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Back in May I reviewed Warlock: Master of the Arcane, a delightful magical 4X game which tasks mages with building empires and generally kicking the crap out of each other and the hordes of unfriendly NPC monsters that roam the landscape. The title wasn't without its issues, but there was more than enough there to keep me occupied for many hours.
Conspicuously missing from the package was a multiplayer mode. Ino-co Plus promised that they were working on it, but wanted to get the game out first. Well, they've come through on that promise and now the beta version is available to everyone who owns the game. There are still a few bugs and the occasional hiccup, but it adds a fun new dimension to the game. A wee while ago I got to take a look at it and fight some actual humans. Those humans being Paradox's Jakob Munthe, the game's producer and my guide (and eventual nemesis); Paul Dean of Shut Up and Sit Down; and Adam Smith from Rock, Paper, Shotgun. On that fateful day in June, a Swede, a Scot, and two Englishmen fought on fields of lava to take home the crown of top mage.
Warlock: Master of the Arcane (PC)
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Ino-co Plus
Released: May 8, 2012 (Multiplayer beta released on July 17)
Before we even started up the game the plotting had begun. Adam was delayed and that gave Jakob, Paul, and I a bit of time to make a quick alliance and agree to gang up on Johnny-come-lately. This put me at ease, I hadn't played the game since I reviewed it and one of my opponents was the bloody producer. Early alliances would be important to my continued survival, I assumed. Diplomacy isn't really working right now, Jakob explained, so while you can make alliances using the in game mechanics, there's nothing stopping the actual players from just breaking them instantly. There's no way to get anyone to stick to deals. This was something they were still working on.
When Adam showed up, we jumped in-game. Our battlefield was to be a small one, the logic behind this was that it would make for a quicker session. Jakob had a group of American journalists to show the game to later and so we couldn't battle for countless hours. That was okay, I thought, I'll probably get destroyed by fire elementals within the first ten turns. Bloody NPCs.
I opted to play as a two-headed dragon overlord, ruling over silly little humans. The first couple of turns had us each explore our surroundings. I spotted a neutral city in the east, very close to my capital. Perfect for safe expansion. Jakob also discovered a neutral city to his west. A turn later I was raining down a fire spell on the unsuspecting town of rats. Jakob asked "Who is fighting a neutral city?" Bollocks. We'd both been talking about the same city. It became a race to see who conquered it first.
I claimed that victory.
At least I knew where Jakob's city was, or at least the general direction and that it must have been fairly close. I still had no idea where Adam or Paul were. They seemed to be having troubles of their own. Paul's capital was being punched by a giant tree, for instance. His wooden aggressor was unrelenting and it seemed like it would keep him busy for some time.
Several turns had passed and there had still been no confrontations between us. We were all fighting the environment, which remains just as aggressive in multiplayer is it did in solo mode. The wandering monsters are one of the things that I found so enjoyable about the game initially, and they certainly spiced up our session. Then, just as I was getting comfortable, I'm notified that Jakob has declared war on me. He laughs. It's an evil laugh. I become concerned. It's the laugh of someone who knows something that I don't. "I'm rich!" I exclaim, "Do you need money? I can give you gold." Jakob explained that I could indeed bribe him, but he'd still continue his war against me. "Bugger."
Our alliance against Adam was short lived.
I had bears and wolves invading my territory from the north, Jakob to the east, and the unknown factors of Adam and Paul god knows where. Jakob boasted that he had now constructed a Minotaur Palace and he would soon be fielding his man-bulls soon, ready to conquer my two towns. Perhaps to compete with Jakob's boasts, Adam mentioned that he now had ships. I must admit that it was the minotaurs that worried me, not sailors. He was also at war with bears. Then again, we all were.
Paul was still having problems with big trees.
Separating my territory from my despicable enemy's was a huge plain of lava. This was the best thing that could have happened to me. His forces had a hell of a time making their way through it, as it slows movement by 50%. It gave me more than enough time to spend all that money I had been saving for bribes. I spent it on a vast army. Now it was my time to laugh evilly. I even splashed out on a new city to expand my northern borders. That's where the bears were coming from. Screw those guys.
My war with Paradox's cruel mage-producer wasn't going badly. It wasn't going well either. It was a stalemate. He was confident that as long as he could keep me on the defense for the time it took for him to get his minotaurs then I'd be royally buggered. I thought that he was probably right. Then there was a flash near my capital. Imps appeared. "Are those NPCs or...?" I asked to nobody in particular. Adam chuckled. "Seriously?" Yes, he was sending one solitary unit of summoned imps to take on my well defended capital city. He thought he could at least harass me and do some damage. He was wrong. They were dead in one shot. We were now at war.
"I now have minotaurs."
I was anticipating the worst. I'd be waiting for these minotaurs for at least two hours, if not more. Actually, probably more. I'd actually started to think that it was just a big bluff. At least I didn't have to worry about Adam trying to attack me any more. He was being eaten by a kraken. When the hairy bipedal bulls appeared out of the fog of war we emitted a collective "Ohhhh." Jakob had been on the level. I was now in serious trouble. As they made their painfully slow progress across the swelteringly hot fields of magma, I did the best I could to slow their march. I moved all my archers to the border and refused to let up. One minotaur died. I cast a fireball and then attacked the unit with several warriors. Another went down. "How are they so strong!?" The shoe was on the other foot. Thank you, leveling up mechanic.
Jakob tried to retreat. I disagreed with his tactics. As the last minotaur fell I let out a great whoop. Not only had I destroyed his beloved unit, I'd done it before it even reached my territory. "I'm clearly winning." Pride before the fall my friends, pride before the fall.
Our session was coming to a close. Jakob had to entertain our cousins across the Atlantic. I felt smug. Surely I'd be hailed as mage-supreme. Then -- because bad luck always happens at the worst of times -- archers appeared in the north. Paul, the tree victim, turned out to be this session's dark horse. Another archer appeared. Then a warrior. My northern frontier was barely defended at all, I'd sent all my troops to deal with Jakob. Paul didn't actually realize how big my army was, however, and so he was slightly surprised when reinforcements started to arrive. Too little, too late. My city was still fairly new and weak. As Paul's forces marched through my streets I was crestfallen. He was hailed victor and we parted ways. From nature fodder to champion. It was quite the climb.
Warlock's multiplayer thrives on the stories that will undoubtedly be told by players. Other than diplomacy, most of the game is unchanged, but that human factor makes a lot of difference. The issues with waiting for conflict that plagues quite a few similar titles is deftly dealt with thanks to the hostile environment. Our session on the small map lasted for almost five hours; five hours that flew by. This is a real shot in the arm for a game which was already a lot of fun.
