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Our John Lewis shipment came today - the last of our wedding vouchers used up, and as expected, I'm so eager to doooo something with my two new cushion inserts! I'm planning a couple of cushion patterns, so watch this space.
Olly and I passed the reference checks for our new flat, so we should be moved in by the end of the month. In eager preparation, I'm watching ebay like a hawk for bits and pieces that we're missing. I could use a desk, and I think an antique bureau would fit the bill nicely. I've decided to set up an "office" space right next to our bedroom's bay window to take full advantage of the sunniest spot in the house. I need a LOT of light to stay motivated, positive, and happy. I also need for my work space to be organised and attractive. It's not important to some people, but it's a priority for me. I know I can't have my dream office now, but it's a goal to work towards! All the images above come from Home DIT.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Exploration with Bottle Caps and Lids
I took out some playdough and joined them in their exploration. They enjoyed making playdough impressions usuing the various caps:
I played with stacking the caps and the girls soon followed my lead:
They enjoyed forming different shapes with the smaller lids:
We even made The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and a funny man:
I incorporated some math activities into our playing, like putting a certain quantity of caps in my hand and asking them how many I had. I also put the caps in different groups and asked them which group had more/less (which went perfectly with a Dinosaur Train game we played earlier on PBSKidsPlay.com involving collections of objects). The girls discovered that they could put the caps on their fingers:
This turned into a math learning opportunity as well ("How many caps do you have? How many of each color? What happens if we take one away?").
Who would have thought that a couple bottle caps that we would have typically thrown away could produce so much fun and learning for kids?
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Over the Thanksgiving break, Copenhagen-based development studio Zero Point software announced that it is currently working on a brand new first-person shooter for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC platforms. The first of a planned trilogy and game known as "Project IM" will be steeped heavily in science-fiction lore and focus on co-op gameplay and realistic mechanics. As is the trend with next-gen shooters, Project IM will also utilize Epic's Unreal Engine 3 technology and is currently in the pre-development and negotiation phase (re: it's in need of a publisher).
Additional gameplay details are pretty scarce. Though it is known that the storyline is set far into a "believable future" where players assume the role of a newly-enlisted Special Forces soldier armed to the teeth with weapons, armor, and gadgetry. Moreover, up to four simultaneous players will be able to participate cooperatively and missions will be randomized and non-linear. Tactical and role-playing elements are also expected.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit." Kahil Gibran
I Just got back after a hectic work trip that I combined with a personal holiday. It was such a rejuvenating holiday for me. 2 days …that's all it took to feel like a girl again, a lucky girl. I am a very lucky girl and sadly at times I go out of my way to forget that. Why don't I remember the fact that things could have been weirder and far less cooler??!
I look back and see the wonderful friendships that I have endured, nourished and grown over the past few years. It's not easy I think to find friends, but I think it's even more difficult to maintain friends when you find them. It takes so little to walk away from friendships and other things that require our attention. It's so easy to give up.
I am so glad that I endured these friendships. It has been a ride over the past years. We go back to the time that most of our current friends have not been part of. What we do for each other is keep the youth warm and cosy in our memories. No don't get me wrong…its not that we are old or something (far from that!). By youth I mean we remind each other of the rather foolish yet gusty decision we made while growing up. Some thing as simple as bunking a class is gusty I think…something that we did with such ease and flourish…and today we think 40 times before taking an impulsive half day from work. That is what we keep warm in our memories…the small gusty things that each one of us did…and can STILL DO!
We take care of each other yet we lead insular lives. So much goes on day to day that I don't think we can keep up with the goings on. Yet, we gather each other and prod the other to walk that last mile of any race of life. Together we can put back a broken soul with the strength of our friendship. I know as I have witnessed this miracle.
I have many new friends and they accept me for who I am today. I need them too for they are my today but my yester friends are my yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Are friendships our biggest test of time? A Seed for Thought for the ones like me who has many many friends and well wishers but my best friends have been and will be the ones with whom I endure the passage of time.
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- Nisha Sara-Rain said...
Beautifully conveyed Small Miracle. :)
- August 26, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- krunal said...
you're lucky enough to have got so many GOOD friends (yeah, but may be that gets compensated at losing sth crucial. no hard feeling. :-)
as for me, i choose to be a friend of all. and the one who is a friend of all is a friend of none.
- August 26, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- krunal said...
by the way, just to add- friends are the ones with whom we can be whatever we truly are. with every one else you have to (pretend to) be something else that exactly you're not.
- August 26, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Small Miracle said...
thanks nisha
- August 26, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Small Miracle said...
Krunal, yes i am very lucky to have lots of friends and out of them there are a bunch at the very good...they are my life line.
i don't think any relationship can compensate for the other. Different relationships have a different place in ones life...each plays a part that is unique, as I believe no two people are alike and hence have the ability to compensate.
its like you miss a finger in your hand...although others might b there. A seed for Thought?!
- August 26, 2010 at 6:03 PM


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The 'fiscal cliff' looms; learn how to soften the tax bill blow.
Here's some unexpected advice for taxpayers this year: Take as many tax breaks as you can, but try to pay more taxes before 2013 rolls around, especially if you're an investor.
That's because 2013 is no ordinary year. The "fiscal cliff" looms. If Congress does nothing, automatic tax increases will push up taxes on income and capital gains and dividends. The combination of higher taxes and automatic sharp budget cuts is something Congress wants to avoid because it could send the recovery into a tailspin. But it's not clear that any compromise it reaches will be much better. Some of your favorite tax breaks could disappear.
With so much uncertainty, investors could be tempted to build bunkers and brace for every worst-case scenario. A better bet, though, might be to pare back future tax liability, according to Brian Pon, principal of the Financial Connections Group, a financial-planning firm in Corte Madera, Calif. "The overhang of the fiscal cliff might be something that kind of nudges you along on that path." Even if Congress finds a much gentler solution for taxpayers in 2013, it's a good bet that taxes overall aren't going to go down.
The fiscal cliff would hit other taxpayers, too. Dual-income married couples would see their standard deductions shrink with the sunset of Bush-era tax cuts. Others who've benefited from a payroll tax cut and tax credits for children would see perks disappear. Those who can control how much they earn before year's end might want to claim more in 2012 and less in 2013.
"Accelerating income to pay tax in the current year at hopefully a lower rate" than one would pay next year could be a wise strategy, says Mark Luscombe, principal tax analyst for accounting firm CCH, based in Riverwoods, Ill.
