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Dinosaur Jr.
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Dinosaur Jr were a Canadian power-industrial trio that formed after guitarist J Mascis saw bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph performing at Lollapalooza in 1979.
edit History
edit Formation
Before Dinosaur Jr existed, Murph and Barlow played together in a drum and bass combo called Sebadoh, who were very successful in their time. The duo met while Murph was managing a Dairy Queen that Barlow used to frequent during his high school years. Murph was beginning to play drums, inspired by his childhood televison hero, Animal. However, he had a very obvious lack of talent and realized that he would need another highly skilled musician to balance this out if he were to succeed in any shape or fashion.
In late November 1978, on his way to Guitar Center, Lou crashed into Murph at a four-way intersection. This caused a 15-car pileup, but fortunately, the two of them emerged unscathed; the others were not so lucky. Rather than trade insurance cards, Murph noticed that Lou was wearing a Muppets T-Shirt, and they began to discuss Murph's musical aspirations. As it turned out, Lou was also looking for a band to start, as he was rapidly succeeding his idol, Flea, in technical ability as well as songwriting. They then decided to begin jamming, to see if there was any chemistry between them and if a band would arise.
It was not long before they found their trademark sound and began playing shows. They named their band Sebadoh, after their combined love of Play-Doh and the Pixies' top 40 hit "Subbacultcha." In the spring of 1979, Sebadoh released their first album, Dinosaur, and landed a headlining spot in the hippie musical festival Lollapalooza. Dinosaur debuted at the top of the charts to incredible critical acclaim. Their performance at Lollapalooza was considered a landmark in the drum and bass movement of the late 1970s.
Guitarist J Mascis was in the crowd at this event, and was so impressed by their musical ability that he snuck through the festival's security and bribed and/or beat several guards to meet the band members. He managed to catch up to them on their way back to their trailer, and professed his admiration at their showmanship and songwriting prowess. Murph and Barlow were taken aback at his unabashed gold-digging, and sensed an opportunity and asked if he would like to be their roadie. Mascis shyly mentioned that he "....played a little guitar,.......and wrote some...songs, if you would like to....listen sometime...?" At the time, they declined Mascis' request, but held on to his phone number in case they were to change their minds.
Around 1982, the mainstream musical atmosphere was changing, and Sebadoh's record sales began to drastically decrease. Their second album Bug was selling extremely poorly and the band was subsequently dropped from their label. Still wanting to play music together, and with nothing left to lose, Murph and Barlow decided to give Mascis a call, and the foundations of Dinosaur Jr were set.
edit Rebirth and Rise to Fame
The first jam sessions with Mascis were fruitful, and the trio decided on a sound and name rather quickly. Influenced by artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Autolux, and Nickelback, the band had a unique mix of heavy industrial metal and atmospheric jams and again found themselves recording demos and playing several shows per week soon after the band's formation.
In late 1983, the band, newly named Dinosaur Jr (after their desire to relive the success of Sebadoh's first album), began recording their debut, You're Living All Over Me. It would be released on Atlantic Records, and was notable for its highly polished and professional sound, partly due to the production experience of Mascis, and then-experimental Pro Tools recording software. Critics responded well to the album, as did the public, and it debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts. Soon the band embarked on a world tour and played such major festivals as Woodstock and Warped Tour.
The band's sound was still primarily dominated by the songwriting team of Barlow and Murph, and by their third album (which was still at the top of the charts), Mascis was beginning to feel like his contributions went unnoticed, and he was allowed less and less input as writing and recording went on. To make matters worse, Murph was beginning to record Mascis' guitar parts himself. Murph and Barlow later stated that they were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Mascis' guitar playing, feeling that he had not grown musically as they did.
As a result, Mascis was fired from the band during the recording of Green Mind in 1991. The record was finished with the help of Screaming Trees guitarist Gary Lee Conner and future Queens of the Stone Age frontman Joshua Homme. Green Mind debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts to rave critical acclaim. It was supported by a 11-month universal tour, spanning over 200 sold-out venues in 8 galaxies. Even without Mascis at their side, it seemed as though Murph and Barlow received their second chance at success.
edit Internal Struggles and Lou's Departure
In 1993, after recording their fourth album, Where You Been, the seemingly unstoppable songwriting force of Murph and Barlow began to fracture internally. Murph wanted to push the band in an increasingly mainstream direction, in an effort to remain commercially viable for years to come, adopting the sounds of the current polka craze. Barlow also wanted to remain commercially viable, but he wanted to bring more of Sebadoh's old sound into the mix, since gangsta rap was also fairly successful. In spite of these differences, Dinosaur Jr continued to tour in support of the album.
At the end of the tour, in Hawaii, Barlow threw his bass at Murph at the end of the set and stormed offstage. Murph trashed his drum set and the show was over. Shortly thereafter, Barlow released a press statement, stating:
|Due to irreconcilable personal, creative, emotional, and racial differences, I am permanently leaving Dinosaur Jr. I wish Murph the best of luck in his future endeavors.
Murph also released a statement:
|For the record, Lou is not leaving the band, he has been fired as a result of his public assault on me at our last show in Hawaii. His behavior was not only unprofessional, but insulting to me. A life-long friend and musical partner should not behave that way. I am going to continue to guide Dinosaur Jr towards the future and should release new music soon.
edit Murph Continues Alone, and Mascis Returns
Murph began to record the next Dinosaur Jr album, the ironically titled Without a Sound by himself in early 1994. The record was soon released, and it is known that Murph played most, if not all, of the instruments by himself. The album had a very diverse and unique sound, showing influences from Britney Spears and the Beach Boys. Nevertheless, the record was still fairly successful on the charts despite lukewarm response from critics. Dinosaur Jr toured behind the album with various studio musicans, as well as musicians from other bands, including Axl Rose, Billy Corgan, Kurt Cobain, and many others.
After several quiet years since Mascis' firing, a statement was issued by the guitarist's management:
|It has come to my attention that several songs on the new Dinosaur album "Without a Sound" contain guitar riffs that I wrote while rehearsing for "Green Mind" back in '91. I am currently seeking legal advice on this situation.
Mascis was subsequently contacted by Dinosaur Jr's management and was offered a spot back in the band if he dropped his lawsuit. Mascis decided to drop the lawsuit, and rejoined the band just in time to begin writing the band's 1997 release, Hand It Over. Mascis was allowed much more input this time around. The album's return to the sound of 1991's Green Mind suggested that Mascis was more responsible for the band's sound than previously understood.
Shortly after the album's release, Mascis somehow managed to fire Murph, and continued on his own under the Dinosaur Jr name. However, their record label was tiring of all the internal issues, backstabbings, firings, maltreatments, and narrowly-avoided lawsuits. They soon decided the band was too much of a liability, and dropped the band.
edit The Uncertain Future
Left without a label, Mascis attempted in vain to get signed to another label. A demo entitled Beyond was shopped around to various record labels, but no deals surfaced. He soon turned to prostitution to pay the bills. He soon dropped out of the public eye and was not heard from in several years.
In 2005, Lou Barlow began shopping various demos around to record labels in hopes of initiating a reunion. He managed to get a deal from a small indie label, and has begun working on the band's first recording since 1997. Mascis has been rumored to be involved, but no official word has been released, likely due to his other obligations. Murph has been confirmed to be involved in the reunion, however his role is somewhat limited as he was dealing with "personal issues" according to several sources.
The new record is allegedly entitled Farm and is said to be based on Barlow's post-Dinosaur farming partnership with former R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry. There is no firm release date set as of yet, but is estimated to be released sometime in 2010.


