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'Sanctum' IMAX 3D is a survival action thriller that, although conceptually intriguing, never delivers a payoff that satisfies the pocket or the 3D experience it boasts about.
James Cameron executive produces this story, based on real events, of a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea. Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team-including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd) are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?
These types of movies aren't new to the screen. The 70's were famous for their disaster films such as The Poseidon Adventure, When Time Ran Out, and the Oscar nominated The Towering Inferno amongst others, with the focus on the characters' attempts to avert, escape or cope with the disaster and its aftermath. Then there was a resurgence in the mid to late 90's with films such as Stallone's Daylight, the remake Poseidon and The Ghost Ship.
The premise of Sanctum is as interesting and absorbing as anything out so far this early 2011. The fact that Cameron is involved and that it was shot in 3D, and it would be released in IMAX, are all great bait to a story that is high on bad acting, recycled and cliched dialogue ("What could possibly go wrong with…" insert bad joke here) and cheap visual effects. The film was shot on a budget of 30 million dollars, not the 237 million dollars Cameron spent on Avatar. Australian director Alister Grierson, who never handled a 3D camera before in his life, is directing only his second picture, and perhaps, gave to some of the B like quality of the movie. You know it wasn't Cameron. 'Sanctum' was not shot in film and it's obvious, specially when it's juxtaposed to special effects rendering sequences of caves. However, credit must be given to anyone who is directing underwater for half of the movie. That sounds like a tough task. The 3D experience was subpar for me. I had a chance to see the film in an IMAX 3D theater and I noticed that the sound was off. It sounded far away instead of next to you like most IMAX films. I also had some problems with the IMAX glasses, different than regular 3D glasses. The light of the film kept on penetrating the darkness of my glasses producing an irritable sensation for some key scenes. I had to keep on swiveling my head to find a point where it didn't bother me. Was it the glasses? No. I changed them just to make sure. This happened occasionally, but nevertheless, it didn't happen to me when I went to see Tron: Legacy in December. When it comes to 3D experiences in an IMAX theater it's hard to say Sanctum was an experience. Between sound and imagery, it failed to mesmerize the senses.
Also perforating my ears was the dialogue from John Garvin and Andrew Wight. I don't know which one was more at fault. When one is watching the characters onscreen trying to survive a disaster and they are engulfed by the ocean itself, all there is left to entertain you is great acting and engaging dialogue to get you through the events. This was not the case here as trite, cornball words were the du jour of the day. Seriously, it was awful. Aside from the dialogue, the rest of the film had its hits and misses. Some of the highlights were the sights of the cave, the underwater sequence shots, and the acting of Richard Roxburgh who should be Stellan Skarsgård's twin brother. The pacing of the first 40 minutes took its time to build, introduce and flesh out the characters properly. It establishes some of the forth coming problems we are about to witness and lays out the villains and heroes of the movie. This is well done and it manages to hold some interest while it lasts. Right after that, in act II, the movie begins to introduce the lousy acting and dialogue into the action scenes. Interestingly enough, in the 70's, disaster films were always cast with heavy weight actors which gave credibility to what you were watching unfold. Overall, this is a B cast, excluding veteran actors Richard Roxburgh and Ion Gruffudd. The level of mediocre acting is typical of what one associates with the genre. The dramatic moments are cheesy and painful to watch, specially the father and son scenes. Wakefield's character mostly, is a vexing figure throughout the whole film. He possesses a very righteous personality, that combined with his histrionic acting, results in aggravating viewing. The tension is paltry at best, perhaps because there are no monsters, killer sharks, hungry piranhas or ravenous crocodiles. I thought there would be an unknown creature lurking in the murky and cold below. The soundtrack also didn't do a good job of creating the suspenseful atmosphere.
Ultimately, Sanctum didn't live up to expectations. With the high rise of 3D and IMAX tickets, this experience perhaps does belong in the deep unexplored bottoms of the Earth.


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NEW Girly Tees - The Itty Bitty Girls CollectionLabels: girly tees, house ware, note cards, tote bags 0 comments
Hallo, everyone! I know, it's been *a while* since our last update. We have a slew of good stuff to show you though.
The Paper Basket is proud to announce that we have a new batch of girly tees for 2009. Presenting THE ITTY BITTY GIRLS COLLECTION.
This collection offers t-shirts, hoodies, houseware, and other girl gifts that feature colorful, stylish and most importantly original illustrations of cute little girls with different personalities so you can choose the character that suits you best!
Chopstix Journal
CHOPSTIX likes to cook and is on the constant lookout for the perfect blend of spices for her culinary masterpieces.
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Bonnet Women's Cap Sleeve T-Shirt
BONNET likes to keep to herself and is quite shy but she's very creative. She likes to paint & write poetry.
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Sugar 2.25" Button
SUGAR has a sweet-tooth and loves to bake. Her dream is to own a cake & pastry shop someday.
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Honey Tile Coaster
HONEY loves Mother Earth and shows it by planting trees & using all-natural or recycled products whenever she can.
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Peony Greeting Card
PEONY likes the outdoors. She loves to follow trails to see what wonders of nature they lead to.
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Amber Framed Tile
AMBER is crafty & likes to make things by hand. Her dream project? A magical memory quilt.
