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7Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! 8Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts! 9Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth! 10Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."
—Psalm 96:7-10
Let's be truthful; when you read that title did you think something like, "Wow! That sounds great! Where do I trade mine in for a new one?" There's not going to be that kind of trading or changing this month. The great thing about God's work in our lives and in our families is He wants to transform the way we relate to each other without throwing anyone under the bus. Because, if you have three or more kids and a vote was taken about who gets "left out" in the change process, the majority just might vote you and your spouse out the door! But God's got a place for fathers, mothers, and kids together, working with Him to bring out the best in each other, even when the road is rocky and the challenges seem daunting.
In case you haven't quite gotten it, when it comes to changing families, we don't start with the family. We don't even start with you. We start with God. The family was His idea. Your family was His idea. No one is there by accident. He not only has a plan for families, He also has a plan for your family. It's an amazing combination of the plans He has for each of the people in your family. We can't figure it out. Only He knows it like a designer knows a fine mechanism or an artist knows his work. So we start with God and we stay with God every step of the way.
When it comes to change, we're experts at making things worse. God knows how to make things better! This doesn't mean God works a flashy magic trick with the people in our family and makes everything instantly perfect. It does mean God can work a miracle and take a family of fallen and broken human beings and refashion their relationships into something, not flawless, but something that brings Him glory! As the passage above says, families ascribe to the Lord all His great character, not just with their verbal worship, but also with the way we live our lives together. And if change is needed, let's let the One who knows how to change people and situations the right way do His work in us.
Prayer – Heavenly Father, I admit it's easier to see flaws in my family than it is to see flaws in me. I realize in order for You to bring about the right kind of change in us, You're going to have to work on me. I admit that frightens me. But I want to acknowledge even though I fear change will affect me, You are the One who can bring about the right changes in the right way. I want to live out that awareness each day in my relationships with each person You have placed in our family. In Jesus' name I humbly pray, Amen.
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A winner was selected from 159 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
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Original Fitness is a new health and fitness club focus on people who desire a health body throught efficient physical exercises, in order to get good results for a better life.
Our mission is to contribute for the physical and mental welness improvement of our clients.
People looking to work out in a comfortable stress free environment and get the personal attention. Original Fitness as a brand targets a large range of clients depending on the inparticular field. However it is always an upper class cliental. Original Fitness predominately targets Late 20-40\'s high.
The logo will be used on a website, as well as all other marketing. (t-shirts, brochures, business cards, etc.) So it should be clean, able to be embroidered and printed on other materials. Just a sleek, modern, clean logo that demonstrates the general idea of health, fitness, welness, weight training, etc...
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(Sinclair Broadcast Group) - While the Trump administration looks for a new director of the FBI, an interim director who has always been under the shadows will temporarily take over.
Former deputy director Andrew McCabe has served since 2016 but has also been under some scrutiny of his own.
McCabe testified to the Senate on Thursday in a hearing about worldwide threats. Here are five things you need to know about the current director.
5. His wife ran for the Virginia State Senate
Dr. Jill McCabe, Andrew's wife, is a very active member of the Virginia Democratic Party. McCabe ran for the state Senate in 2015 but lost her race. The FBI asserts that McCabe did not participate in his wife's campaign telling the Wall Street Journal, Mr. McCabe "played no role, attended no events, and did not participate in fundraising or support of any kind. Months after the completion of her campaign, then-Associate Deputy Director McCabe was promoted to Deputy, where, in that position, he assumed for the first time, an oversight role in the investigation into Secretary Clinton's emails."
4. He wasn't always destined to be in the FBI
McCabe graduated from Duke University in 1990 then got his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He thought he was going to be a police officer or a prosecutor but an internship at the Justice Department changed his career trajectory. According to the LA Times, "At the time, the FBI had a hiring freeze. So McCabe spent three years in private practice in Philadelphia until he could join the FBI."
3. President Trump talked about him in a stump speech
Trump said the following during a campaign rally in Florida, "So the head of the FBI who was investigating her, has a wife who wants to run for some office. And they give her not $1,000, not $2,000, not $20,000, not $30,000 — $675,000."
"That's big money, which was a big percentage of the money she raised, $675,000 to run for office."
"Now this is the man that is leading the investigation into her. His wife gets $675,000, essentially from Hillary Clinton. Folks, what's going on here? What's going on? Our country is rigged, it's crooked, and it's broken. I'm telling you, what's going on?"
Trump is referring to donations that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's organization gave to the McCabe campaign. McAuliffe is well known for his friendship with the Clintons.
2. He might have broken some rules talking to Trump's chief of staff
McCabe held a meeting with President Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus and confirmed to Priebus that a New York Times story alleging that Trump officials had repeated contacts with Russian officials was not true. FBI officials were asked what the Trump administration could do to fix the situation according to NBC News to which the FBI responded saying they had to remain independent of any decisions made.
1.McCabe is passionate about defeating ISIS
In a profile piece with the LA Times, McCabe stressed how defeating ISIS was the most important thing on his plate as a deputy. "That is the scariest thing for me right now," he said. "It's the broadening and intensity of the terrorism threat, the crowd-sourcing of terrorism, the flood of propaganda, the enormous number of folks who have become swept up in that propaganda."


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The London Transport Museum is the proud custodian of more than 5,000 posters produced by Transport for London and its predecessors from 1908 to date. Until the late 70s, all posters were commissioned directly through artists, designers or printers (many had their own art studios), or sometimes produced by in-house graphic designers. Advertising agencies first began to be used in 1977, initially Foote Cone Belding and, more recently, M&C Saatchi.
Frank Pick, the chief executive of London Transport until 1940, was responsible for the highest quality of architecture, graphic design, typeface, corporate identity, vehicle design and, of course, posters. He commissioned such legendary artists and designers as Edward McKnight Kauffer, Man Ray, Austin Cooper and the Zinkeisen sisters. The zenith of high-quality poster art was undoubtedly between 1920 and 1939.
The interwar period became important for the poster, whose only media competition was newspapers and magazines, together with cinema advertising and the nascent radio. Before the onset of mass car ownership, Underground, bus and rail were the main choices of travel for Londoners. Apart from general information posters, the main messages communicated were the promotion of distant destinations and off-peak attractions in London or the suburbs, with the purpose of generating additional off-peak travel revenue.
Controversially, I do not think many images of great note are now produced, constrained as we are by images that have many alternative uses other than on poster sites – for example, on various electronic media and, of course, the huge variety of often highly creative media that infiltrates our everyday life. Sometimes, posters are still produced that areincredibly popular with the public (and, incidentally, still by far the best test of a poster's effectiveness). The most recent example is the TfL- designed Olympic rings poster published in late September 2012 to thank Londoners for their help in making the Games so successful. Selling 1,000 copies in a few days is a great testimony to great design.
The Poster Art 150 – London Underground's Greatest Designs exhibition, opening on 15 February at the London Transport Museum, displays what is believed (often after heated debate by the judges) to be the best of the museum's fantastic poster legacy. I hope that, in the future, we can continue to commission amazing work for display on what is, after all, Britain's biggest and busiest art gallery, the London Underground. And, in so doing, continue with what the poster does best: communicating a simple idea quickly and with such style that it excites emotion.
Long live the poster!
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More firefighters were lost from the Maspeth firehouse in the attacks at September 11 than any other firehouse in the city.
Squad 288 firefighter Kevin Kubler switched shifts that Tuesday morning, and was training a client at his gym when he remembered his fellow firefighter knocking on his window on his way in to work.
"He was an old Vietnam vet, and he said, 'those bastards are bombing us,'" Kubler recalled. "There's no, 'what happens,' when you become a fireman. When something happens, you go."
He ran to the firehouse, loaded up a truck and headed straight to the World Trade Center. The second building of at the World Trade Center site collapsed while they were stuck in traffic.
Kubler and dozens of other firefighters from the unit gathered at Maspeth Memorial Park, at 69th Street and Grand Avenue, to remember their friends and family, several of whom ran off during the ceremony to respond to a call.
"This job is the closest thing to being a superhero you can find," Kubler said. "Most guys know going in, that that's the job. Same thing with the guys that got killed here."
Ken Rudzewick, president of Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, hosted the ceremonies, which included speeches from elected officials, St. Matthias Church's Rev. Msgr. Peter Zendzian, and performances by Bill and Liz Huisman.
The Huismans performed for nearly 2,000 at the first memorial ceremony just days following the attacks.
"Maspeth is an unusual town," Rudzewick said. "It's a small slice of Middle America and the people that live here keep it that way, and we're just privileged to be among them and be a part of them."
Friends and family members gathered around the 9/11 Monument in Maspeth Memorial Park, placing an American flag at the foot of the structure to remember their fallen firefighters as each name was read.
"Maspeth is a very patriotic and caring community," Assemblywoman Marge Markey said. "We're very thankful for the firefighters who are here and we appreciate the sacrifice the families made losing their loved ones on 9/11."