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A student-run organic produce stand at Odom Academy has been closed until it can pass three mandatory city inspections.
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Soon We Will Have To Pay for Death
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Legislative initiative of City Hall – Cemeteries will be taxed
Today, representatives of the Labor Party and non-governmental organization "Coalition for Our Rights" held protest demonstration in front of the Tbilisi City Hall. The demonstrators protested new legislative initiative of the Mayor Gigi Ugulava which intends to estimate tax of 20 GEL for one square meter of cemetery.
"In 2006, when Gigi Ugulava became the Mayor, he tried to introduce the draft-law on taxing the cemeteries. Our party did not allow him to do it and he stopped. Now he still wants to rob dead people and starts to implement his initiative from the Cemetery in Vera district of Tbilisi," said Soso Shatberashvili from Labor Party.
Shatberashvili said the dead people also need protection from the government because many people cannot afford to pay the taxes. If people do not pay the tax, the cemeteries will be sold.
Demonstrators were astonished about the initiative. They say it is insulting and unacceptable for Orthodox Church.
Nana Sikharulidze, a participant of the demonstrators, said: "I am really astonished by the fact because retired people cannot pay the tax. Let them leave our dead people alone, we will take care of them; the government should not bother about cemeteries."
Mother of Buta Robakidze (a young boy killed by policemen), Ia Metreveli also attended the demonstration: "The government has already breached all ethic norms. Now they have chosen dead people to earn money. I am particularly astonished by the phrase "Prestigious cemetery"; I cannot understand what it means; the society should not allow it."
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Photographing Sasquatch
February 4, 2013
Here is an unaltered photograph I made of a Sasquatch my wife and I encountered on December 22, 2012, in rural Pennsylvania. Take a good look: They don't get much more real than this.
We were eating at the Log Cabin Inn (near Harmony, PA), when Diana spied the creature from one of the spacious rear windows overlooking the woodlands. She called my attention to it, and soon I was able to slip out and get close enough to the entity to snap a few photos.
This was better luck than we'd had on an earlier (February 2008) Pennsylvania excursion. (We had left our snow-covered cabin and gone on a wild-goose—er, Bigfoot—chase for, apparently, a black bear with mange.)
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#1 jerrys on Monday February 04, 2013 at 3:45pm
Joe, did you offer the Sasquatch one of your wooden nickels? I'm guessing it would have treated it as a family member.
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I agree! Bigfoots don't get more real than this.
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Jim and I had a consultation with Dr Wenzel. She is his spinal cord doctor. We saw the first MRI taken of his spine. The spinal cord was already compressed at C2-C7 because of bone spurs caused by arthritis.
He fell from the toilet and landed face first. It was a freak accident. If he had fallen differently, he would be up and walking as usual. Because his spinal cord was already compromised, that little fall was enough to further compress his cord and cause paralysis.
Jim asked the doctor if he would ever be 100% again. She said that it was highly unlikely. Possible but not probable.
She said that he will probably need to stay at the nursing home for 2 to 3 months. She then will reevaluate him. If she thinks that he has regained more movement, especially in his hands, then she can try to get him readmitted to TIRR. At that time they will try to get him more functional. She said that meant training him to do his own catherizing and bowel program.
This, of course, is not what we wanted to hear. He says that he can't give up hope and will keep working hard to get better.
Tonight he stayed in his chair through dinner. I put the fork in his wrist support and he was able to eat a small bowl of vegetables. The therapists say that the brain responds better to function over just exercise. So, raising the fork to his mouth may lead to better hand control.
I went back to Manor Place today. I thought I'd asked all my questions. Then the doctor said to ask about intermittent catherizing or the use of a foley. Usually nursing homes use a foley catheter. His nurse said that I really should go meet the nursing staff.
Next week I plan on spending the night at the hospital so I can learn how to do his bowel program. I don't trust the nursing home staff to do it consistently.
As I write these words I look around at my pretty family room and all our pretty things. We worked hard on putting this house together to be our home. I always thought that if I had to move again, at least I would have Jim to help me. Now, I think that the 3 of us will have to move to a senior living community. I need to weed out our "stuff" and select just the important things. I'll have to give up my studio. If Jim regains the ability to use a computer he will have to have room for an office so he can work.
It seems like an impossible job ahead of me. How can I possibly find us a new apartment home, dispose of most of our things and sell this house - all by myself?


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"Just a Little Fish in a Little Pond." Photos and thoughts on local occurrences and scenery. Visitors welcome.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Just a thought...
Frankly, I don't remember such ruckus in my lifetime. And while I wholeheartedly enjoy the theater being played out city by city during the bearing of the Torch, I can't help but wonder what will occur during the actual opening ceremonies.
In China, itself, of course, nothing will happen. They will go on as usual. The authorities will, no doubt, efficiently (and maybe brutally) squelch any embarrassment and inconvenience caused by any honest dissent.
Elsewhere, though, the protests will probably intensify.
We've had Olympics in totalitarian countries before, lots of them. However, insufficient media coverage always worked to minimize any protests and their subsequent retaliation.
Coverage is now continuous and copious. The hosting country and its repressive policies will be laid bare for all the world to see. There is no place to hide this time around.
And that will be the best reason of all for having the Olympics in China. One might almost forget that its all about sports.
Little Pond
6 comments:
- Karen of Scottsdale said...
Very interesting and thoughtful perspective. BTW: Hitler is the one who instigated the city by city torch run.
- Dreaming again said...
There is plenty of beauty in China for them to cover to make it about the sports.
This is all reminding me of the USSR olympics. The one we bowed out of ....
- pb said...
I don't remember much about the USSR Olympics, except that we didn't win anything. Natch.
The worst mistake would be to forbid coverage. No matter what happens, we cover them, and report any attempt by the government to prevent the media from doing so.
The Olympics may actually get a big shot in the arm from all this. But they will never be the same.
Guess I just remember a time when controversy wasn't a part of it all. Was I just too young?
- Charles-A. Rovira said...
The Olympics is about commercial sponsorships and money.
As long as the CokaColas' and Nikes' of the world aren't embarrassed to have anything to do with 'em (and people have the ability to rationalize holocausts, never mind a repressive regime,) we're not going to do anything about them.
Sucks, but inevitable.
Letsb hope all this protesting and agita doesn't lead too many people to prison (sorry, re-education camp.)
- Dreaming again said...
We didnt' win anything in the USSR olympics because we didn't get to go. I don't remember if they responded by not sending atheltes to the LA olympics or if it was just in certain sports that they did (so the competetion still wasn't full out competition)
Our olympiads were all prepared to go, and the cold war was so cold ...that our government decided it wasn't safe ... or politcally correct or something ...and didn't send our athelets.
I'm thinking it was the 1984 winter olympics?
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That was the 1980 Summer Olympics.
What a mistake that was. We shouldn't get on a high horse and boycott anything that highlights international cooperation.


