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(CNN) -- Fred Thompson, the all-but-announced Republican presidential candidate, suggested Tuesday that the nation was in denial when it comes to the threat of terrorism.
"I don't think that yet as a nation we have come to terms with the nature and the extent of the threat facing this country," Thompson said while addressing the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Missouri.
Calling terrorism "a global threat" to the United States, Thompson pointed out that he thought the United States was at a crossroads and told the veterans "it's time that we had a frank discussion in this country at the highest levels with both parties as to what it's going to take and the unity we're going to need" to battle terror.
Thompson also faulted those calling for a troop withdrawal from Iraq, saying it would hurt the overall fight against terrorism. Watch Thompson call for a 'frank discussion' about terrorism »
"Some people in this country apparently think that if we can pull out of Iraq, our problems are going to be over. You and I know better than that. We know that Iraq is an important front in this war," Thompson said to the audience of combat veterans.
Citing recent reports out of Iraq's Al Anbar province, Thompson said progress was being made on the ground.
Thompson's remarks about the war on terror echoed themes frequented by President Bush in defending the war in Iraq at a time when the Republican presidential field is trying to win over the Republican Party's conservative base.
Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and John McCain, R-Arizona, spoke to the convention Monday.
Thompson is expected to formally announce that he is running for president sometime around Labor Day.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, also addressed the VFW convention on Tuesday.
"We honor your service and we enter into a sacred trust with you from the moment you put on that uniform," Obama said to the nation's veterans. "That trust is simple. America will be there for you just as you have been there for America," he added.
"As a candidate for the presidency, I know that I am running to become commander-in-chief, to safeguard this nation's security, and to keep that sacred trust. There is no responsibility that I take more seriously," he said after weeks of being attacked for his foreign policy views by Clinton and other contenders for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. E-mail to a friend
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Clarion's new Car/Marine 4/3/2 Channel Amplifer made a great impression on Performance Auto & Sound magazine reviewer Gary Springgay. True power ratings, "exemplary sound quality" and small foot print all get gold stars.
"When most enthusiasts think about historical car audio companies, our thoughts tend to gravitate towards the iconic American brands. So, it may come as a surprise to some that one of the oldest car audio companies on the planet began in Japan in 1940. Long before even I was born, the Hakusan Wireless Electric Company began manufacturing battery-operated household radios. Known since 1970 as the Clarion company, the brand boasts a long list of technological achievements and industry firsts.
Continuing that tradition, the good folks at Clarion Canada have sent me one of its latest four-channel amplifiers – the XC6410 – to put through its paces."
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Above: Comics Generation, an exhibition featuring young cartoonists, currently on this weekend at Thistle Hall (corner of Cuba and Arthur Streets) in Wellington. All photos by Claire Harris.
Currently taking place at Thistle Hall in Wellington, Comics Generation is shinning a light on the work of promising young cartoonists, including the artwork of: Theo Macdonald, Michael Sanders, Sadie Galloway, Esther Galloway, Zora Patrick and Joel Spencer. Via the Thistle Hall Facebook Page, here's some exclusive photos of the exhibition by curator Claire Harris.
Above: Some wide views of the exhibition space.
Above: Meyo original artwork form a 27 page full-colour comic by Joel Spencer.
Above: Narrative strips from The Tragic Existence of Egbert the Egghead and Colonel Kernel and Batbat cover gallery by Michael Sanders.
Above: SpaceCat Adventures cover artwork by Michael Sanders.
Above: The Honey poison by Esther Galloway on the left side, followed by The Nightmare by Sadie Galloway.
Above: Drawings, sketch book and The encyclopedia of Small (and big) Creatures by Zora Patrick.
Above: Artwork by Theo Macdonald.
Above: Artwork from Theocracy by Theo Macdonald.
Above: Copies of the childrens' printed comics for sale at the exhibition.
Today is the last day of the show, so if you're in the Wellington area, I advise you to drop your copy of the Weekend Herald and get down there while you still can! And if you miss the exhibition, keep an eye out for New Zealand Comic Creators distributors at shows like the Armageddon Expo where you may be able to track down a copy of these great comics for yourself!


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I'm always hunting for bargains on green products, organic produce, and green/vegan/vegetarian eats. And I like to share my discoveries with friends and family. In fact, my father told me the other day that all he and Mom ever hear from their daughter is "organic this…organic that." He calls my music organic as well!
Today I've decided to widen my green circle. Welcome to the Green Bargain Shopper Network…now I'm including you!
I'll be posting discoveries here on my blog…so come back often.
Today's Discoveries:
SOAP — Who would have thought that corporate behemoth Rite Aid would have some really great (and green!) soaps?
- 100% pure vegetable oils, 100% pure shea butter, paraben free, phthalate free, sodium lauryl sulfate free
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Suggestion to the Manufacturer: It would be a greener product if the packaging were made from recycled materials.


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UPDATE: Melrose Native Heading to the Olympics
EUGENE, OREGON - Melrose native Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock has qualified for the Olympics later this summer in London.
Twenty-nine year old Smock won the triple jump this (Monday) evening at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Smock had a jump of 45-feet, 9-inches. The top three finishers will represent the U.S. in the Olympics.
After graduating from Melrose High School, Smock attended North Dakota State University, where she was a three-time NCAA Division II National Champion.
Thieschafer Smock is the second Stearns County native to qualify for the London games, St. Cloud native Alise Post will represent the U.S. in the BMX bike competition.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The mother of Trayvon Martin says states must clarify so-called "stand your ground" self-defense laws.
Sybrina Fulton is testifying before a Senate committee Tuesday. She has vowed to keep pressure on state legislators to repeal or overhaul those laws.
Fulton has said neighborhood-watch volunteer George Zimmerman "got away with murder" in the 2012 killing of her son, largely because of Florida's policy. Such laws in at least 22 states generally eliminate a person's duty to retreat in the face of a serious physical threat.
In July, a jury acquitted the 29-year-old Zimmerman of all charges in the February 2012 shooting death of Trayvon, who was 17 and unarmed. Gun control advocates say states should re-examine their laws, but gun rights advocates say that's a swipe at the right to self-defense.