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The Bears' Jay Cutler and fiancée Kristin Cavallari took in the Cubs-White Sox game at Wrigley Field Saturday. "Hot Tub Time Machine" star John Cusack and the Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald also attended the game.
Adam Levine and his Maroon 5 bandmates checked out Paris Club's upper-level club, Studio Paris, Friday and had lunch at Hub 51 Saturday. Brian Baumgartner, who plays Kevin on "The Office," also was spotted at Studio Paris Friday
Rocker Tommy Lee had Mercadito's carne tacos delivered to Sound-Bar before deejaying at the River North club.
After Friday's Cubs-Sox game, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen had dinner at Lillie's Q and picked up a Lillie's Q hat, which he wore while speaking to media after Saturday's game.
The Sox's Gordon Beckham and Carlos Quentin dined at Sunda and Rockit Bar & Grill, respectively, Friday night while teammate Edwin Jackson opted for The Fifty/50. The New Orleans Saints' Pierre Thomas had lunch at The Fifty/50 Saturday.
The Cubs' Randy Wells and James Russell dined separately at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse in River North Thursday. Director Harold Ramis and Cubs legend Ernie Banks had dinner at Harry Caray's Navy Pier that night, as did the Cubs' Aramis Ramirez.


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Burbank >> One protester brought a hanger. Another dressed like a vagina. And dozens carried signs to demand that the U.S. government stop the war on women.
The graphic costumes, props and banners were part of a demonstration on Monday of about 50 people who marched and chanted outside of a new Hobby Lobby store in Burbank. Protesters said they were angry with last week's Supreme Court ruling that will allow some for-profit companies with strong religious beliefs such as Hobby Lobby to opt out of covering birth control under the Affordable Care Act.
The decision, many said, gives corporations too much power on deciding what women employees can and can't do with their bodies and it throws reproduction rights far back into the past. Protesters called on customers entering the store to turn around and shop elsewhere.
"It's very obvious that the five males on the Supreme Court want to return to a time when women were barefoot and pregnant," said Lauren Steiner, who organized the demonstration, and who dressed in pink to mimic a vagina.
In a 5-4 vote handed down last week, the court's conservative justices decided that the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act gave employers the right to withhold certain birth control methods from insurance coverage. Their decision was a result of a lawsuit brought by Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma City-based company with more than 500 stores nationwide. The Green family, which founded the store, said they disagreed with a mandate by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that requires employers to provide contraception in the company's health insurance plan. The Green family said parts of the mandate contradicted their religious convictions, especially providing what they say are four potentially life-terminating drugs and devices.
Monday's protest by women's groups and their male supporters happened at the same time Hobby Lobby held an afternoon grand opening in Burbank, where an Orchard Supply Hardware store once stood. Inside the new Hobby Lobby, which was filled with neatly supplied shelves, corporate manager Jackie Chavez led the staff with a prayer before officially opening the store.
Burbank Mayor David Gordon, who attended the grand opening, said he was aware of some of the issues surrounding Hobby Lobby, but not enough to make a statement about the controversial decision that surrounds the business. He said he was at the grand opening as part of his mayoral duties.
"I routinely welcome new businesses to Burbank," he said.
Other stores are set to open in West Covina and Oxnard.
Chavez said the company would issue no statement on Monday's protest. An attorney for Hobby Lobby said last week that the Supreme Court's decision reaffirmed religious freedom in America.
"The Supreme Court recognized that Americans do not lose their religious freedom when they run a family business," said Lori Windham, Senior Counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and counsel for Hobby Lobby. "This ruling will protect people of all faiths." But protester Patty Koehnen, 61, of North Hollywood, said while there are those who say the Supreme Court's decision is a narrow one, it still could have an unexpected impact. What if a boss, she said, doesn't believe in vaccines, she asked.
She carried a sign that read: "Your boss's superstition trumps your doctor's prescription."
"If we don't stop and protest and fight for our rights which are being taken away, then apathy will settle in," she said.
But Sandy Roberts, who was visiting Burbank while doing missionary work in the area and who had finished shopping at the store, said she supported the business.
"I think they are overreacting," she said of the protesters. "I don't think this will stop shoppers."


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Don't be jealous. San Francisco experienced record high temperatures this weekend. It was 80F on Saturday. I know it's mid-November and Thanksgiving is right around the corner but apparently no one told Mother Nature. It was the most gorgeous and sunny weekend and I had no inclination to bake or cook. Thank goodness for delicious takeout from my favorite Thai restaurant. So I'm digging into my repository of unblogged items to bring you this recipe for zebra cake.
The zebra cake has made its way around the blogosphere for some time now. But it was a couple weeks ago that I finally got around to making the cake. The zebra cake is mostly about the way it looks. Alternating stripes of vanilla and cocoa make for a visually interesting cake. And people were quite impressed with the striped effect. But that's where the impressiveness ended for me. Other people liked the cake, but I found it a bit bland and lacking in flavor. I think I expected a bit more of a pronounced chocolate or cocoa flavor. On the plus side, the cake was quite moist due to the cup of oil in the batter and it had a nice texture. I also liked that it wasn't super sweet.
Creating the stripes was not difficult, but it does take some patience. You start by ladling some of one batter in the center of your cake pan. Then ladle some of the other batter right on top and in the center of the previous batter. As you add each of the alternating batters, it'll push the batter already in the pan and will spread out into a ring pattern by itself. The key is that both batters are fluid enough (but not too runny) and that both the vanilla and cocoa batters are similar in viscosity. Adding too much cocoa powder would make the dark batter too thick and hinder the spreading. Making sure the batter was the right consistency so that it would spread correctly is the reason for the lack of cocoa flavor.
I really wanted to like this cake. I read so many raves about it that maybe I had unrealistic expectations. But don't let my opinion about the taste stop you from trying it. Maybe I have weird taste buds or maybe because as I get older I have something against things that are more style than substance. (Geez, I'm beginning to sound like a crabby old lady. Heck, just call me practical.) Like when I fell in love with this beautiful faucet and had to have it even though the manufacturer did not offer a side spray option. I've learned to live without the side spray, but occasionally I do wish I had one.
Zebra Cake
(makes one 9-inch round cake)
(recipe adapted from here)
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
4 large eggs, at room temp
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup whole milk, at room temp
1 cup canola oil
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan. Line with a parchment circle and butter the parchment.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine eggs and sugar. On medium speed, beat until the mixture is light and creamy. Add milk, oil, and vanilla extract and beat until well combined.
On low speed, add the flour mixture and mix until the flour is just incorporated.
Divide your batter into 2 equal portions. Keep one portion plain. Add cocoa powder into another and mix well.
Scoop 3 heaping tablespoons of plain batter into the middle of your prepared cake pan. Then scoop 3 tablespoons of cocoa batter and pour it in the center of the plain batter (yes, right on top of the plain batter). Continue to alternate between the plain and cocoa batter (always pouring it in the center right on top of the previous batter) until you use up the batters.
Bake at 350F until golden or until a cake tested comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
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Source: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Other Resources:Various national and international museums have compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the Holocaust. These sources address questions often asked at Holocaust Museum Houston.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum lists frequently asked questions by subject matter on its Web site. The site includes sections entitled:
Yad Vashem /The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority is the major museum in Israel devoted to understanding and teaching about the Holocaust. Its Web site lists 38 questions about the Holocaust. The Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance has a multimedia learning center which lists 36 frequent questions.


