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Journaling has always had a significant pull for me. I don't remember the first time I asked for my own diary, but I know I was little. Even as a child, I was highly introverted and recognized I needed an outlet for my thoughts. Writing would be a way to process the world and my place in it, or so I thought.
Writing My Heart Out
I did pretty a pretty good job of keeping a regular, (semi-)daily diary up until junior high school. I was around twelve years old when I threw in the towel (the first time). That's when my asshole brother violated my privacy and trust. I don't remember whether I've assigned a name for him yet, so for now let's just call him B. For Brother. Or Butthole. Take your pick (both will work in a pinch) (eww pinched butthole).
So there I was, journaling my angsty little heart out. About school. About bullies. About shame. About public humiliation. About depression. About music. About boys. Oh yeah. I wrote about boys: two boys in particular. One was a crush I'd had for two years already (who would later become boyfriend, then spouse, then shhh I don't wanna talk about that right now). I talked about that one a lot. Oh what a crush I had for that little bad boy. And the other was for one who would be my first boyfriend.
I've mentioned him before. What the hell did I call him? Shit. (No, I most certainly did not dub him Shit. What was it? Fuck me, I forget.) (I totally need a system for this.) Let's call him Miguel. Oh Miguel, you yummy thing you. He looked just like Anthony Kiedis, and I was So Fucking Smitten.
And before those of you keeping up jump to conclusions – he is not the reason I'm a diehard RHCP fan. I need to write about that soon, but for now – no. Miguel has nothing to do with that. We were way more into Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Green Day at the time. For some reason RHCP wasn't huge among my little group. So they were mine alone. Anyway. Digressing.
But. P.S. Miguel still looks like that. Fucker. Anyway, so we were twelve, and I had such an overpowering, all-consuming crush on him that I sometimes lay awake nights thinking about him. We hung out together all the time. Listening to music, smoking pot, talking about life and parents and school. His mom was totally whack. I mean seriously. I smoked pot with her. When I was twelve. Yeah. But Miguel and his sister weren't allowed to. Miguel never got much into it, but I would sneak a toke a lot. He really was a good boy – he was then and, based on everything I've heard through the grapevine over the years, he still is.
All of those thoughts and experiences were in my diary. So were the details of the day he finally asked me to "go with" him, and how excited and nervous and scared I was. My first real boyfriend! Elementary Mario had no idea he was my boyfriend, so that didn't really count. (Shut up. It totally counts.) Miguel and I were only a thing for about two weeks. Three, tops. It was awkward, and he wasn't ready for a girlfriend. I was all in, but he wasn't ready. At least that's what he told me later, and I believed him because he didn't have a serious girlfriend for at least a couple more years. (It didn't help that his best friend kept making fun of him about us – I mean hardcore, too. That butthole. He ended up being a crackhead. That's what you get!) (And, I will confess it crushed my soul when I found out Miguel finally slept with some girl at a party he went to freshman year. Casey, you bitch.)
But that two weeks was enough for my diary to fill with the sordid details of kissing in his bed (on top of the covers) and how it felt when his hand went up my shirt. (He had even asked permission.) I'm certain that book was filled to the brim with award-winning writing and frameable art (who wouldn't want to frame hearts and arrows adorned with Miguel & Stephanie 4-Ever?)
It broke my heart when he broke up with me, saying it was too awkward and he'd waited too long and now it felt like he was kissing his sister because of how close we were as buddies. He was sweet about it, and we miraculously remained friends until I moved away (to a different apartment complex).
Attack of the
Pinched Butthole Brother
At some point after Miguel broke my heart and my crush moved back to the bad boy, B found my diary. I thought I was being clever when I hid it between my mattress and the box-frame. I hadn't yet seen all those movies where every kid in the history of fuckingever uses that as a hiding space.
Not only did B find it, oh no. He also had to read it. And he was not content to stop there, either. I came home from school one day, and B and his bitchass pal, let's call him "Bitch"..you know..for bitch, were already there, playing video games (on my NES, damnit). And oh the devilish smirk that plastered itself across B's face when I walked through the door.
You know what's coming, don't you? Then I shall spare you the suspense. B stood up, diary in hand, and commenced to reading it aloud while his bitchass pal, Bitch, literally pointed and laughed at me. He even had the audacity to hold his sides, laughing so hard it hurt. B really outdid himself, too, drawing out the loooooooooves and even holding the diary up and pointing at the hearts for
all the world Bitch to see.
I hated him with an unmatched fury. Both of them. And I told them so, through screamy sobs.
I hate you! I HATE YOU! GIVE IT BACK!
When I finally snatched it away from him, I promptly ripped it to shreds. In his defense (the only one I'll allow him here), he tried to make me stop. But it was his fucking fault; he's the one who drove me to do it. I probably would have done it one day, anyway. I hadn't kept any of the previous diaries, because I always felt childish, stupid and vapid. But this was different. This was the first time I'd had the privacy of a diary breached (the first time to my knowledge, anyway). I tore that bitch to pieces, marched it straight down to the apartment dumpster, came back upstairs and cried and cried of embarrassment and shame and hurt feelings and rage.
And Then There was You
I was mortified. Completely mortified. And I've had a pretty fucked up track record with diaries/journals ever since. I tried again a couple years later, but then my mother found it. B wasn't living with us at the time, so I tried the same hiding spot again. Different apartment, same fucking spot. So fucking naive. Oh yeah, she found it. And for the first time in months decided to speak to me. Well, more like sobbing in my general direction. I lied to her about sex. I hadn't had sex at that point, but I had gotten very fucking close. I told her those were just fantasies. She believed it. Probably because she was living in her head, anyway, and was willing to believe whatever made her life easier to live. I could have told her anything, and it wouldn't have changed our relationship or her life. No matter what I told her, she was going to spend her home time crying in bed. So I made it easy,
I can't believe you read that. But it isn't true. None of it is true. Don't worry.
And then I shredded it. I tried again a few years later, when I was living with the bad boy. But he always insisted I read the entries to him. So it was more a log of my life as one-half of a couple. It lacked depth and fullness, but I was happier then, for a long time. I still felt like I needed my own space, but I never got it (not that I pushed for it). I still have a few of them, all with twenty to thirty pages filled. But then I stopped for good, because they weren't really mine. Not fully.
I tried a couple of blogs over the years. But I always bulldozed them. Never felt good enough or safe enough. But the itch, the need has never left me. The need to purge my thoughts, get them down and out. Work out the meaning of the world, or at least my place in it. In writing.
And then there was you. I'm finally sticking with it. And while I know I haven't been with you long, believe me when I say this is what Stephanie sticking with it looks like. I also know this is far riskier than a little paper journal hiding in my bed or underwear drawer. Yet this blog is giving me something additional that no diary ever could: accountability, community, commiseration and dare I say it? Friendship. So, for now at least, I've decided the dangers of discovery are worth it.


