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It is a bit of a process to knead together the flour and eggs, but once you get started, it is really easy. It is one of my favorite doughs to work by hand. Just two ingredients, rolled out thin, and cut into pieces. Cooks in a few minutes. It really couldn't be easier. And it tastes SO MUCH BETTER than the pasta from the store. You can even add tomato or spinach right to the pasta dough (might require more flour, to make it not so sticky) which makes it so flavorful, you don't need to add anything. Maybe just some olive oil. Oh! Pro-tip! Make sure you salt your water! It's the best way to add salt to pasta (or to veggies).
The other item I am excited to share is waffle brownies.
These are brownies made in a waffle iron. What the what?! Yes, you can pour waffle batter into a pan and wait a long time for them to come out of the oven. OR, you can pour it on your waffle iron and have brownies in like 5 minutes! We all know that (basically) instant brownies are the best! Don't be fooled, though, these brownies are for dessert, not breakfast. Or are they?! 🙂
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0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Sunday 25/11/2012, 11:05
Hi guys! so because I have seen some inactivity in the forum, I have decided to do this. Basically, I am going to name a clan and a * number and can u guys please contribute to nmbering the best to worst card for that star number. Lets start off with Junkz, 4 stars.
imo: Rowdy, Qubik, Eibeza, Gibson, fizzle, nobrodroid, malmoth,(and then rest are pointless)
ok lets see what you think of this tier
0_4DPaladin Veteran Friday 30/11/2012, 00:18
"Tula used to be a great card, USED to be. TRUE she beats a lot of annoying, but most of those cards you mentioned can be beaten by Puff as well.... TRUE she has 4 damage but thats almost the only edge over Puff she has..."
Most of the cards I've mentioned can be beaten by Tula for *FOUR* damage. Piranas suffer from dubously low damage. Montana comparison: Why do you think people always run Avola over Fabio?
"while Puff beats up to 90% of cards pill for pill in UR. for the case of half decks, Tula is WAY TOO SHAKY, wihtout SoB bonus she gets stomped over by attack manipulation anyway."
Lol, Puff in half decks.
"and honestly now that Amiral Coco is out she is already beaten by 2 2*s already"
Try running Amiral Coco, please. You'll find he's near useless vs. Junta, FPC, NM, other Piranas, Skeelz, Bezerk, most times vs. Frozn... And when he comes in handy... 6 power isnt what it was before in ELO. Cards are tromping around with 7 power *MINIMUM*, beating you pill for pill, and 3 damage is hardly anything in ELO anyways.
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Friday 30/11/2012, 03:32
Wow... then saying that every card could be better than any other card..... even alexei could be better than striker (lets say when facing luba)
@cyber this is about the general case where a jose star is definitely better than gail ld (in most cases). look, in some cases cards are debatable as I said ESPECIALLY THE 5* PIRANAS, personally I really like bloodh as I have said once but I know most people will disagree.
my point is, why ruin the point of a forum? if you dont like this then just dont comment on this. For your case of maurice, I think that he is indeed a special card that will shine at some times,
Cyber Colossus E X C A L I B U R Friday 30/11/2012, 05:05
We are talking about ELO here. Lets keep this on topic. Striker is perm banned. But to rebut your statement...Obviously striker is better than alexei because of an extra damage. And you cant control what your opponent deck is but you can control yours. By writing that, you still dont understand what I mean in my previous posts. I am sure I have contributed some great inputs in this discussion. In what way did I ruin it? I would very much like to know. You chose to reject my views. Fine. I may not be the best player here in this thread but I am certain other players agree with what I said. Thank you for showing me that it is not worth it to post any more on your thread to continue the discussion.
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Saturday 01/12/2012, 11:07
I am just saying that why trying to ruin a forum post? and how is this comparison completely useless? EXACTLY you can control the cards in your deck, but not your opponents so that is why there is a point in discussing about how useful each and every card is. For instance, dorian is a card that is almost always taken over hefty/ herman. why? BECAUSE uppers is weak against SoA.
maki_mUR Senior Dragons Cro Clan Saturday 01/12/2012, 19:00
Fang Pi Clang:
2*: Chan, Marlysa Cr, Kusuri, Yumi, Muntendon, the rest.
3*: Shifou, Zhu Tang, Nakata/Ralph, Sayura, Rei, Windy Mor, Yusuke/Yu Mei, Elya Cr, Xia Leming, the rest.
4*: Heitachi, Futoshi Ld, Fei (though it's very very close between those 3), Zinfrid, Macumba, Ryuichi, Kati, the rest.
5*: Kerozinn Cr, Tsubame, Kuei, Yoshida, Hattori, Nekurenbo, Sung Tsu, the rest.
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Sunday 02/12/2012, 13:23
@MAR ok mono thormund first, but second is tolliver that 3 damage helps, third would be VICTORIA junta needs anti-soa but its all debatable
3* milena > jane ramba cr cuz junta is offensive, but personally i like wyre and trish more offensive capabilities and SoA is invaluable
4* isatis ok brianna/arnie/bryan are all about as good as each other gatline DEFINITELY last
5* naginata > ray in so many sense.... what are you thinking....
@maki cant agree more with you but for 5* its still a bit debatable (2* as well) but yah very good list otherwise
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Sunday 02/12/2012, 14:15
Lets see what you guys think about this vortex tier:
2*: C wing, cyb lhia, ward hg, neloe (but all these 3/4 are INSANELY close), butch, drorb, nedgodz etc.
3*: deea, sunder, qorah (these 3 very close once again), marty (underrated), onyx, izsobahd, kobalth, galen
4*: x-0dus, dagg (2 close cards again), lovhak, lehrg blah blah rest are horrible
5*s are interesting very debatable
5*: oflgn (i like the life gap), dregn, c beast, naele, shaakarti, sekutor
first 4 debatable mostly what do you guys think?
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 02/12/2012, 17:20
I think Victoria deserves the #1 spot in the La Junta 2* tier. She has decent enough stats for a 2*, but more importantly, she utterly wrecks mono SoA decks... SoA basically turns her into a 4-damage Spyke. An easy-to-fit 2* card giving you that kind of advantage against pretty common setups is HUGE.
