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As a criminal investigation, the case of ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner is virtually over.
The rogue cop believed to have killed four people – including two law enforcement officers and the daughter of a third officer – took his own life at the end of a massive manhunt that ended with a fiery shootout in a cabin in southern California's San Bernardino Mountains. There is no doubt about his responsibility for the string of killings nor any evidence that Mr. Dorner had accomplices who might have helped him evade capture for so many days.
But tough issues remain.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has ordered an official review of Dorner's charges that he was fired from the LAPD because of racism and corruption in the department. "I am aware of the ghosts of the LAPD's past," Chief Beck said in announcing the review – a reference to the Ramparts scandal, the Rodney King riots, and other dark episodes in the department's history.
Most civil rights advocates – including those who have butted heads with the LAPD in court over the years – acknowledge that the department has improved, particularly under Chief William Bratton and now Chief Beck.
"The LAPD is by no means a perfect police department. But it's a much, much better one than it was," writes political journalist and Los Angeles resident Marc Ambinder on the news and opinion website "This Week."
"Many, many, many bad police officers were forced out. Less than half of the LAPD is now white; the ranks of minority supervisors are growing," Mr. Ambinder writes. "It is hard to find a major community group in L.A. that does not concede that the basic, street-level interaction between police officers and citizens of all ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations has gotten much warmer, friendlier, and effective, even as they understandably point out exceptions."
Still, suspicions about the circumstances of Dorner's death – and the charges he outlined in his Facebook manifesto before he began his rampage – remain strong, especially among many in minority communities.
"Conspiracy theories surrounding the fugitive ex-policeman have only increased as people search for answers since he died on Tuesday," the Los Angeles Daily News reports. "So-called 'Dorner Truthers' established an online presence since Dorner's fiery death inside a Big Bear cabin where he engaged in a shoot-out with police. They questioned everything from the wallet officials said they found with Dorner's I.D., to whether Sheriff's deputies burned down the cabin on purpose, to the possibility that Dorner might still be alive."
Law enforcement officials deny such charges.
Based on a coroner's report, they said Friday that Dorner had shot and killed himself during the firefight, and they strongly deny that the cabin in which the fugitive had holed up was intentionally burned down.
"We stand confident in our actions on that fateful day," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said at a press conference Friday.
Still, Sheriff McMahon acknowledged that officers did fire incendiary tear-gas canisters known as "burners" – but only after Dorner had refused to surrender and kept shooting an arsenal of military-style weapons he'd been trained to use as a policeman and naval reserve officer.
Another issue yet to be settled is who – if anyone – receives the $1 million reward pledged by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa "for information that will lead to Mr. Dorner's capture."
So far, no one has claimed the reward, although one couple might be in a position to do so.
Jim and Karen Reynolds, in whose home Dorner is believed to have hidden for days, called in the tip that ultimately put police on the trail to Dorner's final location, ABC News reports. On Tuesday, the couple found Dorner at their home. He briefly held them captive, but they managed to escape and call in their tip.
But the biggest challenge for law enforcement agencies and Los Angeles area communities generally may be overcoming any lingering sense that Dorner – labeled by some as a sort of "Dark Knight" – is some kind of hero.
"Too many people online have portrayed Dorner's actions as righteous retribution," writes New York Times columnist Charles Blow (who is African American). "But nothing can change the fact that those actions are wrong. Fighting for justice is noble. Spilling innocent blood is the ultimate act of cowardice. Dorner is not the right emblem for those wronged by the system."
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Taylor Swift to Perform With Music Icon James Taylor at Tanglewood
Taylor Swift has been a fan of James Taylor's music ever since she was a little girl. And she should be — after all, Swift's parents had the soulful folk-rock singer in mind when they named their baby girl. The 22-year-old country superstar especially adores Taylor's hit 'Fire and Rain,' and lucky for her, the 'Mean' hitmaker will have the opportunity play a few tunes — and maybe even her favorite song — with James Taylor at the iconic Tanglewood venue in Massachusetts on July 2.
The two award-winning singers from different generations first met about five years ago at a benefit for the Candie's Foundation, a New York nonprofit that educates teenagers on how to prevent pregnancy. They obviously got along pretty well, because Swift invited Taylor to perform 'Fire and Rain' at Madison Square Garden in November of last year. There, James Taylor also sang a rendition of Swift's 'Fifteen' as the young star strummed along on her guitar.
The 70s rock icon no doubt gained thousands of young fans when he performed alongside Swift, but the 64-year-old singer was quick to admit to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he likes playing with Swift because they hit it off.
"She and I worked together, and we just hit it off," he said, paying her a high compliment. "I loved her songs, and her presence on stage was so great. She told me that her mom had me in mind when she named her Taylor. When she called and asked if I would join her at the end of the last tour to celebrate the end of a successful tour on her part, I jumped in."
It's been a bang-up year so far for Swift, who was officially named Woman of the Year at last month's Billboard Music Awards. But there's a good chance that playing Tanglewood with James Taylor could be the highlight of her 2012.
In addition to winning a few awards, Swift has also collaborated with Justin Bieber and rapper B.o.B., and has been hard at work on her own fourth studio album, which is expected later this year.

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'Screw Everyone,' by Ophira Eisenberg
Screw Everyone
Sleeping My Way to Monogamy
By Ophira Eisenberg
(Seal; 286 pages; $16 paperback)
As the title suggests, Ophira Eisenberg's charming memoir, "Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy," has a storybook ending. But the Canadian-born comedian, who hosts the NPR quiz show "Ask Me Another," only reluctantly stumbled across domestic bliss following a decade-plus of tumultuous, disappointing and hilarious romantic escapades. A streak of rebellion and independence runs through all Eisenberg's tales, making it very hard to begrudge her a happy ending.
A Calgary, Alberta, native, Eisenberg spent her 20s and early 30s making her way in stand-up and, every few years, hoisting a bag on her back and moving alone to a big new Canadian city (and eventually to New York, where she now lives).
Eisenberg finds herself in the minority of her female peers for prioritizing having a good time over finding "the one." She encounters her fair share of weirdos as she plays the field, but rarely gets hung up on any of them for long. They're great material, after all: One man is revealed to have a vast collection of Garfields overtaking his bedroom. Another man's idea of getting to know her is to get stoned and air-drum to a two-hour Devo concert video zoomed in to just the drummer.
Eisenberg has long proved her storytelling mettle on a variety of stages, notably at the New York reading series the Moth. "Screw Everyone" lives up to her reputation. Eisenberg is clearly not just a great comedian; she's a great writer, comfortable holding back the urge to joke in favor of evocative impressions of big-city life, of New York's seemingly intractable dating scene, and of her male-dominated profession. Little feels exaggerated in "Screw Everyone," which is rare for a comedic memoir, and it rises above the current crop not only as a well-written, original story, but as a celebration of female sexual freedom.
