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Back in 2007, a couple of political scientists wrote the following:
They offered several examples to illustrate this phenomenon, and quoted Israeli leader Shimon Peres saying that: "As to the question of U.S. pressure on Israel, I would say they handled us more with a carrot than with a stick."
Assuming this report is true, it marks a new low in U.S. Middle East diplomacy. Just consider the message that Obama's team is sending the Netanyahu government. Netanyahu has been giving Obama the finger ever since the Cairo speech in June 2009, but instead of being punished for it, he's getting rewarded for being so difficult. So why should any rational person expect Bibi's position to change if this is what happens when he digs in his heels?
Although failure to achieve a two-state solution is ultimately much more of a problem for Israel than for the United States, we have been reduced to begging them and bribing to stop building settlements -- please ... please ... pretty please? ... and then only for a mere 60 days.
Not only is the United States acting in a remarkably craven fashion, it's just plain st**id. How will this latest bribe change anything for the better? What do we think will have changed in two months? Remember that there isn't even a genuine freeze right now, only a slowdown, which means that a deal will be just a little bit harder in two months than it is today. Does Obama think his bargaining position will be stronger after the midterm elections? And if construction resumes, what then?
Back when direct talks were announced, I said they wouldn't go anywhere, and I've made it clear in the past that I think this situation is a brewing tragedy for all concerned. And then I said I hoped the Obama administration would prove me wrong. Looks like there's little danger of that, alas.
P.S. Haaretz reports that Netanyahu is not inclined to accept the administration's offer, which leaves us right where we started. That is to say, with little hope that this latest round of talks will lead anywhere. The real question is: When will the United States try a different approach?
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How Not to Make a Wish
While cleaning an old lantern, Kira Franklin releases a genie. But this gender-morphing, appearance-bending creature doesn't do "big" wishes. So forget stopping world hunger or ending war. And still heartbroken from the jerk who dumped her, Kira doesn't believe in the perfect man.
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I love the theater. The theater is my life.
At least that's what I told myself as I suffered my third sneezing fit in an hour.
Standing in the costume shop at the Fox Hill Dinner Theater, I extracted a linty tissue from my pocket and blew my nose, trying not to pay attention to the clouds of dust swirling in the overhead fluorescent lights. If I let myself think about how much debris filled the air around me, my lungs would seize up and I'd collapse in front of a dozen feather-covered costumes from Gypsy.
"Gotta have a gimmick, Kira Franklin," I muttered to myself.
A gimmick—that was the name of the game in the cutthroat world of Midwestern dinner theater. And without one, Fox Hill would be out of business in less than a month. Anna Harper, the dinner theater's artistic director and my boss for the past seven years, was fully aware of our company's dire straits. She'd been hinting for months that I should get my résumé out, that I should try to nail down my dream job at Landmark Stage, the Twin Cities' newest theatrical darling. In fact, she'd pretty much told me that my next paycheck would be my last—the theater loved me, couldn't work without me, but just couldn't afford to keep me, blah, blah, blah.
Alas, my Fox Hill credentials weren't likely to spark interest from the Landmark. Like it or not, I'd limited my marketability by staying with Anna for as long as I had. Every time I applied for a position with the prestigious Landmark Stage—even just working in the ticket office—I received a polite, anonymous, form-letter rejection.
Nevertheless, barring a miracle, Anna was going to have to cut me loose. But we wouldn't go down without a fight. Prior to hiring some starry-eyed kid right out of high school, Anna had decided on one last money-making scheme: selling our old costumes to the public. We were trying to be as festive as possible as we launched our last-ditch bid for survival—we had taken out full-page ads in both the Minneapolis StarTribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press announcing our grand sale: Evening gowns! Dance wear! Halloween costumes for young and old alike!
We played up the glamour, providing a long list of our hit shows from the past decade. We kinda, sorta, maybe hoped that no one would focus on the fact that most of the costumes were designed for a handful of quick outings on stage. We absolutely refused to make any guarantee that seams would hold, that sequins would stay attached, that feathers and ribbons and bows would last through a single wearing at a glamorous society ball.
That's why we kept a costumer on hand during all performances.
A costumer, someone to run lights, someone to run the sound board, people to change sets and hand out props—it could take more than a dozen backstage folks to mount one of our productions. And I was the person in charge of all of them, at least until I was laid off. Kira Franklin, stage manager extraordinaire.
Okay. That wasn't really the way that I thought of myself. I always stopped after the "manager" part.
But my father added the "extraordinaire" when he dutifully attended each of our productions. And so did my high school debate coach. And the handful of friends that I managed to rope into seeing individual shows, most often by handing out coupons for free dessert at our luscious gourmet buffet table (two entrées nightly!).
Come to think of it, most of my friends had dropped the "extraordinaire" a few years back, too. Maybe it was our Christmas production of Miracle on 34 Street, with a well-developed seventeen-year-old playing the little girl role, because we just couldn't find a kid who could stick to our rehearsal schedule.
Truth was, the Fox Hill Dinner Theater was not a leading light in the Twin Cities' theater community.
Let me explain a little more about who and what and where we were. You've probably heard of the Mall of America, right? The largest shopping mall in North America, with more than four hundred stores? Employs 12,000 people? Built around an amusement park, with a flight simulator, aquarium, and real live (okay, dead) dinosaur walk? Visited by forty million people each and every year?
Fox Hill was about a mile south of there.
We were located in an old strip mall, space we took over from a Woolworth's that was driven out of business by the big box stores even farther down the road. We had a decent-size "house" with seating for five hundred. There were two steam tables to serve dinner, and a thrust stage that reached into the audience, bringing musicals so close that patrons could practically touch them. But in a metropolitan area with a thriving artistic community and more than one hundred theaters, large and small, Fox Hill had its work cut out for it.
