Can you really make automatic coffee that tastes as good as the best manual hand-brewed? Let's just say it is possible. To illustrate this claim, I chose the Bonavita BV 01002 to demonstrate the possibility. It meets the stringent Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) standards. Most automatic drip brewers do not. It is simple to use and pretty un-tweaky as well. Frankly, other than having to measure grounds and grind the coffee separately, it's as easy to use as a K-cup brewer. It works great as is. But, I have found some nips and tucks to my procedures that lift it to match my best manual brew results and I thought I'd share them.
Grind – If you've been with me for awhile, you know I advocate erring a notch coarser when using most brewers. But I also advise playing around with grind and, once in a while, it pays to just experiment a notch at a time. For instance, with this brewer I go one notch finer. That may be because I don't usually make a full 8-cup batch, but rather fill the water only to the 1 liter mark. Just so you understand the testing procedure for SCA certification, brewers must make their coffee, start to finish, within six minutes. So when you make approximately 25% less, it's likely that it will be a little rushed traveling through the grounds. I've found by grinding slightly finer I slow the drip rate and this increases brew strength. If I make a full batch I coarsen the grind slightly.
Recipe Measurements – Consider that we may have gone from using too few grounds to using too many. Maybe this brewer does such an efficient job it does not need the requisite 55 grams specified for a liter of coffee. If you make one liter, I suggest you try using 50-51 grams. I found this to be the best recipe. I discovered this by accident as I only had 50 grams left of a particularly memorable ReAnimator coffee when a friend arrived for a visit and a cup. Since I needed to make one liter, I decided to chance it. To my surprise I preferred it using this formula.
Pre-infusion – This brewer has a pre-infusion stage, which drips a few ounces of water over the grounds to saturate them before the majority of water is released and dripped over the grounds. I strongly recommend using it if your coffee is fresh, meaning just a week or two from its roast date. If your grounds are older than this, or you use pre-ground coffee, you may skip this stage, although it won't hurt, so if in doubt, use it. Its purpose is to allow the coffee to de-gas, which prevents foaming up and potentially spilling over the filter holder's top edge. Pre-infusion also allows it to de-gas and settle down before the majority of water drips through, which actually helps facilitate the extraction process.
Filter holder – If there's one area where manual drip still reigns supreme it is the end user's manual water dispersion over the grounds and subsequent even extraction. Fortunately, the Bonavita already does a good job dispersing the water. But, for a perfectionist end-user, we are able to occasionally swivel the filter holder to vary the showerhead's position over the grounds. This is kind of tweaky, but shows to what extent I've played with mine over the years. I would not expect this tweak to make a night and day difference with this maker, but it is a slight tweak and just goes to ensure that all the grounds get wet. If someone told me this is too far to go to make coffee, I'd likely agree. But, I do it. Look at my "after" photo of the grounds post-brewing and see if yours matches. Again, if it's too much, skip this if you like.
I define tweaks as anything I do beyond the instruction manual, that appears to make a better pot of coffee. This brewer is noteworthy in that none are necessary for it to perform its stuff. But, I'm comparing to the best manually brewed coffee I've ever had. That fact that it's that close to perfection already is impressive. I simply believe I can match that perfect flavor with this brewer, with just a little attention to details.
The Bonavita coffee makers are the current coffee maker for everyman. They are easy to use, forgiving of those who do not self-identify as geeks; those of us who just want to scoop our grounds in, fill with water and press go. Bonavita coffee makers were originally Melitta units, the first generation designed in Germany by Melitta, who license their brand name to Hamilton Beach in the US.
Espresso Supply distributes them and, when Espresso Supply took over their distribution, I had my doubts. Their background is, as the name implies, espresso. They have a separate line of manual brewers, including a widely used variable temperature kettle. They had no experience with electrics. Yet, the public and cafes seem delighted with this company's approach.
What Espresso Supply is, is dedicated to brewing coffee. This means they really seem to understand both the consumer (you and me) and the process, and it shows in just about everything they do. I met Chris Legler, their Financial Strategist, a few years ago now. Now, if you know me, you'll know this is a role I would usually dismiss as one of the suits, about as useful to know as Human Resources. As I got to know Chris, I developed a lot of respect for his devotion to coffee and brewing. I came to learn he worked for Sony, a company I long ago admired for their understanding of their audience and both sound and visual products, at least in their heyday.
I see Chris the same way, and I invite you to eavesdrop on a more or less typical conversation between us about brewing. Note: He has no problem discussing any brand of coffee product. He realizes we're discussing something bigger and has that sense of history not often found in corporate cultures. And, he actually seems to use his (and everyone's) coffee brewing products!
This podcast was recorded at the NCA Conference in San Diego in March, 2016. Thanks to Joe DeRupo, NCA's Director of External Relations and Communication, who provided the recording space.
As one of the earliest manufacturers of an autodrip coffeemaker, Bunn is not known for change. The Trifecta Home is going to wake up Bunn's critics. It is not an extension or variation of any previous design of theirs or anyone's. It is a totally new concept. It is bold.
The Trifecta Home takes the best from several coffee brewing methods, elevating the art of control during brewing. It steeps coffee like a French press. It agitates the brewing chamber during contact and forces finished brew through the exit hole upon completion, emulating the best of vacuum coffee brewing. In fact, the Trifecta Home appears to be everything except what Bunn is most known for, that is a drip coffeemaker.
Let's get this out of the way early: The Trifecta Home is not Bunn's new home espresso machine, and to me that's a good thing. What is the Trifecta Home? It is a new coffee high-extraction brewer that wrenches every precious bit of acidity from coffee, allowing some very focused user control over some physical variables for the first time in an automatic coffeemaker. Why am I happy that it is not an espresso machine? Acidity = the high notes, the most expensive flavor ingredient of the best coffee beans. Light roasted single origin coffees fired out as espresso shots give you acrid, overlit flavors. These same coffees in the Trifecta and will give you beautifully extracted balanced coffee with the full spectrum of tastes.
Perhaps the Trifecta Home will be compared mostly to the commercial Clover machine. I've tried both side by side and the Clover accentuates a low bitter note in almost every coffee I've tried in it, and the Trifecta does not. I limited my comparisons, but it may be naught anyway since Clover, after being bought outright by Starbucks, appears to be all but gone. Certainly, no one has suggested a Clover Home is forthcoming.
Meanwhile, apparently Bunn's years of underextracting grounds using shorter-than-average contact times has paid off. The Trifecta Home's contact time is short, a minute or so. The two longer settings are for tea. I did try doing coffee at the tea setting, but preferred the three coffee settings overall.
The brewing contact temperature is smack dab at 200°F, as usual for a Bunn machine. An 'instant on' steady temperature is especially important given its brief grounds/water contact time. Bunn is known for good, consistent water temperature, and the Trifecta Home is no exception. Unlike most earlier Bunn drip machines, the Trifecta Home has no onboard heated tank. I found even if I unplugged the Trifecta Home and plugged it in a minute before brewing, the temperature and startup time remained roughly the same. If it is not instant-on, it is very, very close to it.
The Trifecta Home injects air to agitate the brew. The number of times it does this during brewing is one of two user adjustments. Bunn claims varied agitation tilts the body versus acidity of the coffee. More agitation reduces acidity; Less agitation reduces body. My tastings confirm this. Turbulence in coffee is just like it is on an airplane flight… air bubbles that shake things up. Bunn's promoted its use of turbulence in brewing for a while now. The Trifecta has finally convinced me they know how to use it to make better coffee.
At the brew cycle's conclusion the coffee is forced from the brewing chamber down into the supplied beaker/carafe with such vigor the spent coffee grounds are almost completely dry. I suspect they are using air pressure to force the liquid out so thoroughly. Regardless of how, the combined turbulence and efficient separation of the grounds and brewed coffee do the best job of extracting and leaving no liquid behind in the grounds of any brewer I've yet tested, matching vacuum brewers and espresso machines.
Interesting: Bunn recommends using coarse ground coffee. I've suggested this for years. Maybe we've both learned something from each other. Interestingly, after a month or so I found I backed off from the recommended 22 grams of coarse grounds per 12 ounces water brewing formula. I got my best results using 18 grams fine grounds per 12 ounces water. This is my preferred Trifecta Home recipe with almost any coffee I've yet tried as of this writing.