If you've had a chance to try out the beta, let us know your stories of conquest and stolen victories in the comments. I also feel I should apologize for letting Destructoid down and not claiming victory. If it makes you feel better, I slaughtered the most units. Also, I had a cold, and a sore neck, and I'd just quit smoking, and there was a baby crying next door. If it hadn't been for those things, I would have most certainly defeated my foes. Totally.
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Are you a real doctor?
EDIT: I figure you Indy guys are out partying it up right now, but if someone on the staff at JD gets the chance to talk to someone from Hasbro, ask them how they can make snide comments about "these are action figures" on their website that more or less insult collectors and then turn around and market a five pack of cases for carded figures at Target?
QuoteAre you a real doctor?No, not yet. But I'm working on it. (Seriously).
This is some awesome news too "Will there be a final U-shaped piece of the Cantina bar? The release of this section of the bar is dependant on finding the right timing and retail partner. (JediDefender.com has learned that not only is the U section planned, but the center distillery is in development and looking for a retail home)."I hope someone picks that up.
What was in the "mystery kiosk"
If they don't do the twins in some form, I will quit. With all the exclusive crap (no C3 Vader for me) and headaches with keeping up, they make it very easy for a lifelong SW fan to walk away. "They're action figures not stand there and look at them figures?" How about "They're just toys, people. Not state secrets."
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Want to know what it's like to be zapped into the brain of a guy who's about to be blown up on a train? You can get your first real taste.
The first four and a half minutes of Duncan Jones' Source Code are online. Witness for yourself Jake Gyllenhaal's confusion at finding himself in the body of another man on a train... and then foom. (You can also watch the film's opening in HD, at Yahoo.)
Plus here are a few more clips:
And here's a new featurette about the film that explains the mysterious technology:
And in case that wasn't enough, Pee-Wee Herman explains Source Code for you:
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PART ONE: Cream Eyeshadows
So, I was told a year or so ago that I could not wear eye make up so I decided that a compromise was in order and made it an excuse to load up on cream shadows! Yeah! So I do have a strong love for any type of cream product.
I found that looking through my collection, the textures vary, from Cream (solid, in a pot), Cream (less solid in a tube), Cream -Liquid (in a tube normally), Liquid (as in very runny and normally sheer), Jelly (like..well, jelly) and Mousse. A big gripe with cream colours is that they crease; i can honestly say that the majority of my products don't crease at all.
Products vary so much, that there are some ranges that are overall excellent, or some that just have a few stand out colours.
These are the Cream textured products I have in my collection; cream in a tub and in squeezy tubes.
Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadows/Liner
Next up is Benefit's fairly new updated collection of Cream Eyeshadows. I have this in three shades:
The colours for this product are all pretty neutral; shades of white and beige, shades of browns, grey, taupe, deep plum and black. Even though I love colour, there is something very appealing about this collection of cream eyeshadows.
Brand: Benefit (US)
Texture: Cream (fairly thick)
Application: Use a Synthetic Brush.
Staying Power: Excellent once set.
Pigmentation: Opaque, well pigmented
Favourite Colour: Skinny Jeans for Day, Busy Signal for night.
Price: £13.00
Overall: Where a lot of people may reach for MAC Paint (too dry for me) or Paintpot (too greasy for me), or a shadestick as their base colour, I reach for my Benefit. Birthday Suit is a gorgeous sheeny-taupe which is a great base for anyone with a medium to darker skintone (there is also tittle tattle, a gorgeous clotted cream white, but sometimes it is just TOO bright.) These colours are well pigmented, especially the stronger shades.
Benefit have deliberately spilt up their newest range (lipstick, blush and eye colours into three categories); Lana (naturals), Gabbi (Medium) and Betty, for darker shades. Presumably you can (but don't have to) use it as a guide for your own skintone and colouring to see what would suit you the best.
I love the Betty colours for the eye, and the Lana colours for the lips! I am an strong eye- nude lip girl, definitely!
Anyway back to this shadow/liner. Although the range of colours aren't madly exciting, especially when you compare to the sparkly iridencene of Japanese cream eye colours, this is the perfect basic cream eyeshadow range for me. Smooth, not drying, long lasting, pigmented. I'm not that crazy for Benefit, but I love these shadows, and recommend them!
4.8/5. Because it's not free. If it was free, it could have 5.
Stila Shadow Pot Mousse
I have six of these colours;
I love the flower design on the lid of the pots. I've rapidly lost interest in Stila in the last few years, even though it has become cheaper to buy in the UK, because I just don't see anything particularly alluring from the new collections. Strangely enough I used to worship Stila when I was a teen…
MAC Paints
MAC Products are always so popular, so not surprisingly, many people use Bare Canvas as a eyeshadow base is pretty common –
Brand: M to the A to the C.
Texture: Cream (tube).
Application: Squeezeable, to use with finger or brush.
Staying Power: Good.
Pigmentation: Medium, buildable.
Price: £11.00
Overall: I love the idea of MAC Paints, the way they look in the tube – hence I bought a few without thinking about it. But I found that I had problems with Bare Canvas quite early on as a base – it is very drying on me. I know it works well for a lot of ladies, but for me, it started to flake throughout the day, as if my eyes were disintegrating after a bad chemical peel. Eek! So maybe this base is good for people with very oily lids; but it didn't work for me.
I am very fond the shades Chartru (green) and Pixel (silver). I can use these in very very small quantities on the lower lid.
The packaging is not great; give it a little squeeze and product will come out for a mile or so. You have to perfect the art of squeeze and whacking the lid back on it two seconds otherwise a load will come out.
The colour range is fine, but not that exciting considering that this is MAC, the mecca of colour.
So this one really isn't for me and the colours and things thrill me not. So a measly 2.8/5. But I know it is a popular choice for a lot of people.
MAC Paintpot
I have five colours in the MAC Paintpot, three of them from the Alexander McQueen Limited Range:
See, I love my blues and greens! Swatches:
From the normal range of colours, I am not enticed by many of them (but like the look of the colour with the upcoming N range).
Brand: MAC Paint Pot
Texture: Smooth, creamy. Takes a bit longer to dry than Benefit.
Application: Use a brush/finger
Staying Power: Good. No creasing for about 6 hours on me.
Pigmentation: Good, buildable.
Favourite Colour: Pharaoh
Price: £12.00
Overall: I love the three colours I have from the Alexander McQueen range because they are unusual and bright! But for some reason I don't adore the painpots in general. The colours don't grab me and most of them are matte. I also find them a little bit greasy upon application and take a bit of time to set. I get a bit of creasing with this product so I personally use this with some powder on top. But I don't love it – I don't find the texture or colours that extraordinary…score, 3/5.