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A "significant online collection" of Caribbean slave records will be launched by ancestry.com, the world's largest online commercial resource for family history. Nearly 200 years of St. Croix Virgin Islands history is detailed in the collection.
This is a product of the St. Croix African Roots Project, initiated in 2002 by the Virgin Islands Social History Associates (VISHA). Ancestry.com is working with V ISHA to make the collection more accessible. Historical records found in Danish, Virgin Island and American archives were collected, documented and transcribed. Individuals of African descent will have an easier time finding their African and Creole ancestors. Visit http://www.ancestry.com/


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(Pocket-lint) - There are now two BlackBerry Torch models in RIM's armoury: the 9810 we're reviewing here and the 9860 that we've previously reviewed. The 9810 is a slider phone packing a full QWERTY keyboard essentially the same design as the phone it replaces, the Torch 9800.
The 9800 was something rarity for BlackBerry when it launched, as the only other touch device on offer from RIM was from the ill-fated Storm family. Of course, the Storm has passed and we're left with two Torch models and touch across the range. But is this upgraded model a step up in experience?
The 9810 is practically the spitting image of the 9800 forebear. It looks the same, feels the same and measures the same, save for some very minor changes, such as the colour of the controls under the display. It is a slider, with the display sliding upwards to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard of the tried and tested BlackBerry formula.
It's somewhat chunky by modern standards, weighing in a 161g and measuring 111 x 62 x 14.6. Given that this is a slider device, we're not too worried about the size as it slips easily enough into any pocket or bag.
What's more of a concern is one of the points that irritated us about the last edition of this phone and that's the screen lock button on the top of the phone. The action is so soft that it will easily unlock itself in your pocket. On a non-touch phone that's not much of a problem, but we've pulled the phone out to find it setting new appointments, browsing the Internet, and even having changed the language to Greek.
Given the design there aren't too many sensible locations to place the 3.5mm headphone jack. On the side it juts out, meaning that the Torch never really sits comfortably in your pocket. If anything, this device is a questionable choice for sliding into the hip pocket of your jeans, because you'll catch the headphones, unlock the device and email your ex in the process.
On our previous review sample we found that the sliding action of the screen gave us a little wobble on every tap. This didn't appear to be a problem on our 9810, but we did find the plastic back panel would creak. The 9810 won't win any prizes for build or design, but aside from the ridiculously soft lock key, we can't complain too much.
Those upgraded parts
We don't want to spend too much of this review talking about the older version of this phone, but let's just say that RIM have addressed some of the major points of concern from a hardware point of view. The screen sees its resolution bumped up to 640 x 480 pixels, a welcome step-up meaning this is a sharper Torch, but with rival platforms pushing higher definition displays, the 9810 lacks impact and sharpness.
The OS fits well on the display as the icons aren't overcomplicated so the lack of resolution doesn't really matter, but it does mean that browsing the Internet involves more zooming and images don't looks as sharp as they could.
But we find ourselves wondering if the new 1.2GHz processor and upgraded 768MB RAM make that much of a difference. Sure, you can now capture 720p video thanks to the extra power to crunch the captured data from the 5-megapixel camera, but it's not the hardware that's explicitly at fault, it's the software.
BB OS showing its age
For several years we've been remarking that BlackBerry OS needs to start stepping forwards. There are some great things, and a great heritage, behind BlackBerry, but the pace at which its rivals are evolving doesn't shine a favourable light on BlackBerry. But this isn't news. Where BB6 made a few visual tweaks, BB7 makes a few more, but not so many that you'd really notice.
We often found that we'd touch the screen to drag or scroll the tray of apps and found it wouldn't respond. Finger tracking isn't great and dragging and scrolling things like webpages isn't as smooth or successful as it should be. Too often we'd be heading off to an extraneous link, rather than scrolling. This applies in apps and menus too, so we'd often resort back to the optical trackpad, or keyboard shortcuts.
The way we use current devices now plays a part here. The fewer apps you have on your platform, the more people are going to need to use the browser to access online services. Although the browser is much better than it was prior to BB6, it still doesn't match those native browsers of iPhone or Android in daily use.
The biggest problem we had was stability; it would frequently fail or refuse to load a page and it would regularly freeze, rendering the phone unresponsive, so we had to pull the battery to get things going again. BlackBerry users are probably all-too familiar with battery pulls and upgrading the hardware in this model doesn't seem to have got round this problem.
Of course the jewel in the crown is email, and stepping into the BlackBerry world from regular Android and iPhone use reminds us of just how convenient and powerful the BB email system is. The speed, the searching the ease with which you can communicate via email is fantastic.
However, the keyboard on the Torch isn't a patch on the Bold keyboard, or even that of the Curve. It's slightly too recessed into the body of the base of the phone so it feels like a strain to use. The on-screen QWERTY keyboard is poor too. Where other on-screen keyboards will let your fingers fly, the BB keyboard seems to struggle to follow what you're trying to type, even on this relatively large screen. As such, it's much better to use the compact keyboard in portrait, because it's relatively good at figuring out what you're trying to say.
BlackBerry Maps is rather antiquated and lacks the powerful search that Google Maps offers. Searching for a meeting location from the calendar returned no results; pasting the same details into Google Maps found the location quickly. Whilst on the subject of locations, it's also frustrating that not all synced calendar locations will be live links, depending on how you arrange your calendars.
When it comes to apps, of course, the BlackBerry isn't the best served. Most of our essentials are covered however, and you'll find your social networks present and correct, although the app design doesn't seem as impressive as other smartphones, and they lack that snap and immediacy contemporary smartphones offer. In many areas, the BlackBerry Torch doesn't stand up to its rivals, which is a shame.
Some positives
It's not all doom and gloom. If your primary interest is in communication, then the BlackBerry still does rather well. We've mentioned that the email experience is good, and it is. The universal inbox makes it easy to jump to messages and alerts, although it could do with more options. Being able to sign into your accounts and have information sync to your device is very welcomed, and even though it stumbled with multiple calendars from our Google accounts, that was easily avoided with the Google Sync app.
The connectivity is also remarkably good for servicing email, especially when re-joining a network, stepping out of the underground for example. BlackBerrys will pick up emails on the merest hint of a GPRS connection, something that not all smartphones will do.
The arrangement of the Torch does give you a sort of best-of-both worlds with its keyboard and larger screen. Smartphones with keyboards aren't as common as they were a few years ago, and this is in part testament to how good on-screen keyboards now are and how well mobile operating systems have been designed to incorporate intuitive control.
With the BlackBerry Torch you can, at least, use the phone in either mode. You can casually browse Twitter with it closed, re-tweet a message, then slide it open to use the keyboard, giving you plenty of space for text entry. Although the keyboard isn't as good as other BlackBerrys, you do get used to it after time.
You also get more screen space to enjoy media, although we can't help feeling that the other Torch, the 9860, was a better device for consuming video content.
The 5-megapixel camera on the rear is good enough. By that, we mean that it offers average performance for a smartphone. Shots in good light are reasonable quality, adequate for sharing online or sending to friends, but low light photos will be soft and noisy. Video capture is also pretty good too, with the new 720p offering noticeably better results than the 640 x 480 video of the past.
The battery life is also pretty good, perhaps because you're less likely to have so many apps looking to gobble data. We managed to get through a day easily in average use. After a day of heavy use, you will see it complaining towards the end of the day, but it out-performs many smartphones when it comes to endurance.
The BlackBerry Torch 9810 feels like an incremental step for RIM. The previous handset had obvious problems, some of which are addressed here, but we also feel that the 9810 is the phone the 9800 should have been. That sets this handset behind the times a little and that's certainly not helped by a user interface that lacks the consumer ease that you'll find in iOS, Android or Windows Phone 7.
That may all be set to change with the advent of BB 10, which should make an appearance at Mobile World Congress 2012. As such, we can't strongly recommend the BlackBerry Torch 9810 if you're interested in upgrading now.
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The Chicago Artists Resource has teamed up with StoryCorps Chicago to bring you "Conversations with CAR". Through this collaboration with StoryCorps, the Chicago Artists Resource conducts interviews with Chicago-based artists about their personal experiences and the way these experiences have had an impact on their creative process.
This week's featured artist is Tracy Kostenbader.
As a practicing artist and arts organizer, Tracy co-founded AnySquared Projects, an all-volunteer collaborative/network. AnySquared Projects' mission is to produce exhibits, create projects, encourage art-making, and organize events with fellow artists and neighbors. The community-oriented focus of AnySquared emphasizes cooperation and, in tandem with Tracy's career as an artist/organizer, is of a piece with how Tracy chooses to live a life of value. Via these creative avenues, Tracy spends a good portion of her life working directly on social justice issues.
Tracy encourages others through her role as a relationship-builder - creating venues for artists and putting her skills to good use by making the resources of AnySquared available to all who are interested. Tracy facilitates AnySquared's weekly, free, and open art-making sessions at her studio, curates both ongoing arts series and pop-up exhibits, organizes community murals, and participates in and plans community arts walks and festivals while also promoting others in the arts community. Tracy has created a livelihood of working on and supporting group and collaborative projects with fellow artists and arts supporters.
As an individual artist, Tracy makes time in the studio during and between group projects. She has developed a large body of experiential work relating to topical issues.


