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When The Land That Time Forgot ended, it left hero Doug McClure and heroine Susan Penhaligon stranded in the tropic prehistoric lost world of Caprona in Antarctica, fated to wander the strange world of dinosaurs and cavemen while wearing big-ass furs and mukluks. Would rescue ever come? Would their hopeless message in a bottle thrown into the tumultuous seas at the end of the earth ever be found. If so, would it be believed? Well, we know from the first film that the account of the strange adventure to Caprona was found (though how the account, written by one man, could include detailed descriptions of things that happened while he was not around, is a question best left not asked in a movie about a u-boat crew fighting dinosaurs). Two years later, the answer to whether or not anyone would believe it was also answered. Unfortunately, the answer came in the form of The People That Time Forgot, a phenomenally boring follow-up that reduces Doug McClure's role to little more than a cameo, kills off Susan Penhaligon in between the two movies, and seems to think that what people really wanted from a sequel to The Land That Time Forgot was fewer dinosaur fights and caveman rumbles, and more scenes of people walking across gravel-strewn landscapes.
The inaction begins with Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne, son of John), airplane pilot and friend of Bowen Tyler (McClure, remember — his character did have a name), preparing to mount a rescue mission after having received word of the message-in-a-bottle account of the events from the last film. McBride encounters relatively little skepticism either from the scientific community, the Navy, or the press. It seems accounts of Caprona have popped up from time to time in the past, and this is their best chance, using the navigation information Bowen recorded from their journey on the German submarine, to pinpoint the exact location of the mysterious land and, if possible, rescue Lisa and Bowen. But unlike the ill-fated experiences of the Germans and Brits who wound up there by accident, McBride is determined to mount a properly provisioned rescue mission, employing the latest cold weather ships, radio equipment, and an airplane. Accompanying him, besides assorted stoic British sailors, are his trusty sidekick mechanic, a biologist, and Charly Cunningham (Sarah Douglas), a reporter for the London Times whose inclusion in the expedition was one of the provisions of the newspaper financing the mission.
Things start off well, both for the film and the expedition. The ship gets McBride close enough to use the plane, and after successfully navigating through the high mountains, the pilot and his crew soon find themselves on the unmistakable outskirts of Caprona. The weather turns warmer, there are a few more trees (though nothing like the lush primordial forests in the last movie), and they are attacked by a stiff, fake-looking pterodactyl. Truly we are home. The battle forces the plane to make an emergency landing, and while the mechanic repairs the damaged rudder and makes "comical" comments, McBride and Charly set out on foot in a basically random direction in hopes of finding Bowen and Sarah. They encounter a dinosaur here and there, but for the most part, their trek is exceedingly dull.
I can't really put my finger on why, even when there are dinosaurs on screen, it seems like there aren't dinosaurs on screen. I think it's because there's no real sense of interaction with the creatures. The last film had all sorts of crummy looking composite shots so we could see Doug McClure sneaking around dinosaurs. This time, it feels like we're watching stock footage. In fact, yeah. That's exactly it. With the exception of one scene where Sarah Douglas takes a photo of a stegosaurus, the whole film feels like one of those old impoverished jungle adventures, like White Pongo or White Gorilla — films comprised almost entirely of shots of the cast walking through a set, intercut with stock footage of elephants and giraffes. This isn't stock footage (though I suspect one or two shots of being unused footage from The Land that Time Forgot), but it feels like it. Until the very end, the dinosaurs are little more than parts of the set that cause the cast to make terrified faces, except for Patrick Wayne, who makes the same face for the entire film, regardless of what terrors or wonder might be confronting him. At the end, they finally fight a dinosaur, but it's really too little too late. This movie needed to be packed with scenes of our heroes fighting dinosaurs, and it's not.
Eventually, they begin to reach the more temperate regions of Caprona, here realized by location shooting in an actual forest (the Canary Islands, to be exact). Where as the last movie relied largely on a mix of location work with sets to create a believable if somewhat fantastic jungle, this movie looks like it was filmed in a pretty average clump of trees. Funny how that happens sometimes. The actual tropical island isn't a very convincing tropical island, where as the last film — which I think was filmed on a set and probably in a London park — was more interesting looking. Sort of like how The Greatest Story Ever Told was shot in Arizona and Utah, because the filming they did on location in the actual Holy Land didn't look Holy Land enough.
However, the location shooting also lends the film a more wide-open feel, though given how little impact that has, it would have been nice if they'd skimped on location shooting and used that money to buy more crummy dinosaur props or a tiny fur bikini for Sarah Douglas.
It's also notable that, from this point on (which means, for most of the movie), the dinosaurs are gone until the very end. Instead, our intrepid trio (one forgets that the biologist is even along for the ride, from time to time) encounters big-breasted cavegirl Ajor (former David Bowie backup singer Dana Gillespie, who played a similar role in Hammer Studio's 1968 lost world adventure film, The Lost Continent). I wouldn't normally make a point of mentioning the breasts of a female character (or really, I probably would, but just play along), but in this case they seem to be the primary reason her character exists. Ajor is far more advanced and bosomy than the cavemen we saw in the last movie, and what's more, she speaks English! At least that's an improvement over the last film. When faced with choosing between a big-boobed cavegirl who speaks in pidgin English or a thick-browed caveman who shrieks a lot, I think the choice is clear. Also, she understands feathering and advanced hair-teasing techniques. All of these skills were taught to her, McBride discovers, by Bowen Tyler, who Ajor reveals has been captured by an even more advanced race, the Nagas.
It turns out that the Nagas are so advanced that they, completely isolated from all cultural influence in the rest of the world, have evolved to dress and fight exactly like medieval Japanese samurai, right down to the katanas, flag bearers, and big kabuto helmets with gruesome face masks. Despite all those advances, however, they still live in caves and are ruled over by a fat, hooting, grunting dude in a fur loincloth (big Milton Reid, once again). It's as if the nation of Japan decided one day that they wanted to be ruled over ruthlessly by George the Animal Steele. But instead of ripping open a turnbuckle cover with his teeth, Sabbala pencils in Charly and Ajor for sacrifice to the…wait for it…yep, the angry volcano god. Then he throws McBride and the biologist, Norfolk (Thorley Walters), into his skull wall prison. In the prison, McBride is finally reunited with Tyler. And now, with a couple of two-fisted, good ol' American boys on the job, these merciless rulers of Caprona's crappy non-dinosaur infested southern region are primed for a beat-down.
By 1977, England's Amicus Productions was dead. The People That Time Forgot was really not so much a production as it was one of those nervous twitches a corpse sometimes makes. The only thing that even got the movie finished was money from American International Pictures, who had already been propping up Amicus for their last two Kevin Connor directed adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventures. The People That Time Forgot feels much more like an AIP film than it does an Amicus film, and the budget must have dwindled to the point where even Kevin Connor couldn't scrape together enough crappy special effects to fill the movie as he had in The Land That Time Forgot or 1976's At the Earth's Core. So almost all the action involves people. Sometimes they are cavemen, sometimes, for some inexplicable reason, they are samurai. There are only a couple of really crummy dinosaurs. It turns out that if your movie has dozens of crappy looking dinosaurs, it's probably going to be pretty cool. But if your movie only has one or two crappy looking dinosaurs, then all you can think about is how crappy it is that you are getting so few crappy dinosaurs.
And even if you make your peace with the fact that you're not going to get any dinosaur action, you still have to deal with the fact that there's really not much caveman action either. McBride has a run-in with a tribe that has been chasing Ajor, but it's short-lived and fairly thrill-free. So even if you reconcile yourself to the fact that there is no dinosaur action and precious little caveman action, then you find yourself depending on John Wayne's son versus lost world samurai ruled over by a mostly naked fat guy painted green.
And even then, you're going to be disappointed, because most of the samurai action is restricted to scenes of guys walking back and forth. That they are wearing samurai armor for no good reason doesn't make it any more interesting. Also, I don' think samurai wore their armor 24/7. Like, if you are on guard duty in the cramped caverns of your poorly lit cave dungeon, you really don't need battle armor and a giant helmet with a faceplate. I guess they took the time to evolve the ability to think of Japanese armor, so they decided they were going to get their money's worth. While I imagine samurai armor would help you in a battle against cavemen, it's probably less effective against a T-Rex or any of the other monsters we know inhabit Caprona. Or at least, that inhabited it in the last movie. So maybe this is really the only time they get to break it out and show it off, since even though it's effective against cavemen, they are probably too primitive to admire your craftsmanship. At least John Wayne's son will appreciate your craftsman's effort.
The lack of dinosaurs without anything to fill the void is the film's major misstep. The next major misstep is reducing Doug McClure to a cameo. The structure of The People That Time Forgot is very similar to another colossal letdown, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. OK, so maybe Planet of the Apes was a more prestigious sci-fi film than The Land that Time Forgot, but the overall result for someone like me is the same. Beneath the Planet of the Apes is about a guy who wasn't in the last film, who travels to the mysterious lost world-esque planet of the apes, has some dull adventures, then ends up underground in a jail where he meets Charlton Heston reprising his role in a cameo. And then they break out, there's some fist fights, Charlton Heston dies, and everything explodes.
The People that Time Forgot plays out almost identically. Patrick shows up in Caprona, has some dull adventures, finds Doug McClure in a cave. There's some fist fights, Doug dies, and then stuff explodes. Aping Beneath the Planet of the Apes is not a good move, and reducing your single remaining interesting character to a ten minute cameo at the very end of the film is even worse.
Actually, scratch all that. This film's major misstep is that it casts Sarah Douglas in a role, has her character set up to be sacrificed to a primitive volcano god, and never puts her in a cavegirl outfit! Having almost no Doug McClure action is justifiable if you say, "Sorry, but we spent the little money we had on convincing Sarah Douglas to wear this tiny loin cloth. We couldn't afford any more Doug McClure after that." That'd be fine. But no. She stays fully clothed the entire time. Doug shows a little more flesh, which is welcome, but he's grown out that big Jeremiah Johnson beard, so it's hard to even tell. A travesty! Sarah Douglas, in case you weren't around at the time, is probably best known either as the evil woman in Superman II or as the evil woman in Conan the Destroyer — two films in which she was more skimpily clad than she was in this movie, where she was in a land of scantily clad cave people. Still, despite my dissatisfaction with her sacrificial attire, Douglas is the closes thing this movie has to a good performance. She has an easy charm about her — surprising since I've been taught from all her other roles to be terrified of her.
In her place, the scantily-clad chore goes to Dana Gillespie. Gillespie was a former future pop icon. The one-time girlfriend of Bob Dylan, she was supposed to be some sort of folk rock star. That didn't pan out. Some years later, she became David Bowie's pet project after she sang back-up vocals for him during the Ziggy Stardust days. She completed an album, but I don't think it flew off the shelves. I heard it and think it's pretty crummy. She had slightly better luck on stage, appearing as Mary Magdalene in the original run of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1968, she appeared in one of Hammer's several "lost world" mini-epics, The Lost Continent. It was nearly ten years later when she appeared in The People that Time Forgot, allowing her breasts to do most of the acting for her. Still, it should be noted that her feathered hair is almost as big as her boobs, so it's not like I'm reducing her to a single, degrading aspect of her physical appearance instead of judging her performance more rationally. But then, it's also hard to judge a performance when your only lines are, "Tyler!" and "You are…friend of Tyler?" Given my druthers, I would have had Gillespie and Douglas switch costumes. Or I would have dropped Gillespie entirely and just given more screen time to Douglas, no matter what she was wearing.
Oh yeah, somewhere in that mix is Patrick Wayne. I can't remember how unclothed he gets, because I'm more of a Doug McClure man. Coincidentally, much of Patrick's filmography seems comprised of small parts in the films of John Wayne. What are the chances, huh? Well, Patrick Wayne is about as good an actor as his old man, only he doesn't have any of the charisma or macho allure than compensated for the elder Wayne's limited range. In 1977, Patrick had arguably his biggest role, that of Arabian sailor Sinbad (he's even less Arabian than John Phillip Law!) in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. In the greater scheme of Sinbad movies with special effects by Ray Harryhausen, Eye of the Tiger is a lesser affair, though still plenty of fun. Plus, it features a pretty solid supporting cast that includes Jane Seymour and scruffy Patrick Troughton (the second Doctor Who).
That along with a bunch of stop motion monster effects was more than enough to make most people fail to notice how stiff an actor Patrick Wayne was. Thing is, a movie like that needs a stiff in the lead. It needs a piece of petrified wood off which it can bounce all its fantastic stuff. After all, those are Ray Harryhausen movies. Few people remember who directed them, or starred in them. Heck, I was out of college before I even realized different guys had played Sinbad in the various movies. Because everyone remembers the special effects, and everyone went to the films for the special effects. To have some talented lead actor getting in the way would have distracted from the films' appeal.
The People that Time Forgot should operate under the same premise. Unfortunately, there's very little fantastic stuff to distract from Wayne's stiffness. With no dinosaurs and minimal caveman action, all we're left to focus on is Wayne's performance. Well, Wayne's performance and Dana Gillespie's gravity-defying breasts. I failed to be sufficiently interested by either (as a scantily-clad cavewoman, Gillespie is passable, but she's no Caroline Munro or Raquel Welch). And there's no talented supporting cast to pick up the slack. Sarah Douglas gives it her all, but there's only so much you can do with a script that gives you nothing but "your character walks across a field, then across a gravel pit." Patrick Wayne is a wooden hero with no charisma and no awesome monsters to make you forget he's there. People who knock Doug McClure's one-note performances should take a look at Patrick Wayne to see what stiff really is. McClure exudes an effortless charisma and believability. A movie teaming up McClure and Sarah Douglas would have been way better. Patrick Wayne exudes nothing. Plus, he looks a lot like Charlton Heston, way more than he looks like his own dad. I have some conspiracy theories about that one, and I consider them at least as likely to be true as theories about super-powered WWII Nazis operating UFO bases at the North Pole.
Some people consider this movie better than its predecessor. I cannot count myself among those people. While I love The Land that Time Forgot, I hate this movie. Well, maybe I don't hate it, but I sure don't like it. I was bored silly through most of the film, and it falls into that rare category of film I say you could give a miss. In fact, it reminds me in many ways of War Gods of the Deep, another surprisingly disappointing film I want to like more than I do and that sounds much cooler in summary than it actually is to watch. I mean, John Wayne's son and the evil chick from Superman II versus samurai cavemen is a good pitch, but Amicus was too broke to deliver even the cheap-ass fun they delivered with The Land that Time Forgot, and AIP seemed to be interested in little more than getting something on the screen and ending their relationship with the doomed British studio.
It would have been nice to see Amicus, who had given the world so many entertaining films go out on a higher note. But then the same could be said of Hammer, who bit the dust around the same time and with a similarly wretched film to serve as their swan song. If Amicus was the scrappy Hammer wannabe, then The People that Time Forgot is their ode to Hammer going out on To the Devil…A Daughter. In retrospect The Land that Time Forgot would have been a poetic place for Amicus to end — with volcano erupting, boat sinking, and its stars facing a seemingly hopeless situation. Instead, they decided to show us the aftermath of the collapse, and give us Milton Reid in a skimpier outfit than Sarah Douglas (or Dana Gillespie, for that matter).
Release Year: 1977 | Country: England, United States | Starring: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie, Thorley Walters, Shane Rimmer, Tony Britton, John Hallam, David Prowse, Milton Reid, Kiran Shah | Writer: Patrick Tilley | Director: Kevin Connor | Cinematographer: Alan Hume | Music: John Scott


