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To make the teriyaki sauce, heat the rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, and scallions to boiling over medium heat. Let cook for 7 minutes, then whisk in cornstarch slurry and cook for another 3 minutes or so, to allow to thicken. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
Arrange the chicken cubes in a shallow nonreactive container such as a glass baking dish. Season with salt and pepper and rub into the chicken. Pour the sake over the chicken and then pour in the teriyaki sauce. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Begin soaking about 12 bamboo skewers in water so they won't burn on the grill.
Heat the grill and thread alternate pieces of chicken and leeks on the skewers. Each skewer should have approximately 3 pieces of chicken, and each serving will consist of 3 skewers. Grill over indirect heat until the chicken is tender but not dry, about 5 to 10 minutes.
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Microsoft this morning has managed to give us an early holiday gift in the form of an updated Insider app. For those of you who are new, Insider is a companion app from Microsoft that gives some bonus features to help enhance your phone. It gets updated fairly regularly and actually keeps getting better with each release.
Version 1.0 is now on the Store and it's a complete re-write of the app for Windows Phone 8, bringing some new features and an updated design. We just took it for a spin and it's certainly kind of cool…between the wallpapers and holiday ringtones (try the last one, Windows Bells) and the new ability to record your own ringer, we're impressed. Plus, it's free.
Here are the new features:
- Holiday content: Deck out your phone with holiday wallpapers and ringtones.
- Record your own ringtone: Record your favorite sound and easily set it as your ringtone.
- Exclusive ringtones: 5 new ringtones every month.
- Free wallpapers: Enjoy Bing's image of the day and Windows Phone fan photos. Submit your own!
There's also some news (Facebook feed), updates from the Windows Phone Blog, links to some top games and apps and more. Overall, it's a solid little app and there's no reason why you not should grab it.
Pick it up in the Store here and check out other Windows Phone 8 apps here. Thanks, Kaylin B., for the tip!

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iCookbook: Diabetic App for iOS: Delicious (And Healthy) Food this Holiday Season
Most people throw caution to the wind when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner feast(s). For a diabetic, eating whatever you want just because "it's a holiday" isn't an option. Just in time for American Diabetes Month, the folks over at iCookbook have created the iCookbook: Diabetic app that may help Thanksgiving cooks everwhere satisfy everybody at the dinner table with delicious recipies that fall under the 350 calorie mark.
In addition to hundreds of health-conscious meals selected by registered dietitians and accredited food experts, the iCookbook: Diabetic app offers recipe nutritional info and health-related articles and videos that can also motivate those who just want to live a little healthier do more with this year's Thanksgiving dishes and beyond. Keeping in line with the other iCookbook apps, iCookbook: Diabetic utilizes voice-command technology to help users find and prepare dishes so, your sweet potoato-sticky hands don't have to touch your iDevice's screen.
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Third in a series of occasional articles about the Vincent family's struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
WESTMINSTER — Brian Vincent hadn't gone on a vacation in a year. Since taking over management of the family's grocery store, even a sick day was rare.
But one morning last month, a feverish Vincent silenced his cellphone and crawled under the covers for a few hours. He woke up to a flood of text messages and four missed calls from his mother, who was minding the store. His dad, Bruce, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease three years ago, had been wandering the aisles and she was trying to keep him occupied with chores. There were questions about shipments, and she was neglecting her gift shop next door.
"I cannot be sick, or relax and take a day off without things falling to pieces,'' Brian Vincent would later say.
Six days a week, Brian, 26, and his mother, Cindy Vincent, juggle their store managing duties while also scrounging for activities to keep Bruce busy and feeling useful at the store he opened two decades ago.
He is just 48, but his wife and son are hesitant to leave him alone at home for too long because of his increasing forgetfulness. They are approaching and dreading the day when they will have to find a program for him during work hours.
The form of Alzheimer's that Bruce Vincent has, striking before age 65, is rare, affecting only about 4 percent of the estimated 5.4 million Americans with the disease.
His family's anxiety, uncertainty, and exhaustion are universal, though, shared by the families of many Alzheimer's patients, said Paul Raia, vice president of clinical services at the Alzheimer's Association of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
In Massachusetts and nationwide, the need for services, especially daytime activity programs for patients like Vincent who are still relatively healthy, is expected to grow sharply as baby boomers age and the number of Americans with Alzheimer's is projected to more than double by 2050.
There has been a steadily rising demand for the association's support groups and educational sessions, and the Vincents have turned to them for help.
On a recent Monday evening, Brian Vincent took a seat among a small circle of chairs in a drab, second-floor room of a Somerville municipal building and listened intently as a woman a couple of seats away talked about her 58-year-old father.
Her dad, she told the group, was a vice president of a technology company a few years ago, but now he has trouble remembering to eat and sometimes spends hours at home staring at the wall while his wife, his high school sweetheart, is at work.
A year from now, she said, she fears he will have reached the final stage of the disease, when most patients are unable to communicate, feed themselves, or even smile.
Vincent slumped in his chair and looked at the floor. Many portions of the woman's experience mirror his own, only his father is 10 years younger than her dad, and Alzheimer's has not yet robbed him of as many abilities.
"Her story hit home for me,'' Vincent said later, "because it was foreshadowing what we are up against.''
Family rituals
Bruce Vincent once jokingly told his wife, Cindy, that if she went into labor with their first child on a Monday evening, Vincent's longstanding volleyball night, she would have to delay the delivery.
That was 27 years ago, and their first child, Jeff, inherited his father's passion for the game. It's been their weekly guys-night-out for the past decade, father and son meeting up for a two-hour, fast-paced league match in the gymnasium of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Holden. While the game is about 30 minutes away from Bruce Vincent's home in the Central Massachusetts town of Westminster, Jeff and the family hold tightly to this cherished ritual — now a crucial anchor in their disrupted lives.
During a recent game, Bruce Vincent stepped to the line to serve and looked to his son nearby.
"Eleven, seven'' Jeff whispered, giving him the score.
"Eleven, seven, '' Bruce announced, then served.
The routine was repeated, again and again, as the Vincents' team scored five straight points.
In the past year, as Bruce Vincent's decline hastened and his confusion grew more noticeable, his son confided in several teammates about his father's diagnosis.
"I don't want it to be an awkward situation for him,'' said the son, a part-time Holden police officer. "Especially if I'm not there, and he doesn't know the score, I wanted them to be aware of it.''
Last August, Bruce Vincent reluctantly stopped driving after he failed a skills test. Since then, family members have taken turns as designated drivers to ensure some stability as the abnormal becomes normal. Monday night volleyball for father and son has morphed into a gathering of the entire family for a pregame dinner. Jeff then drives his father to the match and later meets his bleary-eyed, pajama-clad mother in a gas station parking lot halfway between their two towns, to complete his father's ride home.
"Since dad's diagnosis, my mom has been in overdrive, trying to plan family stuff,'' said Brian Vincent, who like his brother and their younger sister, Danielle, 21, stands a 50-50 chance that he inherited a gene from his father that causes the rare early onset form of Alzheimer's.