Shiseido Hydro Powder
Shiseido Hydro Power Shadows have a light shimmer and a slightly moussey texture, that blends nicely and turns into powder. I have six colour (and there are four coming out for spring, Languid Lagoon (a blue), Rose Tulle, Lemon Sugar and Clover Dew (a light green). There are 13 shades altogether. I have:
Brand: Shiseido
Texture: Cream/Light Cream
Application: Use with brush/finger, easy to apply and blend.
Staying Power: Excellent. No creasing.
Pigmentation: Quite Sheer. Buildable but I think it is more of a wash of colour.
Price: £15.00
Favourite Colour: Whitelights! The intense shimmer is amazing!
Overall: Hydro Powers are amazing because they don't crease, and make a gorgeous shimmery base. Some of the colours can be built up, like Aqua, so it makes a bolder colour. There are 13 colours, and none are matte. It also comes with a not too useful sponge applicator. 4/5.
Nars Cream Eyeshadow
Nars have a nice selection of cream eyeshadows;
I have four shades, Zardoz, a black, Lilli Marlene is a grey, Savage is a Gold and Swing is a matte purple. I also have the duos in Madagasgar, Summer and Pink Panther.
Brand: NARS
Texture: Creamy, easy to apply.
Application: Use a brush especially with the darker colours!
Staying Power: This creases! Almost immediately, perhaps this is because it doesn't dry to a powder finish. But you must set it with powder or it will not stay. Hence I tend to have neutral shades, or dark bases rather than stand alone colours.
Pigmentation: Very Good – especially on the darker colours.
Price: £15.00
Favourite Colour: Lilli Marlene is a nice alternative to Black as a base for bringing out colours like Green.
Overall: I am happy with the colours I have but since they crease without setting, I wouldn't purchase anymore unless the colours were outstanding. Swing is an excellent base for Purples, as is Zardoz although it is a standard matte black. I am a NARS fan, but I wouldn't recommend these if you can't deal with the crease, have very oily lids. or can't be bothered with the bother of adding colour on top. 3/5.
Majolica Majorca Cream Eyeshadows
These were from the 2007 Summer (I think) collection and are Limited Edition, although you can still get them from some sites and Ebay.
Brand: Majolica Majorca
Texture: Creamy-Soft
Application: Use brush. Easy to blend.
Staying Power: Creases on its own.
Pigmentation: Sheer-shimmery.
Price: About £5 each
Favourite Colour: The Green one!
Overall: These small pots from Majolica Majorca are very sweet, and contain a shimmery, sheer pot of colour. The finish is definately better as a base than a solid colour. Hmm. The staying power is ok, but it takes a long time to dry and does crease throughout the course of the day. I wouldn't recommend this for those with oily lids. Overall it is quite a meh collection…2.8/5.
PN Cream Shadows
Shiseido Brand, PN, has largely been discontinued and replaces by the now much adored MAQUillage but you can still find these cream eyeshadows from Adambeauty.com.
There is a nice range of colours here and they are very creamy (non of this warming it up in your hands first thing).
Brand: PN by Shiseido
Texture: Creamy, like margerine.
Application: Works well with a sponge or brush
Staying Power: Very Good. No creasing when blended it as it sets to powder.
Pigmentation: Good. Colour is buildable.
Price: About £8
Favourite Colour: None any single one, but as a range, they are nice, warm pastel-earthy colours.
Overall: The PN shadows are nicely creamy, and set so they don't crease. I like the warmness of the range of colours and you get a generous sized pot. The colours don't have noticable shimmer, and they are not matte either so this is a nice inbetween for when you want some pretty and easy to wear. 3.8/5 (God, I love decimals).
Shu Uemura Cream Eyeshadows from the Komon Collection 2007
Shu Uemura launched the Komon Collection at the end of last year and a few cream eyeshadows with it. I was supposed to avoid this colletion as I never end up using make up that has a pretty pattern on it – I hate seeing it brushed away. Anyway I ended up with:
Brand: Shu Uemura
Texture: Hard Cream.
Application: A bit hard to blend, use a stiff synthetic brush with this one.
Staying Power: Good. Doesn't crease if set with powder or if lightly appied.
Pigmentation: Average. It looks pigmented in the Jar, but not when applied.
Price: £16.00
Favourite Colour: None of them really. Do I have to choose? Ok, Ai.
Overall: This stylish Limited Edition range is great looking in the Jar but I found it to be very very hard. It is not creamy, and requires a good scraping to get a decent amount of product off. You can warm it before hand with a hairdryer, but I still feel the colour payoff is poor considering the price and the pure expectation! It desn't crease unless you put too much on as it sets to powder. The darker hues of blue are nicer, more unique shades, but they are just so hard to apply, I don't use them much. 1.5/5.
Becca Cream Eyeshadow
I only have one Becca Cream Eyeshadow, which was a gift from a lovely MUA'er. (And concequently got me into Becca for a while).
This shade is Quartz, a glassy white shimmer.
*I can't find the swatch, but it is basically a shimmery, sheer white.
Brand: Becca (Oz)
Texture: Creamy, need to work a little first to warm up.
Application: Smooth, easy to use.
Staying Power: This creases, so use it under powder.
Pigmentation: This colour is sheer, but there could be more pigmented shades in the range.
Price: No idea, was a gift, but is £19.00 on the Uk website. Woahh! £19!
Favourite Colour: Well it has to be Quartz!
Overall: I do love this is a daily use, light shimmery base. It creases but look great with say some strong contrasting browns/greys…without being too glittery. £19.00 though is extortiante, when you think about it! Overall, 3/5.
MAC Metal-X Collection
Another Limited Edition range, MAC Metal-X was released Late 2007.
These are underneath a pile of papers somewhere, so there are some useful swatches on
Brand: MAC (Metal-X)
Texture: Hard on top, crack through it and its quite creamy (dependent of weather)
Application: Easy with a brush.
Staying Power: Creases even on my dry lids. But not as horrendously as people say.
Pigmentation: Medium, and…yep, buildable.
Price: £13.00
Favourite Colour: 6th Sin, the green.
Overall: There was a lot of talk about this product creasing before it was released – this doesn't bother me too much because I tend to powder on top of cream eyeshadow but I did find that this product faded a little after a few hours. It is also fairly creamy and some of the colours are vibrant. Having said that, I don't reach for this so much, emm, it's not that uninspiting. 2.8/10
So my favourite out of this lot of thicker, cream shadows is: Benefit, for neutral, pigmented colours, and Shiseido for a shimmerly base.
