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Intermediate Spanish
This is an interest group held by the public- medium to advanced levels of Spanish are spoken. Come by and test out your Spanish comprehension.
For more information, contact the Fletcher Library at 687-1218.
- Date:
- Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Fletcher- Auditorium
- Campus:
- Fletcher Branch
- Categories:
- Adult Programs
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Artifacts from the Republic of Texas (1836-1845)
Believe it or not, there was a time – probably before we Texans came up with Dr Pepper – that not everyone was so keen on Texas being a part of the United States. Documents from that era show two nations strongly divided between the sense of adventure Texas seemed to offer and how its politics would change both nations.
By John Boyd
Photo: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News


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Given the macroeconomic headwinds affecting West Africa, where are the investment opportunities? This was among several topics tackled at the SuperReturn Africa conference in Cape Town last week. For four days, investors, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in sectors ranging from agriculture, healthcare, finance and of course real estate met and brainstormed on the approaches to dealing with these headwinds, while at the same time looking at new opportunities.
General themes emerged. Most investors agree that the fundamentals in West Africa remain the same. There is a large and growing consumer base of over 300 million people who are seeking the same basic needs – from clothing and food to power and housing. Hence, despite sectors such as oil and gas experiencing declines, the demand for other goods and services is still strong and so are the opportunities within these other diverse sectors.
The key to unlocking these opportunities for investors remains the nature of the investment fundamentals. First and foremost is the skill of the managers. A good company with a solid management team and strong cash flows will always be able to attract investments. The investors also need to better manage their internal processes, especially during this period of economic downturn. Maintaining on-the-ground resources to better identify opportunities and perform due diligence is important, and so is the management of their working capital.
The recession economy in parts of West Africa has also brought opportunities for local players. As some institutional players are driven out by the negative perception in key markets, such as Nigeria with commodity price pressures and devaluation challenges, local players who are nimble and knowledgeable about the market are able to fill up the empty slots. Sources of local funding need to expand. National sovereign wealth funds or pension funds with deep pockets and long-term play strategies are now poised to play a bigger role in these markets.
One sector particularly impacted by these macro-economic changes is the real estate sector. For institutional investors, the typical country selection criteria remain the same: namely demographic growth, rule of law/legal systems, sustainable rental streams for the future, clarity on title and other ownership documentation. The challenge now, however, is the delivery of suitable products given the existing economic limitations – such as the FX challenges and policies.
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By Matthew Rojansky, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Matthew A. Rojansky is deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The views expressed are his own.
Europe's too little, too late responses to the Eurozone crisis and the Arab awakening have amply demonstrated the difficulty of forging and enforcing a common position among 27 EU member states. Yet in at least one important area, Brussels has adopted a clear position supported by national governments: Ukraine, the largest country that is wholly within Europe yet outside the EU, should receive a path to closer EU integration – but only if it meets a set of key conditions intended to demonstrate its commitment to basic European values.
EU officials say that by November, they will be prepared to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine, which promises liberalized market access for both sides plus visa-free travel for Ukrainians, if Kiev meets three requirements. First, Ukraine must advance its domestic reform agenda, bringing Ukrainian practices closer into line with European norms. Second, it must address the shortcomings of the recent parliamentary elections and guarantee free and fair elections in the future. Finally and most urgently, Ukraine must cease using the criminal justice system to target opposition politicians, a problem epitomized by the case of Yulia Tymoshenko, who was convicted of abuse of office in 2011, and is now serving a seven year prison term.
Up to now, the issue of politically motivated prosecutions seemed likely to pose an immovable obstacle to signing the Association Agreement. Once Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich set the precedent that members of the previous government would be investigated and charged with crimes, he had good reason to fear for his own wellbeing in the event the opposition ever succeeds coming back to power. Yet last Sunday, Yanukovich took a step to ease pressure on the opposition, by pardoning two of Tymoshenko's close allies, former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko, and former environment minister Heorhiy Filipchuk.
EU officials have been clear that while they applaud the Lutsenko and Filipchuk pardons, they are only first steps towards fulfilling Brussels' demand for an end to selective justice. The question on many minds now is whether Yulia Tymoshenko might also be released.
While the cases are superficially similar, for Yanukovich, Tymoshenko poses an entirely different magnitude of problem, albeit one largely of his own making. Tymoshenko's supporters and allies dominate the main opposition political bloc, so she is the natural candidate to oppose Yanukovich in the next presidential election, scheduled for 2015. Despite cynicism among voters over Tymoshenko's last stint in government, as prime minister from 2007 to 2010, her prison time has made her the kind of martyr figure who can command unique credibility, attention and support, especially from Western governments and the Ukrainian diaspora.
Nonetheless, Yanukovich should release Tymoshenko, and he should do so well in advance of the EU Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for November in Vilnius. Freeing Tymoshenko would not only underscore Kiev's political commitment to fulfilling the conditions set by Brussels, but would also endow with much greater credibility a wide range of reforms already undertaken by the Yanukovich government, including a new criminal procedure code, prison reforms, and new protections for NGOs.
Even if the Association Agreement is signed, Ukraine's leaders can have no illusions about the challenge they face. Scrutiny and criticism of Ukraine's record on human rights and democracy issues will surely continue. Tymoshenko herself, whether in prison or outside, will continue as the opposition's symbolic and spiritual leader, and her ordeal will serve as a lightning rod for international intervention in Ukraine's domestic politics. Above all, Ukrainian officials will find that despite the enormous cost and difficulty involved in completing the Association Agreement, a signing ceremony in Vilnius is only the beginning.
Both sides should remember that the purpose of European integration is not to make a binary choice – that Ukraine is either in or out – but to enable the type of broad and deep engagement that will improve the lives of ordinary Ukrainians and Europeans over the long term. This will take sustained political will and committed resources from governments on both sides.
If Ukraine falls short in November over selective justice or for any other reason, recent history suggests a bleak outlook, and there is no cause to think that harsher punishment or enhanced isolation would succeed where diplomacy and engagement have not.
Yet if the Association Agreement goes forward, the resulting deeper engagement should be used to incentivize further progress down the path of reform. Only Ukrainians can decide what their future prosperity will entail, but strengthened trade and travel links with Europe will cast a bright spotlight on the historic opportunities that lie ahead.
It appears that the Ukrainians are going to make of joining the E.U. This will make the right-wing thugs in Washington quite happy. After all, both Bush and Clinton have been trying to stampede Ukraine into joining NATO and carry out orders from Washington D.C.!
It appears that your still a MORON, who shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard. IDIOT!
Tell me wjm, what have you against someone telling the truth here? Anyone with half a brain would that Bush and Clinton wanted to get their hands on Ukraine's natural resources and turn them over to huge American companies to be exploited. Besides, how much do you know about the history of Ukraine?
I know a lot about Ukraine's history, and your post is befitting of a wingnut. You're just ranting and raving about history that means nothing. Also, I live in Ukraine.
Since when did the right-wingers become fans of the EU?
Join EU now? They only need to meet one condition: to be dead stupid! Still I believe they can do it!
United Nations = Catholic Church = Soros = Current World Order = UnderSeige. PeaceAll.
You forgot to mention Western Values, Freedom, Democracy, Waffen SS along with its lovely Reichefuhrer so inspiring for so many in Western Ukraine.
"Nonetheless, Yanukovich should release Tymoshenko, and he should do so well in advance of the EU Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for November in Vilnius" or, alternatively, bring murder charges against Timoshenko for here role (if any) in organizing 1996 murder of Yevhen Shcherban, his wife, and his bodyguards.
It would be also nice to see the incident with MV Faina be investigated properly, including the role of former Defense minister Ekhanurov and former president Yushenko with the weapons trade.
The Ukraine should have an economic union and military alliance with Russia and Belarus. There is nothing the West can do for the Ukraine except drain any natural resources left in the country and the natural gas discovery in the Black Sea. Russia and the Ukraine can and should be allies along with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Well said, Pravoslavni. Thank you.
Ukraine needs to get as far away from Russian as possible. Is it possible to move the whole country ?