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Rob likes to have dinner themes for his birthday parties. Last year, it was Japanese.
We had planned on going Ethiopian this year, as it is the theme of our current neighbourhood. However, we changed our minds at the last minute because I wasn't in the mood to cook up 5 different cooked dishes.
While I can dream up menus for days on end, they involve vegan dishes. Rob knew that some of our guests might balk at the lack of meat, so he offered to make a Southwestern Pulled Brisket in the slow cooker. With his meal chosen, I crafted the remainder of the menu with it in mind.
Therefore, this year it was a hodge podge of Southern US and Mexican dishes, foreshadowing our next, next move to Texas in 2013. My (not so) discerning palate can't tell the difference between Texan and Carolina BBQ styles, but I can tell you how delicious everything turned out.
I was initially hesitant, but Rob encouraged me to try my hand at jackfruit carnitas. We had all the fixings for great tacos for the brisket, so why not have another filling, too?
I eventually settled on a recipe for Carolina BBQ-inspired pulled "pork" from Jessica.
Jackfruit is a fruit from Southeast Asia. Rob tells me it tastes like bubble gum. While the ripe fruit is sweet, you can buy canned young jackfruit in brine, which is quite flavourless. It has been used as a meat substitute due to its texture. After being cooked, it pulls apart into stringy bits akin to pulled pork and beef brisket.
While Rob's brisket took 8 hours in the slow cooker, my BBQ jackfruit pulled "pork" took an hour, tops.
They key of the recipe is the spice blend, and here we used a plethora of spices to capture a Southern BBQ flavour: sweet smoked paprika, Aleppo chili flakes, mustard, tomato and red pepper pastes, tamarind and vinegar for some tang and sweetness from the maple syrup (yes, that's 4/8 of my favourite ingredients in one sauce!). Such a glorious BBQ flavour with a bit of a kick. Chile heads, again, feel free to use the suggested cayenne, but I though it was plenty spicy without it. Dry frying brought out the flavours from the dry spices, then a slow simmer expanded the saucy flavours. Baking it firmed up the jackfruit so that it was more akin to pork.
As the jackfruit bakes, or if you are more inclined to make the brisket (it had rave, rave reviews, btw, and Rob loved its sheer simplicity to prepare), make some pickled red onions. I know many people shun fresh red onions, and a quick marinade in vinegar with some salt and sugar can really bring out their flavour. We used the recipe suggested by Deb.
Both the brisket and BBQ jackfruit pulled pork was served with an assortment of toppings – shredded Romaine, chopped tomatoes, alfalfa sprouts, sliced cabbage, avocado and the pickled red onions. While we had roti and pitas for guests, I opted to make wraps with Romaine lettuce leaves. The jackfruit was so flavourful that you didn't need so much per wrap. While Rob's 3 lbs of beef brisket easily fed 10 people, my 20 oz of jackfruit served more like 2-4 people, depending on how many toppings you added.
Next time, I think I will try my hand at socca taco shells, which Laura made for her jackfruit tacos.
This is being submitted to this week's Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Cristina, to this week's Healthy Vegan Fridays, and to this week's Weekend Wellness.
Carolina BBQ Jackfruit Pulled "Pork" Wraps
20 oz can young jackfruit, in brine
1/2 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp Aleppo chili flakes
1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (I did not use! this was spicy enough without it!)
1/2 tsp ground yellow mustard
1/2 tsp black pepper (I used white pepper)
1/8 tsp garlic granules
1/8 tsp onion granules
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 Tbsp red pepper paste (or substitute with more tomato paste)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp canola or other neutral oil
1/2 tsp tamarind concentrate
1/4 cup water
2 tsp maple syrup or agave
taco toppings – shredded cabbage, chopped tomatoes, sliced avocado, alfalfa sprouts and pickled red onions (see below)
1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. In a small non-stick skillet over medium-low heat, add onion and garlic. Heat until caramelized and browned, around 9-10 minutes.
3. Drain and rinse the jackfruit well. Remove the solid centre pieces (see here for photos). Place jackfruit in a medium bowl.
4. Add Aleppo chili flakes, paprika, mustard, black pepper, onion and garlic granules and salt to the jackfruit. Sir to coat well.
5. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add spiced jackfruit. Heat until the spices are toasted and fragrant, around 5 minutes. Do not burn. Scrape any stuck on bits.
6. Meanwhile, in a small cup, mix together the tomato paste, red pepper paste, vinegar, oil, tamarind concentrate, water and maple syrup. Stir until well mixed. Add to jackfruit and deglaze the pan.
7. Once the onions are caramelized, add to the wet jackfruit mixture. Simmer jackfruit in its sauce for 15-30 minutes, until softened. Use a fork to shred the jackfruit into stringy bits.
8. You could stop here, but if you want a firmer consistency more similar to pork, spread hte mixture evenly on a silpat-lined cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes until slightly dried out.
9. Serve on a sandwich or as a taco with lots of fixins. I served mine on a large leaf of Romaine lettuce, topped with shredded cabbage, chopped tomatoes, sliced avocado, alfalfa sprouts and pickled red onions (see below for recipe).
Serves 2-3. Maybe, depending how generous you are your your toppings.
Pickled Red Onions
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup cold water
2 tablespoons kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar or agave
1 squirt of sriracha (or to taste, Tabasco is recommended)
1 red onion, halved and sliced into very thin rings
1. In a small bowl, vinegars with 1/2 cup of cold tap water. Stir in salt, the sugar and the hot sauce. Add the sliced onions and let sit for at least one hour. This can be made in advance and taste better after a longer marinade.

