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The hilarious new comedy Pitch Perfect, from director Jason Moore (Broadway's Avenue Q) and screenwriter Kay Cannon (New Girl, 30 Rock), tells the story of Beca (Anna Kendrick), a young woman who dreams of being a music producer, but who instead finds herself at Barden University in an all-female a cappella singing group. With both new takes on old favorites and hits of right now, The Bellas fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college music competitions. The film also stars Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Adam Devine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks.
At the film's press junket, the incredibly funny Aussie actress Rebel Wilson, who plays the super-confident Fat Amy, talked about how getting the role in Bridesmaids (her first American job) changed things for her, how she sang the Lady Gaga song "Edge of Glory" for her Pitch Perfect audition, that she got to do a lot of improvising on set, just how outrageous things got between her and co-star Adam Devine (who plays the self-obsessed lead singer of rival group The Treblemakers), and her favorite song to sing in the film. She also talked about how she went from being a junior handler at dog shows in Australia to an actress, some crazy experiences she had in the theater (one of which included her actually falling off of the roof, in Fiddler on the Roof), how she's just starting to be able to enjoy all of her current success, and that she's developing a TV show for ABC, called Super Fun Night. Check out what she had to say after the jump.
Question: How did getting the role in Bridesmaids change things for you?
REBEL WILSON: Bridesmaids was my first job here. I was so close to getting a couple of movies, and I'm so glad that it was Bridesmaids that was the first one. I went in and improvised for them, with Kristen Wiig, for an hour in a room. Judd Apatow said, "Tell Kristen about your love life. Go!," and I said, "But, I've prepared the script." And I just kept going for an hour while they filmed it all. I went for Melissa McCarthy's role, but I was a bit too young for that. But, they really liked my audition, and so they added me as the roommate. There was never a female roommate in the script. They just added it in because they liked my audition. And then, of course, when that movie came out last year, it was just like, "Bang!" I booked five movies within a week or two, and Pitch Perfect was one of them. I was the first person to be cast in Pitch Perfect. Because it was such a specific role, I was cast months before anyone else. (Screenwriter) Kay [Cannon] actually Facebooked me and she said, "Hey, I've written this script." Sometimes on Facebook, you're like, "Is this serious?!" But, she said she'd really like me to read the script and consider Fat Amy. I had actually played a character in Australia called Fat Mandy, so I was like, "Yeah, I have experience! I could totally do that!" And then, when I read the script, I was like, "This is so funny!," and I knew I had to do it.
Did you have to sing for the audition?
WILSON: Yeah, so I sang Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory" for Jason Moore, and I did my own body percussion. You sing the melody over the top of your own beat, so I did that. I learned that when I played basketball in high school and we used to do chants with our own beat, just on the court. I was like, "If I've gotta sing a cappella, at least I'll have my own little beat that I can groove to." Anna Kendrick does something similar in the movie with the cups. So, Jason was like, "Yeah, you can be in the movie!" I just had a feeling about it. Even though it technically was a small movie, I just had a feeling it was going to be really popular and super fun.
Was there much improvising during filming?
WILSON: Yeah! Adam Devine, who plays opposite me, is a great improviser as well, so when we were on set together, they had hours and hours of footage of us, just saying shit to each other. It was good. But, Kay had written such a good character. Originally, I was going to be American in the movie, but then we had four weeks of rehearsals before we shot the film and, when I do American movies, I'm American the whole time. But, because we were singing and dancing for 10 hours a day, I couldn't keep it up. I slipped and started talking [in my own accent], and Jason heard me and was like, "I want you to use your real voice in the movie." I was like, "No, I don't want to do my own voice. I want to be an actor and do acting!" But, he was like, "No, I've got a feeling that it's going to be good." So, when I was on set, I'd just improvise stuff to make it all fit in.
Did you and Adam Devine ever get really mean with each other?
WILSON: It's not in the movie, but Adam touched my breast in an improvisation. Normally, if you're going to touch another actor, you tell them before, but we were just going crazy. So then, I actually touched [his crotch]. I said a joke, and then [touched him]. He was like, "Woah!," because he didn't expect that. It was like 4 am, in the morning, and it was freezing cold. We had to entertain ourselves, and I like to keep it fresh for each take. With that take, we did go a little far, but it was all good. We were still having fun.
Which was your favorite song to sing in the movie?
WILSON: I liked it when I got to do the solo in "Turn the Beat Around." That note I sing is really high, and I had to hold it for a really long time.
Did you grow up doing theater?
WILSON: No, I wasn't a child actor, or anything. My family was in dog showing with Beagles, so that's what I was forced to do. So, I was forced to be a junior handler, which is kind of like Toddlers & Tiaras 'cause you are dressed up in little outfits, and you run around with the dogs and show them. The weird thing is that you win not very much money. You win $50 or a plastic jug, but you don't win that good of stuff, and yet you have to get up really early and bring all the dogs and equipment to the dog show. I love watching Toddlers & Tiaras 'cause I'm like, "That was kind of like my life, but with dogs."
Have you seen Best in Show?
WILSON: Yeah, and when I saw that, I was like, "This is like my life!" I said, "This is a really accurate documentary." Some people are like, "Oh, that's so wild!" I grew up with people who act like that, but just the Australian version of it. They were like that. They were so weird and so obsessed with their dogs and wore weird stuff. Sometimes people ask me, "Where do you get some of your characters from?," and they're from my crazy upbringing.
How did you get into acting, then?
WILSON: I remember, when I was in high school, I did do some high school musicals. I did Grease, and we did Fiddler on the Roof. My story from that is that I fell from the roof, doing Fiddler on the Roof, and almost killed myself. It was very bad. It was a miracle I didn't die. I sprained all my ribs and my wrist. My love for musical theater was so strong that I came back the next night and performed. I was Fruma-Sarah, which wasn't a main character. She was the grandma who comes down from Heaven, which is why I was on the roof. I came out of a coffin and the coffin was supposed to land on stage, but there were some technical difficulties. No one told me the coffin hadn't landed, and I just jumped out on my cue and I was two stories high. You couldn't really tell, when you were inside the coffin, if you were on the ground or not, so I just jumped out and went straight down. The whole audience had one of those really deadly silences. And then, I became notorious at my school for that.
