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Love em or hate em, guns are pretty cool. They can be black or silver, and marked with all kinds of squarish triangular details that probably have some kind of function. Not to mention they make loud noises that make two-way wholes in whatever they're facing. There is something very wrong though with the weapons people either lug around or store in ominous miniature bank vaults. The names of a great majority of weapons are very confusing! For instance, why call the M-16 an M-16? Is it Mark 16, machine gun 16, Marauder-16? No one really gave any hints as to what any of the letters or numbers meant. At least the civilian M-16, the AR-15, makes some sense. It's the fifteenth assault rifle, and I can live with that. Even the AR-15 though, is kind of weird. It implies that there are fourteen other versions out there, but no one ever says "Hey, I just got a tactical light for my AR-7". Now, since most guns with these nonsensical letter number systems aren't part of some age-old line of classic boom sticks, there needs to be legislation passed to come up with more creative names for our beloved guns.
Starting with familiar ground, the M-16 should be called the Killer Corvette-1. It's plastic, it's fast, and it's unreliable. Not to mention the M-16 is pretty much the first M-16. The civilian version can be the Killer Corvette-1/2.
The AK-47 should be called the Wobbly Wooden Recoiling Russian. The recoil makes it wobbles, and it's Russian!
I Know the Barrette .50 Caliber is named for some guy named Barrette and it shoots bullets that belong in a mini gun. It's actually one of the more logical names in the gun world, but why not call it the Tank Tipper? It doesn't physically tip them over, but a shot to the engine will render enemy armor about as useful as an inverted cow.
In it's prime the Colt .45 was the judge, jury, and executioner in the law deprived boom towns of the wild west. This gun dished out frontier justice in swift, fair trials taking only ten paces to solve a case. The Colt .45, in collector's item days, deserves to be called Frontier Justice.
Now, mini gun and Gatling gun are pretty cool names for the six barreled horse of the apocalypse, but given it's current area of operation, it should really be called Desert Diplomacy. In fact, the mini gun's name should change based on it's environment. In the tropics, it's the Jungle Juicer, in places too cold for anything to logically operate, it's the Tundra Grass Fire.
There are lot's of other guns, and I could spend years trying to name them, so if you're a gun nut or share my problem, give your favorite kind of gun a better name. Nothing like Hanna or Sasha though. That's just lazy!
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Seems legit, I'm down. We could call the Browning 50 cal machine gun the "nagging ex-girlfriend" because it's huge, loud, and unbearable to listen to without ear protection.
. . . No. Just. . . No. . .
A.50 cal can go through the armor on main line battle tanks?Mini gun? You might want to look up Ma Duece.
Well... I don't have a problem with the normal weird number names, I mean.. Ak47, it's awesome xD Mark XIX Desert Eagle and AWP anybody :D?
what is this cr stuff
The AK-47 is actually short for Avtomat Kalashnikova model 47
Just call them all "pew pew pews"
It's foolish to fear what we've yet to see and know. ~Itachi Uchiha
☆ Forget it
We used to do this stuff when I was young...
Many guys that went to Vietnam often remarked that the "M" in M16 referred to the plastic stock presumably made be "Mattel" toy company. I know a few guys that were in the Army during the 80's that came to a similar conclusion. Apparently the "M" actually stands for "Model"
The other rumor I remember pretty well was about the Mini-gun (M-134), They called it "Puff the Magic Dragon."
The Colt 45 was actually called the "Peacemaker" and I think it might have been Sam Colt that decided that.
Barret's .50 BMG and McMillans's .50 BMG were used for shooting silhouettes at over 1000 yards as well as sniper rifles... They usually can't penetrate heavily armored vehicles but you can sure screw up planes and support vehicles with them. I almost bought a Barret Light rifle but the .50 bullets were kind of spendy even if I loaded them myself. The bullets themselves weigh about an ounce and a half.
Neko-ken master.... filled with dredd
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The other rumor I remember pretty well was about the Mini-gun (M-134), They called it "Puff the Magic Dragon."
Puff the Magic Dragon was the nickname of the AC-47 gunship. It was a converted cargo plane that carried three side firing mini-guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. It could hit everything in an area the size of a football field in less then ten seconds.
Maybe if they wern't so expensive, I'd be damned to learn their names.
I know the names of all Mobile Suit Gundam mech's, Gun's arn't that much harder.
I call my AR-15 Tom Bombadil I assembled it myself. DPMS upper/lower reciever, 14.5 inch chrome lined barrel, Magpul MOE stock handguard and grip, topped with a Trijicon ACOG (TA50-2) ((amber triangle reticle)). Took a standard trigger group and polished it myself so it has an awesome, crisp break. Oh, I also have a FN-FAL that I call Goldberry I try not to think about how much money i've spent, it's a damned expensive hobby.... it helps to think of it as an investment, I suppose it is actually. They have only gone up in value, and any market volatility will just help more :)
Got a bit off track there, lol..... I also own a Kel-Tec P3AT which is an interesting play on words P i assume stands for pistol, and 3AT the caliber (.380)
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Just why?
Why don't you just make a gun and name it yourself?
I've been playing too much Kotor


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Homeland co-stars Damian Lewis and Rupert Friend arrive in style at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Exposition Center on Sunday (January 27) in Los Angeles.
The 41-year-old actor and Rupert, 31, were joined by their Homeland cast mates Mandy Patinkin, Timothee Chalamet, David Harewood, Morgan Saylor, and Jackson Pace, along with Damian's wife Helen McCrory.
Homeland's leading lady Claire Danes won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her work as Carrie Mathison in the hit Showtime drama. Congrats again!
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Some of you may have seen a piece on ABC's World News Tonight last night about foreign student pilots training in the U.S. and alleged holes in the system that allow these individuals to take flying lessons without being checked. The memory of 9/11 was evoked and the name Mohammed Atta even made it into the piece.
Words like "TSA's enforcement is basically nonexistent," "Flight schools want the money to teach 'em…then they just slip through the cracks," and "What happened in 9/11 (sic) we don't want to happen again…so something has to be done." were all uttered by a former FAA inspector Bill McNease in the piece.
Well, something has been done, is being done and will continue to be done. Here are the real facts behind the headlines:
- Former safety expert McNease estimated that about 8,000 foreigners with FAA certificates were not initially checked under the Alien Flight School Program. After conducting an analysis the actual number is 857, not the estimated 8,000. These 857 individuals held certificates prior to 9/11. In 2006, all 857 were checked and not a single person posed a threat to national security.
- Today, TSA checks EVERY foreign national that applies for flight training in this country or at FAA-certified facilities anywhere in the world. Flight schools are required to submit this application to TSA before training begins and our sister agency, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement checks individuals in the U.S.to make sure these students are here legally and properly.
- In addition to ICE's enforcement of immigration law, TSA inspectors have conducted 8,000 regulatory compliance inspections since 2005 to make sure flight schools, aren't "...gonna teach them how to fly and get their ratings and then they slip through the cracks." as the former safety inspector said.
In addition to all this checking of student pilots, we also know of the threat of already certified individuals. To address that threat we:
- Check 800,000 people with active FAA pilot certificates against terror watch lists every single day of the year. That way if an individual is deemed to pose a threat to aviation by a law enforcement or intelligence organization, they will not be allowed to fly into, out of or over the U.S.
- Check all master crew lists (that's cockpit crew, pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer) against terror watch lists to make sure the people flying commercial airliners don't pose a threat.
