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Sharp fall in US jobless claims boosts outlookBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
The Associated PresS | February 17,2013AP File Photo
A woman answers questions on a job application at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla., last month. The Labor Department reports that the U.S. job market is looking up.WASHINGTON The outlook for the U.S. job market is brightening after a government report showed a sharp drop in the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits.
Weekly applications fell 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 341,000, the Labor Department said. Outside a few weeks last month affected by seasonal distortions, thats the lowest level in nearly five years.
The four-week average, which smooths week-to-week fluctuations, stayed near a five-year low.
Economists were encouraged by the decline but want to see the progress sustained and more jobs created. Since the recession ended in June 2009, the job market has shown brief bursts of improvement in the winter months only to falter in the spring.
In addition, the huge snowstorm that affected the Northeastern states over the weekend could push up applications in the coming weeks. The latest report covered the week ended Feb. 9, prior to when the storm hit.
This is tentatively a positive signal for the labor market, Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan Chase, said in a note to clients.
Falling applications signal fewer layoffs. More hiring usually follows, but not always.
Since November, the four-week average has declined 5 percent to 352,500 applications. And job growth has increased to an average of 200,000 net positions a month from November through January, up from 150,000 in the previous three months.
But the employment report measures net job gains, which equals total hiring minus layoffs, quits and other separations.
A decline in layoffs can boost net job gains even when total hiring is flat or down. A separate Labor Department report earlier this week showed that layoffs fell to a 10-year low in December. Overall hiring, however, also declined.
Many companies may be more cautious about hiring now that a 2 percentage point increase in Social Security taxes is cutting consumers take-home pay. That could slow growth.
Still, if applications remain consistently below 350,000, net job growth should increase, said Carl Riccadonna, an economist at Deutsche Bank. Monthly gains could rise to an average of 225,000 per month, he added.
Gains at that level should steadily lower the still-high unemployment rate, which ticked up to 7.9 percent in January from 7.8 percent in December.
Economists expect the rate will decline if hiring continues at last years monthly pace of 180,000. The rate fell 0.7 percentage points in 2012.
The number of people receiving benefits has increased. More than 5.9 million people received benefits in the week ended Jan. 26, the latest data available. That was about 325,000 more than the previous week.
The economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the October-December quarter, hurt by a sharp cut in defense spending, fewer exports and sluggish growth in company stockpiles. Thats much slower than the 3.1 percent growth recorded in the July-September period.
Still, economists expect that figure will be revised in the coming months to show a small increase, after more data about last quarter has been reported. Economists at Barclays Capital estimate the economy expanded 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter.
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- Producers: Eric Gitter, Nira Park, Marc Platt, Edgar Wright
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Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre-smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead") tells the amazing story of one romantic slacker's quest to power up with love in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World."
Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart's ass--and now is back in town--to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.
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The start of a major career! A gripping, highly commercial espionage thriller written with the delicious insider detail and up-to-the-minute insight only known to a veteran CIA spook.
In today's Russia, dominated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, state intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the cast-iron bureaucracy of post-Soviet intelligence. Drafted against her will to become a "Sparrow" - a trained seductress in the service, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's valuable mole in Moscow.
Seeking revenge against her soulless masters, Dominika begins a fatal double life, recruited by the CIA to ferret out a high-level traitor in Washington - hunt down a Russian illegal buried deep in the U.S. military and, against all odds, to return to Moscow as the new-generation penetration of Putin's intelligence service. Dominika and Nathaniel's impossible love affair and twisted spy game come to a deadly conclusion in the shocking climax of this electrifying, up-to-the minute spy thriller.w
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"Sexy Saucy Spies"
After a 33 year career working as a covert operative with the C.I.A., Matthews no doubt could have written an intriguing best seller about his days of espionage. But evidenced by this debut novel, Matthews not only knows his tradecraft, he has the writing chops to produce better than a one time tell-all. In the tradition of other great former spy-turned-novelists, Fleming, McCarry, le Carré -- Red Sparrow is a smart, tightly constructed novel that lays out such an information-packed, step by step foundation, that the listener feels complicit in the Cold War cat and mouse. Worthy of comparisons to the aforementioned authors...and with just enough playfulness to apparently keep it out of the Federal shredders.
This is the caliber of novel you expect from a veteran author -- or should I say "seasoned" author? Included at the end of each chapter is the recipe for some exotic dish that one of the characters has been noshing on -- an addition that has some critic's calling the bonus recipe a distraction and an unnecessary and gimmick. (I say if James Bond can have Pussy Galore, a razor brimmed bowler hat, and exploding toothpaste - Matthews can give his readers recipes.) Ignore these effete literary snobs; Matthew intentionally provided them with a bull's eye, saying in an interview he did, "The real world of intelligence work is a lot of waiting, analysis, research, so I had to insert some excitement in the fictional plot." Until reading the interview, I had wondered if a clue was provided in each recipe; every element of this story is so well constructed it would make sense--but not so...sometimes a red herring is just a red herring.
