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To all the bands out there working on metal albums, just quit right now. Seriously, stop. You'll never write an album as metal as Advance and Vanquish from 3 Inches of Blood. It's like Iron Maiden meets Judas Priest meets Running Wild meets damn near anything else remotely cool in metal from the 80's. And what were the first words that popped out of my mouth as soon as this album started… quite simply "Fuck yes" which immediately lead to some wicked air guitar work. Now I was looking forward to this album, but I had no idea it was going to kick such large amounts of ass. This is probably the most metal thing written since the turn of the millennium containing lyrics about pirates ("Fear on the Bridge"), robots ("Wykydtron"), and most importantly swords ("Swordmaster"). On top of that, when you add old-school riffing, monster guitar solos, and arpeggio howls laced with goblin screams, you have an album that's more metal than… well, anything.
3 Inches of Blood is home to a dual vocal attack at the hands of Cam Pipes and Jamie Hooper. These Canucks blend goblin like screams with vocals akin to the mighty Rob Halford (if I have to mention who that is to you, then you should pretty much kill yourself because you're not metal enough to be looking at this). On top of that, add two kids, Justin Hagberg and Shane Clark, who definitely enjoyed their Maiden as kids. You know, there's so many bands out there trying so hard to write an amazing true metal album but fail so miserably, yet 3 Inches of Blood succeed on so many levels. The dueling guitars never get tiresome, there's plenty of righteous vocals to sing along to and it's impossible not to head bang while listening to this and at the same time wanting to prance around in the dark forest with your mighty steed and trusty steel searching out trolls to do battle with.
Yes, 3 Inches of Blood is really that cool. If you are even remotely into any of the bands whose names I dropped, you owe it to yourself to buy this album immediately. Do it… now! This will easily be one of my top albums of the year. How could it not? It has anything you could ask for from a metal album as I've so nicely mentioned above. If you don't take it upon yourself to purchase the most metal album in years, the Wykydtron will search you out and annihilate you and your family.


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Zeyer (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Zeyer (Zeier; now known as Kępki; coordinates: 54.190556, 19.311389 [54° 11′ 26″ N, 19° 18′ 41″ E]; population in 1905, 649; in 2012, 270), is located approximately 5.4 kilometres (3.3 miles) north-west of Elbląg (Elbing), 13 km. (8 mi.) south-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański (Tiegenhof), 24 km. (17 mi.) north-east of Malbork (Marienburg), and 49 km. (30 mi.) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk (Danzig). It was situated on the west bank of the Nogat River, south-east of Stuba and south-west of Fischerskampe.
Zeyer was established during the Prussian period and was known as Sura. Later, it was granted the Chełmno Charter (Kulm Law, a legal constitution for a municipal form of government) by the Teutonic Knights and became a part of the Elbląg land estate. Until 1772 Zeyer was part of the Kingdom of Poland. The First Partition of Poland in 1772 resulted in the creation of a new province in 1773, called West Prussia, in which Zeyer was located. Zeyer was situated in the district (Kreis) of Elbing until the establishment of the Free City of Danzig in 1920. The village came under the control of Nazi Germany during World War II until February 1945, when it was occupied by Soviet forces and returned to Poland. In 2012 Zeyer (now Kępki) was a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
A ferry crossing the Nogat River functioned in the village since the Middle Ages until 2006, when a bridge was completed. The church, which was erected in the 14th century, was replaced by a half-timbered church in 1663. The village was primarily a fishing and a ferry crossing village.
In 1820, Kępki had 589 residents, including 8 Mennonites.
Mennonites who were residents of Zeyer were members of the Rosenort Mennonite Church.
Stowarzyszenie Konserwatorów Zabytków. "Kępki." Catalogue of Monuments of Dutch Colonization in Poland. 2005. Web. 9 November 2012. http://holland.org.pl/art.php?kat=obiekt&id=353&lang=en.
Wikipedia. "Kępki, Pomeranian Voivodeship." Web. 9 November 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%99pki,_Pomeranian_Voivodeship.
Wolf, Hans-Jürgen. "Familienforschung in Westpreußen." Web. 9 November 2012. http://www.westpreussen.de/pages/forschungshilfen/ortsverzeichnis/details.php?ID=7186.
Map:Kępki, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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I'll ask the obvious question: What the hell?
You know why? For that reaction, literally! I mean, it's something that I knew when the idea hit me that people were going to be sitting around going, "What the hell?" And that gives me such joy. I'm just finding that it's getting more and more fun to do things that are kind of left of center and outside of the norm of what you'd expect, and I think that audiences are looking forward to things that surprise them – or at least I hope so.
Is it partly a reaction to how film comedies can get formulaic and typically structured?
It didn't manifest itself in a way that was that calculated. It actually just simply hit me as I was watching one of these telenovelas that we've all glanced upon, and stopping and going "God, it's amazing how over-the-top it is!" Watching for a little while and then going, "It'd be funny if I was in the middle of one of those." That's simply how it started. Then from there, once we kind of got the team together with Andrew [Steele] writing it and Matt [Piedmont] directing it, we just started seeing it as a real opportunity to kind of make an anti-movie movie, in a way.
Did you learn any Spanish while you were growing up in southern California?
I think it's hard not to learn some Spanish growing up in southern California, obviously, and I had my three years of high school Spanish, and I think I had to take a couple of semesters at USC as part of a requirement, but that was it. That was my basic working knowledge, so when this started to take off, it was one of those things where it's so funny in your head and then it's a be-careful-what-you-wish-for scenario because it was like, "Oh – now I actually have to learn the Spanish."
So, yeah, that's when it became a bit of a fever dream. I worked with a translator for like a month out in front of shooting, and then he would show up at my house at five in the morning, and we'd drive to wherever our sets were. We shot most of the movie out in Chatsworth, and so he would show up at my house, and we'd just drive for 45 minutes and go over that day's work and then on the way home go over the next day's work.
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Federal Republic of Germany
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Location of Germany (dark green)
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and largest city
|Official languages
|Ethnic groups
|Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
|Joachim Gauck
|Angela Merkel
|Norbert Lammert
|Winfried Kretschmann
|2 February 962
|18 January 1871
|23 May 1949
|3 October 1990
• Total
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The Federal Republic of Germany, also called Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland[10] or just Deutschland), is a country in Central Europe. The country's full name is sometimes shortened to the FRG (or the BRD, in German).
To the north of Germany are the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the country of Denmark. To the east of Germany are the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. To the south of Germany are the countries of Austria and Switzerland. To the west of Germany are the countries of France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The total area of Germany is 137,847 square miles and has warm weather most of the year. In June 2013, Germany had a population of 80.6 million[6] people. After the United States, Germany is the second most popular country for migration in the world.[11]
Before it was called Germany, it was called Germania. In the years A.D. 900 until 1806, Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire.
From 1949 to 1990, Germany was made up of two countries called the Federal Republic of Germany (inf. West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (inf. East Germany). During this time, the capital city of Berlin was divided into a west and an east part. On 13 August 1961, East Germany started building the Berlin Wall between the two parts of Berlin. West Germany was one of the countries that started the European Union.[12]
Germany gained importance as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, which was the first Reich, a word translated as empire. It was started by Charlemagne who became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD, and it lasted until 1806, the time of the Napoleonic Wars.[13]
The second Reich was started with a treaty in 1871 in Versailles.[14] The biggest state in the new German Empire was Prussia. The Kings of Prussia were also "German Emperors", but they did not call themselves "Emperors of Germany". There were many other kingdoms, duchies and republics in the Empire, but not Austria. Germany stayed an empire for 50 years.