The cups are so good, so rich and full-flavored, nothing is missing. The amount of coffee produced, between one and two six-ounce cups, is just about perfect for two. Considering how many people have one or two cups, it's, from a 'mileage' point of view, economical, and doesn't fill trash heaps like the Keurigs do. It's worth noting that the Bunn Home Trifecta also does a single 6 ounce cup with equal aplomb. Few machines so equally match taste when you change batch size.
Oren's Daily Roast's Ethiopian Longberry Harrar had all the flower you could ask of it and, believe me, this is one beautiful floral bomb! Stumptown's Guatemala Antigua Buenavista did itself proud with the unique black cherry and milk chocolate notes I so enjoyed in this bean. I Have A Bean's Uganda Bugisu Kapchorwa, which I'd brewed recently in a manual pourover, just burst forth with cinnamon and malt flavors and a powerful complexity that justified this machine's ability to carefully agitate the water while in contact with the grounds in controlled doses. I could literally dial in this complexity to alter the balance. Consider that once I adjusted the settings just so, I could repeat these perfect cups in succession reliably, almost casually. This is a significant benefit. Before the Trifecta Home, I felt I could have perfection or consistency, but typically not both. And that's the Trifecta Home's true greatness.
Some folks will ask me, "Kevin, do you really expect me to put $500 into a coffeemaker during these economic times?" Hey, I'm not a 1%'er. Yes, $500 is a lot of money, even to me (ha!). I believe you can probably match the cup quality, although I'm honestly not certain, using your best vacuum, Chemex, Hario, Aeropress technique. But, every time? The Trifecta Home is for the coffee aficionado who wants the best, wants it consistently, and wants ease in achieving this perfection. And, I do mean perfection.
The cost of entry is high, but to someone who spent $500 on a DSLR camera, a plasma TV, or other top consumer gear it's in line. How about a decent prosumer home espresso maker? If you like coffee, single-origin coffee as much as I do, you'll just accept it as the cost of entry to a big step up in our hobby. Let's put it this way. If you own one of these, I'll never again worry about giving you coffee for your birthday and wonder if you will begin to taste what I can taste when I brew it. Let's see: a state-of-the-art, made in America machine that brews coffee like a top café barista. What more do you want?
It's the machine I've waited for since I started drinking coffee. If you can afford one, it's a no-brainer. Bunn knocked it out of the ballpark with this one. The Bunn Trifecta Home almost deserves to rename a cup of coffee a Trifecta, it's that outstanding. It defines the state-of-brewing-art according to me and The Coffee Companion.
The Chemex is both a coffee brewer and an artwork. Few coffee brewers have the ability to show to an audience like this brewer. It's even earned a place at the Smithsonian. It's so delightful to look at that it's easy to overlook that it's a fine coffee brewer that offers a unique flavor profile.
The Chemex uses a thick laboratory-grade paper filter. If you try to use Melitta-style filters in a Chemex, the water will run through too quickly. The paper is part of the method. It asks as a flow regulator. The idea is to fill the Chemex with coarse ground coffee and let it soak as the thick paper slows the water's movement through the coffee. In this way, it offers and almost-French press-like soaking to the grounds. But, most Chemex aficionados suggest tiny hot water pours, adding just enough to completely cover the grounds.
The thickest filter paper ever... let's you brew stronger, which surprises a lot of people.
I made coffee using very coarse grounds, identical to what I'd use in a French press or percolator. This is counterintuitive to drip making, but the thick paper demands it. If you grind too finely, the combination of paper density and grind will slow your drip rate so much, you'll end up with very strong, bitter coffee, although there will be no sediment. I heated the water to boiling and then removed it. In about a minute the water was 200 degrees Fahrenheit. That's a good temperature to pour into the Chemex. The Chemex inventor, Dr. Peter Schlumbohm, believed that most coffee brewers (especially the vacuum) brewed at too high a temperature. The Chemex is designed to brew at standard or below temperatures. While I got good results at up to 200F, I often preferred the coffee brewed at around 190, which is technically 5 degrees below industry standards. Let's just say this: don't pour the water in once it's boiling; you won't like the results.
The temperature curve reflects the gaps between pours. As you can see, it's hard to determine the exact contact time between the water and the grounds. One reason for the distinctive flavor of the Chemex might be the wide temperature variance once the water is poured in, without any more hot water joining it until that amount has gone through the grounds. Another reason may be the coarse grounds. The thick paper filter is almost certainly a factor. While critics may claim the Chemex filter holds back important flavor oils, I would not agree without some evidence. The cup profile does not indicate anything less than a stellar cup of coffee. In fact, I think I can make stronger coffee with the Chemex with no bitterness at least partly due to its filter. If a wine-like viscosity is what you want in your cup, the Chemex is your brewer.
The Chemex works by trial and error. It is difficult to calculate the contact time, as you really have a number of contact times, due to the practice of pouring small amounts of hot water and allowing it to cycle through the filter bed before pouring in the next one. The best starting point it simply to use a coarse grind and not-too-hot water.
Coarse ground, like Kosher salt, because the filter controls contact time, not the grind.
I use forty grams of ground coffee in the so-called six cup Chemex. I own the larger one too, the eight cup. I use seventy-two grams of ground coffee and I grind is slightly coarser. I use less and grind coarser because the ground coffee bed is deeper, meaning the contact time is automatically longer.
An interesting point how hot the succeeding pours are. Most manual drip users boil the water, then let it come off the boil and then pour it in without reheating it. As Oren Bloostein told me, he continuously keeps the water at near boiling. I've done it both ways, and am unconvinced that one way is inherently right versus the other. I suggest you try both and decide.
Cleanup is simpler with the Chemex than any other brewer I've used. You simply toss the paper away. If you compost, you toss the remove the grounds and toss the filter. The glass maker rinses easily — nothing to scrub.
The Chemex is the most attractive manual drip maker ever made. It is a manual drip maker, which means it's more work to make the coffee. Even though I do, I can understand others claiming they don't want to make manual coffee while getting ready in the morning. Its cleanup is so simple, and once you get your measurements and grind down, it's really quite an easy brewer. The only thing left is how to keep the coffee warm. I suggest the cost is low enough that you buy two sizes and make the right amount for a half hour, and spring for the glass top that keeps the heat in.
I strongly recommend the Chemex brewer.


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Reactions To The 23rd Annual SAG Nominations
By Matt Neglia The Screen Actors Guild announced their nominations this morning and there were certainly some surprises to be had for sure as is per usual the case. Remember last year when "Beasts Of No Nation" received that ensemble acting nomination? Or how about that time Demian Bichir shockingly made it into Best Actor for "A Better Life" on route to his Oscar nomination? Or that time Naomi Watts got a Best Supporting Actress nomination for "Saint Vincent?" The point is that, the SAG nomination can mean a whole lot in terms of a potential Oscar nomination, or nothing at all. Let's see where all of the current contenders in the acting categories stand now that we have heard from the Critics Choice, the Golden Globes and SAG. The following people have received Critics Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations in their respective categories:
Viola Davis – "Fences" (Critics Choice Winner)
Naomie Harris – "Moonlight"
Nicole Kidman – "Lion"
Michelle Williams – "Manchester By The Sea"
Mahershala Ali – "Moonlight" (Critics Choice Winner)
Jeff Bridges – "Hell Or High Water"
Dev Patel – "Lion"
Amy Adams – "Arrival"
Natalie Portman – "Jackie" (Critics Choice Winner)
Emma Stone – "La La Land"
Casey Affleck – "Manchester By The Sea" (Critics Choice Winner)
Andrew Garfield – "Hacksaw Ridge"
Ryan Gosling – "La La Land"
Denzel Washington – "Fences"
And then there are people who have been nominated for the Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe Award or SAG Award but not all three.