Also raising a critical eyebrow is the synesthete seductress (she sees colors around people), Russian intelligence officer Dominika. Her aura-enhanced vision however, is blessedly not an X-man-ish superpower, but an actual phenomenon that some people claim to experience (including author Vladim Nabokov). The condition is used as an ineffectual trait that adds interest to her character without really affecting her performance or the story. This was a bigger issue than the recipe, and I'm still chewing on that element being thrown into classic spy fiction...wondering if Matthews has future plans with this fascinating female spy.
The detail here is absorbing; the treachery and deceit will have you wide-eyed and tense, paranoid about dotting an "i" (the dot could be the message!). Maybe the recipes were at least a hint about how to enjoy this novel...This kind of from the ground up detailing takes time; the tension builds slowly, like the warm kettle of water that slowly comes to a boil and catches/cooks that proverbial frog...when it starts to bubble it is fast and furious. And unblinkingly vicious.
A difficult novel to narrate, with the Russian characters, dialogue, and terms, and Jeremy Bobb adds an understated panache to the story with his reading. Great read/highly recommend to fans of spy fiction. Best case scenario: Matthews continues with this character and his unique style and *packaging* (I, for one, would love the cookbook).
A part-time buffoon and ersatz scholar specializing in BS, pedantry, schmaltz and cultural coprophagia.
"Next generation of spy-turned-spy novelist is here"
The next generation of spy-turned-spy novelist is here. Joining Graham Greene, Somerset Maugham, Ian Flemming, John le Carré, James Church, (and maybe -- if my suspicions are correct -- Robert Littell and Olen Steinhauer too), Jason Matthews shows that most of the best spy fiction is actually written by former spies/spooks.
While not a perfect espionage novel (using recipes to separate the chapters seems a little overcooked and trite), the Red Sparrow is still an amazing debut novel. When the novel gets away from acrobatic sex and ethnic food and instead sticks with spy craft, agent development, mole detection, etc., it is brilliant. 'Red Sparrow' easily fits into the same stature of post-Cold War spy thrillers that are currently only produced by le Carré, Steinhauer, Littell, and Church.
So yes, it isn't exactly spy literature, but it is a fun and diversionary summer read that mixes a low brow Bond (sexy limping vixens and absurdly wicked villains) with more high brow Smiley (complexity of motivations and opacity of belief). This mixture could have almost sunk the novel, but Matthews pulls it off with a bold flourish that is both surprising and enjoyable. Thanks @Melinda for the recommendation.
"Listening at every chance I get ..."
This is a great espionage novel, masterfully read. Deep characters, intricate plot, high quality suspense. I'm happy that 2/3 through, the seduction portions are very powerful support for the story, but few and far between. What great about the story is those few events provide a huge dimension of the story without all of the "detail", which would be distracting. The reader does an excellent job. J Bobb is superbly matched – right up there w/ "13" by RK Morgan and the Jasper FForde novels which are very well matched with readers.
Really enjoying the story - love to see just how the plot is unfolding at every turn.
Excellent pacing;
I felt like I was in Russia, in the SVR.
Use books for escape- typically avoid nonfiction. Enjoy action-romance, espionage/military, sci-fi. Skilled writing is most important.
"6 stars - intelligent and very well crafted"
Summary- solid writing, interesting characters, captivating story, but not appropriate for everyone due to sometimes violent situations
Well researched, concise yet rich writing, and intriguing characters make this one of my favorite audio books. Nearly 18 hours long, I expected to get impatient before reaching the end; but, the pace of this spy thriller kept me invested until the last word. Matthews does a beautiful job providing details without 'data dumps'. In other words, the reader learns about the characters, situations, and locales naturally through dialog and action rather than monotonous descriptions. This writer reminds me of Ken Follett.
The plot takes absorbing turns. I won't say anymore on that to avoid spoilers - but it was exceptional. Some might not enjoy this sometimes grim story of hard people who survive by telling lies and remaining emotionally distant.
The narrator's voice and speaking style fits the story. His Russian was convincing, a real professional.
"One of the Best Espionage Thrillers I've Ever Read"
Smart and offering authentic spycraft detail accompanied by literary and psychological complexity and craftmanship,. With the boldness and sophisticated story-telling that made it cat-nip for a major film studio auction, Jason Matthews pulls off a rare combination of tension and romance. The menu of dishes at the end of each chapter, featuring a surprising blend of communist and capitalistic cuisine, is a playful and amusing counterpoint to the tension and real-life drama of the story. The narrator is brilliant in not overplaying the characters yet managing to convey the essence of each.person's life force. Perhaps, the best espionage thriller I have ever read!
