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Istanbul: Pre-cruise Destination GuidebyArticle and Pictures Janice Wald Henderson | 07.26.12
This historic crossroads of the world is a must-see destination for Eastern Mediterranean cruises
Sailing into Istanbul is a sensory explosion. The many minarets, defining the skyline. The calls to prayer, echoing from the city's ancient walls. The coriander, cumin and other strong spices perfuming the air. And then, the history. For gosh sakes, you're in Constantinople and gazing at two continents, Europe and Asia, at once.
Please don't think that if your ship overnights in Istanbul you will absorb the myriad of wonders that wait. Plan on at least two or three days for a jam-packed pre-or-post cruise stay. And don't just take my word; on my recent Crystal Serenity Venice-to-Istanbul sail, many first-time Istanbul visitors who chose to fly home with only 24 hours here were near tears. "If I only knew," they said. "Istanbul is unlike any other city in the world."
True that. Istanbul, with its startling contrasts, offers nonstop intrigue. It's ancient - Istanbul was already 1,000-years-old when Emperor Constantine the Great began rebuilding it as the new capital of the Roman Empire in 326 AD. Think steep hills and narrower-than-supermodel cobblestone streets. It's also modern - in some neighborhoods, skyscraper buildings, swank hotels and fashionista-frenzied shops abound. Often, the old and the new intersect for a rich visual feast.
Not only do disparate continents and architecture meet in Istanbul, so do cultures. Predominately Muslim, this city is also home to Christians and Jews. Streets teem with women wearing everything from black cloaks and headscarves to tank tops and America's trendiest jeans. Throw in tourists from every far-flung corner of the world, and imagine the people-watching.
With limited pre-or-post cruise time, you can only squeeze in the most major sights. One must-see is the Blue Mosque. Its name comes from the 20,000 bluish-green tiles covering the inside of this multi-domed masterpiece. The 260 stained-glass windows and calligraphy and floral patterns painted on the ceiling are amazing to behold. This magnificent mosque took eight years to build and was completed in 1617.
Modest attire is necessary to enter the Blue Mosque. And any other, although each mosque has its own rules. This usually translates to women covering their heads with scarves and having their arms (at least to the elbows) and legs covered to the knees. Men should wear long pants. Scarves (and sometimes cloaks) are provided to women at tourist entrances, as needed.
|Minerets of Suleymaniye Mosque
Aya Sofya (or Hagia Sophia, Church of the Holy Wisdom) is a former church that is now a mosque. It was completed in 537 AD, and was once the world's largest and most significant religious monument. Many experts say that only St. Peter's in Rome can surpass the Aya Sofya in splendor. Look up into the biggest dome - some 18 stories high - to see thousands of glimmering gold tiles. The intricate mosaics, including a 9th century Virgin and Child, are unforgettable.
At night, take a stroll or an "Istanbul by Night" tour to see the floodlit domes and minarets of both the Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque. And do take a boat ride on the Bosphorus. It's de rigueur for visitors to ply the city's main waterway and see Asia on one side and Europe on the other.
|Istanbul at Night
Topkapi Palace, once the residence of sultans and their harems, was the seat of Ottoman rule from the 1460s until the mid-19th century. Built between 1459 and 1465, the palace was added on to in even more elaborate fashion over time. It's impossible to see it all in one day - the Harem alone includes some 400 halls and apartments. There are four courtyards, with the second showcasing exceptional treasures, including priceless porcelain obtained during years of Ottoman rule.
One night, see a Whirling Dervish ceremony. My Crystal Serenity cruise offered this outing on our Istanbul overnight. Hotels set them up, as well. The Whirling Dervishes are a branch of the Sufi tradition of Islam. Its followers focus on love, tolerance and worship of God. The performance is a spiritual act (thus, no applause), inspired by the mystic Rumi (1207-1273). The ceremony includes music, prayers and men in gowns who spin on their right foot. It's beautiful (albeit dizzying) to behold.
|Whirling Dervishes
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At the Grand Bazaar - an integral trading center since 1461 - I promise you will shop until you drop. I've been to Istanbul four times, and me, über-shopper, has still not seen the entire Bazaar. Why? Because this gargantuan covered market contains some 5,000 shops and 60 streets.
|Grand Bazaar
It's only a 15-minute-or-so stroll from the Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya. Enter through one of four main gates and get ready to be overwhelmed by merchants standing at their storefront doorways, attempting to coax you indoors in nearly every language. Their efforts are entertainment in itself. Expect a packed Bazaar; some 250,000 to 400,000 shoppers visit each day (except Sundays, when it is closed.)
|Grand Bazaar Caviar
Hand-painted ceramics, dazzling 22-karat gold jewelry, both cheap and pricey rugs, water pipes, buttery leather jackets, cashmere scarves, kitsch trinkets - it's all for the bargaining at the Grand Bazaar. (Do watch your wallets, although I've never had a pickpocket problem here.) Many dismiss the Bazaar as too touristy, but others (including myself) find it a fabulous shopping venue, particularly with limited time and a long list of gifts to bring home.
Some stores have been around for at least a century. Karmen, known for its antique jewelry, was established in 1865 and is on the main "Gold Street." Other shops are far newer and showcase Turkish-made au courant goods. Koç Leather, for instance, is a bustling boutique renowned for its high-fashion jackets for women and men.
|Fruit Stand
Plan on several hours at the Bazaar with lunch at Havuzlu Restaurant for authentic Turkish cuisine. Havuzlu is a favorite of shopkeepers and other locals; you'll spot families out for an afternoon on the town. It's also a welcome (and welcoming) respite from the bustling market. There are no menus; walk to a counter and an English-speaking manager will explain each dish. Pick anything and everything with eggplant and ground beef or lamb. Dishes blanketed in béchamel (cream sauce, thickened with flour) are particularly delicious. Have a seat and a server will bring your meal.
The Spice Market is about a 15-minute stroll from the Grand Bazaar. It's crammed with tiny shops and a favorite of locals. Less touristy than the Grand Bazaar, the Spice Market primarily sells freshly roasted and ground spices, Turkish sweets and teas. You can even find Iranian saffron here in various grades; the priciest rivals the best in Spain.
|Spice Market
Turkish cuisine possesses Central Asian, Balkan and Middle Eastern elements. Its history is amazing; back in the 11th century, Turkish rulers and lords had kitchens run by master chefs and separate wine houses.
Expect similarities to Greek and other Mediterranean cuisines, with an emphasis on eggplant, lamb, olive oil and tomato-based dishes. Kebabs and seafood (the latter particularly by the Aegean) are extremely popular. Yogurt is used in everything from dips and sauces to cakes. Food isn't so much spicy as it is spiced. Desserts are often made with filo dough and nuts, drenched in honey or sugar syrups.