For investors, capital gains taxes loom large because they shape how much of a portfolio goes to Uncle Sam. If the fiscal cliff occurs, earners in low income tax brackets who now pay zero capital gains tax would pay 10 percent next year. Those who pay 15 percent (which is most investors) would start paying 20 percent. Those earning more than $250,000 would pay even more at 23.8 percent to account for a new Medicare surtax. What's more, dividend income would be taxed as ordinary income rather than at the current 15 percent rate, which means new rates as high as 39.6 percent.
Some investors should consider selling equities that have accumulated gains before year's end, Pon says, even if they buy them back immediately, in order to take advantage of today's low rates. But be careful, he adds, not to incur a burdensome tax bill. And if you plan to hold a stock for your lifetime, then there's no sense in selling and repurchasing because heirs will get the stock at its then-current value and pay no tax if they sell immediately.
Even investors who plan to hold a stock for five or 10 years might hurt themselves in the long run by rushing to pay taxes now, says David Kelly, chief global strategist for J.P. Morgan Funds in New York. "You could sell and buy it back, but some of the money that could be growing for you is now growing for the tax man instead.... You want as much of your money as possible growing for you for as long as possible."


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Scarlet Diva
For her first directorial effort, Asia Argento has chosen to give us a reasonably close approximation of her tumultuous life, in which we see a young starlet named Anna (Argento) endure the pitfalls of fame, an excessive lifestyle, and the string of events that "rescue" her from herself. The funny thing is, the pitfalls don't seem all that bad, her excessive life looks pretty darn fun, and what she deems a rescue comes off as more of a act of unbridled selfishness and spite. As a matter of fact, after watching Scarlet Diva a couple of times I found myself sort of disliking "Anna", and, in turn, Argento herself. This review is based on watching the film three times. Once while drunk (yay!), once while sober with commentary, and once while sober and bordering on unconsciousness without the commentary. With each viewing I found myself progressively less impressed.
Scarlet Diva (which is also the title of an American film in which Anna is determined to star) follows the young Italian superstar as she jumps from bed to bed, drug to drug, and film to film, all the while aching inside for something more. That something comes in the guise of an American rock star, Kirk Vaines (Shepard) who takes a shine to Anna at a concert, and shows her what "real love" feels like. Anna becomes confused and retreats into her old world for a fashion until she realizes that she is pregnant with Jean's child, and, for the life inside her, she resolves to get her own life back on track. Essentially this is a story that could have been told in five minutes, but, with such a profane sense of self-importance, Argento manages to stretch it out to just over an hour and a half by filling the dead time with music video style montages, poisonous attempts at humor, and a good dose of clumsily orchestrated (and, according to Argento, in many cases non-simulated) soft-core porn. While the porn is a definite selling point, the rest of the film can't keep it....err...up.
Argento's film feels like a video diary made to make her feel better about herself; an argument she validates with an introduction for the film, telling us "it's a good movie" and how it "saved" her life. I am happy that she did something cathartic, but why share it with us as her debut feature? I mean, it seems rather presumptuous to think that a relatively small slice of her own life would make for an interesting film, let alone her FIRST film. C'mon Asia, live a little longer, achieve a little more, and then, maybe, just maybe, we'll give a shit. For now, all you've shown us is that you're an impulsive chick with bad judgment, famous parents and a lot of money. Sure, we see scenes of Anna getting fondled on the casting couch, passing out drunk or on drugs, and screwing strangers, but are these the perils of fame or the thumb to the nose attitude of a spoiled child whose parent's careers deprived her of the attention she so brazenly seeks now? It's not that I'm not intrigued by what makes a person like Asia Argento tick, it's just that once you open the hood and take a look underneath, it's the same engine that putters inside us all. She takes because she wants. She eats because she's hungry. She fucks because she's horny. It's no great revelation, just human behavior amplified by her stature and family's legacy. Were it not for the film's of her father I wouldn't have a clue as to who Asia Argento was, so forgive me if I'm not impressed by her resume or the accolades which befell her in her native Italy. If I hadn't seen her in Trauma a few years ago she'd be as indistinguishable to me as any number of middling actresses from late night Spanish soap operas. Would I want to see a life story about them? Absolutely not. And since this story goes out of its way to avoid any mention of her father (or Anna's, for argument's sake) half of what makes her interesting to me is simply not there. Sure, we get flashbacks of little Anna, but these bits are thrown in haphazardly in an effort to add some credibility as to why Anna is who she is. The problem is, she's boring as fucking hell! I know dozens of people who have used drugs, slept around, and then woke up one day to the epiphany that they had better clean up their act. It makes a great story while playing cards or waiting at the drive-thru at Taco Bell, but as a film it's long winded and masturbatory. Granted the people I know haven't had the luxury to take it to the extremes of Argento, but that is precisely why I find this film so offensive. It's as if she is preaching down to the plebians that it's no bed of roses being beautiful, famous, and wealthy, and we should all be thankful she's there to live that awful life for us.
While I disliked the film as a whole, there were a couple of bright spots. The first is the film's soundtrack, which is an intoxicating blend of techno, trip-hop, Italian standards, and a sparse, experimental score by John Hughes. The second is the fact that Argento does show some promise as a director, with a keen visual style that is most effective when combined with Hughes wonderful music. With the exception of bold use of color, Argento avoids many of the trademarks of her father's style, and more closely mirrors the loose, down and dirty semi-cinema vérité techniques of Abel Ferrara. This approach compliments the film's digital video origins, and heightens the sensation that this is a voyeuristic peek into Anna/Asia's private world. Sadly, the peek is more akin to craning your neck from a car window to ogle an accident on the roadside.
The DVD from Media Blasters presents the film in a widescreen transfer that looks very sharp and clean, and the Dolby 5.1 soundtrack is superb. The commentary by Argento is a little difficult to comprehend at times, but she does offer a great deal of insight into what it was she was trying to accomplish with this film (and also reveals a tremendous dislike for actors, something she seems to share with her father!). Other extras include an interview with Argento, stills gallery and the theatrical trailer. I'm sure Asia's legions of fans will make the film a big hit for Media Blasters, but I can't see how anyone who isn't already familiar with the actress will find much to keep them entertained beyond the obviously enticing nudity and sex.
Scarlet Diva is a film that shows signs of future promise for Argento as an auteur, but, here in the present, it's little more than a self-serving temper tantrum caught on tape.


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Gov. Sarah Palin to be Keynote Speaker at May 15 Event
May 5, 2010
Benefiting Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation
PHOENIX – Former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin is the keynote speaker for the Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation's Second Annual Heritage Banquet, to be held at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on May 15.