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Self-proclaimed "interface artist" Johannes P Osterhoff begins a new performance work, titled "Dear Jeff Bezos."
It's Paper Rad Month at Rhizome!
For over a decade, the kaledescopic RGB labyrinth that is paperrad.org has served as a beacon for the proliferacy of the collective known as Paper Rad. While their output spanned a spectrum of forms including comics, cartoons, music videos, installation, sculpture, performance, bands, records, and international tours, the web was in so many ways Paper Rad's substrate. In their work that extended beyond the computer screen, they spoke in the parlance of the amatuer web and personal computers. Paperrad.org was for roughly eight years the center of a flurry of activitry – serving to satiate the collective's international fanbase. Today Rhizome is pleased to announce the launch of a full archive of paperrad.org, available in the ArtBase. Thanks to Rhizome's preservation efforts, paperrad.org will now live on beyond the lifespan of the collective itself.
In celebration of the launch of this archive, Rhizome is pleased to share with our members a special edition of The Download featuring Paper Rad's GIF PAK (2012). The GIF PAK is a collection of 24 great animated gifs from the site including background images, popular cartoon characters, and promotional materials for tours and gallery shows. This collection was curated by Paper Rad member, Jacob Ciocci.
Help Fund Rhizome's Preservation Program
Rhizome has always placed an emphasis on, and played a leading role in the preservation of born-digital works of art and culture. Since 2001, our archive, the ArtBase has grown to become one of the most comprehensive collections of its kind, and our preservation practices have inspired an emerging generation of archivists. Here at the end of 2012 however, we find ourselves on the precipice of a new moment. Our ambitions have grown, or mission expanded, and we need your help in order to accomplish our goals in 2013. Please consider making a donation to our Annual Community Fundraiser to help us realize our preservation efforts.
Recently, we were generously donated two machines (seen above) from 1993, that functioned as servers for a NYC based electronic bulletin board system (BBS) that many readers will be familiar with: The Thing. This BBS was one of the earliest online communities of artists, curators, and critics, and grew to become a forum for international discourse – all of this pre-dating the emergence of the World Wide Web. In 1994, when The Thing migrated to the web, much of the BBS material was left behind. As well – the material nature of the experience of using The Thing was forever changed – transitioning from a text-based or crude graphical interface, to the new interactive affordances of the web.
Rhizome is on a mission to rescue data from these machines, and others, that contains the sole remaining complete record of The Thing as a BBS. Our goal is to restore access to this data through a virtualization that will allow the public to interact with The Thing BBS. In order to accomplish this task, there are very real costs. This is Rhizome's first forray into a project involving digital forensics, and with your support we can secure the crucial hardware required for this work.
In 2012, the scale of our web archiving efforts grew exponentially. In the past, works that were preserved in the ArtBase tended to be of relatively small scale – solitary works or projects. We are now archiving sites that are much larger in scope, including the legendary website of prominent collective, Paper Rad. In order to make large scale web archiving efforts a larger part of our everyday operations, we need the community's support in order to grow the Rhizome team.
The past year was a boon for expanding the ArtBase collection. This past summer, the prolific Rafael Rozendaal donated the entirety of his finished works produced to-date – consisting of 75 websites in all. In addition to this sizeable donation, we preserved over seventy works, just a few highlights of which including:
Takeshi Murata • Paper Rad • Kari Altman • Dragan Espensheid • Old Boys Network • Hugo Arcier • Justin Kemp • Michael Manning • Paint FX • Brian Khek • Timur Si-Qin • Digital Crafts • Brenna Murphy • Tabor Robak • Sebastian Schmieg • Rosa Menkman • V5mt • Johannes P Osterhoff • Christine Love
While our preservation efforts and accomplishments in 2012 have been no small feat, our goals for 2013 are ambitious to the extent that we can't realize them without a bit of help. I hope that you will consider a donation today, so that Rhizome may continue to ensure the longevity of these important slices of history.
New in the ArtBase: Twilight Screensaver (1991) for Atari TOS
There is a new addition to the ArtBase's collection that we are rather excited about: TwiLight (1991-1997), a screensaver for Atari TOS by Dragan Espenschied, Alvar Freude, and Peter Scheerer. There are two points to be excited about here: first, TwiLight now holds the crown of being the oldest piece of software in our collection. Second, Espenschied has amazingly completely reconstructed the screensaver's various modules as in-browser simulations, using the original graphics and HTML marquees. On the following page one can see what is a relatively accurate representation of the original software. If you'd like to run the original software in an Atari TOS compatable emulation (or vintage hardware), the orignal software can be download here: LZH (925 kb), ZIP (939 kb).
INSERT DISC: a digital flaneur's guide
For the traveler who desires a journey through space and time, a visit to Long Island City is highly recommended. The second iteration of Aram Bartholl's DVD Dead Drop project is available at the Museum of the Moving image until October 27th. Titled INSERT DISC (produced in collaboration with Robert Sakrowski), the project presents a journey to the heyday of artist produced interactive CD-ROM's: the 90's.
⇸ Around the corner from the main entrance of MMI, one will find a CD / DVD sized slot carved in the side of the museum. Come equipped with a blank DVD-R. Insert the disc. After roughly seven minutes, your disc will be returned – its heat sensitive dye freshly encoded with a complex package containing relics of the past.
⇸ After returning to your personal computer, mount the disc on any Mac or PC (Linux or Windows) with at least a 2.2 Ghz processor and 8 Gb of free hard drive space. The DVD contains a virtual disk image (.vdi) virtual machine compatible with Oracle's free and VirtualBox software. Following the simple setup instructions in the DVD's README.txt, one will find themselves booting up a Ubuntu desktop...