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LIVE REVIEW: Tashi Wada Group with Man Forever, Alice, 27.03.2019
There is a level of unpredictability when going to see any performance that could be described as "avant garde" or fall into the category of drone. And while Tashi Wada is a composer and his group are playing the songs of his latest album, Nue, there is still a healthy amount of the unexpected throughout the evening.
The evening opens with the fortuitous last-minute addition of Man Forever. Kid Millions — also of Oneida and myriad other projects — uses his solo outing to tell the story of the car accident he was in a year ago. The spoken word portion of the set is fitted between drum fills and leads into his song "A Clear Realization." For someone who sustained two broken ribs, a chipped vertebra in his neck, and an impact injury to his lower back, his playing is not only as mesmerizing as ever, it's absolutely extraordinary.
Wada is joined by the powerhouse backing band of Julia Holter on piano, synths, and vocals and Corey Fogel on drums and an assortment of bells, gongs, and chimes. Fogel is a master of restraint throughout the set; most of the drums and gongs are hit with mallets, sending a muffled rumble coursing through the songs.
Holter is also more subdued than we are accustomed to seeing her as a solo performer. Her piano lines are often a whisper and her vocals are muted and wordless, mostly there to soften the mechanical whine they float over. It isn't a wonder that, with such reserve from the band, the audience is dead quiet, not even daring to applaud between the abrupt shifts in songs.
It is surprising that, in a set in which personalities are withholding, Wada has become the dominant personality from his post in the shadows. Wada makes himself known in his haunted house synths and the way he makes bagpipes buzzy rather than whiny. The weird universe he has created around himself for the evening is peaceful and maybe a little camp, but it's a step away from the familiar. It's a recontextualization of familiar faces and familiar sounds. It's lightness and stimulus tumbling over each other in between the silences.


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Panerai now brings bronze to one of 2011's most stand-out, drop-dead gorgeous dive watches.
When metal meets water, bad things can happen, with the metal usually getting the worst of the bargain. Nowadays, stainless steels are most often used when the nasty cocktail of salts and natural ability of water to corrode needs to be fought; but before there was stainless steel, bronze (a copper-tin alloy) was what kept ships proof against the sea (and even today, ship's propellers and many underwater fittings are often made of it.)
It's a perfect match for a watch that hearkens back to the earliest days of the first purpose made diver's watches. Panerai began as an instrument maker for the Italian Navy, and its Radiomir and Luminor dive watches are considered fashion and design icons today. Ironically, they started out as pure tool watches–which just goes to show you, when form follows function, fashion's not far behind. The Panerai Luminor Submersible 3 Day Bronzo has the unimistakable, golden but smoky shimmer of pure bronze. As it's used, will acquire a patina that both shields it against corrosion and gives it a look that makes it unique. The classic Luminor crown guard is also made of bronze and for this special edition, Panerai has outfitted the dial in green livery that perfectly complements the unflinchingly practical, yet exotically beautiful case material.
Chosen by sculptors through the ages for its beauty and durability, Panerai now brings bronze to one of 2011's most stand-out, drop-dead gorgeous dive watches. The caseback in transparent sapphire reveals an in-house 3 day movement, and the ring securing it is in hypoallergenic titanium (after all patina belongs on the watch, not on your wrist.) With echoes of marine adventure ancient and modern, the Panerai Luminor Submersible 3 Day Bronzo is the perfect symbol of, and companion to, the life aquatic.
Reference PAM00382 in bronze; 47mm diameter; sapphire display back with titanium retaining ring. Water resistant to 300 meters; one-way rotating timing bezel with one-minute calibration. Movement in-house Panerai automatic caliber P9000 with three-day power reserve.