Among the more unusual events she organized was a January family outing to a vertical wind tunnel in New Hampshire where Bruce and his children were able to float in the air above a trampoline.
The burden of caring for their father has fallen most heavily on Brian. A year ago he bought a Suzuki 1,000 motorcycle from his brother. He loved testing its power on warm days after work, sometimes pushing it to 80 miles per hour in first gear. But he recently sold the bike because he worried what would happen to the store his father started if he were in an accident.
"This store is his baby, and seeing him, at one point, putting in 70 and 80 hours a week to run it, only to ultimately forget how to operate it, really hurts,'' Brian said. "It is just so tough to see my father slowly slipping away.''
Up at 5:15 for work, Brian rarely goes out with friends anymore because he is getting ready for bed when most are heading out for the evening. His mother has been trying to convince him to hire more help to ease the load. She also is increasingly bringing her husband on errands with her during the day, to give Brian a break.
Finally, after much cajoling, she convinced her son to take a week off. He went with a friend earlier this month to a trade association convention in the Dominican Republic. While he was away, a refrigeration system in the store failed, something Bruce used to know how to fix and had trained Brian to repair, too.
"Someone from the store called me at home one night,'' Cindy Vincent said, "and I had no idea what to do.''
Support groups
During the past year, Brian and Jeff Vincent have attended monthly support group meetings in Somerville, where members glean advice from each other and sometimes vent about their shared experiences as the children of parents who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's before the age of 60.
The gatherings help ease some of the isolation, said Sarah Coletti Morse, a 31-year-old marketing manager.
"Sometimes,'' she said, "you feel like you are the only person in the world going through this.''
Morse has been searching for activities for her father, the 58-year-old former technology executive, who is still physically active even as his mind is failing. Her parents recently checked out a program that sounded promising at a local senior center, but the class turned out to be a group of 80-year-old women line-dancing with walkers.
"It was so depressing,'' Morse said. "It was not a place he felt comfortable. He knows he has Alzheimer's, yet he knows he doesn't fit in.''
Morse later listened as Brian Vincent spoke of his exhaustion at managing his family's store six days a week, while finding chores that his father can still do and then having to discreetly fix his mistakes afterward.
"I'm almost jealous of you,'' Morse said. "At least you can take your father to work, a place that is safe, because there is no day program for my father.''
The dearth of safe and stimulating programs for Alzheimer's patients who are no longer able to work or drive, but who are still vibrant, is a significant problem, said Raia, of the Alzheimer's Association.
And many of the affordable programs that do exist are facing cutbacks. Governor Deval Patrick's proposed budget for the year starting July 1 includes $55 million in cuts to adult day health services, a community-based program that provides activities for more than 7,000 disabled people and very frail elders, many with Alzheimer's. An estimated 5,600 people would lose the services as a result.
"Being active, having a sense of purpose, being social, getting good exercise, all of these things contribute to helping the disease move more slowly, but folks in the early stages of the disease are not getting that treatment because of a lack of resources,'' Raia said.
Nationally, the Alzheimer's Association is piloting "social engagement programs,'' helping to train staff at selected nonprofits, such as food banks, so they know how to work with volunteers who have Alzheimer's, said Beth Kallmyer, the organization's senior director of constituent services.
In the void, families are shouldering the burden, she said.
The association estimates that in 2010 alone, nearly 15 million Americans provided 17 billion hours of unpaid care to family members and friends with Alzheimer's.
Cindy Vincent knows that she and her children have been shielded from figuring out the next step longer than most.
But she knows that can't last, and worries how she will be able to cope with her husband at home.
"What would you do to keep busy,'' she recently asked her husband, "if it came to the point you could no longer go to the store?''
Unable to make change at the cash register, order stock, or manage the books, Bruce Vincent, who loves to work, spent many hours mopping the store's floors this winter and shoveling snow.
"I'll clean the basement,'' he said.
His wife gently tried again.
"I am just setting up a scenario,'' she began.
"I don't see myself getting to that point,'' he replied.
For more information: Alzheimer's Association Massachusetts and New Hampshire Chapter 24/7 Helpline, 800-272-3900; or website, www.alz.org/MANHKay Lazar can be reached at email@example.com.


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HANG TIME TEXAS, Y'ALL – These are busy, frantic times in the King-dom of Sacramento.
For a minute or two, try to forget all of the problems in trying to get a new arena and the rumors that the franchise is still headed to Anaheim. For now, there are other immediate concerns:
First off, how to replace forward/center Chuck Hayes, whose free agent contract was voided when a physical exam revealed a heart abnormality?
Matt Kawahara and Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee had the news:
A projected starter who signed a four-year, $21.3 million free-agent contract Dec. 9, Hayes was expected to play a key role in the Kings' offense and serve as a physical, vocal presence on defense.
"We're not going to be able to replace him," Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie told The Bee on Monday afternoon. "He was one of the best defensive frontcourt players in the league and a really unique player we thought would facilitate some offense.
"We'll take a look at what we can do, but it's not going to be the same."In a statement released Monday, Petrie said notifying Hayes of the failed physical was "one of the most heartbreaking moments of my professional or personal life."
Hayes has undergone further testing on his heart, but specifics about his condition have not been released. Messages left for Hayes' agent Monday were not returned.
Monday evening, Hayes posted to his Twitter account, "Thank you everyone for your prayers and support, taking the next step to get healthy and back on the court, much love."
Perhaps fortunate for the Kings front office is the fact that one of their own, who played in Sacramento last season, is still out there on the free agent leftover pile.
As the Kings look for ways to replace Hayes, among the available free-agent big men is Samuel Dalembert, who played last season in Sacramento.Asked about the possibility of bringing back Dalembert, Petrie said: "We've stayed in touch with him periodically along the way. We'll see what develops here in the next few days and go from there."
While scrambling to fill cracks in the immediate future, the Kings would be wise to take time out to honor their past in the aftermath of Peja Stojakovic's calling it a career by hanging his retired jersey from the rafters.
As Victor Contreras of the Bee points out, those 7 1/2 seasons that Peja spent in Sacramento were special and usually spent performing at a very high level.
He goes out as one of Sacramento's all-time favorite Kings, a player whose No. 16 should hang from the Power Balance Pavilion rafters soon alongside the jerseys of former teammates Chris Webber (No. 4) and Vlade Divac (No. 21).
Stojakovic was the stubbly, baby-faced assassin on the Kings' original Fab Five. Webber was the muscle inside, Jason Williams thrilled crowds with no-look passes, Divac played point-center, and Doug Christie supplied the defense.
But it was Stojakovic who killed teams from beyond the arc. He was in constant motion, flowing along the baseline like a shark, scoring on back-door feeds and hitting threes from the corner.