Octavia Spencer – "Hidden Figures" (Golden Globe & SAG)
Greta Gerwig – "20th Century Women" (Critics Choice)
Janelle Monae – "Hidden Figures" (Critics Choice)
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Hugh Grant – "Florence Foster Jenkins" (Golden Globe & SAG)
Lucas Hedges – "Manchester By The Sea" (Critics Choice & SAG)
Simon Helberg – "Florence Foster Jenkins" (Golden Globe)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – "Nocturnal Animals" (Golden Globe)
Michael Shannon – "Nocturnal Animals" (Critics Choice)
Ben Foster – "Hell Or High Water" (Critics Choice)
Meryl Streep – "Florence Foster Jenkins" (Golden Globe & SAG)
Annette Bening – "20th Century Women" (Critics Choice & Golden Globe)
Isabelle Huppert – "Elle" (Critics Choice & Golden Globe)
Ruth Negga – "Loving" (Critics Choice & Golden Globe)
Emily Blunt – "The Girl On The Train" (SAG)
Jessica Chastain – "Miss Sloane" (Golden Globe)
Viggo Mortensen – "Captain Fantastic" (Golden Globe & SAG)
Joel Edgerton – "Loving" (Critics Choice & Golden Globes)
Tom Hanks – "Sully" (Critics Choice)
We all know that even though there is a large overlap with the SAG membership with the Academy's membership, that the SAG nominations will not match the Oscar nominations. In fact, I am currently predicting that they will only get a single acting category 5/5 this year and that is Best Actor with Affleck, Garfield, Gosling, Mortensen and Washington all getting in. But what about the other acting categories? And who will they be replaced by?
It is important to note that there have been people who have managed to get nominated for the Oscar without receiving a Golden Globe, Critics Choice or SAG nomination. It's very rare as it has only happened 9 times in the last 10 years. Here are the people that received Oscar nominations without any prior nominations from the Critics Choice, Golden Globes or SAG:
1994: Rosemary Harris – "Tom & Viv"
1994: Helen Mirren – "The Maddness Of King George" (BAFTA nomination)
1999: Toni Collette – "The Sixth Sense"
2000: Marcia Gay Harden – "Pollock" (Won The Oscar)
2003: Shohreh Aghdashloo – "House Of Sand & Fog"
2009: Maggie Gyllenhaal – "Crazy Heart"
2012: Jackie Weaver – "Silver Linings Playbook"
2014: Laura Dern – "Wild"
1994: Paul Scofield – "Quiz Show" (BAFTA nomination)
1995: James Cromwell – "Babe"
1996: Armin Muellr-Stahl – "Shine"
1997: Robert Forster – "Jackie Brown"
2004: Djimon Hounsou – "In America"
2004: Alan Alda – "The Aviator" (BAFTA nomination)
2008: Michael Shannon – "Revolutionary Road"
2011: Max Von Sydow – "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
2013: Jonah Hill – "The Wolf Of Wall Street"
1997: Julie Christie – "Afterglow"
2003: Samantha Morton – "In America"
2007: Laura Linney – "The Savages"
1994: Nigel Hawthorne – "The Maddness of King George" (BAFTA Win)
1998: Edward Norton – "American History X"
2000: Ed Harris – "Pollock"
2005: Clint Eastwood: "Million Dollar Baby"
2008: Tommy Lee Jones – "In The Valley Of Elah"
2011: Javier Bardem – "Bitiful" (BAFTA nomination)
2012: Gary Oldman – "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (BAFTA nomination)
2014: Bradley Cooper – "American Sniper"
So, as we can see, this definitely seems to happen more often than we think and we have reason to believe it may happen again this year. Jonah Hill pulled off this trick of getting nominated without a Critics Choice, Golden Globe or SAG nomination due to a late release for Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf Of Wall Street." I believe that Andrew Garfield will be nominated at this point for "Hacksaw Ridge" over "Silence" but Issey Ogata has popped up in a few critics groups and has been signaled out by many who have seen the film as the standout. My gut tells me that he gets in over Lucas Hedges who seems to be on shaky ground, being a younger performer who still has his whole entire career ahead of him before his first nomination. And to fill up that fifth and final slot, I'm sticking with Hugh Grant for "Florence Foster Jenkins" who was predicted to win at some point by a few pundits, has never received an Oscar nomination, does some of the best work of his career (Stealing the film from Meryl Streep in some instances) and managed to score with both Golden Globes and SAG.
As far as the other categories go, I think the only category where SAG and the Oscars will match is in Best Actor, although if anyone is considered weak in that category it's probably Ryan Gosling for "La La Land." Now I know what you're thinking, "Matt! You're insane! They love La La Land! He's so charming! He learned how to play piano!" but what people need to understand is that Gosling is not doing much in the way of a "performance." He's Ryan Gosling being Ryan Gosling who can so happen to sing and dance. There is no "Oscar clip" scene and the story is not so much about him as it is about his co-star Emma Stone. With all of that said, I am predicting him for now but he's the one I will probably kick out if I change my mind before the nominations are officially announced. And who would I replace him with you ask? Well, I would probably have to pick Tom Hanks, seeing as how he is owed a nomination after missing out for "Captain Philips" a few years ago and turning in excellent work last year in "Bridge of Spies." We also need to remember that "Sully" is Warner Bros.' best chance at a Best Picture nomination and if the film manages to make it in along with a few technical awards, how do you not also mark Tom Hanks down on your ballot? It does not hurt that he's pretty much the nices guy in town with a film that was a box office success earlier in the season. I'm not saying it is going to happen, but watch out.
Best Supporting Actress is a mess for that fifth slot. Octavia Spencer getting in at both the Golden Globes and SAG feels very much like how Nicole Kidman got in at Golden Globes and SAG for "The Paperboy" back in 2012. Well respected actress, who has star power but was not a real contender anyone was talking about leading up to the nominations and now we have to consider when we see that they have received nominations unexpectedly from these two groups. I'm not buying it. Which is why I'm looking towards the other ladies that are still in contention, Greta Gerwig for "20th Century Women" and Janelle Monae for "Hidden Figures." I'd flip a coin between these two because both are worthy performances. They may want to go for Gerwig considering she's been doing consistently great work these past couple of years and she starred in both "Jackie" and "20th Century Women" this year plus two underseen films "Weiner-Dog" and "Maggie's Plan." Janelle Monae, like Gerwig, managed to get in for Critics Choice but has missed at Golden Globes and SAG to her more well known co-star. While, I have not yet seen "Hidden Figures" I've heard that Monae is a standout amongst the ensemble and if enough voters realize that she also starred in "Moonlight" this year, they may welcome her to the club (Her first occupation is that of a musical recording artsit) with her first nomination. It's a tough call, but either way, I don't expect Spencer to make it right now.
And that finally leaves us with Best Actress which is easily the hardest category to predict all season. This is the category where I think hearts are going to be broken and we may have seen a preview of that with Annette Bening missing SAG (So too did Gerwig and the film in ensemble). I would say the only sure things now are Stone and Portman. Yes, I know Adams has also landed nominations at Critics Choice, Golden Globes and SAG but with the recent news that "Arrival" has missed out on its chances at an Original Score nominations due to disqualification and now with "Moonlight" and "Loving" being announced as going into the Adapted Screenplay category at the Oscar, the steam for this movie is starting to dwindle. It was not a massive hit at the box office, although it was respectable given that it is a more thoughtful film than your typical action SciFi film. Its Best Picture and Best Director chances have been shaky at best, especially for Director now that Villeneuve has missed at the Golden Globes for a nomination. And we must also remember that the brilliance of Amy Adams' performance comes mostly from a second viewing of the film after the mysteries of the plot have been revealed to us. Voters may view it as strong work but with so many other performances to choose from, it's not hard to see how it gets lost in the shuffle.
So who are the next likliest to get in? Isabelle Huppert has had her name kept in the conversation all season thanks to critical support and wins from various groups, but failing to get a SAG nomination certainly hurt. Ever since the SAG Awards began, six women with foreign language performances have been nominated for Best Actress. Of those six, none of them managed to miss out on at least a Critics Choice, Golden Globe or SAG nomination. This bodes well for Huppert who managed to get two out of the three, is an acting legend and has never received an Oscar nomination before in her career. The film's subject matter may be too mch for some voters but I believe she can rise above it, for even the harshest critics and viewers have singaled her performance out. My gut tells me she makes it.
Assuming that Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, Isabelle Huppert and Amy Adams all make it, how the hell do I possibly pick someone for that final slot? God bless Emily Blunt, as she managed to be the only decent thing about "The Girl On The Train" and apparently SAG voters thought so as well, giving her a surprising nomination here. I don't expect that to translate at all however into an Oscar nomination. Jessica Chastain is quite marvelous in "Miss Sloane" but her film's mixed reception, poor box office and lone Golden Globe nomination puts her on the outside. Ruth Negga managed mentions from the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. However, I have this weird feeling that if Joel Edgerton does not get in, then I don't see how she can either as I don't believe you can nominate one without the other. Since I don't feel there is enough passion votes as there are for other women in this category (And for Edgerton in Actor as well), I'm going to have to say that I don't think she makes it. Which leaves us with either Bening or Streep. And in this instance, I have to go with Streep for two reasons. One is that she is Meryl friggin' Streep!! Even when she gives a somewhat decent performance, she still manages to get nominated and she's actually quite great in "Florence Foster Jenkins." She may have missed Critics Choice, but 1. Does that matter compared to SAG? and 2. She won an award there anyway for Best Actress in a Comedy. So I have to give the queen the edge here as much as I love Bening and feel that she deserves the nomination.