Governor Palin, an avid hunter and angler in her own right, will share her views on wildlife conservation and the importance of participating in the public process to protect and further our hunting and fishing heritage for today's sportsmen and future generations.
"We are especially honored to have Governor Palin as our guest speaker for this event. There is perhaps no one better to talk about the important role sportsmen play in the conservation of Arizona's wildlife and to serve as a role model for women and families to participate in our wildlife conservation effort" said Pete Cimellaro, Heritage Banquet Chairman for the Arizona Sportsman for Wildlife Conservation. "In her time in public life, Sarah Palin has elevated the perception of hunting, fishing and conservation and shown how important they are for millions of Americans."
Tickets for the event start at $150 per person, with a wide range of individual and corporate sponsorships available. The event will also feature a robust silent auction including an African safari, hunting expeditions and wildlife mementos. The event details are as follows:
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- Theresa Muñoz
- 31 July 2008
This article is from 2008.
Sensitive inquiry into what it means to be an outsider
From the United States comes Dirt, a contemplative monologue that addresses racism. Originally written in German, Dirt tells the story of a 30-year-old Iraqi man who is grateful to live (albeit illegally) in an English-speaking city. Selling roses on the street, he struggles with his love for the English language and his resentment towards the men who buy his flowers but don't show him respect.
Austrian-American actor Christopher Domig brings depth and intensity to the character of Sad, who hides the fact that his full name is Saddam. In a 70-minute monologue, Domig deconstructs Sad's self-image – he is careful of what he says and does, he believes park benches are not for immigrants like him, and he wishes others would listen to his story.
With sold out shows and glowing reviews for Domig's performance across the pond, Dirt is sure to leave a mark. Domig's ultimate wish, however, is that audiences walk away thinking about Sad. 'His story is not black and white, it's complex,' he insists. 'I hope people will think about their own prejudices towards others and recognise that we all, at one time or another, have been "the outsider".'
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Scientists from Lund University, Sweden in the last week of August 2013 discovered a new super-heavy chemical element, which can be a part of the periodic table in the coming future. The atomic number of the super-heavy element is 115 and is made by combining atoms of calcium americium. The scientists have not named it yet but for time being it will be referred as, Ununpentium.
The element was discovered by an international team of researchers, who conducted an experiment at GSI Research facility in Germany for confirmation of the earlier measurements done by the Russian research group.
Process of Creation
Scientists shot a beam of calcium (with 20 protons) into a thin strip of americium (with 95 protons), for creation of the element. Till the time it doesn't get a name, scientists will refer it as Ununpentium (a greek and latin combination of the words that represents atomic number of an element, one-one-five). Ununpentium belongs to the group of manmade elements.
Before being acknowledged, the findings of the research of the newly discovered super-heavy element will be reviewed by a committee that comprises members of international unions of pure and applied physics and chemistry.
The researchers have also identified the structure as well as the properties of the super-heavy element's atomic nuclei.
In 2011, scientists approved three new elements for being added into the Periodic Table with their atomic numbers 110, 111 and 112. and were named Darmstadtium (Ds), Roentgenium (Rg) and Copernicium (Cn), respectively.
Who: Scientists
What: discovered new Super-Heavy Element
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I'd call Ariana Grande my guilty pleasure, but I don't feel bad for knowing about her career and music. I'm a DAD to these EDM Internets, but I'm also a dad IRL, so Nickelodeon is a channel that I end up watching on a regular basis. I was no real Victorious fan, but my kid loved iCarly, so when Ariana's Sam & Cat show debuted, it ended up being something I knew about (know about). The fact that Ariana's got a set of pipes on her, and dwells in that '90s R&B/pop lane that I followed during middle and high school helps me stay connected to what she's doing as well. While she's enjoying more Billboard success with her latest single, "Problem," which is the first single from her forthcoming second album, which should be out sometime in August or September. We're loving the fact that the Zedd collaboration that she's spoken on previously looks to be her next single. Aside from the collaboration and the title ("Break Free"), we don't have any official audio or word on what it'll sound like. Ariana has a huge voice, and Zedd's "Clarity" ran radio for a huge part of 2013, so it'll be interesting to see how huge this tune could be. We'll keep you posted.
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The traditional version of this Sicilian dessert, often served at Easter, is made from a light-textured sponge cake stuffed with rum-ricotta filling laced with candied orange peel. Here I provide a version more suited to most Americans' taste: dense chocolate cake, filled with sweetened ricotta cheese and chocolate chips, and iced with creamy fudge frosting.
Chocolate Cassata
Yield: 8 to 12 servings
- 1 1/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter, preferably at room temperature for easiest mixing
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon espresso powder, optional, to enhance chocolate flavor
- 2/3 cup Double-Dutch Dark Cocoa or Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups ricotta cheese, part-skim preferred
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips preferred
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons simple syrup or vanilla syrup, to brush on cake, optional
- 1 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter, preferably at room temperature for easiest mixing
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly grease an 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pan.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, salt, vanilla, baking powder, espresso powder, and cocoa to make a sandy, somewhat clumpy mixture. Don't worry; the eggs will smooth things out.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl midway through this process.
Add half the flour to the bowl, beating at low speed to combine.
Add all of the milk, beating at low speed to combine.
Add the remaining flour, beating gently just until the batter is smooth.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake the cake for about 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. The top may look a tiny bit damp; that's OK. If you have an instant-read thermometer, the center will register 210°F to 215°F, while just under the top will register about 198°F to 200°F.
Remove the cake from the oven, loosen the edges, wait 10 minutes, and turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool.
Store completely cooled cake well wrapped, at room temperature, until ready to fill and frost.
To make the filling: Stir together the ricotta, sugar, vanilla, and chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
To make the frosting: sift the cocoa, confectioners' sugar, and espresso powder into a bowl.
Bring the cream to a simmer on the stove or in the microwave, and whisk into the cocoa mixture. At first the mixture will look grainy; continue whisking for a minute. You'll see the lumps disappear as the sugar dissolves and the cocoa hydrates. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
Place the butter, salt, and sifted confectioners' sugar in a large mixing bowl.
Beat until the mixture is smooth and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla.
With the mixer running on low speed, add the cocoa mixture a spoonful at a time until it's all incorporated. Scrape the bowl, then beat at medium speed for 1 minute.
To assemble the cake: Split the cake in thirds lengthwise, to make 3 layers. Brush the cut side of each layer with simple
syrup or vanilla syrup; this will help keep the cake moist.
