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Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney Monday took his first formal step towards launching another bid for the White House.
The former Massachusetts governor, who was a candidate for 2008 Republican presidential nomination, announced that he was setting up a presidential exploratory committee.
"From my vantage point in business and in government, I have become convinced that America has been put on a dangerous course by Washington politicians, and it has become even worse during the last two years. But I am also convinced that with able leadership, America's best days are still ahead," says Romney, in a video to supporters. "That is why today I am announcing my Exploratory Committee for the Presidency of the United States."
Romney spends most of his time in the video talking about the economy, touting his experience in creating jobs and balancing budgets in the business world. Romney taped his video at the University of New Hampshire and starts his message by pointing out that he spoke Monday morning to students at the Durham, New Hampshire campus. The state holds the first primary in the presidential primary and caucus calendar and is considered a must win contest for Romney.
Monday's announcement allows Romney to begin to fundraise for a White House bid.
"While this step does not constitute a formal announcement of candidacy, it allows Governor Romney to be in compliance with the requirements of federal election law as he begins to raise the funds necessary to explore a potential candidacy," says an email release from Romney's campaign.
Romney raised $65.1 million in contributions for his 2008 bid for the GOP nomination. In addition he loaned his campaign $42.3 million from his personal funds.
As of Monday afternoon, Romney's "statement of organization" and the letter serving as his "statement of candidacy" are both now on file with the Federal Election Commission.
Romney is the second major GOP candidate to announce an exploratory committee. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced an exploratory committee on March 21. Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer and conservative radio talk show host and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain have also formed exploratory committees.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich filed paperwork with the IRS in March to form a fundraising committee to "explore" the possibility of a presidential bid.
Romney's announcement comes one day before the fifth anniversary of the signing by the former Massachusetts governor of a universal health care law in the Bay state. The measure, which has been criticized by some fellow Republicans, could hurt Romney with GOP primary and caucus voters.
Massachusetts Democrats are holding a party Tuesday to mark the occasion, including a "Thank You Mitt Romney" cake. And next door in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary in the race for the White House, Democratic party officials are urging supporters to tweet Romney to thank him for standing "shoulder-to-shoulder with Senator Kennedy to sign Massachusetts' historic health care reform law."
But senior Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom tells CNN that "somehow I'm not surprised that Democrats are sitting around eating cake while 14 million unemployed Americans are struggling to put food on their table."
On April 12, 2006, the then Republican governor in a state dominated by Democrats, signed into law a health care plan that would insure almost every resident of Massachusetts. At the time, it was praised by supporters of health care reform as a landmark achievement for Romney. The lynchpin of the law was an insurance mandate that required the people of Massachusetts to get health insurance.
Former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who is expected to make a run for the GOP presidential nomination, has been critical of the Massachusetts law, as has former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for the White House in 2008 and may make another bid for the Republican nomination in 2012.
Romney addressed his record in a March speech, explaining the law was a "state plan intended to address problems that were in many ways unique to Massachusetts."
"Our experiment wasn't perfect. Some things worked. Some didn't. And some things I'd change," Romney said. "One thing I would never do is to usurp the constitutional power of states with a one-size-fits-all federal takeover."
Romney is considered by many handicappers to be one of the favorites to win his party's presidential nomination. Most national polls of possible Republican primary and caucus voters put Romney at or near the top in the battle for the nomination.
Romney's brought back many, but not all, of his advisers from his 2008 bid. Monday's announcement wasn't leaked prior to the message going up on Romney's campaign website, a sign that his closest advisers are keeping on message and staying disciplined.
So if he decides to run and wins. Will he get sworn in using "The Book of Mormon"?
He will win this time. and that scares the hell out of the liberals/obo.
I would to watch the debate between him and Obama debate over health care. It would be so hilarious!
I would rather get stabbed in the front by Obama, then stabbed in the back by another Squishy RINO.
Republican leaders, get your heads out of your rears. TEA Party candidate or face losing Again.
If Mitt Romney wants my vote, and I am a lifelong Democrat, than he has to dump the social conservatism of the Republican Party, support civil unions, the environment, a woman's right to choose, and if not ObamaCare then something concrete that takes the majority of the 50 million uninsured Americans from having no insurance to an affordable health care plan for all.
First, if he does any of the above he will either not get the nomination or there will be a walkout at the Republican National Convention. Second, he has got to stop changing his long held positions depending on the latest opinion polls and take a firm stand and not worry about who he is alienating. The likelihood of this? Nil.
I would rather see a clear choice in November of 2012 between a Democrat who states what he believes in and where he will take the country than a Republican who does not know what he truly believes in and is kissing the behinds of the social conservatives by agreeing to things he never did before in his drive to become the nominee. If Romney wants to be seen as more than a television anchorman lookalike then he has to take a stand for something significant percentages of his party may not agree with. That is leadership. Otherwise, he is an empty suit with a nice head of hair and nothing else and with two wars, the economy trying to recover, millions out of work and millions who have lost their homes, and millions without medical insurance, America deserves and needs much more.
One resorts to name calling once the debate is lost. Most idiots on here don't know jack about the facts and are incapable of intelligent discourse. Most of you need to get a life (or at least a therapist)
"somehow I'm not surprised that Democrats are sitting around eating cake while 14 million unemployed Americans are struggling to put food on their table."