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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Saltimbocca (Italian veal chop with sage and Parma ham)
We had this classic Italian dish a fortnight or so ago on our patio. The sun was still high up, late in the evening. There was a warm summer breeze. The grasshoppers were exceptionally noisy that night - one could have easily mistaken them for cicadas. The warmth, the food, the sounds - all made us feel like we're somewhere very nice and very far away :)
This famous Italian dish, Saltimbocca, originates in Rome and translates as "jump in the mouth/leap in the mouth". There are many chicken and turkey saltimbocca recipes in cookbooks and Internet, but the original version is always made with veal. I used fresh sage from my own garden, and garnished the dish with some picture-perfect fresh woodland sage (Salvia nemorosa) from our flowerbed.
(Itaalia vasikalõigud salvei ja singiga)
Serves 4
4 veal cutlets or escalopes (about 150 g each)
4 thin slices of Prosciutto
4 to 8 fresh sage leaves
freshly ground black pepper
olive oil and butter for frying
about 250 ml (1 cup) dry (Italian) white wine
Place veal slices between two pieces of clingfilm and roll or pat until about 4-5 mm thick. (This is not necessary if your meat pieces are thin already). Remove the clingfilm, season generously with black pepper.
Place 1-2 sage leaves on top of each meat piece. Top with a slice of Parma ham, and secure it with a toothpick (I do it out of a habit, but Cooks Illustrated suggests you can forget the toothpick, as searing the cutlets Prosciutto-side down first helps the ham stick).
Heat about a tablespoon of oil and a tablespoon of butter in a large frying pan/skillet over medium-high heat.
Place the cutlets to the frying pan, ham-side down. Fry until light golden brown, about 3 minutes. Turn over and cook on the other side until light golden brown.
Pour the wine onto the pan and cook until reduced by half. Season.
Serve with potato mash or creamy polenta.
TIP OF THE DAY: If you've run out of white wine, you can use a mix of dry sherry or Marsala and water. Works just as well :)
4 comments:
- Kat said...
looks delicious. kohe hakkas suu vett jooksma :) Mul on ka just palju salveid potis.
- 10:08 am, August 11, 2011
- Moritapititona said...
It looks delicious and ever so simple to cook. I very much like your recipes and your description of the grasshoppers singing reminds me of our (Spain)cricket nightly concerts.
All the best,
Moritapititona (http://moritapititona-cocinaresvivir.blogspot.com)
- 2:21 pm, August 11, 2011
- Pille said...
Kat - aitäh!!!
Moritapititona- thank you!
- 11:54 pm, August 26, 2011
- Home-Reared Chef said...
This sounds like simplicity with flavor! A good sign, because I have a full, hanging basket of sage growing in my backyard. And our deli is close to home. Now I know what I am serving for dinner tonight. Thank you!
- 10:06 am, September 19, 2011
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Attempting to include all phases of the discovery, westward movement, and settlement of the Americas, the Ayer Collection has an abundance of materials regarding the history of the aboriginal peoples under the jurisdiction of the US in the Philippine Islands and Hawaii.
When word came of Admiral Dewey's victory in Manila Bay in 1898, Ayer understood the United States' new role in the Far East, and expanded the scope of his collection westward.
In the range of its holdings, the depth of its coverage, and the presence of some very unusual items, the Newberry's Philippine collection provides a wealth of materials with which to explore both Philippine and American history. The collection is particularly strong in these areas:
- Late Spanish Period: The Newberry has a large number of manuscripts and publications from the Spanish period in the Philippines, in particular chronicles from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There is also a great deal of material on the nineteenth century relationship between Spain and the Philippines.
- Filipino Nationalism and Revolution: The Newberry also contains important material treating the origins of Filipino nationalism (for instance, the José Rizal papers). Likewise, materials documenting the Philippine Revolution against Spain are held in abundance.
- Philippine-American War and US Government: The collection is rich in materials that emerged from what was commonly referred to as the "Philippine insurrection." The vast majority of printed source materials on the colonial government in the Philippines take the form of reports, bulletins, and circulars from American Civil Government.
- Over 8,000 ethnological photographs.
- Philippine linguistics.
- Travel literature and maps of the Islands.
Other notable strengths of the collection are works on Filipino immigrants to the United States and political commentaries from the 1920s and 1930s over the pace of independence.
The Hawaiian material within the Ayer Collection concerns the history of the missionary period and the ethnology and linguistics of the native peoples.
See John Phelan's 1955 article in the Newberry Bulletin and the Philippine Manuscript Collection Description for more information about the Newberry's Philippine Collection.
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Art Exhibition: Kaleidoscope by Anne Mwiti, Until Feb. 5 2013 @ Que Pasa Bar and Bistro
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Dates: Until February 5, 2013
Venue: Que Pasa Bar and Bistro
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The idea sounds good, although I think it might be preferable if it was less sophisticated than more. Since it would be much too much trouble to take into account the various strengths and whatnots of the multitude of characters from the multitude of series. Something simple and easy to go through with would probably be best, making this more of a mock battle than actually trying to determine strengths of characters versus each other.Because let's face it... I think that Kirby will always beat Ichigo in a one on one fight. And we can debate that for centuries to come. xD
So we had a boffer panel, I'm sure we could incorporate something like this, just use a soft master sword and have link fight someone.
D&D STYLE! xD
Well, if you enter a contest such as this, you're gonna have to content yourself with the fact that you won't be unstoppable. Since everyone will start off on equal footing, that means that we could very well end up seeing Sumomo from Chobits take out Sephiroth. Think of it as being like Super Smash Brothers: energy cannons and grenades can still lose to arrows and banana peels.
i can see how that would work.but this seems like it would be one hell of a thing to set up.
Otherwise try the Pokemon video game style.
pokemon cosplay 2010 - gijinka battles.its under skits and contests.
Quote from: xcthulhux on November 11, 2009, 11:05:24 pmpokemon cosplay 2010 - gijinka battles.its under skits and contests.yeah unless you want actual pokemon mascots
What I meant was a simple turn based battle system from the pokemon games would be nice. Not pokemon gjinka cosplay fighting.
Ah, so xcthulux, you just heard someone make a comparison to the Pokemon system, and decided to point out that you're using a Pokemon-like rule system for your staged Pokemon battle panel?I'm glad someone else is doing something similar, but I'm sorry yours ended up as Pokemon-only. It means that if I get this up and running, our two events will be somewhat redundant. Oh well... if yours is specifically for Pokemon fans, I'll keep working on this, because Pokemon fans are but a fraction of the cosplaying populace.
ours is actually running off of the pokemon game, so its a bit different. a few of the people are actually making props based on there moves xD


