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Sticking with a plan that worked last time, Paul Pompa Jr.'s 3-year-old This Ones for Phil worked six furlongs for trainer Rick Dutrow Saturday morning at Gulfstream Park with a week until his next start in the $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2).
The Florida-bred son of Untuttable was part of a rush of workhorses just after the first renovation break under exercise rider/jockey Mario Madrid. He sizzled the early portion of the work with fractions of 22 and 34 seconds. He then leveled off on the turn, getting a half-mile in 45 2/5 before hitting the wire in 1:11 2/5.
The plan that worked last month also means This Ones for Phil may still have some work to do before his one-mile test next Saturday according to Dutrow.
"We breezed a week out last time and then gave him a blowout the morning of the race," he said. "We will see this week, but I think I'll stick with the same set-up. It seemed to work pretty well last time."
Notonthesamepage Hits Mark Again in Final Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Work
In the six weeks since Gulfstream Park opened for the 2009 season, the stock of several 3-year-old prospects has risen and fallen while Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Spectacular Bid stakes winner Notonthesamepage has quietly gone about his training.
He wasn't so quiet Saturday morning when posting a 'bullet' workout with a week to go before he runs in the $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2).
Under jockey Elvis Trujillo, the homebred son of Catienus drilled five furlongs in 59 2/5 Saturday morning shortly after the first renovation break in company with his regular workmate, the 4-year-old gelding Osceola Prince.
"Right after his last race we set out a plan," said trainer Wesley Ward. "We set out a schedule of workouts and I sent him out with the same horse every time. I know how fast that horse (Osceola Prince) can go and we've been working on sitting just off him. Elvis has been great at catching him right at the wire every time."
While Ward and Trujillo have been working on getting Notonthesamepage to relax, they know they have a quick horse on their hands and expect him to be prominent early in the one-mile Fountain of Youth.
"Usually he shoots right to the front," said Ward. "Obviously, if they go something crazy, we might not be up there. We've been breezing him hoping he can learn to adapt, but he's been trained his whole life to run on the lead. I would expect that's probably what will happen again."
'Jojo' Goes Past Workmates in Final Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Breeze
On a busy morning at Gulfstream Park, Sanotowka Stables and partners' Theregoesjojo picked his way around traffic in the 3-year-old colt's last major workout before the $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) next Saturday.
The traffic was there by design, according to trainer Ken McPeek, and the lightly raced 3-year-old son of Brahms surged ahead of two stablemates under jockey Kent Desormeaux.
Clockers timed him five furlongs in 1:01 2/5.
"We wanted to give him a target to run at and see something solid out of him," said McPeek after the colt breezed past veteran stablemates Fitzaslew and Mr. Dr. Professor. "He got the last eighth in 12."
McPeek is excited about Theregoesjojo ahead of his first career stakes race, but his experience tells him not to get too excited yet.
"I learned when I had Sarava not to get too excited this early (in the season) and don't push too hard too soon," he said referring to his upset winner of the 2002 Belmont Stakes (G1). "We didn't even have him in training until around this time, and you don't want to peak too soon."
McPeek also said Silver Wing Stable's Free Country would get a chance to redeem himself after his fourth-place finish in last week's Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs in the Louisiana Derby (G2) at the Fair Grounds on Sat., Mar. 14.
"He seemed to have a hard time with that surface (Tampa Bay). He came back and drank a lot of water, which is surprising for him" said McPeek of Big Country's son, an impressive Gulfstream allowance winner earlier this season. "We're going to try again and put it behind us. It still is February, and there's still time to recover."
Jambalaya Not Ready for Canadian
Kingfield Racing Stable's Grade 1-winner Jambalaya has seen the timetable for his return from his 16-month-long injury pushed back again and will not be ready in time for the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (G3) next Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
Trainer Catherine Day-Phillips said the 7-year-old, winner of the 2007 Gulfstream Park Turf (G1) and Arlington Million (G1), has not progressed enough in his training this winter in South Florida.
"Unfortunately, we're forced to go by his schedule," said Day-Phillips Saturday. "He's just not coming together as quickly as I would have hoped."
Jambalaya, a gelded son of Dynaformer, emerged from his win in the Arlington Million with a deep bone bruise. He was working toward a return last winter in Florida, but was hampered by a pulled muscle in his hind end. He had been working steadily until the last two weeks this winter and was not nominated to the Canadian Turf last Saturday.
Day-Phillips also pointed out her family's 3-year-old filly Van Lear Rose, sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Oct. 24 at Santa Anita, is back in training.
"She's just getting back going," she said. "I'm not sure she can be ready for anything at this meet … maybe something at the tail end. If not, we'll get her back (to Woodbine) and go from there."
Delightful Kiss Going Canadian Turf to Dubai Route
Trainer Pete Anderson has taken Hobeau Farm's 5-year-old gelding Delightful Kiss coast-to-coast the last two seasons for stakes engagements, banking more than $1 million along the way, and the popular one-horse stable will be going international to Dubai after a probable start in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Handicap (G3) next Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
"I'm about 80 percent to run him right now," said Anderson Saturday morning of the chances he'll start in the Canadian. "He went a two-minute lick this morning (at Calder) and will get the day off tomorrow. He's ready to go. He galloped out in (1) 26 3/5 (for seven furlongs) last Sunday. Calvin (Borel) said he'd go to China to ride him, so I guess he'll be here to ride him if he runs."
Delightful Kiss was credited working a half-mile in 48 1/5 at Calder on Feb. 15.
"The last time he ran on turf he got a terrible trip," recalled Anderson, referring to finishing ninth in the American Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2007 as a 3-year-old. The roan/gray Florida homebred son of Kissin Kiss failed to have enough graded-stakes earnings at the time to get into the Kentucky Derby (G1) the next day.
"He only got beat 5½ lengths for it all. I thought the race should have come off the turf (yielding), but he came back and won the Ohio Derby (G2) in his next start. He's run well in his next race after running on turf a couple of times in the past."
Delightful Kiss won the one-mile Hal's Hope Stakes (G3) here on opening day, Jan. 3, by three lengths and came back to finish third in the Sunshine Millions Classic last out on Jan. 24 in a good try after breaking from the far outside post 12 in the 1 1/8 miles event. Delightful Kiss is targeted for the $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2) run on the main track on Dubai World Cup Day, Sat., Mar. 28.
"The plane leaves on the 17th (of March). I'm really looking forward to it. I think he can run a mile with any horse, but if they decide they want him in the big race ($6 million World Cup at 1¼ miles), he'll be ready for that too."
Delightful Kiss will be on the charter flight to Dubai that will also carry Shadwell Stable's Albertus Maximus, IEAH Stables and partners' Kip Deville and possibly other South Florida-based stakes runners with engagements on the rich World Cup Day card.
Albertus Maximus won the Donn Handicap (G1) here on Jan. 31 for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin and will be among the favorites for the World Cup. Kip Deville won the Gulfstream Turf Handicap (G1) on Feb. 1 for trainer Rick Dutrow and will run in the $2 million Dubai Duty Free Stakes (G1) at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Desormeaux & McPeek Continue Atop Gulfstream Standings
Passing the mid-point of Gulfstream Park's 2009 season going into Saturday's program, jockey Kent Desormeaux maintains a narrow lead in the rider standings and Ken McPeek remains on top of the trainers' leader board.
Desormeaux has posted 31 wins, two more than second-place Julien Leparoux, followed by Jose Lezcano and Alan Garcia in a tie for third with 26 apiece. Leparoux and Garcia are making a big impression based here for the first time this winter.