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The way MS is treated now — as opposed to how it once was — is because of how we pushed our doctors to understand our needs. The way people look at someone who is newly diagnosed with MS may be because of a conversation we had with them in the past. How we live our lives every day is representative of 400,000 plus people in our country and 2.3 million of us around the world.
Multiple Sclerosis, to many who only know it through us, is us.
The nurses this morning seemed maybe more ready to understand what I was trying to say because they work with several people who are significantly affected by Multiple Sclerosis. I suspect that their compassion and empathy is one of the reasons they went into nursing in the first place. But it was nice to know that they wish to treat our MS brothers and sisters with the upmost respect and care.
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I remember reading a post from one of our community saying that her husband admonished her after hearing a speech by a person with MS who climbs mountains. "See, you're just being lazy." He said to her.
How we live our lives is for us and for those close to us. I think, however, that it's worth discussion in these pages that we have an opportunity — if not even a responsibility — – to live our lives for something greater as well.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Don't forget that you can also follow me via my Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter
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Before starting the journey northward to Jackson, it was time for one last meal in New Orleans. With literally hundreds of restaurants to choose from, one might wonder how I decided on Lilette. Well, there are several compelling reasons to choose Lilette. A fine reason is a Beard award nominated chef in the form of John Harris. Another is the birdie conclusion from Blackened Out. More obvious is the rather enticing lunch menu complete with kobe burgers, duck confit, and expertly grilled fish. However, the truth is much more humble than all the previous explanations. The reason I picked Lilette is because, while scrolling through the available reservations on Open Table, I recognized the name. With that tidbit out the way, here's what Lilette had to offer for an October lunch.
As with so many fine meals, lunch at Lilette began with a plate oysters on the half shell.
However, the usual, fat Gulf oysters were nowhere to be seen on this tray. In their place were three kumamoto and three beausoleil oysters.
I've extolled the virtue of the Kumamoto oyster many times before and as expected, these bivalves were buttery with just a touch of brininess.
The beausoleil oysters were a different story. Slightly larger than the Kumamotos, the beausoleil had a more upfront salinity than their Northwestern relatives.
The lunch menu at Lilette may be chock full of enticing options, but one that rose above the rest was the sizzling shrimp with lemon oregano vinaigrette.
True to the name, this quartet of what looked to be U-8 shrimp arrived at the table spitting and sputtering.
Like the shrimp, this appetizer was full of larger than life flavors. Each bite carried a wave of lemon and oregano that was followed by the delightful salinity of well-cooked shrimp. Taking the time to peel and devein shrimp but leave the head on may be a tedious task, but with this dish, it was well worth the effort.
Changing gears from the light flavors of oysters and lemon soaked shrimp, it was time to delve into the world of braised veal cheeks and gnocchi.
Rounding out the components of this plate was a smattering of mushrooms and rosemary; it all made for a heavy, meaty dish.
I say meaty, but to be honest there wasn't much meat to be found on this plate. What nuggets of veal cheek I did encounter were achingly tender and delightful, but they were far from the dominant portion of the dish.
What did dominate the dish were a small mountain of gnocchi and a pool of rosemary cream. Contrary to what I was expecting, the rosemary didn't overpower the rest of the dish.
The gnocchi is what overpowered the other components. It's hard to explain but this gnocchi had an odd texture, closer to mashed potatoes than most gnocchi I've encountered. Eventually the gnocchi seemingly began to dissolve and turn the plate into a starch, gray puddle.
Not the way I would have wanted my lunch entrée to end, but at least the beginning had promise.
Pallid puddles aside, I'm not scratching Lilette off my list of go-to Nola restaurants, quite the contrary. There was not a single instance of grating service that Blackened Out experienced and I'll be more than happy to pay Lilette a second or even a third visit if only for more shrimp. In the future, I will just be a bit wary of the gnocchi. Thankfully there are plenty of other enticing dishes to try.
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Lacrosse festival showcases sport's local roots
Pacific Lacrosse Festival
What: 150 teams, 2,500 players and about 5,000 lacrosse enthusiasts participating over three days.
Who: Field includes squad from Germany and teams from all across the western United States.
When: June 29-July 1.
Where: Rancho Bernardo High, Bernardo Heights Middle School.
Web: pacificlacrossefestival.com
If hockey, soccer and football were thrown into a blender and puréed, what would you get? An eclectic sport smoothie, also known as lacrosse. The oldest North American team sport, lacrosse was played by Native American tribes around the Great Lakes as early as 1100 A.D.
Yet 15 years ago, when former U.S. Naval Academy player Dennis Yeatman moved to California, few people on the West Coast knew about lacrosse. People were baffled by a contact sport played with sticks and a hard rubber ball. Do you whack people? Do you wear pads? People who first encountered the sport had many questions — and also many doubts.
"When I first started coaching in 1996, there was no depth," said Yeatman, a Rancho Bernardo insurance broker who has been playing, coaching and promoting the sport since 1968. "Lacrosse at the youth level was nonexistent and there were about eight to ten middle school programs that could field a team."
Now this ancient sport is booming along the Pacific, especially in San Diego, where more than 100 middle school teams compete in school and club programs. Yeatman and other long-tenured coaches attribute the rapid recent growth to players starting their lacrosse training earlier, as young as 7 or 8.
"Solid youth leagues help young kids learn and love the sport," said Matt Rosenberg, lacrosse coach at La Jolla High. "Many juniors and seniors in high school now have been playing lacrosse for close to 10 years, and that was unheard of in the early '90s, when I first started coaching."
Rosenberg and other observers agree that Yeatman, born and raised in Annapolis, Md., is one of the reasons San Diego is a lacrosse hotbed. By organizing camps and tournaments, Yeatman grew the sport, knowing, as he said, "If I want to coach lacrosse, I have to start lacrosse here."
With Paul Sanit, former Poway High lacrosse coach, Yeatman also organized the Pacific Lacrosse Festival, one of the sport's biggest events in Southern California.
"Dennis is the father of lacrosse in North County," said Kristin Heidrich, mother of Blake and Ryan Heidrich, both college players and former Rancho Bernardo High lacrosse players. "He's a huge supporter of the community and he promotes learning the game the right way while building a strong character."
When Yeatman moved to San Diego, he established youth programs in Rancho Bernardo and Poway and preached a positive perspective on the sport. His efforts helped lacrosse become a sanctioned sport by the
"Early on there was a football, hit 'em mentality, and I always tried to encourage a finesse mentality," Yeatman said. "I stressed moving the ball quickly, the fundamentals, sportsmanship and playing the game the right way."
Just as important, he said, was "teaching life lessons on the field of lacrosse — things like teamwork, commitment, dedication, handling defeat, celebrating wins with respect and sportsmanship. What's important to me is getting young kids to love the sport."
The "father" of North County lacrosse also fathered five children who played lacrosse at Rancho Bernardo High and in college.
Grant, the oldest, was a captain at USC. Caroline earned a crew scholarship to
"Lacrosse in San Diego has come a long way," Yeatman said as he scanned the festival fields. "Now there are Division I college coaches sitting in the Rancho Bernardo High stadium to recruit high school lacrosse players, and that's a big deal."
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Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for the upcoming comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Steve Carell stars as a Vegas magician whose relationship with his partner (Steve Buscemi) becomes strained as the two start getting upstaged by a hipper illusionist (Jim Carrey). I can't even imagine a universe where Carell and Buscemi are anything less than great as a comedy team, well-suited to play corny, old-school magicians. Likewise, Carrey is good get to play the intense adversary, and writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have some funny stunts lined up for his Criss Angel doppleganger: "For twelve days he's held. His. Urine." Yet judging by the trailer-closing joke, Alan Arkin may just steal the show as the elder magician who inspired Burt.
Olivia Wilde, James Gandolfini, and Jay Mohr also star. Directed by Don Scardino, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone opens March 15, 2013. Watch the trailer after the jump.
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Here's the official synopsis for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone:
Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there's still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.


