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Today, Indiana joins the other 28 states in the U.S. that host Native American casinos.
The Four Winds South Bend in northern Indiana is owned by the Potawatomi nation, who also own three casinos just a few miles north over the Michigan border. The casino has just opened to the public at 4 p.m. this evening.
The Four Winds South Bend spans about 175,000 square feet. It features a 55,000 square foot gaming floor that hosts 1,800 machine. It does not have any table games, unlike their existing and operational casinos in Michigan which host table games such as blackjack, roulette, and poker with live dealers.
It boasts that the games hosted at the Four Winds have some of the area's largest jackpots, some of them offering a starting jackpot of $1 million.
Indiana and the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi nation have agreed the casino will host Class II devices. This class is primarily electronic games, such as slot machines.
Of course, the Four Winds South Bend hosts more than just games.
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And when you're done eating, drinking and playing, visit The Four Winds Outfitters , a hotspot for picking up gifts and mementos for you to remember your trip, and for your friends and family.
Indiana has 13 existing casinos, but because they are not Native-owned they do pay state taxes. This gives the Four Winds a leg up from a business standpoint before it even opens to the public, as they will not be paying those same taxes.
It will be interesting in the coming year to see the comparison of the newest addition to Indiana's gambling scene versus the casinos that have been established and patronized with a long-standing reputation.
Competition aside, this casino opening does mark new territory for Indiana gamblers and the gambling scene. No longer will the residents of Northern Indiana have to drive over the state line to Michigan to play at a Native-owned casino.
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SinCast - Episode 160 - The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright
TEXAS! The SinCast finally rolls into the Lonestar state for some rabble-rousin' and some... um... movie reviewin'. LOTS of good stuff to cover in this great state. Also, the guys give their thoughts on some choice Netflix material (yes, including the Fyre documentary), a Jason Reitman film, Dakota Johnson's acting chops and much, much more... all on a brand new SinCast!!!
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We recently got together with photographer Sarah Barrington to create new photos of our bags that better capture our brand. The whole process couldn't have been smoother and the photos are just stunning! You can now see them throughout the website. A big shoutout to this lady for her photo skills - find her here
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Police investigating after shooting victim ends up near Biscayne Boulevard
North Miami Beach detectives were investigating after a shooting Sunday night left one person injured.
Police say the victim was in Highland Village at 139th Street and Biscayne Boulevard when the shooting took place. The wounded victim then drove about a block before coming to stop.
Several lanes of busy Biscayne Boulevard were closed for the investigation.
It was not clear how the person, who was in stable condition at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, ended up with a bullet wound.
No further information, including the victim's name, was available late Sunday.
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An interview with child psychologist Dr. Miriam Bachmann: Dr. Miriam Bachmann, a specialist in child and adolescent psychology, confirms that "colouring promotes fine and gross motor skills which are of importance later on when learning how to read and write". World Kids Colouring Day is all about creativity. And, at the same time, children are made aware of the importance of social commitment in a playful manner. Dr. Bachmann stresses how important it is that children regularly use paper, pens and paints: "Colouring should play a natural, lasting role in the lives of children." The expert adds that it is also essential that children are given the freedom to choose colours, shapes and materials themselves.
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Still, to this day, Bei Otto consults with Master Butchers from Germany, who come to give advice about our butchery products to ensure that all products have consistency and meet "Bei Otto's" standards! Our butchery provides a rich selection of sausages for grill, boil, cold cuts, ham, bacon and liver sausages. Munich's white sausages (Weißwurst), are available as well as Frankfurters and Vienna sausages. We welcome wholesale buyers from restaurants and hotels. Please contact us for an up to date list.
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Team Sponsor FormUpdated Saturday January 19, 2019 by Nordonia Hills Athletic Association.
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The Nordonia Hills Athletic Association is extremely grateful to have the support of so many local businesses and individuals that choose to be league and team sponsors. The NHAA would not exist if not for their strong annual support.
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Giardiniera – Gentle Chef House Recipe
Giardiniera (pronounced jar-dih-nair-ah) is an Italian-Amercian condiment of pickled vegetables. Commercial giardiniera is a bit too "vinegary" for my taste, so I created my own blend which is nicely pickled and seasoned but not over-powering. The vegetables are...read more
Roman Artichokes
A very simple yet elegant way to serve artichoke hearts as an appetizer. Ingredients: • 1 can (14 oz. before draining) artichoke hearts, rinsed well, drained and halved • 2 T Better Butter (from my cookbook) or commercial vegan margarine • 2 T olive oil • 4 tsp minced...read more
Potato and Onion Latkes
Latkes, or potato pancakes, are commonly associated with traditional cuisines of Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe. The term "latkes" is Yiddish in origin. Most traditional recipes call for freshly grated potatoes and are mixed with egg and flour to bind them. I...read more
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The sauce for these delicious and spicy nuggets was created in Buffalo, New York, hence the name. Ingredients: • 1 recipe (about 20 oz.) Chik'n Seitan nuggets (from my cookbook) • ¼ cup flour of your choice, non-GMO cornstarch or arrowroot powder • ½ tsp fine sea salt...read more
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I don't like to judge art on the merit of good versus bad, rather, I like to evaluate something on whether it excites me to create. The works that have affected me the most are the ones that leave me restless and creatively caffeinated and eager to put a pencil to paper and write. It is easy to take for granted the kind of environment Acting Manitou fosters for all of us. Camp is a place where we can be excited to create. Those around us are excited to create. We're all excited for each other to create.
Camp keeps us busy. One would be hard pressed to find anyone in the Manitou family who feels there are near-enough hours in a day at camp to do all they wish to. How is one expected to support and inspire others, challenge themselves creatively, be a good friend (to ALL), work tirelessly on their performance, take care of themselves and others, commune with nature, fall in love with their play, make lifelong friends, and take joy in all they do, when there are only twenty-four hours in a day?
And all that without going into the woods or behind the bunks.
Whenever I've been at Manitou for the summer, I've found it hard to take time to write. There was always so much going on. Always something to do or someone to connect with. As someone who has suffered from bouts of writer's block, this was never a satisfying situation.
But then I'd see electives: the creativity would begin to flow. Enkoodabao: more. CIT moments: more! Tech week: more!! Show day—you get the point. By the time I was packed up and leaving in August, I was rife with new ideas, excitement, and creative energy. I'd be immersed in some new project before I even got home to Connecticut.
I graduated from college last May, and since camp ended in August, I haven't been immersed in the sorts of environments that excite me to create. That absence makes me cherish Manitou all the more. Manitou gives something to each of us. Maybe many somethings.
For me, it is the supportive, creative environment that camp fosters.
There really is no place else in the world like Acting Manitou, but that doesn't mean we can't take a little something of Manitou and bring it to our other communities, or find it in our outside communities. Going forward, I will always strive to find a little bit of Manitou in everything I do, and everywhere I go, and I hope you all can do the same!
(P.S. Last summer's Donald Trump musical is getting all too real, and I almost devoted this entire post just to that!)