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Most big corporations turn to other companies to help them conduct searches for high-level executives. Because of the efforts of Zachary Simon, however, Eaton Corp. of Cleveland now conducts many of those searches itself, which has helped the company find better candidates faster and at a lower cost. Eaton has built a department that replicates the external search firm model. In 2007, the company committed resources to building an in-house executive search department that serves the entire corporation in all regions of the world. When Mr. Simon joined the diversified manufacturing company in 2007, he'd already helped KeyCorp build out its own in-house executive recruiting team. Prior to joining Key, Mr. Simon spent six years at executive search firm Christian & Timbers, which now is known as CTPartners. So far at Eaton, Mr. Simon's seven-member team has conducted executive searches in regions all over the world, covering most functions within Eaton. The team also has recruited 10 executives to Northeast Ohio. "(Mr. Simon) and his team have established a full-cycle recruiting model that identifies, attracts, assesses and acquires senior level talent and also provides a consultative assessment of candidates, the marketplace and at times, competitive intelligence," the nomination said. The team has helped the company save more than $3 million over the past four-plus years, based on Eaton's estimates, according to the nomination.
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I like spiritual people; I can appreciate folks who use whatever means necessary to find peace and bring serenity into their lives without hurting and/or imposing upon other people. It's the fake religious folks, those with that 'moral Christian soldier' agenda who make my arse itch.The field of candidates for the office of President of the United States has widened… well, OK, we lost one applicant running for the position: Tim *YAWN* Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota — we now have Rick Perry, governor of Texas, among the other political luminaries *cough!!* such as Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain *LOL!!* and Rick Santorum *Google 'Santorum' HAHAHA!!*
*Sigh* Yep…Perry is just what America needs, that is, if we're interested in placing another religious zealot from Texas in the White House. … [Read more]


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While the en papillote ("in parchment") method of cooking might sound a little too fancy for tailgating, Mark Graham, in his Dinner Tonight column for the Chicago Tribune, has suggested that it's really nothing more than food wrapped in parchment paper and cooked.
What may sound intimidating turns out to be a handy method for cooking at a tailgate or other outdoor party. The packets can be easily assembled at home and then grilled at the tailgate party. They travel well in a cooler of ice. Instead of parchment paper, which can be tricky for first-time users, his recipe uses foil for these salmon-and-veggie packets.
Place the packets over indirect heat on a closed hot grill until the salmon is cooked through and the veggies are crisp-tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. The foil packets make for a fun presentation, and cleanup is easy. Instead of salmon, feel free to substitute cod, trout, bass or monkfish fillets.
— The Baltimore Sun
Pesto salmon and veggies en papillote
Makes: 6 servings
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: about 20 minutes
6 salmon fillets, about 6 ounces each
1 teaspoon salt
freshly ground pepper
1 lemon, cut into 6 slices
3 carrots, very thinly sliced
1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
1 cup canned sliced black olives, drained
6 sprigs tarragon
2 tablespoons jarred pesto sauce
Cut six 12-inch squares of aluminum foil; set aside. Season salmon with salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
Place a lemon slice on the bottom center of each sheet of aluminum foil. Divide carrots, green onions and olives equally among the sheets. Top each with 1 piece salmon, 1 sprig tarragon and 1 teaspoon of pesto.
Fold foil over salmon; seal sides and bottom by crimping foil edges together. Place packets on preheated grill and cook over indirect heat until salmon is cook through and vegetables are crisp-tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer packets to serving plates; carefully cut open to serve.


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I have a singer 403 a that uses cams and I am wondering if this is a blind hem stitch or a blanket stitch. I am needing a blanket stitch for applique and if you look at the finer stitching it still leaves a < shape in the zag part. So thinking that I have the wrong cam. I also posted the stitch in wide length so that may help in your determination.
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Following up on my post about gender diversity at web conferences, Jeffrey Zeldman of An Event Apart commissioned a study by hiring "researchers at The New York Public Library to find out everything that is actually known about the percentage of women in our field, and their positions relative to their male colleagues". "There is no data on web design and web designers. Web design is twelve years old, employs hundreds of thousands (if not millions), and generates billions, so you'd think there would be some basic research data available on it, but there ain't." I found the same thing when poking around for a bit back in February. They do have stats for IT workers in general…men outnumber women by over 3-to-1 and that gap is growing.
Update: NY Times: "Yet even as [undergraduate women] approach or exceed enrollment parity in mathematics, biology and other fields, there is one area in which their presence relative to men is static or even shrinking: computer science." (thx, meg)


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It used to be that Mom harped "Sit up straight!" when you slouched. Now there's a smartphone app with a belt that gives you a buzz if your posture slips.
Other apps send reminders — by e-mail, text message or pop-up, on-screen alerts — to take medications, go for a run, get an oil change or clean out the refrigerator.
As technology aims to help us solve all sorts of mundane problems, smartphones have morphed into digital nags. Repeated "suggestions" from a spouse can grate on the nerves, but users say it's easier — and less abrasive — to let a device issue the orders.
"I've set up an alert for my husband for garbage day," said Sara Swenson, of Cannon Falls, who uses the app Cozi to help keep her family on track. "It's about trying to get away from the nagging and make it be more of an electronic reminder that it's garbage day every Tuesday."
Such digital reminders are catching on. Evernote, an organization app that claims more than 50 million users worldwide, added pop-up reminders in May, saying they were one of the most requested features.
Yet it's unclear whether digital nagging is any more effective than the face-to-face kind. While devices may help us remember the little things, and be less likely to prompt eye rolls, the electronic alerts themselves can become overwhelming.
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Greg Osterdyk gets five to 10 alerts on his smartphone each day, some from his calendar app, others from a task management app called Remember the Milk.
As mayor of Carver and a business owner, he's got a lot to remember.
"It's what enables me to handle more projects," he said. "I can't keep track of them in my head on my own."
He enters to-dos into the apps, and when the tasks are due, he gets an alert. "I had one today that was telling me there was an advertisement due to the newspaper," he said recently. "A couple others were calls I need to make, people I need to contact."
For such real-time reminders, a little digital nagging is probably helpful, said Dr. Sheila Jowsey, a psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic. She's a particular fan of alerts sent by some airline apps that note updated flight information and gate changes.
But it is unclear whether nudges from a smartphone alone can alter more important behaviors, such as establishing a fitness routine or quitting smoking, she said.
"If you are significantly ambivalent and not quite ready to make that change, after a few reminders you'll deactivate it," Jowsey said. "It has to be something where you've come to the point in your own mind where you say, 'Ok, I'm ready for this.' "
Then there's the annoyance factor.
Being constantly interrupted, even by reminders that you programmed, can derail productivity, said Audrey Thomas, owner of Organized Audrey.
"If I'm focusing on something else and my phone is going off, then I lose focus on what I was working on," she said.
She recommends using technology for communication and organization, but turning off the alerts, especially for incoming e-mails, which she likens to needy toddlers.
"Toddlers come up to you and pull on your pant leg and they never stop until you give them your full attention," she said. "Put the nagging toddler in the playpen."
No eye roll necessary
Fans of digital alerts say that ability to turn them off is a key difference from human nagging.
"The nice thing about these reminders is that we, as individuals, can control them," said Mark Henderson, division chair for information technology at Mayo, who has been involved in developing its mobile app for patients, which includes a reminder features for upcoming appointments.
Technology can also be more consistent in its instruction and less emotional than a human.
Everybody has dealt with (and dished out) unrequested reminders, especially with family members. Researchers have found that repeated nagging can cause stress among couples, and even contribute to divorce.
"The digital delivery of something just cuts through all those innuendos, hidden meanings that sometimes are included in the spoken word but not in the pop-up text message that you get," Henderson said.
People interested in getting fit are often drawn to apps because the digital nudges offer accountability without any shame or blame, said Shannon Fable, director of exercise programming for Anytime Fitness. The Hastings-based chain of fitness centers offers apps and online tools for tracking workouts, including a feature that lets you schedule specific workouts in advance, and then send an e-mail reminder that day.
