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Sofas are, of course, the central piece of furniture of every living room. They not only do need to be comfortable after a long day out, but they also need to be spacious and big enough to welcome every other member of your family or guest that you may have. The choice of the sofa (or sofas) is one of the more difficult that you may take and you should really think about the space you need to feel and the style you want your room to have. The sofa, as we said, is a central piece, so you can use it to confirm the style of the whole room or to "break the rule" and make it stand up on everything else. Use your imagination: the sofa is such an important and unique piece, so you must be the only one to take this decision.
The sofas that we sell are of course all luxury, high-quality products, and since we always follow new trends, we prefer minimalist and contemporary designs. Anyway, if you would like to save or control a space of your apartment and apply your personal creative touch, then the modular furniture is the best solution. They help you to combine and furnish your room with one sofa in different ways. Sectional sofas have individual parts that form the whole piece. One of our favourites is L. M. Van der Rohe Barcelona by Domingo Salotti, made of chrome and stainless steel configuration. The armchair is almost completely hand-laboured. High quality requires extreme precision and highest craftsmanship to weld and finish the joints. Frame is polished chrome hand-ground and hand-buffed. It represent the highest quality of the iconic "Barcelona" armchair, which will never go out of fashion.
If you are a fan of colourful and bright patterns, than you should really check Arthe 4 by Confort Line. Its flowery pattern can give a touch of irony and vivacity to your living room. It is a modular sofa, available both in fabric and faux leather. It is perfect for a cosy living room and for welcoming as many relatives and friends as possible. If instead you like very contemporary and quite weird designs, nothing would work better than the formidable Ultramodern Funky Italian 2-P sofa by Adrenalina. It is available in many different colours. It has an ultramodern design which may not be liked from everyone, but has a very interesting appeal. It could be an ideal addition to a modern lounge area. This sofa is a statement of fun, modernity and funkiness. Its slim design makes it perfect for room with a limited space without compromising the comfort. This sofa can be an explosion of colours in your room.
The last sofa we want to present is the amazing corner sofa by Domingo Salotti, which is perfect if you have a very small living room but you don't want to say no to the comfort of having your own sofa where lying after long busy days. You can have it in many different colours and it's available with feather filling. The armrest is interchangeable and double faced. The sofa is hand-made by skilled professionals and it comes directly from Italy.


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Thenkuzhal murukku
White thenkuzhal murukku for Diwali !
1 cup - 250ml
For small quantity : 1 cup = 250ml
1 cup - 250ml
For small quantity : 1 cup = 250ml
Don't forget to try the half cooked murukku in the last batch.For this, after u press the murukku in oil , just flip immediately and remove in 10 secs.. Eat it hot !!
White colored , crispy thenkuzhal is ready to enjoy !!
lovely murukku and pictures tooReplyDelete
Thanks kranthi :)ReplyDelete
nice color murukku useful tipsReplyDelete
Woww... looks absolutely perfect and inviting... love the clicks too.. thanks for the recipe dear.. awesome job !!
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Luvly post on thenkuzhal...ReplyDelete
crispy n delicious..perfect!!
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WOW..lovely murukku..I really like the colour and texture..and ya its so difficult to take step by step pictures but you have done a good job.ReplyDelete
lovely murukku...u have done it perfectly and thanks for sharing step wise pictures...loved your clicks too..they looks more tempting..
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Crispy yummy murukku...Love them...ReplyDelete
Very nicely done and if the inside has the hole, it means it is truly thaenkuzhal...the colour and the insides vouch that they have been perfectly made.ReplyDelete
nice pictures and lovely doneReplyDelete
Perfectly done,crispy and delicious..ReplyDelete
delicious recipe and fabulous pictures... tips are also very useful..ReplyDelete
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The color looks so inviting..bookmarkedReplyDelete
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Perfect & crispy & such a tempting murukku Chitra,..Pass me some will ya.. ;)
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Wow nice crispy murukku looks yumm...nice stepwise tooReplyDelete
Just mouthwatering...looks so easy to prepare and delicious!ReplyDelete
Fantastic! I love murukku but I've been too intimidated to try it at home :(ReplyDelete
looks perfect and very tempting chitra...
very well illustrated :)
Feel like munching some,well prepared crispy murukkus..ReplyDelete
love the broken murukku pic where you can see the inside too! all these crunch munch are all time favs, can have it through out the year na?ReplyDelete
Thenkuzhal has come out so good, Chitra. Actually this is one of my favorite snack, but I haven't prepared it even once. Maybe next Diwali.ReplyDelete
looks very tempting and delicious. Lovely snack.ReplyDelete
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Very crispy n crunchy murukkus.Well presented.ReplyDelete
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Scrumptious looking munchies.ReplyDelete
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I love this crunchy and delicious snack.ReplyDelete
Looks crunchy & yummy..ReplyDelete
Muruku looks light n crispy..wanna have it now :)ReplyDelete
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Pictures are nice that you have given and they are really helpful in understanding the technique. I am going to use this thing with my fried bread. I think it will make great combination.ReplyDelete
Same process i tried and it came out well. Thanks for the tipsReplyDelete
For small quantities no need to add fried gram chitra?ReplyDelete
No need.If you wish,you can add 1.5 tbsp of urad dal flour and 1/2 tbsp of fried gram dal flour.Delete
Thanks a lot will try to do it in the ratio given by you..I am a regular reader of your site..I have done many of your receipes..Recently tried your bottle guard dosa and it came very well..Delete
Thanks Kamali :) I am happy to know this. Please share your feedback if you try this murukku :)Delete
hi chitra very beautiful and white thenkuzhal.if we use idiyappam flour for making this murukku what is the quantity of uraddal flour to be added for one cup of flour.i want to try.ReplyDelete
Hi Chitra I tried the thenguzhal with store bought Idiyappam flour as per Ur recipe.taste was good.but thenguzhal broke into pieces didn't retain the shape.what could be the reason?ReplyDelete
Thanks for ur recipe...when i press the murukku maavu in sheet it is getting broke..i tried adding more water and butter...still same thing happening...may i know why it is breaking?ReplyDelete
I used double horse rice flour (kozhukattai maavu) this time. Last time I prepared rice flour myself.ReplyDelete
Hi, idiyappam/ kozhukattai maavu is very soft and not dry like plain rice flour. So it doesn't work. I usually make it with store bought plain dry rice flour. I feel flour is the reason. Also murukku breaks if the urad dal flour is coarse. Please use store bought or homemade dry rice flour for this recipe.Delete
Hi Chitra, can you suggest some dry rice flour available in Bangalore. Also urad dal flour should I sieve twice?ReplyDelete
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So, as the kids in the cross-country, rich-people-rallying community (and those who obsessively follow such things) know, the Bullrun kicks off tomorrow in Spinelli's backyard. What only a few kids know, is that if all goes according to plan, Davey G. will be an embedded reporter with the crew of Kevin Ward's absolutely nuts-of-a-cheetah '54 Studebaker along with La Carrera Panamericana Unlimited Class co-founder Bret Haller, as well as with a few other crews for the last three days of the rally, catching a flight to an undisclosed locale, and then hauling ass (at legal speeds, of course — it's a rally, not a race), back to Los Angeles. Sadly, we won't be partying with Andretti, as he's apparently wussing out and only driving the beginning of the festivities.