And whose party is the reason for that, you deceptive idiot?


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That was a trend that would continue on the night for Dynamo. Houston pushed and created but Nielsen kept them from a goal and forced them to settle for a point when the full three were there for the taking.
"I thought it was a good game all around for us," said captain Brad Davis. "We kept another clean sheet against another difficult team, which is always a good thing. We felt like we deserved three points."
Houston outshot KC 12-4, putting five shots on frame, all of which Nielsen found a way, by foot or by fingernail, to keep out of the net. And when it wasn't Nielsen, Dynamo nemesis Aurelien Collin rejected Brad Davis with a headed ball off the line to end the first half.
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Tim Tebow appears to be following up on his promise to arrive at New York Jets' voluntary offseason workouts with "a great attitude," showing up at the team's facility between 6 and 6:30 a.m. Monday, according to a report from the (Newark) Star-Ledger.
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Easement allows permit resumption for Zion Narrows trail use
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A temporary easement has allowed Zion National Park to temporarily resume issuing permits for use of a popular trail through the Virgin River Narrows that were discontinued Tuesday after private landowners posted "no trespassing" signs in the popular canyon.
Park officials on Friday announced that the landowners granted a temporary recreational access license to Washington County, allowing the resumption of permitting for use of the 16-mile (26-kilometer) Zion Narrow Trails starting Saturday.
Park Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh says the landowners' goodwill and county officials' efforts are appreciated and that discussions are underway "to secure a more permanent solution."
The no-trespassing signs invited buyers to purchase over 1 mile (1.6 kilometer) of the narrows. It advertised 1 square mile (3 sq. kilometer) with water resort potential.
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UA Releases Manley Massive Passive Plug-In for UAD-2 Platform
Universal Audio, manufacturer of high-quality audio hardware and award-winning UAD-2 Powered Plug-ins for Mac and PC, today announced the release of the highly anticipated Manley® Massive Passive EQ plug-in.
Working with Manley Labs, Universal Audio's Massive Passive EQ plug-in represents the most ambitious hardware EQ modeling project to date, bringing UAD-2 users both the standard and mastering versions of this world-renowned EQ in one package. Specifically, the two-channel, four-band Manley Massive Passive EQ utilizes design strengths from choice console, graphic, parametric and Pultec EQs — delivering a fundamentally different EQ that's beyond compare. The Massive Passive's natural treatment of a signal lends itself to both radical tonal shaping as well as delicate vocal shading or subtle mastering enhancement.
"The Massive Passive EQ is one of our best-known products. We didn't even want to entertain the idea of doing a plug-in unless it was really going to be done right," commented EveAnna Manley, Owner, Manley Laboratories, Inc. "Our expectations were high for the plug-in emulation to be spot-on. Working with Universal Audio, we believe they've totally nailed it."
Available for purchase via UA's Online Store for $249, the Manley® Massive Passive EQ Powered Plug-In features include:
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- Filter curves, band interdependencies, distortion and hysteretic behavior all represented in plug-in — yielding a unique, very musical and "open" sound
"The Massive Passive is truly the ultimate in mastering-grade EQs. It sounds warm without ever being dull; it stays precise while remaining highly musical," offered UAD Powered Plug-Ins Product Manager, Will Shanks.
"Manley Labs represents quality, sonic excellence and unequivocal analog design expertise," enthused Matt Ward, President of Universal Audio. "There has always been a special affinity between our companies, and we are elated to have EveAnna Manley joining us a plug-in partner for the UAD-2 platform."
More information on the Manley® Massive Passive EQ Powered Plug-Ins for UAD-2 can be found at http://www.uaudio.com/products/software/manley/index.html
The Manley® Massive Passive EQ plug-in is available as part of the new UAD Software v5.6.0 release. In addition to the Manley® Massive Passive EQ, the EMT® 140 Plate Reverb and the Precision Enhancer Hz plug-ins, v5.6.0 includes additional performance enhancements for all UAD-2 users on the Windows platform.
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Club Pink owner agrees to close for 9 days after deadly shooting
A Munhall strip club has agreed to close for a nine-day "cooling off period" after a deadly shooting over the weekend.
Club Pink owner Bob Marino said the temporary closure was suggested during a two-hour meeting in Dormont on Tuesday that included investigators from the District Attorney's Office, as well as Munhall's mayor and police chief.
"Just so there's no retaliation shooting and keeping the workers safe," Marino explained.
District attorney spokesman Mike Manko said the club will remain closed until March 15, pending numerous deficiencies involving zoning ordinances and crimes codes are corrected. If the problems aren't fixed, the club will have to close, Manko said.
The club will also face a zoning hearing on March 20, where the borough solicitor will detail the violations. The outcome of the hearing could also involve an order to cease operations.
Marino said Club Pink is not a bad place and that he can't control the actions of people once they leave the club. He said the club uses metal detectors and searches each patron before they enter.
"I'm sorry that things are going on, that there's problems," said Marino. "The bottom line is that my club is not a bad club."
Police said the latest incident started with a fight and ended with shots fired at John Sumpter IV, who was sitting in his car, shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday. The 32-year-old man from Pittsburgh's East Hills was killed.
