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Sha Po Lang (HK - DVD)
Chris Gould checks out the new movie starring Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen
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Detective Chan (Simon Yam) is a hard-boiled Hong Kong cop and the head of a task force charged with apprehending the notorious criminal Wong Po (Sammo Hung). While incarcerated and awaiting trial, Wong Po orders the murder of the key witness for the prosecution as he travels to court to give evidence. Both the witness and his wife are killed during the ambush, leaving their young daughter orphaned and allowing Wong Po to walk free.
Three years later Chan, with only days left until his retirement and suffering from a terminal illness, decides to use what little time he has left to bring Wong Po to justice. After Wong Po's gang murder one of his undercover operatives, an enraged Chan and his crew finally decide that they must do whatever it takes to put him away once and for all—whether legally or otherwise. They plot to frame Wong Po for the murder, doctoring evidence, threatening witnesses and eliminating the real gunman. None of this sits well with Inspector Ma (Donnie Yen), who has arrived to take command of the unit from Chan. While Ma also wants to bring Wong Po down, he insists on doing things strictly by-the-book.
However, when their plot fails and Wong Po discovers that he has been set up, he dispatches his enforcer, Jet (Wu Jing), to do deal with his enemies in a most lethal fashion. With both gangsters and police closing in on the corrupt cops, a conflicted Ma must come to terms with his own chequered past before deciding whether to play by the rules, or risk everything for honour and friendship by throwing his lot in with Chan…
Sha Po Lang is being touted as the film that will revive the ailing Hong Kong action genre, and there is much to like about the movie. The three leads, Simon Yam, Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung, deliver competent and engaging performances befitting of actors with such important roles to play. Casting Sammo Hung as the tattooed underworld kingpin, Wong Po, proved to be a stroke of brilliance, and it was nice to see him playing something other than the fat bumbling sidekick I've seen in so many Hong Kong movies. I was also very impressed by the stunning martial arts choreography by action director Donnie Yen. While not as action-packed as many Hong Kong flicks, what's on offer is well worth the wait as Donnie goes head-to-head (or should that be toe-to-toe?) with both Wu Jing and Sammo. The difference in stature between Hung and Yen is almost comical, but once they go at it you can't help but to be impressed (especially with Sammo's agility given his age and size).
My only real criticism of the film relates to the unexplored subplots woven throughout the duration of the movie, apparently created to show a human side to the characters (compensating for their totally amoral behaviour elsewhere). Unfortunately the comparatively short running time doesn't allow for a complete exploration of these subplots, which mostly concern the impending arrival of Father's Day and the relationship between the characters and their own fathers and children. There's at least one other thread that, while fleshing out Ma's back-story a little, seems terribly contrived and would probably have been best left on the cutting room floor. However, in spite of these weaker moments the film hangs together very nicely, even managing to offer a surprise or two towards the end. In fact, the closing moments of the film took me completely by surprise when I'd settled back in resignation of yet another 'neat' ending.
SPL is presented in a progressively encoded 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer, slightly cropped from its theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Being that it is a relatively recent release it would seem reasonable to expect nothing short of an outstanding transfer, and for the most part this is what we get. The stylised palette is very well-rendered, with strong, vibrant colours showcasing the lush greens, cool blues and bright neon of the Hong Kong surroundings perfectly. Blacks are also very solid for the majority of the proceedings. The image is nicely detailed throughout, and while film grain is more evident in some scenes than others, it never really distracts. There's very little print damage to speak of, just the odd speck here and there, and watching on my 32" CRT through my progressive scan player didn't reveal any particularly distracting artefacts, although a little edge enhancement was visible during some scenes. Even so, this is still a very capable transfer.
The disc has three audio options available: Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 EX and DTS ES 6.1 (matrix), and Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 EX. I chose to listen to the DTS track as it's not that often I get to review a film with such an option nowadays. From the brief sampling I made there didn't seem to be too much between the tracks, bar the usual differences in levels.
Whichever track you opt for, you're in for an aural treat. To say that the mix is dynamic is perhaps an understatement, as there always seems to be something going on. Surrounds are used aggressively from the opening scenes, featuring plenty of discrete effects that actually enhance the viewing experience rather than being there simply for the sake of it. Dialogue is also clear and crisp for the most part (with only one obvious bit of ADR—used to replace native Mandarin speaker Wu Jing's voice), with the dramatic score nicely balanced between it and the effects. Low frequency effects are also suitably forceful, eliciting the odd wince or two as the bone-jarring punches and kicks slam home.
Subtitles are, for the most part, clear and easy to read. However, there are one or two slightly awkward translations and the occasional instance where the subs fly off of the screen faster than it's possible to read them. Thankfully this doesn't happen too often.
The solitary extra on the first disc is the film's theatrical trailer. It runs for a little over a minute and does a pretty good job of selling the movie with plenty of action shots and the like. This is in stark contrast to the Hong Kong trailers of old, which were often four to five minutes in length and gave away most of the plot. The trailer is also subtitled in English. Next we move on to the second disc, which contains a smattering of bonus material, again subtitled in English (queue collective cheers from Asian cinema fans across the nation). First up is a ten minute 'Making of' featurette. This is just your usual, run-of-the-mill promotional fluff featuring interviews with the cast and crew. There's nothing of any real worth here, although it is always nice to hear from both Sammo and Donnie. The subtitles are a tad on the literal side, with the occasional wacky translation ('wishing glowing sparkles in our new film' springs to mind), but on the whole they do a decent enough job of conveying the sentiment behind the dialogue. I guess I should be grateful for the presence of English subs at all!
Next we have a series of very short, un-subtitled TV spots (four in total), followed by a rather odd twenty two minute featurette about a press conference held to promote the film. There's a similar feature on the region three Ultimate Edition release of Kung Fu Hustle, and that is equally bizarre to this Westerner. The main focus of the conference is the charitable way in which the film's financial backers have 'donated' a screening to help raise funds for a noble cause. Cue much awkward grovelling by the film's action stars, followed by an all-to-brief Q&A about their roles in the movie. The conference is rounded off by a truly strange ceremony in which everyone sticks pink paper hearts to a board… Another oddity is that only half of the conference is subtitled, but thankfully it's the important stuff that gets translated. I also spotted our old friend Bey Logan lurking in the background (the nose was a giveaway), which is hardly surprising given that he is responsible for Miramax's recent acquisition of the film. Finally we have a photo gallery that runs for eleven minutes and is set to music from the film. There are no chapter stops and I quickly found myself growing tired of it, but I've never been that fond of still galleries.
SPL is a welcome return to form for Hong Kong action cinema, with its strong central performances and impressive fight sequences. As far as Asian cinema goes, Korea is still the reigning champion when it comes to producing consistently excellent movies, but this film goes some way towards redressing the balance. The DVD package offers a very pleasing audio-visual experience, and while the bonus content isn't particularly impressive or insightful, it is at least subtitled in English. Should you buy this set? The answer would have to be yes. It's almost worth it for the bruising confrontation between Donnie and Sammo alone. While the film is not without its shortcomings, it is still a thoroughly enjoyable way to spend ninety minutes or so.
You can purchase this title for $14.99 from top retailer YesAsia
Review by Chris Gould
For persons aged 18 or above only
Disc Details
Release Date: 11th January 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS ES 6.1 Cantonese, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Cantonese, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Making of, Press Conference, TV Spots, Photo Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Wilson Yip
Cast: Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Wu Jing, Ken Chang
Genre: Action, Crime and Drama
Length: 93 minutes
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I work in Saudi Arabia. Praise be to Allaah, I adhere to the Sunnah as much as possible and I offer prayers regularly in the mosque, praise be to Allaah. This is the first time that I have left my family behind, because of the children's schooling. When I talk to my wife over the Internet (audio and visual), I sometimes ask her to show me part of her body, and this causes intense sexual provocation which I cannot resist, so I masturbate with my hand to ward off this desire. Does this come under the heading of the verse "Except from their wives" [al-Mu'minoon 23:6] or of enjoying one's wife? Please note that I am aware that masturbation is haraam, but this is my wife whom I am looking at. What should I do? Please advise me, may Allaah reward you with good.
