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(Albuquerque, NM) Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - ReelzChannel - TV About Movies(R) is proud to acknowledge that Bomb Girls won the Gracie Award(R) for Outstanding Drama in recognition of the show's superior quality in writing and production. Bomb Girls along with other national and grand award winners will be honored at the 38th Annual Gracie Awards(R) Gala to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The Gracies, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation and named in honor of the legendary Gracie Allen, recognize the realistic and faceted portrayal of women in entertainment, commercials, news, features and other programs. Bomb Girls takes place during WWII and tells the stories of women who risk their lives in a munitions factory in support of the European front and is produced by Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions.
"The Gracie Award(R) for Outstanding Drama is a wonderful honor for the Bomb Girls cast, creators and our partners at Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions," said Stan E. Hubbard, CEO of ReelzChannel. "This recognition is a testament to the quality and care with which Bomb Girls retells the powerful stories about women who experienced World War II from the home front. We're excited to share the second season with our viewers starting March 27."
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For viewers who might have missed season one, Reelz will air two catch-up marathons of Bomb Girls featuring all six episodes back to back on Saturday, March 2 starting at 11am ET/ 8am PT and again on Wednesday, March 27 starting at 12pm ET/ 9am PT ahead of the season two premiere.
Season two of Bomb Girls begins just after the attack on Pearl Harbor and draws viewers deep into 1942 with its music, fashion, romance and the thrill of being alive in dangerous times. Despite America entering the war, the Axis powers are still winning every major battle. The Allies are beginning to deeply feel the price of combat, complete with casualty lists, rationing, hidden foes, unholy alliances, and the ever-present danger of explosives. Yet at the time same time, the women and men of Victory Munitions find ways to flourish under adversity, to defiantly live in joy, to forge unexpected bonds of friendship and love. In embracing risk, they find unexpected rewards and adventure. While they always know who they are fighting... they're constantly surprised to find who's standing by their side. Bomb Girls stars Oscar(R) nominee and Golden Globe(R) winner Meg Tilly (Agnes of God, The Big Chill), Jodi Balfour (The Sinking of Laconia), Charlotte Hegele (Sundays at Tiffany's), Ali Liebert (Apollo 18), Antonio Cupo (Elegy), Anastasia Phillips (Stoked), Gemini(R) Award winner Michael Seater (18 to Life), multiple Gemini(R) Award nominee Peter Outerbridge (Lucky Number Slevin, Nikita) and Richard Fitzpatrick (The Boondock Saints, Survival of the Dead). Viewers will also see a guest star appearance by multiple Emmy(R) Award winner Rosie O'Donnell. Bomb Girls is produced by Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions. Episodes 1 and 2 of Bomb Girls season two air back to back on Wednesday, March 27 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT and again at 10pm ET/ 7pm PT.
About the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM): The Alliance for Women in Media advances the influence and impact of women in all forms of media. AWM is a diverse community - whether type of media, job or global location - that facilitates industry-wide collaboration, education, and innovation. Established in 1961 as American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT), AWM is the longest-established professional association dedicated to advancing women in media and entertainment. AWM harnesses the promise, passion and power of women in all forms of media to empower career development, engage in thought leadership, and drive positive change for our industry and societal progress.
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27 November 2012
Tuesday's Tip - Something For Everyone
I was going through all the things I haven't had time to read and found Tim Forsythe's blog post titled, 'The Drive-By Genealogist's Lament'. I started to write a comment, then realized it'd be way too long. And I've really been itching to address this issue for a number of important reasons. I believe, if you bear with me and read on, there will be something for everyone. That's my goal: something for everyone.
If you didn't want to take the time to read Tim's excellent post, here's how I started my response:
Well, now that you've called 95% of the family history/genealogy community lazy, I have to comment. I don't know if I'd slap the word 'lazy' umbrella-style over every person who found a relative in an online tree, downloaded the file and got jazzed by the fact they just found 1,000 new relatives. I did it when I first started in 1996. I was elated!
Then I got hammered by a Professional Genealogist who told me (paraphrasing) that I was full of crap and didn't know crap and I better learn something if I'm going to do this (genealogy). *fakes cowering* So I did. Learn something...on my own. Poorly. And I posted a tree out there using Family Tree Maker software and created my little family page and was so happy.
At this point I realized I was going to probably end up writing more than Tim's original post, and didn't think that was appropriate or professional. So, here's the rest of my story:
I took a break. A long break. Oh, I looked at my genealogy stuff a couple of times a year, but between the loss of family members, friends and a bunch of other life stuff, it wasn't a priority. Then I came back. I was an Archivist now. My research skills were sharply honed in college and I wanted to get back to Genealogy. I started to think about it as a profession. So, I got online, started a blog about my experience as a family historian and future professional, and started to read the blogs of Professional Genealogists. And what they said about source citations made sense, even though I didn't want it to. I looked back at my old research and online tree and saw that it was like Swiss cheese without the cheese. All holes. I had propagated incorrect information. Well shoot.
Then, about that same time, someone posted somewhere on Social Media that ALL trees MUST be cited or they have no place on the Internet. *Said in my best Genealogy Police voice* My first thought was, "wow, that's harsh...I wouldn't have posted that old tree if..." *face palm* Oh, OK. I guess I can *see* that point. I might not like it or agree with it, but I can understand that side of the argument. I propagated incorrect information via an on-line tree. That information will be out there in perpetuity and a researcher may copy it and use it and so on and so on.
Just a few weeks later, my study group was learning about Source Citations. Talk about brutal. Someone could write a book about all the iterations...oh. Heh. There IS a book. And a website (now). But it's a bit like giving the current Tax Code to a third grader and expecting him/her to understand it. After much discussion, we determined the real key is that the citation should be clear enough for the person using it to FIND the source of the evidence that's being cited, which makes sense from a researcher's standpoint. You want to get as close to the primary source as you can and, if someone else has already done that, and they explain (cite) where that was (source), you've found what you were looking for (evidence)! And you're happy.
Then I had a brilliant idea and I posted it on Social Media. I said that companies like Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and every site that holds family trees should filter the trees into different buckets. BAM!! I got slammed to the ground by several people saying I was being divisive and non-inclusive and a hater of beginning genealogists. Really?! I was shocked and taken by surprise that they hadn't taken the time to even read my complete suggestion which is this: that family history sites have the technological ability to filter trees by the number of entries which have sources. That with that ability, they could create two places where trees reside: a place for trees without sources and a place for trees with sources. There's no exclusion of information; it's still all there. If you want to pull 10,000 people into your beginning tree and post it, go right ahead. If you don't want to put a single bit of data into your tree without using the Genealogical Proof Standard, that's fine too. And EVERYONE in between those two extremes is welcome to post whatever they want in whatever unsourced/sourced state they choose because the site will determine which bucket it goes in, automatically.
