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The South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corporation will hold free basic business workshops throughout the region this spring aimed at assisting potential and existing entrepreneurs. The workshops are co-sponsored by local banks and credit unions, the Small Business Development Center Network, local economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, SCORE, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE).
The first of these workshops entitled "Learn the Fundamentals in Planning, Preparing and Financing Your Business" is geared toward helping potential entrepreneurs evaluate and understand the fundamentals of owning one's own business. Information on how to get started, where and how to get financing and the loan application process will be presented. Attendees will also be provided with a free guide to writing a business plan and other materials. Breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge to attendees.
The second workshop entitled "Understanding the Purpose of Financial Statements and How They Can Help Determine the Health of Your Business" is focused on helping attendees understand a balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. The workshop also explains how a small business owner can anticipate financial needs in order to operate his/her business more efficiently.
The following is a list of dates and locations for SEED's upcoming workshops. Please call SEED Corporation at 508-822-1020 x 312, for more information or to register for a free workshop.
SEED Corporation is a non-profit organization certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and designated as an Intermediary under the SBA's Microloan Program. This program is designed to provide loans to new and existing business owners in amounts from $1,000 to $50,000. With other loan funds, SEED can make flexible loans up to $200,000.
As a regional economic development organization, SEED also offers a full range of financing programs providing loans from $1,000 up to $5.5 million to assist small businesses to grow and create jobs throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. SEED is also a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) under the U.S. Department of the Treasury. SEED works with other economic development and financing institutions throughout the region to ensure that individuals who are committed to owning and operating a small business are able to get the assistance they need to be successful.
For more information on SEED and its programs, please call the SEED office at 508-822-1020 or visit SEED's website at www.seedcorp.com.
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NEWARK, N.J. — The new owners of the New Jersey Devils are keeping longtime executive Lou Lamoriello in charge of hockey operations, bringing in a new business team and committing to make the three-time Stanley Cup champions an organization looked toward as a model of excellence.
NEWARK, N.J. — The new owners of the New Jersey Devils are keeping longtime executive Lou Lamoriello in charge of hockey operations, bringing in a new business team and committing to make the three-time Stanley Cup champions an organization looked toward as a model of excellence.
Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris and business partner David Blitzer on Thursday bought the Devils and the lease to the Prudential Center from Jeff Vanderbeek for $320 million.
The deal was delayed roughly 15 minutes on Thursday morning because lawyers needed more time to sign off on the transfer of the financially strapped NHL team, which the league's board of governor approved on Wednesday.
"What I am interested in is absolute success on and off the ice, and having the highest quality people and bringing the fans a great experience and winning," said Harris, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management.
Harris dispelled rumors that he might consider moving the 76ers to Newark.
He has a lease at the Wells Fargo Center with Comcast Spectacor, which also owns the NHL's Flyers.
"The Sixers are staying in Philly," Harris said.
He added that he and Blitzer viewed the purchase of the Devils, who lost roughly $25 million in the past year, and the lease as a chance to turn around a struggling franchise.
"We've had a lot of success at identifying literally the best, highest-quality management teams and then bringing them into situations and letting them do their thing and holding them accountable," Harris said. "Other people may like to meddle in it. What we like to do in essence is agree what the vision is, what the business plan is and then resource it and allow people to do their jobs."
Lamoriello has been the architect of the Devils' fortunes since 1987 and that's not going to change.
"I hope he stays here another 26 years," Blitzer said of the 70-year-old president and general manager.
Lamoriello refused to say whether the new owners have given him a blank check, but added "they are committed to winning."
Harris and Blitzer selected Scott O'Neil as the Devils chief executive officer, a job he also has with the 76ers.
The former Madison Square Garden Sports' chief executive will work with both teams and Hugh Weber, the former New Orleans Hornets president, will be the everyday business leader in Newark.
Harris and Blitzer, who is the senior managing director of the Blackstone Group, needed about a week to close the deal after talks with Philadelphia attorney Andrew Barroway fell through.
Harris said he had made inquiries about buying the team months ago but they were delayed because Vanderbeek has involved in talks with another suitor.
Vanderbeek, who has been the majority owner of the Devils since 2004, will remain with the Devils as a senior adviser. He had mixed emotions after a 10-year run in which he led the effort to build "The Rock" but couldn't raise enough money to keep the team.


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The veteran California journalist Daniel Weintraub and the California Manufacturers & Technology Assn. vice president Gino DiCaro have been having an on-line argument over the California jobs situation.
The argument was touched off by Weintraub's piece describing how the state's jobs situation -- when one discounts job losses in government and construction -- is much better than commonly known. California job growth, excluding those sectors, has exceeded that in the rest of the country.
DiCaro countered that the piece was just so much happy talk -- and ignored statistics, pariticularly in manufacturing, that suggest the state's job growth in the future would be weaker than in other states.
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Weintraub countered that argument with a number of facts and reports showing that many claims about job losses in California are bogus or overblown. And DiCaro has countered -- not so much by disputing Weintraub but by saying that such reports, with their emphasis on the positive, prevent the state from doing the kind of aggressive strategizing it needs to do to build job growth.
I find both convincing. Weintraub is right on the facts. But DiCaro is right in saying that policymakers in California can't rest on good news and need to behave with far more urgency and focus than they have. The history of California job growth is commonly portrayed as a tale of good fortune and sunshine. In fact, that history is one of state and local government and business leaders working together to grab all the industries and jobs they can (and sometimes in morally objectionable but effective ways). Whatever the facts, there's no substitute for that kind of plotting. And for all the good news Weintraub mentions, the state shouldn't be complacent..


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JOHANNESBURG—South African officials for the first time Saturday confirmed the seriousness of Nelson Mandela's illness — pneumonia — as the former president prepared to spend a fourth night in a hospital.
Mandela, 94, who has a history of respiratory problems, had a pleural effusion, or fluid in or around the lungs, which had been drained, according to the president's office.
"This has resulted in him now being able to breathe without difficulty. He continues to respond to treatment and is comfortable," said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj. His statement was the first suggesting that Mandela had experienced difficulty breathing in recent days.
Mandela, who helped lead the rebellion against apartheid rule in South Africa, is revered as a symbol of peace and reconciliation in a nation often plagued by racial divisions. He contracted tuberculosis while imprisoned for 27 years by the white minority government, and has suffered from respiratory problems since.
Earlier updates from the president's office said Mandela was in good spirits, responding well and eating breakfast.
South African authorities have played down the seriousness of Mandela's illnesses when he has been hospitalized in recent months. In December he spent nearly three weeks in a hospital, but it was only after he was out of danger that South African authorities reported that he had been treated for a severe lung infection. He also had surgery for gallstones.
Some unconfirmed news reports last week suggested that Mandela had been on a ventilator.
Since December, Mandela has been under almost constant medical supervision in his home in the northern Johannesburg suburb of Houghton. He was admitted to a hospital early this month for what the presidency described as routine tests.
Last week, President Jacob Zuma urged South Africans not to panic about the health of Mandela, known affectionately by the nickname Madiba.
"The presidency wishes to acknowledge and thank all who have been praying for and sending messages of support to Madiba and his family," Maharaj said in a statement.
Officials have given no estimate of how long Mandela may remain hospitalized.


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Retailers launch center for cyber intelligence sharing
By Judy Greenwald, Crain News Service
CHICAGO (May 20, 2014) — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has launched an independent organization, the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center, in cooperation with several retail brands to strengthen defenses against cyber attacks and protect customers.
Through the center, retailers can share cyber threat information among themselves and, via analysts, with public and private stakeholders, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service and the FBI, the Arlington, Va.-based RILA said May 14 in a statement.
The center will also provide advanced training and education and research resources for retailers, the statement said.
The RILA said the center will identify real-time threats and share intelligence to mitigate the risk of cyber attacks; educate the retail community on leading practices for information sharing and protecting against cyber criminals; and collaborate with academia to provide research on emerging technologies and potential future threats.
"Retailers place extremely high priority on finding solutions to combat cyber attacks and protect customers," RILA President Sandy Kennedy said in the statement. "In the face of persistent cyber criminals with increasingly sophisticated methods of attack, the R-CISC is a comprehensive resource for retailers to receive and share threat information, advance leading practices and develop research relevant to fighting cybercrimes."
"We have seen a sharp increase in the number of malicious actors attempting to access personal information or compromise the systems we all rely on, in the retail industry and elsewhere," Phyllis Schneck, deputy undersecretary for Cyber Security and Communications at Homeland Security's National Protector and Program Directorate, said in the statement.
The center will further enhance the Department of Homeland Security's collaboration "with this important sector of the American economy with information and resources that can help companies keep their networks and the information stored on them safe and secure," she said.
More information is on the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center's website.
The RLI and the New York-based Financial Services Roundtable announced they would establish a partnership to address cyber security issues in February.
This report appeared on businessinsurance.com, the website of Business Insurance magazine, a Chicago-based sister publication of Tire Business.
Do you have an opinion about this story? Do you have some thoughts you'd like to share with our readers? Tire Business would love to hear from you. Email your letter to Editor Don Detore at [email protected].