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Twenty minutes down the road from Wagga is a farm producing some of Australia's finest olives.
Yarragundry's Parafield Olives was awarded a silver medal for Kalamata table olives at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show, a national competition discovering Australia's best fine food producers. Parafield also won a bronze medal for Palermo table olives.
However, the big wins should come as no surprise to anyone who knows Parafield Olives founder Margaret Carter, a self-proclaimed connoisseur who can't stand the mass-produced imports.
"It's like going from fine wine to 'goon'," Ms Carter said.
"Most olives are done in caustic soda in three days, mine are done naturally in brine and while it takes 12 months they taste far better."
Ms Carter doesn't just grow the fruit, she's a taster for the Department of Primary Industries' Olive Oil Testing Service in Wagga, the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
"I've been judging oil there for about seven or eight years and I've been judging at shows in Sydney and Adelaide for about 15 years," Ms Carter said.
"You can tell a bad oil straight away."
Olive trees were first planted at Ms Carter's Yarragundry property in 1935 because of the similarities to the Mediterranean climate, but they weren't her first foray into the cuisine.
"Before I started mucking around with olives I had a goat dairy – I milked goats," she said.
"In the 90's people were going around showing the new types of crops you could grow and one of them was olives.
"I decided olives would be far easier than goats and they ticked all the boxes."
After starting with an olive tree nursery, Ms Carter planted 5000 trees and started pickling, but only got her first commercial crop last year.
"We got three tonnes of olives and I thought this year we might get 10 or 15 tonnes," she said.
"We had 13 people picking them by hand from April to July and got 40 tonnes.
"I was surprised, I think it's going to get bigger in coming years."
Anyone who wants to taste Parafield's award-winning olives can get them at the Thirsty Crow Brewery and at The Oakroom.


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Online life is quickly eroding our usual feelings of personal anonymity. Services like Facebook mean that people are able to delve into our lives like never before.
Stalking, whistle blowing, even watching TV programmes broadcast in other countries; these and other online activities all rely on some form of online anonymity – or lack of it.
We humans don't generally like strangers knowing all about us, but we may be unwittingly providing people with details of our lives we'd rather were kept out of the public gaze. Keeping anonymous online is also a concern for a growing number of people in countries where speaking out has real consequences.
Luckily, there are several steps you can take to stay incognito online, and even some that can reduce the amount of spam email messages you receive.
Keep your email secret
Your email address is a big part of your online identity. It's also a valuable source of revenue for people whose business involves supplying spammers with live addresses.
If the sites you register with aren't secure, hackers can access the database containing all the user credentials, and the email addresses are sure to be sold on.
It's also an unpleasant fact of online life that some website owners lie when they say they'll never give your email address to anyone else. This is predominantly a problem for users of adult sites. Your email address may be sold on to sites with similar themes, which then spam you as well as selling your address on to others.
When an online business folds, the owner might also decide the list of registered users is an asset worth selling.
Luckily, you can use a throwaway address to avoid these problems. These exist for only a short period of time – just long enough to complete a registration process. GuerrillaMail runs one such service.
When you want to sign up for a website, go to GuerrillaMail and hit the 'Get temporary email' button to generate a random address. Copy and paste this address into the site's registration form.
When you return to GuerrillaMail, your temporary inbox will be displayed. If the site in question requires you to confirm your registration, the incoming mail will appear here. If there's a delay, simply click on the link marked 'Give me one full hour again' to reset the life of the address to 60 minutes.
Anonymous personal domains
If you have a family website containing your name and address, and you post that your family is off to visit Auntie Nellie in New Zealand on 30 August for three months, you may attract the attention of local housebreakers.
And even if you remove your address, there's another way they can easily find out where there's a nice, empty house to rob. The Whois record for a domain lists the registrar, the expiry date, the owner's details, the DNS servers and sometimes much more.
Go to an online Whois service such as whois.domaintools.com and enter a domain name (without the www) to see an example. The level of detail can be quite shocking.
When buying a domain, if it's unallocated – meaning that it's free to be sold by any domain registration company – it's a good idea to pick a registrar that will register it on your behalf. Their address will then appear in the domain's Whois record.
Simply search for the company offering the lowest price, then send an email asking whose name the registration will be in if the information isn't on the site. If a specific company or individual is selling the domain you want, they may simply transfer the Whois record to you, exposing your address to the world in the process.
You may be tempted to get round this problem by using a false address. However, the one that appears in the Whois record is usually the one you gave when you entered your credit card details to buy the domain. Because of this, it pays to ask if you can use a PO Box number to cover your tracks.
This service currently costs £63 per year (or £51 for six months) from Royal Mail. If you only need the address to register the domain, you can let the PO Box lapse afterwards.