Surveillance video helped identify Paul Barone, a 23-year-old local man, who was arrested on a homicide charge.
A non-fatal shooting was also reported at the club in August.
Marino said those shootings involved people who shouldn't have been on the streets due to their criminal backgrounds.
"Officials need to look at the system before they come down any bar or any club owner," said Marino.


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Software analysis and measurement specialist company CAST Software has sponsored the Dr. Dobb's BreakOut Award 2012, a developer competition designed to test programmers' abilities to identify, embrace, and embody the four key attributes of great application design as the company defines them; i.e., application purpose, appeal, quality, and exposure.
The winner will receive a total prize fund of US$10,000 and the prestige of a feature article written and published by Dr. Dobb's. The free-to-enter competition is live as of July 2012 and the deadline for submissions is August 28th, 2012. Judging will be carried out by American-European team composed of Andrew Binstock, editor in chief of Dr. Dobb's, and CAST Software's own vice president of product development, Olivier Bonsignour.
Centralized around a competition open to all comers from the Dr. Dobb's website, the BreakOut Award 2012 invites entrants to register online and submit their app for evaluation by CAST Software's application examination engines and code analysis technology. Competitors will be able to view the best apps submitted so far on a daily basis and download the Local Analyzer tool to see how their own code stacks up.
CAST Software reminds us that 90% of the revenue made on online App Stores comprises only 10% of the apps. So to uncover what makes a great app truly great, this competition is designed to champion software that exhibits the following key operational attributes:
- Purpose — Customers want products that solve problems. How well does your application fit the purpose it has been designed for?
- Appeal — Does your application appeal to a large or growing market segment? Does it have revenue-generation potential?
- Quality — Nothing kills greatness like the inability to perform. How well-constructed is your application?
"Developer competitions come and go, but I think this one has some substance given the hard line code analysis which will be brought to bear over all of the submissions we are currently seeing presented to the judging panel," said Andrew Binstock, editor in chief of Dr. Dobb's. "I'm pleased to be backing a programmer challenge like this that I hope will drive developers to really think about the form and final substance of their builds, at the same time as they keep core code quality paramount too."
"CAST Software's own guiding principles of software application development hinge around tenets based on precision, efficiency, and operational effectiveness. Our wider remit also includes a responsibility to produce what we regard to be the world's most advanced 'Application Intelligence' technology. Given these values and ethics, we see the Dr. Dobb's BreakOut Award 2012 as the perfect vehicle to put our technology into working practice in front of programmers who will be able to witness its invaluable quantitative analysis capabilities," said Olivier Bonsignour, CAST Software's vice president of product development.
With a total judging panel made up of some the world's finest technology talents, Europe is strongly represented by Roman Stanek and Elizabeth Varley. Czech-born Stanek is the founder and CEO of GoodData, which this week secured $25 million in Series C funding. GoodData is the third start-up for Stanek; NetBeans and Systinet were successfully sold to Sun and HP. Varley is the CEO of TechHub, which was set up to provide support to London's technology start-ups. Varley was recently named one of the top 25 most influential women in technology by Computer Weekly.


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As parents, we have a biblical mandate to care for the education of our children. Prior to the 19th century, this was assumed. Normal parents generally trained their children in whatever trade they did themselves or apprenticed their children to someone else who needed ready hands. "Book learning" such as it existed was reserved for an elite few.
Our biblical mandate is to teach our children about God and the story we find ourselves in.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, ESV)
What is it that Israel was commanded to teach their children here? The following verses (chapters 6-8 really) contain a basic narrative of the covenant YHWH made with first Abraham and then ultimately with the whole people. This narrative was supposed to be at the core of their world view as they entered the Promised Land.
I am one of those people who believes that based on textual evidence, Deuteronomy is a revivalist text from the time of Josiah and not written at the time of Moses. [insert hisses from hyper literalists here] That is why it is called Deuteronomy, Greek for "second law" or "repeated law." It is the second iteration of the Mosaic Torah, a revival of the law and a return to its values and core beliefs.
The failure of the people of Israel and Judah had been that they had abandoned their core beliefs. They had not understood the covenant that YHWH had created between himself and them. As a result, Israel had been destroyed and Judah had become a client state first of the Assyrians, then the Egyptians and ultimately (under Josiah's sons) of Babylon. In order to restore order and righteousness before YHWH, the Deuteronomist calls the people to do what they had not done – to teach the subsequent generations the LAW OF YHWH.
Why do I bring all of this up?
In recent weeks, I have made a radical 180° change on the subject of education choices for our daughter. She has been in public schools for kindergarten and 1-2 grades, but this 2nd grade year has been a real trial for us.
Ariel has been taught to honor those in authority over her, so she has always been a very respectful and obedient little girl. This year, her teacher told her that she could not talk about God or the Bible in school. This was a difficult thing to obey because she has always spoken freely about faith and the Scriptures. Ariel loves the Bible and loves Jesus as only a child can.
Besides the anxiety of now having to deal with conversation in two spheres and worrying about when it is appropriate to speak her mind, Ariel now also has to deal with Nichole being sick, having cancer and going through treatment. It is an awful lot for her little mind to handle, as smart as she is.