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Today, I made a light box. Or is it a light table? Dunno. It was pretty easy though! Now, I hope Teagan likes it. And she needs to not have any potty accidents at day care.
The box was a clear storage tub with two tap lights inside. I blocked the edges by taping some paper around the sides. Wax paper inside of the lid to help diffuse the light.
Bunch of colored stones and gems to play with on top.
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Montella: Bacca will start against Bologna... if he picks a good restaurant!
Milan boss Vincenzo Montella has told Carlos Bacca to treat the team to a quality meal if he wants to start against Bologna on Wednesday.
Aguero is right to fear for future
The Colombia international striker has offered to pay for dinner for the rest of the squad as part of an apology for a falling-out with Montella.
Bacca reacted angrily to being substituted against both Pescara and Sampdoria but stressed that his frustrations were more related to Milan's run of form rather than any ill-feeling with his head coach.
Montella insists the matter has been put to rest but jokingly suggested that Bacca will lose his place in the starting line-up if he does not offer the team some fine dining.
"We've cleared the air - I don't think he did anything serious," Montella told a news conference ahead of the Serie A clash at the Renato Dall'Ara. "He was out of line and he knows that. He is absolutely and completely reintegrated.
"He said he was willing to buy us dinner. Now it's up to me to decide if it's a Michelin-starred restaurant or a pizzeria.
"After I've asked him which restaurant to choose, his answer will have a big bearing on whether he starts!"
Milan have lost their last four matches - a run of results that has left them 10 points adrift of the Champions League places in Serie A and seen them exit the Coppa Italia at the hands of Juventus.
With a return to Europe's top table looking unlikely, speculation has emerged that former Inter boss Roberto Mancini could be set for a sensational return to San Siro as a replacement for Montella before next season.
Milan lose at home to Sampdoria
But Montella insists that he is on track to complete his objectives for this season, having helped to turn Milan's young side into a far more capable unit that has already delivered a Supercoppa Italiana triumph.
"I don't give it much of a specific value," he said when asked about the gap to the European spots, which stands at five points. "I have to think about the initial objectives, which were to create a certain style.
"That's what I was told when I signed for Milan: that I was to try to pull off a sporting miracle in Doha [in the Supercoppa final against Juve] and help the young players to grow. I believe we're in line with our objectives.
"This is the time for everyone, me included, to show pride in playing for and coaching Milan, both for the present and the future.
"Football isn't a sport of equations and the numbers don't always tell the whole story. The team that plays better doesn't always win."


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A couple observations. The general area around Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills is between the 25K and 30K mats. Frank missed this entire area, on three separate sets of photos in that area. Overall, I found nine cameras on the course that Frank missed.
In the interests of completeness, I found another photographer on Rodeo Drive, right at about 319 Rodeo Drive. Frank did appear in his series of photos, but I did not find him earlier since his number was covered. The two photographers further down Rodeo Drive, including the one at the corner of Wilshire who had very close photos of every runner, did not capture Frank. I've updated the map to reflect this.
Great work!
The only people who believe Frank isn't a cheater are idiots and his close friends and family. How hollow that must feel to be a cheater and also be a liar to those who love you the most.
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On a recent visit to La Playa by the Sea in Carmel, Calif., I enjoyed this breakfast treat. The hotel, once a family mansion, has been newly restored with beautiful gardens and stunning views of the gleaming Pacific. Each morning, an elaborate Champagne breakfast is served on the terrace featuring a variation on this frittata recipe. along with an array of morning breads, cereals and fruits.
The classic Italian frittata is a flat, open-faced omelet that is usually cooked over low heat until firm on the bottom and then finished in the oven. This fuss-free version, which has leeks and spinach tucked inside, is baked in the oven, which allows the cook free time to prepare other dishes. You can be as inventive as you wish with the fillings. Think seasonal and consider green and yellow squash, asparagus, mushrooms and tiny potatoes to customize this recipe.
This entree is perfect for holiday breakfasts or brunches. It's easy to prepare with little hands-on attention and can actually be made a few hours ahead and served warm or at room temperature. The chef at La Playa serves it with his rustic tomato sauce.
Contact Diane Rossen Worthington at www.seriouslysimple.com.
Baked Leek and Spinach Frittata
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 medium leeks, light-green and white parts only, finely chopped
1 small bunch baby spinach leaves, coarsely chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Pinch freshly ground nutmeg
12 large eggs
1⁄4 cup half and half
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley, plus more for garnish
1⁄2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
Heat an oven to 325 degrees.
Heat the oil and butter in a 9- or 10-inch nonstick skillet with an ovenproof handle (or cover a wooden handle with foil) over medium heat. Add the leeks and saute for 7 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, or until the leeks are light brown. Add the chopped spinach leaves, cover and cook for about 3 minutes or until the spinach wilts. Season it with salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. Let it cool.
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This week in Industries and Applications, another difference between the geothermal and oil industries. In the world of geothermal heat pumps, some home builders are keeping mineral and geothermal rights for themselves.
How Does the Oil Industry Cover Drilling Risk?
Home Builders Keeping Mineral and Geothermal Rights
This week in Industries and Applications, the geothermal industry is faced with drilling risk as one of its upfront issues. How does the oil industry handle this? Also, homeowners are cautioned to know whether their builders or developers are keeping geothermal and mining rights.
Thinkgeoenergy.com responded to a recent podcast (Greentech) that named drilling risk as a key hangup for the geothermal industry. "[T]he probably most interesting thing I heard in the show was the notion of how the oil industry is covering risk," according to the article. "They are able to use losses in wells in tax write offs from profits. Which – having heard before – sounds good in theory, but essentially the geothermal companies active in the market are likely too small for this to work."
An article on Reuters says: "homebuilders and developers have been increasingly – and quietly – hanging on to the mineral rights underneath their projects, pushing aside homeowners' interests to set themselves up for financial gain when energy companies come calling." A copy of a sales contract reviewed by Reuters staff had a clause giving D.R. Horton, the biggest U.S. homebuilder, "all geothermal energy and resources" located "on, in or under the Lot."