Not far from the Grand Bazaar, Hamdi Restaurant also serves fine meals. It's a favorite of visitors and locals, for mouthwatering kebabs, including mixed lamb and beef. And the starters (mezze), like stuffed grape leaves and yogurt dips, and nut-and-filo desserts are delicious.
Cruise lines often offer pre-and-post hotel packages. The prices are generally higher than what you can secure yourself. The sole benefit of going through the cruise line is that you are transported between the airport, ship and hotel.
|Table with a View, The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul
Save money by booking your own hotel and using a reliable car service recommended by the hotel concierge for ship and airport transfers. If you decide to hire a taxi, make sure the meter is on before you drive away. Istanbul's taxi drivers are notorious for attempting to scam visitors. And the traffic is dreadful so fares add up.
|Seafood Entree at Cintemani restaurant, The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul
Istanbul is filled with terrific hotels, from moderate-priced boutiques to famous properties like the two Four Seasons hotels (Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet; Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus). If you prefer staying near the port, consider The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul. Located smack-dab on the Bosphorus, the hotel provides stunning views of the Strait and its never-ending parade of water traffic. Rooms are up to The Ritz-Carlton's typical swank snuff, the spa is rejuvenating and Çintemani restaurant has a lavish breakfast buffet of Turkish and American-style delicacies. At dinner, this same restaurant offers excellent seafood and service.
|Turkish Breakfast at The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul
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Unless your cruise is roundtrip Istanbul (a rarity; it's often Venice or Athens-Istanbul), you'll have to fly in or out of the city. Consider Turkish Airlines - a carrier with which many of us are not familiar, although it is a Star Alliance (United, Air Canada, Lufthansa) member. Turkish Airlines was just named the "Best Airline Europe" in the 2012 prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards for the second year running.
One of the fastest-growing airlines, Turkish Airlines recently added daily nonstop Los Angeles-Istanbul flights on new Boeing 777s and has other nonstops from major U.S. cities. You will get to or from Istanbul faster and without the worry of connections. (Most other carriers make you switch planes in New York, London, Frankfurt or Paris.)
Turkish Airlines also won "Best Premium Economy Seats" from Skytrax. Premium economy is a newish service class being integrated into most carriers that is between economy and business. (Good to know, as business class airfares are now as expensive as many cruises.)
Turkish Airlines calls their premium economy "Comfort Class." The pitch (not legroom; it's the space between a point in one seat and the same point in the seat in front of it) is a delightful 46 inches. (Economy is a knee-pinching 30-to-32-inch pitch.) Many other airlines offer about 38 inches in premium economy for a similar price. When you are traveling this far, pitch is critical to comfort.
Also critical to comfort is seat width and recline. Turkish Airlines' premium economy offers a seat width of 19.5 inches (wider than most of its competitors), with an 8.5-inch seat recline.
Turkish Airlines has won awards for its cuisine - even in economy. The airline has introduced a "Flying Chef" in starched whites and a towering toque who greets all boarding passengers at the airplane door. A toque-topped chef from the ground catering company is responsible for all meals served onboard. He/she also completes onboard cooking and garnishes, plates and often serves passengers in business class.
|Flying Chef
Coach flyers have gourmet options like olive oil-poached artichokes and delicately spiced meat-stuffed eggplant. Premium economy passengers receive upgraded meals on business class china. Business class passengers, who enjoy lie-flat beds and pampering service, are privy to personally inscribed three-fold menus and food that rivals its top competitors. (There is no first-class on Turkish Airlines. In fact, many carriers are doing away with first class.)
The food tastes better flying from Turkey to the United States rather than the opposite direction. Sadly, I find that the food is always better flying from Europe on all airlines.
Business class meals include delicious starters such as fresh artichoke soup, a silken puree with citrus notes. Turkish mezze (appetizers) and entrees like grilled sea bass on red lentils are great examples of authentic cuisine. And the selection of Turkish wines is exemplary.
If you are flying business class (or are a Star Alliance Gold Card member), the recently renovated Turkish Airlines international lounge looks like it was sprung from the pages of Architectural Digest. The design, the furniture - every element is eye-catching beautiful. It offers everything from a cozy library, theatre room with cushy chairs, chefs squeezing fresh juices and cooking meals, full bars - one more enticing aspect of ever-enthralling Istanbul.
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J'ai deux amours: Paris et KDE
KDE-France will be holding a booth at Solutions Linux,
We look forward to meeting our French speaking userbase and welcome all Europeans
hrmmm - that site is quite funny
I must say - copinedegeek.com is quite amusing :)
/me looks around for his girlfriend :)
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By Troy Unrau at Sun, 2003/02/02 - 6:00am
Knoppix Fork?
Where can I download this KDE 3.1 Knoppix fork/branch??
By Luke-Jr at Mon, 2003/02/03 - 6:00am
Re: Knoppix Fork?
For the moment, there is no place where to put this iso image (it has been finished this afternoon, and we are burning cds at this moment).
By gerard at Tue, 2003/02/04 - 6:00am
Re: Knoppix Fork?
I was planning to create a similar Knoppix fork using the latest CVS version of KDE. It purpose would be having an easily accessible bleeding edge KDE system for making surveys and discussing usability, accessibility and optimization in cooperation with the respective KDE mailinglists. Would be great if it's possible to base this effort on your already done work. =)
By Datschge at Tue, 2003/02/04 - 6:00am
Where is GLS geek's site ?
What about my gay geek boyfriend, strong like an AMD Athlon XP, stable like kernel 2.4.20, beatifull like KDE 3.1 and with a great tool like GNU toolset.
Great idea, www.glslinux.org.anywhere_in_the_word
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Report from Frieze New York
The verdict from Frieze New York? Not so bad! While the city has experienced a rash of yawn-worthy art fairs — this year's Armory no exception — yesterday saw the impressively successful debut of Frieze Art Fair on New York's Randall's Island. Combining mainstays such as Gagosian with younger, more innovative galleries such as 47 Canal, T293, and Balice Hertling, Frieze NY offered a crowd-pleasing multifaceted, international approach. Some stand-out works below.
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My NY Mets sketchbook. I create an entry after each Mets game or commentary on the crazy stuff going on around the team.
Yes indeed Very Sad! Can the Mets ever muster up a three or four game winning streak? Thanks again for the recap Joe, excellent as always!
Joe, this is SO CLEVER ( as always ). Just wish my boys can be clever, too!


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TRIGO Global Quality Solutions is seeking to fill a Sr. Site Leader Position in the Indianapolis, IN area.
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Primary areas of responsibility include (but not limited to):
Supervise various sorting activities & Quality Inspectors (time sheets, assign duties, training, etc.).