Worth remembering also? Peja's fourth place finish in the 2003-04 MVP voting (24.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 48% 3-point shooting) was just as high as Webber ever finished in his best season of 2000-01 (27.1 ppg, 11.1 rpg, 4.2).


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Saint Yvi in Finistere Brittany photos and guide to our visit to this large village. The village is about a 15 min drive from Quimper and 3 miles from the coast.
We chose the village of Saint Yvi for our visit to the Finistere region.We found a nice old converted mill house just on the edge of the village to stay in.The village has a few shops and a post office everything that you need.It is only about 6 miles to the large seaside port of Concarneau .Which has a full range of supermarkets and a Macdonalds for the free Internet.Ten miles in the other direction is the city of Quimper famous for its pottery.In a 20 mile area of Saint Yvi you will find lots of little beaches and coves and small fishing villages.The nearest beach is only 3 miles away
This is the gite we rented it is in a small wood you reached it up a private road. There is about 7 acres of land with
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Le Valmarin is a charming 18th-century Malouinière, enclosed in an exceptional, 3000 m² park, full of trees and colourful flowers. It is located 50 metres from the beaches of Saint-Malo.
All of the hotels guest rooms have been uniquely designed and combine the charm of yesterday with the comfort of today. They are spacious and cosy and promise a restful night.
Le Cézembre, a bar/tea room offers a convivial area to relax with a drink or a cocktail. In the winter months relax by the fireplace, or enjoy the peaceful park during the warmer months.
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A local Bar restaurant in saint Yvi
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Sports fans are also well catered for with volleyball, pétanque, tennis, table tennis and cycling all available onsite. Children have their own playground complete with a bouncy castle and there is a fantastic covered swimming pool set in the middle of a beautiful lawn, making Aiguille Creuse perfect for families with young children.
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text: CRASHER 56 Posted October 4, 2012 Week 5 is here, and even the randomness of the damn coin doesn't make things much better in trying to figure this league out….after coming out flying with the picks the quarter of randomness ended up a meager 8-6 last week (and picked the Jets d'ohhh) *sigh* sometimes you realize that you just can't win in life no matter how much logic and insight you pour into those things….football can be like family like that ….thankfully I get a week of Cowboy-free-bar-rage to enjoy the Sundays again (and I was playing ice hockey during the interception-fest, so we move along as gracefully as humanly possible here….) Thursday Oct 4: Cardinals at Rams: It's funny, this game is WAY more appealing then it looks on paper, yes Arizona is a fraud 4-0 (Bill Parcells can kiss my ass this team is NOT what its record is), but they keep getting the right teams at the right time…and the Rams are a scrappy, tough lil bunch who plays hard and gives you something just about every week, and the match-up of Larry Fitz and "Kid n Play" Finnegan is as good a WR/CB match-up as it gets….the short week is gonna be a tough one for Steven Jackson to be healthy for (both teams have to deal with this problem….again it's why I HATE these damn Thursday games)….and let's be honest, no one's gonna be talking about this one next to the water cooler even if something absurd happens tomorrow….gimmie that damn coin…. Winner: Cardinals Game Quality: ** (it's a good game, but admit it NO ONE cares….) Sunday Oct 7.: 1pm: Browns at NY Giants: Alright, this one is probably the gimmie of the week…which is always dangerous when it comes to the Giants….the only time they always win is when they look dead in the water, and they usually come up limp when you look and say "no way this other team has a CHANCE here"….*ugh*….but it's Cleveland dammit, 0-4 is a way of life near the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame (speaking of…nice job Cleveland in screwing THAT up too), the Browns are good at putting up nice numbers in trash time, and the Giants weak secondary makes any game comeback time…but still…they're the fraking Browns….I can't….. Winner: NY Giants (I am NOT taking a chance on the coin giving me Cleveland ) Game Quality: DUD (the Browns are the only FAIL more constant then the Knicks in this universe…..) Green Bay at Indianapolis: Man there's a bunch of crappy one-sided games this week…geesh…stupid bye's…the Packers got back on track with the offense last week (then again it's not like the Saints know about this defense concept)….the Colts have a lot of distractions with the leukemia situation and we need look no farther then said mentioned Saints to see what a distraction a coaching problem can be…the Colts do have nothing to lose here…but the Packers need to beat up on these lesser teams or they're gonna be left in the dust with Chicago (and good God, Minnesota too…..somehow) doing as well as they are….I'm trying to lean off the coin toss since it didn't work, and I'm going out on CRASHER Island for the "obvious" picks….help me football Gods….. Winner: Packers Game Quality: DUD (Packers fantasy football owners get to gush this week) Eagles at Steelers: The Eagles somehow did it AGAIN Sunday Night with the Giants…they actually blocked and ran the football (amazing how all the top teams in the league right now have a run option that you HAVE to respect to give the passing game some time…and a little blocking helps too)….the Steelers got two weeks to think about the sh!tpile they left in Oakland….and more importantly….they got healthy, all the big name guys are ready to go, hell James Harrison is so ready to go he even re-filled his "Goodell Fund for stupid fines that are real football hits" so he's really ready to whip some ass…I want to take the Steelers here, mostly cause they're healthy and I don't think the Eagles can do that two weeks in a row…but this is one of those games that will bite me in the ass… COIN TOSS it is!!!! Heads it is….home team ahoy! Winner: Steelers Game Quality: **** (this game is ALWAYS good) Atlanta at Washington: The Falcons are playing the best football in the league now (with maybe Houston being a close second, but Atlanta has beaten better teams), the offense is FLYING and even being backed up to the one foot line wasn't enough to stop them from going right down the field (though I gotta admit it's a disgrace to let Roddy White get THAT open for three consecutive hours like he did)…the Redskins are hurting on defense for sure, but RG III is playing the role of Cam Newton from last year….except they win a few of these games with the gaudy numbers…this is one of those games you gotta take the "common logic" and twist that sh!t into 2012….I looked evily at the coin (and exhaled that it's been a whole ten minutes since I got a dopey phone call soliciting me for crappy advertising…ah small business ownership….) anyway….upset time! Winner: Washington Game Quality: ** (should be interesting at least) Ravens at Chiefs: I looked up and saw what time it was this morning and went "crap I gotta get to work"….but looking at this matchup this should be an easy one to pencil in some time for….looking at the Ravens secondary is an ugly proposition, but Matt Cassel might possibly be THE WORST starting QB in the NFL right now (yes I remember Mark Sanchez but in a rare moment of defending a Jet, he has NO o-line, less at RB and even less to throw too….Cassel has Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe, a solid line and a good TE and he STILL sucks)….Peyton Hillis is still out and has been HORRIBLE this year, so it looks like it's going to be a lot of Charles against the aging Purple Haze…the Ravens will put up points with Flacco and that offense going at a high gear now…funny how the Ravens have evolved from the pop-gun offense to the matador defense (God I quoted Walt Frazier…please…stab me….nowww)….the Chiefs are clever at finding ways to lose, and they badly need a QB…better get