The treaty of unification was made after Germany won the Franco-Prussian War with France in 1871. In World War I, Germany joined Austria-Hungary, and again declared war on France.[14] The war became slow in the west and was fought in trenches. Many men were killed on both sides without winning or losing. In the Eastern Front the soldiers fought with the Russian Empire and won there after the Russians gave up. The war ended in 1918 because the Germans could not win in the west and gave up. Germany's emperor also had to give up his power.[14] France took Alsace from Germany and Poland got the Danzig corridor. After a revolution, the Second Reich ended and the democratic Weimar Republic began.
After the war, there were a lot of problems with money in Germany because of the Peace Treaty of Versailles (which made Germany pay for the costs of World War I) and the worldwide Great Depression.[15]
The Third Reich was Nazi Germany; it lasted 12 years, from 1933 to 1945.[16] It started after Adolf Hitler became the head of government. On 23 March 1933, the Reichstag (parliament) passed the Enabling Act, which let Hitler's government command the country without help from the Reichstag and the presidency. This gave him total control of the country and the government.[17] Hitler in effect became a dictator.
Hitler wanted to unify all Germans in one state, and did this by annexing places where Germans lived, such as Austria and Czechoslovakia; Hitler also wanted the land in Poland that Germany had owned before 1918. Poland refused to give it to him. The invasion of Poland started World War II on 1 September 1939. In the beginning of the war, Germany was winning. It managed to take over much of Europe. However, Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941 and, after the Battle of Kursk, the German Eastern Front began a slow retreat until war's end. On 8 May 1945, Germany gave up after Berlin was captured, Hitler had killed himself a week earlier. Because of the war, Germany lost a lot of German land east of the Oder-Neiße line, and for 45 years, Germany was split into West Germany and East Germany.
In 1989 there was a process of reforms in East Germany, which lead to the opening of the Berlin Wall and to the end of socialist rule in Germany. This events are known as the Wende or the Friedliche Revolution (Peaceful Revolution) in Germany. After that, East Germany joined West Germany in 1990.[18] The new Germany is a part of the European Union.[19]
Germany is a constitutional federal democracy.[20] Its political rules come from the 'constitution' called Basic Law (Grundgesetz), written by West Germany in 1949. It has a parliamentary system, and the parliament elects the head of government, the Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler). The current Chancellor, Dr Angela Merkel, is a woman who used to live in East Germany.[21]
The people of Germany vote for the parliament, called the Bundestag (Federal Assembly), every four years.[22] Government members of the 16 States of Germany (Bundesländer) work in the Bundesrat (Federal Council). The Bundesrat can help make some laws.[23]
|Joachim Gauck
|18 March 2012
|Angela Merkel
|22 November 2005
|Other government parties
The head of state is the Bundespräsident (Federal President). This person has no real powers but can order elections for the Bundestag. The current president is Joachim Gauck (Independent).
The judiciary branch (the part of German politics that deals with courts) has a Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court). It can stop any act by the law-makers or other leaders if they feel they go against Germany's constitution.
The opposition parties are the Alliance '90/The Greens and Die Linke.
Germany is one of the largest countries in Europe. It stretches from the North Sea and Baltic Sea in the north to the high mountains of the Alps in the south. The highest point is the Zugspitze on the Austrian border, at 2,962 metres (9,718 ft).[23]
Germany's northern part is very low and flat (lowest point: Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at −3.54 m or −11.6 ft). In the middle, there are low mountain ranges covered in large forests. Between these and the Alps, there is another plain created by glaciers during the ice ages.
Germany also contains parts of Europe's longest rivers, such as the Rhine (which makes up a part of Germany's western border, while Oder is on its eastern border), the Danube and the Elbe.[23]
In Germany there are sixteen states (Bundesländer):
In these states there are 301 Kreise (districts) and 114 independent cities, which do not belong to any district.
Germany has one of the world's largest technologically powerful economies. Bringing West and East Germany together and making their economy work is still taking a long time and costing a lot of money.[25] Germany is the largest economy in Europe.[26] In September 2011, the inflation rate in Germany was 2.5%. The unemployment rate of Germany was 5.5% as of October 2011.[27]
Germany is one of the G8 countries. The main industry area is the Ruhr area.[28]
There are at least seven million people from other countries living in Germany. Some have political asylum, some are guest workers (Gastarbeiter), and some are their families. A lot of people from poor or dangerous countries go to Germany for safety.
About 50,000 ethnic Danish people live in Schleswig-Holstein, in the north. About 60,000 Sorbs (a Slavic people) live in Germany too, in Saxony and Brandenburg. About 12,000 people in Germany speak Frisian; this language is the closest living language to English. In northern Germany, people outside towns speak Low Saxon.
Many people have come to Germany from Turkey (about 1.9 million Turks and Kurds). Other small groups of people in Germany are Croats (0.2 million), Italians (0.6 million), Greeks (0.4 million), Russians, and Poles (0.3 million). There are also some ethnic Germans who lived in the old Soviet Union (1.7 million), Poland (0.7 million), and Romania (0.3 million). These people have German passports, so they are not counted as foreigners. A lot of these people do not speak German at home.[23]
Christianity is the biggest religion; Protestants are 38% of the people (mostly in the north) and Catholics are 34% of the people (mostly in the south).[23] There are also many Muslims, while the other people (26.3%) are either not religious, or belong to smaller religious groups.[23] In the eastern regions, the former territory of the GDR (known as the DDR in German), only one fifth of the population is religious.
Germany has one of the world's highest levels of schooling, technology, and businesses. The number of young people who attend universities is now three times more than it was after the end of World War II, and the trade and technical schools of Germany are some of the best in the world. German income is, on average, $25,000 a year, making Germany a highly middle class society. A large social welfare system gives people money when they are ill, unemployed, or similarly disadvantaged. Millions of Germans travel outside of their country each year.
Germany's constitution says that all people can believe in any religion they want to, and that no one is allowed to discriminate against somebody because of the person's religion.
In ancient times Germany was largely pagan. Roman Catholicism was the biggest religion in Germany up to the 15th century, but a major religious change called the Reformation changed this. In 1517, Martin Luther said that the Catholic Church used religion to make money. Luther started Protestantism, which is as big as the Catholic religion in Germany today. Before World War II, about two-thirds of the German people were Protestant and one-thirds were Roman Catholic. In the north and northeast of Germany, there were a lot more Protestants than Catholics. Today, about two-thirds of German people (more than 55 million people) call themselves Christian, but most of them do not practice it. About half of them are Protestants and about half are Roman Catholics.[29] Most German Protestants are members of the Evangelical Church in Germany. The previous Pope, Benedict XVI, was born in Germany.
Before World War II, about one percent of the country's people were German Jews. Today, Germany has the fastest-growing group of Jewish people in the world. Many of them are in Berlin. Ten thousand Jews have moved to Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall; many came from countries that were in the Soviet Union. Schools teaching about the horrible things that happened when the Nazis were in power, as well as teaching against the ideas of the Nazis, has helped to make Germany very tolerant towards other people and cultures, and now many people move there from countries that may not be so tolerant.
About three million Muslims live in Germany, 3.7% of the total population.[29][30] The country also has a large atheist and agnostic population, and there are also Jain, Buddhist and Zoroastrian communities. The 20th century has also seen a neopagan revival.
Germany has a long history of poets, thinkers, artists, and so on. There are 240 supported theaters, hundreds of orchestras, thousands of museums and over 25,000 libraries in Germany. Millions of tourists visit these attractions every year.
Germany has created a high level of gender equality, disability rights, and accepts homosexuality. Gay marriage is somewhat legal in Germany. Germany was rated the second most valuable country in the world, and a global poll showed that Germany has the most positive influence on the world.
