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STOCKTON - Matt Reber is used to sprawling on the ice at Stockton Arena but laying in a giant pile of stuffed animals was a new and wonderful experience for the Stockton Thunder forward.
STOCKTON - Matt Reber is used to sprawling on the ice at Stockton Arena but laying in a giant pile of stuffed animals was a new and wonderful experience for the Stockton Thunder forward.
Reber was waiting for an onslaught of happy youngsters to run and claim a new toy in the second act of the Thunder's Teddy Bear Toss.
Fans threw the toys on the ice Saturday about five minutes into the game against the Utah Grizzlies after the Thunder scored its first goal.
In eight years about 35,000 stuffed animals have been donated to United Way of San Joaquin County, with this year's haul of 5,235 outpacing the 4,706 gathered in 2012.
Distribution of the toys began Tuesday when 22 students from the one.TLC School for Homeless Children in Stockton came to the United Way of San Joaquin County to grab two stuffed animals each and meet and have pizza with Thunder players Reber, Cody Reichard, Jody O'Neill and Matt Bergland.
The kids had a great time, as did the players.
"I was here last year for the actual toss, but I didn't get to come to be part of the gift giving. This is really cool," Reber said. "I think they are a little taken aback by how many stuffed animals there are to choose from, and it's great to be a part of it."
Nine-year-old Cheyenne found a large monkey she said she was going to dance with.
"We've been fortunate to be involved in this event since its inception eight years ago," said Sara Garfield, the director of TLC School. "There's just no bigger joy for children. Can you imagine coming into a room and seeing a sea of teddy bears and getting to jump in and finding three or four hockey players in there to boot? It's the best."
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A few minutes before the winner in the Best Documentary Feature category was announced at last year's Oscars, Wim Wenders was feeling pretty confident. After all, his film, Buena Vista Social Club, had been a huge commercial and critical success, and it was the odds-on favorite to win. But then, according to Wenders, producer Arthur Cohn–whose picture, One Day in September, a sleek, flashy film about the kidnapping and killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games, was also in the running–approached him and said, "Whatever happens today, I hope we will remain friends and keep a mutual respect for each other." Says Wenders, "Before I could really say anything, he was gone again. That's when I had a sudden sinking feeling that we had been pretty naïve in thinking we had a good chance. I sat down and realized that [Cohn] didn't have to ask for mutual respect. That is the rule of the game in the Oscars; it goes without saying. You would only ask for it if you had a bad conscience, so to speak."
Wenders's bewitching film was about to go the way of so many other popular documentaries (if they were lucky enough even to be nominated): eclipsed by a virtually unknown film whose total audience barely exceeded the tiny fraction of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members who had seen it. When Cohn collected the Oscar, Wenders applauded, but Cohn's acceptance speech, he says, "left me speechless. Congratulating the academy for being able to distinguish between commercial success and artistic value was a slap in the face of all the other nominees. You just don't do that to your competitors when you get up there to receive an Oscar. Some of the other nominees sitting just behind us were just as appalled." Wenders walked out. "I was disappointed, but not because we lost," he continues. "Only because we had not really had a fair chance to win."
A box-office and critical hit with a strong distributor behind it not given a fair chance? Welcome to the strange world of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. Since 1995 three of the winners have been Holocaust documentaries–Anne Frank Remembered, The Long Way Home and The Last Days–and One Day in September had obvious Holocaust undertones. After Spike Lee's documentary Four Little Girls lost to The Long Way Home in 1997, Lee said, "When the film is about the Holocaust and one of the producers is a rabbi and it comes from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, there are not many sure things in life, but that was a sure thing when you consider the makeup of the voting body of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I'd have rather been the New York Knicks in the fourth quarter, down ten points, a minute left in the United Center, than have the odds we faced of winning the Oscar against the Holocaust film."
There's more to the story, however, than the academy's apparent penchant for Holocaust and Zionist-themed documentaries. After all, Claude Lanzmann's epic Shoah didn't receive a nomination. And the recent Holocaust-themed winners–with their conventional, largely apolitical approach to their subjects–have none of the wit, irony, artistry or rage of Marcel Ophuls's 1988 Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (a rare example of a documentary Oscar winner that deserved it, though his earlier masterpiece The Sorrow and the Pity lost out to an insect documentary). To the academy, documentary is less a popular art form than a public service medium: Over the past decade, the films nominated, with a few honorable exceptions, have been the cinematic equivalent of castor oil. Then-New York Times critic Janet Maslin described them as "films about the Holocaust, the disabled, hard-working artists and inspirational programs in the inner city"–worthy subjects that all too often get mediocre or sentimental treatment.

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Lawyer charged with sexual assault on boy, 15By JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
June 14. 2013 11:58PM
KINGSTON — A well-known Plaistow lawyer is facing sexual assault charges after he was accused of giving a 15-year-old boy two shots of Smirnoff sour apple vodka and then taking him out on a boat where the teen was allegedly raped.
Lawrence A. Buswell Jr., 52, of 11 Lions Way, Kingston, was arrested on a warrant by Kingston police last month in connection with the alleged assault that occurred on Kingston's Country Pond in the summer of 2011.Buswell, who has a law office in Plaistow and has performed legal work for the town, faces two counts of felonious sexual assault, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of prohibited sales for allegedly providing the boy with alcohol.According to an affidavit by Kingston police Detective Christopher R. LaBrecque, police learned about the alleged assault on Aug. 10, 2012.The teen told police that he and his family have camped at the Country Shore campground in Kingston for the past 11 years and that Buswell is the owner's son.
The criminal complaints allege that the rape occurred on or between July 1, 2011, and Aug. 5, 2011.
On the night of the assault, the boy told police, Buswell gave him the vodka and then took him out on his boat and for a swim.
The boy stated that "when he got out of the water wearing just his boxers the defendant wrapped him in a towel, sat him on the middle console of the boat, grabbed his crotch and squeezed," the affidavit said.
The teen claims he then pushed Buswell's hand away, at which point he allegedly began touching him inappropriately. The teen told police that Buswell then forced him to perform sex acts.
According to the affidavit, the boy used a map of the pond to identify a cove on the east side of an island where the alleged rape occurred.
In his affidavit, LaBrecque said he spoke with several other families who visit the campground and "confirmed that the defendant brought young males out onto the pond in his boat frequently. It was also confirmed that the defendant did spend a considerable amount of time with the group of young males."
A warrant for Buswell's arrest was issued May 2. He was arrested May 6 and released on $50,000 personal recognizance bail.
Assistant Rockingham County Attorney Jill Cook, who prosecutes cases for Kingston police, filed the criminal complaints and related paperwork with the 10th Circuit Court in Plaistow Friday after inquiries from the New Hampshire Union Leader seeking information on the arrest.
Buswell is scheduled to be arraigned in Plaistow on July 8 at 8 a.m.
In an unrelated incident, Buswell was also involved in a deadly boating accident on Country Pond in May 2012. According to authorities, Buswell was operating a 20-foot inboard powerboat when it collided with a 17-foot powerboat.
Eric Eskeland, 54, of Merrimack, was operating the other boat and died at the scene.
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Major League Baseball's new drug policy is an important step in the right direction.
Major League Baseball's new drug policy is an important step in the right direction. Until the punishments for the use of performance-enhancing substances are severe enough to discourage their use, some players will try to beat the odds.
The new MLB rules include an 80-game suspension for a first offense and 162 games out for a second violation. A third strike, and the player will receive a lifetime ban.
Any violation for PEDs also means the offender will not be allowed to participate in the postseason.
Some might argue the punishments should be more severe, while others on the other end of the spectrum suggest PEDs should be allowed.
Of course, the latter would further damage the integrity of the game, which has already suffered substantial dents. Some of the numbers in the baseball record book could use a few asterisks.
I lean on the side of more severe punishment.
Again, my primary concern is for athletes at the youth level and youngsters across the board. In no way should the example go out to kids that cheating, for a goal of a big payday, is permissible at all in our society.
Kids look up to sports stars and other celebrities. Every one of those prominent figures, from sports to the music industry and more, have a responsibility to their young fans, whether they like it or not.
Using PEDs sends the wrong message to young athletes, in that the way to succeed is through artificial enhancement to your abilities – not through hard work and pure skill development.
How could anyone feel good about their skill coming from a pill or an injection? How is it that the cheaters can take pride in knowing their home run totals or overall strength comes from a bottle and not from their workouts?
