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Thank you for the kind words, Irish.
That's actually what the only kind of God I'd worship would count as "good." A God worth worshiping would consider an "Atheist" that lives a good life as better than a "Christian," "Jew," "Muslim" etc that lives immorally, especially going against what he personally believes to be right.
I tried to reply to the PM, but it wouldn't go through and I didn't want to risk spamming the guy, so I'll say it here.
It's not that I'm saying "God A most certainly does exist" as much as I'm saying "This universe as it is provides no proof against all concepts of any and all Gods."This results in the kind of thing where, following that logic, a God that created all of this then immediately abandoned the universe and played dominoes with an imaginary cat he has (despite being omnipotent and thus being able to have a real cat) is exactly as possible as the one I believe in.
I'm not saying that anyone has an obligation to prove their point to me. I've learned a lot just over the course of today, for example that one thing that defined my beliefs was nothing more than a mathematical error someone made. I've repeatedly made it clear that I am "a not-particularly-well-informed Christian" and "am totally ignorant of the finer points" of some of the things we've discussed in this very thread.
As for me determining that I am more correct in thinking that there is a God, that's my opinion, a hypothesis only, and only in regard to myself.
I determined that I, myself, am more correct, in that it is the hypothesis that best fit the information I knew of at the time. This is not referring to me being smarter than others or more well informed. Quite the opposite, and I've stated that several times now, man.
It literally meant that, for the information I had, I determined that that was the most likely truth.Relax, man. It seems like you're used to militant theists coming in here and trying bullrush you.


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Lamar Opera Theatre presents 'Der Betrogene Kadi'
The opera will be performed in German, with English dialogue and supertitles, in the Rothwell Recital Hall of the James M. "Jimmy" Simmons Music Building on the Lamar campus.
"It's a very universal story of a bad guy being punished by a smart girl," said Serdar Ilban, director of Lamar Opera Theatre, and assistant professor of voice in the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music. "It's also an opera that was not being done much on the American stage, and vocally-speaking, is a good match for our students."
The action of the opera centers on the Cadi, a local judge with almost unlimited powers, who decides to take a second wife. When the beautiful Zelmire rejects him, he takes revenge by attacking her fiancé, and stealing his fortune. Zelmire, a woman of independent spirit and will, then plots her own revenge on the Cadi, and thus begins the elaborate "duping" of the judge.
One of the great masters of 18th century opera, Gluck is known for his elegant synthesis of the French and Italian operatic traditions. While Gluck achieved wide fame in his own time, his works are rare in opera houses today; he is primarily remembered as a reformer and revolutionary. A native of the state of Bavaria in Germany, Gluck first studied with the Czech cellist and composer (and Franciscan friar) Bohuslav Cernohorsky, later continuing his studies with Sammartini in Italy. He married in 1750, settling in Vienna as an opera conductor.
"Gluck blended classical ideas and Baroque characteristics together. He reformed and streamlined music, which set the path for the likes of Mozart and others to follow," said Ilban.
"Der Betrogene Kadi" was first performed in Vienna in 1761, preceding his famous reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" by one year. "Kadi" was Gluck's first foray into the world of Turkish themed opera.
"Since the Ottoman Empire pushed its armies all the way over to Vienna in the 17th century, making fun of all things Turkish had become standard fare in European comedies," said Ilban, who is himself a native of Turkey. "In a way, this was a defensive reaction to a foreign and threatening world. 'Alla Turca' themes flooded the stages of folk theaters. This work is a famous representative of Turkish themed opera, which matches nicely with my own background."
According to Ilban, "Der Betrogene Kadi" represents the musical culture of the Ottoman Empire in a Western format. It has the standard musical idioms of the "Turkish Opera," with "limping rhythms in even time, dark minor keys hinting exotic color and locale and scoring for instruments found in "Jenissary" (Ottoman marching band) orchestras, such as piccolo, triangle, dulcimer, large and small drums.
The opera was originally composed to a French libretto written by Pierre René Le Monnier. Fritz Krastl later adapted it to German. Interestingly, "Der Betrogene Kadi" is only performed in German today because the original orchestral score was lost. For more than 100 years, it was believed the opera was lost entirely until a German copy was discovered in the archives of the Hamburg State Opera in the mid-1950s.
Ilban translated the opera to English, in order to use English dialogue and supertitles in the performance.
"Audiences will enjoy this show because its beautiful music and charming ensembles," said Ilban. "And the action is almost like today's situation comedies on TV, where we find a way of laughing at someone else's misfortune because they put themselves in that situation and get their richly deserved comeuppance. It's our hope that audiences will find our production musically and dramatically rewarding, and, of course, entertaining."
The opera is one hour long. Lamar music instructor Dwight Peirce provides piano accompaniment direction for the production.
General admission is $10, and tickets may be reserved in advance. For tickets or more information, call the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at (409) 880-8144.