So, while thoughts of Atta flying around Florida pre-9/11 and former experts saying it's still happening are great for ratings, the TSA and our DHS partners are actively working to make sure that foreign flight students are getting the attention they deserve from us.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's senior Democrat and Republican reached agreement Thursday to impose modest limits on the filibuster, the delaying tactic that minority parties have long used to kill legislation.
The deal would reduce — but not eliminate — the number of times opponents can use filibusters on legislation and limit the time spent debating some bills and nominations. Leaders described the pact to rank-and-file lawmakers Thursday, and the Senate seemed likely to approve the restrictions later in the day.
The pact does not represent a dramatic reworking of Senate rules and leaves the minority party with far more power than it has in the House, where procedures allow a united majority party to muscle through its priorities.
But it would streamline some of the Senate's work and avoid what could have been prolonged, nasty battling between the two parties if Democrats — frustrated by the GOP's growing reliance on the delays — tried ramming through more decisive changes.
In an irony that underscores the Senate's complex rules, it was expected to take the chamber three votes to approve the changes.
The curbs on filibusters fall short of what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., initially said he favored months ago. He wanted to completely ban the tactic's use when the Senate tries to begin debating a measure, and he threatened to use Democrats' strength in the Senate to enact the rules by a simple majority vote.
That tactic is called the "nuclear option" because of the bitter partisan warfare it would likely trigger in the chamber, potentially halting almost any business the Senate tried to conduct.
Typically, rules changes take a two-thirds majority.
The restrictions also fall far short of what some of the Senate's newer Democrats were demanding.
Their proposals included requiring filibustering senators to actually debate on the chamber's floor, a practice immortalized in the film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" but seldom used in recent years. Instead, most filibusters in recent decades occur when a senator simply informs majority Democrats that they will need the votes of 60 of the 100 senators to end delaying tactics.
The No. 2 Senate Democratic leader, Richard Durbin of Illinois, said this week that Democrats lacked enough votes to force that proposal through the Senate.
Durbin said Thursday that the tentative deal was "great for the Senate," and said lawmakers who wanted tighter curbs would have to settle for less.
"That's how this world works," Durbin told reporters. "People start aspiring at very high levels, then you get a negotiation, then you reach something called compromise. And I think we are at that point."
Tight restraints on filibusters were championed by less-senior Democrats like Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Tom Udall, D-N.M, frustrated with the chamber's often glacial debates and the ability of the minority — these days Republicans — to kill bills with less than majority Senate support.
"Are they everything I want? Of course not," Udall said in an interview. But he said the Senate is "moving in the right direction. With these changes, it will make this a more efficient institution."
In an email to supporters, Merkley called the agreement an improvement but also complained that senators delaying legislation did not have to appear on the Senate floor.
"If senators want to force more debate, they should make their case before the American people so the public can weigh in on whether the filibusterers are heroes or bums," Merkley wrote.
More veteran lawmakers like Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., were reluctant to stifle the tactic, mindful that his party could find itself in the minority after any election and would want to be able to use the maneuvers.
"It is bipartisan, it will give great momentum to working on a bipartisan basis here in the Senate, and it will get rid of the major roadblocks that gridlock this Senate," Levin said of the tentative deal.
The liberal group Common Cause, which has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the filibuster, criticized Reid for the agreement, saying the senator "has gone missing in the fight for filibuster reform."
Democrats say Republican use of the tactic has become almost routine and far too frequent. Republicans say they use it because Reid often blocks them from offering amendments.
As part of the agreement, filibusters could be avoided when the Senate tries beginning debate on a bill or nomination. In return, the majority leader would have to allow each party to offer at least two amendments — addressing a major complaint of Republicans that their amendments are often shut out.
In addition, once the Senate votes to limit debate on certain nominations — district court judges and administration posts below Cabinet level — the debate would be limited to two hours, far below the 30 hours now allowed. The proposal was aimed at speeding the time spent on such nominations.
In addition, instead of three separate opportunities for opponents of a bill to wage filibusters to block a Senate vote allowing the chamber to try writing compromise legislation with the House, there would only be one such filibuster allowed.
According to the Senate Historian's Office, there were 73 "cloture" votes to end filibusters in the two-year Congress that ended earlier this month. There were 91 such votes in the Congress that served in the two previous years, and 112 in the two-year Congress before that. Republicans were the Senate minority party in each of those Congresses.
Those are the three highest number of cloture votes in any Congress since the Senate started allowing such votes to end filibusters nearly 100 years ago.
Associated Press writers Jim Abrams, Stephen Ohlemacher, Andrew Taylor and David Espo contributed to this report.


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Dreux Gray of Newport News was the top men's finisher in Saturday's Menchville Winter Chill 5K, and Mercedes Castillo-D'Amico was the top woman.
Gray finished in 17 minutes, 20 seconds, 12 seconds ahead of Connor Mahan of Hampton.
D'Amico finished in 19:54 and Connie Glueck of Williamsburg was second in 20:29.
Eddie Pasquale made 25 saves for a shutout to give St. John's a 1-0 AHL win over the Norfolk Admirals (15-20-2-1) and a split of their two-game series at Scope.
Spencer Machacek scored 8:57 into the second period for the IceCaps (17-20-1-2).


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TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The Libyan government is losing about $130 million a day because of the loss of oil production, the country's finance minister said.
Libyan oil production is grinding to a halt. Platts news service, which monitors the energy and metals industries, reported Thursday there was a near total blockade of oil exports from Libya after the National Oil Corp. declared force majeure on national export terminals.
Force majeure means NOC is freed of its contractual obligations because of circumstance beyond its control.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration, the analytical arm of the Energy Department, said this week Libya exported about 80,000 barrels of oil per day during the first week of July. That's down from 830,000 barrels per day in July.
Libyan Finance Minister Abdel Karim Kilani said the government was losing approximately $130 million per day because of the loss of oil exports.
"This revenue would not be recovered," he was quoted as saying by The Libya Herald Friday.
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said Thursday he issued arrest warrants for armed gangs disrupting oil production at Libyan fields.
He was quoted by the Herald as saying production was "very limited" to no more than 300,000 barrels per day.
Before civil war in 2011, Libya was producing about 1.6 million barrels per day.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ben Affleck won best director at the Golden Globe Awards for his Iran hostage thriller, "Argo," ex-fiancee Jennifer Lopez was among those cheering the loudest.
Lopez said she gave Affleck a standing ovation.
"I am so happy for him," she said.
Lopez and Affleck, who were known as "Bennifer," broke off their engagement 10 years ago. The couple were always in the tabloids and became a source of derision, and their movie together, "Gigli," bombed, hurting their careers. It's part of the reason Lopez was so happy to see Affleck, now married to Jennifer Garner, win big at the Golden Globe Awards. ("Argo" also won for best drama.)
"You know we went through a really rough time in the press and things like that back in the day. So I really felt like, 'Wow this is a great moment,'" she said in an interview this week. "I am so glad for him. He deserves it. He made a great movie. He has made a couple of great movies."
Lopez, 43, has a new film herself. "Parker," also starring Jason Statham, is due out Jan. 25. She plays a woman who has split from her husband, something the singer-actress can identify with.
While she was working on the movie, she was also dealing with the end of her marriage to Marc Anthony, and it hit home.
"I had just gone through that. Literally, a month or two before (shooting started), that had happened. I felt like my whole life had fallen apart. My family had fallen apart. I was very, very sad and depressed when we were doing this film, in a sense," she said.
Lopez added, "Even though every day ... you show up, and you try to be bright and happy and all that. ... But ... it was just hard to get up in the morning. ... So I really understood this character in a way I wouldn't have six months or a year before. Yeah, it was perfect timing, let's just put it that way."