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Residence Life Fire Safety Academy
In 2009 the Department of Campus Safety, in cooperation with Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, established the annual Residence Life Fire Safety Academy. The four hour training session is designed to provide Residence Life staff with both classroom and hands-on experience to be better prepared for fire emergencies. The Fire Academy is held annual in August during the Residence Life training week.
The Fire Safety Academy is attended by over 40 professional and student staff members.
The Fire Safety Academy includes:
- Classroom presentation on fire safety
- Hands on use of a fire extinguisher
- Firefighter challenge
- Practice evacuation of a residence hall floor filled with theatrical smoke
- Observe a high rise rescue of two students from the eight floor by Sioux Falls Fire Rescue
- Observe a demonstration fire using a mock dorm room with a sprinkler system and another without a sprinkler system
The Fire Safety Academy helps Hall Directors and Peer Advisors teach students why evacuation is mandatory, why alarms save lives and how to avoid fire hazards.


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The fifth prince's engagement note and one million taels in banknotes were sent to Feng Jin Yuan that evening. After Feng Jin Yuan got a hold of the one million taels, the first thing that he did was visit the county princess' manor to get the deed. Only like this could he avoid the crisis of being sent to prison in a few days. He could not allow the other members of the Feng family find out about this. He absolutely had to get the deed before Feng Yu Heng went to stand vigil that night.
In regards to Feng Jin Yuan's arrival, Feng Yu Heng was not surprised at all. At this time, she had just finished eating dinner and was about to accompany Yao Xian in playing with Zi Rui. Zi Rui was acting as though he was showing off one of his treasures by reciting military books. This caused Yao Xian to nod repeatedly. He had to admire Feng Jin Yuan's genetics related to the ability to absorb and take in knowledge. If Zi Rui decided to walk the path of an official, he would definitely be capable of becoming the top scholar.
When Feng Jin Yuan arrived at Feng Yu Heng's courtyard, the first one that he saw was Feng Zi Rui. He really missed this son and was about to get close with him for a while; he blinked and saw Yao Xian.
The Yao family had left the capital for many years. This was his first time seeing Yao Xian in four years. Although he knew that Yao Xian had come back a long time ago and had been living in the county princess' manor, rumors could not compare with seeing for himself. Once he saw him, he subconsciously turned his head away.
Feng Jin Yuan had always been a little bit afraid of his former father-in-law. Previously, the Feng family had made use of the Yao family to establish roots in the capital. He had to be obsequious at all times, but after the Yao family fell, he was finally able to straighten out his back; however, who knew that ever since Feng Yu Heng returned, the Emperor's attitude toward the Yao family changed again and again. It changed until Yao Xian openly returned to the capital without any imperial decree absolving his crime. He already understood that the Feng family had indeed been too hasty to act when the Yao family had met with trouble.
Feng Jin Yuan was stunned and did not move. Feng Yu Heng just held Zi Rui and looked at him blankly. Yao Xian leaned against the sofa and drank tea while watching him. In addition to them, Huang Quan, Wang Chuan and Qing Yu were also in the courtyard, which caused Feng Jin Yuan's scalp to tingle and the hairs on his body to stand on end.
He knew that he could not continue like this, thus he frankly said to Feng Yu Heng: "Come with father into the room. Father has something to talk to you about." After saying this, he began to walk toward Feng Yu Heng's main room.
But just as he arrived in front of the door, he was suddenly stopped by a servant. The servant was a little chubby, but her eyes were quite large. Glaring at Feng Jin Yuan, she asked in a confused manner: "What are you doing? What is the intention of a grown man entering our young miss' room?"
Feng Jin Yuan's face turned green with anger, "I am your young miss' father!"
The servant was a newly arrived servant and had never met Feng Jin Yuan. How could she know that he was her father, thus she very impolitely asked: "Do you have any proof of this?"
"Hm?" Feng Jin Yuan was dazed, "Proof of what?"
"Proof that you are the young miss' father!"
Feng Jin Yuan gritted his teeth, "Nonsense!" What sort of people were in this manor? He really wondered if Feng Yu Heng had brought in all of the world's most outrageous.
The servant was not polite at all with saying: "This is not nonsense! This is the dignified second rank county princess Ji An's room. How could an unknown man be allowed to enter and exit as he pleases. If you do not have proof, please go back!" She gestured for him to leave, and Feng Jin Yuan nearly died of anger.
"Father" how was this proven? Could it be that he had to go to the government office? Was there this sort of reasoning? He stomped his foot: "What do you mean enter and exit as I please? Do you not see your young miss behind me?"
The chubby servant looked back then looked at Feng Jin Yuan and went to feel his forehead. Feng Jin Yuan was startled and quickly dodged back but was still scraped. The chubby servant said: "He isn't feverish! Why is he spouting foolish words?" She then pointed to where Feng Yu Heng was sitting: "Isn't young miss still sitting there?"
Feng Jin Yuan looked back. Sure enough, his second daughter did not even move, and she was still obediently sitting there in her original spot and listening to his son recite military strategies. His former father-in-law was also sitting there and laughing. Everything was the same as earlier. This caused him to wonder if his mind was tricking him. It was as though he had not just walked past there.
Feng Yu Heng did not move, thus he naturally could not enter the room on his own. Helpless, he could only return and stand in front of Feng Yu Heng once more. Pointing at her, he said: "Did you not hear what father just said?"
Feng Yu Heng continued to remain silent, but Feng Zi Rui replied. He looked up with his chubby face and asked his father with a puzzled look: "Father, teacher said that when there is an elder present, you must first greet them. This is the most basic etiquette for a person. Zi Rui has been waiting for father to salute grandfather this entire time. Only after that can Zi Rui salute father, but why has father acted as though he has not seen grandfather?"
Feng Jin Yuan was rendered speechless by the words that his son was saying, as his face turned red then white. At this time, he heard Feng Yu Heng say to Zi Rui: "Zi Rui, to us, he is our maternal grandfather, but mother has already divorced father. There is no relation between the Yao family and the Feng family. That's why our grandfather and our father would at most be considered familiar people. There is no relation of father-in-law and son-in-law."
Zi Rui still did not understand: "But even if they were familiar people, grandfather is still an elder! Teacher said that you must greet an elder when meeting one, but he did not say that there must be any familial relationship."
"Oh, it's like that!" Feng Yu Heng nodded, "Zi Rui really is quite sensible."
Feng Jin Yuan wanted to bite off his own tongue. Was she saying that he was not sensible? An adult like him had been insulted for not being sensible by this daughter? But did he want to resolve this matter? How could he have the standing to do that. This was an error on his part. What face did he have to resolve this. Moreover, this was in front of Zi Rui.
Although he was angry and felt unreconciled, he did not want to put on too ugly of an expression in front of Zi Rui. Thus he bit the bullet and saluted Yao Xian, saying: "Imperial physician Yao, well met."
Only then did Yao Xian look straight at Feng Jin Yuan and reply: "Official Feng, this old one has stopped being an imperial physician a long time ago."
Feng Jin Yuan did not wish to speak with him too much. After exchanging these greetings, he said to Feng Yu Heng: "To your room."
Feng Yu Heng still did not move. Instead, she walked over to Qing Yu and pulled out a piece of paper from her sleeve, "Lord Feng." She said: "The Feng manor's deed is here. I wonder if you have brought the banknotes given by his Highness the fifth prince?"
Feng Jin Yuan did not think that she would be so direct. In front of so many people, he felt that his old face was completely lost, but even if he had no face, he still had to get the deed back. He subconsciously went to grab it, but Qing Yu quickly stepped back and raised her voice to say: "Lord Feng! When you have returned the money, the product will be given. Are you trying to steal it?"
"Hmph!" Feng Jin Yuan flicked his sleeve and pulled out a banknote, "Take it!"
Qing Yu moved forward and inspected the banknote for a while then nodded to Feng Yu Heng before receiving the banknote and handing over the deed.
When Feng Jin Yuan finally received the Feng manor's deed, tears nearly fell from his eyes. It was because of this deed that he had gone to prison for the first time in this life, and he was locked in prison for a long time. In fact, the matriarch had passed away because of this. As long as he thought of this, he felt aggrieved.
But Feng Yu Heng had to open her mouth once more to say: "Father, quickly put the deed somewhere safe. There is no need to thank me. As a daughter, lending money to father was something that should have been done. Now, we are even and neither owes the other anything. I will send someone to the government office later to retrieve the receipt for a loan and have it voided. Hah, it's just a pity that grandmother passed away because of this. In the future, father should think carefully before doing things."
Feng Jin Yuan felt a strong urge to strangle his daughter to death. He did not remember how many times he had this urge over the past year. He just knew that this urge grew stronger and stronger each time. There were even times when this urge was so strong that he could not control it.
But no matter how hard it was to control, he still had to keep it under control because a very plain truth was apparent to him. He could not beat Feng Yu Heng.
However, just this look revealed a fierce enmity. This sort of enmity caused Yao Xian to be confused. He was not the real Yao Xian. He was Feng Yu Heng's grandfather from her previous life, Feng Yin. In the past, he had just heard that Feng Jin Yuan treated his second daughter very poorly. After meeting Feng Yu Heng, he had also heard Feng Yu Heng mention a few matters, but this was still his first time actually meeting Feng Jin Yuan. This was just the first time, yet he had already seen through Feng Jin Yuan's bastard essence. How could a father treat his own daughter like this?
Yao Xian felt that this could not be endured! Thus he opened his mouth and loudly shouted: "Who are you glaring at?"
This shout was full of dignity and arrogance. It nearly caused Feng Jin Yuan to drop to the ground in fear. He blankly looked at Yao Xian and only just noticed that not only did his former father-in-law not seem any older after the years in Huang Zhou, why did he seem to be much younger? In the past, he did not feel that his face exuded a red glow, yet his complexion seemed to be about the same as his. There was also this action. When had the old Yao Xian ever shouted like this before? Although his attitude was not too good, and his temper was explosive, he never exploded with this sort of shout before.
This sort of change caused him to think of Feng Yu Heng. After returning from the Northwest, Feng Yu Heng had also changed so much that it was hard to accept. Now that Yao Xian had also changed, could it be that by some stroke of luck, both of them were sent to nice places? They were able to exercise their bodies?
He was dazed for a long time and could not have a chance to think of what Yao Xian had said. Yao Xian became furious and picked up a teacup from the nearby table, throwing it at Feng Jin Yuan's face.
Feng Jin Yuan did not dodge in time and was hit directly. This caused him to fall to the ground and land on his butt. Covering his forehead with both hands, tears nearly fell from the pain.
Immediately following this, Yao Xian snorted and said: "Could not help but hit him!"
At this time, Feng Jin Yuan hated that he was not a woman. If he was a woman, he would definitely have sat on the ground and begun wailing. This was bullying him too much!
Feng Zi Rui went forward to help him up from the ground and kindly consoled him, saying: "Father should go back. We will not tell anyone about the matter of the deed. After all, father's face is important."
Feng Jin Yuan thought to himself, did he still have any face? But he still endured in front of his son. He wanted to glare once more at Yao Xian, but he felt that the old man would gouge out his eyes if he did. He could neither cry not glare, and he had even less ability to strike back. He knew that there was nothing that he could do aside from returning.
He flicked his sleeve and removed his hand from Feng Zi Rui's small hand. Without even snorting, he left the county princess' manor as though he was running away. He vaguely heard Feng Zi Rui sigh behind him and say: "Hah! Father is really too disappointing." His old face turned hot, and he increased his pace again.
As for Yao Xian, who had just hit him, he had turned to ask Feng Yu Heng: "You just said that you wanted to ask the Emperor to give the Yao family a new residence? As I see it, there's no need to pick. The neighboring Feng manor is pretty good!"