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Telling On Himself: BBC Presenter Tells Viewers He Killed His Aid Suffering Lover! (Police Investigating Now)
"A broadcaster for the BBC's Inside Out programme smothered his ailing lover to spare him from "terrible pain". Detectives are to launch an investigation after a BBC presenter told TV viewers that he carried out a mercy killing on a former lover who was suffering from Aids. " - BBC
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The Washington Post once again reminded readers why so many people are praying for the day that the paper shuts its door. Its lead editorial touted the September jobs report as though this was great cause for celebration.
The piece begins by saying that President Obama asked to be evaluated based on the economy's performance, it then tells us:
"Fr iday's employment report gave Mr. Obama a reason to crow. Having hit a high of 10 percent in October 2009, the jobless rate fell in September to 7.8 percent, the level it was when Mr. Obama took office amid a historic wave of job losses. More important, it fell even as the labor force grew; previous rate declines partly reflected worker discouragement. The percentage of adults with a job rose from 58.3 percent to 58.7 percent, wages by 0.3 percent."
Huh? It took us almost 4 years to get to an unemployment rate that is still higher than at any point in the last recession and equal to the peak in the 1990-91 recession and the Post thinks that President Obama has reason to crow? In fact, most of the improvement has been due to people dropping out of the labor force. Even with the jump in September, at 58.7 percent the employment to population ratio stands much closer to its low of 58.2 percent reached last summer than the pre-recession peak of 63.3 percent. (The picture is slightly better using an age-adjusted EPOP, as Paul Krugman constructed, but the story is very much the same.)
No one expects an economy to remain permanently depressed. The fact that we are still seeing unemployment rates and other measures of labor market weakness that are consistent with a severe recession almost 5 years after the recession began is really really bad news. If the Post applied the same performance standards to teachers as it does to our economic policy makers, no teacher in the country ever would have been fired for not being competent.
Much else in this column is annoyingly wrong. For example, the piece tells us that wages rose 0.3 percent in September. Yes, this was after two months of essentially zero growth. The monthly data are extremely erratic. (Doesn't anyone there know this?) Over the last year the average hourly wage has increased by 1.8 percent, roughly enough to keep pace with inflation, meaning that workers are getting none of the benefits of the economy's productivity growth.
It then does another pitch for supporting the bailout of its rich Wall Street friends:
"Unemployment probably would have been worse but for some of Mr. Obama's policies, such as the financial-sector rescue, a government-funded auto industry restructuring and, yes, many elements of the $814 billion stimulus package he pushed through Congress over much Republican opposition. That's a fact, even if only the auto bailout is popular enough for Mr. Obama to tout in the campaign."
Don't you love the "that's a fact" line? Wow, a fact in a Washington Post editorial!
Don't worry, the world is not coming to an end. This is a Washington Post fact, not a real world fact. To get the Washington Post's fact, they assume that the banks were allowed to collapse and then no policy was ever put in place to pick up the pieces. The government just lets the economy stumble along in depression indefinitely, Herbert Hoover on tranquilizers. I'm not kidding, here's the paper to prove it.
Suppose as an alternative, we let the market deal with the Wall Street banks (i.e. put them into bankruptcy) and then we responded by reorganizing the banking system and flooding it with liquidity. In principle that could get the economy back on its feet and we would have eliminated the enormous albatross presented by Wall Street in a one fell swoop. Would we still have recession level unemployment and a sputtering economy? The Post has no answer to that question. They would rather that people not even think about such alternatives.
There is one other especially annoying inaccuracy in the WAPO editorial. It tells readers that:
"Neither investment nor business confidence — Mr. Obama's other two benchmarks — have fully rebounded. The former remains about $100 billion below its pre-recession quarterly peak of $1.7 trillion."
Serious people separate out structures from equipment and software. The reason is that the building of structures has a separate dynamic. We had a boom in non-residential construction before the downturn. This meant both that the pre-recession levels were unusually high and also that we had considerable overbuilding that would depress demand for years later. We continue to have very high vacancy rates in most categories of non-residential real estate. This means that builders will not undertake construction no matter how much confidence they have in the economy.
On the other hand, if we look at the equipment and software component of investment we see that it is about $20 billion, or 1.5 percent, higher than its pre-recession level. That's not great, but given the large amounts of excess capacity that still exist in many sectors of the economy, this is pretty good. In other words, the story about business confidence holding back investment doesn't seem to have much basis in reality.
Now that is a fact.
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Author Notes: About a year ago I had a wonderful dish of halibut cheeks served with grilled baby leeks and asparagus and a spring onion soubise at one of our favorite Providence restaurants, La Laiterie. That soubise has haunted me, and I've been waiting for just the right opportunity to try my hand at making a similar sauce at home. When this challenge was announced, I thought the super sweet Bomster scallops (from Stonington, CT) that we get at our local farmers market would pair beautifully, and happily I was right. The delicate onion flavor, in this instance enhanced with a hint of anise-y tarragon and the subtle tang of (you guessed it) crème fraiche, played really well with the caramelized scallops, and the pale green color of the sauce whispered "spring." - lastnightsdinner —lastnightsdinner
Food52 Review: Lastnightsdinner's scallop recipe proves that when it comes to seafood, less is often more. With just a few simple ingredients (spring onions, tarragon, butter, flour and milk), she creates a zippy, creamy sauce that's the perfect foil for sweet flesh of the scallops. And her technique of drying the scallops in the refrigerator before searing them makes for an impeccably caramelized crust. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 4 as a main course, more as a starter
pound wild dry sea scallops
tablespoons unsalted butter
tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour
cup whole milk
Kosher or sea salt
bunch spring onions, about ½ lb.
tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves
grapeseed or other neutral oil
tablespoons crème fraiche
fresh chives for garnish
- Place the scallops on a plate or platter and refrigerate, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
- Trim the spring onions, separating the green tops from the small bulbs. Dice the bulbs and roughly chop the greens.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the chopped spring onion bulbs and a pinch of salt, reduce the heat to low, and cook 20-25 minutes, until very soft. Add the green tops, toss through, and cook an additional 5-10 minutes until soft but still bright green. Sprinkle the flour over and cook for a minute or two, just until the raw flour smell is gone. Add the milk, raising the heat to medium, and cook briefly until thickened. Add the tarragon leaves and stir through, then turn off the heat and pour the mixture into a blender. Puree until very smooth, then return to the pan over low heat, cooking until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Pour a thin film of grapeseed oil in the bottom of a sauté pan and warm over medium-high heat until shimmering. Carefully add the scallops a few at a time, being careful not to crowd the pan, and sear them just couple of minutes per side until they are nicely browned and caramelized - they should release from the pan easily once they're ready, and they should still be a little jiggly in the middle, as they will continue to cook off the heat. Set aside and keep warm.