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49ers' Thursday pool report
###less###p(((great)))By John Clayton###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Pro Football Writers of America###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))NEW ORLEANS - First, it's the Harbaugh Super Bowl. On Friday, it will be the Harbaugh dual press conference. Thursday offered the Harbaugh dual practice.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Preferring to move from the field built on the baseball field at Tulane University, John Harbaugh moved the Baltimore Ravens practice to the New Orleans Saints facility in Metairie, La., putting both John and Jim Harbaugh in the same facility at roughly the same time as they prepared their teams for Super Bowl XLVII.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))With the help of the Saints and local merchants, the NFL was able to acquire approximately 100 feet of piping drapes to block the views of both teams. The league covered up all the windows in the weight room. The brothers worked together on the arrangements while the NFL football operations staff did their best to create two separate, secure practice venues in the same site.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))"Just cooperating spirits,'' Jim Harbaugh said.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))This isn't the first time two teams practiced on the same field for a Super Bowl. In Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers both used the Houston Texans facility, which is located at Reliant Field.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Rain forced the Patriots to spend three days at the Texans facility because of soaked field at Rice University. The Panthers moved a Friday practice from the University of Houston to Reliant Stadium, meaning the two teams shared the facility for one day of practice and a Saturday walk-through.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))The 49ers had a 100-minute practice that overlapped with the Ravens by about 10 minutes. The Ravens were scheduled to go on the field around 4 p.m. central. ###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday that he would have no problems if the Ravens ended up practicing at the same facility.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))"We're focused on what we're doing,'' Harbaugh said. "I'm sure they are the same.''###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))For the second consecutive day, the 49ers practiced at a crisp pace. After working indoors Wednesday because of the winds, the 49ers went outside for the first time in New Orleans.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))The 49ers worked on their core offense, defense and special teams and devoted some time to situations.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))"I thought yesterday was outstanding, but today was a photo copy of that,'' Harbaugh said. "In some ways, it was maybe a little better. I'm real pleased, real pleased.''###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Harbaugh described his team as loose and focused at the same time.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))"You don't want burnt meat, stale bread or overripe fruit,'' he said of the two quality practices. "It's coming along nicely.''###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Linebackers Aldon Smith and Ahmad Brooks were limited in practice for the second consecutive day but did some work.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))After 70 minutes, the 49ers moved into the Saints indoor facility. During that time, they tried some field goal kicking. Spontaneously, players started to yell to create crowd noise for David Akers. At one point, Aldon Smith grabbed some kind of an amplifier to further help with the noise as Akers kicked.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))"That's the first time they ever have done that in two years,'' Harbaugh said of the manufactured crowd noise. "David made all of them (field goals), which was even better. His mechanics are real good. That bodes well. Good things will happen for us in that area.''###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))The 49ers did turn on a simulated noise machine to give the team a crowd noise sound, something they could expect in Sunday's game.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))A shorter practice is scheduled for Friday.###less###/p(((great)))

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It would be nice if someone who has a better understanding of exactly what MythTV is doing describes it here.
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Live TV in MythTV 0.19 and Beyond
One of the big changes to MythTV starting with 0.19 is how it handles Live TV. This page will try and outline How live TV works now, the advantages, and why you shouldn't have any fears over this new method.
The Why
You may be asking "But Isaac, WHY did you change how Live TV works? It worked fine for me in 0.18!"
The new method allows users to more easily record a show that they are watching in Live TV. It basically treats Live TV as a series of continuous scheduled recordings. This allows you to hit record at anytime and Myth will add the show to the Watch Recordings listing in its entirety.
The new Live TV method is also faster to change channels (for many users), and lowers hardware requirements a bit. The old style of Live TV involved an extra network transfer stage for all of the recording data, even for a single machine.
How It Works
The Basics
Live TV now behaves like a series of scheduled recordings. When you enter Live TV MythTV begins recording the channel as though it were a scheduled recording, except that it flags it as LiveTV in its database. If you change channels MythTV does the same on the new channel, stopping the old recording, changing channels and recording the new channel. MythTV creates a recording file according to the scheduled recording rules for recordings (Why will become clear further down) and adds this file and the show information to its database of recorded shows. As the show you are watching ends, Myth stops writing to that file and creates a new file, and new database entry for the next show, in same vein of it thinking of it like a scheduled recording, except flagged as Live TV.
Now this is the cool part. MythTV is now treating what you're watching as a scheduled recording, so if you decide you actually want to keep what you're watching and hit the "Record" button all MythTV has to do is flag the recording in its database as no longer being just Live TV but an actual recording. It will now show up in your Watch Recordings listing!
There is some more to this. If you are watching LiveTV and exit to the menu, MythTV will stop recording to this Live recording. But if you hit record while watching and exit to the menu it will continue recording the show, as one would expect, until it finishes. So if you have multiple tuners and decide you want to record what you're watching and watch something else you can!
This feature allows you to exit from the MythTV Frontend while the MythTV Backend continues to record the show that's already in progress.
No programme guide: 30 Minute Segments
If there is no programme guide for the channel you are watching in LiveTV, Mythtv ends the recording automatically on the hour and 30 minutes past the hour, but it continues to record the programme in a new file. For example if you watch a channel without a programme guide in Live TV from 9.12 until 10.22, you will get three recording files: one starting at 9.12, one starting at 9.30 and one starting at 10.00.
You can press the left arrow key on the keyboard to rewind the programme while Mythtv is still recording it and Mythtv will rewind past the 30 minute segment it was in and seamlessly start on the previous 30 minute segment without interruption. If you press the left arrow key down long enough, Mythtv will finally arrive at the starting position of your LiveTV session, meaning that all of the 30 minute segments that were recorded are seen as one continuous file to Mythtv. This behaviour does not work if you are watching the programme from the Media library (outside LiveTV): to navigate seamlessly, you will have first to define a playlist of all the 1/2 hour recordings.
- But now I've got all these random recordings on my harddrive, won't it fill up and delete shows I've asked to record?: The answer of course should be, and is, No! MythTV will automatically expire recordings flagged in the database as LiveTV first before removing shows you scheduled to record.
- What about the old Live TV ring buffer drive I created?: You don't need it any more, Live TV now uses your recordings drive.
- Won't my recordings drive fill up faster now?: Yes.
- What if I share my recordings drive with other files? How can I ensure I always have free space?: Easy, use the Auto Expire Free Disk Space Threshold setting to tell MythTV you would like for there always to be XX amount of space on the drive!
- What if I do have enough free space, will MythTV keep these files until it needs to remove them?: No, by default MythTV will remove these Live TV recordings after 1 day. You can increase this period to longer if you would like. Remember, if MythTV sees it needs to create space on the hard drive it will remove these files sooner than one day!
The Technical
It would be nice if someone who has a better understanding of exactly what MythTV is doing describes it here.
LiveTV problems
Reports of problems with LiveTV appear frequently without a fix appearing. However that may have changed as of February 2014. Jean-Yves Avenard has done a lot of work on LiveTV which can be seen on Trac ticket #12045 The updates can be found on 0.27-fixes.


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Redouté Choix 1835, Pl. 120, Centifolia Rose; pink
Original Antique Print
12 1/2" x 9 1/4" (approximate)
Hand-colored stipple engraving
Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs, 1835 Edition
Comprising a total of 144 plates printed in color and finished by hand, Redouté's Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits, or Choice of the most beautiful flowers and most beautiful fruits was originally published in 36 parts, each consisting of four plates in a wrapper, with the addition in the last part pages of explanatory text by A. Guillemin.
"Choix des plus belles fleurs appeared in 1827 and, as its name indicates, is Redouté's selection of his favourite flowers and fruits. It includes several delightful bouquet arrangements…. For its variety and sheer beauty, this must be the zenith of Redouté's achievement." (Gordon Dunthorne, Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries, 1938, page 32.)
Considered to be a French artist, Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759—1840) was born in the village of Saint-Hubert, now a part of Belgium. The descendant of a long line of painters, he was first trained by his artist father, Charles Joseph Redouté (1715—76). At the age of 15 he left to make a living as an itinerant painter and decorator. In 1782, his elder brother, Antoine Ferdinand Redouté (1756—1809), a highly regarded decorative artist, invited him to join him in Paris, and together they worked as set designers for the Italian Theater of Paris. While in Paris, he began sketching rare plants at the Jardin du Roi. At the Jardin du Roi (now the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle), where his artwork was noticed by the Linnaean botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746—1800) and the Dutch flower painter, Gerard van Spaëndonck, Royal Professor of Painting, who is recognized for developing the watercolor technique that Redouté later popularized. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was mentored by both L'Héritier and van Spaëndonck.