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The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States. In 1822, the society established a colony on the west coast of Africa that became the independent nation of Liberia in 1847. By 1867, the society had sent more than 13,000 emigrants to Africa. Beginning in the 1830s, the society was harshly attacked by abolitionists, who tried to discredit colonization as a slaveholder's scheme. This article reports on some of these emigrants leaving from Baltimore, Maryland, Norfolk, Virginia, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The Gazette & Mercury was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 27, 1837 to July 13, 1841, when it changed its name to the Gazette & Courier.
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Coming out of the closet
The tiniest closet in the smallest bedroom of my house contains all the bits and pieces from years of collecting craft supplies.
My "yellow room," as it's known, is my creative space. That's where I do my scrapbooking, sewing, writing and pretty much any other expressive task that takes a bit of imagination or inspiration.
The closet and all of its elements of art have been neglected for quite some time.
In fact, I think cleaning and organizing that closet was on my to-do list for the New Year in 2010.
I finally took the time over the weekend.
There must have been a thousand, if not more, pipe cleaners in one plastic container the size of a shoebox. In the other eight boxes, I found at least 10 jars of glitter, 14 skeins of yarn and more popsicle sticks than I cared to count, not to mention the feathers and beads and rolls of ribbon.
There were also a couple of larger boxes holding what looked like every school paper my youngest son had completed in first and second grades.
I decided I could deliver those simple addition and phonics assignments to the trash gods since my son will be heading to college next month and he didn't care to take them along for reference.
Beyond the stuff in the closet that was corralled in containers, there was plenty more roaming loose.
By the time I had gotten through each piece, I'd found enough useless junk to fill a big black trash bag.
I should have foreseen a problem early on.
When I tied the red drawstring and lifted the bag off the floor, the black plastic stretched until it was transparent.
I knew I was going to have to hurry down the stairs, out the driveway and around the corner to the dumpster before the tie broke.
But the tie wasn't the issue.
About halfway to the dumpster, the bottom blew out of the bag, sending Tyler's elementary homework to the street and ultimately across the neighborhood in the wind.
Also scattered were the remnants of a basket of potpourri along with some worn-out paint brushes and an armload of fabric scraps.
It could have been a "funniest home video" moment for my neighbors but I don't think anyone caught me on film. At least no one came to offer help chasing my trash down Popleton Street.
I survived the round-up in 100-degree heat and I think I got everything delivered to the dumpster.
When I went back inside and plopped down in the yellow room to cool off and admire my clean closet, I heard my dad's voice loud and clear in my head, reinforcing one of those "dad lessons":
"That's what you get for trying to stuff 50 pounds of crap in a 30-pound bag."
Yes, Dad, I know.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Brian Turner will give a reading of his poetry Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Stadler Center for Poetry in Bucknell Hall at Bucknell University.
The reading, part of the Stadler Center Writers Series, is free and open to the public.
Turner is the author of two poetry collections, Phantom Noise (2010) and Here, Bullet (2005) which won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award, the New York Times Editor's Choice selection, the 2006 Pen Center USA Best in the West award, and the 2007 Poets Prize, among others.
He served seven years in the U.S. Army, including one year as an infantry team leader in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000 with the 10th Mountain Division.
Turner's poetry has appeared in Poetry Daily, The Georgia Review and other journals, and in the Voices in Wartime anthology published in conjunction with the feature-length documentary film of the same name.
He also was featured in "Operation Homecoming", a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American servicemen and women through their own words.
He earned an MFA from the University of Oregon and has lived in South Korea. In 2009, he was selected as one of 50 United States Artist Fellows.
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In the monthly "Ethical Inquiry" series, we examine ethical questions, highlighting a broad array of opinion from journalism, academia, and advocacy organizations. Our intent is to illuminate and explore the complexity of some of the most vexing ethical questions of our time.
Ethical Inquiry: January 2013
2012 Year in Review
We begin 2013 with a look back at the issues we explored in "Ethical Inquiry" in 2012. We encourage you to explore these questions and the full collection of Inquiries - and share your thoughts with us on Facebook, Twitter, and by email.
We would particularly encourage you to look at "How Do I Choose My Commitments to Causes" (February 2012), researched and written by Leah Igdalsky '14. Published in connection with the inaugural 'DEIS Impact, we are again featuring it as a resource for 'DEIS Impact 2013, coming February 1-11. The Inquiry has been recently updated with a link to a response researched and written by Ethics Center Leadership Council member Aditya Sanyal '13.
January - The Ethics of Revenge
Benjamin Beutel '12
Revenge - and attempts to regulate revenge - have played a powerful role in human history. As a force, it looms large in cultural representations from ancient myth to works of classical literature to current popular culture. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we explore the ethics of revenge, which often comes at a cost.
February - How Should I Choose My Commitments to Causes?
Leah Igdalsky '14
Brandeis prides itself on an active commitment to social justice, which it considers "central to its mission." But it is not feasible for anyone to commit him or herself to all of these meaningful issues. In this installment of "Ethical Inquiry" we ask: How does an interested individual decide which issues to commit to - let alone how to act on those commitments?
March - Do Undocumented Immigrants Have a Right to Healthcare?
Kathleen Rees '10
Do undocumented immigrants have a right to healthcare? Does a society have an ethical responsibility to promote the health of undocumented immigrants within its borders? In this "Ethical Inquiry" we explore some of the concerns and questions surrounding healthcare for undocumented immigrants, primarily focusing on the debate in the United States.
April - The Ethics of Advocacy: KONY 2012
Leah Igdalsky '14
With the unprecedented popularity of the 30-minute "KONY 2012" video produced by the non-profit organization Invisible Children, the video struck up debates regarding the organization, its goals, and methods. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we look at some of the questions that have been touched on in the controversy surrounding the viral video and campaign.
May - The Ethics of Gender-Segregated Bathrooms
Elly Kalfus '13
It is illegal to deny someone a job because of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, or a number of other criteria, but segregation remains widely accepted in a very basic realm of daily life: the bathroom. Is this fair? This "Ethical Inquiry" explores the issue in terms of social policy, with a particular focus in the context of U.S. colleges and universities.
June - The Ethics of Title IX - Forty Years On
Vicky Negus '12
Title IX is the federal legislation mandating equal access for women in education. It has historically been interpreted as legislation aimed at sports, but more attention has recently been given to the role of Title IX in other aspects of education. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we explore some of the questions and controversy surrounding Title IX and its impact on high school and college sports since it was adopted in 1972.
July - The Ethics of HIV Criminalization
Robert Mesika '12
Do HIV criminalization laws in the U.S. protect people and reduce healthcare costs, or are there unintended consequences that cause too much harm? Many of these laws criminalize the transmission of HIV/AIDS by those who fail to disclose their serostatus (HIV-status) during sex, acts of prostitution, needle exchange, or tissue donation. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we ask if the laws act to decrease people engaging in risky transmission activities, or if they only act to increase stigma and avoid testing, with no significant change in risky activities.
August - The Ethics of Digital Photo Manipulation: Alterations in Pursuit of "Beauty"
Hailey Magee '15
Alteration of images has been occurring since the inception of photography. There are many reasons for photo manipulation, but more recently this manipulation has been in the pursuit of socially constructed notions of beauty. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we ask if it is ethical to digitally alter photos of individuals so as to make their subjects appear "more beautiful" in alignment with cultural standards of beauty - as when photos of celebrities and models are modified to increase their perceived ethical value.
September - Should peacebuilders encourage oppressed people to empathize with their oppressors?
Shoshana Zeldner, MA '12, Coexistence and Conflict, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
What feelings and sensibilities should guide the stance that oppressed people take towards those who are members of the dominant community? What responses are just? What is the right response? Anger? Violence and revenge? Compassion and mindfulness? Concern for humanity? Empathy?
October - Should developing nations be held to the same environmental standards as already developed nations?
Shelby Magid '15
The question of environmental standards has been quite a dividing factor among the international community, one of the few remaining. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we explore the question of whether it is right to hold both already developed and currently developing nations to the same environmental standards. What expectations are fair for developing countries?
November - Revolution: Right or Wrong?
Benjamin Beutel '12
Revolution has an undeniably high cost to society, yet many believe it is the only way, or at least the best way, to right the wrongs of their society. In this "Ethical Inquiry" we explore some of the perspectives on when revolution is justifiable - if ever.
December - Recommended Books From the Year
For the December installment of the "Ethical Inquiry" we recommend some books published in 2012 on topics related to the work of the Ethics Center and by people affiliated with the Center, as well as a few selections not as closely tied to our work that have impressed members of our staff.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, the U.S. economy has generated 7.8 million jobs. But the gains haven't been spread evenly across the country.
Some states have boomed. Others have struggled to add jobs.
North Dakota, benefiting from an oil and gas drilling boom, has created nearly 98,000 jobs over the past five years, a 27 percent increase -- by far the best in the country. New Mexico, hard hit by federal spending cuts, is the only state that has lost jobs since the recession ended.
State performance in job creation defies political categories. The big winners over the past five years include Republican-dominated red states such as Texas and Democratic-dominated blue ones such as California. Likewise, the laggards include red (Alabama, Arkansas) and blue (New Jersey, New Mexico) states.
The Labor Department released job figures for June on Friday, allowing an assessment of how states have done in this economic recovery.
Compared to May, 33 states added jobs and 17 lost them last month. The unemployment rate dropped in 22 states from May to June, rose in 14 and stayed the same in 14.
Mississippi and Rhode Island have the nation's highest unemployment rates, both at 7.9 percent. North Dakota has the lowest rate, at 2.7 percent.
The Great Recession, harshest since the 1930s, began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. Most states still don't have as many jobs as they had when the recession started. All but New Mexico have more than they did when it ended five years ago.
A list showing how the 50 states and Washington D.C. stack up in job creation between June 2009 and June 2014, ranked from fastest to slowest growth in hiring:
PlaceJobs in June 2009Jobs in June 2014Percentage changeNorth Dakota367,000465,000+26.6 percentTexas10.28 million11.55 million+12.3 percentUtah1.19 million1.33 million+12.3 percentColorado2.24 million2.45 million+9.2 percentFlorida7.22 million7.80 million+8.0 percentMichigan3.84 million4.14 million+7.9 percentWashington D.C.699,000754,000+7.9 percentIndiana2.78 million2.99 million+7.8 percentCalifornia14.36 million15.47 million+7.7 percentTennessee2.61 million2.80 million+7.4 percentSouth Carolina1.81 million1.933 million+7.1 percentOregon1.61 million1.72 million+6.7 percentWashington2.86 million3.05 million+6.7 percentNevada1.14 million1.22 million+6.7 percentMassachusetts3.20 million3.41 million+6.6 percentMinnesota2.65 million2.82 million+6.6 percentOklahoma1.57 million1.67 million+6.4 percentUSA130.94 million138.78 million+6.0 percentNew York8.52 million9.03 million+6.0 percentMontana429,000455,000+5.9 percentIdaho609,000645,000+5.9 percentNorth Carolina3.90 million4.12 million+5.7 percentArizona2.43 million2.55 million+5.2 percentOhio5.04 million5.31 million+5.2 percentDelaware416,000438,000+5.2 percentKentucky1.76 million1.85 million+5.1 percentGeorgia3.90 million4.10 million+5.1 percentIowa1.48 million1.55 million+5.0 percentHawaii593,000622,000+4.9 percentWisconsin2.74 million2.86 million+4.4 percentAlaska320,000334,000+4.4 percentSouth Dakota403,000420,000+4.1 percentRhode Island459,000477,000+4.0 percentLouisiana1.90 million1.97 million+3.9 percentNebraska948,000984,000+3.8 percentMaryland2.52 million2.62 million+3.7 percentKansas1.34 million1.38 million+3.4 percentWest Virginia749,000774,000+3.3 percentPennsylvania5.61 million5.79 million+3.3 percentVermont297,000306,000+3.2 percentVirginia3.66 million3.77 million+3.1 percentMissouri2.69 million2.77 million+3.1 percentIllinois5.64 million5.81 million+3.0 percentNew Hampshire628,000645,000+2.7 percentMaine596,000611,000+2.7 percentConnecticut1.62 million1.67 million+2.6 percentWyoming285,000292,000+2.4 percentMississippi1.10 million1.12 million+2.3 percentArkansas1.16 million1.19 million+2.2 percentNew Jersey3.90 million3.95 million+1.4 percentAlabama1.88 million1.91 million+1.4 percentNew Mexico811,000808,000-0.4 percent