So with that said, here are where my personal acting predictions stand today in a post BFCA/GG/SAG world.
Viola Davis – "Fences"
Greta Gerwig – "20th Century Women"
Mahershala Ali – "Moonlight"
Hugh Grant – "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Issey Ogata – "Silence"
Isabelle Huppert – "Elle"
Natalie Portman – "Jackie"
Meryl Streep – "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Casey Affleck – "Manchester By The Sea"
Viggo Mortensen – "Captain Fantastic"
What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with my reasoning for these nominations? I certainly reserve the right to change my mind between now and January 14th but until then, let me know in the comments what your thoughts are and who you think will be nomiated for the Oscar. You can follow Matt and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @NextBestPicture
The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 15 – Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe Nominations & SAG Predictions
"Elle" & "Neruda" Do Not Make The Foreign Language Film Shortlist For The 2016 Oscars
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Dillinger Escape Plan Alums Reunite for New Song 'Choir Boy'
Just before the holidays, Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman reflected on the band's final performances back in 2017. Now he's doing more the reflecting, pulling in an old Dillinger Escape Plan member for a brand new song called "Choir Boy."
A new post on Dillinger Escape Plan's social media states, "Happy New Year. Today we get to hear two original members of The Dillinger Escape Plan spew all over us with a new track from a yet to be named project. The song, featuring original singer Dimitri Minikakis and Ben Weinman, is available as a high quality wav file exclusively to the members of Ben's patreon." Get a sampling of the track in the player below.
Minikakis was with Dillinger Escape Plan between 1997 and 2001, appearing on their self-titled 1997 debut, 1998's Under the Running Board and 1999's Calculating Infinity. He was eventually replaced by Greg Puciato who handled vocals from 2001 through the end of the band's career in 2017.
Weinman, meanwhile, was with the band through their entire run. He also has played in Suicidal Tendencies in recent years and recorded with Giraffe Tongue Orchestra back in 2016.
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Unfortunately by the time the archers finish training, it's too late to send them on their way to claim the two regions. In addition, since there's only 100 of them, they move at the speed of agents, so sending them this season will make them arrive on the next. Nothing is lost, as such.
Your research advances one stage, two left.
Reinhardt and his posse set foot to the west, but you've overestimated their speed. It'll take them a season longer to reach the Warriors' Guild than you thought. Your scouts treading south find out that Taverley is currently in a construction boom and the northern parts of the region have bandits in them. In fact, it appears the bandits are using the Heroes' Guild as their headquarters. The scouts manage to find a safe road that can take your men south.
Your research doesn't advance a stage, but there are only two.
Your taskforce arrives in the Red Dragon Isle region and sets up their ambush. Your spymaster continues his assignment. Your nexus will be completed next season. Your project advances a stage, only one remains. You imbecile n00b, though. You should learn to keep your bookkeeping up correctly. I SAW THAT MISTAKE AND DO IT ONCE MORE AND YOU WILL REGRET IT!
Your project doesn't advance a stage, but there are only two.
It seems your leader has been smoking some weed and seen the future. (We're not being too serious with the fluff here). The troops sent to scout out the spider colony Umbrian imagined, the events in the south and the ones in the east have only transpired this season. As such, any of the orders relating to them last season have been ignored. Everything told in the last season report holds true, however. Your training grounds finish construction and your research passes its first stage. Two more to go, though.
If I missed anything, feel free to yell at me.
My Lord Zamorak; I now confess to you my actions.
Ahhh! So the Vampyres have shown themselves to me…. Excellent; I could make good use of their services, and I'm sure our lord will be more than happy to have them return to our ranks. I have sent the Archdemon of Diplomacy to the Vampyres' base in order to reintroduce Zamorak into their lives.
We have collected 100 Hellhounds (having been fed 800 horses), 9,200 units of wood, 8,000 units of metal and 2,000 units of hide. Much of these resources have been used in the summoning and taming of 100 Faustians. They will be ready in the coming season.
Troops, continue your march on the Slayer Tower! Remember your orders, lest I feed you to Behemoth.
Finally, we are building a vast training-ground in the center of town to show the people of Caoheim the glories of battle. This will take almost a year to build.
And so it's been said.
And, for our second mistake, it turns out we could only have one Professor at first, despite it being generally agreed that we should have a maximum of 5 professors, with a maximum of three at the start. The worst part of it is that no other empire seemed to notice. Oh well, we get our 5,000 gold back.
14,000 Stone and 6,000 Wood are collected. The Construction of a University begins, in order to facilitate the training of another Professor.
The troops that were meant to be dispatched last turn are instead dispatched this turn.
The resources are paid for the Camel Archers research.
I vote we restart this thing properly once Yuccon, Unguis, and Toa have gotten a chance to digest the Drafts. In the meantime, I can start working on v2 of the first page, which will have such conveniences as actual text instead of links! Yay!
I will, in Jascertes' terms, digest this information.
When are we going to restart this? Before we do, we need to notify the others. I will notify Unguis, and have you guys told Yuccon yet? I think he's on Skype, so tell him too.
I've formed a few ideas for my faction for the playtest, but we need Yuccon/Unguis in here getting used to the mechanics before we start this thing up again.
Not gonna set a specific date for the restart - when everyone's on the same page, we'll pick it up again. If you can get in contact with Unguis/Yuccon, though, definitely do so.
About that, unless we still need to explore some early-game mechanics, I'd think it'd be best to move to a mid-game empire status so that we can make sure the mechanics are good there, too. Let's actually follow through all stages of the playtest this time, instead of just stopping after the battles.
With that in mind, split the acutal playtest into three stages - early game, mid game, and late game.
There are certainly some mechanics of this that are useful in Early Game, no? So instead of just doing mid game and late game, the three above.
I like the dividing of playtests based on progression through the game. Rather than doing each one sequentially, why not have the three run concurrently? More content covered in the same amount of time, and it makes for great comparison.
That could be a good idea, but it also sounds like it could get quite confusing if it were all done on one thread or were all done by everyone. I'd be more open to the idea if we made three threads separately, and then if we only had two or three people play on each playtest, but then there's the problem of not stress-testing GWV with the maximum amount of people. I mean, if we have near the maximum here, we might as well use it.
Okay, just remind you all that I have no way of contacting Yuccon, so can't remind him to start reading the drafts for playtesting. I think he's on Skype, so someone try to contact him there?
Unguis I haven't seen online. Ever.
Sorry, I have been busy and most of my free time is spent on Star Trek or training for (and eventually completing) BotD outside the clan chat. Although I am still busy, I check this forum daily and am ready for play-testing.
Now we need Yuccon...where is that guy. Is it exam period in the Netherlands? If not, then he's just busy.
Now, I've been looking at the map, and see a problem we have (the problem arose in GW4). More people's starting locations are inland than coastal. To the four people who have their capitals coastal, that would give an advantage, no? At least, depending on how strong naval combat/ships are in this game.
Now, how do you suggest we fix this to make it more fair? Canifis especially is the farthest from a coastal region. I have my own ideas, but I want to hear your thoughts on this as well. Sometimes, though, you get a non-coastal region as a capital. Although, two games in a row most factions have had a coastal region.
Are you still going with the whole "Winner of GW4 gets to choose starting location!" thing?
We all agreed on that.
You, Yuccon, Unguis, myself, and Veylantz did agree on that. I remember the whole topic about it, as Veylantz originally wanted the winners to have a executive decision on the next gm..
I don't remember agreeing to such a thing. Also, I don't see anything inherently unfair in the capitals.
Then we can just leave the capital issue alone.
But, Lime, we did agree on that. Lying won't help, when we did agree on that.
I honestly cannot remember doing that.
I'm sure other people did as well, honestly.
I don't know why I'd agree on such a thing either, the starting positions on this map look perfectly fine. Besides, we've also decided that we wanted the Asgarnia/Misthalin region to be a sort of FFA area. Additionally, Siroki and William are building the NPC personalities so that the farther away they are, the more rewarding and challenging the diplomacy is(or, at least, that's how I think they're doing it), so I suggest that if we did actually agree to that, we just disregard it, as it would create too much extra work.


