fifty-five books with fourteen best sellers on mind-body health, quantum mechanics, spirituality, and peace. A global force in the field of human empowerment, Dr. Chopra books have been published in more than eighty-five languages in both fiction and non-fiction. His New York Times best sellers Peace is the Way won the Quill Awards and The Book of Secrets was awarded the grand prize at the 2005 Nautilus Book Awards; and his bestselling novel, Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment was released in November 2008. He is columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Washington Post On Faith and contributes regularly to Intent.com and Huffington Post.
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher. Her latest book, The Age of Miracles, hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Among her other 9 published books, four of them — including A Return to Love – were #1 New York Times Bestsellers. A Return to Love is considered a must-read of The New Spirituality. A paragraph from that book beginning with, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure" – often misattributed to Nelson Mandela's Inaugural address – is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers. Marianne's other books include Everyday Grace, A Woman's Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America, The Gift of Change and Emma and Mommy Talk to God. Marianne does a daily podcast on Oprah.com called MiracleThought. She also hosts a weekly radio show on Oprah and Friends on Thursdays at 1 PM EST, which is broadcast on XM 156 and Sirius 195. She has been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America and Charlie Rose.
James Van Praagh is the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosts Among Us, Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, and Healing Grief, among others. His most recent book, Unfinished Business, was released May 12, 2009. He is considered a pioneer in the mediumship movement throughout the world. His messages have brought solace, peace, and spiritual insights to millions, changing their view of both life and death. James has also been a celebrated producer for CBS, creating several successful projects including Living with the Dead, a mini-series based on his life, and a television movie, The Dead Will Tell, starring Anne Heche. Currently, he is the co-executive producer of the highly rated CBS series Ghost Whisperer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Mark Victor Hansen is America's Ambassador of Possibility. For over a quarter century, Mark has focused solely on helping people and organizations, from all walks of life, reshape their personal vision of what's possible. His powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have helped create startling and powerful change in thousands of organizations and millions of individuals worldwide. His credentials include a lifetime of entrepreneurial success, in addition to an extensive academic background. Mark is also the co-author of the inspirational Chicken Soup for the Soul series with Jack Canfield and has made a profound influence through his extensive library of books, audio programs, video programs, and enriching articles. His energy and exuberance travels still further through television (The Oprah Show, CNN, and The Today Show), print (TIME, US News & World Report, USA Today, The New York Times, and Entrepreneur), and countless radio and newspaper interviews. Mark is also known as a passionate philanthropist and humanitarian, working tirelessly for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, March of Dimes, Childhelp USA, and many others.
David Simon, M.D. is a board-certified neurologist and pioneer in the medical field. His personal mission is to facilitate the integration of complementary and conventional medicine in the 21st century. Since he began his association with Deepak Chopra, M.D. in the 1980's, Dr. Simon has become one of the nation's foremost authorities on effective and appropriate use of holistic healthcare practices, specifically Ayurveda – the 5,000-year-old healing tradition of India. As Medical Director of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California, Dr. Simon is dedicated to catalyzing the evolution of the prevailing health care system to a healing system that encompasses the emotional, spiritual, and physical health of the individual. Dr. Simon is also an author of many successful wellness books, including The Ten Commitments: Translating Good Intensions Into Great Choices and his most recent, Free to Love Free to Heal.
As a member of Earth, Wind & Fire, Verdine White has won six Grammys and has been Grammy nominated seventeen times. As an Earth, Wind & Fire member, he has also been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The band has also earned more than 50 gold and platinum albums and have sold over 90 million albums worldwide earning them a place on the list of best-selling music artists. In 2007, Verdine was inducted into the Boys and Girls Club's Alumni Hall of Fame. White is also the founder of the Verdine White Foundation which aims to provide musical education to underprivileged and gifted students.
Dr. Jason Deitch is the co-author of the bestselling book: Discover Wellness, How Staying Healthy Can Make You Rich as well and founder of the Discover Wellness Center, an emerging leader in cutting edge wellness care. Combining the skills of a variety of health care professionals with the latest technology and revolutionary concepts, Dr. Deitch is redefining our approach to health care. Dr. Deitch consults with and speaks to groups of employers, insurance brokers, wellness professionals and to the public to inspire them to discover how wellness is the ultimate solution to America's health care crisis. Dr. Deitch believes that we live our lives based on what we feel and what we know. We can improve our lives when we either feel differently or learn something new. Dr. Jason is committed to seeing a healthier more powerful future, through healthier more powerful people. His enthusiasm and passion for constant growth and learning is contagious.