Other fitness apps, like MapMyRun, will send an alert if it's been awhile since the last jog. There are even wearable fitness gadgets like FitBit Flex and Jawbone Up that will buzz to remind people to get up and move at set intervals.
"Where a device is better than a person, it can be anonymous," Fable said. "It's not judging me. It might nag me, but I can turn it off if I hate it."
Indeed, Monisha Perkash, CEO and co-founder of posture app LumoBack, said some people turn to the buzzing belt and related app because the verbal reminders in their lives are getting to be too much.
"There are a lot of customers we have who do want their mothers or wives to stop nagging them," Perkash said. "This is a more gentle way."


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After reports surfaced on Friday claiming that Pamela Anderson was allegedly over $1 million in debt with construction costs, the blonde bombshell is responding to reports about her financial woes.
"These reports are crazy and I cannot believe this has become a media issue," Pamela said in a statement released to Access Hollywood. "I am actually touched at how much concern has been expressed for me over this.
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"It is true that I am in a dispute with some of the contractors working on my home. This is because after paying millions of dollars to build the house I continue to get bills from the contractors. My lawyers are reviewing the work done to see if the bills are fair. If they are, they'll be paid," Pamela's statement continued. "If they aren't, they won't be. I am just sorry this contractor went to the press, especially when I was working out of the country. I did not speak publicly about this before because I had no desire to embarrass anyone who worked on my home and whose work and bills are now part of arbitration.
The actress also addressed reports that she is dealing with tax payment issues.
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"On a separate issue, mistakes may have been made in calculating taxes owed and we are now in the process of ensuring that any taxes owed are paid. Unfortunately there are tax liens," She said. "However, I'm financially secure and I want to thank everyone who expressed concern for me based on these rumors."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Pamela reportedly owes back state taxes to the tune of $252,360, county records obtained by Access showed.
Additionally, Jay Bruder, boss of Bruder Construction, filed a $674,043 lien against the star for "labor and materials and subcontractors to remodel main house, construct swimming pool [and] construct foundations for guest house," the lien claim reads.
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Boulevard Management also filed a lien for $87,696 for unpaid bills and interest, and for construction work. Powerfull Electric filed a lien for $83,732. And finally, Pacific Coast Ironworks filed a lien for $29,015.
When contacted by Access Hollywood on Monday, Bruder had no comment.
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Maybe this post should be subtitled "How I feel about Grand Sichuan after living in China and teaching Sichuan cooking for a living."
While I had never in love with the Grand Sichuan chainlet around New York, it had always been a dependable source of cheap, tasty, and spicy food. It was also a source of fond memories. A year after college, having finally escaped the suburbs of Boston, my earlytwentysomething self had spent the first summer in the city exploring every single recommendation from a battered copy of Time Out's Cheap Eats issue. At the time, it was my bible. Grand Sichuan seemed to be the go-to Chinese restaurant outside Chinatown, so I dutifully tried all the locations, from St. Marks to Hells Kitchen to Murray Hill. That summer, like all others in New York, was unbearable. Eating sweat-inducing dishes like Chongqing chicken and mapo tofu in an air-conditioned environment was, really, the only way to eat spicy dishes in 95-degree humidity.
Yet, as somewhat of a stickler for authenticity, I was always irked by Grand Sichuan's highlighting Shanghainese xiao long bao on the menus. The long list of Cantonese dishes, "Diet" dishes, and Americanized stuff like Orange Flavored Chicken didn't help, either. While each trip ended with me and my companion(s) stuffing our faces and delightfully bringing home leftovers, something still felt amiss.
Earlier this week my friend Elizabeth and I went on my first post-China outing to a Grand Sichuan, this time to the Chelsea branch. I was no longer a wide-eyed neophyte. How would the food compare to the food at all the great Sichuanese places I ate at during my two years abroad? My standards, surely, would be a little higher, after having taught countless Sichuan cooking classes in Beijing.
Well, the wontons got the meal off to a disappointing start. I had gotten used to silky, almost glossy nuggets of flavorful pork swimming in a numbingly spicy chili sauce. What we got were sad imitations. The minced pork inside was bland and tough, and the skin was almost leathery. The eggplant in garlic sauce was not much better, with overcooked eggplant pieces drowning in oil that was actually not even garlicky. My face was starting to droop until the tea-smoked duck came.
The duck! Oh, this was a good choice. The duck was actually better than I remembered, with very juicy skin that was crispy in all the right places. There was less of a soy taste than usual, but still flavorful enough to not warrant the hoisin sauce on the side. It was almost like eating very good Peking duck, without all the fanfare.
The dry-fried green beans were also a pleasant surprise after the wontons and eggplant, as satisfying as any version you'd find in Chengdu. Granted, this is not an elaborate preparation like tea-smoked duck, but you would be surprised how many places mess up this quintessential homestyle Sichuan dish. The key to great dry-fried green beans is controlling the temperature and speed at which you're frying them, and luckily these were crisp without being too burnt, and well-cooked without being too mushy or oily.
By the end of the meal I had almost forgotten about the sorry excuses for wontons. Grand Sichuan may not deserve all its accolades, but it gets points for being cheap and churning out reliable versions of "the classics". Now I'm curious about the "Mao's Home Cooking" side of their menu, which looks to be all-Hunan.
Grand Sichuan International
229 9th Ave. (at 24th St.)
New York, NY
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The Beacon, July 2012 Excellent! Not to oakey, perfect summer evening wine!
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by Rob Cox January 31, 2013
Did you know that the hole in the Ozone layer has been shrinking? Yes! At the end of the last century, scientists feared the worst as they watched a steady and ever increasing depletion of our planet's atmosphere.
Since 2000, the Ozone layer has been slowly filling back in. There is still a sizable hole in the Ozone layer, but it's getting smaller every year. The ozone layer above Antarctica likely will not return to its early 1980s state until about 2060, according to NASA scientist Paul Newman.
The ozone layer, which helps protect the Earth from potentially dangerous ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer and cataracts, began developing holes on an annual basis in the 1980s.
The reason that the ozone layer has been shrinking shocked me. Would you believe chlorine? A product that has been such an integral part of my life, really. It was heartbreaking to learn. "The ozone hole mainly is caused by chlorine from human-produced chemicals, and these chlorine levels are still sizable in the Antarctic stratosphere." said NASA scientiest Paul Newman.
The reactive chlorine atom reacts with ozone in the stratosphere to produce oxygen gas molecules and chlorine oxide (ClO).
Cl(g) + O3(g) --> O2(g) + ClO(g)
This is the reaction that destroys the ozone layer. If things stopped here, the problems would actually be minimal. The chlorine oxide (ClO) can then react with another oxygen atom in the stratosphere to produce an oxygen molecule and a chlorine atom; which is available to start the whole ozone-destroying process all over again.
Chlorine use in swimming pools is on the decrease, and has been since the rapid rise in ozone use in swimming pools. I wondered, "Could this be the missing link, and why has no one else thought of this before?!?"
My theory, which I am now announcing to the world, is that the increased use of ozonators on swimming pools and spas during the last 20 years, has directly contributed to the ozone layer's amazing recovery.
Think about it - pool and spa ozonators, all over the world, pumping in the tiny ozone molecule into the water, where it quickly rises to the surface and gasses off. Then, it slowly rises, up and up, until it rejoins it's other ozone brothers in the heavens.
