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02/11/08 21:01 by Jozef Kutej (jozef)
We are happy to announce that there will be also the 3rd day of the TwinCity Perl Workshop. On Sunday November 9th starting at 11:00am Jonathan Worthington will host hackathon.
The workshop provides lots of talks and, hopefully, some inspiration and ideas. The Hackathon is a chance to get together after the workshop and have time and space to do some more practical things. That doesn't have to be writing code - it's fine (and good) to use it to dig into a new project that you've not been involved with yet, discuss and bounce around ideas and so forth.
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The other day I ran across a super simple recipe for baked brown rice. I normally cook my brown rice on the stove and thought it might be a little easier to bake. Amy over at Simply Sugar & Gluten-free posted her version of this recipe the other day & I just knew that I had to try it.
I modified the recipe slightly. Here is the recipe that I used:
Coconut Baked Brown Rice
1 cup light coconut milk (I used Trader Joe's)
1 1/3 cup water
1 1/2 cups brown rice (I used short grain)
1 tsp salt
Dash of pepper
Preheat oven to 375.
1. Microwave liquids together until they come to a boil.
2. Place rice & salt in a 1.5 qt. baking dish.
3. Pour boiling liquid over rice & stir.
4. Cover well and then bake for an hour (until rice is tender & all liquid is absorbed).
5. Remove cover & fluff with fork. Cover lightly & let sit for 5 min & serve.
This rice was awesome!! Jon raved about it! The coconut milk added a great flavor. I served this along side of BBQ chicken breast, asparagus & salad. This recipe is super easy & now the way I will be making rice from now on!
I found a new use for some of my raspberries that I bought the other day. Ice cubes!!! I took 5 frozen raspberries & placed them in my glass of chardonnay. OMG….awesome! The frozen raspberries kept the chardonnay super cold and didn't dilute it. Also, the raspberries were super tasty once the wine was gone.
Lara Bar news. Yesterday I posted about the shrinking Lara Bars. Sarah from Lara Bar contacted me and has offered to replace any of the bars that were smaller than the "normal" size. Thank you Sarah & Lara Bar. 🙂
Happy hump day!! Only 2 more days until the long weekend!! Do you have any fun plans for the Holiday weekend?
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The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed male porn star. The character was modeled on American porn actor John Holmes. The film was later expanded into Anderson's successful 1997 breakout film Boogie Nights.
Dirk Diggler (Michael Stein) was born as Steven Samuel Adams on April 15, 1961 outside of Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents are a construction worker and a boutique shop owner who attend church every Sunday and believe in God. Looking for a career as a male model, Diggler drops out of school at age 16 and leaves home. Jack Horner (Robert Ridgely) discovers Diggler at a falafel stand. Diggler meets his friend, Reed Rothchild (Eddie Delcore), through Horner in 1979, while working on a film.
Horner slowly introduces Diggler to the business until Diggler became noticeable within the industry. Diggler becomes a prominent model and begins appearing in pornographic films. Diggler has critical and box office hits which leads him to stardom. The hits and publicity lead to fame and money, which lead Diggler to the world of drugs. With the amount of money Diggler is making he is able to support both his and Rothchild's addictions. The drugs eventually cause a breakup between Diggler and Horner, since Diggler is having issues with his performance on set.
After the breakup Diggler tries to make a film himself, but it is never completed. He then attempts a music career, which is successful but leads him deeper into drugs because of the amount of money he is making. He then stars in a TV show, which is a failure both critically and commercially. Having failed and with no work, Diggler returns to the porn industry, taking roles in low-budget homosexual films to help support his habit. On July 17, 1981, during a film shoot, Diggler dies of a drug overdose.
The film ends with a quote from Diggler: "All I ever wanted was a cool '78 'Vette and a house in the country."
The film was Anderson's first real production having experimented with what he called "standard fare". Anderson conceived the film when he was 17 years old and a senior at Montclair College Preparatory School. Anderson called his friend Michael Stein, telling him to come over for a production meeting, and told Stein his idea: "John Holmes". Stein loved the idea and was cast to play the role of Dirk Diggler; he selected his own wardrobe. Stein showed Anderson some video of his friend Eddie Dalcour, who was a professional body builder, which Anderson loved and cast him in the role of Reed Rothchild. Anderson's father, Ernie Anderson, narrated the film and Robert Ridgely, a friend of Anderson's father, played the role of Jack Horner
The film was shot in 1987 using a video camera and steadicam provided by Anderson's father. Some scenes were shot at a motel. Anderson raised money for the film by cleaning cages in a pet store. Being influenced by This is Spinal Tap at the time, he decided to do a mockumentary and used the John Holmes documentary, Exhausted, as a model for the film, even taking some dialogue almost word-for-word. Anderson worked from a shot list and wanted the actors to be serious since the characters took their work seriously. Anderson edited the film using two VCRs. According to Anderson, the film drew admiring laughs when it was was shown at a University of Southern California film festival.
The Dirk Diggler Story was expanded into Anderson's 1997 breakout film Boogie Nights with a number of scenes appearing almost verbatim in both films. Two actors had roles in both films; in Boogie Nights, Robert Ridgely played The Colonel, a pornography financier, and Michael Stein had a cameo appearance as a stereo store customer. The main differences between The Dirk Diggler Story and Boogie Nights are the mockumentary versus narratives styles in the former and latter films, respectively; Diggler's stint in gay porn in the first film versus his prostitution in the second; and Diggler's dying from an overdose in the first film versus his happy return to his former roles and lifestyle in the second.
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Food passes from the stomach into the small intestine. In the small intestine all nutrient absorption occurs. Whatever has not been absorbed by the small intestine passes into the colon. In the colon most of the water is absorbed from the food residue. The residue is then eliminated from the body as feces.


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Lukewarm reviews aside, the people of Speak Up on Kotaku have embraced Capcom's endless fantasy adventure. Commenter Ursus-Veritas leads the pawn-sharing charge with his own virtual girlfriend, Aveline. Who's up for some swapping?
Arisen of Kotaku, show us your Pawn (that sounds hilarious to my childish mind when said out loud)! Snap a picture of your Pawn and tell us about them.
This is Aveline, my sword-and-board warrior - fresh back from adventures with 4 other arisen, bringing a buttload of Rift Crystals with her! She's currently level 19, likes long walks on the beach (although not near the water, everyone seems to be petrified of it!) and keeping nasty things as far away as possible from my Strider Arisen, Lukas.
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AMI President Tells Vilsack USDA Has Legal Obligation to Provide Meat Inspection Even Under SequestrationFriday, February 8, 2013
(American Meat Institute)
AMI President J. Patrick Boyle today wrote Agriculture Secretary Vilsack reminding him of USDA's legal obligations to provide meat inspection even under sequestration. Boyle sent the letter in response to comments made by USDA to media that sequestration would result in an across-the-board furlough of as much as 15 days for all Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) employees, including inspectors.
In the comments, USDA also said that production will shut down for that time period, impacting approximately 6,290 establishments nationwide and costing roughly over $10 billion in production losses. USDA further told reporters that industry workers would experience over $400 million in lost wages and that consumers would experience limited meat and poultry supplies and potentially higher prices.