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Rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd with a focus on
security and reliability.
Among others, it offers support for on-demand disk buffering,
reliable syslog over TCP, SSL, TLS and RELP, writing to databases
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configurable output formats (including high-precision timestamps),
the ability to filter on any part of the syslog message, on-the-wire
message compression, and the ability to convert text files to syslog.
It is a drop-in replacement for stock syslogd and able to work with
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Short-Course Vs. Desert TruckPosted in Features on February 1, 2011
There's banging bodies on a watered-down race track and there's screaming hard across the open desert in silt beds that throw up choking dust. In both cases, drivers are barreling forward in high-horsepower trucks vying for a race win by clocking the fastest time across the finish line. However similar, these two trucks are built differently to optimize their performance on the terrain they tackle.
We're talking here about a short-course truck versus a desert Trophy Truck. Our Editor-in-Chief, Jerrod Jones, thought it would be cool to explore just which truck is the king of the dirt go-fast world. We made a call to Jennifer Bissett at Team Renezeder, and she soon had us lined up with two Lucas Oil-sponsored subjects for this lesson in off-road anatomy.
We were fortunate to meet up with our two racing icons at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California. Carl Renezeder and Cameron Steele showed us their latest racing trucks and let us snap away, taking images to show you what's alike on these racers and what's not. Carl has a successful history of dirt-track racing that spans more than 15 years and has done a fair bit of desert racing, as well. He competes in multiple 2WD and 4WD classes, and most recently won both the LOORS Unlimited 2 and 4 Class championships in 2009. Cameron's reputation stems from desert racing and past off-road motorcycle competition. He's a popular sports announcer and currently runs a Trophy Truck for his team, Desert Assassins. Last December, he won the SNORE Unlimited Truck Class championship.
Both trucks are built to tame the dirt, and, simply put, haul buns! Start with a pile of chromoly tubing, a ravenous engine, supple suspension, then wrap it all up in fiberglass skin. Each is built to competently eat up dirt miles in short order.
Who's the king of the dirt go-fast world? They're both plenty fast in their native environment, it's all about having the right tool for the job at hand as you can see from our detailed look into what makes both of these trucks tick.


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It was far from pretty, but the Cardinals needed a win and they got it.
Behind a stellar first-half receiving performance from senior Collin Reynolds, the Newton football team earned a 17-7 victory over Dallas Center-Grimes Friday night at H.A. Lynn Field, evening its Class 3A District 4 record at 2-2 while improving to 2-4 overall.
The win not only keeps the team right in the thick of the playoff race, but was a nice response from a 49-7 drubbing at Grinnell one week earlier.
"We were demoralized last week and they broke our spirit over there," head coach Ed Ergenbright said. "I don't think our coaches or kids could have been any lower. It was a long week. We challenged the team to keep their fight and spirit. We had to band together and keep playing as hard as we could."
At halftime, Newton honored former head coach John Jenkins — the winningest coach in school history — and the Cards' win was a proper nod to the man who led them to 143 wins from 1986-2003.
Reynolds had 11 receptions for a school-record 177 yards and two touchdowns, with 10 of those grabs and both TDs in the first half.
"We really needed it. Now we're one game away from the playoffs," Reynolds said. "We had a lot of controversy with last week not going the way we wanted it to, and a lot of off-the-field stuff going on this week. But we fought through it and that's what matters."
Newton built a 17-0 lead by halftime Friday night behind Reynolds' scores from 21 and 24 yards out from sophomore quarterback Tyler Wood in the first quarter and a 25-yard field goal from sophomore Matt Easley just before halftime. The Cardinals held on from there as their offense essentially stalled the rest of the game and DCG (1-5, 0-3) scored early in the fourth quarter on a 27-yard run.
Newton had plenty of chances to put the game out of reach throughout the game as the Mustangs turned the ball over time and again with bad shotgun snaps and center-quarterback exchanges, but the Cards just couldn't find a way to take advantage.
"We did some real good things in the first half to get the points on the board, but we really could have buried them," Ergenbright said. "We got the turnovers, but couldn't capitalize. Our defense held up all night long."
The Cardinals' first five possessions all started in Mustang territory, and two of the first three resulted in touchdowns. It was the Reynolds show through the game's first 18 minutes. Newton's first four plays were all passes to him. Its first possession included a 23-yard strike down to DCG's 21-yard line, and one play later, Wood hit Reynolds streaking over the middle for a touchdown at 2 minutes, 27 seconds into the game.
Newton's next possession reached the Mustangs' 7 on the strength of a 33-yard Reynolds reception in which he outfought the defender on a jump ball, but the drive ended with a short missed field goal. But Reynolds would find the endzone shortly thereafter. The Cards' next drive started at the Mustangs' 45, and a couple plays later, Wood lofted a pass into the near corner of the endzone and Reynolds ran under it and hauled it in for a 24-yard score and a 14-0 lead with 1:33 left in the first quarter.
"They put more guys in to stop the run, so we wanted to throw it," Reynolds said. "Tyler put them right on the money."