One snowy afternoon, Ariel and I were making a snow fort and I asked her if she would like to go to Christian school. She asked me, "Like a school full of Christians?" I told her, yes. She asked, "Would I be allowed to talk about God there?" When I replied that she would, her face lit up and it was like a giant weight had been removed.
I realized that Ariel is seven years old. She is no supposed to have to decide between the sacred and the secular (a division she never learned) and which authority to please. Her responsibility should be to her mom and dad – period. And we, as her parents, need to have her educated in a manner that emphasizes our values.
Christian school is not the answer for everyone. Many kids grow up in the public education system with no problems. Ariel's own unique personality was a determiner in considering other options. Home school is simply not an option for her. She needs the social construct. She needs the structure and companionship. But she does not need to sort out her world view at seven years old.
So, now we are trying to figure out how to make the finances work. The school she would go to has reasonable tuition costs, but we have never budgeted for such a thing so any money is a lot of money. But providentially, we have a loan maturing this summer and the monthly payment is roughly the same as the payment for Ariel's schooling. God is good.
We've been tightening our belts and watching our funds a little closer, cutting out by frivolities and trying to save as much as we can.
This Friday, we are going to visit the school. I got wrangled into teaching chapel (not my favorite thing to do) and Nichole has a half day so she will be able to visit in the afternoon. Things are coming together.
The most important thing I want my readers to draw from this is actually two important things.
1. Never hold a position so tightly that the Holy Spirit can't change your mind. My bias against many Christian schools is well-founded in Scripture and experience, but it is by no means universal.
2. There is no universal rule on which school your kids should attend. Decide based on how God has made him or her and the best way for them to grow in your shared faith.


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We've noticed that Mike Tomlin likes to say "obviously" a lot, but just how much is a lot? Andrew McGill of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has crunched the numbers for the last four years of Tomlin pressers, finding that "obviously" was the coach's 25th-most used word, trailing only essential pieces of vocab like "the" and "that".
What's most remarkable is the rate at which "obviously" has completely overwhelmed Tomlin's vocabulary. In 2010, the coach used the word seven times during press conferences, then 33 times in 2011, then 151 times in 2012. In 2013 he used "obviously" 322 times—over 20 "obviously"s per press conference.
Based on an extraordinarily simplistic analysis of these figures, we predict that Tomlin will say "obviously" around 430 times in 2014. McGill notes that the coach uses the word about twice as often after losing games, so it could very well be higher than that.
For data nerds out there, it's worth checking out Andrew's personal blog, where he walks you through the data collection and coding that made this count possible.


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The Washington Wizards are relatively dope this year, and are currently resting their legs after laying that five-game smackage on the Sad Chicago Bulls. What's changed this year, besides a great offseason (Otto Porter notwithstanding) and a great Marcin Gortat trade and the steady progression of a great backcourt? ACCOUNTABILITY.
This here is the Washington Wizards Hustle Board, wherein the coaching staff/under- or unpaid intern(s) tracks everyone's charges taken, deflections, and the percentage of shots challenged. Though radio host, race-baiter, and unwashed penis shaft Colin Cowherd will tell you otherwise, John Wall is not a selfish, me-first, shucking and jiving GLORY BOY. In fact, according to this Hustle Board, John Wall is mayhap the single hungriest player in the world, with commercial fishing nets for limbs. Gortat, also. On the other end of the spectrum, Andre Miller is older than everyone, and Otto Porter and Glen Rice give no fucks and get no tick.
Really, this is all you need to know about basketball, and really, about life. These are the only stats that matter. Zards going all the way; PER is dead.


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Business and Religious Freedom
In keeping with our vision of "Growing Moral and Ethical Leadership," the BYU Management Society espouses the idea that businesses have responsibilities to a wider range of stakeholders in society than just their shareholders, and are powerful agents for change in their communities. Many businesses do so by adopting programs that include the advancement and protection of various human rights, including the right to religious freedom.
Elder L. Tom Perry, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Brian J. Grim
10 September 2013 President of Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
TEDxViadellaCounciliazione, April 26th 2013
Elder Ronald A. Rasband, "Religious Freedom and Fairness For All" 15 September 2015
"Religious freedom all over the world is...under attack. It is important for [all of us] to become well educated on this and assume responsibility for ensuring that it is passed on to future generations.... My challenge is that you join with people of all faiths who feel accountable to God in defending religious freedom so it can be a beacon for morality.... Be an active participant, not a silent observer." — Quentin L. Cook, BYU-Idaho Commencement Address, December 16, 2011


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Holiday Gift Ideas for the Web Crowd
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- Dec 20, 2008
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As some of you may or may not be aware of the holiday season is upon us. It's been coming for a while now, but the deadline is now only days away. If you're still struggling on those last minute gift ideas for a web developer or designer you know, here's a quick wish list that may help you out. You may even consider getting yourself one of these. We won't tell!
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6 Ways to Get the Email Response You Need
- Zach Dunn
- Dec 16, 2008
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Have you ever sent out a crystal clear email only to receive a client response that leaves you baffled? When there simply is no way to put it simpler, what do you do? Is the client ignoring it on purpose? Or simply does not understand the point you are trying to communicate?
Even the best web professionals are bound to encounter a client fitting this profile at some point. Here are some pointers to get the point across to clients who resist even the clearest of emails.