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Hey all,
I was browsing BS and came across this really nice stone church made by BS user jimd. I definately think it's noteworthy.
(Pic is a link)
I'll wait for responces before I give my thoughts on it, so go for it!
CAI wrote:Excellent, Not much to add here, but nice photography especially in this shot. The shadows make it much more real lookng.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jimd/ ... urch09.jpg
I love the roof (may have to borrow the idea for a castle sometime)!
My favorite details are the slopes at the top of the tower, the roof, and the flagstones, but the whole thing is really cool. The landscaping is also done well.
Really nice. I like the mottled roof, and the tower and buttresses are nice. But the best thing would have to be the stained glass windows. So many 1x1 slopes. Oh, and he's a member.
Yeah, that's a great church. I especially like the windows - both the stained glass and the details around the outside.
Hmm, doesn't look like Jim's posted here since April; perhaps he's been busy working on this. Jim, if you're out there, outstanding job.
nice photography especially in this shot. The shadows make it much more real lookng.
This looks excelent, I've wanted to use that corballing effect that he uses on the corners of the belltower for a while now. It's a nice feature
I like how the church as a rather simple, yet detailed design.
Thanks for posting this! It's a marvelous demonstration of SNOT, and I like the avoidance of the BGW syndrome, as well as the look of it. It would be sweet to see the interior of it too.
Jim wrote:Thanks again all, and see if you can spot the jumper plates.
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Reuters, 11/12/2013
Nissan Motor Co Ltd will build 1 million cars in Mexico by 2016, cementing the country's position as the export hub for the Japanese automaker in the Americas, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn told Reuters as he inaugurated a $2 billion plant.
Most of the cars from the new plant in Aguascalientes in central Mexico will be sent by rail to destinations throughout North and South America. A staff of 3,000 in the light, airy plant filled with rows of shiny yellow robots will produce one car every 38 seconds, in partnership with Nissan's other Aguascalientes plant.


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Launched by Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on November 28, 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Doing Business in Africa Campaign helps U.S. businesses take advantage of the many export and investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.
President Obama believes that sub-Saharan Africa can be the world's next major economic success story. In June 2012, the President issued the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, committing the United States to elevate our efforts to spur economic growth, trade, and investment in sub-Saharan Africa.
President Obama said the following in announcing the U.S. Strategy: "We will work with our African partners to build strong institutions, to remove constraints to trade and investment, and to expand opportunities for African countries to effectively access each other's markets and global markets, to embrace sound economic governance, and diversify their economies beyond a narrow reliance on natural resources, and—most importantly—create opportunities for Africa's people to prosper. As we support these efforts, we will encourage American companies to seize trade and investment opportunities in Africa, so that their skills, capital, and technology will further support the region's economic expansion, while helping to create jobs here in America.
The Opportunity:
U.S. trade to and from Africa has tripled over the past decade and U.S. exports to sub-Saharan Africa now top $21 billion.
Africa is home to six of the ten fastest-growing countries in the world.
The International Monetary Fund projects sub-Saharan Africa to grow between 5 and 6 percent each year over the next two years.
The Campaign:
The Doing Business in Africa Campaign will harness federal trade promotion and financing capabilities to help U.S. businesses both identify and seize upon trade and investment opportunities, furthering the United States' commercial relationship with Africa.
Trade Promotion:
Federal agencies will work to encourage U.S. companies – with a focus on small- and medium-sized businesses and African Diaspora-owned businesses – to trade with and invest in Africa through:
Targeted Partnerships to promote trade with Africa, including the launch an Africa Global Business Summit Series in 2013 where U.S. companies will hear directly from our U.S. Ambassadors and Senior Commercial Officers about opportunities in the region.
Expanded trade promotion programs tailored toward Africa, including targeted trade missions and enhanced International Buyer Program (IBP) events to bring more Africa buyer delegations to the U.S.
Enhanced Africa-focused Export Counseling by training federal trade specialists who work with businesses across the U.S. every day on the specific challenges and opportunities in Africa.
A dedicated online Africa Business Portal directing businesses to the federal resources they need to succeed in African markets and presenting export and investment opportunities.
The Obama Administration has recognized that financing assistance is vital to increasing trade and investment to sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the Doing Business in Africa Campaign, agencies including the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank), and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will build upon current efforts, specifically by:
Opening the U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Development and Finance Center in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2013 to provide the U.S. private sector, as well as our sub-Saharan African partners, with a centralized means to identify and access U.S. government support for clean energy export and investment needs.
Advancing the recently announced U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance (ACEF) Initiative, a $20 million collaborative financing mechanism developed by the State Department, OPIC, and USTDA to increase support for U.S. businesses and exporters in sub-Saharan Africa's clean energy sector.
Enhancing Ex-Im Bank initiatives, including the South African Renewable Initiative, in which Ex-Im Bank plans to finance up to $2 billion in U.S. technologies, products and services to strengthen the country's energy sector.


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One of the largest parks in London, Hyde Park is also the most stately. Snaking past Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace, it was originally created as a hunting ground for King Henry VIII. These days, it's the perfect spot for cyclists, pedestrians and picnickers to enjoy the grand 350 acre expanse. In the centre of the park, the Serpentine Pavilion showcases some of the most innovative examples of architectural experimentation, contrasting daring modern design against its surroundings' storied history. And for those who assume London in winter is dreary, think again – the annual Winter Wonderland fills Hyde Park with fairground rides, circus shows, an open-air ice rink, and a German-style Christmas market.


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LONDON (AP) — Leona Lewis understands that One Direction fans are protective of their lads.
Since being linked with Liam Payne from the boy band, the British singer has seen endless discussions about her dating status on social networks. Lewis won't talk about who she is or isn't seeing at the moment, but knows that One Direction fans are watching her every move.
"They've got some amazing and crazy fans. They're like ride or die (all or nothing)," she said in an interview with The Associated Press.
As a result, the 27-year-old pop star says she rarely keeps up with the stories about herself.
"I've learned, like over the past few years, not to read stuff because most of it's untrue or like blown completely out of proportion. So I don't really play attention to it," she said.
After seven years in the spotlight, the former "X Factor" winner is back with a third studio album, "Glassheart." The first release from that is the new single "Trouble," which has her powering out a warning about being a "whole lot of trouble."
Lewis — who has a full-blown nice-girl reputation — laughs when asked if she's ever caused trouble in her own relationships.
"I try really hard at relationships," she said. "It's all about balance, 50/50 and working together."
Speaking in one of the London studios where she recorded her album, Lewis is just back from a trip to Milan Fashion Week. She's fond of following trends on her fashion blog and regularly updates fans with a photo of what she's wearing.
Lewis said it was an adjustment learning how to sit in the front row at a fashion show watching the clothes while everyone else was watching her.
"The first time I went to a fashion show, it was like a zoo. You like literally sit there, and there are a bunch of photographers, and people are like right here — like chch chch chch (makes camera noise) — for like half an hour."
She said at first she just wanted to stare at the floor, but then she was sitting with others who were more famous and that helped her relax.
"The first experience, actually, I didn't really enjoy it, but when I went to Milan this time, I had so much fun!" she said. "I knew what to expect, and you just kind of, just go with it."
"Trouble is being released in the U.K. on Sunday.
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"You Only Live Twice" isn't just the name of one of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels (and the movie it spawned). It's also turned out to be a fitting description of Fleming's legacy. Not only does Fleming's most famous creation live on nearly 50 years after his death — the latest Bond flick, "Skyfall," hit theaters Friday — but Fleming's unique brand of international intrigue continues to influence today's thriller writers.