Filling the next four places in the competitive standings are four former Gulfstream meet champions—Edgar Prado fifth with 23 wins, 2008 titlist Eibar Coa sixth at 22, Cornelio Velasquez seventh with 21 and John R. Velazquez eighth at 20 victories. Velasquez and Velazquez are back in action Saturday after both were in Saudi Arabia on Thursday and Friday.
McPeek has sent out 15 winners at the session, five more than Bill Mott and Todd Pletcher second with 10 each. Peter Walder ranks fourth with nine wins, followed by Marty Wolfson, Wesley Ward and Nick Zito in a three-way tie for fifth with eight apiece.
Mott has won nine Gulfstream titles and Pletcher is picking up momentum in his bid for a sixth straight trophy here this season.


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Doctor Who: Talons of Weng Chiang (UK - DVD R2)
The Wilson Bros sink their critical talons into this classic Fourth Doctor story...
The year was 1976 and Doctor Who had entered a golden period—in a very short space of time, Tom Baker had come to be regarded by the general public as the definitive Doctor and producer Philip Hinchliffe had taken the show into what was eventually to be regarded as a "gothic period", in which the emphasis was on horror and many of the staples of literary and cinematic areas of that genre were being used as the inspiration for many stories in that particular era.
The TARDIS materialises in the East-End of London around the time of Jack the Ripper and the Doctor intends to show Leela some of the history of her ancestors. Things are not well in the Limehouse area, as young women are still disappearing—could the Ripper still be at work, or are they going missing for a purpose far more sinister than the gratification of a twisted killer? Whilst making their way to a local theatre, The Doctor and Leela are set upon by a group of Chinese ne'er-do-wells who have seemingly murdered a cab driver. The Doctor and Leela escape unscathed, but this incident was merely the beginning of a mystery that will bring them face-to-face with notorious 51st century despot Magnus Greel, his diminutive murderous henchman, Mr Sin and not to mention a giant rat…
The Talons of Weng Chiang seemed to contain a series of elements and factors that all seemed to come together and produced, in Doctor Who terms, a perfect storm; Tom Baker was arguably at the top of his game, relishing the part before getting bored with it toward the end of his tenure; Louise Jameson was never more appealing as Leela, who works wonderfully well when such a strong, yet culturally unsophisticated, character is dropped right into Victorian London; having Robert Holmes, who was arguably Doctor Who's finest writer also didn't help, either; the story also benefited from being a period piece, which allowed the production access to the vast resources of the drama department in terms of props, scenery and costumes. The director of The Talons of Weng Chiang was David Maloney, who would direct several of the most highly-regarded stories in the original run of Doctor Who, and was someone who knew how to create the moody atmosphere necessary for such a grim story.
The period setting cannot be faulted, with foggy cobbled streets, Hansom cabs being pulled along by horses, music-halls and dingy opium dens all having an air of authenticity that just screams "BBC drama department". Baker and Jameson are both decked out in appropriate clothing, with Baker sporting a deerstalker and cape, along with Jameson dressed like Eliza Doolittle, which was intentional, as that was essentially the relationship between Leela and the Doctor.
The guest cast are also wonderful—Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter as Henry Gordon Jago and Professor Litefoot are wonderful, both bringing what were already well-written characters to begin with and fleshing them out to provide the most fully-formed and engaging one-shot characters in Doctor Who's history. The contrast between the vaguely shifty impresario Jago and the upright academic Litefoot makes for an endlessly fascinating contrast. Their chemistry was such that Big Finish recently started a series of Jago and Litefoot audio books. Deep Roy arguably terrified a generation of kids with his portrayal of the sinister Mr Sin, however, the knife-wielding right-hand man of Magnus Greel seems almost cute when he's not trying to kill people.
Having Caucasian actor John Bennett playing the magician and mesmerist Chinese Li H'Sen Chiang is quite possibly the only misstep in the story, as it's screamingly obvious that Bennett is not Asian, but acquits himself as well as he can in the role. It would have been infinitely preferable to have an Asian actor in the role, but either someone with sufficient acting chops wasn't available, or there was an undercurrent of racism in place at the Beeb at the time.
Oh, speaking of missteps, we would be remiss in our duties if we didn't mention the notorious giant rat in this story—it wouldn't have been so bad if it had been photographed better, but time and studio constraints probably limited what they could do to minimise the ludicrous appearance of it. Having director David Maloney drop the lighting like he did in Genesis of the Daleks would have helped, along with very quick cuts, but only total blackness would have hidden the phoney nature of the beast.
Writer Robert Holmes continues his trend for having the sort of interesting character names of which Dickens himself would have heartily approved. Holmes also manages to create tantalising hints at a back-story regarding Magnus Greel that fleshes out the character and broadens the scope of the Doctor, and it mentions that he was part of the front-line at the Battle of Reykjavik, which nearly brought about the Sixth World War. Such little glimpses really fire the imagination, so much so that a story about that skirmish was eventually written by Warren Ellis in the Doctor Who Monthly. This story also allowed Holmes to draw on his experiences in Asia during the Second World War, as the Chinese play an integral part of the story; many would argue that some of the portrayals of Chinese characters are borderline racist, but they were in keeping with the depictions of them during the time in which the story was set. Holmes' obvious love of the authors of the Victorian era is fairly obvious, with the Doctor acting in a Holmesian manner (Sherlock, not Bob—but they both smoked large pipes) and other authors of the period that had either a conscious or an unconscious influence on Holmes were H Rider Haggard and Sax Rohmer, especially the latter, as Li H'Sen Chiang is clearly based upon Fu Manchu.
Baker even manages to out-James-Bond Jon Pertwee during the first episode, by dryly quipping "were you trying to attract my attention?" to a murderous Chinese rogue after having a knife thrown and narrowly missing him. Pertwee's teeth must have been gnashing, as Baker didn't need to keep asking the writers to give him a bit of charm—Baker had that in abundance.
We have always had a bit of a problem with Doctor Who stories that are more than four episodes in length—it has nothing to do with our attention span, but rather than most stories that are longer than the norm generally feel over-padded and can be quite wearying. There are certainly exceptions to this, The ten-part Troughton finale The War Games moves along at a brisk clip, as does Hartnell's twelve-part epic (or eleven if you discount the lousy The Feast of Steven) The Daleks' Master Plan, and we're pleased to say that The Talons of Weng Chiang, which is a six-parter, doesn't outstay it's welcome, as Robert Holmes' witty and snappy dialogue, along with fabulous performances from all concerned, keeps things moving and holds your attention in a vice-like grip.
The Talons of Weng Chiang would mark the end of an era for Doctor Who in two ways—firstly, this story was the end of Doctor Who's "gothic" period (although the first story in season fourteen, The Horror of Fang Rock, would retain some elements of this period), and a lighter atmosphere would pervade the show; the end of this golden era was brought about by the imminent departure of producer Phillip Hinchcliffe, who was the main more or less responsible for what was considered by many as a golden age of Doctor Who. Hinchcliffe's departure would leave a gap that many fans would argue was never properly filled in the production, but he seemed to ensure that he was going out on a high by pulling out all the stops and taking advantage of the story being the final one of the season and allocating more money to location filming.
Just one more thing, it should be pointed out that the level of horror and violence in this story is higher than usual, with all manner of women in jeopardy and all manner of knives, nunchaku, guns and Janus thorns being deployed, not to mention the generally creepy atmosphere of fog-cloaked London streets. Whitehouse may have loathed it, but everyone else lapped it up, especially the kids who were peeping out from behind the sofa...