In 1786, Pierre-Joseph Redouté spent a brief period in England where he was introduced to the stipple-engraving technique. Employed at that time primarily for portraiture, it is a process of incising minute depressions in a copper plate forming a field of dots rather than lines. Stipple engraving is sublimely suited to conveying the subtle tonal gradations of watercolors. Pierre-Joseph Redouté, who is credited with perfecting this technique said, "The process which we invented in 1796 for color printing consists in the employment of these colors on a single plate…. We have thereby softness and brilliance of a watercolor." The dynamic realism he achieved surpassed all previous attempts at color botanical printmaking. In recognition of this valuable contribution, Pierre-Joseph Redouté was awarded a medal by Louis XVIII.
On the eve of the French Revolution, Pierre-Joseph Redouté was named to the position of Draftsman to the Cabinet of Marie Antoinette. Remarkably, he not only survived the Revolution, but attracted the patronage of Josephine Bonaparte (1763—1814) in a seamless transition from the royal court to the French Republic. In 1798, Josephine Bonaparte acquired a grand estate, Malmaison, and began to fill its gardens with the rarest plants that the old and new worlds could furnish. With Josephine's patronage, Redouté published his monumental folio, Les Liliacées, 1802—16, and Les Roses, 1817—24. Many of the examples depicted in Les Roses are from Josephine Bonaparte's gardens at Malmaison, as well as from other significant gardens of that time. In 1830, under yet another French queen, Marié-Amelie, Redouté became peintre de fleurs de cabinet de la Reine. He continued working as a flower painter, publishing his last botanical folio in 1836.
References: Redouté's Fairest Flowers, Martyn Rix and William T. Stearn, 1987; B. B. Woodward, Journal of Botany, volume 43, page 29—30, 1905; Sacheverell Sitwell, Great Flower Books 1700—1900, page 129, 1990.
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Rose Care
Proper flower care begins with the timing of your delivery. We recommend you schedule your flowers to arrive 2 to 3 days before the actual event. For a Friday or Saturday wedding your flowers should be delivered on the Wednesday before. Normally they will arrive before 10:30 am, depending on your service area.
Since your roses will be shipped direct from the farms, you will be receiving them at the same stage as a flower wholesaler. So they will probably look different than you are used to purchasing. After they have been properly hydrated and put into a state of suspended animation, they ship in dry packs (usually). It is NORMAL for your flowers to appear sleepy and thirsty on arrival.
With proper care, they can last up to two weeks or more. A few hours after hydration, they will perk up and look dramatically different.
Follow these simple steps for maximum performance and satisfaction:1. Carefully unpack rose from box by cutting any straps. Remove packaging from the stems, but leave any plastic or paper covering the blooms for the first few hours while the flowers re-hydrate. Also leave the rubber bands holding the stems together for the first 4 hours or, if you wish, until you are ready to start arranging flowers. If you want to leave the packaging on the blooms, be sure to loosen it so they can breathe and not trap condensation.
2. Fill clean containers with at least 4 inches of fresh, cool water. If you can get some floral preservative at a flower shop, that will prolong floral life. As an alternative, you can use some Sprite and a few drops of unscented bleach (6-8 drops per gallon) to inhibit bacterial growth.
3. Remove all leaves that will be under the water level. Remember that foliage should never be in contact with water. Leaves left in water will tend to rot and create bacteria that shorten vase life.
4. Cut stems diagonally about an inch from the base of the stem with sharp scissors or knife.
5. Immediately after cutting, place the stems in the prepared water. The flowers will drink an exceptionally large amount of water upon arrival. Allow flowers at least 4 hours to hydrate well. Some flowers take up to 12 hours to hydrate fully.
6. Keep flowers away from direct sunlight, heat and air vents, television sets or excessive heat. Generally, the cooler the temperature, the slower the flowers will open and the longer their life. Avoid refrigerators or walk-in coolers not specifically designed for flowers.
8. Re-cut the stems about one inch and change the water every two or three days to keep flowers fresh. Clean the vase.
9. Add water as flowers absorb it, or change it thoroughly.
10.To maximize the life and beauty of your roses, remove the first layer of protective guard petals. They are normal, and are not a sign of damaged or old flowers. These guard petals protect the blooms while they grow and were left on to protect your roses during shipping. 11. Roses are in bunches of 25 stems, in a two-tier system. If you see only 12 roses at the top of the bunch, don not panic! The others are directly below. 12. Leave the plastic or paper wrap around the heads for the first 4-6 hours of hydration. 13. When you arrange the roses, and afterward, feel free to remove any petals that are unsightly. Florists do! 14. If your rose bends and looks like it is wilted after using the above steps, remove the rose from vase, fill a small garden tub with water, and cut 1" off the bottom of rose again and totally submerge your rose in water. Shake the rose under water until air bubbles come out of the rose head.
Fresh Rose Petals
Packing: Roses come in bunches of 25 carefully packed stems. Within each bunch, the roses are packed in two layers for protection during shipping. From a top angle, it may appear that you only have 12 stems in the bunch. However, the remaining 13 roses are in the layer below. Each bunch consists of the same color and variety rose. Stem length refers to the shortest stem in the bunch.
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Snowstorm in Midwest leads to fatal 25-vehicle pileup
DES MOINES, Iowa — The first widespread snowstorm of the season crawled across the Midwest on Thursday, with whiteout conditions stranding holiday travelers and sending drivers sliding over slick roads — including into a fatal 25-vehicle pileup in Iowa.
The storm, which dumped a foot of snow in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin, was part of a system that began in the Rockies earlier in the week before trekking into the Midwest. It was expected to move across the Great Lakes overnight before moving into Canada.
On the southern edge of the system, powerful storms packing wind and rain damaged homes in Arkansas, peeled roofs off buildings and toppled trucks in Alabama, and led to flight cancellations in Texas.
In Iowa, drivers were blinded by blowing snow and didn't see vehicles that had slowed or stopped on Interstate 35 about 60 miles north of Des Moines, state police said. A chain reaction of crashes involving semitrailers and passenger cars closed down a section of the highway. At least one person was killed.
"It's time to listen to warnings and get off the road," said Iowa State Patrol Col. David Garrison.
Thomas Shubert, a clerk at a store in Gretna near Omaha, Neb., said his brother drove him to work in his truck, but some of his neighbors weren't so fortunate.
"I saw some people in my neighborhood trying to get out. They made it a few feet, and that was about it," Shubert said.
The heavy, wet snow made some unplowed streets in Des Moines nearly impossible to navigate in anything other than a four-wheel drive vehicle. Even streets that had been plowed were snow-packed and slippery. Eight jackknifed semitrailers were reported on a section of Interstate 80 east of the city, with portions of the roads closed until the accidents could be cleared.
The storm made travel difficult from Kansas to Wisconsin, forcing road closures, including a portion of Interstate 29 in northern Missouri and part of Interstate 80 in Nebraska. Iowa and Wisconsin activated National Guard troops to help rescue stranded drivers.
Those who planned to fly before the Christmas holiday didn't fare much better.
In Chicago, commuters began Thursday with heavy fog and cold, driving rain, and forecasters said snow would hit by mid-afternoon.
Airlines delayed and canceled hundreds of flights out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway international airports. Southwest Airlines, which has a hub at Midway, canceled all of its flights after 4:30 p.m.
In Texas, American Airlines reported 120 cancellations in Dallas because of thunderstorms.