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August 21. 2014 6:03PM
Andre Rosa: A practical step to prevent a Ferguson from happening in NH
Special to the Union Leader
"I DON'T HAVE a gun. Stop shooting!" were the last words of Michael Brown, 18 years old, before he was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. The events of Ferguson are surreal, dream-like for me. I cannot imagine how much more serious the situation is on the ground. What I see is a hundred pieces at play, coming to fruition, culminating in disaster. Ferguson is not the result of a linear, easy-to-follow, recent chain of events. No. It is the apex of independently moving parts with perverted incentives.
The War on Drugs is one of them. In its expansive influence, the drug war has exacerbated the racism found in our democratic institutions and deeply wounded our civil liberties, from incarcerating almost 100,000 people for non-violent drug offenses — African-Americans the majority — to Fourth-Amendment-violating wiretappings, no-knock raids, checkpoints, and asset seizures for mere suspicion of a crime.
And then there's the military equipment acquisition. Mostly funded by federal grants, not local taxpayer dollars, mind you, civilian police departments have amassed a conglomeration of military-grade equipment, including Lenco BearCats received by Keene and Concord. Use it or lose it — that's a clause in the Department of Defense's 1033 Program 3. Google it.
Of course, the Ferguson insanity hasn't happened in New Hampshire, not even remotely. We'd all be shocked that it ever could. The same statistics that show the unfortunate condition of the rest of the country, in regards to incarceration rates and police abuses, show nothing in the same order of magnitude here. And we have one of the lowest crime rates in the country. That's the New Hampshire advantage.
We have both the freedom this state offers and the public service of our police officers to thank for that. The officer's job is one of the most important jobs in our community. The officer, having the full force of the law behind him, must use his power judiciously. Not only does he have to encounter, regularly, in his daily grind, possibly dangerous, unknown conditions, protecting our livelihoods and property, he must also protect himself. The officer must react quickly, accurately, and with little prejudice to real-time, potentially violent, situations. I cannot imagine the mental gymnastics required to ensure that one does not fall on the wrong side of justice.
But as Ferguson shows us, accountability is necessary. It means trust. It means a community can feel safe and flourish. What happens when it is the police officer who violates the law. What happens if the officer gets something seriously wrong and morally out-of-whack? How is this handled? What is the culpability of those responsible?
Oh sure, there's the Internal Affairs investigation, readily available, and "right on cue." But rarely is an officer reprimanded in accordance with the crime committed. He usually gets taxpayer-paid leave. We have seen this in New Hampshire.
We must recognize that while we may have a system that effectively executes the law, we have an abysmal feedback mechanism determining its effectiveness and proof of quality. Is justice really working as we expect it? If Ferguson shows us anything (and in continuing with New Hampshire's tradition of protecting civil liberties), practical measures that protect both the police officer and the citizen need to be considered.
In 2012, the town of Rialto, Calif., passed a law requiring police officers to wear a body-mounted camera the size of a pager, recording everything that transpires between them and the citizens. In the law's first year, "the use of force by officers declined 60 percent, and citizen complaints against police fell 88%," The Wall Street Journal reported. My God. A political solution with results? That's something rare these days, and one New Hampshire should seriously consider.
A law like Rialto's significantly changes the psychology and relationship between law enforcement and the citizens. And it provides full-video accountability. It offers a complete record of events, from the police officer's point of view, outfitted as standard equipment, without any unnecessary, inappropriate interference while he performs his duties to protect and serve.
Ferguson didn't happen overnight. This is something systemic; it's been brewing for decades.
A discussion is needed, and not any "we'll get to it later" baloney. Let's nip this one in the bud. It is important to me that New Hampshire offers the right balance between helping law enforcement better protect us, and the responsibility that comes with such power.
I'm running for the state House and, this matters to me.
Andre Rosa of Manchester is a Republican candidate for state House in Hillsborough District 8.


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- "Dry humping might be free on the Subway, but there is no better way to unwind at the end of a hard day than a lap dance."
- ―GTA IV Manual Description
Honkers is a strip club located in Tudor, Alderney, on the corner of Tinderbox Avenue and Julin Avenue, featured in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Honkers was owned by Pegorino Boss, Jimmy Pegorino, and operated by Pegorino associate Phil Bell. Honkers, as well as The Triangle Club, is a place for an activity that can be done with any of Niko's friends. Some of the girls in the game also like going to the strip clubs. Honkers is significantly smaller than the Triangle Club. The barman is a man named Tommy.
The club bears a resemblance to Satin Dolls, a strip club located in Lodi, New Jersey, which was featured in The Sopranos as the "Bada Bing!" strip club. The name bears similarity to the Hooters restaurant chain. The logo itself bears a significant resemblance to the "Honker Burger" logo from the Nicktoon "Doug".
The radio station that plays inside the club is Electro-Choc, and the private room in EFLC plays songs from Vice City FM.
- Jimmy Pegorino (Owner)
- Phil Bell (Manager)
- Tommy (Barman)
- Doorman
- Security Man 1
- Security Man 2
- Candy, Susie, Cherry, Sindy, Bambi (Strippers)
In GTA V, there is a small graffiti tag found in some businesses, Including the Vanilla Unicorn and various Tattoo Parlors.
After the mission Marriage Counseling, Amanda will say in a post on Michael's Lifeinvader page that he frequents Honkers.
- Even though one of the advertisements mentions "Touchy Tuesday's", nothing changes when visiting the club on a Tuesday. Also, another advertisement mentions "Sinning Sunday's" but again nothing changes on a Sunday.
- The name "Honkers" is probably a play of the real life place "Hooters", or the word "Hookers".
- The logo may also depict a penis about to ejaculate (or honk, therefore calling it a honker) or a pair of female breasts, one of them being squeezed, or "honked".
- The player can bring friends here for friendship activities even when Alderney is locked.
- Strangely, the strippers who walk around the club will actually leave the club (but eventually return) and walk the streets as if they were a normal pedestrian. This is obviously strange because they are walking in public almost completely nude, and sometimes when it rains they pull out an umbrella or shiver and run. Some even pull out cell phones and make calls. Another interesting thing to note is that the protagonist cannot use auto-aim or auto-lock on any of the strippers outside the club.
- Some strippers may fight the player, but will eventually run away, and the security guards attack in response.
- Honkers seems to be much more advertised and known than its much larger counterpart "The Triangle Club", as there are several billboards and posters featuring Honkers and several prostitutes that wear a tank top with the Honkers logo on it. There is even a Honkers background that can be added to the player's phone, which can be bought off of the internet for 100 dollars.
- In The Ballad of Gay Tony, Honkers may be the destination for a drug war, namely the Stickup variant.
- There is a sign in the club that says "OCCUPANCY BY MORE THAN 625 PERSONS IS DANGEROUS AND UNLAWFUL - Commissioner Dept. of Buildings, Liberty City." This is probably a parody on building codes because :
- There is no way 625 people could fit in Honkers
- The building is in Alderney, which is a separate city from Liberty City and should have its own commissioners.
- The internal game files name for the Honkers is "Bada", an obvious reference to The Sopranos strip club, "Bada Bing".
- The music in the club is mostly from The Vibe 98.8


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Dear Lena Dunham, thank you.
Thank you for giving your characters some happiness. Thank you for this bumpy, ugly, imperfect sophomore season. Thank you for showing us everyone's low points and high points. Thank you for not apologizing for being messy and erratic, but most importantly, thank you for giving your audience a small smidgen of a quasi-somewhat happy ending on Sunday night.
I knew it wouldn't be a Busby Berkeley musical happy ending, but I was hoping for a little nugget of hope, and I got it. I was not expecting to hold my hands over my mouth and wipe away tears tonight, but Dunham gave that to me and for that, I thank her.
Hannah is still reeling from...