We have more work to do to help fill in the ozone layer. Each pool ozonator that is sold is one more square mile of ozone hole that is filled (based on my calculations). More ozonators need to be installed in 2013!
It got me thinking about how we could get the idea out to the world, so I contacted Jennifer Jones, with Acme Industries, the market leader in ozone systems for pools and spas.
I asked Jennifer, of Acme - what she thought about my ideas, and she said that she hadn't heard about ozonators fixing the ozone layer. So, I told her all about it, and we began to strategize on how to bring the message to the masses.
"Well, you could offer a deal with an ozonator and a salt generator" she offered. "Or how about coloring the ozone molecules, so you could see them as they float up?" I asked, thinking it was a great idea until she mentioned that we may end up being responsible for a large, soft pink halo over the earth, sort of a permanent, northern sunset.
"You could offer a free ozonator with every pool you guys sell" she said. I told her that we don't sell pools, but for a pool builder, yeah, that was a great idea.
"What about giving each purchaser of an Acme ozonator, some "Ozone Credits" I said, "Like a stock certificate to every pool and spa owner who uses ozone". She said her bosses would get nervous thinking about people laying claim to their "square mile" of ozone layer real estate some time in the future.
I don't think Jennifer really got my point, but her first idea stuck with me. I suppose it's a small sacrifice for us to help get more ozonators into the hands of pool and spa owners. So, starting today, Buy any Acme Ozonator and any of our Salt Generators together, and save $49.
Help put the ozone layer back together by installing an ozone system on your pool! You'll reduce your chlorine usage by about half, and your leftovers can stitch back together the fabric of our atmosphere, molecule by molecule! ;-)


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Oh, to have enough time in the day to spend on this Mintpass puzzle calendar, which takes inspiration from those sliding-puzzle games we had as kids...only this time, with the day's date. Yes, really.
With 41 puzzle-bits (and one space for allowing them to slide about), the idea behind this calendar is pretty simple—until you have to change the dates around for the next month. At least they've thought to include a "help" break on the bezel, which lets you pull out all the pieces and arrange them properly...rather than spending hours trying to slide them into place. [Mintpass via WalYou]


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India´s Radio Mirchi recently inaugurated their new studios in Pune, India by signing on with an Axia Audio AoIP network and iQ mixing consoles.
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GENEVA – We all love the Geneva show. It's on relatively neutral ground. The first press day is so packed with product and concepts that we need the second day just to catch up and see everything. Despite all that, our design editor, Robert Cumberford, didn't find much of interest.
"This is one of the least imaginative Geneva shows I've been to," Cumberford insists. "There simply isn't anything new and exciting in production cars, for me."
Indeed, some of the most innovative designs came from French automakers that don't sell cars in the United States. Meanwhile, such past groundbreaking designs as the Audi TT and the MINI Cooper prove that at Geneva, it's all downhill after the first big splash. So without further ado, here are Automobile Magazine's hits, misses, and revelations from the 2014 Geneva auto show:
HIT: Maserati Alfieri
Star of the show.
I have to say it's the Maserati. It's nice. Real nice. –Robert Cumberford
First, it was nice to be at least a bit surprised about a design that hadn't leaked out. Second, the Alfieri is supposed to be an indication of Maserati's new design direction, and anything that cribs from the Pininfarina-designed 1954 Maserati A6 GCS is going in the right direction. Design chief Lorenzo Ramaciotti said he was "overcome by emotion" when the silk came off the sensuous coupe Tuesday. In a bit of press conference bombast, Maserati said it "intended to break the shackles" of conventional sports car design. Hyperbole, for sure, but at least someone's talking about design breakthroughs for a segment other than luxury crossovers. CEO Harald Wester hinted the car would get both V-6 and V-8 power from the Ghibli and would come in under the Gran Turismo, with a base price in the $110,000 range. That means an average transaction price of $150,000. As long as Wall Street continues to binge on corporate profits, Maserati will have no trouble selling out the car. – Todd Lassa
HIT: Skoda VisionC Concept
The Czech VW CC?
I like the proportions and the lines. They're clean. Not complicated. – RC
MISS: Jeep Renegade
"Looks like a Korean Jeep."
It's way too complicated to be a straightforward, go-anywhere Jeep. It's got a fancy DLO on the side. It's got stuff everywhere. The backend is a mess, and the frontend has some coded vertical slots that say "Jeep" but headlights that don't. – RC
HIT: Jeep Renegade
What a modern Jeep is.
I think it looks kinda cool. – David Zenlea
Perhaps I'm jaded by the Jeep Compass and Patriot, which I drove at a press event when they first came out some years ago, but this first B-segment Jeep seems fairly coherent, with good interior quality and styling. And perhaps it's because of Land Rover's direction with such models as the Range Rover Evoque, but unibody, transverse-engine cute-utes don't bother me anymore. I don't think it's a home run, but it's as true to its brand as any new, small thing I've seen lately. Let's hope it's a real off-roader, even if no one uses it that way. – TL
REVELATION: Volvo Estate concept
What happened to the company's safety dance?
The Volvo Coupe concept that made such a splash at the Frankfurt auto show last September makes a handsome two-door wagon with 2+2 seating, orange seatbelts and wool carpeting, and black-on-white patterned seatbacks. It even has a Swedish game called "kubb" under the rear load floor, which is a transparent material with the game's instructions embossed on it. On the other hand, Volvo says it's proud that it eliminated most of the knobs and dial controls on the dashboard in favor of a large touchscreen tablet. Interior designer Robin Page says that "not having to deal with buttons and other controls for a growing number of functions is like being freed from a pair of handcuffs." Easy for a designer to say, but try operating such controls on your morning commute without looking away from the windshield for seconds at a time. What happened to Volvo's safety reputation? – TL
HIT: Mazda Hazumi
The next 2.
This concept, yet another handsome execution of the Kodo design language, becomes the Mazda2 as soon as it grows real door handles and mirrors. Like the Mazda 3 and Mazda 6, it looks more like a rear-wheel-drive European car than a front-wheel-drive Japanese car. That'll be a huge advantage for the new 2 in Europe, where the Bsegment is more significant than any other. For the U.S. market, the most significant change in the 2 will be its point of assembly. The car will be built at Mazda's new factory in Mexico, which has recently started churning out North American Mazda 3s. That should insulate the brand from sharp currency changes. – DZ
HIT: Lamborghini Huracan
Best-looking Lamborghini since the Miura.
It's much more subtle. And much more intelligent. – R.C. to Filippo Perini on the show stand, where the Lamborghini design chief gave our design editor a detailed walk-around of the car. Last year, Cumberford skewered Perini's Veneno show car.
It sits three deep along with one slightly ridiculous Aventador, attempting to atone for decades of teenage male poster art. – TL
MISS: BMW 2-series Active Tourer
The un-BMW.
Unlike many of my colleagues, I'm not prejudiced against front-wheel-drive cars, even from sporty brands. I recognize that BMW needs the profits and sales volumes that only front-wheel-drive cars can earn so that it can subsidize ambitious investments like Project i and playthings like the M3. That said, I am having a lot of trouble warming up to this front-wheel-drive car. The cab-forward proportions and tall roofline scream "dumpy utility vehicle." Perhaps BMW designers should spend some time studying the Mazda Hazumi concept, which looks more like a BMW than this vehicle. The name adds insult to injury, muddying the already confusing split between the brand's odd-numbered sedans and even numbered coupes/four-door coupes. — DZ
It's an okay people mover. It doesn't say BMW to me. It doesn't have any compelling reason for anyone to buy it. Except for the badge, perhaps, and some people will do it based on that. I wouldn't. – RC
HIT: Renault Twingo
Better than Twingo II, not quite Twingo I.