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bêk-sêm • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Pleasingly plump and jolly, zaftig, chubbily curvaceous and good-humored.
Notes: Today's Good Word is often mistaken to mean "full bosomed", probably because of its similarity to the word bosom. Its most widely shared meaning around the world, however, includes the entire body. This word comes equipped with an adverb, buxomly, and a noun, buxomness.
In Play: The shift in the meaning of today's word from simply "zaftig" to "bosomy" may be the responsibility of Hollywood's first sex goddess, Mae West: "Mae West was a buxom movie star for whom the modern life vest was named, since it makes all who wear it look buxom." The positive connotations of today's Good Word make it a discreet substitute for words like fat, chubby, pudgy, which are considered offensive today: "I wouldn't say that Kay Largo is fat, just pleasantly buxom."
Word History: Today's Good Word comes with a hidden suffix, -some, or so it is spelled today. When the word actually emerged in the 12th century, it was spelled -sum, and the original word was buhsum "obliging, obedient". The suffix -sum went on to become today's -some in all the words it is attached to except buxom. The root, buh-, was a variant of Old English bug- in bugen "to bend, to bow". So the original meaning was "bending, bendable" and thence "pliant" and "obliging". The shift to "chubby" is a bit difficult to explain; however, the word still carries the implication of a person of good humor.
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"Don't go swimming for an hour after you eat" is actually a good piece of advice. If you do hop into the pool or the ocean right after you eat, you could develop cramps and risk drowning. Let's look at how this works.
The key to understanding why this is risky is to know that your body will always work to take care of its energy needs and that conflicting needs can cause problems. When you exercise, your sympathetic nervous system, a part of the automatic or autonomic nervous system (brain stem, spinal cord) stimulates the nerves to your heart and blood vessels. This nervous stimulation causes those blood vessels (arteries and veins) to contract or constrict (vasoconstriction). This vasoconstriction increases the resistance of the blood vessels in those tissues and reduces blood flow to those tissues. Working muscle also receives the command for vasoconstriction, but the metabolic byproducts produced within the muscle override this command and cause vasodilation.
So if most of your body is getting the message to cut the blood flow and your muscles are getting the message to boost the blood flow, the blood that would have gone to some of your organs will go instead to your muscles. Your body is taking from one part to give to another part, but it's OK if the organs that are getting less blood, such as your stomach or your kidneys, are not working.
But what if one of those organs does need the blood to do its work? If you have just eaten, then the food in your stomach begins to be digested. This requires a greater blood supply to the stomach and intestines. Like metabolic byproducts in working muscle, the presence of food in the stomach overrides the commands by the nervous system to constrict the blood vessels in the stomach and intestines. Now you have a situation where the digestive system and working muscle both have increased demands for blood flow and are competing for the increased blood supply. What happens is that neither system gets enough blood flow to meet its needs and the tissues begin to cramp. This presents a serious problem if you are in the water and increases your risk of drowning. If you wait about an hour to allow some digestion to occur and food to leave your stomach, then your risk of cramps goes down.
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Jalandhar: Feisty off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has backed the vanquished Indian cricket team to bounce back strongly from the Test whitewash in Australia, saying that there is "nothing to worry" as such a setback can happen to any side in the world.
"It happens in some series but there is nothing to worry about. We are world champions after all and we will be back in our elements soon," Harbhajan told PTI after the inauguration of his cricket academy on Saturday.
"It is true that we have not performed well but it happens in cricket. I am sure the team will be back to form soon and give a tough fight to all its opponents," he added.
India were humiliated 0-4 by Australia in one of most lopsided Test series in recent memory, barely six months after England handed them a similar thrashing.
The 31-year-old Harbhajan, who was not picked for the just-concluded series, said he is hoping to make a comeback very soon.
"I am doing what I am supposed to do. I am hopeful of playing in the national team as I am ready for a comeback. I have worked very hard to improve my game," he said.
Harbhajan is a veteran of 98 Tests in which he has taken 406 wickets, but was dropped from the team due to indifferent form last year.


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Swimmers train a lot. A lot of time is spent in the water. One consequence is tight muscles. Another problem for some is insufficient flexibility for swimming, like ankles and legs.
Apart from the essentials of regular massage, and probably direct icing, stretching becomes necessary if not essential. Each of us will probably have some problem that is particular to us, and we all also have common problems.
This is not about Warm-Up stretching, which is a different subject.
My favourite (i.e. only) stretching book is Michael J. Alter's Sport Stretch. The book includes over 300 stretches and separates them both by body part, and by sport, so you can cross reference. Within each sport he then gives the best exercises for each requirement, making cross referencing very easy, including stretches for swimming.
The stretches themselves are simple line drawings, which is good, because it simplifies everything.
The areas I have to concentrate on are:
- Neck
- Lower back (not a swimming issue)
- Shoulders
- Arms
Neck stretches are pretty simple.
First are neck rolls which just mean rolling the head around through a full circle, both clockwise and anti-clockwise, working on range of motion, (ROM), simple but effective.
Along with those, because I occasionally get neck ROM problems, I'll also just turn my head as far as I can to left and right and hold it for 20 to 12 seconds. You can also use your hands to put (constant, not sudden) pressure on your head to turn, but never hold a stretch if you feel pain and stretching should only be done to UNINJURED muscles (unless advised otherwise by a professional).
For lower back issues, I use a simple a Seal Stretch
or a Seal Press which is similar but the arms are used to gently raise the upper body.
For shoulders:
The parallel Shoulder arm stretch is very popular with swimmers for working the Deltoids;
The towel stretch is very good but I can't find a video for it: Hold a pole, rope or towel stretched behind your back, parallel to the ground, with your thumbs facing out and your palm facing forward. Then slowly raise your arms over your head and return.
Another favourite is simple with one arm by my side, to press the palm of the other into a wall or door frame and lean into it, which works the pectoral muscles.
There is also external shoulder rotation, an overlooked area for swimmers.
One of my favourite stretches is the wrist, arm and shoulder stretch, below.
This is by no means a comprehensive guide, just my favourite stretches, when I remember to do them… In fact below is a 10 minutes swimmer's stretching routine in one video. Here's a nice downloadable PDF of swimmer's stretches.
You need to find what works for you, and what your issues that need addressing are.


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Publish a Report
You can publish a report to a variety of different outputs using the Report Designer Preview As and Export functions in the File menu. However, if you have a Pentaho Server in production, you can publish directly to it instead. Additionally, you can link two reports together so that they share selected resources.
Instructions in this section assume that the Pentaho Server is accessible from the machine where you are using Report Designer. For information about configuring the server, see the section called Configure the Pentaho Server.