Germany is also known for their food. Their food varies from region to region. For example, in the southern regions, such as Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, they share their type of food with Switzerland and Austria. Everywhere in Germany, meat is eaten as a sausage. Even though wine use is increasing, the national alcoholic drink is beer. The number of Germans who drink beer is one of the highest in the world. German restaurants are also rated the second-best, with France rated first place.
Football is the most popular sport in Germany. The national team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times (1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014), and appears in the finals a lot. The team also has had the most Euro titles than any other country. The top football league in Germany is Bundesliga. Also, the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) is the largest in the world. Some of the world's best Footballers came from Germany. These would include Miroslav Klose, Oliver Kahn, Gerd Müller, Michael Ballack, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franz Beckenbauer, and so on. Plus, many tournaments have taken place in Germany. The most recent was the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Audi Cup takes place in Germany every year in Munich.
Germany is also known for its motor sports. The country has made companies like the BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, etc. Successful German racing drivers include Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.
Successful tennis players have also come from Germany, including Steffi Graf and Boris Becker. More recently, Sabine Lisicki reached the Women's Singles final at Wimbledon in 2013.
Lastly, Germany is one of the best countries in the Olympic Games. Germany is the third in the list of the most Olympic Games medals in history (mixed with West and East Germany medals). The country finished first place in the 2006 Winter Olympics, and second in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Germany got fifth place in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ "World Factbook". CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit: Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund – Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2010, p. 64 statistics
- ↑ Germans without any migrant background
- ↑ "Press releases - For the first time more than 16 million people with migration background in Germany". Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) - Destatis.de. 2010-07-14. https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2010/07/PE10_248_122.html. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ↑ "Pressemitteilungen - Ein Fünftel der Bevölkerung in Deutschland hatte 2010 einen Migrationshintergrund" (in (German)). Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) - Destatis.de. 2011-09-26. https://www.destatis.de/DE/PresseService/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2011/09/PD11_355_122.html. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistisches Bundesamt: Bevölkerung auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ↑ Zensus 2011: Bevölkerung am 9. Mai 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Germany". International Monetary Fund. April 2013. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=59&pr.y=9&sy=2012&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=134&s=NGDP_R%2CNGDP%2CNGDPD%2CNGDPRPC%2CNGDPPC%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ↑ [url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2013_CH.pdf "Human Development Report 2013"]. UN. 2013. url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2013_CH.pdf. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Grundgesetz, Preamble and Article 20 (1) Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist ein demokratischer und sozialer Bundesstaat.
- ↑ "Germany Top Migration Land After U.S. in New OECD Ranking". Bloomberg. 20 May 2014. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-20/immigration-boom-propels-germany-past-u-k-in-new-oecd-ranking.html. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "History of the European Union". European Union. http://europa.eu/abc/history/1945-1959/1957/index_en.htm.. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ↑ "The foundation of the first German emipre". http://laender-lexikon.com/fdtlhi1r.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
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Other websites
- Deutschland.de - Topical multilingual website about Germany
- Statistikportal.de - Website statistical data
- Bundesregierung Deutschland - Website of the German Federal Government
- Bundespräsident - Website of the German President
- Bundeskanzlerin.de - Official Website of the first female Bundeskanzler, Angela Merkel (German)
- Bundeskanzlerin.de - Official Website of the first female Bundeskanzler, Angela Merkel (English)
- Bundestag - Website of the German Parliament
- City Panoramas - Panoramic Views and Virtual Tours of German Cities and Towns
- Axel Boldt, A Subjective Comparison of Germany and the United States
- Allemagne in easy French
- WorldFlicks in Germany: photos and interesting places on Google Maps


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Brewers lose in extra innings to Astros
Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning, giving the Houston Astros a 7-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.
Carlos Corporan struck out but reached on a wild pitch with one out in the 10th and J.D. Martinez followed with a double. Pena then launched the first-pitch homer off Michael Gonzalez (0-3) to the second deck in right field.
It was a sloppy game that featured six unearned runs and four errors.
Hector Ambriz (2-4) pitched a scoreless 10th to help Houston take two of three in the series.
Corporan tied it with a solo home run in the eighth. Matt Dominguez added three hits.
The Brewers led by a run before Jonathan Lucroy's homer in the sixth, which bounced on top of the low wall in right field, made it 4-2 and chased Lucas Harrell.
Houston got back within one when Martinez reached on an error by second baseman Scooter Gennett leading off the bottom half. Dominguez hit an RBI double with two outs that made it 4-3.
Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo allowed five hits and three runs - none earned - in seven innings. He has not permitted an earned run in 21 straight innings spanning three starts.
Jim Henderson replaced Gallardo for the eighth and immediately gave up the homer to Corporan.
Gennett was thrown out at home on a grounder for the second out in the ninth. Dominguez doubled to lead off the ninth and reached third with one out, but John Axford retired the next two batters to send it to the 10th.
Carlos Gomez doubled to start the Milwaukee eighth before a peculiar error on second baseman Jose Altuve. He missed catching the ball on a pickoff attempt, allowing Gomez to take third.
Altuve immediately looked down at his glove and ran to the Astros dugout. Television shots showed that his mitt had come apart, leaving a big hole in it that allowed the ball to get through. An Astros official tied it back together and he returned to the field.
Astros center fielder Justin Maxwell dropped a fly ball hit by Caleb Gindl that sent two runs home in the second for a 3-0 lead.
Houston right fielder Trevor Crowe injured his right shoulder crashing into the wall attempting to catch the home run by Lucroy and left the game. He was listed as day to day.
NOTES: Houston plays another one of its former NL Central rivals when it opens a three-game series with the Cubs on Friday. Dallas Keuchel is scheduled to pitch for the Astros against Matt Garza. ... The Brewers return home to begin a three-game series with Atlanta on Friday. Wily Peralta opposes Atlanta's Julio Teheran.


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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu released the following statement last night:
"Citizens of Israel,
Tonight, I am leaving for New York to represent the State of Israel at the United Nations.
On the issue of Iran, we are all in agreement on the goal of preventing Iran from achieving nuclear weapons.
On the day when we pray to be inscribed in the Book of Life, a platform was given to a dictatorial regime that strives, at every opportunity, to sentence us to death.
On the eve of Yom Kippur, which is sacred to the Jewish People, the Iranian tyrant – before the whole world – chose to publicly call for our disappearance.
This is a black day for those who chose to stay in the hall and listen to such slander.
In my remarks to the UN General Assembly, they will hear my response.
As the Prime Minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish People, I am working in every way so that Iran will not have nuclear weapons.
History has proven that those who have wanted to wipe us off the map have failed, as the Jewish People have overcome all obstacles.
We have set up a magnificent state, among the most advanced in the world.
Israel is a modern and strong state thanks to the strength and talents of its citizens and to our faith in the justice of our cause.
I wish you all gemar chatima tova!"
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Creating and fostering happiness and inclusiveness at Uber with global cultural and community events to increase and enhance cross-cultural learning and understanding.
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I immigrated to America 2 decades ago. I have been through all the processes that an immigrant goes through—H-1B, H-1B extension, green card, citizenship, and US passport process. I am happy to be a sounding board for others going through the same process. I am proud to work alongside amazingly talented people at Uber, where we are changing the world one family and one car at a time. Every day here is special and challenging in different ways.
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After a 16-year wait in various stages of immigration, I learned a lot and decided to give back to the immigrant community. My proudest moment at Uber was being a top employee driver of 2016 and making product improvement suggestions. I get to solve interesting global security problems—this is the most exciting aspect of my work at Uber. I also teach at SJSU, where I was awarded 2019 Best Practices in Teaching Award for Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
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Rejected in the H-1B lottery 3 times in a row, I converted to work in H-4 visa finally and would like to help other immigrants go through these problems. My proudest moment at Uber was the time the team launched a new-generation user authentication system. The goal of making Uber user accounts more secure makes me excited to come to work each day.