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Collect, record and validate accurate data.
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streich necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 152 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
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You might also try variations on NeMo / nemo for the graphic, but we need the full name in the logo.
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We will be selling to aerospace companies, product development houses, and defense organizations throughout the world. While these will be "Made in the USA" products, they will be used by people throughout the world.
1. We want to give the product logo and web-site a more modern look than the parent company's current logo (see http://neptune-sys.com)
2. We have not yet decided whether the logo should be single-color, or multi-color, or whether gradients are acceptable. Try variations, and suggest colors that can work on the product seen here:
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4. The winning logo design MUST be delivered in an Adobe Illustrator file that is compatible with version 11.0 of Illustrator. This will enable us to scale the image as appropriate.
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Chris Bell couldn't stand the intense pain he felt after a failed hip surgery nearly seven years ago, he said, and he soon found himself addicted to prescription painkillers.
After his doctor cut him off, the 40-year-old Venice filmmaker bought the pills from friends who'd had sports injuries, but before long, he realized he could easily find controlled narcotics such as Vicodin and Oxycodone on the classifed-ad website Craigslist.
"I would call a number or text a number (from an ad), meet some guy in an alley and get drugs," Bell, who is currently making a film about prescription drug abuse, said Monday by phone. "I was just desperate. I must have done maybe 10 or 12 transactions like that before I stopped and thought, 'What am I doing?' "
In the course of doing research for the movie, Bell brought the matter to the attention of Sen. Ted W. Lieu, D-Redondo Beach, who along with Nevada State Sen. Richard "Tick" Segerblom, has recently called on Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster to put an end to ads offering prescription drugs for sale or trade in their states. Lieu is now scheduled to meet with at least one Craigslist official on Oct. 30 to discuss the matter.
"It's very clear that Craigslist is facilitating illegal drug transactions. They are connecting buyers and sellers of narcotics without prescriptions," Lieu said. "I would like … for Craigslist to commit to taking down their illegal drug listings the same way they took down prostitution listings a few years ago."
Many of the drugs advertised on the site are potent, addictive and can lead to overdoses, and there have been cases of children buying prescription drugs or selling pills they found in their parents' medicine cabinet, Lieu said.
A quick search on the website Monday found — in pharmaceutical jargon indicating the strength of the drug — an ad in Rubidoux offering "Vicodin 5/500 16 pills for $30" and stating: "No law enforcement. This is for people who have a prescription and are running low until their next refill." Another in Northridge offered Vicodin and "Norco 10/325 for $7."
An ad placed Monday afternoon on Craigslist titled "Need Help with your pain? — $1" offered "Roxys, Roxie's, Oxys, Oxy, Dilaudids, Opana, Morphine, OxyContin, OxyCodone, HydroCodone, Percocet, Darvocet, Perciden, Fentanyl" in Southern California, under the guise that it was a study.
"We have high quality pharmaceuticals for help with your daily pain," it stated. "This study is for people that need help getting pain medication great introductory pricing."
Lieu said he has asked the state's Office of Legislative Counsel to examine whether what Craigslist is doing is legal and, if it is, what kind of legislation can be introduced "to shut it down."
The website did not respond to requests for comment Monday. However, a company executive said in a September email to Lieu that they share his concerns.
"Craigslist prohibits the sale of prescription drugs and other controlled substances on its site and has implemented several measures intended to minimize such ads on Craigslist," William C. Powell, director of customer service and law-enforcement relations wrote. "We are interested in making further progress in this important area, and would be happy to meet with you."
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Opferman supervises the Health Authority Law Enforcement Task Force (HALT), a multi-agency entity created in 1999 that tackles crimes that affect the public's health, including those involving prescription drugs.
The task force has noticed a "steady flow of ads popping up daily" on Craigslist for various prescription drugs, he said. They include not only the highly addictive and dangerous opiates such as Vicodin and OxyContin but erectile-dysfunction medications such as Viagra.
The majority of substances the task force finds on Craigslist, he added, are either counterfeit, which means they may not have the correct ingredients, or they are stolen and thus could have been mishandled or expired.
While the task force has responded to specific complaints about Craigslist ads and will set up occasional undercover "buy busts," Opferman noted it mainly goes after large black-market distributors and those involved in Medi-Cal and Medicare fraud.
"Craigslist is like small, petty dealers. We don't have a lot of resources to go after them," he said. "I think the senator is going in the right direction with maybe trying to regulate the site itself."
Paul Brocky, cofounder of the classified web listing theroadcode.com, said his site has a filtering functionality that uses certain keywords to prevent such ads from appearing on the site, a flagging system wherein the pubic can alert the company if the ads do make it onto the site and staff members who individually review each ad that gets posted.
He said they've now noticed people trying to place ads selling various chemical components so someone can assemble the drugs themselves.
"We prohibit that also," he said. "They're not doing it for a good science project — they're looking to sell the ingredients so someone can get high."
Marv Shepherd, director of the Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy, said drugs often end up on Craigslist in one of two ways. First, consumers sell drugs they no longer need to others who resell them on the Internet. In the second scenario, he said, resellers take advantage of a system put in place for drugs that have expired or will soon reach their expiration date. Pharmacies will generally try to return those drugs to the manufacturer, but it's often through a third party, and Shepherd said it is possible that some charged with this task may instead divert them back onto the market.
"I think Craigslist has to pull their head of the sand," Shepherd said. "They can't be a broker for diverted drugs, and that's basically what they are."
Staff Writers Larry Altman and Brian Sumers contributed to this report.


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How Did the Cold War Begin?
Beginnings of the Cold War
Writing as "Mr. X," George Kennan suggested twenty years ago that the mechanism of Soviet diplomacy "moves inexorably along the prescribed path, like a persistent toy automobile wound up and headed in a given direction, stopping only when it meets with some unanswerable force."1 A generation of Americans quickly embraced Kennan's view as an explanation of the tension, danger, and waste of the Cold War. But was his theory of inexorable Soviet expansion—and its matching recommendation of "containment"—correct? A cautious but important book, Beginnings of the Cold War, suggests we might well have been more critical of so mechanistic an idea of the way Great Powers act and how the Cold War began.
Martin F. Herz is currently a United States diplomat serving in Teheran. His book is mainly concerned with the few months between the 1945 Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. It is well-documented and contains no polemic; indeed, as he says, "the author expresses few views of his own…" The book begins by recapitulating the main issues in dispute when Truman became President: Poland, German reparations, lend-lease aid. It moves from the Polish issue to a broader discussion of spheres of influence, and from reparations and lendlease to a general analysis of aid to Russia and its relation to other diplomatic considerations. The two issues are integrated in a brief concluding discussion of how the "die was cast" in 1945, and the Cold War began.