A RESEARCHER can then choose whether or not they want to look at sourced and cited trees or those without sources and citations. That's the root of what we do as family historians and/or genealogists of any stripe. We research. We don't sit passively and wait for the information to come to us, we go get it. And we all have different levels of ability with regard to that research and different reasons for doing the research in the first place. This solution excludes no one and provides more efficient access for the researcher, be they the lazy *tongue in cheek* professional who is seeking sourced material or the beginner who has yet to learn the difference between evidence and a source and just wants to pull 1,000 people into a database and go through it piece by piece to uncover whether that information is accurate.
It's a suggested solution, rather than simply a comment. We were all beginners once. We should openly welcome people who are simply hoping to find out where their grandfather was born, or if their 2nd great grandfather really went to Brazil. And if they get the bug and want to take the step of learning how the Genealogical profession works and what its standards are, there are lots of resources for them to do that and plenty of us out here willing to share. To find solutions to problems. Because there really can be something for everyone.
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Awesome as usual my friend! I can't de IDE which part I liked best. Right now I debate between the Swiss cheese missing the Swiss and the image of handing MY 3rd grader the tax code and having some hope she will understand ANYTHING in it! I'm a tax geek and still feel like hitting my head against a brick wall sometimes when I read sections of the code! I did not realize there was such a dither going on about this of late, but you make me feel the need to blog myself before completely filling your comment section. All I know is that I am grateful for the genealogists that do attempt to help newbies without making them feel like they can't do it or shouldn't do it until they are perfect. None of us get here without trying an screwing up a bunch along the path of learning. Thanks for the post!ReplyDeleteReplies
Katie, obviously I was hungry when I was writing. Heh. I just believe, perhaps naively, that Professional Genealogists should have a bit more heart than to just say you either have to know all the rules or don't play. And on the opposite side, as a newbie, welcoming reasonable requests for clarification or corrections is just good manners. And the MOST important lesson about genealogy? NOTHING is 'perfect'. :-)Delete
I do genealogy because I enjoy it. I don't have an urge or drive to do this professionally, and don't have a need to prove to anyone but myself that I'm right about certain genealogical conclusions. That doesn't mean I will not try to be the best darn amateur genealogist I can be.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, Taco (BTW, I think you had the hiccups...LOL).Delete
One of the greatest lessons I've learned is that there are some INCREDIBLY talented family historians out there who, like yourself, have no inclination of ever becoming professionals. Their level of commitment to the research is remarkable, and their ability to problem solve is inspiring.
You are, I assure you, an excellent genealogist. There is nothing 'amateur' about the research you do. I, in particular, am very thankful for that!
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Good post Laura,ReplyDelete
I too, like the 3rd Grader/Tax Code ananlogy. Since Evidence Explained is open on my desk all the time now I know how daunting it can be.
In my own post on this subject, I tried to talk a little about the success I've had reaching out to owners of even the worst trees. Because we are interested in the same people.
I understand the objection. There is alot of bad info out there. There always will be. But the original article was objectionable in its tone. I don't think Tim's calling large swaths of people lazy improved the discussion.
Your solution is a good one. The more welcoming we are, the more opportunity we have to both help and influence newcomers to the field.Replies
Thanks so much for reading and especially for commenting. I too rely on EE for my entries into my professional work; as challenging as it is I believe it does frame our work as Professional.
I concur that the original article was just really not helpful and while I thought Tim had something interesting to say, I would agree his post wasn't helpful either.
I don't believe that most people would object to having information that is factually inaccurate being removed from their trees. But reaching out in a non-confrontational way will get far better results than running them over with a car. (Heh.)
I'm glad you like my solution. I dislike confrontation immensely. And, I get re-energized every time I get to talk to someone new who is so excited by the thought of finding out about their family. That's really all it's about.
Your suggestion makes plenty of sense to me, Laura! And I enjoyed learning your history with genealogy -- so many, many people must be "wowed" at the outset by all those not-completely-sourced public family trees. And why not?ReplyDelete
You show so much common sense: You're describing what many family researchers today actually do, I believe. Case in point:
Right now I'm adding Frasers to my family tree on Ancestry. When I type in my g-g-grandfather Fraser to the family tree, whose name and BD dates I got from (gasp) family tradition, the Ancestry program immediately offers me a bunch of (cite-able) Sources: DCs, census records, tombstones. Great! So g-g-grandfather Fraser began as a family rumor, and now he's getting all sourced and verified. (If I wrote about him for a genealogical magazine, I'd add my sources in good footnote form. No biggie. That's just the academic dance.)
Along with these cite-able sources, Ancestry also offers public trees. Many of them! So? I skim the public trees to find areas of interest. Oh. Looks like g-g-grandfather Fraser had 10 children, maybe. Huh. First I've heard of them. But that's a fair enough hypothesis. I type in one of his alleged children, with their alleged BD dates, and Ancestry kicks in by offering sources (those little leaves) for this new person. I accept the "legitimate" sources, then muse over the added public trees, to pick up more ideas to check out.
Here's my point. The (unverified) public trees give you HYPOTHESES for possible ancestors. How else would I even know what names to look for? The 1790 census certainly isn't going to give me a list of 10 possible g-g uncle Frasers and aunt Frasers, with posited BD dates! And SC has no pre-1915 vitals. I totally respect searching for local records and local genealogy societies, but I can't camp out in SC for the long periods that would take. I'm inclined to save site visits for fine-tuning, or brick walls, or intractable puzzles.
Ancestry in its present form gives us some gold sources along with the more speculative public family trees. We're capable of telling the difference. Then we move on.Replies
As usual, thank you for being so gracious in your comments.
Your point at the end is well taken. As I mentioned, all the unverified information would still be there, because nearly all of us use it at one point or another for the clues they can provide. However, I would challenge you on your "we're capable of telling the difference" comment. You, as an academician, are certainly capable. But I have met, and even know, a few people who would NOT know the difference.
My solution is there to help those people probably more than those of us who are more skilled researchers. For someone who has never researched before, having a clearly defined area of verified trees might actually help them be more discerning consumers of the unverified trees.
I may be naive in that thought, but I just want something for everyone. :-)
Laura, Nice post, thanks for including me.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Tim, for sharing your views on this issue and being kind enough to allow me to reference your post.Delete
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Astros' organizational philosophy
Despite the team accomplishment, the Astros' philosophy is still looking at the minors as primarily an individual enterprise. Develop a few players a year to be big league-ready, which has been accomplished with widely varying degrees of success lately, and the player development system has for the most part done its job, wins and losses aside.
What say you?
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- Brian West said...
The player development system has for the most part done its job
Agreed. The player development system has done its job, except when it has not.
The lack of real prospect at AAA is a huge concern. Maybe at the end of next season, we will see how well Eddie's picks (especially Lyles) have done after a full year at AAA.