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I was born in 1939, and grew up in a small town near Ft Stewart, Georgia.
During WW2 lots of folks lived with us. After the war there was a lot of stuff
that was left as folks went back to their own lives. One on the things that was left was a WW2 Jungle Hammock. At abut 10 years old in 1949, I would
string it between to oak trees in the side yard. I had a little fire pit and would
build a fire and roast potatoes. I would snuggle into the hammock, zipped up
and fall to sleep, when my grandmother would yell, and make me come inside.
I did this summer and winter. Also, left was an army sleeping bag made with
wool blankets not down. When it got cold, this thing worked great in the hammock. (It did not get below freezing a lot, but it did get a ver damp cold)
In 1952 or 1953, with and old surplus plywood back, and a JC Higgens 410 shot gun I was allowed to spend the night in the woods (swamps). But I was not allowed to go further than they could hear the shotgun. (Three quick shots)
I had several spots I would go, and tried many things with the hammock.
First the place was full of bugs and snakes. the hammock was the answer.
I would cut very long slender poles and string them through the top like normal, but tie the to the ground on the side away from the fire. They would
stick up in the air facing the fire. I had an old poncho that I would tie to the poles that extended the top way out towards the fire as a reflector.
I always dug a pretty deep fire pit, with a small trench going away from the hammock. I would start a fire as soon as I got there, getting coals going.
I don't know why, but I always roasted potatoes, mostly in dirt, over coals
pulled into the small trench. I tried many combinations of stuff, and finally settled on scooping out the patatoe and mixing it with a can of deviled ham!
When I got ready to turn in, I would cover the fire with a mound of spanish moss and it would smoke like hell. No bugs. In the morning it was pretty much still going.
My breakfast was four strips of bacon, fried in a surplus mess kit. Did not
pour off the grease, and two eggs dropped right on top. That's where my heart problems started! The smoked bacon would not spoil, and the eggs were wrapped in toilet paper.
While camping, I spent a lot of time looking for limbs or trees to cut for
walking sticks, and cypress knees that poke up out of the swamp that I cut, then boiled to get the skin off that made great lamp bases, or just wood
art. Sold a lot of them to "yankees" on US 17 on their way to Florida. I also
loved to get a rattle snake because the rattles, were hot sellers. (Thanks to
the 410)
Joined the Navy in 1962, and ended up in Washington DC in 1966. Started hiking the AT, using my surplus back pack, hammock, mess gear, collins machette, wool sleeping bag, new svea stove, only to discover that there were no mountains in the swamps of georgia, but there sure were in Virginia.
They hammock was 6 or so pounds, and the whole thing was a man killer when put together.
Thinking that the back pack was the problem I went whole hog and got
a "Mountain Master" external frame deal. After loading it all up, it still
weighed the same and still was a man killed.
Started to working on getting the pounds off, and by this time had a hiking partner, and we would do a week at a time on the AT, and that forced the issues. But we both agreed that we would not give up carrying considerable
"snake bite medicine". Other non-essentials HAD to go.
In Sonny's Surplus in DC, I found surplus white canvas Navy hammocks, probably from before WW2. We first rigged them under ponchos. Then
we discovered tube tents. We would string the hammock through the tube
tent with its own line. The tube tent was pushed all the way to the foot, with
a line that went up to the head where the hammock was tied. We only
pulled the tube tent over us if it started to rain, and we could do that by
pulling on the line without getting out of the hammock. In cold weather
we had a canvas covered foam pad that went into the hammock, tied every foot
by ties that his wife put on the hammock and the pad.
We always refused to take any food that we could not find in any store along the AT.
Breakfast was oat meal, real brown sugar, and hot tea with honey.
Lunch was sardines, an onion, and saltine crackers.
Dinner was Uncle Ben' Spanish Rice and tuna combined, with extra onion and
tabasco. It next night plain rice and corn beef. Next night plain rice and Hormel chili with no beans, etc. Always rice. We carried enough to live just on it. I remember we got strung out in Penn during an ice storm and had rice and honey for several meals.
In the hammock looking at the stars was alway Johnnie Walker Black and spring water. We solved many of the worlds problems, looking at the stars,
consulting Johnnie, and knowing if it rained all we did was pull a line and listen
to the rain on the plastic tube.
Sadly, my good hiking buddy of 30 years in now hiking an easier trail.
I haven't been out since then.
I still have my original hammock, the moutain master, the colllins, etc. When
I pull them out you can still smell the smoke, and I think of my buddy "Mo"
I am now turing 70, and in 55 years or so of campimg I never slept on the ground.
Hang in There.
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How to Safely Slow Cook
February 6, 2018 1:39 am
For those of us who live a busy life and still need to nourish ourselves and our families, slow cookers can be a huge help. Simply load up your cooker before work, set the timer, and go. However, according to the National Fire Protection Association, the popular kitchen appliance causes an average of 150 home structure fires per year. Erie Insurance offers these slow cooker tips for a safe slow-cooked meal.
Not everything is better with age. If you're just starting out and you've been "gifted" your mom's (or grandma's) old slow cooker, there's something to consider: age. While it might be in great working order, a vintage slow cooker from the '70s or '80s with an insert firmly attached to the heating element might need to be upgraded. Some older models also had vent holes or a notch in the lid for a spoon. Slow cooker lids should fit snugly. If it's warped or has one of the above-mentioned features, steam and heat will escape.
Make the connection. It's important to regularly check the slow cooker's electrical cord. If there's any sign of wear or tear, it's time to buy a new one. Using a slow cooker with a broken plug or wire is a fire hazard.
Location, location, location. It's important to keep the slow cooker away from the edge of countertops, and this includes not having the cord dangle off the edge. The closer it is to the edge, the easier it is for a person (or pet) to bump it or knock it over.
Tips to simmer over. If you're curious to see if your slow cooker is in working order, you can do a simple water test. Older slow cookers may not work as well as they once did, and for temperature and food safety purposes, the water test (see below) will help you decide if you should keep it or toss it.
Fill the slow cooker 2/3 full with tap water (tepid water) and set it on the low setting. After eight hours, use a thermometer to check the water's temperature, which should be at least 185 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Every slow cooker is different, with varying specifications by make and model. Follow the manufacturer's directions and take heed of anything suspicious or concerning.
Keep these tips in mind the next time you pull out your slow cooker or any other small kitchen appliances.
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I gave it a 6 because I think your animation was good, but the voices and the script could be a lot better. Change that and you'll get a way better score!
Hmm funny.
It had good humor in it but I just didn't find it that funny. dunno why.
What just happened?
I don't understand what I just saw, but it had Great White Shark, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Robotic Ant/Wasp?, and Kitten heads set afloat by propellers. That's all good enough for me.
They were originally my idea for a toy line of animals who's heads would fly off when you pulled a string, like those little helicopter toys. Those are great!!!
Igave this submission a vote of "4"
Very good.
I liked the drawing and art work. The humour was great and voice acting sound quality was perfect.
I think I will watch your other stuff now.
Needs more WTF Shock Value
I think this one wasnt as enjoyable, because alot of the WTF-shock value of the first video wore off. I didnt start laughing untill they interupted the show again for the comercial that shouted "HEY you little bastards!". After that i couldnt stop laughing and it was all great from that point on.
And BRAVO on the credits as a whole, really nice.
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television review
'In Justice' is guilty of simplistic plots
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Grace ventured out here to the Wild West a few weeks ago, and we finally got to meet in person. I was going to drive down to her hotel and show up at her room whether or not we had anything arranged, so the fact that she actually invited me avoided a potential run-in with security guards.
Grace has three kids under age four; I have six kids under age ten. I brought four of mine to our meetup (though the crazy toddler was in the group, and she counts as five normal children), so let's just say that we had our hands full herding our minions around the fancy resort where her husband Simon's OB/GYN conference was being held.
When my crew of merry pirates and I first came bursting into the lobby, I saw two women sitting in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, admiring the views of the misty Texas Hill Country as they sipped from glasses of wine. They looked my way, and their faces contorted into expressions that either contained mild horror or deep pity as I frantically spun around, trying to keep track of my swarming kids. In the brief moment that our eyes met, I was struck by the contrast between our current situations.
Them: having uninterrupted conversations, enjoying the view, drinking fine beverages, presumably smelling of high-end perfume.
Me: meeting a friend with whom I would have not a single uninterrupted conversation, cannot take my eyes off the kids for even one second, just drank some stale apple juice from a sippy cup, smelling vaguely of urine (due to an unfortunate diaper incident on the way down).
I was struck by this thing, this ball of thoughts and emotions that I couldn't even begin to unravel, a crazy, messy mix of jealousy and satisfaction and frustration and hope and a bunch of other stuff I couldn't articulate.
I was just beginning to unpack it all when two of my girls got into a wrestling match on the Persian rug, signaling that it was time to wrap up the resort lobby philosophizing and go look for Grace's room.
After some brief hellos — which was kind of surreal, since I think of Grace and her kids as living inside my computer — we headed down to the resort's family area which boasts bouncy castles and a kid-friendly pool. I had talked it up to the kids as if we were going to a My Little Pony ranch, which made it a little anticlimactic when we walked through drizzle only to see piles of deflated canvas, all of it having been shut down due to rain.
This left Grace and me needing to figure out — and figure out quickly — how to amuse seven young children for the next few hours.
We walked back to the room, thinking we would hang out there, but when we arrived at the door we realized we were locked out.
We then headed to the lobby — and I say "headed to the lobby" in the same way one might say she "headed to the summit of Mt. Everest." Evidently the architect of this resort had a Darwinian vision in which this would be a hotel for the strong, since only the fittest guests would survive the trek from the lobby to the rooms in the far wing. It involved stairs and multiple elevators and winding through approximately twelve miles of labyrinthine hallways. If it weren't for Grace's jogging stroller to help with the transport of the littlest ones, we may have had to give up and call for an airlift.
We got a new key and went back through the stairs/elevator/labyrinth. When we arrived back at the room, the key was gone. Lost somewhere along the way.
We made a plan to meet Simon back in the lobby to get his key, which of course meant another stairs/elevator/labyrinth run.
When we reached the lobby, I happened to spy a glass container of ice water infused with sliced cucumbers. I was thirsty — so, so thirsty from the long drive — and the thought of a cool beverage with a hint of cucumber made me swoon. But the water sat on a low table, the easy-pour spout well within reach of even the shortest people in attendance. So far, the kids had not noticed the water.
I had a very tough choice to make.
My will to survive trumped my desire not to be despised by the hotel management, and I discreetly slipped over to pour myself a cup. This immediately triggered some internal sensor in all of the kids — I could swear that even the ones who weren't looking my direction snapped their heads around the moment my hand touched the spout — and they descended on the pitchers like starving wolves on a carcass, with my children leading the charge. Grace and I made a valiant effort to keep things under control, but we were outnumbered and had only tiny cocktail napkins to combat the mess. On the plus side, turning the lobby into a water park seemed to make up for the fact that the actual water park was closed.
Grace was on the phone with a concerned look on her face, and she hung up to report the news: there was a mixup, and Simon was actually back in the hotel room.
Back at the hotel room, an ominous realization dawned on us (by "us" I mean "me" — Grace undoubtedly already thought of this): we had seven young children to feed, and we were at the type of place where the grilled cheese is made with imported gruyere and costs $15.
We ventured out to a Chick-Fil-A in a nearby mall, and when we arrived I thought it was appropriate that REM's The End of the World as We Know It was playing. I've never understood the lyrics other than slamfughbrightwipe feelin'…pretty…psyched! but it's always struck me as the ultimate "happy chaos" anthem, and so it was the perfect soundtrack for the two of us walking through the door to a fast food joint with a herd of wired and hungry kids.
My children got the party started by spilling a newly filled drink all over the table just as Grace's toddler Sebastian made a break for the door, but overall it went surprisingly smoothly.
Back at the hotel, Simon made the very generous offer to watch most of the kids while Grace and I had a glass of wine down by the pool. I think we might have said thank you before bolting for the door.
We settled in at a poolside table and finally got a moment like the one I'd seen those women enjoying in the lobby. Granted, we had my two-year-old with us and we only had a few minutes since I needed to get back on the road and we were concerned for Simon's sanity, but it was a glorious half hour. It had been great to have sporadic conversations as we led the kids on the hotel death march, but now we could finally speak without having to interrupt ourselves to apologize to the other people in the elevator because a certain child (cough-cough lastnameFulwiler) just pressed the buttons for aaaallllllll the floors. Grace is even more witty and interesting and hilarious than she seems on her blog, and it was one of those occasions when I think we could have talked until 1 AM and I would have felt like we were just getting started.
On the way home, after my toddler screamed herself to sleep, I thought about that strange mix of feelings that arose in me when I first saw the folks lounging in the lobby.
Being able to enjoy fine beverages and adult conversation, unencumbered by the needs of small and noisy people, is a real treat. If Grace and I could have spent our whole afternoon that way, it would have been nice. But there's this paradoxical truth of the universe, one that I only learned in recent years, which states that a bunch of nice moments do not necessarily add up to a nice life — and, conversely, a bunch of really difficult moments can add up to a beautiful life.
In the heat of the moment, when I was dragging travel-weary kids around in a place that was not exactly set up to accommodate travel-weary kids, it was tempting to feel like Grace and I and all the other mothers of little ones would have better lives if we could hire a staff of nannies and go spend all our hours enjoying fine beverages and nice views. But as I thought about it again, driving through a downpour on the outskirts of Austin at 10:00 at night, I heard my daughters talking about their big day from the back seat. Their words were filled with wonder as they recounted watching birds play in the rain from the balcony in the room; they bubbled with excitement about having chicken nuggets and ketchup at the "fancy westaurant." Things that I saw as nuisances, they recounted as great adventures; details that I hadn't noticed at all seemed vivid and fascinating when viewed through their eyes.
"Thank you for taking us to Miss Gwace's house, mommy!" my four-year-old exclaimed, evidently perceiving that the Pattons have done quite well for themselves. I told her I was glad she could come, and I meant every word of it.
There's that old saying that when you have young children, "the days are long, but the years are short." This trip reminded me of a similar truth: the days are hard, but these years are so, so blessed.