to the top of the draft for that guys….or trade for Matt Flynn *chuckle*….anyway, cue up some Jimi on the mp3 player and for once it's not my "all along the Watchtower" BSG-based obsession….. Winner: Ravens Game Quality: ** (if this game relies on Matt Cassel to be good this will be a disaster) Miami at Bengals: So you think before the game the two GMs will get together over coffee (or something stronger) and have a courtesy chuckle about Chad Johnson? Then again if Ken Ireland gets a lil obnoxious…the Bengals GM can drop the Hard Knocks hammer and the Vonte Davis trade over his head…..the Bengals offense might be the most underrated group in the league….Andy Dalton doesn't look like a 2nd year guy right now…AJ Green is amazing, the other guys are young and skilled…though oddly enough Green-Ellis has grown fumblitis out there…must be the failure of going to Ohio….Miami has been tough and scrappy, and they seem to be growing (at least on offense)…and they can get to the QB on defense….Miami's not good enough to win this, but damn they can make it interesting….shame no one will be watching (well Brian will….if he gets said permission….) Winner: Bengals Game Quality: ** ¾ (the Dolphins tend to show up when you don't expect them this year) 4pm: Bears at Jacksonville: Ummm, so it's like safe to start Jay Cutler, right?? I dunno if I don't he may turn his back to me and NEVER LOOK AT ME AGAIN *hrmpf*…all temper tantrums (and deluded impressions of my sister) aside, Cutler's Bears seem pretty solid right now…the D is getting through and making turnovers….the running game is balanced with Forte getting healthy and Bush just filling in the rest….Marshall's been good…hell even Devin Hester is finding the end zone…see all this happy happy joy joy talk….I'm not going to ruin it by talking about the Jaguars….but I will say…to all the fools out there saying to pay Jones-Drew right now….two words…. CHRIS JOHNSON….play out your contract Maurice….. Winner: daaa BEARS Game Quality: DUD (Jacksonville sucks man….) Seattle at Carolina: The Panthers are starting to remind me a lot of the Lions this year…immature….not really…giving up the big play at the worst possible moments….Cam Newton putting the ball on the ground at the worst possible time….but hey at least the punt team downed it on the 1…..just so Atlanta could make the ending all the MORE DRAMATIC!! Anyway, Seattle is bad on the road, but they can run the ball, they play defense and I like the coaching better in Seattle….I was hoping they'd be 8-0 at home and 0-8 on the road, but oh well nothing is perfect in life right?? Winner: Seattle Game Quality: ** (potential comedy of errors here) Bills at 49ers: Oh boy…wanna talk about a turnover factory who makes Dumbo look like efficient and like David Garrard in his prime?? Yeah….Ryan Fitzpatrick likes to try to shock the other team by throwing the ball right at them and assuming they won't be ready for it to catch it….that's not a good idea against the 49ers (hell it barely works when I kick rebounds past crash the net forwards like that!!)….the 49ers showed that the Viking game was a fluke and if you play fast, loose and sloppy around them they will devour you like a fat man at the buffet table!!! Speaking of fat guys taking up space…hey how's that Mario Williams contract working out for you guys?? Hell I even traded his sorry ass in Madden!! If both these teams play like they have all year the Niners are going to squash them like the city of St. Louis did to my relationships….and it will be just as ugly…SQUASH! Winner: 49ers (Fitz may score more for the Niners then the Bills) Game Quality: * ¾ Titans at Vikings: How the HELL are the Vikings 3-1? Well good defense….a stolen knee inserted into Adrian Peterson's body (maybe they grew a clone…hrrrmmm) solid play from Christian Ponder and enough outside weapons to make you stay honest…throw in some crappy play from opponents and you get out of the box in a hurry (especially this year)….the Titans are doing NONE of that….they served up their young QB on a silver platter to the wolves….Chris Johnson can't even carry a football from the living room to the bathroom (last week's garbage time yards aside), and the receivers and defense are just HORRID …this scares me because it looks very obvious for the Vikings….but so did the Lions and Titans…oi….but I gotta stick with the team that shouldn't be 3-1, going to 4-1….. Winner: Vikings Game Quality: * ¾ (another just NOT appealing game) Denver at New England: OMG IT'S BRADY AND MANNING…did you realize this? Do you know HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS!??!!?! Oh yeah…we see it every year *yawn*…but aside of it being the GREATEST THING EVER /end Tony Schiavnone …..it is a pretty damned important AFC game…both teams are trying to keep pace in their divisions, the Broncos are still trying to find this Peyton Manning utopia they were promised with peace, harmony and touchdowns for all….while the Patriots are wishing they could play Ryan Fitz every week since he lets their d-backs practice catching the ball all the time….NBC must be kicking small babies that they couldn't get this one bumped to 8:00 for their own hype machine (and then they started kicking old people in wheelchairs when they saw the sh!t pile the Saints and Chargers is)…as for this game…I'm not really overwhelmed or impressed with either one of these teams….they both beat the bad teams and lose to the better teams…home field matters, well not being in Denver matters too…I do think the Pats are just a hair better…and home field….and I need to stop looking at that damn quarter to toss in the air….grrr….screw it: Winner: Patriots Game Quality: **** (this might be the only watchable game by 5:15) 8pm: Chargers at Saints: It only took for weeks for NBC to go "aw sh!t we don't want THIS one do we"? If you ever for a SECOND thought "coaching doesn't matter in the NFL"…look no further then first the Cowboys and second the Saints, and see what happens…the defense is putrid, the offense is over-depending on Brees, the WR play is BAD….and this is how you end up 0-4….who ever thought Norv Turner would look like the shining light in a coaching matchup? Geesh, the Chargers despite no running game. They are getting quality from Rivers and they're getting good defense…I'm so tempted to say "the Saints are too good to go 0-5"….well they DID go 0-4 and already lost twice at home….at least we have this silly games in a row with a TD record to watch in this one tonight…the Chargers are playing too well and beating up on bad teams too easily this year…not to mention the Saints don't even try to play some defense….if you can go 0-4…you can go 0-5…look on the bright side…only one more game before the coach replacing the coach gets to come back….what a joke that was too…. Winner: Chargers Game Quality: **** (the Saints may suck but they are a FUN suck) Monday Oct. 8: Jets at Texicans: Houston's playing really good now….defense is scoring, the running game is producing…hell the Texans might be the one team in the league with the least flaws on their roster right now…there's not a single aspect in their game you can say is average, forget bad even….and well the Jets….if you can't say something nice….. its almost so bad now it's not fun to kick on it….anyway….yeah….I have an ice hockey game that night…I think…well…I BETTER..dammit…. Winner: Texans Game Quality: DUD (maybe people actually watch Raw this week, ha!) NFL Power Rankings Week 4: AFC: Houston…keeps rolling along Baltimore….same here…but still a questionable defense Cincinnati….underrated and dangerous offensively San Diego….all you can do is win the games in front of you…. New England…. First place??? NFC: Atlanta….most amazing 2 minute drill drive ever, thank you Carolina 49ers….took it out on the Jets (I don't mind this…) Green Bay….righting the ship? Arizona….still 4-0?? Really?!!?!?!?! Phily…another team with NO business in first place….. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The RebusFarm Mission
Origin of RebusFarm
Rebus Render Farm was founded in the city of Cologne in Germany in 2006. It is the brainchild of Ralph Huchtemann. The company is the spin-off of another company, RebusMedia. It was formed in collaboration with Andre Konnopasch who had worked alongside Mr. Huchtemann.