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There are bigots and sexists. And then there are those who try not to be bigoted or sexist, but do dislike some people of various groups, particularly groups spokespersons who in their words and deeds reflect poorly on the group they're trying to defend and advance. Then the old racist or sexist slurs may rise to the surface, not against average members of a particular group, but against its supposed "leaders."
What if Alan Dershowitz was a serious candidate for President?
He'd be a target of more vicious attacks than Joe Lieberman ever received. Some of it would approach anti-Semitism, and some of it would cross the line. Dershowitz is Jewish, and he's in your face about it. Lieberaman is Jewish, but he's not in your face.
What if Al Sharpton was a serious candidate for President?
He'd similarly be a target of more vicious attacks than what Barack Obama has received. Some of it would approach racism, and some of it would cross the line. Sharpton is black, and he's in your face. Obama is black but he's not in your face.
Vicious and obnoxious people are more likely to be treated viciously, in politics and everywhere else in life. Al Gore was smeared for being a prissy aristocrat and prick; George Bush may also be a prissy aristocrat and prick, but he didn't seem like it on the campaign trail in 2000. That makes a lot of difference.
And so Hillary Clinton has been the target of sexist attacks, but these attacks that wouldn't be as nasty toward, say, Elizabeth Dole if she had been a contender.
Some minority and female figures rise above identity-group politics, whereas others base their whole career on it - that is, are "in your face" about it and provoke, in many people, the very backlash that causes their defeats. Hillary Clinton had nothing to offer the Democratic Party but a big name, an obnoxious personality, a vote to invade Iraq, and the fact that she's a woman. According to a certain kind of logic, this makes her gender "fair game" in a way it isn't for several other public figures.
And no, Hillary's qualities would not be praised if they came from a man. She's actually very similar in style - such as condescending tones and hectoring, finger-wagging moralism - to Al Gore. Gore won the nomination in 2000 because he was the incumbent VP, and lost the general election because Bush seemed more likable (at least back then). All kinds of personalities may be able to win a Senate seat, but few play well nationally.
I agree with Marie Cocco that sexist smears have no more place in politics than other bigoted smears. But this does not mean that attacking Clinton in crude terms is the same as a hatred for women. No more than making fat jokes about a certain person indicates that one hates fat people.
James Leroy Wilson's one-man magazine.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Hating Hillary
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If I were one of two fat people in a room and you made a joke about the other fat person, I would be offended.ReplyDelete
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Exuberant Hope
Have you ever made a pot of chicken noodle soup and ended up with left overs? Then you find that you are so glad that you made more than enough soup because it's so good?
Wow, this week has been one of those weeks for me at the Hope House. 13 years ago when we started, I would have never imagined the feeling I would have of watching one of the first girls to show up at the Ecuador Hope House graduate from University!
Last night, along with our Hope House staff we sat in stadium seats watching as our "little" Lucy came down the aisle with her hat and gown, wearing the biggest and proudest smile a girl could have. As I sat there, I felt so many emotions flood through me, remembering the very first day she showed up at my door. That day was not so pretty as we cried together, praying for her safety and her future.
By God's grace and the support of so many, Lucy was able to call Ecuador Hope House home for many years until she graduated. A few years ago she joined our team at Hope House and serves as the only ex-alumni staff member, which is a huge blessing! She knows better than anyone else what it's like to be one of the girls, what they have been through and how to help. Her experience and passion are irreplaceable and have become such a rock for so many girls that now follow in her footsteps.
So as I watched this young lady receive her diploma in hand yesterday, I can do nothing more than thank God for the opportunities. The opportunity that Lucy had to find a safe place to call home, study and graduate. The opportunity that more than 40 other girls have presently. The opportunity that I have to serve these young ladies day in and day out. The opportunity that we all have to invest into their precious lives. This opportunity of HOPE.


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John Hilary is Executive Director of War on Want. He has worked in the global justice movement for the past 25 years, and has published widely on issues of globalisation, trade policy and workers' rights. His report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), published by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, has been translated into 12 European languages. In 2013 John was appointed Honorary Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. His book, The Poverty of Capitalism: Economic Meltdown and the Struggle for What Comes Next, was published by Pluto Press the same year. He is also co-editor of the collection of essays entitled Free Trade and Transnational Labour, published by Routledge in 2014.


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I have a Word Doc that I modify using find and replace and want to automate this.
What is needed...
1. Use a form from my website as a data entry screen for input.
2. The different inputs are placed into a Word Doc template that I have created. Currently, I use find and replace, but open to any other solutions.
For example, I use xxxxx where a person's first name goes, do a find and replace the xxxxx with the the new name and my doc makes 10 changes all at once.
3. Save the Doc as a new Doc using one of the the input as the file name and then save into a directory on my computer.
4. Once the data entry is done and the Word Doc saved, upload it into a Word Press website creating a new post with one of the tabs being the post title.
5. Publish the new post.
Attached is a sample temple that I am using. I will provide a final version prior to the start of this project.
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2016 was a significant year in the growth and evolution of Foster America. What was once the kernel of an idea to bring fresh thinking and new energy to the child welfare system is now being tested for the first time. We are proud to share highlights of what we've accomplished and our goals for what comes next.
First Quarterly Fellowship Convening - December 7-9, 2016, Cambridge, MA
Foster America's first cohort of fellows will convene in Cambridge, MA on December 7-9 to engage in peer consultations and participate in skills-based workshops. Missouri child welfare director Tim Decker will deliver a keynote address. We are grateful to our trainers and facilitators: Katya Fels Smith, Founder and CEO of Full Frame Initiative; Casey Family Programs; Allison Wyatt, Human Capital and Executive Search Partner at Edgility Consulting; Foster Forward; the Government Performance Lab; and McKinsey & Co. Stay tuned for updates!