Developmentally, we can certainly say that the Astros hav not been able to turn marginal minor league talent into MLB talent.
It is what it is.
- September 13, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Appy Astros Fan said...
I think their priority is development but there close second is winning. Nidiffer & Wallace were called up right after the G-Astros had lost a key series that virtually eliminated them from the play offs. Local word was that if they were still in the race, the promotions might not have happened. (I am not sure that holds true about Wallace, since Heath was called up to Lex due to an injury there.)
Then at the end of the season, do they send up the young 1st round center fielder or the young starting pitchers? No they send up the slugging right fielder and a bunch of bullpen arms. That sounds like putting a playoff push team together.
- September 13, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- The Constable. said...
One interesting thing to consider about the ValleyCats is that their PDC is up at the end of this year. But the Albany Times-Union wasn't real happy with the product on the field (something that Asst. GM Vic Christopher discounted).
It could be that the Astros are courting the ValleyCats into re-upping at the end of the season - which, hopefully, is tonight.
Giving back to the Tri-City community, and providing missing pieces for a championship run, could be a pretty strong pick-up line.
- September 13, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Appy Astros Fan said...
the key phrase in the blurb you mentioned is "widely varying degrees of success".
the problem has not been developing the players it was the poor draft picks in 2002,2003, 2006 & 2007.
As a G-Stros coach once told me "you can't build a house when they give you termite infested wood"
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I first heard of Narayanan Krishnan when Desi mentioned him in passing as one of the 2010 nominees for CNN Heroes–a rising star at an Indian five-star hotel's restaurant headed for a job in glamorous Switzerland, who one day just gave it all up to feed the old and the destitute and the hungry. The news that he cooked and served vegetarian meals was cherry on the icing.
I love stories like these and I ran to my computer to read more. The real heroes, to me, are not the rich, the successful and the famous but those who, in however small or big a way, work to make this world a better place. For the last few years India has been in the throes of massive change, and as the rich get richer, and the middle class grabs its share of the spoils, there is little attention or consideration for the poor who make up the largest share of the country's population but just do not have the tools to barely survive.
Think of this: more than 40 percent of India's population lives on less than $1.25 a day. There are no social safety nets for the poor– no food stamps, no shelters, and no soup kitchens. You could be a two-year-old born in a family of eight other siblings and parents without work, or an 80-year-old man tossed out on the street by the children you thought would care for you, and you'd be on your own with nowhere to turn.
Narayanan had his revelation when he was visiting the temple town of Madurai in south India and saw an old man eating human waste. He started feeding the man and decided that was what he wanted to do. At 29, Krishnan has served more than 1.2 million meals through his nonprofit Akshaya Trust , which he set up in 2003. According to the CNN website, he feeds the homeless and destitute, mostly elderly people abandoned by their families and often abused.
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Here's more from CNN:
Krishnan's day begins at 4 a.m. He and his team cover nearly 125 miles in a donated van, routinely working in temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
He seeks out the homeless under bridges and in the nooks and crannies between the city's temples. The hot meals he delivers are simple, tasty vegetarian fare he personally prepares, packs and often hand-feeds to nearly 400 clients each day.
Krishnan carries a comb, scissors and razor and is trained in eight haircut styles that, along with a fresh shave, provide extra dignity to those he serves.
He says many of the homeless seldom know their names or origins, and none has the capacity to beg, ask for help or offer thanks. They may be paranoid and hostile because of their conditions, but Krishnan says this only steadies his resolve to offer help.
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More and more these days, homeowners are opting to upgrade to home control systems, without upgrading existing systems like home entertainment and other components. But connecting these legacy systems can be problematic.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
e-Book-Reader-Guide.com > Guide To eBook Readers
eBook Reader Comparison Table
eReader Basics / eBook Reader Industry Commentary / Reader News Links / What's New
These are the main eBook Readers available in the US. If you want to see a table of all eReaders, including hard-to-get models and country specific ones, see our Worldwide Table, or if you are from a different region, try our UK Table, European Table , or Asian Table.
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It's a nice comparison, but I would have thought that support for open file-formats should be of interest to librarians.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2009 at 11:26 AM
It would be nice to see a comparison of all these readers with BeBook which is open-source and will read almost any format including HTML. If it takes off geeks will write all kinds of applications to use.ReplyDelete
Its nice to see a comparison between different eBook readers. Recently i came across an eBook reader by a hongkong based company JoinTech, weight just 250 gms. Color display with touch screen panel and 4GB of external memory and the gadget is enclosed in leather case.ReplyDelete
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Deleting or Disabling a Banner in osCommerce
Sometimes it is necessary to remove a banner that is being displayed within an osCommerce store. This can be done easily using the Banner Manager. Follow the instructions in the following article to learn how to remove any banner setup through the osCommerce Administrator dashboard.
Removing a Banner from an osCommerce Store
There are two ways to remove a banner from appearing in your store: disabling it or deleting it. The tutorial below goes through the steps for both of these options
Disabling a Banner in osCommerce
- Log into your osCommerce Admin dashboard.
- On the left side of the Administrator interface you will see a menu. Scroll down until you find TOOLS and click on it. In the resulting menu, click on BANNER MANAGER.
- In order to select a banner, simply click on the banner name. When selected, the row will turn a darker shade of gray. In the row, look for the column labeled STATUS. This column has a green and red button that can be used to enable or disable an existing banner. If the green button is grayed out, then it simply means that the banner is not active.
- In order to demonstrate how to disable a banner, you can use an existing one or add or create a test banner. Once you have the banner created, select it and then try clicking on the red buttons to disable a banner in your list.
- Refresh the views of your store in order to see the affect of disabling the banner. Note that changing the active or inactive status of a banner happens immediately without using a save option.
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- If necessary, re-login to the Administrator Dashboard, then return to the Banner Manager as detailed in steps one and two above.
- Click on your test banner in order to select it.
- After you have selected the banner you wish to delete, click on the DELETE button at right in order to remove the file. Note that this removes the entry in the Banner Manager as well as the file for the banner if it is a graphic.
- When you click on the DELETE button, you will get a confirmation screen asking if you are sure you wish to delete the banner. Double-check to to make sure you have selected the right banner for deletion, then click on YES in order to confirm the deletion.
This completes the deletion of the file. Note that if you do not want to delete the banner but make sure it's not used, then simply use the DISABLE option as detailed above. Note that when you delete a banner you will see a confirmation at the top of the screen. osCommerce normally shows a confirmation when you make changes in the interface. See the screenshot below as an example of what you would see after deleting a banner.
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Dear Amy: In my childhood my mother's terrible temper would be turned on me and/or my sister and she would be verbally and physically abusive. She tends to bottle up all her anger and then explode into a temper tantrum that can last for hours.