Any examination of the very earliest postwar period forces us to think about developments before 1947 when it was decided to contain the Soviet Union by "unanswerable force." Herz's study is important because it makes two serious judgments about this period: first, that in 1945 Soviet policy was by no means inexorably prescribed and expansionist; second, that mistakes made by American officials just after the war may well have prevented the kind of compromise and accommodation which is just beginning to emerge in Europe today.
THESE SUGGESTIONS recall Walter Lippmann's The Cold War, published in 1947, which also argued—with greater candor and less detail—that the Russians might have been willing to accept a negotiated settlement in 1945 and 1946, but that US policy ignored opportunities to meet them halfway. Lippman's now little-remembered book offered a powerful critique of Kennan's theory of Soviet expansion and American containment. If Herz's view is correct, accepted interpretations of American Russian relations are called into question. And if Lippmann was right in saying that American policy helped to prevent an accommodation in 1945 and 1946, the Cold War itself must be regarded, at least in part, as the result of fundamental errors of American diplomacy. These are startling conclusions, but anyone willing to bring an open mind to Herz's book or to Lippmann's will find that they have exposed many weaknesses in the usual explanations of early events in the Cold War.
No one, of course, can be certain…
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NBA CAPSULES: Blazers hold on for overtime road win over Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 13 rebounds, Luke Babbitt hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers and Portland overcame an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Charlotte, 118-112, in overtime Monday night.
The Blazers trailed 97-79 with 5:17 left in regulation, but stormed back to tie the score and sent it into overtime on Babbitt's 3 with 22 seconds left.
Charlotte had a chance to win at the end of regulation but Kemba Walker's drive and fallaway jumper from the baseline didn't fall.
Damian Lillard scored 24 points and Nicolas Batum added 17 points for the Blazers, who finished a road trip with two straight wins.
Ben Gordon set a franchise record with eight 3-pointers -- all after halftime -- for the Bobcats, who dropped their fourth straight game. Gordon finished with 29 points to surpass 10,000 for his NBA career.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Ryan Anderson scored 22 points, Robin Lopez added 21 and New Orleans won for only the second time in 11 games.
Lopez shot 8 of 10 from the field and made all five free throws he attempted. He also scored 11 straight points during a pivotal 13-0 run in the third quarter that gave New Orleans the lead for good.
Jason Smith added 12 points and Greivis Vasquez had 11 for the Hornets, who shot 52.4 percent (43 of 82).
Brandon Jennings hit five 3-pointers and finished with 25 points. Monta Ellis added 17 for Milwaukee, which shot 38.2 percent (29 of 76) from the field.
DENVER (AP) -- Corey Brewer scored 19 points, JaVale McGee had 17 points and five blocks, and Denver withstood a late rally to beat Toronto.
Andrea Bargnani scored 23 points for Toronto and Kyle Lowry had 24, including 12 in the fourth quarter when the Raptors cut a 17-point lead to one with 2:18 left.
Ty Lawson, who finished with 16 points, hit a 3-pointer and Toronto missed its next three shots as Denver built a 110-104 cushion. Lowry hit another 3 with 14 seconds left, and after two free throws from Andre Iguodala, Amir Johnson hit a 3 with 7.9 seconds remaining to make it 112-110.
Kenneth Faried hit one of two free throws with 5.8 seconds left and DeMar DeRozan missed a long 3 at the buzzer.
Faried had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Six players scored in double figures for Denver.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Blake Griffin scored 30 points, Jamal Crawford added 20 off the bench and Los Angeles handed Utah its first loss at home this season.
Crawford made a pair of free throws late and ex-Clipper Randy Foye countered with a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining. But Foye's desperation 3 after stealing the ensuing inbounds pass missed its mark.
Mo Williams led the Jazz against his former team with 20 points and 12 assists. Foye added 19 points and Al Jefferson had 16 points and 10 rebounds but had a layup blocked by DeAndre Jordan with 26 seconds left that would have tied the score at 101.
It was the third straight victory for the Clippers. Chris Paul added 14 points for Los Angeles, with six in the fourth after the Clippers entered the quarter trailing by 10.


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Strange as it may seem, your doctor will calculate your due date (and your baby's gestational age) by working back to the first day of your last menstrual period. Since it's often difficult to know exactly when you're ovulating, and consequently when sperm fertilised your egg, medical experts often use your last menstrual period as the starting point for the next nine months. This means the first 'official' week of your pregnancy is actually the week you started your last period. As a result, the baby's real age is two weeks behind his gestational age.
During the second week - as it does each month in anticipation of new life - oestrogen triggers your uterus to form a lush, blood-rich lining of tissue. Rising levels of the hormone progesterone prepare the uterus to support a fertilised egg. At the same time, the ovaries ripen eggs in fluid-filled sacs called follicles. During this brief period of your body's preparation, conception can result, once a sperm meets the egg.
By the third week, things really start to happen... Around mid-cycle (day 14 of a typical 28-day cycle), you ovulate - one of your eggs is swept into your fallopian tube. In the next 12 to 24 hours, that egg can be fertilised if one of 350 million sperm (an average ejaculation) manages to swim all the way to the fallopian tube - from the vagina through the uterus - to penetrate the egg.
Once fertilised, the egg, now called a zygote, immediately closes its outer membrane to the rest of the 250 (on average) sperm that have made it this far. Then it begins dividing into identical cells as it is swept down the fallopian tube to the uterus, where it will continue to grow. You probably won't know you're pregnant for a few weeks yet, though some women maintain they know the exact moment they conceived.
Once you are pregnant, you may begin to worry about a host of things: what foods are safe, is it okay to have a hot bath, is it safe to use a computer screen? Check out our Is it safe to...? section for some reassuring answers.
Top 10 signs of pregnancy
Look out for these 10 signs that show you're expecting a baby!See more pregnancy videos
Note: Experts say every baby develops differently -- even in utero. These fetal development pages are designed to give a general idea of how a fetus grows in the womb.
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Having just bought a couple books on DirectX programming and considering switching from SDL to DirectX, I came upon a disturbing link.
Game From Scratch | It
Not having read the blog itself, but the excerpt of it surely looks as if I would be wasting my time devoting any effort down this path.
Does anyone here have any opinions on its future or anything I could gain by foraying into DirectX as a learning experience?


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This blog is going to be shutting down temporarily starting Oct. 1 to allow for the transfer from an MIT to a USC server. We expected to be fully operational again in a few weeks time. During the down time, it is my belief that you will still be able to access old posts but will not be able to make new comments and I will not be able to update the blog's content. Sorry for any disappointment this may cause anyone, but it is part of the process of my move from East to West Coast. I will still be posting links and tips regularly to my Twitter followers. Otherwise, this will give you a chance to catch up on the rich backlog of material that we've accumulated around the blog over the past few years. See you soon.