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St. Louis, a city in the centre of the USA, appeals to both young and old by offering a mixture of entertainment, historical attractions and a wild nightlife.
St. Louis was founded as a small French settlement in 1764 and has since grown into a lively city that welcomes about 5 million tourists per year. All tourists enjoy the beautiful views of the Mississippi River. The most important sights include Gateway Arch, which spans the Mississippi, and the old Court Building, which was constructed in the mid-19th century.
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Caroline Oliphant graduated from Bristol University in 1980 with a BA (Hons) in History of Art and Italian. She took up the post of receptionist at Bonhams in London, and in the same year joined the Watercolours Department. In 1987 Caroline was appointed Director of the Picture Department and she moved into the Old Master Paintings department in 1994. Following the merger of Bonhams & Brooks with Phillips in 2001, and the acquisition of Butterfields in America in 2002, Caroline was appointed Group Head of Pictures, responsible for overseeing the development of the department both nationally and in the US.
Caroline has been responsible for sourcing and selling some of Bonhams' most prestigious lots. Particular achievements include the discovery of a still life painting in a client's home by the 18th century Spanish artist, Luis Melendez - Still life of sea bream and oranges sold for a hammer price of £820,000. Caroline also secured the Jan Siberechts View of Henley, which was bought for a hammer price of £700,000 by the River and Rowing Museum in Henley.


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About JakeRake
A creature of the Washington, D.C., suburban sprawl, Jake Rake is a graduate of the University of Maryland. His interests include baseball, rock 'n roll, and not feeling feelings. Jake is a contributor to The Onion, Gelf, SNY's The Nooner and The Business Corporation, posts daily on JakeRake.com and hangs out like crazy. He works on a couch in Jewcy's Dumbo office and recently achieved his lifelong goal of posting a link to a novelty hardcore porn site on the website of an online Jewish magazine.


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LAKE MARY, Fla. – Investigators say they are taking a temporary break from actively searching for a missing Volusia County mother and her two children that they announced last week are likely dead.
Deputies said they are brainstorming and following up on leads to determine the next steps in the investigation and search into the disappearance of Yessenia Suarez and her two children, 8-year-old Michael Otto and 9-year-old Thalia Otto.
Suarez's family members and coworkers continued the search on Monday and said they can't give up hope. They said they want to focus on the search and not on Suarez's husband, Luis Toledo, who is named the only person of interest in her disappearance.
Investigators say they believe Suarez and her children are dead, although their bodies have not been recovered, nor will investigators disclose any evidence they have found.
Toledo was arrested Wednesday on battery charges from a domestic violence incident with Suarez on Tuesday. He has not been charged with Suarez's death as of Monday, but is jailed on no bond.
Meanwhile, investigators found remains in Sanford during the search for Suarez and her children, but say that they believe the remains are not the missing family or related to their disappearance.
Suarez and her children were reported missing on Wednesday and Toledo was named a person of interest in her disappearance on Thursday, according to Volusia County deputies.
A family member called VCSO on Wednesday morning and asked for deputies to conduct a well-being check on 28-year-old Suarez at a home on Covent Gardens Place in Deltona, officials said. Neither Suarez, nor her children were at the home.
Shortly after, Toledo, 31, arrived at the home and was arrested based on battery charges from a domestic violence incident that occurred Tuesday at his wife's workplace--American K-9 Detection Services in Lake Mary.
According to a police report, Toledo said he went to his wife's work to confront her about text messages found on her phone. Toledo also wanted to speak to another employee and her bosses about the alleged indiscretions but couldn't find any.
Police said Toledo slapped Suarez at her job. Toledo, who deputies say is a known gang member, fled before police arrived at the scene, but he was booked into the Volusia County Jail in Daytona Beach on Wednesday.
On Saturday, Toledo attempted to commit suicide at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office's Operations Center bathroom. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
He will be transferred to Seminole County jail from Volusia County jail, but it is unclear when.
Toledo was arrested in 2000 for attempted murder, aggravated battery with a weapon and kidnapping after allegedly attacking a woman. According to a police report, the woman said Toledo called her and asked her to meet him at apartment complex.
When she got there, she said Toledo and three masked men attacked her, punching her and kicking her, according to police.
During the attack a plastic bag was placed over the victim's head, the report states and an unknown type of cord was placed around her neck in an attempt to strangle her.
Police said the victim told them Toledo said "you set me up" but didn't know what it was about. The charges against Toledo were later dropped.