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Two people have walked away from the wreck of their car after it flipped on Maitland Road at Mayfield.
The SUV was being driven along Maitland Road when it has somehow struck a stationary Tesla.
The SUV landed on its roof. A rear wheel of the Tesla was ripped off on impact.
Police Rescue were called but the two females were already out of the SUV.
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Switchback Brewing Company, located in Burlington, VT, was founded in 2002 by master brewer Bill Cherry and his longtime friend Jeff Neiblum. The vision was to concentrate limited resources into making beers that achieve the highest quality possible. To maximize complexity and flavor all of our beers is left unfiltered and carbonated during fermentation by the yeast itself, creating a 100% naturally conditioned beer. The result is a beer that defies easy description, because it is brewed to a flavor idea and not based on any existing style guidelines. Switchback's flagship beer, Switchback Ale—the number one selling draught beer in Vermont— along with Citra-Pils Keller Bier and Connector IPA are brewed year-round. Switchback's Rotating Specials include Extra Pale Ale, Märzen Fest Bier, Roasted Red Ale, Dooley's Belated Porter, Slow-Fermented Brown Ale, and SwitchBOCK Keller Bier. Switchback distributes beer in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.


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Mariners pitcher also helps get Adrian Beltre thrown out of the game
Even as he sat at his locker, explaining the unfortunate circumstances of his second-inning ejection, Adrian Beltre's Blackberry was abuzz with messages from "King34." That would be former Seattle Mariners teammate Felix Hernandez.
Hernandez had just finished a 4-2 dissection of the Red Sox, earning a split of Wednesday's soggy Fenway Park doubleheader, and in the process he helped facilitate the visitors' chances by unwittingly getting his buddy, Beltre, thrown out of the game by fill-in umpire Dan Bellino.
"Yeah, he's talking smack right now," Beltre said of Hernandez, who lowered his ERA to 2.47 while improving to 4-1 in his career over the Sox. "He just texted me right now. Look right there."
Hernandez couldn't help but chuckle because it certainly appeared that Bellino, a Triple A call-up, overreacted quite badly. "I didn't know who he was," Beltre said. "Then I found out that he was a rookie from Triple A making decisions like that. Why is a rookie from Triple A behind home plate?
"I was just talking to Felix. He was yapping because he struck me out (called). We had a little bet that he was going to strike me out three times today and I told him I was going to take him deep. So he struck me out. He was saying 'that's one.' I said, 'OK, that's one. I'll give you one. Next time I'm going to take you deep over the Green Monster.' In Spanish I'm talking. I'm facing him. The umpire's a way over there. And then I heard like my name. I turned around and he's yapping, saying something. I go, 'I'm talking to him,' and the next thing I heard is, 'You're out of here.'
"You tell me what happened. I don't know. So I wanted to find an explanation why he threw me out of the game. What I did wrong. I didn't do nothing. Why are rookies behind home plate when we're trying to win a pennant race here?"
Not only was Beltre tossed, but so was manager Terry Francona, who was simply trying to get an explanation. Both had to be separated from Bellino by veteran ump Angel Hernandez, and Beltre was also held back by teammate Kevin Cash. "A young umpire probably got in the midst of something he didn't know," said Francona. "It shouldn't have happened."
It was a shame for the Sox because they were already behind an 8-ball of sorts. Prior to the game, throwing on flat ground, Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was scheduled to open the critical weekend series in Tampa, came down with a sore back, and since they were up against the wall timewise, the Sox coaching staff made a snap decision to scratch Jon Lester and push him back two days to open up at St. Pete. Matsuzaka's status remains in the air.
In Lester's place, Tim Wakefield was given an emergency start on the cool, misty night. He might have come through it better had he not committed a throwing error on the first batter of the game, Ichiro Suzuki, who ended up scoring after Wakefield's throw to first base sailed high. Wakefield lasted 52/3 innings, giving up eight hits and four runs. "That was a lot of ask," Francona said.
"He did a very good job."
"It was what it was," said Wakefield, who last started on July 20, having gone no more than three innings in the interim. "I had at least an hour to prepare. I did my best. I got into the sixth but couldn't get the last out." Wakefield gave up two doubles and a run in the inning.
"I was surprised," he said. "I ended up throwing 90 (91) pitches. I felt better than I thought I would, not having started in over a month."
"He gave us a chance to win," Francona said. "We were all impressed with the way he handled himself."
The Sox offense, though, that was another story. Hernandez kept them off balance as usual, keeping them from making serious inroads on the AL East co-leaders, New York and Tampa Bay, each of whom lost. The Sox could only split the two games, Josh Beckett getting a win in the first game. The Sox managed only five hits, the best a J.D. Drew monster home run that landed about eight rows deep in straightaway center field in the sixth.
As for the pitching staff, Matsuzaka will be reevaluated Thursday, the off-day, but the Sox medical staff couldn't get a handle on it in such a short period of time prior to the game.
"The doctor said it could feel better tomorrow – or worse," Francona said. "We'll show up and see how he feels."
One thing's for certain: he'll probably feel a lot better than Beltre, who was still hearing from King34 long after the game. What was he saying? "You don't want to know," Beltre said.
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A judge wants to know whether a Melbourne man who faked being an army general is living a fantasy like the fictional Walter Mitty, or is simply a con man.
Convicted fraudster Neville Donohue, 65, claims he was a special agent in Vietnam and Afghanistan but can't show any proof because it's top secret.
He spoke during an Anzac Day service in 2013, sporting rows of shining medals from far-flung military campaigns in which he never fought.
"I am concerned about whether he's a Walter Mitty or a complete charlatan," Victorian County Court Judge Geoffrey Chettle said on Thursday, as he ordered a psychiatric report for Donohue.
In the short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the title character has vivid daydreams of being a daring fighter pilot, a skilled surgeon and a deadly assassin.
Donohue was jailed for four-months in 2016 for impersonating a war veteran and other dishonesty offences, including fraud.
He's appealing the sentence, claiming information on a computer will help to reduce the term.
"Is it full of top-secret information from ASIO?"Judge Chettle asked, frustrated.
Donohue is now risking further jail time after he ignored the judge's repeated warnings to drop the appeal.
Judge Chettle will re-sentence Donohue in February over nearly 30 charges, including falsely claiming medical expenses of more than $30,000.
"There is an end of the road and we have reached it," he said.
"I really am worried about him. The fraud stuff could be worth a heck of a lot of time."
Donohue had been in the army in the early 1970s but he never served overseas, and did not earn the medals he claims to have.
"It's probably sad in a way, the number of medals pinned to his chest at the Anzac Day service," Judge Chettle said previously.
"He's got more medals than (Governor-General Sir Peter) Cosgrove."
Donohue, who cares for his ill wife and son who has Down syndrome, had been on bail but was taken into custody on Thursday as he awaits re-sentencing on February 16 and the result of the psychiatric assessment.