And things weren't exactly helped by the fact that our next-door neighbor was a porno-movie theater—the Fox Hill Cinema. You might have thought that dirty movies were a losing business proposition in the wake of the Internet and perfect-for-home-viewing DVDs. The fading grande dame, though, had cleverly diversified to stay in business with its three-screen emporium. Two showed the latest skin flicks, and one showed art films.
It could be really interesting to watch the line at their ticket window. It was pretty easy to tell who was in line for the Truffaut retrospective, and who was waiting for Goldilust and the Three Bares. At the dinner theater, we tried to promote ourselves to the first group, and we hoped that the second crowd didn't wander through our doors by mistake. You had to take your customers where you found them, though. Isn't that one of the primary rules of business? Well, it should have been.
"Kira? Are you in here?"
As if to answer, I sneezed again. "Yeah. In the back room."
Maddy Rubens pushed aside a sliding rack of thirty-six identical dresses—the irresistible Paris Originals from last year's overly optimistic production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Maddy was a lighting designer who had worked at Fox Hill on occasional gigs between the handful of dream jobs that she'd landed in New York, the more usual local productions, and the rare-but-lusted-after West Coast projects. More important, Maddy was my housemate and best friend.
"Jules and I finished going through the jewelry," she announced. "There's enough crap out there for a dozen high school proms. Tiaras up the wazoo, and enough pearls to strangle a decent-size horse."
"Gives all new meaning to the phrase 'costume'jewelry," I said.
"We're calling it a day and going to get burritos. Are you coming with?"
My stomach rumbled. Even though I'd had an Egg McMuffin with double hash browns for breakfast, I'd worked through our supposed lunch break. In fact, I'd had nothing but coffee since coming in that morning—four of my jumbo java mugs' worth. I'd brewed it first thing, taking elaborate care to put out the sign that read "Kira's Stash." I liked my coffee twice as strong as anyone else did, and I'd finally conceded the necessity of labeling my own carafe after poor Anna had been kept awake for thirty-six straight hours following one particularly long dress rehearsal with nothing but my java for sustenance.
"Burritos sound great," I said, "but I want to finish up Kismet."'
"The costumes will still be here tomorrow," Maddy said, reasonably enough. "You work too hard."
I sighed. "I don't work hard enough. I told Anna I would have all of this stuff ready by last Friday."
"The same Anna who's signing your walking papers next week?" Trust Maddy to tell it like it was.
"Come on," I said. "Could you just walk out? Leave all this behind?" Maddy snorted, but I knew that she was every bit as tied to the theatrical world as I was. We weren't in it for the money—both of us, along with Jules, could barely afford to pay my father rent on the second-floor apartment he provided us at well below market rate. We were in the theater because we loved it. It made our hearts sing, as corny as that sounded. We loved the creativity, the feeling that we were making something from nothing.
Either that, or we were bug-eyed crazy.
"Yeah, you're right," Maddy agreed reluctantly, as I'd known she would. "But you still have to eat. Let's go! Jules is treating. We're going to get chips. With extra salsa. And guac-a-mo-le…" She turned the last word into a seductive song.
I shook my head reluctantly. "Nope. I wouldn't enjoy it, with this stuff hanging over my head. But tell Jules that buying tonight doesn't get her off the hook for the Scrabble victory dinner she owes me."
Jules—Julia Kathleen McElroy—was the third occupant of our apartment. She was an actress. After spending years trying to top the charts in the Twin Cities theater scene, Jules had settled into a comfortable career doing industrials, training films for companies. Her most successful role had been "Stubborn Defendant" in You're Being Deposed? Expect the Worst.
"Fine," Maddy said with a resigned sigh. But then she took a step closer to me, resting her blunt-fingered hand on my arm. "Just tell me with a straight face that this doesn't have anything to do with today's date."
"Today's date?" I asked, and I almost managed to sound puzzled. What could I say? Acting wasn't my strong suit. I knew it would be overkill to say, "I don't have a date today. Do you?" Besides, I could never be quite that blasé about the greatest disaster in my entire life.
"Kira," Maddy remonstrated.
I shook my head. "It doesn't have anything to do with today's date." I said the words with the rote certainty of a small child reciting multiplication tables.
"I don't believe you."
I raised my chin and looked straight into her piercing blue eyes, forcing myself not to blink my muddy-brown ones. (Read: I braced myself to lie through my teeth.) "Madeline Rubens, I swear on my next and last paycheck and all else that is holy that my skipping burritos tonight has nothing to do with today's date. Cross my heart and hope to die." She just stared at me. "What? Do you want me to spit in my hand, so we can shake on it like five-year-olds? Make a blood oath?" I looked around with a cartoonish manic grin. "There's got to be a dagger or two in here somewhere. Where's the stuff from Camelot?"
Maddy rolled her eyes. "Okay then. We'll see you at home. Cheerio!"
"Wait," I called before she could walk away. "I thought you and Colin broke up last week."
"We did." She shrugged. "I just haven't broken the habit of saying 'Cheerio' yet."
I couldn't help but laugh as she left the costume shop. Maddy changed boyfriends more often than the porno house next door changed its movies. Colin had lasted two full weeks, which was typical. In the five years that Maddy and I had been housemates, only one guy had made it to a month, and that was because Maddy had spent three weeks on a road trip.
No fuss, no muss—when Maddy was bored she moved on, pleased to have learned a few words in a new language, or a couple of idiomatic expressions. Colin had actually taught Maddy the rules for cricket. Come to think of it, Gordon had taught her those rules a couple of years ago, and Nigel, a few years before that. Cricket comprehension didn't last much longer than love, in Maddy's book.
My life would have been so much simpler if I could just treat men, treat relationships, the way that Maddy treated hers.
I'd lied to her. Of course, my decision to skip burritos had everything to do with the date. January 7. One year ago today, I had been left at the altar by TEWSBU, The Ex Who Shall Be Unnamed.
Okay. Not quite literally at the altar. We'd planned a civil ceremony.