Meanwhile, DCG had all sorts of problems early with high shotgun snaps that resulted in fumbles and sacks. Its first four possessions went backwards, and the next two ended with lost fumbles. Still, Newton wasn't able to cash in throughout the second quarter until it added a 26-yard field goal from Easley with 22 seconds left in the half to go up 17-0.
The second half wasn't a good one for either team. Newton had three three-and-outs in the third quarter, and DCG couldn't move the ball either. But its final drive of the quarter carried over into the fourth, and it ended with running back Chaz Chambers taking a sweep untouched up the Newton sideline for a 27-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 17-7 with 9:47 left to play.
But Newton's defense preserved the win from then on. The Mustangs' final three possessions ended with a turnover on downs at Newton's 43, a three-and-out and then another turnover on downs at the Newton 39 to essentially end the game.
The Cardinals certainly weren't satisfied with how their offense was stymied throughout the second half, but nevertheless, theynow might now be just one more district win from a postseason berth, with two district games remaining. Both are certainly winnable, with a home game vs. Saydel (0-7, 0-4) Oct. 12 and then at Ballard (2-4, 1-2) Oct. 19. They travel to to Adel next Friday for a non-district matchup against fifth-ranked Adel-DeSoto-Minburn (5-1).
"We had to have this win," Ergbenbright said. "We're not sitting that bad in the district. We get another win or two, and we'll have a chance to play another game. That's what these kids are playing for. It was a special night, honoring coach Jenkins. I told them to play with the spirit that all the former Newton teams have played with."
Newton 17, Dallas Center-Grimes 7
Newton 14 3 0 0 — 17
Scoring summary
First quarter
N — Reynolds 21 pass from Wood (Easley kick), 9:33
N — Reynolds 24 pass from Wood (Easley kick), 1:33
Second quarter
N — Easley 26 field goal, 0:22
Fourth quarter
D — Chambers 27 run (Lortz kick), 9:46
Game stats DCG Newton
First downs 15 11
Rush att-yds 44-140 27-64
Pass comp-att-int 9-20-1 16-33-2
Passing yards 120 205
Total offense yards 260 269
Fumbles-lost 4-3 1-0
Penalties-yards 5-40 5-40
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PASSING (comp-att-int-yds): DCG — Andrew Kramer 9-20-1-120. N — Tyler Wood 16-33-2-205. RUSHING (att-yds): DCG — Chaz Chambers 14-67, Alex Hansen 13-65, Kramer 17-8. N — Wood 9-41, Dakota HIlls 8-31. RECEIVING (rec-yds): DCG — Colin Schroeder 3-77, Hansen 3-33, Jake Lewis 2-12. N — Collin Reynolds 11-177, Andrew Clements 3-16. TACKLES (solo-assist-sacks-for loss): N — Hills 7-5-2-3.5, Will Brock 5-6-1-0, Levi Michener 7-1-1-2, Michael Miller 6-1-1-3.


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On July 1, 2008, the Sorghum Promotion, Research and Information Order officially began collections for a program that will ultimately contribute to the improved development of the sorghum industry.
The National Sorghum Producers Board of Directors has been working toward the creation of a nation-wide sorghum checkoff program for over two years.
"The first checked-off load represents a milestone for the sorghum industry," said NSP President Dale Murden of Monte Alto, Texas. "This step will lead to more research on sorghum, better markets for sorghum, and eventually more acres for this crop."
The checkoff rate for grain sorghum is 0.6 percent of value and is collected at the first point of sale. The checkoff rate for forage sorghum is 0.35 percent of value. In many states, a previously-existing state checkoff was suspended upon commencement of national checkoff assessments.
"We have watched the decline of sorghum acres and the sorghum industry for the last 28 years," said Gerald Simonsen, farmer from Ruskin, Nebraska. "To the producers for whom sorghum is an important part of their operation, the national sorghum checkoff is without any doubt the most positive move we have seen in those 28 years."
Sorghum, deemed the "water-sipping crop," is especially adaptable in semi-arid climates and uses one-third less water than some of its counterpart grains. It is used for animal feeding, for high-output ethanol production, as a gluten-free alternative food, and has many niche markets such as birdseed and wallboard. Much of the U.S. sorghum crop is also exported to Mexico and Europe for animal feeding and ethanol production.
"We have watched as public and private funding for the industry has been cut," said Simonsen. "To me, it is inspiring that producers have taken it upon themselves to invest in their own industry."
NSP represents U.S. sorghum producers. The organization works to ensure the profitability of sorghum production coast to coast through education and legislative and regulatory representation. To learn more about NSP, visit www.sorghumgrowers.com.


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It's been a few years coming, but it looks like China may finally be getting a handle on its spam problem.
Once the largest source of the world's spam, China has been gradually fading off the list of the world's top spam-producers.
Right now Cisco Systems' IronPort group ranks it at number 18 in terms of spam-producing countries.
That's a big drop from two years ago, when it consistently ranked in the top five.
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May 29, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Thomas Phillips added another award to his growing resume after being voted to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Baseball Second Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) earlier this week. He is the first player to receive this honor since Jason Witzberger '07 in 2006 and the eighth overall.
MIT's institutional tally now stands at 153 following its eighth award of the year, maintaining its position as the leader among Division III programs. Sophomore catcher Dan Hyatt represented the Engineers on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team.