Charles Richards, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist & creator of Soul Journeys Therapy, a process he developed and refined which allows clients to recall and heal the invisible emotional wounds of present and past-lives, pre-birth, and the birth experience. In addition he facilitates between-life experiences and karmic insight, a method of learning the present and past-life karmic influences in your current life and relationships. National television recognition for Dr. Richards' work came through his appearances on an NBC television special The Other Side. He has also taught graduate level courses in psychology and led numerous seminars and workshops. He is the author of the successful book Karmic Relationships. Dr. Richards received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Alliant International University and maintains a practices in Encinitas, California.
Brent BecVar, M.S., has worked directly with Dr. Deepak Chopra and the Chopra Center for Well Being over the last 18 years as an administrator, teacher and counselor. He is trained as a psychotherapist, certified yoga/ meditation instructor and Ayurvedic educator. Brent has practiced astrology and Vedic counseling over the past 30 years, studied with respected teachers in this country and India, and is a longstanding member of the American Council of Vedic Astrologers. Creative interests include guitar, piano, singing/composition with CD of original music, "There Isn't Any Word for Love."
Dr. Edith Eva Eger (Dr. Edie) is a sought-after clinical psychologist and lecturer, helping individuals discard their limitations, discover their powers of self-renewal, and achieve things they previous thought unattainable. Using her past in the heinous Auschwitz death camp as a powerful analogy, she inspires people to tap their full potential and shape their very best destinies. It's a message of healing and personal growth. A message of freedom from self-imposed limitations. A message that helps people build character, deal effectively with life's events, and enrich the lives of others.
Dr. Bressler is a graduate of Stanford University (BS in Biology, 1977) and Harvard Medical School (MD 1981). He served his internship and residency and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital from 1981 through 1984. Along with his private practice, Dr. Bressler also teaches medical students and residents at UCSD School of Medicine where he holds the title of Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine. In 2004 he was named a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), an honor bestowed on only 25% of American Internal Medicine Specialists.
George J. Pratt, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and award-winning author of Instant Emotional Healing: Acupressure for the Emotions, Hyper-Performance and A Clinical Hypnosis Primer. He served as Chairman of Psychology, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla and teaches at the University of California, San Diego. He has been an expert guest on nation wide media and contributed to numerous publications, including his highly successful book, "Instant Emotional Healing." Dr. Pratt maintains a private practice in La Jolla, California where he has specialized in psychotherapy/hypnotherapy, mind/body techniques, and performance enhancement for over 30 years.
Marita Wahl-Shedd
Marita Wahl-Shedd is a Ford Institute-certified Integrative Coach. Marita's passion and work is about helping others discover and reach their full potential, free from the constraints of the past, external circumstances, and any societal, religious or ethnic shadows. Having dealt with the shame and guilt of her country's Nazi past, has led her to dedicate herself to bring healing to and harvest the "gold" from one of the darkest periods of human history. She believes that applying this integrative work to both personal, as well as global, shadows provides us with the way to make "Never Again" a reality.
Hector M. Escarcega
Hector Escarcega, has trained with the Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching since 2004. He is a Certified Integrative Coach, with a commitment to bring the transformative benefits of shadow work to the Hispanic world. Hector is a Certified Safety Professional and a highly sought after Bilingual Trainer, Consultant, and Motivational Speaker in the areas of workplace Safety, cultural diversity, and communication skills. He consults with some of the world's largest organizations such as Honda, Chevron, Turner Construction, Fetzer Vineyards, to name a few.
DIRECTOR: Scott Cervine
Prior to discovering his destiny as a filmmaker, Scott Cervine traveled the globe as a comedian and magician, performing with such legends as Jim Carrey, Dennis Miller, and Jay Leno. By casting his magic into his movies, Scott has earned numerous awards, including the Mark Goodson video award and an American Film Institute Award. Scott wrote, directed and starred in two features, Never Alone and Escape from Orion, winner of the Digital Maverick Film Festival Audience Choice Award. Scott is a sought after director and editor throughout the film community. His unprecedented amount of respect among his clients and peers, garnered a successful career of writing, directing and editing nearly twenty films to date. Scott's passion for directing is fueled by his sharp eye as an editor and his unique ability to inject laughter into serious topics. His most recent short film, Out of Proportion, won the grand prize at the Beverly Hills Short Film Festival and was distributed worldwide.