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If you're one of those people about to write your MP to get rid of this stupid habit called Daylight Saving - or Daylight Slaving Time, as the cheeky monkeys call it, then this is for you, assuming you're alert enough to read it. I think of the poor sods, like my husband, who normally get up at 5 a.m. and now find themselves shaking their biological clocks at 4 a.m.
No solid proof exists that Daylight Saving Time saves electricity, energy or anything worthwhile. On the other hand, psychologist and sleep expert Stanley Coren says that losing one hour's sleep is equal to a three-hour jet lag; it may take months for you to adjust.
All this because a natty Englishman and avid golfer thought in the early 1900s that there were too many Londoners sleeping in and wasting a summer's day when they should be "doing something." He also hated ending a round of golf because there wasn't enough light in the evening.
So never mind the increased likelihood of heart attacks and car accidents, the mushy brain, the nodding off at your desk or steering wheel in the afternoon, what about your poor missing brekkie? People usually feel squished enough for time in the a.m. to get a decent bite and with another hour nipped out of their mornings, we're all the more likely to skip this wildly important meal.
Okay, so you've heard a million times why breakfast is so crucial, but here's a more scientific take from Columbia University.
Our brains and central nervous systems run on glucose, the fuel we need to think, walk, talk or do anything. If the last time you ate is 10 or 11 p.m. and then you skip brekkie and don't eat until Noon, that's 13 or 14 hours with nothing in your system. Not good at the best of times but with your poor brain already coping with one hour less sleep, it is definitely deprived.
Not only that, your body has to work extra hard to break down stored carbohydrates or turn fat or protein into a usable form for your brain to function. Which is asking a lot, especially if you're at school, trying to concentrate, or doing any other work.
Eating breakfast has been proven time and again to improve concentration, problem-solving abilities, mental performance, memory and mood. Tell that to your cranky boss.
And if you think skipping breakfast is okay because you want to lose weight anyway, think again. Skipping meals often leads to overeating. Getting too hungry can trigger a lack of control and mixed-up "hunger" signals, making it hard to tell when you're full. So you might eat even more calories later. In fact, it's easier to control your weight by eating smaller meals and snacks more often.
So how can you get a good brekkie fast? Here are some tips, plus a new twist to boot.
2-minute pocket breakfast
Keep a carton of good yogurt in the fridge. What's good? Tasty, rich, made close to home, organic, ideally no sugars, flavours or those cheatin' gelatins. Hey, that sounds like Olympic yogurt! If you gotta sweeten it, do it yourself.
Think you don't like yogurt? Try a rich, creamy, whole fat kind and you might. And if you're lactose-intolerant, you've likely discovered that the lactose is mostly digested by the bacterial culture, so what a great way to get some calcium into your bones and your stressed nervous system.
If, even after this brave tasting, you still don't like yogurt, how about good cottage cheese, or just plain cheese? Get out a spoon and eat right from the carton, or slice a chunk. Wash it down with a glass of good juice - juice, I say, not fruit "drink" where sugar and water are the first ingredients.
Keep a carton of Medjool dates on hand - oh come on, they're in season right now and only shipped from California, not Australia or Chile or, god forbid, China. Throw some dates in a wee bag, add almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, whatever. Stick a banana in your other pocket. Eat on the bus, eat on the lifts, but eat.
3-minute smooth breakfast
Make a really good smoothie. What's a smoothie?, someone asked the other day. Okay, so we didn't all grow up in the '70s. A smoothie is a thick drink you make in a blender. I think they were called "smoothies" to distinguish them from milkshakes because you don't use milk, not that milkshakes do. But you can use some ice cream, as long as you play it cool on the sugar side.
No blender? Get thee to Value Village and buy one for 10 bucks. Pour in some juice - see that? Juice. How much? You'll quickly figure it out. I eyeball about 3/4 cup. Now add the fun stuff. One of those over-ripe bananas you hate to eat but are perfect for smoothies. Some of that good yogurt.
And the only ice cream I'll let you use because it's real food is a little of The Udder Guy's from Cowichan Valley. Wild Blackberry, fragrant with perfume; the Roasted Coconut, better than a night in Maui. Wheat germ adds some body. An apple is good. Raw almonds. Berries you froze last summer. A dollop of peanut butter. Half a ripe avocado. Heck, throw in a slice of ham.
Then whirl away. Smooth or chunky, it's still a smoothie and breakfast is served as soon as you pour. Plus you don't need any of those "protein" powders. Ugh. Too weird and too expensive.
6-minute cooked breakfast
You know I'm a big porridge buff. If you haven't gotten in the habit yet, how about trying farina, or "creamy rice hot cereal" as Bob's Red Mill calls it. Follow the directions on the package and it's ready in a flash. Cook up a load and you can refrigerate the leftovers, nuking some the next day and the next for a super-fast meal.
But here's your new move: My Eastern European hubby is constantly decrying our Canadian fascination with sweet brekkies. When he's not eating fish or cold cuts in the morning, he sprinkles his porridge with soy sauce, chopped green onions or even red pepper flakes, congee style.
Come on, it's as good as cold pizza for breakfast. But if that's too much for your delicate Canadian sensibilities, try this UN compromise: Sprinkle it with good grated Parmesan cheese (not the Kraft shaker kind) or thinly slice cheese on top so it melts. Add salt, or Tabasco sauce, Spike, toasted walnuts, green onions, and/or a bit of something milk-like, if you insist. But if you have enough of the right kind of cheese you won't need anything else. Have fun - and get to bed early tonight!
Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning freelance writer who loves her breakfast.
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Donald Trump's triumphant march through the South comes as no surprise to anyone who understands the nature of the Hispanic presence in southern towns and the "poor white" tradition of voting for the local strongman.
I was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. I recall that our district was represented by a woman named Betty Andujar when I was a child… and that, believe me, was a long time ago! I would have asked a girl named Janet Garza out on a date when I was a timid freshman at TCU if only I could have mustered the courage. No one ever told me that there was any "we/they" opposition in these matters.
In states like Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a Mexican influence has been spread evenly through our architecture, our food, our pop-cultural phrases, and even our family structure and DNA for several generations. We don't see the name "Chavez" or "Ayala" and instantly think, "Invader! One of them! Why don't they go home?" To be honest, we may have precisely that reaction now whenever we find that parts of our towns have been taken over by people who won't speak English and eye you suspiciously if you happen to stray into one of their shops or restaurants. When they come into my wife's clinic and demand an interpreter, they refuse to understand any Spanish spoken by a gringo—but Rosalita at the front desk has no problems. Yet if I ask one of them to cut down a tree for me, he not only follows my Castellano but turns out to grasp Ingles pretty well. Does the phrase "reverse racism" mean anything to you?
There's a difference between a legal immigrant who willingly merges into the local culture and an alien whose secret mission is to implant his homeland's colony right in your midst. Most of us in the Southwest, whether our last name is Harris or Arriago, can tell the difference.
People in the South cannot. My wife hails from northern Georgia, in the foothills of Appalachia. We lived in her hometown for a while, and also in North Carolina and Tennessee for several years. When people there see somebody named Gonzalez, they think of a "wetback" come to steal a local job. All the Southern states—but especially the Carolinas, in my experience—have factories and mills operating at low overhead with outdated equipment. My brother-and-law can talk about loading docks whose workers climb the chain-link fences every time they think some official has driven up to inquire into their status. Such places have no element of Latin tradition in their local culture. They're still struggling, sometimes, to admit blacks into white society. (The minister of a church we visited in NC, during the only service we ever sat through there, memorably added "not being black" to the list of things his congregation could thank God for.) If you expect migrant, off-the-radar workers from Mexico to weave themselves readily into this social fabric, then you know nothing about human communities.
I'm not trying to sneer at the South. My ancestors were Virginians and South Carolinians. And it must be stressed in their defense that most Hispanics in mill villages really are there for the work and really do have dubious legal status. Naturally, they also clique together very tightly, attending their own eglesias and labeling their bakeries pañerias. Even their "Mexican food" is altogether too authentically campesino, to my taste—very basic and bland, and its meat content a little suspect. The young men of these exile colonies like to show their machismo by drinking and driving; and sometimes (as with most bottom-rung socio-economic groups) they smack their womenfolk around before sobering up. Even back in old Mexico, they were usually the lowest of the low. Many would be styled indios there (i.e., possessing a great deal of Native American DNA). The ill-fated Venustiano Carrasco is still celebrated in Mexican history books for his progressive plans to form a true Spanish America, diluted neither by "yankophila" or "indigenism" (in the coinages of one scholar). To speak plain, the native peoples often heavily represented in illegal immigration have traditionally been as loathed by Mexican intellectuals as have gringos.
All of that just leads to this: when a North Carolinian like William Gheen of ALIPAC hears "Mexican", he probably thinks of stolen jobs, fragmented communities, victims of drunk drivers, and squalidly violent crime. When he hears that Donald Trump wants to build a wall, he thinks, "Good. No more layoffs, no-go zones, children run over, and gang rapes. No more Mexicans." I can understand that response, and I even share it to some degree—though, as a Texan, I distinguish between the generic "Mexican" and drifting, adventurist blue-collar refugees created by Mexico's dysfunctional economy. I guess I can even understand how the long-time inhabitants of mill villages wouldn't mind taking a chance on one of our era's most unscrupulous, mendacious, pompous, and sordiloquacious hucksters—the miles gloriosus of the twenty-first century. What are the options? A guy named Cruz and another named Rubio. Why should they secure the border? Just look at their names!
I suggested in my last post that such responses were racist. Maybe so… but what's commonly called racism is usually a complex association of sketchy ideas, not a deliberate, evolved theory about the superiority of one race to another. (There's really no scientific basis to the notion of race, as the case of the Mexican indio shows: ultimately, we're all mutts.) Nevertheless, to refuse to vote for a man whose record of fulfilling his word is punctilious just because his surname ends in a "z" strikes me as stupid in a very costly manner, especially when his rival prevaricates on any rare occasion when he answers a question directly; and to rationalize tarring the "z" man by elevating to prominence a document signed by his wife sixteen years ago must insult the intelligence of anyone who is not, in fact, stupid.
Hang for a sheep, hang for a ram: I'll add this much more to my charge of racism for anyone who is still reading. (My South Carolinian great-grandfather, by the way, died in a snowstorm taking Christmas food to black families when his Model T was struck by a train; not all Southerners think in black-and-white, and the very suggestion infuriates me.) Donald Trump has won big in the South, and has added Mississippi's scalp to his lodgepole since my last post, because of traditional Democrats. Besides Gheen-style Republicans who are disgusted with Lindsay Graham, you also—and perhaps especially—see in Trump's winning numbers the approval of high-school dropouts, single moms brought up on welfare, blue-collar workers displaced by technology and outsourcing… people, in short, whose ancestors were tenant farmers and petty artisans, who were fed from the cradle on distrust of the landlord class dosed with hot hatred of working-class rivals, and who have never once dreamed or imagined that they might crawl out of the hole through their own effort rather than the patronage of a powerful protector. We have a lot of those still in the South. They usually vote for the landlord/industrialist who keeps non-whites from replacing them on the farm or the assembly line (read "Democrat"); and that's what they did this time, too.
I assume that the dismal ignorance and inexperience of the South manifested by Coulter, Hannity, O'Reilly, Ingraham, Limbaugh (most recently and disappointingly), and other Yankee pundits explains their shock at the "SEC" primaries. Why, aren't all white Southerners evagelical, and wasn't Cruz supposed to sweep up the church-going set? Religion means a lot down South; but it is always a version of religion adapted to local tradition. (Remember the minister who fervently thanked God for not being black?) Rush is perhaps closest to the truth—too close, maybe: so close that he himself has been drawn into Trump's orbit after decades of being belittled for not having a college degree and lacking the prerequisites for admission into elite circles. Every day this past week, seemingly, he has described with a saber-like ring in his tone the resentment of being sneered at by the ruling class which he ascribes to Trump supporters. That's a very Southern feeling. Ironically, the Ultimate Carpetbagger has succeeded in exploiting it. The Democrat Party mined it from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement. Now a Republican has found the golden vein… if the word "Republican" still means anything.
Should Trump ever get to a general election, I tell you here and now: he will draw more Democrats from Hillary than he draws conservative Republicans from their stay-at-home protests. And here's one more for the pundits: if Senator Cruz were to run against both Trump and Hillary, he would win a plurality of the votes. Cruz has already given his word, regreattably, that he will not make an independent run, and Ted keeps his word. I think an Allen West/Carly Fiorina ticket could also defeat these two demagogic mega-crooks… but that, of course, is a story for another day.