- Taste the sauce and adjust salt if necessary. Whisk in the crème fraiche off the heat until the mixture is smooth, then spoon a little of the sauce into the bottom of shallow, warmed bowls, place scallops on top, and garnish with fresh chives.
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text: AFAIK Larrabee-based product(s) will appear soon - at begin of 2010. Unfortunatley I didn't see enough appropriate technical information. What new is known from SIGGRAPH 2009 ? There was 2 ideas of Larrabee-based hardware a) Whole computers on Larrabee CPU(s) b) GPGPU card. Recently I didn't see any words about Larrabee-based servers - only about graphical cards. If Larrabee will work as CPU - then I beleive that linux kernel developers will work in this direction. But I didn't find anything about Larrabee in 2.6. So Q1. Is there the plans to build Larrabee-based motherboards (in particular in 2010) ? If Larrabee will be in the form of graphical card (the most probable case) - Q2. What will be the interface - one slot PCI-E v.2 x16 ? It's known now, that DP will be hardware supported and (AFAIK) that 512-bit operands (i.e. 8 DP words) will be supported in ISA. Q3. Does it means that Larrabee will give essential speedup also on relative short vectors ? And is there some preliminary articles w/estimation of Larrabee DP performance ? One of declared potential advantages of Larrabee is support by compilers. There is now PGI Fortran w/NVidia GPGPU extensions. PGI Accelerator-2010 will include support of CUDA on the base of OpenMP-like comments to compiler. So Q4. Is there some rumours about direct Larrabee support w/Intel ifort or PGI compilers in 2010 ? (By "direct" I mean automatic compiler vectorization of "pure" Fortran/C source, maximim w/additional commemts). Q5. How much may costs Larrabee-based hardware in 2010 ? I hope it'll be lower $10000. Any more exact predictions ? Mikhail Kuzminsky Computer Assistance to Chemical Research Center Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS Moscow


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Vegan Chocolate-Coffee Muffins Recipe
Breakfast snacks for those who get peckish first thing in the morning.
These easy vegan muffins pair chocolate and coffee to maximize flavor.
Why this recipe works
- Without butter or eggs, this is a dense, almost fudgy muffin, but if you're down with that texture, you'll like these.
- Using a combination of strong freshly brewed coffee and instant espresso powder doubles the coffee flavor
- Yield:makes 12 muffins
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:35 minutes
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- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1 cup freshly brewed coffee
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 3/4 cup vegan chocolate chips or vegan chocolate, chopped
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, sugar, and instant espresso powder until combined. Stir in coffee, vanilla, and vinegar until batter is formed. Stir in chocolate chips or chunks. Fill each muffin tin 3/4 way full with batter. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to finish cooling.
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White Sails is a boutique style luxury b&b offering four contemporary, air-conditioned, ensuite bedrooms.
The ambience at White Sails is chic, warm and friendly, and the finer touches make all the difference to your stay. Original artworks from all over the world are displayed throughout the house.
White Sails has been awarded 5 stars, a Gold Award and a Breakfast Award by Visit England for the fifth consecutive year under it's current ownership (latest inspection April 2019).
Included in The Good Hotel Guide 2019 and The Michelin Guide 2019, White Sails has a 2018 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor and is rated excellent by over 880 travellers.
The RSC offers performances throughout the year by Shakespeare and his contemporaries as well as new works and family events.
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Geneva/Nairobi, 8 October 2012 - A new set of manuals to improve natural resource management in order to reduce the risk of conflict has been launched by the United Nations (UN).
The toolkit composed of five guidance notes will provide technical assistance to UN and European Union (EU) staff, in addition to national stakeholders. The goal is to equip both individuals and organizations with the skills and tools needed to understand, anticipate, prevent, and mitigate potential conflicts over natural resources.
The five components of the toolkit - Land, Extractive Industries, Renewable Resources, Strengthening Capacity & Resource-Rich Economies - all aim to demonstrate how well-managed natural resources can prevent conflict or contribute to peace and sustainable development in war-torn nations.
The linkages between natural resources and violent conflict are a critical challenge faced by many countries today. The exploitation of high-value natural resources, including oil, gas, minerals and timber, for example, has often been cited as a key factor in triggering, escalating or sustaining wars around the globe.
Furthermore, increasing competition for diminishing renewable resources, such as land and water, is on the rise, compounded by environmental degradation, population growth and climate change.
"This toolkit provides a critical foundation for understanding and dealing with conflict prevention through proper management of all kinds of natural resources, including land, renewables and non-renewables," said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director. "By providing these guidance notes to all of those involved in conflict prevention, we aim to broaden the understanding of natural resource management to contribute to a peaceful and sustainable future," he added.
The guidance notes were also devised within the context of the so-called "resource curse", a paradoxical phenomenon in which natural resource-rich countries underperform resource-poor ones in economic growth and development. Countries suffering from the resource curse often have weak institutions, are over dependent on natural resources and thus vulnerable to shocks, and lack appropriate income redistribution mechanisms, all of which contribute to the eruption of violent conflict. Once conflict has erupted, natural resources can provide financing to armed groups, extending the duration of the conflict, delaying peace processes, and having the potential to reignite conflict after peace has been achieved.
The toolkit - authored by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA), and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) - was financed by the EU's Instrument for Stability and coordinated by the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action.
The toolkits are available at:
An online training program of the toolkit will be available in coming days, and a dedicated EU-UN website is currently being developed to assist dissemination of the information.
Notes to Editors
About the United Nations Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action - The United Nations Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action (the FT) is an internal UN support mechanism that assists UN Resident Coordinators (RCs) and UN Country Teams (UNCTs) in developing conflict prevention strategies and programmes. Operating since 1995, the FT works closely with UN departments and UN agencies, funds and programmes to improve programme effectiveness through better interagency collaboration within Headquarters, and between Headquarters and the field. The framework team coordinates the partnership between the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) entitled Preventing and Managing Land and Natural Resources Conflict' on behalf of the partner agencies.


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GNU is Not Unix.thedotmaster wrote:Best thing about Linux is that because it is free, you can chop and change.
Start with Ubuntu, then perhaps try Mandriva, Xandros etc. Just look around for the one you like the best.