Scott Cervine
Executive Producer
Debbie Ford
Mikki Willis
Julie Stroud
Daryll Merchant
Deborah Pietsch
Associate Producer
Donna Leo
Mikki Willis
Brad Rushing
Petra Costner
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Creative & Strategic Consultant
Drew Heriot
Debbie Ford
Danielle Dorman
Cliff Edwards
Debra Evans
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Cynthia Ruffin
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Will Emery
Matt Robinson
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Laura Adams
Rebecca Adams
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Tamara Bertucci
Marie Blackwell
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Jo Cady
Anna Darah
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Jak Fragu
Rosie Leah Jablonski
Denver Lee
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Emily Moore
Deirdre Morris
Raevyn Plouffe
Ceryn Schoel
Antoinette Chen See
Scott Shuker
Julie Trujillo
Mateo Ulibarri
Randy Thomas
Dave DeAndrea
Caryn Clark
Mikki Willis
Art Department
Pablo Acana
Seminar Set Design
Wendy Ware
Freeman White
Jerry Day, Jerry Day Productions
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Rosa Ortiz
Ryan Maples
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Color Grading & Online
Rainfall Films
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By Ian Bickis
Hudson Mack says he doesn't know the cost of his Victoria-based son's intensive medical care after being shot Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, only that he's sure it's already "catastrophic."
Like many who make a short trip to the United States, his 21-year-old son Sheldon didn't buy travel health insurance before crossing the border, and is now facing the potential of a staggering medical bill after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history left him with gunshot wounds that required major surgery.
"It's a lesson to Canadians to not cross the border without coverage," said Mack.
Thanks to a patchwork of funds for victims of violent crime, however, Mack says at least they might not have to worry about the hospital bills, on top of the emotional toll the family is facing.
"Emotionally, it's been hellish," Mack said. 'We didn't know what we were going to find when we got down here. So this has been terrible for Sheldon, a horrible thing for him, and a very difficult thing for us."
He said he's been told Nevada has a fund for victims of violent crime who don't have insurance, while the FBI's mass casualty unit may help him get Sheldon home, which he's hoping will happen as soon as this weekend.
The Canadian consulate is also helping, with the potential to tap into a government program that provides financial assistance for Canadians victimized abroad, though the program is capped at $10,000 and doesn't cover lost wages.
Friends have also set up an online crowdfunding page at GoFundMe to help with Sheldon's recovery, as have friends of several other Canadians injured in the attack.
Mack said he's not sure he would have set up the account on his own, but that it's good to see people want to help.
"There'll be a need for that money down the road because there's going to be counselling and ongoing emotional support that Sheldon and the others are going to need after this."
Money is also being raised online for Ryan Sarrazin of Camrose, Alta., who, according to a GoFundMe page started by Tamara Johnson, was "seriously injured" after being shot at the concert.
"This fund is to assist medical and travel expenses for Ryan and his family," she said on the funding page, which has already surpassed the original goal of $50,000 and is nearing the $75,000 mark.
In a statement posted on the page, Sarrazin's family thanked those who have supported them, while asking for privacy going forward.
"The Sarrazin and Moore families would like to extend our sincere gratitude and deep appreciation for all the contributions to the GoFundMe page as well as all the prayers and well wishes we have received."
Braden Matejka from Lake Country, B.C., has also started a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $25,000, saying on the page that the money will help cover his required time off work and other recovery costs after being shot in the back of the head.
Victims may also find help from a general GoFundMe campaign started by Las Vegas's county, which has already raised more than US$9 million, though it does not specify how much, if any, will go to Canadians.
Canadian travel health insurance policies generally have at least a million dollars of coverage, said Will McAleer, president of Canada's Travel Health Insurance Association.
Once contacted, insurance companies will contact next of kin, co-ordinate with doctors and hospitals and manage care and flights home, so it's important to have insurance, and your insurance card ready.
However, Canadians shouldn't expect much support from their provincial coverage, where the daily coverage ranges from between $50 and $400 depending on the province, McAleer added.
"The amounts that you'd be paid for under a provincial medical plan are certainly insignificant, they're almost non-existent."
He said intensive medial care for an emergency such as a critical gunshot wound can cost upwards of $10,000 a hour as teams of specialists go into action.
"For significant emergencies, it's not even a fraction of the coverage."


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Let's start our review of the Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 processor by exploring its basic specifications, namely: the model code name, the segment of use (server, workstation, computer or laptop), the generation of the processor (its previous model), and the family group. All data is taken from the manufacturer's official source.
Technical information about the CPU Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 base clock frequency, number of processor cores, processor threads, as well as turbo frequency of cores in single-threaded and multithreaded mode. Pay attention to overclocking and hyperthreading support. All of these specifications directly affect the performance of the model in work applications or games. A higher values, more the faster will be the processor.
Integrating a graphics core into the processor complements its functionality, but not all manufacturers (AMD or Intel) integrate iGPU into their CPUs. Even if the processor has an integrated graphics card, its power is hardly enough for modern games, so these features do not affect the overall performance of the processor. If Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 supports an integrated graphics core, you can see its specifications below.
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A specialized processor extension, AES-NI encryption system, was first introduced by Intel in 2008. This system is designed to handle data encryption for data stored in RAM and on hard drives. Check if your Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 processor supports this encryption method.