The Talons of Weng Chiang was originally released on DVD during Doctor Who's fortieth anniversary year, 2003, and though it had many impressive extras, many felt that more could have been done with it. As part of the planned series of Revisitations box-sets, this story has been remastered and the results are pretty impressive, mainly when the film sequences are on-screen, as they seem noticeably sharper and cleaner than the previous DVD release. The interiors don't fare so well, as studio cameras and Outside Broadcast cameras didn't cope with low-level lighting too well at the time, resulting in grain and a certain degree of noise on-screen, but fans can rest assured that this is almost certainly going to be the best that The Talons of Weng Chiang is going to look and the Doctor Who Restoration Team has come up trumps again.
There's nothing to complain about in the audio department, with the dialogue being as clear as it could possibly be, given the limitations of the sound recording equipment of the time, and Dudley Simpson's wonderfully atmospheric score sounds fine.
All of the special features that were included on the original 2003 release have been included here, along with many new ones...
Disc 1
Audio Commentary: Actors Louise Jameson, John Bennett and Christopher Benjamin, along with producer Philip Hinchcliffe and director David Maloney all give their thoughts on the show as they watch it. This is the same commentary track that appeared on the original release, but it's still good fun, even if Tom Baker is conspicuous by his absence.
Production Subtitles: As always, there is a vast amount of information to take in if you select this option; facts, figures, notes, observations and details of script changes are all there for you to absorb. Great stuff, as always!
Coming Soon: A trailer for Robert Holmes' previous story, The Seeds of Doom, is included to whet your appetites.
Disc 2
The Last Hurrah: Tom Baker and Philip Hinchcliffe meet at the Baker residence to discuss the making of what would be their final story together. There are also contributions from actors Louise Jameson, Trevor Baxter, Christopher Benjamin, along with late director David Maloney, designer Roger Murray-Leach and costume designer John Bloomfield. This is great stuff, a definitive look at the making of one of the best (if not the best) stories in the show as a whole—Baker and Hinchcliffe spark marvellously off each other, and having the producer and Louise Jameson chatting informally together (not to mention Baxter and Benjamin) also makes this more interesting than the average talking head style of documentary—it's fabulous stuff, and even has Baker and Hinchcliffe debated as to whether the depiction of the Chinese in the story could be considered racist. The end of this featurette is almost moving, as it has a list of the Doctor Who production team who were to leave at the end of the shoot of The Talons of Weng Chiang. Oh, and be sure to check out the running visual gag during the Tom Baker interview...
Moving On: This short featurette focuses upon the fact that The Talons of Weng-Chiang was producer Philip Hinchcliffe's final story as the producer on the show. The man himself reflects upon some of the vague ideas he had for the next season if he had stayed on-board and also mentions the unprofessional manner he was informed of his departure, not to mention the possible reason why he was moved on. It's short, but nevertheless interesting, as Hinchcliffe is always a great subject.
The Foe from the Future: This brief featurette takes a look at the original concept ideas for The Foe from the Future, which was eventually superseded by The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Writer Robert Banks Stewart, along with producer Philip Hinchcliffe explains how the two stories had virtually nothing in common. It's always interesting to hear about rejected Doctor Who stories, and this one would have been quite interesting, if a little too reminiscent of The Android Invasion.
Now and Then : The latest instalment of this occasional series visits the locations seen in the story and compares how they looked on screen in over three decades ago to how they look now. At times, it's a pretty depressing affair, as no human being can halt the march of time, but it's surprising just how much of the Victorian architecture is still present, mainly due many of them attaining listed building status.
Look East: This short vintage news item dates from January 1977; a regional BBC news programme dropped in on the filming of The Talons of Weng-Chiang at the Northampton Repertory Theatre. Reporter David Cass, being a self-admitted Who fan, obviously jumped at the chance to interview Tom Baker on location at the theatre in Northampton. Baker seems somewhat restrained, but still fires off one or two of his trademark quips in a fairly entertaining regional news segment.
Victoriana and Chinoiserie: This is an interesting discussion of the numerous literary influences and references that Robert Holmes included in his scripts for this story. Along with producer Philip Hinchcliffe is Dr Anne Witchard, University of Westminster lecturer in English Literature. Academic featurettes on Doctor Who releases are a tricky thing to get right—the Magna Carta one on The King's Demons was impressive, but the Manchurian Candidate featurette on The Deadly Assassin was awfully dry; happily, this one is pretty entertaining, even if Dr Witchard is a little stiff to begin with, she eventually loosens up and helps gain a greater perspective of how the fictional characters in The Talons of Weng Chiang literary, and in some instances, real-life people from the era.
Music Hall: Much of The Talons of Weng-Chiang is set within a Victorian music hall, and this featurette looks at the history of the music hall. Hosted by Michael McManus, with Gerald Glover, Pamela Cundell, Johnny Dennis and Victor Spinetti, and featuring songs performed by Katy Baker, this is an informative and entertaining look at the origins of this venerable theatrical institution. It's not nearly as dry as you would imagine, with plenty of examples of songs from the era, performed by the very easy-on-the-eye Katy Baker, and it also charts the demise of music hall, with the usual suspects present, radio, cinema and television. All-in-all, it's a very pleasing way to spend twenty minutes.
Limehouse: A Victorian Chinatown: Limehouse, is situated in the old docklands area of London's East End. It served as the setting for many works of literature, not to mention The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Dr Matthew Sweet shatters the myths and uncovers the truth surrounding the area. With Roehampton University's Dr. John Seed, Dr. Tom Wareham, the curator of the Museum of London Docklands and—fresh from her appearance in one of the other documentaries on this disc - University of Westminster lecturer in English Literature, Dr. Anne Witchard, these three academics lend an air of authority to this nineteen minute documentary that really gives it a tremendous amount of weight and it's also very enjoyable to sit through.
Photo Gallery: This compilation of stills from the story is a little different from previous ones, as most of the photos are moving as they appear on-screen; some fans will be unhappy about this, not being presented with the whole image on the screen at one time, but for us, it helps to add a little energy to what can occasionally be something that's a chore to sit through. Dick Mills' special sounds can be heard over the images.
PDF Materials: If you feel the urge to pop disc two into your PC, you will be able to access the original Radio Times listings for The Talons of Weng Chiang, along with the listing for The Lively Arts Doctor Who episode, plus two reader's letters—one from an eleven-year-old complaining that there aren't enough monsters in Doctor Who (to which "Producter Designate" Graham Williams replies), and one from a gentleman certainly old enough to know better asking when Leela is going to be back in her leathers.
Disc 3
Whose Doctor Who: This 1977 documentary from BBC2's The Lively Arts series is a retrospective on Doctor Who and is hosted by Melvyn "pass me the decongestant" Bragg. It's a fun, hour-long show, with serious contributions from people in authority about the psychological impact of the show, along with toe-curling interviews with school-children, one of whom is the quintessential middle-class, terribly well-spoken only child. This programme is included here because it features behind-the-scenes footage of the production of The Talons of Weng Chiang and has footage in the production office that sees Terrence Dicks and Robert Holmes seemingly have a disagreement over one aspect of a script—in the audio commentary of The War Games, Dicks reveals that it was all bollocks; the documentary-makers got them to stage that incident to make things a little more dramatic. There's no shortage of clips from previous stories here, and the best thing about this documentary is that is featured an excerpt from the William Hartnell story, Galaxy Four - which was probably wiped soon after—and the unedited six minute clip chosen by the production team was able to survive.
Blue Peter Theatre: This twenty-five minute piece opens with the Blue Peter gang presenting the show from the Doctor's lab set see in the early Tom Baker era—they're there because the year was 1974 and unsurprisingly, there was a strike at the Beeb. After this, it TARDIS-like travels forward in the blink of an eye and then continues in 1977, where they—with the help of an almost-embarrassed Dick Mills—show young viewers how to make their own mini-theatre (with monsters, naturally) and sound effects to accompany the performance. Some of these Blue Peter items can be toe-curling, but thankfully, this one is less cringe-inducing, mainly because no kids are in the studio to be interviewed.
