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Mystera is the goddess of magic and glyphs. Mystera is well-suited to a variety of races and strategies, but has very few repeatable boons or boons. She also has few offerings to help you in the end-game. Mystera is best worshipped during the early exploration phase when there are still plenty of tiles left to reveal to earn piety, and if found late is usually not worth following.
Mystera is unlocked to the north, in a subdungeon protected by the Guardian of Magic. Although it is theoretically possible to kill this guardian, the intended approach is to use magic to get past him. This can be done by any of the following ways:
1) Using ENDISWAL to dig around him
2) Using WEYTWUT to teleport past him
3) Using PISORF to push him out of the way
Mystera rewards you with piety whenever you cast spells, and deducts piety whenever you kill monsters that deal magic damage. Like playing Taurog, only in reverse, so long as you ensure you cast sufficient spells between each kill you will turn a net profit in piety. Unlike Taurog, the amount of piety Mystera offers is proportional to the mana cost of the spell, so it really doesn't matter which spell you are casting.
Mystera's magic boon is a fairly straightforward boon, but its piety cost increases rapidly and it's seldom worth taking it more than twice. Raising your maximum mana to 15 means each mana potion will restore exactly 6 MP, but beyond that point the piety cost for a mere 1 MP is seldom worth the trade.
One of Mystera's most powerful boons is refreshment, granting you bonus mana regeneration every time you convert a glyph. If you can raise your maximum MP, this can be a major benefit, but it does mean the timing for converting glyphs becomes more difficult to gauge, and races like elves or humans will have to go without their conversion bonus. Races like gnomes, halflings, and goblins have no problems leaving all their converting for the end of the dungeon and they benefit enormously from refreshment. Keep in mind refreshment gets reduced to 25% if you convert to another religion! For obvious reasons, this boon is not very helpful when attempting the Hoarder badge.
Mystic Balance is a double-edged boon that causes expensive glyphs to cost less and inexpensive glyphs to cost more. Wizards, who already have a discount to their spell costs, get little benefit from mystic balance. Berserkers, on the other hand, are largely unaffected by its downsides and benefit enormously from this boon. Ironically, this makes Mystera one of the better deity choices for a Berserker, essentially cancelling out their spellcasting penalty. For most classes, whether you want to use Mystic Balance depends on which glyphs you rely on primarily. Most glyphs already cost 5 MP and are unaffected. The BLUDTUPOWA glyph has no mana cost to begin with and is also unaffected. The BURNDAYRAZ and CYDSTEPP glyphs are the most notable improvements, which makes this boon very useful to fireball spammers and to Warlords. The WEYTWUT glyph is also dramatically improved, and becomes easier to use as a finisher. On the other hand, the PISORF glyph becomes impractical for offensive purposes (it's still functional for breaking through walls and moving monsters, however) and the GETINDARE glyph becomes less mana efficient (though still worthwhile). The BYSSEPS and {{s|LEMMISI} glyphs are the hardest hit by mystic balance, and are below-average to begin with; they should be consigned for conversion if you select this boon.
Mystera's "Flames" and "Weakening" boons are rarely worth pursuing. Weakening costs an enormous amount of piety, and it's only usable if you don't have any resistances of your own. You're usually better off using a piercing wand or Binlor's stone heart boon, which have no downsides and reduce resistances with less effort. The massive attack penalty on the flames boon makes it a terrible idea for hybrids and even for most spellcaster builds. You will need to be very dedicated to a pure caster approach for either of these to be worthwhile. Most characters will skip out on these two.
For most characters, the best approach with Mystera is to worship early, earn lots of piety, purchase a handful of boons that suit your strategy, then convert out. Unless there are still many glyphs left in the dungeon to leverage refreshment, Mystera doesn't give any short-term boons that can help you overcome a powerful boss. You're usually better off converting into another religion to spend your remaining piety in the end-game. Furthermore, in a dungeon with lots of magic-user monsters you can be facing massive piety penalties for clearing out the weaker monsters. Converting before doing so is highly advisable.
The alternative approach is an extreme spellcaster strategy, fuelled by BLUDTOPOWA. Mystera does not reward BLUDTOPOWA use directly, but as you will be using it to generate mana, which you will then spend on glyphs, the overall piety gain is much higher than for other builds, allowing you to take the more expensive boons, such as Mystic Balance, earlier than would normally be possible and potentially use Mystera to fuel a pact. Depleting your life with BLUDTOPOWA also means you won't be attacking much and have no use for resistances, but can cast a very large number of fireballs, which makes the trade-offs offered by Flames and Weakening much more attractive than they would be for more balanced characters.

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Vita - Dennis Wittrock
am 17.11.1978 in Bremen
Magister-Studium der Philosophie (HF), Anglistik (NF) und Kunstwissenschaft (NF) an der Universität Bremen
Stand: 12.03.2013
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With the releases of that era in mind, there are no huge surprises here. The standard Four Tet tropes—twinkly sped-up guitar loops, soft-edged breakbeats, tuneful sample-collage—are all present and correct. The appeal of 0181, then, is largely a product of its structuring. This is more a mixtape than a sequenced album, with no tracklist and many of the 20-odd "tracks" just 30-second sketches that drop tantalising hints without outstaying their welcome. It's refreshing to hear Four Tet's ideas in a less precious context, less shackled to song form. In fact, many of these tracks—such as the elegiac piano loop at 3:30, or the moody, vinyl-crackled rumbles and music box melody at 7:45—are all the more affecting for not being expanded on (a point he may do well to note given Pink's tendency to drag).
Of course, the risk with such an approach is that the record becomes a disjointed affair, its contents fine in isolation but discordant as a whole. But far from being a careless assemblage of cutting room floor snippets dumped on the world by an artist going through old hard drives—and despite being free—0181 reflects a lot of thought and care on Hebden's part. Compelling oddities that fall outside the expected Four Tet remit appear throughout. The gorgeous, almost-gamelan textures at 24:20 would certainly merit expansion; a rolling, understated beat-loop at around 27:00 benefits from its concision. Elsewhere, themes from released recordings of the time are fleshed out with intriguing results—in particular, roomy, lightly psychedelic jazz edits in the style of "Misnomer" (from Dialogue) appear at 13:45 and 20:00.
Still, there are moments of over-familiarity. This record is most dull when it sounds precisely how you might expect it to sound, presenting a series of highly idiomatic offcuts from a past era. The bright, harp-like tones and warm breakbeats starting at 4:00 and the marriage of trip-hop bump and folksy guitar at 27:45 both stay well within familiar Four Tet territory, and as such don't add much to his ouevre. But for the most part 0181 is an entirely worthy addition to Hebden's discography—certainly not as weighty or fully-formed as a proper LP, but not so flimsy as to be dismissed as a side-note.
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Iona Prep has parted ways with longtime varsity boys basketball coach Vic Quirolo.
Quirolo had stepped down as the Gaels' varsity football after the 2015 season following 13 years of coaching both sports. He had been the Gaels' basketball coach for 20 years.