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THE first official London cast photographs of Broadway star Tom McGowan as The Wizard have been released. Check them out.
Previously Posted: On Monday, September 21, 2015, American stage, television and film actor Tom McGowan will make his West End stage debut when he takes over the role of The Wizard in the hit musical Wicked, which is currently booking at the Apollo Victoria Theatre until April 30, 2016.
He will continue in the role until Saturday, March 12, 2016.
Tom McGowan has been playing The Wizard in various North American productions of Wicked to great acclaim since 2009, including three separate engagements at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway.
His other Broadway credits include Bessie in Harvey Fierstein's Casa Valentina, directed by Joe Mantello; Amos Hart in Chicago; Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, adapted by David Hare; and the original production of David Hirson's La Bête, for which he received Tony® and Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Actor in a Play.
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His many television appearances include recurring roles as KACL Station Manager Kenny Daly in Frasier; Bernie in Everybody Loves Raymond and Joe in The War at Home; while guest starring roles include Veep, Modern Family, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, CSI, Hot in Cleveland, ER and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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From Monday, September 21, 2015, Wicked will star: Emma Hatton (as Elphaba), Savannah Stevenson (Glinda), Oliver Savile (Fiyero), Liza Sadovy (Madame Morrible), Tom McGowan (The Wizard), Sean Kearns (Doctor Dillamond), Daniel Hope (Boq), Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose), Natalie Andreou (Standby for Elphaba) and Carina Gillespie (Standby for Glinda).
Completing the cast will be Chloe Ames, Nicholas Collier, Laura Emmitt, Kerry Enright, Oliver Evans, Freya Field, Joseph Fletcher, Rosie Fletcher, David Gale, Sergio Giacomelli, Sheila Grant, Chester Hayes, Lauren James Ray, Aaron Jenkins, Jasmine Kerr, Natalie McQueen, Billy Mitchell, Scott Monello, Kane Oliver Parry, Steph Parry, Julienne Schembri, Paulo Teixeira, Joe Toland, Hannah Toy, Russell Walker and Helen Woolf.
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After leaving Japan, Dr Pike was for five years Director General of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and Executive Vice Chairman, Professional Engineering Publishing. He later moved to become Senior Associate at Gaffney, Cline and Associates, advising on corporate strategy within the oil and gas industry, and leading international technical, commercial and organisational assignments throughout the energy supply chain, from reservoir management to processing facilities, petrochemicals and power.
Dr Simon Campbell, President of the RSC, said today: "We are delighted to announce Dr Pike's appointment. His track record and demonstrated abilities complement our corporate goals and we are confident that Richard will develop new initiatives to drive the RSC forward in the advancement of the chemical sciences.
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I would like to know if all accept international students for law?
i wonder mmu is recognise in malaysia or not ?
yes. mmu law degree is well recognised in malaysia. their standard is of the same like the graduates from other IPTAs law prog; i.e. CLP paper is exempted.
dear can anyone help me to tell that how the procedure for study in l l m or bar at law in Malaysia on scholarship basis.
Pls I want to be a bachelors of law but I hav a degree in architecture,so hw many years will I study?
i wonder how many As should i get in SPM,to fulfill my dream to be a lawyer?
If sejarah didn't get A in SPM?
I think 6 A's should be enough, but it is not about how well you perform in SPM but it is about how you perform in the University.
that's great...Taylor or SEGI havent offer law foundation?
I've got a-level A D D.. Am I eligible for the llb course at Brickfields?
You will have to email them and ask them but you shouldn't have problem.
y here dun have ATC? i thought ATC also is a law school in malaysia?
Can anyone please name them in order of standard?
Is inti recognised in Malaysia ?
I just want to ask about the best private university to study.
My question is, what the best faculty of laws in private university in Malaysia?
Hopefully admin FindingUniversity help me.
Is Taylor qualified here in Malaysia?
Hellow, i would like to know the details of postgraduate degree of law in brickfield asia college.Im interested to know everything about this purpose.Please send me a mail as early as possible.
Is uec accepted in bac?
Can I take law degree if I took science in a level ?
I'm a foundation student in law. Other than law, may i know other courses that are suitable for me?
There are some courses, but it's hard to find a university that offers these courses: Diplomat, International Relations, Politics, courses that are related to these kinds of courses, I know Nottingham University in Malaysia Campus offers some of these courses.
hi , im wondering which the best law school and recognised well in malaysia among BAC , ATC and MMU . which 1 would u recommnd ?
MMU would be the better option if you want to become a lawyer in Malaysia, but you need to check with MQA approval for ATC and BAC, but we really think that BAC and ATC is good if you want to go international because they offer degree from UK. In Malaysia regardless of what but as long as the education provider is in Malaysia and if your degree is not MQA approved then you will not get jobs easily.
I have heard that postgraduates from Taylor's are not recognised or accepted by the Msia government.Is this true?
If the postgraduate course is approved by MQA, then its recognized, easiest way to check is google, MQA approved Malaysia, then it give you the list of universities and the courses that are approved. Usually MQA is not approved yet because no one has graduated from that course. If Masters in Law is not MQA approved then that means no one have graduated from Masters in Law. Once some one graduates then they will be approved. But we sure that Taylor's will make sure their qualification is recognized in Malaysia, we wouldn't worry about.
im 42 and would like to study law, any suggestions?
WOW hard to answer this question as the age should not matter where you study, as long as university or college accept u.
Is clp tough? Will it find hard for local law student to find job compared to law student who studied overseas?
No, local students have equal opportunity to find the job, but it's all about the interview, if you can present your self well then you will stand a chance to get the job before anyone regardless of where they study.
Which is the best institute to study LLB? HELP/ Taylors/ BAC/ ATC?
We have done our research on ATC and BAC, and they are both amazing college for Law courses with variety of choices but just in our own opinion, there are few reasons why we would go with Taylo's University and one of them is the student's satisfaction, the students from Taylor's University recommends their university to other people. And also Taylor's University have proven them selves with MQA. At the end, it is all up to the students to chose the university or college they want to study, but most important it is up to the students to become what they want to become regardless of the University or College they study in.
I would like to know izit MQA approval ATC , BAC and MMU? Thank you.
Hi, I would like to know which local universities would you recommend for Law?
Compare BAC and ATC, which one is the best at the moment? Please help me.
i got in O'levels A E E E .. um from science background..um from bangladesh...in Malaysia um on the way to complete Diploma in BUISNESS MANAGEMENT..am i eligible to do LLB in Taylors or BAC?? can u suggest me some good universities besides Taylors or Bac..
I beg to say that, I am student of LLB part2. I want to study in LLB part 3.please enrol me I shall be very thank ful to u for this act of kindness.
Yes for sure you will be able to work as a lawyer, the degree is from UK but you will just study it in BAC or ATC.
Hence by having uol/ukt degree, I will be able to work in all commonwealth countries?
will I able to practice law overseas if I get a law degree from MMU?
That is very good question, I am not sure about that, because they only offer to Malaysians so it is hard to say that the students finish Law in MMU can become a Lawyer in overseas. But I will find out and comment in this page.
hi. is it possible to do degree in law overseas after i finish my foundation at mmu?
hi. im a form five student and currently looking for a good university to further my studies. where should i go?
Law course in INTI college recognize in Malaysia? and MQA approved?
my L.L.M. degree.Now my study is running L.L.B. (final year)in the University of Asia Pacific,Bangladesh.
Now i need information how can i take admission in Malaysia University.
can i apply in Taylors?what is the procedure?
Hi . Can i know if there's a lawyer that become lecturer too ?
1.Is it possible to get a scholarship to Fondation(Law)?
It is almost impossible now a days to get scholarship in Malaysia in any university, Taylor's University is good.
Hello again) I have one question ^-^ ) To enrol to Taylor's University students should have A-level and my question is : A-Level is Foundation?
how to enter to Taylor's University?? can you write the enter requirements in simply words?? and does the education have grants or discounts??
are the any chances for free education in law in 2015 for Kazakhstani students? what are the requirements?
I am a LL.M. I want to know if any PhD in Law, like criminology etc. is offered from UUM. Recently I visited the university and I like their academic environment much.