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Double chocolate loaf cake
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- Can be frozen un-iced
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- fat32g
- saturates16g
- carbs48g
- sugars33g
- fibre2g
- protein8g
- salt0.64g
- 175g softened butter, plus extra for greasing
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- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 eggs
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- 140g self-raising flour
- 85g ground almonds
- ½ tsp baking powder
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Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb/900g loaf tin with a long strip of baking parchment. To make the loaf cake batter, beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder, milk and cocoa until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips, then scrape into the tin. Bake for 45-50 mins until golden, risen and a skewer poked in the centre comes out clean.
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The snow has started to fall at my parent's house. There is Christmas music playing in the shops. As much as I can't believe it, the holidays are upon us. It's time to tackle one of the most difficult of all tasks: getting a good family photo for the Christmas cards. Oy vey.
I've conjured up a little motovation to get us all going on our cards.
Introducing "Merry Vinter"! I created this line of digital papers and ornaments for you to use to create your cards this year. As you can probably tell, I was strongly influenced by all things Swedish. I love scandanavian design in any form, but I am especially taken with Swedish kurbits and ornamentals.
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======================cwconrad wrote:You've already had several different answers to your question. I could chime in with my own experience of studying New Testament Koine in my first year of academic Greek, moving on to read the Iliad of Homer in my second year, and then to read Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in my third year -- but that's no help to you in understanding what you're asking, any more than reading the flawed Wikipedia account of the history of the Greek language. I think this is like asking, "What's the difference between chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla ice cream?" You can't get where you want to go by asking that kind of question. It might be a little more helpful to look at three or four pages of texts of several lines each from several eras of Greek from Mycenean or Homeric up to the modern demotic. It would be like looking at texts from Beowulf, the Magna Carta, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Whitman, Faulkner (just to list some literary texts of significance) and asking, "What's the difference between the "English" of these texts? There is no road map that will take you to distinctly segmented temporal and geographical dominions of a language; there are only the ways in which a language is spoken, heard, written (if written at all) and understood in a particular time at a particular place. You have to go there and listen to it and hear it and begin to make sense of what you hear and learn to talk to its speakers bit by bit. Historical linguists (or Linguistic historians?) can draw up lists of features and of geographical areas and time-periods in which the language in question is "more or less stable", and what they tell you is something that you may or may not find useful as an answer to your question. Such answers are abstractions based on somewhat arbitrarily-chosen criteria, approximations. But to know what Homeric Greek is you'll need to read a sizable amount of Homeric verse; to know what's Attic Greek you'll need to read some Xenophon and some Thucydides and some Sophocles and some Aeschylus. And so forth. This is a beginner's question, but I am not sure that a beginner in Greek can be given a very useful answer to the question.
I began Greek as a high school junior in 1943, reading Xenophon. Homer and Plato. In seminary I translated for required courses Luke, 1 Corinthians and Romans, and took electives kn John and James. In my Ph. D. program at Washington University (before Carl taught there) I read Pindar, 3 Greek tragedies,3 comedies and Thudydides. I had a seminary in which we read the entire Iliad the first semester, the entire Odyssey the next.
My son at Yale decided to do his degree in Ancient Greek history after a course in ancient history. Took the one semester course in Attic Greek, then a reading course in his junior year. Unhappy with his Greek ability he came home after his junior year and translated Thucydides for four to five hours a day, using the LSJ as his resource. He is now Professor ancient history and classics at Davidson College, a respected authority on Greek warfare (read his book on the Battle of Marathon).
In brief there is no shortcut to mastery of ancient Greek other than meticulously and carefully reading large quantities of text. No theory of linguistics makes it easier--though it may help an instructor develop better modes of introducing the language.
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Visit the PTD: Pokemon Center - a place to trade pokemon, get your Daily Code, adopt Pokemon, view your items and change your avatar!
Greetings! Welcome to another amazing week of Sam and Dan games! Last week we almost completed our goal of releasing both a 1v1 level and a story level but we didn't quite make it. I did release it yesterday night which is pretty close I guess. This week again we will attempt to do a Story levels among other things! We love to give you guys content and we love making it. We will also talk a little bit about the starting towns/cities/villages for the first 3 starters in Creature Universe TD. Sound good? Great! Let's get to it.
New Story Level
This week we will finally get out of New Bark Town and into Route 29! You might have noticed that once you defeat a battle you aren't able to repeat this battle over and over like you could on PTD1. Well on Route 29 you will be able to repeat battles, catch new pokemon, hunt for shinys! I'm looking forward to making this and finally be able to see pokemon walking around in the wild instead of just having random battles. You will also get your PokePad which will act as a pokedex, a computer and it will also heal your pokemon between battles. Along with this I'll be working on getting your first party pokemon to walk behind you. If I have time I'll be adding the first Mystery Gift and the Trading Center for PTD2. Lots to do!
Look! 1v1 is evolving!
I've decided to make some big changes to 1v1, remove a lot of the grinding and focus more on strategy and choices. This requires some shifts on how things work. I'm still thinking about it so not everything is finalized yet. But here are some of the things that will change:
- There will be no more experience gained from defeating the enemy.
- You will level up by using rare candies that are given out by beating levels.
- When you use a checkpoint you will get the same amount of candies that you would have received if you have beaten all the way up to that point. So you can skip the previous levels and still have a powerful team.
- Every pokemon will now start at level 5 and evolutions will not be available for unlocking.
So that is a little preview of what we have coming for you this week. Check out the weekly progress below to see how I'm doing during the week. I also added a new "My Status" which will tell you if I'm currently working or not.
Weekly Progress:
Alpha v1.191 - Bug Fix: Released!
- Fixed a bug with the pokeballs not showing up unless you saved and reloaded the profile after receiving them from Prof. Elm (100%)
- Fixed some NPC typos
- Slightly Decreased the HP boost on your rival's starter
- Made the pokemon in your first party slot follow you in the map - Fun stuff but you won't be able to talk to it like in the other games.
- Fixed Map Issue in Elm's Lab on Story Mode
- Fixed Issue with Speed resetting between waves in Story Mode
- Made Story level music stop playing when you leave story mode
- New Story Level - Route 29
- Level Intro
- Before you get the PokePad
- After you get the PokePad
- Implement PokePad
- New Map
- Battle Layout
- Swarm Layout - Normal Tower defense fight
- Single Layout - 1v1 style fight
- Battle Waves - Both 1v1 and normal version for each pokemon
- Pidgey
- Rattata
- Sentret
- Pokemon Map Behavior - how the pokemon will behave in the map
- Pidgey
- Rattata
- Sentret
- Level Ending
- Added a Spawning System - This will control how many and where each pokemon spawn in a route.
- Saving Extra Info for Pokemon
- Show Shiny Popup and slow down speed when a shiny shows up
- After closing a popup window the previous screen will now properly get back focus - When learning a new move or evolving the screen would lose focus when coming back. Not allowing you to use the keyboard shortcuts. This is now fixed.