It's out of the ordinary with its architecture: rear-engine/rear-wheel drive is brave and, I think, good. The problem is the first Twingo, back in the early '90s, was expressive and cute. Then a bunch of dimbulbs at Renault said, "No, no, we need something consensual." And they did Twingo II, which was so consensual that nobody bought it, relatively speaking. They sold about half as many. Now they've got a four-door hatchback Twingo, which is good. The rearrangement of the elements is good, but it doesn't capture the cuteness of the first one. It's just another city car, and"just another" is not a real compelling sales argument for anything. – RC
It's one of my favorites here, though probably for its engine configuration more than for its design. The Twingo is on the next Smart platform with a 1.0L or a turbo 0.9L three-cylinder under the rear load floor, and presumably neither produces enough power to turn the engine into a boat-anchor in turns. Unlike the current smart fortwo, the Twingo is available with a stickshift, and it's got both personality and some useful storage space. I wish we were getting the car in the U.S., perhaps as a Nissan. – TL
HIT: Peugeot 108
Best of three.
This car shares its platform and mechanicals with the Citroën C1 and the Toyota Aygo. This is the secondgeneration, and all three cars premiered here together. The Toyota was the best lookingof the three last time around, and this time, the Peugeot is the best looking. It's very inexpensive — 8000 euros (about $11,000) for the base model — and with a new Peugeot 85-hp three-cylinder engine, they go really well. The fact that the 308 got International Automobile of the Year is another sop to this dying company. — RC
MISS: Audi TT
Good-looking design, just as it has always been.
In the old days of Detroit — the '50s through the '70s – the TT Mark II and now the TT Mark III might have been called facelifts. It's the danger of developing such a fresh, unique, and handsome car as the first-generation TT that the design quickly goes from cutting edge to status quo. I wish Audi had taken some chances here. — TL
REVELATION: Audi TT vs. Renault Twingo
There's a lesson in here somewhere.
Audi could have taken the chances that Renault did with the Twingo. We've just seen the third generations of both cars. If Audi had done what Renault did, would the TT Mark II be a failure? Would the new one be more interesting? – TL
HIT: Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge
Idea in search of a transmission.
Infiniti got a lot of attention by stuffing the GT-R's 3.8-liter twin-turbo V-6 between the front fenders of the Q50. Now comes the inevitable question: will it reach production? Infiniti CEO Johan de Nysschen indicates that the will is certainly there.
"Look, if we were run as a dictatorship, we'd be building it now," he says. It's finding a way that could be very difficult. The biggest challenge may be finding a transmission that can handle 443 lb-ft of torque (the GT-R's rear-mounted transaxle would be a tough fit in the Q50). De Nysschen adds that he doesn't want to "run out…and buy an expensive transmission," such as the seven-speed automatic that partner Mercedes-Benz employs in the V-12-powered S65 AMG. Then the engine would need to be extensively retuned to work with a different transmission. "That's why it has not been done before–it's not easy."
Still, there's a compelling case for Infiniti, which has struggled for two decades to establish itself as a first-class luxury brand, to go ahead with the ambitious project. — DZ
HIT: BMW 4-series Gran Coupe
A pretty good mixture.
It tries to combine the sleek lines of a 6-series Gran Coupe with the versatility of the 5-series GT. — TL
REVELATION: Turn Seat Leon Cupra into VW Golf
A humble suggestion.
Seat is Volkswagen's struggling regional brand in Spain, having long been rumored for euthanasia. In Geneva, Seat showed a new Leon Cupra, based on the VW Golf's platform, that showed clean, flowing lines. Why not end Seat and make that a Golf, instead? — TL
There's a Volkswagen stand with 10,000 Golfs on it, of every color, but it's all the same. But they will never do that. They think there's some magic in the Golf shape — and that that shape will save them from depradations by the Japanese or the Koreans. — RC
MISS: Porsche 919
It had better be quick at Le Mans.
To me, it's the ugliest racecar in 25 years. It's like they studied the ugliness. That offends me, in the sense that all previous Porsche sports racing cars were really good looking: the 962, the 956, the Spyders. This thing, I don't care how many engineers worked on it, they could have done something for the windowline. –RC
HIT: Citroën C4 Cactus
La voiture quotidienne innovates.
The production version of this compact wagon, which appeared at Frankfurt as a concept, features Air Bump door panels, which means the doors have a rubberized centerpiece that absorbs minor impacts. The front passenger's airbag drops down from the headliner, leaving space for a huge, top-hinged glovebox. And there's a variety of colors and fairly rich interior materials, including matching or contrasting paint jobs for the Air Bumps. – TL
MISS: Rinspeed Autonomous Car
Needs a treadmill.
Using what apparently is a Tesla Model S body, Rinspeed teamed with several suppliers to show off an autonomous car. Its "driver" was a young, thin model lounging in the front passenger seat, which was facing rearward. (The seat has twenty different configurations.) The model won't be this thin for long if this is the way she plans to drive around. –TL
REVELATION: The Scent of Bentley Leather
This is some kind of marketing trick.
You could smell the scent of leather emanating from the Bentley GT Speed on the stand from three or four carlengths away. It smells like well-bathed, Swedish-massaged money. – TL
HIT: Obscenely expensive tchotchkes
Wear your brand swimming.
What separates the Geneva auto show from most others is the presence of real, live rich people. Every brand makes sure to offer this clientele something absurdly expensive to take home, even if they decide not to put down a deposit on a Gumpert Explosion. Can I interest you in a 10,000-euro scale model of a Bugatti Atlantic? Or, perhaps Porsche swim trunks for 131 Swiss francs ($148)? — DZ
REVELATION: Luxury is excess.
About time for a definition.
Silly as all these extravagances seem to us regular folks, they provide important insight into what real luxury is. No one needs a luxury car, certainly not when your average Kia or Volkswagen comes loaded with premium features. The key to getting people to spend more on a car is not some special paint color or a branded infotainment system but rather, the sense that the car is a pure reward. – DZ


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By Toby M. Cadman
June 26, 2011
On June 21, 2011, I attended a conference hosted by the International Council of Jurists upon theinvitation of its President, Dr. Aggarwala. The conference was on the rule of law and judicial reform. I was asked to present a paper. I offered to speak about the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh and international standards as this subject inevitably concerns matters of judicial reform and human rights. I provided the organizers of the conference with full notice of the topic that I intended to address. In the alternative, I offered to speak about three further topics involving defence rights and international criminal justice. No issue was taken at this stage by the President of the International Council of Jurists of the chosen topic and I was appointed to the Terrorism and Human Rights panel discussion.
The conference was attended by the newly appointed Bangladesh Chief Justice, Muzammel Hossain, and another Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik. I introduced myself to the Honourable Chief Justice in the morning and informed him that I would be speaking about the International Crimes Tribunal.
I started my brief address by congratulating the Honourable Chief Justice on his recent appointment and I applauded him for his presentation earlier in the day. I stated that it was encouraging to hear his strong words on ensuring the judiciary in Bangladesh remained truly independent. Shortly after commencing my presentation the Honourable Chief Justice left the conference room. As far as I recall neither the Honourable Chief Justice nor Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik were present during my address.