Iona Prep finished 15-13 this spring, losing in the Archdiocesan Tournament quarterfinals.
Neither Iona Prep nor Quirolo has publicly commented on the move.
The coaching move does not affect Quirolo's faculty position at the school. He has been a phys-ed teacher at Iona Prep since 1993,
Quirolo led Iona Prep's varsity hoops squad to its first-ever city title in his first season as head coach in 1998 after leading the JV team to back-to-back city championships in his final two seasons as its coach.
He led Iona Prep's varsity team to six city titles and six division championships, as well as two Catholic state titles.
Many of Quirolo's former players moved on to the major Division I level, including at such programs as University of Virginia, Villanova, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Providence. Former Gael star Ty Jerome is currently enjoying a standout freshman season as a guard at Virginia.
Under Quirolo, the Gaels were elevated to the CHSAA AA Division in 2013, considered by many to be one the best high school basketball conference in the country.
In addition to bringing a great deal of team success to the Iona Prep program, many of Coach Quirolo's former players have progressed to play at some of the finest schools such as
Quirolo is a graduate of Iona College and earned his master in phys-ed from Adelphi University.
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Use of force caught on tape: What's next?
By Greg Meyer, Police1 columnist
Sponsored by TASER
The Hollywood Division officers "caught on tape" in a use of force incident provide the latest example of public outrage over police use of force [Read more]. Although the public and the media want immediate answers, it will be awhile before anyone can provide an objective analysis of the entire event.
The increasing proliferation of video cameras guarantees that more and more police incidents will be captured. So it seems to me to be useful to attempt to provide some context about how such incidents are analyzed. For the past 17 years, I've worked as an expert witness on civil and criminal use of force cases around this country, usually in favor of the police, sometimes not, and some with video, some not.
The truth almost always lies deeper than the video.
Many are tempted to pass judgment on the basis of a shocking video. "It speaks for itself, the police beat this guy for no reason," many would say (and have already said in this case). We have the usual outraged headlines and outraged Southern California ACLU judgment before the facts are in, and we have the usual outraged attorney with dollar signs rolling in his eyes. All of that is par for the course.
Regardless of the eventual analysis when all the facts are included, there are a few glaringly obvious facts about this video.
First of all, there is not just one video. There are three videos of this incident posted on YouTube. One is 19 seconds long. One is five seconds long. One is one second short. They each capture a different part of the incident.
The videos were captured via someone's cell phone camcorder. You should wonder (I do) about why the two shorter videos published on YouTube are so short. And you should wonder why the longer video suddenly stopped just as the suspect's right hand was approaching the gun holster of one of the officers. Were the videos edited to someone's advantage? Or was it just the luck of the draw and the vagaries of an amateur pushing buttons on the cellphone? We would all be better off if entire incidents were captured, but we rarely have that luxury. Still, it's important to note that such videos don't capture the point of view of the officer involved in the heat of the incident.
Second, newspapers have published excerpts of the officers' own report of the arrest, in which they admit hitting the suspect in the head after describing the suspect's alleged resistance to arrest. It's very clear watching these videos that the officers are attempting to handcuff the suspect (one cuff is already on one wrist) but the suspect is not allowing that to happen.
Third, it is very interesting that the court commissioner who looked at the video (which was recorded in August) refused to dismiss the criminal case against the suspect, and stated, "The issue here is not whether the officers had to use force. The question is whether or not the defendant used force in resisting the lawful arrest, and I find that he did resist, using force."
The fact-finding missions by the internal affairs processes of the Los Angeles Police Department will play out, as will the investigation by the FBI, as will the criminal court case involving the suspect, as will the suspect's forthcoming lawsuit. It will be quite awhile before all the facts and opinions are in about whether the officers acted reasonably or not.
Use of force by police in this country for the past 17 years has been judged by Graham v. Connor [490 U.S. 386, 109 S.Ct. 1865 (1989)]. Very few citizens have had the opportunity to sit in judgment, whether criminal or civil, in police use of force cases. There aren't that many criminal cases brought (cops, after all, are the only ones that society gives authority to use force proactively), and the civil suits are most often settled or dismissed before trial.
When there is a trial, what jurors wrestle with are the requirements set forth by the Graham case. When police must use force, the Court says, the force must be "objectively reasonable" with respect to the facts and circumstances the officer is facing, and without 20/20 hindsight.
The court decided that, "The 'reasonableness' of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, and its calculus must embody an allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions about the amount of force necessary in a particular situation." Also what must be considered are the severity of the crime, the immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, whether the suspect is resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.
The list of facts to be considered is lengthy, but its highlights include: the number of suspects and officers involved; the size, age and condition of the suspect; the known or perceived fighting ability of the suspect; the duration of the action; the experience level of the officers; the distance from the officers to the suspect; and the weapons (including the officers weapons) in the immediate vicinity of the suspect.
Law enforcement officers are unique in society because they are permitted by law to use physical force to compel others to do their bidding. Officers intervene in a variety of urgent, unpredictable situations, and their mission is to keep the peace or to restore it. This awesome power must be wielded sparingly in a democratic society. The public rightly holds public administrators, including police officials, responsive to public preferences and demands. When officers use force they must do so to control a situation, not to punish an offender.
Use of force by police naturally upsets onlookers across the street as well as viewers of the six o'clock news. Conditioned by fictional media depictions of sanitized violence on one hand and fantastic "megaviolence" on the other, most people have no frame of reference other than personal emotions to evaluate an incident. The average viewer has little or no experience with real violence and the chaos that typically surrounds it.
People tend not to understand even legitimate use-of-force incident dynamics; people are repulsed when they see force applied to a fellow human being. But force is used in relatively small percentages of police confrontations, and people should not be surprised or offended that police must occasionally use force.
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are right to express concern about the Hollywood incident because the incident is obviously of concern to the public. But the Chief and the Mayor are also right to withhold judgment until the various investigations play out.
The public—and the media—would do well to listen to them.
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Often I have found that I want to apply perspective correction to multiple files at once using the Upright feature in Camera Raw. But depending on the results I want to achieve, it's best to know that there are two different ways of accomplishing this. Note: For both methods, it is recommended that you first enable Lens Profile Corrections and Remove Chromatic Aberration using the Lens Corrections panel in Camera Raw.
METHOD ONE – in the first situation, you might have a series of unrelated images that all need to have their own set of perspective corrections made to them. In this case, the easiest way to apply Upright would be to:
• Select all of the desired files in Camera Raw. Then in the Lens Correction panel, in the Manual sub-panel (where the Upright controls are) click the desired Upright mode (Auto, Level, Vertical, or Full) in order to apply the perspective correction to all selected files.
• With this method, each image is analyzed individually and the perspective corrected.
Note: if you prefer not to select all of the files first (or have additional settings in other panels that you want to synchronize to multiple selected images), you can select the first file and apply the desired changes including the Upright mode. Then, add the other images to your selection and click the Synchronize button. In the Synchronize dialog, check the settings you want, plus Transform. And, if you do this often, you may want to consider creating a preset to apply an Upright transformation mode.