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Lady Gaga Performs 'Marry the Night' as Ballerina on 'Ellen'
Lady Gaga married the night on daytime TV today, performing her latest single 'Marry the Night' as a pink tutu-wearing ballerina. In the interview clip, Gaga said the song is about marrying the obstacles in your life and being proud of them. Well, she certainly embraced the obstacle of balancing on a pair of platform ballerina toe shoes that made her at least a foot taller!
The singer formerly known as Stefani Germanotta began the performance surrounded by other pink-clad ballet dancers positioned on a spinning platform. They were like a live, human music box. Perhaps Gaga was inspired by 'Black Swan.' Gaga had to clutch the balance beam on the platform, as she was teetering on those shoes. There is no way she could have remained bipedal without it. Those shoes were impossible to navigate in, but they were high-fashion and covetable.
They also allowed her to be extra graceful and cat-like, doing delicate dance moves with her arms.
Remember, there is a latex-clad ballet dancing Gaga in the official 'MTN' vid.
Gaga also told Ellen, "It's about marrying the darkness and what is difficult about your life. It's asking you to bear your struggles close to your heart and be proud of them."
Gaga eventually removed those struggle-inducing shoes so she could be more mobile. She played a keytar, which was pink and rocket-shaped. It was refreshing to see the Mother Monster look the part of rock star, knuckling down on an instrument other than her piano!
She also spoke about acting, as well.
Afternoon TV watchers, such as moms and kids coming home from school, can digest a pink ballerina with dominatrix toe shoes much more easily than they can a black latex-clad Mother Monster, right?
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The Best Pinterest Analytics Tools, According To @Brandwatch
Pinterest analytics are still in their infancy, compared to other social network data tools. Considering how new Pinterest is, that is to be expected. While there are plenty of tools out there to choose from (we looked at five here), there has never been a breakdown of the best from all of them. Until now.
Brandwatch has put together a report releasing information on nine different analytic tools for Pinterest, comparing them based on features, strengths, weaknesses, and their overall usefulness as a data gathering platform. It is the most comprehensive look at Pinterest analytic services that has been published.
Their findings were fascinating. Let's take a look at what they had to say about each of the services they examined.
- Services With Owned Profiles: Pin. Web Analytics, Ahalogy, Curalate, Cyfe, GoPixel, Piqora, Tailwind, ViralTag, and Viralwoot.
- Services With Multiple Users: Ahalogy, Curulate, Cyfe, Piquora, Tailwind, ViralTag.
- Pinterest API: Pin. Web Analytics, Curulate, Piquora, Tailwind.
- Services With Free Plans: Pin. Web Analytics, Cyfe, GoPixel, Tailwind, Viralwoot.
Top 3 Platforms By Features
The three platforms that had the most features were Curulate, Piquora and Tailwind. All three also achieved 4/5 star ratings from Brandwatch on quality of their platform.
Of all of the services, Curulate was the only one that had all features scored, though it did not provide a free plan. It does have a free plan for users interested in trying out their application.
Both Piquora and Tailwind have all but one feature scored, the first missing Keyword Listening, the second missing Promoting Pins/Advertising.
All three held up much better than Pinterest's own analytics dashboard, which scored only a 2/5 rating. While it is free, it only has a small handful of features, and no advanced data.
Bottom 2 Platforms By Features
The two lowest rated platforms in the report were Viralwoot and Piquora, both gaining only a 1/5 rating.
With Piquora, the low rating seems to be due to the price versus the missing features, which would otherwise justify the $1,500+ per month price tag. It doesn't provide Historic Data or Competitive Data, and all other features can be found for the same price or less from better platforms.
Viralwoot, on the other hand, misses most key features. To be fair, this is due to the new release of the tool, as it is still a startup being developed. As it is free, you can't complain too much about that. But it doesn't allow you to see any Pin Metrics, Website Traffit/Referrals, and you have to build a community. It also doesn't offer Historic Data or Competitor Analysis.
This is a great report written by a knowledgeable company that did their homework. Every tool is analyzed deeply, and you can get a real feel for how they work long before you try them. If anyone is considering spending money on a monthly plan from one of the better tools, it is a good idea to look through this report to find what fits your needs and budget best.
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On second thought - Hansen is UFA after this contract...so no way $2.25M does it.Vader wrote:Carl Hagelin re-signs in NY - 2yrs @ $2.25M per
Pretty good comparison to Hansen - similar gritty two way-game, agitators, fast, good on the PK, some offence, both stink on the powerplay - every time the coach puts them out there they stink.
You'd think Hansen's next contract would be in the same area.
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"I am writing today to apologize publicly for harm caused to anyone because of my inserting myself into the descriptions of life in Auschwitz," Joseph Hirt, 86, wrote in a letter . "I was not a prisoner there. I did not intend to lessen or overshadow the events which truly happened there by falsely claiming to have been personally involved."
"I was wrong. I ask forgiveness," he added. "I determined at that moment to do everything in my power to prevent the loss of the truth about wartime life (and death) at Auschwitz."
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/24/holocaust-survivor-lied-joseph-hirt-auschwitz


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This Week In Island History
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Sept. 12, 1913
The public schools opened Monday morning after a vacation of more than two months. The enrollment was such that the lowest grade was put in the Town Hall, which had been fitted for the purpose in anticipation of an overflow. It is thought, however, that that the little ones can be cared for better in the regular school building and that they will be changed and one of the classes of older pupils moved to the Town Hall.
Lighter Archer discharged a deck load of lumber at Ferry Wharf Thursday for local contractors.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 8, 1938
The number of pupils is 321. This is the largest enrolment in the history of the school, and is an increase of 20 pupils over last year.
There will be a block party Saturday evening at 8 o'clock on the East Shore Road opposite the Bay View Hotel. Music for dancing will be furnished by the William H. Vanderbilt's sound truck.
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 10, 1938
The tennis courts at the Thomas H. Clarke School are being put in condition for use.
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 14, 1938
The regular meeting of the Jamestown Historical Society will be held at St. Matthew's parish hall Monday afternoon, Sept. 19, at 3:30. Leon Hull will speak on Jamestown gleanings from old newspapers. Tea and a visit to the old windmill will follow.
Wreckers have commenced razing the three remaining buildings owned by the town at the east waterfront.
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 15, 1938
Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Thomas H. Clarke School, a picture on the manufacture of safety glass will be shown. The public is invited to attend.
The Rhode Island League of Women Voters held their annual meeting at Point View House at Conanicut Park on Tuesday and Wednesday.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 9, 1963
Nearly 200 persons attended the Jamestown Lions Club annual chicken barbecue held Saturday at seaside camp at Conanicut Park.
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 10, 1963
Harold E. Shippee, Jamestown Town Council president, last night told the council that the Navy has no immediate plan, if any, for closing Beavertail to the public, according to information given him by the Navy, and he felt there was no need for fishermen to be concerned about that area. The town will continue to protest any blasting in this area. The Army Engineers will hold a hearing on the barriers and on blasting at this area, sometime in the winter.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 12, 1988
The Zoning Board of Review last Thursday upheld the Planning Commission's rejection of a 26-house subdivision next to the former town landfill.
From the Newport Daily News, Sept. 13, 1988
The Town Council Monday night endorsed a building committee plan to further investigate expanding the police station at its existing site. In its report, the committee said it was aware that solid arguments could be made for building a brand new station elsewhere in town. But several factors led it to recommend further study on the existing site.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, Sept. 10, 1998
Between now and Oct. 30, the state Department of Transportation will be accepting bids on five houses near Route 138 in Jamestown that are on the auction block. The houses were purchased by the state years ago because they were in the way of construction when the road was widened into a fourlane limited-access highway.
Jamestown was one of several communities in the state to receive grants last week from the governor's office, and the money will help the town preserve open space.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, Sept. 11, 2003
The much debated issue of term limits for members of town boards, commissions and committees was decided by the Town Council Monday night. The restrictions on term limits set by the voter-approved amendment to the Town Home Rule Charter are meant to apply from now on rather than retroactively.
A number of islanders are scurrying to put the finishing touches on what should be a fun weekend in celebration of the 325th anniversary of the signing of Jamestown's original charter.