I am fully aware that the carrot on the stick is a big contract or signing with a big college program. But success through PEDs is a hollow victory.
Players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez might have been considered on par with the all-time greats of the game. But the first thing that comes to mind now when mentioning this trio and others is the PED topic.
I've heard stories about collegiate players who stated they had to use PEDs because so many other players were using them. How were they to win out a roster spot over another prospective player if they were not able to compete through the same enhancements?
It's sad, really, to think at some point artificial means reached this level of use - or at least is perceived to be at this level.
It's time for other leagues to follow MLB's lead and up the frequency of testing and level of punishment for offenders.
ESPN reports the league began testing players in 2004, with a mere 10-day suspension for positive test by 2005, before the penalty was increased to 50 games in 2006. The punishment was far too lenient.
The new regulations fall under the better-late-than-never tag, while stepping out ahead of other major sports leagues.
It may be that the clean players are the ones wanting a level playing field now. I hope we've reached a point where the bulk of players can pressure leagues to keep the cheaters out.
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It's still winnable, but not if this continues.
The schedule doesn't get any easier in the coming weeks with St. Louis, the Yankees and Phillies again, and Atlanta.
Especially discouraging is how the Mets have lost this year. There have been a lot of tough losses: the Murphy dropped fly in Florida that beat Santana; the Castillo dropped pop against the Yankees; the blown five-run lead against the Pirates; the Church game in LA where he failed to touch third base; yesterday's loss to the Rays; and several others, including a couple of games in which they blew a three-run lead.
Championship caliber teams find a way to win these games and that's something the Mets haven't done with any consistency.
It has to change.


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MILAN (AP) — Three-time former Premier Silvio Berlusconi pledged Saturday that his Forza Italia party will be a "responsible opposition" to any new government headed by the Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi, but expressed concern about what he called an "opaque" power grab.
Berlusconi was among the political leaders who met over two days in Rome with Italy's president, who is trying to determine if Renzi has enough support to form a new government after he sidelined outgoing Premier Enrico Letta, a rival Democrat.
President Giorgio Napolitano is not expected to indicate if he will tap Renzi as Italy's next premier before Sunday.
As expected, Berlusconi said his party would remain in the opposition, adding: "Ours will be responsible opposition, as it has always been."
Berlusconi's popularity among center-right voters has ensured his influence on the political scene, despite a ban on holding political office resulting from his tax fraud conviction. As a sign of the awkwardness of his meeting with Napolitano, a small group of anti-Berlusconi protesters gathered outside the president's office.
Berlusconi's support on key legislation, including a long-overdue election law, is likely to be critical to the credibility of any new government, especially since it remains unclear how large of a majority a new coalition will command in Parliament. The leader of one key party — the New Center Right, which supported the Letta government — said it was reserving its final position to see which way the new Renzi government would lean.
Berlusconi also expressed "worry and surprise for this opaque crisis" — a concern shared by other political leaders and commentators.
Stefano Folli, a political commentator for Il Sole 24 Ore, wrote Saturday that Renzi's methods have created some uncertainty about him.
"He has united the Democratic Party leadership, but not public opinion, which needs to better understand what happened," Folli wrote.
Renzi, 39, accelerated his path to the premier's post this week by engineering Letta's resignation through internal party politics, despite having said in the past that he wanted to become premier through a popular election, not backroom deals.
On Saturday, Renzi remained in Florence, where he is mayor. Members of his party who met with Napolitano said he wants to govern through 2018, the end of the parliamentary session. A Renzi government would need to pass confidence votes in Parliament to take office.
The anti-establishment 5 Star Movement and the xenophobic Northern League boycotted this weekend's talks to protest the irregular transition of power that bypassed a vote of confidence in Parliament and what they see as a foregone conclusion to the talks.


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iPhone Sales May Perk Up but the Maps App's Another Story
Sep 26, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Apple's iPhone 5 is a loser, judging by the market's response. Apple reported moving 5 million phones in the first weekend following its launch, despite despite lingering disappointment in the homegrown maps technology it released with iOS 6.
While other smartphone makers might have killed for that kind of sales performance in one weekend, Apple's stock fell after the numbers were released. It was more than the 4 million iPhone 4S devices that Apple sold about a year ago. However, following a week of Wall Street predictions that the company could sell as many as 10 million iPhone 5s right off the bat, excluding supply restrictions, the 5 million was viewed as something of a letdown.
Apple shouldn't get concerned with the seemingly low sales, said Shaw Wu, analyst at Sterne Agee, noting that the larger screen and 4G LTE wireless capabilities addressed some iPhone users' biggest concerns and aligned it more to some of its competitors best-selling devices.
"This is a bit slower than estimates as high as 10 million, but we are not overly concerned as this is still a big number and believe this is more a matter of high expectations getting out of touch with reality," Wu told MacNewsWorld. "To us, it isn't about how well a product does in a few days but how well it does over the next two to four quarters. We continue to believe iPhone 5 is a significant update and will drive a powerful product cycle."
Can't Map
While new customers praised the larger display and quicker speeds, though, Apple's updated operating system that runs the iPhone 5, iOS 6, took a lot of heat for its new mapping technology. For the first time, Apple dumped Google's well developed Maps platform and opted to build an in-house mapping system of its own. The decision may have given Apple the control it typically craves for its products, but the new navigation app is taking a lot of criticism for falling far behind Google's technology.
"There are many major problems in the current version of Apple Maps," Ming-Hsiang Tsou, professor in the geography department at San Diego State University, told MacNewsWorld. "The worst aspect is the problematic new navigation systems. Although the new Apple Maps finally have 'Voice Navigation' function, their Point of Interest (POI) databases are far less than Google Maps and the routing engines with street info are also way behind Google Maps. Apple did partner with Yelp for the sources for its POI's. But Yelp's POI's do not cover all the street lights and stop signs in the real world."
In short, said Tsou, Google's years of Street View cars and work with navigation experts to develop a complex mapping infrastructure can't compare to Apple's first efforts in the field.
"The second biggest problem is the missing of Street View function in Google Map," he said. "Street View can give users a 'reality check' and be very useful when you visit a new place or want to find a parking lot entrance," he said. "Google owns Street View and it has developed amazing technologies to capture Street View. I don't think Apple can catch up Google's Street View coverages within two or three years."
Refresh in Sight?
Last week there were some reports that Google would release a maps app for iOS 6, but the search giant's CEO told reporters Tuesday that no such plans have been made. To do so, the two would most likely have to collaborate on app technology, which would defeat Apple's purpose of breaking away from its competitor in this space. Apple isn't wrong to want that control, said Tsou, but if it's serious about competing in this category it needs to re-organize resources to build a worthy map infrastructure.
"From a strategic perspective, it is the right move," he said. "But Apple used all the wrong methods during the development of its own Maps. If Apple can adopt better strategies and invest enough money, maybe increasing their mapping team members 100 times, then it is possible to have an advantage over Google Maps within three or four years."
To equal the playing field, or even to top Google Maps, Apple should reach out to strategic partners, said Tsou. Yelp is a strong partner for possible location-based services advantages and for users looking to their maps for entertainment options, but a true map needs more street signs, names and landmarks to qualify as a Google Map competitor.
"My guess for a good partner would be ESRI, who is the leading expert in GIS and mapping, and Microsoft, with their very nice Bing Maps," he said. "Microsoft is a long shot because it also has its own mobile competing with Apple, but who knows? Maybe Microsoft can be a friend of Apple again, like 30 years ago when they worked together.
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Incoming 1Ls / Re: Northwestern University Law Student - Both Pre-1Ls and current students?« on: July 25, 2005, 12:39:00 PM »
There is a fox and obel on the corner of McClurg and Illinois, if I remember correctly. We walked through it one day and loved it! But, it's one of those ultra gourmet-foodie type places, so it is fairly expensive. But, it would be a convenient place to go if you just need a few things.


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Is there anywhere in the world that you would want to go to, that you've never been to before in your life, just for the food?
For me, it's really hard to choose between Morocco, Turkey, India, China, etc... but I think my top pick would probably be Morocco right now. I love the combination of spices used in Moroccan cooking. And the colors you see of photos there are amazing.
The Big Onigiri.
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I'd have to go for India, followed clossly by China, Thailand, and Japan.
It's not just that I love food from asian countries. I'm very lucky in that even at 17 I've seen a lot of Europian countries as well as Austrailia, newzeland, the US, and Canada. So I'd like to go and taste foods I've never (properly) tasted before. I literally spend hours a day fantisizing about food, so I won't bore you with my incredebly extensive lists of what I would eat their.