"We are trying to delay as much as we can, instead of canceling, because we know that we have many customers who are trying to make their holiday travel plans," said American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Huguely.
Before the storm, several cities in the Midwest had broken records for the number of consecutive days without measurable snow.
In the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, Kristin Isenhart, 38, said her three kids, ages 9, 5 and 3, were asking about going outside to play after school as canceled for the day.
"They are thrilled that it snowed," she said. "They've asked several times to go outside, and I might bundle them up and let them go."
As far as the region's drought, meteorologists said the storm wouldn't make much of a dent. It takes a foot or more of snow to equal an inch of water, said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people lost power in Arkansas, Iowa and Nebraska as heavy snow and strong winds pulled down lines. Smaller outages were reported in Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Louisiana.
"The roads have been so bad our crews have not been able to respond to them," said Justin Foss, a spokesman for Alliant Energy, which had 13,000 customers without power in central Iowa. "We have giant four-wheel-drive trucks with chains on them, so when we can't get there it's pretty rough."
The airport at Creston, Iowa, recorded the highest winds, with a gust of 53 mph, said Kevin Skow, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
Along with Thursday's fatal accident in Iowa, the storm was blamed for road deaths in Kansas and Wisconsin. In southeastern Utah, a woman who tried to walk for help after her car became stuck in snow died Tuesday night.
The owner of the Norske Nook restaurant and bakery in Osseo, a town in west-central Wisconsin that woke up to at least 10 inches of snow, said "blizzardy" conditions were not unusual for the area and that the weather would not upset her business.
"It's our policy to stay open for the customers," said Jean Zingshiem. "In case someone is stranded they'll have somewhere to go."
Blake Landau, a cook serving eggs, roast beef sandwiches and chili to hungry snowplow drivers at Newton's Paradise Cafe in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, said he has always liked it when it snows on his birthday. He turned 27 on Thursday.
"It's kind of one of those things where it's leading up to Christmas time," Landau said. "We don't know when we get our first snowfall, and I hope we get it by my birthday. It's nice to have a nice snowy Christmas."


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If you're looking for a managed WordPress hosting service, you should definitely consider WP Engine. They offer advanced security features and multiple server locations, as well as an array of developer tools. WP Engine is a popular choice due to many reasons. However, there are some cons that should be mentioned. Continue reading to learn more about this WordPress hosting provider. After reading this review, you'll have a better idea of what to expect from your new service.
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WP Engine, a WordPress development and design company, was founded seven years ago. However, audiences' expectations about brands have changed dramatically. Today's audience expects a digital experience that is personalized, predictive, fast, available everywhere, and memorable. WP Engine provides the tools to meet these expectations. Here's how they can help your business. Let's take a look at the features included in the Managed WordPress plan. 50 GB of bandwidth per month is possible. You also get a host web development tools such as StudioPress themes or plugins.
WP Engine is a managed WordPress hosting service that runs your site on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. WP Engine leases computing power from Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, and manages each WordPress install. Combining Amazon Web Services with Google Cloud Platform creates a powerful platform. It also integrates with a group of developers to support WordPress websites. This eliminates the need to worry about hosting security or performance issues.
WP Engine provides premium managed hosting services that are focused on WordPress only. The company's infrastructure is global and its three data centers are based in different locations. WP Engine offers premium managed hosting services with advanced security features and award-winning customer support. Its services have been used by more than 185,000 companies and individuals in 150 countries. You can use WP Engine for all your hosting needs, from blogging to creating a professional-looking website.
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WP Engine offers managed WordPress hosting services if you are looking for WordPress hosting but don't have the time or desire to learn. Managed WordPress hosting plans provide a variety of benefits including an industry-leading speed and security and 24 hour live support. Here's why managed WordPress hosting services are better than their shared counterparts. They're the best option for anyone who wants to build and maintain a quality website, without the hassle and expense of learning how to do it themselves.
WP Engine hosts your website on dedicated servers. These servers are isolated from other websites and resources. This is crucial for protecting against malware attacks. WP Engine automatically updates the WordPress core and backs your website up every day. A one-click restoration option lets you restore your website if needed. WP Engine protects against SQL injection attacks, JavaScript-based attacks and brute force attempts.
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WP Engine plans can be expensive, but you will get expert support and developer-friendly options with every plan. WP Engine is not for everyone. Unless you have a very small budget, it's best to check out the other managed WordPress hosting services on the market. They aren't cheap, but they are an option for those who are willing to pay a little more for reliable services.
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WP Engine is a WordPress hosting company that offers a single physical location. These servers ensure that your site is served quickly. You can check out your site's speed by using GT Metrix or Pingdom. You should also make sure that your site is updated regularly. This is an important task that can be easy to forget. WP Engine uses next generation hardware to improve overall speed.
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WP Engine offers multiple server locations to its users when it comes backup. The company backs up your site every day and has over 60 backup points available for you to choose from. Then, you can rollback your site at any time to a previous backup point with a click. WP Engine also offers free CDN access globally, allowing you to disperse static assets and enjoy faster download speeds. All of their plans come with CDN, so you can rest assured that your website is always secure and running efficiently.
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A staging site is like a playroom for testing changes without breaking the live website. The staging site is a replica of your live website so any changes you make will appear exactly on the live website. A staging site allows you to create a new website while your existing one is still live. WP Engine One-click staging is included in all WordPress hosting plans.
A staging site is a great way to test your new site before releasing it to the public. However, not all WordPress hosting providers offer this feature. Although you can create one by yourself, a staging site requires more technical know-how. WP Engine One-click staging sites are easy to use. If you're looking to build a staging site for your WordPress site, the One-click option is the way to go.
While WP Engine's One-click staging site provides a lot of benefits, it is important to remember that it does not provide email hosting or domain registration. You will need to use a third party service to register your domain and email. However, the benefits outweigh any drawbacks. To create a WP Engine staging site, there are some steps you should follow.


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101 Ideas: A guide to choosing kitchen cabinets
Cabinets can devour the bulk of a budget during a kitchen remodel. Because they are a major investment, sort through the available options and make choices with confidence.
If existing cabinets are of good quality, in excellent working condition and the layout functions well, the most affordable option is to simply paint or restain them. Another alternative, refacing, involves installing a new veneer on the exterior of the cabinet box and replacing the doors and drawer fronts, and should be handled by a professional.
If you decide to reface rather than replace cabinets, be forewarned: Doors and drawer fronts account for the greatest expense. "Sixty to 70 percent of the cost of the cabinet is the door," says Jeff Cannata, past president of the National Kitchen & Bath Association. "So, if you're paying someone to put a new door on or a new drawer in ... it might be more affordable to purchase all-new cabinets." And with new cabinets, there's a bonus: the freedom to explore different kitchen layouts.
Once the decision has been made to install new cabinets, there are other choices ahead. Are custom cabinets required, or will stock cabinets fit the bill? Custom cabinets are built to exact specifications and offer endless design possibilities. This option requires the longest lead time and is the most expensive route.
Semicustom cabinets are just that: partially custom. While the cabinets are made to the homeowner's size requirements, the manufacturer produces them in predetermined increments. The range of materials, designs, finishes and accessories available is not as broad as entirely custom cabinets, but semicustom cabinets cost less while allowing more flexibility than stock cabinets.
Stock cabinets, which are the least-expensive of new-cabinet options, are premade and come in standard sizes. Though stock cabinets often get a bad rap in terms of quality of construction, there are many on the market that are made of solid wood.
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Richmond,VA's Rudlin Torah Academy, published Manna from Heaven – while it differs from cookbooks designed to woow the reader as he or she imagines the various recipes, this one shows that you need not be a Cordon Bleu trained Chef to prepare succulent, wholesome dishes.