Most Linux distros are around 500mb-1gb.
As for "Microsofty", all Linux systems have the same basis so whatever they look like - start menu etc - they are still Linux.
Basically, you just want to learn UNIX.
JakeMS wrote:GNU is Not Unix.
GNU/Linux and UNIX are two completely different things. Unix is basically Mac, GNU/Linux is.. well the Linux kernel.
Same as BSD is not Linux, it's BSD again, different.
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By 1980, John Landis had a string of successes under his belt — including "The Kentucky Fried Movie," "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" — but the writer-director had long been unable to get his script for "An American Werewolf in London" off the ground.
Landis had written the script in 1969 as a teenager. The screenplay earned him a number of writing jobs in the ensuing years, Landis recalled this week, but "everyone, literally unanimously, had the same response, which was either 'this is too funny to be frightening' or 'this is too frightening to be funny.' And I kept saying, 'it's both.'"
Finally, Universal, home to many horror classics, released the $10-million picture in 1981, and it took in more than $30 million at the domestic box office (about $86 million in today's dollars). Its unlikely mix of intense body horror and wry comedy would prove influential for years to come and earn the movie status as something of a modern classic.
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The movie will screen Saturday night at the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Billy Wilder Theater along with Landis' 1983 music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Appearing with Landis at the event will be makeup artist Rick Baker, producer George Folsey Jr. and costume designer (and Landis' wife) Deborah Nadoolman Landis.
"It's not like I invented something, but the movie has a lot to answer for because it was very successful and had huge influence," Landis said. "For a while there, horror films felt they had to be funny."
"An American Werewolf in London" begins with two Americans (played by David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) backpacking through the remote moors of Northern England. After they are attacked by something, one awakes to find himself in London to the news his friend is dead. When the moon is first full he transforms into a frightening creature.
Landis, who in 2011 published a book called "Monsters in the Movies," noted that he certainly wasn't the first to add a dark humor to horror films. Even classic era films such as "The Bride of Frankenstein" or "The Old Dark House" also brought a dry wit to their scares. However, just as contemporaries such as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were revisiting and revising older genres in films such as "Star Wars," "Jaws" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," Landis brought a modern twist to the horror film.
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"It manages to achieve a mix of horror and comedy where the level of intensity of the imagery in 'American Werewolf in London' is obviously well beyond something like 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,'" said Paul Malcolm, programmer at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. "It's so vivid and intense and surreal, just terrifying imagery."
The centerpiece of the film is when Naughton's character first transforms into a werewolf, seemingly right before the audience's eyes in an era well before computer-generated effects. Baker would win an Oscar for the film's makeup effects, the first time the award was given in that category.
"I had no idea how we were going to do it," Landis said. "In the screenplay it was the worst possible thing for an effects artist, it specifies that it happens in bright light and it's extremely painful. And I wanted to show it.
"I wanted to take something that is impossible, does not and cannot exist and make you believe it while you're watching it," he added. "And that's why Rick's work is so important. When I saw the movie last, I thought I showed the wolf way too much. I think I was just so enamored of what Rick had accomplished."
Landis' own personal 35-millimeter print of his 13-minute video for "Thriller," in which Jackson transforms into a cat creature as well as his iconic dancing zombie, will also screen. Landis discovered the print in his garage some years ago while moving and donated it to the UCLA archive.
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The two films make an appropriate pair — it was because of "Werewolf" that the filmmaker first heard from Jackson.
"He called me up, was a big fan of 'American Werewolf in London' and he was especially taken with the makeup work of Rick Baker," said Landis. "My only marching orders were, 'I want to turn into a monster.'"
Utilizing much of the same core creative team as "Werewolf," including Baker, Folsey and Nadoolman Landis, "Thriller" was a chance for them to continue the transformation effects they had pioneered in "Werewolf."
"What we did on 'Thriller' was the opposite of what we did on 'Werewolf,'" added Landis. "In 'Werewolf' it was designed to have no cutaways and be in bright light, completely unforgiving and unfair to the technicians and to Rick. It's the opposite of the way you want to shoot that stuff. Deliberately.
"So on 'Thriller,' you'll notice it's in the dark, we keep cutting to the girl screaming, it's just the opposite. And much more like an old monster movie."
Ahead of the UCLA screening, "Werewolf" also showed last weekend at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to about 4,000 people (under a full moon no less).
Landis can laugh off the ups and downs of the film business, noting that his 1977 comedic spoof "The Kentucky Fried Movie" remains likely his best-reviewed film, while the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy "Coming to America" was the most profitable. (Not "Animal House" as is commonly thought.) Landis is content that the work has lasted and "Werewolf" is well thought of today.
"'Werewolf' is now considered a classic film and when it came out it wasn't necessarily well-treated," said Landis. "But so what?"
An evening with the makers of 'An American Werewolf in London'
Where: Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $10
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CIA director nominee John Brennan during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 31, 2013.
Amid new developments and revelations, President Barack Obama's national security policies, past and future, are set to come under Senate scrutiny Thursday.
Most notably, Obama's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, will address what role the targeted killings of terrorists, either by using drone strikes or other means, have played and should play in national security policy.
Questions about targeted killings intensified Monday after a report by NBC News revealed a Justice Department memo which argued it was lawful for the president to target U.S. citizens who are leaders of al-Qaida or "an associated force." Brennan will be appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing.
On Wednesday, an Obama administration official said the president had directed the Justice Department to give the congressional intelligence committees access to classified memos justifying the targeted killings policy. Until now the administration had refused to do this.
Addressing the past on Thursday will be Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as they testify before the Armed Services Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
Senators on the panel -- especially Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. -- want to know how the U.S. military reacted to the attack, and what the Defense Department's internal review revealed after the event.
The two hearings will feature contrasting political color: Republicans -- led by Graham, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire -- have been the ones who have made an issue of the Benghazi attack almost since it took place. They've implied that a full accounting of what happened was delayed until after the presidential election. Graham held up Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary until he could get a chance to question Panetta about Benghazi.
But Obama's drone policy -- directed largely by Brennan in his role as Obama's counter-terrorism adviser -- has drawn criticism both from progressives on the left and those on the right who are fearful of an excessive concentration of power in the presidency.
On Benghazi, much is already known. In its report on the attack, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said last December that Panetta's Defense Department and Hillary Clinton's State Department hadn't jointly studied the availability of U.S. military forces to defend or rescue the U.S. diplomats in Benghazi in the event of a crisis.