But I'd worn a white dress, with a veil and a train and everything. Maddy and Jules had stood beside me in personalized bridesmaid gowns. Their dresses had been made out of an emerald-green silk that actually worked well for both of them. Predictably, Jules had selected a stunning strapless sheath that showed off her willowy form, while Maddy enjoyed something substantially less revealing. My father had worn his tux. Judge Saylor, one of my father's former law firm partners, had stood at the front of the room, smiling and friendly as the minutes ticked by.
But TEWSBU never showed.
I wasted a couple of hours imagining every possible disaster that could have befallen him. People who worked in the theater were superstitious by nature, our imaginations heightened by the dramatic fare we consumed every day. I pictured my beloved mutilated in a car crash. I imagined him cut down by robbers when he stopped at the drug store for a silly, unnecessary disposable camera. I panicked that the stress of the day, the excitement of fulfilling his lifelong dream of perfect, permanent married love, had all proved too much for him, had brought on a heart attack.
Drawing on my experience as a stage manager, I'd started phoning hospitals. I had created so many contact sheets for so many shows—complete with blocks of emergency contacts in boldface type—that I knew most of the numbers by heart. My cell phone grew hot beside my ear as sympathetic nurse after sympathetic nurse reported that they had no patients matching my professionally accurate description of my fiancé.
Sometime during phone call fourteen, he left a voice mail. My so-called beloved was a director. His message used our common language, the patois of the theater that we both lived and breathed. He was sure I'd understand eventually, he said. He'd only just realized it himself. The blocking of our entire relationship was just not right.
Blocking. Where the actors stood when they said their lines.
I had spent the night of my would-be wedding, precisely one year ago, kneeling on the bathroom floor of the Hyatt Regency. Maddy and Jules had taken turns holding my torn-down updo off my face, offering me damp paper towels and glasses of cold water to rinse my mouth.
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I was immediately drawn into this book! I thought the story was cute, fun and I could really envision the characters. As a current resident AND native St. Paul girl, I loved the references! I look forward to reading more in this series.
this whole series is crazy funny!
The story has promise - it could have gone different more predictable ways but didn't which made it a delightful story. The characters were well developed, plot line was good - I think I would have liked to see TEWSBU (The Ex Sho Shall Be Unnamed) get his just desserts. First in a series - excellent!
Entertaining from start to finish - I want to read more by this author
A year later, Kira Franklin - still recovering from a break up, jobless and an extra thirty pounds heavier - is in desperate need of a miracle. One day, she gets that miracle in the shape of a genie. Now her troubles are over.or so she thinks. Her wishes end up making her life anything but easier. Every wish seems to just turn into a huge fiasco - like when she wished away her extra thirty pounds, her family and friends began to think she was anorexic. How Not to Make a Wish sounded interesting when I read the back of the book, but I'm disappointed to say it was anything but. It was ridiculously predictable, and the plot really fell flat. I had a hard time trying to actually finish the entire book. The characters lacked depth and were too whiny for my liking. I also felt like the genie, Teel, was just thrown in to mix things up a bit because not really anything was revealed about his character. He just popped in every now and again to help move the story along. How Not to Make a Wish was not a book for me and I think it's safe to say I won't be reading the rest of this series.
The competition is fierce and cut throat as Fox Hill stage manager Kira Franklin sorts through the debris of dusty junk seeking an angle to save the dinner theatre. She finds a lamp that she assumes was from some long ago production and starts to clean it to see if there is any sale value. However to her shock, her polishing releases Teel the genie. He tells her he will grant her wishes, but keep them reasonable as eliminating world hunger is outside his range though extinction would do the trick. Scornfully Kira fails to read the contract with its four wishes but instead sarcastically wishes for the job she covets and is stunned gets it as she now works at the Landmark Stage. However, that proves not to match her fantasy as her boss is an insane egomaniac; her other wishes turn out as poorly as her first one. Then again, the one wish she did not make involves set designer John McRae, but as she falls in love with him she knows he is leaving. Fans will get what we wish for as Mindy Klasky provides a jocular over the top of the entire Midwest refreshing tale filled with poignancy as chick lit heroine Kira gives a first hand account of her desires, sneezes, and failed wishes; Murphy had nothing go wrong compared to her. Lighthearted, HOW NOT TO MAKE A WISH is an amusing contemporary as the audience and Kira wonder how can seemingly innocent wishes go so badly and she wishes she had no more coming. Harriet Klausner
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With all my heart, my friend. (They clasp hands on it.) And will you,
Deborah, forgive me my blunt speeches? I knew not how to please you. I
meant no harm.
I forgive all.
And we are friends for life—for all our lives, Deborah.
(speaking somewhat impatiently from beyond the door at left).
Deborah! Child!
Yes! Yes! I'm coming!
[Hastens out the door with a friendly backward glance at Franklin. He stands for a moment where she has left him.
Crosses to secretary, takes book, seats himself, opens it slowly, looking after her. Then sits a-dream in the fading fireglow. Presently he looks at the book again, and reads the first line upon which his eye chances to fall.
"Count thyself rich when thou hast found a friend."
(The curtain slowly falls.)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Travel-stained suit of dark-brown, guiltless of braid or ruffles, coat and knee-breeches being of the same color. The material either of corduroy or homespun (woolen). A white vest flowered with brown roses. A white neckcloth. Black stockings. Low black shoes. A three-cornered black hat, which he carries under his arm. Hair worn long and unpowdered.
ROGER BURCHARD. Coat and knee-breeches of the same style as Franklin's, made of homespun, and Quaker-gray in color. A Quaker-gray vest. White neckcloth. Gray stockings. Low black shoes with silver buckles. Unpowdered hair.
ELIZABETH BURCHARD. Dress of gray satin, simply made, with a crossed kerchief of snowy white lawn. Gray stockings. Gray slippers with silver buckles. Hair worn simply, and unpowdered. (Gray glazed cambric for her dress if satin cannot be had.)