While the Fleming estate recently announced that William Boyd would write the next official Bond novel (due next fall), a slew of other authors have been keeping the 007 spirit alive with their own series. They don't all write about spies or diabolical plots to take over the world, but they do acknowledge their debt to Fleming and his sexy, high-stakes take on the thriller. Hero Complex has compiled dossiers on four such authors. For Your Eyes Only, of course.
Dossier #1
Subject: Jeremy Duns, author of "Free Agent," "Song of Treason" and "The Moscow Option."
The 007 connection: Duns writes conspiracy-packed spy thrillers set at the height of the Cold War. His protagonist is British secret agent Paul Dark, who lives up to his name: He's so ruthless, he makes Bond look as soft and cuddly as Ernst Stavro Blofeld's cat.
The Fleming influence: "I try to write the kind of books I like to read, which include Ian Fleming's novels," Duns says. "And I often read thrillers in this vein because they take me all over the world, with danger lurking around every corner."
Did he grow up a Bond fan? Yes and no. "I loved the films when I was a boy. Underwater cars and guns from lighters are the sort of thing a lot of boys like, I think. I tried to read a few Fleming novels in my teens, but they seemed stuffy and I was much more into the likes of Alistair MacLean and Jack Higgins, both of whom were influenced by Fleming but took the thriller in a slightly different direction. When I read the Flemings again in my twenties, it was really his prose that drew me in. He had a great eye for telling, authoritative detail and was also a terrific stylist. I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for creating one of the great fictional icons of our time. The Bond novels are really the father of the modern thriller, and the character has a timeless appeal."
How his books differ from Fleming's: "I think some of Fleming's more outlandish ideas would be difficult to get past an audience coming fresh to them today. If you had a villain like his Mr. Big in 'Live and Let Die,' for instance, or his Dr. No, it would probably seem parodic today, more like an Austin Powers film, because of the familiarity most people have with the conventions. Purely in terms of form, Fleming wrote very short novels by today's standards, and some of them would probably be thought overly digressive if they were published today. Fleming often savored details that were irrelevant to his plots, which were usually not a main concern of his anyway."
His favorite Bond adventures: "My favorite Bond films are the ones most faithful to the novels, which I think are 'From Russia With Love' and 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service.' They just have great suspense plots and, with the latter, an emotional dimension missing from most of the rest of them. I also love 'Casino Royale' with Daniel Craig, which updates Fleming's novel in some very clever ways. 'Casino Royale' is probably my favorite novel by Fleming: It's a taut, brutal, devastating book. I also love his short stories, particularly 'Octopussy' and 'The Living Daylights,' which also show the more human side of Bond. I enjoy the series most when there's a friction between the thrilling fantasy of this globetrotting superman and the real and dirty world of espionage, and that's something I guess I've tried to re-create in my own work."
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Subject: Barry Eisler, author of such bestselling thrillers as "Killing Rain" and "The Last Assassin."
The 007 connection: Eisler's most popular creation, John Rain, doesn't have a license to kill, yet he makes his living doing it anyway. The half-American, half-Japanese assassin wrestles with his conscience in a way we rarely see Bond do, though, and he frequently uses his lethal skills to do a little pro bono good.
The Fleming influence: "The books are loaded with guns and other cool weaponry; femmes fatale and some fairly steamy sex; and exotic locations including Bali, Bangkok, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Macau, Manila, Phuket, Paris and some other great places, too," Eisler says. "All elements I think it's safe to say Ian Fleming would have approved of."
Did he grow up a Bond fan? Yes! "I was a huge fan. [So it's] probably no surprise that later in life I spent some time in a covert position with the CIA."
How his novels differ from Fleming's: "Well, his depictions of women might be viewed as a bit … antiquated, by current standards. But even if a contemporary writer can get away with more stock-type female characters, why would anyone want to? Fleming was a pioneer but also a product of his time. I don't see any reason that every significant character in a story shouldn't be fully developed and three-dimensional. The plot, the character interactions, the dialogue, the whole reading experience — everything is enhanced as a result. Also, I think it's common to suggest that Fleming was writing during a simpler time, the Cold War, when allegiances were easier to determine and the nature of the struggle was easier to understand. I think this viewpoint is mistaken…. [T]hriller writers who were interested at the time, or who are interested today, can come up with a nuanced, interesting and realistic take on geopolitical back story if they aspire to do so."
His favorite Bond adventures: "I've seen all the movies and have enjoyed them all for different reasons. For some reason, one of my favorites was 'Live and Let Die.' Yaphet Kotto is a great actor and he was such a badass Mr. Big…. As for the books, likewise, I enjoyed all of them. But maybe 'For Your Eyes Only' and 'The Spy Who Loved Me' most of all. The morality was especially convoluted and confusing in those entries, and as you can tell from my own books, I find moral ambiguity the most engaging kind in fiction."
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Subject: Gayle Lynds, author of such novels as "Masquerade," "The Last Spymaster" and "The Book of Spies."
The 007 connection: Lynds specializes in unpredictable, high-octane spy thrillers and helped launch the Covert-One series, which was based on ideas by Jason Bourne creator Robert Ludlum.
The Fleming influence: "I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?" Lynds says. "As J. Edgar Hoover said, 'There's something about a secret that's addicting.' And of course governments with secrets means great power is in play. Although Fleming had a delightful quotient of fantasy, as opposed to the grim realism of John le Carré, he wrote about fascinating secrets and dangerous power and made it all highly entertaining. That's what I write about, too."
Did she grow up a Bond fan? Yes and no — unlike some of our other subjects, she didn't come to Bond via a childhood love of the movies. "I discovered Fleming's work in the 1970s and read every one I could get my hands on. I loved the intimacy of his voice, the creativity of his ideas, the exotic locales and the great feeling one got because the good guy — we really love 007 — always won."
How her novels differ from Fleming's: "Fleming's characters had flair, cunning and intelligence. We spy writers still do that today. However, his plots are largely outdated due to the demise of the Cold War. By the way, there are spies and writers who long for the return of those simpler days."
Her favorite Bond adventure: "I vote for 'From Russia, With Love.' It's twisty and diabolical, with MI6 and James Bond being set up by the Soviets for embarrassment and death. There are moments of moral complexity that are riveting, and of course 007 is at his sexy, wisecracking best."
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Subject: Brett Battles, author of conspiracy thrillers ("No Return"), techno-thrillers (the Project Eden series) and YA novels ("Here Comes Mr. Trouble").
The 007 connection: Battles has written six novels about Jonathan Quinn, a professional "cleaner" who specializes in mopping up after shady deaths but frequently becomes a target himself. (The most recent entry in the series, "The Collected," came out last month.)
The Fleming influence: "Like Bond, Quinn works in the world of spies and secrets where there is a lot more going on than those outside this world are aware," says Battles. "Exotic locations, murky organizations and unexpected deceptions are other Fleming influences that run through the Quinn books."
Did he grow up a Bond fan? Yes and no. "I was a fan of the movies first. A huge fan. Sean Connery could do no wrong and was always the No. 1 Bond to me. But I have to say Daniel Craig is homing in on that position. He's spectacular. This is probably not something a writer should admit, but I like the movies more than the books."
How his novels differ from Fleming's: "Fleming could get outlandish at times, and that was fine. It worked great. Nebulous/nefarious organizations wanting to rule the world, that's great stuff. It's a bit harder for writers these days to go that big without seeming like they're writing satire. Generally we have to tie what we're doing a bit closer to the real world, though we can still get away with a bit of fun."