METHOD TWO – in the second situation, you might have a series of related images – such as a sequence of bracketed exposures or a set of time lapse images for which you need the same exact numeric perspective corrections made to each image. In this scenario, you don't want to run the upright analysis on each individual image because Upright is likely to return a slightly different result on each of the images in the selection. Instead, what you want to do is have the upright analysis be performed on one of the images, and then have the result of that analysis (the numeric transformation) synchronized across the other images in the set.
In order to do this, select the first image of the series (in this case one of several exposures necessary to create a single HDR image) and apply the desired Upright transformation option.
Then, add the additional images to your selection and, in the Lens Correction panel, in the Manual sub-panel, click the Sync Results hyperlink.
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10 Things We Learned From Kanye West's 'Jimmy Kimmel' Interview
One of the reasons Kanye West's interview on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' was so anticipated last night (Oct. 9) was because of the unpredictability factor. Were we going to see the docile Ye that showed up to the 'Kris Jenner Show' (remember that voice?) or the intrusive, ambitious one we saw during the Zane Lowe interview?
It turns out it was a little bit of both. While West was civil while speaking with Kimmel during the course of their chat, he did use the time to defend himself in a series of passionate rants disguised as answers. Except for the part where Kimmel informed West that people did think he was a jerk (a bit of a euphemism for some), the late night host gently asked questions and gave West the stage.
There wasn't a whole lot of tension, but there was a lot to learn. Here's 10 Things We Learned From Kanye West's Jimmy Kimmel Interview.
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Drug Dealers Don't Scare Yeezy
Kanye came from a middle class background, which is part of what made his rise in the mid-00s so noteworthy in what was then a predominantly gangster rap genre. However, Ye is still from dangerous city of Chicago, as he's rapped and noted in interviews time after time. Drug dealers wanted to exploit his creativity, but the bold 'Yeezus' rapper wasn't fazed at all.
"There were moments where I stood up to drug dealers in Chicago, I said, 'You can't have my publishing, come and kill me, do what you're gonna do but you're not gonna bully me, you're not gonna stop me,'" he told Kimmel.
West credits his mother, Donda West, for making him believe in his vision enough to stand up to such threatening circumstances. The same way he does with paparazzi. "It's not safe for you in this zoo. Never think that I'm not from Chicago for one second," he said. Kanye's gully too, apparently.
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Immaturity Isn't Beneath Him
As interesting as it was to watch, even the rapper had to admit his Twitter comebacks against Kimmel weren't some of his most clever. "We kind of just took it back to high school for a little bit," West admitted.
And does Kimmel look like Spongebob Squarepants? Maybe, but West says he posted the meme because it was the first thing that came to mind. Or is West a lowkey Bikini Bottom fan?
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There's a Method to His Madness
The most GIF-worthy moment of the entire interview was the deadpanned looked West gave Kimmel when he said, "I don't know if you know this, but a lot of people think you're a jerk."
He did go on a rant by the end of the interview, but West asserted there was a method to his madness. "I'm a creative genius and there's no other way to word it," he says. "I know you're not supposed to say that about yourself, and I say things the wrong way a lot of times, but my intention is always positive." And GIFs are an awesome source of creativity, so thanks Mr. West!
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Mr. West Is Still Full of Contradictions
One of the notable things West said in his Zane Lowe interview is how he spends 80 percent of his energy in fashion and only 20 percent in music. But when it came to his talk with Kimmel, he says, "I'm just here to make good music and make people feel good when they hear my music." So is he taking back what he said during that Lowe interview? West's logic isn't all that easy to grasp sometimes.
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He Doesn't Do Publicity Stunts
Although it was hilarious, the downside to Kimmel's infamously staged twerking incident is now some people are going to think every big event relating to the show is a publicity stunt. This was also suspected when it was announced that West was doing this interview because No. 1, this is show biz, and No. 2, this felt a little too good to be true given how West reacted to Kimmel's skit. That's not the case here because, well, West doesn't do publicity stunts. Like, ever.
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Kim Kardashian Needs a Star on the Walk of Fame
The rapper sidestepped a little bit during the interview to question why Kim Kardashian can't get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "It's like people are so, so dated... There's no way that Kim Kardashian shouldn't have a star on the Walk of Fame," West said. We guess that issue crossed some people's minds watching the interview before he mentioned it. Or maybe none at all.
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The Bathroom Is His Biggest Inspirational Source
It looked like Yeezy's sense of humor died since he hardly cracked a smile during his appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' earlier this year. Pusha T also said in an interview that "people just really need to understand that he's really no nonsense." West did admit the skit where Josh Groban sings his since-deleted tweets was funny. Also, when Kimmel wondered if the MC sent his infamous tweets when he was on the toilet, West responded, "Yes, that's where I think of my best s---." The toilet: Your source of inspiration.
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Don't Call Kanye West a Rapper Too Much
Although he does have plenty of creative ideas, Kanye West believe he's been denied the ability to be able to execute them because of his label as just a hip-hop artist. He reminded Kimmel that calling him a rapper sort of unfairly re-contextualizes his intentions. Even the best of the best have feelings sometimes.
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Kimmel's Father Looks Like Wolf Blitzer
West explained in his rant that one of the reasons he was offended by Kimmel's sketch was because he was at a wedding they both attended. Kimmel said in the interview that he constantly defends West's personality because he has met him. He even showed a picture of West meeting his father, who does look kind of like Wolf Blitzer.
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You're Usually on Kanye Time, Unfortunately for the Arctic Monkeys
The Arctic Monkeys' scheduled performance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' had to be pushed off-air because of the length of the the rapper's interview. Is #NoDisrespectToArcticMonkeys going to be a thing now or no?


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Has anyone looked at the online LLM in Taxation or Business Transactions from University of Alabama? It looks interesting because it would allow the student to continue working and not have to relocate. However, I am skeptical of how the "online" program would be received by employers, whether law firms or in-house counsels.
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The first edit of the Harry Potter Wiki was made on July 5th, 2005 by Vostok, which makes tomorrow our 6th Anniversary! Any ideas on how we should mark the occasion? - Nick O'Demus 09:27, July 4, 2011 (UTC)
Oh wow, not sure, we could put something up on the main page.--BachLynn(Send an Owl!) 12:37, July 4, 2011 (UTC)
- I agree. Perhaps something like the "Birthday" template? -- Seth Cooper owl post! 14:22, July 4, 2011 (UTC)
- Yea something like that saying something about the wiki turning 6...--BachLynn(Send an Owl!) 17:17, July 4, 2011 (UTC)
- Ok I made one, not sure what you guys will think.--BachLynn(Send an Owl!) 14:03, July 5, 2011 (UTC)
- It's pretty neat, thank you! Should we put up something on the main page? -- Seth Cooper owl post! 14:22, July 5, 2011 (UTC)
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The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia
The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
The idea that Earth is a living thing goes back at least as far as Plato, who according to Francis Bacon believed that the planet "was one entire, perfect, living creature." But it was James Lovelock and his colleague Lynn Margulis who, in the early 1970s, developed a testable scientific hypothesis aimed at investigating Earth's lifelike properties. Known as the Gaia hypothesis, it states that life on Earth works to keep conditions at the planet's surface favorable to life itself. In 2006 this led to Lovelock joining the likes of Louis Agassiz and Charles Darwin in receiving geology's most prestigious prize—the Geological Society's Wollaston Medal. In presenting the award the society's president acknowledged that the Gaia hypothesis had "opened up a whole new field of Earth Science study."