Prior to his first national award, Phillips was tabbed to the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) All-New England Division III Second Team and was named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Year. He will close out his playing career in New England on Thursday, June 4 at the NEIBA All-Star Game to be played at Campanelli Stadium, home of the Brockton (Mass.) Rox.


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Items that may grow up to be columns, Vol. XV, Chapter 2:
WE'VE MADE IT! — How pervasive are the tentacles of the match-fixing syndicate that's allegedly behind many of the nearly 700 soccer matches found to have been perverted by bribes, in the latest revelations by a joint Interpol-Europol investigation that could do incredible harm to the sport?
Put it this way: a New York Times report cites suspicions of bribes paid to fix World Cup and European championship qualifiers, Champions League games, including one played in England, and matches in Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia ... and Canada.
Really? How deep into the barrel would those Singapore-based fixers have had to look to find a game in Canada that was worth fixing? Someone wagered? Please raise your hand, if you were the guy.
BROTHERS GRIM — Nobody is downplaying the significance of two brothers coaching against one another in a Super Bowl, but it wasn't exactly a clinic the Harbaugh boys put on. John, the Reasonable One, calling for a fake field goal at the end of the first half, costing the Ravens three points, should have come back to haunt them. And Excitable Jim has to take some of the heat for the 49ers' failure to complete the comeback in the dying moments. Second-and-goal, the end zone five yards away, three cracks at it, and he refuses to use one of the most productive, varied, clever running attacks in football to get there — and take as much time off the clock as possible? Brutal.
THEY ARE THE WORLD — It's not entirely accurate to say that Canada's historic World Group tennis victory over Spain in their Davis Cup tie at the University of British Columbia was buried by the Super Bowl — it did make the front page of The Vancouver Sun, and some other Canadian dailies, in picture form at least — but it's a fact that everything else is in danger of asphyxiation on the day of America's greatest spectacle.
"World Champions!" — that go-to headline for news outlets the day after an American team wins a title game of an American league, playing an American sport — pretty much guarantees that anything less is not worthy.
Phil Mickelson's wire-to-wire victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, which drew more fans on Saturday, nearly 180,000, than the Masters does for its entire tournament, was pretty impressive. But it got lost in the day-long Super Bowl buzz, as did Milos Raonic's overpowering of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who basically threw up his hands and said "No mas" on Raonic's service games.
A-TEAM, B-TEAM — So now Spain knows how Canada feels when it has to put together a rag-tag hockey side of warm bodies to play in the Spengler Cup or the world championships because its best players are otherwise engaged. The Davis Cup powerhouse's five biggest names — Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano Lopez and Nicolas Almagro — were either hurt or not interested in showing up, and that meant two "gimme" singles points for the rising star, world No. 13 Raonic, and only a point from any of the other three matches needed to send the Spaniards home.
Veteran Frank Dancevic provided it with a stirring upset of Marcel Granollers on Friday night, and it was all but over before the weekend even began.
ROONEY, SCHMOONEY — Say what you want about the NFL and its cynical world view, but what a masterpiece of politics it engineered for Super Bowl Sunday.
After not a single member of a minority was hired to fill a post-season head coaching vacancy in a league where around 60 per cent of players are non-white — rendering the NFL's "Rooney Rule," meant to be an affirmative-action mandate to promote hiring of minorities for coaching positions, ridiculous — the league balanced the books the only way it knows how: shiny objects.
On the frivolous side of the ledger, where the heavy brainwork that (white) coaches do is not required, Jennifer Hudson got to share a tear-inducing moment with the massacre survivors from the Sandy Hook Elementary School choir, singing God Bless America, Alicia Keys performed the Star Spangled Banner (bet you hadn't realized it was a dirge) and the fabulous Beyonce put on what must have been the most riveting halftime performance in SB history.
So there.
ZEBRA FOLLIES — Oh, and a relatively unfabulous referee, Jerome Boger, was handed the season's biggest assignment after (according to multiple reports) the league allegedly rigged the system and changed his regular-season grades.
Via Deadspin, the sports blog site that broke the Manti Te'o non-existent dead girlfriend story:
"Jim Daopoulos, now an NBC analyst after a long career as both an NFL referee and a supervisor of officials, tells The New York Times: "To be honest, this has happened before. Grades were adjusted. I know the league is very interested in having diversity in the rank and file, and they've done a great job of doing that. And for that reason, they've tried to work this thing out so that Jerome could have the Super Bowl.
"An unnamed official told Yahoo! sports that the league wants diversity on its biggest stage, and inflating Boger's grades 'is a way to take care of that.'"
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Joined: 16 May 2006
Posts: 456
Location: california
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:50 am
Post subject: Winter Salad Doldrums
Even in California, we are experiencing the Winter Salad Doldrums. While we can continue to purchase nearly anything we would want (thanks to south of the border countries such as Mexico and Chile), the quality and taste are not, sadly, top notch. And if WE have trouble buying good produce, I can only imagine what so many others are dealing with these days.
For salad lovers (like my husband), I did come up with this tasty winter option. New "fennel lovers" like Griffin and Erin, take note...This truly came about as a thrown-together salad of ingredients I had handy. It worked so well, I thought you might like to know about it.