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I wouldnt be able to say in units but not very much, only really drink at the weekend, maybe 5 or 6 half litre beers or a bottle or two of lidl wine/ pre-made mojito.
Yeah true 2.50e for less than half a pint, usually of shit heineken. Nowhere has cider aswell which ruined drinking here for me really.Even at £3.50 a pint or whatever, one of the pleasant things about coming back to the UK is how much cheaper beer is there than in Holland.
Only place ive found the good stuff is a small squatted restaurant in oost Amsterdam. westons organic (!!!) and loads of trappist beers all very cheap, 2.70 suggested donation for bottle of westons which is cheaper than the UK, cheap food aswell, only open mondays and thursdays tho.
i swear henry weston's is pretty cheap..... tastes like it should be
Weston's Vintage is pretty good I find, although I'm a beer drinker much more than a cider drinker.
just answer the question tea stop being coy
LOTS, ok?
Oh I dunno, probably 40 units or so. When I'm here by myself I'll typically open a bottle of wine one evening and finish it the next. If I don't have wine I'll usually have a couple of beers. Beers are smaller here but often quite strong. I often have a bottle of whisky on the go too, but I don't usually have more than a shot in one go.
thank you. that makes me exactly average then.
i didn't understand the definition of "units", thought it was just a reference to any one drink, be it wine/beer/spirits. so maybe by that measure i was a bit high.
pints at nyc bars are anywhere from $3.50 (during happy hour) to $6-8 each depending on what you order. fancy cocktails are a whole other story, can run $10-15 ea. but people don't normally have more than a couple.
of course, if you're drinking at home, you can got to a liquor store and buy a bottle of wine or six-pack of beer for $10.
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Oh right, well yeah, most "drinks" contain >1 unit of alcohol. A unit is 10ml of pure alcohol, so that's a 25ml shot of a 40% spirit, 200ml of a 5% beer etc.
30-50 pints of beer a week would be nuts.... Although eminently doable in the right week, of course...
I have long suffered under the illusion/refused to acknowledge that most pints are closer to three units of alcohol than two, so I probably have anywhere from 20 to 40 in any given week. The recommended limit per week for men is still 21 in the UK, and 14 for women....
"Men should drink no more than 21 units of alcohol per week, no more than four units in any one day, and have at least two alcohol-free days a week.
Women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week, no more than three units in any one day, and have at least two alcohol-free days a week."
No more than 3/4 units in any one day......wow. I do the alcohol-free days no problem, but two pints in one sitting is already obliterating that daily limit
That's bollox though, innit, I mean it's just a number arrived at by some committee. Like "five portions of fruit and veg", as though it were a magic number set in stone. Obviously it's better to eat some fruit and veg and have a moderate alcohol intake than to be a raging lush who doesn't know what a carrot is, but putting a number on recommended intakes is only ever going to be a very, very rough guideline based on estimates, risk factors and averages. For one thing, the ability to metabolize alcohol varies enormously from person to person.
Didn't there use to be government advice posters in France telling people not to drink more than two litres of wine a day? Unless that's an urban myth...I'd like it not to be, though.
Edit: while googling the France thing I stumbled across this - http://www.thelocal.se/45078/20121214/#.UUbrHVcqQoE. Is Sweden the most uptight country in the world?
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Obviously it is an arbitrary number, which is also problematic as I have absolutely no idea of what damage years and years of high alcohol consumption could wreak... What moderate intake really is, is very difficult to judge, particularly as high alcohol intake is very normalised by the culture in the UK, for example
I guess my point with the previous post is that the recommended alcohol limits are SO out of kilter with everyday reality (particularly the daily limit), that they become almost meaningless (whereas five portions of fruit and veg a day, while high, is an achievable target to build into one's life). How many (youngish) people in the UK never have two drinks at one sitting during the week? Only those who don't drink at all, I'd suspect.
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Spurs hope to slow Curry, take 2-0 lead over Warriors
The San Antonio Spurs are fortunate to be up 1-0 in their series with the Golden State Warriors, but they'll try for a commanding lead Wednesday night when the two teams jump it up for Game 2 at the AT&T Center.
Manu Ginobili, who was all of 4-for-19 from the floor, buried a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left on the clock in double-overtime to give the Spurs a 129-127 victory.
The Warriors built an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter, but frittered it all away. It was a huge comeback victory for a San Antonio squad that isn't going to dwell on it.
"It is over. You can enjoy it for a short period of time," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said after practice on Tuesday. "We know how they'll come back and they'll react to a tough loss. They reacted well in Denver in the same situation and they'll react well tomorrow."
Popovich is referring to the Warriors winning Game 2 in their first-round series with the Denver Nuggets. After losing a heartbreaker in Game 1 when Andre Miller scored on a late layup, Golden State won in Denver, something only three teams did all regular season.
"We went through the same thing during Game 1 with our series with Denver," Stephen Curry said. "We know how to come back because we have been a resilient team all year. We just have to turn it back on and be ready to go for Game 2."
Curry has been ready to go the entire postseason. He was awesome in Game 1 with 44 points, including 22 in the third quarter alone. Curry, who played all but four seconds of the double-overtime thriller, went 18-for-35 from the field, 6-for-14 from long range, and even handed out 11 assists.
"We'd like to figure out how to hold Curry below 40," said Popovich.
Good luck.
Curry is averaging 27.1 ppg during the postseason, which is third-best behind Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks.
Curry leads the playoffs in assists at 9.6 per game.
"He's probably the best shooter I've ever seen," Tim Duncan said at Spurs practice.
That's high praise for Curry, who made the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated.
Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes both had 19 points. Jarrett Jack chipped in 15 points and Andrew Bogut and Draymond Green both added 10. Bogut grabbed 15 rebounds and Barnes pulled down 12 boards.
The Spurs were led by their point guard Tony Parker, who had 28 points. Danny Green went 6-for-9 from long range for 22, then came Duncan with 19 and 11 rebounds. Duncan battled flu-like symptoms and was limited to 34 minutes.
Ginobili finished with 16 points, on two made 3-pointers, and 11 assists and became the hero, despite his horrendous shooting night.
"It's only the second one I made all day," Ginobili said. "Good timing, though."