Another stupid comment from another weak minded Tea Partier above. It's the U.S., Great Britain and France that Ukraine needs to stay away from! As an old Irish saying goes, if you shake hands with the devil, you may not get it back!
It would be much easier to move just half of the country - the western half as divided by the Dripro river. Then the Eastern half will also find itself facing a very easy choice about which way to move. Problem solved.
It's not about what the west can do for Ukraine. It's about what Ukraine can do for themselves, by exporting 'renewable' resouces to EU and other so-called Western countries. Any alliance with Russia and Belarus, with intentions of isolation would be a disaster for Ukraine. Ukraine wants to be a free country, self governed, and to do that they need to join the rest of the world, economically and socially. Idiots who push Ukraine toward Belarusian type isolation have ulterior motives to steal and take from Ukrainians, what is rightfully theirs, ............ their future.
Europe is doing fine, no crises here. We have great corporations, EU market is very large. We are among the best in the world.
Rothschild just seized 75% of Cyprus' Gold. Could Ukraine be so stupid not to see that the bailouts are Gold raids.
The censors at CNN are at work and my comments on Ukraine where I mentioned that after gaining independence Ukraine is unlikely to give up their independence again have VANISHED. -Communist style, to keep the truth away from people.
Most of our media is nothing but lies and propaganda. I am begginning to realize that my comments do not matter any longer. It is too late- the bad guys run the media. Why waste my time ?
The glamorous Tymoshenko, who helped lead Ukraine's revolt against a corrupt election in 2004, was convicted of criminally exceeding her powers when she agreed a gas deal with Russia, seen to have disadvantaged Ukraine. Vladimir Putin, who signed the deal with Tymoshenko said he didn't understand why she had been jailed. The charges of abuse of power were supposed to be a bunch of lies, made up by the man she helped oust in 2004, Viktor Yanukovych – who returned to defeat her in the 2010 presidential election.
Not so easy. The charges of "exceeding power" are quite dubious, indeed. She signed a wrong and disadvantageous gas contract in 2009, however, if you remember the sequence of the events, you would probably know HOW and WHY EXACTLY she was forced (twisted, whatever...) to sign for the conditions available at that moment (which were the best available, indeed) and how exactly Ukraine ended up in this situation after the chain of wrong and stupid decisions, starting in 2005 with denouncing the 2002 Anatoliy Kinnakh Agreement. The agreement linked gas prices for Ukraine with gas transit prices through Ukrainian territory which basically made it cost neutral for Ukraine, i.e. Ukraine transmits 80B m3, gets about 17B for its own consumption, and it is considered that the transit cost of 80B covers the price of the 17B. This agreement was fair back in 2002 because of the natural ratio of natural gas prices and transit prices, however, after Norway insisted to European Commission back in 2004 that gas prices should be linked to oil prices, which resulted in European formula for gas prices, and subsequent increase of the latter. As the result, natural gas is Europe was no longer cheap starting at than moment, and Kinnakh agreement was puts Russia into disadvantage. So what... Gasprom wanted to find a way to get rid of price-linkage condition of Kinnakh agreement, but what a gift! Ukraine wants to get rid of it too because Ukraine sees the pipeline as symbol of independence, and Kinnakh agreement gives some shares of it to Gasprom. So Ukraine on its own initiative proposed Gasprom to denounce it and renegotiate. At that time Timoshenko was running around and shouting that Kinnakh Agreement is consiracy to sell Ukranian independence to Russia. So Gasprom agreed with ease, to say it politely. In fact, Miller's joy was poorly concealed. His Gokonda smile is still on Youtube. Prices for natural gas skyrocketed since then, Ukraine has to pay in cash borrowed from EBRR or IMF, and transit covers only a fraction.
Now it is up to judges to decide the degree of incompetence after which the stupidity becomes criminal stupidity.
Personally I believe that Timoshenko is now exactly where she belongs for THAT ACT ALONE and should be kept there indefinitely.
Yanukovich said to be keen to balance relations between Russia and the EU. with EU integration as a "strategic aim".
Yet in April 2012 he extended the Russian lease on the Black Sea Fleet base Sevastopol.
The opposition doubted this balance he claimed to achieve.
An open letter to CNN...............................
Fareed is at it again he copied this article prom one of my publications .
Fareed is a copy and paste journalist
Too bad for you... Whoever wrote the article is completely unaware of what is going on in Ukraine. So you' better do not claim this shame.
You are so right, Alex. The sheeple, however, brainwashed by our media has no clue.
Ukraine should stay away from both of unions. Russia want to get it's natural resources and EU wants to stop Russia. Ukraine just need a good government and create their own market and infrastructure. Of courses it needs some deals with other country but it still have all instruments to stay away from stupid deals.
just a few things too add, i don't really care wether Ukraine joins the EU or not but, like my AP world history teacher said, look at the situlation polilitcally, economicly, and socially. politically Ukraine is like Russia, but at the same time the ukrainians do have a long history of being ruled by the Russians, economically Ukraine would benefit more in the EU in trade at least, by opening new markets and being able to tap into the wealth of the EU. socially i think the people wouldn't mind joining the EU, though i live in america so i don't know exactly how Ukrainians feel. All in all i think they will join eventually, politically they seem to have skeletons in the closet that may keep them out but, in time they will.
So, what Europe's actually asking Ukranians to do is: 1) Adopt the Maastricht Treaty and destroy labor unions which will elliminate whatever middle class still exists in the country. 2) Cease using the criminal justice system to target opposition politicians, which means to let go of the only measure capable of objectively punishing politicians which have been financed by major corporations and implement their agenda while in office. and 3) Organise fair elections as if that will actually guarantee fairness....like in most countries such as in Greece and Italy where the governments are just puppets of Germany. Who wouldn't say YES...... GO EUROPE!!!
Yes, Tony, you got everything right. You do not need to look very far to see the consequences: while the past crisis in Greece, now in Cypres, and recently in Italy and Spain were broadcasted in the news, Latvia went actually much deeper in terms of resession, unemployment, population decline, and all other fruits of European economy... except that nobody cared because while Latvia is part of EU, it is not a part of Euro zone. ...Also for some historic and mentality reason Ukranian politicians prefer to be puppets of United States rather than Germany.
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Kizmet- sorry for not keeping in touch, I've been so busy, but that's no excuse. Wow! You're already 32 weeks, how exciting. Only 8 more weeks before you see your precious baby and you know it'll fly by. Do you have everything ready, when's your next doctors appointment, do you know if s/he is head down or breached? Sorry for all the questions just want to see how you'll are doing. It's just so exciting to be this far along. These babies are already loved so much, can you imagine how we're going to be when they arrive, head over heals.
Hope- still thinking/praying for you'll, hope everything is ok.
Afm- well the doctor just said I was having a ton of contractions which finally subsided and told me to go in if it happens again so they can take further actions, which it hasn't. So fingers crossed that these beautiful babies stay in as long as possible. This week is my last week at work and I'm a little excited and scared at the same time. I have an ultrasound this Tuesday along with the sugar test, I had to move it a week back. This ultrasound is long overdue, excited to see how much they've progressed. I've been worried about Joaquin because he's not as active as Isaiah:( Joaquin is the one that's lower to my pelvic area. Other than that, not much to report besides the brutal pelvic, hip, and back pain:( but I'll survive, lol. I'll post after Tuesday when I get some results back.


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Five Ways to Fight Back Against Phone Bill Cramming
If you take a look at your phone bill and notice charges which don't make sense, you may be a victim of phone bill cramming. These sneaky little charges are making their way onto telephone bills and can go unnoticed for months. Victims of so-called "cramming" often face a tough battle to stop being billed every month and start getting their money back. In order to fight cramming, Better Business Bureau recommends keeping a close eye on every bill and being extremely cautious when giving out personal information such as phone numbers.
"In 2012, the FTC enacted new rules to help protect consumers from fraudulent charges on their landline phone bills", said Mechele Agbayani Mills, President and CEO of BBB Serving Central East Texas". "However, these charges can still be difficult to detect because they often get described in a way that makes consumers believe they are charges for services the phone company provides such as voicemail or web services."