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Balet Bratislava to perform in Finland
Balet Bratislava will present Jiří Kylián´s choreography Falling Angels at prestigious Lappeenranta Ballet Gala in Finland. Besides out company, Boston Ballet soloists Lia Cirio a James Whiteside, Russian dancers Anastasia Lomachenko and Mikhail Sivakov and the Prague National Ballet will also participate in the Gala. The event, which will take place on August 24 and 25, 2012, is organized by... more
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Romeo a Júlia na zámku v Kittsee
We are going to perform Romeo and Juliet together with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company from Michigan in a beautiful surroundings of the Kittsee Castle. 13., 14. and 21. 7. 2012 at 20.00 h and 15. 7. 2012 at 16.00 h. More information at www.kittseetanz.at. more
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CZECH IN na Bratislave v pohybe
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Czech In performance cancelled
The performance Czech In which was supposed to take place on Tuesday Juna 5 at the Nova Scena Theatre is cancelled due to technical problems.. More information at www.nova-scena.sk . more


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Miss America: Chill, I'll be there
Here she comes, Miss America…
After initially saying she might not attend the Inauguration because of the cold, Miss America told POLITICO she will be there Monday — and wearing a newly acquired coat.
"I am; I am going," Mallory Hagan, who was recently crowned Miss America, said Sunday. "We were concerned about a few things, travel being one of them, and also, I was being a bit of a wimp and thinking that it might be cold, but I know that the weather says it's going to be about 52 tomorrow, and I've been graciously gifted a down coat, so I'll be there with bells on, and I'm very excited."
A day earlier, Hagan, who was born in Alabama and later moved to New York, said she was still deciding whether to attend President Barack Obama's Inauguration, citing the chilly weather.
Hagan attended POLITICO's New Leaders Brunch on Sunday. In an interview, she also expanded on comments she had made on gun control in which she called for "a longer waiting period" and better education about gun safety.
"I actually did grow up with a father who hunts; I've been hunting myself; and I just think the best thing we can do is just be educated about the best ways we can go about handling gun control and kind of take care of this as a nation, so we make sure everyone is protected and everyone still has the rights that they've been granted," she said,
Hagan, who said she voted for Obama, reiterated her support for a "longer waiting period" before aspiring gun owners can walk away with a weapon.
"I just think when you go in to purchase a gun, the ability to have a longer waiting period would benefit everyone, so no one is making rash decisions, and there's time for that background check, and there's time for the person who is purchasing the gun, has time to think about that purpose as well," she said.