It will be a while for my hubby and I but we'll get there. If we can I want to take the walking tour from Kyoto to Tokyo.
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... a place where I have never been before...
A tropical island with all its fruits and seafood, maybe. Or India.
If it is a single place, it would be Mumbai.
And in order to get it back to bento... the Tokaido Shinkansen Ekiben Tour.
Definitely Japan for starters, followed by Italy and Germany. Also a huge fan of Latin cuisine so I'm thinking possibly Spain as well.. So many choices!
hmmmm..... Japan, Ireland, London, Mexico, and... I think that's about it.
Cooking is nothing more than controlled madness.
Portugal, Sichuan, Lebanon, and then I want to tag along with guruman on the ekiben tour. If I were able, I'd love to take the trains all over Japan, and camp nojuku-style.
I think I'd want to sample the authentic versions of the food I eat on a daily/weekly basis. I've never been to India or Italy so I'd love to know how my meals match up with the real thing!
Anywhere but here!! I have not had the luck to be able to travel world wide outside the U.S. I've never even been to NYC or the West Coast!! I am so under educated as far as other cultures go (i try to keep myself informed though, mostly Japan XD) and I'd love to try foods from anywhere. Japan is probably at the top of my list along with several other asian countries. I want to be able to try all of the yummy foods across Europe as well.
I feel so close-minded for never having been anywhere. T_T Someone pay for a plane ticket for me??
Yum yum bento yum yum!
I live in Boston but my sister in law is from Lafayette LA....and there is plenty of good food in Louisiana too!
Singapore Hawker centers
The Gullah Islands
I adored the street stalls in Bangkok, so I'd like to go to almost anywhere with lots of street stalls. I like the local Farmers' Market for that reason - and the produce of course, but it's the food stalls that make it great.
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I don't think I could pick just one, although I know I would not go back to Russia for food purposed. Too much grease and starch, not enough vegetables. I am pretty familiar with Hispanic and European cuisine, since that is what I grew up with, so I don't really want to go any where to experience those.
I'd like to try sushi in Japan. On the west coast of the USA we have a lot of decent sushi places, but I'd like to compare them to Japan and see if there is a big difference. Plus I love Nishikigoi so I have to go to Japan sometime for that too, Sushi and Koi sounds like a strange combo, but it would be awesome!
Then maybe Greece, and Turkey, I loved the food in Spain when I was there in 1976 and would love to go back, nothing in the world like good Paella.
Mostly I would go to see other countries more for the culture than the food, living in the San Fransisco Bay Area, I'm really spoiled when it comes to good ethnic food.
Anywhere but here!
The only foreign place I've been to is Italy, which had tons of absolutely delicious food... in fact the food was my second favourite thing!
I'd be a bit worried eating in a foreign place that isn't english friendly, though... who knows what you might end up eating.
All the more incentive to learn a new language! ^_^
When I first went to Russia, my survival Russian was not fully developed yet so I had to experiment a little bit. I knew going there that I probably would not be able to avoid eating meat, so I just accepted that and tried just about anything I could vaguely pronounce and could kind of gather what it was. It was a very good learning experience, just not so pleasant on my stomach.
There were some very gross things that I ate while I was there, and some not so unpleasant things that I tried. Piroshki (Пирошки) with a cabbage and potato filling, made by a little old lady at a road side stand outside of Novgorad (Новгород), which was one of the best things that I ate the entire time I was in Russia.
I think next time I try to learn a language I will try to learn one where fruits and vegetables are staples of the diet, so I won't cry when my mom brings me some fruit salad to eat on the way home from the airport.
Probably Japan or Morocco!
And I'd probably come back to Argentina to have some of those wonderful meats!! <3
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Italy, or at least some point on the mediterainian, I love it all...
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...as many countries as I can travel to. Most important for me is how the food is prepared, where it is served, the freshness and authenticity of preparation. It is equally thrilling to have giant noodles at a restaurant in Tokyo, where the clientele are mostly sumo wrestlers, to a traditionally prepared Oaxacan meal, to a BBQ at a state fair where ribs are prepared with a sauce from someone's secret family recipe. Some ultimate food destinations just happen along the way if we're open to trying new things out.
Japan. I'd like to eat my way around the town I used to live in, especially the wonderful okashi made by an little old man who is the 6th generation of his family to run his shop. Our town is 'famous for' persimmon, crab and oysters, so I'd have all of those. Then I'd eat my way around Japan, trying every local speciality in every town I could.
On a completely different note, I'm quite infatuated with regional American foods. I sampled some interesting (and artery clogging) dishes in Kansas and Indiana a few years ago, and would love to eat my way around the midwest and the south. Even Taco Bell is exotic to someone who has never had it before!
I tend to be a bit wary of new foods. I hate spending money on something and then not like it. My brother recently brought me to a Greek/Lebanese restaurant and had me try this cuisine for the first time. I was extremely pleasantly surprised. So I'd like to go to Greece. Pictures I've seen make it look beautiful, and I wouldn't mind going to try out the food.
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Japan is top of my list. I went to Tokyo twice and would like to travel more in Japan....like Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido and many more cities and towns. Love the food and drinks (beer & Sake), just amazing!
South Korea
Japan still remains a dream food destination, I don't think I've even begun to uncover all that's on offer there, but I'm sure that could be said of any country's cuisine. That's certainly the case with me and Spain, there's still so much I haven't tried and am ignorant about, and it's probably the cuisine I know best.
Eventually, I should be able to arrange 'stopovers' on the way to Japan so that I can try the food in Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia, but a trip to Suriname may be more difficult. For now I have to content myself with visits to the Netherlands whenever I want to sample Surinamese dishes.
One of my stops would be Maki's kitchen, no matter what country that may be in !!!
Thank you, i'm flattered ^_^;
I'm quite lucky, I've already travelled quite a lot and visited many dream food destinations, like Japan or Thailand, and living in Europe I've already spent a few holidays in France, Italy or Spain.
I would be curious to visit India, Morocco or Greece, on a culinary point of view. And I don't know a lot about south and north american food, I'm sure there are some nice tastes to discover.
Mhh I would say Japan and maybe a country like Norway or Sweden. Of course in Germany are a lot of Japanese restaurants but i am not sure if the taste is the same. And I would like to try some swedish and norway food because i have never heard anything special about the food over there so i would love to try something traditional.
"And so the lion felt in love with the lamb" - Twilight
Singapore, to try chili crab
Laos, to see how the cuisine differs from Thailand
Turkey, to visit the market in Istanbul
I just got back from China, where I had REAL Peking Duck in Bejing, bit into juicy Shanghai dumplings, and had things I never tried before, like barbeque herb-crusted fish that tasted almost like tandoori, with lots of ground cumin.
I was in India last fall, and had Rajasthani cashew nut sauce in Udaipur, vegetarian thali served on a banana leaf in Agra, and royal Rajasthani cusiine in Jaipur. I really wanted to try the street market samosas, but my guide wouldn't let me.
I travel alot, you see. And what better reason is there to travel, but for the food? From street market satay pork in Bangkok, creamy Dal Makhini in Nepal to sweet and savory banana leaf tamales in Chiapas, my taste buds have led the way around the globe. Simply recalling these dishes makes my mouth water!
But my favorite city for food is Kyoto. I've complied a list of just some of my favorite restaurants here: http://www.savoryjapan.com/travel/kyoto/kyoto.html
To me, it's not just flavor that makes a great meal, but ambience, tableware, service and history. I'm still in the process of writing additional articles from a trip in May/June.
Readers will notice the lack of restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka, and this is due simply to a lack of time, and the fact that my husband keeps longing to return to Kyoto. I'm trying to get him to think about Laos for this winter (with a stop in Tokyo) but we'll see.
Happy trails!
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I'm Vietnamese and of course Vietnam is my first destination for food. I'm from the North so for me the food in the north, especially Hanoi, is the best. I love the foods on the streets. I love riding motor bike with my friends to taste the food from different corners of the city. Try Vietnamese food and you will see the differences from Chinese and Thai foods.