Place the bottom layer on a serving plate. Spread with half the ricotta filling. Top with the second layer, and spread with the remaining filling. Place the third layer on top.
Ice the cake — top and sides — with the frosting.
Serve immediately; or refrigerate, well-wrapped, until ready to serve, preferably not longer than 24 hours. Cut in crosswise slices to serve.
As with any cake, refrigeration will dry it out. If not served immediately, this should be refrigerated, and is best served within a day of preparation. When wrapping, stick a couple of skewers or toothpicks into the top, to keep the plastic wrap from sticking to the icing.
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- Connect together with your instructors once conceivable. Even in case you are doing smartly within the category, its extraordinarily vital to increase a rapport together with your trainer. When you do that early on, you temporarily understand what the priorities are within the route, what expectancies the professor has of you and youre going to be motivated to prevail, surer of whats forward and higher ready to do smartly with the impending subject material.
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- Confirm the technical necessities of the route. Online categories can also be very advisable for college kids with busy schedules, however provided that they are able to simply get right of entry to the fabrics. It is vital to obviously perceive what the technical necessities are. So, ahead of the route begins or as quickly thereafter as conceivable, youll want to test that your pc will paintings with the entire online equipment, and that you understand how to navigate them. This will be sure that you dont must spend time all the way through the route attempting to determine the generation.
three. Create a time table and stick with it. Quality online instructors create classes which might be clean to navigate and feature transparent expectancies. Having that roughly easytodealwith framework in position will make learning and succeeding that a lot more straightforward. However, although the framework and necessities of your category arent as transparent, youll create a time table and construction, which is able to very much fortify your probabilities of luck within the route. Using equipment equivalent to Google Calendar is a good way to start out. Knowing how your weeks and months glance and scheduling blocks of analysis time for each and every activity or module will will let you stick with a time table.
four. Ask questionsall the time. When you dont perceive, ask questions. When you do perceive, ask additional questions. Instructors recognize scholars who take part, and if theres a participation or dialogue part a part of the grade, then asking high quality questions is helping guarantee your grade on this space. Even if there isnt a participation part, its all the time helpful to invite inquiries to remember to perceive the fabric and are transparent on what is needed of you.
five. Be arrangedand keep arranged. Students whore taking conventional, campusbased classes most often have a constant time table to observe each and every week, through which study room instruction is adopted through assignments out of doors the category. However, for online classes, scholars will have to search out their very own techniques to stick on most sensible in their paintings. It is crucial that you just be arranged from the start of the semester with the intention to achieve success in an internet route. For instance mark task due dates on your calendar, discover a submitting machine for each online subject material and bodily subject material that is helping you stay monitor of the whole lot simply, and shed light on find out about schedules that duvet sections of the route one by one so youve got an arranged tactic to protecting the semesters subject material as you pass alongside.
- Have a blank, quiet, and constant workspace. One factor online and inclass classes have in not unusual is that scholars all the time want a spot to review or whole assignments this is blank, quiet, and constant. You can select the place that is for youwhether or not its at a espresso store, a college library, a devoted place of business, or at house. Wherever you select to review and whole assignments, you must make it a constant location that doesnt have out of doors distractions. It is basically key that where is quiet and lets you focal point in your paintings with out distractions.
- Do no longer procrastinate. Successful distance freshmen hardly procrastinate. They dont do away with assignments or wait till the final second to write down their papers. Successful online scholars experience freedoms that come with operating at their very own tempo and the facility to finish their paintings in as a lot time because it takes them. On the opposite hand, they know that finishing their assignments is best performed early and on time cramming merely doesnt paintings, and it doesnt will let you retain knowledge longterm. Get began early on getting a success.
eight. Work in your studying comprehension. Successful distance freshmen generally tend to have just right studying comprehension abilities. Most conventional, campusbased scholars concentrate to lectures and take notes, and a few online classes additionally require this. However, the vast majority of distance freshmen are anticipated to grasp subject material thru a large amount of studying. Although far finding out classes be offering video recordings and audio clips, maximum systems require scholars to hide and grasp a considerable amount of written knowledge. If it is a problem for you, it could be very useful to first sign up in a studying comprehension route there are lots of assets online that will help you do that. This ability by myself could make a huge distinction on your luck.
nine. Establish and admire routines that be just right for you. If, for instance, youre employed best within the morning or in brief bursts, then set find out about routines that can help you find out about within the prelunch hours when your mind is contemporary. If, then again, you do best through learning at evening or at the weekends when youll devote nightowl hours or longer blocks in your learning, then make it some degree to take action. Consider how and whilst you paintings best, and enforce a find out about plan that respects the routines that be just right for you.
- Connect together with your friends. Establishing sturdy connections with friends and professors is a very powerful facet of tutorial luck, in addition to skilled development. One of essentially the most rewarding reports in schooling is finding out thru collaboration. Forming significant relationships together with your friends and professors can can help you be told extra, keep motivated, and feature an outlet to specific your personal working out of subject material. So, keep attached thru message forums, chat rooms, e mail, and different digital assets. And take note lots of the other people you meet in faculty shall be conceivable process assets down the road so determine connections and keep in contact
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Rendigar wrote:The OP is talking about the stones to add a level to a pet. They are BoP instead of BoA and that's really annoying. I store all my pet supplies on an alt and right now all my pets are either < 10 or they are 25, so the levelling stones are useless. I don't have the bag/bank space on my main to hold onto these things, so end up wasting them. Really hope they fix it to be BoA so they can become useful when needed and not just a waste of bag space.
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text: SOUTH BEND Â? Phyllis J. Murphy, 78, died Thursday in St. Joseph Care Center-West. Survivors include a daughter, Vicky Claycomb of South Bend; two sons, James Spitzer of Rocky Mount, Va., and Kenny Spitzer of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; two stepdaughters, Patricia Hunt of Palatine, Ill., and Lynne Dzierla of South Bend; a sister, Lucille Melady of South Bend; and a brother, Irvin Whitehead Jr. of Granger. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.


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Havana.- Callejon de Corina (Corina's Alley), a popular cultural site in western Pinar del Río province, has recovered the charm that turned it into a place visited by musicians and poets.
Local authorities are carrying out a socio-cultural and recreational project in Callejon de Corina, a traditional spot often visited by Miguelito Cuní and Nińo Rivera.
As part of the project, literary and musical workshops, concerts by "danzon" and rap groups, fashion shows and "trova" and rumba recitals have been held.
Although the project's main goal is to promote the community's cultural potential, the participation of renowned intellectuals in the program has gone beyond expectations.