Our mission
The mission that Rebus Render Farm has is to fill the gap that exists in the render service market for 3D animation. To end this, the farm offers render support for a huge variety of 3D Applications. The company aims to offer the maximum render service capacity at the most competitive rates.
Unrivaled technology: The RebusFarm 2.0 software
Three years after they set up their operations, the company came up with a service that had never been seen before and that became an industry benchmark. They came up with software that makes it possible to integrate a render farm into the workflow of people working in the 3D community. A patent is pending for the software which is known as Farminizer Software.
The render farm is at your control
What this concept has done is to give users full control over the services that Rebus Render Farm avails to them and everything can be triggered from within their own 3D application. The company hit another milestone when the company developed applications for iPhone and Android-powered phones. Users can access and control the Farm's services on their mobile phones.
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Right this chilly, finger-nipping moment, fresh lettuce leaves are luxuriating in warmth and plump red tomatoes are "a-poppin' their seams" in MOTHER EARTH NEWS' all-new solar greenhouse!
You see, the folks at the Eco-Village were so excited about this magazine's series of seminars that they could hardly wait to start some hands-on building and experimenting of their own. So, before the first session had even begun, MOTHER EARTH NEWS' eager helpers "jumped into" one of our long-planned "on the property" projects: the construction and testing of a solar greenhouse.
The 12' X 16' "ray catcher" (which, like any other truly solar greenhouse, is designed to utilize sun-given warmth for its only source of heat) will serve both as a demonstration building to help spread the solar "word" and as an experimental station for conducting indoor plant-growing projects. The structure went up in three days, but our staff didn't do the work all alone. Nope, Joe Costion, Buck Orndorff, and members of Wooster, Ohio's Wayne County Community Action Commission (all of whom were referred to us by the folks at Solar Greenhouse Digest) provided much of the necessary brains and brawn.
The finished plant house—an all-out solar structure—has absolutely no backup heating system, so this year's winter vegetable crop could conceivably get "bit off" by frost. But folks 'round here are betting that we'll have a bumper hothouse crop instead, because even though the greenhouse may appear to be plain and simple, the building has been designed from the ground up to catch (and hold!) heat efficiently.
For one thing, both the greenhouse's south-facing windows and its roof overhang are angled to admit as much solar radiation as possible on that "unsunniest" day of the year, December 21 (and to keep down the amount of sunlight admitted on June 21, the summer solstice). The radiant heat that is collected in our gardener's dream house is pretty likely to stay there too, because the back, sides, and ceiling of the "plantitarium" are stuffed with R-19-value insulation while the layers of the building's double-thick windows (consisting of a Lascolite brand fiberglass outer shell and an inner ultra violet-inhibitor-treated polyethylene film) are separated by an insulating air pocket.
Along with these heat-capturing attributes, the greenhouse also has a great deal of thermal mass. This heat-absorbing "bulk"—provided by our tilled planter boxes, the underlying gravel floor, and 10 water-filled 55-gallon barrels that have been painted black and stacked along the north wall—will store the building's carefully gathered radiant heat during the day and (slowly) release that precious warmth at night.
Of course, our indoor gardeners don't want the sun house getting too hot either! But never fear, our solar architects have taken care of that danger by constructing roof and side vents that will soon be fitted with automatic, temperature-controlled "porthole openers." Besides, the same thermal mass that keeps the building from getting too cold on wintry nights will help keep the plant home from overheating on balmy midsummer days. And—on top of all that—if the vents and the heat storage capacities STILL aren't enough to protect our flora on some downright tropical August afternoon ... well heck, somebody can always prop the building's door open!
As you might imagine, MOTHER EARTH NEWS' green thumb gang figures it'll take some time to learn all the intricacies of presetting the vent controls, adjusting the amount of thermal mass, and figuring out which plants will grow best (in which sections ) of our solar greenhouse. Besides that, those tinkerers may well come up with one or two design improvements of their own to test!
Through all this experimentation, we intend to maintain complete plant growth and greenhouse temperature records ... and to keep you posted on our results. Our careful monitoring should prove especially useful in the future, because this particular solar greenhouse is just the beginning. We plan to eventually build more and bigger sun catchers (both free-standing and attached to other buildings) to prove that sun-heated greenhouses can make a big difference in creating local food independence.
As for the single-family-sized building we're working with now ... well, pad'ner, we'll know by the time the snow melts if this crop producer works as well as we expect it to. (And this is one experiment where we'll be glad to eat our results.) If the solarium does meet our expectations, we'll announce the availability of a full set of plans in an upcoming issue so you can learn exactly how to build your own solar greenhouse. That way come next winter you'll be able to chomp into some "February fresh" vegetables too!


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Camping for people that don't do camping! Find your contentment here, relax or explore, all from your cosy base under canvas in our stunning rural setting in East Yorkshire. This is a great transition into camping, with oodles more comfort.
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Butt Farm is a working family farm situated 2 miles from the historic market town of Beverley in East Yorkshire. The farm is located on a footpath and cycleway network enabling you to walk and cycle into Beverley and the surrounding areas.
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Rep. Howard Berman conceded to fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman after a bitter fight with his younger House colleague over a San Fernando Valley seat.
The race grew so contentious that at one point the two got physical at a Pierce College candidates forum. Berman stepped close to Sherman as the congressmen argued hotly, and Sherman thrust his arm around Berman, shouting, "You want to get into this?"
In his concession statement, Berman said, "I congratulate Brad .... I will do whatever I can to ensure a cooperative and orderly transition."
The battle between the two men with similar voting records grew from two recent changes in the state's political landscape: fresh political maps that put both their homes in the reconfigured 30th Congressional District and a new top-two primary system that lets two members of the same party compete in the general election.
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WASHINGTON – Lord, he was born an Amblin man, and his career has been a tale of two directors ever since.
The Steven Spielberg pendulum has repeatedly swung between supernatural fantasy – "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "E.T." (1982), "Jurassic Park" (1993) – and gritty war history – "Schindler's List" (1993), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Munich" (2005).
How fittingly ironic that "Lincoln" hits theaters on the 25th anniversary of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," which arrived on this exact date in 1977. Just 130 miles separate Wyoming's Devil's Tower from South Dakota's Mount Rushmore, where the face of our greatest president is carved into the mountainside.
Indeed, Abraham Lincoln was a mountain of a man, and Spielberg's "Lincoln" is a mountain of a movie. Does it get any better than today's most famous filmmaker (Spielberg) adapting the best presidential biography of our time ("Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin), starring today's greatest actor (Daniel Day-Lewis)?