Creature Universe Starting Locations!
Like I've mentioned before each starting creature will have it's own starting location instead of have all 3 available in one town. What this means is that we can really do something special for the starting locations. Giving each of them their own unique style and appearance. For Creature Universe we really wanted to do something different. Instead of realistic towns that are... well kinda boring. We really wanted to do something interesting for each town. Below I will show you some sketches that our artist made to create the mood of each starting location. Keep in mind that these are concept sketches they don't represent the final look of the locations. Also some of these are there to strictly show an idea and not intended to look amazing. Keep that in mind!
First is the grass starter zone. The grass starter is the chameleon, they mostly live on trees so why not make the town live on top of trees. Not shown in the concept is the flooding that occurs during the rainy season which is the reason they build higher up and the water that is under the trees.
|Work In Progress Concept of the Grass Starting zone
Lastly the water starter zone. This place is more outdoors in a place surrounded by mountains. Not shown in the concept is a zone that is dried up due to recent droughts. This zone will be divided between a rich part and a poor part. The water buffalo need water to use water so even with them around they don't completely solve the drought problem as they can only use water in their supply to defend themselves and keep themselves hydrated while doing work like pushing carts and what not.
|Work In Progress Concept of the Water Starter Zone
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For some reason I've enjoyed the IPL so much more than the two T20 world championships. I honestly can't put my finger on it, logic should dictate that with so many better players and without Indian filler the International stuff should be a lot more enjoyable. But for me at least, it hasn't been and I personally find the IPL a lot more engrossing.
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Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University women's tennis team fell 7-0 to UT Martin on Sunday afternoon at the TSU Tennis Complex.
The Tigers fell to 0-7 and 0-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference, while UT Martin improved to 6-8 and 5-0 in OVC action.
In doubles action, the Skyhawks' Jodie Tiley/Ivon Simic won 8-0 over Lauren and London Thomas to claim the No. 1 point. In the No. 2 slot, UTM's Anna Marie Herbold/Alice Laing defeated Melynda Simmons/Kryston Mason, 8-0. In the third doubles contest, Katie McCall/Jessica Silva won 8-1 over Shardel Suber/Khadijah Williams.
Simmons dropped the top singles match to UTM's Tiley, 6-0, 6-1. In the No. 2 slot, Simic defeated London Thomas (6-3, 6-0), while Herbold won the No. 3 spot 6-1, 6-2 over Lauren Thomas.
Tennessee State's Mason fell 6-0, 6-0 to Laing in the fourth slot, as the Skyhawks' No. 5 Silva toppled Suber (6-0, 6-0). UT Martin's McCall claimed the sixth point by defeating Williams (6-2, 6-0).
The TSU men's and women's tennis teams return to action on Friday, April 6 with a match at Austin Peay. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. in Clarksville, Tenn.


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Just one quilt from the local quilt show that we attended last weekend. This is the town that swallowed up my village. Which poses some interesting complications on occasion. (Well living in my condominium within the village poses some complications on its own as well.) The Village has several pools, we can only use the one that our Condo maintains - even though part of our condo fee goes to the village association... (Etc.) (We basically don't get anything for the fees that the condo pays to the association.)
Anyway I posted this because I am still debating wether or not I will go to another local show today after work. You see the last time I went, I did not take a single photo (harsh way to judge, but I am a visual person.) - though in the past I had taken several. Also I would need to bring Jacob & they do not allow strollers. (I kind if think that letting a 17 month old baby run amok would be one way to show them the folly of their rule - it's not like they banned wheel chairs.)
What would you do? Quick answers appreciated since I need to let my husband know. :o)


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Proper Contracts and Service Help Make Private Parties Successful
Parties and special events, especially during the busy year-end holiday season, can provide a welcome boost in revenue. The potential for liability, however, should not be ignored as you book private parties or even sell out your entire venue for corporate functions.
Promotions and contests, too, must be viewed from the perspective of whether they will encourage patron overconsumption or reckless behavior. A fashion show serves a different end, in many respects, than a wet T-shirt contest.
The very act of booking special events comes with particular concerns for properly writing agreements with clients and protecting yourself from the over-indulgence that is so common during the season.
First, many operators fail to obtain a signed special event contract that sets forth even the basics: number of attendees, costs, taxes, cancellation policy and, most importantly, the upfront payment. This agreement is critical to protect your catering or special event business, and you should not be shy about insisting on a headcount, menu selection and down payment (by credit card, of course) well in advance of the event. Because these functions tend to book in advance, the document should include a strict cancellation policy that gets stricter as the date approaches. Failure to address this essential part of the agreement can leave you hanging in the thick of party season with an empty venue and no realistic opportunity to book it.
The agreement is also the place to include liability limitations for your business, indemnification by the client, policies for charging damages to the client, and representations and warranties from the client that no minors will be in attendance at the event (or, if minors will be in attendance at the event, the procedure for and cost of checking identification and marking those who are underage).
When you host an event staffed by your own employees, only use those licensed to serve alcohol by the state. Remind them that your standing policies against over-serving and serving minors are in effect (you do have standing policies, don't you?). Do not, under any circumstances, let the client pour their own alcohol. Remember, though, that having these policies and failing to utilize them could be more detrimental than not having any policy (because it suggests you knew you should have the policy but failed to enforce it).
If you operate event space and rent it for private functions, you might consider requiring all clients to use professional catering or staffing companies that will, in turn, contractually agree to only use licensed servers. These venues may be eligible, too, for special event insurance policies, which provide coverage for short (usually 24 hours) periods of time.
In the real world, though, hosting these events can test an operator's customer service skills, especially when the client books the party with the intent that most guests in attendance will participate to excess. Even special events, however, are subject to the law, and if an over-served patron leaves your establishment and is involved in an accident, you or your business might have to answer for it. Such an incident could turn a profitable season into a sinkhole of liability.
Visit with your attorney and insurance provider to determine the proper coverage for your particular operation so you can focus on generating revenue that will carry the business through the post-holiday months and beyond. NCB


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LETTER- Treating Mother kindly
Your September 28 news story, "Mother, say I: Monk sees vision in Nelson," was a breath of fresh air in the midst of increasingly negative news about the state of our world. While the writer had no prior experience with Synchronicity or the subject of spirituality and human destiny, the story reflects a genuine curiosity and openness to a highly unusual and unprecedented experience and opportunity.
As one of those interviewed for the article, I was particularly impressed with Vijith Assar's attention to detail and his willingness to listen to the personal testimonies of those of us who experience the Blessed Mother apparition directly on a daily basis. It would have been too easy for him to fall prey to satire and derision; it's a credit to his intelligence, skill, and sensitivity that he chose to report honestly and directly about this most amazing event.
By and large, journalism today reflects the darkness of current events and the pessimism of jaded readers. It's heartening to see that there is one Charlottesville publication that reflects the light.