But then, when I finished high school, I was a youth ambassador for Australia. I just didn't think I would be an actor, or anything. I got malaria, really badly. During that time, when I was in intensive care, I had this hallucination that I was an actress and that I was really, really good. It was so strong that when I came out of hospital, I started saying, "I'm going to be an actress. I'm going to go back to Australia and do it." People thought I was crazy. They thought the disease had really affected me and made me crazy mad. And I said, "No, I've just got a feeling I could be really good." My whole family was like, "No, no one is going to pick you for movies." But I was like, "One day, they will!" So, I enrolled in a theater school in Australia, called The Australian Theatre for Young People, where Nicole Kidman and Toni Collette and lots of our great actresses and actors went.
One of the first things that I was in, at that theater school, was a musical. I remember, very clearly, that I was in the chorus and they made me stand right at the back of the stage because I pulled focus. They kept saying, "People just look at you. You're not a lead role. They can't look at you." So, I was forced to stand at the back of the stage, in the darkness. Sometimes I even had to turn around and face away because, for some reason, and I don't know what it is, they said I pulled focus and that I was distracting from the real people playing the real characters. And then, I remember that I cried. I was just trying to give really good energy and be really passionate when I sang. It's funny how it happens. Weirdly, that weird skill then makes you become famous and popular.
Since you've been working non-stop since Bridesmaids, have you gotten a chance to enjoy success and the perks that come with it?
WILSON: It's starting to get really crazy! For example, I've had no sleep and just flew in from Australia. There are just weird things that happen now. I was at the MTV VMAs, sitting with Rihanna and Katy Perry, and they knew my name. You just don't think that will happen to you. Also, I work as a writer, as well. Usually, if I'm not acting, I'm working on the development stuff, down at Warner Bros. where I'm working on a TV show.
What is the TV show you're developing?
WILSON: It's called Super Fun Night, for ABC. It's about three girls in New York.
Pitch Perfect opens in limited release on September 28th, and in wide release on October 5th.


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Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now taken a major step toward creating artificial intelligence-not in a robot or a silicon chip, but in a test tube. The researchers are the first to have made an artificial neural network out of DNA, creating a circuit of interacting molecules that can recall memories based on incomplete patterns, just as a brain can.
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This DNA-based neural network demonstrates the ability to take an incomplete pattern and figure out what it might represent-one of the brain's unique features. "What we are good at is recognizing things," says coauthor Jehoshua "Shuki" Bruck, the Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Computation and Neural Systems and Electrical Engineering. "We can recognize things based on looking only at a subset of features." The DNA neural network does just that, albeit in a rudimentary way.
Biochemical systems with artificial intelligence-or at least some basic, decision-making capabilities-could have powerful applications in medicine, chemistry, and biological research, the researchers say. In the future, such systems could operate within cells, helping to answer fundamental biological questions or diagnose a disease. Biochemical processes that can intelligently respond to the presence of other molecules could allow engineers to produce increasingly complex chemicals or build new kinds of structures, molecule by molecule.
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If you shoot rock music in the head, it will merely sprout two more, doubling the noise, the gristliness and its own tenacity in the process. As such, it can breed in hostile areas: from areas of staunch political conservatism to cities long-dominated by forward thinking, avant-pop acts: scenes which may grow wary of its brash, outspoken nature and goatee.
Enter Sheffield's Wet Nuns, whose self-titled LP is so unabashedly 'RAWWWKK!!' that it dispels any condescension or criticism about its genre before they've had a chance to be registered.
In a city where The Human League, Pulp and Arctic Monkeys have been at the forefront, it is hard to see where these US- aficionados fit in. There is barely anything colloquial, poetic, detached or ironic about anything on this LP. What it is though, like the Sheffield of yore, is industrial and blue collar; this record is a far cry from the irony-laden student discos or Smiths B-sides nights, this record is a punch-up outside a pub on a grey Saturday.
Despite being more akin in sound to blues and desert rock, there is a lack of pretension on the record that would play well in the steel city. The vocals are raw and riveting, accompanying no-nonsense, crushingly tight drums and molten guitar licks. The record in no way breaks boundaries and is in no way focussed on anything typically northern - what it is a double-dose of raw Americana which crashes into the blood stream and is over before the listener is given time to think. From the point when the Tom Morello guitars of '7 Year Itch' burst in, to the dusty truck stop 12 bar of closer 'No Money Blues', Wet Nuns are uncompromising, the lyrics "B.B.B.B Bad To The Bone" and the vocals larynx tearing, tortured; bandana wearing. In fact, there is so little respite that the lack of respite itself warrants a certain respect; the only track that feels vaguely contemplative is the mid-point offering of 'Only Something', the moody effects and slide guitar solo a welcome antidote to the usual bloated, lighters-in-the-air ballads that are rushed in to rock records like this in order to mix up the tempos.
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If I ever got a tatoo, I would get an asian style dragon coiling around my arm starting at my shoulder and going down to my hand, with the top being the dragons top jaw flames down each finger. I dunno if you can get the bottom of your hand tatoo'd as well, id modify the idea some.But cool stuff man, the only time I got on TV was when I killed this one dude and stuffed his body in an ice cream freezer...I mean, Ive never been on TV >_>
Very cool Kylde, I imagine the stuff I sculpts I got from you are worth even more now......
That's pretty awesome Kylde. I didn't realize your user name was your real name either.Also that's not too far away from where I live. Scraton / Wilkes-Barre is only 2ish hours away.
I must say that I acredit my vocabulary entirely to the fact that I poured over Tolkien novel's, Discworld novels, played text-based MUDs and RPG's loooong before there was such a thing as "voice acting" in video games, all well before my comprehension was appropriately developed for such.... I remember always having a pocket dictionary with me for these endeavors as a young child because it drove me nuts not knowing what words meant..... I still have quite the collection of handy little pocket dictionaries might I add.....I was a strange kid... I never grew out of any of that come to think of it.... including the "being strange" part


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Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes: Guy-Friendly Turkey and Bean Breakfast Hash
OK, guys. Listen up.
This Friday morning, chances are good that the women in your life will be Christmas shopping. They may leave as early as 2:30 am. Yup. Kohl's department store is opening at 3am on Friday for masochistic Christmas shoppers.
That means the house and the leftover bird is all yours. So here's what you need to do:
1. Turn on ESPN.
2. Make a pot of hot, strong coffee.
3. Make my Turkey and Bean Breakfast Hash.
4. Eat. Watch sports. Eat. Watch sports. Eat. Watch sports.
If you like this recipe, then check out my book, Recipes Every Man Should Know, which has recipes for hearty breakfasts such as Breakfast Burritos, Fool-Proof French Toast and Sausage and Egg Breakfast Hash.