His favorite Bond adventures: "Of the early ones, 'Dr. No' and 'You Only Live Twice' are two of the best. But my absolute favorite now is the Daniel Craig version of 'Casino Royale.'"
— Steve Hockensmith
Steve Hockensmith lives in an undisclosed location somewhere in Northern California. He's the author of several mysteries, including the Edgar Award finalist "Holmes on the Range." Like Battles, he has a deep, dark secret: His favorite 007 is Roger Moore. He can be taunted via comments on his website (www.stevehockensmith.com).
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Last night's passage of a deal on the fiscal cliff in the U.S. House of Representatives has lit a fire under stock futures this morning. The DJIA is up more than 160 points (about 1.3%), the S&P 500 is up more than 23 points (1.7%) and the Nasdaq is up about 53 points (2%) as New Year trading gets set to begin.
Financial stocks are getting a nice boost this morning, with Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) up more than 2%, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) up about 1.7%, Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), up 1.4% and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) up about 1%.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is up nearly 3% in premarket trading, and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has jumped about 2.6%. Other tech stocks making solid moves this morning include Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), up 1.7%; Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), up 2.2%; and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), up nearly 3%.
Other heavily traded stocks posting gains this morning include Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), up nearly 2%; Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM), up 3%; Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), up 2%; and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), up 1.7%.
And while stock futures are not a sure-fire predictor of market performance once trading actually begins, equities look better this morning than they did at this time a day or two ago.
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JAKARTA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Kuwait Sports Club's two-year dominance of the AFC Cup ended in spectacular fashion after they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Persipura Jayapura 8-4 on aggregate after losing 6-1 in Indonesia on Tuesday.
The Kuwaiti side, winners of the last two editions of Asia's second tier club competition, scored two late goals to snatch a 3-2 home win in last week's first leg but their Indonesian opponents showed no let up in the return encounter on Tuesday.
Argentine Robertino Pugliara opened the scoring with a brilliant scissor-kick strike after two minutes and went on to complete a hat-trick for the Indonesian champions, who ran the defending champions' backline ragged...
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This a competition clearly dominated by teams from West Asia
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A woman wanted in the robbery of a New Smyrna Beach convenience store has surrendered, police said Monday.
Heather Ann Kinnaird, 31, turned herself in at the New Smyrna Beach Police Department on Sunday afternoon. She is charged with principle to robbery and taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail, New Smyrna Beach police Sgt. Eugene Griffith said..
Thomas Gordon Clark, 40, was arrested Friday by Holly Hill police Friday in the robbery of TK's Right Stop, 218 N. Dixie Freeway. Five people were suspected in the 3 a.m. Wednesday robbery, but Griffith said no other people were being charged Monday.
According to a police report, three people entered the store and began arguing with clerk Charles Michaux before things got physical. One of the suspects held Michaux down, and another suspect, who police determined was Kinnaird, jumped the counter and grabbed the cash box.
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It's been selling cider for 20 years, and Apple Inc. hasn't exerted an iota of pressure, but The Apple Shop in Hoveton England )as noted in the comments below) is changing its name. Why, you ask? Turns out an all-day flood of Apple customers looking for help with their iMacs and their iPads and their iPhones got to be too much.
The Apple Shop in Norfolk, England
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Apple Shop owner Geoff Fisher cruised along selling cider for many years and more, but when Apple opened up an Apple Store in nearby Norwich, some customers looking for the Apple Store wound up calling the Apple Shop instead.
"I've had complaints about broken iPods and dropped iPads and Apple Macs," Mr. Fisher told the BBC. "It can be very funny, but some people are very rude and they slam the phone down."
The cider-seller said that his favorite caller was an elderly gentleman whose first words were, "I've been very silly." When asked how, the man said, "I'm 87, and I've gone and bought an Apple Mac and I don't know how to use it."
Mr Fisher's advice was to give it to his grandchildren. We don't know what the other Apple had to say, but hopefully he got some instruction on how to use his Mac.
After three years of getting all these calls, some of which were rude, Mr. Fisher decided to change the name of his store to The Norfolk Cider Shop. The change goes into effect March 31st, 2013, which is Easter.
Mr. Fisher stressed that Apple Inc. wasn't behind the name change, and he told the BBC that he had "a lot of respect" for the company. In the end, however, it was Apple's customers that became too much to handle.
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When Bryan and Elizabeth Shaw learned that their son Noah had a potentially deadly eye cancer, like a lot of people, they turned to their religious faith to help sustain them. But faith is also impelling Bryan Shaw to create software to detect eye cancer in children as soon after birth as possible.
The Shaws are Christians, and their faith is extremely important to them. When they were at their bleakest, "Bryan would pull out the Psalms and say, 'This is how King David suffered in the Psalms, and we're going through this," says Elizabeth. "This is God's plan for our family, and we just have to walk through it and trust in God."
But their passionate faith in God was also a source of concern for Bryan Shaw. "What causes people's faith to be damaged," he told me, "is when bad things happen to them and they think, 'Oh, there can't be a God, because if there was, he wouldn't have done this bad thing to me.' "
There's no doubt that a bad thing happened to Shaw's family. At 4 months of age, Noah was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma. Children with the disease form tumors at the back of their eyeballs. Children like Noah with the inherited form of retinoblastoma start to form tumors before they're even born.
Bryan says his faith wasn't shaken by Noah's illness. "I believe there is no bad thing done to you," he says. "It may seem bad in the short term, it may seem bad in this life, but it's not bad. It happened for a reason. You may not figure it out in this life, but if you can, you're even more blessed."
But he worried that Noah might have trouble understanding that. "When he gets older and he can think for himself, I don't want him to get mad at God, or stop believing that there is a God," Bryan says. So he was determined to find ways to prevent that from happening. He hopes the early detection software will do the trick.
The technique has shown that it is possible to detect the signs of retinoblastoma as early as 12 days after birth. Bryan hopes to prove that such early detection will mean fewer children will lose an eye to the disease, as Noah did.
"I want my son to believe that what happened to him happened to him for a reason," says Shaw. "And if I can make good come from this bad stuff that happened to my son, and I can show him when he grows, I know it's going to strengthen his faith."
The Shaws were determined not to let another one of their children suffer from retinoblastoma. So to prevent that, they chose to have a second child using in vitro fertilization. That way they could screen the resulting embryos and only implant the ones that did not carry the damaged copy of the RB1 gene.
Some Christians are uncomfortable with this because it can mean discarding viable embryos. The Shaws continue to struggle with this dilemma, too, but favor the belief that God gave them a tool to prevent retinoblastoma.
In any event, baby Samuel won't face the health problems that afflicted his older brother.
This story was produced by Rebecca Davis.
It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
And I'm Renee Montagne.
We've been hearing about how a scientist has been trying to help others after his own son was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Yesterday, we introduced you to Bryan Shaw, a chemist at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Even before their infant son was diagnosed, Shaw and his wife were suspicious that something was wrong. It turned out that their son's baby pictures showed evidence of a cancer long before their doctors recognized it.
Today, as part of his series Joe's Big Idea, NPR's Joe Palca tells how those baby pictures may lead to an invention that will help save thousands of other children.
JOE PALCA, BYLINE: Noah Shaw is now five years old.
PALCA: Every six months, Bryan and Elizabeth Shaw come to Boston to see their son's cancer doctor, to find out if the tumors in his eye are under control or growing again.
ELIZABETH SHAW: Yeah, I might get a little nauseous before his one o'clock checkup, because at that time, we'll find out if his cancer is still stable or of it's not.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Going up.