Behind the Scenes: This twenty-four minute collection of time-coded studio recording footage is of pretty poor quality (from the obsolete Shibaden format, no less!), in black and white with numerous drop-outs and various VT-associated nasties, but it's fascinating to watch, as it shows the constraints that the cast and crew were under during the production of The Talons of Weng Chiang.
Philip Hinchcliffe Interview: Producer Philip Hinchcliffe is interviewed on the terribly nice magazine show Pebble Mill at One, during which, he talks about Doctor Who in general and is also pressed on the ever-present matter of screen violence and the effects upon the young audience watching it. It makes for quite a contrast to see a young Hinchcliffe being interviewed, full of youthful enthusiasm and energy, but not having that refined sardonic wit that he would come to attain in later years.
Trails and Continuity: This provides both nostalgia for people around at the time, and for those not around then, it will have their jaws hanging open at how little effort was put into creating trailers for forthcoming shows. All good stuff, though...
Photo Gallery: A large selection of design and production photographs from the story are presented here, all set to Dick Mill's special sounds. This is presented in more of a traditional style to the photo gallery on the second disc, so those more likely to moan about the newer style can peruse this parade of images instead.
TARDIS-Cam No.6: This was originally produced for the BBC Doctor Who website, and it served to show fans the possibilities that could be opened up if Doctor Who returned to television screens and used CGI. Interestingly enough, this one shows the TARDIS encountering a pod of space whales, which was the premise of one particular Doctor Who story— Song of the Space Whale—that was commissioned several times during the eighties but never produced.
The Talons of Weng Chiang is one of the jewels in the crown of the original series of Doctor Who; it was one of those magical moments when a great script from a wonderful writer was married to the production values that period dramas from the BBC are globally known for and a wonderful cast that were firing on all cylinders. As to what might have been achieved if producer Philip Hinchcliffe hadn't unceremoniously been given the elbow, who knows? The Talons of Weng Chiang could have been an indicator. However, just sit back and enjoy the story in all its glory—just cut the giant rat a little slack though...
The extras in this set—both previously available and the ones newly-created—are the icing on the cake and quite possibly make up one of the finest extras packages ever to be produced in the Doctor Who DVD range. This release is recommended more than humanly possible.
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Great job as always guys! Looking forward to the reviews for the Caves of Androzani & the Doctor Who movie.
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One of my favourite Doctor Who adventures
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Krishna Jaipersad wrote: Great job as always guys! Looking forward to the reviews for the Caves of Androzani & the Doctor Who movie.
They're just coming, and thanks for the kind words, Krishna!
This is one of our favourites - possibly our favourite of them all - and the extras that have been lavished upon this three-disc set are wonderful, going above and beyond the show with documentaries focusing upon the era, the area and the culture of the story.
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They're just coming, and thanks for the kind words, Krishna!
This is one of our favourites - possibly our favourite of them all - and the extras that have been lavished upon this three-disc set are wonderful, going above and beyond the show with documentaries focusing upon the era, the area and the culture of the story.
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General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
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Release Date: 4th October 2010
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, Production Subtitles
Extras: Audio Commentary, Production Subtitles, Coming Soon Trailer, The Last Hurrah, Moving On, The Foe From The Future, Now & Then, Look East, Victoriana & Chinoiserie, Music Hall, Limehouse - A Victorian Chinatown, 2 Photo Galleries, PDF Materials, Whose Doctor Who, Blue Peter Theatre, Behind the Scenes, Phillip Hinchcliffe Interview, Trails & Continuity, TARDIS-Cam No 6
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: David Maloney
Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 144 minutes
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Kamal Al-Solaylee is the youngest of 11 children, as he writes in his affecting memoir, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes. He was born in Yemen to "an illiterate shepherdess who was married off at 14, and had 11 children by the time she was 33," according to the book. Al-Solaylee's family moved from Yemen to Beirut to Cairo, then back to Yemen seeking political and ethnic stability and safety throughout the latter half of the 20th century. While the Al-Solaylees sought shelter and security, Kamal was waging his own internal war as he came to terms with his sexual orientation.
But coming out as a gay man in the Middle East in the early 1980s seemed an almost insurmountable hurdle. So Al-Solaylee sought out and received a scholarship to attend college in the United Kingdom, and from there emigrated to Canada. As a Canadian journalist, Al-Solaylee has written for The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Xtra! and The Toronto Post, among other publications. He currently serves as the director of the undergraduate journalism program at Toronto's Ryerson University.
After an exile from their home country of what was then South Yemen and a few years in pre-civil war Lebanon, the Al-Solaylee family moves to Cairo, Egypt, in the early 1970s in search of a safer life. It's there that the young Kamal realizes he's gay in a society where homosexuality is taboo. In this exclusive excerpt, the author talks about discovering Cairo's underground gay scene in the early 1980s, a period that coincides with the early AIDS epidemic and the rise of political Islam in the Arab world.
CHAPTER SIX: Cairo
The visit to England gave me a confidence boost and I found the courage to call the Liverpool gay helpline and ask for information on finding other gay men in Cairo. Much to my surprise, the helpful operator said that the international gay guide Spartacus listed some bars in downtown Cairo as meeting places. "Are you sure?" I asked in disbelief. It was hard for me to imagine the possibility of meeting other people publically who felt the same way that I did, given how isolated my early years as a gay teen had been. "Well, the Tavern at the Cairo Nile Hilton comes up in various guides," he replied. I knew the hotel but had no idea where that tavern was, or what to do when I got there.
Though I was already twenty, I was very naive and inexperienced. But even in the Cairo of 1984 the possibility of meeting gay men, particularly Westerners, was too big an attraction for me to miss. I remember going to a fancy hair salon in Cairo and asking the stylist to straighten my long hair with a flat iron. I wore my best wool sweater and cotton pants — I was anything but fashionable — and walked to the Nile Hilton in Tahrir Square, a landmark in Cairo since 1959. Once I identified the Tavern pub, I circled its doors a few times before I walked in. When I did, I had no idea what to expect. There was an Australian lounge singer doing a version of "Don't Cry Out Loud," a few leather seats, a big screen that divided the place into two and a rectangular bar with a terrifyingly stern-looking Egyptian barman. I had never until then consumed any alcohol, and when I found a seat at the bar, I couldn't think of anything to order except a gin and tonic because I'd heard of it in American movies. I had no idea what it would taste like. I began sipping it — it didn't taste so bad — and looking around. To my horror I immediately spotted a family friend, who either didn't recognize me or chose to ignore me. I began to connect the dots. So, lots of men on their own or talking to other men. Very few women, Egyptian or Western. The men were all trying to catch each other's eye. Older white men. Younger Egyptians. Lots of furtive glances and nervous laughter. The lounge singer started humming "Sometimes When We Touch," which I had never heard before but immediately thought the most romantic song ever.
Then it happened. A Swiss businessman said hello and raised his glass. I thought he'd probably mixed me up with the waiter and was just ordering another drink. I don't remember how we got talk- ing, but it would be the very first time I ever chatted in person to another human being who identified himself as gay. It would be the start of many Thursday-night encounters at the Nile Hilton Tavern. I loved nothing more than being chatted up and seduced by older Western or Egyptian men. It became a sport, and I'd always felt I'd lost the game if I wasn't invited back to a hotel room or at least got a ride home and a fondle in the car with one of the Egyptian busi- nessmen, who were almost always married and couldn't take me home anyway. Not that it was always that easy. I had nightmares about being caught or contracting HIV, which was just beginning to be the great epidemic that would define sexuality in the 1980s. But the pleasures outweighed the restlessness and fears — including the very real threat of being arrested and charged with sodomy. Building a network of Egyptian and expatriate gays changed my life. I wasn't alone, and even if I still lived a secretive life, I had some older men to guide me through it.