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Really? Are we still arguing about this in 2012?
AP reports: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Cincinnati landlord who claimed a black girl's hair products clouded an apartment complex's swimming pool discriminated against the child by posting a poolside "white only" sign, an Ohio civil rights panel said Thursday in upholding a previous finding.
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission voted 4-0 against reconsidering its finding from last fall. There was no discussion.
The group found on Sept. 29 that Jamie Hein, who is white, violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign at a pool at the duplex where the teenage girl was visiting her parents.


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I've been playing with it and its extremely easy to use, providing all the available Perseus lexical entries as well as a list of example sentences pulled directly from the Perseus corpus:Helma Dik wrote:This summer, we launched Logeion, an integrated interface for looking up entries in the dictionaries and reference works from the Perseus collection. Logeion is inspired by DVLF, the Dictionnaire vivant de la langue française, but re-designed from the ground up by two Chicago Classics undergraduates, Josh Goldenberg (class of 2012) and Matt Shanahan (class of 2014). Some more details: Logeion does not allow full text search - for this you should still use the separate search pages for the dictionaries, or the homesites of the DuCange and Latin-Dutch dictionaries (see Logeion's About page).
Logeion at the University of Chicago
There's more useful information the "About Page."
If you use Chrome, be sure to read through her whole post because there's a pretty neat feature for integrating Logeion directly into the browser. I'm sure it would be possible to write a Firefox plugin that does the say...though that's beyond my technical abilities.
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There are lots of discussions on SO about homework, both in question comments and here on meta, there are even a very good answer on the homework guidelines...
Also the homework tag is deprecated.
And finally, there are lots of high reputation regulars that complain of homework questions.
Yet I keep seeing some high reputation people that are called by others as "repwhores" that not only reply homework questions, but instead of putting explanation, they just put the full answer, usually if the question is asking to write a program, some people paste a full complete program that is just matter of the student copying and pasting and showing to the teacher.
Why students should not post homework here, when there are people here willing to their homework for them? We have no right to complain about homework questions, downvote them or close them, if representatives of SO community with 20k+ rep people do their homework for them without any punishment or even a warning from the rest of the community.
Worse than the students that come to ask questions here in good faith, it is those that just to get reputation do their homework for them, because it is a easy way to give a precise technical answer, and other SO users upvote these (even if they downvote the question).
EDIT: This is NOT a proposal. I am only seeing a problem, and I don't know how to fix it.
Problem: homework questions bother people on SO (because most of them are low quality, and those that aren't bother peopel anyway, since they get downvoted quickly). Yet people put answers on them of the sort that encourage students to put their homework here.
I believe in two approaches: One, is make it clear that homework questions are fine, and should not be downvoted just for being homework.
The other, is make it clear that doing homework for those who ask is not good, and that they should suffer some punishment (maybe downvoting at least).