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Susan Boyle became the victim of an unfortunate spot of social networking naivety last night (Nov 20) as her record label tried to promote her new album 'Standing Ovation' on Twitter. Boyle's PR team encouraged fans of the singer to Tweet about the album using the hashtag #susanalbumparty which, as you can see, is easily mistaken for "anal bum party", a topic unlikely to feature in Susan Boyle's music, but one which soon sent the tag trending.
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Lindsay Lohan and Madonna were accidental (we think) twinsies in NYC last night ... which is great for Madonna, and ... not-so-great for LiLo.
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After eighth-inning rally, Reds fall in extras
BOSTON -- Already playing with a lineup missing three regular contributors, and having to add a designated hitter for Interleague Play at Fenway Park, the Reds were quite shorthanded on Tuesday night vs. the Red Sox.
But this was a game that could have been won, and the Reds knew it. In a game where both clubs missed early chances repeatedly, the Red Sox handed Cincinnati a 4-3 loss in 12 innings on Grady Sizemore's walk-off RBI single off the Green Monster.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- Already playing with a lineup missing three regular contributors, and having to add a designated hitter for Interleague Play at Fenway Park, the Reds were quite shorthanded on Tuesday night vs. the Red Sox.
But this was a game that could have been won, and the Reds knew it. In a game where both clubs missed early chances repeatedly, the Red Sox handed Cincinnati a 4-3 loss in 12 innings on Grady Sizemore's walk-off RBI single off the Green Monster.View Full Game Coverage
"We've been beat up from Day 1. It's no excuse," said left fielder Ryan Ludwick, who had a double and sacrifice fly. "That's baseball. Some teams get hurt. Some teams don't. Unfortunately, we've caught a couple of bad breaks as far as guys with injuries."
The Reds lacked Jay Bruce, who was on the disabled list and Billy Hamilton, who is dealing with two sprained left knuckles. Brayan Pena did not start behind the plate in favor of rookie Tucker Barnhart. Rookie Neftali Soto, now 2-for-27 in the big leagues, was the DH.
"These guys don't want any sorrow from anybody. None of us do," said manager Bryan Price, who has had a big league high 11 players on the DL this season. "We're not going to lower our standards or our expectations and say, 'We're not supposed to win against the better teams because we're a little banged up.' It was a disappointing loss. It was a game that was winnable and we didn't win it."
While the Red Sox were 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 in the win, the Reds were 3-for-10 RISP and left 10 men on base.
Boston had a 3-1 lead when the game became a battle of the bullpens in the later innings. The Reds had been retired five in a row before getting to reliever Junichi Tazawa in the top of the eighth for two runs. Joey Votto drew a one-out walk and Brandon Phillips scorched a liner down the left-field line for a double. Todd Frazier's hard single lined to left field scored Votto and Phillips plated the tying run on Ludwick's sacrifice fly to right field.
After Tazawa, Koji Uehara survived Barnhart's ninth-inning warning track drive to right field for a 375-foot out and then left runners on the corners in an inning where the Reds turned to Hamilton to pinch-hit for Soto and sacrifice bunt. Hamilton later tried unsuccessfully push-bunting for a hit in the 11th inning.
Following 1 1/3 of scoreless innings by J.J. Hoover, Manny Parra gave the Reds a scoreless frame. Sam LeCure took over for Parra with one out in the bottom of the ninth and gave up a single to Dustin Pedroia, who was caught stealing. Following two-out walks to Shane Victorino and David Ortiz, LeCure escaped and then retired the side in order in the 10th. Logan Ondrusek gave up a two-out double to Pedroia in the 11th but kept the game going into the 12th.
Ortiz scorched a leadoff single off Ondrusek through the shift into right-center field. Next was Mike Napoli, who shot a single past diving shortstop Zack Cozart up the middle. Then, Sizemore ended the game.
Back in late January, the Reds thought they had Sizemore all but locked up to make his comeback in Cincinnati after two seasons out of baseball because of knee injuries. Then at the last moment, Sizemore jumped on a deal with the Red Sox. On Tuesday to cap a game that stretched over four hours, he burned his former suitor.
"I kind of turned that page," Sizemore said. "You know, it's one of those things where, this is my team, this is what I'm focused on, and just kind of moving forward."
Reds starter Homer Bailey wasn't crisp, but he got through six innings and allowed three runs and five hits while he walked five (one intentional) and struck out five. It was good enough for a quality start and a no-decision.
Bailey's evening began with a four-pitch walk to Pedroia and the laboring continued intermittently after Pedroia scored on a Napoli groundout. The third inning was an eight-batter battle where a walk to Napoli with the bases loaded put Boston ahead, 2-1. Sizemore's single into right field scored Pedroia for the two-run lead before Bailey skirted further damage.
"They had some really good at-bats. Of course, I was kind of all over the place and they took advantage of it," Bailey said. "I had several walks, which is kind of uncharacteristic of me. I just didn't have the right feel tonight. It was just one of those games that I had to grind out."
Red Sox lefty Felix Doubront wasn't much more efficient than Bailey, with 97 pitches over 5 1/3 innings, but he managed to minimize Reds threats. In the top of the second, Skip Schumaker notched his first hit and RBI as a Red with a single up the middle, but chances to add on were foiled.
"I think any time you lose a game, you think about missed opportunities," Ludwick said. "Obviously, it's tough when you play extra innings. Guys always want to win those games. It's a momentum builder a lot of times. It's a tough one. We've got another one tomorrow."
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Resident Evil 6 Multiplayer DLC Goes Live for Xbox 360
Resident Evil 6 is getting Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable content today that's centered on multiplayer.
A post on Destructoid heralds in the newly-available DLC for Resident Evil 6. Three brand spankin' new multiplayer modes should reanimate players' interest in the game, at least for Xbox 360 owners. These add-ons will cost 320 Microsoft Points ($4.00), per mode, or 720 Microsoft Points ($9.00), for all three.
The new modes are Predator, Survivors, and Onslaught. In Predator, six players take turns as the Ustanak, the behemoth bio-organic weapon with a hand that you'd never want to fist-bump, with the goal to hunt down the other five. The humans must avoid being turned into a smear on the ground and gain points by attacking the Ustanak.
Survivors is for two to six players and is described as a "take on the classic solo and team based deathmatch mode," in which players turn into an enemy character once they've been eliminated. If defeated players manage to take out another living player, they'll return to their previous human form. Because it's not enough that you should win, but others must fail.
Onslaught puts a spin on surviving horde modes by having two players taking out their own waves of enemies. Combos can be chained and a successful chain will send enemies over to your opponent. Pick your opponents wisely, because chances are that your friends will end up hating you.
Let us know in the comments below if you're excited to play these new modes. Or if you're rocking the game on the PS3, let us know how you feel about the content being exclusive to the Xbox 360.