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Equality of What?
Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality
Here are two important questions of public policy in which it looks as though we have to choose between liberty and equality.
Some people think tax laws, which clearly limit our freedom to spend our money as we wish, should be designed to equalize incomes, because great inequality in incomes is wrong. Is the egalitarian redistribution of income an illegitimate invasion of economic freedom?
A national health service, such as the one in Britain, aims to give equal access to health care. Some people think that, to maintain equality, no one should be able to buy better health care privately. But is it justifiable to limit people's freedom to choose the best treatment they can afford?
To settle such questions in a principled way, we need a deeper understanding of liberty, equality, and the relations between them. Otherwise all we can do is bark "liberty" and "equality" at one another, at considerable cost to our fraternity.
For the last two decades, Ronald Dworkin has been developing answers to these questions—and to many others—as part of a powerful and surprising response to the larger question of how we should reconcile liberty with equality. Unlike many partisans of equality, he thinks conservatives are right to hold individuals largely responsible for their own fates. But unlike many partisans of liberty, he nevertheless believes in substantial government intervention to bring about more equality. And, unlike both, he argues that, in the deepest sense, equality and liberty are never truly at odds.
In Sovereign Virtue, Dworkin has brought together this surprising theory and some of its applications, including detailed explorations of the questions with which I began. If we care about having a rational public discourse about the many contests that seem to pit liberty against equality, we owe his book a careful reading.
"No government is legitimate that does not show equal concern for the fate of all those citizens over whom it claims dominion," Dworkin writes on the first page of Sovereign Virtue, proclaiming a doctrine that would, he thinks, get unanimous assent from the legislatures of all liberal democracies.1 Whatever politicians in those democracies may privately think, governments cannot seek to justify a policy by asserting that blacks matter less (or more) than whites, women less than men, peasants less than aristocrats. Indeed, Dworkin believes, this fundamental egalitarian principle is so basic to our politics that "any genuine contest between liberty and equality is a contest liberty must lose."
The word "genuine" is pulling a great deal of weight in this sentence. The fact that liberty, in the form of human rights, is embedded in the discourse and practice of all modern democracies might seem inconsistent with the idea that equality takes precedence over liberty in any genuine conflict. But, Dworkin argues, this is entirely the wrong way to construe the matter. In his view, granting to us all the same fundamental human rights is, in fact, part of showing equal concern for each of us. There is no…
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This is Part One in a series of interviews with a cross section of Jews living in Israel. It is an attempt to break through the barrier of disinformation, misinformation and putrefying incestuous politics of the Middle East. This is dedicated to some fine young people I met, last year, on Havelock island – Aharon, Gelad, Sarah, Hargal, Doris and Omer.
Shukreya Natalie for agreeing to this interview. Your candid answers are informative and refreshingly truthful.
(The rules of engagement are simple. Eight questions are presented and these have to be answered in writing. The answers are NOT edited).
Why is antisemitism taboo in the West, whereas anti- Muslim or anti-Christian views 'appear' to be acceptable, generally speaking?
You must be joking! Antisemitism is alive, well and bites you on the cheek!
For a short time after World War 2 in Britain it was considered well mannered to be nice to 'the Jews'. The community had acculturated without losing its identity and had already done much to make its mark in society. However when I was child in the 50s and early 60s, it was thought correct to be a Jew at home and an English person elsewhere. There may have been a sense of the friendliness being superficial and this has been proven many times since the 1967 Six Day War when opinion formers like The Guardian newspaper overturned a previously ardent pro-Israel policy in favour of the Arab world.
The same story has been repeated elsewhere in Europe and in the United States despite its massive Jewish population. Even in Germany where Nazism and antisemitism are officially outlawed there continue to be dozens of examples of the vilest anti-Jewish behaviour.
I don't believe there is real anti-Christian sentiment, except among radical Islamists who hate everyone who does not follow their form of Sharia Law. Many people in the west appear vaguely apathetic to Christianity whereas their loathing of Islam is generated largely by radical Islamists's gross behaviour. This has grown increasingly with the constant and increasing spate of terror attacks worldwide since 2001. Until recently I accepted the view that the situation would be corrected only by a modern version of the Medieval Battle of Tours but seeing what's happening within the Arab world even as I write, I believe the Arabs' exquisitely wrought house of cards will eventually implode. The genie, all differences considered, is well and truly out of the bottle!
Do you think that 'outsiders' confuse the Jews with the politics of the State of Israel? And why so?
Of course outsiders confuse Jews with the politics of the State of Israel. It is natural that they should do so. It was established as the Jewish state and offers a near-total Right of Return to all Jews wishing to live here. If I were a disinterested – non-biased – non-Jew reviewing the situation I suspect I would also confuse the two.
It has been said that Jews are God's chosen people, please clarify.
I could reply with a smart Jewish joke but under the circumstances I'll treat the question with the serious respect it deserves! Rabbis and Jewish scholars explain that we were not 'chosen' by the Almighty but that we elected to follow the teachings of His Torah (the body of Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition); to become a Kingdom of Priests, holy and separate from other peoples and to be "a light unto the nations." Too often we fall sadly short of this ideal.
Is Israel the sole democratic State in the Middle East? (Please expand on percentage of different faiths in the state as well as freedom of speech, civil rights etc. in Israel).
Even before I check the facts I insist that Israel is still the sole truly democratic state in the M.E. – albeit sorely flawed. Until the recent flood of local revolutions, despots and villains ran the regimes on and near Israel's borders without fear of reckoning or redress – unless they were overthrown by equally unpleasant personalities. I am unsure whether any current regime changes will alter the situation as I fear that the radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood will rush to fill the various vacuums.
In Israel there continue to be risibly awful instances of corruption – and worse – even among its highest officers of state but most of them are apprehended and punished. This is true democracy in action. This same energy is shown by the happy existence of many extreme left-wingers fighting for civil rights and conversely by the racism espoused by others on the right.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the population in 2008 was 75.4% Jewish, 20.6% Arab, and 4% minority groups. The religious affiliation of the Israeli population as of 2005 was 76.2% Jewish, 16.1% Muslim, 2.1% Christian, and 1.6% Druze, with the remaining 4.0% not classified by religion.
There are gaps in Civil Rights, largely because the Orthodox rabbinate holds so much influence but organisations like the Progressive Israel Religious Action Centre campaign for social justice and have won many battles both for individuals and groups.
Further, Israel permits entry to thousands of non-Jewish refugees and is the only country in the area where there is full freedom for gays, bisexuals and trans-genders.
Does a Class System prevail in Jewish Society? For instance are Yiddish speaking Poles 'lesser' then those that speak Hebrew? And is there a preference for Ashkenazis over Jews from Yemen or Iraq?
Do you mean 'Jewish' or 'Israeli' society? If you mean both, the short answer must be that the class system prevails in Israel just as it does in Jewish society, despite any contrary protests.
Jewish people and their Arab neighbours prize knowledge as much as material success. I was surprised to learn recently for example, that a modern Bedouin sheik now values a woman's scholarship as much as a traditional dowry.
But while many of the traditional prejudices like those you cite are fading, others are taking their place. Israel, a society under semi-permanent siege, can be both harsh and driven. People work long hours for low wages while food and goods are often ridiculously expensive.
A fellow immigrant has observed that in employment-terms, there are many layers with native Israelis at the top. Surprisingly, it is often new Jewish immigrants – not Arabs – who are at the bottom and the theory is that they must wait their turn to be accepted in order to gain work. Certainly immigrants are often dismissed erroneously as fools. This is due to problems of communication and acculturation.
How do Israeli Jews who are multinational and multicultural in nature blend into a cohesive force? For example, an Indian Jewish family as compared to a family from Russia?
This may be your most important question. I am only six years younger than the State of Israel and while my family was never actively 'Zionist', its existence was burned into my brain from earliest childhood. Indeed that my maternal great-grandfather made a failed attempt to settle in 'Palestine' from England during the 1930s is part of family lore.
Nonetheless I feel quite different from, if most respectful towards those immigrants from other countries. Yet Israeli society is beginning to cohere slowly if strongly. This will happen more swiftly as people from separate backgrounds marry and also as the Hebrew language continues to develop. Even now, less than a century since his death, I am sure that Eliezer Ben-Yehuda would find it hard to recognise the pure Hebrew he pioneered as a modern language. I think it will take at least another 60 years for Israel to cohere in full and I must reflect most sadly that several more wars will help to solidify that congruity.
Are there any cultural exchanges between Israel and the Arab world? Do you feel people to people cultural exchanges can bring about a change in the mindset of your neighbours?
Mark, that is an absolutely wonderful idea! But first, we have to persuade too many of our Arab neighbours that Jews are neither dhimmi (second class) nor animals to be loathed and slaughtered. I am delighted to have made personal friends with a couple from an Arab village next to Karmiel and also to have been acquainted with a non-Jewish European who has married a local Arab. It is from such personal contacts that wider understanding grows.
I maintain that – writing in 'broad strokes '– Jews and Arabs have far more in common than either of us do with our gentile counterparts. There are the life-cycle customs like circumcision, swift burials and the similarities between the kosher and halal dietary laws. Both traditions have a form of religious marriage contract and there are many Middle Eastern delicacies we both enjoy…
Lastly, do women have equal rights in socio-economic and religious spheres of your society?
I have a feeling this will be a bone of contention long after the Arab-Israel conflict is healed! Israel is a M.E. society and therefore still most patriarchal. While Israeli law prohibits discrimination, (Employment (Equal Opportunities) Law, 1988 ) too many men, Jewish or not, still see women as adjuncts, despite all the women who have reached the top in Israeli society. Perhaps this is why a man like the cashiered former President Moshe Katsav thought most naively that he would escape justice for his crimes of rape, sexual assault and other sexual abuse.
As yet women do not have full rights across the board as they are known in the west, neither in the workplace where the battle for complete equal rights and equal pay continues, nor religiously, where they are treated as inferiors – no matter how much Orthodox women may deny this.
I belong to a 'Masorti' congregation whose religious customs are Orthodox but which is run on egalitarian principles. This means that women take a full part in synagogue life, helping to lead services and serving also on the management committee. Indeed a woman recently became the congregation's chairman.
Natalie Wood was born in Birmingham, England, U.K. and began working in journalism a month prior to the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. She continued in regional Jewish journalism for more than 20 years and left full time writing to assist her husband open a bargain books business. Later she launched "WoodPerfect", offering a full range of home based virtual office services. A year ago, Natalie emigrated from Manchester to Israel where she works from her home in Karmiel, Galilee.
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You are going to hear two people, Barbara and Rick, talking about the best dates they have ever been on. As you listen, decide which of the following statements is most appropriate, and tick the box beside it.
1. She was a) 13. □ b) 14. □ c) 15. □
2. The invitation to go out was a) verbal. □ b) on the phone. □ c) written. □
3. Before the date she felt a) nervous. □ b) excited. □ c) worried. □
4. a) She arrived at their meeting place before he did. □ b) They arrived at their meeting place at the same time. □ c) He arrived at their meeting place before she did. □
5. They went to the a) theatre. □ b) disco. □ c) cinema. □
6. a) Barbara paid for her ticket. □ b) Her friend paid for her ticket. □ c) Her ticket didn't cost anything. □
1. The celebration was a) a friend's Christmas party. □ b) the company's Christrnas party. □ c) a friend's leaving party. □
2. a) A colleague □ made the suggestion that Rick should take his sister to the party. b) His boss □ c) A cousin □
3. Rick was a) delighted □ b) excited □ c) nervous □ before the party.
4. a) Ruth wasn't amusing. □ b) Ruth wasn't shy. □ c) Ruth was nerrous. □
5. Rick enjoyed the evening particularly because a) the food and drink were excellent. □ b) the dancing was great fun. □
c) he hadn't expected it to be so good. □
Now listen again and take notes.
Why was the date so special?
Compare your answers with a partner. Which story did you prefer? why?
Now tell your partner about one of the best (real or imaginary) dates you have ever been on.