Cramming is on the rise, according to the Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission during an interview with Herb Weisbaum, consumer reporter for MSNBC.com. Cramming can come from any number of sources. Some victims may have inadvertently signed up for a subscription service—such as for "free" ringtones or a daily joke or horoscopes--not realizing they'd be billed every month. Many instances occur after a consumer signs up for a sweepstakes or enters a contest and enters his or her phone number.
The Federal Trade Commission recently cracked down on one company that used telemarketers to convince people into signing up for "free" trial services. Calling a psychic hotline or entering a sweepstakes can also lead to cramming. Unfortunately, in some cases, the victim is just an unlucky random target.
BBB recommends taking the following five steps to fight cramming:
• Keep a close eye on monthly statements. Anyone can become a victim of cramming so monitoring you monthly bills is extremely important. The sooner you spot the charges, the sooner you can fight them.
• Know your rights. Consumers can contact their cell phone provider and request that all third party charges be blocked.
• Know whom you can trust online. Before handing over any personal information online, always research the business with your BBB at bbb.org.
• Guard your personal information closely. Be wary when asked to provide personal information to sign up for a free trial or enter a sweepstakes. Always read the fine print on any offer so you understand how your personal information may be used.
• Know where to complain. If you are unable to resolve the issue either through your telephone provider or directly with the business, file a complaint with the FCC for charges related to telephone service and FTC for all other cramming charges on your phone bill. You can also file a complaint with BBB.
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Everyone might be in Davos this week, but our banking roundup goes on: Banks say no to big deals, Fabrice Tourre says no to a big fine, and the Goldman Sachs elevator guy gets a book deal.
Here's the skinny on those stories and more:
Banks let go: Wall Street is sitting out on some potentially lucrative deals as regulators ramp up pressure on the big banks. Several major lenders, including Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., are forgoing being part of some major corporate takeovers that would go against new risk guidelines, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve has asked banks to comply with the guidelines set to reduce risk for the industry after the financial crisis.
Fabulous Fab says no: Former Goldman Sachs banker Fabrice Tourre doesn't want to pay the hefty fine ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission and is arguing it should be a lot less. The Frenchman, who was convicted in a civil lawsuit last summer on six counts of securities fraud related to a mortgage deal during the financial crisis, is arguing the jury did not conclude he caused losses to investors. Tourre's lawyers are asking in new court filings to reduce the fines to $65,000 from more than $1 million in fines and interest the SEC has demanded.
@GSElevator gets a book deal: The person behind the Twitter profile @GSElevator that gives followers snarky observations of the goings-on inside Goldman Sachs is planning to write a tell-all book about what's it like to work at the storied bank, according to a report in the Financial Times. The Twitter handle has been tweeting for approximately three years and has attracted more than 600,000 followers by tapping into the anti-bank sentiment since the financial crisis. The book is tentatively titled "Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance and Excess in the World of Investment Banking." According to the FT, which cites the anonymous author, the book will expose the "the definitive exposure of investment-banking culture . . . shedding new light on a world that is far more abhorrent, and yet, way more entertaining than people can imagine." The book is due out this October.
Madoff housekeeper and boat captain on employee list: The trial of five employees of convicted felon Bernie Madoff continues in a Manhattan court room and revealed Madoff added the son of one of those employees to the firm's payroll to make sure he was covered by health insurance, according to Bloomberg. Madoff serving time in prison for a $17 billion Ponzi scheme, added the son of "key" employee Daniel Bonventre, as well as Madoff's housekeeper and the captain of his boat, among others, the jury was told by witness Craig Kugel. Kugel is a former Madoff employee and has pleaded guilty in 2012 over a tax scheme related to Madoff's firm.
Chinese bankers gain prominence at Davos: Chinese bankers are getting top billing at this year's gathering in the Swiss Alps, according to a report in Bloomberg. Jiang Jianqing, chairman of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. is one of the co-chairs at the big international gathering of world leaders and fills a slot previously held by western bankers, including UBS AG Chairman Axel Weber, J.P. Morgan CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon and Standard Chartered PLC CEO Peter Sands. Jiang, 60 years old, is the first Chinese banker to co-chair the annual meeting.
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A Worcester man was arrested Thursday and state troopers seized approximately 1,100 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million from his apartment.
State Police are still trying to verify the man's identity, but the name he was using is Carlos Martinez.
Investigators learned last week that Martinez was driving a car registered under a false identity and that he had two driver's licenses with invalid Social Security numbers.
After arresting him in Worcester poliuce searched his apartment and found the stash of marijuana.
Fingerprints showed that Martinez had previously used the alias Saul Marquez, but both names are believed to be false. He will be arraigned today in the Worcester District Court.


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The machinima and streaming communities built around World of Warcraft are filled with some of the most talented and creative people in gaming, from awesome musicians to dedicated streamcasters. The first time I ever got to experience the WoW beta back in 2004, I was watching someone stream footage of their human warlock messing up mobs in (if I remember correctly) Westfall. Streaming is beneficial to gaming, MMOs, and e-sports because of video games' competitive nature and spectator-oriented design.
You've probably heard of Senate bill S.978 already, most likely from many video game blogs and news outlets or YouTube campaigns fighting against the passage of this bill. Bill S.978 aims to institute a "10 strikes" policy, making the unauthorized streaming of content a felony, resulting in potential jail time. The main purpose of the bill is to strengthen the law and punishments available to organizations such as the MPAA and other content conglomerates to stop illegal streaming of millions upon millions of dollars in stolen entertainment. As is the way of things, gamers might be caught in the crossfire.
Some of you fine readers sent me a few messages on Twitter asking me to weigh in on the 10 strikes streaming bill and maybe give a basic analysis of the thing, so I shall oblige. Lawbringer this week is all about the odd future of bill S. 978 and what it could mean for MMOs and WoW.


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Lauren Hutton is brining her style and years of catwalk experience to "Project Runway."
The actress/model is guest judging on week two of the new season of the Lifetime reality design competition.
"We were so lucky to have Lauren Hutton as a guest judge," Executive Producer Jane Cha said in a statement.
"She was knowledgeable, feisty and is obviously an icon of the modeling and fashion industry in general," Cha continued. "She was also very generous in speaking to our 'Models of the Runway' cast, who all were extremely appreciative of Lauren's advice!"
Lauren follows in the high heels of previous celebrity guest judges including Nicole Richie, Christina Aguilera, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Rebecca Romijn and Eva Longoria Parker.
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America has a problem. Our citizens are overweight and lazy. Most of our trips, and more specifically most of our trips under five miles are made by auto.
For a variety of reasons it is either impractical or impossible to perform a number of tasks via bicycle. Some of this has to do with infrastructure, some with society and some with bicycles.
While countries like the Netherlands and Denmark have great cargo-carrying bikes, they largely have not hit our shores. Personally I think that Americans aren't partial to the Amish-black color that these bikes come in.
Biomega and Puma's long-term collaboration has resulted in a new approach to the U.S. cargo bike market. The new "fashionable" cargo bike reminds me a bit of the 1980's mountain bike scene (right down to the Judy-yellow color on the fork) but it might just solve a problem–if you can get past the name..
The Mopion (sounds like a Volkswaggen moped) is an aluminum cargo bike that weighs in at a mere 50 pounds, and is available in more traditional colors like white and black as well as this eye-grabbing color scheme.
I'm looking forward to trying this bike out, as my current cargo-carrying solutions tend to feel a bit awkward and unsteady. I've ridden the fietbikes that these are based on in Amsterdam and the small front pivot wheel makes them a tad bit faster to navigate than what I ride currently.
This bike might not solve the urban cargo problem, but it's a start, and it's a much-needed one if we're ever going to get our cities to look more like Copenhagen than like Newark.…
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Compiled from selected police activity reports.
Buckeye Lake
• July 1: A Walnut Road man was arrested on a warrant.
• July 2: A driver was cited for driving 50 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Mill Dam Road.
• July 2: A Columbus man said he was assaulted while visiting a friend at Buckeye Lake. The friend was not the person accused of assault.
• July 3: A Newark driver was warned for speed and cited for not wearing a safety belt.
• July 9: A Hebron Road man was cited for allowing his dog to run at large.