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Making Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream at What's the Scoop in Portland, OR
When we stopped by What's the Scoop on Portland's North Williams street, we didn't know that we were in for a show. But we lucked out, and owners Jodie and Brian Ostrovsky were about to mix up a batch of their Mocha Chip ice cream.
The couple started experimenting with ice cream making at home, following recipes from David Lebovitz's book The Perfect Scoop. They worked in a basement at first, perfecting their recipes and churning out ice cream for wholesale accounts and restaurants, and opened their first storefront a few months ago. A tasting bar greets you as you enter—feel free to take your time tasting as many flavors as you want, or skip it if you're all decided, since the ordering line is streamlined and separate.
Though some of the flavors—featuring cream from Lochmead Dairy in Eugene—are classic, others are unusual, like a peanut butter curry flavor and a Bananas Foster sorbet made with just roasted bananas, brown sugar, dark rum, and lime juice. Their Cortadito, inspired by the Cuban coffee Jodie enjoyed in her hometown of Miami, is made with brown butter and Bustelo coffee. Their nostalgia-inducing chocolate shell is made with Guittard chocolate, and cones are made fresh daily, based on a recipe for fortune cookie batter.
But what's most unusual is their ice cream making process, which employs big tanks of liquid nitrogen to freeze the ice cream as it churns. At first, the nitrogen was just a temporary stopgap for the Ostrovskys, but they received so many compliments on the texture (a result of the fast-freezing process that yields smaller ice crystals) that they stuck with it. We got a chance to watch the ice cream making magic happen in person—check out the slideshow to watch it step by step.
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Enggau pengaga ati serta basa besai, aku GNMawar ngelalu ka bala kitai Iban ka deka nguji mantai ka jako sempama tau ka rambai jako ti tau di kunsi ka kitai enggau pangan diri.
"Kelala buah ari langgu, Kelala bansa ari jaku, Kelala basa ari penyiru"….. Bechuan ka jako sempama tu, aku arap ka bala pemacha maioh sama-sama ngulur ka penemu diri enggau manah awak ka tau dikena anembiak kitai Iban dudi hari ila. Terima Kasih.
Definition of some ritual terms used in Adat Iban 1993:
Note: A.J.N. Richards' 1981 Iban-English Dictionary has been used as a guide in the definitions of these ritual terms.
"Abi Besi" means the first token of cutting a virgin jungle to establish the right of ownership on the land for the first time (panggul berumpang kampung) and secondly it means the first token of cutting of the under-growth on the first day of the beginning of the farming season (panggul bumai temuda). It also means the mutually agreed boundary between two farms. The offence of "Abi Besi" is also committed when an attempt is made to usurp someone's land when his 'panggul' has been established, or to interfere with the mutually agreed boundary.
"Adat Basu Kaki" literally means cleansing of the feet. When a Ketua Masyarakat or Tuai rumah or any elder is invited by a family to sub-divide a padi farm or distribute family heir-looms including padi grains, sacred properties such as charms, engkenyang it is in accord with customs to provide such a person with genselan in the form of a fowl, a knife for kering samengat and a jar for kurung samengat. It is also customary to provide karung kerubung or sangkar of one panding or alas or money equivalent to RM2 or RM4. In this Adat Iban "Mungkul" is used.
"Anembiak" means a person or group of persons who are subjected to the 'rule' of a Tuai Rumah or Ketua Masyarakat and who generally respect the authority of these community leaders.
"Asi Pana" means balls of black rice placed on a parang and eaten by the chief mourner or any person appointed to perform the task. The period of taking "Asi Pana" depends on the duration of "Tungkun Api" (mourning fire) which lasts for 3 or 5 or 7 nights according to the social standing of the deceased.
"Baiya" means the various personal effects, any articles or materials provided, for the deceased.
"Balu" means widow or widower or widowed.
"Bayar Pengerusak Tubuh" means a compensation paid by a person responsible for causing bodily injury to another, whether the injury is caused by an accident or negligence.
"Bebanchak Babi" literally means spearing a pig. It is a form-of peace-making ceremony. It also performed to honor a very important guest to a festival.
"Bebiau (melaki-bini)" literally means "waving" but in this context it is understood to mean an act of waving of fowl to declare a man and a woman as husband and wife with a prayer or invocation to shower blessing upon them for a life long happiness and a prosperous union. This simple ritual can be done before a Tuai Rumah and few relatives without the pomp, the gaiety and merriment that befit the "Melah Pinang".
"Bebuting ka Menua" means cleansing of an area. It is a ritual ceremony to cleanse a territorial area to eradicate evil forces, which were thought to have caused failure to crops, or brought epidemic and other forms of calamities to the community.
"Bedara" means performing ritual offering to ward off or appease the spirit.
"Beduruk" means practicing a system of reciprocal labor.
"Bekalih" literally means turning over. It is a ritual ceremony to permit the prohibited degree of marriage taking place between the third and fourth cousins.
"Belega" means temporary divorce within a reasonable period of time for a newly-wed couple on the ground of a bad dream or omen.
"Benda" means articles of value, articles of fines or valuable jars.
"Besapat" literally means having a partition. It is a ritual ceremony to permit the prohibited degree of marriage taking place between the second and third cousins.
"Bilik-family" means a family consisting of the parents, their children and grandparents who live in the family section of a longhouse.
"Burung" means not only omen birds but also animals, reptiles, insects and tree whose noises, behaviour or actions can be regarded as an augury. In an abstract term, it refers to augury or omenology.
"Geliga" means a special announcement made by the host or his agent during a festival or a gathering to the effect that peace and harmony must be observed during the functions. Certain Tunggu are fixed if there is a breach of what has been laid down. The offender shall also be subject to an appropriate provision of the Adat Than depending on the gravity of the offence committed.
"Genselan" means a kind of ritual propitiation provided by the offender for breach or infringement of a custom or taboo. In other words, it is a ritual offering to appease gods for any disturbances caused and to restore harmonious relation among members of the community.
"Iban" means Dayak (Sea) as defined in the Interpretation Ordinance, Cap. 1, Vol. I of the Laws of Sarawak, 1958.
"Indu Padi" is a plant called engkenyang normally of the genus of herbs of a species of crinum of the amaryllideoe and is considered sacred by each farming family. It is planted out each year on the first day before dibbling starts. It is supposed to contain the life force of the padi and the farm.
"Iya" – the pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used for any person or animal, whether male or female.
"Kampar" means an outsider or stranger who lodges temporarily as a member in a family room.
"Kepit Bangkai" means a room bounded by rooms immediately to it on both sides in which death has occurred.
"Karesan" or "Tungkal" these two terms have the same meaning. Firstly, it means a form of Tunggu against any person who is in breach of certain customary law and if during the continuation of the breach someone in a longhouse suddenly falls ill or dies any member of the sick or the deceased may demand Karesan from that person. Secondly, it is an additional Tunggu against that person and if between the impositions of a fine and its payment, someone in the longhouse falls ill or dies, the offender shall be liable to provide Karesan or Tungkal.
"Ketua Masyarakat" means "Iban community chief" such as the Penghulu, Pemanca and Temenggong who holds the appointment with the approval of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri under the terms and conditions of service for the Ketua Masyarakat (Government Circular Ref: 36/CMO/1532/1) as amended from time to time.
"Lanting" means item or items of valuable property which may be chosen by the father and mother for their security before all the bilik property is divided to its members. It may be an old jar or gong or rubber garden or a piece of land, or any other valuable property of their choice. It is inherited by whoever cares for him or her at the end of life.
"Longhouse" means a permanent building structure of a dwelling house consisting of Iban bilik-families.
"Malam" or "night-time" means the interval between six o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning.
"Melah Pinang" literally means splitting a 'pinang' or areca nut an act upon which the marriage ceremony derives its name. The areca nut is split into five or seven pieces accompanied by other chewing ingredients such as, five or seven pieces of sireh leaves, gambler or lime placed on a brass tray or any other container. All the friends, relatives and elders of the community gather round the tray discussing over the binding nature of the marriage contract and other relevant adat. This ceremony is celebrated in the bride's house amidst the pomp and gaiety of merriment.
If both parties agree to the compact, the following morning the bride is taken away to the bridegroom's house. Like most Iban ceremonies it is not complete without the ritual of waving a fowl over their heads (known as bebiau). The bride is conducted to the bridegroom's room and made to sit beside him. An elderly man who is considered to carry luck with him is asked to wave a life fowl over their heads, pronouncing a benediction, in front of relatives and other guests. The final rite is an act of declaration that they are husband and wife.
"Pelasi Menua" means providing propitiatory offering to cleanse the territory of evil forces, epidemic and calamities that may befall the community as a result of the commission of certain offences such as incest or any other serious crimes in a particular area.
"Mungkul" means a small jar used in olden days for settling disputes. Sometimes it is known as 'Mukul' or 'Menukul' according to what is customary to a particular area. However, mungkul has been popularised and widely used. All Tunggu in this Adat Iban are stated in "Mungkul". One Mungkul shall be equivalent to RM1 (one Malaysian ringgit).
"Ngambi Tebalu" means performing a ritual ceremony for the release of a widow or widower from the restriction or prohibition of widowhood or widower-hood. During the gathering the deceased's relatives shall declare in public, the appropriate ritual fees for the purpose in accordance with the social standing of the deceased. The fee is not less than 4 Mungkul but not more than 60 Mungkul.
"Ngayap" means a custom of courtship in a form of night visit by an unmarried man to an unmarried woman in the latter's room.
"Ngeragai" means to leave the house unroofed.
"Nujah Menua" or "Ngudi Menua" means to spoil the area by committing crime, like incest or gross indecency which will bring-calamity or disaster to the area.
"Nyadap" means extracting a bamboo shoot from its clump, or one or more pieces of banana from the bunch while the palm still stands.
"Nyakap" means to throw a challenge at someone by word or action to arouse ill-feeling.
"Nyelai" means lopping a bunch of banana while the palm still stands.
"Padi Patah" or "Padi Paut" means sacred padi plants comprising three separate clumps tied together and bundled with red cotton thread below the ears to form a tri-pod shape. From this bundle few ears, 7 or 9, shall be plucked tied together and brought home after the ritual offering has been performed.
"Padi Pun" means a specially selected variety of rice seeds which has been planted for generations by the family. In the padi field it forms its nucleus or centre.
"Pandang Bangkai" means two or more rooms bounded by rooms on both sides of these middle rooms in which deaths have occurred.
"Pati Nyawa" means compensation paid by a person responsible for the death of another to the parents, wife or husband, children or relatives of the deceased, whether the death is caused by negligence or carelessness, or accident or otherwise such as by gunshot, knife, spear, explosives, poisonous substances or any other dangerous weapons.
"Payung Rumah" means the precinct or compound surrounding the Iban longhouse at least 20 fathoms wide measured from the outside post of the main building.
"Pelasi Menua" means a kind of ritual offerings and articles which when provided were supposed to avert the evil forces that would have been brought upon a country through the commission of some offences, such as incest and other major crimes.
"Pemai Anak" means a movable or immovable inherited property or a sum of money payable by the offender to each of his children who is not under his custody.
"Pemalu" means a form of settlement for hurting someone's feeling or causing embarrassment by speech or action.
"Pemali" means prohibition or taboo.
"Peti" means a specially built structure in the form of a spring trap equipped, first with the main post. Firmly strapped to the top of the main post is a spring post with the bottom end stretched to two short posts planted close to each other on the other side of the animal track by means of a string with a toggle at the end which is attached to a grommet. From this grommet, a trip cord is stretched across the track and tied to the main post. The grommet, the toggle and the trip cord constitute the trigger mechanism.
When an animal is passing through its track and springs at the trip cord, the toggle slips from the grommet, thus releasing the spring post which is armed with a sharp bamboo blade free to strike the game at the vital part with a ferocious force. In order to strike at the vital part of the animal, an implement called "tuntun" is used to set the trip cord at the proper height. Tuntun is a stick on which the height measurements are prescribed and marked for the various types of animals.
"Punas" means childless. A person of single status or a couple, who dies without an issue or without adopting a child. A bilik family may also be regarded as "Punas" if the parties to the marriage who owned that bilik are childless and have not adopted a child before they die.
"Selabat" means cursing or swearing against someone during the course of a quarrel and if the one cursed suddenly falls ill or dies within 7 days, that person who cursed or swore may be liable for an offence of "selabat".
"Sungkup" means a miniature hut for the soul of the dead placed over its grave.
"Tangga Pulai" means a restitution provided by a party who asked for a return of a spouse to normalise their marriage after a separation or divorce.
"Tebalu" means ritual fees or articles of fine for the release of a widow or widower from the various prohibitions or restrictions of widowhood or widowerhood.
"Tebalu Mansau" means mature release from widowhood or widowerhood. It can be declared at the end of the mutually agreed period of widowhood or widowerhood or during the festival of the dead.
"Tebalu Mata" means premature release from widowhood or widowerhood. It can be declared at any time depending on the conduct or behaviour of the widow or widowerhood during the period of widowhood or widowerhood.
"Tegeran ai" or "Garis" means a stretch of water reserved for a certain longhouse.
"Tembawai" means a site where the past longhouse was built.
"Tembawai Dampa" means a site where the past temporary longhouse was built.
"Tembawai Langkau" means a site where the past hut was built.
"Temuda" means past farming land.
"Tinggang Bangkai" means the house where a visitor or lodger (kampar) dies.
"Tua" means tutelary spirit or guardian spirit.
"Tuai Rumah" means "Chief" or "Headman" of the Iban community.
"Tunggu" means a form of restitution. Restitution covers two important ingredients of the term "tunggu": first, it covers the idea of providing a settlement between individuals; second it covers the idea of appeasement, atonement or restoration of the physical and spiritual wellbeing of the community. There is no element of punishment.
In terms of settlement, the offender shall provide "tunggu" in the form of "mungkul", and in terms of appeasement, atonement or restoration, the offender shall provide "genselan", "pelasi menus", "pati nyawa", or whatever the case may be.
To defecate in a person's farm is a breach against taboo, (see section 100 of the Adat Iban). The offender shall provide restitution or tunggu of 4 Mungkul and a genselan of one chicken and kering samengat.
It means that 4 Mungkul is a form of settlement to pacify the feeling of the farm-owner.
A genselan of a chicken and a kering samengat (soul strengthener) are for the appeasement or atonement of the padi spirit and the farm. They are for the restoration of the state of the souls of both the offender and the farm-owner to their normal selves for the sake of their physical and spiritual wellbeing.
"Tunggu Luya" means a restitution payable to the wife in the case of a couple where their children were all dead.
"Tunggu Tinggal" means a restitution payable to the injured party in a divorce case.
"Tungkus Asi" literally means a pack lunch. It is a token gift in consideration for the transfer of the family land ownership to his relatives. It was the practice in the old days, when an Iban migrating from one place to another the transferee had to pay the "Tungkus Asi" to the transferor as compensation for the original clearing.
"Ukum" means secular fine, a term used for offences against the rules of social behaviours.
"Ulit" means (1) a period of mourning when restrictions and prohibitions related thereto are observed. (2) Small possession of the dead and articles of tunggu are packed usually into a brass container properly fastened and kept in a safe place and are to be opened by a person specially selected to declare the end of the mourning period at an appointed time.
"Utai Redak" means small articles of tunggu such as cups and plates or small jars.
"Yang" or Iyang means tutelary spirit or guardian spirit of the Shaman (manang).
GNMawar – USB