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To gain a comprehensive understanding of the Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 processor, it's important to examine several key factors. Firstly, take note of the supported ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) instructions, as this will determine the processor's capabilities and compatibility with certain software. Secondly, make sure to check the compatibility with motherboards, as some processors may only work with certain types of motherboards. Thirdly, pay attention to the manufacturing process technology, as this can greatly impact the processor's performance and efficiency. Finally, it's crucial to consider the size of the L2 and L3 cache, as the larger the cache size, the faster the data can be processed and retrieved.
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It has been more than a year now since The Donald moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and he continues to be thwarted at every turn by that do-nothing Congress and the Democrat Party.
We all had expected that by now the Asian countries that have dumped their goods here and almost bankrupted our country by causing our trade deficit would have felt the bite of tough new rules, but the Trans Pacific Partnership tied Donald's hands on that one.
Mexico still won't keep its illegals — the source for Americans' drugs — on their side of the border. NAFTA prevented the border closing there. It wouldn't even take those Mexican tractor-trailers off our roads, and who knows how many of them are filled with illegals being dropped off in Ohio and Pennsylvania? Still, we are pouring concrete for a bigger wall all the time, whether Mexico pays for it or not. They should because they created this problem, but so far Donald has not gotten a single peso from the ingrates.
And, of course, the Muslims have always been fighting us when they are not too busy squirmishing between themselves. The Donald's executive order closed all our borders to refugees from Syria, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan; countries populated by still more ingrates who are unwilling to pay for the wars that we started on their behalf. And wouldn't you know? That is now going to the Supreme Court, challenged by the Democrat Party as unconstitutional. As if the President of the United States, as Commander in Chief, doesn't have the power to keep all the riffraff out. That wishy washy Supreme Court is not conservative enough! The Donald will get his chance to change that, soon, with real right-winging, bitter-clinging, proud clingers of our guns, our God, and our religion, and our Constitution.
Solving our trade deficit wasn't as simple as ending the supply of cheap Chinese stuff. Donald got around Congress and the TPP by calling that retailer CEO summit at the White House. But it still comes in from places protected by those bad trade deals negotiated by idiot presidents who didn't know the first thing about the art of the deal. Now the Chinese stuff goes to Australia and gets rebranded before the container ships take it to WalMart. That is why the prices we pay didn't change much, so I guess we can be grateful. The Chinese and Koreans should be too, but are they? No way.
When the Donald sent the marines to grab Iraq's oilfields last month there was a big uproar at the UN but what could they do, the toothless liberals? Donald just vetoed any Security Council resolution they passed. Now we control a significant supply of the world's oil and can set prices where we like, and not just where the Saudis want them, in the basement. We all have to put up with higher prices at the pump now, but rising crude prices have stopped the slump in fracked gas futures and got us back on the path to the energy independence that made America strong.
If the Saudis gripe about that, Donald says he is ready to send a bunch of oil sheiks to his reopened Guantanamo just to let them know who's in charge. Sure, he hasn't gotten rid of ISIS yet, but give him time. He will get their oil too, and you can take that to the bank. The marines are just settling into Iraq now. Syria is a quick hop.
Donald's poll numbers are quite good, and it is long past the honeymoon stage. People are calling him the Second Great Communicator. Doubters have to eat crow. Our military is stronger than ever, and we are respected again, whether foreigners like it or not.
We will know soon whether that do-nothing Congress passes the President's energy plan and American builders can get started on those 100 new nuclear plants. That will be a real shot in the arm for the economy, as well as making energy cheap again. People say the President is a climate denier, but those new nukes will do more to stop climate change than anything Obama did in Paris. Put a trillion dollars into nuclear power, like we will, and your other countries can be energy independent too, you UN people.
People criticize the President for ordering the National Football League to move the Super Bowl to New Jersey, but now that more than a third of the teams have relocated to California, it seems only reasonable that the East Coast should get its share of the action. Some of the best football we've ever seen was played in snow.
When the Donald took office the economy was in shambles. Stocks were getting schlonged. Oil, coal, and car companies were talking bankruptcy and wanting bailouts. The Donald doesn't do bailouts. How about that?
The Donald met with all the banks and cut them checks. He refinanced the country. Remember: this is a guy who knows what it is to go bankrupt and still wind up with high-rise penthouses and golf courses. That's exactly what he did for America. Who cares what the dollar is now worth in Timbuktu? We will soon have legal casinos in every city and every state, and they won't be run by Indians, either.
We are still only a year into this presidency, but from here it sure looks like an unqualified success. We guess that's only to be expected when you buy the best.
"I'm Donald Trump and I endorse this message" — Trump for President 2016