Turkey and Bean Breakfast Hash
Makes 4 servings
Printable recipe.
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
8 large eggs
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups leftover shredded turkey, white and dark meat
1 cup canned black, red, or pinto beans, rinsed
2 cups salsa of your choice (I used chipotle salsa)
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, plus extra for garnish
1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese, plus extra for garnish
1. In a large skillet over medium heat, warm oil. Add onions and peppers and saute 3-4 minutes, or until lightly browned.
2. Place eggs, salt and pepper in a medium bowl and lightly whisk. Pour into the skillet. Cook 2 minutes, pushing eggs from side to side with a spatula. When eggs are about halfway cooked or "set," add turkey and beans. Cook 1 minute, stirring a few times. Add remaining ingredients and heat through, about 1-2 minutes. Eggs should be soft but no longer runny, and the cheese should be melted. Transfer to a platter and garnish with additional cilantro and cheese. Or just eat it as is. Nobody is watching you.
You might also like these hearty breakfast recipes from Food Blogga:
Swiss Chard, Potato, and Parmesan Frittata
Breakfast Egg Sandwich with Avocado and Chipotle Mayo
Ricotta Hotcakes with Warm Spiced Apples and Maple Syrup
10 comments:
- Unknown said...
Beautiful photo!
- November 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Unknown said...
I am emailing myself this recipe, thanks for sharing. I will try it out if we have leftover on friday.
- November 24, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- chow and chatter said...
oh this looks great fun post
- November 25, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- Christmas Sweets said...
Got so much leftovers, too, it would last me a few more days probably. I'm looking for ways to revamp my leftovers so thanks for this recipe. :)
- November 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- Unknown said...
are you serious? 3am? that's INSANE! Happy shopping if you go!
BTW that recipe looks fantastic!
- November 25, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Pip said...
It sounds delicious, I'll try it myself, I won't go shopping! ;-)
- November 26, 2010 at 3:01 AM
- bbonnar said...
I'll be cooking this bad boy !
- November 26, 2010 at 3:07 AM
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Blog hopping! I will try this one when we have leftovers. Our leftovers will not be wasted anymore.
- November 28, 2010 at 12:21 AM
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Another great recipe from your cookbook!
- November 30, 2010 at 8:26 AM
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Hey Susan just read at Briciole about your book and congrats for the clever theme you have chosen. I wish you and your co-writer all the best. I haven't been around for a long time but you can understand how busy I was as I was also writing my cookbook as well. It is finally in the last stage of printing. I shall check your blog to see where I can buy it. It would be a great gift for my son who is studying abroad.
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In the midst of the recent recession, several generations of the Olmeim family pooled their money to buy a forest near Langley.
The forest was part of a 52-acre compound partially developed by a couple who did well in the dot-com boom. On 11 acres of the property are two beautiful homes, numerous other workshops, outbuildings and outdoor living rooms among lush gardens. Homemaking expert Martha Stewart even flew out from the East Coast to see if she wanted to buy the property.
After the Olmeims settled in, they decided to take Washington State University Extension's forest stewardship class in Everett, where they found out they needed to prune and thin their 41-acre woods.
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The cost of thinning a private forest can be recovered by making use of the logs, Olmeim said. For every 2 1/2 pounds of wood chips, they recover a kilowatt hour of power.
The Olmeims even figured out a way to use the byproduct of this process. Biochar is charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass wood waste. The family is testing the biochar in their compost and as a soil supplement throughout their gardens and in their greenhouse. They have seen some good results and now plan to sell biochar at the Langley farmers market this summer.
Kevin Zobrist, Everett's WSU Extension forest stewardship expert, even encouraged the Olmeims to experiment by returning the biochar to the forest floor. The idea is to see which does better: an area with biochar, an area with rotting logs or a cleared out area, he said.
Zobrist also has been fascinated about the process of pyrolysis and he plans to offer a thinning, pruning, wood energy and biochar workshop on May 4 at the Olmeim place on Whidbey.
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I've got a pathetic confession to make. I've never tried kugel, the classic Jewish noodle and custard pudding. I have no excuse either, especially given my pastry background. Even when I lived on the south shore of Long Island, where delis abound that sell big square hunks of it, I never opted to give it a go. For some reason I couldn't get over the sweet + pasta flavor profile, though I've certainly eaten plenty of sweet rice desserts. In my defense though, it was mostly the raisins that put me off (I'm averse to raisins in most desserts, especially custards), and most of the kugels I've encountered have had them.
So here I am, at the age that I'm at, never having tucked into a kugel. So I baked one. I can't say that it was the wisest way to try it for the first time. How do I know what it's supposed to taste like? What about the texture? Undaunted, I plowed in with a base recipe that I'd put together from a few online offerings. With ingredients like sour cream, cottage cheese, and cream cheese, this dessert seemed way more indulgent than I ever imagined. How could I not love it? For mine, I skipped the cream cheese but tossed in a generous amount of melted white chocolate—an unusual but mild enough ingredient that would add yet another layer of richness to the flavors. And because white chocolate is so buttery, I left out any additional butter.
Pre-boiling the egg noodles keeps them nice and soft, and baking the pudding on an upper rack nicely browns the top. Don't over-bake the pudding or the eggs will curdle, as mine almost did (the edges definitely did). I'm assuming that you want the pudding just set, sliceable, but still creamy. The flavor and texture was like a warm white chocolate cheesecake, slightly tangy from the sour cream and sweet and buttery from the white chocolate. It's even better served cold the next day. I could kick myself that I waited so long to try it, and when I'm in NY again I know right were I'm headed—to savor the real thing and see how mine stacked up.
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HOUSTON – With the MLS Re-Entry Draft in the rearview mirror, a number of players are trying to figure out their next step. Among those with an uncertain future is Eddie Robinson.
The 11-year veteran and Dynamo defender went undrafted Monday in Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Draft and faces more than a little bit of career uncertainty. Robinson's options include re-signing with Houston, seeking his a contract elsewhere or ending his standout career.
Preliminary talks with Houston have Robinson hoping the first option will prevail.