In that regard, several artists have expressed interest in painting a mural to decorate the area.


text: Kern Sibbald <kern@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > No, match_bsr.c is called for each record. You might take another > look at it and see if it would be possible to move the code from > read_record.c to match_bsr.c -- even if it takes a new subroutine > call. I haven't had a chance to look at that aspect yet, and I > would like to do so before applying the patch. The patch will > definitely go in, but exactly how needs to be examined. I've had a look at it, and the only issue is keeping state across records. it needs to maintain a flag indicating whether the current fileindex should be kept or sent, and in addition the compiled regexp should be kept around since we really don't want to run regcomp for *every* file. the easy solution is to extend struct BSR -- perhaps a bit ugly, but there are already some members which are used for bookkeeping during the restore, and aren't part of the bootstrap definition per se. BTW, there is a hidden assumption that the "Unix attributes" will be the first record. I think this is OK, since it's awkward for the FD to store the file content without knowing the filename in advance (even if it uses a temporary file, it can't assume that the destination is a single filesystem, and rename(2) will fail if it isn't.) I'll send an updated patch later this week (I'll also rename the keyword to FileRegex as requested). -- regards, Kjetil T. Homme Linpro AS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel


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I have a package of whole garam masala and would love recipe ideas. I know I can toast it slightly (seeds, leaves, sticks) to activate the aroma before grinding into powder for curries with cream and butter, but I'd prefer low-fat. How about sauteeing onions, garlic, ginger, reducing tomatoes, adding yogurt as a base for curry, plus the garam masala? Should I add it early in sauteeing or late in simmering?
Lots of recipes suggest just a pinch of garam masala at the *end* in addition to other seasonings, but isn't garam masala lots of seasonings already, so can't it be used early and without other seasonings? Can I mix it as is and consider it good to go as the main punch in the sauce? Or would I be missing important depth by omitting something?
Lastly some say it tastes too clove-y and cinnamonish for curry even though it's widespread in Indian cooking and there are countless versions of garam masala. How to balance that sharp clove-iness?


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Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said its nuclear assets are completely safe and dismissed the world`s suspicions as "baseless" at a meeting of the National Command Authority chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Director General of Strategic Planning Division Khalid Kadwai briefed the meeting about the security and safety measures of the country`s nuclear installations and arsenals.
He said the world`s suspicions about Pakistan`s nuclear arsenals are baseless, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
The meeting is also holding an in-depth discussion on the recent tension at the Line of Control and the fallout of any US attack on Syria.
The Authority is the principal forum responsible for command and control of the country`s nuclear arsenal. It also looks after the security and safety of nuclear installations.
The meeting was attended by Foreign Affairs and National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the three services chiefs.
Earlier this week, Pakistan had reacted to a report on US concerns about its nuclear arsenal by saying it has extensive protection measures and a robust control system for its atomic weapons that are aimed at maintaining stability in South Asia.
The remarks by Pakistan`s Foreign Office came in response to a report in The Washington Post that said the US spends billions monitoring adversaries like al-Qaeda and Iran but has an "equally intense focus" on its "purported ally" Pakistan and has ramped up surveillance of its nuclear arms.
Citing a 178-page summary of the American intelligence community`s "black budget", The Post reported that the US had ramped up its surveillance of Pakistan`s nuclear arms and was concerned about its biological and chemical arms sites.
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Statistical analyses of genotype by environment data.
We introduce in this chapter a series of linear and bilinear models for the study of genotype by environment interaction (GE) and adaptation. These models increasingly incorporate available genetic, physiological, and environmental information for modelling genotype by environment interaction (GE). They are based on analyses of variance and regression and can be formulated in most standard statistical packages. We use the data of a series of trials for 65 barley genotypes (G) grown in 12 environments (E) for illustration and interpretation of the output of such analyses. We aim at identifying key environmental covariables to explain differential phenotypic responses as well as to estimate genotypic sensitivities to these covariables. Using genetic covariables in the form of molecular markers, we partition genotypic main effect terms and GE terms into main effects for quantitative trait loci (QTL) and QTL by environment interaction (QTL.E). The QTL.E estimates can be further regressed on environmental covariables to target differential QTL expression potentially related to environmental factors. We believe that the statistical models that describe GE in direct association to genetic, physiological, and environmental information provide insight in GE and facilitate the development and deployment of new breeding strategies
In: Cereals (Carena MJ, ed). Part of series Handbook of Plant Breeding, Volume 3. Springer, New York, USA, pp 291–331. ISBN: 978-0-387-72294-8. 41 pp. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72297-9_10]


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TORONTO (AP) -Jordan Staal capped a tight game with his first career hat trick in a city he dreamed about playing in.
Staal scored his third goal of the game at 3:54 of overtime to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Staal has seven goals in the last five games for the Penguins, who have points in 13 straight games (11-0-2) for the first time since a 14-game run (12-0-2) from Dec. 19, 1996, to Jan. 21, 1997.
The 18-year-old forward - from North Bay, Ontario - said he was nervous playing in front of a national television audience on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada."
"It's a dream come true to even play in this rink," Staal said. "I remember watching games a couple of years ago. Now that I'm here, it's so amazing. A great game to top it off."
Staal has 23 goals, four behind teammate Evgeni Malkin for the NHL rookie lead.
"It seems like everything is working for me," Staal said. "Hopefully, I'll keep it going and get this team in the playoffs."
Veteran teammate Mark Recchi said Staal has been "unbelievable."
"We've had a lot of guys chip in, but Jordan has been tremendous for us through this stretch," Recchi said. "It's remarkable to me how he's just kept getting better and better from Day 1 of the season. He never played left wing before."
Maple Leafs center Kris Newbury was taken off the ice on a stretcher late in the third period after a fight with Pittsburgh's Ronald Petrovicky. The Toronto forward took several punches to the head before falling to the ice. He stayed motionless for several minutes before taken being off.
The two dropped gloves 33 seconds after Pittsburgh tied it at 5, and the game was delayed for about 6 minutes.
"He's alert and he was on the ice when he left," Toronto coach Paul Maurice said. "He's conscious and talking. We'll test him out tonight and tomorrow."
Maurice said it reminds him how violent the game can be.
"It doesn't matter how tough you are or how many punches you've taken if you get hit in the right spot you're going down," Maurice said. "It's a pretty serious business when they drop those gloves."
A regular season record crowd of 19,620 came to see Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Malone and Maxime Talbot also scored for the Penguins.