The Gaia hypothesis has now evolved, according to Lovelock, into a full-fledged scientific theory (in science hypotheses are held to be untested ideas put forward to explain facts, while theories have been tested and are generally considered true). Part of the testing came in 2001 when scientists from four international climate research programs reasserted the hypothesis's basic tenets: (1) Earth "behaves as a single, self-regulating system"; (2) "human activities are significantly influencing Earth's environment"; (3) Earth's system is complex and difficult to predict, and "surprises abound"; (4) the system is characterized by "critical thresholds and abrupt changes"; and (5) Earth's system has "moved well outside the range of natural variability exhibited over the last half million years at least." Yet despite such support, the transformation of the hypothesis to the status of a theory is still widely disputed.
The Gaia concept and climate change science are intimately connected, and Lovelock has spent most of his career trying to understand the consequences of increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. In his latest book, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning, he argues that Earth's system of self-regulation is being overwhelmed by greenhouse gas pollution and that Earth will soon jump from its current cool, stable state into a dramatically hotter one. All climatologists acknowledge the existence of such climatic jumps—as occurred for example at the end of the last ice age. But chaos theory dictates that the scale and timing of such leaps are inherently unpredictable, which means that they cannot be incorporated into the computer models of Earth's climate system that such scientists use to project future climate change. Yet this is precisely what Lovelock attempts to do—using his own computer modeling—in The Vanishing Face of Gaia. A new climatic jump, he concludes, will occur within the next few years or decades, and will involve an abrupt increase in average global surface temperature of 9 degrees Celsius—from 15 to 24…
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Ag gag laws criminalize the collection of evidence of animal abuse on factory farms and are a threat to people across the country. These laws prevent the public from seeing the abuse of animals, illegal working conditions, and risky food safety practices that are common behind the closed gates of industrial farming facilities. In February, Utah became the first state to charge an individual…
Protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system.
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Feds pick up most of the tab for Harry's security entourage
This is one security detail that won't cost Greenwich taxpayers a princely sum.
The police overtime costs incurred by the town from Prince Harry's visit on Wednesday for a charity polo match are not expected to exceed $5,000, according to local public safety officials.
"It wasn't like there was a huge amount of overtime hiring," Police Capt. Mark Kordick told Greenwich Time. "We covered it with mostly on-duty personnel."
Kordick estimated that a dozen officers worked the invitation-only event at the Greenwich Polo Club, augmenting a large contingent of agents from the Diplomatic Security Service, which is part of the State Department.
Conyers Farm, the private enclave of 20-acre estates and behemoth mansions that is home to the polo club, hired a significant number of additional private security personnel for the match.
A lockdown preceded Harry's arrival at the club, where the British prince was greeted by luminaries such as fashion icon Valentino, supermodel Karolina Kurkova and a former Spice Girl.
"I think they're very experienced in knowing what resources are necessary when they have a visiting dignitary like this," First Selectman Peter Tesei said of local police. "Internally, they know what they need to do and do it well."
The luncheon and ensuing polo match went off without a hitch for the most part, but a Toronto woman known to law enforcement was arrested and charged with trespassing after authorities said she tried to get into the event.
Kordick said a few officers will receive compensatory time because they came in on their day off to work the event.
The modest bill for Harry's local security detail stands in contrast to past visits by sitting U.S. presidents to Greenwich for political fundraisers, which have cost local taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
"This clearly was a philanthropic event," said Tesei, who also serves as the town's police commissioner.
He said the attention Greenwich received for hosting the prince was positive.
"I had a lot of people ask me about it," Tesei said. "It was a good thing."
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I'll be honest: I never really dug Guerilla Games' Killzone titles. They never really lived up to the Halo-killer hype that accompanied them and never stood out from the FPS landscape in a way that, say, Insomniac's Resistance games did. Killzone 3 didn't get very high marks from me.
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I was expecting this new release to come via FedEx. What I wasn't expecting was a completely soaked package. You can see that the shrinkwrap didn't offer up much protection. I don't know the exact journey that envelope went through to get to me but I figure I should at least pop it into my PS3 to see if the Helghast survived the storm that devastated so much of the East Coast.


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What was going through Sabrina Bryan's mind when she was in the bottom two last week on Dancing with the Stars? Her shocking Season 5 elimination, of course. "Oh my God! I totally thought of it. How could you not?" Bryan tells TVGuide.com. "It was gut-wrenching, I was ready to throw up. I was like, 'This is crazy right now!'" The former Cheetah Girl and her partner Louis van Amstel survived the close call, and now she's tackling the season with renewed purpose. Find out what Bryan has planned for her disco and why this season is all about her fans.
How's the disco going?
Sabrina Bryan: It's really fun. I was excited when Kirstie [Alley] picked it for us, but once I started thinking about the costuming, the set and started to do a lot of research on it, I got even more excited. The '70s is one of the best eras.
Dancing's Joey Fatone: I have a voodoo doll of Drew LacheyHow '70s is it going to be?
Bryan: We're not really doing so much of the Saturday Night Fever. It's more Studio 54 — really edgy and bringing back that glam that was going on in the '70s in Hollywood. ... There are lifts. We went a little conservative last week and kind of got nailed for it, so this week, we're going balls-to-the-wall. We really want to amp it up and do everything we can. You followed the rules, but Shawn [Johnson] and Derek [Hough] didn't for their quickstep. What do you think about the judges not penalizing them that much for it?
Bryan: I think this season is going to be like that. It's going to be the curveballs that they throw at us. When they say they want to see things that have never been done before — I mean, they're on Season 15 so pretty much every ballroom move has been done — that means you've got to up the level and take more risks. Louis and I took some risks technique-wise, but they're looking for the wow factor. Sometimes it takes an "Oh, OK" for you to realize that. Of course, you want good scores, but this season, beyond any other season, is 100 percent about the audience. The votes matter so much more right now because everyone's scores are so close together. There were four couples that were tied for third place. The half-points really make a difference of keeping us very, very close together. You have to keep that in mind and put a performance on for the fans and win them over. Their votes count more than anything right now.Did you have flashbacks to Season 5 when it was between you and Helio?
Bryan: Oh my God! Totally. ... Out of everyone, I know what it feels like to be up there like that. No one else at this point didn't make it to the finals. I'm the only one who hasn't made it that far. It's kind of, like, "Wow!" It did put me right back there. And I was like, "Man, if I get another chance, I'm not gonna hold anything back. I'm gonna go full-out crazy this week." And we are!How much of a relief was it when Tom [Bergeron] read Helio [Castroneves]'s name?