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Bert and Ernie on Tom Tom Navigation System
Bert and Ernie Tell You How to Get to Sesame Street and Everywhere Else
Guess who knows how to get to Sesame Street? Given Bert and Ernie's new job, it's a safe bet that they know their way around town. The Sesame Street duo are the latest to lend their voices to TomTom navigation system, making a traffic jam a lot more fun for everyone in the car.
For $13, parents can download the popular characters' voices to help them navigate their way anywhere from grandma's house to the local gymnastics class, adding a lil humor to the ride, such as, "U-turn ahead, Bert. Just me turn? All of us Bert." Take a look at a clip of the characters trying to record for the system and tell us, are they a fun distraction for antsy passengers or a headache waiting to happen for mom?


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That still sounds to far out there for me..
Taking it easier (on myself), enjoying my family and friends, not focusing too much on the job (from a personal validator, that is) as that can vanish in an instant (it did for me late last year), managing our spending wisely, and pursuing my dreams (as the come to me, though sometimes I wish they'd come allot quicker!).
Life's too short to waste it thinking someone else will make it better for you, or that money will be tipping point, or that an additional material item will make a difference.
Smile and enjoy those around your right now, because, honestly, right now is all you have :-)


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IMPOSSIBLE TRIVIA: After Air Conditioner, What Item Uses Most Electricity in Your Home?
This week on Lite Rock Impossible Trivia, I'm giving you the chance to see Journey with The Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power this Sunday, June 22nd at the Susquehanna Bank Center.
Here is a portion of a review of Journey in concert from East Chapman of the New England Music News. which gives you a good feeling for what you're in for, if you win tickets this week on Lite Rock.
"Combining their old classics with newer tunes, the setlist was familiar but fresh and always true to Journey's signature sound.
Journey is as much fun to watch as they are to hear. While lead vocalist Arnel Pineda wins hands down for energy, every member of the band looks happy to be playing these songs for the upteenth time. And why not? The crowd was clearly joyful as they sang along, often looking to one another as if to say "Do you remember when…?"
Neal Schon, original lead guitarist, and mastermind behind those iconic riffs that make Journey songs so recognizable, played to the crowd, literally letting us see how he makes the music. Performing a full onslaught electric guitar version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" on the truss in the middle of the crowd, Schon was brilliant.
Jonathan Cain, longtime member, switched between keyboards and rhythm guitar and added harmonies and vocals as well as depth. Ross Valory, original bass player, was understated, giving an unflappable and determined performance all while slyly interacting with the audience. Drummer Deen Castronovo was jamming from the very start, squeezing everything from that drum kit and looking happy as hell.
And then there is Arnel Pineda. A powerhouse of vitality with huge vocal range and ability, Pineda connected to the crowd immediately.
Speaking with fans, everyone knew his YouTube story and had seen his taped performances. Based on fan reaction, he was not only accepted, he was embraced by longtime fans. I particularly enjoyed his renditions of massive hits "Faithfully" and "Open Arms." I've never been a ballad fan, but Pineda added a bit of twist here and there, opening the vocals towards the blues and updating the pieces while never leaving the original too far behind. He owned those songs."
Win your tickets to see Journey by playing Lite Rock Impossible Trivia, weekday mornings at 7:20am on the Lite Rock Morning Show.
This morning's question: According to experts, after the air conditioner, what item uses the most electricity in your home?
The answer? (Cable box/DVR)
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The shutdown's 'devastating impact' on immigration courts
Clip: 01/10/2019 | 4m 58s Video has closed captioning.
The government shutdown over funding a southern border wall has largely disabled the system that processes immigration cases. Most cases in immigration courts, which are already overburdened, have been delayed indefinitely. Judge Dana Leigh Marks, former president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, describes to Amna Nawaz the shutdown's "devastating impact."
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