Oracle: I think you basically nailed the Vortex tiers, well done! I value Cyb Lhia a bit above C Wing. A 2* that has 8 power, can gap for as high as 7 damage, and has pill recovery is amazing, even if SoA does turn her into a crappy wall. That min 4 is easy enough to play around -- if either you or your opponent gain life throughout the game, it is effectively reduced.
For the 5*s, I'd say Naele is my first pick, with Shaakarti being second... Just due to the last 6+ months of changes in the meta. Unmodified 7 power is starting to become outdated, and Oflgn either has to be a hard fork, or connect for him to be of any use. SoA murders him as well. He used to feel a bit overpowered, but now he feels like a risky choice. Naele forks much better, handles SoA and SoB better, and can sometimes just become a mean endgame wall. She is an extremely flexible card, despite needing Confidence to be at her best. Shaakarti is a wildcard, with a Courage ability that you don't want to face on a 7/7 card with pill recovery... And of course, with 7/7 stats, she can sneak in a hard hit in an off-courage turn.
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Has anyone in the UK (or elsewhere, for that matter) been watching the new series of Celebrity Masterchef? As usual, most of the 'celebrities' are people I have never heard of, but it's been good viewing so far until tonight.
Greg and John berated a contestant for making a salad including goat's cheese and strawberries. Okay, so it had ciabatta so that didn't work, and the leaves he used were not heavy or bitter enough (just little gem lettuce) but surely they should have recognised that strawberries, with pepper, can work well with goat's cheese, and at least acknowledged where he was going instead of making out that he was mad! I felt really bad for the guy, and thought they were being very short-sighted, which I've never noticed as they're normally very good. Grr. Sorry about that! Is it just me being weird? I have heard of this combo many times, and done it myself. Now I think I must be going mad...
Anyway, any other Masterchef comments from anyone? I will still continue to watch, as I love the show, but that did make me a little angry with John and Greg. Tut tut!
I cannot say that I have seen the show. But spinach salads with strawberries, raspberries, and grapes are common here, and generally come with a sweet dressing topped with cheese and nuts. So the combination does not at all seem weird to me, but I am from California so people usually think we are weird out here.
I have never seen the show but as for the strawberries and Goat cheese... well it is certainly not my first choice but I can see it if you had a bit of balsamic vin, OR toasted pecans with the two would help as well.
I don't watch TV, but I can't see anything wrong with strawberries and any sort of cheese. I don't like goat cheese much though. I do love two slices of cheddar with thick lumpy-with-berries strawberry jam inside! I also love Christmas cake (un-iced) with creamy blue cheese.
Maybe it was because it wasn't innovative enough? Too passé?
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Cake and cheese is awesome! It has to be quite a dense or at least quite rich and fruity cake and quite a mighty cheese, like you say, but it's a great combo. My Nan's fruit cake with a bit of strong cheddar...mmm. I wish I had some now!
I have a bit of an odd relationship with goat's cheese. I love soft, rindless goat's cheese, and can just about eat the sharper type with the rind if it's with the right things, usually when it's baked or toasted. There is a weird translucent gooey bit between the rind and the cheese that I can't stand, but once it's melted I usually don't notice it. Of course, heaps of red onion marmalade helps, too. :)
That is really my biggest complaint about the UK Masterchef series; it's really all about what John and Greg, aka Toad and Pasty (hehe) like or don't like. I do wish they'd get the occasional guest judge in there. I thought that Masterchef Professionals, with Michel Roux Junior as judge instead of John, was more interesting because Michel Roux Jr is very different from John Torode. (and geez i can't believe I actually know the last names of these people!)
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I think more judges would be helpful. When the contestants get to the latter stages the critics' views are really good, as they don't have the emotional connection to the cooks and so make a more objective assessment. I think Greg and John's tastes normally balance out, most of the time, so if one doesn't like something the other has a different viewpoint. The thing is, there's only two of 'em, so the odds are quite high that sometimes neither of them will 'get' what the cooks are doing! I agree that more judges would give a wider set of views, which might be good. I still love watching it, though, and Greg and John (Toad and Pasty - is that respectively?) are likeable, especially Greg's love for puddings and constant allusions to dishes 'kissing you square on the lips'!
Like Stephanie I'm from Cali too, and the combo of tangy cheese and sweet fruit in a salad is very common here, usually with a type of nut thrown in the mix. I've had a similar salad to what they made except it had feta cheese and mixed spring greens with the strawberries. And yeah, usually the dressing is a kinda sweet vinaigrette , although I actually prefer a straight vinaigrette with this kind of salad as long as the berries are sweet enough.
Goat cheese isn't too far off from feta so I think it would be fine.
Haven't seen the show myself, but I don't see what the problem is with this combination.
Watched the entire series. Very disappointed with final result. Yes I thought Jayne was a very good cook but she couldn`t cope with the pressure. Iwan and Wendi had to bale her out a couple of times. Thought Wendi should have won. She was the most consistent contestant throughout the series.
I agree with Maki, Masterchef is now way too much about Greg & John's egos, and neither of them inspire me much as cooks.
There was a recent program on another channel where Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and some guests took a fresh, clear look at the potential of fresh strawberry pairings. They seemed to try hard to push aside any of those inbuilt prejudices the Masterchef hosts prefer to foster.
It was fun to see their faces with some of the combinations - blue cheese and strawberries didn't work for them at all!
They didn't mention it, but ground pepper and strawberry is a classic combination (I learned this from the Portuguese member of the Raincoats) so I can imagine that pepper would really help strawberries and goats cheese work in harmony (can't try as goats cheese is off the menu whilst my passenger is on board).
Hugh and his team's successful findings have been posted here: http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/t...
As well as strawberry, mint and lomo OR strawberry, mint and cured ham (ignore what the website says, lomo tastes nothing like cured ham)
Their suggestions included
+ Strawberry and gherkin (which I'm sure would horrify John and Greg!)