"We agree with the assessment that furloughing inspectors would have a profound, indeed devastating, effect on meat and poultry companies, their employees, and consumers, not to mention the producers who raise the cattle, hogs, lamb, and poultry processed in those facilities," Boyle said. "AMI respectfully disagrees with the Department's assertion is that, in the event of sequestration, the furloughs referenced are necessary and legal. The Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (the Acts) impose many obligations on the inspected industry, which we strive to meet. Those Acts, also however, impose an obligation on the Department – to provide inspection services."
Boyle noted that a significant percentage of the Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) budget goes to personnel salaries, but not all of those funds are used to pay the inspectors necessary to allow establishments to operate.
" Rather than impose across the board furloughs that will lead to plant closures, it is incumbent upon the Department to examine the options available to it, e.g., suspending certain non-essential programs and furloughing non-essential personnel within the 13 different offices (only one of which involves inspectors in plant) that make up FSIS," he wrote.
"Such an approach would enable FSIS to meet its obligations under a sequestration scenario and satisfy its statutory obligation to provide inspection pursuant to the Acts," he concluded. "By doing so the Department would avoid inflicting unnecessary hardship on the more than 500,000 people who work in the meat and poultry industry and the more than one million livestock and poultry producers whose livelihoods also depend on those plants operating, and would also disruption of supplies to the 95 percent of Americans who make meat and poultry a nutritious part of their diets.
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It's Super Bowl week, but before we get to the big game on Sunday, we'll see the Super Bowl of political set pieces Tuesday when President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address.
Trump is expected to strike a more bipartisan tone in setting an agenda for his second year in office, including a push for infrastructure investment and immigration legislation.
He'll likely also tout the economy, which grew 2.5 percent in 2017, up from 1.9 percent the year before — and spike the football on the tax bill he signed into law last month, calling it the "biggest tax cut and reform in American history." (Just for the record, again: It is not the largest tax cut ever passed in the U.S.)
Trump's speech, including his claims about the economy, will inevitably provide plenty of fodder for fact-checkers.
Here's an overview of the U.S. economy and America's fiscal outlook:
The Economy Is Humming Along
U.S. GDP grew 2.5 percent last year (or 2.3 percent, depending on how the figure is calculated). Either way, the economy is posting solid growth, though it is not expanding at the 3 percent or 4 percent annual rate Trump has promised. Still, the consensus outlook for 2018 projects solid growth to continue.
Unemployment Is at Its Lowest Level Since 2000
The unemployment rate is at 4.1 percent. Employers added 2.1 million jobs in 2017, which was the lowest annual total in seven years — though it's no surprise that job growth has slowed at this stage of the economic recovery.
Corporate Profits Are High …
Corporate profits have been rising for years, and by some measures now sit at record highs. Many analysts think they have likely peaked, with wage pressure finally building to claim a larger share of earnings. However, profits could remain at their current lofty levels or even climb further once the GOP tax cuts take effect.
… but Business Investment Is Not
Republicans say their overhaul of the tax code will boost domestic investment in the U.S., raising GDP growth while producing higher wages for workers. It's too soon to tell just how much impact the new tax rules will have on private investment, but it's clear that there's plenty of room for improvement. While nonresidential private investment as a percentage of GDP has risen off its 2010 low, it's still below previous peaks, and the long-term trend is getting weaker.
Wages Are Rising, Slowly
Average hourly earnings grew 2.5 percent last year, slightly faster than inflation, which rose 2.1 percent in the 12 months through December. "We need to see wage growth in this country, something we haven't seen in almost a decade," Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, said recently. The big question now: Will companies actually pass some of their tax cuts on to employees in the form of raises?
And Some Workers Are Coming Off the Sidelines
While the overall labor force participation rate has bounced around at or under 63 percent for many months, more "prime-aged workers" — those between 25 and 54 years old — appear to be reentering the working world over the last couple of years.
"Higher wage growth should induce some of these additional labor force non-participants to enter the labor market," the White House Council of Economic Advisers said earlier this month. "If so, a return to the pre-Recession participation rate for prime-age workers would result in an additional 1.7 million Americans back at work. There is some evidence of this positive trend already: A greater share of prime-aged men were employed or looking for work in December 2017 than at any other point since May 2011."
The Federal Deficit Is Headed Toward $1 Trillion
Trump wants to increase funding for the military, and Congress is looking to increase overall spending by about $250 billion over two years. Then there's the potential cost of a much-needed infrastructure plan. Will any of the increased federal spending be paid for? Will fiscal fights derail an infrastructure plan? As it is, the federal deficit is projected to reach $1 trillion a year by 2019.
And the National Debt Keeps Climbing
If the economy is chugging along, was this the right time to pass tax cuts (largely benefiting companies and the wealthy) that will add about $1.5 trillion to the national debt over the coming decade? Or should we be positioning ourselves to better weather the next recession? Higher debt levels may make it harder to deal with the next inevitable downturn.


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Just in time for the holidays, Merry Christmas went to jail.
Christmas, 44, was busted last night in Boynton Beach, accused of obstruction, according to the Palm Beach Post.
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Race season is upon us. Make the most of yours with our road-tested rights and wrongs so you'll know exactly what to do (and, ahem, what you can get away with) before your next fit event.
By Marissa Stephenson, SELF
DON'T be afraid to booze a bit before
We're not talking blackout bender, but a Friday afternoon bloody or a Saturday night beer will not make or break your PR. (Trust us. We did both before last week's Seaside School Half-Marathon -- and PR'd!) If you've trained hard and stuck to a reasonable diet for weeks, maybe even months, your body won't fall apart over a few ounces of alcohol. And it may be just the thing your mind needs to shake the nerves and allow you to relax.
DO have a shake out -- and it doesn't have to be a run
The day before, you want a micro workout that loosens and primes your muscles to kill it the next morning. That can be a quickie run, but feel free to cross-train -- a dozen laps in the pool, a yoga session, a 30-minute ride on a fat-tire bike. All good options.
DON'T just carbo-load on bread
Yes, the two days prior to your race you should be amping carbs so that they account for about 60 to 70 percent of what you eat; this will help store much-needed fuel in your muscles, say SELF contributing experts and New York City dieticians Willow Jarosh and Stephanie Clarke. But you still need protein and healthy fats, so this isn't carte blanche to go on the pancake diet. (Though that sounds like an amazing diet.) This platter, pictured, represents a family-sized version of what your plate should look like at each meal: Half of it brightly colored produce, a quarter lean protein, and a quarter whole grains or starchy veggies. One hundred percent delicious.
DO plan for more than the race... with one caveat
Whether you're in for a destination tri or the local 10K, it's easy to have tunnel-vision when planning your weekend. But if you don't plot fun things for the day before you bib-up, you'll just obsess about your pace and whether you're ready. Preoccupy yourself. Spend time at the Expo (often they'll have cool demos, talks and giveaways), cruise a new town, chill with friends. Just, you know, don't make the itinerary four hours of museum walking or standing at a concert. Stack that kind of time on your feet for the end of the weekend itinerary.