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We are a small boutique creative and media buying advertising agency based in Australia. We represent our clients in the marketplace by acting on their behalf with al media related requirements as well as provide a full creative service for their advertising needs.
We were founded 4 years ago and an initial website was built back then which we have really outgrown and now looks old, tired and very cheap! Our company prides itself on being fresh, new, different and innovative!
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Hot Renewable: Wide Interest in Solar Power
The work of activists and researchers, along with shifts in the energy market, may be pushing solar energy toward a tipping point in the United States.
A series of mega-solar projects are being constructed in Arizona and California. The company Brightsource has already begun construction on the 370 MW Ivanpah project. In October, the U.S. Department of the Interior approved an application for construction of the Blythe Solar Power Project, consisting of four solar thermal arrays that will produce 250 MW each. Seven other projects are expected to break ground before the end of the year with a combined capacity of 4,000 MW when completed.
Activists are pressuring the Obama Administration to take leadership on solar policy, and recently scored a symbolic victory that they hope will bring solar more public attention and cachet and lead to policy change.
This fall, Bill McKibben, founder of the climate activist
organization 350.org, and a group of students from Unity Signs of Life
College traveled down the East Coast with one of the original
solar hot water panels that President Jimmy Carter installed on the White House in 1979. (Reagan removed them in 1986.) Along the way (and online), the group collected 40,000 signatures petitioning the White House to resurrect the panels. The White House initially rebuffed the request. But on October 5, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the White House plans to install photovoltaic panels and a solar hot water heater on its roof.
"The Obama announcement has sparked this campaign to rev up in a number of other places around the world," says Jamie Henn, communications director with 350.org. On October 10, the day of a Global Work Party coordinated by 350.org, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives also installed a set of solar panels, by hand, on the presidential residence.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has committed to putting solar on the governor's mansion, and Australians have launched a campaign to pressure Prime Minister Julia Gillard to put solar on the Lodge, her official residence.
Activists believe the White House gesture will also make solar seem more accessible to the average American homeowner. In his announcement, Chu said the White House panels "will show that American solar technology is available, reliable, and ready to install in homes throughout the country."
Meanwhile, recent technological breakthroughs may makehome solar
power much more affordable. An interdisciplinary team at Western
Washington University (WWU) announced in
September a $970,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
for additional research on a new kind of solar collector. Traditional photovoltaic panels use only the red band of visible light. The WWU team's collector uses colored polymers to gather light from the whole spectrum. The increased efficiency allows electrical generation on overcast days and will cut the cost of solar panels by as much as 90 percent, according to a WWU press release.


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An Internal Revenue Service official tried to evoke her Fifth Amendment rights in a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, but she could now be forced to face committee members after U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy questioned her tactics.
An Internal Revenue Service official tried to evoke her Fifth Amendment rights in a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, but she could now be forced to face committee members after U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy questioned her tactics.
Lois Lerner, who leads the IRS department that oversees exempt status, appeared before House Oversight committee, of which Gowdy is a member, and read a statement before declining to answer any questions. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif) excused Lerner before Gowdy called for a point of order.
"You don't get to tell your side of the story and then not be subjected to cross-examination," Gowdy said. "That's not the way it works. She waived her right to Fifth Amendment (against self-incrimination) privilege by issuing an opening statement. She ought to stand here and answer our questions."
Gowdy's point of order drew applause from the audience.
Issa then asked Lerner to reconsider her position before she left with her attorneys.
Wednesday afternoon, Issa said he would bring Lerner back in for questioning.
"The precedents are clear that this is not something you can turn on and turn off," Issa told POLITICO. "She made testimony after she was sworn in, asserted her innocence in a number of areas, even answered questions asserting that a document was true … So she gave partial testimony and then tried to revoke that."
During the hearing Wednesday afternoon, Gowdy mercilessly grilled former Internal Revenue Service chief Doug Shulman during the U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on the IRS scandal.
The House Oversight Committee is investigating the agency's targeting of conservative political groups by flagging terms such as "Tea Party," and "Patriots," for additional scrutiny during the tax-exempt application process.
Shulman led the IRS until last November and evaded most of Gowdy's questions, but the former prosecutor didn't let up and used every second of his allotted time to drive home his points.
Gowdy asked Shulman whether he stepped in to stop the targeting of political groups after learning of the practice. Shulman referred to the on-going Inspector General report and said he was confident targeting had stopped.
"If there's someone wielding a knife in the parking lot, are you going to call the Inspector General," Gowdy asked. "Are you going to wait until his or her investigation is over to stop it?"
After further questioning, Shulman said he was confident the practice had stopped and Gowdy asked what he had done to verify that.
Shulman said he was satisfied that the Inspector General was investigating the targeting of conservative groups and that he had followed practices used by his predecessor.
"Did you investigate the facts, Mr. Shulman, did you lift a finger to identify the facts," Gowdy asked, to which Shulman referred to the IG's report.
"Let the record reflect that's a 'no,'" Gowdy replied before his time expired.


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Kimye could learn a thing or two from Beyon-Z
For your sake, and the baby's, give it a rest!
Parents-to-be Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have plenty of famous friends, so you'd think some of their pals would pull them aside, give them a little shake and say, "Enough already!" In the absence of such A-List advice, we have a few suggestions for the overexposed couple who could stand to take a page from the mega-successful book of West's closest friends, the virtually irreproachable Beyoncé Knowles and husband Jay-Z.
Cover up and leave something to the imagination
Exactly one week after swearing that she was about to be more private, Kardashian appeared on the cover of L'Officiel Hommes with West, both appearing to be topless and as if they were in the throes of passion. Imagine, for a minute, Beyoncé ever sharing a cover with her husband, much less getting physical with him in a publication we've never heard of. Can you picture it? No, neither could we.
GALLERY: More photos of Kim, Kanye, Beyonce and Jay-Z
We've all seen more of Kimye than we'd like, in more ways than one. They both have sex tapes, she's been in Playboy and photos of his, er, private areas were once being shopped to Playgirl. Yes, Beyoncé uses her sexy image and perfect bod to further her brand, but we've barely seen her kiss Jay-Z in public, let alone thought about them filming their at-home love. So, the chances of some sleazy home video or NSFW cellphone pic popping up of Mr. and Mrs. Carter are pretty slim. Take notes, Kimye.
Shut off the cameras
Pull the plug. Walk away. Kardashian is rich and famous enough without continuing to pimp out her personal life, especially with a baby on the way. Even though her mom is a producer on the show and ostensibly controls the medium and the message, there's a difference between protecting the interests of your child and using them to earn money for the family. Reality TV, no matter how personal it might be, is never classy. Beyoncé would never stoop to that level.