It is permissible for a man to find pleasure in speaking to his wife and looking at her or at her picture in a chat program, so long as he takes precautions so that no one else can see or spy on him.
With regard to masturbation with the hand, the general principle is that it is haraam, except in the case of one who fears that he may fall into zina, in which case it is permitted.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Is it permissible for a married couple to talk about sex on the telephone and provoke one another until one or both of them reaches climax, without using the hand because it is haraam? This happens because my husband is always travelling and we only see one another every four months.
He replied: There is nothing wrong with it; rather it is permissible.
Question: What if it involves using the hand?
Shaykh: Using the hand is subject to further discussion; it is only permissible if the person fears that he may fall into zina.
Questioner: And without using the hand there is nothing wrong with it?
Shaykh: Yes, without using the hand there is nothing wrong with it; he may imagine himself being intimate with her and there is nothing wrong with that. End quote.
See also the answer to questions number 4807 and 329.
And Allaah knows best.


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According to the Battlefield 3 community manager, zh1nt0, the squads can only be managed on Battlelog and not in the actual game.
This means you can no longer create squads/make private squads while in game. You can only join or leave squads.
Hundreds of Battlefield fans are dissapointed and many are cancelling their PC pre-orders right now. Nothing is yet confirmed on how consoles will work.
This is an outrage for the PC version. DICE is ruining their game, and I will cancel my pre-order. All Battlefield series had this system.
You can check people's feedback here http://forums.electronicart...
I remind you that on the Beta you can only join/leave squads also on consoles.
Wtf. It's like
EA said "all right, guys, since console games look and run at an inferior framerate, we have to dumb down the PC version as well. We have to make the cons even across ALL platforms. Not supporting the largest PC gaming company was the first Step with Origins. We're taking this game places!"
What kind of backward logic goes on during their meetings?
DICE am DERP. I don't like the browser being required in the first place. It's like I'm running some 2-bit F2P MMO beta.
Edit - lucifon below makes a good point about this. How are we supposed to play campaign offline if Battlelog is required to do everything in this game? Origin doesn't run the game and land in a normal main menu. It boots up your web browser and forces you to navigate Battlelog if you wanna do anything, including campaign. Sounds like it's just some seriously restrictive DRM in new wrapping. That would be worse than any of my critiques of the beta. Way worse.


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Thread: Time to recruit?
Time to recruit?
With the new season just days away, and the :celery UKRavens Trip :celery just weeks away I am having trouble sleeping
I have a great feeling that this might be THE year to go all the way :happyanim
So, is it time to add a couple more people to our group?
Do anyone have a contact they are working on?
Should we go to NFLUK.com ?
Thoughts guys
Re: Time to recruit?
From what I have seen of people jumping out of windows over the SKy NFL TV deal being scaled back.I have lost some respect for my fellow UK American football fan.
Yes be upset but don't act like you are 5 years old.
I have seen some other Raven fan posters on NFLUK. But I think they are more casual,if you put a thread on NFLUK it might crumble into a joke.
I reckon the only way we are going to get fast tracked is if the Ravens play at wembley.And I pray its an away game.So our Raven brothers and sisters across the pond don't miss out on a home game.
If it happens we can get set up with the NFLUK offices,and work on a plan to meet the players before they come over.Meet and greet at the airport when they arrive in our Raven gear and banners.And get as many UKRaven fans under one banner.
Otherwise it is whistling in the wind.Put the smile back on your face.This is a 60 minute ball game.
Re: Time to recruit?
Have to disagree with you on the Ravens / Wembley thing. I think the last thing we need is them playing here in the near future. We are far too small to really benefit from the publicity it would generate.
Am I right in that SKY have dropped the red button games, and SNF, with C5 dropping the MNF - now taken by ESPN?
Re: Time to recruit?
Sky Sports:
- 6pm / 9pm games every Sunday no red button
- Thursday Night opener – Thursday September 10th
- NFL International Series game from Wembley exclusively live
- Thursday / Friday / Saturday Night games – Weeks 10-17
- Thanksgiving Day tripleheader – Week 12 – Thursday November 26th
- All postseason games live
- Pro Bowl
- Super Bowl XLIV
- NFL Network coverage including NFL Total Access five times per week
- Sunday Night Football live every Sunday
- Magazine show every Saturday morning at 10:30am hosted by Trevor Nelson and Natalie Pinkham
- Super Bowl XLIV live
- Highlights of NFL International Series game
BBC Radio 5 Live Extra:
- Live games every Sunday at 9pm
- Live games every week of the Playoffs
- Super Bowl XLIV live
NFL Game Pass (https://gamepass.nfl.com/nflgp/secur..._GP_UK_309x148)
- All games available to watch live except 6pm / 9pm games on Sky Sports
- Full archive of every game played during the season
- Live NFL Network feedPut the smile back on your face.This is a 60 minute ball game.


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How do you tackle with stale breads? I usually used them in making either this type of "cookies" or Almost Instant Pizza. I like to freeze leftover sliced breads, before its expiry date of course. When I need it, just thaw it on the kitchen bench for 10 minutes or so. It is even more convenient if using microwave.
This "cookie" is super easy snack to make with young children without messing up the kitchen. My 31months boy had fun making it, he loved the cookies too. This recipe can be found in Y3K Recipes, Issue No. 54, together with three other recipes from MK:
- Portabella Mushroom Burger
- Fish N Chips(similar recipe here)
- Pasta with Salmon and Mushroom Sauce
6 slices bread
3 tbsp butter or margarine
1 tbsp Sugar
½ tbsp Cinnamon Powder
- Mix sugar and cinnamon powder together to make cinnamon sugar. Transfer it into a salt shaker if available.
- Spread butter onto each slice of bread evenly. Then, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- Cut into desired shape and size.
- Bake in the preheated oven, 150ºC for 10-12 minutes.
- Cool completely and store in a airtight container.
Cook's notes:
- If prefer crispy outside and soft inside, bake or toast with higher temperature but reduce the cooking time.


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The Eagles beat the Giants.
The Eagles are headed to Arizona.
The Eagles could go to the Super Bowl.
(Pause to marvel.)
Anybody who saw this coming a month ago is clairvoyant. Anybody who saw it coming 2 weeks ago is a true believer. Because nobody else did. Because this was not supposed to happen. But it is happening. The sixth seed in the NFC playoff tournament went to New York and beat the top seed, 23-11. They were not stopped by fatigue. They were not run over by the Giants' vaunted running game. Their defense was outstanding and their offense was good enough and efficient enough.
And now, on to Arizona and the NFC Championship Game against a team that the Eagles pounded on Thanksgiving night. That is when this serendipitous run began. That is when this whole, crazy, unpredictable run started. If you saw it continuing on to the Super Bowl semifinals, you have better eyes than me.
NFC Championship Game.
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Spain boss Vicente del Bosque has acknowledged the importance of the Premier League in the development of Spanish players.
The 62-year-old coach noted the emergence of Cesc Fabregas as a prime example and admits the rigours of English football have provided a valuable education for a number of his squad.
"The departure of Spanish players to other leagues, and especially to the English league, has grown Spanish football and has been good for the national team," he told reporters.
"Already we have seen this with the evolution of Cesc Fabregas and this trend is now increasing.
"We have followed everyone in England via television and scouting reports that have come in on all the players. But, I'm very glad to have seen them live and how they all did."
The former Real Madrid boss also addressed the phenomenal form of Swansea striker Michu, after paying a visit to Goodison Park to see the former Rayo Vallecano man in action on Saturday.
But despite scoring 13 times for The Swans this season, Del Bosque admits he will have his work cut out if he is to secure a place in the national side.
"He plays in a position where we also have [Andres] Iniesta, [Juan] Mata and [David] Silva, among others. Those players have been champions of Europe and the world," he added.
"But that does not mean we're ignoring the best performances. It is great that our players are out there."