DON'T change your morning ritual
That breakfast you had before last week's long run, and the week before that, and the week before that? That's what you're having race morning. No substitutions. You've tested it (ahh, right?) and you know it works for your stomach and gives you enough fuel for the first miles. Our go-to: Delicious Nuttzo spread over a banana for the perfect combo of muscle-fueling carbs and protein, plus a large cup of coffee for get-up, but not too much go.
DO roll out pre-start
Three minutes is enough to wake up and loosen muscles, and relax any kinks. [NOTE: This hard, knobby foam roller was dangerously close to a "don't"; stick with softer and/or smooth rollers if your muscles are tight.]
Don't forget about your finish line pic
You will have one -- and it's up to you to make it more memorable than sucking wind and looking spent. Throw your hands in the air, pump your fist, or follow associate fitness editor Jaclyn Emerick's lead and grab a roadie from the crowd to guzzle. At the bare minimum, look up and smile! You did it, girl.
DO hit up the free massage table afterward
Even if there's a line of runners queuing up, don't sweat it; this is worth the wait. Research shows that just 10 minutes of massage post-workout can help you feel less sore the next day. More important, it'll feel amazing that instant.
DON'T say no to any treat post race
You know how they say calories don't count on your birthday? Well, HBD, because the same goes for the hours after the finish line. You killed it on the course, we know, so feel good eating or drinking whatever you please afterward -- it's just this one day. We doubled -- fine, tripled -- down on roasted banana, coconut and chocolate-chunk cakes. Total truth: Though they're ridiculously tasty, they're also kinda healthy.
DO take a rest day
Just like drinks and treats, you earned a break. Take a day, two, three even -- but then immediately create and write down your next goal. Could be a race. Or maybe it's deadlifting your body weight, holding Crow's pose, or trying every group class on your gym's schedule. Just as long as your goal's lined up, so you don't let up.
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If It's Broken, They Fix It
Jul 30, 2014, 3:25 PM, Posted by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
By "broken," we mean medical equipment or processes that could use a little improvement—and sometimes a lot of improvement. And by "they," we mean nurses who harness the power of their own creativity, often using whatever material they have on hand—and sometimes taking inventiveness to a whole new level.
They call them MakerNurses, eager participants in the emerging "maker" movement. One MakerNurse, Roxana Reyna, RN, of Corpus Christi, was honored at the White House Maker Faire for her innovative wound-care techniques in caring for infants born with their organs outside of their bellies, sparing them immediate surgery.
RWJF supports such nurse-inventors through the Little Devices @ MIT initiative's MakerNurse program, because they hold the potential to make health care more effective and affordable.
It's a sound investment with even larger possibilities, said RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, writing in the professional social networking site LinkedIn.
"The "maker" movement has the potential to empower all kinds of people to devise the solutions that make possible a Culture of Health—not just nurses, but caregivers, patients, and family members, all creating and sharing devices and ideas that improve health."
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As an eyes-only experience, "Pain & Gain" is impressive, in an overbearing sort of way: long-lens shots of Miami sunsets, hot bodies around turquoise swimming pools, and big orange fireballs. Say what you will about Michael Bay's taste for brain-grindingly stupid dialogue, Swiss cheese plotting, and female characters in lip gloss and string bikinis. His signature style, total bayhem, is as unmistakable as the roar and diesel tang of a monster truck rally.
If that chaos-on-steroids quality is what you love about the guy, his latest will wallop your involuntary nervous system in the manner you enjoy. For everyone else, it will be death by aggravation.
In a story based on a real-life 1990s murder spree, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie play bonehead Florida bodybuilders. All around them, people are living large while our antiheroes, little men in big bodies, can barely scrape together the rent. After a session with a glib life coach (played to the arrogant hilt by Ken Jeong), Wahlberg decides that anything is possible for "a doer." And the quickest route to overnight wealth is doing some rich people. As in kidnap, extort and kill.
Wahlberg assures man-child Johnson that it'll be quick and painless. "I've watched a lot of movies," he says. "I know what I'm doing." The trio become spectacularly unsuccessful partners in crime.
The film plays out as a perverse comedy of errors. Their first mark, a deeply creepy Tony Shalhoub, is tough enough to stand up to long rounds of torture, refusing to sign over his property with near-inhuman bullheadedness. When it's time to dispose of him, he proves unkillable. He's given an OD of pills and liquor, put through a high-speed car crash, set afire and run over by the crooks twice. When he survives it all, the police understandably disbelieve his tale.
There's more, with Ed Harris as a sardonic private eye, a Christian-rocker gun dealer, a second round of fatal robberies and … never mind. It doesn't matter. Twists and subsidiary characters pile on, bloating the film beyond repair. Where inspired violent comedies like "Seven Psychopaths" and "Fargo" deliver their jolts with deadpan, tongue-in-cheek precision, "Pain & Gain" hits its thumb with the hammer. Every. Single. Time. Comedy relies on a clockwork connection between cause and unintended effect. Bay's movies are about the cacophony of everything happening at once. Here the camera flops around like a newly hooked fish.
Wahlberg, Mackie and especially Johnson have good looks, strong comic chops and innate amiability. Still, it's impossible to connect emotionally with their characters.
It would be nice to imagine that Bay is making a point that in movies good people are always beautiful, bad people are always ugly, and in real life it's often the opposite. But let's not kid ourselves, the guy is shallower than a puddle. His lead actors are presented as clueless dorks, not monsters. They dress up in Halloween ninja costumes to kidnap folks, how cute is that? Sure, they stack up severed limbs like cordwood, but they're really underdogs with some amusing flaws. Their victims are condescending jerks or worse, overweight women. They're photographed to look as unappealing as possible. They're asking for it.
The problem isn't the triple-gainer difficulty of making a yukfest out of a horrific crime. "Bernie," the Jack Black / Shirley MacLaine story of a real-life Texas killer, was brutally funny, disturbing and honest, fun to watch without making fun of its subjects. "Pain & Gain" could have been a dark comedy about lowlifes chasing the high life, but lacks the guiding vision to hold its clashing elements in balance. It drops the weights with a big, clattering crash.


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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
All About Asexual Relationships: A Recap
Over the past several months I've had a running series of posts on issues facing the asexual community in general and on asexual relationships in particular. I'm going to take a hint from Pretzelboy and have a post summing up the series so that it's easily readable. It all started out with:
What Asexual People Want- A quick overview of the issues facing the asexual community, which I break down into Support, Visibility, Institutionalization (I know, unfortunate word) and Relationships. I posit that asexual people have a relationship problem, and go into more depth in...
The Asexual Problem Part 1: Numbers- A discussion of the (temporarily) shitty outlook for asexual people that want to form romantic relationships with one another. Until we can get a good system in place to hook up asexy singles, a lot of people are going to have a problem finding the kind of intimacy that they want. But it ain't all that bleak, because...
The Asexual Problem Part 2: Language- Asexual people don't necessarily have a problem finding relationships, we just have a problem talking about them. Most of us have very, very poor language for talking about nonsexual intimacy. If we improve that language we can pretty much do it however we want whenever we want with whoever we want. (Yeehaw!)
The Magic Words Part 1: Focus on Relationships- To jumpstart the whole language discussion, I start talking about the language that I use personally. First rule: stop thinking in terms of "friends" and "partners," the binary sucks. Instead, just think in terms of "relationships" and explore the reasons why each relationship is unique. This has the added benefit of conceptually separating a relationship from the person with which you have that relationship (since relationships can often take on a mind of their own.)