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- n. Romantic and/or sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory.
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Blend of dormitory and incest.
Also known as "dormcest", the phrase – according to the authors – refers to the inevitable hook-up between two people living on the same door floor or in the same dorm.
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It's dormcest taken to a new level: dating a co-worker.
There's a dating vocabulary lesson that includes a few terms that were not in vogue when I was in college (e.g., sexiled and dormcest), as well as a comparison of the pros and cons of sororities and a table that explains "What a Guy's Drink Says about Him."


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With so many people traveling to Tahoe today, I thought it would be worth one more update on the weather expectations for the weekend. Once again, this report comes courtesy of our friends at the Western Weather Group. I truly believe they provide the most comprehensive, deep weather report of anyone in the Sierra.
HIGHLIGHTS: Unseasonably cold & unsettled weather to continue through the end of February and well into the first week of March. Snow increasing again this evening, then decreasing tomorrow, with only light isolated snow showers left by tomorrow night. Next storm (Monday) likely to miss offshore. Chance of more snow late next week.
Weather Discussion: A stalled out frontal system remains stretched from just south of Lake Tahoe SW'ward to the Central Coast. Snowfall across the Lake Tahoe region lightened up this morning and remains very light and more scattered over the area early this afternoon. An upper level low rotating through the bottom of a large offshore trough will dig SE'ward toward SoCal this afternoon/evening causing the front to enhance some later today through this evening while also pivoting/tilting into a more north to south orientation which will place it back over Lake Tahoe by this evening. Most models thus show snow increasing once again for about 4-6 hours this evening before the low lifts NE'ward (passing just south of the lake early tomorrow morning) at which time snowfall should begin to decrease. Another cold low is forecast drop down the coast tomorrow, replacing the current one, although this next system has very little moisture associated with it. Snow tomorrow should be more showery and amounts less impressive. "Impressive" may be too tame a word to describe snowfall this week. It does appear after tonight, that snowfall totals will be much lighter across the region through early next week. Latest models are adamant that the next system on Monday will drop down too far off the coast before rotating inland over extreme SoCal late Tuesday/Wed. This suggests it will miss Tahoe completely. The next two after that look more promising and absurdly cold (colder than any storms this year nor any going back several years, which leads to low confidence). Oh no! Just looked at new European model and it's completely different late next week – never mind — it's not that cold but also wetter.
Snow Levels: Near 3500ft this afternoon dropping to 2500ft or lower locally tonight and tomorrow.
Weather forecast provided by Western Weather Group, Chico, CA. Access to daily weather forecasts for the Lake Tahoe area or other regions of California can be purchased by contacting Western Weather Group at 530-342-1700 or email@example.com.


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Computer Introduction
A computer is not made for internet browsing or for watching movies. It is an electronic machine that is used to manipulate data.
A device which accepts input data, do some mathematical operations and produce the output. a calculator is a kind of computer. Mobile is a computer. Desktop, laptop, ATM machine and etc.
Video Explanation in Urdu and Hindi
Main Parts
Input Devices
It takes input from the outside world or user. mouse, mic, keyboard, scanner are the examples.
Output devices
Which gives the result to the user or outside world. Monitor, printer, plotter, speaker are the examples.
System Unit
System unit SU is the most important part. SU can run without any input and output device. It contains all necessary components to run a computer like,
- Power supply.
- CPU central processing unit.
- RAM Random access memory.
- Hard disk.
- Motherboard.
- etc.
Computer Language
A Computer understands only binary language. It has only two values 0 or 1.
Operating System
Operating system OS is a software to run a computer. It is just like a driver. It controls the hardware function. There are multiple types of operating systems designed by different companies.
- Windows.
- Unix.
- Linux.
- Mac.
- Android.
- etc.
Application Software
It is also a software. It is made to perform any specific task.
- Adobe PhotoShop used for photo editing.
- VLC player used to run movie.
- Microsoft Office used for office related tasks.
- etc.