Hi..im priya and i would like ask something.actually i had finished my a levels recently amd wanted to continue with my degree..so can u help me to choose between atc/help/msu uni/stanford??
Hi there, I am thinking about taking a 3+0 law program in ATC college but I am worried about the eligibility for CLP if I'm taking the program. Are graduates from this program eligible to take the CLP exam ?
You are able to join CLP of course.
If I had just finished Foundation in science and I had change my decision from engineering to law, do I need to take Foundation in laws before proceed to degree?
They might exempt you, so best way is to try it.
I have finished my diploma in fashion design but I found out that I am interested in law. With my qualification, can I register for law degree in BAC? Or I have to retake A level or stpm?
Try to apply to BAC, they might accept you but you will not be able to credit transfer.
Law course of mmu nid to take how many years?
is atc penang get mqa?
May I ask,with just 4 credits in SPM is it still possible to enter BAC for their foundation of Law? Is the 5 credit entry requirement strict? Thanks .
These kinds of question is best to ask the BAC in person by going to their admin office.
studying foundation in law or a level is better to start a degree?
If you know exactly which university you want to study and if that university offers foundation in law, the foundation is better because you can save time, and they will teach according to their system when you study bachelor degree. If you are planning to change university after foundation then its best to do A levels rather than foundation because some universities do not accept other university foundation.
Which university in Malaysia offer law courses?
The universities on this page.
I have 4 credits in spm.
am i eligiable to do foundation law???
I have 3 credits in spm .
Am i eligiable to do law management or security management in foundation or diploma . i want to be a police officer in the post of ( Inspektor ,Asp ,or Dsp. Can you give an advice , whice course did need to take countinue my study . Pls reply me .
findinguniversitylink04/17/2014 1:40amDear SiewThat is very good question, I am not sure about that, because they only offer to Malaysians so it is hard to say that the students finish Law in MMU can become a Lawyer in overseas. But I will find out and comment in this page.
Hello there, have you found out? Cause i'm also concern bout this.
Can mmu law graduate practie and work as a lawyer in singapore? And can i use alevel result to enter mmu law degree?
Now i'm studying for diploma in bussiness studies, and also i have finished my Muet test. If i have finished my studies in bussiness studies,can i continous my study by taking the degree in Law? And can i know what are the necessary Muet band for degree in Law?
Which university is better for studying law between ATC and Taylor?


Last Saturday, Roncalli's wrestling team captured its 3rd consecutive team conference championship, and crowned 11 individual conference champions and 3 individual runner-ups. Congratulations Rebel wrestlers! We are proud of you!
The Roncalli Parents Organization (RPO) invites you to join us tonight, Friday, January 18th between 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM in the Roncalli cafeteria for a delicious meal. We will be serving chili, hot dogs, dessert and a beverage for only $5/person. After dinner, cheer on your Rebels Boys' Basketball team as they take on New Palestine.
We are in need of student and parent volunteers and several donations to make the event a success. If you would like to make a donation or volunteer to help with the event, please sign up by clicking here.
The Roncalli Parents Organization (RPO) is sponsoring GYM JAM in the bubble gym immediately following the basketball boys basketball home varsity game on tonight, Friday, January 18. It is open to all RHS freshmen and sophomores and will last from after the boys' game until 10:30 PM. Guests from other schools will not be allowed for this event.
GYM JAM II will have free pizza, basketball, volleyball, music and areas to just hang out. This is a great social opportunity for our freshmen and sophomores. Previous Gym Jams have had nearly 100 students attend. Please encourage your teen to take advantage of this fun event!
The RPO seeks to provide safe opportunities for RHS students to have fun without exposure to negative pressures. We appreciate their making this opportunity available for our students.
It was announced this week that Orfeo Di Mizio has been hired as the head coach of the boys soccer program. Di Mizio moves up from the JV team, which he served as the head coach last season.
Di Mizio played at Roncalli as a freshman before finishing his high school career in Florida. He then moved to Italy, where he attended The American University of Rome and was the starting goalkeeper on the school's soccer team. Last season was Di Mizio's first in the Roncalli soccer program. The 2018 Rebel varsity squad posted a 13-6-2 record and won the program's first sectional title since 2011.
Auditions for the spring play, "The Mousetrap,"' will be held will be held Tuesday, January 22 and Wednesday, January 23. Audition forms, tech forms and audition sign up sheets will be available January 15 outside the box office. Completed tech forms are due on January 24 by 3:00 PM.
Beat the winter blues. Enjoy a lunch or dinner out and support Roncalli Men's Lacrosse at City BBQ on Saturday, Jan. 19 – anytime between 10:30 AM and 10 PM. Enjoy some delicious BBQ and help us raise funds for our team. Tell your friends and family and share the image above – you can print it out or show it on your phone.
Carpool, Center Grove area: 135 and Olive Branch Rd, Brockton Manor. Will share driving 1-2 days a week. Rides home needed.
Major Crossroads: Thompson & 5 Points. Will pay gas money.
Contact Mrs. Baker if interested. 317-787-8277.
Would you like to attend a cooking class in Paris to learn how to make Macarons? Tour a French Chocolate Factory and taste free samples? See the historical sites of Paris, Versailles and the French Riviera? Then, sign up for this educational trip Spring Break 2020.
The French Department is delighted to offer an opportunity to experience an Adventure of a Lifetime, March 26 to April 3, 2020. We will explore Paris, go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, tour the Louvre, see the Mona Lisa, take a boat ride down the Seine River, visit the historic Palace of Versailles, and tour extensively in the French Riviera, from Nice to Monaco.
If interested, please attend the Informational Meeting on Tuesday, January 22 at 7:00 pm in the French room 012. Or contact Ms. Denise Joseph for more information.
Due to the weather forecast, Center Grove is postponing the boys Varsity, JV and Freshmen basketball games vs. Roncalli to Tuesday, February 5th. The Freshmen & JV games will tipoff at 6:00 PM, with the varsity game to follow the JV game, approximately 25 minutes after.
The cost to attend is $95 per two-day session. Students may register for ACT sessions here.
Students may register for the PSAT/SAT sessions here (cost is also $95 per two-day session).
A reminder that Monday, January 21 is scheduled as a free day on the school calendar.
When weather or emergency conditions warrant a cancellation of school or a delayed start to school, the fastest, most accurate way to access this information is via the school's web site at www.roncalli.org. Once a decision to close or delay school has been made the first step is to post this on the front of the school's website, which typically happens within 1-2 minutes of the decision being made. Immediately after posting it on the web site there will be an automated phone call /text message sent out to parents informing them of the closure or delay. We will then call the four major network television stations.
The geographic area that encompasses all of the areas in which our families live stretches from 56th street to the north; Plainfield to the west; Shelbyville to the southeast and Martinsville/Paragon to the south. We attempt to take all of this into consideration when determining whether or not to delay or close. That can be challenging as the weather conditions can vary significantly in the areas mentioned above.
Parents, please know that it is always your decision as to whether or not your child can travel safely to school. If the conditions in your general area are such that you deem it unsafe for them to travel, they will not be penalized for their absence.
We will make every effort to be sensitive to the safety and well being of all of our students at all times.
For the repose of the soul of Rod Grimes, father of Ben Grimes, physics teacher at Roncalli.
For our students and faculty, who are headed to Washington DC to join in the March for Life.
For prayers of thanksgiving for the birth of James Joseph Banich born Thursday, January 10th to Audrey (Dubord) R'10 and Kevin Banich R'09, Assistant Principal for Student Life.
For Terese Carson, Roncalli's Vice President of Institutional Advancement, who continues to experience heart issues.
For God's blessings and mercy upon Archbishop Charles Thompson.
For a safe, successful, and enjoyable school year for all in the Roncalli Family and for all in our South Deanery Catholic Schools.
For Divine Providence upon all elected officials and judges at all levels of government.


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Q: generate only objectLayer of Entity Framework Model by edmgen tool How to generate only objectLayer by edmgen tool, without generating csdl, ssdl and views ?

"%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\edmgen.exe"
  /mode:fullgeneration /c:"Data
  Source=.\sqlexpress; Initial
  Catalog=uqs; Integrated Security=SSPI"
  /project:generateEntityModel
  /entitycontainer:uqsEntities
  /namespace:uqsModel /language:CSharp
  /outobjectlayer:"D:/uqsObjectLayer.cs"

in this script I don't write location to write csdl, ssdl and views , but they are generated in C:\Users\adminUser in windows Vista and objectLayer generated to D:/uqsObjectLayer.cs. If I use /mode:EntityClassGeneration, this option requires the /incsdl argument and either the /project argument or the /outobjectlayer  argument. The /language argument is optional.