+ Strawberry and butter sauteed mushroom (seasoned with salt and the important pepper)
+ Strawberry and peanut butter - it was wonderful to see Hugh's face light up as he tried this, he explained that the clammy 'peanut-butter-on-the-roof-of-your-mouth' sensation is eradicated with a succulent strawberry burst
Strawberries and pepper is a favourite of mine - it does work better with freshly ground black pepper, but I must say I have been known to dust strawberries with a sprinkling of sansho from time to time, too!
I thought this series was a bit something-of-nothing; the celebrity ones in the past have been better than this. I enjoyed Masterchef 2009 very much though, even though winner Matt was a bit scary!
I LOVE Hugh's programmes; I love his beliefs, his enthusiasm and his honesty. I wish I had seen the programme where they tried all those strawberry combinations. I love how the recipes that appear on his shows tend to breathe new life into maligned or 'boring' produce, or celebrate the best of each season. Hugh's a hero. ;)
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Evil Dead
Let's just answer this question now. No, "Evil Dead" is not the "most terrifying film you will ever experience," as its posters would lead you to believe. It would be tough to proclaim it even as the most terrifying film in recent memory, given the release of the excellent "Sinister" not too long ago. Perhaps the marketing for the movie wasn't the wisest, unrealistically setting a bar the film was not likely to achieve. It's a good thing you don't judge a movie by its marketing though, because "Evil Dead" is nonetheless a frightening experience, one that will unnerve you, make you feel uncomfortable and perhaps even sicken you.
The story, as one might expect, is of little consequence, though it gives off the air of importance with its heavy set-up. Mia (Jane Levy) is a coke addict. She tried to kick the habit a number of times, but never could, so she and her friends, along with her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), head out to a cabin in the woods to recover, away from the civilization that exposed her to the drug. On one hand, this is a refreshing start. Most horror movies give little reason as to why a group of friends isolate themselves in some remote area beyond a cheap weekend-long party where drug use is encouraged. The opposite is true here, but it raises some issues with the film as a whole.
Although cliché, the no-reason set-up in something like the "Friday the 13th" remake promises nothing special. It typically puts the movie on a level of self-awareness, fully cognizant of what it is and what it intends to accomplish. But when a film sets up these plot threads and tries to give these characters back stories (however thin they may be), they must be followed through on. "Evil Dead" doesn't do this, resulting in a screenplay that's fresh with horror movie scares, but narratively inconsistent. Tack on a really lazy back story about Mia and David's mother who died years ago and characters that are lacking in real personalities and you have a movie that gives you little reason to care.
So the fact that you still do is astonishing. It's a testament to the craft of its making, which relies heavily on ambiance, lighting and shadows to deliver its thrills. While not devoid of a few cheap jump scares, "Evil Dead" is surprisingly restrained, in this regard at least. It's more about things slowly crawling out of the shadows and building an atmosphere than it is about the "Gotcha!" moments so many horror movies rely on these days. Of course, when it comes to the violence, it's another story altogether.
Although the original film and its sequels were indeed violent, their violence was one of two things: over-the-top or cheeky. It was never something to look away from or be disgusted by. This movie, on the other hand, is brutal. Its violence is absolutely relentless and, aside from a moment or two, very graphic, uncomfortably so at times. The reason is because the violence is visceral. Although most likely not to these extremes, you'll know what some of this feels like. Most don't know what it's like to have something go through your arm, but we all know what it's like to get a deep cut. Although one is clearly more painful than the other, the film wisely opts for the one we've felt, allowing us to recall our own pain while we watch those onscreen experience it. It's not something everyone will enjoy, but it's beneficial to a movie that obviously seeks to get some kind of reaction from its audience.
Clearly, this isn't your 1981 "Evil Dead." This is its own evil beast. The original was a scary movie, but it was also more humorous, both intentionally and unintentionally thanks to its campiness and low budget. There's nothing funny about this. Any laughter you hear in the theater is most likely due to general uneasiness. There is some inherent amusement in the characters' silly logic—first, they remark that it smells like something died in there, then they see a dried up pool of blood leading to the cellar, so their first thought is, "Yeah, let's go down there"—but these are necessary elements that are expected in this genre, no matter how dumb they may be.
"Evil Dead" isn't always pleasant, but horror movies needn't be. The important thing is that it doesn't feel exploitive like something like "The Human Centipede." When dealing with this concept and source material, such chaos and brutality are warranted and even necessary in its telling. Admittedly, it's a bit difficult to watch a movie like this when last year's "Cabin in the Woods" so brilliantly skewered the subgenre, but it's hard to deny its technical proficiency. There's something here almost any horror aficionado will enjoy and to those fans of the original, who no doubt fear this will not live up to the "Evil Dead" name, rest assured that it does, just in a different way (and there are plenty of nods to those movies; listen closely and you might hear an echo of Bruce Campbell's dialogue from the original). When you factor in the post-credits tease that I dare not give away, it gives fans plenty to be excited for. This franchise is in good hands and if Sam Raimi does indeed follow through on his promise of a fourth "Evil Dead," this film will surely complement it nicely.
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Maroon 5's Adam Levine Calls Out 'American Idol' for Portrayal of Gays
What does a person's sexuality have to do with a singing competition? Adam Levine, who is both a judge and singing coach on NBC's "The Voice" and lead singer for Maroon 5, seems to think it's pretty important, and he's calling out "American Idol" on the issue.
Levine, 32, told OUT magazine that his pro-gay views were formed as the result of having a younger brother who is gay.
"The fact that gay marriage isn't legal everywhere at this point is a joke," he said. He then took on the wildly popular show "American Idol," but was careful to interject a statement of respect for singing competition show into the discussion.
"I can't f--- with American Idol," he said. "It's a cultural institution. On The Voice, we just care about a different list of things. It's for a different type of person, I guess."
"What's always pissed me off about Idol is wanting to mask that, for that to go unspoken. C'mon. You can't be publicly gay? At this point? On a singing competition? Give me a break. You can't hide basic components of these people's lives. The fact that The Voice didn't have any qualms about being completely open about it is a great thing."
"American Idol" was the number one most watched television show of the 2010-2011 season and boasts seven consecutive seasons prior in which the show was ranked number one among adults 18-49 years of age.