For Europe, my favorite is Italian and Spanish foods. But however, they're too heavy for me. Worst food ever is Munich food with a big pile of meat in your dish :(
My hubby and I are travelling to Japan this November and we are looking forward to tasting the real Japanese :)
Have to say that it's Indonesia, follow closely by Japan, and China.
weird choice to choose Indonesia, eh? just wait until you try one. Every province is super different from others and all of the food is to die for. Not to mention each province has tons of food variety.
while malaysian's food did resemble some of the cooking (sadly, the world acknowledge some of Indonesian cooking as malaysian, due to all the publicity) , I find that Indonesian's much more delicious, not to mention more variety. Try some Soto Betawi (there are other soto styles depending on the region, like soto kudus, soto medan, soto ayam, etc....), Pempek Palembang, Martabak manis(unlike Indian's murtabak, Indonesian murtabak is more like a sweet thick chinese pancake), Sate Padang, Rendang, Opor ayam, Klappertart (this one actually legacy of the Holland troops), etc. There are still a lot, but there's no end to the list, so I might as well stop here. XD
For Japan food, definitely Gyoza! And crab, oden, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, unagi, and the sweets!
There are other places and food too, just couldn't remember it right now. XD
OMG ... I was just thinking about this ... When I get a bit older I plan to go to ( In this order) England, Germany, and then of course japan. And I want to study a year abroad ... Think of how much fun a bento enthusiast could have ...
Foodies do it better.
countries: japan, italy, france, germany, mexico, spain, china (although i've been there already)
cities: los angeles, san francisco, chicago, miami, naples, madrid
specific/types of restaurants: per se, el bulli, masa, the fat duck, ramen shops in japan, sushi bars in japan, tapas bars in spain, beer halls in germany, a real italian family dinner in italy, anywhere that has great food!
Countries I'd like to go to in order: Japan, China, India, South America (continent I know), Thailand, France, Spain, Turkey, Morocco and then maybe Germany.
i'd like to go somewhere with fresh seafood, like brittany, but i've already been there. somewhere that's good for lobsters and oysters.
japan is on top of the list, but it's not so much about the food but more for the general experience, museums, people.. food, too, but museums mainly.
i've already eaten my way through most of europe and the mediterrean up to morocco... good food, but no new destinations.
i still want to try "real" south american food, i'd like to try south african and i don't really know where to start with the asian countries.
there's still some stuff in northern europe waiting for me, too. mushrooms in sour cream, polish roasted goose, russian berry cobblers... and probably kwas! i don't think that i'll like that, but i have to try just to know if i do.
traditional black sea area cooking could be very interesting, it's like the russian italian cooking, i guess. wine, fresh sunflower oil (it's just as lovely as virgin olive if you can get good cold-pressed quality! tastes just like a field of sunflowers smell in summer. try some, if you can find it!), fresh vegetables..
hey, there are 5 people here who at least mentioned germany! what would you like to eat over here?
i don't know much about german cuisine itself but i do know about german beer :)
that would definitely be something i would check out while there
My food destination would probably be Hawaii. I loved living there. The blend of asian foods as well as the polynesian flavors are fantastic. I love all the tropical flavors. I think being in the environment helped make the foods taste as good as they did.
This isn't as exotic as many of the entries here, but *Seattle* has become a food mecca for me. Of course there is all that coffee, chocolate and salmon, but I go straight to The Crumpet Shop. Situated just outside of Pike's Market, they make fresh crumpets throughout the day. A fresh toasted crumpet slathered with butter, marmite, nutella or salmon spread accompanied by a big mug of real tea --my idea of heaven. And even tho I am not a pizza lover, a few months ago I manuvered a trip to Seattle just to eat at Serious Pie, a truly wonderful flat, rectangular pizza, whose crust is a cross between puff pastry and a really good baguette.
Last week I followed a discussion here about canned tuna and discovered the Tuna Guys just outside of Seattle. I ordered a sampler for my DH's birthday and was amazed at how different it was from any other canned fish. I am now trying to figure out a way to get up to Seattle so that I can buy a couple of cases and "save" the shipping. ^_^
AND there is also Uwajimaya, a great Japanese food & gift complex.
Being as I am part Italian, I would LOVE to go to Italy!!!^^
But I would also LOVE to go to Japan!!!
(As I am already teaching myself Japanese) (Uber hard! >.<)
I would also like to go to Korea, Thailand, or China!!!!
:/ But I think Japan wins.
As I dont know any Italian. >.<
North-east Brazil (for things like moqueca,acaraje ...)and Sao Paulo
Spain(specially andalucia and pais vasco)
Hong kong!!
Japan first. After that China and India :D But for now I just stalk other international food-blogs ^_^
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I've been to these cities before, but I was so impressed with the food (more so than the landmarks and whatever else was there) that I want to go again and again:
Lunch in Tokyo - even cheap eats are delicious
Dinner in Bangkok - cheap and delicious, but pick a clean place
Desserts in Hong Kong - desserts and seafood are awesome
I guess my "dream" destinations would be France, Spain, and Korea.
Definately I would travel back to Japan (and some day hopefully, I will)! I've visited Tokyo once and there were so many foods I didn't have time to taste...
Thailand - I would love to try authentic thai cuisine - all the variations! Vietnam, too...
Peru!!!!!! But wait, I've already been there =). Peruvian food is just delicious. Because of immigration, it has French, Italian, Chinese, Basque, Arabic, and African influences. I've been lucky enough to go there a few times, as my grandpa is Peruvian and grew up there. My favorite dishes are lomo saltado, ceviche, papa a la huancaina, causa, and ahi de gallina. Peruvian cuisine is centered mainly on potatoes (so many varieties!), corn, meat, seafood, chiles, rice, and vegetables. The desserts are great too- yummy alfajores and picarones. There's a sweet purple corn drink called chicha morada that is heavenly, plus these little toasted corn kernel called canchitas that are often served as appetizers. If you have a good Peruvian restaurant in your area, I suggest you try it! Of places I haven't been to I would pick Japan first, then Greece.
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I'm all too exposed with Asian foods, so I'm probably more interested in African and European food. US food sucks, seriously. I think the serving size is unbearably huge, and most foods are overloaded with sugar and greasy fats :(
Live to eat!
I have to speak up a bit for American food...there is very good American food, but the kind that has made it out of the country is mostly of the fast-food, big-portion, greasy-spoon type (I know for instance that TGIFriday's is quite popular in the UK...that is not the pinnacle of American cuisine.) There are many great regional specialities in the U.S....
I agree with Balifly and would love to eat at Maki's kitchen. But as far as whole countries go, I first would like to eat in Japan. Even though I eat a lot of Asian food, especially Japanese, I would like to taste the really authentic stuff, as well as the more obscure recipes. (I hate how so many people and even restaurants specialize in teriyaki-flavored food, as if that was the food that really spoke for Japan the most.) In particular, I'm interested in the more rural-area recipes. After Japan, though, I'd like to go to India and anywhere in Africa. Also, I love Lebanese food. (Shawarmas ftw.)
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Parents often have difficulty telling the difference between variations in normal behavior and true behavioral problems. In reality, the difference between normal and abnormal behavior is not always clear; usually it is a matter of degree or expectation. A fine line often divides normal from abnormal behavior, in part because what is "normal" depends upon the child's level of development, which can vary greatly among children of the same age. Development can be uneven, too, with a child's social development lagging behind his intellectual growth, or vice versa. In addition, "normal" behavior is in part determined by the context in which it occurs - that is, by the particular situation and time, as well as by the child's own particular family values and expectations, and cultural and social background.
Understanding your child's unique developmental progress is necessary in order to interpret, accept or adapt his behavior (as well as your own). Remember, children have great individual variations of temperament, development and behavior.
Some parents find it helpful to consider three general kinds of behavior:
Your own parental responses are guided by whether you see the behavior as a problem. Frequently, parents overinterpret or overreact to a minor, normal short-term change in behavior. At the other extreme, they may ignore or downplay a serious problem. They also may seek quick, simple answers to what are, in fact, complex problems. All of these responses may create difficulties or prolong the time for a resolution.
Behavior that parents tolerate, disregard or consider reasonable differs from one family to the next. Some of these differences come from the parents' own upbringing; they may have had very strict or very permissive parents themselves, and their expectations of their children follow accordingly. Other behavior is considered a problem when parents feel that people are judging them for their child's behavior; this leads to an inconsistent response from the parents, who may tolerate behavior at home that they are embarrassed by in public.