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Emerging Markets for Silicon Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
By Lawrence D. Gasman, principal analyst, NanoMarkets LC
Many nanomaterials are currently prescribed to solve problems or create new markets in the semiconductor industry. We believe that nanocrystalline silicon (aka nanosilicon) has perhaps the greatest potential returns because it is based on same material that is the foundation of the electronics industry. In a time when the investment community is extremely risk-averse and very particular about where to invest, the fact that silicon is familiar works to the advantage of nanocrystalline silicon. In some cases, NanoMarkets believes that commercialization of nanocrystalline silicon is less than one year away. Other nanomaterials suffer more from a longer time horizon for commercialization and the short-term focus of most funding sources today. This paper reviews the applications that we see as the biggest opportunities for nanosilicon.
Photovoltaics (PV) is currently the most promising opportunity for nanosilicon. PV offers high conversion efficiencies while still benefiting from silicon's relatively low cost. Tunable nanosilicon particles can also contribute to higher-efficiency tandem or multi-junction PV cells, and other morphologies— nanorods and nanowires— offer to boost efficiency even further. In addition, CIGS and organic PV have yet to reach their potential, so there is an early opportunity for nanosilicon PV to enter the fray— offering high-performance, moisture-insensitive flexible technology for building integrated PV applications. In another development, nanocrystalline/crystalline hybrid cells are being commercialized and may boost wafer-based silicon PV cells to a new, higher level of conversion efficiency. Important in the context of PV is the fact that nanocrystalline silicon PV can make a strong claim as a "green technology" in that it does not rely on scarce or toxic metals like CIGS PV and CdTe PV..
Meanwhile, the nonvolatile memory industry is anxiously seeking options to allow continued scaling of memory arrays beyond what is possible with conventional floating-gate memory technology. One answer to this problem is using silicon nanocrystals as the floating gates, making charge retention more robust and reducing the thickness of gate oxide required to prevent leakage. However, even if nanocrystalline floating gate memories make significant penetrations into the nonvolatile memory market, the nanocrystals that are used do not necessarily need to be silicon; metal nanocrystals can also function here and there is some suggestion that they could even be faster. Metal gates are becoming accepted in the logic fabs, so it is likely that this acceptance will lower the penetrations of nanocrystalline silicon into the memory market. However, the memory market is so large that, even at low levels of penetration, device-level revenues generated by nanocrystalline silicon floating gate memories are likely to be larger than those of the other categories of nanocrystalline silicon products, excluding photovoltaics.
Most of the companies developing nanocrystalline silicon— especially inks— also have some plans for the TFT market. This is understandable because the conventional silicon TFTs used in active matrix displays are rather costly to build. Some efforts have focused on using amorphous silicon instead or polycrystalline silicon, underscoring the entrenchment of silicon in this industry and the willingness to try other forms of it to pursue lowered costs. Other efforts have switched to organic TFTs, but the performance of these devices is in the best cases only equivalent to amorphous silicon. Nanocrystalline silicon offers a high likelihood of decent performance at lower cost, especially if it is printed.
While the above are the main areas in which we can expect nanocrystalline silicon to do well, there also the possibility of using this material to create some form of lighting. The problem is that nanosilicon lighting will face strong competition from light emitting diodes manufactured either with Gallium Nitride or an organic semiconductor. NanoMarkets believes, however, that if a company does eventually begin to take steps toward commercializing nanocrystalline silicon lighting, it is most likely to be a nanocrystalline silicon PV player.
It is also important to consider how nanosilicon devices will be manufactured. Printing is talked about a great deal and is primarily seen as a way to reduce costs. However, functional printing has not developed as fast as some people expected a few years back and more conventional deposition methods that do not differ tremendously from the deposition of conventional silicon in terms of the basic design of the equipment used are most likely to be deployed today. Hence, much of the same equipment that is being used for the deposition of conventional silicon films may also be suitable for nanocrystalline silicon film deposition. The opportunity that this presents is obvious: firms using conventional silicon films for devices like TFTs or PV cells may be able to begin developing nanocrystalline silicon processes with only modest— instead of huge— outlays for new equipment. This is likely to accelerate the development of commercial nanocrystalline silicon devices since the capital risks are lessened.
With the potential of providing new business revenue in the PV, memory, TFT and (perhaps) the lighting segment, nanosilicon is a material that carries within it considerable opportunities for the semiconductor industry.
For additional details about the recent NanoMarkets report, "Opportunities for Nanosilicon: 2009 to 2016," please visit www.nanomarkets.net.
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This information was provided originally as a comment to an existing blog post. It is being promoted to a full blog post to ensure that the news receives proper attention.
Tip o' the hat to Rob Elliott of ZL Technologies for this update…
On December 4, 2009, ZL Technologies filed an amended complaint against Gartner, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Court granted ZL the opportunity to clarify and augment our earlier allegations of defamation and trade libel.
In the first round of ZL's legal dispute with Gartner, Gartner argued to the Court that its rankings and other statements in the proprietary "Magic Quadrant Reports" are merely opinions that are not based upon fact, and that they are understood as such by the readers of those reports. However, Gartner's past statements in marketing materials, white papers, blogs and even the Magic Quadrant Reports themselves, assert that their research and analysts' opinions are based on a body of facts compiled through what is asserted to be a rigorous process.
The amended complaint clarifies ZL's contentions about the inaccuracy of Gartner's reports, the inherent conflict of interest arising out of Gartner's voluminous business with the vendors it reviews, and its subsequent bias towards large and established vendors. The amended complaint also adds new detail about Gartner's repeated claims that its research is based on objective fact—a position exactly opposite to the stance forwarded by Gartner in court.
While this case is focused on ZL's dispute with Gartner over the erroneous statements in Gartner's publications, the issues here also implicate Gartner's larger business model. Gartner plainly admits that it attempts to leverage value from its largest clients, many of whom are also vendors covered in the company's research. ZL's legal filings describe how that business model causes Gartner to favor those large companies at the expense of identifying the best technologies, thus misleading not just the vendors who are inaccurately reviewed by Gartner, but the consumers who base their IT purchasing decisions on Gartner's biased research.
ZL is seeking injunctive relief as well as compensatory and punitive damages from Gartner.
The amended complaint can be found here: http://www.zlti.com/courtdocs/docs/First_Amended_Complaint.pdf
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Clearly the 4NB truths have their origin in the Suttas...They dont in isolation constitute a discourse on the Suttas. They are the very core of Buddhist experientialism. They represent what is experienced.Aloka wrote:That hasn't been my experience Peter and Ajahn Sumedho often refered to the Four Noble Truths in the talks I attended last year.PeterB wrote:For whom Tilt ?
You had better tell THEM that. They would gently and politely beg to differ.
I must have attended several hundred hours of teachings by various Forest Ajahns including Ajahn Sumedho and I dont recall them referring to the Suttas at all.
Perhaps they are not Theravada . Seriously. And if they were not considered so I dont think they would lose sleep.
I went to a talk given by Ajahn Amaro a couple of weeks ago and he made several references to suttas. I also listened to one of his MP3 talks a couple of days ago and he mentioned 4 suttas.
I apparently need to say again..I have not said that Ajahn Chahs Forest Monks never refer to the Suttas. What I am saying is that I personally have heard hundreds of hours of talks by various of them in which no mention of the Suttas was made.
I have also heard talks in which Sutta references were made..but invariably they were to illustrate an essentially pragmatic point.


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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has announced that peanut and upland cotton farmers will be receiving 2004-crop counter-cyclical payments of $81 per short ton for peanuts and 13.73-cents-per-pound for upland cotton.
Required by the 2002 farm bill, final counter-cyclical program (CCP) payments for peanuts and upland cotton are made after the end of the marketing year. The 2002 farm bill provides for two partial 2004-crop CCP payments, one in October 2004 and one in February 2005. The final weighted average marketing year price for 2004-crop peanuts, which was announced on Aug. 31, 2005, is $378 per short ton, $23 higher than the $355 loan rate.
The payment rate for upland cotton is at its maximum level due to low market prices that have averaged well below the 52-cents-per-pound loan rate during the marketing year. Because of these low prices, USDA is able to determine the final counter-cyclical rate at this time.
Producers who accepted the first and second partial CCP payments for 2004-crop peanuts received $41.30 per ton and are due an additional $39.70 per ton. Producers who accepted the first and second partial CCP payments for 2004-crop upland cotton received 9.61-cents-per-pound and are due an additional 4.12-cents-per-pound.