• July 10: A Newark man said someone with whom he was arguing struck him in his face several times and he wanted to file assault charges.
• July 11: A Hebron Road woman reported her juvenile daughter missing.
• July 11: A Columbus man was cited for driving with expired tags.
• July 11: A Walnut Road man was cited for driving with expired tags.
• June 5: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation at 9th and North streets.
• June 5: Police assisted a Licking County Sheriff's Office deputy with traffic control at an accident on Ohio 79 at Ridgley Tract Road.
• June 6: A Christopher Court woman came to the police station to report a service man from a pool service came to her home on May 13 to fix a hot tub. She paid the man $125 for a part he had to order. She told police she hasn't heard from or seen the man since then. Police took a report.
• June 6: A Greenbriar Lane woman said her granddaughter had an argument with another juvenile right outside her trailer. She said she confronted the boy and he cussed her. She wanted police to tell the boy to stay away. The boy claimed the granddaughter stared the argument.
• June 6: A driver was cited for going 73 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at US 40.
• June 7: A driver was cited for backing his vehicle into another vehicle on Enterprise Drive.
• June 7: Police assisted the fire department with a blown electrical transformer at the elementary school.
• June 7: A Thornville woman told police that a man who had just been released from jail on Hebron charges had her Social Security card and her driver's license and was refusing to return them to her. Police went to his residence, but he wasn't there. About 30 minutes later, the man came to the police station. He told police he now wanted to write a statement about the events on June 3 that lead to his arrest and jailing. Police asked him about the woman's identification. He turned over her Social Security card, but said he didn't have her driver's license.
• June 7: A Broadway Street apartment resident complained to police about the smell of marijuana in the vestibule. Police didn't smell anything.
• June 7: A driver was cited for an illegal u-turn on Ohio 79 at South High Street.
• June 7: A driver was cited for driving under financial responsibility suspension.
• July 1: A neighbor dispute broke out on East Main Street involving four different homes. The argument allegedly began over loud music. No charges were filed and no report was taken.
• July 2: A vehicle traveling along I-70 was stopped for a cracked windshield. During the stop, a passenger – a 40 years old woman currently on parole from Coshocton – was found to be in possession of a substance believed to be crack cocaine. She was arrested and found to possess 2.3 grams of crack, a white powder believed to be cocaine, and more than 35 prescription pills, all hidden in her pockets and clothing.
• July 2: Officers were dispatched to the Village Tavern in reference to a patron causing a disturbance. Officers found an intoxicated patron was angry and attempting to start a fight. The incident was diffused and the aggravated patron was escorted to his nearby home.
• July 9: A Columbus driver was cited for traveling 85 in a 65 miles per hour zone on I-70.
• July 9: A Stockport driver was cited for traveling 84 in a 65 miles per hour zone on I-70.
• July 9: A Reynoldsburg driver was arrested for driving under suspension and no operator's license.


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Biden takes aim at 'Vouchercare'
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Wading into Paul Ryan territory, Vice President Joe Biden delivered a blistering critique of the GOP vice presidential nominee's Medicare proposal and warned that the Republican ticket would turn the health care system for seniors into "Vouchercare."
As he campaigned in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin on Sunday, Biden hammered Ryan and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for endorsing a Medicare proposal that would give seniors subsidies to purchase private health care plans. Biden, echoing a common Democratic attack, accused Republicans of wanting to "end the guarantee of Medicare."
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"Ladies and gentleman, it's just that simple: We are for Medicare; they are for Vouchercare," Biden told the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of about 1,000 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay.
In his criticisms, Biden evoked his mother, Catherine, who campaigned with him in 2008 and died two years later at the age of 92. (At Sunday's rally, Biden misspoke, saying his mother died at 93.)
"My mom was a smart woman," he said. "But, my mom, I can't picture handing her a voucher at age 80 and saying — you go out in the insurance market and you figure out what's best for you."
By demanding a repeal of the health care law — the Obama administration's top domestic priority achievement — Republicans would put insurance companies "back in charge of our health care," bring steep cuts to Medicaid and drop millions of young adults from their parents' health care plans, Biden said.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party," Biden said. "No, for real. This is a different breed of cat. This is not even Mitt Romney's father's Republican Party."
During the roughly 25-minute speech, Biden also rattled off a list of criticisms of the Republican Party on issues ranging from taxes to the deficit to foreign policy, particularly lambasting the GOP for demanding "massive" tax cuts for the rich.
"Folks, we've seen this movie before, and we know how it ends," Biden said. "It ends in lost jobs, stagnant wages, watching the equity in your home evaporate, watching your retirement account decimate. It ends in a catastrophe for the middle class. It ends in the great recession of 2008."
At the Republican convention, "they talked about the state of the nation and all these terrible things that happened in 2009," Biden added. "How do they think they got there? No, no really. Do they think we have amnesia?"


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- Charity. Charity involves giving stuff away instead of taking it -- the antithesis of envy, where you covet something that someone else owns. Movoto measured charity by looking at cities with low FBI property-crime rates.
- Chastity. The study gauged chastity (the opposite of lust) by ranking communities for low levels of strip clubs within city limits.
- Diligence. Diligence is the flipside of sloth. Movoto measured this virtue by looking at U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates of each city's inactivity rate, the percent of the local population that's not physically active. The lower the inactivity rate, the higher a city's diligence ranking.
- Generosity. Movoto calculated generosity (the antithesis of greed) by using Philanthropy.com figures of how much the average resident in each locale donates to charity in a given year. The higher the percentage of disposable income contributed, the greater a city's generosity.
- Humility. The study quantified humility -- the opposite of pride -- by looking at each city's ratio of plastic surgeons to residents, based on Yelp.com listings. The lower the ratio, the higher the community's humility.
- Kindness. Kindness is virtue's answer to wrath. Movoto measured kindness by focusing on cities with low FBI violent-crime rates.
- Temperance. Movoto assessed temperance (the opposite of gluttony) by looking for communities with low CDC obesity rates.
BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- St. Louis, San Francisco and lots of other U.S. cities get their names from saints, but recent research finds that only a select few communities really live up to saintly standards. "These 'saintly' cities might have residents who are more genuine, more altruistic and generally nicer," says Randy Nelson of property-listing site Movoto.com, which analyzed dozens of U.S. communities to name America's Most Saintly Cities. To gauge saintly behavior, Movoto studied 95 of the nation's 100 most-populous cities (the site couldn't get complete data for the other five) to see how often locals commit the Catholic Church's Seven Deadly Sins. Codified by Pope Gregory I in 590, the Seven Deadly Sins include envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth and wrath. Movoto estimated the prevalence of each transgression in different communities by using modern measures to assess the sixth-century list. For instance, Movoto gauged lust by looking at how many strip clubs a given city has, using Yelp.com listings as a guide. Most Sinful Cities and its most saintly ones. The site quantified saintliness by analyzing how well different communities follow a list of good behaviors that roughly parallels the church's Seven Heavenly Virtues -- the opposite of the Seven Deadly Sins. Movoto measured the virtues of:


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Half Past Human
World War 3 is here. This war has already begun, at least the propaganda part intended to drive the emotions of the populace to support the 'terrible choice' that our 'leaders' will say they are forced to make to 'safe guard our homeland'.
One of the ways that They plan on levering the planet into war begins with an Israeli attack on Iran. Within our work here at Halfpasthuman, we had thought that the attack by the zionist war machine on Iran would be a mistake. That opinion has now changed. The Israeli attack will be a planned 'sacrifice' of the 'nation of israel' in order to draw the larger nations into a global thermonuclear war. Of course, the Israeli's don't recognize that they are to be the sacrifice to Molock, Baphotep, and the other masonic (vatican/reptilian) gods of war.
World War 3 is here, and will most likely begin, according to one interpretation of the emotional tension sums that we have in our data, on November 8th, very early in the pre-dawn. That is when israel, the sacrifice, will be 'led' by its zionist 'leaders' to launch an attack on Iran. Within minutes of the launch, everything (for the israeli residents and silent backers of the zionist killing machines) will go wrong. The retaliation will be both swift and unexpected, though of course, the zionist 'leaders' of the sacrificial sheep of israel will be knowledgeable enough to not be in israel when they launch the attack.