"Reminds me of Homeland but offers so much more!"
Constant mind games keep the listener thinking of the next possible move. This book almost puts you in the shoes of the young intelligence agents. Very gripping and very well written. Two thumbs way up.
I'd compare it to the TV show Homeland
"Tasty Tour de Force"
Great plot, great pacing.
Right up there with the best, I could have done this one in just one sitting! Even the recipes seemed sinister as read in the dead pan narrators style. Somehow it really works. As the character sees things in colors, I tend to see things in flavors so this tour of exotic locals in terms of food really appeals!
Mr Matthews has a great career ahead! There is room for improvement in the sex and violence scenes. The sex is a little boring and violence of the torture scenes needlessly graphic. Sometimes less detail is more effectively chilling.
Having said that, this is a fast, well developed and very tightly plotted novel. Right up there with Silva, Le Carte et al, don't miss it!
All in all worth the credit, unputdownable 9 out of 10! I can't wait for the next one!
I think I will need to buy this one in print also since I do want to make some of the recipes!
"Excellent spy noir novel"
I'll start with the important stuff; Written extremely well, interesting style with a great inside feel, characters are great and the chemistry built between them works and brings you into the lives of the players on an emotional level, the narration is a perfect match for this book and feels right for the age and position of the characters, there is suspense and a lot of effort put into the character development phase, and it does not bog down as some books do, instead it helps you understand the trade craft involved in this very delicate and dangerous game. This book has all the elements to make it a classic of the genre, one of the best like it out there for international espionage - Highly recommended.
List of favorite books: Woodcutter - Reginald Hill, Consent to Kill, First Deadly Sin - Lawrence Sanders, Sniper Elite - Scott McEwen
"Four across - But not exactly sure why."
To try and put it words...... It wasn't enough of any one thing. I see why people liked it - But I don't know why it was loved by most. It was a spy novel without too much mystery. A CIA novel without enough assassinations. A love story that didn't have enough connection. I didn't hate it - But I surely didn't love it...... What can I say?
"Great spy novel"
I would strongly recommend this book. The plot and characters are well developed.
Yes. The author adds some great twists to the plot including the ending
I am moved by the character Korchnoy (sp) and the relationship he develops with Dominica
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StarTropics is an action-adventure video game released by Nintendo in 1990 for the NES. Unlike most of Nintendo's games, it was never released or intended to be released in Japan. It was released only in North America and Europe, although designed by Japanese designers living in the United States. It was produced, written and directed by Genyo Takeda of Nintendo Integrated Research & Development (which also developed the Punch-Out!! series). The game was added to the North American Virtual Console on January 7, 2008, and the PAL regions on January 11.
StarTropics was followed by a sequel entitled Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, released in 1994.
The game follows Mike Jones as he visits his uncle, an archaeologist named Dr. Steve Jones (whom the island's inhabitants call "Dr. J."), on C-Island. When Mike arrives at Dr. J.'s house in Coralcola, he finds that Dr. J. has gone missing. Dr. J.'s assistant, Baboo, allows Mike to use Dr. J.'s submarine, which is piloted by a robot named NAV-COM, to search for him. On a nearby island, Mike finds a bottle with a letter from Dr. J. addressed to him. The letter states that his uncle has been abducted by aliens and that he needs Mike to save him. Traveling to many isles of the South Seas to find his uncle, Mike encounters monsters, puzzles, several quirky characters, and a number of intelligent animals, such as Peter, a talking parrot, and a mother dolphin who pleads with Mike to find her son.
Eventually, Mike is swallowed by a whale and reunites with Baboo who confesses that he has withheld vital information from Mike, fearing the aliens who kidnapped Dr. J. would come after him. Baboo tells Mike about a tracking beacon in Dr. J.'s shoe. Using NAV-COM's tracking system, Mike journeys through a series of underground ruins and finds Dr. J. near the wreckage of an alien escape pod. After a happy reunion, Dr. J. explains that the pod belongs to the Argonians, an alien race that was exterminated by the aliens who abducted him. While he was abducted, the aliens forced him to steal three cubes from the Argonian escape pod. Mike travels to the alien mothership that abducted Dr. J. to retrieve the cubes.