DEBORAH READ. Quilted petticoat of pale-blue satin. Colonial overdress and bodice of white, brocaded with pale-blue roses. Fichu of white lawn. Black picture hat with black plume. Black cloth cloak lined in pale-blue. Black stockings. Low black shoes with gold buckles. Unpowdered hair, worn pompadour. (If satin and brocade cannot be had, have blue glazed muslin and cretonne instead. Or flowered muslin worn over a white dress.) Black patches. Black velvet ribbon at neck. White lace mitts, or black gloves coming to the elbow.
WILLIAM. Maroon suit, of a heavy woolen material. Gold buttons down the front and two in back. Cream-colored vest. Neither braiding nor ruffles. Black stockings. Low black shoes without buckles. A white neckcloth. Unpowdered hair worn in a cue.
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In what the chicken chain is calling its Pay$Day special, Popeyes is offering eight mixed pieces of fried chicken for $4.99, today only. Local Popeyes are on Central Avenue in Albany, Hoosick Street In Troy and State Street in Schenectady.
Update: My colleague Jack Leadley tells me both the Albany and Troy shops sold out of chicken today and will rerun the special from 5 to 10 p.m. next Wednesday, April 29.


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I need to write a gcd function for one of my classes , I know there are a lot of gcd function samples out there but I am working with BigDecimal data type and I dont know how to write the gcd function .
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Caicos Pine Revitalization Program
Pine Cay is Site to Monitoring Program to Protect the Caicos Pine
The Meridian Club on Pine Cay is an ideal vacation destination for travelers searching for a sliver of peace and quiet in the midst of the more tourist-oriented Caribbean islands. Just 90-minutes from Miami this haven offers miles of isolated beaches, brilliant blue seas, and an exciting abundance of flora and fauna to explore. There are over 100 plant varieties identified on Pine Cay, and among them is the endangered Caicos Pine.
The Meridian Club has been at the forefront of the rescue and restoration efforts of the Caicos Pine (Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis) since the beginning of the Caicos Pine Revitalization Program, and has been home to a permanent monitoring station since 2010.
The culprit: the pine tortoise scale. Native to the US where winter weather keeps their devastating effects under control, these insects have invaded the local pine tree population with abandon. The monitoring and revitalization studies which are taking place on Middle Caicos, North Caicos and Pine Cay are being conducted in two ways, with pine trees being monitored in situ, and seedlings – many harvested from Pine Cay pines – being grown in ex situ nurseries.
The Club has hosted scientists from Kew Gardens, along with representatives of the Turks and Caicos National Trust and Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs on Pine Cay to study the infestation and the apparent resistance of the pines on the Cay to the scale insect.
The Meridian Club invites you to read the blog article by Michele Sanchez titled, "Rescuing the threatened Caicos pine in the Turks and Caicos Islands" and follow the Caicos Pine Recovery Project Facebook page
Here on Pine Cay, we are proud to be aligned with the scientists and environmental agencies that play an important part in the management and protection of our precious pine forests. Much like our work to rebalance the delicate, fresh water lens on Pine Cay, we believe our pine forests represent an important part of the island's natural environment – one that must be protected for future generations to enjoy.


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2003 Kia Spectra 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 80232 miles
not the battery(new)---car won't start when I turn key but all lights are on. Engine will not turn over. I keep the ignition turned a few seconds and then do it again. After some tries it finally does start and with no trouble, except for squealing in the belts. And then that stops after seconds. All is fine afterwards. I checked belts from hood and nothing looks worn-i am no expert by far. My car has been sitting except for trying to keep it maintained by starting, warming it up, and then driving once a week for 60miles or so and of course oil change. Months back my car would only start if battery was charged good but that stopped and now it just won't start until I try turning the ignition a few times. Took it to machanic and they hooked it up to hand-computer, found nothing. And they looked under hood found nothing. -This was a couple months ago.
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GAMEDAY: Milwaukee vs Detroit - 1/12/12
Bucks vs Pistons
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 2
Attendance: 11,465
Duration: 2 hours and 18 minutes
Head Coach Scott Skiles
On the close game…
"It's been kind of a reoccurring theme for us. It's something we have to continue to talk about and try to work on. Sometimes it's when we've gone to the bench, other times the starters have been out there. There hasn't been any real kind of common denominator, it's just something that's happened."
On the teams' energy…
"Most of these games around the league, it happened again tonight, there were moments in the game where you look out there and it looks like ten totally fatigued players on the floor. There were several moments like that tonight. A lot of these games are won by the team that has the most energy and we were able to at least build a lead and hold them off."
On Greg Monroe…
"The main thing in the game and on the stat sheet was we couldn't handle (Greg) Monroe. He just took it to us whoever was guarding him. We had trouble there."
Foward Jon Leuer
On starting the game…
"It's really no different coming off the bench or starting. Whenever you're in there you just have to bring what you have, and that's what I tried to do."
On tonight's game…
"It's always nice to have a few good things early. We jumped out to a lead, and they kind of crawled back a little bit. You have to give them credit, they didn't quit. In the end we just made a few more plays."
Guard Brandon Jennings
On tonight's game…
"We kind of just had it going again tonight. The fact that we got two home wins, especially getting a win against our division rivals, that's really big for us. Now it's time to go on the road and see if we can get two more."
On having Andrew Bogut for the road trip …
"Just the fact that we got our big man (Andrew Bogut) back and we got other guys back, gives us the confidence we need. Now that we know that guys are healthy, we know that we can win. On the west coast road trip we would compete, but we just tried to give our best. Now that we have our big man we'll be all right."
RELYING ON JACKSON – Stephen Jackson went 12-17 from the field against the Spurs Tuesday night, 3-4 from the three-point line and was 7-7 for free throws. With a game- and season-high 34 points to go along with eight assists, this was his best showing in a Bucks uniform so far. This season, Jackson is one of the most reliable veterans in the NBA. Among players age 33 or older, he ranks third in minutes played (32.8) behind Kobe Bryant and Ray Allen (36.8 and 34.6, respectively), seventh in points per game (15.0) and ninth in assists (3.4).