Gary McCullough, director of Christian Newswire, wrote in a release today that he believes Idol has been trying to address the anti-gay label for some time.
He claims that Idol used former judge Ellen DeGeneres, one of the country's most noted gay celebrities, to appease "a flaming Hollywood minority," but that later "profit-minded heads prevailed and the gay-activist was replaced after one horrendous season."
"Should Levine get his way and Idol steps up its promotion of identifiable homosexual contestants, I guarantee that will not be the final demand," he wrote.
Idol's producer, Nigel Lythgoe, spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the accusations, saying that sexuality shouldn't be an issue at all for the show.
"To be frank, I didn't understand why we're talking about contestants being gay or not gay. I don't go into my dentist and say, 'Are you gay?'," Lythgoe explained. "If somebody wants to say they're gay, it's up to them. You don't expect us to turn around and say, 'Are you gay?' Why would we do that? – 'By the way, he's a Catholic and he supports Obama and here's his sexuality' – what does that have anything to do with singing talent? Maybe it does for Adam Levine, but not for me."
He then defended the show by pointing to Idol's season eight runner-up, Adam Lambert, who "came out" after his run on the show.
"He must have come out before being on Idol, he just didn't talk about it on Idol. And why should he?...There's no reason that I would see why anybody that goes on television should start coming out with who they are, what they are, what they're sexuality is, who they're going to vote for or what their religion is."
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Update – UM President Sends Email To Students Regarding Williams' Comments
Below, find the email message sent Friday morning to students and faculty on the UM campus regarding the comments made by former Congressman and current Montana Regent Pat Williams about the Grizzly football program.
I want to reaffirm that The University of Montana values highly the many contributions of our student-athletes. As a group, they work tirelessly to achieve excellence on the court or playing field, in the classroom, and in the community. Our student-athletes bring countless hours of enjoyment to members of the University, to Missoula, across Montana, and to Griz fans around the world. Athletics is a part of the fabric of the University and it enriches our learning environment. Our student-athletes are students first, recently achieving their 15th semester in a row of a grade point average above 3.0 and the highest graduation rate in the Big Sky Conference. Last fall the student-athletes had the highest collective academic performance since the University began recording. Are there individual problems on occasion? Of course, and we address those promptly and effectively through a recently revised Student-athlete Conduct Code. The actions of individuals do not characterize our student-athletes in general any more than they do for other groups of people on campus. Our student-athletes are supported by hard-working coaches, support staff, and faculty. Let's congratulate our student-athletes and thank them for their hard work and their role as representatives of The University of Montana.
Go Griz!
Royce C. Engstrom
The University of Montana
Former Congressman Pat Williams, now a member of the Montana Board of Regents, is quoted in a New York Times article saying "The university has recruited thugs for its football team, and this thuggery has got to stop."
Update-6 p.m. Thursday, February 7
On Thursday, Feb. 7 members of the Montana University System's governing board addressed comments made by Regent Pat Williams that appeared in news reports in the New York Times and the ESPN online news service.
On behalf of herself and the other regents, Board of Regents Chair Angela McLean, noted Thursday that, "We as a board do not agree with the statements made. Each board member is entitled to his own opinions, and these comments do not reflect that of the board as a whole."
The Board of Regents is confident that the student athletes, coaching staff and administration are committed to representing The University of Montana and the Montana University System with both honor and integrity. McLean said student athletes across the Montana University System are known for their success in athletic competition, academic achievement in the classroom, and volunteer service in their communities.
The New York Times article was centered on the report of the start of the Jordan Johnson trial in Missoula on Friday.
When reached in Missoula on Thursday afternoon, Williams said the New York Times reporter had contacted him over a week ago, and he did not know the quote would be used in conjunction with the Johnson trial.
That being said, Williams stood by the comment itself, due to the many news reports over the past year about present and former University of Montana Grizzly athletes being involved in sexual assaults, beatings, robberies and drug arrests.
Williams said he fully intends, as a member of the Board of Regents, to look into ways that student-athletes are recruited. He said he learned that recruiters are not allowed access to any arrest records, if any records, that a student-athlete might have, due to privacy issues.
Williams was laudatory over the efforts of University of Montana President Royce Engstrom to raise awareness on campus regarding sexual assault. In fact, Williams said a highly ranked law enforcement official told him he had never seen actions by a University taken so quick and effectively as those initiated by Engstrom.
Williams also said he and head Montana Grizzly football coach Mick Delaney are boyhood friends from Butte, and he plans to sit down with the coach to discuss ideas to help with the recruiting process in Missoula. He said Delaney is the right man for the job in helping student-athletes understand their responsibilities to be good students and good, law-abiding citizens.
In a late Thursday afternoon conversation with Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian, he said that the comments made by Congressman Williams are his own opinions, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Board of Regents.
Former Congressman and Present Regent Pat Williams


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's longtime makeup artist testified Thursday that she overhead an executive for concert promoter AEG Live insist that the singer rehearse despite signs of Jackson's declining health.
Karen Faye, who worked with Jackson for more than 27 years, told jurors she became increasingly concerned about Jackson's health and agreed with a fan's assessment that the singer might die if he was pushed too hard in preparations for his "This Is It" concerts.
AEG executives continued to push Jackson, Faye said. She testified she overheard a phone conversation in which AEG executive Paul Gongaware told Jackson's assistant to get him out of a locked bathroom and to a rehearsal.
Faye described Gongaware, AEG Live's co-CEO, as "angry and kind of desperate" in the conversation. She testified Gongaware told the assistant to do "whatever it takes."
Faye said the only people she saw insist that Jackson rehearse were Gongaware and tour director Kenny Ortega.
The makeup artist and hair stylist is testifying in a case brought by Jackson's mother, Katherine, against AEG Live LLC. The suit accuses the Los Angeles-based company of failing to properly investigate the doctor who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the singer's death. Her attorneys also contend the company didn't properly respond to concerns about the singer's health.
AEG denies it hired Murray or bears any liability for Jackson's death.