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Sad news today as the Onion A.V. Club reports voice actor C. Martin Croker has passed away at age 54.
Croker may be best known for as Zorak and Moltar on Cartoon Network's Space Ghost Coast to Coast, where Zorak quickly became one of the key reasons to watch the show.
According to the AV Club, Croker was the animation director on the show and suggested the characters — one-time foes of Space Ghost in his 1960s adventure show — would serve as member of his talk show crew. As the series wore on, the show became less of a talk show and more about the interplay between Space Ghost, Zorak, Moltar and Brak. Eventually, the Zorak and Brak received their own nonsense show, Cartoon Planet and Croker's Zorak would become a supporting character on The Brak Show, playing Eddie Haskell to Brak's Beaver Clever. Well, sometimes anyway.
Croker would continue to play the character on other series as Cartoon Network's late-night lineup evolved into Adult Swim. He also played Dr. Weird on the programming block's break-out hit Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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Turkey Pot Pie- with vegetarian substitutes
Thanksgiving was wonderful, and the food delicious- but, there are still a lot of left overs! This delicious, homey recipe helps alleviate the full refrigerator, and puts smiles on your family's faces. You can choose either to make 1 large pie as described below, or several smaller pies for those with special food requests- such as vegetarian- substitutes provided!
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 6 ounces button mushrooms (baby bella or cremini can work as well), stems trimmed, sliced in thick slices
- 1 cup carrots (about 2 carrots), peeled and thinly sliced
- ½ cup diced leftover cooked vegetables (really any vegetable will work)
- 1 ½ cups diced cooked turkey (if making vegetarian, use 1 cup firm tofu & add ½ cup veg)
- 1 to 1 ¼ cups gravy (turkey, mushroom or vegetable gravy will work)
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- ¼ cup frozen green peas, thawed
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 egg white, beaten & blended with 1 teaspoon water for glaze
- 1 9-in prepared pie crust
- Cranberry sauce optional
- Melt butter with EVOO in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and garlic and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add sliced mushrooms to skillet; season with salt and pepper. Saute until browned and tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add carrots, cover and cook until carrots soften slightly, about 2 minutes.
- Add left over vegetables, turkey (or tofu), gravy, and thyme.
- Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer uncovered to thicken if necessary.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Mix in peas and parsley.
- Pour filling into 9-in diameter glass pie dish and refrigerate until cool, about 30 minutes.
- Lightly brush rim of filled pie dish (both top & underside) with egg glaze.
- Place pie crust on top of filling and fold edge of dough over the edge of the pie dish. Pinch dough rim to seal crust all the way around. Chill 10 minutes (up to a few hours) in refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly brush top of pie with glaze. Make 3 or 4 ¼ -inch slits in center of pie to allow steam to escape.
- Bake pie until crust is golden and filling is bubbling, 30-35 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
- Serve with cranberry sauce if desired.