The Magic Words Part 2: The Three T's- So if there are no friends or lovers, just "relationships" then how do you distinguish them? I talk about my personal system, which looks at Time, Touch, and Trust (which I used to call "Talk", but whatevs.)
The Magic Words Part 3: Using the Three T's- I flesh out the Three T's some more. They're not only a way to describe where a relationship is at, they're a way to think about growing it. I argue that spending time with someone leads to emotion (touch), expressing emotion leads to discussions about expectations which build trust, and trust makes people spend more time together. I think this cycle is the coolest shit ever.
The Magic Words Part 4: The Big Picture- Ok I lied, I actually think community is the coolest shit ever. After all, I'm not in just one relationship, I'm in a whole community of them. I talk about what it's like to actively build that community, what it feels like to depend on a community for my emotional needs, and how that community provides the kind of deep trust normally found in partnered relationships.
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President signs Tahoe legislation for Washoe Tribe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to preserve prime federal land at Lake Tahoe for the Washoe Tribe was signed Friday by President Bush, prompting tribal representatives to praise members of Nevada's congressional delegation for their help.
The bill designates 24 acres of federal land just north of Skunk Harbor, on Tahoe's east shore, for Washoe cultural purposes. It prohibits commercial, residential or recreational development.
Washoe Tribal Chairman Brian Wallace singled out U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., saying he worked on the bill for five years. He also said Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., co-sponsored the plan while U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., introduced a companion measure in the House.
The measure transfers the land from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior to be held in trust for the Washoe Tribe. At the tribe's insistence, there's a requirement that the land be left in its present natural state.
The transfer will give the Washoe people "a sanctuary and a place of solitude where they can go for important tribal ceremonies and cultural practices, many of which involve Lake Tahoe itself, the core of the Washoe's historic homeland and culture," Wallace said.
"It has been almost a century and a half since the Washoe people were forcibly removed from Lake Tahoe," said Wallace. "It has always been the center of our existence."


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|System: X360, PS3, Wii, PS2
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|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Active Vision
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|Release: Q3 2008
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|ESRB Rating: Pending
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April 1, 2008 - Guitar Hero enthusiasts whose musical tastes' fall on the extreme side of the audio spectrum are in for some seriously insane shredding this fall. Today Activision announced the next full installment in the Guitar Hero franchise will be an epic all-metal affair of ear destroying proportions. It will soon be time to raise your devil-horned fists to the sky and utter a prayer to the dark lords of heavy metal.
Set to hit the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, and Wii in late Q3 2008, Guitar Hero IV: Lords of Darkness will a feature a finger-blistering array of tracks across a wide spectrum of ultra-heavy styles including black metal, grind, power metal, thrash, and more. With over 50 main tracks to make players' ears bleed and over 30 unlockable bonus tunes to crank up to 11, Lords of Darkness is expected to be the most extreme Guitar Hero yet.
"Serious metal fans will be floored by the sheer shred-factor in Lords of Darkness. This isn't your mama's Guitar Hero," said Dusty Welch, head of publishing at RedOctane. "If your fingers aren't raw and bleeding by the time you hit the final boss, then we'll give you a refund. Lords of Darkness should give even best Guitar Hero players a run for their money while at the same time making a whole realm of ultra-heavy musical fun accessible to all audience. Well almost all audiences."
In a GameStop exclusive, the first 10,000 customers to pre-order Guitar Hero IV: Lords of Darkness will receive a complementary spiked leather wrist band. A new ultra-metal guitar peripheral variation is also in the works. Improved boss battles will put players head-to-head against the likes of Slayer's Kerry King, shred master Yngwie Malmsteen, and DragonForce guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman. A robust number of new venues will let you throw down the mosh for fans in countless dives, eerie clubs, and odd locales around the globe. Also, new brutal multi-player attacks include: spitting blood on an opponents' screen, smashing them in the face with your guitar, and ultra-mosh breakdowns, among others.
A partially confirmed track-list includes:
- Dillinger Escape Plan - "43% Burnt"
- Mayhem - "Deathcrush"
- Cradle of Filth - "Desire in Violent Overture"
- Cannibal Corpse - "Edible Autopsy"
- Yngwie Malmsteen - "Evil Eye"
- DragonForce - "Fury of the Storm
- HammerFall - "Hearts On Fire"
- Cephalic Carnage - "Hybrid"
- Napalm Death - "Puritanical Punishment Beating"
- Carcass - "Reek of Purification"
- God Forbid - "Reject the Sickness"
- Slayer - "Seasons In The Abyss"
- Kamelot - "Wings of Despair"
- Dillinger Escape Plan - "43% Burnt"
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Sixteen-year-old Yasser Lopez will likely have a "miraculous recovery" despite a three-foot spear having been thrust through his head.
"If you had to have a spear go through there [the head], then this spear chose the right path to go with the least damage," neurosurgeon Ross Bullock told ABC News.
The Reg admits to some puzzlement as to how Bullock could suggest any situation in which anyone would need to have had a spear go through their head, but in Lopez's case the intrusion was apparently an accident.
The young Floridian was speargun fishing when a friend, loading his high-powered device, accidentally discharged it into Lopez's face, where it entered his skull an inch above his right eye, traversed the left hemisphere of his brain, and juuust about poked through the back of his head.
Think you've had a bad day? Not as bad as Yasser Lopez's
"The tip, it didn't penetrate the skin but you could feel underneath the skin on the back of his head so we knew that it went all the way through," said assistant professor of surgery at Miami's Army Trauma Training Center, George Garcia, who treated Lopez.
"The temptation if you don't have experience with these things is, 'Oh well, pull it out'," Bullock told ABC News. "If you do that, most of the time it's uniformly fatal."
Luckily, the paramedics who stabilized Lopez and brought him to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital didn't succumb to that temptation.
After using a rebar tool and pliers to stabilize the portion of spear sticking out of Lopez's forehead, then cutting off enough of it with a hydraulic saw so that the unfortunate fisherman could fit into the hospital's CT scan, medics imaged the poor kid's head and discovered that the spear had missed not only all of the important blood vessels in Lopez's brain, but also the bits that control such niceties as his senses, heart rate, and breathing.
"All of these are structures that, if this had happened to affect those, he would not have been likely to have survived to even get to the hospital," Bullock said.
The surgical team also discovered that the spear had a screw-on tip that was slightly larger than the shaft's diameter which would have, as Bullock had suspected, done some nasty damage had the paramedics tried to yank the sucker out of Lopez's noggin.
Instead, Lopez underwent a three-hour operation to remove the spear and is now doing remakably well. "He's making pretty much a miraculous recovery," Bullock said. Although Lopez may have some ongoing problems with movement in the left side of his body, he may very well otherwise make a full recovery.
The mental recovery of Lopez's friend – the guy who watched his spear go through his buddy's skull – remains unknown. ®
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Bubs Concession Stand
Bubs is the handyman around the wonderful world of Homestar Runner. Without doubt, he is, by design, a fraud. But apparently nobody seems to give a dead moose's last shit and the other characters let Bubs swindle them out of countless amounts of money.