The counter-cyclical payment rate is the amount by which the "target price" of each commodity exceeds its effective price. The effective price equals the direct payment rate plus the higher of: (1) the national average market price received by producers during the marketing year; or (2) the national average loan rate for the commodity. The counter-cyclical payment equals the counter-cyclical payment rate multiplied by 85 percent of the farm's base acreage multiplied by the farm's counter-cyclical payment yield for each crop. Target prices are mandated in the 2002 farm bill.
The final 2004 counter-cyclical payment rate for barley is 15-cents-per-bushel. Those payments were made during July. Producers will not receive 2004-crop counter-cyclical payments for wheat, oats and other oilseeds because their 2004 effective prices equal or exceed their respective "target prices."
For more information on the direct and counter-cyclical payment program, producers can contact their local USDA Service Center.


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Sudan TribuneSunday, December 09, 2012
The group who ran a training camp in the southeast region told police during investigations that they intended to launch "jihad" in Somalia.
A day after sources revealed to Sudan Tribune the incident, authorities announced that 25 Islamist extremists were detained following fierce clashes at Al-Dandar Wildlife Park in the central state of Sennar southeast of the capital Khartoum.
Sennar State governor, Ahmad Abbas, said at the time that only two were killed and four policemen were injured in the clashes but an account given by Sudan Tribune's spoke of at least 13 killed on the extremists side.
The detainees could face charges of forming a terrorist group, opposing government by force and undermining the state in addition to possession of illegal firearms which carries the maximum sentence of the death penalty.
In a related issue the head of the Islamic Fiqh council Esam al-Bashir at Friday sermon prayer slammed the group's ideology calling their beliefs "wrong" as it is violates Islamic rules to rebel against the legitimate ruler.
He pointed out that while the group members could be well intentioned with deep care for their religion he stressed that they are "lost" and lack proper guidance.
"They thought this would be their shortcut to heavens," al-Bashir said.
He called for a "intellectual security" initiative to prevent the propagation of radical views including terrorist cells as well as secular ideas.
There has been a significant increase in activities of Islamic extremist cells in Sudan over the years. In 2007, Sudanese authorities said that they have foiled a plot to blow up several Western embassies as well as UN building.
The year after that a an American USAID employee and his driver were killed in Khartoum by four men who belong to the Islamic militant group known as Ansar al-Tawhid which claimed responsibility for the killing.
In 2009 a Sudanese court ordered all of them hanged to death after finding them guilty of murdering the two men. But the convicts managed to escape later from the maximum security facility they were held in raising many questions about whether they received insider help.
Last year the family of one of the escapees said he was killed in Somalia without giving details.
Last month security sources in Mali said that foreign jihadists from countries such as Algeria and Sudan have arrived in north of the country to support armed Islamist groups who are imposing an increasingly brutal version of Shar'ia law in the vast northern areas under their control.
Sudan has welcomed Bin Laden in the 1990's but expelled him in 1996 under intense US pressure. Since 2001 the Sudanese intelligence cooperated with the US law enforcement agencies to track down suspected terrorists in East Africa.
The US added Sudan to its state terror list in 1993, accusing Khartoum of harboring local and international militants but as a result of counter terrorism cooperation promised to de-list it pending political settlement to civil conflicts in the country.


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DENVER –The Outlaws have acquired attackman John Grant Jr., defenseman Michael Simon and the 16th pick in the 2014 Collegiate Draft from the Bayhawks in exchange for attackman Brendan Mundorf.
"It was an opportunity for us to fill a couple of the needs that we saw this year," Outlaws Head Coach Jim Stagnitta said. "I think that we felt like we got two great players for one great player. We felt like it was a great opportunity for us. We're going to miss Brendan, and he's done so much for us and our program, but we're pleased to add John Grant Jr., who lives in Denver and Mike Simon has a chance to be one of the most dominant defenders in the game moving forward."
Grant Jr. has played in the league since its inaugural season in 2001 and ranks third in MLL history in goals (253), fifth in assists (131) and third in points (403).
He has scored 20 goals in each of the past two seasons with the Bayhawks, totaling 32 points in both campaigns as well. Denver will be the fifth MLL team that Grant Jr. has played for, having spent time with Rochester, Toronto/Hamilton, Long Island and Chesapeake.
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On Nov. 18, 2006, avid whitetail hunter Johnny King of Mt. Horeb, Wis., shot a massive 12-point buck the likes of which were almost unparalleled in the annals of monster bucks. As a straight 6-by-6 typical with no additional abnormal points, the rack grossed more than 220 inches, a milestone few typical monster bucks in history have attained. Some even said it could be the next world record whitetail deer for typical bucks.
Yet, some 4½ years later, the rack remains in relative obscurity. In a time when antler scores and big racks are the Holy Grail to most avid whitetail fanatics, how could this happen to one of history's monster bucks? How could Wisconsin, with a rich history of monster bucks and proud producer of the former world-record James Jordan Buck, let a deer like this slip through the cracks?
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Carl C. Icahn has been the principal beneficial shareholder of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NYSE: IEP) and has served as Chairman of the board, a director, and an owner of the company's general partner since 1990. Mr. Icahn heads the investment management segment, serving as Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Capital LP and its subsidiaries. Today I will get into a bit of Icahn's history his current activities.
Icahn's history involves aggressively purchasing a significant position in a corporation and calling for the election of an entirely new board of directors or the divestiture of assets in order to deliver more value to shareholders. The compensation of CEOs is a subject on which Icahn focuses publicly, as he believes that many are grossly overpaid and that their pay has little correlation to stock performance. He is a real world Gordon Gecko from the movie, "Wall Street." This is evident in one of Icahn's famous quotes, "CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make this kind of money."
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Many times investors follow the lead of Icahn, buying into the businesses he sets his focus upon. The increase in stock price caused by the anticipation that Icahn would uncover shareholder value has become known as the "Icahn lift."
One company I like going forward is currently being influenced by Mr. Icahn and his 13% ownership stake. It is Enzon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENZN).
Enzon Pharma is a biotechnology company dedicated to the research and development of innovative therapeutics for cancer patients with high unmet medical needs. Enzon's drug-development programs utilize two platforms, Customized PEGylation Linker Technology and third-generation messenger RNA (mRNA) targeting agents utilizing the Locked Nucleic Acid technology. Enzon currently has four compounds in human clinical development and multiple novel mRNA antagonists in preclinical research. Enzon receives royalty revenues from licensing arrangements with other companies related to sales of products developed using its proprietary Customized Linker Technology.
Enzon receives income from royalties on sales of products by other companies that use the company's proprietary PEGylation technology. These products include pegintron, marketed by Merck (NYSE: MRK); and macugen, marketed by Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) outside the U.S. and Valeant (NYSE: VRX) inside the U.S. Royalty revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2012 increased 7% to $10.9 million from $10.2 million in 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, royalty revenue remained flat compared to the same period in 2011. The pace of these royalties equates to approximately $40 million per year and is the main reason Enzon has been profitable in recent quarters.
Enzon combines two things I typically will appreciate with a pharmaceutical company, revenue coming in the door to supplement a diverse pipeline. This gives me the confidence that the company will not be simply diluting in order to raise money. It was the same reason I invested in Antares (NASDAQ: ATRS) for approximately a year and a half. Antares is a company with $0 long-term debt and $88M in cash reserves (Q3 2012) in addition to a growing revenue stream that is right around break-even.
Despite the royalties and potential with Enzon's products, the past three years have witnessed a series of setbacks for the company. In early 2011, CEO Jeffrey Buchalter left the company. Icahn has been steadily pushing Enzon along the way, with longtime colleague Alex Denner at the helm. Denner, who left Icahn's organization late in 2011, orchestrated a series of Icahn's campaigns to push companies to the bargaining table. This worked well and created big returns from several investments such Genzyme who was purchased by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NYSE: SNY).
Alexander Denner has served as a director since May 2009 and chairman of Enzon's Board of Directors since July of 2009. Dr. Denner served as Managing Director of entities affiliated with Carl C. Icahn from 2006 to 2011. From April 2005 to May 2006, Dr. Denner served
as a portfolio manager specializing in healthcare investments for Viking Global Investors. Previously Dr. Denner served in a variety of roles at Morgan Stanley, including portfolio manager of healthcare and biotechnology mutual funds. Dr. Denner was chairman of the Executive Committee of ImClone Systems Incorporated, and served as a director from 2006 until 2008 when ImClone was purchased. He has also served as a director of Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) since 2009.