PALCA: At the upcoming appointment, Noah's going to need eye drops, and Noah hates eye drops. So Bryan is doing a sales job on him.
BRYAN SHAW: When you're done getting drops, what are you going to get?
NOAH SHAW: Twix.
B SHAW: That's right.
PALCA: Bryan and Elizabeth saw hints of their son's disease, a rare eye cancer called retinoblastoma, in flash pictures when Noah was just three months old - a strange, white glow in some of the pictures. At first, they thought it was a problem with the camera, like red eye, only white eye. A month later, a doctor saw that same glow when she did an eye exam, and told the young couple their baby boy had tumors at the back of both eyes. Bryan was devastated.
B SHAW: The day he was diagnosed, that afternoon, I couldn't talk. I called up a help network and I said: Hi, my son has - my son. And the lady on the phone was, like, take your time.
PALCA: Finally, he got the words out.
B SHAW: My son has cancer.
PALCA: My son has cancer. At first, all Bryan could think about was doing whatever it took to save his son's life. There were months of chemotherapy and radiation and ultimately surgery to remove Noah's right eye, to keep the cancer from spreading to his brain. But at some point during all of this, Bryan told me he started thinking more like the scientist he is. He wondered: What if the camera had been programmed with software that could recognize the white eye?
B SHAW: If I would have had some software in telling me: Hey, go get this checked out, that would have sped up my son's diagnosis, and the tumors would have been just a little bit smaller when we got to them. There might have been fewer.
PALCA: And maybe Noah's eye could have been saved. But there was no software.
Now, for most of us, that would have been that. But Bryan, the inorganic chemist, figured: I can become a software designer.
B SHAW: I was trained in this funny lab at Harvard called the Whitesides Lab, where we scoffed at specialization. If you were just an inorganic chemist, you weren't cool.
PALCA: To build the new software, Bryan needed to find the earliest instance of that white reflection in baby Noah's eyes. That would tell him just how early you could catch a sign of the disease. Luckily, his wife took a lot of pictures of their baby.
B SHAW: And I told my wife: Give me all your pictures. Give me all the pictures. I need all the pictures.
PALCA: So Bryan sat at his laptop...
B SHAW: I was in my office.
PALCA: ...and started sifting through the photographs. Turns out, there were thousands.
B SHAW: How many people take 9,000 pictures of their family, and then go back one day and look at every single one in chronological order?
PALCA: Noah, as a newborn, Bryan and Noah curled up together on a couch, Noah with a patch where his right eye used to be.
B SHAW: When I was looking at all the photos, I cried. I don't mind crying when nobody's watching. Because I relived the whole - I just relived everything. What really hit me was my face looking at my face in some of the pictures, holding my son, and boy, I looked miserable. It's funny, because you don't feel so miserable. It's like - I've never been in combat, but I think it would be like this. You're just so hopped up that you really never have time to sit down and be sad. But when you look back at pictures of yourself going through that, you can see it on your face. You were pretty messed up.
PALCA: After poring over these pictures for weeks, Bryan found what he was looking for.
B SHAW: We had white-eye showing up in pictures at 12 days old.
PALCA: Twelve days. Months before the doctors diagnosed his cancer, these photos showed the tumors were there and growing when Noah was practically a newborn.
B SHAW: I mean, he still had the nasty thing hanging from his belly button.
PALCA: Bryan is convinced if he can build this software, it'll speed up diagnoses and save lives and sight.
B SHAW: I would like this application, this software to be free and I would want it anywhere a picture of a kid is - your laptop computer, your Flickr account, your Facebook account, your phone, your camera. I don't care where.
PALCA: When you hear Bryan speak this way you think: There's a man on a mission. Get out of my way, 'cause here I come.
So Bryan has rounded up some computer science colleagues at Baylor, and they've come up with a prototype of the software. But it's a long way before it will be ready for the kind of distribution Bryan's hoping for, because there are lots of problems to solve.
Proving it works for one thing. He'll need parents of kids with retinoblastoma to donate all their baby pictures so he can test his software on those and see how it does finding their cancers. And he'll need pictures of healthy kids to prove software won't accidentally say they have cancer, when they don't.
B SHAW: False positives - that's going to be the big problem, is false positives.
PALCA: You said it. Imagine thousands of terrified parents pounding on doctors' doors because their cameras told them their kid might have cancer. Bryan thinks he can make software that will keep this from happening. But Noah's illness has made Bryan see the world differently
B SHAW: I've lived through this, you know. An ophthalmologist can say, oh, they'll be too many false positives, this will just annoy too many parents. Well, OK. You might get annoyed. But if I can save, let's see, 4,000 kids die a year from it, 8,000 get it, and almost all of them, whether you survive or die, you're going to have compromised vision, if this software can improve their life, well, maybe we can overlook the little bit that it might inconvenience some of the other families, I don't know.
PALCA: There's another reason Bryan so passionately wants this software project to succeed, a reason that's more important really than all the rest.
B SHAW: Because I'm a Christian, and if I can make good come from this bad stuff that happened to my son, and I can show him when he grows up, what happened to you, son, isn't as bad as it might seem.
PALCA: Because your disease, Noah, led to an invention that saves other kids' lives.
B SHAW: I know it's going to strengthen his faith, because it helped other people out.
No money there.
N SHAW: I swing.
B SHAW: Yeah. You want to go sit in the chair?
PALCA: Noah and his Mom and Dad have arrived at Dr. Shizuo Mukai's office at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and now they're waiting for the doctor. It's been 20 minutes and counting.
PALCA: Noah's gotten his eye drops, gotten his Twix, and now Noah is getting antsy.
N SHAW: I want to sing a song.
PALCA: To help pass the time, we offer to record Noah singing a song.
B SHAW: How about Bob Marley? What's your favorite Bob Marley song?
N SHAW: "Three Little Birds." (Singing) Don't worry about a thing.
PALCA: As they sing together, Bryan's eyes well up.
N SHAW: (Singing) Cause every little thing is going to be all right.
B SHAW: That's right, buddy.
PALCA: Finally, Dr. Mukai arrives to do the exam that will tell whether Noah's cancer is back.
DR. SHIZUO MUKAI: Do you want to scoot up there?
PALCA: He says Noah in a chair...
MUKAI: Can I take a little peak?
PALCA: ...and peers into his eye.
MUKAI: Yeah. It looks great.
E SHAW: Really?
MUKAI: So, yeah, the back looks fine.
E SHAW: Oh, great.
MUKAI: The tumors have regressed nicely.
E SHAW: It's a huge relief to hear that his cancer is still regressed, and we're happy about that.
PALCA: So, Noah is in the clear. Now, what happens if Bryan's early detection system for retinoblastoma never pans out? Well, Bryan says he can handle that.
B SHAW: But you know what? It's such a good idea, that I believe even if I don't do it, if I just get the word out, somebody else will do it. That's really all that matters.
PALCA: Joe Palca, NPR News.
MONTAGNE: You're listening to MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Finally a merchant who understands the power of a blog ....this shop is definitely on my tourist list of things to do a Paris!ReplyDeleteReplies
You would definitely Love it Jeanette!Delete
Loaded with gorgeous graphics and the packaging is to die for.
Meert has the prettiest Easter windows! Go back and enjoy them and share them with us at Easter. Such clever displays. Hope you LOVE your new home and hope Bear does too.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Marie and thanks for the window tip!Delete
I have a feeling I'll be gazing in often...
It looks like heaven & fairyland all rolled into one, I'd want to try everything, so I think I'll just hang back 'et faire du lèche-vitrines ' Fab photos.ReplyDeleteReplies
It is dazzling. But no reason not to taste something.Delete
And they have 'Lille' prices !