Said artifacts are kept hidden away within the catacombs within the stand that Bubs keeps watch over. Except when he isn't. During these times he ventures out to bestow his glory upon those who need it most, or whoever he happens to run into. He (supposedly) can fix anything, cars, TV's, marriages, as pointed out in his character video, a humble self-tribute to Bubs.
Bubs' true name[edit]
Bubs is known by all loving and true followers of his greed-driven self, as Bubs Concession Stand or Bubs C. Stand. When creating his shop, Bubs decided to name it after himself. Despite being teased in school about it. He decided to go for the gold and dub his store 'Bubs Concession Stand'.
Noble Quests[edit]
Wise Words[edit]
On one noble venture, the esteemed Bubs wandered across a hapless Strong Sad who was experiencing some difficulty ungluing his hands from his behind. The omnipitent and ever-vigilant Bubs then offered him a handy tidbit of wisdom. "Grabbin' your butt? That's not very ladylike." Deep. Very deep.
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File:Sbemail30.png Another case of Bubs assisting mortals with everyday problems and earthly dilemma's involved a conundrum involving a difficulty setting the time on Strong Bad's VCR. In his infinite wisdom, Bubs taped an alarm clock to said VCR, thus solving the dilemma of lacking time. However, his works were impeded and he would have come up with a solution far greater had the Cheat not refused to offer himself up in place of the alarm clock. Some little yellow creatures just do not know how to submit to true authority and claim a place among the creations of divinity.
Yet another occurnce happened in the very same garage that Bubs fixed Strong Bad's VCR within. Bubs assisted Strong Bad in opening a golden record case with his head, shattering the glass and freeing the contents trapped within.
Humble Service[edit]
In another act of charity, Bubs alleiviates Strong Bad of a CD of 5,000 email adresses, and donates a large sum of money to the masked crusader, then, in yet another act of charity, he adds the misguided email adresses to his mailing 'spamertisement' list. A charity organization providing important information about consumable products that people with little or no information or awareness about receive entirely free of charge.
Enhanced Android Manufacture[edit]
Bubs also builds a robot of Strong Bad out of a box of Grape'n'nuts. It merely sits there and proclaims "Come back Alie... come back Alie's sister", Strong Bad is then overcome with awe, proclaiming the Bubs has truly created a perfect redition of him in robot form.
The World[edit]
Using the alias Dry Ragamoofin, he saved the world from the moist evils of his nemisis Damp Towelman by pushing the wet villain over the edge of a cliff. In a waterwheel. Filled with zombie lemmings.
Other beliefs[edit]
Sick and perverted infidels and skeptics alike are too stupid to conform with the commonly accepted knowledge of Bubs' divinity, and simple believe him to be a creepy orange blob who pawns items of insignificant value in a successful attempt to recurringly con his community. This however is rediculous.
Doubted Wisdom[edit]
For instance, these lowly-thinking people claim that Bubs' advice for Strong Sad is utterly unhelpful and rediculous. They however, cannot accept that Bubs is of a higher level of thinking and wisdom that they cannot hope to understand.
They also hold, that despite its effectiveness, taping an alarm clock to a VCR isn't nearly as efficient as simply setting the time. This article will not stoop to explaining why they are wrong.
They also claim that he was a mere tool of an act of cruelty by Strong Bad when the record case was opened on his head. Oh ye of little faith. Can you not see that Bubs is capable of destroying his enemies with a mere flick of his will? If Strong Bad was foolish enough to attack Bubs, it would only be by the grace of the large orange ball of a God that he lived.
And in the lowest act of slander and outrage, these infidels openly accuse Bubs of illegally purchasing Email adresses in order to distribute a large number of 'spam advertisements' to unwilling users. For shame.
The Thnikkaman[edit]
Many infidels will claim that this is Bubs with a 'th' sticky-taped to his chest and some cool shades, they are pigs. With his catchy entrance and exit tunes which seem to be sung by a host of invisible voices, and his wise motto, "Yeah. shut up kids" it has been clear from the start that the Thnikkaman possess powers and wisdom that may almost rival Bubs himself. However, he is found lacking in a holy Concession Stand (Though he does have a Baloney Sandwich Truck) and in a sufficient history and tradition, his followers are also fleeting and consist of temporarily distracted disciples of Bubs. These points make him a mere passing and shallow fancy, like a harry potter to Bubs' lord of the rings or star wars.


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Beach volley fans should mark the International Beach Volley Tournament in Alcudia in their calendars, which is set to take place on 24, 25 and 26 May. Beach Volley Around the World, in collaboration with the city of Alcudia, is organising this fascinating tournament in Majorca.
The tournament is to be held in the unbeatable surroundings of Majorca and in one of the areas of the island that has the best fine-white-sand beaches for the fans of this sport, such as the Alcudia Beach. This event, which year after year is attended by sportsmen and women from all over Europe, will feature three tournaments:
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Property buying in the Fethiye area of Turkey means you get more per square metre than most other areas of Turkey.
Investment property, holiday homes, or permanent homes can be purchased in Fethiye, in a range of areas, whether it be a stylish luxury villa in Ovacik with stunning Oludeniz sea views, a seafront apartment in the Calis Beach area, an exclusive marina property in Gocek or a humble apartment in Tasyaka, Fethiye offers it all, quite often at affordable prices that suit almost everyone's budget.
The type of property and area you choose to buy depends on your reason for buying. If you are searching for a buy-to-let option for holiday rentals then Calis Beach, Ovacik, Hisaronu and Gocek are ideal areas offering excellent rental potential for summer bookings. Permanent home buyers tend to buy in Calis, Tasyaka and Deliktas for the excellent everyday local amenities, though some do prefer more rural locations away from resort life, in the villages that sit on the outskirts of Fethiye, such as Uzumlu, Kemer, Ciftlik and Yaniklar all having excellent road and public transport connections to the centre. Holiday home buyers tend to buy in their favourite location, though some do buy in central Fethiye areas for the ideal base to explore everything that Fethiye has to offer.
Property for sale in FETHIYE Turkey
Guvercinlik is located approximately 20 minutes north-east of Bodrum, a little-known peace haven and a busy fishing village surrounded by some stunning countryside.
Sat just opposite is Salih Island a place that locals believe was the ancient city of Karyanda, though there is no proof of any ruins to support these beliefs.
Nightlife in the area is not at all like Bodrum and Gumbet, centred around small traditional restaurants and sampling some tasty freshly caught fish dishes and other traditional Turkish dishes though you can also try a pizza or pasta all cooked by one of the local chefs.
Real Estate in Guvercinlik
Property in Guvercinlik has been attracting investors for many years and one of the main reasons for this is because of its lower property prices compared to other areas of Bodrum, with a wide variety of investment opportunities to choose from.
As the village is often overlooked and passed by, prices of accommodation for sale in Guvercinlik have remained stable over recent years, therefore, anyone looking to buy property in Guvercinlik, Turkey, will benefit from these lower prices. However, as more people are now searching for traditional areas with idyllic settings these prices are now starting to increase slowly as property investors are beginning to see that the village has potential and is beginning to grow.