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Brushy Mountain, Grotto Falls - Trillium Gap Trailhead, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina
Brushy Mountain - 6.7 miles
Grotto Falls - Trillium Gap Trailhead
|Round-Trip Length:
|6.7 miles
|Start-End Elevation:
|3,235' - 4,911' (4,911' max elevation)
|Elevation Change:
|+1,676' net elevation gain (+1,768' total roundtrip elevation gain)
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Brushy Mountain - 6.7 Miles Round-Trip
Brushy Mountain (4,911') is located 3.35 miles from the Grotto Falls - Trillium Gap Trailhead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Brushy Mountain is a Heath Bald, defined as a treeless area in mid - high elevations with distinct plant communities. Primary constituents include sand myrtle, laurel, rhododendron, blueberry and huckleberry. Heath Balds are sometimes called Laurel Slicks for their waxy, shiny appearance.
Visitors will enjoy ecological variety, Grotto Falls and exceptional views from the summit:
The Trillium Gap Trail rises steadily by the creek among concentrated eastern hemlock. Hemlock, sometimes called redwoods of the east, are among the largest and most common trees in the Park. They can reach 150' with trunks 6' in diameter and live several hundred years.
Travel moderates beside Roaring Fork Creek to Grotto Falls (1.3 miles 3,760'), and slips behind it under the overhang to the far side. This cool, moist environment is ideal habitat for salamanders, of which there are 30 species in the Park.
The trail climbs 950' in 1.6 miles from Grotto Falls to Trillium Gap (a mountain pass), where it splits for Mount Le Conte and Brushy Mountain (2.9 miles : 4,710').
The Brushy Mountain trail is rocky, rutted, and passes through low tunnels of rhododendron and laurel before opening near the summit (3.35 miles : 4,911'). Once clear you'll have a great look at Mount Le Conte (6,593') right behind you.
While the summit is unmarked, it's apparent when the trail tilts downhill and branches to various viewpoints. On clear days you can see Gatlinburg, Lookout Rock (4,445') and Mt Winnesoka (4,308' - north), Potato Ridge and Greenbrier Pinnacle (northeast), and across several valleys (southeast).
Interactive GPS Topo MapKey GPS Coordinates - DATUM WGS84
- N35 40.827 W83 27.755 — Grotto Falls - Trillium Gap Trailhead
- N35 40.677 W83 27.420 — .5 miles : Steady climb on wide, smooth path
- N35 40.434 W83 26.965 — 1.3 miles : Grotto Falls
- N35 40.358 W83 26.571 — 2.0 miles : Appreciably steeper and more rugged trail
- N35 40.189 W83 26.235 — 2.5 miles : Arboreal diversity on rapid elevation gain
- N35 40.433 W83 25.973 — 2.9 miles : Brushy Mountain Trail split
- N35 40.683 W83 25.818 — 3.35 miles : Brushy Mountain summit (4,911')
Worth Noting
- While they seem like a simple natural occurrence, the formation and maintenance of balds is not fully understood. Heath balds in the Smokies are usually attributed to rocky, shallow, and acidic soil beds that are inhospitable to most tree species, but tolerated by low-lying shrubs with more versatile root systems.
- Those with an early start may consider continuing on to Mount Le Conte, which is 3.55 miles and +1,883' from the Trillium Gap junction. The day hike to Grotto Falls, Brushy Mountain, and Mount Le Conte is a total 13.8 miles roundtrip.
- The Trillium Gap Trail is the primary supply route to the Le Conte Lodge. It's fairly common to see llama teams on this trail up to three times a week during peak season.
Camping and Backpacking Information
Great Smoky Mountains National Park requires a permit and advance reservations for all backcountry camping in the park. Before planning your backcountry trip, please read through this important information about reservations and permits, regulations, bear safety, trail closures, and more.
Reserve your Backcountry or Thru Hike permits here: https://smokiespermits.nps.gov/
Please direct questions concerning backpacking trip planning to the Backcountry Information Office at (865) 436-1297. Phone calls are the preferred method of contact. The information office is open daily from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). In addition to answering your backpacking questions, the experienced backpackers in the Backcountry Information Office can provide you with tips to make your trip safe and enjoyable.
Backpackers and hikers are subject to all Backcountry Rules and Regulations. Failure to abide by park regulations may subject you to a fine under Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. Maximum fine for each violation is $5,000 and/or 6 months in jail.
General Backcountry Regulations
1. Camping is permitted only at designated backcountry campsites and shelters.
2. You may not stay at any backcountry campsite for more than 3 consecutive nights. You may not stay consecutive nights at campsite 113 or at any shelter.
3. Maximum party size is 8. Two parties affiliated with the same group may not stay in the same campsite or at the same shelter on the same night(s). Special permits may be issued for a few sites that accommodate parties of up to 12.
4. Fires are only allowed at designated campsites and shelters and must be contained in a fire ring. Constructing new fire rings is prohibited. You may only burn wood that is dead and already on the ground. You may not cut any standing wood.
5. It is illegal to possess firewood originating from a location from which a federal or state firewood quarantine is in effect. Read information about this quarantine and the states affected.
6. Building a fire in the fireplace of any historic structure or removing any parts of a historic structure, including brick or rock, is illegal.
7. Backcountry permit holders may not use tents at shelters.
8. Hammocks may only be used within designated backcountry campsites. They may not be used inside shelters and may not be attached to shelters in any way.
9. All odorous items (e.g., food, trash, lip balm, toothpaste, stock feed, hay etc) must be hung on the bear cable system at each campsite or shelter.
10. Human waste must be disposed of at least 100 feet from any campsite, shelter, water source or trail and must be buried in a hole at least 6 inches deep.
11. All food, trash, clothing, equipment or personal items must be packed out.
12. Burning food, trash or anything other than dead wood is prohibited.
13. Carving into or defacing trees, signs, shelters or other backcountry features is illegal.
14. Soap, even biodegradable soap, may not be used in any water sources. Bathing and washing dishes should be done well away from water sources and campsites.
15. No dogs or other pets are allowed on any park trails except the Gatlinburg Trail and the Oconaluftee River Trail. No dogs or other pets may be carried into the backcountry.
16. No motorized vehicles are allowed in the backcountry.
17. No hunting is allowed anywhere in the park
18. Feeding, touching or teasing wildlife is prohibited. You may not willfully approach within 50 yards (150 feet) of elk or bears.
Fishing Information
- Fishing is permitted year-round, from 30 minutes before official sunrise to 30 minutes after official sunset.
- The park allows fishing in all streams except Bear Creek at its junction with Forney Creek, and Lynn Camp Prong upstream of its confluence with Thunderhead Prong.
- A valid fishing license from Tennessee or North Carolina is required to fish in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Either state license is valid throughout the park and no trout stamp is required. Fishing licenses and permits are not available in the park, but may be purchased in nearby towns or online.
- Daily Possession Limits: Five (5) brook, rainbow or brown trout, smallmouth bass, or a combination of these, each day or in possession, regardless of whether they are fresh, stored in an ice chest, or otherwise preserved. The combined total must not exceed five fish. Twenty (20) rock bass may be kept in addition to the above limit. A person must stop fishing immediately after obtaining the limit.
- Size Limits: Brook, rainbow, and brown trout: 7 inch minimum. Smallmouth bass: 7 inch minimum. Rockbass: no minimum. Trout or smallmouth bass caught less than the legal length shall be immediately returned to the water from which it was taken.
- Lures, Bait, and Equipment: Fishing is permitted only by the use of one hand-held rod. Only artificial flies or lures with a single hook may be used. Dropper flies may be used, with up to two flies on a leader.
Rules and Regulations
- There is no entrance fee to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- Pets, motorized vehicles, and bicycles are not permitted on backcountry trails in GSMNP.
- Leashed pets are allowed in developed areas and along roads, but are not allowed on park trails.
Directions to Trailhead
The Grotto Falls - Trillium Gap Trailhead is located 5.3 miles from downtown Gatlinburg TN in the north central quadrant of the Park.
From downtown Gatlinburg, turn south onto Airport Blvd from light #8. Airport Blvd turns into Cherokee Orchard Road as it enters GSMNP. Just past the Rainbow Falls lot (3.3 miles from light #8), turn right at the sign for Grotto Falls (3.6 miles). The Grotto Falls Trailhead is located 1.7 miles ahead on the right (5.3 miles from light #8). Drive cautiously on these narrow, winding roads. Note that this is a one way road, and you'll be deposited onto Highway 321 on the return from the trailhead, several miles east of where you entered on Airport / Cherokee Orchard Road.
Contact Information
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
107 Park Headquarters Road
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Visitor Information - Recorded Message
Backcountry Office - Camping and Reservations
The Backcountry Reservation Office is open from 8 am - 6 pm daily (EST)
Backcountry Information Office - Trip Planning Questions
The information office is open daily 9 am - 12n (EST)
Oconaluftee Visitor Center (North Carolina side - south entrance)
Sugarlands Visitor Center (Tennessee side - north entrance)


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Washington (CNN) – First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Wisconsin Thursday to meet with family members of those killed and injured in a Sikh temple shooting earlier this month, White House officials confirmed Sunday.
The shooting - which left six people dead and four others injured - occurred August 5 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The shooter, identified by police as 40-year-old Army veteran Wade Michael Page, was shot by police responding to the Sunday morning attack and later died.
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At a memorial service for the shooting victims, Attorney General Eric Holder labeled the attack on the temple "an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime" - the strongest denunciation of the rampage by a federal law enforcement official.
Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Sikhs in America have been targeted by revenge-seekers who apparently have mistaken them for Muslims, perhaps due to the turbans they traditionally wear and their dark skin.
In a statement released the morning of the shooting, President Barack Obama wrote that "the people of Oak Creek must know that the American people have them in our thoughts and prayers, and our hearts go out to the families and friends of those who were killed and wounded."
"My Administration will provide whatever support is necessary to the officials who are responding to this tragic shooting and moving forward with an investigation," Obama continued. "As we mourn this loss which took place at a house of worship, we are reminded how much our country has been enriched by Sikhs, who are a part of our broader American family."
After a shooting at a Colorado movie theater in July that left 12 people dead, the president visited with families of the victims and made a short statement to cameras.
He has thus far avoided calls from gun control advocates to offer new proposals on restricting access to firearms.
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Why? Did Obama run out of money for campaign ads and needs to get free media attention using victims of a tragedy?
What Michelle Obama says or does is of ZERO importance to me - EVER!
Michelle Obama is a huge racist and her college wriings prove it. I hope she has started packing for her and her family's exit from the white house later this year. Bye-bye Michelle, go tell somebody else what to eat.
@NOT a Government Dependent -Why? Did Obama run out of money for campaign ads and needs to get free media attention using victims of a tragedy?
Aww... poor baby. Where was your spoutrage when Willard visited the Aurora shooting victims ??
It's Ok as long as its not the other side doing it. Right?
thanks for playing..
Please stop the hate and to "nomobama" if Michelle Obama is such a racist, i am sure you can point me to these so-called college writings you speak of!
No sympathy for the Sikhs, but plenty of disrespect from the other side for the First Lady of America.
1-2 days after the well written article on CNN. Not bad. Better late than never.
Michelle Obama is the genuine article. There are no "you people" in her world.
The best first lady that I have seen. We love you Michelle. Go get these racist republicans.
I can't believe them calling you racist. All racist would vote republican.
Michelle, and Barack Obama are both shameful opportunists, who have exploited everybody, and everything they could, throughout their overly ambitious, and unethical history, of grabbing power at all costs, at every opportunity.
This is why we need people in the white house that cares!
We need people in congress that cares!
Obama could do his job a whole lot better if it wasn't for the party of "NO" from day one.
But the hatred for Obama out weight the need of the american people! SAD, SAD, SAD!
The First Lady is going to visit the Sikhs because she's human. She cares about the tragedy that others suffer. It is also the responsiblity of the First Lady to do things like this. She's trying to show sympathy to people who lost family members to a hateful racist. Just like you, who are spouting all this hatred for her and her husband should. And for those of you who say she wrote racist things in college, please stop listening to that gas bag Limbaugh. I would be willing to bet you haven't actually read what she wrote. You've just been told it was racist. Did you read it yourself? [sound of crickets]. I didn't think so. Are you so shallow, so hateful, so ignorant, that you turn a sympathy visit into some snide, nasty remark aobut her. You should be ashamed of yourself. I'm sure you're popular there in the hillbilly trailerpark where you live, but get out and see the world. Try to say something nice once in a while. America doesn't need hateful nasty people like you.
wow hard to believe the haterz here. Trashing the first lady because she wants to offer her condolences. Is everything political to you? You should be ashamed.
You people who hate the president and his wife are pathetic, only in America.
Hmmm...she didn't go see the white folks from the Colorado theater shooting...but visits the Sikhs. SO TYPICAL.
I can't wait until Michelle Antoinette has to pay for her own vacations again. The Obamas are such blatant pretenders. Users. Just worthless human beings.
When Clinton left the White House, he took all the "W" keys from the computer keyboards...when the Obamas leave, someone better make sure the silverware is still there!
Consevativez on attack mode in a heartbeat. Blastin the first lady simply for comforting the victimz of the shooting. Newz flash: romney helped out tryin to comfort the victimz in colorado not too long ago n itz typical of conservativez like ya'll to think that itz ok for romney or other of ur candidatez to show love n concern for the victimz but when ppl on ur rival team doez the same ya'll cry out n say "they r jus there for political gain." CONSERVATIVEZ GIVE ME A BREAK!
She is going because it is the PC thing to do. I refer you to CNN article by Valarie Kaur dated Aug 17, 2012 "Prsident Obama, come to Oak Creek"
When Obama visits people who are victims of a tragedy, the neocons criticize him for using it as a political photo op. If he doesn't visit, the neocons criticize him for not carrying about people unless they can be used for PR. It doesn't matter where he goes or what he does, they hate him for breathing.
Sending Michelle Obama seems like a good thing to me. But some neo-conehead will post a comment about her wearing the wrong thing.
the hate generated by the repos that post here are the very reason they will loose this election. Bad manners and disrespect for the first lady is disgraceful and most people who see this want no part of it. This is not about policy but just nasty . Forward 2012