Boyd Devereaux, Bryan McCabe, Bates Battaglia, Mats Sundin and Nik Antropov scored for the Maple Leafs, who lost 8-2 to Pittsburgh on Jan. 20.
"It was a strange game on the bench as it probably was watching it," Maurice said.
Staal put a wrist shot past goalie Andrew Raycroft during a scramble in front of the net in overtime for his 23rd goal.
After a Toronto turnover Staal made a drop pass to Michel Ouellet, who passed it back to Staal before Staal scored his first goal on a wrist shot 19:22 of the first.
Staal's wrist shot past Raycroft made it 2-0 at 11:32 of the second and Malkin's wrist shot gave Pittsburgh a 3-0 lead 8:22 of the second. Crosby assisted.
Toronto tied it with three straight goals late in the second, including two by Toronto's top line of Sundin, Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky.
Antropov, standing in front of the net, redirected the puck past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury at 13:25 of the second.
Sundin, standing behind Fleury, cut it to 3-2 at 16:44 by pushing the puck over the goal line after it trickled under the goalie's pads.
Battaglia tied it with a shot from the slot at 19:05 of the second.
McCabe gave Toronto the lead at 1:05 of the third with his trademark hard slapshot from the point.
Just 54 seconds later Malone tied it with a rebound from in front of the net.
Devereaux gave Toronto the lead again at 11:44, but Talbot tied it at 5 at 13:53.
Notes: Toronto's Darcy Tucker (foot) is expected to miss another week. ... Newbury has two goals and two assists in 15 game with Toronto.


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text: So much for getting too hot too fast. It was a concern a couple of weeks ago when water temperatures were flirting with 80 degrees in some areas. We worried that the masses of kingfish might blow right by us as they sought that 70-75 temperatures they like as they push northward during this spring run. Though we might have to put kingfishing on the back burner for a bit, this little flurry of cold fronts might be just what we needed to stretch our season through April. Nearshore gulf waters are dirty, and they�re going to be that way for a little while. Bait has scattered but will bunch back up when these westerly winds associated with each passing front subside. Bait has been slow to return to many of my most-dependable grass flats. The deeper water at the Skyway fishing piers and the Pass-a-Grille tripod has been consistent. Though it likely will temporarily change, on Tuesday I observed a lot of bait at both fishing piers on Fort De Soto. Following these big blows, when we can safely and comfortably get back to it, I�ll often target the ships channel. The many buoys that line the "ditch" often attract schools of bait before anywhere else. How far we need to travel to find clean water will be determined by how long and hard it blows. I�ll often start at markers 5 and 6 and head west from there. The sets are approximately 1� miles apart making it easy to navigate, and the buoys provide great reference points when dialing in your trolling pattern.Jay Mastry charters Jaybird out of St. Petersburg. Call (727) 321-2142.


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University; for most students it's their first real taste of freedom:- You're away from your parents, old enough to buy alcohol legally and get a real taste of having to budget and make the tricky decision between buying food or alcohol! If you look on the internet there are hundreds of tips and tricks for budgeting, saving money, making sure your work gets in on time and how to stay up on the all nighters. This being a food blog, I am going to focus on the best food hacks on offer!
1. When you cook a main meal make double the amount that you need. That way you have lunch sorted for the next day, or even the next few days! It is great, especially with the freshers flu!! Bringing in your own lunch not only saves you money, but stops you pigging out on takeaways. You can also freeze any leftovers, perfect for reheating a few days later and tastes better than most expensive shop bought meals!
2. The first time living on your own can often be a bit of a shock. You have to do your own washing, cook your own food and pay your own bills. BORING. Here are 3 images that will quite literally change your student life in halls.
A bulldog clip keeps your beers stacked - more fridge space without the fear of your pyramid collapsing!!
A slice of cheese, on the bread, in the toaster and you have cheese on toast in 4 minutes! Remember that most toasters pop up....don't leave the toaster unatended!
No more fighting over the microwave, a jam jar or glass makes enough room for 2 bowls at a time!
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Shshshshusssss! Thwack!
"Score!" The pitch erupted in cheers. And curses.
"Barley! Try that again, lass, and I'll have to hurt you!"
"Cork your hole, MacMillstone, you haven't stopped a Quaffle all day."
Dugald MacMillans face turned a brilliant Fwooper pink. The scorer stuck out her tongue at him and made off around the edge of their makeshift pitch, a gorsy glen ringed by pine forest, whooping and punching the air on a broomstick that matched her own slender frame. It was a muggy July afternoon, so her triumphal fly-over served to both cool her off and mock the competition. As soon as she was as far from the goal as it was possible to get without leaving the playing area altogether, the big Keeper made his move. No sense giving the wench an advantage. Shed already scored three times.
"Man your sweeps. Here it comes!"
Dugald hurled a scabby leather ball out into a scrum of kids of all ages, shapes and weights. They rode everything from the latest in Cleansweeps to an antique Moontrimmer held together with Spellotape. They battled fiercely for possession, blagging and blurting, cobbing with elbows, kicking out with dusty bare feet, clawing with dirty, eager fingernails. This was free-for-all Quidditch, Highlands style. Every kid his own team, every score a singular super-human effort of one against many, though only one of them had penetrated the goal todaythe sassy waif on the withy-wand broomstick.
The ball bounced from hand to eager hand, but no one could gain more than a few seconds control. Suddenly a blur of motion on that impossibly slender broom collided with the scrum, blasted it apart and came up with the contested Quaffle. Kids shouted, whined, cursed the interloper. Only the quickest eyes could pick out her features: wiry frame, intense brown eyes, short dark hair, pert freckled nose, mouth set, but they all knew who it was without looking.
"Nerva, you Quaff-hog!"
"Not fair!"
"Get your own ball, McGonagall!"
The dark-haired urchin grinned and brandished her prize. Steering with knees alone, she turned and raced back to the far end of the glen. Her ploy drew the pack away from the goal. Just short of the forest wall, she did a vertical loop, passed all her pursuers, and roared back towards the burly red-head guarding the goal. He outweighed her by some three stone, and came at her, arms flailing and ululating a war cry that would have stopped a Viking invasion.
They met about ten yards from the goal. Shed aimed the head of her stick at his privates in the time-honored Celtic tradition, but he managed to sweep it aside with one meaty paw and grab her about the midriff with the other. Her speed being thrice his, their combined momentum spun them crazily towards the goal. At the last second Dugald realized that the enemy still had the Quaffle and that she would carry it, and him, into the great basket of knotgrass netting which was their makeshift goal.
Thwack! Tangletumbledangle!