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"Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction" (Random House), by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd
Writing about writing is riddled with pitfalls. Take that sentence, even: Should we reconsider the passive voice? Should we clarify which instance of "writing" we mean as a noun and which as a verb form, if either? And, anyway, what do we mean by pitfalls: traps or tricks? Actually, the challenge is more complicated than that. Writing is a specific and individual task: No two pieces can sound the same without one or both being diminished, and no two personalities approach the creative process in exactly the same way. Successful reporting and writing also involve so much of a special kind of pursued luck that they're usually irreparably harmed when they're dissected. Reassembled descriptions of the process often end up sounding like prescriptions. Or bragging.
Lucky readers of Tracy Kidder's and Richard Todd's conversation about their four shared decades in the writing life, "Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction," don't get pulled into those weeds until the book's very end. And, by then, Todd and Kidder have earned the right to offer a few quick tips. Besides, their final chapter, "Being Edited and Editing," opens with a description of this crucial part of the writing process that is more frank and helpful than any in recent memory. It's more than a fig leaf when Kidder, a long-form journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and many other accolades, mentions his editors' harsh assessments of his early work. Those are important to hear. And it's important to know that Kidder still suffers from disorganization, ballooning prose and melodrama. He still spreads printouts of a piece all over the floor or a table to see its parts more clearly, he still needs help shaping ideas, he must "work on keeping quiet," and he still reaches a point in each project when he wants to quit.
For his part, Todd is gorgeously open about how many editors work. "All magazines are dictatorships," he asserts in describing his own mid-level role at The Atlantic. His most succinct argument for the work of editors is equally sweeping: "Most problems in writing are structural, even on the scale of the page. ... Editors ideally can hear and see prose in a way that is difficult for the writer." For anyone who's tried her hand at editing, it's great fun to hear his descriptions of its opportunities, as well as its limits, and to imagine learning from him.
"Good Prose" is a personal account at its core. Both Todd and Kidder insist that they prefer not to be effusive, that they've grown close almost by accident. But listen to Todd preface his reminder that "editors need writers more than the reverse": "Editing is a wifely trade. ... (It involves) those skills that are stereotypically female: listening, supporting, intuiting." He graciously (or maybe self-servingly!) omits the obvious: nagging. But "Good Prose" never feels voyeuristic. We want to know how this mysterious process really feels when it works, and especially when it works for so long.
Kidder and Todd introduce "Good Prose" as "a practical book." And it is. In the chapter on "beginnings," the pair cite several of the most beloved openings in English and American literature — but with such fluidity and relevance that there's no danger of overload, and plenty of their references are current. Organized around topics such as using time elements, being accurate and developing a compelling voice, or "sound," ''Good Prose" is as approachable and applicable as any writing manual available.


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February marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique," which revealed the mind-numbing ennui of the mid-20th-century American housewife, and a great deal of ink has been spilled describing how far we still have to go, baby.
Public policy and the corporate culture have not kept pace with, nor facilitated, the movement of enormous numbers of women — many highly educated — into the workplace, we are told.
Maternity leave is still unpaid. Child care is not universally available and child care workers are poorly compensated. Assumptions are still made about a woman's career path once she has children. Sexual harassment and discrimination have gone underground, but both still flourish.
And most of the time, no matter who it is she thought she married, his meeting will always be more important than her meeting when the baby throws up.
Meanwhile, stay-at-home moms bristle in the company of mothers who work outside the home, while those working mothers wrestle feverishly with their dual identities.
The world has shrunk a great deal since 1963, and we are more aware than ever before of the suffering of women elsewhere in the world. Those women have found voices to speak for them in the U.S. State Department, where women have served as secretary of state for 12 of the last 16 years, most notably, Hillary Clinton.
It is those other women I think about when I think about "The Feminine Mystique" and the change it wrought in my life and the lives of so many of my contemporaries — and how good that life is.
That maternity leave in this country is not paid renders it somewhat useless. But that inconvenience pales next to the experiences of women who die in childbirth in developing countries or who have been infected with the HIV virus by their partners and are in danger of passing it on to their unborn children.
Poor, single mothers must still work multiple jobs in this country while leaving their children poorly supervised. But what of the women and children in countries ravaged by drought and famine and where water is as precious as oil?
While we worry over whether our educational system is driving girls out of math and science classrooms, daughters in another part of the world are still being circumcised — by their own mothers and grandmothers — and sold off into marriage by their fathers.
The question being asked this month is: Where is feminism going during the next 50 years? I think we might consider putting aside our own grievances and focus on sisters in countries where rape is a weapon of war, where honor killings still take place, where girls have acid thrown on them for trying to go to school, and where family size is mandated, so baby girls are abandoned.
And then there are all the smaller indignities: not being allowed to drive a car, pursue a degree or hold a job.
Since Betty Friedan identified "the problem that has no name," the effort to improve the lot of women has produced changes no one in 1963 would have believed possible. But we still lag embarrassingly far behind other developed nations in institutional supports that would make combining work and family easier, especially since a shrinking economy makes dual-income families almost a necessity.
Even so, the next wave of feminism must certainly sweep across Africa, Asia, Afghanistan and the Arab world.
Things are clearly still unequal in this country in hiring, in pay and in expectations. But as we make time to pay a debt of gratitude to the women who came before us, we should find ways — even small ways — to improve the lives of women outside our borders. Something as simple as demanding information from a retail manager about his company's sweatshop policies.
We are all sisters, under the skin.
Susan Reimer is a columnist for the Baltimore Sun. Readers may send her email at [email protected]
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Last night, President Obama "signed" a four-year extension of the most controversial features of the Patriot Act. They used to be controversial, anyway; apparently no longer. President Obama merely said:
It's an important tool for us to continue dealing with an ongoing terrorist threat.
That is quite a change from Obama's original attitude toward the Patriot Act. When he was running for the Senate in 2003, Obama answered the question "Would you vote to repeal the Patriot Act?" by saying:
Yes, I would vote to repeal the U.S. Patriot Act, although I would consider replacing that shoddy and dangerous law with a new, carefully crafted proposal that addressed in a much more limited fashion the legitimate needs of law enforcement in combating terrorism….
From a "shoddy and dangerous law" that should be repealed to "an important tool for us to continue dealing with an ongoing terrorist threat"–just one more step in the apprenticeship of Barack Obama.


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The Palestinian envoy to Canada has been told she's not welcome in Ottawa after she tweeted a link to a video that the federal government deemed an offensive diatribe against Jews.
Now, Linda Sobeh Ali, the chargé d'affaires of the Palestinian delegation in Ottawa, is just one cut above persona non grata. The Canadian government called her in for a high-level dressing down, made a formal protest to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and has decided to "limit communication" with her until a replacement arrives.
The diplomatic cold shoulder was sparked when Ms. Sobeh Ali took to Twitter this month to circulate a link to a video posted on YouTube, telling her followers on the social-media message system to "check this video out."
The video shows a Palestinian girl, in tears and shouting with passion, reciting a poem in Arabic, "I am Palestinian." The English subtitles on the video include a passage where millions are called "to a war that raze the injustice and oppression and destroy the Jews."
When Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird learned of it about two weeks ago, he instructed his deputy minister, Morris Rosenberg, to call Ms. Sobeh Ali in to complain, and the Canadian representative in the West Bank, Chris Greenshields, to protest to the Palestinian Authority.
"Canada expects the Palestinian Authority to appropriately deal with this serious transgression," Mr. Baird's spokesman, Chris Day, said in an e-mail. "We have taken the decision to limit communication with this official until a replacement is selected."
It's not clear how quickly Ms. Sobeh Ali – essentially the Palestinian ambassador, although she does not hold that rank because she does not represent a sovereign state – will be replaced. Reached by telephone on Monday, Ms. Sobeh Ali said she is not in a position to comment right now. She denied a rumour she is leaving Ottawa this week, but when asked if the Palestinian Authority has recalled her, she said a polite goodbye, and hung up.
Complicating the matter – in the eyes of some, but not others – is the fact that the English subtitles in the video linked to Ms. Sobeh Ali are a mistranslation of the girl's Arabic poem in several parts.
The phrase that the subtitles translate as, "to a war that raze the injustice and oppression and destroy the Jews," is correctly translated as, "to a war that is destroying oppression and kill the soul of Zionism," according to Salah Basalamah, associate professor in the University of Ottawa's School of Translation and Interpretation.
Shimon Fogel, chief executive officer of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, which first sent Ms. Sobeh Ali's video tweet to Mr. Baird's office, said both versions are unfit to be circulated by a Palestinian envoy.
"You're speaking to someone who doesn't see a difference," Mr. Fogel said. Calling for a war for the destruction of Zionism – the movement to establish a Jewish land – is a denial of Israel's right to exist, he said, and the passion of the girl, shaking as her eyes well up with tears, makes it an entirely wrong thing for a Palestinian envoy to Ottawa to circulate, he said.
"I was shocked at the video," he said. "And I'm pretty thick-skinned."
However, Mr. Basalamah, who also writes about Islamic culture, said there is a big difference between the Arabic poem and the English subtitles. The phrase "kill the soul of Zionism" can "not in any way" be interpreted as "destroy the Jews," he said. Not all Jews are Zionists and vice versa, he argued, and "the problem that Palestinians have with Israel is the ideology that has conducted the Palestinians to be stripped of their lands, and not their religion."
Mr. Fogel said only a month ago he worked with Ms. Sobeh Ali to plan for a meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jewish community leaders, but now he would have difficulty reconciling her circulation of the video with the idea that she is working for peace.
Mr. Baird's spokesman called it a "serious lack of judgment." And Ms. Sobeh Ali has closed her Twitter account.Report Typo/Error
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The Free At Noon Concert with Dengue Fever is at the World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington, Delaware!
The 1970's marked a turbulent time in Cambodian music history, when in 1975 the Pol Pot regime took over; western-influenced music was banned, musicians killed, and many recordings eliminated. But the influence of popular artists such as Sinn Sisamouth continues to live on decades later, sparking the interest of Zac and Ethan Holzman. The brothers fell in love with vintage Cambodian pop music and after collecting old Cambodian casettes they went to work on creating a band that would incorporate such elements. Their idea materialized when Dengue Fever formed in 2001 after a chance meeting with Ch'hom Nimol,an esteemed Cambodian songstress who stems from a family of wedding singers and who moved to Long Beach from Cambodia merely a year prior. Specializing in Khmer Rock, a mix of Cambodian Khmer style and psychedelic pop-rock, Dengue Fever started out as a Camboidan pop cover band. But as the group grew into a dynamic 6-piece band featuring saxophone, bass, drums, guitar, farfisa and vocals, their style developed into an intriguing hybrid of eastern and western styles.
Since their start, Dengue Fever has released a total of four albums, showing ever-increasing growth with each release. Their third album "Venus on Earth" really launched the band forward with its solid mix of hypnotic psychedelic riffs, jazzy accents and artfully graceful Cambodian singing. Three years later, the group now presents their fourth and latest album "Cannibal Courtship," which features a shift towards more songs in English.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic/
Recent Release: Cannibal Courtship
Release Date: April 9, 2011
Label: Fantasy Records/ Concord Music Group
Origin: Los Angeles, California