As dawn on November 8th moves around the planet, so will the progression of the Global Thermonuclear War. Within minutes of the launch of the attack, death will rain on israel from a number of sides. As their killing machine streaks toward Iran, the zionist minions will already be fleeing as they know that retaliation will be swift. It is all part of the plan.
As the people in israel are dying of flames and gas and explosions, the propagandists here in the USofA will be parroting the 'official line', as promulgated by Wolf and Other Blitzers, that the 'poor oppressed jews are being slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands and WE need to act now! The propaganda machine of the TPTB will of course have built up the hate and suspicion language around Iran for months prior to the actual attack. They will have used subliminal messages, repetitious themes endlessly repeated, and carefully crafted word imagery to get YOU ready to respond to their cry to 'help save poor israel'.
The mental pathways prepared by the press minions of ThePowersThatBe will be most intense here in the USofA as we are the pin that holds the whole war machine together. As the mind controlled residents of the USofA rise to go work for their hidden slave masters on November 8th, they will be greeted with images of a world gone mad. That is until they turn on the sound, and tune into the messages of ThePowersThatBe pouring out from the prisoner press on mainstream media. Wolf and the Other Blitzers will weep on the screen accompanied by images of the horror of the poor israeli innocents unjustly killed by the evil-doers for no good reason at all. The propagandists will wail and cry, and bring your favorite celebrities to also wail and cry "poor israel, oh poor israel, done so low for merely launching a nuclear attack against Iran"….and other 'woe to us poor zionists" language that is exactly calculated to support the rallying stance from the 'leaders' of the USofA as they shout "rise up christians, and go to battle to avenge the poor sacrificed israel". Then they will cite individual lives within the millions of dead and soon to die merely for launching a nuclear attack against Iran, and cry 'foul evil doers must be stopped'. Wolf and the Other Blitzers will confer with earnest and thoughtful criminals from congress, pedophiles from the vatican, cabalists from the CFR (council on foreign relations) and other parts of the control structure, who will all play their scripted part in releasing the triggers for prepared pathways in your mind.
The flaming eyes intensity of the Other Blitzers at the official channel of the opposition, Fox, will ratchet up several notches as the news readers begin to feel the blood engorging their pindars in anticipation of the beautiful horrors awaiting their lust for death and religious confrontation. Their shining eyes will seem to seek out viewers through the 1080 HD screens as they too shout the rallying cry of 'rise up evangelical and fundamentalist christians! Rise up! Killing time is here! Be ready to die for our beloved israel!'
The reptilian 'leaders' of the americans, both visible and hidden, will also be tugging on their rigid penises, eyes and hearts flashing hot, and dense, as they too anticipate the sacrifice of israel and the coming orgy of blood. Their eyes blink rapidly, their jaws clench in rhythmic spasms as their tongues dart between quivering lips. They can already taste the coming 'feeding' upon humanity, and it smells good to their darting tongues even as it is brought so faintly on the future winds drifting into the now.
World War 3 is here. The aware observer sees the evidence as Wolf and the Other Blitzers carefully seed the linguistics of the propaganda channels here in the reptile owned anglo-american empire. They plant these seeds on orders of their masters such that we will all respond appropriately at the appointed time to act out our part in planned grand death ritual, World War 3.
World War 3 is here. The reptiles are even now planning the details of your death in their ritual sacrifice and feeding frenzy. Deny it, or accept it, your choice. A terrible choice, either way, with repercussions long lasting, and dread. A terrible choice, to acknowledge that omnihumanity is marching along to obediently yet-again to orders that will result in the deaths of billions in very short order, or to deny that such a possibility exists, to put to rest all the nagging worries that something is decidedly wrong, and to surrender to the mind-control, fully supporting the version of reality fostered on you by your 'betters'.
A terrible choice, to own your position as one of very few aware and thus a member of the 'insane conspiracy theory fringe', or one of the masses, fully swallowing the lies and hoping that 'this time is different'.
So, you are here now, watch Wolf and the Other Blitzers over the coming months noting their use of language and war symbols. Note who they speak with, and whom is ignored. See what subjects are brought up how often, and especially watch for what is not shown. Follow with conscious awareness as they attempt to lead your mind to death in their ritual wars. The aware observer will grasp the language changes over these coming months as they begin to introduce the plan to the unprotected minds of humans all around you. The new War Season starts May 6th….stay tuned.
As Wolf and the Other Blitzers' slogans say, 'watch, then decide'. It is, after all, their lies, and your terrible choice.
Source: http://www.halfpasthuman.com/wolf.html


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SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Lady 'Canes conclude their week of away games at Armstrong Atlantic. The Lady 'Canes split with #4 ranked Armstrong. This is the third series in a row that the Lady 'Canes came out victorious in the second game.
It was a tough first game for the Lady 'Canes on Sunday afternoon as the Hurricanes were unable to complete a run around the bases.
While on the other side, Armstrong completed six trips around. In the first inning, the Lady 'Canes seemed flattened after a double bringing in one player then a fielding error to allow another runner to make it home.
In the next inning, Armstrong's Kacie Patterson hit a triple into right field. Patterson brought in a runner with this big hit. The next batter hit a single allowing Patterson to finish her trip home.
The Lady 'Canes appeared to be back in the swing of things with two innings on defense completed with quick three up and three down.
However, Armstrong's Andrea Dalton was able to hit a homerun into left field territory to bring in another runner. These were the last runs of the game.
The Lady 'Canes fell 6-0. Senior Allison Pastor (9-7) pitched all six innings; and gave up 11 hits, six runs, and one homerun. Pastor also was able to strike out four out of the 33 batters faced.
Armstrong's Ollivia McLemore (16-2) took the win after pitching the first six innings and only giving up one hit and striking out nine. Rachel Reynolds made a last inning appearance to finish the game.
Quite a turn of events happened for the Lady 'Canes at the beginning of game two on Sunday. With the bases loaded with Mason Moreland, Hayley Knight, and Nellie Moore; Pastor hit a single to bring in the first run of the day. Following this Rachel McEloy and Lauren Thrasher hit doubles to bring everyone around the bases home. Chelsea Hodges was successful in finishing things up in bring Thrasher a full trip home. The inning finished with five runs, five hits, no errors for Armstrong, and one Lady 'Cane left on base.
After a fast defense of three up and down for GSW, they were back to the top of the second inning. Moreland reached second base after a dropped fly ball to left field. Moore was able to hit a single up the right side allowing Moreland to make it home.
Armstrong wasn't going to let the 6-0 lead deter them. Dalton hit her second homerun of the day to put Armstrong on the board.
The next score was when Peyton Roth doubled into right center to bring in two runners. And in a last ditch effort in the bottom of the seventh inning, Roth hit a single to get grounded out at first. In the process of this out Heather Ellis was able to make it home.
Ashley Cavender (9-8) takes the win after pitching the first five innings. Cavender gave up five hits, three runs, and one home run. Pastor finished the last two innings for the Lady 'Canes, earning her first save of the season. Armstrong's Jane Trzaska (5-2) takes the loss after pitching all seven innings and giving up seven hits and five runs. Trzaska was able to strike out seven of the 33 Hurricanes she faced.
The score finished 6-4 with the Lady 'Canes defeating #4 Armstrong Atlantic. The Lady 'Canes were able to snapped a 15 game winning streak. GSW advances to a 19-15 overall record and 3-5 in the Peach Belt. Armstrong continues to a 24-6 record and 9-1 in the PBC.
The Lady 'Canes are back at home on Wednesday, March 26th, for a doubleheader against Peach Belt opponent Columbus State. This game against CSU will be a PINK OUT presented by Zeta Tau Alpha.


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Looking for information on this week's episode of Bullseye?
We look back at John Hodgman's conversation with George R. R. Martin author of the very popular series of fantasy books called A Song of Ice and Fire. The novels have been adapted for the acclaimed HBO series Game of Thrones. At the time of this interview, the fifth book in Martin's series, A Dance with Dragons, had recently been released. There are two more novels in the series and fans eagerly await their arrival.