Winter Salad with Fennel and Beets
(serves 2)
1 head hearts of Romaine lettuce, chopped
1/4 head fennel, very thinly sliced into half-moons
1 or 2 scallions (green onions), chopped
1/2 half peeled apple, quartered and thinly sliced
1 small/medium,peeled, roasted beet, quarted and very thinly sliced (or 1/2 cup canned beets)
Feta or goat cheese, crumbled (optional)
For Dressing: your favorite vinaigrette made with sherry vinegar and a combination of flavorless oil such as canola plus either olive oil or a nut oil like walnut oil. Salt, pepper.
Toss the romaine lettuce, fennel, scallion, and apple together with the sherry vinaigrette to taste. Add the beets and cheese just before plating.
The sweetness of the apple works well with the fresh taste of the fennel and the earthy flavor of the beets. And sherry vinegar does just to all of these ingredients. (Come to think of it, a handful of toasted walnuts would certainly not hurt, either...) Hope this brightens your winter menus.
(Note: to roast fresh beets, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Wash beets; cut off tough ends but do not peel; place in a shallow ovenproof dish with a couple of tablespoons of water. Cover with foil. Roast about 50 minutes, or until a sharp knife penetrates the beets easily.)
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:23 pm
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The salad sounds great, Georgia.
But fennel here as topped three bucks a bulb. So I won't be making it anytime soon.
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:26 pm
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Just pulled the roasted beets out of the oven - they are cooling now. We'll be having Winter Doldrums Salad for dinner tonight!
Thanks for the recipe idea.
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:49 am
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Report: The salad is excellent! We were out of scallions so I subbed some thinly sliced radishes (crisp & peppery), and added a small handful of peppered pecans.
The man-person in this household gobbled up seconds and asked if we could have more beets in the future!
Nice combo of flavors; you did a fine job with this creation!
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:17 am
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You are very welcome...I'm just really glad you liked it!
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:14 pm
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Hmm, I'm not keen on beetroot, but I do have some Elderberry and Raspberry vinegar from the farmer's market so I might substitute the beets and try it anyway.
Maybe with radishes and spring onions/shallots/scallions... tho' the Lady of Scallion doesn't quite sound the same!
Confusion comes fitted as standard.
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:50 pm
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I love beets so will keep this is mind.
My winter salad is as follows
finely sliced fennel
green beans semi cooked (ie cooked as little as possible to still be edible to you)
crushed clove garlic
fresh parsley chopped
olive oil
lemon juice
salt and pepper
Mix the fennel and warm/hot beans in a bowl
add garlic and mix really well till the heat of the beans has taken the edge off it
when cool add parsley, lemon juice and small drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper and mix well again
place in fridge (if in warm climate) or sit on table to allow flavours to develop while you cook the chicken, fish or pork to accompany it
best served room temp and I sometimes add the zest of the lemon to the salad as well if I want a stronger lemon flavour
A nice crunchy and tangy salad to wake up the taste buds
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:35 am
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Excellent, Debbie. It's on my "To Try" list. Tonight, we've got a crowd coming and the salad is green beans, diced red and yellow bell peppers (yes, pricey, but I bought small ones and...face it...everything is pricey in the middle of winter), sliced red onion, fresh herbs, in a mustard vinaigrette.
The combination of nuts (walnuts, pecans), greens, a crunchy fruit (apple, pear, persimmon), a salty cheese (feta, goat, or parmesano-reggiano) with a sherry vinegar-nut oil dressing (or fruity vinegar with mild oil) offers many variations and is delicious. If you candy the nuts, it's even better:
In a small skillet, cover approx. 1/2 cup pecans with water. Bring to a quick boil and then drain immediately. Return the pan to the stove and heat 1 Tablespoon canola oil. Add the nuts and stir to coat with the oil. Sprinkle the nuts with a Tablespoon or two (maybe more) of granulated sugar (and add a pinch of cayenne pepper, if you like a bit of fire) and stir constantly over medium heat until the nuts turn glossy and the sugar melts. THE INSTANT IT STARTS TO SMOKE, remove from the heat. Transfer the nuts to a plate to cool. (Do not line the plate with a paper towel...duh...trust me on this...)
I've known folks to get fancier with the nuts or to candy them more heavily, but I like this mild sweetness that just coats the nuts with a bit of sugary crunch. Doesn't overdo it.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:18 pm
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Yum, sounds delicious.
I love fruit in salad, but only in summer when I can have stone fruit to pair with chicken, ham etc. I always use a sharp feta or chevre frais with the stone fruit and you are right, it gives so much flavour. Nuts are optional for me, but I do like to add steamed baby potatoes while hot. They soak up the dressing and are delicious against the cold and crunchy salad.
Made the mistake of buying carrot salad today. Never again. It was disgusting. No sharpness of lemon and really gluggy with salad dressing instead of vinagrette. YUCK!
Oh well, live and learn as they say.