Free samples .....maybe.....to Australia!!!!ReplyDelete
In my mind, that would be the epitome of the perfect little candy store in Paris.ReplyDelete
The standard by which all others ought strive.
I'm in love with the Monogram:) The small doll favors..how adorable..and your aquarelle..ReplyDelete
I bet their apothecary jars gleam.
So glad Bear got to keep the pink chair when you moved. ;)ReplyDelete
Congrats on being "discovered". Waffles, marshmallows, and brioche, oh my!! You know where I'll be on any given Saturday! x KatieReplies
A perfect place to supplement your Cordon Bleu classes!Delete
- Sally12:49 PM
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE A PRETTIER SHOP THAN LADUREE --- BUT YOUR PHOTOS HAVE OVERWHELMED ME.ReplyDelete
i want to frame them and put them on the walls of my kitchen……
never have you inspired me more - than today's photos.
i am in heaven…..
- Rosemary Flannery4:36 PM
beautiful post, Carol. I'm going to send my driver on a waffle run, too, just like de Gaulle! :) Hope you're enjoying your new home. xox RReplyDeleteReplies
And I'm sending my driver on a framboise guimauve run...Delete
How fabulous for you and Bear. BTW, don't miss Auberge de la Reine Blanche @ #30 for your own petit cast iron pot of coq au vin. Deelish. And the doll house furniture on the walls will make for a great painting. Tres quaint.ReplyDelete
- Deb5:56 PM
Fun candy store in the 9th, at 30 rue Fontaine-metro = Blanche. Madame Acabo is a character(well known) and is the only one that Bernachon allows to carry his wonderful bars outside of his Lyon shop(s). Check out the place and pick up a Bernachon bar with caramel. Unbelievable. Ask Richard.ReplyDelete
I have no chocolate in the house! This post has made me so hungry I may have to eat a couch cushion.ReplyDelete
Carol, it's completely delightful to see all these sights in your new neighborhood. As others have already commented, it seems as if your dreams are coming true.ReplyDelete
I have a question...has the atmosphere of the island now begun to enrich your dreams? I would expect that would be the case, as your daily "waking" experiences are enriched. xoReplies
I don't think I am dreaming when I sleep.Delete
But everyday is a dream when I'm awake so...


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Winter Meeting: January 8-12, 2011, Jacksonville, Florida
AIP Executive Director, Fred Dylla gave the Opening Plenary in celebration of the meeting theme, 100 Years of Nuclear Physics. His address, Ernest Rutherford and the Accelerator: "A Million Volts in a Soapbox," set against the backdrop of a century's progress in nuclear and particle physics, presented the extraordinary range of applications for the planet's more than 30,000 accelerators, not only in discovery science, but in medicine, industry, energy, the environment, and national security. Thanks to Dr. Dylla for making his presentation available.
The meeting highlights began on the first day with the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute Tour. Attendee Mary Lowe reports that this is the Southeast's only proton therapy center and one of a few clinical and research centers in the US. It provides proton therapy and conventional radiation cancer treatment. Dr. Zuofeng Li, Physics Director, gave an excellent tour of the facility by describing the principles of proton therapy, comparing it to X-ray treatments, explaining the clinical aspects, and showing the cyclotron, beamline, and patient rooms. Dr. Nancy Mendenhall gave an excellent plenary on State of the Art Nuclear Medicine: Proton Therapy on Wednesday.
The workshops also went well on Saturday. Local organizer and Jacksonville University Physics Department Chair, Paul Simony said, "My only regret is missing out on being able to attend the workshops myself. They appeared to be quite useful and I'm sure the participants got a lot out of them. I'm now even more impressed by the effort that the various presenters put in to helping colleagues with new techniques or to improve pedagogy."
The opening reception brought an unexpected treat: glass harpist extraordinaire Jamey Turner delighted attendees with an impromptu concert organized by President Elect David Sokoloff.
The 2011 Oersted Medal was presented to James Rutherford, UC Berkeley. His talk, The Particle Enigma, High School Physics, and the Search for Scientific Literacy, focused on physics as essential for achieving scientific literacy, a requisite of the general education of all students. He was joined by Galileo's interlocutors from the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Salviati, Simplicio, and Sagreda.
During the Awards Ceremony AAPT recognized four outstanding members with Distinguished Service Citations, Dwain Desbien (Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ), Jane Bray Nelson (Santa Fe College, Gainsville, FL), Gordon Ramsey (Loyola University, Chicago, IL), and Sam Sampere (Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY). SPS presented the Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award to DJ Wagner of Grove City College.
Another last minute windfall was an opportunity to bend the ear of Michael Lach, head of the US Department of Energy STEM initiative, who requested ideas from high school teachers at a special roundtable discussion.
Lach was part of the excellent Symposium on Physics Education, Education Policy: Having an Impact, Improving the Landscape, Tuesday afternoon. Stephen Pruitt, Vice President for Content, Research and Development for Achieve shared the Symposium podium with Lach as they discussed the direction of current education policy and took questions from the audience.
We did have one rainy day but the showers had moved on by the time of the Run/Walk. We had nearly perfect running weather and 20 runners and walkers enjoyed a beautiful view as we crossed over the Jacksonville River on the Main St. drawbridge and back on the Acosta Bridge. Unfortunately, we did not get interrupted by the Main St. drawbridge; many of us had hoped to see it in action up close. Bo Hammer was first in, with Brian Pyper close on his heels. Thanks go to the Jacksonville Track Club runners who escorted us on the Run/Walk. We're looking forward to another bridge run in Omaha!
We learned so much from the sessions at this meeting! Session AI, Statistical Analyses of Complicated Data was an extremely informative session where we learned the answer to the eternal question: Should all statisticians be Bayesians? [Answer: Yes, if they do not want to be eaten by tigers.] We also got excellent tutorials on sequential linear regression (and what it can tell us about self efficacy and gender) and how to do factor analysis (the right way.)
From Session BH, Heliophysics, the Heliosphere and ATST, we learned to think of the solar magnetic field as a carpet by analogy, and that the Sun's magnetic field is the "dark matter of the sun," despite recurring claims that its nature has been finally understood. We also learned that solar eruptions could be compared to the Chinese bowl we had seen at the Spectrum Techniques booth, itself one of the highlights of the Exhibit Hall. And if we have more questions, we can Ask Mr. Sunspot!
The Richtmyer Memorial Award was presented to Katheryn Moler, Stanford University. Her talk, Quantum Whirlpools: Tiny Vortices of Tireless Electrons, explained what it means to say that electrons are "Wavelike," how we know that they really are, the conceptual difference between wavelike electrons vs wavelike multielectron states, and why the wavelike nature of the superconducting state means that quantum votices could exist.
Marie Curie (alias Susan Marie Fronczak) had to brave winter snow and flight cancellations to join us in Jacksonville. Susan Marie gave a truly memorable performance Tuesday night as the great physicist herself.
Rutherford and nuclear physics figured prominently throughout, K. Lee Peddicord of the Texas A&M Nuclear Power Institute,enlightened us about Nuclear Power: Breeder Reactors and Beyond and on Wednesday afternoon there was a session on "Rutherford: His Life and Legacy." From beginning to end this meeting proved to be a fitting tribute to 100 years of nuclear physics.


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Both Tillman and Vasher are superior to Ricky Manning. He makes a great nickelback though. If you recall Tillman had a pretty good game against Plexico when we pretty much declared we were going to play more man to man.