Guvercinlik property for sale is also perfect for those buyers who prefer a short airport transfer as the village is reached within just 20 minutes from Milas-Bodrum international airport
Overall with low prices Guvercinlik is an ideal area for a first-time investment in Turkey, with prices slowly beginning to increase, therefore low budget investors should act mow before the property prices become out of their reach.
Turkey Homes will guide you to your ideal accommodation in Guvercinlik, Turkey, taking into consideration your lifestyle requirements and budget.


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We've teamed up with developer Mechanist Games to bring you a special giveaway for their browser based 3D MMO called City of Steam. This will be the second Alpha test for the game and it introduces the Elves and each of the final two weekends of testing will give you the chance to take part in events, win swag and gain honorary titles.
So what is City of Steam?
City of Steam, a full-featured, browser-based 3D MMORPG, transports players to an industrial metropolis that has fallen from grace. Emerging from the ashes of ages past, heroes versed in swordplay, divine harmonies, and the arcane arts seek their fortune in a world beset by countless foes, from dangerous factions to mechanical horrors.
Key features you can expect to see in the game include:
- Graphics! Sets a new audiovisual standard for browser gaming
- Lightweight! Play from any computer without bulky client installation
- Big World, Tiny Footprint! Intricate, immersive scenes take up mere megabytes
- Gameplay! Hardcore or casual, ten minutes or ten hours
- Teamwork! Go it alone or adventure with friends
- Flavor! Even the smallest detail is suffused with the history of an ancient world
- Customization! Augment weaponry with visible components
- Abilities! Each class wields a unique array of stunning combat effects
- Backgrounds! Each character has a personal history to explore
- Monsters! An extensive bestiary balances raw power with intelligent tactics
If fancy taking part in the next Alpha test which will run from July 27-29 and August 3-5, starting on Fridays at 19:00 PDT (22:00 EDT) and lasting until Mondays at 00:00 PDT (03:00 EDT). Now claim your key!
The giveaway is now closed
To redeem your key head to the City of Steam site, register for an account and add your key. The hit the 'Play Now' button.


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I know it sounds funny given the Cubs struggles, but they are playing their best baseball of the year right now. They have played well for the majority of games earlier this year, but now they are putting together more complete efforts and the result is more wins. With the win the Cubs take the series from the Rockies, this is the Cubs second straight series victory, both over winning ball clubs. The Cubs jumped on the Rockies right away as David DeJesus led the game off with a solo home run. After the Rockies got that run back in the second Jeff Samardzija helped his own cause in the third by launching a two run homer to give the Cubs a 3-1 lead. The Rockies pulled to within one run in the sixth but the Cubs broke it open with a three run seventh inning en route to a 6-3 victory. Samardzija earned his second win of the season, his first since opening day, hopefully he can build on that, what was most important for him was finally being able to work deep into a game and control the outcome instead of handing it over to the pen in the fifth or sixth inning.
At The Plate – The Cubs made the most of their hits as they pounded out nine while scoring six times. The top of the order did most of the damage as the Cubs one, two, three hitters were a combined 6-for-10 with three RBI's, and three runs scored. David DeJesus was 2-for-3 with his fifth home run of the season, an RBI, and two runs scored. Starlin Castro was 2-for-4 with an RBI, and a run scored, he's now hitting .282 on the season. Anthony Rizzo continues to produce, he was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, and an RBI, he now has twenty-nine RBI's on the season. Darwin Barney is starting to find a groove at the plate he was 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, and two runs scored. Jeff Samardzija had a great day all around, he was 1-for-2 with his first home run of the season, two RBI's, and a run scored.
On The Mound – Really nice to see Samardzija pitch instead of just throw and try to miss bats. He has the stuff to miss bats but also get quick outs, and that's what he did today. Shark went eight innings giving up two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out seven to earn his second win of the season. James Russell worked just one-third of an inning striking out the only hitter he faced. Kevin Gregg took it from there, things got sketchy, but he was able to get out of the ninth to preserve the win. Gregg worked two-thirds of an inning giving up one run, unearned (on a Gregg error), on two hits.
Up Next – The Cubs welcome the Mets to Wrigley Field for a three game weekend set starting Friday. The Cubs are off tomorrow, their second straight Thursday without a game.
Game Highlights:
Samardzija goes deep
Samardzija's strong outing
DeJesus with a sweet grab to end the game
Castro scores in the seventh
Rizzo's RBI single
Castro with a big insurance RBI
Great defense from the Cubs
DeJesus' lead-off homer


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Considering it's supposed to start shooting in about two months, getting a cast together for the long gestating big screen version of "The Three Stooges" might be good idea. By now, its history has been told and re-told, but in short, at one point the project had a trio of high profile stars attached with Sean Penn as Larry, Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe. Alas, the project was set up at MGM whose financial woes are old news by this point, and was eventually moved over to 20th Century Fox where it was given a clean slate and fast tracked with a March 14, 2011 start date penciled in. Well, it looks like the Farrelly Brothers are narrowing down their stooges.
Johnny Knoxville, Andy Samberg and Australian comic Shane Jacobson are all on the shortlist to play Moe, Larry and Curly. Of course, whether or not their appearance on said list turns into bonafide offers remains to be seen, but it does give an insight into the direction the directors are headed. For one, each one of these actors are much, much more affordable than the trio of Penn, Carrey and del Toro would have been. Secondly, they skew much younger. Knoxville, who previously worked with the Farrellys on "The Ringer" which they produced, is currently riding high on the huge box office success of "Jackass 3D." Samberg is pretty much the only reason to watch "Saturday Night Live" and his Lonely Island musical outings have created numerous viral sensations. The only question mark is Jacobson; he's not well known on this side of the ocean but if the young comic and current "Top Gear Australia" host impresses, he may find himself landing the gig.
As Deadline previously reported, the story will pick up when "the trio are dumped out as newborns at the door of an orphanage….and follows them to adulthood and is very much in the spirit of the original shorts, in which the blue collar bumblers got the best of the wealthy society matrons that tried to exploit them." Richard Jenkins was in early talks to play the head of the orphanage but no word if he's still interested. The Wrap reveals that the picture will be formatted into three twenty-seven minute segments aiming at a family friendly PG rating.
Probably lots more news to come and certainly the Farrellys will be peppered with questions when they start doing the press rounds for "Hall Pass," opening next month. As for us, the casting rumors are disappointingly safe and not as inspired as the previously lined up trio. We'll wait to see how this plays out.
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Ross and Cromarty
" ... a northern county of Scotland. The mainland portion is bounded N. by Sutherland and Dornoch Firth, E. by the North Sea and Moray Firth, S. by Beauly Firth and Inverness-shire and W. by the strait of the Minch. The island portion, consisting of as much of the island of Lewis as lies north of a line drawn from Loch Resort to Loch Seaforth, is bounded on the W., N. and E. by the Atlantic, and S. by Harris, the southern part of Lewis. Many islands, all but eleven uninhabited, are scattered principally off the west coasts of Lewis and the mainland. The area of the mainland is 1,572,294 acres and of the islands 404,413 acres, giving a total for the county of 1,976,707 acres or 3088.6 sq. m. ... On the North Sea front the chief indentations are Beauly Firth and Inner Moray Firth, marking off the Black Isle from Inverness-shire; Cromarty Firth, bounding the districts of Easter Ross and the Black Isle; Moray Firth, separating Easter Ross from Nairnshire; and Dornoch Firth, dividing north-east Ross from Sutherlandshire."