My father just goes into "ignore" mode until she calms down. I don't think my parents consider her behavior abusive. I now have a family of my own and have chosen a much different way of running my household because of my mother's behavior.
My sister is in her late 20s and has been living at home (way past her welcome) for several reasons.
In the last couple of weeks, my sister has called me twice (I don't live nearby) to tell me that mom has attacked her physically. The most recent episode seems to be worse than before and my sister went to stay at her boyfriend's house, but this is a temporary solution.
My husband will not stand for our son to see her fly into a rage. I agree with him that if she has a tantrum while we are visiting, we will have to leave. He thinks that I need to give her a fair warning, but I'm nervous about discussing her anger with her.
I would like to maintain a decent relationship with my parents. However, I feel like my mother needs to get professional help to deal with her stress and anger. I just don't know how to start that conversation with her.
— Anonymous
Dear Anonymous: Make sure your sister is in a safe place. She needs to move out. Understand that when you stand up to your mother, she will lash out against you, or another family member. Stay calm.
You should say to her, "Mom, your temper is out of hand. I have been afraid to confront you about this in the past, but you need professional help." List a couple of examples of behavior that is irrefutable and out-of-bounds. Connect her with a local counseling center. I also wonder if your father is OK. You should find out.
After this, tell her that because of the impact on your family, you will leave her house when she erupts. This seems a natural consequence of her bullying, and it is about time she faced it.
Dear Amy: I was friends with "Christa" for about 15 years. We were not close but I considered us "friends." We worked together and saw each other occasionally socially. I always enjoyed her and her husband. We invited them to our daughter's wedding.
Many years later, when their daughter was married (last spring), we were not invited. We were very hurt, but eventually I accepted that they did not think of us as friends and did not care if it hurt our feelings to be excluded.
Now we find ourselves invited to a small dinner party where they will be guests.
I don't know what to do. Should we go and pretend that everything is fine, or should we skip the party and other events because it is difficult to socialize with them after this obvious slight? Is there any other way to look at this?
— Puzzled and Hurt
Dear Puzzled: Another way to look at this is to see these friends as "friends" (i.e. fond acquaintances). Some people invite "friends" to weddings but some don't, certainly if they have become more distant over time.
Don't let this cramp your social style. Don't "pretend" that everything is fine and then go to this party. Make sure everything is fine (by accepting this choice and not taking it too personally, even if you don't understand it) and then go to the party.
Dear Amy: The letter from "Screaming Meanie" hit home. When my husband finally went to have his hearing checked it was after years of frustration and accusations that I (and others) were "mumbling." It was too late to recover all of his hearing but hearing aids have definitely transformed his (and my) life.
— Grateful Spouse
Dear Spouse: We aging baby boomers have to understand that hours of exposure to Led Zeppelin has a potential long-term downside: hearing loss.


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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Begin by placing the duck breast side up on a baking rack. Season with the salt and pepper, and roast until the juices run barely pink, about 45 minutes. Remove the duckling from the pan and set it aside.
Degrease the pan drippings by skimming off the top layer.
To prepare the sauce, combine the sugar and water and caramelize carefully. Add the wine, vinegar, orange juice and ginger. Mix them well and reduce by half. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Add the pan drippings, reduce the heat and simmer until sauce reduces by half. Once sauce is done, strain it through a cheesecloth or fine strainer and set aside.
To serve, place the duckling on a large serving tray. Add the orange segments on top and around the duck, and pour the sauce over the duck.
Recipe courtesy of Jean Jacque Dartau, l'Orange Bleu, New York, NY


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Profiting from the Rise of Wi-Fi
The amount of mobile data generated globally is growing very rapidly and shows no sign of abating. This growth is largely driven by smartphones, tablets and connected devices, as well as mobile applications and content. The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) has been tracking this for quite some time – the latest update predicts that mobile data traffic will double globally in 2012 and increase by another 78 percent by 2014.
In addition, there is a corresponding worldwide growth in the popularity of Wi-Fi. The number of Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to reach 2.7 million by 2014, with usage growing 200 percent. This growth is inspired by new enabling devices, recent technology improvements, public and private availability, and tiered mobile data plans from service providers.
With this in mind, Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) has consulted with leading service providers from around the world to develop and evaluate 16 Wi-Fi business models that can provide a reasonable return on investment. Opportunities for monetization fall into four broad categories: (1) business effectiveness, (2) end-user services, (3) inter-carrier wholesale, and (4) value-added services.
For details about this and other interesting, provocative papers, go to the Service Provider Thought Leadership page of the IBSG web site.
Check it out . . .
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This section describes how the
collation for binary strings compares to the
_bin collations for nonbinary strings.
Binary strings (as stored using the
VARBINARY, and
BLOB data types) have a character
set and collation named
binary. Binary
strings are sequences of bytes and the numeric values of those
bytes determine comparison and sort order.
Nonbinary strings (as stored using the
VARCHAR, and
TEXT data types) have a character
set and collation other than
binary. A given
nonbinary character set can have several collations, each of
which defines a particular comparison and sort order for the
characters in the set. One of these is the binary collation for
the character set, indicated by a
_bin suffix
in the collation name. For example, the binary collations for
latin1 and
utf8 are named
latin1_bin and
binary collation differs from the
_bin collations in several respects.
The unit for comparison and sorting.
Binary strings are sequences of bytes. For the
binary collation, comparison and sorting
are based on numeric byte values. Nonbinary strings are
sequences of characters, which might be multibyte. Collations
for nonbinary strings define an ordering of the character
values for comparison and sorting. For the
_bin collation, this ordering is based on
numeric character code values, which is similar to ordering
for binary strings except that character code values might be
Character set conversion.
A nonbinary string has a character set and is automatically
converted to another character set in many cases, even when
the string has a
_bin collation:
When assigning column values from another column that has a different character set:
UPDATE t1 SET utf8_bin_column=latin1_column; INSERT INTO t1 (latin1_column) SELECT utf8_bin_column FROM t2;
When assigning column values for
UPDATEusing a string literal:
SET NAMES latin1; INSERT INTO t1 (utf8_bin_column) VALUES ('string-in-latin1');
When sending results from the server to a client:
SET NAMES latin1; SELECT utf8_bin_column FROM t2;
For binary string columns, no conversion occurs. For the preceding cases, the string value is copied byte-wise.
Lettercase conversion.
Collations for nonbinary character sets provide information
about lettercase of characters, so characters in a nonbinary
string can be converted from one lettercase to another, even
_bin collations that ignore lettercase
for ordering:
mysql> SET NAMES latin1 COLLATE latin1_bin;
mysql> SELECT LOWER('aA'), UPPER('zZ');
| LOWER('aA') | UPPER('zZ') |
| aa | ZZ |
The concept of lettercase does not apply to bytes in a binary string. To perform lettercase conversion, the string must be converted to a nonbinary string:
mysql> SET NAMES binary;
mysql> SELECT LOWER('aA'), LOWER(CONVERT('aA' USING latin1));
| LOWER('aA') | LOWER(CONVERT('aA' USING latin1)) |
| aA | aa |
Trailing space handling in comparisons.