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How to Validate a Form Using PHP Part 2: Streamline Using Arrays
- Sam Dunn
- Dec 11, 2008
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We've touched upon the basic elements of form validation and error messages in part 1 of this series, which outlines a relatively static method identifying errors and validating a form. In this edition we are going to make the elements we began with more dynamic and reduce the amount of script required to do so using arrays.
XML Basics with Flex 3
- Zach Dunn
- Dec 10, 2008
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If you're still using arrays and text files to load content, it's time to upgrade.
With XML, you can condense a whole mess of seemingly unrelated information into a well organized and easy to read file. Today we'll be looking at how to take advantage of this with Flex 3. This tutorial will teach how to load an external XML file into Flex and then filter the results into labels.
Below the Fold: Why Scrolling Isn't A Bad Thing
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- Dec 08, 2008
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"I want a website. It will be cutting edge visually impressive. It will have a wealth of information available. All of our brochures, a full directory of employees, and a shopping cart. I don't want it the user to have to scroll all over the place though!"
Ever hear this from a client describing their vision? Somewhere along the line having to scroll for information started to bother people. Scrolling isn't the make or break of a page. Use it to your advantage, and you'll have a site that seems almost intuitive.
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Color Scheme Inspiration – Fountains
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- Dec 05, 2008
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Having trouble finding an inspirational color scheme? Friday color schemes will aim to fix that! Every week we'll pick out a topic and build color schemes out of it to inspire. This round of inspiration is from fountains around the world.
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Hansen's Sno-Bliz
Due to COVID-19, Hansen's Sno-Bliz is currently closed. We hope to reopen as soon as we can and see all of your wonderful faces again.
Hansen's Sno-Bliz was started by Ernest and Mary Hansen in 1939. Ernest invented the first ice shaving machine and Mary created her own flavored syrups.
Decades later, Hansen's still makes its own flavors every day, from Mary's secret recipes, and creates snoballs from the original machine. The combination of fluffy ice and homemade syrups demand that each Sno-Bliz be made in layers – ice, syrup, ice, syrup, and so forth – so that the final product is fully saturated upholding the Hansen's motto: "There are no shortcuts to quality."
Hansen's is now owned and operated by Ernest and Mary's granddaughter, Ashley. We are proud to be named a 2014 American Classic by the James Beard Foundation.
Hansen's is open from Spring through Fall. Current hours can be found on the Hours & Location page. We now do on-site catering, see the catering page for more information.
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Gregg Caruso sent us a note about this newly published collection of interviews—based on five questions—with 33 leading philosophers, scientists, theologians, apologists, and atheists. (Regular readers of this blog will recognize many of the names.) The work is edited by Caruso, the editor of the recently launched journal Science, Religion and Culture.
Steven Pinker has blurbed the book, as has theologian Philip Clayton, who writes:
Imagine that some of the world's best-known scientists, philosophers, and religionists were to offer up their answers to an identical set of probing questions. Imagine that these articulate statements, composed by scholars who think deeply about science and religion, are then assembled in a single collection. That's the volume you're holding—a fascinating snapshot of where the dialogue stands today, and of what it has (and hasn't yet) achieved.


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Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
I haven't watched as much of the Olympics as I intended to, but Bottom Shelf research director Emily has spent the past few nights with the synchronized divers and teenaged acrobats, so I've relied on her for updates and analysis concerning their jumping and crying and whatnot. The tandem divers are apparently focused on maintaining identical flailing patterns as they fall into the water at more or less the same time; it seems all of the gymnasts are very short and shiny, and the Americans ones smile and giggle sometimes, whereas most of the others do not.
Since these Olympics are taking place in London and therefore the future, the results are widely known hours before the events air in America. This has been a great boon to the gigantic swath of the Internet that exists solely to complain about television, but it's put a damper on my already tepid interest in the Olympics, because I have a hard time watching a competition when I already know who's won and, in this case, who's lost. I find it spooky and dispiriting to see a 15-year-old girl toddle a microsmidge sideways at the denouement of a successful bout of not dying on the uneven bars and think, "Yes, furrow that brow. The announcers may be saying it will only cost you a tenth of a point, but my sources from the beyond assure me it's precisely that tenth of a point that will mark you as an eternal failure. But on a happier note: my, do you have lovely skin!"
I've rarely been accused of excessive empathy or even decency, but I think it bears mentioning that, cranky as I may be, I was born without the schadenfreude gene. I don't like to watch people fail, even people with the gall to be born in other countries or wear different colored uniforms. I like the Boston Red Sox, but I've always felt estranged from the majority of the fan base who get more pleasure out of hating the Yankees than they do out of loving the Sox.
Sometimes this high-mindedness gets complicated when you try to apply it to nonsporting news. Take, for instance, the best thing that's happened in Massachusetts all summer: A great white shark ate part of a guy! It wasn't a vital part, so the guy's not dead or anything, just shark-bitten, but I fear that my shark-loving side (which is my dominant side) might be pretty excited about the story even if it had gone darker. This shark-first approach to the news could look like misanthropy, but I assure you that it's my love of sharks speaking, not any sort of disdain for people who mess around in shark houses.