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Just over a month ago, Alec Baldwin briefly became uncharacteristically giggly on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" when discussing Donald Trump's then still-alive presidential ambitions.
"Trump running for president is not a bad thing. Trump winning the presidency, that's a bad thing," the actor quipped before he and Fallon traded impersonations of the real estate mogul.
The bit, funny then, is more amusing now, albeit in a different way, given the outspoken liberal's flirtation this week with running for mayor of New York in 2013 (even if he apparently isn't registered to vote in the city).
His reported mayoral musings got us thinking about a dream – or perhaps nightmare – match-up: Baldwin vs. Trump for City Hall. Both clearly have strong (and presumably generally opposing) political beliefs. Neither is hurting for money, even if there are vast differences in fortunes. They share a knack for self-promotion, abundant self-confidence and perhaps the most important qualification of all: Both play a conservative corporate titan on a popular NBC show.
If that all sounds a tad silly (and maybe a little frightening), it's no more so than the increasingly blurred lines between news, politics and entertainment being used by some these days to build a potential electoral platform.
We still don't know whether Trump's GOP candidate dance was sincere or a stunt to boost ratings of "Celebrity Apprentice" – or both. In the end, he chose his TV show over his country.
Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska for two and a half years and former Reality TV star, is making news with her non-campaign presidential campaign, even as she remains on the Fox News pundit payroll. Her recent pizza summit with Trump in New York sparked an outsized media circus that left us wondering – are the duo TV stars, politicians or a bizarre new form of celebrity? (Perhaps the strangest aspect of the spectacle, though, was watching native-New Yorker Trump eat his slice with a knife and fork).
The intermingling of celebrity and politics, of course, is nothing new. What has changed is how quickly and seamlessly some folks bounce back-and-forth between the two until the distinction becomes fuzzy. Take Ronald Reagan – the hero of Baldwin's Jack Donaghy on "30 Rock," a mixed-bag for Trump (he called Reagan a "con man" in 1989 but more recently praised him as the president he most admires). Though Reagan was active in political causes while still an actor, his last entertainment gig came two years before he was elected governor of California.
Even Arnold Schwarzenegger, who announced his candidacy for that office a quarter-century later on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," took a near-total break from the movies when he became governor of The Golden State in 2003. Recent tawdry revelations in his post-gubernatorial life, of course, have made his film future hazy – but his political days appear over.
Schwarzenegger is probably grateful for New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose tabloid mess of a life is dominating both the news and entertainment cycles these days.
The Democrat's self-inflicted downfall has likely punctured his plans to run for mayor – inflating Baldwin's trial balloon. Meanwhile, Trump, never a Weiner fan, posted a YouTube video this week calling the disgraced lawmaker a "psycho."
Baldwin and Trump might have more in common than either thinks. Perhaps it's time for a Baldwin-Trump pizza summit, but only if they promise to leave the impressions – and the forks and knives – at home.
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The Best Over 40 Make-Up
As we get older, it's important to keep in mind that our makeup routine should be consonant with celebrating our natural beauty. Understanding what products work best for our skin may take some trial and error. It is great to experiment with makeup so that we eventually find a routine we have complete mastery over.
To begin with, it is extremely important to start with a good lightweight foundation. When making a selection, look for one that is not too thick because a thick base can emphasize lines. I recommend a tinted moisturizer like NARS Pure Radiant. This moisturizer is great because it also contains an SPF while simultaneously providing a nice coverage. For those areas that need more coverage use a spot concealer. Kevyn Aucoin makes a great tried and trusted concealer that is typically a staple in the bags of professional makeup artists. His concealer comes in a small round container and lasts a long time because you only need to use a dab. Apply with a make-up sponge or a Q-tip and spread evenly to create a natural daytime look. To complete your daytime look, apply a layer of lip gloss that contains a subtle sheen and just one coat of mascara.
At night it is generally more appropriate go heavier on the makeup. Foundations with thicker bases work well underneath night lighting because unlike natural sunlight, indoor lighting creates contours and shades that flatter your facial contours. I recommend ESTÉE LAUDER double wear stay in place makeup for total coverage. If you want to dress up and go for a more glamorous look, use a black liner to draw along your eyelash and embellish with shades of brown or charcoal shadow to create a more defined look. The dramatic eye draws attention to that area of your face (and as we all know, the eyes are the windows to our soul!). It is usually best to wear a strong eye with a lighter lip color and vice-versa. When creating a stronger eye, opt for shades of lipstick that contain more pearly or pinkish undertones. Sweep a thin layer of powder to hold all your makeup in place and you're all set to go!