Ahmad, a tailor, and his boyfriend, Bill, an American high-school teacher, took me under their wing. Both were in their late thirties and communicated largely in broken English and Arabic. Ahmad came from a poor working-class background and his English was largely picked up from previous sexual encounters with other Americans and Brits. Occasionally, I'd act as a translator between the two. I couldn't have been happier. They introduced me to Cairo's authentic gay scene — as opposed to the one based on meeting foreigners in hotels — which centred around a seedy part of the city known as Haret Abu Ali. Of the many chapters in my life, this one seems the most surreal to me now. It was like discovering that a lost city we'd only heard of in fables existed all along and was just a cab ride away. Belly dancers who'd seen better days had ended up there performing in cabarets for a clientele of wisecracking tough Egyptians and groups of gay men. Westerners would come as guests of the Egyptian gay men for the novelty factor, but you had to understand Egyptian Arabic to make the most of the comedy acts or the music. Even though I hated that kind of music, I quickly appreciated its camp value and its meaning as part of the Egyptian gay experience. I'd always loved belly dancing anyway and the religious crackdown in Egypt meant that there were fewer and fewer dancers. For a brief moment, I was living in a Cairo that recalled the golden days of the 1950s and early '60s that I saw on TV.
Of course it wouldn't last.
Above, from left:s,isters Hanna, Hoda, Raja (front), mother Safia, the author, brother Wahbi, brother Khairy, and father Mohamed. This picture was taken in Beirut in 1968, during one of their weekend outings.
In 1986 Mohamed insisted on relocating the remaining members of his family to Sana'a. Keeping two households had become too big a financial burden for him. I didn't need to visit Sana'a to know I wouldn't be happy there — not after I'd finally settled into Cairo's underground gay scene. I saw what living there was doing to my sisters when they visited the family home in Cairo on their summer vacations. For one thing, they complained about life in Sana'a all the time. After the relative freedom they grew up in, they were having to adjust to a society where women had to cover their heads and wear an abaya — a black, loose-fitting coat to hide the contours of the body. For the first time, they experienced full-blown misogyny and discrimination, both as women and as Aden-born Yemeni citizens. Sana'a of the 1980s was a very closed society and rarely welcomed strangers. To the average Sana'a male, women from Aden who were educated in places like Beirut and Cairo were loose by definition. I don't think that attitude has shifted much in the past thirty years, despite all the uprisings and anti-government protests.
On a political level, President Saleh ran the country like a private club and a police state. My sister Ferial was under security investigation for many months and denied an identity card — the most essential document a Yemeni citizen needs — because she was more outspoken and independent than my other sisters. The rest experienced various but milder forms of intimidation and harassment before they could work legally.
The combination of living in Yemen, an extremely conservative society, and being under my father's and brother's thumbs, both of whom were equally rigid by now, meant that my sisters had to internalize the dominant culture's attitude towards women. "What's the use?" Hoda would tell me when I suggested she should relax a little now that she was visiting Cairo, "I'm going back to prison in a few weeks." It was both a physical and psychological prison. When we went out for lunch or dinner in Cairo, I noticed that my sisters left it up to me to do all the ordering and talking with waiters. Just a few years before, I'd left those decisions to them. They surrendered their voices to the nearest male relative, which on those occasions meant me. When we went shopping, they'd gravitate towards the most conservative clothes and avoid items that could give the wrong signals — high heels, bright colours — even if they covered whatever they wore with the abaya. How different were these shop- ping trips from the times we looked for bikinis for the summer sea- son together.
As a man, I knew I'd probably fare better than my sisters in Yemen's male-dominated society. It's a privilege to be a man there, period. But not a gay man. Leaving Cairo now would be one thing; leaving it for Sana'a another.
I didn't have a choice. I'd failed to secure any scholarship to complete my studies abroad, and all the flirting and sleeping around hadn't landed me a partner who might whisk me off to somewhere in the West. I had flings and silly crushes but no relationships.
Above: "Shortly after leaving Cairo and its underground gay scene behind for a new life in Sana'a, I had no choice but to socialize with Yemeni men — men with whom I had little in common and whose names and stories I've completely forgotten now," says the author.
After fifteen years it was time to say goodbye to Cairo. My mother flew back from Yemen to help with selling the furniture and to pack years and years of clothes and collectables. When she and my sisters had departed for Yemen a few years earlier, they had left most of their belongings in Cairo. Perhaps they were secretly hoping they'd return after a year or two of Sana'a. Maybe if they left some clothes in Cairo, Yemen wouldn't seem so permanent.
Wahbi and I were responsible for arranging the furniture sale and using the proceeds to buy our plane tickets. Neither of us was any good at that sort of transaction and the shrewd second-hand furniture dealers saw through us. One after another they made lowball offers — everything for three or four hundred Egyptian pounds — hardly enough to pay for one ticket, let alone two. It was a handy reminder of the gap between us as Yemeni expatriates and Egyptians and, to my brother, another reason why we should leave. We saw ourselves as part of Cairo society, and they saw us as rich Arabs to whom a few hundred pounds would make no difference.
Back then, you didn't just call a second-hand store and ask them to come and have a look; you actually had to go there and bring the owner or an employee home. When I was asked to bring back a furniture seller from the working-class neighbourhood of Imbaba, I took a taxi there and expected a ride back in the shop owner's truck. I did get a ride back. On a donkey cart. I had seen them on the streets of Cairo before and in movies but never expected to ride in one. I don't know if I ever told any of my friends in Cairo about that experience. To me now, it's just another quirky Cairo story. At the time, I was mortified. When we eventually made it to our street, the salesman, as expected, made an even lower offer than the rest.
That's when my mother stepped in. Safia may have been illiterate, but she knew how to bargain, having shopped in Cairo's food markets for years. When the salesman was about to stage the first of his many walkouts to force us into accepting his offer, Safia made him a counter-offer. I can't remember the exact figure, but it was above what we told her two airline tickets to Sana'a would cost. She asked him to accept it now and she'd throw in some clothes — including some of her fur coats, which she hadn't worn since the early 1970s — or he could leave right away and not come back. A minute or two later we had a deal. Cash in hand. For about a week or so, we had no furniture except the beds, which the seller returned to pick up on the day we left for Sana'a.
Kamal Al-Solaylee, an associate professor and undergraduate program director at the School of Journalism at Ryerson University, was previously a theatre critic at The Globe and Mail. He has written features and reviews for numerous publications, including the Toronto Star, National Post, The Walrus, Literary Review of Canada, Xtra!, Quill & Quire, and Toronto Life. Al-Solaylee holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Nottingham. He lives in Toronto.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists who made headlines in March with their research on the early universe are now acknowledging that they may have been mistaken.
In a paper published Thursday, the researchers stood by their initial conclusion — that they had found long-sought evidence for a rapid ballooning of the universe a split-second after its birth.
But they said they could not rule out the possibility that a crucial signal they believe came from deep in the cosmos was actually caused by dust in the Milky Way galaxy. If true, their claim for detecting the evidence of so-called cosmic inflation right after the Big Bang would evaporate.
The March announcement was big news because it appeared to provide evidence for the inflation theory, which is widely believed by scientists. The theory says the universe expanded extremely quickly when it was far less than one-trillionth of a second old.
Using data from a telescope at the South Pole, the research team said it had found a specific pattern in light waves within the faint microwave glow left over from the Big Bang. That pattern had long been considered evidence of inflation. John Kovac of Harvard, leader of the collaboration, called it "the smoking-gun signature of inflation."