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Statement from LDR Executive Counsel Tim Barfield on ITEP study and job creation
BATON ROUGE – It is ironic that ITEP – a liberal special interest group – launched an attack on the same day the Wall Street Journal editorialized in support of our proposal as well as other states who are seeking to eliminate income taxes. We have a fundamental philosophical disagreement with ITEP about how to help the poor and improve job opportunities for all Louisianans. Contrary to ITEP's definition of fairness, we believe that the less money the government takes from people's incomes, the better.
The best way to alleviate poverty is to create jobs, and the way to create jobs is by structuring a tax code that is fairer and simpler so that Louisiana can continue to foster an environment where businesses want to invest and create job opportunities for all of Louisiana's citizens. Study after study has shown that companies move to places where taxes are lower, and job creation is the only sustainable way to combat systemic poverty.
There are progressive measures in the current tax code to help low-income groups, which we will retain in our final proposal. Sales tax exemptions are currently protected by the Louisiana Constitution and will remain so. The basic necessities of life – groceries, prescription medicine, and residential utilities – will remain sales-tax free. The proposal will also include some form of an Earned Income Tax Credit to offset any additional sales tax burden that might impact low-income Louisianans.
ITEP ignores an inconvenient truth: the states without a personal income tax – four of which are named in ITEP's "Terrible Ten" list – helped create the most jobs in America over the last decade.


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President Obama, in the midst of an historic tour of Africa, says he's not sure whether he'll be able to visit gravely ill Nelson Mandela when he arrives in South Africa today.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Dakar, Senegal to Johannesburg, Obama said, "We'll see what the situation is when we land."
Obama adds, quote, "I don't need a photo op and the last thing I want to do is to be in any way obtrusive at a time when the family is concerned with Nelson Mandela's condition."
Obama said, "I think the main message we'll want to deliver, if not directly to him, but to his family, is simply profound gratitude for his leadership." Mandela is a former president of South Africa.


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Not later than 2 years after January 4, 2011, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the use of recall authority under section 350l of this title (as added by subsection (a)) [1] and any public health advisories issued by the Secretary that advise against the consumption of an article of food on the ground that the article of food is adulterated and poses an imminent danger to health.
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(A) the identity of each article of food that was the subject of a public health advisory described in paragraph (1), an opportunity to cease distribution and recall under subsection (a) ofsection 350l of this title, or a mandatory recall order under subsection (b) of such section;
(B) the number of responsible parties, as defined in section 350f of this title, formally given the opportunity to cease distribution of an article of food and recall such article, as described in section 350l(a) of such title;
(C) the number of responsible parties described in subparagraph (B) who did not cease distribution of or recall an article of food after given the opportunity to cease distribution or recall under section 350l (a) of this title;
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Wild End Hockey Day Minnesota in Style With Overtime Victory
ST. PAUL - Elk River native Nate Prosser scored the game winning overtime goal, as the Wild wrapped up Hockey Day Minnesota with a fitting 3-2 victory.
Erik Haula scored his first NHL goal to lead off the scoring for the Wild. Ryan Suter added another goal in the second for the 2-2 tie in regulation.
The Wild made it to overtime in large part to goalie Darcy Kuemper, who made 33 saves in the game.
Minnesota has now won seven of its past nine games and improves to 27-19-5 this season. They hit the road for a rematch against Dallas on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m.


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more: http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=629145ST. LOUIS -- When Ken Hitchcock was brought in to right the ship for the Blues in early November, what impressed the 60-year-old was that the team immediately embraced what he was preaching.
Often, it takes time for players to adjust to a new message.
But the Blues, who eliminated the San Jose Sharks in five games in the Western Conference Quarterfinals with a win Saturday night, continue to receive Hitchcock's message well. The Blues always seemed a step ahead of the playoff-hardened Sharks, entering uncharted waters by winning the franchise's first playoff series since 2002.


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Brian McTaggart has some reaction to today's win over the Mets.
"The first inning I struggled a little bit making an adjustment to the mound and things me and Arnie worked on in the bullpen. You go from different mound to different mound, and it just took me a little bit longer to make an adjustment. I was able to make the adjustment and it was great. I made some good pitches. The one David Wright hit was down and he put a good swing on it."
Mills, on Arias' injury:
"He's had it kind of bothering him. They said it was feeling pretty well. He said he could have pitched out there, but what was coming out we didn't think it would be safe. The doctor's going to take a look at him and we'll go from there."
Mills, on the win:
"It was a very well-played game. We made some pitches when we had to and the guys swing the bats, we ran the bases and we made some big plays on the double plays. It's fun to see a game played like that and the guys are rewarded for their efforts. The hitting is going to come. We can look at that as we've got a good ballclub and these guys can swing the bat, but it was things like the base running that was good today, the defensive plays were outstanding, the extra effort. They did a super job."
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Reaction to ST6: Astros v. Mets
Labels: Alberto Arias, Brad Mills, Brett Myers
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I like the Mills outlook. Instead of Coops, "we are going to have to score runs to win." its "The hitting is going to come." Now I'm not going to brown nose the guy like Blum, but I definitely am digging the optimism.
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I am married for 5 years with 2 kids. Before our marriage he was once a drug addict but he has leave his pass and turn to a new life.On our first year of marriage, he has stop working and spent all his time on religion. He is a follower of a group called Tabligh. He spent his time going for 3 days every month, 40 days every year & at he mosque most of the time.As a result,I hv to bear all the household & my children expenses. He has not given any nafkah for the past 4 years as he is not earning anything.I tolerated all this since I still love him. Unfortunately,lately he has been lying to me. He has gone back to drug and I did not even know the reason for him taking it. He was once a loving husband has turn to a wife beater.He has left me with debts and I have to sell our house in order to pay the debtors. I and my children have gone back to my mother's house.He was caught las month and will be inprison for 1 year or so. My question is, since I have suffered enough, I have decided to divorce him by taking fasakh.Am I at the right path. All I wanted is to start my life fresh with my two kids.For your info, he has beg me to wait for him and not to leave him. But I don't think I can as I do not trust him anymore.
Our sister, may Allaah grant you relief from your distress, make things easier for you, and guide you to that which is good.
One of the decrees of Allaah is that He tests His slaves in this world to see if they are patient and content (with His decree).
"Great rewards come from great tests. When Allaah loves people, He tests them, and whoever accepts that earns Allaah's pleasure, and whoever is angry with that earns Allaah's wrath."
(Hadeeth narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2396; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 146).
So be patient and seek reward.
With regard to what you mention about your husband, it is regrettable. He has committed three haraam actions:
1 – Not spending on you and your children. The husband is commanded to spend on his wife and children. If he fails to do that then the wife has the right to refer the matter to the court, and she may also ask for divorce.
2 – His neglecting to look after his household and children is a sin on him, even if he claims that this is for the sake of da'wah, because his soul has a right over him, and his wife has a right over him, and his Lord has a right over him. He must give each of them his right. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) regarded neglect of those who are under one's care as a sin, and he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "It is sufficient sin for a man to neglect those whom he supports." Narrated by Abu Dawood, 1692; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 1484.
Raising children and looking after them and the house is a trust that rests on the father's shoulders. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock… the man is the shepherd of his household and is responsible for his flock." Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 893; Muslim, 1829.
Please see also questions no. 20064 and 45359.
3 – Taking drugs is a haraam action, and indeed is a major sin. It corrupts a person's religious commitment and his worldly interests, as well as damaging the body and mind, wasting money, and destroying honour. It includes all kinds of evil.
So beware of opening the door to it and falling in its trap.
How many households has it destroyed, how many people has it killed, how many blessings has it ruined, how much calamity has it brought about!
When people fall into the trap of drugs, hardly any are saved therefrom, except those upon whom Allaah bestows His mercy and guidance.
With regard to your desire for divorce, if your husband is sincere in his repentance and truly regrets what he has done, and is determined to reform himself, and if you still want him, then be patient and seek reward for staying with him. Perhaps Allaah will reform him, especially if he has asked you to stay with him and to wait for him. The fact that you have children together may also make you think more carefully before you ask for a divorce, because it is better for children to be raised with both their father and their mother than for them to be raised by one parent only.
If the man is sincere in his repentance and his regret (of the past), then it is better for you to be patient and to wait until he comes out of prison, because that is in his interests and in the interests of your children, and also in your own interests.
But if you cannot bear to be patient and to stay without a husband for this length of time (one year), or if the man is not sincere in his repentance, there is no sin on you in that case if you seek a divorce, and there is nothing good in your staying with him when he is persisting in that sin.
You have to make a great deal of du'aa' to Allaah, and seek His guidance by praying istikhaarah before you take any step. For information on how to pray istikhaarah, please see questions no. 11981 and 2217.
May Allaah set your affairs straight and guide you both to the Straight Path.
And Allaah knows best.