More cheering and cursing, and now laughter, as the other kids found the pair trussed up together in the netting hardly able to movebut hissing and spitting like a pair of kneazles in a trap.
Gerroff me, Dugald! Ill tell my Da you groped me!
I never touched you, you scrawny wench!
The other fliers bore down on them now with hearty hoots and guffaws.
Lookit, Dugalds got a girlfriend!
Whens the wedding, sweet face?
Look out, fellas, Minervas getting all red.
Maybe shes gonna blub.
Naw, naw shes just blooshing.
Arr, the blooshing bride.
Am not! Youre all just mad because the scores McGonagall, four, the rest of you ninnies, nil.
Isnt four. That last score didna count. No one but the Keepers allowed in the goal. Thats haversacking, that is.
It was never my fault. Dugald carried me in, the great lug!
Your stick was aiming fer my crotch. I had to defend myself.
But the argument didnt last long. It was coming on towards evening. Only time enough for a few more good scrums. But they needed to rescue the Quaffle, which was caught in the mess as well. Oh yes, and release the wench and their Keeper.
Anyone know a good charm for this? asked a chubby boy with long blond locks, spawn of the local thane by his display of the Macnair tartan and his state-of-the-art Comet 160.
I could cut it but I canna get at my knife, This from Dugald, who was thrashing about trying to reach his sporran. It had shifted round in the affray and was now squashed neatly between a goal post and his left buttock.
Over my bed doddy! cried Giggie Gwynn.
Whatd she say?
She means dead body, Raymie.
Oh. Right. Well then, over my dead body too!
That sentiment was echoed all around. It was bad enough having to play Quidditch with an uncharmed Quaffle. They didnt want to damage the net that theyd labored so hard on--the net that kept the ball from getting lost in the forest. Nobody in their right mind would want to hunt for it down there it with the Devils Snare and Creeping Coldwort rampant in the undergrowth.
Petey, if youre going to be showing off your charm-work, will you kindly start by Stunning this great oaf? roared Minerva McGonagall in a voice twice her size. Hes squirming about like a Reem in rut. Every time he moves, he makes things worse.
Id rather Stun you, lass, then I could have my way with you, teased Petey Macnair,who had drawn his wand and was stroking it lightly.
If I had my own wand, and I soon will, Id make you eat those words, FAT-HAIR!!
Now there was a flash of light which left everybody blinded for a few seconds, and something slipped through the netting and dropped to the ground. It was Minerva. Later, kids would argue that her screeching desperation had detonated a spate of wandless magic, which loosened her bonds enough to free her.
She reclaimed her sweep and flew up to the net to take stock of the situation. Hmmm-- if we could just take this monstrous weightshe indicated Dugaldoff the netting, wed be able to fix it easily.
No problem, said Petey, taking stage. Wingardium leviosa!
Dugald was now floating gravity-free in the netting. If any of the kids had had experience outside of the Magicosm, which, except for Petey, they didnt, theyd have realized he looked like a great Muggle balloon, tethered and wallowing about in the updraft.
The wench was right. Peteys Levitation Charm took the tension off the netting. Now it was easy to see what needed to be done. Several of the larger kids grabbed the edges and shook gently. Soon the Quaffle was released. Then others moved in and repaired some minor holes caused in the collision. But presently the spell wore off and Dugald came down in a patch of thistle and gorse.
His plight went unnoticed, as Raymie Sykes halted everyone and pointed west into the sun. In the distance there, see? A great black creature. And its flying this way.
His discovery inspired thrilled speculation. Was it not very like a Hebridean Blackthe type of dragon that had carried off two Macnair hunting hounds last spring and scared the livern lights out of a beach full of Muggles at Ilfracombe only a few years before?
Gwennog McFustys bung-full again, opined Magnus MacDonald, flying up the tree line to get a better look. He was referring to the hard-drinking matriarch of clan McFusty, which had from time out of mind taken responsibility for keeping the Blacks in check. But I ken the Ilfracombe dragon was a Welsh Green.
Regardless of its ilk, most were now sure that the flapping hulk was indeed a dragon of some sort. Boys swooped up and down the glen, scouring for rocks and sticks to fend it off with. The smaller children started scouting out hiding places, and little Angus Flynt took off east for home, crying. Magnus and Petey got out their wands and pointed experimentally at the monster, gauging the distance.
Reckon I could Stun it when it gets a bit closer, boasted Petey with his usual exuberance. He was one of the few to master this charm in First Year Defensive, and he was eager to show it off to the younger kids, especially the McGonagall hag.
Needs more than one Stunner to take it down, grunted Magnus. Professor Cavallo was pretty clear about that in Creature Care last year. And the bigger the drake, the more the firepower needed. Anyway, you know were not allowed. Ill be surprised if you dont get into trouble for doing that Lifting Charm on Dugald.
Dont worry about that. One word from my dad and the Ministry looks the other way. Anyway, this is an emergency. Theyll be mighty grateful for us chasing off a rogue drake for them. Well probably get a medal.
"Hold on there, you eejits, yelled Dugald, who had finally gotten himself de-thistled and had flown up next to them. Thats too small for even a wyvern. Looks more like Goodie Gudgeon, McGonagalls nanny. She always flaps like that when she rides. Got no sense of balance, that one."
"Wheesht, MacMillstone! Minerva was on the ground comforting some of the smaller children, among them Dugalds sister Rhona, but she had an ear on their conversation. She flew up to them. Dont talk like that about my nursie. Shes just old is all. Time was, she could fly rings around the likes of you. She waved her arms at the approaching figure. What say, Gudgieeeeeeee?" she called.
The dragon came within shouting distance, and was now seen to be no threat of any sort, just a fat old witch, clinging to a household broom she might have charmed herself in the need of the moment. "Lett--letter cam for ye, lass. Yer faither wants ye hame--swith!"
Cheers and jeers.
"Great game, Nerves! See you tomorrow."
"Ball hog's going home. Now we can play."
"Crate your choppers, Sykes, Dugald growled. You couldn't score if you had the Quaffle and four arms-- and the rest of us Stunned. You should get Jockie to play for you."
"Leave my sister out of it! And what about you, you great greasy git? You can't even block the bloody ball!"
Giggie Gwynn shouted over their argument: "'Bye, 'Nerva, hope its goon dews about your ma.
"Thanks, Gig. 'Bye all. See you tomorrow." Minerva redirected her broom, again with knees alone, and shot into the sunset, leaving her aged nurse clutching her shawl and rocking breathlessly in her wake.