I spoke for no more than 10 minutes and covered the First Constitutional Amendment, the need for proper definitions of the crimes, the exportation of fundamental rights in the Constitution and the exclusion of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Criminal Evidence Act. I then spoke about the criticisms aimed by various international organizations. The point I made was that the discussions during the conference focused on human rights protection and the rule of law. There were also discussions that focused on bringing an end to impunity. I echoed these concerns and stated that none of the rights raised by the other speakers were being provided to accused in proceedings before the International Crimes Tribunal. I listed some of the rights that had been systematically removed by the Act and the Constitution. I concluded by stating that it was crucial to ensure the independence of the judiciary was maintained.
At the end of my speech, a member of the audience, whom I now know to be Mr. Anis Rahman OBE, a Bangladeshi barrister based in London, made the point that I should not be making such statements in circumstances where the Government was not in a position to respond and clearly the Chief Justice could not respond. At this point I must state that I never intended to put anything to which the Honourable Chief Justice would be required to respond. Mr. Rahman stated that a number of accusations had been made against the Tribunal. He called for a point of order that my remarks be stricken or expunged from the record. The chair of the session, Justice Hassan B. Jallow, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Chief Prosecutor, after some conferring with the other members of the panel refused to make such a point of order and stated that there was nothing inappropriate with what I presented.
At the end of the panel session, the audience were invited to ask questions. However, Mr. Rahman rather than ask a question directed abuse at me personally and professionally. This was followed by Ms. Sonia Zaman Khan, a British-Bangladeshi solicitor, directing a number of remarks rather than questions. I was told that I should be ashamed of myself as these people "committed genocide, rape, murder, torture" and the small group of about 10-12 Bangladeshi members of the audience started to chant repeatedly "shame, shame, shame" and bang the table repeatedly. This was all conducted in a very aggressive and provocative manner. I asked to be able to respond and reluctantly, the Chair of the Panel, Justice Jallow, permitted me to respond. I stated in reply that I had not attacked the Tribunal nor had I attacked any individual judge; I had criticized the procedures. Further, I had not opposed the establishment of the Tribunal but I had criticized the manner in which proceedings were being conducted. I further criticized the fact that despite widespread criticisms being made, including the recommendations by the US Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp, to date no changes had been made to the Act, the Constitution or the Rules of Procedure. I used this opportunity to call the Government to bring the procedures in line with international standards. The small group of antagonists, and I must say this represented a very small segment of the audience, refused to listen to anything further and dismissed my answers out of hand. They continued to direct unsolicited abuse. Of particular note, Ms. Sonia Zaman Khan defended the legislation by stating that the international community, in particular the Canadian Government had heralded the legislative framework.
At the end of the session, a number of individuals approached me to commend me on my presentation and expressed their dismay as to how I was treated. I replied that this is a very emotive subject and therefore emotional statements are to be expected. I expressed some surprise; however, that at a gathering of distinguished jurists, there would be a complete disregard for a judicial process that met recognized fair trial standards. I was also taken aback by the suppression of any form of criticism of what is ostensibly a democratic nation.
I left the conference shortly after my address. The following day I learned of a number of statements that had been made by members of the Bangladeshi community in the audience. In particular it was stated that Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik explained in detail the procedures of the International Crimes Tribunal and made it clear that all steps had been taken towards ensuring a trial process based on internationally accepted standards. It was also stated that I had made "grave insinuations against the legal process in Bangladesh but had also chosen the wrong forum to express views on the war crimes trial in the country."
In response to these statements the following remarks are made. First, I made it quite clear in my presentation that no offence was intended towards any member of the Bangladesh judiciary. Absolutely no accusations were addressed towards any judge or judicial institution of Bangladesh. I openly criticized the Act, the Rules of Procedures and the First Constitutional Amendment. I echoed the concerns of a number of international organizations, including Human Rights Watch, the International Center for Transitional Justice, Amnesty International, and importantly, the International Bar Association. In relation to Ms. Khan's statements that the Act is heralded by the international community this is quite simply misleading and not supported by any credible facts.
Second, I am not in a position to respond to Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik's comments due to the fact that none of these comments were made in my presence. However, I will state once again that, in my opinion, which is shared by the vast majority of international observers of the legislative framework at the Tribunal, that the laws and procedures fall woefully short of what is understood to be recognized international standards.
Third, as to the suggestion that my remarks were "expunged" I am not in a position to comment on what may or may not have occurred after I left the conference. What I am able to state with absolute certainty is that when the request was made in my presence, the Chair of the Panel, Justice Jallow, refused to dismiss my remarks. He made it quite clear that my remarks were not inappropriate nor were they directed to cause offence. I have also been subsequently informed that Sir Gavin Lightman, formerly Mr. Justice Lightman of the High Court of England and Wales, in summarizing the conclusions of the conference, adopted the same position.
The article that appeared in The Daily Star on June 22, 2011 entitled "Judiciary Ensures Rule of Law in Bangladesh" is quite misleading and does not represent what actually transpired. For example, it conveniently fails to mention that one of the dignitaries attending the conference, Sir Lightman, made the point that there was no malice intended in my address. It also fails to address the point above that Justice Jallow refused to expunge my remarks when requested to do so by Mr. Rahman.
Following the publication of the article in The Daily Star I sought to ascertain whether my remarks had in fact been expunged after my departure. Regrettably, I was informed that the President of the International Council of Jurists, Dr. Adish Aggarwala, had expunged my remarks from the proceedings. I immediately made contact with the International Council of Jurists and was informed by Dr. Aggarwala that if I submitted my paper the International Council of Jurists would take a final decision as to whether mycontroversial statement was relevant. By his own admission, the President of the International Council of Jurists confirmed that he was not present during my speech.
What I now find particularly worrying is that my remarks were expunged by the President of theInternational Council of Jurists even though he had not heard them. He had concluded that my remarks were controversial again without hearing them. It is clear that my remarks were expunged at the request of those persons who had sought to suppress my criticisms of the legislative framework of the International Crimes Tribunal.
It is also of concern that the conference was organized with the "academic support" of the General Council of the Bar of England and Wales and the reputation of this organization may lend support to a process which now appears to be quite flawed.
It is of course the cornerstone of any democratic process that there is free debate on the issues and that the administration must be called to account for any process it seeks to implement. The rule of law and free speech is what distinguishes a democratic nation. Expunging remarks due to the fact that they are considered to be controversial or against the interest of the State does not represent a democratic process.
My concluding remarks are as follows. I do not oppose the establishment of the International Crimes Tribunal as the State is under an obligation to bring an end to impunity. I have no desire to criticize the Government of Bangladesh nor do I have any desire to criticize the Tribunal or the Judges. I do consider, however, as I stated in my remarks on June 21, 2011, that the legislative framework of the International Crimes Tribunal requires urgent reform. I do not consider it sufficient to amend the Rules of Procedure, as has been suggested. In my view the First Constitutional Amendment that removes the protection of fundamental rights must be amended. The Act and the Rules of Procedure must also be brought in line with Bangladesh's responsibilities under international law. Finally, the legislative framework must be brought in line with Bangladesh's responsibilities as a State Party to the Rome Statute. It is difficult to see where the controversy lies.