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I'm a longtime ally of and advocate for immigrants and refugees in the SF Bay Area and beyond. Having been an immigrant myself in several countries, I can relate with the challenges, anxieties, and emotions involved in relocating across borders. My professional career is focused in the field of immigration, which has fueled my support and solidarity with immigrants and the diverse communities in which we live.
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I moved to the United States from Turkey about a decade ago. Moving to a new country poses a lot of challenges, whatever your background is, and I've definitely experienced those challenges throughout the years and am happy to share my knowledge with the newcomers. It's amazing to see how much the cross-cultural learnings have increased within the past 6 months since we launched our chapter in LA.
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"As a refugee and first-generation immigrant, I am deeply aware of the challenges facing the immigrant community as well as the endless possibilities for us to contribute and make a positive impact on our society. I am humbled and proud to be part of the Immigrants at Uber ERG, as we try our very best to support and advocate for our immigrant colleagues as well as the immigrant community here and around the world."
Public speaking communities
Immigrants at Uber started 2 Toastmasters clubs at Uber, with active membership forming in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Toastmasters provides robust support for speaking, communication, and leadership skills for participants.
Global mentorship
The Immigrants at Uber ERG hosts quarterly Mentoring over Lunch events. We invite Executive Mentors hosting roundtable chats with mentees. This was a globally distributed event, with sessions held in India, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia and in the US.
Legal insight sessions
Immigrants at Uber hosts regular Visa with Chai Samosa sessions. We invite lawyers from Uber's legal partnership and experts from Uber's immigration team to provide updates and Q&A for members. This builds the bridge for Uber employees to address their concerns and questions.
Intersectional partnerships
We also focus on the greater good at Uber outside our core membership. On Veterans Day 2018, our ERG did a project to honor all Uber veteran employees by helping to fly a US flag in each employee's honor at the US Capitol. The flags were presented to the employees.


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collection on the second Saturday of each month
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Participated in a blogger baking event organized and sponsored by Happy Farmer (brief translation) from Taiwan recently. One of the key ingredients to be included in the recipe was red rice flour supplied by the organizer. I googled for recipes before I received the rice flour and discovered many baking recipes called for rice flour especially most gluten free recipes substituted wheat flour with rice flour. Before this, I used rice flour for only cookies and pie pastry, to increase crispiness. Again, I have learned something new.
On the day I received the red rice flour (150g), I was planning to bake some dinner rolls. Thus, my first experiment was this Red Rice Flour Buns baked with the combination of 50% bread flour and 50% red rice flour. I chose this simple recipe as I wanted to have a taste the original flavour of rice bun. Verdict? The taste was good, slightly sweeten with hint of rice aroma. My boys gobbled up a few of them soon after they were baked. As for texture, rice buns were fluffy and they were moister but less springy than the buns baked with only bread flour. Honestly, my first time hands on bread baking with rice flour so not very sure if it was successful.
Ingredients (makes 8-10 buns):
100g bread flour / 面包粉
100g red rice flour / 红米粉
15g fine granulated sugar / 细糖
3g salt / 盐
4g instant dry yeast / 即溶酵母
60ml fresh milk / 鲜奶
80ml water / 水
10g butter / 奶油
- In a large bowl, bring together flours, sugar and salt. Mix well with a spatula or whisk. (把粉,糖和盐放如盆内,用刮刀搅匀。)
- Make a well in the centre, add in yeast, milk and water. Mix with a spatula from the centre until all flour incorporated. (在粉中弄个井,加入酵母,奶 和水。用刮刀慢慢搅拌至成团。)
- Knead with hands till the surface is smooth. Add in butter and continue to knead till soft dough is formed. When pull, thin film of dough is visible. You can knead the dough on a slightly floured table top if desired. (用手揉至表面光滑,加入奶油继续揉至可以拉出薄膜的面团。)
- Cover dough with plastic wrap, keep in a warm place and proof for 30-40 minutes or till the dough is doubled in size. (盖上保鲜膜,进行第一次发酵约30至40分钟。)
- Turn dough onto a slightly floured table top, divide and shape dough into 8-10 equal size balls. Arrange them on a greased baking tray. (台面稍微撒粉,将面团分割成8-10等份,滚圆后放入烤盘。)
- Cover with plastic wrap and rest for 30 minutes or until they are doubled/tripled in size. (盖上保鲜膜,进行第二次发酵约30分钟或至小粉团成2-3倍。)
- Bake in the preheated oven at 175℃ for 10 to 12 minutes. (放入已预热的烤箱,以175℃烘烤10-12 分钟。)
My elder son (3y4m) loves bread with cream soup a lot. When I was cooking the soup, he came into the kitchen "Mama, I smell hotel soup". Every time we dined in restaurant at a hotel he always asked for a bowl of cream soup and ate happily with a slice of nice bread.


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The Internet Sales Tax Rush
Harry Reid and Wal-Mart hope nobody will notice their online revenue raid.
Every time Congress has taken a serious look at proposals to boost Internet sales taxes, it has rejected them. That's probably why pro-tax Senators are trying to rush through an online tax hike with as little consideration as possible.
As early as Monday, the Senate will vote on a bill that was introduced only last Tuesday. The text of this legislation, which would fundamentally change interstate commerce, only became available on the Library of Congress website over the weekend. And you thought ObamaCare was jammed through Nancy Pelosi's Democratic House in a hurry.
For Senators curious about what they're voting on, it is the same flawed proposal that Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) introduced in February. It has been repackaged to qualify for a Senate rule that allows Majority Leader Harry Reid to bypass committee debate and bring it straight to the floor.
Mr. Enzi's Marketplace Fairness Act discriminates against Internet-based businesses by imposing burdens that it does not apply to brick-and-mortar companies. For the first time, online merchants would be forced to collect sales taxes for all of America's estimated 9,600 state and local taxing authorities.
New Hampshire, for example, has no sales tax, but a Granite State Web merchant would be forced to collect and remit sales taxes to all the governments that do. Small online sellers will therefore have to comply with tax laws created by distant governments in which they have no representation, and in places where they consume no local services.
Meanwhile, New Hampshire's brick-and-mortar retailers will bear no such burden. They will not be required to collect taxes on the many customers who drive across the Maine and Massachusetts borders to shop in New Hampshire. Bill sponsors say it would be too big a hassle to force traditional retailers to ask every walk-in customer where they live, but these Senators are happy to impose new obligations online.
The Enzi plan would require a centralized tax collector for each state or for a group of states that would gather both state and local levies from the online merchants. His office concedes that could still mean 27 or more different auditors of a Web-based business—which is better than 9,600 but hardly qualifies as simplicity.
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The drivers of this rush to tax are Wal-Mart and other big retailers that can more easily absorb the costs of collection than can smaller competitors. Also supporting the bill is Internet giant Amazon, which coincidentally now sells its own tax compliance service to other merchants. Adding to the lobbying muscle are state and local governments. The politicians believe they'll collect tens of billions of dollars in taxes that are already owed by shoppers on remote sales but rarely paid.
So big business and big government are uniting to pursue their mutual interest in sticking it to the little guy. Any Internet seller with more than $1 million in annual sales would be forced to serve all of the nation's tax collectors. It's true that many small brick-and-mortar retailers in states with sales taxes support the Enzi bill. They say they're at a disadvantage as customers examine products in their showrooms and then go home to buy them tax-free. On the other hand, some customers use retail websites for research before buying at a local store.