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Full ban on driver calls could be tough to enforce
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A driver in the next lane is moving his lips. Is he on a hands-free cellphone? Talking to someone in the car? To himself? Singing along to the radio?
If lawmakers follow the advice of a federal board, police officers will have to start figuring that out - somehow.
The National Transportation Safety Board said this week drivers should not only be barred from using hand-held cellphones, as they are in several states, but also from using hands-free devices. No more "Sorry, I'm stuck in traffic" calls, or virtually any other cellphone chatter behind the wheel.
Though no state has yet implemented such restrictive rules, the NTSB's recommendations carry weight that could place such language into future laws, or motivate the federal government to cut funding to states that don't follow suit.
Many of the men and women patrolling the nation's streets and highways wonder how they would sort the criminally chatty from the legally chatty.
"It would be almost impossible to determine if someone was talking on a phone or exercising their vocal cords," said Capt. Donald Melanson of the West Hartford, Conn., police department, which took part in a national pilot program aimed at cracking down on drivers' cellphone use. "That would be much more difficult to enforce, almost to the point where it would be impossible."
Officer Tom Nichols of the Port St. Lucie, Fla., police said a law written like the NTSB suggests would be difficult to enforce because so many variables would be at play.
"If you identify someone who has a hands-free set hooked up to their ear that doesn't mean they are talking on the phone," he said. "They could be talking to a passenger. They could be talking to a child in the back. They could be singing."
Police could end up turning to technology for help. They might even end up with the cellphone equivalent of a radar speed gun.
Fred Mannering, a Purdue University civil engineering professor who is associate director of the Center for Road Safety, said that since all cellphones emit signals, a simple Bluetooth detection device could spot them.
Computers are already common in patrol cars, and Mannering said a relatively cheap add-on could fit them to track cellphone signals.
"It would be really easy for police to have a computer on board and pick up those signals," Mannering said, "but it is sort of Big Brother."
The NTSB's proposal, announced Tuesday as a unanimous recommendation of its five-member board, urges all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. It cited deadly crashes caused by distracted drivers across the country, and noted that many studies have shown that hands-free cellphones are often as unsafe as hand-held devices.
The recommendation poses an astounding number of questions. What about chauffeurs and traveling salesmen who spend their entire day on the road? And roadside Amber Alert and Silver Alert notifications that implore drivers to call in if they spot a specific vehicle? What comes of phone lines dedicated to those "How's My Driving?" signs on trucks? How will you let someone know you're stuck in traffic?
Joe Schwieterman, a DePaul University professor who studies people's use of technology while traveling, said he can't envision a law so restrictive ever hitting the books because phone use has become commonplace for drivers. He called such an approach "draconian" and said that if such a law were passed, the public would despise it as "imperial overreach," then ignore it.
"It's a little like speeding laws where it will become just culturally acceptable to violate," he said. He said a no-call law would be followed only if violations carried stiff penalties like those for drunken driving.
Lewis Katz, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University, said a nationwide ban on using cellphones while driving would be wildly unpopular, and likely the target of legal challenges. But he believed such a law, and the methods police might use to enforce it, ultimately would be deemed as constitutional as seatbelt enforcement.
"I'm sure that it would be challenged on all sorts of constitutional grounds, including free speech," he said in a phone call from his car. "But it seems to me that it doesn't in any way infringe on any constitutional rights. It's a simple safety issue."
Whether the NTSB's recommendations will motivate decision-makers remains to be seen, but they have certainly caught their attention.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who has made combating distracted driving the signature issue of his tenure, stopped short of an endorsement. His department is separate from the NTSB.
"My focus is going to be on preaching to people: Take personal responsibility. Put your cellphone and your texting device in the glove compartment when you get behind the wheel of a car," LaHood told reporters at a news conference in Chicago. "You can't drive safely when you have your hand on a cellphone and are trying to drive a 4,000- 5,000 pound vehicle."
Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, a Republican, said he was wary. His state is among those that have resisted passing laws restricting drivers' cellphone use.
Cannon said future technological advances may prove more effective than legislation at addressing driver distraction issues. As an example, he cited his new iPhone, which can make phone calls and send text messages via voice command.
"In these attempts to try and prevent every bad thing from happening," he said, "it's all too easy to overly restrict personal freedoms and individual rights and responsibilities."
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, the top law enforcement official in Palm Beach County, Fla., said that if lawmakers take the NTSB's suggestions to heart, they should address all manner of distracted driving.
"I see women putting makeup on. I see a guy with an electric shaver. I see one woman with a newspaper. I see a guy with a dog in his hands. All of those are worse than texting," he said.
Monique Bond, a spokeswoman for the Illinois State Police, said training would be key to enforcing any ban. Officers are already looking for unbuckled seat belts and swerving drivers; they'd have to add to their mental checklists.
"It's something that is not insurmountable," Bond said. "How you're going to spot it, or how you're going to look for it - you have to acclimate the troops and acclimate the operations as to how to do this."
Chief Walter McNeil of Quincy, Fla., president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, said enforcement of a total ban would be difficult, but that distracted driving needs to be addressed.
"We certainly need to deal with the overall problem with distracted drivers, and getting some level of uniformity in how we enforce that would be helpful," he said.
Associated Press writer Dave Collins in Hartford, Conn., contributed to this report.