On the mothership, Mike faces Zoda, the leader of the invading aliens. After defeating Zoda, Mike destroys the ship's generators and retrieves the cubes before the ship self-destructs. Mike crashes back to Earth in an escape pod, but he crashes too far from land to swim to safety. Mike loses consciousness and slips under the waves only to awaken back on C-Island, saved by the mother dolphin he helped earlier. Back in the Chief's hut, Mike joins the cubes together. This releases seven Argonian children from the cubes whom the Chief and the rest of C-Island decide to adopt.
StarTropics is played from a 2D top-down perspective, similar to The Legend of Zelda's dungeon areas, and various role-playing video games on the NES (town/overworld areas); however, StarTropics is linear and has a constant storyline. The game is divided into a series of chapters through which the story progresses. In each chapter, Mike initially walks around towns or other areas, talking to non-player characters and obtaining information. After speaking to the required people, Mike will often then travel to a cave or other underground area. It is here that the game switches mechanics. The view is much more zoomed-in, with Mike traveling through rooms that are (usually) one screen big.
Mike initially attacks enemies with the Island yo-yo, renamed to the Island Star in the Virtual Console release, which has a short range. Later in the game, it can be upgraded to two more weapons adding range and power to his attacks, in order of appearance: the Shooting Star (Chapter 3 from SheCola) and the Supernova (Chapter 7 from the Orange Cube). These upgrades, however, require Mike's health to be at a certain level to be available, otherwise the item will change back to the next lower item. To use the Shooting Star, Mike needs 6 hearts full of life, and to use the Supernova Mike needs half of his health meter (11 hearts) full.
Mike can accumulate other weapons and magical items, some of which are baseball-themed, while some others were renamed according to the Operations Guide, in these areas, such as baseball bats, baseballs (also called wonder horsehides), cleats (also known as spikes), torches (titled as "fire"), bolas (also known as twisters), asterisk/twin cross-blades (which are similar to shurikens, but can split apart to move in a 90-degree angle), slingshots, reflective mirrors (known as "miracle mirrors"), two types of laser guns (a pistol and a rifle) and more. These special weapons do not carry over from dungeon to dungeon. In addition, Mike can collect several items that have different uses, such as a lantern for lighting darkened rooms, a snowman doll that freezes the enemy (used in chapter 2), the Rod of Sight used to make ghosts appear, the magic stopwatch that either slows or stops enemies, and a magic anklet that allows Mike to jump twice the distance until he moves to the next room.
Mike has a life meter which is made of a maximum of 22 hearts, similar to that of Link's. This meter can be expanded by finding Big Hearts (which are essentially the same as Heart Containers in Zelda). Sometimes a healing item called "Vitamin X" can be seen in some places in the game, which they can temporarily fill up all of Mike's hearts, while Mike's health will slowly drain to the amount of hearts he has. Mike loses hearts when he takes damage. These hearts can be refilled by finding hearts or stars either from enemies, or inside rooms, or by collecting 5 stars from enemies. Additionally, Mike can use stored potion to refill hearts when none are available. If Mike accidentally runs into a death trap, jumps into the water, or loses all his hearts, he turns into a ghost and loses a life.
Mike has three lives and must restart from the beginning of a dungeon area if he loses them all. It is possible to have more than three lives, by obtaining the "Try-Your-Luck Signs" to either have more or less lives, depending on what number is shown on the sign. There are dozens of different enemies within the game and some instant-kill traps, such as spiked pits, platforms that sink into the ubiquitous water and giant bowling balls reminiscent of the rolling rock seen in the beginning of the Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Upon reaching the end of the dungeon area, Mike will usually fight a large boss character, which often requires a unique strategy to defeat. There is a point system in the game, which, unlike most games, reduces points for each enemy killed.[3]
Immersive letter[edit]
A unique aspect of StarTropics was a saga involving a piece of paper, resembling parchment, that came packaged with the game. Written on it was a letter from Dr. Jones addressed to Mike, asking him to visit him at his laboratory on C-Island. It was as if the actual player had intercepted the message and was being invited indirectly to play the game. In later parts of the game, Mike receives an enigmatic message from his uncle through a third party:
- "Evil aliens from a distant planet...." "Tell Mike to dip my letter in water...."
Even for a player who owned an original copy and thus, was more likely to have the letter, it was unusual for an NES game to refer to a physical object that would otherwise just be a novelty (although Infocom games had been doing this for some time, with the "Feelies" that they included with their games).[citation needed] This prompted the player to think that Dr. Jones might be referring to an object within the game. To add to the confusion of the puzzle, putting this paper under water might damage it. Regardless, the correct course of action was to dip the physical piece of paper in water. It revealed a secret message from Dr. Jones and the number "747" that must be used in the game in order to advance.[4]
Since many rental stores and used video game retailers often do not have game boxes or manuals, it is difficult to find a copy of StarTropics with the original letter, requiring the use of game manuals or walkthroughs to complete this part of the game. Game magazine Nintendo Power was asked this question often enough that they published the "747" code as part of their "Counselor's Corner" soon after their article of the game. After completing the game a slideshow of events from the game is shown, including the letter being dipped in water and the number "747" visible on it.