But even if the goal is to "level the playing field" in favor of Main Street, it won't happen. Mr. Enzi cannot possibly force all the world's Internet businesses to collect local U.S. taxes. So instead of shifting sales from online to bricks-and-mortar, he might succeed in shifting them from U.S. online merchants to foreign ones.
This rush to tax is an attempt to overturn the Supreme Court's 1992 decision in Quill v. North Dakota that forcing businesses to collect and remit taxes to jurisdictions where they have no physical presence was too big a burden. Though that ruling applied to catalogs in the pre-Internet age, it established an important principle of cross-state tax accountability.
Congress does have the power to write new rules for interstate commerce. But for years even politicians who wanted to force remote sellers to collect taxes conceded that it would only work if states and localities dramatically simplified their tax systems. That has never happened. So now the tax collectors promise that software will figure out how every item is taxed in every town in America.
Perhaps software will flawlessly determine, for example, what is classified as candy for tax purposes and what is considered food in each jurisdiction. But the legislation itself contemplates confusion, as it spells out when a merchant is liable for errors and when a software vendor takes the blame. The way governments work, they'll penalize both merchants and the software vendors for mistakes.
Some of our conservative friends are backing this Internet tax raid as a way to raise revenue to avoid more state income-tax increases. More likely the new revenues will merely fund larger government. Republicans who are realists about government would be wiser to join Senators Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Kelly Ayotte (R., N.H.), who are leading the opposition.
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Why clean your Air ducts?
Your Air duct is an important component of your home. And like many of the other things, if they are not kept clean all the time, they would pose significant risks to your health, as well as that of your family and friends. What does an air duct add to the home? Fresh and clean air. But can fresh and cool air be let into your home if the ducts are very dirty and clogged? For this reason, it is important that your duct cleaning in Namao is regularly done by top professionals. Here are some of the dangers that you and your family are exposed to when you have a dirty or clogged airway.
Dangers of not cleaning your air ducts
Although inhaling fresh air is one of the major reasons for cleaning your air duct regularly, the following are the dangers of not cleaning the air ducts in your home.
Molds are dangerous additions to your air ducts that can present various health risks. If the air ducts remain dirty for an extended period, they can form condensation, which is the best breeding ground for mold and fungus growth. Molds may be easily transported by dust particles, and it is known that their spores pose a health hazard when inhaled. A headache and dizziness are among the most common reactions to inhaling a mold spore.
Pest attacks
If your air duct has been clogged for too long, a parasitic infestation might set in. Pests and some insects can get trapped in there, or they could intentionally start living in the clogged air duct. And this surely becomes a risk to your sound health. Not only do they become a nuisance to the air ducts transfer of good air, they usually carry certain diseases in their excrement, and this can contaminate the air that's entering your home. Not just that, you are not prepared for the fleas they are infected with.
It doesn't take rocket science to know that if a place is not cleaned, there will be dust in there. Most often, dust is easily stored in the air ducts. What is the component of dust? It consists of particles which include all and anything in the home; this ranges from pollution to dirt, the remains of insects, animal hair or even ashes. Which one of those would you like to inhale? You need a duct cleaning Namao service to clean your ducts.
But if you do not purify your duct, it will mix with the air entering your home, and you will inhale it into your body as you breathe in the air. These most definitely cause irritation and some allergic reactions.
If the air ducts in your home are not maintained or cleaned properly, then the material used in the insulation may gradually disintegrate and mix into the air. The air ducts are majorly insulated with asbestos, and if the air ducts are what you feel unconcerned about, then they can be damaged, and the asbestos is therefore allowed to float in the air.
By calling for professional duct cleaning in Namao, you can prevent all these issues and lead a healthy and trouble-free life. It shouldn't be allowed to degenerate and cause harm before it is cleaned and maintained.
The types of ducts
Duct cleaning has been a hot topic lately. And I felt it was important to share the types of ductworks available. Let us begin our discussion on the three most basic types of ductwork that you will find.
One of the most common types of duct one would find today is the flexible duct or the flex duct (as some people call it). The Flex duct is an internal plastic tube which is supported by a spiral wire and wrapped-in insulation. The flexible duct depending on the airflow requirements may have a diameter of only about 4 to 20 inches. Flexible duct systems are easily cleanable and are not prone to permanent damage if biological organisms grow organically inside them. The molds are not permeable to the plastic, so it is easy to clean the flex duct system without too much stress. In the worst cases, we may need to change the distribution or mixing boxes which connects the ducts. The boxes consist of a duct or fiber boards. A good commercial duct cleaning Edmonton team will easily clean this for you.
Then we have the duct systems which are entirely made of fiberboard. It was popularly used between the late "70s and the mid" 90s. Fiberboards are also the right material for apartments and condos, where the round and flex ducts simply do not work because of a lack of space. A fiberboard duct system is a completely different thing entirely, and it's not an option to clean when it is necessary to clean due to organic growths or dust and dirt issues in the fiberboard system. Any move to clean the duct board, the surface seal will be damaged, and small particles of fiberglass will be spread across throughout the room.
Until some years ago, duct boards didn't have protections against biological growth and the fiberboard duct systems were the perfect storm for mold growth. Molds need just three things to grow and be very happy, and that's moisture, food, and darkness.
Today"s fiber is equipped with some extra coating which help prevents biological growths. The bad news is: if you have an old fiberboard in your home, only its replacement is the best way for new ductwork. There is also a paint which is called Foster 40/20. It can be applied inside the previous duct board, and it encapsulates the bad spores; however, the mold can continue to grow underneath it and cause problems in the future. It is, however, important to get a commercial duct cleaning Namao team to help and then provide professional advice on how to go about it.
And finally, there is the metal duct system. The metal duct systems were very popular around the 70s and 80s. When a metal duct system is in a good condition, it may be cleaned without any problems at all. One of the problems faced by the commercial duct cleaning Edmonton service team with the old metal ductwork is that while trying to clean up the ductwork, the vibration from the cleaning causes the duct work to split apart from the seams. For this reason, it is very important that the ducts are thoroughly inspected before attempting to clean them. This can be done by a commercial duct cleaning Namao service team.
How Commercial Duct Cleaning in Namao affects the air quality in homes
It is not a secret that most people spend most of their time indoors. It could be in the offices or at home. It is believed that they breathe cleaner and healthier air indoors because they are in a controlled environment, but are they? The air inside, is it purer and cleaner than that outside? Studies have shown that sometimes this is not the case! According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), outdoor air is two to five times more polluted than what is obtained indoor, but the air duct in the house might betray you (if it"s dirty). Having known this, one may ask what can be done to keep the air inside as clean as expected. It's simple, get a Commercial Duct Cleaning Namao service team to clean the air ducts.
Why Commercial Duct Cleaning in Namao is important in homes
Imagine the stuff in your homes like the carpets, rugs and the air ducts as if they were a huge trap of dust, allergens, dirt, and other harmful and unpleasant substances. That"s just what these things are! We walk on them and raise more dust while walking on the carpet or rugs, after all, we cannot avoid movement in our homes. However, we can avoid the dirt and dust raised by keeping the carpet in its best shape and calling the professionals to do the cleaning when needed, and a Commercial Duct Cleaning Namao service team to help clean the ducts.
Keeping the carpet clean is more than just improving the appearance at home or the office. It also affects the health of your loved ones and family, yourself and even your customers! And because duct cleaning is safe and improves the environment in the home, it"s certainly a great way to keep the air indoor safe. Duct cleaning requires nothing that you should be worried about. There will for sure be no residues of cleaning solutions left neither will there be damages caused by the use of chemicals.
If you are concerned about the growth of molds, as should be the case when you talk about moisture, then you must be rest assured there will be no issues – however, you must get the best duct cleaning specialists.