Nonbinary strings have PAD SPACE behavior for all collations,
_bin collations. Trailing spaces
are insignificant in comparisons:
mysql> SET NAMES utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
mysql> SELECT 'a ' = 'a';
| 'a ' = 'a' |
| 1 |
For binary strings, all characters are significant in comparisons, including trailing spaces:
mysql> SET NAMES binary;
mysql> SELECT 'a ' = 'a';
| 'a ' = 'a' |
| 0 |
Trailing space handling for inserts and retrievals.
CHAR( columns
store nonbinary strings. Values shorter than
N characters are extended with
spaces on insertion. For retrieval, trailing spaces are
BINARY( columns
store binary strings. Values shorter than
N bytes are extended with
0x00 bytes on insertion. For retrieval,
nothing is removed; a value of the declared length is always
mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (
a CHAR(10) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin,
b BINARY(10)
mysql> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a','a');
mysql> SELECT HEX(a), HEX(b) FROM t1;
| HEX(a) | HEX(b) |
| 61 | 61000000000000000000 |


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Nippon Kodo's devotion to making fine incense follows a long and honored tradition that started more than 400 years ago and can be traced back to Jyuemon Takai, better known as Koju, a skilled artisan in the art and the principal provider of precious rare and exquisite aromas to the Emperor of Japan and his Court. Many of those pleasing and enduring high-quality incense fragrances, which the company continues to produce to this day, are based on the original formulas created by Koju and later by Yujiro Kito, who was hailed as the genius of fragrance during the Meiji restoration period in the 19th century--around the time that Japan opened its doors to the world and began to modernize itself.
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{Francisco Costa with the beautiful Zoe Saldaña and Diane Kruger, both in Calvin Klein Collection}
The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute held its annual benefit and gala last night. This year, the theme was American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity. As usual, the A-list stars were out in full force and most of them rocked the red carpet. These are some of my favorite looks of the evening.
{Jessica Alba in Sophie Theallet for Gap (who knew!)}
{Brooke Shields in Michael Kors}
{Sienna Miller in Emilio Pucci}
{Gisele Bundchen in Alexander Wang with husband Tom Brady in Tom Ford}
{If anyone could rock this look, it's Alexa Chung in 3.1 Phillip Lim. I sort of love this look. Thoughts?}
{Camilla Belle in a beautiful red gown by Jason Wu}
{Sarah Jessica Parker in Halston Heritage, which she has been collaborating on. Isn't the color gorgeous on her?}
{Gwen Stefani with hubby, Gavin Rossdale in a L.A.M.B. gown of her own design. She looks edgy, yet feminine and thoroughly modern.}
{Emma Watson wearing Burberry with designer, Christopher Bailey… there isn't anything American about this, but she looks fantastic!}
{In my next life, I'd like to look like Bar Rafaeli, who wore Rag & Bone to the Gala last night.}
{Kristen Bell in Diane Von Furstenberg}
{Anne Hathaway looked amazing in this nude Valentino confection. She always hits it out of the park.}
{The Ultimate Glamourpuss: Jennifer Lopez looked stunning in Zuhair Murad.}
{Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes, both in Burberry}
{I die! Rachel Zoe in Marc Jacobs
I must say, the fit and color look fantastic on her, but is the gown velvet? Is it acceptable to wear a velvet gown in May?}
Who was your favorite of the evening? Of the looks I have featured in this post, who got it right and who didn't in your opinion?
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I think one of the most uncomfortable things about blogging is opening up your life for anyone and everyone to see. It's kind of the point of having a personal blog, but at the same time there are certain things that you just keep under wraps. Like, say if this lady had a blog where she wrote about having an organized home, she probably wouldn't want to take pictures of her kitchen cabinets and drawers that were in chaos, right?
This blog post is probably all the things you shouldn't post in a home organization blog. First, the photos aren't my best. (Sorry, iPhone, you just didn't cut it this time.) Second, all these shots begin to look a lot like the other ones after awhile. Third, well, I'm not Martha Stewart and while my cabinets and drawers are organized enough for daily use, they're hardly drool-worthy.
In the meantime, here they are. In the spirit of "keeping it real," I'm holding nothing back.
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Are Medical Websites Hazardous to Your Health?
There's an old joke that says nothing is more frightening than Googling the symptoms of an illness. You may only have a runny nose, but within a few minutes, you could find "proof" you've contracted some rare and incurable tropical disease.
So what's the best way to find out more about what ails you?
With more than 50 million Americans currently without health insurance, a trip to the doctor isn't always feasible — meaning many people rely on health websites and message boards for information and support.
And while that's not always a bad thing, doctors warn the advice and anecdotes provided by anonymous strangers can lead to dangerous misinformation.
Dr. Bonnie Levin, a family practitioner in Cherry Hill, N.J., says the internet is a great learning tool "as long as you don't get neurotic and think you're dying. Sometimes, I think it can be scary because sometimes you learn a little too much and you diagnose yourself with something that you don't have."
But many feel the information provided by sites like WebMD has actually benefited them. Judith Kasselman, who regularly visits health sites, said, "I have had such bad luck with doctors and have been misdiagnosed so often that I have become my own advocate. I also understand and can usually sort out the false info relating to me."


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The Kings are going to make this difficult again. | PHOTOS
Just like last year.
The Kings' magical season that resulted in the franchise's first Stanley Cup was an exercise in offensive futility during the regular season. The bling bling of those Tiffany championship rings makes it difficult to remember that pesky problem that plagued the Kings all regular season.
The Kings caught fire and stormed through the postseason.
With nearly everyone back, you'd think the Kings' would score goals more frequently, but the offensive doldrums have returned.
On Thursday, the Kings held the Predators to 11 shots on goal in regulation. The Kings had 22 over the same period, and yet somehow, the Kings lost 2-1 in a shootout at Staples Center.
Facing a nearly month-long February trip, the Kings have to reverse their fortunes.
"You could look at it either way, we get a lot of our road games out of the way," Kings captain Dustin Brown said. "It's more important to recognize the schedule and more important to take care of yourself off the ice. With our travel schedule, that's probably the most important thing."
The Kings are 24th in the NHL in goals scored and last in the NHL on the power play, although Brown scored on the power play off a rebound in the first period Thursday. The Kings didn't score again in regulation.
The Kings can't survive like this and continue to exert undue pressure on goaltender Jonathan Quick.
It worked last season, but one player can only shoulder so much of a burden.
"I'd like to score more than one goal," Kings coach Darryl Sutter quipped.