Faye said she informed Ortega, Jackson's manager and AEG Live co-CEO Randy Phillips about her concerns about Jackson's health during the preparations for the shows. She said Jackson was frustrated and after a costume fitting days before his death repeatedly asked her, "Why can't I choose?"
She said that after Jackson missed several rehearsals, Phillips told her to ignore the singer's instructions.
Jurors are expected to hear from Ortega, Phillips and Gongaware later in the trial.
Faye, choking back tears, read portions of an email from one of Jackson's fans that she forwarded to his now deceased manager, Frank Dileo. It described the singer as a skeleton.
"If we do nothing, he will die," the fan wrote. "I know people who work for him cannot tell him anything. I know his own family tried to help him but he won't listen."
Faye said she wrote Dileo that she agreed with the assessment, but the manager never responded in writing.
By this point, Jackson was often cold to the touch and was becoming increasingly paranoid. Faye said he became obsessed with her being within sight when he was rehearsing onstage.
In earlier testimony, she described severe pain the singer experienced after performance accidents and his increasing reliance on doctors.
She said his reliance on medications coincided with the first time he was accused of child molestation in the early 1990s.
"Michael had to go on stage every night knowing that the whole world thought he was a pedophile," Faye said, shaking her head and crying.
During Jackson's "Dangerous" tour that began in 1992, Faye said she refused a request from promoters to give the Grammy winner injections of pain medications.
She said Gongaware, who handled logistics on that tour, brought in doctors who treated Jackson. The tour was halted early so Jackson could receive treatment for his prescription drug addiction.
His condition worsened during the singer's 2005 trial that ended with his acquittal of child molestation charges, Faye said.
"He couldn't eat," she said. "He was afraid. He was in pain. He got thinner. His physical pain, his back pain, it all kicked in."
Faye spent about 90 minutes testifying about her close relationship with Jackson, who hosted her wedding at his Neverland Ranch and enlisted her to travel around the world with him.
She breezily described Jackson's meetings with Princess Diana and other dignitaries, his Super Bowl performance, and other larger-than-life moments from the singer's life. Jurors and spectators laughed at times as a parade of photos and videos shot during Jackson's performances were played.
"I was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was just very normal," she told jurors. "I found myself working with this magical person."
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Briton Cooper "Tony" Busch (1936-2004)
Briton Cooper "Tony" Busch, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History at Colgate University, died at his home in Hamilton, New York, on May 10, 2004. Born in Los Angeles, California, on September 5, 1936, Tony Busch received a BA from Stanford University and an MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the faculty at Colgate in 1963. Busch gained tenure in 1970 and became the Kenan Professor in 1978. He was chair of the history department from 1980 to 1983 and was director of the Division of Social Sciences from 1985 to 1991. He frequently directed departmental study groups in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, and Canada. His teaching contributions include modern European history, maritime and military history, and the teachings and the histories of the Middle East, India, and the Indian Ocean. He was book review editor of the American Neptune from 1991 to 2003 and was past president of the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH).
Busch's books include Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1894–1914, published in 1967 by the University of California Press; Britain, India, and the Arabs, 1914–1921, published in 1971, also by the University of California Press; Mudros to Lausanne: Britain's Frontier in West Asia, 1918–1923, published by the State University of New York Press in 1976; and Hardinge of Penshurst: A Study in Old Diplomacy, published by Archon Books in 1980. Tony Busch's interests then turned to oceanic history, and he published extensively in that area, beginning with his edition of Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Captain Joseph J. Fuller, published in 1980 by the Mystic Seaport Museum. Three years later he edited Alta California 1840–42: The Journal and Observations of William Dane Phelps, Master of the Ship "Alert," published by A.H. Clark. The book won the John Lyman Book Award in North American Oceanic Memoirs from NASOH. In 1985, Tony Busch produced one of his best known works, The War Against the Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery from McGill-Queen's University Press, which won the John Lyman Award for Marine Science and Technology from NASOH. Busch published a second diary of Captain William Dane Phelps entitled Fremont's Private Army, published by A.H. Clark in 1987. In 1994, Busch produced Whaling Will Never Do for Me: The American Whale Men in the 19th Century, published by the University Press of Kentucky. The book won the John Lyman Price American Maritime History from NASOH. Busch collaborated with Barry M. Gough on Fur Traders from New England, an edition of the narratives of William Dane Phelps, William Sturgis, and James Gilchrist Swan, all fur traders working in the North Pacific in the late 18th century. Arthur H. Clark published the book in 1997 and it won the John Lyman Prize for Reference Works and Published Primary Sources from NASOH. In 2000, the organization gave Busch the L. Jack Bauer Award for distinguished overall contributions to the field of maritime history. In 2003, he edited Canada and the Great War: Western Front Association Papers for McGill-Queens University Press. His study of American military elites, Bunker Hill to Bastogne: Elite Forces and American Society, is forthcoming from Brassey's Press. At the time of his death, Tony Busch was completing a history of the California Coast.
His survivors are his wife, Jill Harsin, professor of history at Colgate, his daughter Leslie Cooper Busch, his son Philip Briton Busch and his wife Carey Hagan, and his grandson, Peter Briton Busch.
— Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Colgate University
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Climate change is not just going to make you hot under the collar — if legislation now working its way through Congress becomes law, you're likely to be paying more to farm, says Tara Smith, congressional relations, American Farm Bureau Federation.
"Our economists say this would have a significant impact on agriculture," she said at a joint meeting of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation and the Mississippi Farm Bureau Cotton Policy Committee. The 1,200-page bill, which narrowly passed the House on a 219-212 vote, could bring input cost increases of a minimum 9 percent, according to Farm Bureau calculations, she says.
"For corn, that could mean an additional $33 to $78 per acre; for soybeans, $8 to $20 per acre; cotton, $24 to $48 per acre; and rice $38 to $153 per acre.
"Increased costs would be primarily for fertilizer and diesel. Fertilizer industry leaders have told us if this legislation becomes final, within 5 years it could wipe out the domestic fertilizer industry."
Climate change legislation is one of the top priorities of President Obama, Smith says. "When he said he was going to implement change, he wasn't kidding.