Extract from Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed. Vol. 23. Cambridge, 1911
Ross and Cromarty Towns and Parishes
For Ross and Cromarty townships unconnected to parishes, see the list of Miscellaneous places mentioned in the 1868 gazetteer.
For Ross and Cromarty places mentioned in the 1868 gazetteer, see Where is it in Ross and Cromarty?
The Highland Archive Service is responsible for locating, preserving and making accessible archives relating to all aspects of the history of the geographical area of the Highlands.
Information on national archives and links to lists of local archives and libraries can be found on our Scotland Archives and Libraries page.
- Only a few tombstone inscriptions within the county have been published. See, for instance, the volume covering Wester Ross published by the Scottish Genealogy Society, which covers the parishes of Glenshiel, Lochbroom, and Kincardine. It might also be profitable to contact the Highland Family History Society. Otherwise see under the individual parishes.
- The Graveyards Project has recorded the names of 6837 individuals from Memorial Inscriptions in Balintore (New), Chapelhill (Nigg), Fearn Abbey, Kilmuir Easter, Logie Easter, Marybank, Nigg and Tarbat in Easter Ross These records are now available through our online Database.
General advice on census records and indexes can be found on our Scotland Census page.
- The days of the fathers in Ross-shire by John Kennedy. 4th ed. Edinburgh : Maclaren, 1867. This includes a biography of the Rev. John Kennedy (1819-1884), Free Church Minister at Dingwall. The book was originally published both in Edinburgh and in Canada.
General advice on parish registers throughout Scotland can be found on our Scotland Church Records page.
Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st January 1855. For details of these records and indexes to them, see our GRO tutorial and our Scotland Civil Registration page.
- Records of testaments, inventories etc. are held at the National Records of Scotland.
See the entry for Ross and Cromarty in the 1868 gazetteer.
- Ross was originally the land bounded by the Moray Firth and Dornoch Firth. Cromarty was formed from the lands in the north of the peninsula known as the Black Isle, to which were added various estates from Ross-shire. Ross was constituted as a county in 1661 and Cromarty in 1685 and again in 1698. They were amalgamated in 1889.
- Index to Secretary's and Particular Register of Sasines for Sheriffdoms of Inverness, Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland preserved in H.M. General Register House. Edinburgh : HMSO, 1966 The first volume covers the years 1606 to 1608 and 1617 to 1660.
- Rolls of Honour and War Memorials (monuments) are one good resource for family historians, but need to be addressed with some caution - it should not be assumed that they are either complete or accurate. Memorials (and Rolls of Honour) were created at the local parish level after asking the local inhabitants whose names should appear. Thus:
- Some names may have been omitted, for a variety of reasons.
- Some names may appear on more than one memorial.
- Some names may be misspelled, or given names transposed.
- Some people may be listed as killed in action, but were not.
- Some people may be listed who were not in the service at all.
- Some people may have been confused with others of a similar name.
- A Roll of Honour may sometimes list the names of all who served, not just those who died.
- Some of the original records may have been incorrect, for a variety of reasons.
- Some (more recent) research may be incorrect.
- View a list of the Rolls of Honour for Ross and Cromarty.
- Place-names of Ross & Cromarty by W. J. Watson. Inverness: Northern Counties Printing and Publishing, 1904. This standard work was reprinted, first in 1976 by the Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society, and again in 1996 (ISBN 0-950988-2-6-X) by Highland Heritage Educational Trust. The Trust has also published a map and gazetteer of Gaelic placenames of Easter Ross, Mid Ross and the Black Isle.
- The place-names of Ross and Cromarty by Ian A. Fraser, IN: The Ross and Cromarty book edited by Donald Omand (Golspie : Northern Times, 1984), 219-229.
- Names and places in Easter Ross by Rev. William Taylor, IN: Scottish Geographical Magazine, v. 2, no. 1(1886), 1-20.
- Cromartie : Highland life 1650-1914 Eric Richards and Monica Clough. Aberdeen : Aberdeen University Press, 1989 ISBN 0-08-037732-7 This is a superb history of the Cromartie Estate which gives an idea of the social life and social conditions in that part of the world over the two and a half centuries from 1650.
- The Statistical Account of Scotland 1791-1799 edited by Sir John Sinclair. Vol. 17. Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, with a new introduction by Malcolm Gray. EP Publishing 1983, ISBN 0 7158 1017 0.
- The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the Society for the Benefit of the Daughters of the Clergy. Vol. 14. Inverness - Ross and Cromarty. Edinburgh : William Blackwood 1845.
- Both the first and the second (New) Statistical Accounts have been digitised and made available online by Edinburgh Data and Information Access,
- The County of Ross and Cromarty edited by Alexander S. Mather. Edinburgh : Scottish Academic Press, 1987. (The Third Statistical Account of Scotland; v. 13) ISBN 0-7073-0506-3.
- The description of the Isle of Lewis which appeared in the first Statistical Account is presented separately, along with the accounts covering the other islands off the west of Scotland, in a compilation volume: The Statistical Account of Scotland 1791-1799 edited by Sir John Sinclair. Vol. 20. The Western Isles (of Ross, Inverness-shire and Argyll, with Bute). EP Publishing, 1983. ISBN 0-7158-1020-0.


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Sunday, June 27, 2010
In defence of "fun"
The Sun's Bob Elliott and the Post's John Lott both penned familiar refrains in weekend columns concerning Roy Halladay and his legendary demeanor, work ethic, and preparation. More specifically, how those attributes allow Doc to mesh much better with his new team than old and how those attributes explain the difference in the recent successes of both franchises.
Lott, with help from Halladay, insinuates that it's the mental aspect of the game and unparalleled preparation of Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, and Ryan Howard that drives the success of the Phils.
"The part that surprised me the most is the preparation of the players — talking about Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jimmy, those guys — the time they put in, the attitude they go out and play with, that definitely surprised me."
It would be a fool's quest to argue that intense focus and preparation don't contribute to team and individual success. Hell, it's those very traits that led Jays fans to hold Halladay in such reverence. That, and the filthy, filthy stuff.
But do you know what I think led the Phillies to a World Series title? The talent of Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins. During Halladay's tenure as a Jay, never was there such a collection of stars up and down the lineup to support him. Hard work and pre-game prep undoubtedly played a role, but each of those players were anointed as up and coming stars before playing a major league game. It wasn't their work in the video room that earned those advance props. It was their talent level.
Point being, you need both to win. Talent and preparation. Halladay never had a roster full of both attributes during his time in Toronto. That's the real difference.
For his part, Elliott re-lives the now infamous pre-season quotes from some of the young Jays - in this case, Shaun Marcum - about how the clubhouse was to be a looser place, now free from the cold reign of King Halladay.
"In the spring, Shaun Marcum said with Roy Halladay gone the Jays clubhouse would be looser, the Jays would "have fun," and Marcum would "talk to young guys."