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Florida loves former Gov. Jeb Bush, but it may love Hillary Clinton more.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found Bush far ahead of Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, as well as other Republicans, in the battle for the GOP 2016 presidential nomination.
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Bush is the choice of 27 percent of Republicans, followed by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky with 14 percent, Rubio at 11 percent, New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie at 7 percent, with 6 percent each for Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. No other candidate tops 4 percent and 16 percent are undecided.
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" With former Gov. Jeb Bush making noises about a possible 2016 candidacy, his support among Republicans in the Sunshine State appears to be solidifying. He still trails Hillary Clinton in a general election matchup, but he is the only potential GOP nominee who gets within single digits of her," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, in a statement."For a potential Hillary Clinton candidacy in Florida, November 2016 can't get here soon enough."


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Edmonton's Classic Hits Capital FM is in the Christmas spirit as of mid morning today.
Edmonton's Official Christmas Station from today until Christmas.
Radio - Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest
jon wrote:No disagreement about this being "Way Too Early". However, if there was a year to do it this early, this is it for Edmonton, with the City's first Terrorist Attack still very close in the rear view mirror of local history. Christmas and Remembrance Day will have a lot more meaning for many Edmontonians this year.
I remember a friend saying publicly, in September 2001, that things had changed permanently, but it was not until this recent event that it really became true for many of us.
jon wrote:In light of all that, I was surprised when I checked a couple of minutes before 11:00 a.m. this morning that CHED was running what sounded like live play-by-play sports while CFCW was running a well-produced Remembrance Day feature.
45 RPM wrote:I too was totally shocked that CHED saw more importance in broadcasting an Oilers game than taking a minute or two away from the PBP to honour Canada's veterans.
albertaboy4life wrote:I'm guessing that XL-103, Capital's sister station in Calgary, will launch its Christmas music format on December 8th or 9th to tie in with Don's (Stevens) and Joanne's (Johnson) retirement on the 8th.
The August 2nd web page announcement of their retirement is still posted - http://www.xl103calgary.com/583-2/
No word yet as to who is joining the Coach to form the new morning show.
Vinnie Taylor still doing weekend mornings on XL-103 . . .
jon wrote:Can't be sure but think it was Buzz Bishop that Rob was "using" as a side-kick at 8:30 this morning. Buzz has his own show from 9am-2pm on Capital FM.
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Every time you swim at the beach, you are surrounded by zillions of bacteria. There is no escaping them: One drop of seawater contains about 1 million bacteria. Of these, upwards of 10,000 are called vibrios, a diverse group of naturally occurring microbes responsible for 95 percent of all seafood-related deaths.
Before you cancel your summer vacation, however, here's the punch line: It is highly unlikely that you will ever swim among vibrios' pathogenic strains—the kind that can make you sick to your stomach, or worse. Your chances of coming across nasty varieties of vibrios in New England waters are not much better than the guy with the metal detector finding a pot of gold beneath a sand castle.
But vibrios are out there, and a cause for concern. The bacteria have caused illnesses in other regions. Handlers of aquacultured fish and shellfish continually take steps to ensure that vibrios don't show up in their stocks. And recently, scientists found vibrio infections in other animals, such as corals.
Particularly intriguing is vibrios' seemingly split personality. Residing among harmless vibrio populations are small amounts of pathogenic varieties with an "Incredible Hulk" alter ego that can bring people to their knees. Under the right conditions, these nasty strains can grow rampant in what scientists call a bloom event.
"It may be a completely random event, but more likely it's triggered by environmental factors," said Martin Polz, a microbiologist and ecologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Funded by the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health, Polz and Jim Lerczak, a physical oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, are hot on vibrios' rod-shaped bacterial tails. Their goal is to figure out the conditions that favor the transformation of benign vibrios into virulent ones.
Of the 60 or 70 vibrio species that have been described, Polz and Lerczak are focusing on two: Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
"We're always exposed to Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus—Vibrio vulnificus is always in oysters—but the pathogenic strains are very rare," Polz said.
In extreme, rare cases, the two strains can be really dangerous. V. vulnificus causes systemic stomach and bloodstream infections—often fatal—and blistering skin lesions that can require amputation of infected arms or legs. Eating raw or undercooked shellfish is the most common route of infection. People whose immune systems are compromised or who suffer from liver disease or hepatitis are most at risk.
V. parahaemolyticus causes acute diarrhea and stomach cramping if consumed in infected shellfish. It causes wound infections if it enters the body through a skin lesion. Over the past decade, health providers have documented more and more V. parahaemolyticus infections; in one case in 1997, more than 200 people became sick, and one died.
Polz suspects that exposure to vibrio bacteria may turn out to play a role in routine eye, ear, and skin infections. But the link between vibrios and human health remains a big question mark. Though vibrios have been integral parts of marine ecosystems for millions of years, researchers lack fundamental knowledge about what kinds of vibrio populations are out there, what factors affect their growth and distribution, and—the biggest question of all—how and why pathogenic strains arise.
Polz and Lerczak make a strong interdisciplinary team: Polz knows how microbes work, and Lerczak knows how oceans work. In 2005, they launched fieldwork in Plum Island Sound off Massachusetts—an estuary typical of many in the Northeast, Lerczak said, and one whose physics, chemistry, and ecology have been well-documented since the late 1980s. Plum Island Sound has big tides and fast currents that act as a blender that mixes ocean and river waters relatively quickly.
The scientists tracked vibrio populations and measured environmental conditions—including temperature, salinity, nutrients, and tides—throughout each of four seasons. Preliminary results show that temperature is a big factor. Vibrios grow better in the summer, and the threshold number is 61°F (16° C), Polz said; once the water warms, vibrio populations can double in one hour and shift toward potentially pathogenic strains.
According to one theory, viruses could be culprits. Pathogenic and non-pathogenic vibrios differ just by a few genes, Polz explained. Viruses, ubiquitous in the marine world, may insert nasty genes into otherwise benign vibrio cells as they reproduce.
Next, the team will test the effect of tidal changes. The team headed out in July with an instrumented drifting device to literally follow a parcel of water up and down the estuary and measure how its physical and chemical properties change along the way.
By the end of the five-year study, the team will have some basic information about the ecological factors that regulate vibrio populations. Lerczak said the COHH study could help scientists predict or even prevent outbreaks that affect human health.
"Scientists have to study the system as it evolves in order to get the data necessary to someday be able to better predict when a vibrio outbreak may occur," he said. "We're looking at little pieces of the puzzle now."
"The bacteria are incredibly diverse, and (studying them) is a challenge," Polz said. "But microbes keep the entire ocean going. If you want to understand the oceans, you have to understand the microbes."
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Laurel's marriage has failed, although she's loathe to admit it until she runs into the new wife at the grocery store -- and she's obviously pregnant. Upset and confused, Laurel makes the journey home to the small North Carolina textile mill town where she grew up. Life isn't much better there. Laurel's parents are going through changes of their own thanks to the march of time. Her mother's friends, who are also her co-workers at the mill, have their ...


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Quick comic with just me in it (then a new Mr Gwon Recommends will be up later).
Even being married I can sometimes be like, "Go away couples!" I think maybe a lot of people are feeling that with Valentine's Day coming up?
I was rewarding myself with bad food the other day because it was quite stressful dealing with website issues. It was amazing having so much traffic but frustrating dealing with the web hosting company who took my site down because of the traffic. So during that time I went and sat by the water to relax. I'm sure it was totally annoying for the couple but I can be deliberately awkward like that. hehe. I really wanted to sit in that place.


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The Mets spent a lot of time this offseason with Oliver Perez, visiting him once a month at the Fischer Sports Physical Therapy in Arizona. They also checked in on him at his Mexico home.
Pitching coach Dan Warthen said Perez became lackadaisical and "slipped into cruise mode," after landing the big contract. He didn't come into camp in good shape and was set back after the World Baseball Classic.
The Mets are saying Perez has changed, that he's in good shape and optimistic about this season. You'll have to excuse me as I've heard that refrain before. I wrote the other day of how you could look at Perez and it is true. He's young, he's won before, he's got a great arm – you know, the party line the last three summers.
It's all true. So to, have been his brain cramps, wildness and inconsistency.
It's tempting to look at Perez's shortcomings and think the worst, which I've done. I'm not ready to think the best, but I think I'll look at him this way. If he pitches poorly, which he's sure to do, I'll try not to get upset. Instead I'll try to think, "well, that's not surprising."
And, if he pitches well, and that will happen at times, I'll try to be pleasantly surprised. There should be less anxiety that way.


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Macduff played by Liam Brennan
Macbeth (2001)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Liam Brennon played Macduff in the 2001 production of Macbeth at the Globe.
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This is Liam's final blog post. This week he discusses the forthcoming re-rehearsals, how he feels about reviews and reflects on both the production and the experience of performing at the Globe.
In his penultimate blog post Liam discusses the first performances, how the audiences have responded to the play, and his thoughts about the performances to come.
In his sixth blog post, Liam discusses technical rehearsals, receiving his costumes and transferring the play from the rehearsal room to the stage.
In his fifth blog post, Liam looks forward to going onto the Globe stage, discusses Macduff's fight with Macbeth, and the challenge of playing Young Macduff.
This week Liam discusses approaches to different scenes in the play: inter splicing the England scene with other scenes, Lady Macduff's death scene and his part in the play' opening sequence.
In his third blog post, Liam discusses the England scene (IV.III): the questions the scene poses for his character and the exercises used to try and answer them.
In his second blog post, Liam discusses how rehearsals have progressed without the Master of Play, Macduff's relationship with Lady Macduff and how improvisation has helped him and the cast.
This is Liam's first blog post. This week he discusses his first impressions of the Globe from his audition and rehearsals, the production's design, and the challenges of doubling roles.