It'd be nice.
Last year, the Kings could afford such an offensive drought in the regular season because Quick allowed just 1.95 goals per game. This year, Quick has allowed an average of 2.76 per game, a number that's inflated because of that season-opening 5-2 loss to Chicago.
The Kings need to win, and they need to win now. With the Grammys booting Staples Center tenants Kings, Lakers and Clippers, the Kings are on the road most of February.
They earned one point in the shootout loss, but they needed two.
The Kings have just four home games in February and eight on the road, starting with a five-game trip to Anaheim, Columbus, Nashville, Detroit and St. Louis.
Today starts perhaps the important month in determining the playoff picture for the Kings.
"I don't look at it as a month thing," Sutter said. "We've really only played 11 days in January. We're home, then on the road. We'll deal with Saturday (at Anaheim) and then we'll go East. We'll go three time zones. That's my first thought after we play Anaheim."
The Kings will have to do well on the road, but closing out Thursday's game against Nashville was important. Their 3-2 shootout win at home against Vancouver on Monday was big. Their 2-1 shootout loss Thursday was a missed opportunity.
The Kings don't play at home again until Feb. 15 against Columbus. It's one game and out as the Kings then play three more road games.
They can't afford to fall further behind, especially in this lockout-shortened NHL season. They'd have too much ground to make up and not enough time to do it. There are too many good teams in the Western Conference.
San Jose and Chicago already have six wins each and established themselves as contenders.
The Kings are already on the outside looking in for a playoff spot, one point out. It goes to show how every point and every game in a shortened season are important.
The Kings are hitting the road for what could be the most important month of the season. Beefing up their offensive production would make their trip something to write home about.


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Wrestlemania 25 in Houston is less than a week away and promises to be a spectacle of epic proportions. As they say: Everything is big in Texas.
In the history of wrestling, though, nothing was bigger than Andre the Giant. On "the grandest stage of them all," Andre the Giant made big memories that will last a lifetime.
I corresponded by e-mail with WWE Hall of Fame commentator Jim Ross this past week, and he graciously shared his memories of Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania: "As a fan, my most significant memory of Andre at Wrestlemania was when he turned villain and battled Hulk Hogan at WM3. Andre had always been such a lovable, 'nice Giant' that his change of philosophy was shocking and memorable. I was never around Andre during his stints at Wrestlemania and it is too bad that the best of Andre was in the years prior to 'Mania, but he still brought something special to the big dance. The mere fact that Andre the Giant was going to be a vital part of any event made that event even bigger."
The first Wrestlemania was on March 31, 1985, but it was exactly five months prior, at the age of 13, I would see Andre the Giant wrestle live for the first time at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on October 31, 1984. I camped out all night for front row seats, anticipating the main event in which Andre the Giant and Angelo "King Kong" Mosca would battle the team of the Iron Sheik and "The Ugandan Giant" Kamala. To see Andre on television was a rare moment, but the opportunity to see him live in person was something I wouldn't have missed for the world.
My seat was close to the elevated ramp that led from where the wrestlers walked through the curtain to the ring. At intermission, while the security guard was on the other side of the ring chatting with fans, I saw the opportunity to duck behind the ramp and head backstage with the hopes of catching a glimpse and perhaps meeting one of the wrestlers. Crawling on hands and knees through the red curtain, I managed to get backstage and as I began to stand up, I could see into a locker room through a partially open door.
Like the Wizard of Oz pulling back the curtain, I couldn't believe my eyes as there before me was Andre the Giant, wearing blue tights and blue boots, sitting down with his savage rival that evening, Kamala, playing a friendly game of cards. As Kamala looked over his shoulder noticing my presence, Andre raised his eyes from his cards and with his 16-inch hand, pointed a giant finger in my direction as if to say: You shouldn't be back here.
In a moment, I felt the hand of the security guard take me by the arm back to my seat, and with a smile on my face, knew I had experienced a rare and candid moment with a true giant, "the eighth wonder of the world."
It would be five months later, I would return to the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium for the closed-circuit event, Wrestlemania live from Madison Square Garden. Seeing Andre the Giant win his $15,000 body slam match against the "unslammable" Big John Studd is a memory that still rings loud and clear. From that moment, I was enraptured by the sights and sounds of that afternoon, and have been captivated by Wrestlemania ever since.
Former WWF photographer, Tom Buchanan remembers that match well, working ringside for the first time at Madison Square Garden: "The Andre/Studd match was my favourite," Buchanan told me from Londonberry, VT. "When Andre opened up the bag and started throwing money away I was all smiles and grabbed a few handfuls that fell inside the barricades," he said, referring to the bag -- stuffed with $15,000 -- Andre snatched from the hands of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan after the match was over. "I looked at my fists and just saw $5 and $10 bills. And since I was being paid well for the night, I passed the cash out to the appreciative crowd." Buchanan laughed: "I guess I was caught up in the excitement."
"Only later did I learn I had given away at least one $50 and one $100 bill," said Buchanan, "Years later, I learned the cash was just a prop, and Andre wasn't to give it away at all. Vince McMahon was apparently going nuts backstage as his very real money was being shared with the crowd by the mischievous Andre the Giant."
Though that was only Buchanan's second wrestling event working as a freelance photographer (he was first sent to Maple Leaf Gardens for an event to get a feel for covering wrestling action), he went on to shoot the following two Wrestlemanias, before joining WWF staff. "I knew nothing about wrestling at first, and was even reluctant to even take that first freelance job," said Buchanan. "But Wrestlemania at MSG was the big time, and a crazy night by all standards."
After that first Wrestlemania was over, Buchanan fondly remembers joining the evening celebrations: "(There was) a killer after-party at a super swanky restaurant in Manhattan -- perhaps the Rainbow Room -- and I remember Andre being at the party. Linda McMahon had me take a photo of a small girl sleeping on his lap. That may have been Stephanie McMahon, or perhaps just a random small girl -- but it was a cute shot."
For Wrestlemania II on April 7, 1986, Buchanan would find himself working at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, one of three venues to hold the now annual event. Though Buchanan was busy at ringside photographing historical matches like the boxing match between Roddy Piper and Mr. T, he remembers the buzz surrounding the "WWF vs. NFL" 20-man battle royal, featuring Andre the Giant.
From the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium once again, I watched Wrestlemania II on closed-circuit, sitting on the edge of my seat as Andre the Giant eliminated the final two participants, the Hart Foundation -- first Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, and then Bret "Hitman" Hart -- to win the battle royal.
In the Bret Hart autobiography, Hitman, the WWE Hall of Famer writes: "On the big day, I was in the dressing room in Chicago as Andre explained to me how he wanted to go into the finish. He was wearing bright yellow trunks as he leaned over to tie the laces on his massive boots.