BOGUT'S BACK – After missing four games due to personal reasons, Andrew Bogut returned to the Bradley Center court Tuesday night with a vengeance to record his second double-double of the season (14 points and 11 rebounds). With that performance, Bogut became one of only nine NBA players to currently average a double-double in scoring and rebounding per game.
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What year is it? Does anyone know? If you're watching "Mad Men" on Sunday night, (and who isn't?) I'm not supposed to tell you what year it is when the sixth season opens. Creator Matthew Weiner will descend on any critic like the hounds of hell if we reveal what year it is, the state of Don and Megan's relationship, whether Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce has expanded to another floor or anything about new characters on the show.
Other TV shows warn us against spoilers, but in many cases, the shows are spoiled anyway and the plot revelations wouldn't make much difference. But with "Mad Men," spoiler really means spoiler. It's not just about plot details, but theme, dialogue, clues to deeper aspects of various characters — Don most of all — and even style, fashion and color schemes.
I've seen the two-hour season opener twice so far and will watch it again on Sunday night. I won't have exactly the same sense of discovery I had the first time I saw it, but I swear, you see and sense more and more things each time you view a "Mad Men" episode. It is a thing of wonder.
You can read my spoiler-free review of the season premiere here on the sfchronicle.com paid site.
But you can also join in the pre-premiere conversation on Twitter on Sunday morning. My much more fashionable colleague Laura Compton and I will be having a Twitter chat at 11 a.m. Sunday about "Mad Men," including the past five seasons, as well as the premiere of the sixth season. What do you think the key to the new season will be?
Tweet with #madmensf to connect with @waitwhat_TV and @SFUnzipped to discuss the new season at 11 a.m. Sunday.


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Re: PENMAN, NY, ONT, MI 1843 to present
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Re: PENMAN, NY, ONT, MI 1843 to present
My Sarah Jane Penman b. 1847 died in Windsor 13Jan1860.Also, my John b. btw. 1805-08
married Mary Doonan who was b.1820 and died in Windsor 1902.
I have the same names for the other children
as you do.What are your sources for theirnames?Mine are from various census.
I'm wondering if someone has picked up the information on both families and connected them.As far as I have been able to find out, my Penmans were never in Lanark Co.,ONT.
They started in NY then went to Kent Cnty, then Essex.Would like to hear from anyone
regarding this mixup of families.


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The Secret History of Art interviewed Dr Oliver Sacks, famed neurologist and best-selling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, and Island of the Colour Blind, about his new book, Hallucinations. Dr Sacks does not often give interviews these days, so this was a rare chance to get to know the doctor, his writing habits and some fun personal quirks. Check it out: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/19/oliver-sacks-how-i-write.html
Views expressed on this blog, which is hosted on BlouinArtinfo.com but produced independently of it, do not necessarily reflect the views of BlouinArtinfo.com.


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The Tory leader will set out an optimistic vision of the nation's future, insisting that the struggle to emerge from the economic crisis "will be worth it".
Mr Cameron will use his keynote speech to the Conservative party conference in Manchester to tell voters that he is ready to be "tested" as Prime Minister.
He will liken his challenge to climbing a steep mountain before reaching "the summit". Those who act responsibly will be rewarded, he will say.
The upbeat tone of the speech is intended to contrast with that of George Osborne, the shadow Chancellor, who on Tuesday outlined plans for the Conservatives to cut public spending by more than £23 billion if elected.
Mr Cameron is expected to make a highly-personal appeal for voters to trust him and reward him for being honest about the scale of the task that Britain faces to recover from recession.
The Conservative leader is expected to talk about his values and character which he hopes will help him become Prime Minister within the next eight months.
In the speech, he will say: "None of this will be easy. We will be tested. I will be tested. I'm ready for that – and so I believe, are the British people.
"So yes, there is a steep climb ahead. But I tell you this: the view from the summit will be worth it."
After George Osborne's bleak assessment of what is needed to address the record deficit – measures that will lead to a new age of austerity – Mr Cameron has the task of rallying supporters and convincing voters that he has what it takes to solve Britain's problems.
"We will need to confront Britain's culture of irresponsibility, and that will be hard to take for many people," he will say. "and we will have to tear down Labour's big government bureaucracy...ripping up its time-wasting, money-draining, responsibility-sapping nonsense."
But he will add: "We all know how bad things are; massive debt, social breakdown, political disenchantment. But what I want to talk about how good things could be."
As part of the Tories' attempts to encourage responsibility one senior shadow minister yesterday indicated that new income tax breaks to encourage marriage remain a priority for a Conservative government.
Mr Cameron will pledge: "I can look you in the eye and tell you, that in a Conservative Britain: If you put in the effort to bring in a wage, you will be better off.
"If you save money your whole life, you'll be rewarded. If you start your own business, we'll be right behind you. If you want to raise a family, we'll support you. If you're frightened, we'll protect you.
"If you risk your safety to stop a crime, we'll stand by you. If you risk your life to fight for your country, we will honour you."
Mr Cameron's approach - thought to be largely free of policy announcements - will be contrasted with Gordon Brown's "shopping list" of policies that he outlined last week at Labour's conference in Brighton.
In what will be his last party conference speech before the general election Mr Cameron will say he will not promise things he cannot deliver because of the financial constraints facing the country.
He will also talk about how the MPs' expenses scandal crystallised public anger against "big government." Senior Tory sources have pointed to the outcry over Ofsted checks for parents who agree to babysit for friends' children as an example of unacceptable state interference.
It comes as the Conservatives indicated that they are preparing to make a major tax cut the centrepiece of the forthcoming general election manifesto.