"I talked to [head coach Dominic Kinnear] after MLS Cup about things, and I believe they'll have me back," Robinson told MLSsoccer.com by phone Monday. "I think if I went to them and said, 'Hey, I feel like I've still got a few more years,' I think they'd [bring me back]."
If Robinson does return, he expects to fill the same locker room leadership role he did in 2011. He saw action in three competitive matches last year, logging 146 minutes in two MLS games and starting Houston's US Open Cup loss to Sporting Kansas City on April 6, during which he captained the reserve squad.
With the season behind him, Robinson told MLSsoccer.com that he is prepared to keep playing and is as "fit as ever." Yet, he is keeping an open mind about what lies ahead after more than 10 years as a professional.
"It's a difficult position for anyone when it comes time for the possibility of a career change," Robinson said. "In the scheme of life, a career change is a big decision, and when you make it, you have to be absolutely sure because you don't want to have any regrets. I'm really giving it some thought."
When asked if he would consider playing elsewhere, Robinson said it would be a tough decision because of his "family's love" for their home in Houston.
With the offseason steadily progressing – Houston kick off their preseason camp Jan. 23 – there isn't much time for Robinson and the Dynamo to mull over their options. The 11-year veteran hopes to talk to the Houston front office and gauge the situation before Christmas.
Whatever the decision, Robinson said he is happy with a career that has yielded four MLS Cup titles, 2007 MLS Best XI and 2006 All-Star selections and a national team call-up.
"In the grand scheme of things, I'm only 33 and I've got a lot of life to live," Robinson said. "I've done more in this league than a lot of players who are much better than me. I've had a wonderful career. ... As far as my career, it's just a difficult decision, and at the end of the day, I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy. Whatever comes next, one thing I know is I'm going to get after it with everything I have."
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October 14,2012, was a sad day for Shri Salman Khurshid, India's Law Minister, and the "India Today" group , which owns a number of print journals and TV channels.
2.A non-governmental humanitarian trust for assisting physically disadvantaged people with which his wife Ms.Louise is reportedly associated has been the target of allegations of wrongful use of funds amounting to about eight million rupees sanctioned by the Government for humanitarian relief.
3.A Hindi TV channel of the "India Today" group and the India Against Corruption (IAC) group headed by Shri Arvind Kejriwal, a non-governmental activist, seeking to enter politics by highlighting instances of political corruption have been spearheading the campaign against Shri Khurshid on these allegations against the humanitarian trust.
4.The two campaigns have been trying to project themselves as separate from each other without any orchestrated co-ordination, but an undeclared, but evident convergence of objective between the two is discernible to any objective observer. That objective is to exploit the suspected misuse of the funds to cause public discomfiture to Shri Khurshid .
5. The agenda of the IAC against Shri Khurshid is obvious. Shri Khurshid as the Law Minister was in the forefront of a group of Ministers of the Dr.Manmohan Singh Government which had mounted a spirited public defence of Shri Robert Vadra, the husband of Ms.Priyanka Gandhi and son-in-law of Mrs.Sobnia Gandhi, the Congress President, who has been accused by the IAC group of accumulating huge wealth beyond his known sources of income. The IAC group is trying to use the allegations against the humanitarian trust for discrediting Shri Khurshid and disabling him from defending Shri Vadra. The agenda of the "India Today" group in its campaign is not clear to me.
6. A campaign whose objective should have been to ensure that public funds meant for humanitarian relief of the physically disadvantaged are properly used for their benefit has been submerged in an overall political campaign to weaken the credibility of the Law Minister and add to the public anger against the Congress and the Government of Dr.Manmohan Singh.
7. The allegations against the Trust are very sensitive from the point of view of the likely impact on the public mind. Any allegation or suspicion that the physically disadvantaged were sought to be exploited for individual financial benefit will go to the heart of any right-thinking person.
8. Shri Khurshid is a highly sophisticated Minister and individual with a sophisticated mind. He should have immediately realised the implications of the likely public impact of the allegations and taken action to establish the truth. The proper course of action for him would have been to step aside from the post of Law Minister by either resigning or asking the Prime Minister to transfer the portfolio to another Minister and to order an impartial enquiry into the allegations.
9. Instead, Shri Khurshid got involved in an unedifying and undignified slanging match with the IAC and "India Today" groups. His Press Conference on October 14, which was totally unnecessary, was a spectacle of outbursts of anger and intimidation unworthy of him.
10.The equally unworthy behaviour of the IAC group is understandable because of the political ambitions of Shri Kejriwal. What is not understandable is the unworthy and unprofessional behaviour of the "India Today" group in this controversy. One had never seen such media viciousness as one saw in the behaviour of this group.
11. A highly reputed and highly admired journalist member of the "India Today" family kept disseminating gleeful Tweets from the Press Conference about the discomfiture being caused to Shri Khurshid and about the way he was making a spectacle of himself through his self-righteous outpourings.
12. In a brilliant article in the "Hindustan Times" of October 13,2012, Ms.Barkha Dutt, Group Editor of NDTV, who is presently on a three-month fellowship to the Brown University of the US to write a book, has drawn attention to the phenomenon and perceptions of bias in the conventional media and the counter-bias in Net-based new media and social media networks.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/BarkhaDutt/A-Rashomon-moment/Article1-943755.aspx …
13. Bias has always been there in Indian journalism since we became independent in 1947. This has become aggravated due to the growing polarisation of the Indian society. What is new is the growing viciousness in the Indian media. We saw an example of such viciousness directed against Shri Khurshid on October 14,2012.
14. There is a need for an introspection by the Indian media over the direction in which it has been going.
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Editor's Note: Register Matchmaker will appear here weekly, as long as there are adventurous singles who want to meet others.Diana Greenia; Age: 43; Town: Milford; Occupation: Adult nurse practitioner
Five things that make her happy: My dog Rocky, exercising, singing and dancing, traveling and harmonious relationships.
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Five things that make him happy: My twin 4-year-old girls, my two dogs, "Law and Order" marathons, a piping hot cup of D&D coffee, having a good job.
If he had a free day with no responsibilities, he would: Go to the gym, possibly take a nice run. Afterward, relax with a cup of coffee and read the paper and unwind. Then drive to Philly for a cheesesteak.
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Skip to comments.Kentucky Governor's Race Tightening Considerably
Posted on 07/11/2007 7:57:01 PM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
KENTUCKY: A new Insider Advantage poll shows the gubernatorial contest is narrowing. The latest numbers: former Lieutenant Governor Steve Beshear (D) - 41%, Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) - 38%.