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The early posts on this blog are about experimentation with non-mainstream technologies, eventually settling on scheme.
Now, the main focus is on extending emacs i.e. writing emacs-lisp.
Why do I blog about emacs? There are a few reasons but basically it boils down to good old-fashioned self interest.
- In the past, I've found out how to do something cool and then forgotten about it. If I record all those cool things here then I won't have that problem again in the future.
- Sometimes other emacsers come by and leave comments on my blog that point out an emacs feature or extension that I wouldn't otherwise have known about.
and possibly the most important reason.
- For many years I was a fan of vim and in fact I still use it most days. However, I now do most of my text editing with emacs as I've found it to be superior in most ways. I'm hoping to convert other vimmers (and alternative advanced editor users) into emacsers. Why? Because, much like a programming language, an extensible text editor becomes more useful as the community becomes larger.
And what about guys who use notepad? Well, they are not really my target audience. If your needs are so little the notepad is good for you, then emacs is probably not the tool for you.


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The Chronicles of Small Bedroom Ideas Bedroom designing is a costly affair. Actually, your small bedroom might be a blessing at a better night's sleep. Decorating a little bedroom can be challenging. Image credit Inspiration album If you're fortunate enough to design a little bedroom from scratch you can be quite inventive with how you use your space. Have you ever thought about displaying your bedroom with a lovely camouflage bedding to display your true passion in life. Possessing a little bedroom may give you many advantages. Just because you've got a little bedroom doesn't indicate you shouldn't have a relaxing, peaceful escape at the close of the day. Bedroom has become the most individual space in the whole residence and also acts as a declaration of our genuine personality. Decorating the bedroom is a considerable aspect related to the whimsical techniques of children. There are several straightforward things you can do in order to make your small bedroom feel larger and more comfortable. Small bedrooms are cozy and they are able to be less difficult to keep warm or cool. Designing a little bedroom can be difficult, especially whenever you do not need the elements in your room clashing… Continue Reading Read More


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Whether you're a professional sculptor, an amateur painter or an established cartoonist, you might like the idea of having your very own home studio. Not only will you get the chance to design the space based on your needs, but you won't have to worry about getting paint, clay or pastels on your home's furniture or washing those dirty materials in your kitchen sink. But how do you go about setting up this artistic haven? Here are a few ideas to keep in mind.
1. Size matters. If you're choosing to transform an existing space into your studio, be sure to pick a room that's large enough to accommodate your work. This is especially important if you're into large-scale paintings or sculptures. Obviously, if you're building a new space, you'll get to specify exactly how big it should be.
2. Lighting is key. Natural light is your best friend in an artist's studio, so take advantage of large windows and skylights in the area. Of course, some projects may call for shade, in which case discount window treatments will come in handy. After all, you don't want to spend lots of money on blinds and shades that may get dirty as you get creative. Artificial lighting is also important if you plan to spend late nights or early mornings getting work done.
3. Storage reigns supreme. Artists' studios are supposed to be messy - but not because of cluttered workspaces and overflowing bins of paints, brushes, tools and canvases. Organization will not only keep you sane, but it'll save you time when you're ready to get down to business. Open shelves are great for storage, as are wire racks for canvases and papers.
4. Ventilation is necessary. Unless getting high on paint fumes and Sharpies helps you expand your imagination, you'll need adequate ventilation to avoid headaches and potential dizziness. Open windows, install ceiling fans or put in an exhaust fan.
5. Special accommodations may be in order. If you work with pottery, you might need to set up a kiln in your space if you have the resources and know-how. A wheel might also be beneficial for those who like to throw their own clay around, while plenty of easels, stools and stands will help you get comfortable while you work.


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I am not the senti type. I don't cry at movies. When I have friends sobbing, I pat them. Awkwardly. Once, when I was five, I watched a chicken being slaughtered. Without flinching. So, when I went to buy mutton at the local mutton shop last week, the severed head of a goat lying a few meters away from my face did nothing to deter me from peering at it, curious.
"Where do you kill your goats?" I ask the guy.
Young and dapper in his lungi, Nafeez says, "Why! Right here!"
Not having seen him do it even once in the past two and half months I have been here in Calcutta, I prod, "But when?"
"At around 6:30-7:00 ish in the morning."
That explains why. I am never up that early, except when I am headed to the fish market.
Before I can curb my tongue, I ask, a trifle too eager, "Can I watch? I mean, can I photograph?"
He smiles, "Sure…"
I am not sure why I make the request. I am not even sure why I have this sudden morbid desire to photograph the last few moments of an animal's death. But what I am most not sure about is why he doesn't react negatively to my strange request.
I arrive early. The shop is yet to open. The streets are getting busy with people rushing to work or school. Some of them give me stares. Dressed in my pjs and a hoodie, with my camera bag on a weekday, I must be an uncommon sight. I ignore the white noise, waiting patiently for Nafeez.
But Nafeez doesn't show. It's past seven. Another guy, much older in appearance, shows up. I have seen him before. I assumed he was Nafeez's father. Or, assistant. I watch him open the locks, and sweep the front. I ask him about Nafeez. He shakes his head and asks me to call him, offering a number. I feel awkward about calling my local butcher, so I decline, indicating that it's okay, I will wait.
I wait. It's almost 7:30. The sun is at a high. The traffic is worse. The number of staring people has increased. I can feel myself sweating under my hoodie. I curse myself. I should have never come on a weekday.
Finally, Nafeez shows up. Smiling, headphones plugged into his ears. He is unapologetic. Instead, he gets to work. Quick.
His shop, like most butchers' shops, is raised at a height. What I didn't know was that there is a reason for that height. The shop houses live goats underneath its floor. Nafeez removes one of the floorboards, indicating inside, "Are you sure you will get good photos while standing outside?"
I peer into the darkness, the bleating of the scared goats much clear now. I see two to three goats scurrying around in circles in the enclosed space. One of them sticks its head out of the gap and bleats frantically. I imagine it saying "help!" I want to feel bad, but I feel nothing. My head says it's going to die anyway. Might as well document it.
"You are right," I say instead, as I climb onto the shop floor, making room for myself in a corner.
Nafeez takes a small knife, and reaches for one of the goats. It escapes him. He quickly reaches for another, trapping it with his thigh. I watch, unable to click. In a few seconds, he has cut into the jugular.
It strikes me that this is what "halal cut" is. I watch the goat struggle briefly and then die a slow, silent death, as its blood forms a small pool at Nafeez's feet. I click. And, click. And, click.
A customer, an upper middle class Bengali babu, waits outside, impatient to get some fresh meat.
To Nafeez (in Hindi), "How long will this take? Should I go to that other shop?"
To me (in Bengali), "So, what is that you want to gain from taking these photos?"
Before I can defend myself, Nafeez answers on my behalf, "It's her pleasure."
I shrug.
"I love taking photos. It's a hobby," I say.
Later, I ponder over his words. Was it my "pleasure" to watch this poor beast die? Was I a sadist?
Someone I once knew was excited about his trip to Barcelona. The first thing I had asked him though, was whether he was going to see the bullfights.
"Uh… I don't think so. I don't really like the gore," had been his answer.
Well, I don't know about the gore, I had said, but think about it. The poor thing is going to die anyway. Shouldn't you honour its death with your presence?
We had laughed about it. Ha, ha.
Now, the joke is on me.
Laugh, why don't you?
Update: All of the photos from this collection were accepted recently by two different magazines. While "Fasting and Feasting," "Death and Dying" and "The Hand that Kills," made it into scissors and spackle, "Leftovers" was taken by Carnival Magazine. Oh, and I gifted a framed copy of "The Hand that Kills" to Nafeez. He couldn't stop grinning.


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Twins Joan and Patricia Miller, 73, were found dead in their home in South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 27. Authorities, who have ruled out foul play, say they most likely died within a short time of one another.
The Sheriff's office in El Dorado County, Calif. has been unable to locate the next of kin of the women, who never married, The Tahoe Daily Tribune reported. According to a statement, officials are still investigating a cause of death.
After enlisting the help of long time friends and acquaintances, detectives learned that the twins were in the entertainment industry, appearing in the '50s TV show, "The Hoffman Hayride," alongside "The Silver Bandit" star Spade Cooley. It is also reported that they entertained military troops during their careers. Their parents, who raised them in Portland, Oregon, were also reportedly involved in their careers.
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Statements from friends and family have said the twins have lived together and been dependent on one another throughout their lives.