"The Senate has just begun work on its version. I expect we'll get something out of committee very quickly; then it will probably languish for a long time. If it drags on until next year, an election year, it will be all the more difficult to pass."
While some of agriculture's concerns were addressed in the House bill, "We don't feel the benefits will offset the additional costs of compliance," Smith says, "and Farm Bureau continues to oppose the bill."
Ag groups are not united on this, she notes: The National Cotton Council and the rice organizations oppose it, she says, while the National Farmers Union and wheat growers support it.
Among other ag-related issues, Smith says a food safety bill has passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but no date has been set for floor action.
"We think it could gain momentum over the next year and a half, and we have some major concerns about it, including food traceability provisions, which some call Country of Origin (COI) labeling on steroids. It basically would require everything on the supermarket shelf to have labels detailing where ingredients originated.
"We're concerned about the bill's requirements for on-farm recordkeeping and the potential for lack of confidentiality, and that it expands the FDA's authority into on-farm production practices. We hope as this moves forward that we can get grains, oilseeds, and other crops excluded from this legislation."
Legislation to reform health care is "a moving target," Smith says. "Both the House and Senate are working on legislation and coming up with different proposals almost daily. It's a very complicated issue.
"We continue to support measures that will address the disparities between rural and non-rural communities and that will extend the self-employment deduction for health care that is important to agriculture. We oppose the proposed tax on sweetened beverages that would affect virtually everything that has a sweetener in it."
Work on agricultural appropriations is in full swing, Smith says, with House floor action expected soon, and Senate markup already under way. Additional funding is included for broadband service to rural areas, "but a lot of strings attached." There is also concern about a provision that would ban Chinese poultry imports. "We're very worried about the implications of this, because it would open the door to retaliation by China against our exports. Even the U.S. poultry industry doesn't support this."
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The Spike TV show "Ink Master" has set a Season 3 casting call from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at the The Westin, 909 N. Michigan Ave.
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All you need to do is fill out an application, bring two photos of yourself and 10 photos of your best work. You can get the application and learn about casting calls around the country at inkmastercasting.com. If you can't attend a casting call, you can submit a home video. All that info is online.
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J.D. took one look at Eric's list last week of films he can watch over and over again and never get tired of and decided to take it one step further. By looking deep into his soul, J.D. has concocted a list of the 10 movies he's actually watched more than any other.
There are surely some old classics that make an appearance, but when you do the numbers, it's interesting to see what you've actually watched, and what that says about you. What are yours? Sound off here.
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My husband, Eric, and I are usually do-it-yourselfers, but on our first trip to the Boundary Waters between Canada and Minnesota, we paid an outfitter, who provided the tent, sleeping bags and meals — even a first-aid kit. Our fully outfitted vacation was half-price, thanks to an online group coupon site: $616 for us and our two children for three days and two nights, plus a night at the outfitter before venturing off.
Because Groupon and the like have taken over the coupon world, I've found great deals on restaurants, golf courses, water parks and massages. But I've also been stuck trying to get into a full restaurant on the day a coupon expired, begging with staffers exhausted by procrastinators.
So as I considered a "vacation by coupon," three questions in particular came to mind:
Could I really use a coupon for a family vacation? (Yes.)
Would we be relegated to days we couldn't use? (No.)
Would we be treated like second-class citizens by those who were supposed to teach us how to keep the bears at bay and survive in the wilderness for two nights? (No.)
As I gave my purse a final scouring before leaving it in the car at the outfitters, I grabbed my bulky wallet and realized I didn't need it. Not a single credit card. Not cash.
I took my driver's license, locked the car and walked toward the dock, shaking my head. There would be no place to spend money, I realized.
Here all the pleasures were free or already included. The solitude. Morning coffee on the rocks as the world wakes up around us. Exploring islands that were otherwise deserted. Playing Connect Four, travel edition, in the tent, on the rocks, by the campfire, over and over again. Wondering where the boys had gone, only to find them fishing together off a rock, the sky turning pink as the sunset behind them. The sound of silence as we all read on the rocks in the late afternoon sun, separate but together.
Paddling back, I felt guilty that our trip had been half-price. Everyone had been so warm and helpful: the woman who taught us how to hang up our food and start the camp stove and gave us extra ketchup because she worried that 16 packets wouldn't be enough for the boys. The guide measuring them for paddles. The cook making sure we had enough pancakes and sausage before we left that first day, which 48 hours later, felt like a different time.
Far from resenting the coupon vacationers, the one woman I asked about it said it had opened up the Boundary Waters to a whole new group of people.
Here are some things to consider before buying a coupon vacation. You'll need to:
Plan early
Make reservations as soon as possible. Need a particular weekend? Call before buying to check availability.
Study the fine print
What's the expiration date? Recent airline deals I found blocked travel on Fridays and Sundays, when it's most realistic for me to fly, so I passed.
Do the math to see how good the deal is
Many places offer various discounts that might be less restrictive. Shop around before you buy.
Do a little negotiating
If the coupon doesn't work within your time frame, ask if the expiration dates can be extended. Some will, especially if you're not asking for the height of their season.
Sign up in areas you want to visit
For an August trip to the Wisconsin Dells, I signed up for Groupon in Madison, the nearest city, hoping for a hotel deal.
Among the places you can find coupon deals:
Groupon.com: The king of deal sites has launched weekly national travel deals.
Travelzoo.com: Has expanded beyond aggregating airline and vacation deals to negotiating its own deals.
Yipit.com: Aggregates deals by city, and you can limit to travel.


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As state and local plow crews work to get the roads clear, the governor has continued the ban of all vehicles from roads across the state.
The following press release was released at 5:3- a.m.
Governor Malloy has ordered all roads in Connecticut closed until further
notice. This traffic ban extends to all vehicles except for those emergency
response and recovery vehicles with the capacity to maneuver in heavy snow.
"It's critical right now that residents stay off the roads, so that our
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SAN DIEGO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bipartisan bill Tuesday intended to reduce workers' compensation costs for California businesses while increasing benefits to people injured on the job.