For the Virtual Console release, the letter is included in the digital manual (Operations Guide) with an image of a letter and a bucket of water at the bottom. When the player clicks on one of the images, the letter dips into the bucket and the code is revealed. In the European release, the letter simply has a "click here" link at the bottom of the letter.[5]
StarTropics received generally positive reviews from critics upon its release.[citation needed] IGN praised the creative gameplay of StarTropics, calling it "the natural evolution of the original Legend of Zelda."[8]
- ^ Calderon, Anthony. The Nintendo Development Structure N-Sider Retrieved on 2008-03-13
- ^ a b c d "N-Sider.com: StarTropics". N-Sider. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ [1] Retrieved on 2009-06-20
- ^ Robbie Greene (2008). "Startropics at Hardcore Gaming 101". Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g_u4KUlW9A
- ^ Baker, Christopher Michael. "StarTropics - Review". Allgame. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ "The Video Game Critic's NES Reviews". videogamecritic.net. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Lucas M. "StarTropics Review". IGN. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
External links[edit]
- Virtual Console web page (North American) (European)
- RPG Classics - StarTropics Shrine
- StarTropics at the Internet Movie Database
- StarTropics at GameFAQs
- StarTropics at MobyGames
- StarTropics at NinDB
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- 2007: BSc International Relations with minors in: Criminology and Social Policy Administration, University of the West Indies, Mona
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(Warsaw, KY) -- A Gallatin County woman was killed this morning (06/26/13) in a fire at her home at 2175 Highway 42 East. Gallatin County dispatch received a call of a fire at 4:02 a.m. When emergency personnel arrived at the scene the home was engulfed. Audrey Wright, 75 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Gallatin County Coroner. Wright's son that lived with her was able to get out of the home and was not injured. The exact cause of the fire is not known at this time.
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Farm Burger is celebrating three-and-a-half years in Decatur with a party in the parking lot and the restaurant and lots of local farmer friends. Here's the word from the Farm Burger blog:
It's a pasture-raised palooza with $1 dollar value menu featuring Moonshine meats 100% grassfed beef sliders, pulled pork sandwiches from a whole roasted Anderson Farms hog (thanks for the smoker Community Q) and pastured chicken wings from Darby Farms. It's music from Atlanta's own Southern Folk Preservation Society All Stars. It's face painting for the kids and Mary from Decimal Place Farm bringing her beautiful goats*. It's $3 dolla' beers from Monday Night Brewing and $1 Red Hare root beer floats with Morelli's ice cream. It's trivia, Farm Burger corn hole, prizes, balloons….
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— By Bob Townsend, Food and More blog.
August 19th, 2013
3:47 pm
This would be really cool if their food was any good. It's a shame the food is terrible.
August 19th, 2013
4:44 pm
Blog commenters are always negative nancy's.
August 19th, 2013
4:50 pm
sorry Steve, but Mark is right – FarmBurger is way way overpriced and NOT very tasty.
I can make better tasting hamburgers at home with regular grocery store meat!!
August 19th, 2013
7:21 pm
I grew up on grassfed beef. Maybe it is better today, but my mother just hated it, wishing Daddy would sell the cow to get some money, so we could buy something tender and less chewy at the supermarket.
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I have to agree with @Mark. I got the beef burger once and that was enough. When I have to go, I get the chicken burger. Yeah Burger's bison burger is waaaaay better. In any event, the best beef burger is cooked on a flame. If that's on my Weber, then so be it.
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I'm in my early '60's and I love Farm Burger. The grass-fed beef Farm Burger uses for their burgers *tastes* like the burgers I ate in the '60's. Pre-McDonald's.
Mark, Rafe Hummingbird, Bob: Doesn't "grass-fed" mean anything to you? Sure, I can mush down a Big Mac and it'll have a great mouth-feel but in the long run – it's simply disgusting.
Granted, I only have the beef burger at Farm Burger only rarely, usually opting for the chicken burger and more often the quinoa "veggie" burger but still – Farm Burger's beef burger is the Real Thing.
Farm Burger's grits and their snack-of-the-day are wonderful, too.
It would be helpful to know why Yeah! Burgers are all that. I've had burgers at all the newish boutique burger establishments and I still relish going to Farm Burger.
'course, a Flip Burger with fries is a real treat. The tallow Flip's cooks the fries in cannot be beat, but at my age, I have to watch the lard intake.