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The Farr Side: Clarkson will be a natural with talk show
Kelly Clarkson just might be America's reigning sweetheart. The singer, songwriter, actress, author and television personality is about to get even more "likable," if that's even possible. "The Kelly Clarkson Show" premiered Sept. 9, on NBC daytime.
When I first learned about her talk show, I was like, "This is a no brainer!" She's the perfect person to host her own TV talk show. No other person out there right now could do a show like this one is being touted, except for maybe Pink. I'd want to watch her show, too, if she had one.
Clarkson is so down-to-earth, which, in turn, makes her entirely relatable. Toss in the fact that she's very humbled by her success and very sincere with her career. She also gets a little star-struck around other celebrities with whom she's always admired, which, again, is rather charming.
Having her own show also adds another dimension to her already hectic life. She's a successful recording artist as well as a returning "Coach" on TV's "The Voice," which returns Sept. 23. Couple those big jobs with her most important job, being a mom to four children, and you've got a machine. I trust she can handle the pressure. After all, she was the first to survive Simon Cowell.
It's almost hard to believe that its been 17 years since Clarkson won the inaugural season of TV's biggest reality talent show, "American Idol." Then, at 20, is when America fell in love with the girl from Burleson, Texas. She sang her way into our hearts and homes week after week to ultimately claim the coveted prize of being named our first "American Idol."
Since then, Clarkson has been a major force in the music business. Winning the show gave her an instant record deal, plus a massive fan base from the get-go. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This," topped Billboard's Hot 100 and became the best-selling single of 2002.
The accolades continued with each album release and her star just seemed to get bigger and brighter. What was so amazing was that she remained grounded - that is almost unheard of when celebrity takes over.
She has sold over 28 million albums and nearly 50 million singles worldwide, all the while placing 27 singles on the Hot 100. Some her biggest hits include "Since U Been Gone," "Because Of You," "Walk Away," "Breakaway," "Never Again," "Already Gone," "All I Ever Wanted," "Mr. Know It All," "Don't You Wanna Stay" (with Jason Aldean), "Catch My Breath," "Invincible," "Piece By Piece," "Love So Soft" and her other No. 1′s "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "Stronger."
I've been fortunate to see her perform live three times and each time I come away an even bigger fan.
Her return to TV came as a surprise to many when she accepted NBC's offer to be a coach on "The Voice," TV's other big reality entertainment show. There was a lot of hoopla over her not choosing to go with ABC's reboot of "Idol," but Clarkson saw "The Voice" as a better opportunity to connect with aspiring singers. Team Kelly has been victorious both seasons she's been a coach. Is a third win in her future?
With Grammy's, AMA's, Billboard Awards, ACM's and numerous other honors, she's still just your typical girl - a girl who loves people and loves to talk with them. "The Kelly Clarkson Show" is more of what we already love.
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Washington (CNN) - In 2008, Twitter was a new, fledgling platform that had yet to reveal itself as useful for campaigns and media outlets, and Facebook was still viewed as a message board for college students.
Fast-forward to 2012, when nearly every campaign - for everyone from Mitt Romney and President Obama to the local sheriff – employed targeted strategies online to raise campaign cash, advance their message, and speak directly to both supporters and persuadable voters.
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The 2012 contest, said Google's Vice President for Public Policy Susan Molinari, was the "first real digital election" – a sentiment voiced by many digital and political experts gathered at CNN and Google's "Exploring the 2012 Digital Election" event held Wednesday in Washington.
Online platforms acted as an "early warning system" for candidates, said Google's Andrew Roos, pointing to spikes in search activity for phrases like "binders full of women" and "Big Bird" after they were uttered by GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
Facebook's Jamie Smolski said 2012 was the first cycle when political items had the capacity to go viral online – including the election night photo of a newly re-elected president hugging his wife that became Facebook's most shared photo ever.
But metric trends don't end at viral photos and funny memes. Increasingly, the web is offering predictive tools that could become essential for campaigns looking to gauge their position ahead of important contests. Charles Scrase, Google's head of elections, issue advocacy and non-profits, said search volume had become "so prominent we're able to predict the outcome of primary elections," including Rick Santorum's surprise Iowa caucus win in January.
One shift from 2008, said multiple digital experts, was how voters viewed major events on the political calendar, including the two party conventions and the three presidential debates. Unlike in 2008, when those events were largely viewed only on televisions, voters this cycle were increasingly likely to watch on multiple screens.
"T.V. is no longer commanding the full attention of the audience," said Scrase, pointing to statistics showing 8 in 10 viewers watching debates with a companion device - a smartphone, a tablet, or a computer.
What voters do with those second screens is just as important, both for campaigns and for media outlets looking to gain eyes on their content. Scrase said voters were both fact checking candidates in real time, and connecting with fellow viewers to create a conversation.
Twitter's Peter Greenberger said the interplay between the horizontal screen (television) and vertical screen (tablet or smartphone) was becoming critical for candidates looking to reach audiences of persuadable voters. He pointed to successes by entertainment programmers in developing online conversations around their products' among devoted followers – including the rabid fans of the Real Housewives franchise.
"A presidential election is nothing if not the world's greatest reality show," he said. "Just as we're online talking about the housewives in each city, we're talking about the candidates and the campaigns. There's a real opportunity for candidates to engage with voters."
Online targeting provides "much more flexibility" than older methods like direct mail and phone calls, said Karl Agne of the research firm Gerstein, Bocian and Agne.
Voters view the internet as a more trusted source, he said, pointing to feedback from voters who say the internet as a whole is more objective since it allows them access to any and all information about a candidate or an issue.
Scrase said that phenomenon extended to the timing of voters' online activity – which is occurring earlier than ever before.
"People want to gather information earlier," Scrase said, saying 51% of voters were looking for information about the election more than a year before Election Day.
That early interest is part of the reason digital directors for both campaigns stressed the importance of investing in a digital effort early on. Romney's digital guru Zac Moffatt said it would have been helpful to build their digital team further ahead of time before Romney won the nomination. When they "ramped," as he called it, and went from a primary to general campaign, they had to expand staff and resources at an exponential rate.
It wasn't just Moffatt who realized the benefit of investing early. Even though Obama senior adviser Andrew Bleeker was on the winning team, he said if they had to do it all over again, "we'd spend twice as much" early on.
Social media also changed how reporters covered the 2012 contest – which was marked by rapid pace news cycles and a steady flow of misinformation that was easily propagated online.
One area where Obama's team held an advantage, said CNN's Peter Hamby, was top members of the campaign's willingness to participate in the online conversation. Senior Romney advisers were less visible
"Having the weight of David Axelrod come down on a story on Twitter could influence assignment editors, producers, reporters," he said.
"They don't just send you an email anymore," added USA Today's Jackie Kucinich.
- CNN's Ashley Killough contributed to this report


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Minn. disaster aid meetings: Should they be open or closed?
ST. PAUL -- State leaders agree they want to provide financial aid to communities affected by summer storms, but disagree about whether meetings producing legislation should be open or closed.
ST. PAUL -- State leaders agree they want to provide financial aid to communities affected by summer storms, but disagree about whether meetings producing legislation should be open or closed.
The Dayton administration and a few legislators soon are to begin developing plans to help Minnesota communities recover. The governor's office says those meetings will be closed to the public.
"Legislation is not typically prepared in public meetings," Dayton Press Secretary Katharine Tinucci said. "A relatively small group of legislators and staff will be working to prepare legislation for a special session, and they will be working closely with other legislators and civic leaders from the affected areas, to make sure that their needs are met."
House Majority Leader Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, disagreed that legislation normally is produced in private, but said specifics about how the meetings will be conducted have not been set.
Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem, R-Rochester, said he is a strong advocate for meeting in public.
"As we go forward with this, it would be well if we opened it up, let the citizens of the state of Minnesota observe this process," Senjem said. "We want to put the bill together in the light of day not in the dark of night."
The senator said last year's private budget negotiations with Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders did not work out well, and ended with a government shutdown.
"There is no reason in my mind that this should not be open," Senjem added.
Whether open or closed, the meetings are to produce a package funding government recovery costs from June's northeast and southeast Minnesota flood and other storm damage, and perhaps early July's northern Minnesota wind damage. The completed package is expected to be approved in a late-August special legislative session.
A federal decision also likely will be discussed. Federal officials rejected Minnesota's request to financially help individuals affected by last month's floods.
The state may appeal the decision within 30 days.
Septic situation
Rep. Larry Howes, R-Walker, said that the state has not approved individual assistance for past disasters, but he wants to look at a specific situation: septic systems.
Floods can ruin the systems, sending pollution into the streams and lakes, said Howes, chairman of the House public works committee and a key lawmaker in writing a disaster-relief package.
Howes said he wants to examine whether the state could provide low-interest loans to fix private septic systems. Dean said the state can help speed relief, but traditionally does not give money to individuals.
"We want to make sure the agencies are doing everything they can to help individual property owners and business owners to deal with their insurance companies and getting up and running," Dean said.
The federal government earlier declared 13 counties in the northeast and just south of the Twin Cities disaster areas from last month's floods. That decision will provide federal aid to pay local governments' cost in recovering from the storms, but does not provide help to individuals or businesses.
Dayton and top lawmakers say they expect a one-day legislative session to approve the pre-written aid package. Howes said he thinks two or three meetings will be needed to put together the finance plan.
Tinucci said despite the meetings being closed to the public, "I expect there will be ample opportunity for public input before the special session takes place."
$108 million in damage
The state estimates that government facilities sustained at least $108 million in June storm damage. Federal funds are expected to pay for 75 percent of that, with the state kicking in the rest.
The Dayton administration has asked federal officials to assess damage from July 2-4 wind storms in northern Minnesota that especially damaged and destroyed trees in Beltrami and Itasca counties. The disaster declaration would include five counties and two American Indian reservations.
State leaders said they may consider other disaster-related legislation, including help for a paper plant destroyed by fire and funds for Wadena and Rushford, still recovering from previous weather damage.


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China has for the first time tested a hypersonic missile vehicle designed to travel several times the speed of sound, according to the Pentagon.
The test makes China the second country after the United States to conduct experimental flights with hypersonic vehicles, a technology that could allow armies to rapidly strike distant targets anywhere around the world.
"We're aware of the test of the hypersonic vehicle but we are not commenting on it," said Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Pool, a Pentagon spokesman.
The flight was conducted on 9 January and the Chinese vehicle, dubbed the WU-14, is supposed to travel at Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound, according to a report in the Washington Free Beacon, an online publication.
The Chinese state-run broadcaster China Radio International quoted the defence ministry information office as saying: "China's planned domestic scientific research and experiments are normal and are not aimed at any country or target."
It did not explicitly confirm or deny the test.
In its annual report on China's military the Pentagon made no mention of hypersonic test flights but did say the Chinese had built a hypersonic wind tunnel for experiments.
China's surging economic power has been matched by increasing military might, including investments in an aircraft carrier, anti-ship ballistic missiles, satellites and other hardware.
Three Republican lawmakers including the House armed services committee chairman, Howard "Buck" McKeon, expressed concern over the test of what they called a "Chinese hypersonic cruise missile" and said the US military was falling behind.
"While round after round of defence cuts have knocked America's technological advantage on its back, the Chinese and other competitor nations push toward military parity with the United States; in some cases, as in this one, they appear to be leaping ahead of us," they said.
"This situation does nothing to support peaceful coexistence in the Pacific," added the statement, also signed by representatives Randy Forbes and Mike Rogers.
The US has placed a high priority on hypersonic projects, spending $200m in the 2013 fiscal year on three programmes while conducting a number of test flights.