It was a shot at the departed Halladay's intensity. People within the Jays organization have said the clubhouse was more relaxed once Halladay left with his all-too-serious attitude. "
That interpretation of the players message bothered me in the spring, and it bothers me now. Undoubtedly pressed with dozens of questions along the theme of "Whatever will you do without Roy?", I'd like to believe that Marcum was insinuating they would find their own way, and things would naturally have a different feel without baseball's best pitcher stoically leading the way. Call me a wild-eyed optimist, but I just did not read those comments as an indirect insult to the departed staff ace.
Further, and maybe I'm unfairly merging thoughts on both articles here, the insinuation seems to be that fun, loose baseball teams will never succeed against extremely focused, intense clubs. Perhaps (and even likely) the long season will flush out the argument further, but now seems like the wrong time to make such a point towards the 40-35 Jays, hanging tough in the monstrous AL East.....while the disappointing 39-33 Phillies find themselves in 3rd place in a weaker division. And hey, someone tell that to the young '03 Marlins roster, or '04's collection of Boston's self-proclaimed idiots.
Disappointingly, Elliott ends his column with a none-too-subtle throwaway:
"Marcum takes the mound Saturday to provide fun."
A 5-1 Jays victory over the focused Phils, with Marcum throwing 6 strong innings? Yeah, I'd say that was fun.
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- Darren Priest said...
Good work again, Ack. I read that Bob Elliott piece and given how brief the quote is, it's clear the reader is being asked to draw the conclusion that Marcum is saying, "Ding dong, the witch is dead!"
He could have said, "It's tough to lose the best pitcher in the game, but we are going to stay loose and have fun. As an older member of the staff, I will be sure to talk to the young guys. I learned a lot from Roy and I will try to pass it on."
But that quote won't sell any papers or gin up the fan base, so you pare it down.
- June 27, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- NoisyFlowers said...
Elliott is the worst and he has really proven it this year. He's taken the mantle of the worst reporter covering the Jays and really run away with it.
- June 27, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Roy said...
No way in hell was Shaun taking a shot at Doc. As Darren pointed out, this quote was deliberately shortened and paraphrased by Elliott. I'm sure Marcum was trying to say something along the lines of "Doc was intense and helped out the young guys like me take that intensity out on the field, and now it's my turn to take that ace/leadership role, but a little differently. Having fun with it, too."
- June 27, 2010 at 10:13 AM
I enjoyed this: http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/blog/roto_arcade/post/Lames-Aroldis-Chapman-s-value-is-no-longer-Red-?urn=fantasy,251404
- June 27, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Just 3 more months left on that BJ Ryan contract!
I wonder how high the Jays' payroll will be next season?
- June 27, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Do you have any interest in doing game threads? There is NO place on the Internet doing them for Blue Jays games any longer.
- June 28, 2010 at 8:11 PM
I miss Roy more than any other player we've had in recent years, but there's absolutely no question the current Jays are looser, less pressured, more cohesive than in previous years. For one thing, they don't have to worry about the endless Halladay questions, for another they're playing above expectations. But Halladay was a slightly gloomy, overly serious guy who learned his attitude from guys like Clemens and Morris -- neither of whom were clubhouse faves. In the off-season his idea of fun is fishing and church. Maybe Marcum is a good alternate kind of role model for a bunch of young kids who've come up together through the minors. Play the game hard, have fun, support your teammates, and maybe go out for a beer and a burger once in a while. That's different than showing up to work out an hour before anyone else. I think the small club of latin players also has something to do with it. Guys like A Gon and Bautista and Molina seem very into the game -- but they also have fun with each other. That's been a positive also.
A ballclub doesn't always have to be an Intensathon to be successful. Loose, talented teams are often the best teams.
- June 29, 2010 at 1:40 PM


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It's an Hawaiian vacation on a bun — beach burgers:.
It's an Hawaiian vacation on a bun — beach burgers:
8 pineapple slices
3/4 cup teriyaki sauce
1 pound ground beef
1 large onion, sliced
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
4 Romaine lettuce leaves
4 sesame seed buns, toasted
4 slices Swiss cheese
4 bacon strips, fried
Drain 3 tablespoons pineapple juice into a bowl and add teriyaki sauce. Add pineapple slices and marinate for two hours.
Shape beef into four patties. Place in a baking dish. Pour the teriyaki sauce mixture over patties. Marinate for 5-10 minutes.
Melt butter in a skillet. Sauté onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Grill or broil burgers, cooking until no long pink, adding cheese in last two minutes. Place pineapple on grill or under broiler to heat through. Layer lettuce and onion on bottom of buns. Top with burgers, cheese, pineapple and bacon.
Serves 4
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The 1969 period drama will folllow the womenfolk who were married to the menfolk who were shot into space. And all the space drama that this situation created.
Deadline is reporting that ABC has just ordered up 10-episode straight to series TV adaptation of Lily Koppel's novel to air during the summer. The Astronaut Wives Club was a massively popular release, and was long rumored to be made into a TV series. And now it is. I'm actually excited about this. Ever since I saw the movie reporters crash into the homes of the wives from The Right Stuff, I've wanted to know more about the on ground hysteria that surrounded those the astronauts left behind. Plus 1969 fashions!
The script was penned by Stephanie Savage of Gossip Girl fame. Fingers crossed for this one.


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New Hair
posted on: Friday, February 11, 2011
Anyways, I've been having the most klutzy/forgetful week of my entire life. I left the lights on in my car resulting in a dead battery, I bumped into the blueberries at the grocery store - blueberries were everywhere! I left my phone and swipe card at home when I was going into work early, so I had to wait for someone to come and let me in, AND I lost my debit card. My goodness. Even with all the mayhem, I had a wonderful week. S and I hosted a Valentine's Day waffle breakfast at work yesterday and it was a smash hit! We got to work extra early and made pink waffles with pink whipped cream, strawberries, blueberries, and cinnamon. It was the perfect start to the day before a long weekend. <3
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Your hair looks dead sexy chickie!!! It was great to see you this week and I'm super pumped for PARK :)ReplyDelete
ashley, it looks great girl! love the way the sun has lit it up. no wonder you're stoked, it's always nerve wracking for me whenever i go to the hairdresser. so happy, you're happy!ReplyDelete
ug, brain stumble/klutzy weeks suck total. why does it always seem to come on that strong?! one time i actually knocked over a whole ketchup (glass bottle) display. my friends were mortified. two left feet i tell ya!
hope the weekend gets better and full of fun times lades...stealing the pink waffle idea! so good. thanks for the insp. ♥
Gorgeous hair Ashley, so close to the special day, and looking gorgeous, and i love waffles for a good weekend start!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
LOVE the hair!! Your waffle breakfast sounds so yummy, I wish I had co-workers that did that hehe.ReplyDelete
oh ash! u look great! i am loving that color on you!!!! i am so excited for you and your wedding! it'll work out fine, for sure!!!! see u soon lovey xReplyDelete
Your hair looks amazing! Love the edgy, piecey feel and the color is divine! I adore these type of visits to the salon...it is like your hairdresser "knocking it out of the park"...a real home run :)ReplyDelete
Your hair looks amazing. Sounds like you've had a challenging week so I'm pleased to hear you're still smiling.ReplyDelete
The hair looks lovely, I love the cut! I could go for some pink waffles right now!ReplyDelete


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