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:58 pm
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Mrs. Poole's Fresh Cauliflower Salad
Grate 1/2 head of raw cauliflower (large holes on grater),
brown 1 cup of fine dry bread crumbs in butter (2-3 tablespoons butter), let cool
sprinkle the above evenly over about 10 cups torn Romaine lettuce that have been tossed with this dressing:
1 cup mauyonnaise
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 small clove garlic mashed
salt & pepper to taste
A fine flavor!
from "Food Editor's Favorite's--Treasured Recipes"
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:24 pm
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Georgia, I have some pear vinegar which would make a dandy vinaigrette for your salad! I'll try it out and let you know!
This is a QUITE yummy recipe for gingery green bean salad:
1 pound fresh green beans, organic if possible
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger root
1 cup slivered red onion
4 teaspoons dry mustard powder
1 tablespoon cold water
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons rice or cider vinegar
2 teaspoons dark-roasted sesame oil
2 teaspoons of sugar
Trim and cut the green beans into 1-inch lengths. Cook in rapidly boiling water until crunchy-tender (2-3 minutes for me).
Drain beans, immerse in ice water to stop the cooking until they are cool, then drain well. I wrap them in a tea towel after I drain them to get off the extra liquid.
Mix the dressing ingredients in a small bowl with a whisk until well blended.
Toss the green beans with the ginger root, red onion and dressing.
This is great with salmon or roasted chicken - or whatever!
L'appetit vient en mangeant. -Rabelais
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:39 pm
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I bought a hand of ginger and fresh beans yesterday..... guess what I am having for dinner tonight after reading Donna's post?? Might put raw cabbage instead of onion though as it doesn't agree with me.....
The cauliflower salad sounds interesting. I had a craving for cauli the other day and found teh most perfect snow white baby cauli which I steamed and ate with white pepper. Delicious. The salad might be a nice change next time I get the craving though.
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There are places (sadly) that still have the scanlations uploaded and up for grabs.
I myself have bought the first volume after reading the scanlations. I think Viz did a pretty good job with it, but I do agree with the culture refrences are going to lose their humor when read by normal people. But honestly? It's still funny. I can loan it out to people in my anime club (who never bother looking outside the "mainstream" anime/manga) and they've enjoyed it a lot.
Anime version of Hayate better be done well. Hayate jumping on top of the car would be soo much better animated!
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It hasnt completely disappeared. In fact, two groups are scanlating it. The manga is scanlated until volume 4 chapter 22 as of this post.
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Also, i have never seen a harem(?) male lead which is so talent, robust, and moe(?).
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Still what troubles me are the translation by viz will lose most of the more subtle anime parodies/refrences that requires alot of rereading to be found that appears more and more later in the manga. At my 3rd rereading i'm still finding new things the are refrencing from. and what more amazing is the anime they parodied from are not all from well known nor even very old series (i.e. insane amount of Gun*** refs), like from the lastest chapters comment like "As easly as Gandafr controling Zero-sen". sure i found it easy to pick it up and found very funny when Hayate relate to housework and study combine, but i really wonder how much of that will be lost in translation, especially those speech habits like de arimasu etc.
If the anime and the English manga catches 2/3 of the orginal refs, it turn out great i belive.
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I'm looking forward on how Viz translates that joke in volume 2.
Is it wrong to say "sony" in a manga?
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The censoring was done in the Japanese Manga too I belive (I know its in the Chinese fansubs too).
Since i remember in chapter 23 Hayate and Nagi had this conversation
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I got the four first tomes from somewhere in the net and man, I laughed hard. I instantly thought "I must buy it" and I included it along a good part of Discworld from Amazon. I should get my shipping in 6-36 laborable days , or 0-26 days because I ordered it ten days ago.
I have to ask, there was a line that almost threw me off my chair. Was this in the original version?
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That line is quite accurate i think, Viz translated it as
"Your organs are belong to us"
Over all the Viz translation is surprisingly good for some reason, alot of original translation are kept, and not that much has been change from a glance. since all the omake and chara profiles has been kept with, the Bad end stuff and 4 panel mangas so overall its rather good
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I've just read Vol.7 of this. Though plot development seems to still be semi-non existent, it's a whole lot of fun, even if somewhat less comical in the later volumes imo.
Though vol.7(( or at least first half of it )) is full of tsundere-goodness. :3
One question though...
Spoiler for vol.6~7?:
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I haven't read it but perhaps its both, the mangaka does seem to be a Gundam fan.
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Vol. 6 Kamen Cosplay is from petty cure i think, as a parody of Cure black and white i think.
I found later vol. gives better development overall, but the number of side chara is getting too much i think. since its quit are from screen time reduction of Tama and Klaus. will its fun all the way
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I found the article online here and found some interesting things, although nothing specific about California.
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When all is said and done, a state's skillwith information is found at the intersectionof three distinct operations: the willingnessto share data, the capacity to generategood information, and the ability toget those who should use the data to do so.
Well, that sounds a lot like stuff that I have talked about when describing IBM's Information on Demand strategy. Is your organization good at doing this? I particularly noted the last point in the article, because some of the states complain that their legislators just aren't interested in using the data! Maybe we information professionals have to make that easy (and fun?) to do.
What about the highest-graded states? The article had this to say about one of them:
In Washington State, Governor ChristineGregoire held a series of town hallmeetings on the budget to communicate resultsto citizens and follow up on the budgetarypriorities she had previously establishedwith much citizen input. "We wantto give concrete information about whethera difference has been made or hasn't"
Yep... this is what everyone wants to know. What did we say we'd do? Did it make a difference? In fact, I've been trying to get this type of information from my financial analyst for some time!