Bryan: I was so not expecting that at all. What was so crazy to me was that Helio won the season I was in, so both of us, Season 5, were right there in the bottom two. I couldn't see him going home. He's so good, he has so many fans, he won the last time — I couldn't even think about it being him going home. It was pretty crazy when Tom said Helio. Plus, everyone at this point has known each other forever. We're all hanging around talking about the Indy 500 and having watched him race. It's sad, especially since he was on my season and I've known him for so long.
Dancing's Melissa Rycroft: I'm more focused this timeWere you surprised you were in the bottom, especially since you were fan-voted back in?
Bryan: I think this whole season is unpredictable. I think every week it will be surprising. It's hard for fans. My hairdresser's wife just told me that she was voting [for me] on Facebook and her mom was like, "I absolutely love Helio. Give him at least one vote." My hairdresser said, "I got so mad! I told them, 'See, people are trying to save other people and Sabrina almost went home! That was bad!'" [Laughs]I think that's part of the problem. Fans could've voted for five people in their different seasons who are in the cast now, so now they have to pick and choose.
Bryan: Yeah, exactly. And with the double elimination, it was really hard to not vote as much as you want for your favorite so you could vote for the people you didn't want to go home. The double elimination in the third week was rough! It was definitely nice to get that one over with.Do you still look at this season as redemption for Season 5?
Bryan: Being in the bottom two makes me feel like this is a start of a new journey. Yeah, I was eliminated on Season 5, but I'm really past Season 5 and I'm focused on this season. If there is any kind of redemption, it's for my fans. They've been supporting me since Day 1, and my redemption would be for them more than anything. I have a lot of fight in me. I had to fight to get on this show, I had to fight to earn my spot. What's awesome about this season is that every week is a clean slate. If you think about who's been at the top — Emmitt [Smith] topped Week 1. He went into the middle the second week and stayed there third week. We were in the middle, then we went to the top, then we went to the middle. Melissa [Rycroft] and Kelly [Monaco] were toward the low middle and they hit the top this last week, so each week is a clean slate. It really depends on the dance and your performance. It's so important for the judges to say what they really feel and not just spit something out to be funny or whatever because the viewers at home definitely take that into account. And the audience votes are really what's going to count.
Bryan: That whole thing was crazy! We only had 10 seconds! He told me that rock 'n' roll is really fast and I remember Kirstie saying, "God, I'm going to die with this jive." Kirstie's such a great actress and such a character — she takes a character and lives in it. I thought of the Charleston and I thought of the flapper costume and her, and I felt like that was a dance that was made for her and she'd be so cute. Plus, who wouldn't love Maks [Chmerkovskiy] in a little tank and some overalls and a derby hat? [Laughs] With their last performance, he's obviously going all the way with his looks. And I also only had two choices! I didn't have a lot of options, and I just saw her doing the Charleston to the tee.You weren't cutthroat about it. You could've given her the harder one.
Bryan: I don't think any of us were really cutthroat. I know [the producers] wanted us all to be! [Laughs].Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8/7c on ABC.


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FBI Claims Wikipedia Can't Display Its Logo
from the good-luck-on-that deptApparently the FBI has some free time on its hands. How else can you explain this bizarre, and almost certainly legally questionable attempt to force Wikipedia to remove its logo on Wikipedia's article on the FBI:
Entertainingly, in support for your argument, you included a version of 701 in which you removed the very phrases that subject the statute to ejusdem generis analysis. While we appreciate your desire to revise the statute to reflect your expansive vision of it, the fact is that we must work with the actual language of the statute, not the aspirational version of Section 701 that you forwarded to us.Godwin also points out that the Encyclopaedia Britannica appears to have an image of the logo as well. As for our own usage here, I'll first note that the NY Times is also displaying the logo with its story, and it would seem that all three of us are similarly not running afoul of this law, in that none of us are using the logo with any attempt to deceive at all, but to display factual information for the sake of informing.
In your letter, you assert that an image of an FBI seal included in a Wikipedia article is "problematic" because "it facilitates both deliberate and unwitting violations" of 18 U.S.C. 701. I hope you will agree that the adjective "problematic," even if it were truly applicable here, is not semantically identical to "unlawful." Even if it could be proved that someone, somewhere, found a way to use a Wikipedia article illustration to facilitate a fraudulent representation, that would not render the illustration itself unlawful under the statute. As the leading case interpreting Section 701 points out, "The enactment of § 701 was intended to protect the public against the use of a recognizable assertion of authority with intent to deceive." ... Our inclusion of an image of the FBI Seal is in no way evidence of any "intent to deceive," nor is it an "assertion of authority," recognizable or otherwise.


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OTTAWA – Nigel Wright could avoid facing legal consequences for his central role in the Senate expenses scandal if the RCMP remains focused strictly on possible criminal offences, parliamentary law experts say.
They believe the surest route for prosecutors against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff is an obscure section of the Parliament of Canada Act.
But, so far at least, the Mounties do not appear to be considering it.
Documents filed in court show the RCMP is intent on proving Wright, along with Sen. Mike Duffy, is guilty of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, as spelled out in the Criminal Code. Neither Wright nor Duffy have been charged with any offence.
Wright personally gave Duffy $90,000 so that the disgraced senator could pay back disputed living expense claims.
Email trails obtained by the RCMP describe a deal whereby Duffy publicly announced he'd repaid the Senate while the Prime Minister's Office ensured the senator was fully reimbursed, that a Senate committee report on his expenses was softened and that an independent audit raised no questions as to Duffy's eligibility to sit as a senator for P.E.I., although he lived primarily in Ottawa.
When court documents containing the emails were released publicly in November, Wright insisted his intentions were noble and that he did nothing to break the law.
"My intention was always to secure repayment of funds owed to taxpayers," he said in a statement at the time. "I acted within the scope of my duties and remain confident that my actions were lawful."
For Rob Walsh, former law clerk for the House of Commons, the Wright-Duffy transaction appears on its face to be a clear violation of Sec. 16 of the Parliament of Canada Act.
Walsh said he believes it would be easier to secure a conviction under the act than under any of the Criminal Code provisions cited thus far by the RCMP. Indeed, he doubts criminal charges could be made to stick in relation to the Wright-Duffy deal.
"The evidentiary burden I think is less (under the act) and, to that extent, it ought to be an easier task to prosecute," Walsh said in an interview.
While criminal charges would require proof of intent to act corruptly, the act is more straightforward in stipulating that it's illegal to give money to a senator or for a senator to take it.
"Under Sec. 16, it doesn't matter where the money came from or why," Walsh said.
Former Liberal MP Derek Lee, a lawyer and acknowledged expert on parliamentary procedure and law, agreed with that assessment.
"There's all kinds of protections and obstacles in the Criminal Code … and it might be difficult to get a prosecutor to run with this," Lee said in an interview.