His office said statewide changes were needed because the cost of workers' compensation insurance has risen from $14.8 billion to $19 billion for California businesses in the past two years. Supporters said by making the system more efficient and limiting litigation, the bill, SB863, will save businesses $1 billion next year and allow increased payments to disabled workers.
Opponents, including some chiropractors and attorneys for injured workers, argued that limiting litigation would mean fewer benefits for people who are unable to return to work. According to the insurance-run Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California, there were 527,000 workplace injuries reported in 2011, about 174,000 of which resulted in temporary and permanent disability or death.
Brown — who was joined by business representatives, labor leaders and legislative leaders — said the bill is an example of what can be achieved when Democrats and Republicans work together. Democratic Sen. Kevin De Leon, of Los Angeles, carried SB863 and lawmakers approved it with bipartisan support last month.
"We're saving hundreds of millions of dollars for businesses, we're getting workers back to work faster and we're getting them the kind of medical care they need," Brown said before signing the bill inside a family-owned printing shop in San Diego's Barrio Logan neighborhood. Later in the day, the governor promoted the legislation at a Walt Disney Co. studio lot in Burbank.
Rebecca Aguilera-Gardiner, who runs Diego & Son Printing with her brother, said changes in the bill "not only helps the worker, it helps the small-business owner." The shop started by their father is celebrating its 40th anniversary with banners that read, "Old fashion service with the latest technology."
SB863 will increase benefits to permanently disabled workers by $860 million a year while giving employers a break on insurance costs.
The changes were the result of months-long negotiations between business groups concerned about escalating insurance costs and labor unions that wanted to address unexpected benefit reductions for injured workers that followed changes pushed in 2004 by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sean McNally, owner of Bakersfield-based Grimmway Farms, the state's largest organic grower, said negotiations between labor and management were "excruciating at times," but the bill will mean quicker resolution because doctors will make decisions rather than courtrooms.
The legislation makes substantial reforms to the century-old system in which businesses buy insurance or self-insure to provide medical care and compensation to workers who injure themselves or fall ill on the job.
It changes how benefits are calculated for injured workers, creates a binding arbitration process to resolve coverage disputes and eliminates coverage for conditions that most commonly lead to lawsuits, including insomnia and mental health problems.
The measure also aims to prevent lawsuits by establishing a binding independent review system to resolve medical disputes and shortens the timeline for approval of treatment from two years to three months.
In addition to increasing compensation for disabled workers by $740 million a year, which will boost benefits by an average of 29 percent for individual disabled workers, lawmakers included $120 million a year in a special fund for victims of catastrophic accidents who cannot return to work.
Supporters said that without the changes in the bill, employers would face insurance premium hikes that could trigger layoffs at a time when the state's unemployment rate remains above 10 percent. There are 14.4 million workers in the state. Opponents said the bill actually hurts those who are most seriously injured by reducing some benefits and limiting care.
The reforms also would limit the role chiropractors so they would not be able to serve as a worker's primary care doctor after hitting a cap of 24 visits a year.
Kassie Donoghue, a chiropractor and director of government affairs for the California Chiropractic Association, said the cap is arbitrary and doesn't make sense because many of the cost increases are driven by prescription drugs and medical treatments. The association hopes to get that changed in further legislation.


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I ran into various problems while deploying a new server in an ESX cluster and I hope this post will help anyone who might run into the same problem.
Server: HP ProLiant DL360 G6
BIOS: ProLiant System BIOS – P64 (03/30/2010)
CPU: 2 x Intel CPU X5550 @ 2.67GHz
QPI: Speed: 6.4 GT/s
Onboard NIC: PCI Embedded HP NC382i PCIe DP Multifunction 1GB Adapter Port 1, 2 (IRQ 7, 11)
HBA (Host bus adapter): HP StorageWorks 42B PCI Fibre Channel Adapter IRQ 7, 11
Additional NIC: NC375T PCIe Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter (IRQ: 7)
Other than having incorrect memory ordered and some other issues, I was unable to have ESXi 4.0.0 see the HP StorageWorks 42B HBA.
As shown in the screenshot below, I was unable to have ESXi 4.0.0 build 261974 see the vmhba after a fresh install.
After doing a few searches on Google and finding various posts about people having problems with installing 2 of the quad port cards but managed to get it going after upgrading the drivers or ESXi, I decided to try upgrading ESXi from 4.0.0 to 4.1.0 (http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2010/09/updating-vsphere-esxi-from-40-to-41.html) assuming that the newer ESXi would may have the right drivers for the HBA.
The upgrade went without a hitch but I was still unable to see the HBA after getting ESXi to version 4.1.0 so I went back to the internet to do some searches and found that there were ways to install additional drivers for ESXi and coincidentally, you use the VMware vSphere CLI to do it (see my previous post about why this was coincidental). The next step I did was to try and find the HBA drivers. Through reviewing the description the BOM, I find the description:
StorageWorks 42B - Host bus adapter - PCI Express low profile - 4Gb Fibre Channel (SW) - fiber optic - 2 ports
… which lead me to the following page on the HP site @:
The driver I thought would work was the:
VMware and Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) Installation Kit
…so I went ahead and downloaded this package:
…from: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=1809835&prodNameId=3954646&swEnvOID=4040&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-84517-1
I went ahead to try and execute the package with the command:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vihostupdate.pl -server 172.20.70.13 -username root -install -bundle c:\brocade_driver_esx40_v2-1-1-0.tar.gz
…but got the following message:
Please wait patch installation is in progress …
Failed to download metadata.Error extracting metadata.zip from /tmp/updatecache/brocade_driver_esx40_v2-1-1-0.tar.gz: File is not a zip
Seeing how it doesn't look like the update is expecting a tar.gz file, I tried to extra the .tar.gz file into a folder, then zipping it back up to try again:
Unfortunately, that didn't work either:
Please wait patch installation is in progress …
Failed to download metadata.Error extracting metadata.zip from /tmp/updatecache/brocade_driver_esx40_v2-1-1-0.zip: "There is no item named 'metadata.zip' in the archive"
This was when I went back to the package I downloaded for the ESXi 4.0.0 update to 4.1.0 and found that the package indeed had a metadata.zip package:
Browsing around the package I downloaded from the HP site and not finding a metadata.zip file made me suspect that I probably downloaded some other package that was not meant for ESXi updates.