Martin joins us to talk about killing off characters, creating new religions and dealing with the expectations of fans.
For a longer version of this interview, check out its original broadcast in 2011.
Jason Kottke of Kottke.org, a collection of some of the finest links the internet has to offer, brings us this week's culture picks. Jason starts us out by recommending Vol Libre, a short animation from 1980 that wowed people with its fractal-generated graphics when it was made and still impresses today.
Next, Jason recommends The Tommy Westphall Universe, an exploration of all of the television programs connected to St. Elsewhere and therefore relegated to dream status by the final reveal that St. Elsewhere itself was a dream.
Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy and Griffin McElroy return to Bullseye to answer some of your most pressing pop culture problems and end up taking on Duck Dynasty, James and the Giant Peach, Lionel Richie, grandparents and more.
If you've still got questions that need anwers, the McElroy brothers host a weekly advice show for the modern era called My Brother, My Brother, and Me. You can subscribe wherever you download podcasts, and send your queries to firstname.lastname@example.com.
This week, Jesse recommends that we all overcome any reluctance to let salsa music into our lives, and to begin with the Fania All-Stars.
This week: a look back at some of our favorite interviews in past years.
This interview originally aired in 2007.
Jackson Publick is the co-creator of the Cartoon Network [adult swim] series The Venture Bros. The show just returned for a fifth season, after a multi-year hiatus. The series is a sometimes bizarre, often surprisingly heartfelt parody of the boys' adventure genre.
Publick talks about the space race, creating affectionate parodies, and the loss of his mother (and how it shaped the fictional world of The Venture Bros).
The Venture Bros. airs Sundays at midnight on Cartoon Network's [adult swim].
This segment originally aired in January 2013.
Jason Kottke, proprietor of Kottke.org, a collection of some of the most interesting links the internet has to offer, joins us this week to share some all-time internet picks. First, he enlightens us about the practice of sending children through the mail. He also shares a mind-bending physics thought experiment -- if an airplane moves forward on a conveyor belt that's moving in the opposite direction at the same speed, can the airplane take off?
Pop Culture Advice with My Brother, My Brother and Me
This segment originally aired in February 2012.
Our resident pop culture advice columnists, the McElroy brothers of My Brother, My Brother and Me take on questions about movie posters as art, what happens when you judge a child's abominable TV watching choices, and more.
A cut of our 2010 interview with Lemmy Kilmister at South by Southwest. Click through to see video and hear a longer cut of this interview.
Lemmy, the frontman of Motörhead, is a legend to metalheads worldwide. We spoke to him as a documentary about his life premiered at South by Southwest. Lemmy talks to us about seeing The Beatles for the very first time, how dropping acid brought him a new awareness of himself, and creating his own signature bass sound.
Lemmy, the documentary about his life from directors Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver, is available now on DVD and Blu-ray. A new album from Motörhead is due this September.
This segment originally aired in June 2012.
For The Outshot this week, Jesse highlights the relaxed, harmonious hip hop sound of Digable Planets' revolutionary but commercially disastrous 1994 record Blowout Comb.
Blowout Comb has just been reissued by Light in the Attic on limited edition vinyl.
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Jason Kottke, master collector of the internet's most fascinating links (assembled at his website, kottke.org), shares some current favorites. He recommends diving in to explore the world's unexplained sounds and David Chang's new PBS show, The Mind of a Chef, airing now on PBS and also available online.
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Years before he became famous in Britain for skewering celebrities on Popworld and Nevermind the Buzzcocks, Simon's Amstell's childhood ambition was to be on TV. And unlike most kids with dreams of TV stardom, he made it a reality -- but found it less fulfilling than he had hoped. Comedian, writer and TV host Amstell joins us this week to share his experiences in the entertainment industry, including navigating the delicate line between crafting clever comedy and bullying his celebrity guests as a TV host, writing and starring in Grandma's House, a sitcom with parallels to his own life, and seeking enlightenment on a Shamanic quest in South America.
Simon Amstell will be performing his very funny and deeply personal stage show Numb in early 2013. His most recent stand-up special Do Nothing recently aired on BBC America.
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In this era of constant hustle and bustle, who can keep up with what's HOT and what's NOT in these United States? Fortunately, expert stuff-ranker Jordan Morris joins us this week to fill us in and set us straight.
Jordan Morris co-hosts the podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go!. You can follow him on Twitter at @Jordan_Morris.
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Brian K. Vaughan has the kind of strange and epic vision that's made for science fiction and fantasy. He's written award-winning comic book series like Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man, and crafted otherworldly storylines for several seasons of Lost.
His works are notable for their intimacy and beautiful, meticulously crafted characters, despite grandly epic settings. His most recent comic book series Saga is a prime example: Vaughan presents a fundamentally domestic story of parents trying to give their child a good life, backed by a colossal, galactic war. He joins us this week to share why he enjoys storytelling on a grand scale. Vaughan also explains why writing stories about lesser-known comic characters -- like Marvel's weird wildman Ka-Zar -- can be preferable to writing about the big names like Spiderman, and he tracks how fatherhood has affected his writing.
A collection of the first six issues of Brian K. Vaughan's monthly comic book series Saga is available now.
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Please be advised: the content in this week's Outshot may be objectionable to some listeners.
As more details emerge surrounding the BBC's recent horrific pedophilia scandals, Jesse recalls a special episode of the satirical UK television series Brass Eye, called Paedogeddon. The episode was made in response to a similar panic about pedophilia in Britain over a decade ago. Here's a look at Brass Eye's take on media hysteria.
Jason Kottke of Kottke.org, a collection of some of the finest links the internet has to offer, brings us this week's culture picks. Jason starts us out by recommending Vol Libre, a short animation from 1980 that wowed people with its fractal-generated graphics when it was made and still impresses today.
Next, Jason recommends The Tommy Westphall Universe, an exploration of all of the television programs connected to St. Elsewhere and therefore relegated to dream status by the final reveal that St. Elsewhere itself was a dream.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are actors, comedians, and the creators and co-stars of the Comedy Central sketch show Key & Peele. They met during their years as cast members on MADtv; you might also recognize Jordan from adult swim's Childrens Hospital or perhaps you caught them both as commune-dwelling hippies in the film Wanderlust. In their show, Keegan and Jordan go from stand-up, to sketches about Scrabble, to a top-notch presidential impersonation.
Their series gives them full creative control over their comedy, but that hasn't always been the case. They join us to discuss the behind-the-scenes creative process of MADtv (and the difficulties therein), the keys to developing strong impressions, and exploring the humor of their bi-racial identities. Plus, Jordan divulges the details of an original card game he invented for movie buffs!
Key & Peele airs Wednesday nights on Comedy Central. Season one is availabile in stores now on DVD and Blu-ray. This interview originally aired February 28, 2012.
Our resident pop culture advice columnists, the McElroy brothers of My Brother, My Brother and Me take on questions about movie posters as art, what happens when you judge a child's abominable TV watching choices, and more. This segment originally aired February 28, 2012.
Are you ready to sacrifice hours, days, weeks of your life and your relationship to the outside world in favor of improving your archery skills and gathering herbs? If so, join Jesse in this week's Outshot, the role-playing game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This segment originally aired February 28, 2012.
Jason Kottke, from one of our favorite repositories of web links, Kottke.org, joins us to tell us about his favorite stuff on the web right now. First we talk about Dr. Seuss's past as an ad man, then we tackle Errol Morris' new short film Team Spirit
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W. Kamau Bell wants to talk to you about race. And about urban inequality, and politics, and Spider Man too. He came to his own brand of sociopolitical comedy after working as a comic for years, eventually shaping his work into a one-man show in which he promised to "end racism in about an hour."
A lucky break with an audience member at one of those shows – Chris Rock, to be precise – landed Bell his own TV talk show, called Totally Biased. He joins us to talk about transitioning into the talk show world, the sweet spot of gentrication, and remaining true to his own comedic voice.
Totally Biased airs Thursday nights at 11pm on FX.