I love this story because I love it when sharks do newsworthy things, and also because it gives me a chance to address my contrarian take on the popular no-shittism "You only live once." Well yes, of course, and this single-lifedness is precisely why you shouldn't take undue risks! The reason I don't skydive or swim near sharks or try new flavors of yogurt is because I'm looking to maximize my time on earth. I can't risk a misadventurous death related to parachute malfunctions, hungry fish, or whatever the hell pomegranate goo might do when provoked.
My career as a Bottom Shelf columnist has taught me there is one avenue of thrill I may safely seek: After living to tell about all manner of flavored and discounted alcoholic abominations, it's clear that no trip outside my liquor comfort zone will be fatal. This has led me to risk renewing the search for my whitest booze whale: a backup bourbon for those cruel and magical occasions when I have $12 and an evening to kill but the liquor store doesn't uphold its end of the bargain by stocking Old Crow.
A lot of cheap bourbon connoisseurs swear by Evan Williams, but I don't love the stuff. I've had decent recent luck with Rebel Yell, but it costs a bit more than my beloved OC, plus the name's kinda stupid. My latest prowlings around the seedy precincts where such matters are discussed have turned up another contender: McAfee's Benchmark No. 8.
When the Sazerac Company bought the Benchmark brand from Seagram's in 1989, they tacked "McAfee's" onto the name and moved production to Frankfort, Kentucky, where Benchmark is now pumped out of the Buffalo Trace Distillery alongside such brown booze luminaries as Eagle Rare and Blanton's. Benchmark isn't as good as those, but it's much better than the $11.99 price tag would suggest.
While not quite complex, it's both less stingy and less sting-y than most 80-proofers in its price range. There are strong notes of honey and vanilla on the nose, with a little bit of sour orange and wheat joining the mouth party. This is the rare budget bourbon good enough to drink neat, and it's perfect in a Drambuie-spiked whiskey sour.
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Prenda Law Accused Of Fraud On The Court In Defending Itself Against Claims Of Fraud On The Court
from the this-is-just-getting-silly deptPrenda Law, the copyright trolling law firm that was accused by a judge of committing "fraud on the court," has now been accused of committing more fraud on the court in its very attempt to fight the original claim of fraud on the court. Yes, they're being accused of fraud on the court to cover up their original fraud on the court. Grab some popcorn, because this one keeps getting more and more entertaining.
As a bit of background, we've been writing a number of stories lately about the copyright trolling law firm, Prenda Law, and some of its nuttier actions in a variety of cases. However, the case that still tops them all is the one from Florida that had the Abbott-and-Costello worthy hearing, involving bumbling lawyers all trying to disassociate themselves from the case, and the mysterious appearance of John Steele, one of the folks behind Prenda Law, who has been told not to practice law in Florida, in which he was clearly orchestrating things, and the judge called him on it. The lawyer for the defendant in that case, Graham Syfert made the case why Steele and Prenda Law deserved sanctions for its actions, but Prenda's actions just haven't stopped.
The firm hired a Florida-based law firm that specializes in dealing with "white collar crime" to defend itself, and then filed some declarations for some of the parties, including one Daniel Weber. Weber is the husband of Sunny Leone, and an executive at SunLust Pictures, the company that officially filed the original trolling lawsuit. As came out in the hearing, no one actually representing SunLust was in the court that day. There were lawyers hired by Prenda who wanted nothing to do with the case. There was a letter from Prenda "sole partner" Paul Duffy insisting that Prenda had nothing to do with the case, and there was John Steele -- who also denied having anything to do with the case, other than being generally interested. The "official" representative of the company was Mark Lutz, who had worked for Prenda, but who the judge eventually got to reveal was not actually a representative of SunLust in any way, shape or form. He was just hired to sit there and pretend to be a representative of the company.
So... Weber files a declaration that tries to explain why he couldn't be in court that day, claiming that he and his wife were in India filming a movie (which is what Steele had suggested in court). The only problem, as uncovered by the site Fight Copyright Trolls, was that Weber's own Twitter feed showed that he was very much in the country that day. It also showed that Weber misspelled his own name on the filing, writing it Webber. A new affidavit was quickly filed after this was called out, in which he claimed to "clarify" his earlier statement, arguing that he had originally "been scheduled" to be in India on that date, but had changed plans due to an "emergency surgery" on his dog. Again, FCT showed some Twitter evidence that suggested this wasn't true, and that Weber had made earlier statements showing he had no intention of being in India until early December (and that he and his wife had other travel plans around the US during this time, which they took, suggesting the "sick dog" excuse, even if true, wouldn't explain why he was unable to attend).
Now, following all that, Syfert has filed an incredible new motion for sanctions against John Steele, going even further in suggesting dirty tricks as it relates to the Weber affidavit. In other words, Syfert is suggesting that, in defending the charges of "fraud on the court," Steele is committing another fraud on the court. In the filing, Syfert claims that Weber's affidavit was not actually from Weber at all, but was actually created by John Steele himself. The filing notes a number of issues discussed above, as well as some other questionable things, including the timing of the execution and faxing of the document based on statements and corresponding tweets.