The underlying philosophy behind this cookbook is that food and Judaism are inextricable parts of each other, as stated in the preface. As such, you will find recipes for every holiday, for every occasion whether a party or just for the immediate family.
This is a cookbook designed to make the average cook shine, with sections such as:
- Effortless
- Breads
- Spreads and Dips
- Appetizers
- Soups
- Salads
- Meat Poultry
- Fish
- Dairy and Bruch
- Side Dishes and Vegetables
- Desserts
From the easy – last minute preparations – to more complex dishes everything here is easy to make, and yet every recipe from Strawberry Bread to Blue Cheese Ball, from Marinated 'Shrooms to Tomato Soup with Herbs and Feta, from Brandied Fruit Salad to Fail-Proof Rib Roast, from Arroz con Pollo Valenciana to Salmon in Orange-Honey Marinade, from Mediterranean Strata Lite to Ratatouille in Phyllo, from Peanut Butter-Chocolate Crispy Treats to Rugelach and more, are
During chol hamo'ed and the last days of yom tov I was in Richmond, VA and had the privilege of tasting a superb challa (one of the best I ever had!) made by the lady who created it for this cookbook. Here's the recipe:
No Need to Knead Challah
(page 21) – Yields 8 loaves
- 6 packets quick rise yeast
- 2 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 cups warm water
- 5 pounds plus 3 cups bread flour
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 8 extra large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups oil.
- 1 egg plus 3 tablespoons water for wash
- Sesame or poppy seeds, optional
- Dissolve yeast plus 2 tablespoons sugar in 2 cups warm water in a medium bowl, Set aside. In an extra large bowl, mix flour and salt together and make a well in the center. In a separate bowl mix together remaining sugar, eggs and oil.
- Add yeast mixture and 2 additional cups of warm water to sugar, egg amnd mixture. Slowly pour egg and yeast mixture into the well in the flour and mix. Make sure that all the flour is mixed into the dough. Mix only enough to combine all the ingredients. Cover with a damp cloth and either leave in the refrigerator overninght or let rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, 2 -3 hours. In the morning, remove from refrigerator and place on a clean surface. Divide up dough into 8 portions, roll each portion into 3 ropes and braid loaves.
- Spray baking sheets or large loaf pans and place challa on or in them. Cover again with damp cloth and allow to rise for 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 F. Beat egg with water and brush on challah. Sprinkle with either sesame or poppy seeds if desired. Bake 25-30 minutes until loaves are golden brown. Remove from oven and place on racks until cool. Challah may be wrapped in foil and frozen.
Each section opens up with a quote from sifrei kodesh, because this is more than just a cookbook, it shows the connection between what goes into a Jew's mouth and his/her spiritual growth. You can order the cookbook online at the Rudlin Academy's website. While you most likely did not attend the Culinary Institute of America nor Johnson and Wales University, you will still wow your family and friends with these recipes!


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Sea dwellers inspire ocean's worth of words
Does she still sell seashells down by the seashore? And if so, how many clams is she charging these days?
In addition to slang for a dollar, "clam" is also an informal term for a person who is reluctant to speak, more often encountered in the verb phrase "clam up."
Any large social gathering may be called a "clambake," especially a clamorous one.
Interestingly, the adjective "clammy" for "unpleasantly moist, cold and sticky" appears to have evolved from a different root, the Old English for "mud" or "clay." Of course, the actual creature inside a clamshell certainly could be called clammy.
In the same vein, the adjective "crabby" for "ill-tempered" is as much about sour fruit as it is cranky crustaceans. In fact, it's with the entry for "crab apple" that Webster's New World lists a "crab" as "a person who has a sour temper or is always complaining." You see, it's about sourness, not living in a shell or walking sideways or even wielding pincers.
The animal and the fruit both contribute to "crabbed," which can mean "peevish, morose, cross"; "hard to understand because intricate or complicated"; or "hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular."
And "crab grass" was so named because someone thought it resembled the creature. I do know that trying to extract the stuff from your lawn can make you crabby.
For an animal with an extremely tough shell, look no further than a wharf or the bottom of a ship. That would be the "barnacle," so tenacious that we also use its name for any other thing or person "hard to get rid of."
Less complimentary is to refer to someone as a "jellyfish." This informal use for "a weak-willed person" is a cheap shot for the animal, which can't help being spineless. Most people, on the other hand, have a choice about showing some backbone now and then.
The sea is also home to the largest of the mammals, the whale. We allude to that size in the informal expression "a whale of a" for "an exceptionally large, fine, etc., example of" something.
At the other end of the scale, "shrimp" is used informally for "a small or insignificant person" — not a very tasteful thing to say, even with cocktail sauce.
The origin of "shark" is a bit of a mystery, which seems appropriate. The best guess is a German word for "scoundrel, rogue." When applied to humans, "shark" means "a person who victimizes others, as by swindling or cheating," which is a bit of an insult for the fish, whose methods and motives are fairly straightforward.
"Shark" is also slang for "a person with great ability in a given activity," an instance in which the slang term is more complimentary than the regular one.
Finally, a note about the flounder. The verb, which is about ungraceful attempts to move or "to speak or act in an awkward, confused manner," is probably a combination of "founder" and "blunder."
In other words, it's not about the fish. The fish "flounder" traces back to an Indo-European base for "flat," which it most definitely is.
So does a flounder flounder? I wouldn't bet all my clams on it.
Barry Wood is a senior copy editor for the Register Star. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Pilot Season: Mandy Moore Exits ABC's Pulling
Mandy Moore will no longer star in the ABC comedy pilot Pulling, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
The project, from Bad Teacher producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, is about three dysfunctional women in their 30s who live life the way they want, even if society tells them they should have it all figured out by now. It is based on the 2006 British series.
Get the latest news on pilot season
Moore was slated to play Louise, an optimistic woman who is desperate to get married. She was the first person cast for the pilot, but according to Deadline, who first reported Moore's exit, after the rest of the cast, including lead June Diane Raphael, fell into place, the character dynamics developed in new ways. Unhappy with the changes to Louise, Moore stepped aside.
"Mandy is a pro, and has been very patient and accommodating with us," Pulling producers said. "As we moved closer to production, it was clear we needed to go in a different direction for the character, and Mandy agreed to do what was best for the show. She's an immensely gifted actress and we hope to have the pleasure of working with her again."
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"Many things change quickly as a pilot moves into production," Moore said. "And in this case, Lee and Gene moved the character in a different direction, it was clear this wasn't right for me. Rather than jeopardize the show, I asked to step aside. They and ABC were very accommodating, and wish them all the best in the fall. It's a terrific show that worked so well in the UK, I hope it gets the audience it deserves here."
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What a great success Trove Tuesday was. If you would like to see all the posts from last week, go to Amy Houston's blog Branches, Leaves, and Pollen.
For the purpose of Trove Tuesday, I have decided to work through some of the "tags" I have at Trove. I tag a lot of articles for no other reason than I find them interesting. As a result, I have a lot of tags. It is a type of online hoarding. I can't get rid of them because you never know when I might need them.
So, along with posting them here, I have created a list at Trove entitled "Miscellaneous". Like I need another list, but I do find them useful for certain types of information gathering. Tags are great for others such as collecting obituaries for the monthly Passing of the Pioneers. Importantly, I am going to put a note on each list entry about the subject of the article so I can easily find them again when I view the list. That is a tip from my upcoming book "Learning the Hard Way".
As I have used Trove pretty much from the beginning, I have forgotten a lot of the articles such as the one I have chosen this week. I had tagged it with "Bochara sleepwalking shearer 1876". Understand why I need to do some work on my tags? Bochara is just out of Hamilton.