The parents' own temperament, usual mood, and daily pressures will also influence how they interpret the child's behavior. Easygoing parents may accept a wider range of behavior as normal and be slower to label something a problem, while parents who are by nature more stern move more quickly to discipline their children. Depressed parents, or parents having marital or financial difficulties, are less likely to tolerate much latitude in their offspring's behavior. Parents usually differ from one another in their own backgrounds and personal preferences, resulting in differing parenting styles that will influence a child's behavior and development.
When children's behavior is complex and challenging, some parents find reasons not to respond. For instance, parents often rationalize ("It's not my fault"), despair ("Why me?"), wish it would go away ("Kids outgrow these problems anyway"), deny ("There's really no problem"), hesitate to take action ("It may hurt his feelings"), avoid ("I didn't want to face his anger") or fear rejection ("He won't love me").
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In Misrata, Libya, 15-year-old Mohammed Majeed had grown so accustomed to the war raging around him that he lost his fear of the ordnance scattered on the ground in his neighborhood. One day in April, he found a rifle grenade and carried it inside. The next day, as he played with it, it exploded in his hand. Mohammed lost four fingers, becoming another Misrata child wounded by unexploded ordnance. Adult residents also collect the ordnance and set up displays of war paraphernalia. "I understand the sentiment behind the [monuments], but it's like the worst-case scenario in a course on explosive ordnance disposal," said Fred Pavey, a British member of the Christian ACT Alliance humanitarian mine action team. Mohammed's father says people are learning from the mistakes of others. "Because of what happened to my son, most of the children of our neighborhood are now afraid of these things," he said. "Kids are very bored in Libya, but they get bombs instead of toys from Qaddafi. He has destroyed everything."
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Police: Dog likely stolen from Candia homeBy RYAN O'CONNOR
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CANDIA — Police are exploring the questionable disappearance of a local dog, and they suspect a thief may be responsible.
Hummer, an 11-month-old tri-colored male Bernese Mountain Dog, was last seen Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. in his High Street yard, not far from the Hooksett town line.
Police suspect someone may have taken the dog due to his relatively high price tag, said Candia Animal Control Officer Kate Morrill, who noted the dog was imported from Hungary for breeding purposes.
"His yard has an electric fence and he was wearing a collar. He's been there for six months and they've never had any issue with him getting out before," she said. "What's odd to us is that this is a pretty hearty dog, and there's been no signs and no sightings of any kind, and we've had a lot of people out there looking. That makes us believe he may very well have been taken."
Whether the dog was stolen or remains lost in the woods, Morrill said the owner is offering an undisclosed award for information leading to Hummer's return.
"We've been searching everywhere and have posters all over town," she said. "We're just hoping someone out there can help us find him."
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Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (RAX) was founded by San Antonio, Texas-native Graham Weston and a partner in 1998, when they supplied capital for a business idea provided by three local university students. To this day, the company remains headquartered in San Antonio, with Weston as its Chairman, after serving as CEO until 2006. Rackspace provides hosting for companies that wish to outsource such information technology work. Demand for this hosting has been strong, with the company adding thousands of customers each year. At the end of 2011, there were about 172,000 business customers, with no client making up more than 2% of net revenue. Consequently, Rackspace has delivered solid top- and bottom-line growth since it went public in 2008, powering its stock's price rapid ascent in the meantime.
Rackspace is a service-oriented technology company. This is evident in its corporate culture. For one, employees (Rackspace has more than 4,500) are colloquially known as "Rackers", and their number has been growing fast. Another example of the company's culture is that it refers to the level of its customer service as "Fanatical Support." The company even explains these terms in its SEC filings. With a strong service culture, Rackspace differentiates itself from other hosting providers. Its business model also benefits, as offerings can generally command higher margins when they are more service-oriented.
The company reports in two product categories, Dedicated Cloud and Public Cloud. Dedicated Cloud refers to computing services the company provides on hardware specifically dedicated to a given customer. Public Cloud is a service that can draw on varying resources at the company. This can be called infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Public Cloud has been recently outperforming, with third-quarter revenues more than 55%. This is the first reporting period to include contributions from the OpenStack software.
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There is quite a bit of power in the iPad, especially the more recent models, which can match the sort of graphics you would expect from a games console. This means the door has been unlocked to big-budget apps and full-featured shooters.
Most push the iPad to its absolute limit and some even take advantage of extra power such as from the A5X chip in the new iPad. Here is Pocket-lint's rundown of the best iPad shooting apps that can be downloaded right now.
Rage HD
Playing a contestant in a bizarre splatter-gameshow, you are guided through some of the most gorgeous graphics we've seen on any handheld console or device. The stroll through each level's decaying landscape will frequently be interrupted by mutants and other deformed denizens, which you must dispatch with great prejudice. Essentially, that's it. Blast everything that moves, and some things that don't. Your feet will plod along to the next encounter as soon as you complete the last, and you need only worry about the shooting itself and moving your head about to target.
Certainly, Rage HD will win no prizes for depth of gameplay or, even, originality (think rail shooters such as House of the Dead, all the way back to Operation Wolf in the arcades), but it will be, and should be, lauded for its sense of fun and simply amazing graphics. Read More
iTunes: Link
Price: £1.49
Rating: 4/5
Zombie Infection HD
A corrupt government agency, a nasty leaked chemical that has caused widespread zombiefication and you take charge of the only characters that can save the day? That's right it's Resident Ev....sorry, Zombie Infection HD on the iPad. Anyone who is familiar with Gameloft will be aware of two-things: the French games publisher produces some high-quality and enjoyable games for the iPhone and the iPad and that, more often than not, these games are quite blatantly ripped off from other successful titles (see Shrek Kart, Blokus, and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle).
But as we said, the games are high quality and the gameplay is always good - so we'll let Gameloft off for its lack of originality and instead concentrate on what it does do well. Zombie Infection HD is no exception to this rule. It's not a cuddly, cartoon-style zombie-fest; a full on survival horror mode complete with gore, violence and lots and lots of blood.
iTunes: Link
Price: £2.99
Rating: 5/5
The FPS has come a long way since the likes of Wolfenstein and Doom, and not many of us would have guessed that we'd be able to play a decent shooter on our mobile phones - well ladies and gentleman that time has come. In what is a pretty basic formulae, there are buddy challenges, team battles and a very brutal online-only deathmatch mode. All of which consist mainly of walking round killing as much as possible with your given weapons. You'll get a mix of automatic and precision rifles, grenades, rocket launcher and thankfully a shotgun is present also.
All the controls are where you need them, and you'll be switching through weapons and slapping folk about with the butt of your gun in no time at all. The playability is increased somewhat because firing is done for you, however this doesn't seem to detract from the skill, as it takes all your concentration to target on the small screen.
iTunes: Link
Price: 69p
Rating: 5/5
Dead Space
At its core, Dead Space is a survival horror game, featuring cunning use of ambient darkness and enough cinematic jumps and bumps to make it possibly the scariest experience you could have with an iPhone or iPad. At times, it's so tense that it's hard to play it for a particularly long period, and while EA Mobile advises that you wear headphones for the best experience, that may be just a step too far for some. As it is, those with a particularly nervous disposition would be well advised to keep a spare pair of underwear to hand.
Graphically, Dead Space for all iOS devices is brilliant, with finely crafted tones and aesthetics, and is as close to a console experience as you can get. However, it's even better on the iPad 2, as the game is one of those that has been optimised for the new generation of Apple's tablet. The extra power of its new graphics processor is used to great effect on, er, great effects. If you're the proud owner of an iPad 2, this has to be on your essentials list.
iTunes: Link
Price: £2.99
Rating: 5/5
Dead Trigger
How does Dead Trigger work? Basically you are stuck in a city full of a tonne of zombies and you need to blow each of their heads off. Simple enough really. The fun comes in how the head blowing-off process is implemented.
Dead Trigger gives you a big map of the city, with either a main quest or other side quests. Pretty much everything you do earns you loot - things like guns and health packs which can be used to help out in your ongoing battle against the zombies.
The actual shooting is very straightforward. Basically aim for the head to get rid of a zombie in one go, or fill their bodies with plentiful rounds. Careful though because you will either run out of ammo or get overwhelmed by baddies if you do the latter. Read more
iTunes: Link
Price: Free
Rating: 4/5
Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies
Based on Treyarch's console version and adapted by the folks at Ideaworks Game Studio, the FPS will see you blasting your way through hordes of the undead in single or multiplayer modes.
And it's multiplayer where the action is, which is fortunate as the game supports up to four players battling it out at any one time, with voice-chat to boot. There's only one map available at the moment, Kino der Toten, but more should follow because there will be free content updates coming.