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But what about the movie? Simply put, "X-Men" is the greatest comic book adaptation ever. Hands down. The "Superman" flicks were good but pretty corny, Tim Burton's "Batman" films looked great but were uninvolving, the ones by Joel Schumacher are way too campy. "Spawn" is cool but uneven, and "Blade" rocks but only as a one-note flick. "The Phantom" was also fun in its own modest way, but not great. In fact, until now my favorite comic book movie was Sam Raimi's "Darkman", and it is not even based on a comic book! Yet that was a film made lovingly by a highly skilled filmmaker who embraced the opportunity to defy physical laws, use baroque camera angles and have his hero (played by none other than Liam Neeson) go to super human lengths to right wrongs. As directed by Bryan Singer, the "X-Men" movie does all this while also making fanboys drool at the chance to finally see their favorite characters in live action. Of course, some will whine about this or that, like the absence of the Danger Room, of the cheesy original costumes (which are replaced by black leather suits) and of characters like Nightcrawler, Colossus and the Beast. But instead of wondering about what could have been, you should enjoy what is, an all too rare clever comic book movie.
There are two main storylines in the movie that eventually merge into one gripping continuity. First, there's the quick growth of the influence of Republican Senator Kelly (Bruce Davidson), whose political agenda includes pushing a bill that would force all mutants in the US to register so the government can keep track of them. "You're for gun registration", Kelly argues, "so wouldn't you want to register kids with powers far exceeding that of a handgun?" Not a bad point in itself, but Brotherhood of Mutants head Magneto (Ian McKellen) -who has the power to attract and manipulate any metal object- finds the idea reminiscent of 1930s Nazi Germany, when the first step of Hitler's plan included registering all Jews. A concentration camp survivor, Magneto is particularly sensitive to prejudice, and like a genetically mutated Malcolm X, he's ready to take "any means necessary" to ensure that mankind doesn't trample over the freedom and rights of mutants.
At the other end of the spectrum, Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) -who possess high telepathic skills- prefers to follow the ideologies of Dr. Martin Luther King and dream of a world where all live peacefully together. With his personal wealth, he founded the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters where mutants can learn to control their powers in order not to hurt themselves or others. The movie introduces us to the Westchester, NY institution through two newcomers arriving from Northern Alberta: confused teenage girl Rogue (Anna Paquin) and rowdy man-beast Logan aka Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Rogue has a condition where, upon touching another person, she temporarily absorbs their energy and memories and, in the case of a mutant, their powers. A tragic gift it is, since it doesn't allow her to ever touch loved ones if she doesn't want to cause them harm. As for Wolvie, his body benefits from instant regenerating capabilities, meaning that wounds heal almost instantly and that his aging process is considerably slowed down. How long has he been around? He doesn't even know himself since experiments at his expense by the secret Canadian project 'Weapon X' has left him with implanted adamantium skeleton and retractable claws but also major memory loss…
Logan and Rogue will more or less reluctantly join the X-Men, the team of mutants Xavier has put together to protect humans from dangerous mutants of the likes of Magneto. The X-Men include young but brave leader Cyclops (James Marsden), whose eyes shoot deadly optic beams unless he wears ruby quartz glasses, his girlfriend Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), who has telekinetic and telepathic powers, and Storm (Halle Berry), who is able to control the weather, whether it's wind, rain or lightning. Will they be strong enough to stop Magneto's Brotherhood, which boasts the diverse talents of Mystique (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos), who can take the shape of anyone she sees, Sabretooth (wrestler Tyler Mane), a Yeti-like dude with the strength of ten men, and Toad (Ray Park), who has amphibian-like long tongue and agility?
I'll say it again: best comic book movie ever! Director Bryan Singer, best known for the brainy noir thriller "The Usual Suspects", is not one to cheapen or dumb down the surprisingly serious issues that give the X-Men comics more weight than the common super hero fare. His movie always remains intelligent and involving. This is a character driven picture that happens to deal with the extraordinary, not a big toy commercial. Never does it fall into audience-insulting stupidity, campiness or caricature. In fact, the film positions its fantastic elements in reality; the characters are aware of the oddity of their situation, or of the ridiculous of it. I love how Wolverine is always there to sarcastically point out such occurrences, going as far as calling the X-Men geeks!
The movie works on different levels while always keeping its momentum. It exposes the whole mutant thing interestingly, through visually stunning special FX work and sharp dialogue (kinda like Morpheus' intro to "The Matrix"), and the characters are well introduced and developed so that we care about them. Royal Shakespearean actors Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen (who had already worked under Singer in "Apt Pupil") play characters philosophically opposed, but solid writing and acting avoid them from being trapped as the good guy and the bad guy. Both make good arguments, and even Bruce Davidson's intolerant Senator Kelly isn't quite one-dimensional. Likewise with Hugh Jackman's Logan, who appears to be little more than a careless badass, but then we see in his relationship with Rogue that there's a good guy in there behind all the hair and the Bruce Campbell-style macho musings. Marsden and Jannsen have less screen time, but they make good of it. Marsden nails the inherent nerdiness of Cyclops and Jannsen projects both intelligence and womanliness as Jean Grey. It's also real cool how the couple and Wolvie relate to each other, in a mostly implied love triangle very faithful to the comic books. Halle Berry's Storm gets a lot of bad rap from fanboys, but she didn't bother me. Berry's no Angela Bassett, of course, but she hardly has any importance in the flick, the white wig ain't that bad and she does have at least one scene where she really gets to shine.
"X-Men" delivers great drama, but as you may guess it's also an action-packed romp. See Wolverine all claws out going berserk! See Cyclops losing control of his optic beams! See Storm making the sky break! See Magneto turning all the police's metal gear against them! See Sabretooth smacking Wolvie with a tree! See Ray Park showing the same physical prowess he did as Darth Maul through Toad and his crazy "tongue-fu" antics! And last but not least, see babelicious model Rebecca Romjin-Stamos, practically nude if not for the blue scales make up, doing more hella cool morphing than the T-1000 and giving us the baddest, sexiest on-screen villain since Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman! Above all, see a kick ass flick that does justice to its comic book inspiration, a wild ride that packs as much brains as thrills, and easily the best damn movie of the summer!


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The author of The DITA Style Guide, Dr Tony Self, will be presenting workshops in London and Stockholm in October.
There are two workshops in London: DITA authoring best practices, and Publishing with the DITA Open Toolkit. These workshops are presented by Cherryleaf on October 8 and 9; details at http://www.cherryleaf.com/training/dita-training-courses-in-london/.
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