Rather than tackle the entire biography, "Lincoln" screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner ("Munich") smartly focuses his script on a small portion of Lincoln's life. This approach typically works best for biopics, which is why "Walk the Line" (2005) was a slightly better movie than "Ray" (2004), even if Jamie Foxx's performance was better than Joaquin Phoenix's.
Here, we specifically follow Lincoln's quest to pass the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery. The film opens years into the Civil War, after the Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863) and after the Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863), where Lincoln faces a choice: end the war or abolish slavery.
Taking the politically unpopular route, he tells his fellow Republican cabinet members to consider the two options: "If you could look into the seeds of time, which will grow larger?"
The rest of the movie depicts his one-on-one meetings with individual congressmen, trying to scrounge up enough votes to pass the amendment, combining the war-time leadership of Washington and Roosevelt, the communication skills of Reagan and the martyr idealism of Kennedy.
The fact that Spielberg manages to create a gripping and inspiring tale out of Washington lawmaking is incredible, especially since we already know the ending. Much of the credit belongs to Day-Lewis, who was given the role when Schindler himself, Liam Neeson, dropped out in 2010. Four score and seven years from now, I have a feeling folks will remember "Lincoln" more than "Taken 2" (2012).
Is there any argument that Day-Lewis is the best actor of our time? His role as Lincoln comes after winning an Oscar as Christy Brown in "My Left Foot" (1981), searing the screen as Hawkeye in "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992), earning an Oscar nomination as Gerry Conlon in "In the Name of the Father" (1993), earning another as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in "Gangs of New York" (2002) and winning his second Oscar as Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood" (2007).
His portrayal of Lincoln could very well win him a third, as I sat staring at the screen, having to pinch myself a few times that this was indeed Day-Lewis and not the living, breathing Lincoln himself.
With all due respect to Henry Fonda in "Young Mr. Lincoln" (1939) and Gregory Peck in "The Blue and the Gray" (1982), Day-Lewis' performance is the best ever given of Lincoln. So often we see our 16th president as a statuesque figure, staring down on Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939). Here, we get to see his human side, rolling on the ground with his children, interacting with his wife in the Lincoln Bedroom and cracking clever jokes to his cabinet members.
This is no mythic legend. This is a great man, in the flesh.
It doesn't hurt that Day-Lewis has several Oscar winners surrounding him in the supporting cast. Two-time Oscar-winner Sally Field ("Norma Rae," "Places in the Heart") plays his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, mourning the death of her son and keenly aware of her own loony place in the history books. Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones ("The Fugitive") gives his best performance since "No Country for Old Men" (2007) as abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania.
Rounding out the cast are David Strathairn ("Good Night and Good Luck") as Secretary of State William Seward, James Spader ("Sex, Lies and Videotape") as political operative W.N. Bilbo and Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("The Dark Knight Rises") as Lincoln's patriotic son.
Each of these historical figures comes to life, thanks to costume designer Joanna Johnston, production designer Rick Carter and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who won Oscars for both "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" and last year was nominated for "War Horse" (2011).
Also returning to Spielberg's filmmaking cabinet is legendary composer John Williams ("Jaws"), whose score both grounds us in the 19th century reality and transcends the screen with the feeling that this solitary life, in the words of Dr. King, is bending the arc of history toward justice.
The weight of each decision is visually expressed by Spielberg, whose camera starts behind Lincoln's head and swings around to his face. It mirrors how Spielberg started behind Neeson's head in "Schindler's List" and how Hitchcock started behind Cary Grant's head in "Notorious" (1946). Spielberg admits he's not in the auteur class of Hitchcock, Welles or Scorsese, considering himself a commercial storyteller like Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca") or Victor Fleming ("Gone With the Wind").
Still, if you factor in fame, showmanship and pop culture impact, Spielberg's face deserves a spot on Hollywood's Mount Rushmore. If Oscar history is any indication, Spielberg will land a Best Director nomination for "Lincoln," as his two Best Director wins came for "serious works" like "Schindler" and "Private Ryan." In a way, the specter of Lincoln hung over both of those films, from the theme of freeing a "racially inferior" people from white supremacist bondage in "Schindler," to General Marshall memorizing a handwritten Lincoln letter in "Private Ryan."
Spielberg enlists several other clever directorial techniques. He uses the body of Day-Lewis to wipe the frame (i.e. the bathers in "Jaws"). He slowly pushes in on Lincoln, allowing his body to grow larger in the frame as he gradually commands control of the room. And he cleverly cuts from a crying Sally Field saying, "We had to put on a face," to her fake smile at a dinner party. Still, his greatest credit may be his slow and steady pace, a patience described by Lincoln, who uses a sailing analogy to describe his presidency. He says the key to success is always knowing where "north" is on your moral compass, not charging ahead too fast, while keeping an eye out for potential obstacles.
From start to finish, Spielberg swiftly avoids several potential pitfalls:
1) Exposition. Some Spielberg movies do a little too much "hand holding," and I feared this would again be the case in an early scene with Sally Field providing exposition. Thankfully, the film does not fall into this trap for the rest of the movie, using nuanced dialogue and complex analogies to get its points across.
Case in point: Lincoln gives his rationale for abolishing slavery by quoting Euclid, "Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to each other." This is clearly a director who's matured since previous attempts on race in "The Color Purple" (1985) and "Amistad" (1997).
2) Predictability. Spielberg also avoids the trap of predictability by delivering a number of moments that go against the grain. Instead of starting the movie with Lincoln delivering the Emancipation Proclamation, the famous speech is instead given by black Union soldiers, who recite the speech back to the president as a way of saying thank you.
Instead of a straight-forward depiction of the assassination at Ford's Theater, like in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915), Spielberg foreshadows the event mid-way through the film, then shows the actual event through the eyes of his son. Finally, Tommy Lee Jones is given a brilliant twist at the end of the movie that drives home the film's theme perfectly.
3) Preachiness. Civil War buffs will surely comb over the film for historical accuracy, but my goal was to see whether the film came across as preachy. Quite the contrary.
"Lincoln" puts in its two cents – copper pennies engraved with its hero – without hammering us over the head. While a socially progressive theme pervades the story, there are plenty of references to Lincoln as the father of the Republican Party, making Democrats the butt of several jokes.
To me, it remains one of the bizarre flips in American history that after Lincoln's assassination and the failure of reconstruction, the two parties managed to flip on the issue of race over the next 100 years, moving from a Republican push for abolition in the 1860s, to a liberal Dr. King and Democrat Lyndon Johnson finally realizing that dream in the 1960s.
In an age of libertarian soul searching, do future flips await?