Another nice addition is 50 levels of Dead-Ops Arcade, a top-down mini game found within the original console title. Anyone splashing out the £4.99 download price should see pretty regular updates including all sorts of features, upgrades and maps - so you should certainly get your money's worth.
iTunes: Link
Price: £4.99
Rating: 4/5
Think Halo but on the iPad, N.O.V.A 3 is all about fast-paced action, incredible graphics and inventive gameplay. The original N.O.V.A set the standard for iOS gaming, giving you a console-quality play for the price of an iOS app.
Things have come on a long way since then, now you get things such as vehicles and additional powers as well as plenty of new weapons and a continued storyline which follows on from the second. Better still you and friends can all jump inside the same vehicle and wreak havoc. This really is an impressive game let alone an app. Well worth a download, especially if you have something like the new iPad, which makes this app look spectacular.
iTunes: Link
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Get All The Details on Kristen Stewart's TIFF 2012 Red Carpet Look
We know the whole Kristen-Stewart-in-Toronto thing happened like, last week, but we are still not over that dress! And that hair! And that makeup! That Kstew rocked at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) premiere for On the Road. So if you too are still thinking about the gorg floral-embroided Zuhair Murad dress she wore, watch the vid above for all the deets on the ensemble. And if you didn't like the outfit? Tell us why you weren't feeling it below in the comments!


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
True Crime Illustration?
Its so odd seeing a Joe Bowler character holding a gun. I can't help but think that Bowler also found it odd to be painting a character holding a gun.
When I first found this illustration I thought it was a more-typical-for-Bowler romance scenario, not unlike the many beautifully executed compositions he was doing for Good Housekeeping or Ladie's Home Journal... then I noticed the gun. Everything about this piece displays Bowler's chops at designing and painting a great illustration - just not a crime illustration. I get no sense of menace, of forboding from the characters or the composition.
The villian is small and set in a corner, his gun pointed away from the victim and placed even further into the corner as if to hide an embarassment. His expression is one of bemusement, not threat. The girl, large and imposing by comparison, filling the majority of the image area, seems more frustrated than frightened. Hardly the picture of a member of "a family held captive by three warped, violent men". I wonder if Bowler was perhaps not entirely comfortable with the crime genre and can imagine how differently someone like Austin Briggs would have handled this particular assignment.
Still the powerful and dynamic, modern composition, the flawless execution, are wonderful to behold. Joe Bowler was a true master illustrator - just perhaps not a true crime illustrator.
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Science Fair Project Shopping List
Before starting your science project it is wise to make sure you have gotten all the materials and equipment together. Each project from the Science Buddies Project Idea Library has a detailed Materials & Equipment section that lists what you will need for that project and where to buy it. You can also visit our Science Fair Approved Suppliers page for a list of retailers by area of science.
If you prefer one-stop shopping, try our Science Fair Projects with Kits.
During your shopping remember that you will also need supplies for making your Display Board if you plan on showing your project at a science fair.
To make a good science project display board you will need:
- A display board. Most science fairs use a 36" x 48" board like these:
Elmer's Tri-Fold Display Boards are available in foam or corrugated cardboard and in a selection of colors.
- Paper for writing or printing. Matte finish cardstock paper is best.
- Adhesives for gluing the paper on to the display board. These work particularly well:
Elmer's Board Mate® Adhesives
To make your science project display board really stand out consider one or more of these items:
- Highly visible lettering for the other sections of your science project. For example stencils and markers or stick on letters like these:
Combine Elmer's Board Mate® reusable stencils and markers or try repositionable Board Mate® Letters & Numbers
- A colorful border and/or construction paper to add visual accents to your display board. Be careful not to make the board so busy that it is difficult to read the text. Borders like these add color without distracting:
Elmer's Board Mate® Borders
- Jumbo lettering for the project title. For example:
Elmer's Jumbo Size (4 inch) Board Mate® Letters & Numbers
- You may even want to put the title on a separate add-on title board at the top of your display board. If so, consider one that is designed to attach directly to a tri-fold display board:
Elmer's Tri-Fold Display Header Card
- Consider using a buddy board, as discussed in the Advanced Display Board Design and Tips page, for summarizing key points or making a layman's overview if you have a complex project.
Elmer's Board Mate® Project Stands are great for propping up buddy boards.
Additional Supplies
If you are constructing a big display board for a top-level science competition you'll need additional supplies. First, look at the Big Display Boards for Top Fairs page to decide what type of board you want to make. Once you've decided, you will need many of the items above along with:
- Additional foam boards and an X-ACTO knife for trimming the boards:
Elmer's Foam Board Sheets can be easily cut with an X-ACTO knife to add sections on to a traditional Tri-Fold Display Board.
Elmer's ® Project Solution supplies are available at:
For more information on how to make good science fair project display boards consult these resources:
|General display board help
|Science Fair Project Display Boards
|Advanced Display Board Design and Tips
|Everything You Need to Know About Fonts for Display Boards
|Sample Display Boards
|Alternative Display Boards
|Science Fair Project Shopping List
| Additional help for
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Hi All-
I'm putting together a community hot-tub for The Second Island-
Currently I have a tub 5' X 30" and last night I completed the heat exchanger.
The goal is to use pure river water and allow it to flow out right out while in use...
The tub can be heated several ways, gas (expensive but fast), Solar (free but limited to day use)
To make the most versital and USEFUL tub I'm going to heat it with gas right way..
My goal would be to get a community funded Solar Panel for hot water during the day, this will save lots of money pre-heating the tub for late afternoon sesses.
and a photo panel or windmill to charge the batteries, and or pump water.. (I have 3 deep cells)
The biggest power challange will be pumping water (up hill). The current design is an elevated (30") tub , with another 30" of water (5' vertical lift) with a gas fired heat exchanger- If I did this thing right it should flow without power, however it will require LOTS of GAS .. The pump with therefore be used to overflow the tub only. The other item that would be really HOT (pun intended) would be an inclined water solar panel.. This could be set up at any time.. and done in a loop design to auto flow by thermal incline as well.
So thats the latest from the crazy room-
Anyone who might want to contribute with materials, labor, money or BRIGHT IDEAS!, can P.M. me direct-
Some of you might be thinking WHY?
Why Not-


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Pro-Copyright Judges Never Drop Cases Over Conflicts, So Why Does Megaupload Judge Have To Step Down?
from the doesn't-make-sense dept
That said... as many people are noting, Judge Harvey, recognizing the press furor about all this has stepped down from the case and will allow another judge to pick up the extradition issue down the road. This is unfortunate, as Judge Harvey is noted as one of New Zealand's key internet law experts, who really understood these issues at a deep level. Still, it's unclear if this change will have a huge impact on the case. The judge taking over for Harvey, Judge Nevin Dawson, has also been involved in the Megaupload case, and was the judge who released Dotcom on bail, despite pressure from the US to keep him locked up. Furthermore, Harvey and Dawson are district court judges, and it seems likely that, in the end, this will involve New Zealand's High Court, which is already engaged and has already ruled against the US.
But, here's the bigger issue: we see stories of judges in big copyright cases all the time who have strong ties to pro-copyright or copyright maximalist organizations... and people shrug and move on. Let's just say, for example, if Judge Harvey had said that he agreed with New Zealand's efforts to join the TPP because he thought that New Zealand needed stronger anti-circumvention rules to protect DVDs, would anyone even blink an eye? I doubt it.
Furthermore, travel around the globe, and you find the exact opposite situation in many cases, where the judges did not step down. Most famously, over in Sweden, the judge who heard The Pirate Bay trial had close ties to the copyright lobby, and was a member of a few organizations that worked towards promoting stronger copyright law. It seems like that would be a much more direct and obvious conflict than Judge Harvey's... yet that Swedish judge stayed on. Similarly, here in the US, Judge Beryl Howell, who bucked the trend in copyright trolling cases, by allowing cases to move forward on questionable theories, was just recently an RIAA lobbyist, and prior to that had helped write the DMCA, while a Congressional staffer. And, yet, she remained on the case.
It seems that there's a pretty clear double standard at work here. If you're strongly pro-copyright, no one blinks an eye if you are hearing copyright cases. But, if you make an offhand joking comment that's marginally critical of US copyright policy in one specific area, totally unrelated to the case at hand... you step down.