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Singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell had one of those experiences as a kid that was a hallmark of experiencing music before the internet. She heard a song she liked, went out to the record store, and picked an album by the same artist. The problem? It sounded totally uncool, and not at all like the song she'd heard. It did, however, open her up to a whole new way of listening to music.
Eleni talks to us about the song that changed her life, Tom Waits' "Tom Traubert's Blues." Eleni grew up in Los Angeles loving both punk rockers X and folk rocker Bob Dylan, and her own music mixes airy vocals with 60s pop, country, and folk sounds.
Her newest album is I Can See the Future. She's headed out on tour this month with Nick Lowe. You can those dates and more about her at EleniMandell.com
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Mike Birbiglia knows his own story pretty well by now. After struggling as a stand up, he started working some personal details from his life into his comedy. Some of it was pretty standard, like wrapping his head around the idea of getting married to his longtime girlfriend. And some of it was less familiar stuff, like running out of a window while sleepwalking.
Birbiglia went on to transform these thoughts into a one-man show, a book, and now, a movie. And although talking about the subject matter was second nature, directing a movie about it was not. He joins us to discuss being a first-time director, the difficulty of delivering stand up in a casual, easy way, and why he considered long-lasting marriage to be a totally foreign concept.
Sleepwalk With Me is in theaters nationwide.
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Jesse recommends the new ESPN documentary Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks for a look at a volatile shooting guard, an intense basketball rivalry, and some courtside conversations with Spike Lee.
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Jason Kottke brings us this week's pop culture picks. He's the curator of the blog kottke.org, one of the finest sources of informative and entertaining links on the web. He shares two of his more recent favorites: the contents of the golden record on the spacecraft Voyager and a rare piece of audio of the normally reticent director Stanley Kubrick.
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Mark Adams is a critically acclaimed writer and an editor at National Geographic Adventure. Despite his outdoor magazine credentials, he considered himself an armchair adventurer before he embarked on a journey for his latest book, Turn Right at Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu was an old and dependable topic for National Geographic, but Adams was determined to dig a little deeper when revisiting the subject. A hundred years ago, the lecturer turned explorer Hiram Bingham III brought the ruins of Machu Picchu to the attention of the outside world but raised a host of questions about his methods and intentions for doing so. Adams decided to take on some of those questions by retracing Bingham's expedition, taking his tender-footed self into the wild with an Australian guide and a handful of coca leaves. Adams talks to us about his transformation -- from a man who had never slept in a tent as an adult, to a full-fledged adventurer.
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The only constant in this crazy country is change. Even the most well-informed American might throw up their hands over the big questions -- what's hot? And what's not? Luckily, comedian Jordan Morris is here for guidance. For more, check out his comedy podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! or follow him on Twitter @Jordan_Morris.
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Dave Hill is best known as a New York-based comedian, but he's dabbled in a lot of things. He's interviewed fans of Chick-Fil-A for This American Life, been a semi-successful rock musician (they're big in Japan), and even had a job as a pedicab driver for a few days.
One of his trademarks is making himself and others uncomfortable during a performance, whether he's asking inane or (alternately) inappropriately suggestive questions in his man-on-the-street interviews, performing stand up or hosting his talk show The Dave Hill Explosion. He mines a number of uncomfortable situations in his new book of essays, Tasteful Nudes: ...and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation.
He talks to us about how being a rock musician made him realize he loved comedy, and how he ended up performing at Sing Sing for maximum security felons.
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Are you ready for the pop culture maniac who is Billy Eichner? This week, Jesse recommends his favorite game show, Billy on the Street.
If you know of a must-see show, share it on the MaxFun forum by picking your own Outshot.
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This week's pop culture picks come care of Jason Kottke, of Kottke.org. Jason tracks down the best the internet has to offer, but this week he's all about documentaries. First up, it's a pair of short documentaries about Allan Benton and his ham. Allan is the owner of Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams, and we travel inside both his office and curing house in the films.
Next, it's the feature-length documentary Senna, profiling the thrilling and ultimately tragic tale of Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. Senna is not just for Formula One fans -- it's a gripping profile, and the racing footage is thrilling no matter who you are. It's currently available on Netflix Instant.
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Benedict Cumberbatch is a British actor currently bringing Sherlock Holmes to life in PBS's Masterpiece series Sherlock, alongside Martin Freeman of The Office as John Watson. While Cumberbatch and Freeman are the latest in a long line of actors to play these characters, there is something fresh about their adaptation: Sherlock takes place in the present day, updating the classic detective to our modern era. In the past year, Cumberbatch has memorably stolen scenes in period dramas like War Horse and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Benedict tells us about bringing a new take to an iconic character, and what keeps Holmes relevant to both writers and audiences all these years later. He also opens up about how a life-threatening altercation while filming in South Africa in 2004 left him changed as a person. The Series Two finale of Sherlock airs this Sunday, May 20th, on PBS's Masterpiece. Series Two will be available on DVD just two days later, on Tuesday the 22nd.
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Craig Finn is the lead singer and guitarist for the Brooklyn rock outfit The Hold Steady. Earlier this year, Finn released his debut solo album Clear Heart Full Eyes. This week he tells us about the song that changed his life: The Replacements' "I Will Dare", off their 1984 album Let It Be.
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Morgan Webb is a video game journalist and the co-host of X-Play on the G4 TV network. Webb fell into work in front of the camera entirely by accident via a research position on Tech TV's The Screen Savers, and it wasn't long before she wound up in front of the camera. Tech TV would eventually merge with G4, and X-Play is now the longest-running program on the network.
Morgan talks about what it means to be a gamer, what she loves about the gaming experience, and her struggle for journalistic legitimacy.
Thanks to Dave Ciaccio for editing this segment.
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For The Outshot this week, Jesse basks in the warm, loving glow of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", and explains exactly why the singer's smiling face hangs on the wall above his son's crib.
If you've got a song that lifts you up like this one does, share the warmth on the MaxFun forum by picking your own Outshot.
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This week's pop culture picks come care of Jason Kottke, of Kottke.org -- a site that's been called the New Yorker of internet links. Jason tracks down the best the internet has to offer, and he shares two of his favorites with us this week: Jerry Beck's list of the 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected By 1,000 Animation Professionals, a Warner Bros.-heavy list topped by some Looney Tunes classics, and What the Space Shuttle booster saw, an HD video journey out of Earth's atmosphere.
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Michael Koman, Andrew Weinberg and Jason Woliner are the creative team behind [adult swim]'s hilariously funny and blood-soaked action-comedy Eagleheart, starring Chris Elliott. Koman and Weinberg had worked together as writers on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where they were responsible for culling the clips played whenever Conan pulled the Walker Texas Ranger Lever. It was a job that required them to wade through hundreds of hours of Walker, Texas Ranger, and the inspiration for Eagleheart was born out of a desire to parody the show. But to call Eagleheart a parody of WTR sells it way short, as the show is much crazier and more comically-inspired than that.
Koman, Weinberg and Woliner join us to discuss the show's ability to cram an absurd amount of story into an eleven-minute run-time, making magic happen fast on Eagleheart's wild production schedule, and what inspires them about the show's star, Chris Elliott. Eagleheart has just begun its second season on Cartoon Network's [adult swim], airing Thursdays at midnight.
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It's an upside-down world out there, and some days you just don't know what to make of it. Luckily for us, there's one man who can keep this country in order! Comedian Jordan Morris puts America in its place for the month of April 2012. You can find Jordan on Twitter @Jordan_Morris.
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Rachel Dratch is a comic actress best known to audiences as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006, and from recurring roles on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Her new book is the very funny memoir Girl Walks Into A Bar...: Comedies Calamities, Dating Disasters & A Midlife Miracle. While there are a number of behind-the-scenes stories from her days at SNL in the book, it's mainly the story of life after the show, as Dratch dove head-first into the dating pool after years of using being busy with SNL as an excuse not to date. The titular miracle was an unexpected pregnancy at age 44, having been in a long distance relationship with the father for just six months prior.
Dratch joins Jesse to discuss her comedy background in Chicago, the development process of getting some of her most famous SNL characters to air, and the inherent humor of balancing midlife motherhood with a romance still in its infant stages. Girl Walks Into A Bar... is available now in bookstores everywhere.