In December, Enzon announced it was exploring the sale of some or all of the company. The company's board of directors retained Lazard to act as financial advisor in a review of the possible sale or disposition of these assets. A special committee of Enzon's board of directors was established to oversee the review.
Denner commented:
The Board of Directors, following a review of the Company's assets and strategic direction, has determined that it is in the best interest of Enzon's shareholders to pursue a sale, in whole or in part, of the Company. In addition to a strong balance sheet and royalty revenues, Enzon's drug candidates and technologies offer the potential for a variety of transactions.
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq): $278.44M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq): $6.27
Total Debt (mrq): $115.85M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq): $64.46
Current Ratio (mrq): $2.26
Book Value Per Share (mrq): $3.98
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (TTM): -$1.96M
Levered Free Cash Flow : -$926.63K
The stock has been in an extended down channel, but has recently shown signs of reversal. A break over $5 would be a key pivot point and over $5.15 would be very bullish as there would be a break of the trend-line resistance. The MACD has recently crossed bullish and the RSI is bullish as well, still showing plenty of room to run.
Icahn is one of Wall Street's most successful figures and thusly, not someone I estimate Enzon is worth $325M to $350M, or roughly $7 a share, so this one might be a very good swing trade as the stock is currently near its 52 week low of $4.27.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in ENZN over the next 72 hours.


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The Prince of Sun
Wu, Maoxinyu
This is a story of love, of forgiveness and of virtue. Love is blind, as people always say. It is absolutely true that the lover is the only thing that girls can think of when they are in love. Our heroine white lady is also one of those girls, she is the most beautiful girl in the fantasy village, but she is so shy that people can barely see her face.
Fantasy is a little village in Sun kingdom, it belongs to the family of Sun. King has only one son that is the Prince of Sun. The Prince of Sun deserves all the beautiful words: elegant, handsome, gentle, extraordinary, except his arrogance. The young prince is chasing girls around, or I should say, girls always follow him. Those girls are like sunflowers with their heads face the direction of the young prince. They laugh because of his boring jokes; they cry because of his absence; they wear fancy dress all day long just want to attract his attention. But our hero never takes serious of those girls, because of his pride. He is happy about his popularity, even though he doesn't really care about his followers.
One day, he passed by the fantasy village, and he saw a beautiful figure. She has long hair, with the color of the sunrise. With the gentle breeze, her hair flows, like osiers leaves in the spring. But she crouches her head deeply, so our young prince couldn't see her face. He yells, "Excuse me, beautiful lady! Could I know your name?" That girl doesn't respond. She keeps walking until turns into a small lane and disappears. The prince is very disappointed and really wants to see that girls again. So he went to his father, the Kind of Sun, and tells his father about that girl.
Who do you think that girl is, dear audience? Yes, she is our heroine, White lady. White lady went back to her home and directly walked to her room, closed the door. She suddenly sits on the ground and takes a deep breath. I just saw the prince, the only prince of our country, she thinks, and he asked my name! She just can't believe what just happened. "He is even more handsome than what people described", she talks to herself, "and I am kind of like him."
The king decided to find the girl after listening to his son. He sent out many officers to fantasy village to find that girl.
White lady regrets that she didn't talk to the prince and really wants to see the prince again. So she went on a travel to Sun Castle.
Ironically, when the prince and his officers try so hard to find the white lady in fantasy village, she is actually travelling to the castle in order to see the prince. And when she finally arrives, wandering around the castle, wants to see the prince again, but the prince is actually on the way back to the castle with his broken heart. Our beautiful lady waits for three days and eventually decides to leave. Right after the lady white left, prince's carriage reaches the castle.
Such a pity! They missed each other again. The young prince went back to his old routine, travelling around and chasing different girls. How about white lady? She starts learning cooking. After three years, she is famous of her master-cooking skills and also she likes to wear a mask when she cooks in public. She still loves the prince, but she was very angry because of his romance rumors.
One day, white lady was invited to the castle to cook for the king. Before leaving, she keeps telling herself that the prince has already forgot her, so don't do anything stupid when see the prince. She picks a white silk mask with delicate flower texture; she decides to wear that mask all the time in castle.
During the feast, there are thirty dishes served and all of them are delicious. The king is happy and satisfied, so he asked to see the chef. When the white lady walks in the palace, her beauty attracts everybody even though they can't see her face entirely. Her blond hair shines under the sunshine and flows gently. Her eyes are like stars in the sky. The prince stands up at the first moment, he runs into her way. When the White lady sees the prince, she stops walking and crunches her head just like last time. The prince shouts out, "Do you know how hard it was to find you? Do you know you stole my heart? I can't even breathe right now, who are you? Are you an angel from the heaven?"
The white lady is too nervous to say a word, she quickly passed out. When she wakes up, she is already on a fancy bed. She could see several lace decorations and silk flowers covers the surface of the quilt. Then she turns her head to the right, she sees the smiling face of the prince. "How do you feel right now? I was worried about you," says the prince. "I am totally fine right now; don't worry about me," White lady answers.
The prince smiles and leaves, he is afraid of scaring the lady again, so he decides to come back the next day. Our beautiful heroine, she falls to deep thinking after prince's leaving: why did he left? Did I behave right? Eventually she realizes that she couldn't figure out these questions just by herself and gradually falls asleep.
It is a really strange dream, even though she knows she is in sleep. She marries the prince and they have a real big wedding. All the people in their country come to the wedding and give their congratulations to them. She smiles like a newborn happy baby. They look at each other and kiss. Suddenly, the prince shows terrified when look at her, people shout out and all run away. She is now alone stand in the center of the church. She cries because she didn't know what just happened. There is a voice floating from the roof of the room, "Dear lady, are you ok?" She opens her eyes and notices it was a dream. Prince is standing next to her right now, with a worrying face.
"You cried, what just happened?" the young prince asks. "I just had a horrible dream", answers the white lady. "Really? What about that dream?" he keep asking. White lady hesitates for a little while, finally she says, "I dreamed that I lost you forever". The prince looks surprised, and he seems to be pretty happy about her answer. He gets down to her level and says right next to her ear: "I would never leave you alone, my sweetheart. Could you take off your silk mask for me? I really want to see your face." White lady takes off her mask and looks at the prince. The prince is captivated by her delicate face and could not say a word. White lady has the most white and soft skin in the world. Her big eyes with light brown pupils shines like diamonds. White lady blushes, ask the prince, "Would you love me forever?"
"Yes, my beautiful lady, thousand times of yes", the prince says gently.
They get married and have a big weeding like what white lady dreamed. But different is, nobody left her. The white lady moves into the Sun castle and only cooks for the family of the Sun. The Castle of Sun is the nearest place to the sun in the world. Everybody in the Sun family loves the sun, that's why they name themself as the family of Sun.
Prince often takes the white lady out with him; they play in the grant garden under sunshine. Sometimes, white lady feels burn when under sunshine. But she doesn't take it serious and thinks it's not a big deal.
Days went by, they have lived together for three months. The white lady start to observe little freckles on her face and her skin is not as white as before. At the same time, the prince rarely takes her out. He always leaves home early in the morning when she is still sleeping and goes back late in the night when she already falls asleep. They barely talk to each other. The prince doesn't even want to look at her face anymore. White lady feels so lost and cries all the time. One night, when the prince comes back, she turns on the light and asks the prince, "Do you still love me?" The prince is shocked at the first time, and he sneers, saying, "I am so glad that you finally ask me. I don't love you anymore. Look at your ugly face, do you even love yourself. Get out of my castle right now! You, ugly women!"
White lady cries and quickly runs out of the castle. She finds a traveling carriage in the town and rides back to her home. She is so sad and couldn't stop crying. She cries for entire three days without eating and eventually passes out. Her parents take care of her until she wakes up. She wants to a new start and goes back to her cooking business again.
The prince also goes back to his past routine; he starts to travel from town to town to find new girls.