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Looking back four decades to the origins of her novel Summer Will Show, which was published in 1936, Sylvia Townsend Warner described her protagonist as more of a discovery than a contrivance of the imagination:
It must have been in 1920 or 21…that I said to a young man called Robert Firebrace that I had invented a person: an early Victorian young lady of means with a secret passion for pugilism; she attended prize-fights dressed as a man and kept a punching-bag under lock and key in her dressing-room. He asked what she looked like and I replied without hesitation: Smooth fair hair, tall, reserved, very ladylike. She's called Sophia Willoughby.
The thoroughness and spontaneity of Warner's description suggest casual familiarity rather than creative exertion: Sophia strode into Warner's consciousness with the same deliberateness and self-possession that sustained her secret life as a boxer.
Warner, one of the subtlest–and, for that reason, least appreciated–of the British Modernists, had a penchant for this kind of tale. Much later, Warner claimed that Mr. Fortune's Maggot (1927), her second novel, owed its genesis to "an extremely vivid dream" in which the eponymous protagonist simply appeared, fully formed. In a letter to William Maxwell, her editor at The New Yorker (where she published more than 150 short stories between 1936 and her death in 1978), she wrote, "A man stood alone on an ocean beach, wringing his hands in an intensity of despair; as I saw him in my dream I knew something about him." Rather than fashion a protagonist to suit her ambitions as a novelist, once again Warner found herself struck by the serendipitous appearance of a mysterious stranger. With poise and pathos, respectively, Sophia Willoughby and Timothy Fortune commanded Warner's attention, and she, a rapt observer, assigned herself the almost clerical task of transcribing their experiences.
I have my doubts about Warner's anecdotal ars poetica–her novels are nothing if not calculated–but her oddly passive vision of artistic labor may help explain the astonishing trajectory of her career. Warner is a master of self-effacement. Each of her seven novels is an unprecedented new world, and each of them looks, at first glance, as if it were written by a different author. She conjured up a vision of pastoral witchcraft (Lolly Willowes, 1926) and an equally fantastical South Seas (Mr. Fortune's Maggot); she dressed Greek myth in Victorian clothes (The True Heart, 1929) and her own political convictions in the proletarian garb of Paris in 1848 (Summer Will Show); she studied the social hierarchies of eighteenth-century Spain (After the Death of Don Juan, 1938) and the constricted but sensuously complex life of a medieval nunnery (The Corner That Held Them, 1948); in her final novel she traced the fate of a merchant's family across several generations in Victorian East Anglia (The Flint Anchor, 1954).


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Stockton's glass isn't just half-full, optimistically speaking. The foams of goodness are bubbling over the top, spilling all over in a wonderful flow of community spirit and warm-heartedness.
Stockton's glass isn't just half-full, optimistically speaking. The foams of goodness are bubbling over the top, spilling all over in a wonderful flow of community spirit and warm-heartedness.
Yes, there is bad news, too. We won't recap it here. What we will recap is a rather remarkable past six weeks.
There are so many times when Record reporters get to grab a front-row view of the action when it comes to the community's collective giving.
Reporter JoAnn Kirby wrote of the Stockton Food Bank's plight of only having seven frozen turkeys with about a week to go before Thanksgiving. A few days later, she was able to write the follow-up story: The turkey count had grown from seven to 2,091.
Sports Editor Bob Highfill chronicled the story of Lincoln High School student and football player Marcelo Hernandez, whose family had overcome many obstacles. His mother has bone cancer. The community's collective response: "How can we help?"
Reporter Joe Goldeen told the plight of 61-year-old Bennie Martin Jr., whose checking account was hacked and he got into hundreds of dollars of trouble for a $9.91 check. The next day, his problems with a local grocer and the county were cleared up, and dozens of people came forward asking how they could help.
The glass is full, Stocktonians. Look at what else you've been up to in recent weeks - and there certainly is more that could be added to this list:
� Stockton SWAT commander Ivan Rose donates his time to teach martial arts - and life lessons - to local youth.
� Inner City Action fires up the grills under the Crosstown Freeway to cook turkeys and feed the homeless.
� The Salvation Army dispatches its kettles and bells for its annual collections, which do so much for the community.
� Several groups team up for the annual Trout Bout, teaching kids about fishing at Oak Grove Regional Park and donating more than time to these youngsters.
� The annual Super Bowl Raffle, spearheaded by the Spanos family, raises thousands of dollars for local nonprofit groups.
� The Food Bank feeds hundreds at its annual Thanksgiving Week meal. The Salvation Army does likewise.
� About 4,000 people turn out on Thanksgiving morning for the annual Run/Walk for Hunger.
� Thirteen-year-old Sidney Stockman spearheads a toy drive for children at Shriners Hospitals.
� The Sikh community in the Tracy area sponsors a coat drive that results in a couple of thousand people being warmer this winter.
� Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, sponsors his Cards For Troops program for the sixth year, and local residents sign up to write notes of appreciation.
� John Rocero, 18, and battling brain cancer, gets to see a Manny Pacquiao title fight in Las Vegas through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
� Local photographers take more than 100 portraits and print more than 400 images in the annual Help Portrait program at the Stockton Shelter for the Homeless.
� The Shock, a collection of churches getting together to pray for Stockton, does just that.
� Project Thread volunteers get together to seek out Stockton's problems - such as gang graffiti - and then sets about to solve them.
� Lodi Unified teacher Karen Paulsen finds out that 147 kids are dropped from the Adopt-a-Child program - on whose board she serves - and she sets out to make sure that won't happen. The efforts are successful.
� The Red Cross steps in to help three families with a combined nine children who were left homeless by a triplex fire.
� Operation Dreamkeeper distributes toys to the needy for the 19th consecutive year at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.
� The Advocates, a group of developmentally disabled crooners, sing Christmas carols and holiday tunes for community groups.
� Sophia Rosa, 9, and her fellow Julia Morgan Elementary School fourth-graders build from scratch a 1,500-volume children's library for San Joaquin General Hospital as a community project.
� Spanos Elementary teacher Devyn Lach starts a coat drive for her class that eventually results in coats for everyone at the school.
� Local NFL football star Lavelle Hawkins donates $100 Walmart cards to needy children in the Sierra Vista area.
� Stockton police and Stockton Police Youth Activities are set to get up on Christmas morning to deliver gifts to the needy.
Stockton ... Salute!
Contact Record Editor Mike Klocke at (209) 546-8250 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Time to grab your virtual party hats! The National Education Association is hosting its first ever Back-to-School Twitter Party on Thursday, August 23rd from 9 p.m. EST to 10 p.m. EST. They'll be chatting on the topic of building successful parent-teacher relationships. NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen will be quest Tweeting and sharing tips, stories and NEA resources for parents looking to better connect with their children's educators starting on the very first day of the new school year. Plus, you get to ask questions and share tips with parents just like you!
To join the party:
- Log on to Twitter at www.twitter.com at 9 PM EST on Thursday, August 23. If you don't have aTwitter account, be sure to sign up in advance of our party.
- Make sure you are following @NEAToday.
- Lily Eskelsen will be Tweeting from the @NEAToday feed.
- On the top, left hand side of your Twitter homepage, go to # Discover tab.
- Enter #B2Schat and you will see the conversation.
- To ask a question or make a comment, make sure to use the #B2Schat hashtag in your Tweet so everyone following along can see.
- If asking a question directly to Lily and NEA, please reply to @NEAToday and use the #B2Schat in your Tweet.


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Hello there. I am Amit Saha. I shall summarize my efforts in the Fedora community on this page.
Fedora Scientific Spin
I am a long-term Linux user and have been into full-time scientific research for the past 3 years now. Everytime I have to do a fresh-install of Linux (not so frequently, ofcourse), I have to download a bunch of tools which I use regularly. For example, gnuplot, xfig, LaTex compilers, numpy, etc.
How cool would it be to have a Linux distro which already had these installed? Say hello to Fedora-Scientific
Update #1: June, 24 - 2011
I finally started acting on this idea of mine with an email to the rel-eng list [[1]].
After discussions on the mailing list with Bill Nottingham, I proposed a patch to the comps-f16-xml.in file [[2]].
I already have the kickstart file ready for this one, which I shall post to the mailing list soon, once I have tested my ISO. It currently stands at 1.1 G.
Update #2: June 29 - 2011
Started discussions on Spins SIG [3]
Update #3: July 03 - 2011
Created spin page at Scientific_Spin
Lot of interesting feedback and +1s on the local LUG list
Update #4: July 05 - 2011
Based on the suggestions on CLUG, added a number of development tools and libs and other packages. Please see the kickstart file linked from Scientific_Spin for the details. From being a bare-bone scientific distro, its becoming fully-loaded!