"I ran his idea through my mind before innocently suggesting to him that if Jim and I doubled up on him, we could go for our sandwich move and he could give me the big boot from there. Andre thought about it while his huge fingers worked the laces tight. The dressing room was suddenly quiet. I saw a frozen stare on Tom's (The Dynamite Kid) face, and I wondered what I said wrong. Then Andre smiled and said, 'Yeah, boss, I like that better.' A few minutes later, Tom told me that it was unheard of for anyone to suggest the slightest change to Andre. But I knew better. Andre was a great worker and appreciated that my suggestion made the finish better."
WWE Hall of Famer Tito Santana confirmed from his home in New Jersey, that if Andre liked you, it was evident: "He called everyone 'Boss,' -- well, that is if he liked you. And if he didn't like you, you also knew it. I first met him in 1976, and he took a liking to me right away. He was always a friendly, gentle giant to me."
After Wrestlemania II, Andre continued his ongoing feud with Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy. After being suspended for a 'no-show,' he would return under a mask as the Giant Machine, part of a 'Japanese' team that included the Big Machine (Robert Windham) and Super Machine (Bill Eadie). On August 28, 1986, I would travel to Toronto's Exhibition Stadium to see a massive WWF event hailed as, 'Hulkamania,' in front of an outdoor audience of 65,000.
The summer evening was frigid for late August, with temperatures close to freezing, but it made for an unforgettable night of wrestling during the glory days of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). With a backdrop of coloured lights, carnival sounds, and sweet wafting smells coming from the midway, it was a movie-like atmosphere -- and like nothing I'd ever seen. Along with the main highly anticipated matches on the card, none captured my imagination like the rare live appearance of the Machines, as Super Machine, Big Machine, and Captain Lou Albano -- accompanied by the Giant Machine battled the nefarious team of Studd, Bundy and Heenan. It was an exciting match, and though the Machines were not victorious, the deafening crowd roared as the Giant Machine entered the ring to pummel Studd, Bundy -- and to everyone's delight -- Heenan, as they quickly retreated.
As the Machines raised their arms in victory, I'll never forget seeing them walk back down that long narrow aisle through the fans, as I could only see Andre's masked head above the crowd, from where I was standing on my seat just 12 rows back on the floor. Once again, I was thrilled to see the legendary Andre the Giant live, even if he was in disguise. What I didn't know that evening, was the new all-time North American wrestling attendance record-breaking event I had just witnessed (to be later known as The Big Event) would become a precursor for things to come not only for the WWF, but for the world of pro wrestling.
From the moment those first shots of the Pontiac Silverdome -- with a reported 93,173 in attendance -- came across that giant screen in the sold-out Kitchener Auditorium, chills went through me as I knew I was a part of something truly historical. The famous wide-angle aerial shot of that massive crowd was taken by Tom Buchanan, an image that I still find truly awesome.
In Hulk Hogan's autobiography, Hulkamania, the WWE Hall of Famer writes: "All along, I was asking Vince (McMahon) what Andre and I were going to do when the match started, but he kept putting me off saying, 'I'm not sure yet.' Vince wasn't the kind to make a snap decision. He would always wait until he heard everybody's opinion and then figure it out.
"I didn't expect Vince to make up his mind until the eleventh hour. Finally, at almost twelve o'clock the night before Wrestlemania, Vince came to me and said, 'I want you to win the match.' The only problem was, he hadn't discussed it yet with Andre. As powerful as Vince was in those days, he wasn't the strongest force in the wrestling universe. The strongest force was Andre. If he had said, 'I won't let Hogan win,' I wouldn't have won. That's all there was to it."
Jim Ross agreed in his email: "The mere fact that Andre accepted his assignment at Wrestlemania III was extraordinary considering the pain he was in with his back issues. My most vivid memory of these particular Wrestlemania moments was watching Andre ride to the ring in the small vehicle that he made look even tinier. That was essentially Andre's 'last ride' to the stage that made him famous and to the stage that Andre the Giant helped propel the wrestling business."
One year later on March 27, 1988, I would return for the fourth and last time to the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium to see Wrestlemania on closed-circuit. Though I couldn't articulate it at the time, something had changed for me about my excitement and anticipation for Wrestlemania IV. Perhaps it was the 14-man tournament for the WWF Championship that didn't capture my imagination, or perhaps Wrestlemania III was just too big an act to follow. From the moment the first images of the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey appeared on the giant screen, I knew something about the atmosphere and buzz just wasn't the same, and even on closed-circuit, you could feel it.
Hulk Hogan writes in the chapter The Trump Plaza Wrestlemanias: "I didn't see or hear any real wrestling enthusiasts in the first seven or eight rows. The people there weren't cheering and screaming at the top of their lungs and stomping and making the building shake. They were Donald Trump's friends and the high rollers who frequented his casino -- people who didn't follow the wrestling story lines and didn't know what was going on -- so it was a much more sedate and unemotional atmosphere.
"Usually, all you would have to do is point at a guy to get a reaction. That night, I had to slap his face, stomp his feet, kick him in the ass, and then point at him to get the reaction I wanted. It just didn't feel comfortable. So of course we went back the next year."
As a huge fan of Andre the Giant, I was especially disappointed at how small his role was as he and Hogan fought to a double-disqualification five-minute match in the first round of the tournament. Buchanan remembers before the event, Andre wasn't in the best of spirits. "At this point, I had got to know Andre by talking with him backstage over time, and during the years we were doing the TNT show. But I remember at Wrestlemania IV, it was the only time I saw Andre (really lose his patience).
"It was my job to escort Andre up the elevator (at Trump Plaza) to meet Trump's kids. When we got there, I remember Trump's kids looking up at Andre, and as the Giant leaned forward, with his that thick French accent of his, he only said one thing to the kids: 'Your mother eats shit.' His accent is so thick, they may not have understood what he said, and I doubt that Trump ever found out. But Andre could be mean sometimes."
Santana wrote in his autobiography, Tales from the Ring: "(Andre the Giant) had little privacy in his life, which I'm sure bothered him. Due to his size, he was an easy target for mean-spirited people who wanted to make fun of him. Many did so loudly and plainly, so that he could hear their remarks. For years he just took the insults. But eventually he turned mean to anyone who bothered him."
Wrestlemania V on April 1, 1989 was held for the second year in a row at Trump Plaza, and quite fittingly, I watched the closed-circuit event this time from Kitchener's Center in the Square, a soft-seat theatre famous for its world-class acoustics. In the ninth match, Andre the Giant battled Jake "The Snake" Roberts with special guest referee Big John Studd. Watching Wrestlemania V for what would be my last closed-circuit television event, little did I know one year later, Wrestlemania would be coming to Toronto -- and I would be there to see it.