I have to say, it is a pretty fair ending so far, and everybody goes back to his or her own normal routine. White lady enjoy cooking that she could transfer her attention from the lost of love to the cooking process. The prince likes chasing girls. He thinks it is more free to travel around and experience different kinds of romances. People talk about this story as a joke, they feel sorry for the beautiful lady, but they don't really think what the prince have done deserves punishment. Girls still love the prince; they think the prince is charming because he has the power to let the white lady fall in love with him. They all start to wear a mask, and hide from sunshine, because they want to look like the white lady. Some of them even dye their hair as blond as white lady. Almost every girl in the country wears white dress with a white silk mask, except White lady herself. Our white lady decided to have a little change, well, I mean, a really big change. She goes out and enjoy the sunshine all day long; she tears all her white clothes and masks. Magically, her hair becomes black and her skin looks like the color of the wheat. I have to say, she looks much more healthy right now. She stars to laugh a lot and say hi to everybody who passes by.
Boys who were admired of her beauty before, find out she is such an outgoing girl right now, so they all come to show their love to her. The white lady suddenly becomes the most popular girl in the country because other girls all look the same. She receives thousands of letters and flowers every day, but she refuses all the time. Her followers don't give up; they ask to stay as friend with her. Our white lady doesn't become proud because of this, she is nice to people around as usual.
The prince has heard he story of the white lady, he really want to have a look to her new appearance. Because of the curiosity, he travels to the fantasy village secretly. He stays in the hotel right next to white lady's house. In the afternoon, the white lady goes out to enjoy the sunshine in her yard. Her black long hair shines under the sunshine and flows with the breeze. Her laughter is like the sound of river. Her big smiles attract all his attention. The prince is addicted to white lady again, however, he decides to leave at last. He regrets what he has done, but he decides to move on. There are still many girls in the world, he thinks. So he goes away.


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Mary-Kate Olsen & OIivier Sarkozy: East Village Lunch Date!
Mary-Kate Olsen and her boyfriend Olivier Sarkozy wait for the light to turn at a crosswalk on Sunday (November 18) in New York City.
The 26-year-old fashion designer and the 42-year-old banker had lunch together at Quartino restaurant in the East Village neighborhood.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Mary-Kate Olsen
Earlier this month, Mary-Kate and Olivier were spotted getting affectionate at a New York Knicks basketball game that they attended with his kids. Make sure to check out the pics in case you missed them!


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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will push back by six weeks the deadline for enrolling for health insurance without facing a penalty, a change officials say is intended to clarify a series of mismatched deadlines outlined in the law and not a response to problems with its insurance website.
Consumers will have until March 31 to sign up for insurance without paying a tax penalty in 2014, the White House announced late Wednesday. That date was already the end of open enrollment, but under the individual mandate rules it was not clear whether consumers who waited that long to enroll would still face penalties.
In announcing the change, officials cast the move as a clarification and not a reaction to the embarrassing glitches and technical problems with www.healthcare.gov, the website created to link the insured with affordable, private insurance plans.
A growing group of critics and some administration allies have been calling on the White House to push back the deadline further or delay the individual mandate.


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Contact: Jerry Horn, 540-220-0095
Amarillo, TX - Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today commented upon the forced closing of the Center for Women's Health in Cleveland. The clinic, which performed late-term abortions, failed to have its state license renewed when officials found numerous health and safety violations at the facility.
"The shoddy conditions and practices in those facilities have been the dirty little secret of the abortion industry for years," Fr. Pavone commented. "But it's being revealed more and more. The more closely health regulators look at these clinics, the more dangers they will find."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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pLaurent wrote:But my girl does not have an enlarged vulva nor big droopy nipples
Mine either! I guess she's a virgin and everything is all neat and small - nothing droopy or flabby.
Sorry Concreterose, that the thread about your new dog turned into a debate about the pros and cons of weenies and cooters.
Miakoda wrote:Maryellen wrote:maybe they are talking about the greenish stuff that is usually like a yeast infection in male dogs?? most male puppies get it, rufus had it as a pup too... it was gross, but with penicillian it went away
It's smegma & completely normal although quite disguisting.
I really think I may need therapy regarding girly doggy parts.
You've always got to watch out for the winkie (or as we call it, the goblin ) Caesar always is sticking that thing out! Ick!
My friend calls girl doggie parts rosebuds
One the skin is stretched by big ol bully balls it doesn't have a chance!
pLaurent wrote:One the skin is stretched by big ol bully balls it doesn't have a chance!
Yah, too bad vets don't do a little cosmetic surgery when they neuter them!
dogcrazyjen wrote:her hoohoo is just always saying HOWDY DOO!
pLaurent wrote:Okay, this is nuts, but when I give Chloe a bath and wash her "rosebud" I swear she looks at me as though I am some sort of pervert who is violating her.
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Governments have reacted strongly to the clashes between Egyptian troops and supporters of the ousted president Mohammed Morsi that have left dozens dead.
Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, which had formed an alliance with the ousted Islamist leader and has criticized his overthrow, was quick to condemn the killings. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu tweeted: "I strongly condemn the massacre that took place at morning prayers in the name of basic human values."
He added: "A political normalization process that respects the will of the Egyptian people must begin"
Britain called for movement toward free and fair elections and agreement on a democratic constitution, and called on Egyptian authorities to carry out an investigation into the events that led to the deaths. "There is an urgent need for calm and restraint," said Foreign Secretary William Hague.
The Hamas militant group condemned the killings and expressed "extreme pain and grief for the falling of these victims," but stopped short of taking sides in the unfolding crisis in its neighbor. While identifying ideologically with Morsi, Hamas also maintains ties with Egyptian security forces that patrol the border with Gaza.
The wealthy Gulf nation, a main backer of Morsi's government, expressed "great concern" over the deadly clashes and urged authorities to guarantee the "rights and protections" for all groups to express their views. The official Qatar News Agency, quoting an unnamed official, urged for political dialogue in Egypt, but made no mention of appeals by Morsi's backers for his return to power.
Qatar also has not made any public statements on the status of its pledges to the Morsi government, which included up to $21 billion in investment and economic aid over the next five years.
The German Foreign Ministry said it was "dismayed" over reports of violence and called for a "speedy clarification" by an independent body into the events surrounding the latest killings. The ministry also advised that travel to Egypt except for the Red Sea and Sinai beaches was strongly discouraged.


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NFL.com's Adam Schein ranked Brian Cushing as the NFL's second-most indispensable defensive player on Thursday.
He probably wouldn't get much argument from Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith.
"Brian Cushing's gonna come back and be ... " Smith said Thursday, pausing to consider his comparison, according to Nick Scurfield of HoustonTexans.com. "He was already 'Super Cush'; I can't call him 'Mega Cush' because of J.J. (Watt). 'Ultimate Cush.' Like the Ultimate Warrior.
"Have you been seeing him over there working out? I've never seen him move like that before, all trimmed and cut up. Looks like a julienne salad."
Smith is one of the most hilarious characters in the NFL. While his comparison of Cushing to a salad with stripped meats might be peculiar, you get the point.
Cushing continues to rehab from a torn ACL and expects to be back ready for the start of the 2013 season. For Smith, that means some offensive linemen will have some restless nights.
"In my book, I told everybody when I first got here and got to see him, he's gonna be one of the great ones," said Smith, who signed with the Texans in 2009. "He's gonna be one of them Hall of Fame linebackers if he stays healthy. Offensive linemen throughout the league fear him. Running backs surely fear him. He's just one of those players that's relentless, and he hits with bad intentions."
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Mention the name Larry to the folks at the New York Blood Center in these parts, and chances are they'll be able to fill in the last name.
Mention the name Larry to the folks at the New York Blood Center in these parts, and chances are they'll be able to fill in the last name.
At least twice a month for the past couple of years, Larry Mattice has been donating platelets to help cancer patients stay alive. He figures it's what he should be doing, since it's what others did for his daughter.
Hope Mattice was a young lady with big plans. After earning a certified nursing assistant certificate from Ulster BOCES, the 2007 Rondout Valley grad and Accord resident set her sights on a career as a registered nurse.
She also put her skills to work as a volunteer firefighter with the Kripplebush-Lyonsville Department.