In other words, take a break. Don't talk about taking a break. Take an actual break. (After last week's health scare involving a visit to the hospital because of flu symptoms, even her doc is saying to slow down.) And that means no interviews, no photo shoots, no red carpets, no paparazzi shots of Kardashian looking overdone and glammed up in front of a restaurant or store. The more elusive she is, the hungrier the public becomes. Ask Beyoncé for a lesson in how it's done right.
Do not sell your baby photos, no matter how much money is thrown at you
Very few celebrities — among them, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — can do it and walk away gracefully, mostly because they said they donated the money to charity. Beyoncé and Jay-Z did things the most classy way possible when their daughter was born: they created a Tumblr for Blue Ivy, posted adorable family photos, and disappeared. We saw the baby one year later, in Beyoncé's documentary.
Get to know each other
Kardashian's never-ending divorce from NBA player Kris Humphries may be a blessing in disguise. If it weren't for the stubborn athlete, we may have all been witness to yet another quickie engagement-and-wedding extravaganza. Kimye's bun in the oven is clearly the biggest step they could take as a couple, but hopefully this period of nesting will allow them to really get serious about their relationship, like Jay-Z and Beyoncé did when they started dating more than a decade ago. "We were friends first," Knowles told Oprah Winfrey in an OWN interview Feb. 16. "Before we went on any dates, we were on the phone for a year and a half. That foundation is so important in a relationship. Just to have someone that you just like is so important — and someone that is honest!"
Dress the part
We all know West is a fashion fan/fashion student/fashionisto/fashion maverick, etc. But, we're also pretty sure that you won't catch Jay-Z in a leather kilt like the one West wore during their 2011 Watch the Throne tour and more recently at the Hurricane Sandy benefit concert. Speaking of clothes, the handful of times we saw Beyoncé out and about flaunting her baby bump, the pop star chose flattering designer duds and pretty dresses to complement her motherly glow. Kardashian, on the other hand, has not let impending motherhood put a cramp in her skintight, cleavage-baring signature aesthetic. Since announcing her pregnancy, we've seen the reality star in too-tight pants, sheer tops, hot pants and cutout dresses. "I think because I have big boobs it could make me look heavier if I don't, like, show off my waist or something," she told DuJour magazine. "So I just have kind of learned to dress one way only."
Less is more
Kardashian appears on the cover of the magazine DuJour, out March 14. And in it, she seems to be complaining about getting attention for her nasty divorce battle with Humphries. "Going through a divorce for anybody is devastating and heartbreaking, and then to have to do it and feel like you have to explain what is happening is such an awkward thing," Kardashian tells DuJour. Hmm. Perhaps if one spent less time talking about it in the press, it would get less attention?
Kardashian should quietly get divorced, no matter what it costs, because right now the price tag is pretty enormous in terms of reputation impact. Beyoncé and Jay-Z never air their laundry, such that it is, in public. Simply put, it's icky. The quickie marriage without question tarnished Kardashian's brand and she needs to fix it — stat. Otherwise, her baby will be overshadowed by the ball player who's still holding court and refusing to go away.
In a Feb. 22 blog post, Kardashian reached out to fans to "clarify" her stance on privacy. "I have learned to understand that it's important to have boundaries, especially when (Kanye and I) are having a private date night dinner," she writes. "So if someone came up to the table at dinner, I used to get up, take pics and sign an autograph in the middle of our meal. Now, I know that this time is our private time, and I absolutely will as soon as I'm done eating! It's not that he won't let me sign autographs for my fans … far from it! Just as soon as we're done! Totally understandable! I have learned to understand the importance of privacy and boundaries, something that I haven't really learned to embrace before." Oh, Kimmy, don't you see what you did there? You went public about being private. You know what Beyoncé does? She just says nothing.


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The other day I overheard two elderly gentlemen talking about ancestry.com like it was some sort of dating website. While it may be the proper place to seek information about women their age, I doubt it would be a great place to connect with a dinner date or dance companion.
JIM FITCH To help out the person on how Obama has spent our money, in November 2012, he gave the country formerly known as Burma a $170 million gift because he was welcoming the progress that has taken place but also acknowledged that there is much more work to be done. When was the last time you borrowed $170 million to give it to the bully down the street because he is not bullying quite as much?
I urge all my fellow citizens to find the numbers of our local congressmen, senators, anyone who is in any kind of power in this country and inundate them with phone calls to see what they are doing to create jobs. It's been going on way too long now and nothing is getting done. All they're able to do is vote on things to make things worse for us.
I see a lot of articles online about people trying to get creationism taught in schools. I really think it's a dangerous thing and needs to be stopped. Evolution is a theory like gravity. If you don't believe in it, then you should try and jump off a bridge and see how that goes for you. Just because something is a theory doesn't mean it is basically not true. Evolution is a fact but it's called a theory like gravity.
We have nobody in our corner and it's just runaway inflation. I like to eat out once in awhile but I'm not eating out as much anymore, maybe one day a week. I need that money to put into gas to get back and forth to work now. There's no recovery. Are they kidding? They're punishing people trying to make an honest living. We're being taken down the river badly.
Reading in the Sound Off about a person complaining about the neighbor's five dogs barking all day, you should have neighbors who make their dogs bark whenever they feel like it and I'm talking about seven or eight within a neighborhood. These are several neighbors who do this type of thing.
All this nonsense in Sound Off about Obama and the money for his trips, it's as if Bush never went on vacation using Air Force One as his vehicle. Why not talk about Bush's multi-trillion dollar illegal debacle in Iraq while we're at it.
This is in reference to the Parkhouse. I know a lot of people who work there. I'm a Montgomery County resident and I feel it should stay in the county as it is. The people who are there take care of the residents because it's a service to the residents of Montgomery County.
This is the lady Christina from TGI Friday's who met a family Wednesday night when I was having a bad day and I want the lady to know I'm OK and thank you very much. God bless.
That was an excellent letter written by Brandon Foose. I could not agree more. It's a crock that wrestling is not going to be in the Olympics going forward. I think everything Brandon said about the sport is absolutely true and it does require dedication and hard work. It's a terrific sport. We've got a terrific heritage of it in the area. I find it a shame the IOC does not see this and I hope they wake up to this travesty.
I'm tired of hearing people talk about the teachers all the time. You can't discipline these students anymore, as soon as you touch one of them there's lawsuits. These kids today do not respect anything or anyone and it's not because of the teachers, it's the parents. They teach them nothing at home and the teachers are supposed to do everything in the school and they can't because some of them are animals. They're unteachable.