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Less Turkey
it's not about the turkey. It's about the sides. I mean maybe a few of us might enjoy the leftover options with turkey. Most of us are stoked for most if not all of the side options. I'm more about the time spent with awesome people. My family, my girlfriend, my girlfriend's family. I'm fine with less turkey.


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One common misconception that misleads both men and women in many aspects of dating and relationships is forgetting the simple fact that men and women are not alike. We are built differently, we think and feel in many ways differently, and we are also attracted to fundamentally different things in the opposite sex. What impresses women in men, is hardly impressive to men, when they see the same quality in women. A classic example is a luxury car. It would make the guy look more attractive to at least some women, but Mercedes or BMW doesn't make a woman any hotter or otherwise more desirable.
In the world of online dating profiles, the most obvious example of this is how differently men and women perceive athletic photos of the opposite sex. Women may find an athletic guy, whose photos show that his is an advanced runner, rock climber, or weight lifter to be very attractive (especially those women who are fed up with dating out of shape couch potatoes). On the other hand, most guys are not impressed by the same qualities in women. In fact, men usually find overly athletic to be too masculine and sexually not appealing. An overly muscular woman, who looks and who has a lifestyle of a world-class athlete will be desirable to very few men, and not only because she looks more manly and thus less sexually attractive, but also because the guys will assume that she has an extremely strict lifestyle and that she is completely obsessed with what she eats, drinks and lives a boot camp like lifestyle. Even male athletes prefer to date women who are "softer", more feminine, and who are more voluptuous.
Six-pack abs, defined biceps, and a marathon completion certificates are all impressive accomplishments that many women can and should be proud of, but they are not turn-ons to men. Therefore, there is no reason to post your athletic photos on your dating profile. You will have plenty of opportunities to share your accomplishments and impress the right guy with your endurance later. You don't need to advertise it on your profile. The three pictures in this posting are all real pictures from OkCupid, which only took me five minutes to find, and they do not need to be posted as they are not flattering.