Married couples are to be given valuable income tax breaks by a Conservative government despite plans for sharp cuts in public spending.
Stay-at-home mothers are likely to be able to transfer tax breaks to their husbands, a shadow Cabinet minister indicated last night.
Income tax breaks for married couples were scrapped by Gordon Brown in 1999. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference, David Willetts, the shadow Families minister, indicated that married couples would be no longer be taxed individually.
The Conservatives have previously only said that marriage would be recognised in the tax and benefit system but the latest comments provide far more detail on the scheme.
Mr Willetts said: "When people make a public commitment to support each other it is right for the tax system to recognise it. Some countries treat us just as individuals for income tax purposes. That is what they do in Turkey and in Mexico too.
"Labour may believe in the Turkish-Mexican model but most other advanced Western countries do recognise marriage in the income tax system. That is what they do in France. That's what they do in Germany. That's what they do in the USA. And that's what we'll do too."
The comments suggest that the Conservatives will allow married couples to transfer at least part of their tax-free allowance to their partner.
Mr Brown scrapped the married couples' tax allowance which allowed couples to earn an extra £1,970 before paying tax. The perk, which was eroded in value over several years, was worth about £200 when it was scrapped.
However, to encourage marriage, the Conservatives may have to offer a more lucrative perk – potentially costing hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Log Peeler
Scrape bark off of logs to ready them for processing at the wood mill.
What does a Log Peeler do?
As trees grow, they develop a thick bark that protects them from birds, insects, and other pests. When the trees are cut down, that bark must be removed so saws can process the wood without being hung up. Your job as a Log Peeler is to remove that bark.
Much of your work as a Log Peeler is done by hand. There aren't many machines available that can peel logs as quickly, or as accurately, as a well-trained Log Peeler. Because of this, you'll learn to take pride in your work, although it's likely to be rigorous and physically demanding.
You use a wedge to secure the log so it won't roll away while you're working. Then you use an incredibly sharp tool to scrape the bark away in one long motion along the length of the tree. You rotate the log, and perform this motion again. If you encounter small branch stubs along the bark, you remove those using a chainsaw or hatchet.
When all sides of the log have been peeled and it looks much like a stripped-down carrot, you drag it to a drying area so the sap can run out and the log can be sent through the saw. You may stack a board on top of the log to make it dry slightly faster. When they're dry, you strap several logs together with banding materials. Then you go back to the pile and grab the next log for peeling, and the process starts over again.


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Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by JCBRAVE, Mar 29, 2013.
Not really.
I admitted being wrong on Earl Thomas within his rookie year. Cam is a hoax though.
LOL. Shannon Brown and James "Flight" White are freak of nature dunkers, why are they scrubs and why is LBJ a 3 time MVP?
Because they're not 6'8 and don't have David Stern allowing them to not dribble, get 20 FTs per game, etc.
Lebron James is Blake Griffin playing Guard. Pretty much it.
Lol James White is 6'7" bro. Gerald Green, DeMar DeRozan, Rudy Gay, Javale McGee... All on LeBron's level in dunking and all at least 6'8", yet they're not 3 time MVP's.
Stern? LOL that's gold coming from a Fakers fan!
I was among those wrong about Ben Troupe. Really saw that guy becoming a star... I don't know why but that was the first thing that came to mind when I read this...
I thought VY was a good draft pick for us. Completely wrong about that.
I remember being in boot camp the day I found out we drafted Young and White. I thought we were going back to Steve and Eddie. Then I broke my leg and Young had a complete meltdown
No. Jeff Fisher had a complete meltdown by messing up a good thing!
I'm sorry, I must have missed the reports of Fisher shaving his mustache and throwing it into the stands.
PLEASE!!!! Were not that lucky!


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Broony says Celtic's main challengers will be Aberdeen and Hearts.
Quoted by The Evening Express, Celtic captain Scott Brown feels that Hearts and Aberdeen as the Bhoys' biggest obstacle in regards to a sixth sucessive Scottish Premiership crown next season.
Celtic are gearing up for their first season under new manager Brendan Rodgers as the Northern Irishman looks to build on the foundations laid by former boss Ronny Deila - who won two Premiership crowns, before being dismissed - and lead the Glasgow giants to yet another league success.
Four of their five consecutive titles came after Rangers left Scotland's top flight, but their bitter Glasgow rivals are back next season - and will bring plenty of good players with them.
The Ibrox club have been busy this summer, recruiting a number of big names from down South in a statement of intent which has prompted suggestions whether they could even win the title on their return to the big time.
Hearts and Aberdeen were Celtic's closest competitors last season, although Deila's men won it comfortably in the end following a patchy few weeks, but Brown expects those two to boast the most threat to him and his team-mates again.
Celtic's Scott Brown misses his penalty during the shootout
"I think Hearts and Aberdeen have done great in the last couple of seasons," he said via The Evening Express.
"They have challenged us all the way, and I think they are going to do the same."
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There's no purpose for all of this other than trolling people I'm afraid.
There's no purpose for all of this other than trolling people I'm afraid.
One lock per hour? Lol you shouldn't even make a thread more than once a week by my standards.
Waiting for moderators IS pretty annoying, and most of the time they'll decide they don't want to take action. Or they'll have to ask other moderators on what decision to make. (Unless you get someone pro like Darsithis or Sunshine who do whatever they want.)
*ahem* Nah you shouldn't be able to moderate or even lock your own thread. People are gonna be assholes or derail the thread or make some stupid useless uninformative post that doesn't even contribute to the discussion and there's nothing you can do about it, and the moderators probably won't take that much action unless the post is blatently against the rules. (Not to say they should or should not take action, just that this forum isn't strict.)
If you see something, report it, that's all you can do.
(Or, you can check which moderators are online, and if there's a cool one on you're friends with PM them and see if they can do something. I do that shit all the time.)