Then came the illness that would prevent her from responding to any more fire calls. The diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia.
Hope put up a good fight, but her battle ended July 22, 2010, at the age of 21.
Jamie Jones was among those hit the hardest. Hope's childhood friend has fond memories of sleepovers and movie nights where the pair would annoy parents by blurting out all the dialogue before the actors did.
Later on, the sleepovers would be at a hospital where Jamie would keep Hope company during transfusions and chemo treatments.
Jamie played the role of goofball to help keep Hope's spirits up. When Hope lost her hair, Jamie offered to cut hers. Hope wouldn't hear of it.
These days, when it's Jamie who needs cheering up, she flips open her phone and looks at pictures of the two of them acting silly.
Throughout Hope's ordeal, family and friends learned all about the unrelenting need for red blood cells, plasma and platelets. It's why Larry, Jamie and the New York Blood Center have teamed up to sponsor a blood drive in honor of Hope that they expect will become an annual event.
It will be from 2-8 p.m. Thursday at White Eagle Hall on Delaware Avenue in Kingston. Those who remember Hope, including the firefighters who took an active role in her funeral service, now want members of the community to answer the call.
The combination of Hurricane Sandy, the holiday season and recent winter storms have brought the region's blood supply to a critically low level. Blood type O-negative is especially scarce.
If Thursday doesn't work for you, there will be another drive from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at Temple Hill Academy in New Windsor. No matter the location, blood center officials want you to know your donation could help save three lives.
Hope Mattice would have turned 24 tomorrow.
Larry and Jamie feel it's the perfect time to honor the memory of a young woman who cared so much for those around her. They remind us donors will be helping those now fighting their own life battles.
Call it Hope's birthday gift of hope.
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With the 30% off, I decided to place a Della Terra order. The discount covered shipping to Canada, and a couple dollars of my actual order. Sadly they didn't have samples of everything I wanted, so I ended up with 2oz of a couple teas. Umm.
Chocolate Covered Strawberry
Double Berry Burst
Lemon Chiffon
Grandma's Pumpkin Pie
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Orange Brulee (oolong)
Lime Chiffon
Strawberries & Cream
Lemon Pepper Mélange
I also signed up for the Verdant tea club without thinking. I've already emailed to cancel after the first month, because with $38.50 for the $30 club, or $40 of tea with free shipping, the $40 with free shipping is obviously the better deal. What I need is a friend in Bellingham. :)
Could you sign up for the club… and order 10$ in additional tee every month to get free shipping?
Mmmm, yummy sounding Della Terra order!
great order! I've been interested in that orange brulee tea!
errr, I'm on the fence for doing another Della Terra order!
@yappy, I think I asked that in my email. It is something to consider, especially if one of their teas becomes a regular tea for me to drink. (I tend to drink the same teas every morning!)
Unfortunately they process tea orders from the tea clubs differently, so they can't combine shipping on regular orders and tea club stuff (I just asked last week)
Caved after stumbling upon some reviews for Mountain Tea Co's oolongs. I couldn't resist.
1x Green Jin Xuan – 2 oz for $7.00 each
1x Mountain Oolong, Winter – 2 oz for $10.00 each
1x Heritage Honey Oolong – 5oz for $10.00 each
Wish I could've ordered less of the Heritage Honey Oolong (for storage reasons, more than anything else), but it's on clearance and very nicely priced, so I can't complain.
Most likely the last order for the month (already!), as I've spent so much recently. Just put 500+ into my car…stupid car, taking away from my tea buying ability!
Curses! You know what I hate? When a tea company I just placed an order with sends me a coupon for ordering with them for 20% off my next purchase. Ok, I don't HATE it, but it stinks. Hopefully the coupon stays good until I can afford another tea order.
Happened to me with them on my last order!
However your order prompted me to get 5 ounces of this myself. I love it and it is perfect for a yixing I have yet to season!
I am also afraid it will be gone soon.
That's what prompted me to buy the Heritage Honey, as well! I wanted to try it and was afraid if I waited it wouldn't be around when I got to it.
And your welcome/sorry for prompting a spontaneous buy! haha
Haha thats what we do here to each other :)
Its a good thing as I may have missed it and I mean 10 bucks for 5 ounces of that good of an oolong is so worth it! Then I did use my code. So really 8 bucks.
=) I agree, it is a wonderful deal. Plus, I'll be able to share some with others, which is always nice!
That's great your code worked still! I hope mine does, because I'm sure I'll want to use it.
Exactly I know I shared so much of my first batch with others I ran out fast lol I will have even more to share now!
Oh Emily seriously I have really enjoyed exploring Mountain Teas tea and I love the bags they come in – although not resealable there is just something cool and colorful about them :)
They all sound really good, and I can't wait to get my order!
Once I have more money to spend I plan on getting a few other ones.
Della Terra Order
Custom Try Me Pack – Apricot and Peach Honeybush, A Rabbit's Garden, Grapefruit Fusion, Lemon Pepper Mélange, Peach Oolong
Lime Chiffon – 2 oz
The Perfect Pear – 1 oz
Lemon Lime Cream Tart – 2 oz
Strawberries & Cream – 1 oz
Rainforest Nectar – 2 oz
Sweet Peach & Ginger – 2 oz
Sunshine – 1 oz
Grand Total: $42.71
Everytime I look at orders you guys have received I start to drool ;)
I need to keep out of this thread for the same reason. I'd be buying 10x more tea if I came here too often!
Me tooo! lol, this thread is awful! I was just thinking about how, for the first time in a long time, I don't have any orders en route to me. . . Then I realized I'm wrong. I need to stop coming here.
This thread is the worst. and the sales thread. omg.
This thread exercises my willpower. Often it's strong, other times…not so much.
I'm just curious is all.
I try to be strong. I come here because I'm curious, too, but end up getting sucked in most of the time. I look at an order, see something that looks interesting, and if I don't buy it right then I think about it for a few days and then cave. Sometimes I can resist, though. I'm working on getting better. haha
yappy- I don't go on the sales thread anymore. It's too tempting. I just stay out unless I am looking to buy.
I have 200$ in tea gift certs waiting to be used haha
Oh man! Lucky! haha
I'd be spending those all at once… and then I'd be buried under an unmanagable mountain of tea. But at least I'd die happy and surrounded by things I love. ;)
I have tons of tea already. Slowly working through 50 0.5 oz try me pack sizes from della terra. taking forever. and the rest of course. Really focusing on trying all the della terra now though. neeed that gone.
Wow! That's a lot of Della Terra! I've been tempted, but I definately know I can't buy that much. 1) I'd have no room for the tea, 2)I'd never get through it all, and 3) I don't have the money to buy that much and still be able to try other companies. But if I had the money, time, and space, I'd be right there with you!
I ordered 6 try me packs while they were still 30% off. so i meant 60 0.5 oz haha. Although its been great trying so much of their stuff and I've found some I really like and plan on reordering, So far most have only been so-so.
I finally placed my first Upton order on Friday.
All sample sizes, plus an on sale Finum infuser for a fellow tea club member at work.
Yunnan Black Buds
Golden Tip Yunnan Imperial
Season's Pick Yunnan Black Snail
Livingstonia Estate GFBOP
Arya Estate Topaz Second Flush (EX-45) Organic
Kairbetta Estate BOP Cl/Ch
Turkish Style Blend
Saint Isaac's Blend
Japanese Matcha Kamakura
Robert Fortune Blend 41 (Darjeeling-Yunnan)
Kuwapani Estate Tippy Special
Organic China Black FOP
Also my first Mahmosa order yesterday, also all sample sizes:
Moondakotee FTGFOP1
Havukal OP
Ratnapura FOP
Yunnan Imperial FOP
Tanzania BOP
Jackfruit Delight
Mao Zhen
Got to stay off these boards. Too many specials!!!!
Jackfruit delight sounds awesome!
Submitted to Della Terra, again:
The Rabbit's Garden 1oz
Orange Brulee 1oz
$8.71 with coupon code and shipping.
Totally on a no buy for awhile! I need to save up for a huge Teavire order I keep putting off and I'd love to do another Steep City order too.