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BlueBo B3000 – Specs Review: Cheapest 3.5-inch MT6575 Android 4.0 with Analog TV
This BlueBo B3000 is a MTK6575 Android 4.0 ICS phone, with a single-core clocked at 2 GHz. You can watch your favorite local shows because it also has TV! A high-end specs Android phone with TV? Seems interesting. Let's review this BlueBo B3000 after the short break.
I was asked before, if I know any latest MTK-based Android phone that has native Analog TV support. I wasn't able to provide any device model as I haven't encountered one. I used to think that it will just doesnt look good if a slim, form factor MT6577 or MT6575 Android device is implanted with a TV antenna.
Now, here comes the BlueBo B3000 which caters this need for those who desires to opt for a decent Android phone with Analog TV feature. I just noticed that the TV function is optional.
BlueBo B3000 Specs and Features
OS: Android 4.0
- Internal: 170MB usable
- 3.5-inches HVGA
- 320×480 pixels
- capacitive screen
- Dual SIM Dual Standby
- Frequency: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Other features: WIFI, TV (optional), Bluetooth, FM, WAP 2.0, support T- flash card (up to 32GB)
- Dual Camera
- main: 2.0 megapixels
- with Flash
The BlueBo B3000 is claimed as the first cheapest Android 4.0 smartphone based on MT6575 (single-core) platform. Other good stuff with this phone is, it has TV support! It comes with any color of your choice: Black, Purple, White, Red.
With the price of this BlueBo B3000, I wont be surprised that it will become selling like hotcakes. Comparing the price, you can only get some slow and crap, older MT6515 and MT6573 Android devices with that price. But now, with the B3000 from BlueBo, you get a full-pledged MT6575 device at absolutely very low price. I bet you cannot find any other device that is on par or better than this one on that price tag.
Bluebo B3000 Pictures
Here are a couple of Bluebo B3000 photos for your enjoyment:
Here's what you get on unboxing a BlueBo B3000 Android phone with TV.
Enough for me to say that it really runs on Android ICS, and doesnt have just ICS launcher installed.
That style of soft-touch Android buttons reminds me of the ZOPO ZP100.
Back cover doesnt look like it was cheap TV phone.
When I check out BlueBo smartphones' official site, I just saw two kinds of B3000 model; MT6513 and MT6573. Now, its kinda confusing but I am guessing that this one from Fastcardtech is different as there isnt any sign that the posted B3000/B3000S on the official site has TV support. I still cannot confirm if the posted details by Fastcardtech is real, I will just update this post once we are able to confirm it.
Just overall, the BlueBo B3000 looks promising for its price. For more photos, and technical specifications proofs, check it out on the fastcardtech listing via the link at the end of this post.