A few reasons why you should clean your air duct
- It helps improve the quality of indoor air
- Cleaning the air duct eliminates impurities from the ducts, and it guarantees optimum indoor air quality. We know your health is dependent on the environment in which you live; consequently, indoor air directly influences your health. Therefore cleaning it helps maintain your health.
- Your clean cooling and heating systems can help consume less and more efficient energy, this, therefore, saves you more energy and ultimately saves more money in the long run.
- Cleaning the duct creates a cleaner environment for you
- Professional air duct cleaning reduces dust in your living space which lands on your furniture, your bed, on the floor or anywhere. And fortunately, deep cleaning of the air ducts reduces the required amount of internal ducting and cleaning required to maintain a very hygienic home.
These are only a few reasons why you need a clean air duct and why it is recommended you get a commercial duct cleaning Namao service as soon as possible when necessary.Carbondale, Lancaster Park, Saint Albert, Bon Accord, Morinville, Beverly, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park, Strathcona


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After circumnavigating the globe with more than 70 concerts in seven countries, Keith Urban is extending his Graffiti U World Tour with additional dates this summer and fall.
Keith will bring his revamped show—new music, new lighting, new production—to 13 festivals and fairs, including stops in Chicago, Cheyenne, Louisville and more.
"I'm always looking for something a bit different when I go to see a show, especially when I see someone more than once—the set list, production, lighting, even just the vibe," says Keith. "So I decided to change it up for the summer—have some fun and do something a bit different."
Tickets for the new dates are on sale now.
Graffiti U World Tour
June 22 | Chicago, Illinois | Lakeshake Festival
July 4 | Provo, Utah | America's Freedom Festival at Provo
July 19 | Brooklyn, Michigan | International Speedway
July 20 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | Country Jam USA
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My Pie Monday: Bacon Jam, Pita Pizza, Wine Chorizo and Much More!
Glimpse pizzas made by fellow Slice'rs.
Happy My Pie Monday! It should come as no surprise to you that there are a great mix of pies this week, especially with the continued blank of baking steel produced pies. Imwalkin tinkers with a new steel set up this week, Whoha has a double first with his virgin run with the steel and the New York-style pie, SonnyC79 crowns his first steel fired pie with bacon jam (Whoa!). Effanzo_Mane expects to get his steel any day now, but in the meantime he seems to be faring just fine—I mean, who can argue with wine chorizo? SMST3 sends in an upside down (sauce on top) whole wheat creation, and while amusebouche1's pizza may look like whole wheat, in amusebouche1-style, it's got a creative twist. Newcomer kstwewsc includes her favorite topping combo, arugula and proscuitto on her caputo 00 base. Budreski turns a pita into a pita pizza with loads of veggies. Keeping it classic this week, TXCraig1 adds a Margherita to the mix, and Norma427 has a Vermont pepperoni topped pie named for some pizza helping friends.
There's been "Talk" of making next week's My Pie Monday a special edition. The idea is that the work of many of the regular contributors have become rather recognizable. So for next week, it will be up to reader's to identify the pies. If you have any thoughts on the subject, chime in on this Talk thread.
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Australian smartphone camera app SnappyCam disappears from App Store without a trace
Los Angeles: An Australian entrepreneur's popular iPhone app has been pulled from Apple's App Store, its support website's content removed and its online social networking profiles locked, sparking speculation it has been acquired by a technology company.
John Papandriopoulos, the app's 35-year-old founder, who is based in San Francisco but is currently on holidays in his hometown of Melbourne, has not returned emails or calls requesting comment. His company, Snappy Labs, is behind the SnappyCam app, which turns the iPhone 5 into a full action camera capable of shooting 20 high-quality photos in one second. It was a feat not even Apple's own camera app was able to achieve, which made it wildly popular, reaching No. 1 on Apple's App Store in Australia and other country's app stores.
Dr Papandriopoulos told Fairfax Media in September that he was in talks with companies who wanted to acquire the technology behind the app, which enabled burst mode for the iPhone's camera. Apple is understood to have been one of the companies he was in talks with. The Cupertino, California company previously acquired Australian-born internet entrepreneurs Ben Keighran and Cathy Edwards's mobile app search engine Chomp for $US50 million.
Apple did not return emails requesting comment.
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When an app is acquired, the acquirer usually requests for it to be pulled. This is what occurred when Yahoo! acquired the Summly app, which summarised long articles to fewer than 400 characters using algorithms, from teenager Nick D'Aloisio.
Snappy Lab's website, snappycam.com, has displayed "not found" since late December. The company's website, snappylabs.com, also displays "not found". Meanwhile, the company's Twitter account, @SnappyLabs, and the app's Twitter account, @SnappyCam, have been locked from public view, leading people to question where the app has gone. The company's Facebook account, facebook.com/SnappyLabs, has been deleted.
Guy Cookson tweeted on January 1: "What happened to @SnappyCam? Twitter feed locked, website down, app removed. I was about to recommend to @AlejandroGzzC"
Erik Henderson tweeted: "@fhoxh @SnappyCam @jpap is SnappyCam ever coming back? The app, website, & even snappylabs have all seemed to disappear w/o a trace... :("
The last time the @Snappycam Twitter account tweeted was December 13.
Dr Papandriopoulos told Fairfax Media in September he had been approached by several tech companies and that he was open to being acquired.
"In terms of commercial interest in SnappyCam, there's been quite a bit actually, which has been great in many ways," Dr Papandriopoulos said.
"I've spent the last couple of weeks exploring different opportunities in that regard but it's still a little early to really say anything about it."
Dr Papandriopoulos said there were "a spectrum of companies" in the Bay Area that had shown interest.
"There are a lot of big ones, internet giants as you like to say, and I've spoken to several of those as well as some smaller companies. One in particular is a well funded start-up that has made some significant inroads in what they're doing. If I was to mention a name I am sure you'd know who they are. It wouldn't be unknown."
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When word went out that Jason Paskewitz and Ryan O'Donnell were planning Rustic House, a sequel to their successful first venture, the sophisticated Gemini Bistro, I figured the pair wanted a simpler follow-up restaurant, something that would let them expand without overexerting themselves.
And that's true to an extent. Rustic House certainly seems like the polished Gemini Bistro's affable country cousin. Some walls are clad in reclaimed barn wood, others in overlapping runs of bleached burlap.
High-mounted wood chandeliers, topped with pillar candles (electric, I trust), remind one of re-purposed wagon wheels, minus the spokes. An aged-looking but new brick wall separates the front room from the back, where a fireplace lurks. The bar and table tops sport wood-grain tops.
But Paskewitz, the chef half of the partnership, ably demonstrates that simple does not mean simplistic. There are some fine dishes on this meat-dominant menu, and the cooking abounds with passion.
The rustic angle was more or less imposed on the partners — a gleaming, built-in French rotisserie was already on the premises. "We designed the whole restaurant around it," Paskewitz says. "It's such a nice way to cook food, long and slow, holding in the juices. But they're very expensive; we wouldn't have bought one. We got lucky."
Each day, a different cut of meat gets the rotisserie treatment. Wednesdays, it's duck, marinated in orange juice and sugar the night before and glazed with more marinade at the finish. That's actually one of the more complex rotisserie dishes; most meats get just a little salt and pepper.
A little garlic for the pork and veal racks (Tuesdays and Fridays, respectively), some rosemary for Sunday's leg of lamb. The rotisserie does the rest, and one bite of the juicy duck breast, or of the organic chicken (the only rotisserie item available every day), will remind one of the virtues of simplicity.