These numbers look too good to be true.
Keep in mind the poll has a huge undecided bloc. Dr. Fletcher's poll numbers have stayed in the 30s.
Yeah. So what's the deal, voters not completely sold on Beshear? I don't know what's going on in KY.
I worry he won't, but if Dr. Fletcher pulls this one out, he will truly earn the nickname of the "Comeback Kid."
Dr Fletcher's approval ratings are at Bush levels. The source of Fletcher's dismal ratings become from the RAT Attorney General investigating him for firing Dem operatives from state gov't and hiring political allies to replace them. KY's AG with the help of the media made Fletcher look like a crook. Unforunately, Fletcher did a poor job of fighting back.
They probably are.
Although the only thing "good" for Fletcher is that Beshear's support has gone down. His hasn't really increased.
Kentuckians traditionally strongly favor Democrat gubernatorial nominees. The Republicans have last won only in 1943, 1967, and 2003.
My sources in KY tell me that Fletcher's REAL problem, like Bush's, is that he has abandoned core Conservative values -— and also like Bush, the msm is spinning their problems as those of corruption and incompetence.
Governor Fletcher is the first honest Governor we have had in Ky since (R) Louie Nunn back in 1967. Every Governor since then has had some scandal or illegal activity. We have had crooks like Wallace Wilkinson, John Y Brown, Brenton Jones, And most recently Paul Patton the philanderer who stood beside Bubba the trailer park king Bill Clintoon. Every one of the snakes elected since Nunn has engaged in dirty road building deals and lined themselves and their cronies pockets. Governor Fletcher has been the target of a witch hunt since his inauguration. Our semi retarded Attorney General Grady Stumbo continues to waste our tax dollars when he knows Fletcher is clean. Stumble was also planning on running for Governor when he announced these investigations against Fletcher. What a piece of crap. Kentucky is in better shape financially than it has been in over thirty years. And we are landing more industry and good jobs now than ever before. Thanks Governor Fletcher
No matter the facts, people in KY still prefer Democrats for governor: it's part of their innate tradition.
Don't doubt that at all: few conservatives stick to their guns. They want to "moderate" to get Democrat backing.
This is amazing, although it's more of Breshear falling in the polls, and his supporters moving to the undecided catagory.
If Fletcher manages to win, it will be perhaps the most amazing political comeback in Kentucky history.
That tradition was going to end eventually, because it wasn't representative of what the public prefers. The GOP is firmly in control of Federal Offices, has the State Senate, and is closing in on control of the House there. Smashing the Democrat machine control of statewide offices was of paramount importance, and it was the reason why Stumpy the rodent coup plotter AG had to viciously destroy Dr. Fletcher.
All Fletcher is guilty of is having people working for state government that aren't rodents working to undermine him. Make no mistake, if Beshear is elected, the rodentry will be fully reinstated to their government jobs and what few Republicans Fletcher has gotten in will be fired. And nary a peep will be heard about it... that is, unless we finally get a GOP AG to do Beshear what was done to Fletcher. Fair is fair, y'know.
As much as I'd like to believe it, I can't. Beshear is going to flat out cruise to victory. IMO by at least 15 points, unless something strange happens. The tide is just too strong against our Governor thanks to AG Greg as well as Ernie's own miscues.
Gonna be a long, ultimately not even close race.
Before some of you think I'm some kind of 'Rat, trust me (can you say that in cyberspace? LOL) I'm GOP through and through.
"Brenton Jones"
Ahhh yes, I remember this one, well. Frankly, how could I forget it. His name is Brereton Jones. I was the E.A. to Larry Roger's assistant from 91 to 98. When P.I.E. wasn't spending it, he had no problem spreading the 'wealth' among both political parties and he was sentenced to less than four years in prison for it. These folks were in the offices routinely. In fact, it was at one of our annual meetings that I met (our guest speaker) Newt Gingrich. I'm sure he was clueless.
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Sad as it may be, Governor Fletcher has been a disaster and no better than any of the other governors we have had since Louie Nunn. He has spent taxpayer funds like a drunken sailor on questionable road projects in an attempt to be re-elected. He pardoned every member of his administration in an attempt to cover up the truth on what happened in the hiring scandal. He has made threats to road contractors and lobbyists and has a secret legal defense fund that they are buying favors through.
I can't bring myself to vote for a Democrat. However, I do not think I can vote for Fletcher again either. As much as he has harmed the Republican Party in the past four years, I shudder to think of the damage he could cause with four more.
I'm ready to find a strong, honest, truly fiscal conservative for Governor in 2011!
Let me ask you .. are you a Fletcher supporter?
I'm from Louisiana, not Kentucky. I imagine I'd vote for him against the Democrat if I was.
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Friday, March 17, 2017
The 3D Building Age Map
A new map of the Morningside Heights neighborhood in Manhattan shows the age of every building in the historic district. A building age map of New York isn't exactly new. In fact you can view the age of every New York City building on the New York Building Age map. However the Morningside Heights Historic District Explorer not only shows building age but also allows you to view historic photographs of the featured buildings.
The Morningside Heights Historic District Explorer interactive map provides a 3D view of New York's buildings. The actual buildings within the Morningside Heights historic district have also been colored according to the period of their construction. You can click on the individual colored buildings to find out the exact year of construction. If you select a building on the map you can also view details on the building's architect, owner and height. You can also view historic photos of the building from the tax office.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seeking to expand its bond business, brokerage Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.N) says it will give clients access to new issue municipal debt through Piper Jaffray Companies.
The tie-up with the investment bank will substantially increase muni bonds available to retail investors and advisers using the brokerage's BondSource Web-based platform, Chad Jones, a vice president at Schwab in Denver, said on Tuesday.
"We thought it was an important step in broadening our overall access to municipal bonds," Jones said.
Minneapolis-headquartered Piper Jaffray last year served as underwriter or financial adviser on 900 muni bond transactions with a total par value of $52 billion, according to Schwab.
Piper Jaffray was not available to comment on the agreement with San Francisco-based Schwab.
Jones said Piper Jaffray's presence in the Midwest will expand muni debt opportunities for Schwab clients in that region and they will also have increased access to smaller new muni issues through the investment bank.
BondSource allows Schwab clients to buy new issue bonds as well as debt on the secondary market and has traditionally been strong in terms of California, New York, Texas and Florida muni debt, Jones said.