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@Mark – Just because something is grass fed does not mean it is automatically good. That is the kind of thinking that pulls people into all kinds of bad food trends.


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website is all updated now :-) and downloading
Just installed and Genius finished scanning my music. It works AWESOME! I have a fair amount of music and it's nice to see songs I haven't heard in a while get picked up because they're similar to what I'm listening now.
EDIT: iTunes should cause no changes on your iPhone if you're jailbroken/unlocked, so I imagine it's safe to upgrade.
Seems nice so far - although my first iPhone 2G sync had a pretty long backup but that was probably due to installing Spore and playing it a bit since today's earlier sync. With no real changes to any apps I just sync'd again and seems to be the 2-3 min backup.
Genius is REAL nice. I'm listening to a playlist built off of Starsailor 'Born Again'... has Aqualung, Travis, Wilco, Idlewild, Death Cab, Peter Gabriel - some stuff I haven't rated yet and others that are 3-5 stars. Its like having Pandora built right in.
Works great on my jailbroken 2.0.2. First sync took some time, but now it's flying.
cool....but what does this mean for the jailbroken/unlocked iphone users. is this new itunes safe and will not end up bricking my phone??
I was wondering if this will affect the phone? I am running 2.0.2 on a jailbroken iPhone 3g. I want to update itunes but not sure if I need to wait till the 2.1 firmware is out and jailbroken before I should upgrade my itunes.
Thanks for any insight
update 2.1 is not going to be released till friday so you can still update itunes and not your phone
DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!!!!! it will not allow to restore with custom firmware although it may just be me but i have restarted my mac and my iphone and created fresh firmware with pwnage and still doesn't work can only use legit firmware!!!!
this iTunes is great I miss the ministore but in the grid view it ist just amazing apple has made the best update for iTunes
Well, the iPod Touch 2.1 Firmware has been released. Currently downloading. Don't know if I should test it as it isn't jailbroken. I heard that QuickPwn can work with iTunes 8 (as in, go through the process), it just won't allow you to sync (errors abound!)
I haven't had trouble syncing my device with iTunes 8, the only problem would be with QuickPwning with iTunes 8 then trying to sync. So you shouldn't need worry (for now).
glad I'm going on a trip tomorrow and not be able to upgrade until I hear feedback. Although I an known to be the guinnie pig heh.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH! I HAVE NO ITUNES, dumb vista it keeps telling me to restart, i cant get into my music i click on itunes, it goes through windows installer for what reason escapes me, i kinda hoped 8 would fix vista problems, neways it says you must restart now or if you plan on manually restarting blah blah blah, anyone no how to fix it??
Well it just blue screened my Vista two times. Just sec. after pluging into my iPhone 3G.
i can`t update the apps that have updates now. it says we could not complete your itunes request. an unknown error occured (5002) try again later. does any1 know how to fix this?
Me too. 7.7 worked perfectly. I installed version 8, connected my iPhone 3G, BSOD and reboot. I have no Logitech software at all...(not that that should matter...)
Tried again, same story. Uninstalled 8, reinstalled 7.7, and I get the ".itl file cannot be opened because it was created with a newer version of iTunes" error.
I'm trying to love Apple, but these increasingly failed launches are worrying me. "Vista user with an apple portable device" is not a rare scenario, and really should be taken through Quality Assurance.
So... now I can't listen to any of my music purchased through the iTunes Store, I can't sync my iPhone.
Apple, you're looking more and more unstable as 2008 progresses. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but today's press conference was absolutely unnecessary; these were minor product line changes, not something worth throwing an "event." Please invest more in QA and less in these events. They're great when you introduce a new produce, i.e. iPhone... but a new version of old software and minor changes in your music players? Not a press event.
Thanks so much for listening, we appreciate you and wish you luck on what I'm sure is not a fun night for you.
What I like about it is that you can see albums that have two covers. You can than correct that and make a clean album. Looks so much better when you show off album art to people on your phone.
Two thumbs up from me.
syncing phone was fine.
Genius tab is genius!
I have vista and it installed for me without any problems what so ever! I synced 2 3G's and one 2G no problems with the sped up syncing which u can actually tell the difference so I dunno if its an applel mistake that u guys are experiencing or Vista u should be upset with.


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Bagging a best friend
Have you ever pondered how Katy Perry met her long-time BFF and fellow pop tart Rihanna? In a May 2012 interview with Elle magazine, the pair finally spilled on how they became 'fast friends' during a rehearsal for the 2009 Grammy Awards - yup, that's the same awards show Riri later backed out of after Chris Brown assaulted her.