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Leave it to Japanese musician Verbal from hip-hop group M-Flo to take Power Glove to the next level.
In the latest issue of rock and fashion mag EyesCream, Verbal talks about his forthcoming album and poses in a spiffy, custom-made Reebok astronaut outfit with dual-wielding Power Gloves, just begging for some cosmic Rad Racer action. This outfit is so bad.
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Another trip to New York!
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This has made me so nostalgic for my hometown! I'll have to try that milk bar, it seems like a cool concept! And the Nintendo store is for sure a must see... I can't wait until the next time I get to visit!ReplyDeleteReplies
I consider myself very lucky that I'm able to visit there as often as I do despite being literally on the other end of the country, haha! I love New York!Delete
DEFINITELY try out the Milk Bar, I think everyone needs to go there at least once, haha! The Nintendo Store is the best thing--I've always been a Nintendo fangirl so seeing all the displays and merchandise just makes me so happy!
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Yes, Game of Cones made me laugh super hard!
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Dunn powers White Sox past Twins
Minneapolis, MN – Adam Dunn recorded his 35th career multi- home run game and finished with five RBI, and Dylan Axelrod picked up his first win of the season as the Chicago White Sox pounded the Minnesota Twins, 9-4, to take the rubber match of a three-game set at Target Field.
Alex Rios finished with three hits and three runs scored for the White Sox, winners of three of four overall and 15 of their last 19 at Target Field. Dayan Viciedo added two hits, including a two-run homer, and Jeff Keppinger also drove in two runs in the victory.
Axelrod (1-3) gave up three runs on nine hits and struck out four over 5 1/3 innings.
Josh Willingham drove in two runs and Eduardo Escobar supplied a solo home run for the Twins, who saw starter Mike Pelfrey (3-4) yield five runs and eight hits over four-plus innings.
"For Pelfrey it's an ongoing process," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "At times he's getting on top of the ball sinking good at other times the ball is kind of flat across the zone. When that happens they'll end up making him pay for it."
Holding a one-run edge in the seventh, Paul Konerko and Conor Gillaspie hit back-to-back singles to take Minnesota reliever Brian Duensing out of the game. Josh Roenicke took the hill and forced Viciedo to pop out. Keppinger then smacked a two run double to left to give the White Sox a 7-4 advantage.
Dunn's eighth inning two-out, two-run shot deflated the hosts. Rios drew a walk to preserve the inning and Dunn followed with a blast into the left- center field bullpen to account for the final margin.
"I'm happy with the direction where the balls went," Dunn said. "I've gotten pitches to hit and had been fouling them off, but the last couple of nights haven't fouled them off."
Chicago turned a one-run lead in the fifth into a three-run edge with Dunn's two-run double and Viciedo's sacrifice fly.
Following Dunn's two-bagger, which scored Rios and Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Swarzak entered the game and struck out Konerko, but was forced to intentionally walk Gillaspie to load the bases. Viciedo followed with a deep fly to center to give the White Sox a 5-2 lead.
Minnesota fought back in the sixth by tacking on two runs off Matt Lindstrom. Jamey Carroll plated Pedro Florimon with an RBI single up the middle. Joe Mauer responded with a double and Willingham scored Carroll with a groundout to short to bring the Twins within 5-4.
Rios poked a two-out single in the third, then stole second, before Dunn followed with two-run blast to deep center, tying the game at 2-2.
One inning later, Viciedo clubbed a leadoff homer to right center to put the White Sox ahead 3-2.
In the second, Escobar drove Axelrod's 1-1 offering over the right field wall to give the Twins a 2-0 edge. Willingham's RBI single in the first put the Twins on the board.
Game Notes
Rios hit his 50th career triple in the first inning, extending his hitting streak to 10 games ... The White Sox last won two straight to open up the month of May ... Mauer is batting .446 (25 for 56) during a 14- game hitting streak, while Justin Morneau, who turned 32 today, is batting .422 (19 for 45) while hitting safely in 11 straight.


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Episode 245: Comedians Josh Androsky and Clare O'Kane are on the show. We talk about a dumb tattoo, a donkey town, bread coats, and more. The Change Your Name Game is created. Plus, Josh's amazing "Price is Right on Mushrooms" story.
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President Barack Obama's recent proposal to open a new round of nuclear arms reduction talks with Russia represents the best opportunity in a quarter-century to make meaningful cuts in the world's nuclear weapons stockpiles, according to disarmament advocates. Speaking in Prague on April 5, the president called for a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to replace Start I, which will expire on Dec. 5, 2009.
Mr. Obama said he and Russia's President Dmitri M. Medvedev discussed the subject during the G-20 economic summit in April and that he and Mr. Medvedev agreed to seek a treaty by the end of the year that is "legally binding and sufficiently bold." According to experts, both sides are eyeing steep reductions in their arsenals, from approximately 6,000 warheads each to perhaps as few as 1,000 warheads each. "It means [Obama] is serious about his goal about eliminating nuclear weapons," said Ronald E. Powaski, who has written on arms control topics for three decades. "Start is one of the key pillars of the whole international effort to control, first of all, and then eliminate nuclear weapons."
Longstanding nuclear disarmament proponents, like Pax Christi International and its affiliate, Pax Christi USA, as well as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, are embracing Mr. Obama's proposal. Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, said the U.S. Catholic bishops welcome Obama's commitment. "The president's initiative announced in Prague is an important first step in his administration and [there is] hope it will move the ball forward. It's not the ultimate goal we would like to see [full nuclear disarmament], but it is a positive step in the right direction."
David Cortright, a research fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, said momentum for strong arms control agreements has been building for more than two years. He cited two influential opinion pieces by a bipartisan group of former foreign affairs and defense officials, including George P. Schultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn, that appeared in The Wall Street Journal starting in 2007. The former cold warriors called on the United States to seek significant reductions in strategic arms in partnership with Russia. This type of bipartisan agreement, says Cortright, shows that those who oppose significant nuclear disarmament are a shrinking minority. "I think there's a decent chance that there could be sufficient Republican support" for a new Start, said Cortright, who also is co-chairman of Faithful Security, a pro-disarmament group based in Goshen, Ind.
In addition to nuclear weapons reductions, President Obama has called for limits on the production of nuclear weapons-grade chemicals and other materials and for the development of stringent steps to prevent nuclear materials from being traded on the global black market, policies he proposes to implement within four years. To assist emerging countries, Mr. Obama has called for the creation of an international atomic fuel bank that would allow nations to develop nuclear power for civilian uses without increasing the risks of nuclear weapons proliferation.
As the expected negotiations unfold this year, Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, said it would be the work of grass-roots organizations to build the political will across the country so that the U.S. Senate will quickly ratify any arms control treaty once it is signed by both nations. In the same vein, Bishop Hubbard expressed his hope that the U.S. bishops will promote programs stressing the church's position on nuclear disarmament. "We're encouraging bishops within their dioceses to make known the bishops' teaching on nuclear war and to help people understand the importance of what the president is proposing," he said.


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Shared strengths: Cinemas in Asia and Europe have common interests
This December, CineAsia in Hong Kong puts the spotlight on the fast-paced and extraordinary development of cinema exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region, an exciting mix of vibrant markets that strengthen both the diversity and the resilience of global cinema exhibition.
First of all, congratulations to TOHO Cinemas and Kazuhiko Seta from Japan on winning the CineAsia Exhibitor of the Year Award and for illustrating that going to the movies remains a timeless and unparalleled leisure activity (and certainly good business!) in markets where the proliferation of VOD platforms has grown significantly over the past five years.
In Europe, we have in recent times paid close attention to the rise of cinema exhibition in many Asian territories, including of course China's astounding 36 percent year-on-year boom in 2012. Taken together with the resilient market represented by UNIC member territories—which accounted for box-office revenues of around €7.4 billion in 2012—Asia and Europe together now command more than 50 percent of global box office. That alone is an important reason to increase dialogue and cooperation between our markets, if only to make sure that in the future films are increasingly made with our diverse audiences and tastes in mind.
What other interests unite us? Firstly, there is of course the transition to digital cinema, which—with more than 80 percent of all screens now converted—is reaching its endgame in both regions. We of course need to support the remaining 20 percent who have not so far gone digital, while at the same time ensuring that cinema exhibitors remain in the driver's seat when it comes to deciding when and how our industry innovates in the future. Recent experiences in relation to "immersive sound" and Higher Frame Rates underline the need for us increasingly to speak with one voice with regard to all aspects of cinema technology.
Film theft remains another top priority. Exhibitors will continue to target camcording "hotspots" and further improve efforts to identify illegal recording devices where they are being used in theatres. There is also a need to support partners from distribution in fighting piracy on the Internet, which harms the healthy development of the entire motion picture industry. Ultimately, the development of legitimate VOD markets will be to the benefit of cinema exhibition, if and when these new players accept that they have to partake in financing the creative process and recognize that films are best released in cinemas before they are offered on other digital platforms that yield less certain returns.
In relation to the latter, UNIC encourages all international exhibitors—large and small—to retain their robust position regarding the value that an exclusive and sustainable theatrical release window brings to the entire film industry, including Video on Demand. In Europe, after years of often ill-informed comment from Internet pundits and fellow advocates of day-and-date releases, recent months have seen even VOD entrepreneurs begin to acknowledge that without a healthy theatrical window their businesses would vanish in the medium-term.
Cinema exhibition will surely remain a highly dynamic and rewarding industry for years to come in both Asia and Europe. We hope to see our colleagues in Asia benefit from a great slate of films towards the end of 2013 and look forward to increasing our collaborative efforts in the coming months.
Enjoy CineAsia!
UNIC (the International Union of Cinemas) speaks on behalf of the majority of cinema operators in Europe and represents more than 36,000 screens. Visit www.unic-cinemas.org.