Schwab clients over the twelve months ended in August had access through BondSource to more than 930 new issue bond offerings, including nearly 600 new issue muni deals.
While Schwab is best known as a discount stock brokerage, it anticipates a growing market for muni debt propelled by high-net worth individuals, retirees and investors approaching retirement, Jones said.
Retail-level interest in muni debt, which many investors see as a conservative investment with the added benefit of tax-free payments, has been strong this year, underscored by net inflows into municipal bond funds.
The funds, popular with retail investors, have posted net outflows this year during only two periods - the weeks ended April 11 and October 31 - according to Lipper, a unit of Thomson Reuters.
Reporting By Jim Christie; Editing by Bernard Orr


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Julie Berkovatz
President's Scholar
Communications Studies
College of Social Sciences
Why did you choose your major?
I choose to be a communication studies major because of the versatility it offered in the program. I was very undecided when first coming to San Jose State University, and hearing about all the different directions you can take being a Communication Studies Major really appealed to me. I also contribute the Communication Studies Department to my success with all the support I received from the Faculty and Staff. While in the program I was able to choose emphasis that tailored to my own needs and interests that allowed me to develop in a direction I was passionate about.
What does receiving this particular award mean to you?
It is a great honor to be receiving this award. I am very grateful to my teacher Ted Coopman and Department Chair of Communication Studies, Stephanie Coopman for always believing in me, helping me through difficult times, and challenging me when I needed it most. Right before my last year of graduating, my Grandmother passed away from cancer. I promised her before she was gone that I was going to complete school. She has always been an important motivating factor to keep me going and strive to be the best I can be. She would be proud to know how far I have come!
Who has been instrumental in your life and/or who has contributed to your academic success?
As mentioned in the above answer, my teachers and counselors at San Jose State have been extremely instrumental in my success. Having someone believe in your true potential can go a long way, especially if you are willing to put in the hard work it takes to better yourself; even if that means not getting it right the first few times around. The first hardest step sometimes is to ask for help and in my personal experiences the majority of my teachers have always been supportive and helpful when I needed it the most. I also would like to say that my late Grandmother has been a large factor to my current success.
Did you overcome any hardships or adversities during your life, that has helped shape who you are today? And if so, could you please briefly elaborate?
Recently graduating from San Jose State University, it is anyone's guess how I have come this far. In life I have faced many challenges and obstacles. I grew up in the Santa Cruz Mountains in a small cabin that had no electricity or running water. My father and mother were heavy drug abusers, and shortly after I was born, my mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia. After several years of neglect, I was placed into a foster home at the age of 7 with my younger brother, and by age 8 started to live with my grandparents. I suffered from a severe speech impediment, which drastically delayed my basic education. It was not until the 4th grade that I learned how to read. Once I was given the opportunity to learn, I excelled greatly in school. I unfortunately have dealt with some hardship through the loss of my Grandpa at 14, the loss of my father at 18, and most recently the loss of my Grandma, who was battling cancer, just a few years ago.
Being a former foster youth and first generation student, I have had to tackle numerous barriers and make many big decisions on my own. Learning new things has not come easy or natural for me, but with determination and hard work I have been able to find the motivation to keep going.
What would you say to other students to encourage or inspire them to attain academic excellence?
A very important factor to my success was finding people around me that I could trust and who believed in me. Some of the best teachers may also be some of the most challenging teachers you have, but as the saying goes, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" may not be too far from the truth. Finding something that can motivate you to do well in school can be one of your most powerful tools for success. For me, it was knowing that I needed to break the cycle and not end up down the path my parents took. Motivational factors will be different for everyone and finding a reason for yourself to be successful can be the key to your academic excellence. I also recommend getting to know your teachers and letting your teachers get to know you. In the larger scheme of things it really boils down to networking and who you know. Having good relationships with your professors, counselors, and colleagues can really help you down the road. A Linked-in account couldn't hurt either.
Where would you like to be in 5-10 years?
In 5 – 10 years from now I see myself completing or have completed in obtaining my Masters (which is still very much undecided at this point in my life as to what my focus will be). I see myself working in a Non-profit, County or State position providing some form of human services. I see a possibility of settling down and giving back to my community. I have discovered in the past few years a passion for working with disadvantaged youth and young adults, specifically foster/former foster youth. I would like to be in a position where I can help support, mentor, challenge, and inspire youth and young adults, as well as, people in general. I see myself being Happy!
Currently I reside in San Jose with my younger brother and work full time for a non-profit organization called TeenForce where I help foster/former foster youth gain transferable skills and find employment. I am also looking into obtaining my Masters, but have not decided what I would like to study yet.
A few words from her nominating professor:
"Julie Berkovatz is simply an amazing person. She earned the Communication Department's Emeritus Faculty Award and graduated with Cum Laude honors. She was invited to the department's iResearch Scholar slam to present her research on "The Evolution of Note Taking: A Study on Traditional Hard Copy Methods Vs The Emerging Soft Copy Method." She also presented at the 2012 NACADA Region 9 Conference, National Academic Advising Association, Las Vegas, NV, for a presentation on, Who Said I Can't Graduate? Understanding the Complexities of Effectively Advising Low Income, First Generation, Minorities & Former Foster Youth.
What makes these accomplishments all the more impressive is Julie's background. Placed in foster care at age 7 and then raised by her grandparents, Julie had a severe speech impediment and didn't learn to read until 4th grade.
Currently, Julie lives in San Jose with her younger brother and works full time for a small non-profit company called TeenForce, where she help foster/former foster youth gain skills and find employment."
- Professor Stephanie Coopman


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Dear Red Sox Nation – Grow Up
June 28, 2012 Leave a comment
There is a saying in TV when a TV show has become stale, uninteresting, and basically has become an unoriginal parody of itself that it has "jumped the shark". Today Red Sox Nation is up in arms about Clay Buchholz attending a charity event. Let me repeat that – he attended a charity event where he helped raise money for a cause. Congratulations Red Sox Nation, you have officially jumped the shark.
It's used to be fun to be part of the Boston sports scene. We had the reputation of being tough but fair and very knowledgeable. Now I am beginning to see that it was all a facade, riding the coattails of Bill Belichick's genius, Terry Francona's ingenuity, and Doc Rivers' leadership. We hid behind strong and smart athletes like Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, and even Josh Beckett. Then when we were convinced by ratings hungry gutter journalists we decided to turn on them at the drop of a hat. Tell me where the intelligence in that is? John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino took the Red Sox franchise from a great big pile of obscurity and turned it into a 2-time World Championship winner and turned a once decrepit hole in the wall into once again America's most beloved ballpark and they are now public enemies #1, 2 & 3 around here these days.