What about states that were graded worse than California?
Some state employees in Rhode Island arestill operating with typewriters—electric, ofcourse, but still a far cry from the ability toshare information in a database. NewHampshire has such weak data-sharing systemsthat it doesn't know how much itspends each month—kind of like an averageJoe who's lost his checkbook.
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At the opposite end of the spectrum, there's Wyoming. Itstransportation department has linked geographicinformation systems to financialsystems and now knows with exact specificityhow money is being spent, down to thecost of the salt used between each milemarker on the state's snowy roads.
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plain lazy posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubI've got a few engine problems I could do with some advice on if possible, possibly related, maybe not. For a while I've had excessive oil consumption, getting worse recently. It (1.6l 2001 petrol focus) is getting through a lot - a litre in ~500 miles! There's no obvious leaks anywhere, we've had a good look, no puddles where it's parked, and no obvious indication of it burning it, but it must be going somewhere. I think the main problem with it is me! Much to my annoyance and embarrasment, I managed to stupidly leave the oil cap off after re-filling once. I only noticed (at the end of a long trip) as it was making a funny whining noise when I depress the clutch (ie when my foot is on the peddle). No oil light went on, but it does work as on when I start up. The garage that got me a new cap refilled with 3 litres (capacity =4.5!). Oil had splattered all over the place, I don't think 3 litres of it though maybe 1 to 2 litres. So I don't know if the noise is from oil being somewhere it should be (have given it a good clean), or from engine damage from running on too little oil. Any ideas? The noise is every time I put my foot on the peddle, goes away as soon as I take it off, happens going up through all gears, all speeds. Maybe it is slightly better than when it first happened, a few weeks ago, but something definately isn't right. It's a whining whirry noise, fairly low pichted, not a squeak or squeal (though there is one of those intermittently too, but that's another story (I think!) These could be separate issues or related, I think the latter (as oil consumption was high before) but I'm not sure. Any thoughts/advice much appreciated - thanks!


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Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
The win gave Todd Pletcher his second Belmont winner in six years, and vindicated the trainer's support of a 3-year-old who came into the final leg of the Triple Crown with only one win.
Palace Malice, who finished 12th in the Derby and skipped the Preakness, covered the 1½ miles in a slow 2:30.70 on a fast track following a 24-hour downpour. The colt owned by Cot Campbell's Dogwood Stable won by 3¼ lengths after passing pacesetter Oxbow. Orb made a late move but came up far short and finished third.
Palace Malice, ridden by Mike Smith and sent off at odds of 13-1, returned $29.60, $11.20 and $6.70. The colt was one of a record five entries by Pletcher.
Incognito was fourth, followed by Revolutionary, the filly Unlimited Budget, Overanalyze, Vyjack, Golden Soul, Will Take Charge, Giant Finish, Midnight Taboo, Freedom Child and Frac Daddy.
Oxbow, trained by D. Wayne Lukas, returned $9.90 and $6.10, and Orb, trained by Shug McGaughey, paid $3.30.
When Palace Malice moved past Oxbow, Smith said fellow Hall of Famer Stevens looked over at him "like a big brother telling his little brother. 'You go on with it big boy, you're moving better than me.'"
Last Sunday, Palace Malice put in his final workout before the Belmont, blazing 4 furlongs in 47.40. Pletcher called it one of the most impressive works he'd ever seen. And Palace Malice came through in a big way, earning $600,000 of the $1 million purse and giving Pletcher his third win in a Triple Crown race.
The nation's leading trainer won the 2007 Belmont with the filly Rags to Riches and the 2010 Derby with Super Saver. Smith won his second Belmont, having won aboard Drosselmeyer in 2010.
Pletcher's other four Belmont runners were Revolutionary, Unlimited Budget, Overanalyze and Midnight Taboo.
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Internationally acclaimed Irina Kolesnikova brings together guest artists of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Royal Ballet's own Vadim Muntagirov in a spell-binding production of Swan Lake.
Classical ballet at its best, wrapped in Tchaikovsky's glorious and unforgettable music, this full-length ballet is accompanied by The St Petersburg Ballet Orchestra
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But it is possible that the figurines will be snapped up faster than you can say "Mugi is a lesbian".
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Couple days late, but here's the sales update:
Don't Say 'Lazy' - 37th for the week, sales of 2085 (151232 12 week total)
Cagayake! Girls - 41st for the week, sales of 1953 (136357 12 week total)
Mio Character Single - 45th for the week, sales of 1846 (46218 4 week total)
Yui Character Single - 47th for the week, sales of 1777 (44371 4 week total)
Fuwa Fuwa Time - 53rd for the week, sales of 1496 (72579 8 week total)
Expected slide for all titles, in fact only The OP/ED managed to stay in the daily top 50's for the entire week. I think the OP/ED still has a little gas left, especially since there will probably be an early leak of the Afterschool Tea Time single this weekend. How much the other singles will be effected is yet to be seen. Also, total singles gross for K-On is over $6 million now...