The Declaration of Daniel Webber was an attempted fraud on the Court, explaining his absence from the hearing first by distance in India, but no mention of a city, and somehow misspelling his own name or signing without reviewing a single word. The current amended exhibit, the Affidavit of Daniel Weber ... is another fraud on the Court by claiming an emergency dog surgery during the November 27th hearing, such surgery having occurred at least three days prior to the hearing, according to public statements. Also according to those public statements, Daniel Weber was recording a new album with his rock band on November 27th, 2012 and a behind the scenes video was recorded.The filing is full of more examples of questionable statements or behavior from Steele with relation to the case. For example, in Steele's affidavit, he explains why he was speaking to Lutz, but Syfert notes that this argument makes absolutely no sense given the context and other statements in the filing:
Although a correction has been issued to the Declaration of Daniel Webber, such correction would have not been made, and fraud would have continued, if not for the actions of Defendant. The amended Affidavit states that Mr. Weber was "unexpectedly in Los Angeles" due to a dog surgery on the date of the hearing, but evidence from his twitter account shows that he was in Los Angeles on the 23rd of November, and so Mr. Weber had at least four days to expect that he was in Los Angeles on the date of the hearing. Defendant should not be forced to continuously be a gatekeeper of the correct spelling of the name of Plaintiff's principals or the truth of statements made in this court under penalty of perjury.
Paragraph twenty of Steele's affidavit states that he drove with Mark Lutz to Tampa to observe the hearing before this court, but paragraph twenty-one states that in the middle of the court proceeding, he felt the need to reassure his existence to Mark Lutz... Although they had spent four hours in a car together, found a parking spot together, went through security together, rode up in the elevator together, and entered the courtroom together, John Steele asks this court to believe that he suddenly felt compelled to notify Mr. Lutz, "Hey, I'm here." as if Mr. Lutz was worried about John Steele suddenly abandoning him in Tampa, or turning invisible like a superhero.Then there's this slip up by Brett Gibbs, a lawyer for Prenda in California, who we've been writing about in connection to some of the Prenda California cases. As you may recall from the original hearing, the lawyer, Jonathan Torres, who Prenda had hired to handle the case, but who was desperately trying to get out of it, told the court that his only communication had been with Gibbs. Syfert notes that despite Steele claiming to have nothing to do with the case, in Gibbs' own affidavit to the court, he includes the email he sent to Torres which also shows who he bcc'd (which Torres never would have seen). Guess who's there?
The courtroom was entirely empty other than court staff, Mr. Lutz, Mr. Steele, Mr. Syfert, and the Defendant. Mr. Steele was the only person present in the gallery of this court. Mr. Steele was present when the Court took the bench, and before any proceedings. Mr. Steele did not relieve himself of the Court, and then re-enter- nor did he perform any other disappearing act until after the Court dismissed the case. Common sense states that Mr. Steele should have no desire or need to reassure Mr. Lutz of his existence within the courtroom in the middle of a proceeding. Mr. Steele, being an attorney practicing before the federal courts of the various states, should have known that it was improper for him to speak up in the middle of a proceeding. It is less likely that he was reassuring Mr. Lutz and it is much more likely that Mr. Steele was trying to explain to the struggling Lutz his role as a 1099 contractor who is available to be appointed for Prenda Law clients, or to inform him what attorney was hired.
Attorney Torres testified at the hearing that his only communication had been with Brett Gibbs.... John Steele has always denied any involvement in this case other than driving with Mr. Lutz to the hearing.It would appear this legal soap opera is far from over. Stay tuned...
In the Affidavit of Brett Gibbs, he includes e-mail communication between Gibbs and Torres regarding Prenda's great interest in having Mr. Torres file another bar complaint against Graham Syfert for his actions in this case.... Gibbs blind carbon copies two e-mail addresses in his communication, so that Mr. Torres would not know that they were being sent to those particular individuals. He blind carbon copies firstname.lastname@example.com (John Steele, Illinois attorney, subject of this motion) and email@example.com (Paul Hansmeier, Minnesota attorney (also licensed State of Illinois, Minnesota and others), former partner of John Steele))....
John Steele and Peter Hansmeier were supposed to have sold all their interest in Prenda Law, Inc. to Paul Duffy and Joseph Perea when Prenda Law, Inc. purchased Steele|Hansmeier, PLLC. Also compelling and interesting is the fact that Paul Duffy, the man who sits where the buck is supposed to stop at Prenda Law, is unquestionably absent from inclusion in the correspondence between Gibbs and Torres.....
Who Gibbs chose to include on such an e-mail should be explanatory as to where final decisions rest as well as the true management of the many faces of the current Prenda Law. Not Mr. Duffy, Illinois Principal. Not Mr. Wasinger, Florida Plaintiff's counsel. Not Mr. Lutz, a Corporate Representative"for hire." Not Mr. Weber or Ms. Leone. Now that Perea is out of Prenda Law, Paul Duffy is really the only person who should have an interest in what is going on between Torres and Gibbs. Instead, we find Mr. Steele included.... For the level of involvement claimed by Mr. Steele, the urging of Torres to file a bar complaint against Graham Syfert is unnaturally Mr. Steele's concern. The use of the bcc, or blind carbon copy, ensured that Mr. Torres would not have record of Mr. Steele's or Mr. Hansmeier's involvement in the communication.