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One lot to consist of (72) Vest, Fleece Black, Youth Medium. Inspection is highly recommended. Parts may be missing and repairs may be required. 70434501130005
Property Location Information:
Dhs, Fed. Law Enforcement Trng. Ctr
Assets & Logistics Management Div.
2400 Glynco Parkway
Brunswick, GA 31524
Contact: Kathy Maynor
Phone: 912-554-4804
Phone: 404-215-8746
This is an English auction. At the close of the auction, the user with the highest bid wins the auction, as long as that bid is at or above the auction's reserve price. The reserve price is the lowest price accepted for the item.
Once you submit a bid, you cannot cancel it, but you can replace it with a higher bid. When you submit a new higher bid, it replaces your previous one.
Click the Bid History link to see the bids you have submitted in this auction (My Bids).
This auction will end in one of these ways:
Note: "N/A" or a blank indicates that the value is not available for this auction.
GSA Auctions only accepts minimum and maximum bids. A maximum bid is the maximum amount you are willing to pay for an item. Maximum bids are also referred to as proxy bids. When you place your maximum bid, GSA Auctions will use as much of your bid as needed to make you the current winner of the auction or to meet the auction's reserve price. The minimum bid you can place is either the starting price of the auction, or the current high bid plus the bid increment.
GSA Auctions only accepts bids in whole dollar amounts. Bids in partial dollar amounts, $150.25 for example, will not be accepted by the GSA Auctions system.
The reserve price is the minimum price that GSA Auctions is willing to accept for an item. If your maximum bid equals or exceeds the reserve price, your bid will be placed at the reserve price.
How Are Tie Bids Resolved in GSA Auctions? If a bidder places a bid with the same proxy bid amount as another bidder, the previous (first) bidder will have the current high bid since their bid was placed first. Both bids are recorded with the same amount, displaying the first bidder with the same amount as current high bid, until another bidder bids higher.
When two proxy bids compete, the greater of the two proxy limits always wins. If the greater proxy limit exceeds the lesser proxy limit by the bid increment, then a bid equal to the lesser proxy limit plus the bid increment will be placed. If the greater proxy limit does not exceed the lesser proxy limit by the bid increment, then the greater proxy limit's maximum bid will be placed.
You can increase your maximum bid if you are currently the winner in an auction. To increase your maximum bid, enter an amount greater than your current maximum bid. Increasing your bid will not increase your current high bid.
You can decrease your maximum bid if you are currently the winner in an auction. To decrease your maximum bid, enter an amount less than your current maximum bid. You cannot decrease your bid below the minimum bid price.
Your maximum bid or proxy bid, submits bids on your behalf. You specify the maximum price you are willing to pay. If you are outbid, the system submits a replacement bid at a higher price to keep you in the auction. It will bid as much as your maximum bid but no more.
Your maximum price is not shown to any other bidders.
If the system reaches your maximum bid limit, it stops bidding for you. Submit another bid if you want to continue bidding.
The highest bid at the close of the auction wins.
If your bid is lower than the reserve price, you will not win the auction.
The reduction of bid increment happens when there is no bid activity within a specified time for an auction. The system will decrease the incremental bid amount by a percentage upto a limit based on template codes designed for this purpose. All auctions are not subject to the reduction of bid increment rule. Here's an example: A bid increment is set at $25.00 for an auction. A No-Bid-Period has been set for 2 days at a reduction rate of 10 percent and a reduction limit of $20.00. After 2 full days of inactivity for the auction, the bid increment will be reduced by 10 percent now making the current bid increment $22.00. 10 percent of $25.00 = $2.50 rounded to the nearest dollar $3.00. The reduction is repeated for multiple inactivity periods until the reduction limit is reached or auction closes.
Note: When "Compatible" bidding occurs (two or more bids of the same amount are submitted), the "high bid" is determined by GSA Auctions system's evaluation, based on the time of submission and/or by proxy.
To enhance bidder privacy, and protect GSA Auctions users from fraudulent emails, GSA Auctions has changed how User IDs are displayed on the bid history page. Only you can view your User ID, all other members will see anonymous user IDs, such as Bidder*.
As of February 14, 2009 bidders will be assigned the actual bidder number for the sale/lot based on when they placed their bid, if you are the first bidder for this sale you will see Bidder#1, if you are the second bidder you will see Bidder#2.
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Denver prosecutors will no longer charge those 21 and older for carrying less than an ounce of marijuana, and will review current cases that fit under the language of a recently voter-approved state constitutional amendment.
District Attorney Mitch Morrissey and City Attorney Doug Friednash made their decision Thursday, a day after Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett made headlines when he announced his office will dismiss any pending cases that deal with less than an ounce of marijuana.
Amendment 64 passed by a more than 2-to-1 margin in Boulder County, and Garnett said such support makes it difficult to seat a jury in possession and paraphernalia cases. The measure legalizes possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana by anyone over age 21.
There are about 70 cases pending in Denver that would fall under the amendment, Denver district attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said Thursday. As those cases go through the court system, they will be reviewed for possible dismissal. This won't apply to cases where there is another charge or when the person is under age 21, she said.
People who think their case may be dismissed still must appear at their court date, Kimbrough said.
In Denver, Amendment 64 passed with about 66 percent support.
Statewide, the ballot measure — which is set to go into effect 30 days after votes are certified following the Nov. 6 election — passed with 55 percent of voter support.
In Arapahoe County, the amendment received about 53 percent support, and Sheriff Grayson Robinson said his office will meet early next week with the 18th Judicial District attorney's office to discuss the matter.
This year, Robinson's office has issued an average of 43 summonses each month for marijuana possession and paraphernalia. By contrast, in Boulder County, five to 20 cases pass through Garnett's office each month.
"We are evaluating the issues related to the passage of the constitutional amendment to ensure that required modifications to policy and the application to our operations are implemented in a well-considered manner," Robinson said.
Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, a staunch opponent of Amendment 64, said in a statement Thursday that his office has an obligation to prosecute offenses that were crimes at the time they occurred.
"Accordingly, we will not be dismissing existing marijuana-possession cases," he said. "But more importantly, our office prosecutes low-level possession cases to get drug users help with their addictions. That practice will continue until state law changes."
Voters in the northern Colorado county approved Amendment 64 by a little more than 600 votes.
Grand Junction and Palisade cops are no longer citing people for possession of less than 1 ounce.
Prosecutors in Larimer, Jefferson and El Paso counties have not changed how they deal with summonses and the prosecution of minor marijuana offenses.
In the 17th Judicial District, which includes Broomfield and Adams counties, officials are dealing with possession cases on a case-by-case basis.
Even when the law goes into effect, it won't make much of a difference to the North Metro Drug Task Force, Sgt. Jim Gerhardt said. "That was just a summons; we weren't arresting anyone for that anyway."
However, Gerhardt said investigations of growing operations — where illegal sellers of marijuana raise plants — will be "severely impacted by Amendment 64. We saw people exploiting loopholes with the medical-marijuana laws, and there is going to be an exploitation of loopholes now too."
Amendment 64 allows adults to grow up to six marijuana plants in their homes.
Gerhardt said that as investigators encounter locations with more than the allowed number of plants, they won't be able to automatically shut them down.
"There's nothing that prohibits 100 people from combining each of their six plants in one grow facility," Gerhardt said. "It's just how many 21-year-olds or older will you have claiming the plants. You do not even have to be a resident of the state or of the U.S."
Kurtis Lee: 303-954-1655, email@example.com or twitter.com/kurtisalee
Denver Post staff writers Tom McGhee and Jordan Steffen contributed to this report.