Realizing that perhaps I should first try to ensure that this HBA was on the HCL list, I went ahead to try and find it on VMware's HCL:
Based on what I found on the HCL, it does look like it's supported so I went back to the VMware downloads section to try and find drivers offered directly from that site. What I found was the following:
I was a bit confused as to which one to download because I was not able to find a 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA option and the only option close to it was the:
VMware ESX/ESXi 4.X Driver CD for Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
Since I wouldn't know if I don't try, I went ahead to download that package:
VMware ESX/ESXi 4.X Driver CD for Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
This driver CD release includes support for version 220.127.116.11 of the Brocade BFA driver on ESX/ESXi 4.0. This BFA driver supports products based on the Brocade 825, 815, 425, and 415 Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBA).
Build Number
Release Date
Drivers & Tools
Language Support
This download contains the following components. Hide Details
ESX/ESXi 4.X Brocade bfa 220.127.116.11 Driver
File type: iso
The download gave me the following ISO package:
I opened the package with WinRAR and found the following:
Looking into the offline-bundle folder, I found the following package:
Drilling into that .zip package showed that it contains the following:
This was when I was sure that this package was the one I wanted so i went ahead and extracted the BRCD-bfa-188.8.131.52-00000-offline_bundle-285864.zip package then went back to vSphere CLI to try and update the drivers with it:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>vihostupdate.pl -server 172.20.70
.13 -username root -install -bundle c:\vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-bfa_400.2.1.1.1-1
Enter password:
Please wait patch installation is in progress ...
The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the c
hanges to be effective.
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>
Once the update completed, I went and fired up VI Client, connected to the host, navigated to the storage adapters section and now I can see the vmhba listed!
Now that I got the HBA to show up on the host, I knew I needed to do one last step and that was to ensure that I did use the right driver because once this goes into production, we won't be able to do any more testing with it.
Within the storage adapters section, ESXi lists the adapters as Brocade-425/825:
… so I went ahead to look up the reference guide on the Brocade site to determine if there was a cross reference guide available and indeed there was:
As indicated on the guide in the above screenshot, the Brocade 425 actually corresponds to the StorageWorks 42B HP model.
I'm surprised that the ESXi 4.1.0 package did not seem to load this driver during the install so I hope this helps anyone out there that may run into this or a similar problem in the future.


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Hope College senior nursing major Christina Bello of Milford is one of only 15 undergraduate nursing students nationwide to receive a 2012 American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Janssen Student Scholarship.
The highly competitive scholarship award includes registration, travel and lodging expenses to attend the APNA annual conference and a one-year complimentary membership in the APNA. This year's conference, the premiere event for psychiatric nursing, will be held on Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 7-10, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bello, who will graduate in December, aspires to pursue graduate education and certification as a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner. Her activities as a student have included the Phelps Scholars Program, student-organized Dancer Marathon fund-raiser held on behalf of Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, the college's H20 Wellness Visit Program, Images: A Reflection of Cultures, a spring break immersion trip and the Kappa Delta Chi sorority. She is a 2008 graduate of Milford High School, and the daughter of Reynaldo and Josephine Bello of Milford.
Founded in 1986, the APNA is the largest professional membership organization committed to the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health (PMH) nursing and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health problems, and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders. APNA membership totals more than 8,000 PMH nurses worldwide. APNA members practice in all settings, including inpatient, community, academic, research, private and public health institutions, and high-level administrative positions at state and federal levels.


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A Boulder County jury last week awarded a Boulder man almost $3 million in damages from the Ford Motor Company after it ruled that a defective seat in his 1998 SUV caused him serious injury during a 2009 accident, according to attorneys involved in the case.
Forrest Walker, the former co-owner of ALTA Physical Therapy in Boulder, was awarded $2.9 million on Friday for economic losses, non-economic losses and permanent physical impairment, attorneys for both sides confirmed this week.
"This is vindication for Mr. Walker," said Mike Thomson, of Purvis Gray, LLP. "These are very hard cases to take to trial and it was a tough opponent, so we feel real good."
According to the lawsuit filed in Boulder District Court in 2011, Walker was driving his 1998 Ford Explorer on Sept. 20, 2009, at the intersection of Arapahoe Avenue and Cerryvale Road in Boulder. Walker's vehicle was rear-ended, and the lever-activated recliner in the seat disengaged, causing the seat to drop into a fully reclined position.
Walker was thrown headfirst into the backseat of the vehicle and suffered severe upper neck injuries as well as some head trauma. According to the complaint, Walker still has visual problems and some cognitive and speaking deficiencies as a result of the crash and was forced to give up his job as a physical therapist.
Thomson said the accident was not violent enough to even break the back windows of Walker's SUV and yet the seat failed, which convinced him and his colleagues that they were dealing with a product safety issue.
"Product liability cases against a company like Ford are always tough," Thomson said. "But we felt the product was reasonably dangerous and we got a smart jury that understood that. But you never know when you're putting the case in the hands of people you never met."
Jay Cooney, director of corporate communications for Ford, said Tuesday that the motor company will appeal the verdict.
"We're disappointed with the jury's decision and we plan to appeal," Cooney said.
Ford was represented in the case by Denver-based Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP.
Thomson said he expected Ford to appeal but is confident the case -- which was overseen by Boulder District Judge Maria Berkenkotter -- will stand.
"We're pretty confident the result will hold," Thomson said. "Ultimately the jury realized Mr. Walker was hurt and he was a good man who had a good portion of his life taken away by injuries."
Walker elected not to comment on the case Monday.
Thomson said he hopes the verdict will help show what Walker has been through after Ford's attorneys throughout the trial tried to downplay his injuries.
"It doesn't fix his injuries, but it's a vindication," Thomson said. "You go through a process where you're fighting against people who are essentially acting like you're not hurt, so for members of the community to see that he was hurt made Mr. Walker feel good. Essentially for months on end, they made him feel like he was imagining his injuries."
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