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Dr Ruggero Santilli published an article in which he reveals the existence of these unknown invisible entities of the dark and bright type which are completely invisible to our eyes.
Moreover these beings could be spying on us, according to Dr. Santilli.
The following video shows some of these entities moving around volcanoes.


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[November 2 – 9, 2011]
Twenty-three of us met in Arizona for a week of sightseeing and picture taking. We could not have had a better hostess than Mary Brown.
On our first full day, we drove to Tucson and stopped at a number of sites, among them the Western Unit of Saguaro National Park.
This photo is taken from the Park's Visitors' Center. The Saguaro cactus is an iconic object of Western art, movies, and folklore. It grows to heights of fifty feet or more and lives as long as 150 years or more.
It was the start of an awesome seven days.
It is good to be back. I look forward to having a look at your pictures. It will take me a few days.
As always, thanks for stopping by!
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Betty Maxey gave props (10 Nov 2011):
Gorgeous shot there! And what a fantastic time we had!!!!
Donna Mullins (Deleted) gave props (10 Nov 2011):
wonderful photo Richard. love the shadows!
Linda Houghton gave props (10 Nov 2011):
An awesome shot of such a beautiful place- So glad to have been a part of this awesome meet-up!
Heather Mellon gave props (10 Nov 2011):
Love how you framed this beautiful view.. great shot!
Andrea Petersen gave props (10 Nov 2011):
It is good to see you back, Richard...I am glad you all had a wonderful time at the meet up...Great shot!
daniele castellucchio gave props (10 Nov 2011):
very nice!
MªTeresa Barreda Royo gave props (10 Nov 2011):
Carol Holmes gave props (11 Nov 2011):
The framing of the landing you are standing on, makes it seem you are looking at a panorama image, great framing, beautiful image!
Donald Garrett gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Well done, Dick! Love that blue sky too. I think I was standing right beside you on this shot. Mine is just like it.
Lori Reece said (11 Nov 2011):
I was amazed at how beautiful Arizona is! I really thought it would be flat and desolate. I'm glad I was wrong! It was a wonderful trip and I'm sad that it's over! I hope you got a good sunrise picture at the Grand Canyon!
Yes, Mary was an excellent hostess. It will be hard to top the Arizona trip! You also contributed a great deal to the success of our meet-up! If it wasn't for you, we'd still be circling around the park near the Botanical Gardens! Thank you Dick!
elfriede fulda (Deleted) gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Great to see you back, can't wait to see more of your images and your narrative, this one is great !
John Linton gave props (11 Nov 2011):
A most excellent meet-up.
Nancy Richard gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Welcome back! I am loving all your photos!!!
Maurie A gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Beautifully framed......... can't wait to see and hear more ;~)
Patty Gross (Deleted) gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Very nicely composed shot, Richard. I love the nice, rich colors, and the shadows on the ground. You did a marvelous job....and I for one am so glad you are back!!!
Litz Go gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Oh yeah, Dix is back! I'm so glad that I finally met you and the others. It was a fantastic, memorable and unforgettable week! It was a family reunion I should say. You and Mary did make this a moment happened to remember! When is the next one?
Carl Kuntze gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Exquisite composition. Encroaching modernity upon primitive beauty.
Litz Go gave props (11 Nov 2011):
and of course your first post is a fave image! Love the lines and the shadows! I'm back to work and had not really process all the photos I took! Looking forward and excited to see them all!
Maura Wolfson-Foster gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Exceptional imagery, Sir R....! :)
Iztok Urh gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Beautiful shot!!
Paperini Renato gave props (11 Nov 2011):
A truly unique and spectacular view of nature ì simple and beautiful together. Welcome back to JPG Dick, we really missed you.
Suzanne McGeady said (11 Nov 2011):
So glad you had the best time Richard. Good to have you back. Perfect framing of this iconic feature.
Leslie Hunziker gave props (11 Nov 2011):
sweet memories for sure! thanks Dick for all you did for all of us on this trip!
Carlo Pagan gave props (11 Nov 2011):
WoW!!! fantastic shot!!!
Michelle Maxey gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Wow great shot. I love the framing.
Brad Paro gave props (11 Nov 2011):
Great shadows....I'm glad to hear you had a good time!
Judy and Wayne Wanamaker gave props (11 Nov 2011):
What a fabulous day! I love the way you framed the view with the strong shadows. A truly beautiful shot, Dick! You are getting really good with your Powershot!
Susan Littlefield gave props (12 Nov 2011):
Beautifully composed, great lines and shadows, the framing is excellent (have I left anything out??) ☺ Your efforts in helping Mary bring this wonderful experience together are appreciated more than you'll ever know. What a fabulous time we had, and so many new experiences!! Thank you for all you did to make this a trip to remember!!
JamesHarmon McQuilkin gave props (12 Nov 2011):
framed so well, and the lines have variety-yet work so well together
Ioana Caravan gave props (13 Nov 2011):
Excellent view!
Winky Vivas (Deleted) said (14 Nov 2011):
A beautiful image, Dick! I love the composition, lighting, and shadows. I am glad that you all had a wonderful time!
je suis moi gave props (14 Nov 2011):
The very new meets the very old. Well seen.
Zapata Juan P gave props (14 Nov 2011):
That place looks so great. Thanks for sharing
Christopher J Chalk gave props (14 Nov 2011):
A beautiful image, Dick. Love the perspective and those shadows! I'm so "HAPPY" everyone had such a great time☺. Congratulations Mary for organising such a great succes and the effort you made to host this wonderful event!
Jyri Vissak gave props (15 Nov 2011):
Well seen and presented!
Steven Schutz gave props (16 Nov 2011):
I like this view as well as the lones of the shadows and the structure...very contrasting elements as well if one chooses to view this image in that manner...
Regenia Brabham gave props (16 Nov 2011):
I will remember this trip with great fondness for the rest of my days. This is an awesome shot!! Great use of framing. I am going cactus shopping soon. LOL.
Niharika Sanyal gave props (16 Nov 2011):
nicely framed, i like the light and shadow!
Deborah Downes gave props (17 Nov 2011):
So happy the meet-up was a smashing success. Still wishing I could have been there. This looks like a scene in a big wide movie screen. Love it!
Robert Duncan gave props (18 Nov 2011):
great line study.
Ann Reece gave props (18 Nov 2011):
This is a beautiful photo, Dick!!! I will remember this awesome meet up for the rest of my life! Arizona is so beautiful, the JPGers at the meet up were awesome, we were all instantly friends with a wonderful bonding. It was special to me for our beautiful daughter to share this experience with me. Happy, happy times : )
Mary Brown gave props (19 Nov 2011):
Dick, you're mastering your new camera! I love the way you've framed the cactus and mountains with the modern architecture. Well done.
Pete Jeffers gave props (20 Nov 2011):
It was a great meet up as a first (for us), we are looking forward to coming to a lot more. This is a fantastic shot Dick.
Saroj Swain gave props (21 Nov 2011):
I am sure you had a nice time there at Arizona... Love the picture....
Jean Pierre Vacherot (Deleted) gave props (23 Nov 2011):
Nice frame
Ronnie Ginnever gave props (25 Nov 2011):
Excellent capture!
Lanis Rossi gave props (29 Nov 2011):
Well Done!
Ariani Utami gave props (11 Feb 2012):
a pretty lining by the shadow and crates a great landscape..
Michaela K. said (14 Feb 2012):
perfect frame and shadows
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Man injured in fall from rope swing
Updated 11:18 pm, Thursday, July 4, 2013
NEW MILFORD -- A 24-year-old man's Fourth of July revelry was interrupted Thursday when he fell from a rope swing on Candlewood Lake.
Police confirmed that the Fire Department and an ambulance were dispatched to the Candlewood Lake Club for a man who had fallen off a rope swing and suffered both a head laceration and an arm injury.
He was taken by boaters to the area of the lake club on Candlewood Lake Road South.
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The number of people out of work in South Northants and Cherwell fell in January, compared to November last year.
In Aylesbury Vale the number increased slightly by five jobseekers to 1,458.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate stands at 7.2 per cent nationally, compared with 1.3 per cent in Aylesbury Vale, 1 per cent in Cherwell and 0.9 per cent in South Northants.
In South Northants the number of men claiming job seekers allowance rose from 315 in November to 330 in January, while 17 less women were claiming during the same period.
There were also more male jobseekers in January in Aylesbury Vale with 911 recorded in November compared to 949 in January. Women made up 509 of the jobseekers, a drop of 33 to November's figure.
In Cherwell the numbers dropped in both categories, with 20 fewer men and 14 fewer women recorded compared to numbers in November.
Cherwell District councillor for the economy and estates, Norman Bolster, said: "Cherwell has always bucked the trend a bit with jobless figures. We have always remained below the national average."
He added the council ran regular job fairs and worked with job centres to help the long term unemployed. Aylesbury Vale District councillor Steve Bowles, cabinet member for economic development, said the future looked bright for the district's economy with the arrival of East West Rail, development at Silverstone Circuit and the allocation of new employment sites.
He added: "We are working with local partners such as Bucks Business First (BBF), the Local Enterprise Partnerships and other business support bodies to help ensure we can collectively deliver as much support and assistance to local businesses."
Councillor Rupert Fordham, portfolio holder for regeneration and economic development for South Northants Council, said: "South Northants has the best unemployment rate in the country. We have a very successful jobs club, which meets twice a month."
January 2014
Aylesbury Vale 1458
Cherwell 898
South Northants 508
November 2013
Aylesbury Vale 1453
Cherwell 932
South Northants 510
Percentage difference
Aylesbury Vale +0.3%
Cherwell -3.6%
South Northants -0.4%
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Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in North America.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Aardman's most ambitious stop-motion film to date, will be created with the same beautiful hand-crafted technique that the company brought to the Academy Award®-winning film Wallace and Gromit: The Curse ofthe Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run. The film is directed by Peter Lord, a founding partner of Aardman, director of Chicken Run (with Nick Park), and a two-time Academy Award® nominee for his short films at the company. The film is co-directed by Jeff Newitt. The screenplay is by Gideon Defoe, based upon his books. Production Designer is Norman Garwood. Producers are Peter Lord, David Sproxton, and Julie Lockhart. Executive Producer is Carla Shelley.