But I don't want use csdl file. As I understand, edmgen.tool can not create objectlayer without csdl file. Now is there alternate way or tool for generating objectlayer from db?

A: mode:EntityClassGeneration doesn't generate CSDL; it reads it. You cannot generate source code without reading CSDL, ever (note, though, that the CSDL can be part of an EDMX file).

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Saf: A Luigi board (and Phan and Dil).
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I managed to get a message from Javi about this. He says he wants drinks.
I know right :( It's been so dead.
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Boules (French pronunciation: [bul]) is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce (In French: jeu or jeux, in Italian: gioco or giochi) in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls (called boules in France, and bocce in Italy) as close as possible to a small target ball, called the jack in English.
Boules-type games are traditional and popular in many European countries and are also popular in some former French colonies in Africa and Asia. Boules games are often played in open spaces (town squares and parks) in villages and towns. Dedicated playing areas for boules-type games are typically large, level, rectangular courts made of flattened earth, gravel, or crushed stone, enclosed in wooden rails or back boards.To win a team must reach 15 points, with a few exceptions.
Boules games in history
Boules player, by Paul Gavarni, 1858.
As early as the 6th century BC the ancient Greeks are recorded to have played a game of tossing coins, then flat stones, and later stone balls, called spheristics, trying to have them go as far as possible. The ancient Romans modified the game by adding a target that had to be approached as closely as possible. This Roman variation was brought to Provence by Roman soldiers and sailors. A Roman sepulchre (now in the Campana Collection in the Louvre) shows children playing this game, stooping down to measure the points.[1]
After the Romans, the stone balls were replaced by wooden balls. In the Middle Ages, Erasmus referred to the game as globurum in Latin, but it became commonly known as boules (i.e. 'balls'), and it was played throughout Europe. King Henry III of England banned the playing of the game by his archers – he wanted them to be practicing archery, not playing boules. In the 14th century, Charles IV and Charles V of France forbade the sport to commoners; only in the 17th century was the ban lifted.[2]
By the 19th century, in England the game had become bowls or "lawn bowling". In France it was known as boules and was played throughout the country. The French artist Meissonnier made two paintings showing people playing the game, and Honoré de Balzac described a match in La Comédie Humaine.
In the South of France, the game evolved into jeu provençal (or boule lyonnaise), in which players rolled their boules or ran three steps before throwing a boule. The game was extremely popular in France in the second half of the 19th century (the first official club was established in France in 1854). It was played informally in villages all over Provence, usually on squares of land in the shade of plane trees. Matches of jeu provençal around the start of the 20th century are memorably described in the memoirs of novelist Marcel Pagnol.
In 1910, an offshoot of jeu provençal called pétanque was developed in the town of La Ciotat, in Provence. It eventually became the dominant boules sport in France, and is widely played in other European countries.
Boules games may be sub-divided into two categories based on typical throwing technique:
games where the balls are rolled (for example, bocce)
games where the balls are thrown (for example, pétanque, bocce volo)
Boules games may also be subdivided into two other categories based on typical throwing technique:
games where there is a "run up" to the throw (for example, boule lyonnaise, bocce volo)
games where there is no "run up" to the throw (for example, pétanque)
Alternatively, boules games may be subdivided into categories based on the structure and material of the ball:
games where the balls are solid and made out of wood, or a wood-like plastic, composite, or epoxy resin similar to billiard balls (for example, bocce)
games where the balls are hollow and made out of metal, typically steel or bronze (for example, pétanque, bocce volo)
games where the balls are stuffed and made out of leather or some similar soft material (boccia, "soft pétanque")
Alternatively, boules games may be subdivided into categories based on the shape of the ball:
games where the balls are spherical (most boules games)
games where the balls are not spherical, but have a shape bias designed to cause the ball to travel a curved path (bowls)
There may be other variations as well, for instance in the way the ball is launched, in the dimensions of the playing area, whether obstacles (such as trees) are considered in-bounds or out-of-bounds, and whether it is legal to play balls off of enclosing boards or obstacles.
Balls are typically thrown underhand (as in softball) rather than overhand (as in baseball). In games where the balls are rolled, the delivery is typically done with the palm of the hand up, whereas in games where the balls are thrown, the delivery is typically done palm down. A palm-down delivery can give a thrown ball backspin, which helps to keep it from rolling away from the spot to which it has been thrown.
Bocce, a rolling game, is played on a smooth, prepared court with markers and sideboards; the sideboards are a recognized part of the game and shots may be bounced off of the sideboards. In contrast, pétanque, a throwing game, can be played on almost any relatively flat, unprepared outdoor surface. Sideboards are not a recognized part of the game — although an out-of-play line (or "dead boule line") is.
Finally, some boules games (bocce, pétanque) began as variations of earlier games, deliberately created and designed to accommodate the needs of players with physical disabilities.
Such variations produce a wide variety of boules-type games played all over the world.
Boule is a French word for 'ball'.
Boccia (plural: bocce) is an Italian word for 'ball'
Volo (roughly, 'flying' or 'in flight') is derived from the Italian verb volare meaning 'to fly'
The small wooden target ball is usually called the jack in English, le but ('target') or cochonnet ('piglet') in French, or pallino ('little ball' or 'bullet') in Italian.
In Italian bocce, balls may be thrown in three ways: punto, raffa and volo.[3]
A punto shot or puntata is the way of pointing a ball by rolling the ball as close as possible to the pallino.
A raffa or raffata shot is the way of knocking an opponent's ball away that is very close to the pallino by rolling very fast. The player is allowed to make a run of two to four steps before delivering the ball.
A volo shot is the way of hitting an opponent's ball that is very close to the pallino by throwing through the air and hitting directly the opponent's boule (or the pallino), with the restriction that the ball may first strike the ground within 50 cm of the target.
There is a wide variation in the size and materials of the balls used in boules-type games.
Originally, in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, the balls were probably made of stone.
Gallic tribes, which were introduced to boules by the Romans, used wooden boules. In the 1800s in France, boules were typically made of a very hard wood, boxwood root.
In the mid-1800s techniques were developed for the mass production of iron nails. Following this technological improvement, boxwood balls studded with nails (boules cloutées) were introduced in an effort to improve the durability of the balls. This eventually led to the development of balls that were completely covered in nails, creating a ball that appeared almost to be made of metal.
By the 1920s, the growing popularity of boules in France created a demand that could not be satisfied using the available supplies of natural boxwood root, which were beginning to disappear. Paul Courtieu and Vincent Miles had the idea of manufacturing a ball made entirely of metal. Avoiding steel-based alloys (which were too hard and rust-prone) they developed an alloy based on aluminum and bronze, and (in 1923) patented a metal ball made of two welded-together hemispheres. A year later, in 1924, they filed a patent for a ball that was cast in a single piece -- La Boule intégrale. Louis Tarchier and Jean Blanc are generally credited with developing, around 1925, the process by which virtually all metal boules are manufactured today -- steel blanks are pressed into hollow hemispheres which are then soldered together and machined to make a hollow steel boule.[4][5]
Today, some boules sports (e.g. bocce) still use wooden (or epoxy composite) balls, while others (e.g. pétanque) use metal balls. The wooden balls used in bocce tend to be bigger than the smaller metal balls used in pétanque.
The same game can be known by different names in different languages and locations or the same name can be used for different local variations of a game.
The category of boules games includes
bocce is the ancestral sport of most boules games. It is a rolling game using wooden balls and a run-up throwing technique.
bocce volo (boule lyonnaise) is a throwing game using metal balls and a rather complicated run-up.
boccia is a form of bocce adapted for players who are confined to wheel chairs.
bolas criollas is a bocce-like game played in Venezuela
bowls or "lawn bowls" is a British game similar to bocce
jeu provençal or boule lyonnaise, similar to bocce volo
pétanque originally evolved from jeu provençal as an adaptation for a player with a disability affecting the legs. However, it quickly became popular among able-bodied players. It is a throwing game using metal balls, but there is no run-up. Players' feet must remain firmly on the ground.
punto, raffa, volo (note that this is a single name consisting of three comma-separated words) is a type of bocce governed by the Italian CBI Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale
International boules organizations
The Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules - CMSB - was created (on 21 December 1985 in Monaco) by three international boules organizations for the purpose of lobbying the Olympic committee to make boules sports part of the summer Olympics. To date, its efforts have been unsuccessful.[6] The organizations were:
CBI Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (raffa)
FIB Fédération Internationale de Boules (Boule Lyonnaise)
FIPJP Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (pétanque)
^ Marco Foyot, Alain Dupuy, Louis Dalmas, Pétanque - Technique, Tactique, Entrainement, Robert Laffont, 1984.