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Dota 2 has servers in many regions of the world for our players. This post outlines our server locations so players can make informed decisions about where they would like to connect and play.
When playing on our dedicated servers, the game uses the UDP Internet protocol on ports 27015 through 28999. By default, it will use UDP port 27005 on your computer when connecting. You do not need to forward any ports in order to play Dota 2 as all play occurs on our dedicated servers. Most routers will work without any changes. If you have trouble connecting, please check the common issues post for help, http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=15261
When you first start Finding a Match in Dota 2, you will be asked which matchmaking regions you wish to queue for. Most players will choose one or two regions close to them for play. You can be in the queue for multiple regions and this can reduce your wait time.
More advanced players may wish to test their ping to various server regions. The best way to do this is to Create Lobby and set the server location in the Lobby Settings to the region you wish to test and launch the lobby. Once you've selected a hero you can type "-ping" into chat and see your ping displayed in the upper right of your screen. Note that the server location setting is based on the actual location of the server (refereed by the city they are located in). You can use the table below to match the server location to the matchmaking region.
Server Locations
US West
Seattle, WA, USA
US East
Sterling, VA, USA
Europe West
Europe East
Vienna, Austria
SE Asia
South America
São Paulo, Brazil
Stockholm, Sweden
Sydney, Australia
This thread will be updated when there is an issue with servers. It can also be used as a discussion thread for server issues.
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The Thuringia Route of Human Rights and Democracy was created on the 20th anniversary of the Thuringian Constitution of 25 October 1993 and currently connects 20 memorial sites of historical significance such as Worbis, Jena, Altenburg, Greiz or Gotha, which are accompanied by other well-known memorial sites and border museums.
Think about human rights and democracy in Thuringia and the first places that come to mind are Wartburg or Weimar. There is, however, much more to discover. For example, the Thuringia Route of Human Rights and Democracy introduces you to events, locations and individuals whose memory, although fixed in the collective consciousness of those living here today, may yet be lost to future generations.
A stony road
The route tells the story of the state of Thuringia and its worthy legacy of civil courage, human rights and democracy. The historical traces may, however, be difficult to see at first glance as there were many silent or hidden witnesses to the development of democracy and human rights here. On this route, you will encounter places such as the square where the people once met to form an alliance against a despotic government; a hideaway where persecuted people were hidden or a house where like-minded people met to contemplate society's development.
Places of remembrance and places etched in the annals of history
One such location is Schwarzburg in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. This is where Friedrich Ebert, the President of Germany, signed the Weimar Constitution in 1919, thereby creating the first democracy on German soil. Another is Heiligenstadt, the town which was home to Hugo Dornhofer (1896-1977), a politician who remained a staunch democrat through two dictatorships. Other notable sites include the Holzmarkt in Jena, the scene of mass protests on 17 June 1953, and Großbreitenbach where the 5th Thuringia People's Assembly, part political event and part fair, was held, and which was also one of the towns involved in the March Revolutions of 1848. The memorial sites at Point Alpha in Geisa or Greiz where the first privately registered and officially authorised demonstration in East Germany (the GDR) took place during the Autumn Revolution in 1989 are also sites of incomparable historical significance.
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Human rights were abused and democracy defended in a large number of Thuringia's towns and cities.
Go on an exciting and interesting quest into the roots of democracy and human rights, and find out just how long and multifaceted Thuringia's historical struggle for each has been.
Theme: democracy and human rights
Altenburg: Brüdergasse rectory (Pfarrhaus Brüdergasse)
Asbach-Sickenberg: Schifflersgrund Border Museum
Bad Langensalza: Buchenwald satellite camp
Eisenach: Wartburg Castle
Erfurt: Thüringian state parliament (Landtag), Topf & Sons engineering company, Augustinian monastery
Mödlareuth: East/West German Museum
Nordhausen: Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp memorial site
Teistungen: Eichsfeld Border Museum
Weimar: National Theatre, Buchenwald memorial site
Worbis: the 1990 "Suitcase demo" (Kofferdemo), border crossing
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Mel Gibson will pay the mother of his 22-month-old daughter $750,000 to resolve the former couple's financial issues under a settlement approved by a judge Wednesday.
Oksana Grigorieva will be paid in three installments, the last by January 2016.
Los Angeles Superior Court Peter D. Lichtman also said the Gibson-owned house in Sherman Oaks where Grigorieva lives with her daughter, Lucia -- to whom she gave birth during her roughly three-year relationship with Gibson -- will be sold when the girl turns 18. The proceeds from the sale will be held in trust for her.
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The two will share custody of Lucia evenly. Other child custody arrangements were made behind closed doors in Judge Scott Gordon's courtroom and not publicly disclosed.
The judge also banned the couple from writing books about their relationship. Their tumultuous split included allegations that Gibson hit Grigorieva while Lucia was in her arms. A recording of Gibson screaming at Grigorieva was also posted online.
Gibson at one point claimed he was being extorted, and sheriff's deputies opened an investigation.
On Wednesday, he thanked the judge for bringing the litigation to an end.
"I would like to thank your honor for bringing this matter to a reasonable conclusion," Gibson said.
Grigorieva, who rejected a reported settlement of up to $15 million last year, also expressed her gratitude.
An attorney for Grigorieva said the settlement was reached for the good of the ex-couple's daughter.
"Oksana settled this case today because it's in the best interest of Lucia," attorney Daniel Horowitz said. "This cooperation going forward is what both parents want."
Lucia also would be treated as an equal in any inheritance, according to the settlement. Gibson has seven other children from a marriage that lasted 28 years.
Grigorieva, a pianist and singer-songwriter, had sought custody of the girl, who will turn 2 on Oct. 30, and for the child's visits with Gibson to be overseen by a court-appointed observer, according to published reports.
Grigorieva alleged she was subjected to verbal and physical abuse at the hands of Gibson. He countered that she tried to extort millions of dollars from him with telephone recordings she made after their relationship ended in April 2010.
Gibson, 55, pleaded no contest in March to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a 2010 run-in with Grigorieva.
Grigorieva, 41, also has a teenage son, Alexander, who was fathered by actor Timothy Dalton.


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With "The Squid and the Whale," it looked like Noah Baumbach had finally turned the corner as a filmmaker, eschewing his usual smugness in favor of real, heartfelt emotions. But it's looking more like an anomaly, as his ensuing films, "Margot at the Wedding" and his latest bit of misanthropy, "Greenberg," have disappointingly marked a return to his glib, overly ironic ways.
With "The Squid and the Whale," it looked like Noah Baumbach had finally turned the corner as a filmmaker, eschewing his usual smugness in favor of real, heartfelt emotions.
But it's looking more like an anomaly, as his ensuing films, "Margot at the Wedding" and his latest bit of misanthropy, "Greenberg," have disappointingly marked a return to his glib, overly ironic ways.
Baumbach almost strives to repel us, as he assaults with an array of increasingly annoying characters and paper-thin storylines that fail to go anywhere interesting or surprising.
That's especially true of "Greenberg," easily his most annoying film since his debut, "Kicking and Screaming," which is exactly what I was doing through every torturous minute of it.
It's a toss-up as to what's more grating: Baumbach's dry, hipster humor or the bumbling performance by Ben Stiller in the title role. Both work overtime at being off-putting in telling a not-so-funny tale of a New Yorker fresh off a nervous breakdown coming to Hollywood to baby-sit his wealthy brother's house.
That's where the narcissistic pessimist Roger Greenberg hooks up with his sibling's personal assistant, Florence, a drippy, spineless sack of potatoes played without passion by Greta Gerwig.
She's the undisputed queen of mumblecore (or, what I like to call, mumble-bore), but that doesn't dispel the fact that Gerwig is utterly lacking in charisma and talent.
She also has zero chemistry with Stiller, who is upstaged by an unwieldy hairdo recalling a middle-aged Arthur Fonzarelli. But his locks are infinitely more interesting than his character, a lazy slug who can't do a thing for himself.
That's where Florence comes in. Greenberg doesn't drive and apparently doesn't believe in cabs or buses, so Florence is constantly called upon to be his lackey, running errands and chauffeuring him across Hollywood at his whim. He treats her like dirt, too, viciously insulting her when he's not leading her on romantically.
Their awkward sex life is pretty much a metaphor for the movie, as Greenberg regularly instigates foreplay, only to suddenly stop just as Florence is beginning to respond.
But then that's how Baumbach rolls. The more obnoxious the character, the happier he gets. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can be intriguing if – and only if – the character is being fleshed out with a hint of underlying charm, as Larry David has proven for nearly a decade on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Given how closely Stiller's dad, Jerry, worked with David on "Seinfeld," you'd think Stiller would be wise to that. But, no, his Greenberg is all surface, and woefully shallow at that.
It's nice to see him trying to stretch, though, especially after watching him embarrassingly go through the motions in big-budget turkeys like the "Night at the Museum" flicks. But good intentions don't always translate to good performances.
Other than a nice cameo by Baumbach's wife and co-writer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, as Greenberg's old flame, the only actor with a semblance of a pulse is Rhys Ifans as Greenberg's one and only friend.
Where Stiller and Gerwig have zero range, Ifans deftly fleshes out his minor character in major ways by subtly revealing his frustration with Greenberg and his many eccentricities, which years ago cost him a record deal when his pal walked away from their band just as they stood on the cusp of stardom.
Sort of like Baumbach, who similarly retreated when he was on the verge of making it big after "The Squid and the Whale." But unlike his malevolent alter ego, you harbor faint hope he'll eventually see the error of his self-indulgent ways.
Patriot Ledger writer Al Alexander may be reached at email@example.com.
GREENBERG (R for nudity, language and sexual situations.) Cast includes Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Written and directed by Noah Baumbach. 1.5 stars out of 4.