Perry told Elle that when she saw Rihanna at the rehearsal, 'she had this cool studded Valentino bag that had sparkly stuff on it.' Having complimented her on it, Rihanna offered to send her one of her own. 'I was like, 'Oh great, here's one of those tricks who talks fast friends but never lives up to it,'' Perry recalled thinking at the time. 'And then Valentine's Day came around and I got a little Valentino bag in the mail from her. I thought, 'Wow, this is a woman of her word.'' So there we have it, a sparkly handbag is the way to a woman's heart...although shoes and chocolate are also much appreciated.


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THE MOMENT: I realized I like Damian Lillard
The Trailblazers traveled to The World's Most Famous Arena on New Year's Day. The road team was up 13 points, with 4 minutes remaining, before the Knicks started their comeback. With just under a minute to play, Carmelo Anthony hit a 25-footer, to cut the lead to three. With the Garden crowd rocking, Lillard's answer is above.
[watch Lillard's full-game highlights]
The shot was pure. Clean. If you listen to the game tape, you can hear the *WAP* as the ball goes through the basket. That said, I didn't care much about the shot. I don't root for the Knicks or the Blazers, and I've seen a few game-sealing buckets in my years. It wasn't the make. It was his reaction.
We're talking about a rookie, in Madison Square Garden, on 33rd and 7th, in Manhattan, with time running out, responding to Carmelo Anthony, stroking a deep three to beat the New York Knicks. And this is how he reacts.
I don't care much for point guards who make their name off scoring (though that's slightly unfair criticism for Lillard, who was forced to carry the offensive load for a small college and now the young Trail Blazers), but this kid is a leader. You can see it in his poise.
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THURSDAY, March 14 ( HealthDay News) -- Although several large studies in recent years have linked the use of hormone therapy after menopause with an increased risk of breast cancer, the authors of a new analysis claim the evidence is too limited to confirm the connection.
Dr. Samuel Shapiro, of the University of Cape Town Medical School in South Africa, and his colleagues took another look at three large studies that investigated hormone therapy and its possible health risks -- the Collaborative Reanalysis, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the Million Women Study.
Together, the results of these studies found overall an increased risk of breast cancer among women who used the combination form of hormone therapy with both estrogen and progesterone. Women who have had a hysterectomy and use estrogen-only therapy also have an increased risk, two of the studies found. The WHI, however, found that estrogen-only therapy may not increase breast cancer risk and may actually decrease it, although that has not been confirmed in other research.
After the WHI study was published in July 2002, women dropped hormone therapy in droves. Many experts pointed to that decline in hormone therapy use as the reason breast cancer rates were declining.
Not so, Shapiro said: "The decline in breast cancer incidence started three years before the fall in HRT use commenced, lasted for only one year after the HRT drop commenced, and then stopped."
For instance, he said, between 2002 and 2003, when large numbers of women were still using hormone therapy, the number of new breast cancer cases fell by nearly 7 percent.
In taking a look at the three studies again, Shapiro and his team reviewed whether the evidence satisfied criteria important to researchers, such as the strength of an association, taking into account other factors that could influence risk. Their conclusion: The evidence is not strong enough to say definitively that hormone therapy causes breast cancer.
The study is published in the current issue of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.
The new conclusion drew mixed reactions from experts.
In an editorial accompanying the study, Nick Panay, a consultant gynecologist at the Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital in London, supported the conclusions of the new analysis. "If there is a risk, the risk is small, and the benefits of HRT can be life-altering," he wrote. "It is vital that we keep this in perspective when counseling our patients."
The hormone therapy in use today, Panay said, is lower in dose than those used in the previous research. "In principle, we tend to start with lower doses than we used to and increase as required until full symptom relief has been achieved," he said.
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by Pattie GiordaniNACE Journal, September 2010
To find diverse students, go where they are—historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), tribal colleges, and other colleges and universities with significant minority student populations.
First and foremost, diversity recruiting should be incorporated into the organization's overall goals with solid support from upper management.
"Employers should be sincere about diversity efforts," says Harold Bell, director of career planning at Spelman College. "To demonstrate support is coming from the top, the company might send a senior-level person to campus."
The routes employers take to the students may be varied, but eventually recruiters should go through the career center's door.
"When an employer comes to our campus and wants to develop a relationship with our school, they usually start with the advancement/development office," Bell says. "The plan might include some sort of presence at homecoming, alumni activities, or sponsoring our women's conference. The recruiting piece is a part of that overall plan, but that [recruiting] is when I'm brought into the conversation."
Once contact has been established with the career center, it is important to connect with the right person within the career services department, says Linda LeNoir, assistant director of the career center at the University of Maryland.
"From the college point of view, the employer should seek out the designated person at the career center who is responsible for working with diversity efforts, then determine how you, as a corporate representative, can work to publicize things, be a part of a program, and increase awareness of your company."