Alan M. Scherr, Vice President
Synchronicity Foundation International
Nelson County


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Looking for hitting partner and would put myself in 4.0 range. I live in Cinco Ranch Southwest and looking to for someone to play a 1-2 times a week. please message me if interested.
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Hey Rob,
Myself and another guy (and sometimes my wife as well) hit on Friday evenings from around 7:45-9:30 at the Cinco Ranch courts right down Cinco Ranch Blvd (a little further down from Grand Parkway than the shopping center, same side of the street) if you're interested. I am probably around a 4.0-4.5 and the other fella is around a 4.0. If my wife comes, she is around a 3.5 hitter, but fairly consistent when it comes to getting the ball back and she can handle speed/spin/etc. Let me know if you're interested.
I'd like to play with you guys sometime. I am 4.0 player also.
We are there most Fridays, with the exception of this Friday and next. Send me an email at moonamongus @ yahoo.com and I'll let you know when we start again.
Rob, I just joined this group I am near Hwy 6 and I 10 we have 2 courts in my community. would love to hit some time
What days/time? Im a beginner id say but i played a couple seasons in atlanta before i had my baby, 2yr old now. Im looking to start playing new to area. I was a division 1 college athlete. Not tennis though!
I am rusty but would quickly be back to a 4.0. I am very interested in 2 nights a week.
There's a new Cinco Ranch group that has started.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- During the golden era of late-night television, Johnny Carson was the king of comedy, Ed McMahon the faithful sidekick and Doc Severinsen the flamboyantly dressed leader of the band. Carson and McMahon are gone, but Severinsen continues to entertain audiences across America with his trumpeting and swinging big band. Severinsen and His Big Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Penn State's Eisenhower Auditorium.
Thanks to plenty of time in the practice studio, Severinsen still blows a mean horn and hits all the high notes. But he also surrounds himself with choice musicians with whom he's more than happy to share the spotlight. The band's repertoire includes Duke Ellington and Count Basie standards, other big band classics, pop, jazz, ballads and, of course, "The Tonight Show" theme song.
Tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentation are $45 for an adult, $15 for a University Park student and $35 for those 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at http://cpa.psu.edu or by phone at 814-863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial 800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays) and Bryce Jordan Center (9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays). A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.
Carl Severinsen, nicknamed "Little Doc" as a child because his father was a dentist, has more than 30 albums to his credit. He learned to swing firsthand from the icons of the big band era. In the late 1940s, after service in the army at the end of World War II, the Oregon native toured first with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra and then Benny Goodman's big band.
In 1949, Severinsen became an NBC staff musician. By 1962, he was in the first trumpet chair of The Tonight Show Band. Five years later he became the band's music director, a position he held for a quarter century.
Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring a visiting artist or local expert, is offered in Eisenhower one hour before the concert and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.
Corvette America sponsors the presentation. WRSC is the media sponsor.
Find the Center for the Performing Arts on Facebook at http://facebook.com/pscpa.


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The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan
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|The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan
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Midway Games
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|Oct. 15, 2012[1]
The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan is the fourth expansion of The Lord of the Rings Online. It includes three new regions and features mounted combat, as well as smaller additions like an increase of the level cap from 75 to 85. The game was released on October 15, 2012.[1]
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|Allies of the King books
Prologue: Messages from Lórien
The game story focuses on the Riders of Rohan, the Breaking of the Fellowship and Éomer's fight against the Orcs and Uruks who invade eastern Rohan.[1] The Riders of Rohan expansion continues the Epic Quest storyline with books 7, 8 and 9 of Allies of the King. These books team the player with a motley crew consisting of an exiled Rohir, a Dunlending woman and an Elf of Lothlorien.
Book VII - A Fellowship Endangered
Book VIII - Into the Riddermark
Book IX - The Third Marshal
Book X - Snows of Wildermore
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Riders of Rohan adds one big zone and two smaller zones to the game world:[2]
- East Plains of Rohan
- Amon Hen
- Eaves of Fangorn
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Riders of Rohan allows players to fight from horseback for the first time. Early quests in The Wold of East Rohan give players access to a War-steed, a special breed of horse trained for combat. Players can learn special attacks and maneuvers for their War-steeds and their mounts level up with experience just as the players do. War-steeds can be ridden in most game regions but mounted combat options are only available in Rohan.
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- The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep
- Riders of Rohan
|The Lord of the Rings Online
|Games titles
|Shadows of Angmar · Mines of Moria · Siege of Mirkwood · Rise of Isengard · Riders of Rohan · Helm's Deep
|Volume I: Shadows of Angmar · Volume II: Mines of Moria · Volume III: Allies of the King · Volume IV: The Strength of Sauron · In Their Absence
|Shadows of Angmar · Mines of Moria
|Pack titles
|Adventure Pack · Loot Bag
|Mines of Moria Minigames
|King Under the Mountain · Swig and Toss · Eleventy-Seven Morsels
|Books · Characters · Locations · Ships · Structures
|Kinships · Middle-earth Online
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND TURBINE UNVEIL THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: RIDERS OF ROHAN™", www.lotro.com (accessed 30 January 2012)
- ↑ Justin Olivetti, "Riding into Rohan: LotRO maps out in 2012" dated 25 January 2012, Massively (accessed 29 January 2012)


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Hackers swipe thousands of records at Fla. college
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The confidential information of nearly 300,000 Florida college students, faculty and employees at a Florida Panhandle college have been accessed by computer hackers in a massive security breach, officials at the school said Wednesday.
State and college officials said a breach that at first involved employees at Northwest Florida State College was much larger than suspected and now potentially involves student records from across the state.
The Department of Education said Wednesday that hackers stole 200,000 records including names, Social Security numbers and birthdates for any student statewide who was eligible for Florida's popular Bright Futures scholarships for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years.
"We speculate this was a professional, coordinated attack by one or more hackers," said Northwest Florida State College President Ty Handy in a memo that went out to employees on Monday.
The hackers also stole more than 3,000 employee records, including some which contained confidential financial information. Approximately 76,000 records containing personal identification information from students who attended the college was also hacked.
"We want to be sure that we fully understand the situation and provide accurate information to those impacted," said Florida College System Chancellor Randy Hanna in a statement. "While some of the contact information is dated, we will be trying to reach every student whose records may have been captured."
Because of the scope of the breach, federal authorities have joined the local and state investigation already under way, the school said.
The breach occurred sometime between late May and late September. The investigation was launched last week.
College officials said in a news release that 50 employees to date have reported issues with identity theft, including the college president, faculty and staff. The information has been used to either obtain personal loans or to take out a Home Depot credit card.


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Disruptability index for insurance
May 10, 2018
May 10, 2018
Insurance leaders today often think disruption is beyond their control. While 93 percent of executives across industries say they know their industry will be disrupted at some point in the next five years, only 20 percent feel they're highly prepared to address it.
However, Accenture research shows that disruption follows a discernible pattern. To better understand the nature of disruption in an industry context, we created the Disruptability Index and an infographic to highlight the insurance industry's vulnerability to disruption.
For the Disruptability Index, Accenture analyzed 3,269 companies—across 20 industries and 98 industry segments—and looked at 15 contributing variables.