This fascinating interplay between past, present and future makes "Lincoln" super relevant in our current political context. William Faulkner once said, "The past is never dead, in fact, it's not even past," while Mark Twain wrote, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
Here again in 2012 America, Texas lawmakers are once again threatening to secede from the union, while Washington is mired in partisan gridlock. Lincoln's example of building a "Team of Rivals" by meeting one-on-one with individual congressmen is a blueprint for our current President (Democrat) and Speaker of the House (Republican) to build bridges and pass a landmark piece of legislation.
At a time when many Americans feel disillusioned about our political process, due to a barrage of negative campaign ads, "Lincoln" reminds us of why that process exists in the first place. Our founding fathers created an ingenious system of intentional gridlock to prevent our nation from charging too far in either direction. It's a system that, under heroic leaders, can produce earth-shaking results.
The same can be said about today's film industry. The loudest, over-the-top voices garner most of the attention and dollars, be they box office receipts or campaign donations. Yet much of this shock value entertainment recalls the "Game Change" quote by Steve Schmidt, Senior Advisor to the 2008 McCain-Palin campaign: "It wasn't a campaign. It was a bad reality show."
Great movies – like great leaders – are patient, nuanced and follow a bold vision that favors the high road over the easy one. These are the movies, the leaders, that earn the votes, get the statues and change our world. Cloaked in immense power and surprising humor, "Lincoln" provides hope that inspired, intelligent filmmaking shall not perish from this earth.
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The above rating is based on a 4-star scale. Read more from WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley by clicking "Fraley on Film" under the "Living" tab above, following @JasonFraleyWTOP on Twitter, and checking out his blog, The Film Spectrum.
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A man on a trip to Paris has a vision where he sees his brother murdered. When he arrives back home in England, he finds his brother is dead and the rest you have to find out from watching the Veil.
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This one has Patrick McNee as well as Boris Karloff. Good story.
This is one of my all time favorite works of Karloff! I could watch these all day! Thanks Kevin.
Great classic tv…kind of reminds me of other great tv show,0ne Step Beyond.. I am guessing this show predates another great classic, also hosted Mr. K..'Thriller' (:


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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain sold a majority stake in Royal Mail at 330 pence a share on Thursday following massive investor interest that values the postal service company, known worldwide for its iconic red postboxes, at 3.3 billion pounds ($5.3 billion).
In one of Britain's biggest privatizations for decades, Royal Mail priced its London listing at the top of a 260 pence to 330 pence range in a sell-off which could flush around 2 billion pounds into government coffers.
But the sale has been criticized by the opposition Labour party as under-pricing the firm and short-changing taxpayers.
Royal Mail's public offering leaves the government with a 38 percent stake, it said on Thursday, but this could fall to 30 percent should it choose to exercise an over-allotment option.
The government made 33 percent of shares available to the public, more than the 30 percent allocation that had been had expected, after the sale was oversubscribed seven times. That left institutional investors, whose offer tranche was over 20 times oversubscribed, with 67 percent of the offering.
Business Secretary Vince Cable on Thursday denied claims that the firm had been sold off on the cheap.
"There's no question of it being undervalued, we worked for a very long period of time to establish the true value for serious long-term investors," he said, adding that he thought the government had struck the right balance by favoring small investors.
Royal Mail's flotation, which has gone ahead despite the threat of strike action and criticism from Labour, follows three earlier attempts by different governments to privatize the business that has been in state hands for almost 500 years.
Those attempts over the last 19 years have failed due to opposition from within the governing majority, which feared an electoral backlash from tampering with a revered institution whose red post-boxes are known around the world.
The government's allocation strategy for individual investors, who each had to spend a minimum of 750 pounds, favored those who applied for less than 10,000 pounds worth of shares. Those applying above that level did not receive any shares.
The government will also hand 10 percent of Royal Mail's shares to staff in the largest share giveaway of any major British privatization.
Shares in Royal Mail begin trading at 0700 GMT on Friday. Financial spread betting firm IG predicted the shares will start trading at around 406 pence based on its client activity in recent weeks.
Labour, which polls show is the frontrunner to win the next election, has resisted pressure from its union backers and party activists to pledge to renationalize Royal Mail, but has been highly critical of the government's handling of the sale.
"The government have got very, very serious questions to answer. It's quite obvious that they've priced Royal Mail shares in a particular way, and reduced all the asset values to enable it to sell quickly," Labour's postal spokesman Ian Murray told Reuters.
"A valuation somewhere between 4.5 and 6 billion (pounds) seems to be the valuation that should come in, we'll see that tomorrow when the price spikes at the opening bell."
The government said over 690,000 people had applied for shares in Royal Mail. That compared with the 4.5 million people who applied for shares in British Gas, which was privatized in 1986, raising 5.4 billion pounds.
The Communication Workers Union, which represents postal workers and is holding a strike ballot over pay and job security, slammed the flotation and said it was organizing a protest outside the London Stock Exchange on Friday.
"This successful British company has been flogged on the cheap for no good reason," CWU general secretary Billy Hayes said in a statement.
Royal Mail's flotation follows that of its Belgian peer bpost in June and comes as strong equity markets have helped revive new listings in Europe this year. European flotations raised $15.9 billion in the first nine months - three times the year-ago level, according to Thomson Reuters data.
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Kenny Chesney Co-Produces Steve Spurrier Documentary 'The Believer'
Kenny Chesney doesn't keep his love for football quiet and now he's taken that love a step further. The singer has co-produced a documentary about legendary NCAA coach Steve Spurrier.
Chesney teamed up with Nashville filmmaker Shaun Silva to create the documentary about Spurrier. Spurrier is best known for previously being the coach for the Florida Gators football team and now the current coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The documentary is set to air on Aug. 27 and the trailer for the documentary has just been released. The film will show Spurrier's impressive career as a whole. Before coaching, Spurrier played the game at Florida where he was a two-time All American Quarterback -- and Heisman winner.
Spurrier also played in the NFL before retiring as a player. He then began coaching and eventually returned to Florida, this time as a coach. He served as an NFL coach for the Washington Redskins before joining the Gamecocks as their current head coach.
Spurrier and Chesney have been friends for several years but it wasn't known to the public until Chesney asked Spurrier to join him onstage for 'Happy Birthday' at one of his shows in 2007. Chesney has already co-produced another documentary for ESPN, so this isn't his first rodeo. The film interviews those closest to Spurrier that witnessed different parts of his career.
"They spent a lot of time with my family, wife, kids, grandkids and so forth, and a lot of former players. So hopefully it will turn out ok," Spurrier explains at an SEC media day (quote via Rolling Stone Country).
'The Believer' trailer can be seen in the video above before the movie is released on Aug. 27.


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Cyprus has received a report outlining how much money is needed to bail out its banks, the central bank said on Saturday, helping the island reach a comprehensive aid package with international lenders.
The recapitalization estimate for Greek-exposed Cypriot banks is necessary to secure a bailout deal with lenders representing the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
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"The steering committee is looking at the report from this morning, particularly the methodology used to establish the preliminary needs for the recapitalization of the banks," said Central Bank of Cyprus spokeswoman Aliki Stylianou.