Whoever wrote the comment about home schoolers having better test scores than if they were in school is so wrong. I teach Sunday school and my home schoolers know less than the kids who go to public school plus they don't know the basics and don't know how to deal with people. They end up with a mommy-daddy diploma and can only go on to certain colleges because they don't have a state diploma.
I'm the caller who complained about the no good renters living like kings. I'm actually a renter myself. I was being sarcastic about some of the homeowners who blame the renters for their tax problems. For God's sake, get a sense of humor.


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John Boehner 'Can't Imagine' His Gay Marriage Views Shifting
(WASHINGTON) -- Hours after Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican, bucked his party and came out in support of gay marriage, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, reaffirmed his position against it in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz for This Week, that will air on Sunday.
Boehner told Raddatz that he could not envision a situation where his views would shift on same-sex marriage – even if one of his children came out as gay.
"Rob's a great friend and a long-time ally. And I appreciate that he's decided to change his views on this," Boehner said. "I believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. … It's what I grew up with. It's what I believe. It's what my church teaches me. And I can't imagine that position would ever change."
Portman, who Mitt Romney considered tapping as a running mate in last year's presidential election, changed his position on same-sex marriage after his son came out to him as gay. The Ohio senator is among a small, but growing number of prominent members of the GOP to express support for gay marriage.
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I was so happy to see that Sihan of fundamentally-flawed chose Blueberry Crumb Cake for TWD! I was drawn to the picture of this recipe, and was seriously considering choosing it for my own turn (which is coming up soon!! :) ) Anyway, the cake definitely lived up to the picture in the book. It was moist and delicious, with the crunchy, buttery topping adding a nice texture and flavor.
[blueberry crumb cake recipe]
I didn't think it needed any accompaniments, but I'm sure it would be great with some tea. I'm not a huge fan of coffee and fruit (more like coffee and chocolate!), but some nice herbal tea could work;)
First step was to mix all of the crumb ingredients together. I omitted the walnuts and added some extra of everything to compensate. What can I say... I am a crumb lover!
I may have gone too far in mixing the crumbs, but I don't think it really mattered because it gets all mushed together anyway when you put it on top of the cake.
The berries are tossed in flour first to prevent them from sinking to the bottom.
I really love Dorie's method of mixing zest and sugar together. Mostly because I get to lick the flavored sugar off my fingers afterwards ;) (Don't worry... hand washing follows;) )
Thick and creamy finished batter! Easy to assemble with the creaming method.
Smoothing the batter into the pan after folding in the berries...
And then smothering it all with delicious crumbs.
It smelled heavenly!
Blueberry Crumb Cake
(Note: I omitted the walnuts and slightly increased the rest of the ingredients for the crumbs in the pictures)
70 g butter (5 T), room temperature
50 g sugar (1/4 c)
73 g light brown sugar (1/3 c packed)
42 g all-purpose flour (1/3 c)
1/4 t salt
1/2 c chopped walnuts
280 g blueberries (2 c/1 pt)
250 g all-purpose flour
2 t flour for covering blueberries
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1/4 t ground cinnamon
1/8 t freshly grated nutmeg
132 g sugar (2/3 c)
Grated zest of 1/2 lemon or 1/4 orange
85 g butter (6 T), room temperature
2 large eggs
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 c buttermilk (4 fl oz)
[recipe instructions on Sihan's blog]
Nutrition Facts from NutritionData.com:
per 1/8th of recipe
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Calories: 490
Fat: 22 g
Saturated Fat: 11 g
Cholesterol: 95 mg
Sodium: 488 mg
Carbohydrates: 68 g
Dietary Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 7 g
I thought it wasn't too bad at first... turns out, I'd typed in the amounts wrong ;) D'oh!
Dear Blueberry Crumb Cake, why must you have so many calories?? ;)
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The Crimson lost at No. 11 UC Santa Barbara, 3-0, on Friday night (Gil Talbot).
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – In its first of three matches on the west coast, the Harvard men's volleyball team fell in straight sets to No. 11 UC Santa Barbara, 25-16, 25-15, 25-22, on Friday night in the Thunderdome. The loss moved Harvard to 12-5 on the year, while USCB improved to 11-12.
Sophomore Caleb Zimmick led the Crimson with .417 hitting percentage, going 6-for-12 with one error, and Nick Madden paced the team with eight kills and 11 points. Kyle Rehkemper and DJ White registered match-highs with four blocks and 10 digs, respectively.
Harvard was unable to surmount early runs by the Gauchos in the first two sets and fell behind, 2-0, in the match. In the third, the Crimson fought point-for-point until going up 14-12 on a kill from Madden. Harvard extended its lead to three twice as the matched progressed, but the Gauchos drew even at 18-18. Three straight errors put the Crimson at a disadvantage late in the match and UCSB was able to hold on for the win, 25-22, to close out the match.
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One of the biggest surprises in our newly released documentary "ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" is the storyline about how US military medicine is trying alternative treatments like yoga, meditation, and acupuncture for managing pain and reducing injured soldiers' reliance on addictive pharmaceutical drugs.
We follow a young combat veteran Sgt. Robert Yates, a self-professed "hillbilly" who is addicted to painkillers after being injured in Afghanistan. He undergoes an amazing transformation over the course of the film by turning to these alternative treatments. As with the rest of America, treatment of pain and PTSD in injured soldiers is based almost entirely on throwing pills at the problems, which unfortunately often leads to addiction and even deadly overdoses or suicide.
The greatest challenge for my co-director Susan Froemke and me was getting access from the US military to film this compelling story. Not surprisingly, the Department of Defense is wary of cameras and filmmakers.
During our research stage, we found out about a novel clinical study to test whether administering acupuncture for pain relief could reduce drug use by injured soldiers on a military Medivac plane from the Army's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany back to the US. We spent nearly a year trying to get permission to film aboard the plane. We were getting down to the wire. It was less than two weeks before the transatlantic flight, and we were nervous that we were going to miss the opportunity. Finally, just before Christmas in 2010, we got the final signoff from the US Army and the US Air Force, and I headed to Germany with our DP Wolfgang Held and soundman Peter Miller.
Shooting aboard the C-17 Air Force Medivac plane was definitely an exhilarating, moving experience. We got some of our most gripping footage on the flight and met Sgt. Yates just before we boarded the plane. During the flight, he was so heavily overmedicated with painkillers that he fell out of his cot—a dramatic moment we managed to capture on film (despite a public relations officer who tried to stop us by jumping in front of our camera).
Over the next few months, we gained Sgt. Yates' trust and followed him as he attempted to wean himself off a deadly cocktail of drugs through the help of an innovative program at Walter Reed Medical Center. We had to fight, negotiate, and plead to get permission to film there as well. But luckily we managed to do so and were able to shoot highly personal moments of Sgt. Yates during his transformation through low-cost, high-touch alternative approaches (meditation, acupuncture, therapy, etc.).