Update #5: July 08 - 2011
Moved the spin page to "Ready for Wrangler" category. I am currently using a Fedora scientific build on my desktop and all the custom applications seems to be working fine! There is also a discussion page for the spin now. Go there and leave your comments/suggestions.
Update #5: August 17 - 2011
The spin is still under review. I thought it might be a good idea to have both a GNOME 3 and KDE based spin. Infact I think I like KDE more now :-) So there will be two kickstart files, one for GNOME 3 and other for KDE. Uploaded some screenshots accessible from the Spin page.
Update #6: October 9 - 2011
The spin has been moved to the Ready for SIG category now. I have decided to go ahead with the KDE based desktop. Time to rejoice.
Update #7: October 26 - 2011
The Scientific Spin is now all set to be released officially with Fedora 16, and the nightly builds are now available from here. Download the ISO and burn it to a DVD or a USB key (preferably 4G or greater) using "dd if=*.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M".
Update #7: November 1 - 2011
Blog post: Fedora Scientific: The Prologue
Update #8: November 9 - 2011
Fedora Scientific Spin is out! Get it here.
Google Summer of Code'12 Efforts
Proposal (Proposal accepted)
Fedora Resources
How to Create a Fedora Install ISO for testing
Download (not install) packages
Other Fedora Activities
Member and List administrator of Fedora Science and Technology SIG
Miscellaneous (random notes to self)
TBD: Explore openopt for packaging.
Git basic branching and merging
Email: email@example.com
IRC: amitksaha
Blog: http://echorand.me


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LONDON (AP) — One of the most significant drawings by Italian master Raphael in private hands is up for auction in London.
"Head of an Apostle" is expected to fetch between 10 million pounds and 15 million pounds ($16 million and $24 million) at Sotheby's on Dec. 5.
The drawing was created in preparation for Raphael's Biblical painting "The Transfiguration," which hangs in the Vatican Museum in Rome.
Sotheby's Old Master expert Cristiana Romalli said it revealed Raphael, who died in 1520, "as very possibly the greatest master of drawing who has ever lived."
The sale of items from Chatsworth House — ancestral home of the Dukes of Devonshire — also includes two 15th-century illustrated manuscripts. The current duke said the sale would help preserve the future of the family's large art collection.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are sliding in the wake of comments by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who said that the U.S. would pull back on the massive bond-buying program that for months has propped up markets at home and abroad.
Dow Jones industrial futures are down 95 points to 14,952. S&P futures have lost 11.7 points to 1,612. Nasdaq futures down 24.25 points to 2,932.
Markets have been seeking clarity for some time and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke provided it Wednesday, saying that the government would slow its bond-buying program later this year and, if the economy continues to improve, end it by 2014.
The 10-year bond is hitting a 15-month high and the dollar is jumping against foreign currencies.
Housing and jobs data will be released Thursday.


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Cisco Unity Connection Provisioning Interface (CUPI) API -- Private Lists
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Index of All CUPI Documentation
Every user with a mailbox can have private lists. To see the private lists belonging to a user, do the following GET request:
GET /vmrest/users/<user object id>/privatelists/
Here is an example of the response you might receive to such a request:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <PrivateLists total="1"> <PrivateList> <URI>/vmrest/users/f90d26fc-0e4a-405a-8c42-189a93129bdc/ privatelists/1f443e29-1d6b-4ef8-89a6-2767549e3577</URI> <ObjectId>1f443e29-1d6b-4ef8-89a6-2767549e3577</ObjectId> <DisplayName>1</DisplayName> <UserObjectId>f90d26fc-0e4a-405a-8c42-189a93129bdc</UserObjectId> <UserURI>/vmrest/users/f90d26fc-0e4a-405a-8c42-189a93129bdc</UserURI> <DtmfName>1</DtmfName> <Alias>UserA_1f443e29-1d6b-4ef8-89a6-2767549e3577</Alias> <VoiceName>6ce746b7-d775-4bc4-9d19-8b6a55b9461d.wav</VoiceName> <VoiceFileURI>/vmrest/voicefiles/ 6ce746b7-d775-4bc4-9d19-8b6a55b9461d.wav</VoiceFileURI> <NumericId>1</NumericId> <IsAddressable>true</IsAddressable> </PrivateList> </PrivateLists>
Many of these fields are consistent with what you see on other objects. Specific fields that are unique to private lists and require explanation are described below.
Private lists belong to specific users. The UserObjectId and UserURI field show that relationship.
DtmfName is a field with a value that is automatically generated every time the display name changes on the private list. DtmfName holds the digits that would need to be dialed to address a message by name to this group by phone.
Alias is a unique text name for the private list. The alias is automatically generated, and to ensure it is unique, it is constructed by concatenating the user alias, an underscore and the private list's object id. The user's alias is truncated to 28 characters to avoid overflow.
NumericId is the number of the private list. Private lists are numbered 1 through 99, and when addressing a message by extension over the phone, the number can be used to choose the group.
IsAddressable is an odd flag. It flags whether or not the private list is addressable. By default, all private lists are addressable.
The following POST creates a private list. In this example, it would be private list 2.
POST /vmrest/users/<user object id>/privatelists <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <PrivateList> <DisplayName>2</DisplayName> <VoiceName>6ce746b7-d775-4bc4-9d19-8b6a55b9461d.wav</VoiceName> <NumericId>2</NumericId> </PrivateList>
These are the only three parameters that can be explicitly set on a new private list. The other parameters are not allowed on a POST, either defaulting to a certain value or being auto-generated as discussed above. The ObjectId can be explicitly set if desired, but that is optional.
Only the following fields can be updated in a PUT request:
- DisplayName
- VoiceName
- NumericId
The following example shows a PUT request that modifies some fields, changing a private list to private list 6.
PUT /vmrest/users/<user object id>/privatelists/<private list object id> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <PrivateList> <DisplayName>6</DisplayName> <NumericId>6</NumericId> </PrivateList>
A private list can be deleted by a DELETE request:
DELETE /vmrest/users/<user object id>/privatelists/<private list object id>
Voice Names
Creating a voice name for a private list (or for any object exposed in CUPI) is a multi-step process.
Step 1: Create a place-holder for the WAV file by doing a POST:
POST /vmrest/voicefiles
The name of the WAV file will be included in the response.
201 Created 6f9c6d05-42e5-48e3-8d07-204250af320d.wav
Step 2: Take the name returned in Step 1, and do a PUT where the HTTP content type is "audio/wav" and the payload content is the audio data:
PUT /vmrest/voicefiles/6f9c6d05-42e5-48e3-8d07-204250af320d.wav
Step 3: Take the name of the WAV file and do a PUT request on the private list whose voice name you want to set:
PUT /vmrest/users/<user object id>/privatelists/<private list object id> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <PrivateList> <VoiceName>6ce746b7-d775-4bc4-9d19-8b6a55b9461d.wav</VoiceName> </PrivateList>
The voice name can always be retrieved through the voice name URI, it will return the audio of the greeting as an "audio/wav" media type:
GET /vmrest/voicefiles/6f9c6d05-42e5-48e3-8d07-204250af320d.wav


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September 2013 Dr. Marilyn Huestis of NIDA's Intramural Research Program talks about conducting research on drug effects with human subjects, developing tests to help law enforcement identify drugged drivers, and an assay to help identify children whose prenatal exposure to anti-HIV drugs may put them at risk for adverse developmental outcomes.
August 2013 Mephedrone and methylone, two stimulants commonly found in designer drugs such as "bath salts," act on the brain much like MDMA (Ecstasy).
November 2011 Lifetime ecstasy use is more prevalent among adolescent girls than among adolescent boys, according to an analysis of 2002–2008 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
July 2011 Highlights data on the prevalence of rates of illegal drug use and nonmedical use of prescription drugs among adults dependant on alcohol, as compared with the general population.
March 2011 Reports 2010 rates of marijuana use among 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students, noting that daily use increased by more than 10 percent in all three grades since the 2009 survey. Also reports a rise in ecstasy use.
December 2010
Reports on 2009 data indicating a rise in drug abuse in the United States and the factors that may have contributed to this increase.
April 2007 Announces updates to research reports on MDMA/ecstasy and steroids and a new report on HIV/AIDS that provide the latest available information on drugs and drug-related topics.