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As a boy of 10 living outside Havana, jazz artist Arturo Sandoval picked up a trumpet because it "has a strong personality," he recalled. "A trumpet can whisper very soft, very tender — and it can create a huge noise." Now 64 and world-renowned, with 10 Grammys, an Emmy and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Sandoval has yet to tire of his instrument.
"I always want to play music," he said.
His recording have spanned the generations — from Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis and Barbara Streisand to Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys. Looking back, it was trumpeter and bandleader Dizzy Gillespie who changed Sandoval's life. Sandoval was 26 when he met Gillespie in Cuba and became his protege. He defected from Cuba in 1990 while touring with Gillespie and eventually became an American citizen.
At home in Los Angeles recently, he took a break from his daily practicing to talk with The Post.
Let's talk about your music and how it has changed as you've aged.
Just as you have more experience in life, you accumulate feelings and things. You have more ideas and more feelings in your brain to talk, to express.
Do you have the same stamina and energy for your music?
No. I've got a lot more! I put a lot more emphasis on what I am doing. This is my life and my passion. This is my way to communicate, my way to share my feelings with people. To be in front of an audience is a gift from God.
I am 64. I've got a lot of energy. I've got wonderful health. I never get tired.
I'm still teaching every single day I am home. I practice every day. I write music. I am very busy every single day. I am grateful that I have that passion for music. I always want to play music, always want to learn something new. You can learn at any moment in your life, from anybody. You never know from whom you are going to learn something every single day.
Tell me about starting to play the trumpet.
When I was a little boy, I got a strong feeling that I wanted to be a musician. But nobody in my family was related to music at all. They laughed in my face: "Are you crazy? What are you talking about?" But I got that first trumpet at 10 years old and started to play somehow. I was self-taught.
Tell me about your day as a musician.
I get up at 7. I've got two granddaughters. The older one is living with me and my wonderful wife. I've been married for 40 years. I am very lucky. She is my right hand, my best friend. A wonderful woman. I drive my granddaughter to school. Then I come back and play some piano. That is my daily routine. I try to compose something; I try to put together some bars of music. That is my first encounter with the day. Then I have some breakfast. And then I start practice.
How long will you practice?
As long as I can. Sometimes I have to write music. Sometimes I'm in the studio making a recording. I also produce some albums for different people. I've always got something to do in the studio. I try to start to do that after lunch and save the morning for practice. I got a little studio at home. It's not very sophisticated, but it's good enough to do my own productions. I have an engineer who works full time. He comes every day and we work on something different every day.
Do you hear music in your head all day? Has that changed as you've aged?
I've got music around my brain 24/7, oh yeah. I've always got something going on. Even going to the movie theater, I've got a problem because I start humming on top of the soundtrack. People "shhh" to me. [Starts to hum.]
I'm always humming something.
Has your physical ability for playing the trumpet changed as you've aged?
I've got better control now because it is normal with age your fingers get a little slower and your reaction and everything. I try my best to fight against that. I practice. I've got my hand device to keep my fingers moving and nimble, to keep them as fast as possible.
I do it all the time. When I'm in a plane for eight hours, I practice with that thing. That helped me a lot to avoid that kind of natural slowing down.
Did a doctor give this to you?
No. It is something I invented. It is like a set of valves, of a trumpet. It is a device. We call that a SandoValves. (To see a video, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUeJC0Pj2qI.)
How did you feel getting the Medal of Freedom last November?
I feel extremely honored and grateful. It was visit to White House number eight. (His ninth visit occurred shortly after that, when he played at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree.)
It is always a big deal.
I want to tell you something. I love this country. I want you to put that in bold and big letters: I love the United States of America!


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Would you rather be loved or respected? The Mo's group of seafood restaurants and markets gets a lot of the former and not much of the latter. When Anthony Bourdain chose Mo's to represent Baltimore dining on a 2009 "No Reservations" episode, Baltimore foodies were annoyed. Why Mo's, of all places?
Mo's might not be where you'd send someone to form a lasting impression of Maryland seafood. But two locations near the Inner Harbor have outlived a number of highfalutin seafood restaurants that weren't as smart about catering to tourist tastes. Mo's has a hometown following, too. Not many tourists make it out to the long-established Mo's in Glen Burnie and Dundalk.
Mo's restaurants have never been critics' darlings, but for more than 20 years, they've been sure and steady crowd-pleasers. With its enormous menu, Mo's is a haven for the picky eater, even if the sheer volume of menu choices almost guarantees that food won't be prepared with finesse. Mo's real knack is for delivering impressive portions of fare like mammoth lump crab cakes, fried seafood platters and seafood fettuccine Alfredo.
Now, a new Mo's — it's called Mo's Seafood — has opened in Towson. This is where the well-remembered Hersh's Orchard Inn had its long run, and a few follow-up restaurants had their brief ones. The new Mo's carries on the culinary traditions of the locally owned chain, named for its founding chef and owner Mohammed Manocheh.
Mo's Seafood might not win over anyone who harbors doubts about the chain. Some food suffers from bland spicing — which shouldn't really be surprising — but some of it is just prepared badly. Our sympathetic waitress seemed genuinely surprised when we told her our steak was properly cooked to temperature.
The new Mo's could turn out to be popular destination anyway. The Mo's group has clearly invested a lot of money and time in making this a welcoming place for families and friends. It's much more than a seafood restaurant. If Mo's Seafood feels like an upscale sports bar, it's because there are dozens of TVs hung in both the dining room and its adjacent bar. But with its shiny wood floors and handsome bistro furniture, the redone interior feels polished enough to justify the higher-priced menu items.
The real attraction at the new Mo's is the outdoor tiki bar. It's fun, sort of a Margaritaville on the Beltway. Friends were gathered at the bar or dining at picnic tables. Some folks had ordered steamed crabs, while others, like us, were sticking with the regular menu, for better or worse.
A clams casino appetizer looked good, but Mo's version uses melted provolone instead of Parmesan. I can't think why, except that provolone does a better job at obliterating the clams' flavor. It's as though Mo's wants to please seafood lovers who don't really like the taste or texture of seafood.
The crab dip showed up nicely browned and full of the lumps that people like to see, but it didn't have good Chesapeake crab taste. A half-pound of steamed shrimp was brought out piping hot, but the shrimp had been overcooked. So were the mussels in an appetizer of mussels in garlic sauce. The sauce, the color of pistachio ice cream, was gluey with excess flour. Our waitress guessed that's why we didn't finish it. "Too thick, right?" she said.
Even fried food, the kind of thing Mo's should have nailed, isn't reliable. The coating was too thick on onion rings, oysters (part of an oyster trio entree) and shrimp (on a steak-and-seafood entree), and they were all over-fried.
Most of the food is simply innocuous or bland, like an entree of Cajun shrimp — overcooked again — that yielded no heat. A dry mahi-mahi tasted like it hadn't been seasoned at all before it hit the grill. Neither had a tough New York strip.
I did like the other two parts of the oyster trio, an Oysters Rockefeller with firmly baked oysters, silky spinach and a summery bearnaise sauce, and what Mo's calls Oysters Christopher, a Rockefeller variation with lump crab meat and shrimp.
Dessert, we were told, is brought in from various outside vendors. It's the usual run of carrot cake, German chocolate cake and a brownie sundae.
In spite of its uninspiring cuisine, there's still reason to hope Mo's thrives in its new location. I recommend approaching it as a sports bar, though, where you can hang out with friends and family and get some crabs and pub food.