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January. The post-Christmas haze is wearing off, and you're convincing yourself that, despite the wintry cold, it's time to get outside and burn off some of those potato-induced calories. Then go get a bike, download CycleTracker Pro - a GPS tracker for the iPhone - for a couple of quid, sign up for TrainingPeaks online and you'll be building up rewarding visuals and data of how you're doing in no time at all.
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Gym memberships are overrated. Why pay for air conditioned treadmills and fixed cycles that you're likely going to have to queue to use when there's the whole world out there? Two wheels are faster than four in the big city, cycle paths are on the increase and, with a little care and attention, the roads aren't as unsafe as many make out.
CycleTracker Pro - which is part of the TrainingPeaks GPS suite and also includes both Running and Walking activity sections within the app - is a good way to track your progress whatever your preference. The data can sync with your TrainingPeaks account, which is an ideal platform to view and plan your progress.
The tracker app is able to plot your route on a map, with resulting average speed over the distance travelled, including calories burnt and a speed graph. Each activity can then be saved into your history, whether as a unique route or one you want to do again - the "Ghost Runner" application will race you against your previous activity - or let you set up custom distance/time goals or interval training alternations.
Whether you're on road, track, or just pedalling around the park, each person will have different levels of use for the various offerings of this app. For us though it's the "Basic" open-ended option which works best for our needs.
A clean and clear audio announcer is one of the app's highlights. The voice, although not "real", sounds more cohesive than a train station platform announcer, and hearing back how well you've done is particularly useful. Visuals are equally rewarding, including the likes of "calories burnt monthly" and "distance report monthly" to spur you on.
There are some glitches. Since iOS 6 came to market the integration of Apple Maps is sloppy - it plots fine enough when in a live session, but saved sessions go to pot when zooming in and out to double check the route.
On the TrainingPeaks site, however, the synched data is available in full and, in our view, is far more accessible and detailed. It includes elevation and speed plotted on a time graph, for example.
The app can also struggles with long cycles, including GPS drop out and crashes when opening the app mid-cycle. The reports also don't offer nearly enough customisation to view specific weeks out of given months and text can overlap - but all the data is available via the TrainingPeaks site, so not all is lost.
There are some added "fun" features too, including music integration that even includes a selectable "power song" for when the going gets tough (though we'd suggest avoiding any distracting audio when out cycling, so save that for those runs). Session sharing via Twitter, Facebook and email - as well as the aforementioned TrainingPeaks integrations - is also possible, should you need some extra egging-on from your friends in the virtual world.
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Jbak TaskMan is a replacement for the built-in task manager. It also features shortcut launcher and application launcher.
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· Ultimate replacement of standard task list, which called by menu-key long press.
· Customisable quick launch, where you can add program, document, phone number, SMS and e-mail.
· List of all programs in your phone with quick search by name or UID.
· List of processes, threads, chunks with quick search.
· Quick and stable termination of busy tasks.
· Autorun of programs.
· Phone reboot.
· Uninstalling of sis-applications.
· Info about free memory.
· Clocks with seconds and date with day of week.
· Detailed information about running task, which you can copy to clipboard.
· Quick task switch by pressing and holding menu-key (Smooth task switch)
· Remember last-visited position in system phone menu.
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· [!] Sometimes language settings resets after installation
· [!] Work with Magic key maybe fixed, or not
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Jbak TaskMan is a replacement for the built-in task manager. It also features shortcut launcher and application launcher.


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Dr. Jeremy S. Bordeaux received his MD from Duke University School of Medicine. He simultaneously completed a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Health Care and Prevention at the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill. Dr. Bordeaux then completed his dermatology residency and Mohs micrographic surgery and cutaneous oncology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Bordeaux is an assistant professor of dermatology at the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and is Director of the Melanoma Program and Mohs Micrographic and Dermatologic Surgery.
In 2008 Dr. Bordeaux is the recipient of the Dermatology Foundation Career Development in Dermatologic Surgery Award. He has also been selected to participate in the Academic Dermatology Leadership Program for 2008. Dr. Bordeaux is a member of a number of professional organizations including: The International Transplant Skin Care Collaborative, The Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgeons, and The American Academy of Dermatology. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology. His areas of interest include: Melanoma, Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Dermatologic Surgery, High Risk Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas, Surgical Management of Skin Cancers, and Reconstructive Surgery of Skin Cancer Wounds.


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Niagara Falls © Judith Duk
Ontario is Canada's most varied province with its large southern cities, tranquil farm country and wild remote northern areas where polar bears outnumber humans. It is in the eastern central area of the country, bordered by Manitoba and Quebec, bounded in the north by James and Hudson Bay, and bordered by the United States in the south.
Ontario hosts the capital city of Canada, Ottawa, but also has Canada's largest city, Toronto, within its borders. The province boasts many bests, many records, many prime attractions, but probably the most wonderful thing about the region, for travellers, is the sheer variety on offer.
Ontario has a wealth of water, being the site of four of the five 'Great Lakes' of North America, as well as the mighty St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers and about 200,000 inland lakes. Last, but by no means least, in the far south is the most famous water spectacle of all, Niagara Falls. Ontario is Canada's most populous province by a long stretch, home to more than one third of Canada's population, and has amassed great wealth from its mineral resources, heavy industrialisation, forestry, agriculture and fishing.


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US Senate panel votes to authorize force in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's request for speedy congressional backing of a military strike in Syria advanced in the Senate on Wednesday, hours after the president left open the possibility he would order retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval.
A resolution backing the use of force against President Bashar Assad's government cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a 10-7 vote after it was stiffened at the last minute to include a pledge of support for "decisive changes to the present military balance of power" in Syria's civil war. It would rule out U.S. combat operations on the ground.
The measure is expected to reach the Senate floor next week, although the timetable for a vote is uncertain.
The support seen in the Senate will be harder to find in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, which is also reviewing Obama's request, though its timetable is even less certain.
The Obama administration blames a chemical weapons attack that took place on Aug. 21 on Assad's government and says more than 1,400 civilians died, including at least 400 children. Other casualty estimates are lower, and the Syrian government denies responsibility, contending rebels fighting to topple Assad were to blame.
The Senate panel's vote marked the first formal response in Congress, four days after Obama unexpectedly put off an anticipated cruise missile strike against Syria and instead asked lawmakers to unite behind such a plan.
Obama was in Sweden after a day of diplomacy when the vote occurred. White House press secretary Jay Carney praised the Senate committee for backing Obama's call for a strike, saying the measure would uphold U.S. national security interests.
At a news conference earlier, Obama said, "I always preserve the right and responsibility to act on behalf of America's national security." In a challenge to lawmakers back home, he said Congress' credibility was on the line, not his own, despite saying a year ago that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line."
In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry and other top administration officials made the case for action at the first House hearing on Obama's request for congressional backing.
Kerry said Assad had used chemical weapons 11 times, including once last spring. At that time, he said, Obama did not have a "compelling" enough case to push for a U.S. military response.
As for the most recent chemical weapons attack, Kerry declared that "only the most willful desire to avoid reality can assert that this did not occur as described or that the regime did not do it. It did happen - and the Assad regime did do it."
Asked about international support for Obama's threatened military strike, Kerry said the Arab League has offered to pay the cost of any U.S. military action. He was not specific but said the offers have been "quite significant, very significant."
Few if any members of Congress dispute the Obama administration's claim that Assad was responsible for the attack, and lawmakers in both parties appear far more focused on determining how they should respond.
The Senate committee's vote capped a hectic few days in which lawmakers first narrowed the scope of Obama's request — limiting it to 90 days and banning combat operations on the ground — and then widened it.