In the edit room, the story of Sgt. Yates' battle to recovery became the narrative backbone of the film. He's one of those great verite characters documentary filmmakers pray for. His story began as a sad one, but through his courage and perseverance, he has inspired audiences all across the country. After countless screenings, we are still moved viscerally by him. And, ultimately, his story shows what happens when we open up our minds to something different—a lesson that we hope the US healthcare system can learn from.
Matthew Heineman is the director/producer (with Emmy Award-winner and Oscar Nominee Susan Froemke) of ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. The documentary, which is being released by Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate, is currently showing in select theatres, on iTunes, and via Video on Demand.


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I made a merge of several AsterGdem blocks near Egypt and Israel. I have portions of the Dead and Mediterranean Seas. Since near Galilea elevations are below sea level this makes the following problem
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Sit back and watch this Vette go from complete car to bare body in no time flat in these two videos!
As we're sure you're well aware, tearing down a vehicle is no easy task. Although the owner of this 1968 Chevrolet Corvette could rewrite the book on that. It involves hours of ultra-laborious and sometimes a back-breaking task of dismantling bolts, hardware and major components all while probably consuming a couple cold ones from the cooler.
What seems like a couple nuts and bolts can quickly manifest itself into a pile of miscellaneous parts for which their original location is instantaneously forgotten. It's the type of weekend project that doesn't ever stop until the vehicle is nothing more than a body and chassis albeit with the help from a couple buddies.
Moreover, that's just the main components – the ones that are easily accessible. Let's not even begin to think about the entire drivetrain or dust that's created when the interior is tackled. If you've ever removed 30 plus year old threads from the interior, you'll know pulling out the carpet and sound deadening material is an exercise in lung capacity.
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Country Music Star Lee Ann Womack Wants Justice for
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Randy Hardison was on the road to country music stardom, writing hit songs for big names such as Lee Ann Womack, Garth Brooks and Darryl Worley. But, as Hardison's star was rising, he was found lying in a pool of blood outside his Nashville apartment on June 1, 2002. Hardison had been assaulted and his skull had been fractured; three days later, he died. Who wanted to hurt or even kill Hardison? Correspondent Peter Van Sant talks with country music stars Lee Ann Womack and Darryl Worley about their dear friend, Randy Hardison, for 48 HOURS MYSTERY: "Cheatin' Heart," to be broadcast Saturday, May 13 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
"He was just�one of the finest people that you'd ever have the chance to meet. He's the last person you could ever imagine somebody wanting to hurt," Womack says of Hardison through tears. "He was just on the verge of being one of our major, major players," says Womack.
Country music singer/songwriter Worley tells 48 HOURS, "[Hardison] could do anything -- drums, singing, playing guitar, writing songs. Randy was getting ready to set this town on its ear. He had the momentum."
Hardison had been helping Catina Skipper, a newcomer in Nashville hoping to become a country singing star. Hardison and Skipper started making beautiful music together in more ways than one: they had an affair. According to Hardison's friends, at one point Skipper's husband, Ronnie, threatened Hardison. Ronnie claims he's innocent.
On Nashville's Music Row, nearly everyone thought this was a simple case of a jealous husband taking revenge, and Hardison's friends want justice. The evidence includes a threatening message discovered on Hardison's answering machine. But, with a trial looming, there's a bombshell: someone other than Ronnie Skipper confesses to the crime.
The Hardison case has all the elements of a country song � passion, love, heartbreak and betrayal. But, does it also have murder? And, if so, who committed it?
48 HOURS MYSTERY: "Cheatin' Heart" was produced by Jay Young and Mary Noonan. Peter Schweitzer is the senior producer and Susan Zirinsky is the executive producer.


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A hamburger a day might keep the doctor well-paid.
A new study by top scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health found that eating red meat on a daily basis boosts the risk of heart disease and cancer, NBC News reported.
The research, which studied 84,000 women and 38,000 men over the course of 28 years, found that those who ate daily servings of red meat were 13 percent more likely to die during the study period and were 14 percent more likely to get heart disease or cancer.
The numbers were even higher — at 20 percent and 18 percent, respectively — for those who ate daily servings of processed meats like hot dogs and bacon.
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Vinopolis closes Wine Tour for major refurb, P&G hires event space for Olympics
The refurbishment will include a complete overhaul of the Tour's internal layout, but the 2.5-acre Bankside event space will be hired out to Olympics sponsor Procter & Gamble (P&G) for the duration of the Games.
The seven events spaces will then re-open after the Olympics and the full Vinopolis refurbishment will be completed in October. The on-site restaurants and bars will remain open for business as usual and the masterclasses, wine tasting experiences and events will also continue.
"We've been planning the refurbishment for quite some time," Vinopolis' recently appointed managing directorLucy Haines told BigHospitality. "We've now got a single-site private hire, which will work better for clients around the Olympics.
"With the focus all around the Games right now, we thought it's actually a good time to get on with this refurbishment work."
The revamped Vinopolis Wine Tour will include:
- The 'How to Taste Wine' theatre. This will remain the first port of call for visitors but will benefit from a full audio-visual setup to further enhance the experience. Guides will still lead the sessions for the 'learning to taste' element with timed sessions running throughout the day.
- A new 'Winery' will form the core of the Vinopolis educational zone, where visitors will be encouraged to browse through interactive screens to explore different techniques that take on a journey from grape to bottle. In addition to this there is an exciting new Geography zone which will demonstrate the impact the weather has on flavours and grape varieties and show visitors how to understand what to expect from wine in different climates.
- 'Tasting Zones' will see the introduction of state-of-the-art Enomatic wine dispensing stations which will allow guests flexibility – through a re-loadable debit card - to choose the amount of drinks and varieties of wine they would like to taste.
- Vinopolis 'Wine Experts' will be deployed throughout the upgraded space and on-hand to make suggestions, explain more about the wines on offer and encourage visitors to try something new.
Haines added: "The Vinopolis Wine Tour has been running for over a decade and we've had millions of customers visit us and enjoy the experience over that time. However, it's time to modernise and cement our reputation as a destination for food and wine enthusiasts.
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"The new experience will remain as an informal introduction to wine and spirit tasting but with interactive educational opportunities, modern technology and more links to food and wine matching principles.
"The whole format for the tour space has been reviewed and we are increasing the level of engagement and expertise available which will not only complement the visitor experience but make it feel personal too. We can't wait to reveal our full plans later this summer.''
Vinopolis' senior wine and spirit expert Tom Forrest recently featured in BigHospitality's Food and Drink Matching Trends Special Feature,giving his advice on how best to partner food with spirits and cocktails.
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