The problem wouldn't be so apparent if most people could conjure up an original thought of their own. Instead most people around here just take up the opinion of idiots like Michael Felger and Glenn Ordway and pass it off as their own. Let me tell you something about these shock jocks that we tend to love so much around here. They don't care about you, they are not doing this for you, they are not being honest with you. They make who they don't like into public enemies no matter the reason and let the guys they like off the hook. That means that you're never really getting the entire story accurately. These guys have one motive – making money and getting ratings. It doesn't matter if they have to create a few "bad guys" along the way or embellish some things to make a sexier story, as long as the ratings come in and no one's the wiser anyway. Here's a novel idea – how about going by what you see on the field or on the court or on the ice and formulating an opinion of an athlete as a professional that way. And here's another concept that you might be wise to consider – you are likely never going to personally know these athletes and, unless they are on the beat, neither are the journalists so please don't pretend that you know who these guys really are or what they are like off the field. Because you don't. And you never will. I can't think of anything more ignorant than people thinking they do.
The truth of the matter is that it doesn't matter what an athlete does in their off time, it's nobodies business. The beer and chicken in the locker room is one thing because that was during games but all of the other stuff is, as far as I'm concerned, off limits. Let me ask you something Mr. Joe WEEI Caller. If, the next time you call up to rant and rave the jockey asks you if you've ever had any homosexual thoughts or like to dress up like a school girl (I know, stolen from the movie Enemy Of The State but still proves the point) what would you say? That it's none of their business right? Exactly. So please explain to me when athlete's personal lives suddenly became everyone's business. If you think that all pro athletes should be required to live their lives in solitude because everyone has a Twitter account and a camera on their cell phone these days then you are seriously narrow-minded. Who in their right mind has the nerve to suggest that they should dictate what other human beings do with their lives in their free time? Apparently a whole lot of Boston sports fans and mediots do and to be 100% honest it's a little sickening. And pathetic even. Let me see if this sinks in – You don't have the right…it's none of your business…it doesn't matter if you put your whole annual salary back into the Red Sox, it does not buy you the right to dictate what these guys do when they're not on the field.
And for the people who think they are "owed something" for buying tickets and concessions at over-inflated prices please realize this – it doesn't matter how much money you spend on tickets or beer – that doesn't buy you wins. I spent $11 for a beer once at American Airlines Arena, $10 at SkyDome. Boston isn't the only town where the amenities at sporting events are overpriced. Hell, in some small markets they jack the ticket prices up as much as 50% when a good team comes into town. Imagine you are a Royals fan and you want to take your family to see the Royals play one of the elite teams like the Red Sox or Yankees and you've got to pay double. By this logic you have just bought yourself a world championship. Congratulations Royals! There are 4 major sports championships and if they simply gave each one to the fan base who thinks they spent the most money on their teams at the box office or the beer stand it would kind of take all of the fun out of it, would it not?
Is every Boston sports fan over-officious, overly arrogant, and extremely narrow-minded? Of course not. There are some die-hards who watch and understand the games because they like the sport. Then there are those who get into it because it is "cool" at the time and can't formulate their own opinions because they don't understand enough so defer to the Felgers of the world to formulate thoughts for them. Then, well let's face it, there are just some ignorant narrow-minded people in the world and they act as such when it comes to their sports fandom. So what makes us different from any other sports fan bases? Nothing really, we can just be counted among the 5 or 6 cities in this country that have a heightened passion for our teams. No more, no less. Maybe it's time to stop worrying about our athlete's personal lives and start worrying more about our own. Wins and losses are not as important as raising your children, fighting a fire or a crime, or finding a cure for a disease such as cancer (although coincidentally if you are an athlete and you want to help people who do you better check with the fan base first and see if it's ok). Sports were invented for people to sit back and enjoy so my advice would be to do just that.


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The "American Idol" quest for the tween audience suffered a couple of crippling blows this week. The first was the Frank Sinatra theme that forced the remaining five finalists to sing tunes that were old when their parents were young, and the second was that Aaron Kelly got voted off the show on Wednesday.
(Well, there was also the little matter of the not one but two group sings during the results show. But that offended audience members of all age groups and wasn't tween specific.)
Kelly was by far the youngest contestant remaining among the final five. Though he claims to be 17 years old, it's a little surprising that the birther movement didn't demand he produce his own certificate to prove it, since he looked like someone who gets turned away from PG-13 movies if he shows up without a parent or guardian.
U.S. & World
Despite his youth — or perhaps because of it — Kelly became a favorite of the judges. He has a big enough voice to carry off challenging songs, and even when he didn't, he always seemed to get a pass. Even Simon Cowell always treated him gently, as if he were afraid Kelly would race back to his third-grade homeroom in tears if he were criticized. When the judges didn't really like his singing, they compensated with metaphorical pats on the head and cheers for trying.
Meanwhile, they ripped into Casey James on Tuesday night as if they were jealous of his other offers, since those $50 checks and free meals must be hard to resist. First they took away his guitar for the evening — "don't take my guitar away from me again," he said afterward — and then they ripped him after he finished. Even guest mentor Harry Connick Jr. said the contestant was much better in rehearsal.
But what kind of audience did "Idol" expect for a show with Connick and the Sinatra theme? It clearly was much more weighted to the "Cougars for Casey" crowd, and less toward the tweens, and perhaps that made the difference. While Kelly went home, James wasn't even among the two lowest vote-getters, as Michael Lynche once again flirted with elimination. The big guy has more escapes than Houdini this season, which is appropriate since he can bench press way more weight than Houdini ever could.
Apart from the elimination, the biggest question of the night was "Lady Gaga: pants, or no pants?" The answer for her live performance was "no pants." And also "no shirt." Just something that looked like underwear covered by a black fishnet. The poor Fox censor in charge of that one deserves a raise for the stress it must caused.
As a reward to all the older viewers who didn't change the channel in shock at Lady Gaga's "Alejandro," Harry Connick Jr. came onstage to perform as well. But forget about that — there's a much better reason why he needs to come back.