There's also a wood-burning grill on the premises, which turns out a nicely charred octopus appetizer (with wilted greens, tomato confit and olives) and takes care of the menu's two steaks — USDA prime, wet-aged beef sourced through Gepperth's Meat Market, across the street.
The $44 tag next to the 16-ounce New York strip can be a bit surprising, given that the average entree runs about $26, but this is a serious, steakhouse-quality hunk of beef that can hold its own with any steak downtown. Mine arrived at a picture-perfect medium rare, properly rested, topped with a dab of compound butter.
Paskewitz is fond of dressing his dishes up with luxury touches. His terrific pan-roasted halibut really doesn't need much support, but the chef adds a lobster and sweet-corn succotash and a gently sweet champagne beurre blanc. And I'm not saying that the hand-rolled gnocchi, served with substantial nuggets of seared foie gras over a light parsley nage, has magical powers. But Paskewitz created the dish to impress his girlfriend, and now she's his fiancee. You don't get better feedback than that.
To begin, there are some cute nibbles in the form of marcona almonds tossed in duck fat, and honey-glazed bacon served upright in a snifter. The must-try appetizer is the breakfast-inspired combination of maple-glazed pork belly topped with a sunny-side quail egg, alongside a jar of diced potatoes.
Desserts are pure fun. The blueberry pie, baked into a cast-iron pan, with blueberry gelato; pounce on this seasonal treat while you still can. The trio of creme brulee, in coconut, chocolate and almond flavors, is fail-safe. I had a yummy assortment of shortbread cookies with a mango milkshake, which has been changed into a Sprecher root beer float.
The short wine list has plenty of substantial reds to pair with all that slow-cooked meat, and about 20 wines are offered by the glass or carafe as well. Midwestern craft beers dominate the beer selection, and the bar makes a fine Sazerac cocktail.
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Rustic House
1967 N. Halsted St.; 312-929-3227; rustichousechicago.com
Open: Dinner Tuesday through Sunday
Entree prices: $17-$44
Credit cards: A, DC, DS, M, V
Reservations: Strongly recommended
Noise: Conversation- challenged
Other: Wheelchair accessible; valet parking
Ratings key:
Four Stars: Outstanding
Three Stars: Excellent
Two Stars: Very good
One Star: Good
No stars: Unsatisfactory
Reviews are based on no fewer than two visits. The reviewer makes every effort to remain anonymous. Meals are paid for by the Tribune.
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Interview: Traveler's tale-- Roots rocker McMurtry tells all
He's a "poet of the people," according to the Village Voice, a true storyteller from an aging – yet apparently still relevant – generation. Praised by celebrities, musicians, and industry critics alike, roots rocker James McMurtry has spent the last three decades a compelling Americana songwriter – writing fierce, at times politically provocative lyrics to accompany his consummate guitar skills.
"You have to know how to play live – a lot of bands don't anymore," McMurtry says; he showed his own hand on 2004's Live In Aught-Three, and then again at a Gravity Lounge show last year. After two more studio albums, he embarked on his first European tour in early 2009, which turned into another live album, Live in Europe, due out October 13. No matter how good it is, seeing him in the flesh will probably be better.
The Hook: You were born Texan and raised Virginian– which Southern style influenced you the most?
James McMurtry: Virginia and Texas both seem distinct from "Southern" for me– even the accents are different.
The Hook: What makes live albums so important to you?
JM: I've always preferred live albums. In the '70s, that's what we wanted– the Allman Brothers live or Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat were the only albums anyone wanted. In the '80s, live records started getting a bad name, because record deals were structured in such a way that artists used live records to get out of their contract. To me, it's harder to make a good live record than a studio one.
The Hook:What are the elements necessary for a successful live record?
JM: You have to know where to record it– some clubs lend themselves to recording, some just don't. You have to tour enough to know which rooms sound good. It's the same for audience. You want a certain energy, you want a multi-age crowd.
The Hook: How did your Americana go over in Europe?
JM: The Germans seemed to be very polite, but they were always about three words behind on any song– so you don't feel like you're getting good energy back from the audience. We went through the UK, Holland, and Belgium, and we're going back pretty soon.
The Hook: You've been called the "Poet of the People"– are you the right representative for the public?
JM: No, people should have lots of representatives– I can represent a few some of the time. When we put out [2004 hit] "We Can't Make It Here," I realized that now I'm supposed to be a political writer and I shouldn't shy away from it.
The Hook: Has anything in today's political environment inspired a "We Can't Make It Here, Part II?"
JM: The election surprised me– I didn't think Obama was going to win, but I'm glad he did. There's all this weirdness going on right now, all these town hall meetings and people not wanting their kids to hear a president's speech. It's the most bizarre turn of events– if LBJ wanted to speak, every TV set in the country would have been on, and nobody would have questioned it.
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I LOVE the LA Colors eyeshadow palette! For you ladies who missed the C-Shock Collection from MAC (like I did) which featured bright eye-popping colors, this palette is a great dupe of it, and of course at a great price! It is available on CherryCulture.com, the palette is called "Pixi", although the label on mine said "Tease".
Here is the look I did using ONLY the colors in this palette. As you can see, the color payoff (pigmentation) is awesome, comes out vibrant in just one swipe. I did NOT use a base or primer, this is just straight on my eyelid.
For the lips, I used NYX Lipgloss in "Barbie Pink":
Excuse the un-groomed eyebrows, I did this look at the end of the day...so I was already worn out haha...
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- Ethereal Prey said...
eyes are looking fierce! Don't think I could ever pull off those colors. but you can! yes we're part of the drizzlegold club...I used it and I <3 it!!!!!!
- November 20, 2007 at 11:04 PM
- Mrs. Lynne, MakeupFix.net said...
Very colorful! The payoff is incredible. I really wish I had C-Shock in my collection but thank goodness you found a dupe for it.
- November 21, 2007 at 2:18 AM
- bee said...
aww its so pretty~~~do you use a brush or a sponge to apply the eyeshadow?
- November 21, 2007 at 2:55 AM
- Tee-Hoa said...
Wow.. these colors are so vibrant! If I hadn't known, I would've thought you used pigments! So pretty! Vanessa I'm going to have to try wearing drizzle gold underneath my foundation.. from you pictures, I see what you mean by it giving you that glow! Very pretty! I'll let you know how it goes! Thanks for the tip!
- November 21, 2007 at 6:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
LOVE the bright color payoff, and you did a great look with it.
Also wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Be safe, have fun! :)
- November 21, 2007 at 7:47 AM
- Mimi Kawaii said...
OMGoodness!!! I have this product. I couldn't get it to work like how you did. Did you use a mixing medium or did you apply it straight on a base?
- November 21, 2007 at 8:47 AM
- Vanessa said...
Thanks ladies!
CARAMEL- I didn't use a base or a primer, I just applied it straight on my lid.
BIONIC- Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
SOPHIE- I used the sponge tip applicator that came with the palette.
- November 21, 2007 at 9:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hey Vanessa,
I'm in love with this look. You've been such a guide, in fact i went and purchased the set and lipgloss along with the drizzlegold! You rock girl!
- November 21, 2007 at 10:15 AM
- Mimi Kawaii said...
Wow. I guess I need to try it again. Thanks a lot and happy thanksgiving :-)
- November 21, 2007 at 12:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
u really want me to shop more at cherryculture... i wish i knew this b4 that free shipping deal. oh well, maybe next time.
happy thanksgiving
- November 21, 2007 at 2:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
how cutee! Bright colors totally scare me lol, but you pulled off really well =) By the way, I hope you don't mind if I link you.
- November 21, 2007 at 3:42 PM
- Christiana Divine @ Memoirs of A Shopping Addict said...
Nessa! E.L.F. is selling mineral makeup! It's only $5.00 for the foundation! :P Here's the link...