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Maybe they make the comment deleting thing a looong and tiresome process, like having to send them a fax (an ACTUAL fax) saying which comment you want deleted is. That could deter abuse
But on top of hitting the 'report' button, one can also PM a mod(s) that is in charge of that particular forum with reasonable requests. You can see which of us are currently logged in by looking at the active logins below the forums, or viewing our individual profiles. I know sometimes I'm around but really busy and not handling reports [yet], but I will still read a PM if I get one.
Now, we're not going to delete posts that disagree with you or whatever -- in fact we rarely delete posts of any kind unless they are advertising or extremely inappropriate -- but we will do our best to handle things within the rules and our authority if something really inappropriate is happening, through whatever means you let us know about problematic posts.
There's really no need for a user to have this kind of power (aside from the logistics that would basically require new forum software) in their own threads because if someone is breaking the rules, a mod will handle it for you. If they're not breaking the rules, then it's inappropriate to censor them anyway, regardless of who made the original post.
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Well it seems like this idea wont go anywhere, this is where i would have closed my thread
Not that i don't understand why it isn't a good idea afterall. But after seeing the points of whats wrong with the idea more than 10 times
I think its time for a lock!


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Industrial video. That was my first 'extra' job. It was exactly as boring as it sounds. Truth be told, most extra jobs involve hours of sitting around (they usually advise you to bring a book) and then about 30 minutes of 'walk from here to there.'
And repeat.
And repeat.
And repeat.
The director for this video was new at her job. (That's the excuse I'm making for her. I don't actually know if that's the case.)
We filmed the video in a warehouse-type place that was located next to an intersection of railroad track lines.
Why was this a problem? Well, the warehouse didn't have any soft surfaces that would absorb sound, so if an extra sitting in the far corner of the upper level (off set) so much as whispered, it was picked up by the microphone on set.
And if any of the three, count 'em, THREE trains went by, we couldn't record.
The building was old, so the heating system made noise. The solution? The director had it turned off! Did I mention we were filming in DECEMBER in CHICAGO?! None of us could feel our feet when we wrapped for the day.
That was my introduction to being an extra.
Now I'm in a feature film. An actual Hollywood, big-budget, well-known actor-filled production.
When the extras arrived to sign in for the first day, we were greeted with a buffet HOT BREAKFAST complete with waiter who squeezed oranges for our juice!
Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
I'm back...sort of.
Sorry I've been away so long, but several changes have occurred in my life and I thought it's time I shared them.
First and foremost, I left the job I'd had for more than 12 years.
While at this job, I created most of the back-office procedures that they continue to follow to this day, moved the company's office three times in 12 years and saved them literally thousands of dollars by renegotiating vendor contracts? When I left, they gave me a gift certificate for 50 bucks!
Are you feeling the love?
Needless to say, I don't miss it. And only ONE PERSON from the office has stayed in touch (despite so many of them expressing their shock and disappointment that I was leaving.)
Okay, enough of that.
Like so many around the world, I found myself unemployed. (No, I didn't leave full-time employment without a backup plan. Simply put: the plan failed.)
But you know what? Life doesn't suck...at least as much as I thought it would. Yes, I don't make NEARLY as much $$$, but here are some great things that exist now that didn't for more than 12 years:
First and foremost, I left the job I'd had for more than 12 years.
While at this job, I created most of the back-office procedures that they continue to follow to this day, moved the company's office three times in 12 years and saved them literally thousands of dollars by renegotiating vendor contracts? When I left, they gave me a gift certificate for 50 bucks!
Are you feeling the love?
Needless to say, I don't miss it. And only ONE PERSON from the office has stayed in touch (despite so many of them expressing their shock and disappointment that I was leaving.)
Okay, enough of that.
Like so many around the world, I found myself unemployed. (No, I didn't leave full-time employment without a backup plan. Simply put: the plan failed.)
But you know what? Life doesn't suck...at least as much as I thought it would. Yes, I don't make NEARLY as much $$$, but here are some great things that exist now that didn't for more than 12 years:
- I no longer have to wear a cordless phone on my hip when I go to the bathroom!
- I can eat my lunch whenever and wherever I want (and I actually get to eat lunch every.single.day.)
- I learned how to cook and surprisingly enough, I'm a FABULOUS cook!
- If I save and save and save, I can and do still get to do a tiny bit of traveling (mostly to Spring Training in Arizona.)
- Working out has become a much bigger part of my life. And for folks over 40, you KNOW that's critical because hey! that muffin top has a cute name but there's nothing cute about it.
- Grocery shopping, laundry, housecleaning and all that mundane stuff that was always crammed into the few hours available on a weekend is now done on weekday afternoons and is followed by a walk along the lakefront or maybe (if I'm good) a gelato!
- Since I'm working several part-time jobs, I control my own schedule! I haven't done that since I picked my courses in college.
- With a little research, I've figured out the cheapest movie theatres, the TONS of free stuff to do in Chicago and where the best consignment shops are. (A girl's still gotta look good, ya know!)
But I have to say, the most interesting thing I've done lately is/was totally out of my comfort zone. I've been working as an extra in videos, TV shows and now a feature film!
It doesn't pay much and it does take a lot of time, but you know what? Sitting on my butt at home doesn't pay ANYTHING. And I get to watch some interesting actors at work - - close up!
You never know what's gonna happen next, but I'm ready.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
A tough crowd
A small local company recently held a 'meet and greet' at a local bar as a way to interview potential new employees. The company organizes social events for people of varying ages (or so they say).
Not sure why, but I attended this peculiar interviewing session. Okay, it was out of curiosity (and the fact that if someone wants to pay me to have fun with a ton of strangers, I'm in!)
One of the employees tried to get our small group chatting by asking weird questions like 'if you could be a food item, what would you be?' She didn't get much response with that, so I jumped in with another (hopefully) conversation-starter:
A while back, friends of mine used to hold 'come-as-your-favorite-celebrity parties. You could be anyone, alive or dead...even a character. So one of my friends came as...well, I'll let you guess.