The interim report, which comes ahead of a final assessment expected in January, did not contain a figure on the total amount required for the bailout, Stylianou told state radio.
"Some time is required for the steering committee to assess the methodology used to reach a conclusion on the numbers," she said.
The steering committee is made up of representatives from EU institutions, the IMF and Cypriot authorities.
Cyprus, the euro zone's smallest economy after Malta, sought aid from the IMF and the EU after its two largest banks turned to the state for financial assistance.
The banks' regulatory capital was depleted by a writedown on Greek bond holdings in early 2012, the result of a deal brokered by EU leaders to make Greece's debt mountain more manageable.
A rough working assumption for Cyprus's bailout deal has been that the banks need around 10 billion euros to recapitalize, almost 60 percent of Cyprus's entire annual output.
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Casual tastings along Michigan's Lake Shore Wine Trail
Looking for something to do to keep you warm while we're in the grip of winter? You might try taking a quick trip to Michigan's Lake Shore Wine Trail.
Just about two hours from the suburbs, the trail contains more than a dozen wineries stretching along Lake Michigan from Union Pier to Saugatuck.
Michigan Lake Shore Wine TrailLemon Creek Winery
533 E Lemon Creek Road, Berrien Springs, Mich., (269) 471-1321, lemoncreekwinery.com
Baroda Founders Wine Cellar
8963 Hills Road, Baroda, Mich., (269) 426-5222, founderswinecellar.com/index.php
Round Barn Winery
9185 Union Pier Road, Union Pier, Mich., (269) 469-6885, roundbarnwinery.com
St. Julian Winery
9145 Union Pier Road, Union Pier, Mich., (269) 469-3150, stjulian.com
More information: Michigan Lake Shore Wine Trail map, lakemichiganshorewinetrail.com/trail-map/standard/2.html
We visited four great wineries on our trip, which we booked through LivingSocial so we had a designated bus driver.
The first, Lemon Creek Winery in Berrien Springs, offered a nice variety of wines, plus an excellent gift shop with some very friendly dogs.
The staff was friendly and knowledgeable in the low-key tasting room. The Grands Lacs Blanc ($12 a bottle) was my favorite by far. And they offer a very serviceable '10 Gewürztraminer at $15.
Next on our stop was the Baroda Founders Wine Cellar in Baroda. The highlight of the day was a tour by founder Leonard Olson. Brace yourself: A tour by Olson isn't like your common winery visit. Be prepared to be entertained with Olson's stories about Mike Ditka, Jesse Jackson, President Gerald Ford and the chancellor of Austria.
Beyond the entertaining stories, Olson can teach you pretty much anything you want to know about wine during the short tour while he serves wine right out of the barrel.
What do the legs of a wine indicate? (Legs are the streaks on the sides of a glass after you swirl it). The longer the legs, the better the wine. Why else do you swirl wine? To release all the flavors and aromas. I'd tell you what he thinks about synthetic wine corks, but this is a family newspaper. You'll have to go see for yourself and learn how he puts a little "sunshine" in your wine.
My friends favored the Baroda reds; I found the Ice Wine to be among the sweetest I've tasted and couldn't pass up bringing home some bottles of Luce del Sol, which Ford did serve in the White House.
Our tour took us to neighbors Round Barn and St. Jullian wineries in Union Pier.
In case you're tired of wine, Round Barn also includes a beer tasting room and several bourbons, whiskeys and vodkas. Their Weekend White was a solid, smooth white wine, but their DiVine vodka and bourbon were the real standouts. DiVine is one of only four vodkas in the world made from grapes. The bourbon, which was smooth with just a hint of rye, is aged for three years in charred oak barrels.
Next door, St. Julian's tasting room staff was excellent at choosing tastings to match our palettes (especially my friend Debra). Their chardonnay was perfect for those who aren't a fan of a heavy, oak finish. And their Traminette is a unique blend of mango, peach and apricot flavors. Their sangria, merlot and cabernet sauvignon were also a favorite.
St. Julians' tasting room also offers a wide variety of specialty salsas and dips. It's well-worth the trip to do some sampling.
Wineries along the Michigan South Shore are ideal places for both the educated and uneducated. The prices are reasonable (most tastings are in the $5 range), the wines are good and the staffs friendly. Even better, the atmosphere is casual so you can focus on the wine and relaxing rather than swirling and swishing like an expert.
• Our LivingSocial deal cost $75 dollars each, which included transportation, tastings at all four wineries and lunch at Baroda Founders.


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Some people in my network posted about spritz a startup that recently went out of stealth-mode. They do a pretty cool app for speed reading. See this huffington post article for a quick demo and explanation.
They say they are still in development, so the app is not available for the public.
The app seemed seems pretty neat but also pretty easy to do. I said that and people came back with "they probably do a lot of natural language processing and parsing the sentence to align to the proper character" and similar remarks.
So I reverse engineered it. By which I mean opening the demo gifs in Gimp and counting letters. And, surprise surprise: they just count letters. So the letter they highlight (at least in the demo) is only depending on the letter of the word.
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highlight = 1 + ceil(word_length / 4)
. They might also be timing the transitions differently, haven't really looked at that, I must admit.
After this revelation, I coded up my own little version in javascript.
Obviously the real value of an app like that is integration with various ecosystems, browser integration etc...
But if you are just interested in the concept, you can paste your favorite (or maybe rather least favorite given the nature of the app?) e-book into my webpage and give it a shot.
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Palermo director Pietro Lo Monaco is firing up the troops ahead of tonight's Sicilian Derby against his former club Catania. "This is no time for nostalgia – it's war."
The general manager was a surprise appointment as President Maurizio Zamparini's right hand man this season after his eight years with their local rivals. Those sides go head-to-head this evening, click here for a match preview.
"It will not be, as I hear some people say, a walk in the park for Catania," snapped Lo Monaco.
"This is a derby and games like this must be played with the knife between our teeth. Our opponents will certainly face a team ready for war.
"Nobody can ever wipe out the good work I did in eight years at Catania. We took a club in Serie B, drowning in debts, and built one of the healthiest sides in Italy.
"I take the great memories with me, but this is no time for nostalgia. In the past these clubs exchanged players and did business together, but times have changed. For this we will now look elsewhere."
Lo Monaco's split from Catania was bitter and this week descended into an unseemly public exchange of insults.
"All I have to do is sneeze and it irritates Catania. There's something underneath that reaction..."
Coach Gian Piero Gasperini named his squad for tonight's game, which sees Fabrizio Miccoli return to the side, but Edgar Barreto, Samir Ujkani and Carlos Labrin are suspended plus Abel Hernandez and Andrea Mantovani injured.
Palermo squad for Catania: Benussi, Brichetto, Fulignati; Cetto, Garcia, Milanovic, Morganella, Munoz, Pisano, Von Bergen; Arevalo Rios, Brienza, Donati, Giorgi, Ilicic, Kurtic, Viola, Zahavi; Budan, Dybala, Miccoli