Insurance is the 4th most susceptible to future disruption out of the 20 industries analyzed; however, current levels of disruption are very low leaving insurers complacent. Those that plan for the future of disruption will obtain competitive advantage.
We think not. Insurers who act today to address structural productivity challenges in their core business will be well positioned to keep disruptive competitors at bay.
Rather than being a random event beyond a leaders' control, disruption has a pattern that can be identified, understood and prepared for. By measuring the current level of, and susceptibility to, disruption in over 90 industry segments, we identified four periods of disruption: Durability, Vulnerability, Volatility and Viability. Where incumbents fall within these periods should inform how they respond, with confidence:
Disruption is not unpredictable, beyond your control or something only the weak should respond to. In periods of rapid change, a new strategy is required: one that enables insurers to act in the face of disruption, confidently. We call this strategy 'rotating to the new'.
In the Vulnerability period, where high barriers to entry endure, it is time to scale up new opportunities while strengthening operational efficiency and innovation commitment. There are three key steps to consider:


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SLATE HILL — James Crumm's junior swimming season at Minisink Valley ended at the state championships on March 3.
SLATE HILL — James Crumm's junior swimming season at Minisink Valley ended at the state championships on March 3.
Crumm, now a senior, hasn't exactly had what one might call an offseason.
Ever since the state meet, he's been training six days a week for his club team, Aqua Gems. As during the high school season, Crumm's club team competes in meets all over the Hudson Valley, as well as a few out-of-state meets.
During summer vacation, he also squeezed in two-hour practices starting at 6:30 a.m. at SUNY Orange. In addition to regular dry-land workouts, Crumm hit the weight room three times a week.
During the high school season, Crumm often swims for 21/2 hours with his Minisink Valley team before heading off to do another two hours with the Aqua Gems.
All the hard work paid off, as Crumm recently signed a letter of intent to swim for Division I Niagara University, where he also plans to study physical therapy.
"Niagara stood out because the coach was extremely friendly," Crumm said of Ben Nigro. "He pretty much won me over. The team was all friendly. They took me out to breakfast and fed me a bunch of food. I watched their practice and it just felt like a family."
As much as he enjoys swimming for his club team year-round, it's that sense of family that motivates Crumm during the high school season.
"Honestly, it's nothing compared to a varsity team, a high school team," he said of his club team. "We're just closer, especially this team."
It's typical for high school coaches and swimmers to set goals before each season, whether it be qualifying for the section meet or challenging for a state title.
Crumm, Section 9's defending champion in the 100-yard freestyle, isn't all that worried about his individual accomplishments.
"I'm looking forward to this season, not for personal goals, but team goals," he said. "I'm more excited for the team's accomplishments than mine. I like watching other people do better."
Crumm was a near-unanimous choice for team captain, earning 40 of the 41 votes. He declined to vote for himself.
A high school swim team presents an interesting challenge for team leaders. Crumm has 40 teammates, ranging from seventh-graders to seniors, all of them with varying levels of talent, ability and experience.
Defining his role as captain as part motivator, part guidance counselor, Crumm figures most of all it's about being a good teammate.
"I want to see them improve in academics, physically and even emotionally," Crumm said. "Some kids say they can't do it, but sometimes they can. And their times, obviously. And working together and everything, really. If I see that, I feel like I've been a good captain."
Crumm may be modest about his own goals, but Minisink Valley coach Brian Golden is expecting a big year from his senior captain, thanks in large part to his versatility.
"The beauty of James Crumm is that he can swim in any event," Golden said. "I don't know how many kids in the section can say that. He can swim any event and probably be first or second in the section. Most of the time he's going to win any event. That's the 50, that's the 500, that's the breaststroke, that's the backstroke, that's the butterfly. That's what makes him so special. He's very good at every event."


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John Travolta is expected to take the stand next week in a court case in Nassau centering on the death of his son, Jett, in January.
Paramedic Tarino Lightbourn and his lawyer, Pleasant Bridgewater, have been charged with conspiracy to extort millions of dollars from the actor.
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Both have pleaded not guilty.
The case begins on Monday.
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On the morning of January 2, Lightbourn was one of the first paramedics to reach the Travoltas after Jett had suffered a seizure. Allegedly, John signed a "refusal to transport" document that morning with sensitive family information, which Lightbourn later allegedly attempted to sell back to the star via Bridgewater, who reached out to a Travolta attorney.
The actor subsequently filed an extortion complaint, which, by Bahamian law, necessitates his appearance in court to testify.
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I'm trying the new release of Black Ink and I found there is a problem with Undo ?
Hitting Ctrl + Z doesn't work at first but only after a few attempts.
Suggestion: is there a way to 'pin' the colorwheel panel so it's always visible? or move it up? it seems locked in place.
Currently it goes gray when there stylus is not hovering on top which I think it's not necessary , it should always show the full color. and it should be able to move up the stack of panels , and ability to make it pinned always on top.
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Munich, 4 November 2009 - Today, Linde Finance B.V., guaranteed by Linde Aktiengesellschaft, issued a 5-year USD 400 million Eurodollar-bond. Proceeds will be used to refinance existing USD liabilities of Linde and to further improve its maturity profile. The bond, which is due 13 November 2014, pays a coupon of 3.625 percent. With this well received debut transaction on the Eurodollar-market Linde continues its successful funding strategy of utilising a broad range of funding sources and instruments. "With our global business set-up we own a significant asset base in USD", said Georg Denoke, CFO of Linde AG. "We are taking opportunity of the attractive conditions in the Eurodollar-market to diversify our financing structure accordingly."
Joint Bookrunners were HSBC and Morgan Stanley. Linde is rated Baa1 (stable) by Moody's and BBB+ (positive) by S&P. The transaction has been launched under Linde's Debt Issuance Programme. The bond has the following ISIN XS 0465484938 and will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In the 2008 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 12.7 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services.
Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment - in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
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Here's an idea I've become a little bit obsessed with of late: wallpaper in our hallway. This room is (obviously) the point of entrance in to our apartment and one I'd like to make a bit more interesting. It's a smallish space with beigy-grey walls (this colour, to be exact) and off-white/cream build-in cupboards and a desk. I am not sure why choosing the perfect wallpaper to cover just one wall in this space feels like such a major commitment. Also, if you've ever searched for wallpapers you know what a colossal task it is; there are literally thousands to choose from with a huge variety of prints, textures, finishes and colours available. I feel dizzy just thinking about it.
When I was little, my parents let me choose a wallpaper for my room. I remember how I loved browsing the big folder with wallpaper samples and how fascinated I was with all the pretty patterns. I ended up choosing a light pink paper with white clouds on it, not such a bad decision even if I think back to it now! For our hallway, however, I think I have to go with something a bit more mature than that; elegant and timeless even.
I don't want anything too colourful or bold, that's just not our style. I also don't want the print to be too small because I'm afraid that in such a small space it might end up looking too busy and clustered. I am drawn towards grey and metallic prints, like this ones from Florence Broadhurst.