By contrast, he said Sec. 16 of the Parliament of Canada Act is "simpler and more direct and it seems to pertain more, to fit better with the fact situation" of the Wright-Duffy deal.
The act specifies that no senator shall receive "any compensation, directly or indirectly," for services rendered in relation to any bill, contract, controversy, accusation or other matter before the Senate, House of Commons or any parliamentary committee.
A senator who contravenes the section is "guilty of an offence and liable to a fine" of between $1,000 and $4,000.
The act further stipulates that it is an "indictable offence" to offer compensation to a senator, punishable by up to one year imprisonment and a fine of $500 to $2,000.
An RCMP spokeswoman declined to comment on why the Mounties have made no mention of the act in documents filed in court thus far.
It would appear that no one has ever been prosecuted under Sec. 16 of the act. No record of a prosecution could be found by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, who would be responsible for charges laid under the act, the Justice Department or the Library of Parliament.
Lee speculated that the absence of any precedents might account for the RCMP's apparent reluctance to pursue charges under the act against Duffy and Wright.
"Nobody and their brother, except parliamentarians, would have much of an experience in dealing with the Parliament of Canada Act. They might even consider it off limits," he said.
"No policeman, untrained specifically in this law, is going to go out on his own and break new ground … This isn't a part of their tool kit."
Walsh speculated that the Mounties may be holding Sec. 16 in reserve, intending to use it if they can't ultimately make the case for charges under the Criminal Code.
The RCMP may also be citing the Criminal Code provisions for now, as it seeks court approval to access more evidence, because they are seen as being the most serious potential charges that could arise from the affair.
Still, Walsh said a charge under the Parliament of Canada Act would be no trifling matter.
"It's not to be diminished by being described as a mere statutory offence … This is an indictable offence, there's no two ways about that, and it has to be taken seriously."


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Sleeping sickness study offers insight into human cells
Fresh discoveries about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of research into treatments for the disease.
Scientists studying the parasite - which is spread by the tsetse fly and infects the blood of people and animals - have shed light on how it is able to survive when taken up by a feeding fly.
Sleeping sickness is a potentially fatal condition which affects up to 70,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, and millions more are at risk from the disease.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that when the parasite is swallowed by a fly, a reaction is triggered in a particular part of the parasites' cells. This causes a change in the activity of enzymes stored there, allowing the parasite to rapidly adapt its body to survive in the fly's gut.
The part of the parasite cell associated with this response has a corresponding part in human cells. Because of this, researchers say their study could also point towards greater understanding of human genetic disorders linked to cell defects. These include Zellweger syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes infant death.
The study, published in the journal Genes and Development, was supported by the Wellcome Trust and the BBSRC.
Professor Keith Matthews, of the University of Edinburgh's School of Biological Sciences, who led the research, said: "Our results also give valuable insight into how our own cells evolved and how they function, which is helpful for understanding some inherited diseases. These findings also provide hope for a target to stop the spread of these deadly parasites."
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A Time for Leadership
The Arizona shootings give lawmakers a chance to tone down the rhetoric.
This week in Washington, members of Congress will work in a manner that has been largely absent in recent years.
The senseless shootings in Arizona over the weekend will bring a temporary halt to the partisan bickering and name-calling that have dominated the discourse. Instead of turning to a contentious, doomed-to-fail bid to repeal President Obama's health care law, somber lawmakers will focus on their own security and on paying tribute to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who was seriously wounded, and to six others who died Saturday, including a member of her staff.
Soon enough, though, the House and Senate will get back to serious legislative issues such as the health law, debating whether to extend the federal debt ceiling and setting spending levels in the budget for the next fiscal year.
With those debates, partisan differences will resurface. The big question is whether the rancor that has poisoned Washington in recent years returns, too.
It is too early in the investigation to say whether antigovernment sentiment had anything to do with Saturday's shootings. But in a way, it doesn't matter. Congress can -- and should -- use this moment to step back and start over in doing the people's work without the yelling, finger-pointing and posturing.
Naive on my part? Perhaps. But something needs to be done to quell political tensions, and this horrific crime provides the opening to do it.
The last time antigovernment feelings reached this level was in 1995. While Republicans had just used the Contract with America to claim majorities in the House and Senate, citizen militia movements were talking openly of a contract on America. Talk radio fanned the flames. And then, in one ugly moment, 168 people died in the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.
In the aftermath of that awful day, then-President Bill Clinton stepped forward to calm fears and ease tensions with some reassuring words. There were many occasions when Clinton came up short in the leadership department, but in the aftermath of the bombings he was stellar.
The same goes for President George W. Bush in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Like him or not, you have to credit Bush for not only uniting the country but also for helping to calm anti-Muslim fears that easily could have gotten out of hand in that frightening time.
But somewhere along the line, starting with the 2004 Swift Boat campaign against Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry of Massachusetts, the political discourse began another plunge to the bottom.
President Obama is a better orator than either Clinton or Bush, but he has not demonstrated that he is a better communicator. This is his chance. And the State of the Union address later this month is his stage.
He needs to set aside his propensity to lecture and speak from the heart. He needs to treat House Speaker John Boehner, who will be sitting behind him with Vice President Biden, as an equal in the fight to restore rational thinking to the political process.
Republicans and Democrats don't have to agree on everything. Indeed, they shouldn't. The two-party system essentially guarantees that the minority always has a say -- and a chance in the next elections to reclaim power.
Lawmakers can't change the minds of those at the fringes of politics and society, but they can demonstrate to the reasonable majority of Americans that it is possible to disagree reasonably. They can show by example that disagreement does not require destruction.
That's a huge step, but the president and lawmakers from both parties need to take it together.
This is a time to march forward, not look to place blame.
What's past is past. Nothing can put the bullets back in the gun.


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Fayette staff and students have a calendar in place for the 2008-09 school year, starting with an Aug. 17 open house and dedication of the new school building.
Staff members were presented with four calendar choices and school board members approved the option that was favored by a two-to-one margin.
Following the Aug. 17 dedication, classes get underway Aug. 19 and wind up May 29, weather permitting. A two-week winter vacation is scheduled, along with the usual three-day spring break.
Two extra days of vacation will be given during Fulton County Fair week to give administrators the opportunity to make adjustments in the new school.
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But I do love some of Epiphone's older designs from the days when they didn't slavishly copy Gibson. I've aleady mentioned the Scroll guitar and Double Scroll bass. Epiphone Newport basses have been around since 1961 with a few cosmetic changes over the years and here we see a Japanese-made left-handed Epiphone Newport bass from the late 1970s/early 1980s in superb condition. The finish shows off what looks to be a mahogany body perfectly - but apparently it's maple. And if you look at the back you'll see that it's of through-neck construction (maple and rosewood), but is nicely understated unlike all those 1980s basses with contrasting timbers.
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And I haven't talked much about it yet. Sorry. But almost everyone else who went has, so maybe you heard about it.
So here's what happened. General Mills flew me and a few other bloggers out to talk about being gluten-free. It was interesting, we got some really good food, and I made some new friends. I'm not going to give you the rundown about what we talked about or everything we did, since my fellow bloggers have already done a good job of that.