That's because he had the best guest mentor rip ever. "Idol" killed some time with behind-the-scene footage and jokes of the Connick mentoring experience, which looks like it will require the finalists to undergo serious therapy but made me laugh, so I don't care.
"The word 'pitchy' does not exist, judges," Connick griped. "We need to stop saying that. 'He's singing out of tune' — that's how we say it."
Please, "Idol" people, bring him back next year as a judge. I don't care who goes, I would just like one judge who I can count on not ever using "pitchy" ever again.
Craig Berman is a writer in Washington. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/craigberman.


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UPDATE (11/13/2012): Additional modification needed to provide ability to manage the parameters in SharePoint (see the bottom of the post for the updates)
If you are using Reporting Services (SSRS) in SharePoint Integrated Mode (I saw this issue with SSRS 2008 R2 SP2 & SSRS 2012 with SharePoint 2010 running with SP1 CU Aug 2012), then something you might want to be aware of. If you ever have to load a parameter list with lots of records (say 35K+) then you might end up receiving a message like this:
An error (Unable to read data from the transport connection: The connection was closed.) occurred while transmitting data over the HTTP channel.
An error (Unable to read data from the transport connection: The connection was closed.) occurred while transmitting data over the HTTP channel.
Unable to read data from the transport connection: The connection was closed.
If you are running the report in BIDS or SSDT or Reporting Services Native Mode you will be fine, just an issue with SharePoint Integrated Mode. I also noticed this with a report that had approximately nine parameters (four were hidden) and two of them had approximately 10K records. So I think it was the combination of the parameters along with some default values getting set that caused the issue.
REPRO: For a quick example of this issue you can easily replicate this with populating a parameter with the FactFinanceKey from the AdventureWorksDW2012 database. Deploy the report to SharePoint and try and run it:)
I have filed a Microsoft Connect Bug for this here – Reporting Services (SSRS) SharePoint Large Parameter Issue
Well after a bunch of searching and digging through the forums, blogs, BOL, and additional documentation (and even tried an old ProClarity fix) I found the fix for the issue – MaxItemsInObjectGraph….yes, that was a setting that I had to incorporate into a couple of the configuration files for Reporting in SharePoint:S
The first forum posting that pointed me to the web.config and client.config files was Issue Exporting SSRS 2012 Report to CSV file in SharePoint 2010 (MaxReceivedMessageSize property exceeded) and then after doing some additional research running live log tracing on SharePoint I tracked down that it was really related to the WCF and I came across this additional MaxItemsInObjectGraph setting in quit a few posts such as this one MaxItemsInObjectGraph and keeping references when serializing in WCF.
Now I didn't find the magic post that just told me what to do, but with some trial-and-error I came up with the following steps to fix this:
1. Edit the web.config file in the following location C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\WebServices\Reporting
NOTE: prior to modifying a config file, always make a backup of the file first and use a text editor like notepad, notepad++ to modify the file, do not use a rich text editor.
2. In the web.config file find the <behaviors> section and make the following addition:
1) maxConcurrentCalls is set to 16(default value in .Net3.5)*Processor Count(assuming 32)
2) maxConcurrentInstances is set to 512 since InstanceContextMode is PerCall
3) These settings can be removed after upgrading to .Net 4.0
<behavior name="RSExecutionBehavior">
<serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="512″ maxConcurrentInstances="512″ />
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647″ />
3. Save the file and then go and edit the client.config file, remember to make a backup copy prior to modifying it. This file is located in the following location C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\WebClients\Reporting\
4. In the client.config file add the following section below the <System.ServiceModel> tag and before the <client> tag
<behavior name="RSExecutionBehavior">
<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483647″ />
5. Now I also modified four of the endpoint settings in the <client> section to reference the new behavior that I added (IReportExecution and IReportStreamingAsyncClient):
<endpoint name="https" contract="Microsoft.ReportingServices.ServiceContract.IReportExecution" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="https" behaviorConfiguration="RSExecutionBehavior"/>
<endpoint name="http" contract="Microsoft.ReportingServices.ServiceContract.IReportExecution" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="http" behaviorConfiguration="RSExecutionBehavior"/>
<endpoint name="https" contract="Microsoft.ReportingServices.ServiceContract.IReportStreamingAsyncClient" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="httpsStreaming" behaviorConfiguration="RSExecutionBehavior"/>
<endpoint name="http" contract="Microsoft.ReportingServices.ServiceContract.IReportStreamingAsyncClient" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="httpStreaming" behaviorConfiguration="RSExecutionBehavior"/>
6. Once that was done I had to restart the server where the Reporting Services application was running. The web.config settings seemed to work right away, but not the client.config settings. Once it restarted I warmed up SharePoint and got SSRS running again. I tested out my report and it started up just fine, no error message:)
And that is the fix, can't believe this is the first time I have come across this issue, but now there is a fix and it is documented:D Just a word of caution, this still does not perform as well as it does in SSRS Native Mode, but at least it does work now. It appears that it takes maybe twice as long to load in SharePoint as it does through the Report Manger (your mileage may vary though).
I have filed a Microsoft Connect Bug for this here – Reporting Services (SSRS) SharePoint Large Parameter Issue
UPDATE (11/13/2012): Additional modification needed to provide ability to manage the parameters in SharePoint –
One quick update on this – there is one more additional service & endpoint that needs to be updated in the config files as well. The reason is so that you can manage the parameters in SharePoint if needed.
Web: <service name="Microsoft.ReportingServices.ServiceRuntime.ReportServiceManagement" behaviorConfiguration="RSExecutionBehavior">
Client: <endpoint name="https" contract="Microsoft.ReportingServices.ServiceContract.IReportServiceManagement" binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="https" behaviorConfiguration="RSExecutionBehavior"/>
I added the behaviorConfiguration reference. Not only did I update this in the web.config file, I also updated the endpoints in the client.config file as well. It seems like it picked up on the change without a reboot this time as well, so the web.config setting seemed to work, but wanted to keep things in synch so I updated the client.config as well. This time though I did receive a valid SharePoint error message and was able to look it up in the logs to pinpoint the additional service being referenced for this operation. There are two other items in the config file – ReportServiceBackgroundProcessing and AlertManagement – and I have not had to alter these ones yet.
NOTE: Also, in a multi-server environment I had to update the client.config file on the WFE server (web.config did not exist since it wasn't the application server) and restart that one to get the reports to behave consistently.