But as I said before, only slightly underated.


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Richard Nixon And Pakistan's Yahya Khan: How They Changed History And Ended Up Pariahs
Forty-four years ago in August 1969, the newly elected president of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, visited Lahore, Pakistan, to meet with that country's leader, President Mohammed Agha Yahya Khan, who had taken over earlier that year from his predecessor, Mohammed Ayub Khan, who dominated Pakistani politics for more than a decade.
That mini-summit in Lahore would eventually play a role in two subsequent historic events – Nixon's visit to Communist China in 1972 and the 1971 liberation war that created the new state of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan).
According to Sultan Mohammed Khan, Pakistan's foreign secretary at the time and a former ambassador to the U.S., Nixon made the trip to Lahore to informally become acquainted with Yahya Khan. (Nixon had visited Pakistan many times before, while serving as U.S. vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s and also as a private citizen in the following decade).
"[Nixon] mentioned to Yahya Khan that [he was] thinking of re-establishing contact with China," Mohammed Khan told PBS. "It [had] been almost two decades [since the U.S.] broke relations with [China] and there [had] been no official contact and, when the time is right, [Nixon would] like to get in touch with [Yahya] to help [Nixon] and act as an intermediary in the establishment of relationship."
Yahya agreed, but the matter was not raised again until October 1970, when he visited the White House and discussed China with Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger.
The following month, Yahya Khan visited Beijing, where he was warmly greeted by Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai. During that trip, China signed a number of military supply agreements with Pakistan and even erased financial debts the country owed to Beijing.
"[Yahya Khan] conveyed President Nixon's proposal for sending an envoy to China to meet Zhou En-lai or some other Chinese leader to discuss problems between the two countries," Mohammed Khan said.
"[Zhou] said we have received many proposals from different sources for establishing contact with the United States but this is the first time a message has come from a … head of state. The United States knows that Pakistan is a great friend of China and therefore we attach importance to the message you have given, and we accept the proposal to receive an envoy of President Nixon in [Beijing]."
Pakistan was a key U.S. ally during the Cold War, said Dr. Ehtisham Ahmad, a visiting senior fellow of the Asia Research Centre at the London School of Economics.
"Despite President John F. Kennedy's tilt towards India, and the freezing of military and economic ties after the 1965 war with India, Pakistan still remained of geopolitical importance to the U.S. at a time when the Cold War was still very much on," he told International Business Times. "And the U.S. facing difficulties in extricating itself from Vietnam, Nixon was shoring up his support base."
Apparently, Nixon's efforts to reach out to China were kept classified and were known only to a very few officials in Washington, Islamabad and Beijing. (After several months of silence, in April 1971, the Chinese finally agreed to receive Nixon, facilitating the epoch-making event in 1972).
However, back in late 1970, having secured the willingness of the Chinese to meet with Nixon and other favorable deals, Yahya Khan nonetheless had another more urgent matter to contend with – the growing secessionist movement in East Pakistan. (When the British partitioned India in 1947, they created the Muslim nation of "Pakistan," which comprised two distinct territories – West Pakistan and East Pakistan – separated by 1,500 miles.)
Moreover, elections held in December 1970 showed how hopelessly divided Pakistan was -- the Awami League won virtually all seats in East Pakistan, but had no presence at all in West Pakistan. Similarly, the Pakistan People's Party dominated the legislative assembly of West Pakistan, but held nothing in East Pakistan. (The two leaders of these two parties, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, respectively, would play crucial roles in this drama in the years to come.) Ahmad explained that the December 1970 election presented a serious problem for both Yahya and Bhutto, because the poll gave Mujib an overall majority in the national Parliament. "Both Bhutto and Yahya were afraid that if Mujib became prime minister (as was his right), all the provinces of Pakistan would have come apart -- not just East Pakistan," he said.
Fearing East Pakistan would secede (with the help of India), in March 1971 Yahya Khan commenced a crackdown on Bengali nationalists in East Pakistan that would eventually lead to a devastating war which would kill as many as 3 million people and prompt the flood of many more millions of (Bengali) refugees into India.
Yahya Khan's military maneuvers failed against the combined forces of Bengali rebels and the Indian military -- and, as he had to watch the birth of a new nation, Bangladesh -- he apologized to his countrymen and stepped down in favor of Bhutto in December 1971.
Bhutto subsequently placed Yahya Khan under house arrest, a result of what Ahmad describes as "effectively a military coup" to remove Yahya.
"Even though Bhutto had been elected to Parliament, he came to power as chief martial law administrator," Ahmad said. "Ideally, he should have sought a new mandate by another election -- he did not have the majority in Parliament, but because the Bengali MPs were effectively disqualified, he assumed a leadership role."
The U.S. also played a remote, but tangible, role in this South Asian adventure.
During the liberation war, Nixon ostensibly supported Pakistan but urged restraint on the part of Yahya Khan. In December 2002, declassified U.S. government documents revealed that Nixon ordered his aides not to do anything to compromise Yahya Khan's war in East Pakistan.
"To all hands, don't squeeze Yahya at this time," declared a handwritten note Nixon wrote in April 1971.
Kissinger himself referred to Nixon's fondness for Yahya Khan during a meeting in June 1971 with Kenneth Keating, then the U.S. ambassador to India, in stark contrast to Nixon's hostility to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
According to reports, Kissinger said Nixon had a "special feeling for President Yahya" and that he wanted to treat the Pakistani president "with love, rather than with brutality."
"One cannot make policy on that basis [personal feelings and friendship], but it is a fact of life," Kissinger added.
Nixon and Kissinger even threatened to cut off diplomatic ties with India during the war – an event that was canceled by (West) Pakistan's loss and surrender in the conflict as well as India's declaration of a ceasefire in mid-December 1971.
There are also indications that the U.S. may have violated its own arms embargo on Pakistan during the liberation war – weapons that Yahya's forces may have used to kill tens of thousands of Bengalis. Of course, Nixon likely viewed this South Asian battle in Cold War terms – with Pakistan as a strong ally of the U.S. and India as a proxy for the still-powerful Soviet Union.
Ahmad suggested that (West) Pakistan may have become better off losing (East) Pakistan.
"It is not clear that there was much appetite in Islamabad or the military command to hang on to East Pakistan in the face of a hostile citizenry," he noted. "West [Pakistan] did very much better economically after East [Pakistan] had separated."
Interestingly, the two men at the center of this global geostrategic power play, Yahya Khan and Richard Nixon, ended up as discredited politicians with a decidedly mixed legacy.
Yahya Khan remained under house arrest until 1977 when the new Pakistani leader, Gen. Zia al-Haq, released him. Yahya died in 1980 in relative obscurity in Rawalpindi.
"Yahya is largely forgotten and unimportant in the context of present-day Pakistan," Ahmad noted.
Less than three years after the Bangladesh war, Nixon had to resign from the White House, a consequence of the Watergate break-in scandal. Nixon would spend the remaining 20 years of his life largely as a pariah and seek in vain to rehabilitate his image.


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Janeane Garofalo has been secretly married for 20 years — only she and the groom weren't actually in on the secret until he decided he wanted to marry someone else.
The comic admitted her secret past on Saturday at a New York Comedy Festival reunion for "The Ben Stiller Show," according to the New York Post.
"We got married drunk in Vegas," she said of herself and Rob Cohen, who was a writer on "Stiller" when they dated for a year in the '90s and is now a producer on "The Big Bang Theory." She was an actress on the show.
One wasted night, they got in a cab and got married at a drive-through chapel. Little did they know, Garofalo said, the marriage was for real.