The Pentagon's Africa Command didn't have planes, helicopters, or other forces close to Benghazi on the day of the attack. "The Djibouti base was several thousand miles away. There was no Marine expeditionary unit, carrier group or a smaller group of U.S. ships closely located in the Mediterranean Sea that could have provided aerial or ground support or helped evacuate personnel from Benghazi," the report said.
As for Brennan and drones, Micah Zenko, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a new report called "Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies," said Obama's choice of him as CIA director "now places him as the lead executive authority over all CIA drone strikes. The real question is whether John Brennan's move from the White House to Langley to be director of the CIA is in fact an effort for the CIA to get out of the drone strikes business."
Zenko noted that Panetta recently said that the Pentagon, not the CIA, should be conducting the drone strikes against al-Qaida suspects.
But Zenko cautioned against those who would head into the Brennan hearing with high hopes for new information. Having read transcripts of the past 10 CIA director confirmation hearings, he said, "It would be unprecedented if there were an in-depth discussion about ongoing covert activities." The Senate Intelligence Committee "simply doesn't work that way, especially under chairman Sen. (Dianne) Feinstein" of California, he said.
A memo from the Justice Department, provided to NBC News, provides new information about the legal reasoning behind one of the Obama administration's controversial policies. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.
Zenko added that the most useful line of questioning of Brenna would be regarding his conceptions of airpower. Brennan has repeatedly used the cancer analogy for air strikes killing terrorists without damaging the surrounding "tissue."
"That's a dangerous, antiseptic, and unrealistic conception of military force," Zenko said.
Interrogation vs. deadly strikes
But Obama spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at a White House briefing Wednesday, "Far fewer civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after senior leadership in al-Qaida" by using drone attacks "as opposed to an effort to invade a country with hundreds and thousands of troops and take cities and towns." Implication: if you want to avoid another Iraq or Afghanistan, then support Obama's drone policy.
Carney said Obama believes "that we need to move forward with more transparency as well as create, in his words, a legal framework around how these decisions are made." But Obama believes he has the full constitutional authority to order targeted killings -- "transparency" or no transparency.
For those skeptical of Obama's policy, there will be two other possible lines of questioning directed at Brennan:
- Do the foreign policy costs of Obama's use of drones -- alienating and angering people in Muslim countries -- outweigh its benefits?
- Does the drone policy suggest that Obama would rather kill jihadists than capture them? Adding more detainees to those already held at Guantanamo -- a facility he pledged to close but hasn't -- could amount to a political public relations headache.
The drone strikes have been unpopular in Pakistan and other countries. Making the case that drone strikes have high costs as well as benefits, the former U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, told Reuters recently, "What scares me about drone strikes is how they are perceived around the world. The resentment created by American use of unmanned strikes … is much greater than the average American appreciates."
Brennan has an opportunity on Thursday to rebut this view. He argued last August that "contrary to conventional wisdom, we see little evidence that these actions (drone strikes) are generating widespread anti-American sentiment or recruits" for al-Qaida. The targeted strikes against terrorists, he said, "are not the problem, they are part of the solution."
Finally, Thursday's Brennan hearing is a chance for senators on the panel to ask him whether Obama is using drone strikes as a less politically troublesome option than capturing detainees and putting them in Guantanamo.
This is an argument that former Bush administration officials such as ex-CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden and former CIA legal counsel John Rizzo have made.
Last week in a panel discussion at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank, Hayden said interrogating al-Qaida operatives is a vital source of insight into the terrorists' plans and capabilities:
But he warned, "We have made it so legally difficult and so politically dangerous to capture that it seems, from the outside looking in, that the default option is to take the terrorists off the battlefield in another sort of way" – in other words, by killing them. This could result in a loss of valuable intelligence.
Rizzo said, "It's always been in the agency's institutional DNA to want to collect intelligence by all sorts of means, especially human intelligence. You can't collect human intelligence from a dead guy."
White House: Congress to get classified drone info
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I recognized the Midway Island from stories my grandfather would tell about when he was stationed there as a doctor in the navy during World War II. Nearby, toward Hawaii, I spotted a little island called "Gardner" which, I imagined, must be some lost tribe awaiting my valiant return, no doubt with a celebration fit for a king.
I'd close my eyes and give the old black globe a spin, put my finger down on a random spot and see where I'd land next. Familiar names would warrant another whirl. This is how I discovered places such as Macau, New Zealand, Borneo and Bhutan, exotic names a world away.
Today, there's still a globe next to my desk. Fewer names are unfamiliar, but I still give it a spin from time to time and daydream about all the places yet to explore. I've learned it's more difficult be apathetic about typhoons, floods and mudslides thousands of miles away when you've shared meals with the people who live there.Perhaps this is the noblest of reasons to travel. To expand our humanity.
Yet people travel for many reasons. Curiosity, relaxation, escape, adventure. Whatever your raison d'être, there is a lot in store for you in Asia. The big wheel keeps on turning; now all you have to do is put your finger down and go.


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His name is Vladimir Arutyunyan; he was captured by Georgian police after a shootout in which he killed a policeman and was himself wounded. On May 10, when President Bush was giving a speech in Tbilisi, he threw a hand grenade at the stage. It landed within 25 yards or so, but failed to go off. After Arutyunyan was arrested, police found more hand grenades and unspecified chemicals in his apartment.
What I find rather weird about this is the almost total lack of coverage of his assassination attempt and subsequent capture in the American press. As best I can tell from a Google Search, the Washington Times is the only American newspaper that has even noted Arutyunyan's arrest. How is it possible that American journalists have so little interest in an attempt to assassinate our President?
The only parallel I can think of is the ho-hum attitude that journalists showed toward Saddam Hussein's attempt to assassinate former President George H. W. Bush–which was, in my view, more than ample reason to oust Saddam from power. Coverage of the disclosure of that attempt was so sparse that I would guess many Americans have no idea that Saddam tried to murder the former President.
Maybe the current political climate is making me paranoid, but I cannot imagine that our news services would be equally indifferent to an attempt to assassinate a Democratic President.
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Per that post by john, I believe the Sun has printed at least three stories about the arrest of that would be assassin in Georgia. I think arutyunian is the way the ap is spelling it.
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Monarch High School's library is a busy place.
There's an active book club that hosts author visits and attracts 50 to 60 students a week. The latest young adult titles -- available on Nooks or in print -- are stocked to keep the students interested. And there's a "reading challenge" program to get reluctant readers back into books.
Those features helped win librarian Beatrice Gerrish the title of Colorado Librarian of the Year. Gerrish was nominated by Becky Russell, the 21st century school library specialist with the Colorado Department of Education, and she competed against school, college and public librarians.