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For You
Hi, dearest. It's just me, checking in. I know things seem impossibly hard right now. The voice of depression feels louder than any voice on earth, doesn't it? And when you're enshrouded in it as if in a tomb, it's as if there is no possible life outside of the dark tunnel you currently inhabit. How I wish you could take a peek outside at the light up here! It will be blinding at first, of course, and you may be offended by the beauty of it. How can anything be beautiful or light or colorful when the dark swallows everything in sight? How can anything be fun or lovely when all you can do is berate yourself and judge your very existence? I know. I've been there.
Depression is such a liar, you see. It lies better than a corrupt politician. It tells you that nothing is worth doing. It tells you that you are worthless and a failure, so why bother trying anymore? It tells you that you're a burden and it fills you with guilt and dread.
I am glad to be able to tell you, because I've lived it, that the lies of depression don't have to overcome the truth of hope. Can you hear me, you exquisite soul? Cling tightly to the tiniest sliver of light trying to reach you. Hold fast to any bit of hope that comes to you, hazy and wandering though it may be. By doing so, you are sending the message to your brain, and therefore to the villain that is depression, that you can survive this. You can feel better. Hope and peace and contentment can return to you again. The darkness can be wiped away. Keep reaching out, I plead with you. This is not permanent. Help is here. You are not alone, and there is music after the silence.
Richmond, VA
Melissa lives in Richmond. She believes in open dialogue around mental health in order to erase the stigma attached to mental illness. She believes there is hope, and she believes that life is worth living, even when it feels least like it.


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You do have to wonder at the tone deafness of folks at major newspapers.
Last Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reintroduced its Column One feature, a "showcase for medium-form journalism," and the piece is on a valiant doctor who flies to Texas to do 50 abortions in 60 hours.
If you had to pick a piece that seemed to have been created in order to anger a respectable share of the population, this was it. Why not a puff piece on Louis Farrakhan? A feel-good piece about workers at the Diablo Canyon (nuclear) Power Plant? Oh, no, that would offend people.
It's not unusual for the MSM to glamorize abortionists and this feature is a gripping story. But it goes out of its way to portray Texas as some kind of theocratic Republic of Gilead out of The Handmaid's Tale being serviced by the enlightened medics from the Golden State.
I'll get to the actual piece in a moment but I had to first point out the LAT's unusual history in abortion coverage. Please look at this May 23, 2003, memo by then Editor John Carroll that excoriates his staff for allowing in a biased piece about Texas abortionists being mandated to warn their patients about a possible link of abortion to breast cancer.
(One does wonder why the Times has this fixation with Texas being this medieval place with back-alley abortion laws, but I digress). The Carroll memo says, in part:
The apparent bias of the writer and/or the desk reveals itself in the third paragraph, which characterizes such bills in Texas and elsewhere as requiring "so-called counseling of patients." I don't think people on the anti-abortion side would consider it "so-called," a phrase that is loaded with derision.
The story makes a strong case that the link between abortion and breast cancer is widely discounted among researchers, but I wondered as I read it whether somewhere there might exist some credible scientist who believes in it.
Such a person makes no appearance in the story's lengthy passage about the scientific issue. We do quote one of the sponsors of the bill, noting that he "has a professional background in property management." Seldom will you read a cheaper shot than this. Why, if this is germane, wouldn't we point to legislators on the other side who are similarly bereft of scientific credentials?
It is not until the last three paragraphs of the story that we finally surface a professor of biology and endocrinology who believes the abortion/cancer connection is valid. But do we quote him as to why he believes this? No. We quote his political views.
Apparently the scientific argument for the anti-abortion side is so absurd that we don't need to waste our readers' time with it.


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Again from the P2P Foundation. Quotes taken from the article. I would simplify this to an anti-mono-culture approach to governance – laying the groundwork for Emergent Anarchic Organization of Governance.
Polyhedral Pattern Language
Software facilitation of emergence, representation and transformation
of psycho-social organization
The significant problems we face can not be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them (Einstein)
Learning: Governance needs a new language?
The commentary follows from a recent study of the relevance of polyhedra to global governance (Towards Polyhedral Global Governance: complexifying oversimplistic strategic metaphors, 2008). Here "polyhedral" is specifically used to convey the need to explore "many-sided" forms of psycho-social organization. These constitute an integrative challenge of governance from the world to the local level — if not to personal self-governance and identity. In that respect "global" is also to be understood in its integrative sense of a "whole" and not only in its geo-political sense of world-wide.


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Every human being has his or her own unique mentality ... Sometimes we think we know ourselves, but then we are faced with situations where we marvel at our own reactions.This is where we start to reach the conclusion that sometimes one person has multiple identities, each different from the others...
UnderSense is the journey inside a woman's mind. In the background there is a society in which we find a woman, Alicia (played by Aida Yespica), who does not know how to love, and that is due to compromise. In the life of Alicia belong two people, Shara, played by Gaia Saporito, and Bill played by Alessandro Mario. Shara is another woman, another story. Sarah is "in love" with Alicia. Into this "love" she puts all of herself, becoming the alter ego of Alicia. Shara is a woman, a friend, always present in Alicia's life. A character sometimes inconvenient and unwelcome, and who is the source of great confusion. A strong woman, charming, but who in this case she is charmed. Bill is the boyfriend of the Beautiful Alicia. A fascinating man, in love with her and caring, but only in appearance. Bill is caring, but only because it helps him get what he needs. A man who tries to understand his woman and love her as she is. In his heart, he knows that something is not right, but leaves Alicia free to choose and live her life. But there's a side of him that lives only for himself: he lives to appear.
I searched and wanted to explain the emotional difficulties with which a woman must fight. Not always have everything means to be happy. There are many roles that are interpreted in real life. It is not always easy to be honest, especially with yourself.
Directed and Writed by Simona Ilaria di Michele
Producer: Simona Ilaria di Michele
Co-EXecutive Producer: Aida Yespica & Gaia Saponaro
Production Manager: Gianluca Arienti
DoP: Manuel Muccio
Editor: Simone De Domenico
Trailer Editor: Ziggy Molino
Alicia: Aida Yespica
Bill: Alessandro Mario
Shara: Gaia Saponaro
A special Tank to Richmond and Hotel Splendid Royal Lugano.