He had dark hair with about a day's growth of beard. He wore a red velour bath robe, black cowboy boots and a straw cowboy hat. Can you guess who he was??
Hawkeye Pierce (from M*A*S*H)!!
Complete silence. Blank looks.
Oh, did I mention there wasn't a single person in the room over 30 years old!?!?! I've never felt so old in MY LIFE!!!
Posted by The Writer at 4:25 PM 2 comments:
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Yes, Christmas specialty lights...but how many?
Many of our traditions unfortunately died with my father more than 20 years ago. One that didn't is the annual contest to count the number of lights on the Christmas tree.
When I was a kid, my father would put the lights on the tree (keeping track of the total on a small slip of paper) and my mother would finish decorating with the ornaments and garland.
The pictures here were taken from my tree. As you can see, the lights aren't your ordinary plain bulbs. No way!!! It's part of the tradition at my parent's house (mine too) to have only 'specialty' lights on the tree. My childhood included lights that were shaped like antique cars, gift boxes, icicles, lanterns, etc. I must admit, the unique shapes of the lights did add a different dimension to the job of counting the lights as it's easy to mistake a light for an ornament.
But I digress...
Starting on Christmas Eve and continuing through Christmas dinner, anyone and everyone could place their name and their guess on a tiny slip of paper, fold it up, and place it on the fireplace mantel.
After Christmas dinner, when everyone was sitting around the table drinking coffee and nibbling on one of at least five dessert options, my father would get up from the table and head to the fireplace. He'd flick his cigarette into the fireplace and collect all the scraps of paper from among the flock of porcelain angels my mother used to decorate the mantel.
My dad would read each name and number and, after the appropriate amount of ridicule was heaped on those whose guesses were WILDLY off the mark, he'd place each scrap in order on the tablecloth.
After taking out money for each of the third-, second-, and first-place guesses, my father would reach into his wallet for the magic number.
We all considered it a 'magic' number because even if it seemed that the strings of lights didn't change much (if at all) from year to year, the number DEFINITELY changed. I know this for a fact because at some point during my teen years, I got sick of NEVER even placing in the top three! and cheated. Yep, I kept my dad's list from the prior year. Still....NOTHING!
I never won.
Until this year.
Posted by The Writer at 5:10 PM 1 comment:
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Voiceover artist...rookie
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where everyone around you knows EXACTLY what they're doing and you DO NOT? Or at least, you don't THINK you know what you're doing?
That was me yesterday.
I've been told many times that studio time is very expensive, so you NEVER want to be late to a booking (to record in a studio). That's why I arrived at the studio location 90 minutes early.
No, I didn't go in.
Instead, I did what any city girl would do when faced with a potentially life-changing appointment...I found the nearest coffee shop to get some caffeine and try to settle my nerves (okay, don't lecture me about caffeine not being good for a person's nerves...work with me!)
I was scheduled to record my first-ever paid voiceover spot (for a pharmaceutical company.) I was playing the role of a cancer patient who's become anemic. Not very cheerful, I know, but a very interesting role nonetheless.
Back to the coffee shop and jittery me. Who's sitting next to me at Dunkin Donuts? It was an older couple who was in town to visit their son who's being treated for cancer. As I spoke to them about their son, it occurred to me that no more perfect people could've been placed in my path to get me out of my own worries and focus on what's important. (And the coincidence of his diagnosis was not lost on me.)
45 minutes went by quickly and I headed to the studio. The engineer and producer and whoever else I met (5 people in total) were all very nice and professional. I, on the other hand, tried not to knock over the microphone or copy stand.
Entering the glass-enclosed studio, I put on the headphones and awaited instructions from the sound engineer and the producers of this spot.
Clear as anything, I heard a thump-thump, thump-thump in my headphones.
"Oh my God! Can they hear my heart pounding, too?" I thought.
Apparently not, because the engineer was ready to start recording.
Less than an hour (and about 50 'takes' later), we were done.
I have to say that I'm pretty proud of myself for one thing, at least. I covered up for a terrible rookie mistake (at least I think I covered up). The first page of my script listed my character's part as being paragraphs 2-9, so I only printed the first two pages of the 18-page script. (There was another character, an oncologist, who was recording after me.)
My guess was that my character only appeared at the beginning of this video, so I only needed to read from the first 2 pages (where paragraphs 2-9 appeared).
My character re-appeared in pages 14, 29-30 and 49-51!! So basically, I was performing some scripts that I had never seen before!!!
In this industry, this is called 'a cold read.'
Cold!?!?! For my first PAID job?!?!?
Since no one on the other side of the glass threatened to throw me out on my head, I guess I did okay.
And, they shouldn't call it 'a cold read' because I sure as hell was sweating!
Posted by The Writer at 5:41 PM 2 comments:
Friday, November 11, 2011
Shiny, new...
It's definitely autumn in Chicago now (with snow flurries shocking us yesterday), so I decided to don a few layers of fall-colored clothes and run some errands. I ran into a store-keeper acquaintance of mine and he noticed my metallic brown jacket.
"I love that color on you! You look like a penny!" he said as he headed into the stockroom.
And yes, with the economy as bad as it is, I took that as a compliment!
"I love that color on you! You look like a penny!" he said as he headed into the stockroom.
And yes, with the economy as bad as it is, I took that as a compliment!
Posted by The Writer at 4:58 PM 1 comment:
Saturday, November 05, 2011
How old is too old?
Driving around my neighborhood recently, I came across a peculiar sight rolling past me on a sidewalk nearby. The guy was wearing baggy jeans, gym shoes and a hoodie. Nothing particularly unusual there, right?
But still...
A question popped into my head, "If you are losing your hair, shouldn't you lose the skateboard, too?"
But still...
A question popped into my head, "If you are losing your hair, shouldn't you lose the skateboard, too?"
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