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For this week's Outshot, Jesse digs into the record collection and pulls out a vibrant classic: Swiss Movement, by Eddie Harris and Les McCann. The live album, recorded in 1969 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, was the first time the band had ever played together, and the record captures the feeling-out process as the group pioneered the soul-jazz genre. It crackles with life.
Is there a classic record that never fails to get your toe tapping? Let us know! Head on over to the MaxFun Forum and pick your own Outshot.
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The name suggests a place where our sims can go to play arcade games? Checking it out in Life Stories Sims 2, however shows it to be something altogether different and unexpected. Facing the Community Lot, there is a Clothing store on the left and a grocery store on the right with restrooms along the back center. I have tried to incorporate a place to play arcade games in my Sims 4 version. I did keep the clothing store on the left, with a coffee shop and arcade game on right - restrooms back center. This lot is listed as Retail and has not been purchased by a sim, so nothing is for sale yet in the clothing store. I forgot to do that. I will come back later and place a game ready version when I get a chance to do that.
Sims 2 game version of Arcadium Plaza:
Sims 4 (my version of) Arcadium Plaza:
This zip file is the non-played version that will need a sim to purchase it and set up the retail clothing store); I will add a game-ready version soon.
The stocked version:
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President Barack Obama on Monday said Iranian voters have a right to feel their ballots mattered and urged the investigation into vote-rigging allegations to go forward without additional violence.
Obama said reports of violence that followed Iranian elections trouble him and all Americans. He said peaceful dissent should never be subject to violence that followed weekend elections that gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term.
"It would be wrong for me to be silent on what we've seen on the television the last few days," Obama told reporters at the White House.
Obama said he had no way of knowing the results were valid — he said the United States had no election monitors in the country — but it was important that the voters' choices be respected.
Meanwhile, in a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed through the capital Monday, and the fist-waving protesters denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim to victory in a disputed election.
Standing on rooftops in Tehran, pro-government gunmen opened fire on a group of protesters who had tried to storm the militia's compound. One man was killed and several others were wounded in the worst violence since the disputed election Friday.
Angry men showed their bloody palms after cradling the dead and wounded who had been part of a crowd that stretched more than five miles supporting reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
The huge rally reinforced what has become increasingly clearer since the election: the opposition forces rallying behind Mousavi show no signs of backing down. Their resolve appears to have pushed Iran's Islamic establishment into attempts to cool the tensions after days of unrest.
Police and other security forces stood by quietly — some sitting on stoops with their batons and shields resting behind them as the marchers swallowed the streets in parts of Tehran. Estimates put the turnout at hundreds of thousands overflowing the square, where crowds of 200,000 have filled the plaza in the past.
Mousavi made his first public appearance since the polls closed, and he launched his claims that the vote was rigged to re-elect the hard-line president.
Brief clips of the march were shown on state television in an extremely rare nod to anti-government attacks.
"Respect the people's vote!" Mousavi cried through a hand-held loudspeaker in Azadi, or Freedom, Square — where Iran's leaders hold military and political gatherings.
It appeared that Iran's ruling clerics had opened the door for the demonstration — even giving it news coverage — in a possible bid to avoid more street clashes and seek some breathing room in the growing confrontation.
But a single moment could change all that. Gunfire erupted from a compound used by the Basij, a volunteer militia linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard. An Associated Press photographer saw at least one demonstrator killed and several others with what appeared to be serious injuries. The protesters had tried to storm and set fire to the compound on the edge of Azadi Square.
Some reports put the death toll higher, but they could not be confirmed.
The dead man, wearing a white shirt and khaki pants, lay sprawled on the sidewalk with blood from a head wound spilling onto the pavement. Nearby, protesters carried another gunshot victim, a makeshift tourniquet around his thigh, onto the back of a yellow taxi.
It was first known death in Tehran since postelection clashes erupted and could be a further rallying point in a culture that venerates martyrs and often marks their death with memorials. One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz in southern Iran. But there was no independent confirmation of the report.
The United States was "deeply troubled" by reports of violence and arrests in Iran, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said, but he added that the U.S. knows too little about the conduct of the election to say for sure whether there was fraud.
Britain and Germany joined the calls of alarm over the rising confrontations in Iran. In Paris, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador to discuss the allegations of vote-tampering and the violence.
Protests also spread across the country. Witnesses told the AP that pro-Mousavi demonstrators clashed with police in the historic city of Esfahan and the northeastern city of Mashhad, a conservative bastion with one of Iran's most holy Shiite shrines.
Police in Shiraz fired in the air to disperse several pro-Mousavi gatherings. Fars Province Police Gen. Ali Moayeri said officers had been "authorized to shoot. From now on we will respond harshly."
In the heavily Arab city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border, a crowd of about 2,000 people chanted: "We don't want a dictator!" Police attacked some with batons.
Mousavi said another rally was planned for Tuesday in north Tehran, the hub of his youth-driven campaign and now a nerve center for his opposition movement.
This is the type spreading unrest most feared by Iran's non-elected ruling clerics, who control all important decisions but are rarely drawn directly into political disputes. A long and bitter movement against Ahmadinejad could push the dissent past the presidency and target the theocracy itself.
It also has the potential to embolden some members of the ruling inner circle, such as the powerful former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, who strongly opposed Ahmadinejad during the campaign.
"That sets you up for a tremendous split," said Jon Alterman, head of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "It could be tremendously destabilizing because if the office of (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) is damaged, then the whole shape of leadership ... moves into flux."
There's widespread belief that Khamenei — the successor of the Islamic Revolution patriarch Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini — will do what it takes to keep the system intact.
He welcomed Ahmadinejad's victory on Saturday. By Monday, however, he directed one of Iran's most influential bodies, the Guardian Council, to examine claims of election fraud. The move had no guarantee it would satisfy those challenging Ahmadinejad's re-election or quell their anger after the weekend unrest.
The 12-member Guardian Council, made up of clerics and experts in Islamic law and closely allied to Khamenei, must certify ballot results and has the apparent authority to nullify an election. It would be an unprecedented step. Claims of voting irregularities went to the council after Ahmadinejad's upset victory in 2005, but there was no official word on the outcome of the inquiry, and the vote stood.
More likely, the intervention by Khamenei sought to lower the tensions and give some time for possible further talks with Mousavi, who was prime minister in the 1980s.
At the rally, Mousavi had strong words for those standing in his way for his demands to cancel elections, including the ruling clerics.
"I am ready to pay any price to carry the ideals of you, dear people," said Mousavi, who wore a gray striped shirt.
"We must regain our trampled rights and stop this lie and stand up to fraud and this astonishing charade," he said, looking out over the huge crowd and raising his arms in salute. "Otherwise, nothing will remain of people's trust in the government and the ruling system."
He also said he has little hope that the Guardian Council will annul the vote. The crowd roared back: "Long live Mousavi."
"This is not election. This is selection," read one English-language placard at the demonstration. Other marchers held signs proclaiming "We want our vote back!" and made a V-for-victory salute.
Although any rallies were outlawed earlier, security forces were not ordered to move against the protesters, many waving the green banners and ribbons — the symbolic color of Mousavi's movement.
Authorities have blocked pro-Mousavi Web sites and text messaging, but word of the rally was passed by e-mails, phone calls and word of mouth.
At nightfall, Ahmadinejad opponents again shouted their denunciations from Tehran's rooftops. Cries of "Death to the dictator!" and "Allahu akbar!" — "God is great!" — echoed across the capital for a second night.
It's a deeply symbolic tactic that Mousavi borrowed from the Islamic Revolution and the idea that people power can challenge any system. The rooftop cries were how Khomeini asked Iran to show its unity against the Western-backed shah 30 years earlier.
Tehran police and hard-line militia stormed the campus at the city's biggest university early Monday, ransacking dormitories and arresting dozens of students angry over what they say was mass election fraud.
Protesters also gathered outside Iranian diplomatic offices in London, Ankara and other cities. In Dubai, home to about 200,000 Iranians, 150 demonstrators stood outside the consulate in the withering Gulf summer heat and chanted: "Where is my vote?"


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