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"Dancing with the Stars" premieres in a brand-new, one night, two-hour format, Monday, Sept. 16
This season's new cast of "Dancing with the Stars" will be revealed live, Wednesday, Sept. 4, exclusively on "Good Morning America" (show begins at 7 a.m.).
The competition begins with 12 new celebrities who will brave the dance floor for their very first time. Each week these celebrities will leave their comfort zones and endure hours of grueling rehearsals to master technical choreography and entertaining performances. In the end, only one star will rise above the rest to be crowned champion and win the coveted mirror-ball trophy.
"Dancing with the Stars" returns for season 17 and shakes things up by transitioning to a one night, two-hour format beginning Monday, Sept. 16 (8 p.m.). Combining the best elements of the show every Monday, "Dancing with the Stars" will continue to feature competitive dance, dynamic group performances and musical guests, all while climaxing to a dramatic elimination. Each week, viewers vote for their favorite dancing performance. Each couple will be eliminated at the end of each episode by combining the judges' scores of that night, along with the public votes from the previous week, which will determine who gets eliminated every Monday night.
Hosted by Tom Bergeron ("America's Funniest Home Videos") and Brooke Burke-Charvet, "Dancing with the Stars" is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines that will be judged by renowned ballroom judge Len Goodman and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
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A Hillsborough County Superior Court jury sitting in Nashua on Thursday convicted a Nashua man of committing a "pattern of sexual assault" on a female victim from the age of 13 until after her 16th birthday.
It took the jury three hours to find Kevin Murray, 50, of Nashua guilty of two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault and a misdemeanor sexual assault.
The assaults occurred between 2001 and 2004 and included forcible rape and oral sex. Nashua police began investigating when the victim came forward six years after the abuse stopped.
The victim testified at trial as did other witnesses.
"We hope that this verdict will bring the victim some closure surrounding a very difficult period in her life. We also hope that her strength in participating in this prosecution will give other victims of sexual abuse the courage to come forward," Assistant County Attorney Catherine Devine said in a statement. Devine prosecuted the case with Assistant County Attorney David Tencza.
Murray also apologized for what he had done to the victim, Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia M. LaFrance wrote in a statement.
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Cardinal O'Malley's stepmom dies
Mary Louise O'Malley was 90
Cardinal O'Malley's stepmom dies
Mary Louise O'Malley was 90
Cardinal Sean O'Malley's step-mother, Claire (Noonan) O'Malley, died Sunday in Florida at 90, The Patriot Ledger reported.
She married the cardinal's father, Theodore J. O'Malley, in 1967, after the death of his first wife, Mary Louise O'Malley, in 1964. Mr. O'Malley died last May 14.
When her stepson was elevated to cardinal in 2006, Mrs. O'Malley told The Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese, "I'm sure he'll continue to be the same humble man he always has been. I'll try to be as humble too, but it's a bit more difficult for me perhaps."
The cardinal was the youngest of three children from the first marriage.
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Along with a mixed vegetable dish of Labra, different kinds of fries called bhaja and Tomato Chaatni, this Khichuri was offered during Pujo, in heavy plates with raised edges made of kansa (bell metal) or brass. Water was served in similar glasses. Sweets and several fruits cut and cubed made up the other edible arrangements. Fresh flowers, heavy fragrance from incense sticks and dhuno made up the complete atmosphere.
In addition to all this there was something offered called noibiddyo, small mounds of small grained raw rice that had been soaked, raw yellow moong soaked, some sweet sondesh, pieces of ripe banana were arranged in portions in a separate plate. Though Noibiddyo or Naivedhya means "offering made to the Gods" and so everything offered should actually have fallen under this category, we specifically labelled this offering of raw rice et al as Noibiddyo. You will get a clearer image of this from this pic I found in Flickr.
After the pujo was over, these small mounds of rice, sondesh and bananas were mixed together in a kind of mash. The raw rice due to the overnight soaking was soft but had a bite and the sondesh and banana sweetened the whole deal. More than the khichuri, it is this thing called chaal-kola makha, distributed with prasad at the end of pujo, is what I waited for.
Saraswati Pujo is on Friday. My parents are going to have an elaborate pujo back home as usual. Friday being a working day, I will have a small pujo at home in the evening where I will do almost nothing according to tradition except offer sweets and books, pray and ask her for knowledge and wisdom.
On Saturday, we will have a pujo at a larger scale in a friends' basement. There we will have Khichuri and labra and also much fun. I am trying to teach the girls to sing a Saraswati Vandana for the pujo there and given that I cannot sing a single note in tune, I have roped in help from YouTube. So every night for ten whole minutes I play a simple Saraswati bhajan on my laptop and the girls' join in singing at the top of their voice. It does not sound very musical and the little one keeps saying "Naamo Sharada Maatha" instead of "Maata", which is kind of funny given that "Maatha" in Bengali means "head". The ensuing cacophony is enough to drive any Saraswati up the wall but we are hoping that the Goddess and audience has more patience.
In prospect of this wonderful future (ahem!), I made a Bhaaja Moog Dal er Khichuri today. Since I did not offer it to the divine, I cannot say it was bhog er khichuri yet. Instead of Tomato Chaatni, I made Anarosher Chaatni or Pineapple Chutney. The Begun Bhaja or fried eggplants I baked in the oven taking cue from a reader who had suggested this method. I lighted up some incense sticks and then deliberated on eating it, since Khichuri does not feature in the top 20 things I want to eat stranded in a desert island. Furthermore Khichuri without an omlette holds very little charm for me. So I made an omlette, something which would have been impossible on the actual day of Pujo and then ate it all up myself. I mean I also fed it to the rest of the family.
You don't have to wait for any divine intervention, any day you want a one pot meal, make this and offer yourself.
Some of my previous posts on Saraswati Pujo are here and here. Here is my Labra, Begun Bhaja and Anarosher Chaatni recipe to complete the meal. There is another version of Khichuri I make called Bhuni Khichuri which is a spicier and richer version of this.
The very nice people from masalamommas had asked me a few questions and that article up on their site. Go check if you want. Thanks Salima, the lovely lady who did the piece. And btw that picture is of Salima's.
Chop 2 small potatoes (or 1 medium) in halves.
Chop half of a small cauliflower in about 8-10 large-ish florets
Defrost about 1/3 cup of frozen peas (or use same amount of fresh green peas)
Wash 1/2 cup of rice(short grained rice like gobindobhog, kalijeera etc. preferred, I used sona masoori) and soak in water
Roast 1/2 cup of Yellow Moong Dal till you get a nice nutty aroma. About 50% of the dals should be a light brown on roasting. Rinse the dal lightly in water and keep aside.
In a separate frying pan, fry the potatoes and cauliflower with sprinkle of turmeric powder till they are a shade of light gold and the cauliflower florets have some brown spots.Throw in the green peas and saute them too.
After we are done with the prep part we will start on the actual khichuri
Heat 1tbsp oil + 1 tsp ghee in a deep and heavy bottomed pot.
Temper the oil with
2 green cardamom
2-4 clove/laung
1 thin stick of cinnamom
1 Bay Leaf/tejpata
2 Dry red chilli
1/4 tsp of whole cumin seeds/jeera
When the spices pop to the oil add
1 tbsp mince or grated ginger
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder(or Kashmiri Mirch)
Saute for a minute
Next add the roasted moong dal and mix with the masala. Saute the dal along with the masalas for couple of minutes.
Now add about 2 cups of warm water to the pot. Add little salt. Cover the pot and let the water simmer to a boil. 2-3 minutes after the boiling starts add the potatoes, cauliflower and peas. Add some more warm water if needed. Cover the pot and let the vegetables cook for 2 more minutes.The moong dal takes longer to cook than the rice so we want the dal to be cooked half-way before we add the rice.
Add about 1/2 cup of short grained rice now. Mix with the lentils and veggies and add about 2 cups of warm water, salt to taste, some turmeric powder. Once you see the water boil, lower the heat, cover and let the rice and lentils cook. In between, remove the cover, gently give a stir and check if they are done or if more water is needed.
Once the rice, lentils and vegetables are cooked, sprinkle about 1/2 tsp of sugar and a pinch of Garam Masala. Mix gently. Drizzle a tsp more of ghee if you are feeling generous. Serve hot.


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Novell profitable as revenue drops
Flat new year
Novel expects a drop in revenue for its current, fourth quarter and is predicting a flat 12 months, despite rising Linux sales and a Microsoft sales boost.
Announcing preliminary fourth quarter results, Novell expects to swing from a $6m loss to a $25m profit on net revenue that dropped 15 per cent to $245m. The drop was bigger than expected by analysts, who'd anticipated $251.5m net revenue, according to Reuters.
Novell expects to end the year on $967m revenue, down from $1.039m.
Looking ahead, Novell forecasts similar gravity friendly numbers for 2007. It expects revenue between $945m and $975m compared to between $949m and $1.05bn expected by analysts.
This comes as Novell claimed 32 per cent growth in its Linux revenues to $13m during the fourth quarter. Next year, Novell apparently expects to realise $20m in revenue from the multi-year deal reached with Microsoft and signed last month.
Under that agreement, Microsoft will re-sell 70,000 SuSE Enterprise Linux Server coupons to the total value of $240m. According to Novell, the $240m will be recorded in cash and deferred revenue, with revenue recorded as sales are made.
Novell's chief executive Ron Hovespian admitted to some "ambitious" joint goals with Microsoft, saying the target is for 150 customers and 20,000 sold certificates in January.
Elsewhere, Novell's business is flat or in decline. Revenue from identity and access management grew three percent to $24m during the quarter, while NetWare and Open Enterprise Server fell 25 per cent. ®


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Monday, March 09, 2009
Fresh fruit
Spring is here. It's over sixty degrees out! (Fahrenheit, for those of you in the Anglo-Saxon world.) And what better way to bask in the newfound warmth than to open some fresh whites – and fresh reds.
I'd chilled the 2007 Lapierre Morgon. It came out of the fridge. So it was no wonder that at first, it was muted and basically said "Brr!" to the palate. But the table is warm. Conviviality is warm. And with half an hour in the glass, with the ambient temperature pushing it past the threshold of coldness into gentle coolness, this wine flowered.
A lovely, fruity, fresh Morgon that suddenly buzzed and sparked with all kinds of tinder. God, this was gorgeous. God, I took another sip and sipped in air and sloshed it around my mouth and loved it. I treated that wine with attention, as its finely unfurling gamay fruit merited.
Perhaps I had been too zealous in its chilling, one could argue. But then, it's always a fine trick to see the dove fly out of the hat.
This was definitely a dove-out-of-the-hat experience.
6 comments:
- Gavin said...
This is one of my favourite wines at the moment. I drink it almost every day, as it is served by the glass at my local bar à vin here in Beaune.
The remarkable thing about the Lapierre is how amazingly pure the nose is. It is truly beautiful.
Look out for Foillard's Morgon as well.
- March 9, 2009 at 2:17 AM
- Sharon said...
Ooh, yes, I love the 2007 Foillard. Gorgeous wine.
- March 9, 2009 at 2:19 AM
- Vinotas said...
Oooh, Foillard ROCKS. Yum!
- March 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Dirty / Hardy said...
Just had the 06 and it was stunning-
My buddy described it as a "strawberry odyssey"....
ah yeah.
- March 10, 2009 at 4:40 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
It took me years to "get" Beaujolais, was not until tasting through young, hard as nails Burgundy, (in Burgundy) for 4 days on a Kermit Lynch buying trip. When we made our way to Beaujolais, sat down with "The Gang", platters of perfectly cured pork products in front of us....one sip and my palate came alive again, then it hit me, these wines are all about freshness. Light bulb went off and now I am in love. Lapierre is hands down my favorite.
- March 12, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- Mead said...
I don't have any idea about this wine
but when ever i will take wine at that moment i will definitely think about.Thank you for providing such an informative blog.
- April 1, 2011 at 11:17 AM