Republican Sen. John McCain, a proponent of aggressive U.S. military action in Syria, joined forces with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons to add a provision calling for "decisive changes to the present military balance of power on the ground in Syria."
At their urging, the measure was also changed to state that the policy of the United States is "to change the momentum on the battlefield in Syria so as to create favorable conditions for a negotiated settlement that ends the conflict and leads to a democratic government in Syria." McCain, who has long accused Obama of timidity in Syria, argued that Assad will be willing to participate in diplomatic negotiations only if he believes he is going to lose the civil war he has been fighting for over two years.
But even supporters of military action urged Obama to do more to sell his plans to an American public that is highly skeptical after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Republican Rep. Ed Royce said that while it would be important to deter the use of chemical weapons by Assad and others, there remained many unanswered questions, including what the U.S. would do if Assad retaliated.
"The administration's Syria policy doesn't build confidence," he said.
In a letter to her rank and file, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she had received suggestions for legislation in the House "to add language to prevent boots on the ground, to tie the authorization more closely to the use of chemical weapons and to address concerns about an open-ended timetable."
Associated Press writers David Espo, Bradley Klapper, David Espo, Julie Pace, Josh Lederman, Donna Cassata, Alan Fram, Jennifer C. Kerr and Lolita C. Baldor contributed to this report.


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Does Fair Trade Coffee Work? by Julie GrantIf you've gotten used to paying the higher prices of specialty coffees, then the prices associated with Fair Trade coffee seem appropriate. But some people argue that the artificial market of Fair Trade is not sustainable and that Fair Trade coffee doesn't necessarily mean good coffee.
Global Mamas by Michelle AlimoradiGlobal Mamas is a nonprofit organization that imports colorful clothing and handmade products from a women's cooperative in Ghana. Peace Corps volunteers Kristen Johnson and Renee Adam founded the fair trade co-op to help promote economic independence for African women and their families. The Global Mamas network of producers has grown from six founding members in 2004, to nearly 500 producers in nine communities.
The Amias Project by Dan GreenwoodNicole Smagleck has traveled extensively to Tanzania and East Africa. During one trip, she met an elder tribal woman who suggested she bring Tanzanian handcrafts and jewelry back to Minnesota. Nicole did just that, founding the the Amias Project and Another Land -- two companies that promote Fair Trade and help support the Barabaig tribe.
Eco-Palms by Daniel Ruth In Christian churches everywhere, folks observe Palm Sunday by waving about actual palm fronds. But where do those palms come from? Who grows them? And in a world where everything has some monetary value, who benefits from the countless number of palms at all those church services? Pastor Ruth says not all palms are created equally and that some speak more loudly than others to the true meaning of the celebration. His organization, Lutheran World Relief, works with the University of Minnesota Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management to bring Eco-Palms to congregations across the country -- along with social and environmental justice to the world.
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Is there a central place that has all the various signs, posters, etc. that are made for the OLPC project? If not I think there are many benefits to having a single place, or a single group of places that handles the production of things like this. The benefits I can think of are:
--People won't have to recreate the work of others.
--Volume discounts and limited set-up fees.
--Peoplw would be more likely to use signs that would help the profitability of fund raisers if they were aware of their availability (if we post it as a major wiki section on the left hand side of the home page)
If there is a way to procure this kind of stuff then perhaps it should be more visible or more easily found?


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Stas needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 550 designs submitted by 88 freelance designers.
Once we just asked ourselves: what were the mothers of great people like, the people who had left their names in the history of mankind as unsurpassed geniuses, military commanders, politicians and cultural icons.
We assumed that the information would be easily available but soon realized that it is either practically non-existent or is scattered among millions of pages of memoirs, biographies, notes and stories.
The project " Genius Mothers' has been created with the efforts of three people and is a result of research, ponderings and sensational discoveries that left us stunned.
We believe that this project is bound to make the world better and will change the way the true role of Mother has been viewed throughout history of the mankind.
The project "Genius Mothers®" pursues several fundamental goals. First and utmost – it is dedicated to all Genius Mothers on Earth, those who had lived millennia ago and whose sacred names are unfairly forgotten or lost forever. We also dedicate this project to living mothers of today, thus having the great fortune and opportunity to glorify their names while they still exist. Last but not least, this project is also dedicated to those who have not experienced motherhood yet, but certainly will some day, continuing to create the greatest miracle of all – giving a Child to the world!
men, women, mothers, mothers to be
SEE ATTACHED FILES FOR INSPIRATION and references.
We have a logo at this moment the lay out of which we like but it needs to be revised unless you HAVE BETTER IDEA of logo for our project. You are not required to stick to our design.
We need the stylized artistic picture that includes the perspective and anatomic rules.
The final product has to be recognizable and adjustable to different media instruments. Look stylish on merchandise products such as t-shirts, letter heads, envelopes etc.
Our goal is recognition on international markets, logo should be perfectly executed and rather stylish.
We are looking for a highly emotive, warm image - The lioness is protecting (or resting with) her cub. She is cultivating an environment in which the cub will develop into a genius.
Please take notes from the structure and movement of actual animals.
Be creative don't just cut and paste lay out in original file come up with yours individual art, follow anatomic rules, put a little of yourself in to it or come up with your version.
Lioness (with crown) - strong, confident, graceful.
Cub - adorable, cute, warm.
Good luck guys.
I uploaded files that will help you.
As an example WE LIKE STYLE OF EXECUTION OF LION on MGM GRAND LAS VEGAS logo (see attach) BARCLAY LEAGUE (see attach).
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I love round tables. I grew up eating all my meals on a brightly painted, round turquoise metal patio table, that was appropriately moved indoors and raised to the status of dining room table because of it's awesomeness. It had the hole in the middle for the umbrella and everything, which we sometimes stuck candles in or accidentally dropped food through, depending. I remember the old green enamel light that hung above it, much like the antique ones I have now, and the corner bench we sat upon, upholstered with beautifully textured stripes and kilim pillows.
Building this table, I had it propped up in my dining room on a stool, with my normal table pushed aside to make space, it made me realize that I think I want a round table of my own. Some rooms just feel better with the smooth curve of such a centerpiece to soften the space, and I think my dining room is among them. It took me seeing it here to realize this.
Oh, and dear upholstery tacks, you rock. My clamps weren't even long enough to clamp around the damn table to attach the trim, but you upholstery tacks did the job in their place! Glorified little brass nails of joy. Gotta love 'em.


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Jennymontgomery8 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 258 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
Montgomery Distillery
We are a family business with deep roots in Montana agriculture. We draw the inspiration and ingredients for our spirits from the Montana landscape. We love good whiskey and have spent two (thoroughly enjoyable) years researching the chemistry and craft behind small-batch distilling, including hands-on work alongside master distillers in the US and Scotland. Our whiskey will be properly aged and our gins and vodkas will be built the old fashioned way, from top quality grain and pure mountain water -- not neutral grain spirit purchased from a corporate manufacturer.
From our distillery in Missoula, Montana -- a town of scholars, writers, sportsmen, cowboys and eccentrics -- we will distribute throughout the West and to US metropolitan centers. We will enter international spirits competitions and eventually promote our whiskey in foreign markets. Our brand needs to stand up beside the best in the industry.
We need a logo which can be incorporated into packaging for whiskeys, gins and vodkas with different brand identities, on signage, in print and on the web, and on promotional items. *We may purchase runner-up designs we like for use on t-shirts and other promo items.*
We want to see a wide variety of designs but here are some guidelines to follow:
1. No cowboy or Old West shtick. We are based in Montana, but our spirits will be built to international standards.
2. The logo must look high-end, with a nod toward tradition, bold, confident, intelligent, not too slick or urban, but extremely well crafted. Not corporate or samey. We need detail, soul and depth. Both a whiskey snob and a local fisherman need to love and care about this brand. It needs to look good on a whiskey label 20 years from now.