- November 21, 2007 at 7:51 PM
- Distinque said...
Pretty! color payoff is amazing. Happy Thanksgiving
- November 22, 2007 at 11:36 AM
- Vanessa said...
Thank you Renelyn and Petitebelle! Petitebelle, no I don't mind you linking me, thanks! Renelyn I am so glad you love drizzlegold!
- November 22, 2007 at 11:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Nessa and everybody,
this is a late entry I guess and might never be read, but I just wanted to say this, if it might help anyone with the L.A. colors.
I don't know if it's just me but when I put some form of base on the colors don't show up at all, let alone like Nessa's amazing look, but without base the colors do show up and the sponge tip applicator is great for packing on colours. That was my 2 cents!
take care and keep up the fantastic job!
- January 13, 2008 at 1:45 PM


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UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey went on SportsCenter today for a predictably ridiculous interview in which her Saturday bout against Miesha Tate was treated less like a title fight than as an opportunity to see two saucy broads who really don't like one another going at it. The best part came when a smirking head asked the Olympic medalist to act as a press critic by discoursing on how her rivalry with Tate is being portrayed.
"I know what it's like for real," said Rousey, "and it's shitty enough from my point of view."
This led for some reason to the smirking head talking about "the cuddle tree" and "hugging it out" with Rousey, a psycho jock who breaks people's arms for money and is probably about as interested in hugging this guy as Ndamukong Suh would be. Good work here, though he missed an opportunity to tell her that she'd be so pretty if she'd smile more.


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Had a chance this past week to catch a game in Pittsburgh. I always try to see my poor Pittsburgh Pirates play each year. With 17 consecutive losing seasons…being a big fan is tough. The Bucs cannot compete with the Yankees or Red Sox. Heck, who cares about the playoffs for us…just get a winning season and they might have a parade in the Burgh!! I guess the good thing is that as a walk up…I paid only $35 for these seats. I was 5 rows back from the dugout…with only an estimated 13K people at the game. Seats are easy to get.
PNC Park…it is one of the best stadiums in baseball!! I will post a few stadium shots soon! The city skyline overlooking the outfield is beautiful! As for this shot…the rookie and hopeful saviour of the Bucs above is Pedro Alvarez. He plays third base and was just called up a few weeks ago. In perfect timing with my visit, the Pirates scored 11 runs this nite in a victory. Pedro hit 2 home runs!! This shot is his second…popping off the bat! They say in baseball…hand speed is the key to hitting. I'd say his speed is up to par! Love the blur action! Nice to hit a game and see a win! Let's go Pirates!!
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University of Arkansas point guard Calli Berna was named to the Southeastern Conference women's basketball preseason All-Conference Third Team by College Sports Madness, it was announced Wednesday.
Berna, a junior from Fayetteville, is a two-time letter-winner at Arkansas, and has played in all 66 games Arkansas has played during her career. She led the SEC in assists with 6.3 per game and broke the team season record with 208 during the 2012-13 campaign.
Last season, Berna also ranked ninth in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.4, third in the SEC. She also ranked eighth in the conference in steals as a sophomore (2.1 per game).
Berna was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after averaging 3.8 points per game during the 2011-12 season, helping lead the Lady Razorbacks to the NCAA Tournament.
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Judge Throws the Book at AT&T Hacker 'Weev'
Mar 18, 2013 4:17 PM PT
Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker known as "Weev," was sentenced Monday to 41 months in prison for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T's publicly accessible website and sending the information to the media. The ruling immediately sparked an outcry from a digital rights group that claims the punishment does not fit the crime.
Weev was also given three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay US$73,000 in restitution together with codefendant Daniel Spitler.
The court "is sending out the message that this type of behavior will be punished very severely," Hanni Fakhoury, staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation told TechNewsWorld. "We don't think it's criminal -- he did not hack into anything or use a fake user name or password. He entered a URL and that URL spat out information. Forty-one months for that behavior is insane."
The sentence was directed more towards "Weev," however, than with an eye to sending such a warning message, said Yasha Heidari, managing partner at the Heidari Power Law Group. "Auernheimer showed a lack of respect to the court, appeared unsympathetic and posted some foolish comments on Reddit that implied he was going to engage in the same conduct in the future," he said. "From the judge's perspective, when a defendant engages in such behavior, it becomes difficult to show any leniency."
Weev was reportedly pinned down and handcuffed by court agents before the sentence was handed down, after he gave a mobile phone to his defense attorney instead of handing it to the court as requested.
Reaction to The Case
The sentence "will likely have a polarizing effect on the [computer] security community," warned Ken Baylor, a research vice president at NSS Labs. "Some will stop doing research altogether, some will do it but not report it through the normal channels for fear of repercussions, others will do it and sell their results on the black market."
Had Weev immediately reported his findings to AT&T instead of making them public, it is "very unlikely" he would have been prosecuted, Baylor told TechNewsWorld. However, there is no legal requirement for him to have done so.
Weev, who was defended pro bono by New York City law firm Tor Ekeland, P.C., was charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which has been criticized for being too far-reaching and susceptible to abuse. A fund has been set up to fight the CFAA and to assist in Weev's appeal.
The EFF announced on Monday that it planned to join Weev's legal team to appeal the sentence.
Even though Weev may have been an unsympathetic defendant, "we live in a country where it's not a crime to be a jerk," Fakhoury noted. The hacker accessed data on a publicly available site, and "you have to separate the personality from the activity."
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"The CFAA is being used in this case to enforce morality and ethics, something it should not be used for," Baylor said.
The CFAA "was poorly drafted, as it was meant to deal with a wide gap in cyberspace where conventional laws were lacking," Heidari said. "Accordingly, the law was written to be extremely broad, which has resulted in abuse by overzealous prosecutors who attempt to criminalize what should be nothing more than a civil lawsuit or terms-of-use violation."
The best-known case prosecuted under the CFAA was that of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide after being indicted. Last week, journalist Matthew Keys was indicted under the CFAA for allegedly helping members of the hacker collective Anonymous break into the network of the Tribune Company, his former employer.
As for reports that Weev had been handcuffed, that would have been "an appropriate reaction" if he was trying to willfully disobey the judge or play games, Heidari said. However, if it was a misunderstanding on Weev's part, "it would indeed seem to be an overreaction."


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Types of childrens hairstyles
Modern fashion has an incredible variety of hairstyles, childrens hairstyles. However, no matter what length of hair, styling model or style of its performance, a person would stop his choice, it will be pertinent and harmonious only if it matches the appearance, character, and temperament of the owner. Various types of hairstyles, childrens hairstyles, can emphasize the dignity and hide obvious flaws, they can soften facial contours and much more. Of course, not the last role is played by makeup with wardrobe. But it is precisely different hairstyles, for example, childrens hairstyles that will be able to completely change a person radically.
Pretty childrens hairstyles
Today, anyone has the opportunity to choose the option of styling like childrens hairstyles that best suits his face type, lifestyle, demeanor, basic wardrobe, the dress code of a particular event, to which the hairstyle. Not all types of styling, for example, childrens hairstyles are universal, suitable for all occasions. Many of them should be considered as an element that is only suitable for a holiday.
Classification of childrens hairstyles
There is no clear classification of hairstyles. In all variations of the options of accumulations accumulated by mankind it is possible to try to select the most popular directions:
classic model hairstyles, torn haircuts, cascading haircuts, asymmetrical, creative, childrens hairstyles


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hinking about creating a website? Great! Webmaster Academy has the information and tools to teach you how to create a site and have it found in Google Search.
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How long is the course?
Each module may take 1 hour. You can go through the modules at your own pace.


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