Filed Under: copyright trolls, daniel webber, daniel weber, graham syfert, john steele, mark lutz, prenda
Companies: prenda, prenda law, sunlust


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ABUSED ROMANCE, the Los Angeles based melodic rock band signed to new Universal Music Group distributed label Freeway Records, will be going on tour this fall with Trapt. The group has spent much of 2010 out on the road and gearing up for the release of their debut album, Shine. Vocalist Meir Yaniv talked about all the touring, "We just finished touring with Nonpoint and Egypt Central and even though most of the people at the shows didn't know our music, I think we won over a lot of new fans. We can't wait for this tour with Trapt and we know it's gonna be a blast!"
Abused Romance has also just released "Sound of Violence," a new track off of Shine. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Justin Gray, while the mix was handled by legendary engineer Randy Staub (U2, Metallica). Shine will be out in early 2011 via Freeway Records/Universal Music Group Distribution. The band's dynamic blend of atmospheric rock and radio ready choruses, has had listeners comparing Abused Romance's sound to the likes of 30 Seconds to Mars and Linkin Park.
11/23 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
11/24 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
11/26 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
11/27 – Missoula, MT – Wilma Theater
11/29 – Fargo, ND – The Venue
11/30 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4
12/2 – Libertyville, IL – Austin's Fuel Room
12/3 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Piere's
12/4 – Detroit, MI – Harpo's
12/5 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Orbit Room
12/7 – Jermyn, PA – Eleanor Rigby's
12/8 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
12/10 – Charlotte, NC – Amos' Southend
12/11 – Huntsville, AL – Sammy T's Music Hall
12/12 – Destin, FL – Nightown
12/16 – Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
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What is Naan?
Why Did I Make a Naan Recipe?
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The Naan Recipe
Naan Recipe
- 3 1/2 C all-purpose flour
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 t instant yeast It is VERY important that you use instant yeast. I used Fleischmann's Rapid Rise Yeast which according to this lengthy discussion on Chow is the same as instant yeast.
- 1 1/2 C warm milk - not above 100F I wanted to make sure that temperature didn't lead to problems so I used a meat thermometer and tested the milk temp before use. I made my milk 90 degrees.
- 1 t sugar
- Butter to taste
- Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the milk.
- Let rest approximately 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour with the yeast/milk mixture.
- Mix in the salt.
- Knead until soft and elastic.
- Cover with a damp towel and leave in a dark place to rise until doubled, about two hours. (Am I the only one who can't tell when dough has doubled? It looked bigger so I went with it. Maybe I should measure next time?)
- Remove the dough from the bowl, degas gently then divide into ten even balls.
- Roll out into triangles, dusting lightly with flour as needed. I discovered that the thinner you roll it out the better. (Being the non-perfectionist that I am, I did not make triangles. I made whatever shape things happened to roll out into - mostly amoeba shaped blobs.)
- Heat up a frying pan. (I used a cast iron skillet. I also liberally buttered the skillet.)
- Generously brush one side of the dough with water and begin to cook with that side down on medium heat.
- Brush the other side with water.
- The dough should bubble a bit as it cooks. Leave it on the heat for a few minutes, then flip it to cook the other side for a shorter amount of time.
- Move to a plate.
- Generously butter. Enjoy.
Will There Be Naan Cupcakes?
There will not be naan cupcakes, but there will be Indian cupcakes. I baked them today and haven't yet frosted them. I had a few issues with them, but the jury isn't out yet. I'll give the whole story soon.


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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese manufacturing grew weakly in April, suggesting a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy is stabilizing, an industry group said Thursday.
The state-sanctioned China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said its monthly purchasing managers index stood at 50.4 points on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show activity expanding. That was up marginally from March's 50.3 points.
"The April PMI continued to rise slightly, indicating future economic growth will tend to be stable," said Zhang Liqun, an economist for the Chinese state statistics bureau, in a statement issued by the federation.
A separate survey earlier by HSBC Corp. showed April manufacturing activity shrank for a fourth straight month.
China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent over a year earlier in the first quarter. Trade and manufacturing have been weak, fueling concern about a possible rise in politically volatile job losses.
Chinese leaders are trying to steer the economy to more sustainable growth based on domestic consumption instead of trade and investment. But they have launched several mini-stimulus efforts when it appeared to be cooling too sharply.
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No. 11 holds a special meaning in the annals of White Sox history.
It was once worn by Jim Essian and Don Kessinger, solid players, if not exactly infinitely memorable in franchise lore, and was last worn by Rudy Law during the 1984 season. At that point, the number was retired by the White Sox in honor of its most famous and accomplished owner in shortstop Luis Aparicio.
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The White Sox announced Monday that Aparicio has given his consent for Omar Vizquel to wear No. 11 in his first year with the White Sox, as the number will be un-retired by the organization for Vizquel to wear in tribute. …
UPDATE: Vizquel wanted no. 13 at first, but Ozzie (who wears no. 13) and the Sox marketing dept. objected.
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The third picture is my BIG Fire Ladder Truck made by IDEAL. It only has one B/O feature, and that is the searchlight. Otherwise, it is a totally-manual truck. The ladder raises and lowers, and rotates, and the wheels remove with nifty lug nuts. It's a great piece that is reminiscent of the iconic Doepke pressed-steel truck, but made primarily of hard plastic.


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This contest is to redesign the front page of PowWows.com. The site continues to grow and the front page needs to include more information and links to our other sections.
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