I have been absolutely obsessed with Erin Gates' new book 'Elements of Style' (more of that later) and amongst a ton of inspiration I saw this beautiful Katie Ridder 'Leaf" wallpaper covering one wall of a powder room Erin designed.
Another grey, but very classic design is this one by Sandberg. I think this is going to go on to my Top 5 as it is definitely timeless and one I can't see myself getting bored with anytime soon. Porters Paints here in Sydney also has a good selection of classic designs, along with Eurowalls (their Nordic Home collection is especially pretty and not just because of the name!)
Hygge & West have a great collection of wallpaper, including prints by Rifle Paper Co. Very on-trend, yet classic, like this grey 'Diamante' by Laundry. This print to me is borderline busy, so it might not be a real option, but something to put in the 'someday' files.
And then there is Vallila. They have some really pretty floral prints, but how cools is this one! I know, it's not exactly timeless (or is it?), but there's something so whimsical about it that I love.
The search continues! I will give you an update when I've made a decision, but it might take a while! In the mean time, please let me know of any other great sources of wallpaper and I'll add them on to my (long) list of bookmarks - thanks!


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Fearless Felix is WAY over caffeinated.
http://gizmodo.com/5893813/fearless-man ... space-jump
The 42-year-old Baumgartner—in a fully pressurized jump suit—got into his specially designed Red Bull Stratos capsule to reach the 13.6 miles mark in the first successful test towards his world record-breaking space jump. The capsule, attached to a 100-foot-wide helium balloon, only took him to 71,581 feet this time. He then jumped into a free fall that lasted for three minutes and 43 seconds. He reached a speed of 364.4 miles per hour (586.4 kilometers per hour).
To give you an idea of how amazing this is already, a Boeing 747 normally flies at about 8.6 miles high (14,000 meters).
And yet, it is nothing compared to what is coming. Baumgartner wants to jump from an altitude of 23 miles (120,000 feet or 37 kilometers), getting close to the edge of the stratosphere. When he does that, he will fall for an estimated 5 minutes and 30 seconds, breaking the speed of sound in the process. After flying at Mach 1 for a while, he will open his parachute at one mile (about 1,500 meters). If everything goes ok, he will reach the ground 10 minutes later.
When he does that this summer, after another test jump at 90,000 feet, he will break the record set by United States Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger on August 16, 1960. Kittinger jumped from the Excelsior III balloon, which at the time was flying at 102,800 feet-that's 19.47 miles or 31 kilometers up in the sky. Kittinger didn't have all the fancy equipment that Baumgartner is using, but it doesn't matter. Both of them are as gloriously crazy as the first astronauts. Well done, Fearless Felix, and godspeed for the next jump! [Red Bull Stratos]


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Monday, December 19, 2011
NASCAR Returns To SPEED With Daytona Testing (Updated)
This week we expect an interim president to be named for SPEED. Hunter Nickell will be leaving as the network chief next week. No matter who takes on the task, this transition is going to be tough because Daytona is right around the corner.
It will be Thursday, January 12 when NASCAR coverage returns to SPEED. Testing at Daytona will once again be mixed with a fan fest and details about that can be seen at the Daytona International Speedway website.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday SPEED will cover the afternoon sessions beginning at 1PM ET and running until 5PM. There is also a morning session that begins at 9AM if you might be attending in person.
For those of you familiar with Daytona testing, the story this year is going to be very different. NASCAR is working very hard to break-up the two-car tandem drafting at this track with rules changes of all kinds. From radiators to radios, it's become very clear that NASCAR wants the "lovebug racing" to vanish.
That makes this year's coverage on SPEED important. Twitter and Facebook can send pictures and reactions to the testing, but only SPEED can offer HD video from a TV network perspective. Fans want to know what is going on with this series.
As everyone knows these days, social media has made the timeline of activities like testing run in almost real time. Team reps, drivers, the speedway and the sponsors will all be passing along information as it happens as the teams get ready for another ten month grind.
There are several items to discuss with SPEED's planned coverage. It will be interesting to see if the on-site TV reporters in the garage are tweeting information and posting to SPEED's Facebook page while the announcers in the booth talk about what is happening on the track. This practice might become the norm next season.
Secondly, SPEED will not restart the RaceHub program on January 12 with the testing coverage. The current network schedule puts a re-air of testing running from 6 to 8PM and then nothing NASCAR related in primetime.
So, instead of talking about some of the biggest changes in the sport as NASCAR tries to redefine this type of restrictor plate racing, SPEED viewers will be seeing Pimp My Ride, the now famous tow-truck show Wrecked and American Trucker to wrap-up primetime.
On Saturday, the schedule has the testing re-air at 7:30PM but no other NASCAR programming of any kind that night. This is the final day of this test session.
It seems that SPEED is trapped between a rock and a hard place these days where NASCAR is concerned. The network programming is trying to serve several masters with different agendas and failing miserably at all of them.
As we mentioned in an earlier post the network's head of programming and production, Patti Wheeler, also chose to leave SPEED at the end of the 2011 NASCAR season. It's been a rough couple of months for the Charlotte, NC based company.
The current posted programming schedule for the network only goes through January 15. In a world where schedules are often six months ahead, this puts SPEED in a position of having four weeks of mostly older re-run programs out for the public to see. RaceHub is not on the list.
Update Monday 10AM: SPEED passes along that live online streaming of the 9AM test sessions each day can be seen at the SPEEDtv.com website. Nice addition.
We will update the specific information in terms of announcers, format and additional online information like timing and scoring after the Christmas break. Take a deep breath this week, because it all will be starting again before you know it.
We welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thanks for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
18 comments:
- tom said...
why are they messing with racehub putting the other %&*^$ on instead.
Will race hub be back fully or are the messing with it altogather
- December 19, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
Thanks for the info JD. At least SPEED is covering testing instead of more reruns.
- December 19, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Tex said...
Anyword on wheather Daytona will have their roof mounted web cam on line again this year during testing?
If so, lets hope we can get a couple more shots of the action around the track or garage not just 500 feet away.
Also, is the afternoon testing going to be carried live on SPEED?
I recall a couple years ago SPEED had a 30 minute wrap up show each day of testing and then ran all 3 30 minutes shows on Sunday in case you didnt get to record or see the 3 wrap up shows.
- December 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- GinaV24 said...
by the time Speed gets this on the air, most of the information will already be out there via twitter and blogs.
NASCAR should get out of the daggone way - every time they make a rule they just make the racing worse.
- December 19, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Bill said...
Thanks for the updates, JD.
"Lovebug racing"? Did you coin that one?
This whole disarray at SPEED is so aggravating, with one of the busiest off-seasons in recent memory. The smaller radiator and air intake location are going to make Daytona testing critical for the teams, but at least they will be covering some of it.
OK, so SPEED isn't making FOX the money they hoped for. So sell the damn channel to someone who actually cares about motorsports!
JD, I have a question: does SPEED share cameras and operators and audio with the network covering the race? Then SPEED just gets a mult-feed to their own truck? I can see SPEED sharing stuff with FOX, but there must be tension when TNT and ESPN cover races?