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Astute watchers of Nationals broadcasts on MASN know that since the opening of Nationals Park in 2008, play-by-play man Bob Carpenter has displayed bobbleheads of the Nationals' four racing presidents on a shelf behind him in the booth. What they may not have noticed is that just yesterday, the bodies changed.
MASN hosted a small group of Nationals bloggers at Nationals Park on Monday night, providing a behind-the-scenes tour and a chance to meet both players on the field and the team's on-air personalities in the booth.
For this uniquely obsessed blogger, one thing immediately stood out on entering the MASN booth: The presidents had new bodies.
After this weekend's Jason Werth bobblehead giveaway, MASN stage manager Joe Delpo decided to perform a little bobblehead surgery, taking the heads of the presidents and placing them on the more active bodies of Jayson Werth, Chad Cordero, Jose Guillen, and Nyjer Morgan.
In a bit of irony, Roosevelt's head now sits on the body of Teddy-critic Jayson Werth.
Honestly, it's a good look. Next season will have been 5 years since the Nationals gave away presidents bobbleheads (which now command a hefty premium on ebay). Perhaps it's time to issue updated versions of the presidents in uniform, inspired by MASN.
Thanks to Jim Buckle of MASN, Chad Kurz of the Nationals, and the entire MASN crew for embracing the Nationals blogging community.


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Michael Clayton – Movie Review
The movie didn't get the Oscar, and I am not surprised. It certainly doesn't deserve an Oscar. It's a good movie though, one of the better thrillers I've seen. Maybe I was disappointed because I was expecting too much. Not just me I think, from the reaction of the crowd. The Oscar nomination generated hype because the movie hall was half full even though the cricket match was on (we won 🙂 ).
The movie is cleverly crafted, the suspense rising at every step and culminating in a superb climax. The way the director, Tony Gilroy, went about it, slow to start, almost sleepy (pace) and then slowly building up to an unbearable pitch was brilliant! And the way it was shot, it was realistic and underplayed. The movie grips you…the realism of the settings grip you. The muted but intense dialogues grip you…giving the feeling that this is what actually happened, that it's a re-make of a real-life story…
No reason to be disappointed, right?
Well, the movie is a trifle too stylistic for my liking. At the start, the director makes sure that viewers don't know what's happening! For example at the start of the film you have a crazy voice recounting his bizarre thoughts and we don't know who it is or what it's go to do with the movie, not for some time. We also see a woman almost having a nervous break-down in the ladies room and we have no idea who she is and what the matter is. No explanations are given, instead we are taken to be introduced to Michael Clayton (George Clooney). We are told that he is a lawyer in debt…not much else. This type of editing, a deliberate ploy to create suspense isn't the kind of suspense I like. It isn't the kind of suspense that makes one feel…oh my god, what's going to happen next…it's the kind of bewilderment that makes one feel, what the heck is going on? However, half an hour or so into the movie things settle down.
I didn't like the way the flashback is done though. When we are brought back to the present some shots are repeated, as if to tell the viewer look we are back to the present. I didn't think there was a need for this…
I loved the story – about a huge agro-chemical company (UNorth) which poisons the soil…and ordinary citizens litigate against it. It's on the lines of Erin Brocovich. I mentioned EB but Michael Clayton is vastly different. Not just the treatment but the story too.
George Clooney as Michael was only a little above average in his acting. He plays the role of a 'fixer' (does the dirty work) in the law firm handling the suit on behalf of UNorth. What I liked about the characterization of Michael (the story revolves around him) is the way the stress in his personal life is shown affecting his decisions in his professional life…he is shown to be all too human. The movie opens at a time when Michael (chest deep in personal problems) has to make that crucial decision which will decide whether he is a cad or a hero.
Arthur Eden (played Tom Wilkinson), the law firm's leading attorney, plays a critical role in the film and he does a great job. However, the performance that gets imprinted on one's mind is that of the supporting actress, Tilda Swinton, who plays Karen Crowder, the just-been-promoted head of the company UNorth. She won the Oscar for her role. She is absolutely brilliant! She plays an ambitious woman who is nervous about fitting into her new role and as a result makes serious mistakes…she looks and plays her part to perfection.
The movie was rated R in the west (explicit language) and in India it's got an 'A' certificate, presumably for the same reason. There was no sex in the movie and hardly any violence – unless a bomb going off and man being injected with something when he is unconscious constitutes violence. And no there is no profanity either…it's just that a few times in the movie explicit words are used to describe something that actually happened.
It was irritating to hear Arthur spouting this line: I'm Shiva the God of Death. Shiva isn't the God of Death. Yama is. Shiva happens to be the Destroyer. True, Shiva is said to be "responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of the shedding of old habits" but he is not known as the God of Death amongst Hindus. You can read more about Shiva here. I wonder why Hollywood movie producers who spend so much money on technology and the like can't do the easiest of research! It takes just two minutes or less to find this out.
Overall this 2-hour movie was worth a watch. And no, not because of George Clooney (I could see his make-up 😐 )
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Ms. Nita, we saw the movie last night and I have to agree with your assessment. Good, not great. Perhaps overhyped. Still, it was a good story….reminded us of Norma Rae and Erin Brockovich.


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Treasures: Is this family Bible dated 1913 worth much beyond any sentimental value?
Dear Helaine and Joe:
I am sending you photographs of my grandmother's Bible that is dated Nov. 12, 1913. Is there a market for this?
Thank you,
J. LaF., Vero Beach, Fla.
Dear J. LaF.:
This is a charming Bible with embossed covers that may or may not be leather. It has what appears to be a nice brass strap closing, and even though it is just a few months short of 100 years old, it looks to be in relatively good condition.
There are literally billions of copies of Bibles out there, and the rule of thumb for collectors is that in order to be valuable, a Bible has to have been printed in the United States before the year 1800 and in Europe before the year 1700.
Special circumstances, however, may make a younger Bible valuable. If, for instance, the Bible in question was printed in a rare language (such as a Native American language), it might be valuable. If the Bible were the possession of a famous person such as an American president, say, or had been taken into space by an astronaut or if it were a family Bible in which the names of slaves, and their dates of birth and death, were carefully noted, then the Bible might have monetary and historic value.
There are a number of possibilities that might make a Bible printed in the 19th or 20th century valuable, but none of these seem to be present in this particular instance. The Bible in today's question is valuable to the family that owns it because it is a memento from their grandmother. But other than that, its monetary worth is less than $20 and would be a hard sale to make.
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Surely a lot of scrutiny would go into anyone naming whom they consider to be perhaps the greatest vocalist they've had the pleasure of listening to over years of being a music lover and most definitely it's an absolutely subjective outcome for each individual's taste. Not an easy task by any means but for me personally while there are so many seemingly countless accomplished vocalists from generations past till present one name keeps coming to mind each and every time I hear him sing♪♪…
Fukuyama Masaharu♥ has long been one of Japan's most beloved~* icons and constant figures as both a most accomplished musician and actor~…..his talents reach even further though as he writes, produces and has also charmed~* in the likes of radio and stage~.
It's funny how the very initial aesthetics are obvious when it comes to accessorizing as a single cute~♥ hair bow atop is a constant and a fashion statement must!! Mmm but when you really dig a bit "deeper"….Blossom and Takamina….Takamina and Blossom….Blossom and Takamina….Takamina and Blossom…..and soon you can't tell the two apart or you just feel a bit zany like I do at times :P.
And what's so different about "Kimi wa, boku no mono" is that it isn't shot in your typical "idol" way and what I mean by that is that it's not chaptered into camera seducing♥ segments but rather "Kimi, wa boku no mono" is presented very much like a documentary instead and it's very warm and candidly~revealing of how production goes on a day~to~day basis~....