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SKOWHEGAN — A piano teacher was sentenced this week to serve 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of sexual abuse of a minor.
Angel L. Crowley, 23, of Clinton, was sentenced to 364 days in the county jail, with all but 90 days suspended, according to court papers. She is also ordered to serve a year of probation upon her release and is forbidden to have any contact with males under the age of 16 unless supervised by an adult, and only then with the approval of the child's family.
Court documents show that the victim was 14 or 15 years old when the abuse happened in Fairfield between Jan. 1, 2010, and Feb. 28, 2010. Crowley pleaded guilty to the lesser charge in exchange for prosecutors dismissing the more serious charge of gross sexual assault, a class C felony, according to the court documents.
The charge was brought against Crowley as a teacher, employee or someone with instructional, supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim, who was a student. Fairfield police Det. Sgt. Kingston Paul investigated the case.
Fairfield Police Chief John Emery said Crowley, who was self-employed as a piano teacher, was also a substitute teacher for the Lawrence High School band during the time of the abuse. There is no indication in court papers where the abuse occurred.
Crowley began serving her sentence Wednesday at Somerset County Jail in East Madison.
Her lawyer, John Martin of Skowhegan, could not reached Thursday for comment on the case.
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Discussion in 'Photography Beginners' Forum' started by Michaelintraining, Sep 16, 2008.
Can someone edit these for me / Give me tips how to improve the pictures.
yikes thats a lot of pictures to ask someone else to edit for you..
what do you want from your pictures?
I will say number 2 is over exposed and the others dont really have a an interesting point to them, I like the rocks, maybe having it black and white may enhance it?
the pics with the trailing flowers might have been enhanced at the time of taking the pictures by having more of the door/wall in it.
What editing software do you use? I can offer some suggestions to help you edit if you want to learn?
Sorry about being a bit hasty Chrisburke.
I have Photoshop and i'd love the help thanks.
Hi Michaelintraining,
At this point, I recommend just shooting, shooting and more shooting.
Visit sites like Photosig, study some compositions for reference.
As you shoot more and develop your eye, your pics will magically get better. So, don't bother editing, just shoot more to get what you want.
I am new at this but here is what I came up with.
Michaelintraining, I'm afraid, the second is lost.
It is overexposed to the extent that data has got lost that can no longer be recovered by any post processing software. You had to reshoot and apparently did (Photo 3 <- same flower), and your second attempt is better exposed.
I can see why you are still training yourself on still objects and on anything that is close to you, makes training easier, flowers always "pose", never "pull a face", don't "run away", don't move so much that you need to refocus all the time, so they are very nice objects for beginners! Nothing wrong with the flowers (though many here say flower photos are "boring").
I also understand why the overhanging plants made you want to take a photo of them, they are nicely changing colours just now and look good with the colour of the fence.
Well, I'd like to play with the feather caught in the bush some ... while compositionally it may not be over-exciting, the feather being so centred (which, however, seems to work here, I think), I like the fact that you photographed against the light and have the feather lit up from behind. Let's see what could be done about that photo...
Right. So here we are then:
First I looked at the histogramme of the feather-in-bush photo and found it isn't too bad to begin with:
So only very minor changes being done there (anything more done to the highlights and the detail of the feather began to disappear and the feather looked only like a brightly white thing):
You see, I only pushed the "shadow"-slider (left) from 0 to 10, and the "highlight"-slider (right) from 255 to 245.
Then I applied a bit of Unsharp Mask in the settings as shown:
After having done that I felt that maybe it might be fun to try to recompose the photo by cropping it some, after all, making the most of the shape of that little twig in front of the feather and including that into the overall (new) composition ...
... and in the end (as you will see) I cropped the picture even closer than is shown here in order to maintain the standard print sizes (800x533 is my usual size chosen for web-presentation).
Then I suddenly felt it was too saturated, so I reduced the reds (only the reds, no other colour):
With those few steps taken, I arrived at my edited version of your photo, Michael:
What do you say? OK?
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Biggest Box Office Hits and Misses of Summer 2013
Was this the most brutal movie summer? It certainly felt that way. Tons of massive films completely tanked at the box office, and some of our most highly anticipated movies were huge disappointments. But this summer also beat last summer for total ticket sales. Here are the summer's biggest winners and losers.