Don't get why all of you are so about the rabbits garden tea haha. i grabbed a sample though. Enjoy the orange brulee. Orange oolong is great.
I think the peas won me over, lol! I'm a sucker for unique blends!
Yeah, and also corn.
I don't like either of those things, so I guess that's one that I won't have to try. haha
Saves me some money!
Does sound interesting, though.
Corn is gross. But it sounded so weird I had to give it a go. In the 0.5g try me pack form of course.
Agreed (Yuck!). I've had corn in tea before and it wasn't strong or anything. But peas AND corn in a tea…I don't know about that. Can't wait to see what you think of it! haha
The lemongrass threw me off too. And I like lemongrass. Just doesn't seem to be where they were going with the tea. I'm thinking you can taste it more than the corn and peas and the rest combined.
I went a little over what I planned…
3+1 FREE Matcha Deal
Size: 30g of each flavor
Flavor: Distinctive
Matcha # 1: Coconut Matcha
Matcha # 2: Gingerbread Matcha
Matcha # 3: Caramel Popcorn Matcha
Matcha # 4 (FREE): Cheesecake Matcha
3 x Tin size: Small Metal Tin Container (Holds up to 45g)
total= $23.91 after gift certificate
Shui Jin Gui Wuyi Oolong 1oz
Taiwanese Dong Ding Oolong 1oz
Autumn Harvest Laoshan Green 1oz
Chocolate Phoenix Chai 1oz
Anxi Fo Shou Black Tea 5g
Laoshan Black 7g
Master Han's Wild Picked Yunnan Black 7g
Five Year Aged Tieguanyin 7g
Free subscription sample
total $44.80(just had to get free shipping cause I'm easily manipulated like that)
Soooo…. that is my tea spending for the month, it's my birthday month so I'm justifying going over my normal limit.
OMG! Laoshan Black is back?!?!?!
Last month I also splurged as it was my birthday month. :) It's only once a year right? hehe
So I was home for the weekend and was rummaging through my parents' tea cabinet for something to drink. I found a tin of some weird powdery black stuff. Smelled ancient. I asked my dad was this was. Apparently it was puerh and he really enjoys it. Well, the tin was nearly empty and his birthday is coming up, so I made an order on Mandala Teas for better quality stuff for my pops. And of course I had to pick up a couple of unique teas for myself. :p
Ripe Pu'er Mini-Tuocha Variety Package
4 ounces
Flowering Black Tea Cones
1 ounce
Yunnan Beauty
1 ounce
Hope he likes it!
Of course, no one should be surprised that I went and bought 2 oz of Laoshan Black not 15 minutes after I commented on Frolic's post above. Would have been sooner but I chose to write about my Mandala order first. haha
Yay, Laoshan black!
Also got an ounce of Anxo Fo Shou. The reviews have had my salivating for weeks!
was really hoping for laoshan black genmaicha to be up when i saw this was back…
I've seen bags of roasted brown rice at a Chinese food store. Maybe it's possible to make your own?
Ugh. I want Laoshan Black now! The Anxi Fo Shou is amazing. I only ordered Della Terra last week? Justifying a small Mountain Tea order and another Verdant order this week. grrr
I've been itching to try Laoshan Black, and I noticed it was back in stock, so I bit the bullet and bought 2oz. Very daring considering I've never even had it before, but I have faith in Steepster's reviews. :)
I also ran back to Butiki Teas and ordered extra Taiwanese Assam, along with Organic Irish Breakfast, Pineapple Cilantro Cream, and Maple Pecan Oolong. Those latter three will be the first time I've tried any of those (the lattermost being my first oolong ever. Kind of excited :D )
After that I think I'm going to try and drink through everything slowly. With all of those added to my current inventory, I'm starting to have quite a lot of tea. ^^; Plus if I don't slow down, I think my wallet might go on strike.
Hope you enjoy your first oolong! A flavored oolong was where I started and it made me totally fall in love with them (I've just barely stuck my toes into trying unflavored oolongs lately and I'm having a blast!). Heh, I feel you on the wallet thing. I want to order more Verdant stuff so bad (especially Loashan and Anxi Fo Shou) but I think my bank account requires me to take a little breather for a bit XD
Enjoy your first oolong. Try a good unflavored one next time.
Hehe, thanks for the good wishes. :) I figured seeing as I never had an oolong before, getting a flavored one would be a good way to dip my toes in. If I really like it, then I'll grab an unflavored. (plus I'm a real sucker for anything with maple, so I just had to xD)
Though I think my bank account would rather I didn't like it, so I won't buy more. cough


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Five Yale fencers will head to Cambridge, Mass., this Sunday for the NCAA Regional tournament. The competition at MIT will determine which fencers will head to the National tournament later this month. Heading to Cambridge from Yale are epeeists Abigail Fraeman, Rebecca Moss and Kristin Saetveit, saberist Katherine Arden and foilist Katharine Pitt.
Arden, Fraeman and Moss fenced at last year's regional tournament, where captain Lidia Gocheva was the only to advance. Gocheva had to end her season early this year due to illness. Then-sophomore Moss, who qualified for the NCAA National tournament her freshman year, ended up 18th. The epeeist encountered the eventual second-, fourth-, and seventh-place finishers in the second round of pool fencing and was unable to escape. Fellow epeeist Fraeman had an impressive outing last year, finishing 15th and just missing out on qualifying. Arden finished in 16th place for the Yale sabre squad. For freshman Pitt and junior Saetveit, this will be their first trip to Regionals. The regional tournament is set up very differently from regular dual meets. Instead of being a team event, the regional tournament is completely individual. The tournament is set up in three rounds, with approximately half the fencers from each round being promoted to the next (48 to 24 to 12). In each round, fencers are placed in a pool with 5-7 others and fence each of those fencers to five touches.
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"This tournament set-up is really high pressure because every bout can effect if you advance or are eliminated. You have to fence a lot of different people so you have to be focused enough to adapt to each person in a short amount of time," she noted.
She added, "The biggest difference is that this tournament is individual. Most of the season you fence with your entire team by your side and everyone's wins and losses count. At Regionals, it's all you and if you mess up there's no one to pick up the slack."
At Regionals the five Bulldogs will encounter familiar adversaries as well as a few new ones.
"Regionals are fun because they give you the opportunity to fence people who you have already fenced earlier in the season," commented Fraeman. "You already have a sense of how they fence, and you can use your knowledge to adjust your strategy and become a more effective fencer against them. It's also good to have the opportunity to re-fence people you narrowly lost to during the regular season."
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It�s a scene that makes everyone in attendance cringe when a player writhes in pain when suffering an injury.
On Monday night at Saugatuck, Megan Phillips, a Fennville girls basketball player, fell to the ground while playing on defense, and wailed in pain while grabbing her left knee.
She limped off the court while fighting back tears. Phillips entered the game tallying three straight double-doubles, and with her team down 26-21 in the third quarter, it didn�t look good for the Blackhawks.
But the visiting team rallied around their teammate and erased the deficit minutes later. Fennville went on to win 57-45.
"When Megan Phillips got hurt it was kind of a shot for our girls," Blackhawks coach Ernie Ramirez said. "We�ve relied on her for much of our scoring. (Saugatuck) kind of neutralized her a little bit and she�s a competitor and the girls feed off her energy."
Ramirez asked his team to step up, and a few players answered his call. Stephanie Fuller was one of them who helped Fennville pull away. The point guard kept possession of the ball and was critical in breaking down Saugatuck�s full-court press. Fuller led all scorers with 18 points.
"We wanted it more this game and we wanted to pull together as a team," Fuller said. "Our girl got hurt and that just made us want to win it for her. It was motivation."
The Blackhawks (5-6) outscored the Indians (6-4)�12-4 in the final five minutes of the third quarter and led 36-33 heading into the fourth quarter.
Fennville then put on a scoring display from the perimeter. Allison Chappell hit a 3-pointer, then Madyson VanHowe nailed a long jumper afterward. Their back-to-back shots gave the Blackhawks a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter. VanHowe finished with 14 points.
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"We need a better effort form our seniors," Tringali said. "With the injury, I would have thought it would have gone in our favor. They could have easily packed it in and they didn�t, and that�s a credit to Fennville�s kids."
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