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Four of the five blasts occurred in the Shiite heartland in the southern region of Iraq
Another was in Mahmoudiya, a predominantly Sunni area just south of Baghdad
No one immediately claims responsibility
Iraq has seen an uptick in violence in recent months
The longstanding bad blood between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq boiled Monday amid another round of attacks: the killing of 25 people and wounding of dozens more in five car bombings.
Four of the blasts occurred in the Shiite heartland in the southern region of Iraq.
Two car bombs exploded near a busy outdoor market in Amara, killing 13 people and wounding 24 others. A bomb went off near an outdoor market in Diwaniya, killing six people and wounding 20 others. And two people died and 11 others were wounded in a bombing at a commercial area in Karbala.
Another blast occurred in Mahmoudiya, a predominantly Sunni area just south of Baghdad. Four people were killed and 14 others were wounded in that attack.
Iraq pulls plug on 'misleading' TV networks
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, nor was it clear whether they were related.
But the fighting has prompted fears among Iraqi leaders and international powers that the tensions between Sunnis and Shiites could escalate and bring a return of the full-blown sectarian war that raged last decade.
Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government last decade, Sunni Arabs have been politically marginalized and Shiites, who represent a majority of Iraqis, have emerged with more power.
There have been protests for months by Sunni Arabs against the Shiite-led government and its prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. The anger has escalated since a confrontation last week between police and protesters in Hawija.
The International Crisis Group last week said that the "failure to integrate Sunni Arabs into a genuinely representative political system in Baghdad risks turning Iraq's domestic crisis into a broader regional struggle."
"The most urgent task today is to tamp down the flames, and the burden for this lies above all with the government," the Belgium-based think tank said in a report.
"The country is at a crossroads," said Martin Kobler, U.N. special representative in Iraq.


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It was a book that did it. Titled something along the lines ofHow to Do Disney without Losing Feeling in Your Feet Using D-Day Planning Tactics to Forge Through Disney World
or maybe , the book that a friend had lent me scared the bejesus out of me. So, four years ago, we went to Sea World instead.
This year, though, I summoned up the courage to take the kids to Disney World, but only because it was September, which, the guidebooks say, is one of the least crowded times at Disney World. Also, the hottest, but with wait times as short as 0 minutes, that didn't matter so much. What mattered was that all four of us were on the same page when it came to doing Disney.
School didn't start until this week in our town, so we, like dozens of our neighbors, took advantage of the smaller crowds at the place "where dreams come true," and headed to Disney World last week. Every morning at nine, we strolled through the gates, giggling to ourselves when the "cast members" wished us well.
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"Hey, Dad," my 11-year-old said sarcastically, waving. "Have a wonderful Mickey day!"
Then we headed over to our first choice of rides before the crowds got there - or what counts for a crowd in September at Disney. We were among the first into the Haunted Mansion, which was exactly as my husband and I remembered it from our childhood trips to Disney. There was no wait time at the Swiss Family Tree House, and, just when the Floridian heat and humidity started to get to us, we breezed onto Splash Mountain to cool off.
Hollywood Studios was a bit more crowded, but we managed to see the main attractions before the people started pouring into that Disney park. We all enjoyed the Star Tours ride, modeled after Star Wars, and we got to eat at the 50's Prime Time Café, a restaurant modeled after a 1950's kitchen that's normally darn near impossible to get into. At Epcot, we hit all the major rides in Future Word. But when the sign outside one ride warned of a 70-minute wait time, the kids vetoed it. We were getting spoiled.
But by three or so every afternoon, we all had enough of our wonderful Mickey day. We were hot, tired and bordering on cranky, so we left the park to go swimming at the pool by the condo we had rented a few miles outside of Disney. Several nights, we ate in restaurants in Celebration, a town founded by The Walt Disney Company, though blessedly devoid of lines, animatronics and gift shops near every exit. It seems we all needed to decompress from the magic of Disney. Also, to shower.
On our last day in the park, we were getting tired. After we walked "around the world" to find something that all four of us wanted to eat at Epcot, the kids started asking what time it was. We whipped through the rest of the countries, stopping in Norway for the Viking boat ride and France for some bakery treats. But then, it was time to go home.
As we pulled away from Disney World, the kids didn't seem sad like they were when we left our Jersey shore vacation earlier this summer. They had done Disney, and now, they were done with Disney - until they take their own kids. But if go any other month besides September, Grandma's not coming along, no matter how wonderful a Mickey day they promise.


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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) wishes to announce that it will cease providing cutter numbers in LocatorPlus for most of the classification numbers assigned to print monographs that the Library catalogs. Cutter assignment will cease on June 21, 2010, with the exception of material being shelved in the NLM Reference collection or titles cataloged for the NLM History of Medicine Division.As the library looks to increase efficiencies in its cataloging practices, the time spent cuttering stood out as an inefficient activity. For the past 15 years, NLM has been shelving print monographs by accession number, rather than by call numbers, but has continued to provide fully shelflisted call numbers for the convenience of other libraries using NLM records. NLM is still committed to providing a classification number that reflects the subject of a book, in recognition that this information can be used widely by others. Cutter numbers, on the other hand, are unique to a particular collection. Libraries that use cutters to arrange their material on the shelf will not have identical collections to NLM, so cutters provided by NLM often need adjustments to arrange material properly on any particular library's shelves.Because NLM recognizes this may have an impact on the workflow in some libraries, we hope that the six month notice of this change will provide ample time for these libraries to make needed adjustments.
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Do you remember Wine Country Gangnam Style?
Well the same folks at Jordan Winery who did that parody have a new one out for the summer "Blurred Vines" which asks the question: who gets the girl–the wine geek or the wine dude? "Geeks obsess over wine lists, wine scores and winemaking techniques. Dudes love their wine but don't take it too seriously." So who gets the girl? Watch "Blurred Vines" to find out. #blurredvines (PS You can see my Gangnam Style parody "Chile Style" here!)
Here's the original Robin Thicke video "Blurred Lines." Here's another fabulous parody of it by Mod Carousel, a Seattle based boylesque troupe. And this "Blurred Lines" parody with Jimmy Kimmel is hilarious.
Thanks to Jordan's Lisa Mattson for showing us how to have fun with wine! And congrats to Jordan for being willing to take risks like this! Hmmn, I really should have been drinking and reviewing a Jordan wine while I posted this! Next time!
And remember that August 14 is the return of Wine Blogging Wednesday! Dry rose!


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No, it is not April 1st ... Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion has announced through a spokesperson that the rumours about his return to pro cycling are correct, and that he hopes to go for an eighth Tour title next year. Armstrong will be 37 years old at that time and if he won would become the oldest winner in Tour history. The reason for the return? To publicize the battle against cancer. A formal announcement of which team he will ride for has not yet been made, but it very hard to see it being anyone else than Astana and Johan Bruyneel. Let's see if ASO tries to keep Bruyneel's team out of the Tour now...
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text: May 14, 2010 - 12:38 BST hellomagazine.com The glamourous brunette dazzled in two gowns as the host of the ceremony Glam hostess Myleene brightened up the red carpet in her first gown - a vibrant yellow number... CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR GALLERY Photo: © Rex Thanks to the rise of shows like Pop Star to Opera Star and Britain's Got Talent, classical music has recently seen a resurgence in its popularity. So there were plenty of famous faces on the red carpet at the Classical Brit Awards this week, as the stars headed out to the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate achievement in the musical sphere. Causing quite a stir at the event was host Myleene Klass who was a classical violinist before becoming a pop star. The 32-year-old beauty went for full-on glamour, in not one, but two gorgeous gowns. First up was a vibrant yellow frill-fronted dress by Joe Challita which perfectly accentuated the mum-of-one's curves. A quick change later, and Myleene was ready for her hosting duties having slipped into a striking white strapless feathered Quintana Couture ball gown. The night's big winners were, without a doubt, Only Men Aloud. The 19-string male choir – winners of BBC's Last Choir Standing in 2008 – beat the Pope to the album of the year award with Band of Brothers, as well pipping 14-year-old Faryl Smith, a finalist on Britain's Got Talent in 2008, to the post. New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who also performed at the event, was named the recipient of the lifetime achievement award – an honour previously bestowed on stars of classical music including Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. Russian Vasily Petrenko – the chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Harmonic Orchestra - was named male artist of the year, while Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu was named best female artist. Stars including Hayley Westenra, Blake and Rhydian Roberts were also at the ceremony.