Check out their posts on the trip here:
Amanda at a Few Shortcuts
Maureen at Hold the Gluten
Linda at Gluten-free Homemaker
Rachel at the Crispy Cook
Shirley at Gluten Free Easily
Amy at the Savvy Celiac
The other bloggers who were there were:
Cinde from Gluten Free Taste of Home
Vanessa the Celiac Princess
Lynn from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures
As well as author Danna Korn and Shelley from R.O.C.K.
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|I had salmon, shrimp, and risotto with cream sauce
|Wicked good chocolate lava cake
And had a delicious lunch from Big Bowl. I wish we had these restaurants around here!
We had a good muffin and bread spread for breakfast too!


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"A man walking alone on a deserted beach, brandishing a lantern in his outstretched hand, might be a fool. But, for a ship that went astray on a stormy night, he might be the savior."
Friday, September 08, 2006
I Had Head
It was my turn to host. I was asked to make it memorable. Some of them I will not see in years, leaving country and kin and heading out to Martinique, to the China Sea, to the Persian Gulf, to Italy, to unknown wharfs and beyond. What we all had in common, in addition to a life binding friendship, is our eternal love for Tartous.
"Something they shall never forget, that's what they asked for, when I proposed the invitation."
The first time I had head was, of all places, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois at a Greek restaurant called the Parthenon. That was a long time ago, when I was a wanderer still, before I made it back to harbor. Having head is just my way of playing with words to make them gentler, although a little naughtier. I need to prepare some readers to what's coming next, mildly and without coercion. Although eating the head of a butchered animal is ordinary and considered a delicacy in many countries, I had my first chance to try it out in America. It was fantastic and delicious. The Greeks have one of the finest cuisines in the world. I always found their entrées exceptionally scrumptious. They are familiar yet with a twist. The familiarity comes from our being neighbors sharing the same sea and sun. The twist comes from the subtleties of customs and pedigree.
I had to enlist the help of a gifted glutton, a dear friend and an invited guest for the evening. "How many sheep heads do we need to feed all of us?" I asked, "I want to surprise them all with heads." Without hesitation, without giving it a second thought, he said: "We need one head only. It will sure surprise them as hell. We need one bull's head." It was early morning yet; he hung up the phone telling me to leave it to him. He will take care of it. He sure did, and a couple of hours later he called again. The head was gorgeous, he assured me. It was already skinned and cleaned. The meat weighs only 6 kg after the process. So, and in prudent maneuver on his part, he went ahead and bought an additional tongue weighing 2 kg. He reckoned that 8 kg (~18 lbs.) of meat, cooked in a big pot of Burghul and Hommos should be just about right for thirteen hungry lads. "Of course", he continued, "you should order a full Mezza. We don't want unbuckled belts at the end. A bucket of plain yogurt, a couple of watermelons and some sweet Herisseh should be just about right." And right he was.
The meat had to be sent soonest to the village for the lengthy cooking process required. I called the chef in the valley where the banquet was to take place. A strike of luck, he was in Tartous buying provisions for his little restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Thank God for mobile phones. We held a 3-way conference, the chef, the glutton and me. We spoke in code, and I set up the meeting for them. The chef's pickup was approaching from the north in one of the narrower streets of Tartous. My friend's taxi intercepted from the south. With discretion and efficiency the drop was made. Few words uttered over the wireless network. We shall be there at 2100 hour. We want the whole place. Close the restaurant down at 2030. Hang the "Reserved" sign on the outer door and carry out what's need to be done.
Our dinner wasn't over before midnight. The meat was cooked over firewood, slowly turning into the tenderest veal this side of the Mediterranean. Beyond words, we enjoyed the company of men. The feast was outlandish to a few of us who never had head before. Arak and beer flowed in rivers and springs. Sandals taken off, shirts unbuttoned, belts unbuckled, stomachs filled and hearts warmed. Friendship, the everlasting kind was the bond that brought us together.
We will have an encore in a month or two. Some of us won't be here. Others might arrive from distant lands and seas. We will find something unforgettable to do. Again!
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19 comments:
- Syrianita said...
that sounds great Sa7ten and Hana
but remember what the Doc had told ya ;)
- Unknown said...
Thanx Soraya
I spent the day with very little food waiting for this "last supper".
Have a good time where you are:-)
- Karin said...
You describe that so beautifully and vividly that I, as reader, have the distinct feeling of having been there, having smelled the most delicious smell of "the head", seen the steaming burghul ... and even gotten a nose full of the lovely anisy-smell of Arrack!
What you did NOT take into account is the fact this reader sits here with empty stomach, drooling for these delicacies ...
The kind of friendships you describe are unique in depth and "chemistry", rare - and most wonderful!
I am sure in two months - which will fly by - there will another surprise be lurking somewhere around a corner, as delicious as this one, with a company as fantastic and unforgettable as the one you shared "THE HEAD" with"! :)
WONDERFUL post Abufares .. as always, a sheer pleasure to read!!
Sounds like a very nice banquet!! But, where is the photo of THE head??
Abu Abdo
- Rami the Merciful said...
Wow, I love this post my man! This is one of the best I've ever read because it's written with such a personal touch that I felt as though I was almost there in attendance. I would've loved to join this feast...would've made a great recreation of the "Last Supper." I really do commend you on this post, Abufares. 10/10.
However, like the pure Italians say, when a chef makes a dish better than mama, the chef must be "whacked".
P.S.- When I first read the title, I laughed because I was expecting a different topic of discussion...
- Unknown said...
The only way for a reader to appreciate such a regular story is to have it written from the heart. These guys are my past, my present and my future. Despite, the negative aspects present in our and in every culture, having friends for life is the greatest gift of all. In our case, we might not have adequate pension plans, we might not possess the social institutional services so coveted in the west, but we have each other till the last days of our lives. To me at least, that's a great retirement outlook. More security than any bank can ever offer.
- Unknown said...
My dear Abu Abdo
I know that you would've enjoyed the company. I emphasized that my friend's passion is food. He couldn't care less about photography. I really feel a little unfortunate not to have had the chance to see the "head" which he described as "gorgeous". You and I should trust him on that one. Just imagine the beautiful head on a pack of a "La Vache qui Rit" pack of cheese :-)
- Unknown said...
Hello Rami
Indeed you would've love it. During the short period we had spent together I've noticed your love for the great oudoors around Tartous and for the food we eat here. Hopefully, there will always be a second time.
- Ascribo said...
What a great HEAD!
I have never tried a Bull's head before. I feel that these things gives a sensation of manhood, especially with the Tartoussi mates. The next time would be lovely. You should try a big "Ferekh" of Fish with garlic and olive oil, or some barbequed Kebabs..
I desperately miss that food!
- Yazan said...
unbelievable writing, for a few minutes there, I lost track of the actual story and let myself enjoy how the words seem just perfect in the mouth.
brilliant... I can even smell the mountain right off ur post.