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This ... is why I think they pulled a tactical error by not including a song with each episode in the manner of the old Monkees tv series. It will be interesting to see if they OVA+CD more tunes this fall to respond to the obvious interest.
|2009-07-18, 10:37
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Rice after Curry
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|2009-07-19, 00:56
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Afterschool Tea Time is out, and I just got done listening to it. It's sort of a mixed bag for me at first, but overall I'm happy with it and I'm sure I'll warm to the rest over time. A few generalizations first, though:
1) Too much Yui, not enough Mio.
2) No instrumental versions, though I knew that going in.
3) The 'live' versions were taken from the 2nd school festival (with Azunyan)
4) It would appear, at least live, that the only person they trust singing harmony is Mio.
'Curry nochi rice' is a very high energy number that suits Yui's singing style better. The vocal overdubs in the 'studio' version make this track. 'Mugi' gets an extended keyboard solo at the end.
'Watashi no koi wa hotchkiss' was prominently featured in episode 8. It's a great mid-tempo number; probably the best composition of the collection. The studio version has more keyboard overdubs and features Yui for the entire fisrt verse/chorus, with Mio on the second. The live version is more sparse, and features Yui on lead vocals for all but the first half of the first verse (just like the show). This is probably so that Mio is free for backing vocals (since she did both her's & Yui's in the studio version)
'Fuda pen ~ball pen~' picks up the tempo, but is melodically similar in style to 'Hotckiss'. The studio version has Yui on lead vocals with Mio backing. The live version has Mio on lead with no backing vocals. I think I like the live version better.
BTW, the same composer/lyricist is credited for all three songs, and they're different from the people who wrote the OP/ED or the next track...
'Fuwafuwa time (5 person version)'. You already know this one well, except this time Yui is singing lead on both versions, and Azunyan takes the solo on the studio version. This was probably the biggest downer of the record for me because this song just doesn't suit Yui's voice, even if she was supposed to sing it the first time around. Mio makes the spoken portions work, where Yui fails epically.
I'm guessing this CD was out on shelves in Japan on Saturday, which was no big surprise, so expect really inflated first day sales. Another interesting note is that 'After-school Tea Time' is classified as an album, and the only real competition they seem to have is a new album from C-ute and a re-mix album from Unicorn. Not sure what to make of this, but a #1 rank is not totally out of the question at this point.
|2009-07-19, 17:54
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I thought the live mix was a proper Studio live or something...I agree with most people, too much Yui not enough Mio. Just simply Mio's seiyuu's vocals is better. If Mio's seiyuu can sing all her songs live almost identical to the CD version, she'll be the next Chihara Minori, just because I don't think anyone anytime soon can catch up with Mizuki Nana's fame, plus Nagatou (She was the only one from the haruhi cast to be on the top-10 anime waifu)was the most popular character in Haruhi, just like Mio from K-on and Chihara Minori can sing pretty good lives, unlike a certain seiyuu -cough-
Fuda pen ~ball pen~ with Mio's vocals is definately the jewel from this EP. This song matches her vocal range then Yui.
|2009-07-19, 19:44
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Location: St. Louis, MO
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You know, if you grab the different Yui and Mio versions, and mix them properly (eg: sync, giving one track a little volume boost etc) They actually sound better than any of the two separated. I have tried this with Fuwa Fuwa time and the pen one. I used audacity, for the ones who care.
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Japan show:"The Subtle Beauty of Japanese Craft" features metal, textile, wood and clay works from the Mingei International Museum's renowned collection of Japanese folk art, craft and design. 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, through June 28. $4 to $7. (619) 239-0003, www.mingei.org.
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The problem with Alzheimer's disease , as well as other forms of dementia, is that it has negative effects on the sleep/wake cycle. The greater the degree of dementia, the sleepier the patient is. With more severe forms of dementia, patients are often sleepier during the day, and their sleep at night tends to be fragmented and disrupted. Over a 24-hour period, for example, patients are rarely awake and rarely asleep for a full hour at a time. They are constantly waking up at night and falling asleep during the day. This pattern is fairly common in Alzheimer's patients.
Many Alzheimer's patients experience what is called "sundowning": agitated behavior that is thought to occur primarily after the sun goes down; for example, pacing, yelling out, or getting violent. This behavior is usually repetitive. Sundowning can include wandering around at night. Wandering and incontinence are the top two causes of institutionalization, because the family member has great difficultly taking care of a patient who displays one characteristic or the other.
It's important to realize that sundowning doesn't always occur after sundown; it can take place all day long and frequently peaks around 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. It is just easier for the family member to cope with a behavior like wandering during the day than at night, when it is more disruptive.
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The Hill-Side Tie - Black Selvedge Chambray
Brother-owners Emil and Sandy Corsillo of Hickoree's Hardgoods in Brooklyn, NY created a small U.S. made textile company called The Hill-Side. They scour the world for beautiful, uncommon textiles that they source in places like Guatemala, South Africa, the U.S. and Japan. They use those textiles to make neckties, bandanas, and scarves with narrow and streamlined designs. These neckties are totally unique and look great to make a regular suit more interesting, or dress up a pair of jeans. Each piece is handmade, cut and sewn at a small factory in New York City. Selvedge Chambray, 100% cotton from Okayama Japan, black color.
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