What I'm getting at is if SPEED has to lug all their own gear and crew to every race, then that gets really expensive, and SPEED certainly doesn't have enough high dollar TV sponsors to foot that massive bill.
However, if they get to share or even pay rent on use of the host studio's truck, then all SPEED would have to do is load up Johnny, Wendy and the gang, and it's off to the races!
- December 19, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I believe "RaceHub" will be back and will pass the news along when it is confirmed.
SPEEDtv.com will have live streaming of the 9AM sessions.
The NASCAR Media Group controls the TV compound at every Sprint Cup Series race. The various networks arrange well in advance the equipment and personnel resources they need. It is a combination of "shared resources" and those specific to each network.
- December 19, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
Lots of new news today with the announcement of a new SPEED president and rumors of NASCAR buying back their internet rights from Turner. Hope you enjoyed that relaxed deep breath while it lasted, JD.
- December 19, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Howdy, Y'all complain about lack of coverage when there is nothing going on. It is the off season! NASCAR will be covered when it is happening and then you will complain about the way it is covered. All I need is live coverage from the track on the weekend of a Cup race. If Happy Hour is tape delayed, I'm OK with that. There is so much " Fluff " out there on a daily basis that is not needed anyway, I don't miss it and I'm a die-hard NASCAR fan. Give me good coverage of the race weekend! I don't need the rest!
- December 19, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Moving forward, every program at Speed has to be of the same high quality you'd find on Fox Sports, and Scott [Ackerson] can make that happen," Fox Sports Media Group Chairman David Hill said.
...and so says the delusional Aussie.
Does Mr. Hill actually think that programs like Truck U, World of Outlaws racing, Monster Jam, etc. will be revamped to have the "quality you'd find on Fox Sports"?
After this period fails, at least he can only blame himself (and his yes-man troops).
- December 19, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- PammH said...
Even w/new folks, I've pretty much given up on Speed. Twitter & FB are far superior as to getting fans the updates they need. Even Sirius/XM is better than Speed at this time of year.
- December 19, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Howdy, Y'all complain about lack of coverage when there is nothing going on. It is the off season! NASCAR will be covered when it is happening and then you will complain about the way it is covered. All I need is live coverage from the track on the weekend of a Cup race. If Happy Hour is tape delayed, I'm OK with that. There is so much " Fluff " out there on a daily basis that is not needed anyway, I don't miss it and I'm a die-hard NASCAR fan. Give me good coverage of the race weekend! I don't need the rest!"
Haha! You funny!
- December 19, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- Roland said...
Very pleased that more of the coverage will be on TV this year instead of internet.
- December 19, 2011 at 10:53 PM
- Russ said...
Interesting to see that Nascar is trying to buy back the digital rights from Turner, rather than just letting the contract lapse. As I understand it, if they chose not to renew the contract than they regain control of those rights.
Must be an issue of some urgency to them.
- December 20, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- Bobby said...
Speed has to be, for all intensive purposes, ready to start 2012 the first full week of the year, and the first few weeks will be two-wheel weekends, as live motorcycle racing (Monster Energy Supercross) starts January 7 for the first of ten live broadcasts. Might Speed Center start January 7 with a Supercross edition with some NASCAR information before the 10 PM ET drop of the gates for Angel Stadium?
Major motorsport stories may be held up until the first major motorsport event of the year on that SX Saturday. The likely full analysis will be needed on that show -- INDYCAR's 2012 schedule, held up by issues in the wake of the Las Vegas tragedy, the Penske Sprint Cup #22, the sponsorship issues at Roush and its satellite teams, and other major news, will likely be announced the first week of the new year that Speed will likely have to do make the SX Edition Speed Center longer and not Supercross-oriented.
- December 20, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
speed is going to be on the air & internet for over 7 hours for 3 days in a row... and you guys are complaining about there not being another hour to follow that? who in the world would actually watch all of that anyways? and race hub comes back the 4th week of jan.
- December 20, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 1:51PM,
You just take what you are given? Not me. You want me to be a loyal NASCAR fan?
No other sports just "stops" the media coverage when the games stop.
NASCAR is locked into a 1980's mindset when it comes to "deadline media" and it has cost the sport plenty.
No NASCAR TV network, not even 1 weekly show updating the off-season chaos/news and no RaceHub or primetime TV during testing.
Not my idea of forward thinking at all. Happy to have your comment.
- December 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
but there's no game stopping, it's not a game, it's not even practice... it's testing. and it's 7+ hours of coverage a day. and that's not enough?
- December 20, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You're twisting my words to make your point.
The mentality that somehow NASCAR TV coverage is dependent on races makes little sense for SPEED.
That network has no Sprint Cup Series points races and no Nationwide Series races.
Establishing a position as the news source for not only NASCAR (RaceHub) but all of motorsports (SPEED Center) does not mean a complete stoppage of that coverage once the races stop.
Social media and online news continues at full speed and this flow of information has made the lack of TV coverage on SPEED stand out since it ended.
Covering testing under the new rules in Daytona as NASCAR tried to break up the tandem style racing is going to be a big story.
Fans work during the day and not taking the time to recap the on-track and off-track news after 7PM Eastern is a mistake.
It's not time for SPEED to try and justify not doing more for NASCAR, it's time for SPEED to do everything it can before another TV player comes along and gets in the game.
- December 20, 2011 at 6:16 PM


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The Blind Faith of Egyptian Women in the Military
"It is always women who rebuild the country," says Rawya Abdel Rakman and smiles. The 67-year-old Rakman, a small, energetic lady, now speaks with a firm voice. "We fight against the occupiers. We fight against all the liars out there. We are fighting for the future of the whole country."
Men with cameras and tripods push past her, while women are dragging chairs about. The noise level in the wood-panelled hall is deafening. Rakman, a women's rights activist, nervously runs her fingers through her hair. She truly has no more time to spare. She has to give the world her message right now.
It is now Monday afternoon in the headquarters of the Egyptian Journalists' Association, located in the centre of Cairo. A press conference has been called by the representatives of various women's organizations, to which foreign and domestic reporters have been invited. Egypt's mothers want to express their unqualified support for army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, says the official statement, which tends to read like a political pamphlet. "The colonialism of the Muslim Brotherhood must stop. Only when their dictatorship has been tackled, then Egypt will once again be the dominant power in the region."
At the very start, as Rawya Abdel Rakman steps up to the microphone, she makes clear that today's press conference has nothing to do with issues such as women's rights or education programmes. "We advocate a further mandate for the army. It should do everything within its power to free us from the yoke of Islamist terror."
No one questions the curfew
Since the military cleared the two protest camps of the supporters of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi in mid-August, a culture of unrestrained hysteria has reigned in Egypt. The supporters of the Islamists have declared their unconditional determination to keep up the protests and chaos until the ousted president is back in office.
The supporters of the army, on the other hand, groups such as "Egyptian Women for Change" and "Coordination of Egyptian Women," which were represented at the press conference, have increasingly called for stronger retaliation. They would like to settle the score with the Muslim Brotherhood for the repression they had to suffer during its rule, they say. As such, they would gladly grant the military any powers it deemed fit. Once again.