^ Marco Foyo, op. cit. pg. 16
^ "The joy of Bocce" by Mario Pagnone
^ Jacques Navrot, Le Jeu de Boules Archived January 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Boules ELTÉ
^ History of the FIPJP at the FIPJP web site
Curling, essentially a variant of boules played on ice
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Artistic and dance sports
Artistic roller skating
Acrobatic gymnastics
Lacrosse (women)
Muaythai
Precision sports
Billiards sports
Boules sports
Trend sports
Finswimming
Flying disc
Speed roller skating
Past official sports
Roller hockey
Rugby sevens
Weightlifting (women)
Invitational sports
Lacrosse (men)
Sports at the World Games
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Home Front Page Iran urged to accept international offer over its nuclear programme
Iran urged to accept international offer over its nuclear programme
Iran has been urged by China and the US to respond "positively" to an international offer over its nuclear programme, US officials say.
The call came ahead a rare, high-level meeting between the US and Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for a world without nuclear weapons, hours after saying Tehran wanted a deal in three to six months.
The West suspects Tehran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon, a claim strongly denied by Iran.
Iran has been negotiating over the issue since 2006 with the P5+1 – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany.
On Tuesday, Hassan Rouhani told the UN General Assembly that he was prepared to engage in "time-bound and results-oriented" talks.
On Thursday, Hassan Rouhani called from stricter controls on nuclear weapons as part of a global effort to eventually rid the world of them.
"No nation should possess nuclear weapons; since there are no right hands for these wrong weapons," he said, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement at the General Assembly.
Hassan Rouhani called from stricter controls on nuclear weapons as part of a global effort to eventually rid the world of the
The P5+1 has asked to halt production and stockpiling of uranium enriched to 20% – a step away from achieving a nuclear weapons capability.
It also demanded Iran shut down the Fordo underground enrichment facility.
In return, it offered to ease the sanctions that have severely affected Iran's economy.
"Both the US and China believe that Iran should cooperate with the P5+1 and should respond positively to the proposals that are on the table," a US official told journalists at the UN.
Later, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is due to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry as well as diplomats from the UK, France, Russia, China and Germany on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly summit in New York.
It will be the highest level direct contact between the US and Iran for six years.
President Barack Obama has welcomed the new Iranian president's more "moderate course".
Barack Obama told the UN on Tuesday that the US wanted to resolve the nuclear issue peacefully, but was determined to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Hassan Rouhani has said he is fully empowered by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to negotiate on the issue.
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Gary Rogers is greeted by Sophia, a Highland cow at his farm in Otsego. Gary and Phyllis Rogers have been raising Highland cattle since 1998, in August 2007, they begun to market the beef to the public.
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP -- Phyllis and Gary Rogers have no steaks left. When a new supply arrives this week from the butcher, they expect it to go just as fast. The couple's Highland beef business is booming.
"When you get something that's good for you and tastes good too, you've got it all," said Phyllis Rogers, who, with Gary, started Rogers Land & Cattle Co.
Gary Rogers walks through the herd of Highland cattle or kyloe, an ancient Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy pelts at his farm in Otsego. Gary and Phyllis Rogers have been raising Highland cattle since 1998, August 2007 they started to market their beef to the public.
Highland cattle do not look like ordinary cows or steers. They're called "hippie cows" by some and "hairy coos" -- thick Scottish accent required -- by many.
Highland cattle developed thick hides and shaggy coats to protect themselves from the harsh weather in their native Scotland. In Southwest Michigan and across the United States, the breed's popularity has grown in part because of its unique appearance, but mainly because of a shift in American appetites toward grass-fed, lean beef.
The Highland's thick hide and heavy coat keep the breed from naturally producing the fat that other breeds do. According to a chart Phyllis Rogers carries around, Highland beef has less fat than snapper, pork loins, chicken and halibut and about three times less fat than traditional lean beef.
Highland cattle take longer to mature before they go to slaughter -- about 30 months as opposed to 12 months for most breeds -- but the result is a deep-red steak with a slight marbling.
• Don't expect flames. Because the patties are low in fat, the grill will not flame up during cooking.
• Look for clear juices. As soon as the juices from the patties are clear, the burger is done.
• Do not walk away. Highland burgers are easy to overcook and will quickly resemble hockey pucks.
• No seasoning needed. She rarely adds anything to the beef patties.
• For more information about Highland beef from Rogers Land & Cattle Co., visit www.rogerslandandcattle.com.
• For more information about Highland cattle in Michigan and the rest of the Midwest, visit www.midwesthighlands.org.
Want to see Highland cattle?
Highland cattle breeders from the Midwest will show their finest at the Kalamazoo Scottish Festival on Saturday. The cattle show begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center and Fairground, 2900 Lake St. For more information, go to www.kalamazooscottishfestival.org.
"The queen of England has a herd. And if you eat our beef, you will be like royalty," Phyllis joked.
Michigan is a big Highland cattle state, said Ginnah Moses, operations manager of the American Highland Cattle Association. Of the 1,300 members in the American Highland Cattle Association, 51 (about 4 percent) are from Michigan.
"Yes, it's growing," Moses said of the Highland beef market, "and the trend toward farmers' markets and eating healthy and eating local is all helping it."
More than a dozen Highland cattle farms are located in southwestern Michigan, according to information from the American Highland Cattle Association and the Midwest Highland Cattle Association.
Phyllis and Gary Rogers run their meat business out of a few large freezers in the their garage. And it's become so busy that they have a hard time keeping their freezers stocked.
They tried to sell their beef by the half or quarter for years without much success. But business picked up two years ago when they became licensed to sell packaged meat such as steaks, roasts or ground beef. Business exploded when Phyllis showed up at the Otsego farmers' market in July.
Expecting to go to the market to educate shoppers about the beef, she sold $250 worth on her first trip. Now she goes to three farmers' markets, in Otsego, Plainwell and Richland.
The steaks she sells range from $9.75 a pound for sizzlers to $21 a pound for tenderloins, and ground beef is $5 a pound. But people at the markets often do not look at the price of the beef, she said, because they are more interested in what is not in the meat -- steroids, hormones, antibiotics, carbon monoxide and preservatives.
On this day at the Rogers farm, Gail Johnson, of Otsego, walked through the open garage door and up to one of the freezers to buy some pork bacon and Highland ground beef. Swayed by the desire for natural, healthy meat, she recently started buying her beef from the Phyllis and Gary Rogers. She said she uses the ground beef in chili and goulash.
Phyllis and Gary started raising Highland cattle in 1998.
"We saw these cattle and couldn't quite figure out what they were. They were quite different-looking," said Phyllis, whose grandfather came from Scotland to America as a teen. "When I found out that they originated in Scotland, it definitely hit something in me."
The couple bought two heifers from a farm in Hopkins and developed a herd. Gary started as a hobby, but it became "a hobby gone bad," he said, sarcastically lamenting the amount of work involved in caring for 40 head of cattle.
"I don't enjoy them. I just have to have them," he said. "They're part of my blood."
While he claims the cattle are all work, he smiled as he walked among the cattle, patting some on the belly as they chomped at a wagonload of hay.
The cows have names. Max, the bull, used his horns to throw hay all over his back. Sophia, a heifer with a rich copper coat, walked right up to Gary and lowered her massive head, like a pet seeking a light scratch between the ears.
"They all have personalities," Phyllis said. "The calves are fun to watch. Sometimes they act like dogs."
In addition to raising Highland cattle, Phyllis and Gary Rogers raise pigs, run a plumbing business, manage a few rental properties, own a heating and air conditioning company, and buy and sell used farm and construction equipment. Those businesses are struggling, Phyllis said, but she and her husband hope to make a profit selling meat by the end of next year.
"It will be interesting to see if farming can sustain us," Phyllis said, looking at a small chalkboard with the prices of various cuts of meat neatly scrawled on it. "And that would be great. We both enjoy farming" -- despite what her husband says.
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