While I think most everyone has either seen or worn seifuku♥ wouldn't it be cute and sexy* to be able to witness the variations in style and the dressing and undressing of a most adorable idol~♥ as if you were her mirror on the wall~? Um…for educational purposes only of course :P!
~Every scene..a single brush stroke upon the canvas. Films to savor, for film making of this beauty and depth and scale don't grace us very often..and the fates truly lie in ways of the wind. I couldn't recommend two films any more than the John Woo directed epics "Red Clliff" and "Red Cliff II" and if grading on a ☆ scale these films receive 10 out of 10☆'s。
Every now and then we're graced with something so unique and special in music♪♪~, artists that move us with their melodies…relate to us with their lyrics and capture us with their hearts~. Sakai Izumi debuted as the lead vocalist for the group Zard in 1991 and for over a decade and a half her powerful vocals would resonate beautifully over 45 single releases and 20 albums (including compilations & tributes)…..she's truly an artist that has left us too soon~...
Now @ 28 Fukada Kyoko has reached iconic heights as an idol who's captivated and entertained in the vast opportunistic world of Japanese media where it's most common for a talent to explore everything from modeling to television to movies and beyond~. Fukakyon♥ was born on November 2nd, 1982 and has remained with a single management agency (HORIPRO) since her early teens when she first began appearing regularly as either a cover~girl or featured girl in numerous idol magazine publications, then most notably with her early Bomb magazine appearances. Her acting career also began early in her mid teens and although Fukakyon is primarily known as a drama/t.v. actress having appeared in an impressive number of dramas which now total over 40 to date she also has a modest but noteworthy movie resume which includes standout performances first, in the dark realism of an idol's world brought to screen in the 2002 film "Doll's which mixes dark short stories and the 2004 cinematic~masterpiece "Shimotsuma Monogatari"...
In a musical era where AkiP has brought attention and overwhelming success back to purely~styled J~pop compositions and an approach as well as a product which resonates all that reflects upon Japan's uniqueness…a purity which over the years has been blurred by outside influences of hip~hop…r&b…euro~pop..and Ameri~pop to name just a few~. Ichikawa Yui in hindsight may have been just a few years too early as she ventured from model/actress into music, too early for the old~school resurgence which is topping the Japanese music charts of today~ and in a lot of ways I think she's been one of J~pop's much more underappreciated artists of the millenium~.
Getting my very first taste of what could be Japan's currently most aggressive all girl band! Four Osaka high school students with a garage~band aura? That was enough to pull me in and now after a little over one week of listening, "Temptation Box" is quickly becoming one of my favorite albums and where to begin?..there's so much to say!
~Simply gorgeous♥, and it's so much of what you'd envision of a production circled around one of Taiwan's most popular, *sexiest* and successful models also turned actress and singer~ ^ ^。
Sooo what to do in the whee early morning hours??? Watch Dragon Half!
This is so much one of my most favorite animes ever!! I can't even begin to tell you how much it continues to crack me up no matter how many times I've watched it! XD
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1. The opening credits reflects so much of the show's personality and is one of the cutest ever!! One of J-Pop's finest, Arashi presents you the main theme song…here hit play while I ramble for a little while…
…..and the bartender says: "is it *cold* in here or are you just happy to see me?"…(^q^)
あっ!すごいかわいく~♥!!かわいく~♥!!! Harugon, Nacchan, Rabutan, Ayarin & Mayuyu continue to be the cutest~* of units!…and I'm just listening to their 6th single I know so late XD! While I so adore Mayuyu's vocals and we've had plenty till now with her solo songs~♥, but the more I hear Rabutan's voice the more she's beginning to become my favorite vocal in the group =)……and while watching the making of she just sounded so anime~like saying "gyu♥!" each time, like the cutest cutest cutest character you can imagine っo(*´∀`)o!!
Firstly, I wasn't ever sure if I would see the day in which SPEED's all time record sales for an all girl group would be broken and not by a slim margin by any means as AKB48 has eclipsed this record (reaching in excess of 826,000 copies sold) which has stood for I think…over a decade now?..and if there were any single which was worthy of such an achievement surely "Beginner" is deservingly so~. At the top of the Oricon this past week, AKB48 has also eclipsed omg!!! even Arashi's~♥ used to be leading single's sales plateau for the year for a single release :O and from the outside one may wonder why this single in particular?..and why now?
In late '97 a flash of J-Pop goodness appeared on Japan's horizon in the form of a most unlikely group of members…in a time when "idol" groups were just about to break free from their brief hiatus of unpopularity there came a group comprised of 2 comedians and a very very cute Taiwanese model...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York.
NBC confirmed Wednesday it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted "Tonight."
The New York Times reported the plan in a Wednesday story, citing unidentified network executives. The Hollywood Reporter had a March 1 report about a Fallon-Leno switch, which was denied by the network.
Looming over NBC is its messy, failed effort to replace Leno with Conan O'Brien, which ended in 2010 with Leno regaining "Tonight" and NBC losing O'Brien — who got a $45 million exit deal — to TBS. Leno's current "Tonight" contract expires in September 2014.
That occurred under a different regime, before NBCUniversal was taken over by Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp., which has a reputation for discipline. While NBC dithered and backtracked on its "Tonight" succession plan involving O'Brien, Comcast is likely to be more decisive.
"I don't know if it's possible to have a less orderly transition than Leno-O'Brien," said analyst Brad Adgate of media-buying firm Horizon Media.
Fallon contacted Leno in an effort to help smooth the potential switch, according to a Hollywood Reporter story Wednesday.
The latest roiling of the late-night waters began in January when ABC moved "Jimmy Kimmel Live" back to 11:35 p.m. Eastern to offer direct competition to Leno and CBS' David Letterman.
With the potential for Kimmel, 45, to draw advertiser-favored young viewers away from Leno (62) and Letterman (65), it's unsurprising that their networks might step up their succession planning.
At 38, Fallon is the youngest of the pack.
Leno, who took over "Tonight" from Johnny Carson in 1992, did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment. But he might be taking advantage of other ways to communicate — the "Tonight" stage and its audience of millions.
Although late-night hosts are known for needling their network bosses on-air, the timing of Leno's latest jabs at NBC seemed to make the network particularly uncomfortable. They reportedly asked him to stop; he hasn't.
"You know the whole legend of St. Patrick, right? St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland — and then they came to the United States and became NBC executives," Leno joked on Monday's show.
On Tuesday, he played off a news report about a Serbian woman with a rare brain condition that causes her to see the world upside down: "Isn't that crazy? It's unbelievable. She sees everything upside down. In fact, she thinks NBC is at the top of the ratings."
He kept up the pace Wednesday, according to a NBC transcript released after the show's taping and with gibe included. Leno quipped that scientists may be able to clone extinct species and bring them back from the dead, "so there's hope for NBC."
Leno, who briefly moved to prime-time to make room for O'Brien, has proved himself a wily survivor. Despite the challenge from Kimmel, he and "Tonight" have remained top-rated so far.
But if a change is destined, NBC could be eying next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as a premium launch pad for a revamped "Tonight," analyst Adgate said.
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The Washington Nationals' own racing presidents will make a special return guest appearance in The Washington Ballet production of Septime Webre's "The Nutcracker" at the Warner Theatre on Wednesday, December 14.
A Washington tradition, the Webre production stars George Washington as the Nutcracker, and features guest appearances by local celebrities throughout the season.
This will be the second year the presidents have appeared in the classic. This video from Mojo Factory Productions shows a behind-the-scenes glimpse of last year's appearance, including an impressive arabesque by Abraham Lincoln:
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