Throughout 1989, Andre the Giant would battle the Ultimate Warrior for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night's Main Event, and at house shows across the country -- with Andre often losing in record time. WWF photographer Buchanan remembers one match in Knoxville, Tennessee all too well: "I was working ringside, and the Ultimate Warrior defeated Andre -- it was an incredibly short match, I think before Andre even realized the bell had rung. Andre rolled out of the ring and went nuts, smashing anything in sight. He wrapped his humongous hands around my neck and flailed me around like a rag doll.
"I remember the power of his hands as his fingers interlocked. We talked later in the locker room, and at the time, he didn't even realize it was me he was thrashing around," Buchanan laughed.
Bret Hart writes in the chapter Wages of Sin: "For most of the summer Andre had been main-eventing the house shows with Warrior, and he was disgusted at having to lose every night to an arrogant and unskilled nobody who hadn't paid his dues; Andre insisted on jobbing out in less than fifteen seconds, taking a series of, you guessed it, clotheslines. Grim-faced, Andre would roll out of the ring and lumber back to the dressing room as sell out crowds chanted, 'Bulls**t,' with some fans even demanding refunds.
"But Warrior was Vince's new superstar. Knowing Vince, he probably found it onerous to keep paying Andre his contracted percentage of every card he appeared on, plus picking up the costs of a valet and the two first-class seats the Giant needed every time he flew. Andre's deal was a promise written in stone from Vince's dad, and Andre was just starting to realize that Junior might not feel compelled to honour it in perpetuity. In Anchorage, Andre told me with a sour look on his face, 'Vince is nothing like his father. When his father gave me his word that was all I needed.' Andre was like an old circus elephant, and I sensed that if Vince had his way, this circus was moving on without him"
Wrestlemania VI arrived in Toronto on April 1, 1990, with an announced attendance of 67,678. Sitting 30 rows back on the floor with my wife (then-girlfriend) Sylvia, it was a dream-come-true to be in the SkyDome for the biggest wrestling event of the year. Truly, there is something timeless and magical about being at Wrestlemania.
In the second match, Demolition (Ax and Smash) would defeat the team of Andre the Giant and Haku, managed by Heenan, for the World Tag Team Championship. It would be the third and last time I would ever see Andre wrestle live in person, and it would be his last match ever in North America. When the match was over, Andre would turn from heel to babyface when Bobby Heenan got in his face, blaming him for the loss. I remember raising my arms and cheering as Andre pummelled Heenan, then delivered a giant-sized head butt to Haku.
On the massive JumboTron screen at SkyDome, I'll never forget that last close-up image of Andre pointing his finger at Heenan -- that same finger I remember so vividly pointing directly at me backstage in the Kitchener Auditorium five years earlier. That, for me, was the quintessential 'Wrestlemania moment,' as it brought my life as a fan of Andre the Giant full-circle.
Andre the Giant would die less than three years later on January 27, 1993 in Paris. Bret Hart writes in the chapter Onwards and Upwards: "(Andre had) flown to France for his father's funeral only to be found dead in his hotel room the morning after. I pictured him walking through the Pearly Gates with a big smile on his face, for once not having to duck, saying, 'Hello, boss!' There would never be another Andre the Giant."
Tito Santana told me, "The last time I saw Andre he was walking with a cane and was in a lot of pain -- though he wouldn't say so. He'd just say, 'Don't worry about it boss.' But I think he knew (he was dying). When I heard the news, I took it very, very hard."
Jim Ross concluded in his email to me: "Personally knowing Andre's physical condition and watching him make that journey from the locker room area to ringside was especially memorable. I've often wondered what the '8th wonder of the world' must have been thinking on that short trip to the ring. With Andre living with his physical ailments that were essentially a death sentence, and then taking that one last major trip to the ring definitively displayed the true character of this extraordinary human being."
After the first six Wrestlemanias, photographer Tom Buchanan would go on to shoot 11 more, his last being Wrestlemania 17 in Houston, Texas -- the home of Wrestlemania 25. After leaving the company in August 2001, the following year, Buchanan traveled to Toronto and bought a ticket from a scalper for Wrestlemania 18 at Toronto's SkyDome on March 17, 2002: "I quietly enjoyed Wrestlemania 18 from the stands," said Buchanan. "That gave me a great run of 18 Wrestlemanias, but the first -- with that memory of Andre throwing money into the crowd -- will always stand out as a truly memorable evening."
I was there too, at ringside just 11 rows from the ring with my wife Sylvia, five months pregnant with our first child. She had surprised me just weeks earlier with two tickets in celebration of our upcoming wedding anniversary.
As the opening film featuring clips from Wrestlemanias past kicked off the event, emotions ran high and tears filled my eyes when the image of Andre the Giant appeared on the massive JumboTron, waving to the audience as he rode that vehicle down the aisle at Wrestlemania III, all those years ago.
Though Wrestlemania 25 will have its share of big men and giants wreaking havoc through memorable matches I'm sure, I will never forget the real "boss," the Eighth Wonder of the World, and the one true giant of professional wrestling, Andre.
Marshall Ward is a visual artist, independent filmmaker, and weekly columnist with the Waterloo Chronicle. Email is welcome at email@example.com.


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Santorum: Defeat Syria measure
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday that he opposed military intervention in Syria, adding that the situation was no longer a part of U.S. national security interest.
"There are no good outcomes here. An Al Qaeda-run Syria is no better than an Assad-Iran-Hezbollah-run Syria. What is happening there is tragic, but it is not in the United States' best interest to intervene with a military strike," Santorum said in a statement released by Patriot Voices, a conservative organization he founded with his wife, Karen. "I urge my former colleagues in the House and Senate to defeat any measure calling for the use of force in Syria."
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"After nearly two years, 100,000 people killed, a rebel force comprised of Al Qaeda and a Syrian regime in a much stronger position, a military strike would no longer be in our national security interest," he added.
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Santorum, who previously had pushed for action, said that it was now too late for any good to come from U.S. involvement.
"Nearly a year and a half ago when the atrocities in Syria first came to light, I advocated for military intervention to take out the Assad regime in Syria, a satellite state of Iran," he said. "Had President Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acted then in support of pro-democracy forces when that rebellion was taking place, we could have removed Assad and helped usher in stability for that country."
The former senator slammed the president for previous his inaction, also saying that the president made an "ill-advised blanket statement" about retaliating against chemical weapons use without taking the context of U.S. national security interests into consideration.
( PHOTOS: Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria)
"It is clear that President Obama himself now realizes the line he drew was reckless, because he's looking for Congress to share the burden by authorizing the use of force. If he firmly believed in his own policy, he would have already acted in Syria," Santorum said.
Santorum later tweeted "I strongly oppose intervention in Syria & ask you to stand with me & tell Congress NO!" including a link to Patriot Voices with a customizable sample letter that opponents can modify and send to their lawmakers. According to the site, 996 letters had been sent as of 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.


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