The award, presented by the Colorado Association of Libraries, recognizes "exceptional achievement during the past year" and evaluates librarians based on how well they reach their patrons, improvement of service and development of innovative approaches.
Gerrish said the whole school should be proud of the award.
"It's a real indication of how good things are at Monarch," Gerrish said. "You can be a great librarian and have a great library, but you need an administrator who trusts you and teachers who come in and know you have something of value."
In the neighboring St. Vrain Valley School District, Silver Creek High School was recognized as having Colorado's Library of the Year, while Red Hawk Elementary won the state's Library Project of the Year award.
Gerrish's book club regularly uses Skype to have discussions with the book club at Silver Creek. The book club members also get first chance to check out new titles, go see movies together and spend the night in the library twice a year.
Chris Pai, a senior and book club member, said he keeps coming back because "it's a heck of a lot of fun."
"We all read a lot of the same books and talk about a lot of the same things," he said. "We can have really crazy, rowdy and fun conversations."
For students who aren't avid readers, Gerrish said she works hard to find titles that will pull them in, buying titles that reflect their interests. Several language arts and social studies teachers also are giving students a reading challenge, asking them to read a certain number of pages outside of class.
The goal is twofold: improve literacy and get more teens to discover the joy of reading.
"No matter what level they're on, we're trying to show the kids that any reading is good and makes you a stronger student," Gerrish said.
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Atlantis Rising's many contributors are frequently featured as experts on top television documentaries and publications. Over the years we have spotlighted the work of many best-selling authors and experts on some of the most important, if least understood, areas of human concern. Here are just a few you can expect to see regularly in our pages:
DAVID HATCHER CHILDRESS known to his many fans as the real-life Indiana Jones, is author or coauthor of over 20 books. He has appeared on Fox-TV's Sightings and Encounters, two NBC-TV specials, The Conspiracy Zone, and segments for the Discovery Channel, A&E, The Sci-Fi Channel, The Travel Channel and others. (adventuresunlimitedpress.com)
JOHN CHAMBERS is the critically acclaimed author of "Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo" and "The Secret Life of Genius: How 24 Great Men and Women Were Touched by Spiritual Worlds." He lives in Redding, California. (newpara.com/johnchambers.htm)
ANDREW COLLINS is a cutting-edge science and history writer. He is author of many books that challenge the way we perceive the past. They include "From the Ashes of Angels"; "Gateway to Atlantis", and "The Cygnus Mystery". His latest book "Beneath the Pyramids" uncovers Egypt's cave underworld for the first time and has received considerable international news attention. He lives in England. (andrewcollins.com)
PHILIP COPPENS was an author and investigative journalist, reporting on subjects from the world of politics to ancient history and mystery. He has lectured extensively and appeared on numerous television and DVD documentaries, including "Ancient Aliens: The Series" (The History Channel). He is the author of "The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel", "The Canopus Revelation", "Land of the Gods", and other books.
MICHAEL CREMO is a member of the World Archaeological Congress and the European Association of Archaeologists as well as an associate member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute specializing in history and philosophy of science. Highly sought-after as a lecturer, he is the author, with Richard Thompson, of the underground classic "Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race". He has also written "Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory." (humandevolution.com)
CHRISTOPHER DUNN is a master tool design engineer who lives in Illinois. He is author of "The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt" and the recent "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs." His work is frequently discussed on documentaries dealing with advanced ancient technology. (gizapower.com)
FRANK JOSEPH is a leading scholar on ancient mysteries, and the editor-in-chief of "Ancient American magazine." He is the author of many books including, "Atlantis and 2012", "The Destruction of Atlantis", "The Lost Civilization of Lemuria", "Survivors of Atlantis", and "The Lost Treasure of King Juba". He lives in Minnesota. (ancientamerican.com)
DR, GREG LITTLE is an archaeologist, explorer and documentary maker. He and his wife LORA have been actively searching the Bahamas for ancient ruins that might be linked to Atlantis. Their work has been featured on The National Geographic Channel, The Learning Channel, MSNBC, Sci-Fi, Discovery, and The History Channel. Greg is coauthor of "Edgar Cayce's Atlantis", "Mound Builders", "Ancient South America", and many other books. (www.edgarcayce.org/_AncientMysteriesTemp/index.html)
JEANE MANNING lives in in Vancouver, B.C.Canada and is a pillar in the Free Energy community. She has served as an advisor to the New Energy Congress since Feb. 2009 and is a founder of New Energy Movement, Canada. Widely considered one of the top reporters in the field of alternative energy, her books include the recent "Breakthrough Power", "The Coming Energy Revolution," and "Angels Don't Play This HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology" (co-authored with Nick Begich). (JeaneManning.com)
PATRICK MARSOLEK is a clinical hypnotherapist and director of Inner Workings Resources and is a reporter and scholar covering the growing consciousness movement and its scientific implications. He is the author of "Transform Yourself" and "A Joyful Intuition". (InnerWorkingsResources.com)
DR. ROBERT M. SCHOCH a full-time faculty member at Boston University, earned his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics at Yale University. He is best known for his re-dating of the Great Sphinx of Egypt featured in the Emmy-winning NBC production "The Mystery of the Sphinx." He is a frequent guest on many top-rated talk shows. His latest book is "The Parapsychology Revolution". (robertschoch.com)
STEVEN SORA lives in Pennsylvania. In 1999 he published the widely read and frequently quoted "Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar". Since then he has authored four more books and over 100 articles. He is a frequent guest in documentaries dealing with ancient mysteries and lost history. (templartreasure.com)
MICHAEL E. TYMN, a resident of Hawaii, is vice-president of the Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies, Inc., and is editor of the Academy's quarterly magazine, The Searchlight. His articles on paranormal subjects have appeared in many publications and he is widely read and referenced on these topics. He is the author of "The Afterlife Revealed", "The Articulate Dead", and "Running on Third Wind". (whitecrowbooks.com/michaeltymn)
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Sheriff: Mother fatally shot husband, 3 sons before killing herself in their Texas home
CORSICANA, Texas – Authorities say a Texas woman fatally shot her husband and three sons before killing herself in their home last week.
The Navarro County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday 33-year-old Guadalupe Ronquillo-Ovalle shot her husband Israel Alvarez, as well as their three sons, ages 4, 8 and 10, before fatally shooting herself in the head.
Investigators say the deaths happened sometime last Thursday or early Friday. Their bodies were discovered Sunday night by a relative at the family's house near Rice, located about 40 miles southeast of Dallas.
Officials say a motive has not been determined.
The killings came less than two weeks after the father was charged with family violence.