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[ Playa Calatagan #4] Beautiful Golden Sunset!!
Right in front of Playa Calatagan beach is this golden sunset. It is soo beautiful just to watch this. This post is just all about the sunset shots I made and I suggest that you gotta watch this when you decide to visit this place. For those of you who are in the office and I do hope these shots would de-stress you and make you more excited to visit the Philippines awesome beaches. Enjoy the sunset shots! summer is here, finally 🙂


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The Purification and Functional Analysis of Human CD4+CD25high Regulatory T Cells
Regulatory T cells were initially identified and isolated in the mouse, by virtue of their endogenous expression of CD25 (IL‐2R αchain) and shown to inhibit both the in vivo development of autoimmunity and the in vitro proliferation of nonregulatory, CD4+CD25− T cells. In contrast to mouse cells, human regulatory T cells are not purified by isolating all CD25‐expressing CD4 T cells ex vivo. Such cells can be isolated by targeting only the small percentage of human CD4 T cells that express high levels of CD25. This is best achieved by FACS sorting using the level of CD25 expressed on CD4− T cells to place the gate for discriminating high expression of CD25. This unit provides two widely used methods to isolate (FACS) or to enrich (magnetic beads) human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells from blood, along with an in vitro coculture assay to measure the anergic and suppressive features of human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells.
Keywords: T cell subpopulation; CD25; inhibition; regulation; suppression
Table of Contents
- Basic Protocol 1: Isolation of CD4+CD25high Regulatory T and CD4+CD25− Nonregulatory Target T Cells by FACS
- Alternate Protocol 1: Enrichment of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells by Magnetic Separation
- Basic Protocol 2: IN Vitro Analysis of the Anergic and Antiproliferative Properties of Isolated CD4+CD25high T Cells
- Reagents and Solutions
- Commentary
- Literature Cited
- Figures
- Tables
Basic Protocol 1: Isolation of CD4+CD25high Regulatory T and CD4+CD25− Nonregulatory Target T Cells by FACS
Alternate Protocol 1: Enrichment of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells by Magnetic Separation
Basic Protocol 2: IN Vitro Analysis of the Anergic and Antiproliferative Properties of Isolated CD4+CD25high T Cells
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|Baecher‐Allan, C., Brown, J.A., Freeman, G.J., and Hafler, D.A. 2001. CD4+CD25 high regulatory cells in human peripheral blood. J. Immunol. 167:1245‐1253.
|Baecher‐Allan, C., Viglietta, V., and Hafler, D.A. 2002. Inhibition of human CD4(+)CD25(+high) regulatory T cell function. J. Immunol. 169: 6210‐6217.
|Dieckmann, D., Plottner, H., Berchtold, S., Berger, T., and Schuler, G. 2001. Ex vivo isolation and characterization of CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells with regulatory properties from human blood. J. Exp. Med. 193:1303‐1310.
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|Levings, M.K., Sangregorio, R., and Roncarolo, M.G. 2001. Human cd25(+)cd4(+) t regulatory cells suppress naive and memory T cell proliferation and can be expanded in vitro without loss of function. J. Exp. Med. 193:1295‐1302.
|Salomon, B., Lenschow, D.J., Rhee, L., Ashourian, N., Singh, B., Sharpe, A., and Bluestone, J.A. 2000. B7/CD28 costimulation is essential for the homeostasis of the CD4+CD25+ immunoregulatory T cells that control autoimmune diabetes. Immunity 12:431‐440.
|Shevach, E.M., McHugh, R.S., Piccirillo, C.A., and Thornton, A.M. 2001. Control of T‐cell activation by CD4+ CD25+ suppressor T cells. Immunol. Rev. 182:58‐67.
|Thornton, A.M. and Shevach, E.M. 1998. CD4+CD25+ immunoregulatory T cells suppress polyclonal T cell activation in vitro by inhibiting interleukin 2 production. J. Exp. Med. 188:287‐296.
|Wing, K., Ekmark, A., Karlsson, H., Rudin, A., and Suri‐Payer, E. 2002. Characterization of human CD25+CD4+ T cells in thymus, cord, and adult blood. Immunology 106:190–199.


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Chelsea Transfer Rumours: Latest on Wayne Rooney and More Buzz for BluesAugust 16, 2013
Jose Mourinho won't be getting Wayne Rooney this summer.
The Chelsea manager has had his heart set on one of Manchester United's top players during the transfer window, failing with two bids already. Daniel Taylor of The Guardian reports the EPL champions won't be giving Rooney up no matter how much Mourinho bids going forward.
Landing Rooney would make Chelsea an instant favorite in the EPL, as he would give the club a massive boost. In the Premier League last season, he scored 12 goals and racked up 10 assists for Manchester United in 22 matches. Rooney is one of the top players in the world, but Mourinho clearly already knows that.
The problem for Manchester United is that, while it knows that Rooney wants out, manager David Moyes can't afford to get rid of him—especially to a rival club. Taylor recently wrote a column deeming a potential transfer of Rooney from Manchester United to Chelsea "unthinkable."
In a potential transfer for the star, Chelsea would be improving while Manchester United would be getting worse. If Moyes wants his team to repeat as champions, he's going to need Rooney on the pitch—and not for the opponent. The Scot is smart to hang on to him, but Mourinho is also wise to keep pursuing him.
The Rooney saga will likely continue until Moyes finally gives in and lets Chelsea have him, which is still possible. The Blues will be a good club without Rooney, but the EPL could be theirs with him on the pitch. For now, Mourinho just has to hope for the best.
Aside from Rooney being unavailable, for lack of a better word, here are a few other rumors regarding the transfer window and the Blues.
Samuel Eto'o to Chelsea?
While Mourinho probably won't wind up with Rooney on his squad any time in the near future, he may have Samuel Eto'o.
Matt Lipton of the Daily Mirror reports that Chelsea are one of several clubs looking to land the striker. Here's a portion of the scribe's report:
The Cameroon striker accepts he is the Blues' fall-back option if their pursuit of Wayne Rooney fails—the Londoners are refusing to give up on the England ace, despite Manchester United's clear insistence he is not for sale.
Eto'o is desperate to quite Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachakla after the club's billionaire owner, Suleyman Kerimov, suddenly pulled the financial plug.
At 32 years old, Eto'o wouldn't fit in with Chelsea' recent policy of buying younger talent to develop. But he would still bring several leadership qualities and an impressive resume to the club. He was brilliant in his years with Barcelona (2004-09) and Inter Milan (2009-11).
Bleacher Report's Tim Daniels doesn't think Mourinho should pursue the striker because he isn't in his prime anymore. While that's true, it would still be a worthwhile move for Chelsea for the right price. Eto'o is far from a Rooney-like talent these days, but the Blues would be better with him in their side.
Demba Ba On Way Out?
While many Chelsea fans are focused on players potentially coming to the club, there is also some news about a player who could be leaving the Blues.
Demba Ba has been a solid player for Chelsea in limited time, but he isn't really a starting option for Mourinho. He isn't going to play ahead of Fernando Torres or Romelu Lukaku, which makes him somewhat expendable. Darren Lewis of the Daily Mirror reports West Ham could be where Ba winds up.
Ba is a former member of West Ham and played very well for the club back in 2010-11. In that season, he scored seven goals in 12 matches (10 starts and two appearances as a substitute) for the club. He spent time with Newcastle as well before coming to the Blues last January.
Bleacher Report's Joshua Hayward recently wrote how West Ham would be the best landing spot for the 28-year-old, and it's hard to disagree with his opinion. Ba would likely thrive with the club just like he did in the past. In reality, Mourinho has no reason not to let him play for West Ham either.
If Ba isn't going to make a significant impact for Chelsea this year, the club's best option is to send him on his way back to West Ham.


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