LeNoir says, among other methods, employers should be visible in the career services office and during classes.
"Employers that are successful in recruiting diverse students present during classes and hold workshops outside of classes as well," she says.
Bell agrees. "Make sure you're participating in career services activities, such as mock interviews, to engage students," he says. "They might not have signed up on the schedule to get a job with you, but only to practice interviewing. But you might have seen something on the student's resume that spoke to you. The student might not have known you'd be a good employer for them. This is one way you can widen the pool of potential applicants."
Bell says that employer involvement in campus groups and organizations is imperative, but that the career services office needs to be aware of the involvement.
"We like it when employers come through career services or the advancement/development office; then we know they're on campus," he says. "Career services is the office that bridges relationships—the employers can use career services to leverage relationships with the campus groups."
For example, Bell says that Spelman's Investment and Economics Clubs are options for financial services firms interested in connecting with students.
"We may suggest certain activities to employers," he explains. "Sometimes it's as simple as matching them with an organization to host the employer's information session, such as the Investment Club hosting a financial literacy program."
"Our employers absolutely recruit for internships, co-ops, and full-time jobs," Bell says. "Some employers, such as investment banks, have early career programs. They hold what I call 'summer institutes,' where they take students to New York and give them a better understanding of their firms and what they do. Some have special programs throughout the firm; for example, J.P. Morgan has Winning Women and Launching Leaders."
Bell outlines another timely idea. "In these tough economic times, employers can be successful in recruiting diverse students if they offer a scholarship and a paid internship opportunity."
This helps students who have to work part-time jobs during the school year and beyond, Lenoir adds.
"Internships are not new," she says, "but many minority students have not been able to take internships because they were unpaid. Those students couldn't give up working during the summer due to their monetary needs."
She says employers should think about the ways in which students can participate in internships.
"How can you [the employer] help to offer a combination of paid and for-credit internship/leadership experience?" she asks. "Many of the programs coming up on campus offer a lot of leadership training—that resonates with students. They look for internships where they can gain experience, transferable skills, leadership skills, and communications skills, and also learn about ethics."
Recruiters at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions should be sincere in their diversity recruiting efforts.
"Sometimes, [employers] partner alumni with recruiters," Bell says. "The alum will have some knowledge of the organization and a lot of knowledge of his or her part in the organization—but might not be a recruiter."
It also helps if the recruiters are from diverse populations, LeNoir says. "It is effective to represent diversity in the people who are actually interacting with the students, whether on panels, reviewing resumes, and so on." This could mean diverse ages as well as ethnicities, she adds.
Colleges and universities certainly are not immune to a down economy. Sometimes employing organizations are able to be of assistance and raise their profile on campus at the same time.
"Career center budgets are challenged these days," says LeNoir. "Some employers become members of our Circle of Partners program—it gets the corporate name out there. There are also opportunities for sponsorships, such as supporting our Diversity Job Search Conference or etiquette dinner. This provides the organization with visibility on campus since the employer name is affiliated with the career center and the event."
"First of all, HBCUs typically are small schools," Bell explains, "and students will tell you that one of the benefits of a small school is that the school is very hands on. Just as organizations have cultures, so do HBCUs. Our students are used to this hands-on approach. For example, a larger university might rely more on e-mail. But we have to be a lot more engaging, more relationship focused.
"To reach out to students, for example, a professor might not see someone in class and would call him or her to find out why. You wouldn't see that at a large university," says Bell. "Since our students are used to more engagement, our campus guests would need to build those relationships by getting a little more involved with students."
Bell also advises employers to step back and review the events or programs they're sponsoring. "Employers have to realize what the benefit of that sponsorship is," he says.
"Be strategic about why you're doing what you're doing," Bell says. "Whether you sponsor a career center activity or homecoming depends on what outcome you're looking for."
Bell also advises employers to take the time to personally invite students to events.
"Identify who you are really looking for and personally invite those students. Career services also has to be more engaging, more hands-on," he says.
Bell says there are many organizations that students don't know about, but that might interest them once they find out about the company's opportunities.
"They don't know about what jobs the employers really offer. Don't confuse disinterest with lack of knowledge on the students' part," he cautions.
Take, for example, a large retailer. "Students might only associate the jobs they see in the stores and not realize the company also offers positions in communications, finance, and management," he explains.
"An education process has to take place with the students—that companies offer more jobs than what a student may be familiar with," Bell says.
Organizations that are successful in diversity recruiting are those that:
Like anything worth doing, building these relationships with career centers and others on campus takes time, effort, and sometimes money. But it should result in a more diverse work force—employees who will bring their unique worldviews and experiences with them, which will broaden and strengthen the organization.
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