Mo's Seafood
Where: 1528 E. Joppa Road
Contact: 410-823-2200
Hours: Open daily for lunch and dinner
Prices: Appetizers, $5-$12; entrees, $8-$48
Food: ✭ 1/2
Service: ✭✭ 1/2
Atmosphere: ✭✭ 1/2
[Key: Outstanding: ✭✭✭✭ Good: ✭✭✭; Fair or Uneven: ✭✭Poor: ✭>]


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My friend Chris, on Andy Roddick: "I think [Andy] takes losses harder than any other player, it seems. He always looks more defeated than any other player, like he cant even bear to look up. He just looks at the ground, at his feet, as he rushes off court."
Chin up, kiddo: None of us expected Andy to go as far as he did at this 2009 French Open. He lost lost in the fourth round to Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 and had never gotten past the third round in all his other attempts.
Don't worry, Andy, no one's expecting you to do wonders on clay (and others aren't even banking on you winning another major!), so that last round was just icing on the cake. Besides, did you see your ass in those Lacoste shorts? To us, you're still a winner!
Buy: Lacoste Super Dry Polo, Eclipse Blue/White, $95.
More: A few more pics of Andy during his match against Monfils after the cut…
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We were recently given the chance to try out "Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure", a new game for the Xbox 360 Kinect. As we are big fans of the movies (oh, and our kids too), we were really looking forward to trying it out.
You first start by using the Kinect to create an avatar for each player. Instead of selecting your likeness like most other games, the game leverages the Kinect to scan you instead. What we thought was going to be an innovative and fun way to create a character, quickly turned into a long and frustrating experience. After patiently going through the multi-step process, we ended up with rather generic looking characters that had no obvious resemblance. Worse, the system struggled to "scan" our daughter at all. After 5 agonizing minutes of holding still, she had enough of the game and quit. Not the best first impression for a game aimed at her.
Once you survive the avatar creation process though, things pick up. You arrive at a Pixar-themed park where you roam about by jogging in place. The park is split into distinct areas based on the movies Up!, The Incredibles, Cars 2, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 3. The park itself doesn't have anything in the way of activities or interactive features. It's just a way to select the mission or challenge you'd like to play. Once you maneuver your avatar to the right location, a cutscene starts where another kid from the park starts a dialog with you and your imagination takes you into one of the Pixar movies. This is where the real action begins.
In each challenge, you take on the likeness of a character from the movie and team up with some of the more well-known personalities from the flicks. Most missions have the same basic premise and gameplay: You and your digital (or real-life) partner must rush through the environment and make it through numerous obstacles along the way. The visuals are undoubtedly the best part of the game. They are absolutely gorgeous and faithful to each film. You truly feel as if you are in a new scene from the movie, interacting with their unique characters and environment.
Unfortunately, the game is called Kinect Rush. Each challenge is a race to get through these beautiful surrounding as fast as you can. With this pressure, you don't feel like you have any time to enjoy or appreciate what's going on around you.
That leads us to the controls. This is a Kinect-only game so you are the controller. At times, this can be a real joy. Jumping, climbing, and holding on a wire as you slide down its length is fun and intuitive. Walking or running about, which you are doing the majority of the time, is another matter.
Getting momentum is easy enough, just swing your arms. Unfortunately, it's getting your character to go where you want them to that's the problem. To turn your character, you rotate your body just as you would change direction in real life. However, this does not translate when you're in front of your TV, where you instinctively want to always face the action. I observed every member of the family trying to lean in the direction they wanted to go, which doesn't work. At a recent family get-together we invited other members to give the game a try and, despite the on-screen instructions, they leaned instead of turned as well. Even when you do it right, the characters often turn at a snail's pace. This really damages the experience.
The notable exception is the challenges for Cars. For these, you hold an imaginary steering wheel to drive through these fast-paced missions. Controlling the vehicles is natural and a blast. It's just too bad that the rest of the game isn't like this.
Despite these challenges with the game, your character never dies which definitely can help with the crying and tantrums that can ensue when your character is gone. If you are met with a particular challenge that you can't complete, your character simply disappears and then reappears. For small kids, this is definitely a bonus feature.
Overall, Kinect Rush captures the mood of Pixar's films through rich and beautifully detailed levels. However, with some exceptions, is hindered by frustrating controls.
Suggested Retail Price: $49.96
Website With More Information: Disney Pixar Adventure (Kinect Rush)
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Since everyone is busy arguing in other threads, I thought I'd make a thread where people just post their suggestions for balance. There's a few rules I hope everyone can follow:
1) Be polite
2) Keep the suggestions small and concise, to increase the chance that the devs will implement them
3) No arguing with other people's suggestions
4) Exception to 3 - You may ask people why they suggest something and suggest minor tweaks to their suggestions
5) Seriously, be nice
Class Balance
Fighter - Make his Death Protection renew at level up
Thief - Make his 33% extra items not provide extra glyphs or potions
Monk - Lower his max resist cap back to 65%
Wizard - Lower his damage penalty slightly (-15%)
Sorcerer - Change his healing to scale with either his level or max health
Crusader - Make Fireballs and PISORF not reset his damage bonus
Half-Dragon - Make Poison apply after Knockback
Gorgon - Give her 25% magic resist as well
Vampire - Make the health portion of his conversion bonus stacking
God Balance
Glowing Guardian - Increase Humility to 25 piety
Tikki Tooki - Reduce the piety gained from Tribute to 5
Earthmother - Change Vine Form to 5+2 (instead of 5+3)
Binlor - Fix his damage boon so that it works without First Strike
Mystera - Remove the drawbacks from her boons (except Mana Leak) and increase the piety cost by 25-50%
Pactmaker - Reduce Consensus to 25 piety. Increase the cost of Body Pact to 5 piety.
Item Balance
Martyr Wraps - Remove the corrosion drawback
Witchalok Pendant - Reduce the cost to 5 gold
Mage Plate - Remove the attack penalty
Wharburglgl - Double the bonus to 10% per potion
Blue Bead - Increase to 2 mana restored
Burn Salve/Fortitude Potion - Change them to remove ALL levels of Corrosion/Weakening
Sensation Stone - Prevent this item from being lockered
Whupaz - Reduce to 15%. Decrease the health of bosses by 10%.
Glyph Balance
BYSEPS - Change it to add 1 base damage per level and +20% damage
GETINDARE - Change it to also ignore 20% resists
WONAFYT - Add a Wicked Guitar effect (increase the level of the summoned monster by 1)
Dungeon Balance
Slime Pits - Remove Mana Burn from the green Meatmen
Halls of Steel (Vicious) - Reduce Indomitable to 30 levels of Death Protection
Shifting Passages - Add a unique item (like in Havendale Bridge or Halls of Steel) that destroys all walls within 2 squares
Boss Balance
Bandit/Gorgon - Increase health by 20%
Bleaty - Lower his damage in a Vicious dungeon to no more than 200. Alternatively, remove his magic resistance.
Enemy Balance
Animated Armor - Half their damage


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Flimsy corrugated French tin and Dutch belt drive what-nots are simply no match for the Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear. Superior Mitsubishi FUSO technology was summoned and used to assimilate the puny and less luxurious vehicles into the cavernous yet practical interior of the Space Gear. More than eleven 2CV's were melted down to make the suspension alone.
DAF vs. FAF; FUSO [Internal]