3. A little twist or a wink to the consumer is OK as long as it is done with dignity. See the St. George absinthe label with the monkey and the cowbell. (http://www.foodgeekery.com/fullimg/…inthe1.jpg) Other brands we love include classic Scotches like Jura, the Diageo Flora and Fauna series (for their classic look and relationship to nature, though they are a bit dull), and Bruichladdich. Clean and old-fashioned without being pompous, aristocratic or fussy.
4. Possibilities that have occurred to us: use of initials, "M" or "MD"; a Montana animal; Missoula ridgeline and Clark Fork River, though that might be more suited to a label than a logo. What do you see?
Identify clip art, please, as it may be a problem.
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Looking forward to your wonderful designs!
Edited 9/4: Vintage does not have to mean ultra-ornate or busy or aristocratic. There are some B&W distillery logos that incorporate an old-timey feeling, some more formal than others. If they are artistic, they will age well. Uploaded below...
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Scores of South Florida charities have lost their tax-exempt status -- from a Miramar PTA group to aSunrise women's club -- because they did not file annual reports for three consecutive years, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Donors now won't be able to deduct contributions they have made to the groups as of last Thursday on their 2011 federal income tax, said Plantation-based IRS spokesman Michael Dobzinski.
It is part of a national purge of mostly small charities that the IRS believes are now defunct, based on them not filing the required yearly reports, Dobzinksi said. Nearly 14,000 Florida charities lost their tax-exempt status, including many in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, according to an IRS list.
Groups with gross incomes smaller than $50,000 in 2010 can regain their tax-exempt status by applying to the IRS and paying a reduced fee of $100. The usual fee could be as much as $850, according to the IRS.
Those who lost their tax-exempt status include aSunrise women's group, the Pythian Sisters, whose treasurer, Myrna Boltin, said Monday she filed a form in 2010 but not for previous years.
"I didn't know I had to,'' Boltin said.
Dobzinski said her group will have to apply again.
Also on the list was the PTA Florida Congress at the Coconut Palm Elementary in Miramar, 13601 Monarch Lakes Blvd.
The school's bookkeeper, Maria Delgado, said she believed the IRS meant the school's volunteer PTA that raises money to help Coconut Palm's pupils. But volunteers "do their own bookkeeping" and their financial and administrative records are not located at the school, Delgado said.
The new PTA treasurer, Dyanne Baro, said there had been accounting problems in the past but she thought they had been rectified. She said she will now look into the matter.
Groups that lost their tax exemption include a wide range from an Kiwanis outlet in Miami to Jesus for Haiti in Lake Worth and the Florida State Association of Porcelain Artists in Palm Beach Gardens. In Broward, the Academy of Florida Management in Fort Lauderdale was stripped of its exemption as was Affirmative Cancer Therapy in Tamarac and Abundant Life Health & Fitness in Weston, according to the IRS.
A complete list of the charities that lost their tax-exemption can be found at SunSentinel.com/charities -- click on Florida.


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WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- House Democrats offered a resolution on the floor Thursday to condemn Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., for his "offensive" behavior towards Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., during a House Oversight Committee hearing.
The incident occurred when Issa adjourned a hearing before Cummings could ask his questions. Cummings criticized Issa at the hearing and both men have since apologized.
House Democrats, however, are trying to pass a resolution to formally reprimand Issa for what they call a pattern of offensive behavior towards Democrats. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., presented the resolution.
"Chairman Issa's conduct in committee and his repeated attempts to silence Democrats is offensive and needs to be condemned," said Kildee in a statement, "We live in a democracy, one that allows open debate and dissension. That's the way our framers intended for the legislative process to work, where there would be respectful debates in Congress about important issues we face as a nation."
"However it seems that Chairman Issa is more interested in a one-sided political spectacle rather than having an actual impartial hearing...that's exactly the kind of partisan behavior my constituents are fed up with." he added.
While Kildee presented the resolution on the House floor, the Democrats held up their iPads to display Issa silencing Cummings. The Chair had to request that the members not display their iPads as a violation of House rules.
This two-week-long fight was spurned from a long annoyance Democrats have had with Issa constantly battling the administration with very loud and public fights about key issues.
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Camille's burgundy and black top on Bones:
'Vivienne' Top in Port by Rag & Bone at Saks Off 5th, $129.99 (was $325)
Gabi on Young and Hungry, Paige on Famous in Love and Angela on Bones wearing the same top!
'Mari' Top by A.L.C. at Neiman Marcus, $146 (was $325)
Emily on Powerless, Emily on Designated Survivor and Camille on Bones wearing the same dress!
'Wandee' Dress by Ted Baker at Nordstrom, $315
Angela's burgundy blouse with black tie neck on Bones:
Ruffle Neck Long-Sleeve Blouse by Frame at Neiman Marcus, $161 (was $269)
Angela's blue floral print blouse on Bones:
Dreamweaver Voile Top by Rebecca Taylor at Saks Off 5th, $99.99 (was $250)


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Eisengerüste ORIO HD
Base Dimensions 1.8 x 1.0 m Maximum overall height 8,98 m
- Rungs with deep non-slip lining placed every 29 cm between the uprights
- Work platform and protective rails positionable every 29 cm. allowing the user to work in safety in all modes of use.
- Work platform with anti-wind safety
- Work platform provided with trapdoor, to allow the user to climb up from the inside, and regulation toe boards
- Gold coloured galvanized protective section
- Completely disassemblable
- Secure and robust locking ratchets avoiding the use of bolts or screws
- Product branding on every component
- Anti-rusting quality alvanizing
- UNI EN 1004 wheels 150 mm. with brakes
- Configurations in compliance with EN 1004-No anchoring use
Configuration equipped scaffolding Orio which retains all the qualitative and functional characteristics.
ORIO HD adds the components necessary to comply with the European standard EN 1004 and then allow a use not anchored:
- Worktop intermediate complete with side rails and toe clips perimeter (No. least according to UNI EN 1004)
- double-arm stabilizer brackets allow movement of the scaffold safely
- Wheels with nylon core anti-jam and anti-oscillation


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OV Christian Fellowship Is 'Making More Room For You'
Owen Valley Christian Fellowship is remodeling to offer a larger worship area. Beginning May 6, 10:00 a.m. worship/nursery and children's programs will be held at the Spencer Seventh Day Adventist Church, located at 1770 State Road 43S (one mile south of OVCF). The congregation will meet there until the renovation is completed.
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Today's Meditation
The word of God is living and active.
-Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Today it happened: I finally have a Bible like Gail's. Gail was one of the best Sunday school teachers I've ever had. She had a way of weaving together everyday life and the Bible. I wanted a Bible like Gail's. Obviously, she had the best reference Bible available. Her vast knowledge of the Bible poured out of her as she taught.
As she started class each Sunday morning, she would clutch her Bible in her right hand. One time, a page fluttered this way and others floated that way. The cover was worn off. Gail's Bible was falling apart from use. However, Gail could teach our class as she did not because she had a particular study Bible but because she studied the Bible she had.
Hebrews 4:12 tells us that God's word is full of living power. We can experience this spiritual power as we read the Bible and let its message sink into our soul. Then when trouble comes and we search for answers, the Bible will lead us to life-giving insights. The more we read our Bibles, the more wear and tear they show.
So today it happened. After 30 years of use, the cover of my Bible fell off. Finally I have a Bible like Gail's.
Donna Riner Weber
(Tennessee, USA)
Prayer: Dear God, lead us to read the Bible today and every day. Amen.
Thought for the Day: As our Bibles fall apart from use, we grow stronger.
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