- Unknown said...
Just think of it this way. I can have head while you can take a train ride to the new Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal, and actually watch a home game.
I will cook you 10 heads for an opportunity like that.
Don't blow it, even if it means watching ManUtd. Go for it!
- Unknown said...
It always gives me great pleasure when you visit. No matter how good words are, they always fall short describing real friendship. The food is just a prop. Being with friends is what really matters.
Hope to meet you IRL one of these days.
Take care.
- Omar said...
authentic as ever about fares.. damn it, you must be one of the very few that can have me read long posts until the end and still want more.. although i could never ever see myself eating anything's head... you made me wonder..
so.. I take it that you were a sailor before?
- moryarti said...
Man... you are the most eloquent tartousi i have ever met in my entire life... :)
sorry though, me and la7met ras don't get along.
Sa7tain and hope you had a great conclave
- Unknown said...
Hi Omar
I'm happy to hear from you again. We can change the main course, when you make it here one day.
As for being a sailor myself, no. A few of the guys present during the reunion are captains and chief officers on different vessels.
I stayed in the US among other places. I was there longest though, for 8 years. I went to college and later worked for a while before "setting sails" back home.
Thank you for dropping by.
- Unknown said...
Am I the only Tartoussi you've met, or are there more???
Just kidding...
We had a great time, and I really hope that one day, a whole bunch of us Bloggers can get together and have a go at it.
Thank you for your comment.
- Karin said...
Abufares ... I couldn't agree more!!!
- Shannon said...
When I read the title, I did a double take!
I must say, I've never considered eating a head, but you made it all sound quite appetizing.
- Unknown said...
Hi Shannon
You know that having head is preferable to more people than eating an actual head.
It's appetizing and you can give it a try at some Greek restaurant in the US. They really know how to do it.
Thank you for dropping by.


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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Is Dead at 58
The socialist leader had been in power since 1998.
March 5, 2013 -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez died today at 4:25 p.m., Caracas time, according to Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro. He was 58.
The socialist leader, whose politics deeply polarized his nation, had been battling cancer since June 2011, when a tumor was found in his pelvic area.
But Chávez had never fully disclosed details about his health condition, leaving his people in the dark about how close he was to death's doorstep.
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News of his death shocked his nation of 25 million, which currently holds the world's largest proven oil reserves.
Hugo Chávez was revered by Venezuela's poor, who considered him one of their own.
The Venezuelan leader was born in 1954, to two humble school teachers in the small town of Sabaneta.
Biographers of Chávez say that the president was mostly raised by his grandmother, Rosa Chávez and grew up learning about revolutionary heroes from the Llanos, a vast expanse of flatlands that make up Venezuela's cowboy country.
At age 17, Chávez decided to enlist in Venezuela's military academy, which forced him to move from tranquil Sabaneta to the capital city of Caracas, a town that was growing rapidly in the 1970s thanks to the first global spike in oil prices.
As a young soldier, he was stationed in several parts of the country, and in the mid-1970s, he completed a stint with a unit that fought against leftist guerrillas in the Andes mountains.
Chávez would later say that his experiences as a soldier encouraged him to form the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement (MRB in Spanish), an underground group of nationalist officers who were unhappy with the high poverty rates in oil-rich Venezuela and the corrupt practices of the country's political leaders. The group was founded in 1983, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar. Nine years later in 1992, several of its members would help Chávez launch a coup attempt, which sought to overthrow President Carlos Andrés Pérez, and overturn his neoliberal economic policies.
The coup failed, as critical elements of the military stayed loyal to Pérez.
But as one of the conditions to surrender, Chávez requested that government forces allow him to address the nation on TV, to explain his actions.
The government conceded, requesting also that Chávez tell rebellious soldiers elsewhere in the country to lay down their weapons.
But the brief TV appearance also gave Chávez the opportunity to become known across the nation, and in a strange way, it is what launched his political career.
"For the moment, our objectives in Caracas have not been achieved," a stoic Chávez said in front of TV cameras. The phrase "for the moment" became a slogan amongst his growing group of followers.
Chávez was put in jail. But he was pardoned by President Rafael Caldera, and in 1998, just six years after his failed coup attempt, he won the Venezuelan presidency by a landslide in an election where voters punished the country's traditional parties.
During his first term in office, Chávez took bold decisions aimed at reforming Venezuela and changing its political class.
He changed the country's official name to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (after Simón Bolívar). He dissolved Congress, and set up a constitutional assembly that changed Venezuela's constitution within two years and called for new elections in 2000, which Chávez easily won.
Chávez attempted to fight poverty and high inflation by imposing price controls, and nationalizing key sectors of the Venezuelan economy. He expanded the number of judges on Venezuela's supreme court and packed it with his supporters in order to make such reforms legally possible.
But these tactics did not go well with Venezuela's business elite, which saw its economic freedoms limited. In April 2002, a coalition of business associations and rebellious officers attempted to oust Chávez through a coup, which was executed in the midst of large protests against the Chávez government that were mostly attended by members of the country's middle class.
But Chávez survived the coup attempt, thanks to his support among the poor, and also because some key officers stayed loyal to the Venezuelan president.
In the following years, Chávez deepened state control over the economy and expanded social programs, as oil prices once again rose to historic levels.
He survived a referendum against his rule, and later launched a referendum of his own in which voters approved constitutional changes that eliminated presidential term limits in Venezuela.
Chávez was accused of using Venezuela's oil money to win elections, increasing government spending dramatically each time presidential elections were on the horizon.
The Venezuelan leader also used oil money to back leftist governments in Nicaragua, Bolivia and Argentina. He financed social projects in those countries, and helped them to pay their debts.
Chávez backed the Castro regime in Cuba with subsidized oil shipments that were crucial for the island's economy.
As he established himself as one of Latin America's most influential leaders, Chávez also became an outspoken critic of the U.S. government, which he sometimes referred to simply as "the empire."
Chávez blasted the U.S. for backing free market economic policies around the world, claiming that they benefited big business, and not the global poor.
He accused political opponents at home of being "servants" of the empire and spoke out aggressively against the invasion of Iraq.
But Chávez never halted Venezuelan oil shipments to the U.S., which meant that his government derived much of its income from selling oil to the country that it criticized the most.
At home, Chávez faced protests over media censorship after he refused to renew the broadcasting license of RCTV, an opposition leaning TV station that was accused of participating in the 2002 coup attempt.
His government was also criticized for high levels of corruption, which were reflected in Venezuela's low standings in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
These problems affected the average Venezuelan and hurt Chávez's popularity. But the socialist leader still managed to get elected to a fourth term in office in 2012, winning reelection with 55 percent of the vote.
A large number of Venezuelans benefited from the social programs put in place by Chávez, and many saw the socialist leader as the first president that truly cared for the country's poor.
Today, thousands of people are mourning his death in the streets of Caracas, and other Venezuelan cities, while others hold their breath and hope for a peaceful transition in Venezuela, which has not been ruled by anyone else since 1998.


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