Shortly after the overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsi, General al-Sisi called upon the population to engage in mass demonstrations as a way of confirming his mandate to put an end to the violence. Just three weeks ago, after the violent storming of the protest camps, which resulted in hundreds of deaths, the government imposed a month-long state of emergency and declared a night-time curfew.
The state of emergency does not only confer security forces with special rights in dealing with protests and gatherings. It also massively expands the authority of the army. Observers have therefore expressed alarm. Even though Defence Minister al-Sisi has announced his "roadmap" for the drafting of a new constitution as well as swift presidential and parliamentary elections, the authoritarian style, with which the new regime is apparently willing to employ to achieve these goals, has been an increasing source of irritation.
The army and police have thereby been firmly cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood. At present, almost the entire leadership of the organization is behind bars, including its leader, Mohammed Badie. A military court just recently sentenced 52 supporters of the Brotherhood to long terms in prison for inciting violence. Even former president Morsi, together with 14 other top-ranking functionaries of the organization, face trial, because they are said to have taken part in the violence against demonstrators during the protests in December.
"There is a dictatorship of opinion in Egypt"
The state media, all strictly adhering to the same official line, has been praising the heroism of the army. Radio stations play march music and on television men in uniforms present the news. All television channels that could have allowed the Islamists to disseminate their point of view have since been banned. "There is a dictatorship of opinion in Egypt now," says the journalist Khaled Dawoud, who, after the clearing of the pro-Morsi camps, resigned his position as spokesman for the liberal National Salvation Front (NSF) in protest against the force used by the military.
Critics of the security apparatus have been silenced. "Egypt finds itself in a struggle against terrorism. One is either friend or foe. And this can be a matter of life or death." However, only a small minority of Egyptians find this development troubling. According to a poll conducted by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera), the majority of the population supports the measures taken by the military. Almost 70 per cent feel that the manner in which the army evicted the protesters from the camps was right.
"The Muslim Brotherhood shot at helpless civilians," says Rania Ismail, a women of about 30 years old, during a break in the press conference. Behind her, a projector is throwing video images on the wall. In a continuous loop, they show groups of bearded men engaged in a gun battle with police.
Ismail pushes some blond coloured locks back under her white headscarf, while her face becomes increasingly flushed. "The West is still helping these murderers," she exclaims. The foreign press, she claims, want to destroy her country. "We have been slaughtered, our churches burned to the ground, and our children have been bullied. Yet, the West defends the Muslim Brotherhood." At this point, she is almost screaming. "Keep your noses out of our affairs."
Reactions here this afternoon once again show that overt hatred of foreigners, particularly of Western journalists, is on the rise in Egypt. In recent days, reporters have been frequently bullied and even beaten by security forces. Some journalists have been detained for hours without any justification.
The message is clear. Whoever is too critical in their reporting will be punished. This kind of animosity has been fuelled by official statements from the provisional government. Recently, the Ministry of Information issued a three-page statement for foreign correspondents explaining what Egypt now views as being "impartial" reporting. The upheaval in the country is solely an "expression of the people's will" and state force is employed in a "legitimate struggle against terrorism."
The West supports the Islamists
The overheated urgency with which this national threat is being addressed has left its mark in the popular mood. The public's hatred of the Muslim Brotherhood has become so massive, says a well-known activist, who does not wish to see his name published, that even hard-core revolutionaries fear criticizing the status quo of the army and provisional government.
Many conspiracy theories have also come into play and these have fomented existing hostilities. Some see journalists as paid spies of foreign governments. Others claim they are working towards reviving the fortunes of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The leaders of Germany, Israel, and America have concocted a plot against the Egyptians, claims an elderly lady standing on the edge of the press conference in Cairo. These governments long provided support for the Islamists, she continues. Another woman adds that the Muslim Brotherhood paid foreign advertising agencies to spread selective false reports about the military to local media establishments. This is the only explanation, says the woman in her mid-forties, as to why the Muslim Brotherhood has enjoyed such sympathy abroad. Does she have any proof? "Is it really a matter of proof here?" she puffs.
Mervat Tallawy stands in the lobby and prepares herself for her speech. Tallawy, wearing a violet costume and red lipstick, is the chairwoman of the National Council of Women. She says that women were subject to massive oppression under the Islamists. "They were put under pressure and hounded out of all public offices."
The situation will certainly change now, she says, sounding convinced. "The army is helping women to feel more secure in their own country." When asked if women will enjoy greater representation in the next parliament, Tallawy shrugs her shoulders. "That is not important right now," she hissed and marched up to the lectern.
Andrea Backhaus
© Qantara.de 2013
Translated from the German by John Bergeron
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Never Blow Out A Jack O'Lantern
13 comments:
- Steve Ring said...
Yay! Looks sweet!
- September 9, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- SPOOKSHOWS.COM said...
This is an amazing film, I was lucky to see it last year. It's being released on DVD and Blu-Ray on October 6th. Hands down my favorite Halloween movie.
- September 10, 2009 at 2:30 AM
- Abigail Lorraine said...
My jaw continues to swing over this movie. It's hard to be patient when I know something I've wanted for two years will finally be in my hands come October.
And what's more: the official website is on-line. Not only is there a Sam fan-art contest to be judged by Dougherty himself, but you can download the movie score!
- September 10, 2009 at 2:33 AM
- JHMDF said...
AHHH!!! The new trailer says just "October" instead of Oct. the 6th... I don't want to wait anymore!
- September 10, 2009 at 4:17 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
- September 10, 2009 at 7:42 AM
- Grim said...
October 6th can't get here fast enough.
- September 10, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- screaminscott said...
I was disappointed that this didn't have a wide release in the theaters, but at least it's coming out on DVD!
- September 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- October, Minnesota said...
I'm hoping they don't push it off anymore. God knows, we've been waiting too damn long for this movie, and I'm still as excited for it now as I was two years ago!
- September 10, 2009 at 1:12 PM
- Melissa said...
That looks awesome! I am SO GLAD I found your blog :) only reason I joined. I found someone who LOVES Halloween as much as I do lol
- September 10, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Cindy Alderton said...
WoooooHoooooo! Can't wait, gonna be eating pumpkin roll and drinking cider while we watch!
- September 10, 2009 at 5:25 PM
- The Captain said...
We've been waiting so long and now its almost time!
- September 10, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- The Gill-Man said...
I did a blog on my frustration over this movie's lack of release a while back. I've been eagerly awaiting this flick ever since I saw the trailer over two years ago!! While I'm relieved it is getting a home video release, it irritates me to no end that it never got the theatrical run it deserves. The best reviewed horror film in years doesn't make it to theaters? WB must be run by a bunch of brain damaged chimps!!!
- September 11, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Dane said...
I've been looking forward to this for a long tie too, and now I have three more reasons to look forward to it!
It's set in Ohio, where I live, and just this morning, I got done Huluing the last few episodes of Dead Like Me and now I see two of the regular cast members of that show are in the movie.
- September 27, 2009 at 12:29 PM


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