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GROTON — Susan and Paul Shay bought their four-acre dream spread years ago, with the idea of returning some of the land to farming. But other than for a brief period of being leased to hay farmers, the land had lain fallow for several decades.
Meanwhile, when Seona Ngufor immigrated to America 10 years ago, she held onto the idea she would take up farming — as in her native Cameroon — if only she could get access to a farmable plot.
Ngufor has just completed her first season, during which she grew eggplants, tomatoes, and other vegetables and greens on a portion of the Shays' property along the Nashua River.
They were brought together by an unusual matchmaking service that uses geographic information system mapping data to pair would-be farmers with property owners who have extra land.
The matching service is the work of the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, a nonprofit organization in Lowell that trains farmers in organic growing and helps them find a plot to work.
The group has previously found tillable land by asking farmers if they could spare a corner of their property.
Program coordinator Becca Weaver said New Entry realized there were many more land candidates in the suburbs near Lowell, where farms had been subdivided into homesteads.
"Driving the I-495 belt and seeing so much suburban development of what used to be viable farmland, and realizing that a lot of farmers can have a profitable farm business on an acre or less, we just saw that this could be a valuable use of space," Weaver said.
New Entry uses GIS mapping data to screen for potential farm plots.
The map sets contain a long list of criteria to distinguish individual parcels. For example, New Entry can filter the parcels based on size, ownership, zoned usage, and the quality of the soil.
The system is so sophisticated it can pick out suburban homesteads with large patches of unused land, so New Entry was no longer limited to looking at obvious candidates, such as existing farms.
The screenings are used to narrow the farmland hunt to the best candidates to approach about allowing use their land.
Once New Entry identifies sites, it approaches agricultural officials in the towns involved to work with landowners interested in turning over property to farmers.
In Groton, for example, New Entry and the town's agricultural commission hosted an information session with property owners. The Shays were invited because their large, open homestead was identified as a possible site for farming.
The session featured information on land leases and nonfarming landlords' experience.
Fittingly, the meeting was held at the Groton Grange, an 1800s beacon for agriculture that was recently renovated.
"There was a lot of information, a lot of resources," said Susan Shay, 63, a programmer and analyst at a medical malpractice insurer in Boston.
"We were very excited, and spoke to Becca immediately afterward and signed up."
Soon enough, Weaver brought Ngufor, 56, who had taken the New Entry training program, to meet the Shays.
"We covered a lot of ground and felt comfortable with her from the very beginning," Shay said.
The Shays were so eager to see some of their land used for farming that they drove an easy bargain: rent of $1 a year, in exchange for a free go at whatever is growing.
"That was a very good deal," said Ngufor, a mother of six.
She has worked as an assistant at nursing homes and in home care, but always hoped to return to raising crops, as she did with her mother when she was younger.
"I like to see the crops grow," she said. "And when you buy from the supermarket, you don't know what you're getting. To sell to other people and know that I'm selling them healthy food" is rewarding.
At the beginning of the growing season, Ngufor would farm on nights and weekends, and planted more than a dozen different crops.
In peak season, she turned fully from nursing to nursery, working six days a week.
She sold her produce at farmers markets around the state and through a community-supported agriculture program that New Entry runs.
She said she made a smaller profit than she had anticipated, but enough to persuade her to try again next year.
New Entry has since matched another farmer with land in Groton and is expanding to Concord and Topsfield, as well as to Westport and Dartmouth via a collaboration with the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership.
Weaver said that New Entry hopes to place three to five beginning farmers a year.


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The Australian Institute of Marine Science(AIMS) is committed to the protection and sustainable use of Australia's marine resources. Its research programs support the management of tropical marine environments around the world, with a primary focus on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, the pristine Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia and northwest Australia. Corals are core building blocks for these diverse marine ecosystems and form a fundamental component of AIMS research to preserve and discover these wonderful marine invertebrates. The information below authored by Dr. J.E.N Veron former Chief Scientist at AIMS provides a more detailed look at corals and the challenges they face.
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Today at the grocery store I could hear the bell ringer when I got out of my car. It's a big-box type store. I always park a long distance from the entrance. It must have been a half a city block away.
When I got into the atrium, the bell ringing was so loud I wanted to cover my ears. The horrid woman repeated to me "Merry Christmas". I wanted to tell her, I don't approve of the Salvation Army, and I don't like their in-your-face approach. But I couldn't, she kept ringing that damn bell.
I have a 100% hearing loss on left. The right hearing is normal. If you stand to the left of me and speak, I can't tell what you are saying. I passed by her, with her on the left. It really was deafening.
What did she think - people were not contributing because they couldn't hear the damn bell? I had to walk around her to get into the store. It's not like customers didn't know she was there.
Inside the store, I went to the back of the store to find some hardware items. All the way to the back, over the damn Xmas musak, that goddam bell.
The horror! As a customer I wanted to complain to the manager, but it's not like they couldn't hear the stupid bell. I just wanted to get away from it.
On the way out, I had to go through the atrium again. That was so loud! She said "Merry Christmas" again, loud again, and I bowed my head, walked fast past her, and muttered "Jesus Christ, leave me alone!"
I have a 100% hearing loss on one side. The other side is normal. If you stand to the left of me, I can't tell what you are saying. I passed by her with her on the left. It was deafening.
I don't like the Salvation Army anyway. Other than the telling name, they are a religious christian group. As a church, they are not restricted from inquiring about the religious beliefs of their 55,000 employees. I don't give them money. But even if I liked them, that bell was too obnoxious for words.
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Wish I could have you go there and speak for me! I've had to go through so much "charm school" at work, it's sunk into my persona. No longer able to confront. All I can do is say please and excuse me and thank you.
Update - I've been back to that store twice since this posting. They continue to have bellringers, but much quieter bells. Not ear piercing. Whether the store made them tone it down or it's just personal bells, it's still less obnoxious.
Now if could just get them to stop forcefully saying Mary Krismus like some sort of challenge.....
Last time I just put my head down and forged past, muttering yeah yeah yeah.
I just got through reading the online facts about my favorite grocery store, WinCo Foods. One thing they say that makes me love them more than ever is:
"WinCo Foods has a strict No Solicitation Policy that covers our stores, parking lots and all property owned, managed or operated by the company. This policy is set in place to protect out customers, staff and visitors from unwanted solicitations. No exceptions."
I never consciously noticed that until I read it. I'm going to thank them.
Great idea. I also go to Winco now and then. Thanks!
WinCo's policy might be lawful. It might be a bluff.
Its lawfulness depends on the amount of space outside the store onto which the company invites the public. The Pruneyard Shopping Center in California's Santa Clara County took their ban to the US Supreme Court and lost. The Court ruled that privately-owned malls can identify and enforce certain "time, place, and manner" limits, (like not in doorways) but cannot lawfully ban public use of all outdoor space.
The policy might be a successful bluff.
For the details, look at "Pruneyard Shopping Center" in Wikipedia. Pruneyard tried to block high school students who wanted people to sign their petitions.
It appears the US allows states to determine limitations on speech, and California has said it can't be limited by private property owners, as least political speech can't be. Several other states rule the same, but most states allow private property owners to limit speech. I think private property owners should have that right.
Bell Ringers most probably split profits with the store huh? I don't know how that works. I didn't complain about the ringers, but i complained about beggars a couple times, and even got a call from headquarters. The managers must be too chicken to confront those scam artists. I'm not. Salvation Army is the same thing though. It's begging. I don't want to fight to get to the entrance of a store. I want every penny of mine to go towards my food; who knows where the money in the bucket goes. It's sort of surprising to me, that they are saying "god bless you" to everyone, without knowing their religion. I can be really rude to those ringers, especially when they ask me to donate. I walk right by them like they are invisible, and on my way out, they are scared of me. Mission accomplished.
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