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Step 1. Design & build a fleet of OccuCopters
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There is a clear and urgent need for citizen-controlled aerial observation devices. Such devices would greatly extend the reach of citizen journalism, make it easier to obtain high-resolution photos for more accurate and openly verifiable crowd estimates, to better document (and even help to deter) incidents of police brutality, and much more.
An increasingly wide variety of commercial UAV's (unmanned aerial vehicle) already exist, many of which are capable of streaming video. However the price of such devices currently remains prohibitively high, and deters their use in situations where the UAV may be damaged, either accidentally (due to the challenges of navigating an urban environment) or intentionally (by police or others who might wish to go unobserved). For these devices to become truly useful, it is essential that more affordable, DIY options be made available. Designing an easily-replicable sub-$200 OccuCopter would be a significant breakthrough.
Noisebridge's OccuCopter / OccuBlimp project is a global collaboration, open to all who wish to contribute. There is a great deal of prior art on this topic, as the subject of R/C (radio-controlled) helicopters, n-copters, blimps and planes is far from new. It is our hope however that this specific project work towards the immediate goal of completing a range of currently implementable designs, then fabricating them,and helping to get them out into the streets where they are needed. We need to take citizen journalism into the air, and we need to do so now. Will you help?


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Onions sauteing in olive oil create a heavenly aroma, adding flavorful ingredients such as artichokes, roasted red peppers, and garlic make it even better when simmered in broth with simple white beans. I didn't use the Cannellini beans that seem to be scarce on my grocer's shelves. Since it is a blended soup, I thought that the softer texture of Great Northern beans would be fine; and, they were.
But, blending the soup is when I wondered at the wisdom of choosing this recipe today. I am just recently recovered from the flu, and when I first placed the immersion blender into the pot and created a swirl of foamy, creamy soup, I had to look away. The appearance wasn't that appetizing. It reminded me too much of somethings that I probably shouldn't mention in a food blog. Still, the aroma of the mingled ingredients won me over, and a tentative spoonful made me reach for my bowl and the soup ladle. It is fragrant, and flavorful, and filling, and...I just won't look at it right now.
I will just close my eyes and eat White Bean and Artichoke Soup On My Plate.
White Bean and Artichoke Soup
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 (13 ounce) jar artichoke hearts, chopped
1 roasted red pepper, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 sage leaves, chopped
2 cups vegetable broth
2 cups small white beans (canned or cooked)
juice of a small lemon
salt and black pepper
In a stockpot, saute onion in the olive oil until translucent (approx. 3-5 minutes).
Add the artichoke hearts, garlic, roasted red pepper, and sage. Stir for 1 minute.
Add the vegetable broth and beans. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes or until the beans are heated through. In batches, transfer soup to a blender and puree until smooth, or use an immersion blender right in the pot.
Add soup back to stockpot and stir in lemon juice. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste. (Serves 6)


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Jeremy Campbell, Executive Storyteller of Charlie Foxtrot was embedded at Fort Benning during the beginning of Basic Training, where he discovered a silent strength amidst all the yelling. This is his blog about his experience there.
"Welcome to the Army. Take your time."
That was the drill sergeant's decibel climbing challenge shouted sarcastically toward the two hundred forty men of Charlie Company 1-46 Infantry.
Under the blaring August sun, soldiers in training ran off a bus outside a Fort Benning barracks to begin their military career. Each was loaded down with about fifty pounds of gear and given the first order: "Run."
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Their destination was only about three hundred yards around the corner, but they didn't know that. It could have been a five mile run for their life, based on the tone from the drill sergeants. They circled around the new soldiers like swarming sharks making the young men feel utterly surrounded.
Some took the aggressive wrangling in stride. Others nervously dropped everything, scampering to pick up their camouflage caps before their superior caught them from behind.
As I followed the pack with my camera, I felt a switch flip on for these young men. In that moment, they were undeniably present. I call it "Military Zen."
Spending the first few days of Basic Training on base showed me the Army variation of "Be here now" - present, focused on the moment, devoted to the mission.
I first noticed it while interviewing these soldiers at a very specific turning point in their lives: exactly one hour before they began Basic Training. I asked each of them similar questions: How do you feel about the possibility of fighting in war? Are you nervous? What are you afraid of?
Their answers were consistent. Their focus was on the excitement of beginning their service. They would prepare for the worst, but they didn't seem afraid. Instead, these young men were prepared to become prepared.
The next day we interviewed a staff sergeant with years of military service under his belt. He was re-enlisting to serve with the Army until 2025. He had a more telling explanation when asked if he had any fears.
"No, not really. I think that a lot of people fear the unknown. I just kind of don't know the unknown. So, I think that's it," he said.
That's Military Zen, if you ask me.
Members of our Armed Forces are focused, driven men and women who prepare for whatever may come. They are in the moment, dealing with the matters at hand to accomplish the mission at hand.
The future – that's something they'll prepare for, but not worry over until their mission puts their battle plan in action. To succeed, they remain present.
However, the past can be much more crippling as they return home from war zones, suffering from the moral injuries of combat and fighting PTSD after enduring moments so dark I'm not sure I could even dream of them in a nightmare.
According to the Veterans Administration, 20-percent of all service members who deploy return with PTSD, 22-percent suffer a Traumatic Brain Injury and 7-percent have both. That averages out to about one in four being affected.
There's another side to the numbers. The fact is most people who serve do not emerge traumatized or suffer from brain injury; 72-percent aren't diagnosed with either.
Veterans are among our nation's brightest assets. The skills learned while serving translate into some of the most hirable, admirable attributes of the American workforce. They're leaders who go on to run companies, families and hold government office – with and without enduring symptoms of PTSD.
It's a skill set born at Basic Training.
"Welcome to the Army. Take your time."
In a way, that sarcastic phrase actually fits, as service members prepare for an uncertain future by finding clarity in the moment, on and off the battlefield.
You can send your comments to Jeremy by emailing him, posting on his Facebook page, or sending him a tweet.


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Manhattan Special Espresso Coffee Soda
Espresso Coffee Soda by Manhattan Special may look like a consciously retro hipster beverage—the flapper on the label, significant caffeine content, and cane sugar sweetener help. And it's made in Brooklyn's Williamsburg, natch. But no: this stuff is the real around-for-a-century deal, cranked out in Brooklyn since 1895.
Longtime New Yorkers will recognize the bottle, but those from elsewhere might not. Coffee, or soda? It's sort of both. When it comes to caffeine, most people opt for one or the other, canned coffee beverages aside. But Manhattan Special's Espresso Coffee Soda lets you know two things as soon as you pop it open: 1. it's super fizzy, a fine carbonation that'll send a fountain of stout-colored soda spraying across the room if you're not careful; and 2. it's coffee soda, not just coffee-tinged, a real roasty scent immediately apparent.
For the uninitiated, it's... well, interesting. An acquired taste, but not off-putting. It's thick and quite sweet, a strong cup of coffee with three or four sugars dumped in; or like the espresso at the bottom of a cup with the undissolved sugar still kicking around. There's a real body to it, almost like a cream soda. As if someone dropped espresso shots in one, really.
If you're an iced coffee fan, it's a refreshing departure, a little more quaffable, a little lighter. The diet version, on the other hand, is vile. If the normal version is three sugars in a coffee, the diet is about 7 packets of Nutra-Sweet. (Carey's got a high fake sugar tolerance, but she found this totally undrinkable.)
It's worth a try just to appreciate its history, and just to get a taste of old New York (order online if it's not in your area stores). But we're starting to think of other uses for it, too. A faux-affogato ice cream float, perhaps...?
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Room Features:
- air conditioning
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Children and extra beds:
- Free! Up to two children under 4 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.
- All older children or adults are charged PHP 150 per person per night for extra beds.
- The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 1.
- There is no capacity for cots in the room.
- Any type of extra bed or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
- Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.